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tt( ntOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA county, pa.
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eflkt Uo'nrl lloaic.
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I 7.1 In advance, fur one copy, una year.
9 0(1 Ifilot paid wltliln t In: lirst thrcu months.
U Si Ifnot paid within the llrst six months.
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KTf No siihsrrlntlon taken lor less thnn nit months
nd no pftper.dt.cuutliiuuil until all arrearages shall have
Tjiien paid."' .
iC7 OrdlnarvArivicivrisr.MB-iislnsi'rtcd.atid Job Work
vteculcil. at urn Bstniiiisnciipricei.
icno
.ilAlflWllE LOCK HOSPITAL
jtaiimsiii.i) as a ni'.rucin'itojioiiACKr.iiY.
The OiUy I'lucc tvltcic a Cure can be
J ' Uutautcl.
TvR.l0ilNSTON linn ilmrurprrit tho most Certain
JL sfpucdy nn.t only i;il.'i:tiul Itemed)' in me 1
for all private, Uiscasas, enkness ot Ilia in
Limbs,' Mrlctur'M, A tl.'clioiia ot the Milne.vs nun
(Select Poeiry.
Soldier's Coining Hoititl.
Tlicynro romlng homo, coming homo,
llro her anil lover, father nnd ton,
Friend anil foe they lire coining homo
To rest, for their work li done.
They come from hospital, picket nml flclil,
Prom Iron boatnnd fromvlng fort,
In silent companies, slowly whittled
In tliu rytlini of a lolcmn thought.
Thi) was ii father of women and men,
d rev-haired, but hale, and strong of limb:
The liayonct Hashed, and flashed again,
And tlic old man's eyes grew ill in I
Hi re was a form of manly grace:
The hiimti shell groaning through tho air,
Drenched with his lilood a pictured faci-,
And u curl of silken hair.
This wns n bright-eyed, venturesome hoy i
Hack from the perilous picket'ground
They horolilm, waked from his dream of Joy
To u gaslly, fatal woiiml.
And thus for three days lingering,
II'.' talked ill wandering, rapid speech.
Of mother, and home, mid the cooling spring,
Ills lips could almost reach.
They are coining home, hut not ns they went,
Willi the ilyiug ling nud stirring band,
With the tender word, and message sent
From the distant waving hand.
Up the Sinn and Into the door,
With hidden face our loved ones route :
We may iry their name out o'er nud o'er,
Hut Hi sir pallid Hps are dumb.
O friends untimely snatched from hence,
May we find, bi-yonj heaven', lowering dome.
Home blissful future recompense
For this sorrowful tinning home f
I grant, as tho Chinese do towards victo- goously for us, tbeso divisions of the
rics when in war they beat gongs to soavo army than was done. Another of
aud mako faces to terrify their adversaries. Buchanan's Oabinot, and one of
The plunderer of tho pubiic Treasury is tho best, too, General Dix, lias a divis
tho loudest in words to donounoo rebellion ' ion of tho army entrusted to his inanagc
and thoboldcstiu professions of loyalty. ' mont. One of tho most servile of Buchan
It is cheap and safe service, and in every an 's followers, and one of tho most ardent
country he is ready to perform it. of tlio supporters of Breckinridge, Goneral
Tho walls of Jcricowcro overthrown by Butler lias had intrusted to hi in aiiother
blowinc off ram's horns, but history furn- division of tho army. Ho has gained more
ishos no othor instauco of warfaro carried j notoriety by his order at Now Orleans than
successfully on by such means. Certain it j ho has won fame by his sword. This gen
eral cast his vote forty nino times at
Charleston to make Jefferson Davis a can-
needy and only lilo'ctnal Itemed)' in the World
IX, lit V,
I hi in
Jr. Invnlnntarv l)ischnri.'us. luinnteiiev. (ienernl He
tillitr. Nervousness. Hyiepsy, Languor, Low Hpirits
I'.mi'.iltHii mi Ideas. Pal iiil.iti'm of tliu Hen rt. 'I lluldllv
Tremblings. Ulmness of Sight or (lidillncbs. Disease of
The llfcau..! Iiroai, emse or HMO, ,ii:, uuiis ,'l uiu iiiui
t.uurs. Htimmch or Howe Is -thus) terrible Disorders
nrislii. from tliu Solium' Habits of Voiith those ski uwr
und .-lilnry practices mori' Inlal to their victims than
flit suugnf.Byrciis to the .Marines of I'lyssrs, bllslil.
lltg tllSir WOS1 uri'tlilii, "I UllllVip.lllwna, ..
log wiarrlago, ice. iuipnsilile.
. . .i'.Ay UUKU M U NT
l'.spoclally, who havu become the vlftlms of Solitary
viro. Hint dreadful and destnutivo habit whiih annu
ally .weeps to nil iinliniily grave thousands of Voung
Mum nf Hi most exalted talents and brilliant inteliiict,
who might othorwlsu liavo enlrniitnl listening teiiates
wltUth. thunders of eloqucues ot waked tu vesttsy the
iving lyre, may call with lull commence.
M A U 11 I A O il.
Marrloj "persons, or Young .Men cnnteinplallnj mar
f into.bolug aware of phyMral weakui ss, organic ile.ihili
ty, tlcfuriiiltiesj. tc, speedily cured.
Ho who place, himself under the cure of Dr. Johnston,
may religiously conli.le in Ilia honor as n gentlemen, nud
t!in dently rclyupou Ills skill as a ph) sinau.
1 o'U u a n i u w i; a i; x i; b o
n. ,1 nnlo. ri.pn't nmt full vleor rtnt itriit.
This Distressing tr.'rtion which renders life mis.!
orablu nnd marriane impossibl, is the penalty paid by
the victims of Improper imiulgeiic.es. Voung per-1
Kins aro ton Vapl M couimlt excess from not being
awnro.oftho dreadful couse'iueiiec that ma) eiisue,
Jiow.'who "that iinderstan.s the nibject will pre
und to deny that the power ot procreation is nisi .ooiier
by those falling Into improper li'ihlts than by the prudent.
fcssides being duprived of tlie pleasure uf healthy nil',
'ipriugs, the moil neriousaud ili-striirtivc symiitoms to
Uiutli body aud'iulnd arise. The sybteui becomes ilerang-
ed; the physical an I mental I iiiirtimii weakened, loss
of proereatlve power, nervous irritability. Dyspepsia
palpitation ofithe heart. Indige-tion. l ouslituliolial ,h
ibilitv'. a wasting of the Frame, Cough. Consumption,
t'cay and death.
ot'F.'cn, No. 7 south nir.i)i:iticK stuf.i:t
tsft hand side guiug from italtiiuori-street, a few doors
from the corner. Fall not to observe name and number.
Letter, must bj paid and rmitaiu u stamp. The Doc
t,.r's Diploums ban in his oiliec.
A BURK'WA It II A N T II I) I ,V TWO DAYS
. KO MURCLIIV Oil NAl'SHOUS lltlCOS.
- " mi. .loi.vara.Y
Member of the Itoyal Ciillige of Hurgeons, London.
Oraduata from one of the most eminent Colleges of tho
United Stales, aii'l tha greater part of whose life has
besn spent In the llrt Hospitals of Loudon, Paris, riiil.i
delphiaand clsenhrc, has elected some of the tnnst as
toiilshing euro's tint were ever known; many troubled
with ringing in the head and cars when nsleep.gre.il
nervousness, being alarmed at sudden sounds, and bash
fatness, with freipient blushing, attended sometimes w i 111
derangement of mind, were cured immediately
T A K U .P A It T I 0 U I. A It N OTIC F..
,M A II It I A (i I'.,
Dr. J.nddrrsses all those who have Inl.ired lliemsi'lvo
by improper indulgence ami Military habits, which ru
.in both body and mind, limiting thuui lor either busi
ness, otudy, society or marriage.
These nre some of the sad and melancholy effects pro
cured by early habits of oulh, .; Weakness of the ri-i.. irncp lioinrr in tliQ noininittPO of tho
lllack and Liuibs, I'ain in the Head, Dimness of Bight I 1 00 U-"ke UUU0 III uoiuiiiiULU Ol tuu
Lois of Muscular rower, raipitation ot tne 11 .art. ny. W.. nr I10 otaiG 0f I,Q TIni0n
nensia. Nervous Irratabillty. Derangement of the Dices . ,v """-I " 1110 BlalL ol lllt- UUIOII.
',ivo Functions, Oeneral lability, sjinptoins of Uonsiimp Mr. IllCHAUTWO.V. A short time ago,
ition. fcc. i .
,M UNTALLY. The fearlul etrects on the mind are , S0WQ (iftecrl KontlcillCn issued an address
. i. urli in I,., ilrrnded. Lihs ot Mrmorv. Confusion o Ideas O
Depression of the Spirits, Fvil Fo-chodlujs, Aversion ovcr t-llOI r" 0W0 BirjuaturCS thrOUffll tllC pub
it Horlety, self-distriit, love of solitude, '1 Unity, &c 1
are some ortho evils produced. i lie press to the people of the United States.
Thousands of persons ot all ages can now judge what r r '
lis tho cnusuof their declining health. Loosing their' That address has provoked a great deal of
vigor, becoming weak, pale and emaciated, having sin- ' .. i - i
4-ular nppearanc about tliu eyes, cough aud symptoms ot controversy and has UCCU assailed With
Consumption. (i (J (j J; j grcat violence. It has disturbed the peaeo
..nuSnvS of many gentlemen upon this floor,
;$Ku oawod then sleepless nights. They have
ELu .mud and body. , frcttcd affny l10ur3 l,oro i asgault3
Wliatopittythatiiyouu'.'inau.tho ho-peof hisroimtry ' ;t i'l.:r nssprMnns in onncition to
and tho darling of his parents, should be snatched from upon H. i IlCir asser.lOOS 1U oppo-lltuii ku
ill prospects nud :njn nicnts of life, by the coiiM-jiieii- .. . .1,lr,s, ,a no(. r!e0 f0 tho dicllttV of
,ves of deviating from the path of nature, and indulciHg Ul.tt auurefS 110 DOl rise lo uu. Ulimj' n
r"n"eiupauii'':cr''1 ljl'u' t!"1'1 ";t""1 reason, but descend to the contemptible
reflect that a sound mind nnd body are the moft ne resort of those who Cannot reply to ftU ar
.oessary re.pilsities tu irnini le cominbial happiness , . -u
Indeed, without these the journey through llfo bee es rrmnent, anil , tlierCtOrC, are UriVCn tO rib-
,n weary pilgrimage, tliu prospect hourly darkens to ' '
tfhu viuw: the mind becomes shallow ed Willi despair tc. n drv and auUSC.
.:n... I ., 1...1 ,- r..,l .,.,1..,, ,h:it tin. Ii.miii iietta i
II1IUU 1.HI, lun ,iiiiiiiMvij ...t., .,.-. ...i- .
of uuother becomes blighted with our own,
i) t a i: a a i: of i m p ii u d i: a c n.
When tlieniisguliled and imprudent votary of pleasure
duds he has imbibed the seeds of this painful disease, it
too often happens that an ill timed sense ofhhamc or
dread of discovery, deters him from applying to those
ft in-ni no noil ren len.iu tu can an, no uciriei u
lug till tha constitutional syinptoms ofthis . ...t.j.i. i. Anli n. .ln., nnt p.nrnrtain. or
lliorrld dlsuaso makes tlieir appearance, such as ulcerated v" '
Aore throat, diseasei
HliirvcMt EUyiinu.
If W. D Gallagher had never written
any thing else, the following hymn 'ould
hiivc entitled him to the title of poet and
scut his name fur down the stream of time :
ClnKAT (Jon I our heart-felt thanks to Then I
We feci Thy presence everywhere I
And pray that we may ever he
Thus objects of Thy guardian care,
We sow'd by Thee our work was seen,
And blessed ; and instantly went forth
Thy mandate ; and the living green
Boon smiled the fair and fruitful earth.
We toiled l-and thou didst note our toil i
And gnv'st the sunshine and the rain.
Till ripen'd on the teeming soli
The fragrant grass and golden grain.
Ami now we nap! and oh! our CoJI
From this, the unbounded floor
We scud our song of Thanks abroad,
And prayThee, bless our hoarded ktorc I
tsLW jiiisaeEgjrOT.aggagpaagipzaa.'y-in-r'-s n muxsm
. SPEECH OF
lion. A. Richardson,
OF ILLINOIS,
7i the House of Jlcprcxcntutives, July 7th)
ieoa.
In this case, members in opposition to
the doctrines contained in that address
havo singled out some one whoso namo is
attached to it ; find fault with somo opin-
whu from education and rcipc.t.ibility cum
Jilm, delaylu
i;d nose, nocturnal, pains in thehead ., nrntnnilnil Kimnnli nf lii. Bivnar ho is
uudlimbs, dimness of sight, duafuess, nodes on the shlu , BU",W l"vv" "
es mi tliu head, face and extreme tt,n .,,),- . (lint, nil nf lii.-l sneccll which
itles, progressing with rapidity, till at last Hie palate of ' . .
.hones, ami arms, blotches
1 1 ho mouth and bonesofthi! nose fall in. and the wctim iof wag never made Or tllCSC OpiIUOllS that WCrO
vthls descaio-befcoines a horrid object of couiinissernlinn 1
itill death putauperiod tohisdreailful siitr. rings, by sen-; never entertained arc COVCrtlJ' anil SCCrOtly
ding hlumoi"that bournu from whence no traveler ru- . . . , .
iturus." ' ' , , I in that address, and that the public should
I
iioraut
U ISU MliaSCHVI? JUri lllill llli'lIMlllil, Hill l..,,,"- . . , .
hi. terrlbiq.disease, owing to the uns'tiiifuifness of ig- bo guarded against it, because ot tueso sup-
loraut prelendors, who, by tho use of that DtaiUj Vox- , , .
poscu tilings
jiiu, Mcri-uriiutilin tlie coustiiutloii and make the reel
diue ot mo iiiiseranic.
i-. ri T It A N (J i: It a
That address is nothiug moro or
less
Trust ant your lives, or lieallli, to the carnof the ilia.' (i -i ,; r ,i or,;n;ong ..n(l
ny Unlearned , ni Worthless Pretenders, desiitiite of tUan a Compilation 01 IUO opillious nuu
viows oi some ol tlio most eminent mon mar.
.know lodes, ilslno or rharniter.whoronv Dr. Jonnston's
.Hdl-ertiseniCntSi or style themselves, in the newspapers,
regularly Kducalcd l'liyrlciaus Incapable of t'nring.they
Aeep you trifling month, alter month taking their Pithy
jiu. I poisotiM. cnuipouiids, or as long as the smallot lee
.ran bi ebtnluedaiid In despair, leave you with ruined
4ualtll to sluh over yuur gailliug disappointment.
Dr. Julm.nn Is the only Physician ndvcrtisliig.
Ills credential or diplomas always hang in liisnthco.
His remedied or treatini'iit lire unknown to all others,
prepared from a Ufa spent In tlio grout hospitals of Lit-s-opo,
tho first in tills country and aninre extensive Pri
tat Vratic4 thnn any other Physician In tlio world,
. 'lNl)OIltii:.MF.N"P OF Till'. PUUSb.
ThoVanVtliouiands cured at this institution yearnr
,tsf ycar.'an d tho iiumeroiia important Hurglcnl Opera
tloiii'perfor'nred by Dr. Johnston, witnes-ed by the re
porter, oft he t'c'iin," "Clipper," nnd many other papers
notice, of which' have appeared again and ogalu betorn
,tbe pnbllcirbJsldos his standing a n gentlemen of char
.ncter and'rjiponslbility, I. u .utlUUnt guaranteu to tlio
iSSisvciN' nisiJAHns BPr.uim,Y cunnu.
irworti writing should bo iiarlieiilnr in directing their
Mien tohis Institution. In tho following manner
or the.no
r'etim n JlillN .M. JUIINriTON, M. D,
unllilTnore Lock llosntt.il. lialtiiuore, .Mar) laud.
JanljaaiBM.-' March 17, It'CO.
"rTINNVAUE"& STOVE SHOP.
Till', undersigned respectfully Informs his old friend J
and customers, that hn has purchased his hruhcr.
i ntcrest In (ho ohovii .tiiuiinimi'iit.uuniiia roucerii wn.
Iicrciilter bo'conducled by hiinscirexclusivcly.
,e Ho1 has'Just received und oilers for sale, the larg.
st and, must extensive nssnrtmcnt of FANOi
hhI'BTO V.T.H ever introduced into this market.
'Sef'Mlrtnrk tnttsisU of a coiuplito assortment nf
IhAlijsf Cooking nnd parlor stoves in tho iimltc, togeth
?vllh filnverilute. "-rfvery rlcription. Ovoni and
ItoiHtovcs.ilIuillators, C'jlindar Btincs, l ast Iron Air
Tight Vlov'es, Cannon Ptoves. &r Ue. Btovepipo and
Titiwara conrtantly on Innd ond manufaitiircd to ordsr,
All kinds At jcpaitlng don. us usual, on rliort notice.
ThVr;tton;e of old friomi. and UJ'':,,,!'
Woomiblrj, N'ovsniw.i 3d 160. If
have adorned this country. For tho ar
rangement of tbeso viewi, I am responsi
ble. Iu the anxiety of tho "shoddy" politi
cians to ansail that address, ono other ob
jection to it is that it docs not denounce tho
rebellion nnd abuse tho rebels. Each
thought and sentence of that document is
for tho prcsorvotion of tho Constitution, for
the inaiutainanco of law, for constitutional
liberty. If tho Constitution is preserved
and tho law maintained tho rebellion wil
bo put down, for it is in violation of both,
aud destructtvo of onch.
If thorobellion could bo put down by
successfully on by
is, this rebellion cannot bo put down by
denunciation. It cannot bo bellowed down.
It must bo put down by armies, with tho
sword, by tho bayonet, by battlss and by
siege. Skill in tho officers, endurance
oouragc, drill, disciplino among tho men,
aro necessary to its overthrow. All tho
men, all the money that was asked for, and
more, have been freoly given to tho Presi
dent. Ho has had millions of men from
whom to select commanders. IIo has the
power to make aud unmake generals. If
tho rebellion has not been crushed sooner
tho inisfoituno is not chargablo to tho fail
urc of tlio democratic address to denouneo
the rebellion and tho robels.
15ut, sir, another objection is mailo of
a very siugular character. A gentleman
from Ma-isachusetts objects to any restora
tion of the Democratic party to power be
cause ho sav3 it would brino-baek the Uu-
chanan men into place, and they havo been
condemned by a strong and correct public
opinion. (I quote from memory, aul not
the words of the gentleman, but tho sub
stance and meaning.) I propose to look a
little in this matter. Elsewhere it has
been said that this address was a Buchan
an movement. During tho canvass of
18G0, the supporters of Lincoln aud Dreck
inridgo were very complimentary, if not
cordial to each other. The Lincoln man
said,',( I am a Republican, and conse
quently I am opposed to both wings of the
Democracy ; but tho truo Democratic
ground is that slavery has tho right to go
everywhere, if tho Constitution protects it
anywhere. You Douglas men aro wrong
in calling yourselves Democrats at all, for
you do not protend to defend slavery ; and
to bo a Democrat is to bo iu favor of sla
very." Tho Breckinridge man would say
"there aro but two parties, tho Democrat
ic and Republican ; tho Administration
and those opposed to it. 'If wo ever quit
tho Democratic party, wo go into tho Re
publican ; wo oppose all such doctrines as
those advocated by Mr. Douglas.1' And
if tho speakor hapened to live a little south
of Mason and Dixon's lino, he would go
into a gloriGeatiou of the beauties and glo
ries of slavery, aud dcuouuto Douglas as
a worso abolitionist than Hale, or Sum
ner, or GiJdings. Thus things stood at
tho election of 18G0. AVc were routed at
every point; Mr. Lincoln was triumphant
ly and constitutionally elected. The camp
followers of Duchanan, of course, looked
out for thomsclves. They wore not Dem
ocrats from conviction. They aro tho
'place men," waiters on Providence. The
great body of the Breckinridge party North
never intonded to bo betrayed into hostili
ty to the Democratic organization. But,
sir, it is strange to hear this objection
como from any Republican, that Buchan
an men should never again bo called to
office. Who is tha present Sccrtary of
War, and what has been his political as
sociations and antecedent? Fresh from
Buchanan's Cabinet, ho has been called
into that of Mi" Lincoln, next, to tho Pres
ident, tho most important position now iu
this country. With energy, and doubtless
some ability, ho Bets himsolf rapidly to
work to scatter our armies under different
commanders, so that a massed corps of
rebels under Jaekson of twenty fivo or
thirty thousand men defeats thrco divis
ions of our army under as many generals,
holds in check sixty thousand men, and
then aids iu defcatscg a fourth division at
Richmond.
Mr. C'AMi,nr,r,r I would inquiro what
four armies havo been whipped ?
Mr. Ricuakdso.v, hrcmont, Banks,
tenor of newspaper articles from the press
in ycur interest, it seems that doubts aro
entertained of the loyalty of men who ex-
now settled countries and in old settled
communities the chauges aro but seldom
tho burden again is with us. I might 0C'
didatc for the Presidency of tho United
States, and by his courso thero did more
than any ono else Caleb Gushing always
excepted to induce tho southern leaders
to tttko tho first step in rebellion by leav
ing that convention. General Shields, but
recently iu command' of a division iu Vir
ginia, was another of Breckinridge's sup
porters. The Breckinridge central com
mittee during the contest of I860, has an
important command iu the army in South
Caroliun. During that political contest,
Judge Douglas satisfied that he had no
chaucc for success, and that Mr. Lincoln
would bo elected took tho Etump for a single
purpose ; that purpose was to produce ac-1
cord and unanimity among tho pcoplo ev
erywhere, that the person elected accord
ing to the Constitution should bo inaugu
rated and administer the Government.
His canvass during 1800 had this purpose
and none other. For the utterance of theso
sentiments, Mr. Chairman, Stcveus char
acterized Judge Douglas as a "Mounte
bank."
Two provisional Governors havo been
appointed. One of them, Gov. Johnshn,
was a warm, decided, unbending Breckin
ridge supporter j and for his election tra
versed tho Stalo of Tennessee. The Ad
ministration docs not indorse tho sentiment
that Breckinridge men may not and should
not be called to place aud power. During
tht last campaign, in tho State of Now
Yok, Daniel S. Dickensou was nominated
and elected attorney general by the Re
publican party. Ho was ono of the genu
ine Buchanan and Breckinridge men. It
is true he .never held offico by appointment
from Buchanau, but that was not his
(Dickinson's) fault. IIo was, in days gone
by, a great worshiper of thoso now in re
bellion. IIo has expressed regret that he
was not born in Virginia ; and if you can
call to a place so responsible as that of
attotney general of New York, suoh a
pose and denouneo hrconics from or frauds j oupy tho Houso in citing similar casc3 ;
upon tho public Ircasury. My young
and eloquent friend from Indiana has been
suspected, beoauso ho had tho audacity to
chargo that theftti had been committed up
on tho Treasury, aud that our cxpondi- j
tures wcro enormous each day. Neither
Democratic address nor tho speech of Mr,
Voorhecs charges ono half of what is al
leged by tho Holt commission, the Van
Wyck committee, by Republican members
upon this floor, and in tho Senate Both
here and in tho Senate it has been said by
Republican members nnd Republican Sen
ators that wo wero in moro danger from
thoso who wcro plundering tho Treasury
than from tho robels in arms.
Believing that it was wrong to plunder
the public money in this hour of my coun
try's need, and that economy was necess
ary, I have said so, and still adhere to
that opinion.
I am grieved to think that all this ado
on tho part of Republicans about prodi
gality and to prevent fraud was a mere
sham to deccivo the public. I confess I
do not comprehend how we can embarrass
tho Administration by exposing and de
nouncing fraud aud peculation upon the
Treasury, by bringing the Government
back to rigid economy, I had supposed,
until recently, that this was tho proper
way to aid tho Administration, to help
them put down tho rebellion and preserve
tho Government. I am mistaken if you
do not find this tho true aud indispensable
policy to control your actions in future.
Thero is one single other point to which
I wish to allude, and I will then take my
scat. It is said, both hero and elsewhere,
that no member is loyal who did not sup
port the tavx bill as it passed this House.
I am ready to defend that vote hero or
elsewhere ; I feel no uneasiness upou that
point. To day I might content myself in
defense by sayiug that, if the statements
as to our indcbteduc?s and expenditure as
made by the Secretary of tho Treasury,
by tho gentlemen Mr. Dawes and Mr
McPherson are truo, wo do not need the
vast amount that will be raised under this
bill. If tho Secretary of the Treasury
has not ma do a truthful statement in this
regard, he should not have control of the
amount, vast as it will bo, which you pro
poie to raise.
But, sir, thero existed reasons that wcro
satisfactory to my mind for the vote given
that I shall hereafter elaborate and only
briefly allude to now. The amendments
mado by tho Senate in somo respects great
ly improved tho bill, iu others mado it
moro objectionable. Tho principle upon
which the bill is based is erroneous nnd
wrong. By your tariff as now arranged
and your tax bill as it passed this IIouso
the support of the Government falls main
ly and heavily upon tho laborer and tho
producor, not upon capital, whioh is capa
ble to pay and should be mado to pay.
Under tho operation of tho tariff as it now
exists, tho poor laborer, with a dozen per
sons in his family, pays into the Treasury,
indirectly it is true, more than tho richest
ono other is deemed sufficient at this time
Under tho bill, as U passed this House,
you levied a duty of fifteen cents upon each
gallon of whiskey manufactured without
regard to its value when manufactured.
In Illinois, wo raiso of corn nearly six
times as many bushels as you raiso in all
New England togethor, and nearly three
times as much as the G Now England States
together with Now York ; in tho six North
western States of Indiana, Illinois, Mich
igan, Iowa, Wisconsin nud Minnesota,
about six times as much. A part of this
is manufactured into whiskoy, and it finds
a market at homo and abroad ; it is a cheap
article, selling usually at from twclvo to
twenty cent3 per gallon. By tho bill as it
passed tho House, no drawback was allow
ed for that sent abioad. Tho tax as fixed
by this IIouso destroyed tho manufacture
in the Northwest, and would have driven
into Canada every manufacturer from that
section.
Sir, in tho six northwestern States that
I havo already named, with a population
of ovcr five million people, wo havo no
member upon tho Committee of Ways and
Means, while New England, with a popu
lation of a littlo ovcr thrco million, has
two members ; New York, with a popula
tion of less than four million peoplo has
two members on that Committee. Tho
Committee of Ways and Means originato
and report the tax aud tariff bills, and
I venture tho assertion that where any
tax is asscssod upon an article manufac
tured in New England, a duty equal to
the tax is placed iu the tariff bill, so that
the prico may be incrcasod to tho consumer
and thus the New England manufacturer
be safe. I will add, sir, ono thing moro :
all of New England's interests are partic
ularly guarded ; when tax is to be laid
upon things in whioh they are particularly
interested it is lichtly touched. For in
stance, you levy a duty of thrco per cent,
upon the dividends, &o and by your tax
every hundred" dollars worth of tallow
candles pays to tho Government 4,50 tax,
while one hundred dollars worth of dia
monds pay only thrco dollars. Upon la
ger beer, as tho bill passed tho House,
thero was a tax of a dollar per barrel ;
upon piano fortes, four dollars apiece. ' A
barrel of beer is worth about four dollar.
The tax was twentyfivo ccntt on tho dol
lar ; on tho piano forto one per cent, on
tho dollar, upou the average. As the law
now exists, there is no duty upon pianos
and fifty cents upon the dollar's worth of
lager. I might run this parallel through.
It is not important I should do so cow. It
is said wo can romedy whatever of wrong
there is in this bill at the next session of
Congress Indeed this is the prompt and
ready reply when any measure is urged or
passed to which objection is mado. If
wisdom in legislation is exercised, if just
and necessary acts aro, and unjust and
unequal ones arc made just, and equal, we
must look to some future Congress. For
one,! have no hope from tho present Con
gress, who havo done so much mischief to
man in New Mngland. Under the tax tho country, to civilization, and to man-
bill as it passed this IIouso, nud acainst i kind.
man, I think it docs not become you to
speak or writo about Buchanan and Brcck
inridgo men here or clsowhcrc being called
to powor . Youwould not hesitate a mo
ment to call Buchauan himself to any po
sition in this country, if thereby you could
advauce your own selfish cuds aud pur
poses. I havo not alluded to these appointments
to civil and military offices, and to the
election of an attorney general in New
York for the purpose of findina fault. I
havo no complaint to mako ; none whatev
er ; aud if I had, it would bo unavailing
and useless, I do not complain and shall
not. I call attention to tbeso appointments
to relieve tho address from an unjust im
putation sought to bo cast upon it. Sir, it
is said tho address moots with but little
publio favor j that it is not popular.
About that wo will seo hereafter. It is
what I concieved, as did each ono who
ligned it, to bo right and proper; that it
asserts correct priuoi pics to guide our courso
It is the path of duty and I shall endeav
or to walk it, though I havo to trudge it
alone.
Popular favor generally comes to cor
rect conclusions, sooner or later. On its
maroh it often consigns the hero ot to day ; other upon tho tax bill. I trust ho will
to exilo to morrow. In passiou it some- 1 not forget a majority of tho Democratic
times condemns to the block or scaffold tho 1 pavty n this IIouso voted for tho tax bill.
guilty and tlio innocent. Jloparation jor , Mr. Richardson. I am giving tho aro fn 0f all manner of crawlinc and
tho wrong done to innocent is made in tho reasons why I voted ag-iinst it, not assail- creeping things, such as rattlesnakes, mo-
page oi iamiitii uistory. mg any JJomoorat or uepuDlican wlio vo- oasinS) scorpions, centipedes, chamelions,
unc otner grounu oi oujaoiion is urgcu; teu tor the bill,
that tho address is guilty of tho treasona- I The burdens of the tax bill fall most
ablo act of calling attention to tho neecsity , heavily upon tho section from which I
I hope, I trust, 1 believe there is publio
virtuo and intelligence enough among tho
people to repair in some degreo the errors
nnd follies this Congress has committed.
If there is not, the future of our country
is dark and gloomy enough.
which I cast my vote, somo persons in ray
district will pay thrco times as much into
tho Treasury as tho man worth his many
millions in the city of Now York. Wealth,
in great emergencies like this, should pay
tho taxes ; individuals fight tho battles.
Mr. IIolman I ask my friond from
Illinois to allow mo to mako this Einglo c2rA soldier writing from tho Burn-
suggestion: tlio tendency ol uis remarks i si,i0 Diviiion , noar Newborn .North Oaro
would accin to array parties against each j Una, gives a graphic discriptiou of picket
duty in tho swamp of that region :
" Tho boys aro heartily disgusted with
this kind of piokct duty, fcr tho swamps
Tho, Heroic Pennsylvania Re
serves. Tho conduct of our gallant Pennsylva
nia Reservos, in the recent battles boforo
Riohmond, is commonded by nil. Thoy
were engaged in four of tho hard fought
and sanguinary contests, and conducted
themselves like veterans on all occasions.
Not a man flinched even when tho enemy
presented a front, of thrco to ono. Tho
best troops ovcr commanded by Napoleon
or Wellington never exhibited more cool
ness and bravery in battlo thnn tho Penn
sylvania Reserves exhibited before tho in
famous traitors who confrontod-them boforo
tho rebel capitol. All honor then to our
heroes; thoy havo covered themsolvcs
with glory. A correspondent of tho New
York Herald thus speaks of tho Reserves :
Tho Pennsylvania Rescrvo Corps fought
on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
and Monday, on each and all of tho load
ing fights, and their losses aro terrible.-
In all cases they bohaved liko good and
gallant soldiers, and the Commonwealth
thoy represent has nothing in common with
them of which sho may not bo proud.
The Reserves did pot loso moro than ono
hundred and fifty men in tho engagement
of Thursday, at Meohanicsville ; but after
the fight of Friday, they reported tho
almost incrediblo loss of twenty two hun
dred mon. Tho subsequent encounter
must have raised their loss to four thou-'
sand, and in this is contained thrco Gen
erals, including General Mcadc. several
Colonels, Major Captains, yc, represen
ting every part of Pennsylvania. Among
the rumors afloat on the field of battlo
when wo left on Tuesday, was one that
Gen McCall has been killed. Wo un
derstood, from whatbccmcd to bo roliablo
quarters, that General Mcadc and Gen.
Reynolds were missing.
The two grand batteries of General
Smith's Division, that havo figured in a
half-score engagements, wero never moro
deservedly prominent than during tho
late crisis. Not only in tho two fights
before Smith's Division on Friday and Sat
urday, but at White Oak Swamp, they
covered themselves with glory Capt.
Mott loved his pieces as so many children'
and their loss at White Oak, on Monday,
mado him almost wild. Ho rigged up
temporary wheels from quartermasters'
wagons and fired to the last. The First
and Fifth Regulcr Calvary mado a dash
ing but not very circumspect chargo at
Gains' Hill. The first had but two com
panies; tlio I' utii n au anout six nunarcu
men. They charged up the hill nnd gall
oped around a couple of divisions of Re
bels, firing their revolvers in their faces.
Tho rcbel.t waited with fixed bayonets.
Returning, those regiments came pell moll
over one of our own batteries. The Fifth
ncxtiuoruing reported but ono officer.
Colonel Gallager.of the Eleventh Penn
sylvania Reservos, was killed in Friday's
fight. Lieutenant Colonel Porter and
Major Snodgrass, of the same regiment,
wero missings aud prisoners. The Buck
tails. report about ono hundred and twenty-five
men left. Four of their compan
ies wero with Kane in the Shenandoah
valley, and six with MoClellan. A whole
company was taken in the fight of Thurs
day. Major Stouo commanded during tho
lata battlo. The Sixth Regiment of Re
serves wero doing picket duty atTunstall'a
station, and it is believed thoy all escaped
harm up to Saturday, but subsequently
they might have suffered seriously. Gen.
Seymour, who commanded the brigade for
merly commanded by a General ofDrains
villo fame, had two horses killed under him.
Tho Reserves mado several despcrato
dashes with the bayonet. Their ammuni
tion gave out at six o'clock on Friday, up
to which time thoy had disoharged ono
hundred rounds, fifty in cartridge box and
fifty in harersack.
Shields, and I fear McClcllan's army had j of economy in publio expenditures. It is Como, and unequally upon persons residing
tho worst of the fight beforo Richmond,
Tho Secretary introduces tho Austrian
war tactios which Napoleon oxplodcd long
ago, und mado their failure so plain that
every school boy had learned it. Theso
four divisions of our army wcro and aro so
scattered that no two of them can co-operis
denunciation, tlio abolitionists and thoso 1 ato together, and when tho great battlo
who aroeugagod in plundering tho Treas- j at Richmond took placo, threo divisions
ury in and out of Congress, would havo which should havo aided to win it wcro
accomplished tho work long ago. They inactivo and not iu a situation to aid in
havo oxhnusted the vocabulary of invectiyo any particular. Tho future may revoal
and oxlmusted tho riibjeet, but by theso tho wisdom of this strategy, at presont it
means hnvo won no victories -nor aceoiuv is not perceptible. The rebel commander
plishud any bonoficial results. They havo j could not havo arranged more advanta
doue no move towatds succcs, but as much 6couslv for himsolf, aud moro disadvanta.
truo this is moro by insinuation than by there. Tho tax bill, as it passed this
direct charges. It is intimated or insinu- i Houso, levied n tax on each hog slaugh-
atcd, hero and cUowbcro, that uo man is torc,l often coots; bond of cattle, fifty
loyal who complains of peculation or cx- ! ceuts ; sheep, fivo cents, unless killed for
travaganco in tuo expenditure ot publio domostio uso. Tho census does not show
money. i tbo number killed, but tho valuo. Iu 1800,
I had supposed that tho reports of tho ' in Illinois alono, tho value of animals
committeo of this IIouso, of tho Sonato, of ' slaughtered was over fifteen millions. In
tho commission appointed by tho Presi- j tho fix New England States together tho
dent, composed as it was of men eminent , value was less than fifteen millions and
for ability, integrity, and patriotiom, was ono half. Tbo entire tax upon this head
intended to surprtss peculations upon the ' would como from tho North wcast and none
Trcsury, and that all men wcro doing a from tho East. Uudor tho bill as it pats,
publio sovrio who aided in bringiug tbj pub- cd this House, tho tax upou policies falls
iio mind to condomn suoh practices. From ( heavily upou us. Upon transfers of real
tho courso of debate here, and from tho estate, as that chauges bauds frequently in
frogs of every discription, spiders, wood
tioks, bugs, and now and then a big bear:
but worst of all arc tho thunder tonus
that prevail in this region. Nothing liko
them is seen or heard in old Connecticut.
and you can imagino it is not the pleas
antcst to stand still all night on picket in a
North Carolina swamp, tho rain pouring
down as if Long Island Sound was taken
up abovo us and turned bottom sido up,
nnd the lightning dancing abovo your
legs, till yo u find you are in the center of
au inlaud lake when the sun dawns upon tho
scene. But thero is nothiug which our
brave boys aro not willing to do for their
pouutry and that, too, without a murmur.
. J a)r What q poor world this would bo
without women and uowtpapars 1 How
wonld the nows get about?
JSrNapolcon was ono day searching
for a book in the library, and at last dis
covered it ou a fchelf somewhat abovo his
reach. Marshal Moncey, ono of tho tall
est men in tho army, steppod forward,
saysig, "Pesmit mo, siro;I am higher
thau your inajorty."You are longer, mar
shat," said the emperor, wite a frown,
'Whoro do you hail from!' queried a
Yankco from a traveller.
'Where do you rain from 1' was tho ro
sponso. 'Don't rain at all !' said tho astonished
Jonathan.
'Ncithoa do I liril, so mind your own
business 1'
fiSrOur lads took cx-Presidcnl Ty
ler's son prisoner near Harrison's Land
ing last week. .He pas upon the silvor
mounted saddle which (Jen. Scott took
froin Santa Anna end presented to the
late x-President.