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BlCOJISBCRC'EDSESDlIf FEB. 5th, IS62-
Trailers ikcominj Bold.
' "Occasional,3' the Washington correspon
dent of Forney's lying Presf,' mentioned, tq
one of his letters a faw days nince that a
number of prominent politicians (Republi
cans, of--coarse,) express the opinion that
rather than see the Southern States brought
back to' the Union, wi h the right to retain
thier slaves, they prefer - a dissolution of the
Union. . These tetters to the Press signed
Occasioual'aje written "by Forney 'him
self, and be wrr.es-with knowledge of his
subject. "We opine, however, that wh-en he
revealed the secret opinions of prominent
politicians, ai stated above, it was a slip of
the pen,' or, perhaps, the letter was written
Rfter the editor of the Press had attended
.one ol those midnight suppers so common
iiu Washington. ' This admission by Forney
is corroborative of what we stated in these
colnmus monthsxgo. "
We tbea said, and we reiterate it now.
-thai the otjects of the Abolitionists in com
cnenoing this war, was robbery and the ab
olition of slavery, and nothing else. Not a
-mothers buu of them care a prostitute curse
for the Union. For the last quarter of a cen--tury
the anti-slavery leaders in this country
.have been disunionists at 'heart, bat until
recently, their bluster and impotent ' threats
were disregarded or langhed at, for their
faction was always small and contemptible
It only became formidable when the K. N.
organization had to be abandoned. Then it
was that the scattered enemies of Demo
cratic principles found in the Abolition fac
tion a nucleus to rally upon. Abolitionists
opened wide their arms, and welcomed to
tir embrace the Tom's Dick't and Harry's
who begged lor membership. The "Aboli
licnists, however, dictated the terms of ad
missionnot a single iota of that faction's
treasonable principles -were to be e-irren
dered, all they would agree to was a change
of name, and hence " Republican party",
was substituted for " Abolition patty."
From that hour a fierce onslaught upon sla
very was determined upon. The new con
verts headed by such unprincipled rren in
this slate as Cameron, Reeder, Forney,
Hickman, and other's, were at once made
leaders in the abolition party with a new
came. 3 and honcrs and riches were heaped
upon them for their shameless apostacy.
The plans ef the Abolitionists bavo been
concocted lor years, and they now attempt
to sanctify them and, carry them out by
what they -call a military necessity. For-
oey however, in his 'Occaiioual" letter,
has -revealed the objects of the leaders of bis
party ; he has let the cat out ot the bag, and
we are cow "bdldly assured that rather than
le-establish the Union as it was,.- a disso
lution is to be preferred !" " Ah, indeed!'
Then all your professions cf loyalty were
fraudulent professions, and made for the
purpose of covering op yonr real ot jects
:he abolition of slavery and robbery of the
Government. We said so six months ago.
- Butfhe people, flunk God, are still true,
and they will insist tfbtl the Union as it was
must be re -established and preserved. Let
disunion traitors be .careful, or they may
find that the masses cannot be tampered
with too long. Carlisle Volunteer.
. , . . GoTcrnor Curtis.
Governor Cnrtin appears to be a true re
presentative of (be Republican party, 'cn
sciupnlocs despotic and better on partizan
'' malignity than David Wilmot of the Brad
ford District ever dared to be. When By
er!y of Philadelphia was convicted of fTaud
upon the ballot box, giving a republican an
election to Congress over a democrat that
was rightfully, elected and has since got his
seat, Gov. ; Cortin pardoned the notorious
scoundrel, thus giving countenance to for-
"geries and frauds upon the most sacred right
that the freemen of this country possess-
In Luzerne county he gives a certificate to t
a republican who was not elected, because
he was a republican, and withholds a cer
uficate from a democrat who was, In Ly
coming county, where the Jury and Court
found some mobbites guilty ol riot and as
sult and battery and fined them 15 or 20 dol
lars and the cost of Court, the Governor
sends an edict of pardon, thus overturning
the authority of the court and making a
perfect mockery cf trial by jury and judi
cial proceedings. Where in - the name of
sense Is to be the end of these outrages.1 Is
the tightest office in the commonwealth to
be prostituted into an engine of partizan
favoritism and to indorse fraud; riot 1 and
ever? other outrage. There is no use of
hoi Jing elections if the Governor means to
defeat the voice of the people, and there is
little u?3 for law and court of justice if he
continues to in erfere and set aside its de
cisions. Northumberland Coun'y Democrat.
Af:er Cameron had been ejected from the
IVar Department., he picked ap his carpet
taj, and proceeded to, the Navy Depart
ment, to bid farewell to his friend, Secretary
Welles. If any one wauts to know who
Vel'es i?, we refer him to the Van Wyck
Rpoit " Gcod bye friend Welles." said
Cameron," 1 am off for Russia; there is too
much ta'k about hanging here for me to re
main lonirar.
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t.3 liepa&iicaa ciaid v,ommiuco
rUburg last Wednesday, b,ut their new
liO-pany" parlor not being sufii-
:! vrftii arrant J for the successful in
.; - cf Democratic fiies.ihey concluded
it v.i. issxpe-ilent to call a Sia'3 Con
L: ;n at tbi time, and a-ljoarnei to meet
Ha;
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r. tov of c.'A las . Democrats
will
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. . The Sn&ject of Taxation. i
: Our old friend, Morrow B. Lowrt he of
the ruffled bosom and unruffled temper
with that intense. solicitude for the public
weltare which impelled him to suggest thai
the Government should ofler to -each slave
one hundred and 6ixty acres of his master's
plantation for his masters' scalp, has taken
the subject of taxation, as well as the con
duct of the war, under ' his special protec
tion. On Monday last he introduced into
the Senate a' Teolufron instructing the Fi
nance ConrmiUee 1Q confer with the " com
missioners engaged in revising 'the revenue
larws of ibe'State.and to suggest certain ob
jects of taxation therein enumerated, to (he
extent of several foolscap pages.v Now, we
dare say that both the Finance Committee
and the Revenue' Commissioners will be
immensely obliged to Mr. Lowry lor his
suggestions, and give them all' an attentive
consideration. Perhaps the necessity ol
imposing taxes in certain contingencies hi
never occurred to any of these gentlemen
and a little wholesome ' advice may prove
salutary and serviceable ;and who is bet
ter fitted to Impart instruction than Morrow
B. Lowry t
But while there can be no question that
these resolutions demonstrate the sagacity
and Self sacrificing patriotism of their dis
tinguished author and while -we regard
them as quite as creditable to his foresight
as the scalping proposition above referred
to, we beg leave most humbly to suggest
that they are premature. We do not see
how the States can undertake to impose
excise duties upon liquors, to tax tonnage
on railroads, to levy taxes on newspapers,
telegraphic dispatches, legal documents,
notes, bonds, '&c. &c, until after Congress
shall have matured its plans of taxation. It
is highly probable that the Federal Gov
ernment will enact stamp, and excise laws,
in whichevent it would be manifestly im
proper, and unnecessary for the Legislature
to cover the same ground. Certain taxes,
such as those upon real and personal prop
erty are in their nature apportionable, and
the State coold assume their collection as
is proroed with reference to her quota of
the $20,000,-000 direct tax already imposed
by the act of Congress passed in August
last. Certain other indirect taxes, such as
excise duties upon liquors and stamp duties
are not in their nature apporlionable, and if
Congress should impose them, we do not
see bow they could' be apportioned among
the States, -or how Pennsylvania could as
sume to raise her quota. If Congress passes
an excise and a stamp act, the Legislature
ought not- It can, in fact, do nothing with
safety until Corgress indicates from what
sources the revenue necessary to support
the war is to come. Patriot and Union.
Consistener. .
The abolitionists under the lead of the
demagogue Sumner, hava'been laboring for
some time past to expel Senator Bright of
Indiana, from his -seat in the Unrted Slates
Senate because he gave Thomas B. Lincoln
a letter of introduction to " His Excellency
Jefferson Davis." That was an act of trea
son which the very sensitive nerves of the
Abolition patriot of Massachusetts could
neither overlook or forget. There was no
guilt in the conduct of Mr, Harvey, who
was appointed U. S. Minister to Portugal by
President Lincoln, in hanging around Wash
ington city in the character of a Southern
Spy,' telegraphing Governor Pickens that
"the Star of the West" had been ordered
to Charleston harbor with reinforcements
and supplies for Major Anderson, then in
command of Fort Sumter. The vessel was
fired on by the rebel batteries at Fort Mocl
trie and Morris Light House Point, and fired
on because of information communicated to
the rebels by Harvey. That was daring the
administration of President Buchanan, when
Black Republican Patriotism wai at a low
etb. The traitor Harvey is el ill retained as
Minister at Portugal in Confidential rela
tions with the government, when many bet
ter men than he are confined in military
fortifications as disloyal citizens. The rea
son of this is that Harvey is a Black Repub
lican AboJitionist, and Senator Bright is a
Democrat. Harvey had a direct agency in
the first insult offered to the U. S Flag and
nothing is said about it. PottsvilU Standard.
The Democratic State Committee of this
State has ret-olved to hold a Convention on
the 4tb of July next, to nominate a straight
Democratic ticket. Republican piper.
Aye, and the Democratic masses have res
olved to elect a "straight Democratic tick
et," pure and uncontaminated with Abolion
ism, as the only hope of the future exis
tence -and welfare of our now unhappy
country. ' No sugar coatigg process under
the cry of "Union" can again induce Dem
ocrats to swallow any raoredoses ol mod
ern Republicanism. Their experience in
the present Pennsylvania House of Rep
resentatives is sufficient. When they see
every man (with two honorable exceptions)
elected as "Union Democrats," voting for
such avowed Abolitionists a E. H. Rauch.
for Clerk, the honest masses understand
what these worthies mean by the word
'Union." ft is but a new dodge to Abo
litionir.e democrats lor the benefit of such
fishy individuals as never dare to trust their
chances in a Democratic Convention. And
this dodge cannot again deceive the people.
-Luzerne Union. -
A Good Movcmcht. Oc Tuesday last,
Mr. Hopkins, of Washington county, offered
the following resolution in the House which
waa adopted:
Resotvfd, Tlfat the Committee on the Ju
diciary be instructed to bring in a bill for
the repeal of the act of last session, entitled
An aci for the Commutatioa of Tonnage
Duties." , .
We are sincerely rejoiced that Col. Hop
kins has made an early move in this miner
When the bill is reported, as contemplated
by the resolution, it will be seen who are
in favor and who agtinst the interests of the
Commonwealth. There can be no dodging
on the question ol repeal. Certain Senators
and Representatives will then have to show
their bands, and let their constituents know
whers they stand, Exdianz. - .
Letter from CoW Corcoran. ryt
Colombia, S. C, Jan. 7,!1862;'
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To Captain James "B. Kirker, No. 59!
Broadway : My very dear Friend ; I hav.i
written to you, Hon." C. P. Daly.and - Rich
ard O. Gofman, Esq., on the 30th ult. 1
have also writteato Mrs, CoTcoran. this day
We arrived here on the evening of. the lit
instn where our condition is much 6Uperic r
to that which we anticipated. Captain
Shiver,'who rommands,here, and.his I!et -tenants
are strict, but most courteous and
obliging, and are ever ready to procuie
such articles as we feel disposed and aie
able to purchase. He does everything thut
can reasonably be expected, with the mear s
at his disposal, to make the condition f
all the prisoners comfortable.
1 found four of my regimenthere, viz:
Corporal John Jackson, Company D; Pri
vates Thomas K . Hughes, Company K;
James D. Ryan and Michael Keating, ol
Company" E. They have, been woundeJ,
and were in hospital in . Richmond whim
our men were sent to New Orleans. Th y
are now perfectly recovered. On my ar i-
val here. I sent a remittance toNewOrleais
and I regret my means are not such as to
enable me to relieve their wants sufflciet t-
ly.
Von are aware that I have always be:n
most devotedly attached to my native cor n
try men, but since my arrival in the Sou h,
I have received such marked tokens of thsir i
sincere affection, that my luve for them 1 as
(if possible) increased. It proves conciu-
sively that their attachment to, and fend
remembrance of the old land, .has undergc ne
no change, and amid the turmoil that tow
exists, they can sympathise with a sufler
ingcountrj men.
Captain Sprague, of Ohio, who ha bten
a fellow prisonerjof mine for the past five
month.", has been exchanged, and will oall
on yon and give many particulars. Your
letter of the 10th ult , has just reached tne,
also, one from Lieut. O'Boyle. Be pleaed
to present the expression of my warn est
thanks to Judge . Daly, Hiram Barney, R ch
ard O'Gorman, and Jno. Savage, Esc rs.,
and the other friends who have so kirdly
devoted so much time, labor, and expense
in their endeavors to obtain my release, ind
assure themITeel a just pride in the kn wl
edge of having such friends, and if a shade
of gloom shall at any time darken the he urs
of my captivity, a recollection of their ser
vices shall be sufficient to dispel it.
I have never yet been heard to utter a
single word of complaint against any action
of my Government, nor do I no wish to
be classed among the fault-finders; but
while many of those who deserted their
post on the battle field, and ran off fro it the
face ol danger to a place of safety, !iave
been rewarded with almost un precedent
promotion, I think it is due the officer and
men who remained id the performance of
duty faithfully to the last, and there fell
victims to a long imprisonment, that they
should receive at least sufficient -considera
tion to relieve them from the most disagree
able position that "men ca.i po&sibly be plac
ed H.
To the men who took advantage oT my
absence to break up the old Sixty-ninth, for
the advancement of their own sordid intrett,
under the mask of patriotism, 1 shall have
something to say on a more favorabl i oc
casion. Lientenants Connolly and Dempseyjoin
in kindest remembrance to you. Prssent
my kindest regards to Major Bagley, Cap
tains Breslin, P. Kelly, T. Lynch ard T.
Clarke, and all the other, officers and good
friends ; and believe me, Your most t evot
ed (riend, Michael Corco&in,
Colonel Sixty ninth Regiment, N. Y. S. M.
P. S. If the friends of any of the New
York officers hand you any money, you
will let me know the names and amounts,
and give yourself no further trouble. I will
arrange it as you understand. Aud have
no nueaeii.ess, whatever, about my being
iu any want, or Liulenants onnoii" s or
Derapsey's friend either. We cat gel
along well. They alao write to lhir fiends
to day.
The Rev, J. C Fletcher gave us last even
ing a brilliant lecture on the religion, cus
toms and people of Brazil. Seldom have
we relished anything more than the picture
he laid before his audience of that exluber
ant garden of the tropics laden w ih its
strange variety of fruits and flowers, teem
ing with perpetual harvest for the baud of
man. Sorely that country must be the gar
den of the world, and if its people had the
enterprise which moves this Yankee litiou
imagination could not set a bound to tie re
sults they would produce there. As relevant
to this comparison the Reverend gentleman
stated that the best Remedies em ployed
there for the diseases to which thuy are
subject, are invented and supplied to them
by our own well known countryman, Dr. J.
C. Ayer ot Lowell, Mass., and that i ot the
people only, but the priesthood aid the
court of the Emperor down, have constant
recourse in sickness to the Remedies of this
widely celebrated American Chei list.
Ledger, Boston.
"Put a beggar on horseback, and ier will
riae to the devil." Cameron, recently Sec
retary of War, but compelled to reiign on
account of the extravagance, corruption and
scandalous mis management of his depart
ment, as well as abolition principles, landed
at Harrisburg, Penn., .about thirty years
ago, from a Susquehanna ratt, a barefooted
boy, with only three cents in his pocket,
but bearing himself as a lad of remirkable
honesty. A few days ago he left tte War
Department, in a splendid carriage, a man
worth probably more than half a) core of
millions, bearing himself as a man of re
markable dishonesty. Democratic B inner.
The following persons were latel r elect
ed as officers of that wall conducted thor
oughfare, the Philadelphia & Read ng rail
road : President Chas. E. Smith.! ; Treas
urer Samuel Bradford. .Secretary--William
A. Mcllhenny. . Managers Af Whit
ney,S. M. Felton, H. Pratt McKein, Wm.
Sellers, John II. Towne, AE. Bori a
OUR ARMY CORRCSrOXDEKCE:.
North Branch Bridge. Jan. 24, 1862. f
'Friend Will : The spirit of inactivity that
pervades the heads of goverment "has be
come contagious, and reigns to an alarming
extent throughout the whole length of the
Potomac, along' Whose banks repose, in
perfect recklessness, five hundred thousand
troops,' at'a daily expense to the govern
ment of one million dollars I Is it any : won
der that the mass of the thinking part of our
sturdy sous of the soil begin to lose confi
dence in the administration? They are
beginning' to get their eyfcs open' to the fact
that this war is nothing more than a specu
lation on a siirpendout scale, of some ot the
political trickfters and wire workers ol the
day. To prove'this, they refer to the fact,
that the Giant of speculators, the ex-Secretary
of War, aftergetting tne first grab at
the people's money, and fearing that a
peace would soon be brought about, resigns
and goes on a tour to Europe, and Mr.
Stantos now comes in for the second pick-
ing. l rue, mere was policy in me reaigna-
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lion of Simon ; he well knew that a day of
reckoning was approaching,whenlhc mighty
frauds that have been so successfully prac
ticed, would be laid bare and held up to the
gaze of the world, as the most hypocritical
and diabolical transaction that ever disgrac
ed any country or power. Simon, in that
case, will t-bift the responsibility, to a cer-
tain extent, upon the shoulders of his sue
cessor. liut,tnis is lamerou s otu game.
But enough of this.
There is now about 20,000 men within
two miles of this place, all inactive, while
we have most splendid weather. In fact
we have not exercise enough to keep our blood
in healthy circulation, and the consequence
is, that we have something like -2,000 on
the sick list !
Why is there not an onward movement?
The troops demand it ; the country demands
it; our resources demand it; and justice
demands that there should be a forward
movement; or, that the south should have
tch 't she demands and the whole thing settled
without further costs.. What are they wait
ing for? We certainly have men, ammu
nition and means enough at command to
do something worthy the mighty effort that
has been put forth to crush out this rebel
lion. Lincoln and his Cabinet are at log
gerheads; there is no unity in their actions,
they are divided on the critical question of
emancipation; and what is decreed by one
Minister is- cancelled by another; but as
far a can be yet seen, it appears by no
means certain, that the slave population
will respond to the call ol the Abolitionists ;
even if the policy of the Black Republican
parly were to prevail. It has been proven
that emancipated slaves are found more
ready to act as spies for their former mas
ters than to co operate with '.heir liberators ;
and the expectations of the Republican
party on this as on olher poiuls, have most
signally failed. & mote it be. There is cer
tainly something wrong ; we have not had
a mail since last Sunday although a train
runs through this camp daily. I am yours,
fic. Toodlks.
Horrible Murder and Arsov in Cumber
land Codntt. The people of Cumberland
county have been astounded to hear of a
wicked and diabolical case of murder and
arson, committed a few days ago, near the
South Mountain, in the lower part of that
county, and about sixteen miles from liar
risburg.
The victims of this foul and atrocious
deed were John Berger, (an industrious un
oflending old German, who lives near the
South Mountain, about a mile from "what
was formerly Eg' Forge ) and William
Cr s", a colored boy, about lourteen or fif
teen years ol age, who lived with him.
The deed was perpetrated sometime on
Tuesday evening of last week, and the first
indication of foul play was the discovery
between 9 and 10 o'clock, by a neighbor,
the bouse (a small log one) occupied by
this German, was on fire. The alarm was
given and several persons arrived, when the
old man was discovered lying on his back,
at the door of a small cave, a short distance
from the house, in which he bad kept his
provisions, clothing and other articles, fie
was qute dead having been shot through
the head. The ball entered behind, and
lodged just above iheeye. His brains were
scattered over his clothes. His gun, an old
U. S. rifle, was standing close by, having
been lately discharged. Among the ruins
of the house, (which was entirely consumed
was found the burnt and blackened corpse
of the colored boy, so much disfigured as
to render any attempt at investigation im
possible. The only possible incentive to
this murder must have been robbery. The
old man frequently attended the Harrisburg
market, and was supposed to have some
money. Those acquainted with him say
that he has some Si 200 or $1500 deposited
in Baltimore. About S15 was found in the
cave, locked ap in a trunk.. Suspicion at
taches to two traveling Germans seen in
that vicinity, early in the evening, and a
party started in pursuit, but bad not, up to
this time succeeded in capturing them
The coroner of Cumberland county held an
inquest on Wednesday morning, and ren
dered a verdict in accordance with the facts.
The commissioners of Cumberland county
offer a reward of SlOO for the arrest and.
conviction of the murderers.
The Grkat Flood in California Ac
counts from San Francisco to the I7ih inst.,
state that incessant and heavy rains had
prevailed for fifty hours previously, and
Sacramento City, for the third time this
winter, was in danger of being completely
inundated. The area of land submerged is
estimated at three million acres, mostly
arable, and a considerable portion fenced
and under cultivation. Nearly five thou
sand cattle and sheep have, it is believed,
been drowned during the winter. As acom
pensatioo ior these disastars, however, the
unexampled storms and floods have washed
the raining regions where .the earth was
previously upturned, producing great chan
ges, and rendering a large ' increase in the
gold yield of I he placer diggings for the en
suing teasoa highly probable. . -
THE WAR NEWS.
A Soldiers Letter About the Battle near .
. Somerset. ' i
The Cincinnati Commerhial obtained from
a soldier and gentlemen now slopping at
the Burnet House, who has ' been over the
field of battle, the following Very clear stat
menl ol facts :
Cincinnati, Jan. 26, 1862.
Editors ' Commercial : There are so
many reports in regard to our late victory in
Kentucky, that I will, with your permis
sion, give you the leading facts in a nut
shell. .
The fight commenced about daylight. The
rebels had about seven thousand men.
Those engaged on our part were Wolford's
Cavalry, the Tenth Indiana, Ninth Ohio,
Fourth Kentucky, Second Minuesola, and
a few of the 'First East Tennessee, who
broke ranks and pitched in. The rebel
force was at least twice as large as that we
had in the engagement. -
The fight lasted till about ten o'clock.
rui a iiiud it w aa uuc ui ucnyrtauuu. u
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.rut u f k
nessee regiment yfou2ht for halt an hour
hand to' hand wiih the Ninth 'Ohio, Second
Minnesota, and a part of the Tenth Indiana,
and only fled when our'brave boys made
a bai onet charge, which resulted in greal
destruction to the rebels,and caused them to
start for ''Dixie."
The killed on the part of the rebels was
about three hundred ; wounded, something
near the same ; and some two hundred
prisoners fell into our hands. We lost
thirty -seven killed ; about one hundred
wounded; 1,780 horses and mules were
captured ; some three hundred wagons ;
fourteen hogsheads of sugar ; a large lot of
coffee ; about 20,000 pounds of pork ; six
teen pieces ot artillery ; all their Camp and
garrison equipage ; a great number of blank
ets, and olher quartermasters and com mis
sary stores ; and just how many stand of
small arms it is impossible to tell. We
have a pile ten feet in diameter,' aud are
still finding them.
- They fled in the gra'.est confusion. Many
were drowned, and others lore off their
clothes to swim the river, and were seen ten
miles beyond, stark naked tunning like wild
men They had noble breastworks, aud a
splendid encampment. On Monday, (the
day after the fight,) the citizens state that
the soldiers were about to mob Crittenden,
and one fact we know, 1,500 yun were
thrown down in one pile. The men, the citi
zens say , declare they were going home,
and would never raise another arm in
defence of the Southern conspiracy. Zolli-
coffer was killed early in the engagement.
It is him ; I saw him and knew him.
To conclude, it io impossible to conceive
of the extent o this victory. After all the
powers of the tongue and pen have been
employed to convey the result, the half
has not been told nor imagined. After 1
saw the whole thing, examined minutely
the scene, and retired from the place, and
the excitement calmed down, I was tempi
ed to believe I had been lost in the reveries
of imagination, and there was nothing real
in it. ll cannot be described. It is impos
sible to do unto the success af our arms,
and the complete victory achieved in the
rout of the rebels, anything like . Jus
tice. For goodness' sake let us lose sight oi
the negro and strive to ameliorate the con
dition of the white man. The St. Louis
Republican says, as it touches upmi the ab
olition fallacies and forcibly asks, "Where
are those general uprisings ot the slaves,
so confidently prophecied in certain quar
ters, as ihe inevitable result of a civil war 1
Were are those servile butcheiiesthat heat
ed imaginations conjured up as the prob
able result ol our domestic conflict ? Where
is that uniersal unrest of the blacks, which
was expected to depiele the Southern
Stales of the 'brawny sons of toil,' and lead
them to a safe refuge in the North ? There
have been no insurrections, and their are
likely to be none. May not, therefore, the
Abolitionists, who have been mistaken in
this idea, be equally mistaken in many
other notions that they are soconstanlly and
pertinaciously forcing upon the public ?
The holiday season is over, when custom
allows the slaves of ihe South almost un
restricted liberty and yet we have heard of
no giganiic revolts, such as have been
promised as following the occupation of the
southern country by the Federal troops.
Isn't it a pity to try to wreck a country out
of pretended consideration for a race who
can have no appreciation of such sacrifices
for their benefits V
GOOO WAGES FOR A "PATRIOT." E. H
Rauch, who has not entered the "tented
field," as some of our readers erroneously
supposed, to show his great devotion to the
Union, is getting tolerably good pay for
staying at home or rather, at Harrisburg.
He has not resigned his position as Captain
notwithstanding his occupancy of a civil
office. He is 'offon furlough," tor 90days,
and of course draws his pay as Captain.
Hence his compensation is about as follows
for each day : The clerkship pays S8 per
day probably more. The Captaincy pays
Sl20 per month ; equal lo 84 per day.
Hence Mr. Rauch is gelling over S12 per
day out of the people who have to pay the
taxes. The United States Government will
pay him 5360 for the ninty days that he is
ofT duty, and while he is occupying a
lucrative office at home. But Mr. Rauch is
a "patriot," and, therefore, we suppose,
entitled to bleed the government as much
as he chooses. A great "patriot," that
Raucb ! We shouldn't be surprised if the
Conlederats should offer him a pension one
of these days in consideration of his past
efforts in behalf of disunion. "A free
North a real Republic !" Carbon Dim
ocrat.
John J. Crittekden is deeply affected by
the news from Kentucky, and has not been
in the House since the report of the battle
of Somerset was received. Although he
has two sons in the Union army, the
presence of one, his eldest, in the rebel
t army, overwhelms him with griet. -
STATEMENT
OF THE FINANCES OF THE COUNTY
OF COLUMBIA Pa.. FROM THE FIRST
DAY of JANUARY,' 1861, to THE FIRST
DAY OF JANUARY, 1862. '
IHE Auditors elected to eille and a.Iju!
the publie acco'lnts ot Columbia county
hae examined the same from the lot da)
of January, 1861, to the 1-t dav of January
1862, and respectfully lav lef ire lh Hon
orable the Judges of the Court of Common
Pleas, the following statement and report.
agreebly to the 22d Section of the "Act oi
lhe General Ascemt'ly of this Common
wealth, passed the 4 ih day ol April, A. D.,
1834." - ' ;
JOHN A. FUNSTON, Treasurer of Columbia
county, in account with said county :
DR.
Jan. 1861, To axes ouistandina, $7143 37
do . do cash in Treasurer's hands 2055,48
Jan. 7th, lo cash ol J. J. Kama, land
redeemed,
Feb. 5th, To cash of S. F. Headley,
land redeemed,
Feb.' 6, To cash of W. Cole, old iron,
Feb. 9, To cash of J. Galbraiili, laud
redeemed,
3,77
46,14
11,18
22,17
June, Am'l of Co tax ass'J for 186 1, 8?89,48
do Jo Mate tax ass'd lor 1861, 840!,T9
do Am t cash ree d Irom military
ass'd 1861,
Oct. To ten day assessment,
Nov. 12, To cash of A. Lilley, J. P.,
on sab ofanestiay,
Njv. 12, To cash received for use of
Court Room,
71 08
5,48
2,12
8,00
Dic. 18, Itteret on Note of S Ney-
hard, adni'r ol B. Hay man. deo'd, 10,73
Dec. To Note of B. Hay man's adm'r, 26 24
To iutereet of the eame, 4,13
266ul,C6
CR.
By ami outstanding for 1861 and pre
vious years, $7225 05
By e xoneraiions allowed collectors 263 25
By commis-ions, do do 880.87
By orders redeemed, 9134,70
By Treasurer's com. on 9000,00, 36JUJ
By balaiica on the abatement as per
Auditor Geul's Report, dated Mar.
28th, 1861, 26,03
By am t of State tax paid Stale Treas
urer July 24ir, 1861, 8290,13
By caah in hands of Treas. due co. , 421.03
EXPE D IT U U CS.
Assessors pay, spring assessment, S340.89
do do ttieniel asaUesmeut, 429 03
7tjy,92
AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
Am't paid County Ar Society, 100,00
AUDITORS AND CLERK.
Am'l paid Audnors and Clerk, 40,50
Am't paid W. Wirt for auditing Pro-
thunotary's and Register's acs, 12.50
:o3,UO
BRIDGE ANT ROAD VIEWS
Am'l paid sundry person".
8110,00
BLAiNK UUUK3.
Am't paid sundry person, Mk bonks, 97,63
BOARD OF RELIEF.
Am'l paid Roanna Shaler,
do Elizabeth Smetlier.
S 10,00
10 uO
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
Paid S
Mrs. Ka e Mahoney,
Margaret MiGirr,
Mary J. Thornton,
Mk Patterson,
Mrs. Diehl,
Mrs. Ta lor,
Mrs. Fowler,
Mrs. Mary Jane Manning,
Mrs. Eck,
Rosalinda Warntr,
Sarafi Simons,
10.00
5 00
5.00
5:00
5 00
5 00
5 00
5,00
5 00
5 00
3.00
BdlJy kj. Evans, B of Relief, 6,00
COMMONWEALTH COSTS.
Xmoui.t paid sundry persons, 396,23
'CONSTABLES' RETURNS.-
COURT CRIER.
( Am'l p"d court erier during the var S54.00
I CLEANING COURT HOUSE.
P'd Ann Lor?, rleaniuii court luniee Sl7,00
COUNTY BUILDINGS.
Am't paid ior repairs done to county
building durina lh year, SI 13.09
JURORS WAGES AND MILEAGE
Paid Jurors al the several courts, 5853,26
PRINTING.
Wm. H. Jacoby, 5130 59
Levi L Tate, 61.36
A. B. Tare, 72 99
ralenion John, 39.50
c3i4,41
6156,92
PENITENTIARY.
Paid Eastern S ate Pe.nitenti.irv,
I'UOfllONOTARY.
j Paid Jacob Eyerly,
Sl64,36
il.16
POSTAGE.
Amount paid Palemon John.
ROAD DAMAtJES.
Paid William Cole, Beiitou, 15,00
do Jane Sheep, Madison, 35,00
do Mrs. M Barton, Bloom, 300.00
do James Satike, Sco t, 0,u0
do John Melick, da 20,00
do Peter Melick, do 40,00
do Jacob Sieller's heirs, Madion, 10,00
do Wetdey Cowman, Orange, 10 00
do Jacob Asti, Benton, 20,00
do Aaron Kester, jr., Ml. Pleasant, 10 CO
do John Smith, lieiiton, 7,00
do Dennis Pur-el, Bloom, 75 00
do Grot. & Kuhn, do 25,00
do Stephen Koliti do 25,00
do John Watts, Greenwood. 10 00
do Mrs. S. A. Peirikin, Bloom, 50 00
5712,00
BRIDGE CONTRACTS.
Ami paid John Ent on contract,
do David Savage,
5400 00
218,66
t6l,66
BRIDGE REPAIRS.
Amt paid sundry persons tor repairs, S279,22
COMMISSIONERS AND CLERK
George Mider, 2149,50
Joseph R. Paiton, 184,00
William Lamou, 179 50
Charles H. Hess, 13,50
Robert C. Fruit, Ckik, 200,0"
i-y-6,50
COMMISSION ERS? ATTORNEY.
Am't paid John G. Freeze, Ait'v. 60,00
DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
Amt paid E. H. Little, Dtst. Att'y, $97,00
ELECTION EXPENSES.
Spring election swearing officers etc 408.05
Special election, 295.90
General election, 450 29
51154,24
FOX AND WILD CAT SCALPS.
Amount paid sundry persons,
FUEL.
Amount paid for coal and wood,
INCIDENTAL.
Amount paid sundry persons,
S106,97
S48.38
S37.01
INSURANCE.
xVm't paid Lycoruinv Insurance co. $25 77
INQUESTS.
Amt paid sundry persons for holding '
inquests during ihe year, $33,04
KEG 151 hit ic RECORDER.
Paid D. Lee, recording Trea bond, SP,00
do do tor copying alphabet to
Mortgage Book, 50,0
SHERIFFS BILL.
Am't paid John Snyder for conveying
Clark Price et. al. lo Penitentiary 5281.00
P'd J. Snyder board &c. for prisoners 345.83
raid Josiah ri. rurman lor boarding
prisoners &c. 26 90
053,73
SURVEY OH.
Paid Solomon Neyhard for Surveying.
and making map for county, , 591,27
Paid P. W. Shafer, surveying co. line
between Coi. & St huylkill cuumie 75.0J
"VI t0,v7
STATE ROAD AND CO LINE
Paid Jas. Master running S:aie road
thronh Ph'p township, 51,50
Paid Georsje'M u-k et. al. running co.
line between ColumVia"& Luzerner 30,00
Stbl.tO
S3 1,00
- - TIP-SfAFIS.
Amount paid at ihe spv-r.l rourts,
TAXES REFUNDED.
AtrVl ol rtad and poor laxes lelurned
to township,
Amount io John BJn I,
S138 5
33
ft i :i 98
Whole ami of orders isopd 86, $9095.60
Deduct ami of taxes relui.de.t, 138.98
E x pendiiuies for the year 1861, 8956,62
We, the underpinned Aud mom of tha cc.
of ColLmbia.t eir.g duly eUc dio a !justand
settle the accounU of ihe Treasurer and
Commissioners, have 'cirefnlly examined
ihe accounts and vouchers of the same.from
the first day of January, A. D . 1861, to the
tiitt day ol January, A I) j 1862, do certify
that we find them ccrevi as set forth in
Hie foreoTn statement, and ttiat we find
a balance due 'Columbia countv of FOUR
HUNDRED & TWEFTY-ONE DOLLARS
AND THREE CENTS, Irom John A. Funs
ion, Treasurer ot said county. " .
Givttn under Our hands this seventh day of
Jauuary, A.. D , l6J2..
GEORGE M- HOWELL,
JOS. B. KNITTLE,
JOHN F. FOVVLEU, -
Connty
Auditors.
Attest DANIEL'LKE, Clerk.
We, lh ' om'erstined Commissioners of
Columbia county, do crt'fy thai the fore
ioiu i a correct statement of ihe accounts
of said county for the ear 1861.
In le.-limoiiy whereof we liave hereunto
set our hands this seventh day of January
A. D. 1662
JOSEPH R. PATTON. ) Com'm's
WILLIAM LA MON, of
CHARLES H. HES ) Col.'Co.
Attest R. C. FRUIT, Cle,k.
Approved bv the Court. Feb. 4ih R62.
STEPHEN BXLDY. ) A-oeite
JOHN Mi-REYNOLDS Jud-es.
Commissioner Office, )
Bloomsbura, Feb. 5, 162 )
BOOKS & STATIOXEISY.
U illiaa G. Ferry,
Bookseller, Blank Book Ma nuUi tn rer. and
Dealer in Imported and American Station
ery, and Photograph Album", S. W. cor.
Fonrlh nd Racp, Philxda.
Ulauk Accou t Books,
FOOLSCAP PAPER, LETTER, NOTE,
Bill, Sermon and Drawing Paper, CnrUins
and Wrapping papers, Envelopes, Pencil,
Slates. Backgammon Board. Chess, GnlJ
P-n, Family" Bible, Hmti, Prayer Books
I American, Lnalih & Irem-fi Iuks. focKet
! Book. Writiit" Desks, &c.&c , all of whhm
i arrt teini fold at very lo-v price for ca.
i Wm.G. l erry. S. W. cor 4il. & Race, Phil.
lilauk Cocks ofllie Desi Quality,
i can be boiiat at low p-ice, in 9v-,rv van-
! ety ol -t)le ot binding, at Wm. G. Perrv'u
Ai--onnt Book Manufactory. S.
anil Ra-e Streets, PhiU 'a.
W.
cor. 4in
Family Riblc.
A I irue as.-or;ue1iti s-Uui a' very Ij
prices for'cash. Win. (J. Prry.
S. W.cor Fourri. & Ri T Si"-e
Buy Win. ferry's
Steel Pei:s, the best and cheapest in the
market. Win. G. Perry, S-ationer,
S. W. corner Fourth &: Race
(oo(! ZSook
Selling at a bargain. Purcna-r buying
B toks, and Stationery for i-a-h, ran pur
chase niueu below u hclesaie price- at S.
W. cor. Fourth &. Race.
Wm. G. Perry,
Bookseller and Sta'ior.or.
Book Binding
Of every description execied in the b"?t
style. Person- having b"Oks in qnanif v
that need l im'.ins, can have tl em bound
at the present lime at very low ra;es None
but experienced workmen ar ernp-"yed
in my establishment. Wm G. PERRA,
Look Binder and Stationer,
S. W. enr Fourth & Race S s, Fhdada,
December 18. 161 -4m.
etlXlR PROpYUMiNe.
fe- S"yj "ywsik
During the past ear we heve introduce!
io the notice ot the medical prme.-iori or
hi-country tl e Vvie Ciyulizcd Chloride oj
Projy'ttmiiie a a
liEJIEDl FOR RHEUMATISM I
And having received from many source,
both fr.iin pbvsician of the highest staud-
iii and Iro n patients, the inoM
J'latieriiig 1 esttmtHtia of Its Ileal Value
in th treatment of ihis painful and ob.-ii-
na'e dUea-e, we are induce I lo present it
to the pnbitc in a lorm READY FOR IM
MEDIATE USE, which we hop will com
mand itelf to hose who are suffering with
this afflicting complaint, and to the medi
cal practitioner who may leel dispo-ed 10
test the powers oftt'is valnHble remedy.
ELIXIR PROPYLAMINE, in the firm
above spoken of, has recently been exten
sively experimented with in ihe
Pennsylvania Hospital
and with MARKED SUCCESS (as will ap
pear from the published accounts in the
medical journals.)
CP It is carefully pn up ready for im
mediate use, with full direcions, and can
be ooiained from all ihe drugirts at 75
cents per bottle, and at "whoIe-'Hle of
BULLOCK & CRENSHAW,
Druggiels and Manufacturing Cheraists
Philadelphia, Pknna.
Philadelphia, Jcne 26. 1861 lv.
NATIONAL HOTEL, .
(Late White wan)
Race Street, above 3d Philadelphia.
T. V. ROADES, Proprietor.
Terms, $1.35 per day.
rpO the old customers of this well-known
J- House, I desire to say, that I have
renovated, improved and ne ly furnished
the same, and that t respectfully solicit
a continuance df their patronaae.
Strangers, travelers and visitor, I cor
dially invite to the hospitality of the "Na
tional" to come and see and judge for
themselve of its advantages and merim.
The location is central, and convenienl
for Merchants and business men generally.
We will always eudeavor lo study the
wants and comforts of our uuests, aud with
our long experience coupled with our at
tentive and obliging assistant, we feel
prepared to keep a good Hotel, aud hope
lo give general satisfaction.
T. V. ROADES.
Philad., Jan. ll, 1862. "
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral.
MRA31 I. MOWER, .
.SURGEON UFNT1ST.
j Ojfice near WtUonS Cartas Shop.Maiu St