tflsman's $mtrpl. 3r S. B. UOW, EblTUK AD PuOf RIETOK. CLEARFIELD, PA., FED. 11, 1857. A FEW WORDS ABOUT PAETIE3. As the time is raj idly approaching when an other important political cotest will come oil in this State, it may not be inappropriate to glance briefly at the condition of parties as they now stand. The Democracy last full in dulged in their nsnal boast of union cud har mony ; but to any man of ordinarily acute per ceptions it mnst have been plainly manifest that it was all mere show and pretence. It was only by the most extraordinary and al most superhuman efforts that the leaders suc ceeded in rallying their forces, and even then they would have failed of snccess'had not a pack of trading politicians managed to cre ate a dirersion in their favor in the ranks of the Opposition. The seeds of discord that the Democrats then prevented from bursting forth, have since developed themselves in the election cf a U. S. Senator, and the animosity and jealousy that is displayed by the respec tive friends of Forney and Foster towards each other,are likely to be more than ephemeral. The malignant and abusive attacks of the former on the latter, has engendered a feeling of hostili ty that may prove difficult to allay ; and it re mains yet to be seen whether the various fac tions of the Democracy can be reconciled, and their forces harmonised, at the meeting of their State Convention next month. Should they fail to efiect a reconciliation, then all that is required to secure victory to the Opposi tion, is for the Americans and Republicans to act the part of wi3e men, and concentrate their forces upon one set of candidates. But let us see how matters stand with that Opposition with those who are arrayed against Locofocoisra. The result of last fall's elec tions, proved conclusively that, as parties then stood, the Democrats had little, if any, strength to boast of, in a numerical point of view. Though they nominally carried both election?, yet it is notorious that of the many thousands that did not vote at all, comparatively few tie longed to that party. The number of this class who belonged to the Opposition, with held their votes, as a general thing, on account of the divisions that existed in their ranks, and Dot because they desired the Democracy to triumph. They could not be persuaded in- to the belief that there was the remotest hope of carrying Pennsylvania against Locofoco isra ; and the treachery of "side-door" San derson, discovered too la'e to be cornpletely eounferacted, contributed in no email degree to keep alive this feeling. B:.i we think wo can discern a very strong- and growing deter mination among the masses of the Opposition to array their united strength against the Dc rsocracy and their Foreign Uoman Catholic al lies. To be sure, we may expect that the Fame game of venality that was practiced last fall, will again be attempted the ensuing one in fact, we are disposed to think that the ser vices of the disorganizes for the approaching .contest, were included in the "original pur chase." But we feel confident that the peo ple understand them, and will treat them as they deserve. The sentiment of the Opposi tion in Pennsylvania, then, if we have r.rrived at a correct understanding of it, demands a " State organization, based upon American Re publican principles, and discarding all ultra isms. It asks for men as candidates who sub scribe to and will maintain the doct'ine that our national territories should be free, and that no foreign Power or Potentate shall con trol our elections by bodies of men sent hither for that purpose. A p.Jatforui constructed on these principles, and candidates to stand upon it, is what seems to bo wanted. This, we feel confident, is what the People desire and what they will have and, having these, they will go forth "conquering and to conquer," and never rest until they have completely routed and defeated the forces of the sham Democracy. Scabcity or Printing Paper. At present the printers aro "hard up" for paper. Scarce ly an exchange comes to hand that does not contain an excuse for delay in its issue, or for issuing only a half sheet, attributing it to ina bility to procure paper. The scarcity is caus ed, first, by the low fctuge of water last fall, which stopped nearly ail the manufactories, and next by the severe cold of the present winter which froze cp the mills. Should wo at any time between now and spring fail to publish a paper, it will be owing to the pre vailing scarcity of paper and our failure to procure. Our readers are perhaps not fully acquainted with the immense quantity of pa par consumed annually in the United States, as well as England and France. The amount of paper produced annually in France is about 1503000:000 pounds, of which 17,000,000 are exported. England prodnccsaboutl77,O00,000 pounds, of which 10,000,000 are sent abroad, and 161,000,000 used at home. The United States consume about 270,000,000 of pounds, or an amount greater than England and France combined. A large proportion of this i3 man ufactured at home, and the remainder import ed from Europe, chiefly from France and Eng land. The consumption of paper in England and France is about four and a half pounds for each person, while in the' United States it reaches ten pounds for each individual. The y.tfi required to make th 270,000,000 poends of rarer consumed in the United States a- mount to 337,000,000 pound ODe and a quar ter of rags being required to make one pound of paper. With such an immense consump tion of paper, is it to be wondered at that a cessation of manufacturing for three or four months should produce a scarcity ! FB0M THE STATE -CAPITAL. II arb rsnrr.cn, Feby. 9, 1857. Ma. Row : A short sojourner at the capital has induced me to comply with your request of writing a letter to you during my stay. It may answer like the last short sentence which printers often use to fill up the column. Thus far legislation has drawn itself very slowly a long. No acts of general character have yet passed. There are several projects of general importance that must occupy the time during the session, among them the apportionment of the State, the sale of the Main Line of the Fublic Works, a general Banking Law, &c. The application to the Legislature for so many Bank charters in the country, has induced me to think that the only way the object sought for can be oLfained in the country is under a geneiol law. Make the basis cf security, Pennsylvania or United States stock ; have the deposits of "stock made at the seat of govern ment with an officer, cither the Auditor Gen eral or some one else ; let all bills issued be done under the supervision of the officer hold ing the stocks then in the event of a bank becoming insolvent, as the Erie City Bank and Lancaster Bank have lately, every bill holder would be paid off at par, provided the stocks deposited were worth their par value at the time the bank become insolvent. By allowing every person, or set of persons, to bank upon a plan cf this nature, as has been done in sev eral Sta'.cs, you take from a bank the charac ter of a monopoly, secure the 1 ill holders from loss, and get rid of a set of men who every year infest the Legislature to use money for the purpose af procuring bank charters for the cities and larger places, while the country por tions of State, who cannot sflbrJ to pay the pricc, rjtit st be deprived of bank facilities. Committees in each House have been ap pointed to apportion the State, but so far as I have ascertained no bill has yet been prepared. This matter, I suppose, as ustml, must create a great deal of excitement and attention, and I have no doubt will tend to prolong the ses sion. Sir. Penrose has real in his place a bill for the sale of the Min line of the Public Works to the Pennsylvania Railroad Co., for $9,000, 000. The bill also allows the Railroad Co. to increase its capitol stock eo as to meet this purchase which stock is to be transferred to the State and a further provision for the State to loan to the Sunbury & Erie Railroad 4,000,000 of this stock, to be used in build ing this road. Would it not be a good idea for the Tyrone & Clearfield road to" come in for a share of this also 7 I am informed that the bill was introduced by Mr. Penrose with out any consultation with the Penu'aRoad, or the Sunbury & Erie interest, and that the Penn sylvania Road would not accept the bill should it pass in its present shape. This is consid ered a very important move on the part of Mr. P. as it may defeat the whole project of the sab of the Main Lino. As the smoke of the Senatorial battle clears away, some very curious developemctits are coming to light witii regard to tho course pur sued by a certain man the late Mr. Forney who figured some in the contest. It is now alleged that the Sage of the Wheat growing district, had his favorite candidate in the per son of Judge Black, but assured Mr. Forney that if his Honor was out of the field, that he would be in favor of Mr. Forney as his second choice. In a few days Forney is said to have appeared at Wheatland with a letter from the Judge declining the exalted position in favor of Forney, which Judge Eiack, since the elec tion, asserts he never wrote. Such is the gos sip of "the bill," and gos for what it is worth. The truth is, Forney is hard to cir cumvent, and never fcund "a foeman worthy of his steel" till he came in contact with Cam eron, lie could easily surround the President elect, and treat with him by removing all oth er objects of his heart and atlections ; but when he came to the last charge, Blucher was on the ground, in the person of the three free soil Democrats, and turned the tide of battle against him. Like a true soldier, he died on that field without grumbling, and all he re qoircs now is that Buchanan shall staunch his bleeding wounds, which just at this time are mora profuse with blood than even "bleeding Kansas" is. The river at this point broke up this morn ing and done considerable damage to the Rail Road Bridge at this place. IVars were enter tained that the structure would be swept ofT ; but the water soon fell as the ice, which had gorged below, gave way, and tha train from Baltimore crossed it to-day. If I should be here when the Clearfield Bank bill goes to the Governor, I will drop you a line informing you of the fact.--1 understand that application will be made for several more of those delecta ble institutions, known in these latter days as Boom companies, upon the Susquehanna. As these come up I hope you will keep your rea ders informed. OLDTOWN. A Marriage ix the Caiis. In the cars be tween Bangor and Portland, an incident occur red receutly a little out of the usual course. Soon after the train left Bangor, the conductor, Mr. Pittman, who had provided himself with a clergyman, stood up in one of the cars, and in the presence of the passengers, and while the train was at its usual speed, was duly mar ried to a lady by the uame of Fuller. Our Eastern friends arc evidently a "fast" people. IE?" A young lady engaged to be married, and getting sick of her bargain, applied to a friend to help her untie the knot before it was too late. "Oh, certainly' he replied, "It's very easy to untie it now, while its only a btau knot, - FACTS AB0TT BAIL E0ADS. PHiLirsBtiio, Feb. 6, 1857. S. B. Row, Esq : My Dear Sir : Believ ing that your readers generally are antici pating with great eagerness the appeaaance of the first Locomotive upon the summit of the Allegheny, and are consequently more or less interested in the important sub ject of Railroads, and will not object to any information relating to improvements in the same ; I have taken the liberty to en close to your address, a short description of the Railroad crossing the "Blue Ridge" moun tain in Virginia, which has been in successful operatiou for two years past. This road was designed and laid to enable the Virginia Cen tral Rail Road Comnany, to use a continuous track, during the construction of the long tun nel through the mountain, which has just been opened. The account is taken and condensed from a long article on the subject in the Rail icay Journal of New York, and will, I am sure, prove interesting to your readers from the fact that opou most of the Railroads in this State, it has been found necessary to resort to somewhat similar lines, tho' of coarse, upon a much more moderate scale, to enable us to overcome mountains once considered impassa ble to such improvements. The following statement gives the leading characteristics of this road, viz : The Summit is at -'Rock Fish'' Gap, which Is ISS-jft. above tide. The crest of the moun tain at this summit is so narrow, that an en gine has soarely room to stand on a leret. . It is passed by a curve of COO feet radius, equiv alent to VJ leg. On the West side, the track descends 450 feet. The arerage grade on this side is 22Z and one-tenth feet per mile, and the maximum grade is o and three-tenths feet per 100, or 27!) and 81-100 feet per mile. On the Eastern side, the liue descends C10 feet in 2 and S7-100 miles, which is equivalent to 1 foot in 20 ft. The actrcge grade on the eastern side is 207 and 4-10 feet per mile, and the iMj-imam grade 2'j-3 and C8-I00 feet per mile. The ruling curves on both sides aro traced upon a radius of 300 feet and are located on gradients of 237 and C-10 feet per mile. In crossing a ravine on the eastern side there is one curve with a radius of only 234 feet (2SJ deg.) with a gradient of 237 and C-10 feet per mile. On the above line, a locomotive of 2 tons weight hauls t o passenger cars at 8, 10 an 112 miles per hour with perfect ease and safety. I dnot think that there ha3 been a solitary accident upon it since it has been in opcratior. t roin tue loregomg statement, some luea may be formed of the effective power of a lo comotive in overcoming steep gradients. Should such gleanings as tho above, prove agreeable and afford an interest, I shall be hap py to furnish you from time to time with sim ilar experiments lrora the Railroad world. Very respectfully yours, James E. Moxtgomeri, Ch. Eng. T. & C. R. R. TWO NEW STATES. The U. S. House of Representatives passed two bills for the admission of Territories as States into the Union at an early day. The bill for the admission of Oregon provides that the people of that Territory arc to vote for delegates to a convention on the first Monday in July, and the convention is to assemble at the capit.il of fhcTerritory on the second Mon day in August next, to determine the wishes of the people, and, if favorable, to form a Con stitution and State Government. This bill was passed, after being so amended as to limit the right of suffrage to citizens of the United States only. The population of Oregon was stated to be about ninety thousand. The t:r ritory of the State, as defined by the bill, will embraces about fifty-six thousand square miles, leaving the remaining portion to be organized as a Territory hereafter. The present popula tion of this Territory is estimated at seventy- five thousand. The Minnesota bill provides for taking a vote of the inhabitants on the 1st Monday in June, to elect delegates to a Convention, to bo as sembled on tiie 2nd Monday in July next. If it be the wish of the people to be admitted in to the Union, the Convention is to proceed to form a Constitution, and take all necessary steps for a State Government. A census of the inhabitants is to be taken, and the new State, when admitted, is to bb entitled to two Senators in Comgress and one Representative, and to such additional Representatives as the population may show it to be entitled under the present ratio of representation. The usu al provisions are made as to lands for schools and internal improvements. The present pop ulation of the Territory is stated to be from one hundred and seventy to two hundred thou sand persons. The bill passed by a vote of 97 to 93. The proportion of the present Ter ritory to be admitted as tho State of Minneso ta, will embrace about 70,000 square miles, leaving west of the boundary line about 90,000 square miles, to be organized into a Territory, under the name of Dacotah. Indiana U. S. Skxators. The Democrats of the Indiana Legislature held a joint Con vention on the 4th inst., for the election of U. S. Senators, and without the concurrence and in opposition to the Senate, elected Graham N. Fitch for the short term, and Jesse D. Bright for tho long term. The vcte stood : Bright and "Fitch each 83, Dunn and Thomp son, Americans, 2 votes each. The joint con vention was composed of G2 members of the House and 2G Senators, one member not No ting, and lacked 1-5 of a quorum. Tho regent decision in the case of Senator Harlan will serve as a pretext to exclude Fitch and Bright. The idea of the Democrats is to have a deci sion in the case put off until tho 10th of March, when the session of the Indiana Legislature expires by constitutional limit, and that Gov. Willard, who is a Democrat, will appoint ti!l the Legislature again meets, two years hence. The plan Is well laid. Will it succeed 1 Abstract of the Report of the Superintendent of Common Echcols for 1C6. During the school year the aggregate num ber of public schools in the State, outside of Philadelphia, was 10.C97, being an increase of 228 over the previous year, and an increase of 1190 over the total of the year just prior to the enactment of the school law of May 8th, 1804.. Tho average time during which the schools were kept pen was five months and twelve days, being an increase of two days over the total of last year, and of twelve days over 1SG3. The number of teachers in the com mon schools of the State, exclusive of Phila delphia, was 12,GG7, being an increase of 214 over last year, and of 1127 over the year 1S-33. Including the city of Philadelphia, the total number of teachers was 13,327, of whom 8010 were males, and 5312 females. The average salary of each male teacher per month was $23 29, being an increase per month over last year of 59 J cents, and of $1 C4 per month over' the year 1853. The average salary of each female teacher per month was $15,85, be ing an increase of 96 cents per month over last year, and of $3,82 per month over the year 1853. The whole number of scholars in the public schools, exclusive of Philadelphia, was 531, 729, and including Philadelphia, 580,743. The former aggregate shws a decrease of 7297 since last year, and an increase of 57,171 over the year 1853. The decrease since last year was occasioned by the almost unprece dented severity of last winter, which compell ed many pupils to remain at home, and, on account of the snow drifts, stopped some schools entirely. The County Superinten dents suffered severely from the intense cold during that period, and one of them narrowly escaped freezing to death. Still these figures show a large improvement over the condition of things prior to the passage of- the new school law. The average cost of teaching cncli scholar per month is 51 cents, exclusive of the build ing expenditure, or C2J cents including it. The amount expended during the year for pur chasing ground, building school houses, re pairs, &.C., was $332. 12j 27, bring an increaso over last year of $C5'2C 61, and over the year 1853 of $181,008 CI, and an increase of 30,674 93 over the highest amount in any former year in the history of the school sys tem. The amount expended for tuition, fuel and contingencies, outsido cf Philadelphia, was $ 1,285,315 CI, being an increase of $134, 390 over last year, and $470,4 1-3 (17 over 1S53. Including Philadelphia, the whole amount for the State was $1,895,451 61. With tiie build ing expenses mentioned above, the total school expenditure lor the year was $2,227,579 f'8. The average rate of local taxation for school purposes, as calculated from the returns iu 1257 districts, (five-sevenths of the whole num ber,) is five mills and five hundredths upon tiie dollar. In forty-three counties, the number of school houses reported as sufficiently well a dapted to the purpose or grade of school for which they are intended, is 1104; those which arc net, in their present condition, so adapted, but are so susceptible of alteration and im provement as to become so, 3202 ; those which are, in all respects, or in an essential partic ular, unfit to be the training places of youth, 2255. Twenty-one counties repoit the num ber of school houses with furniture in of the first class at 545 ; number in tiie second class at 1958 ; in the third class at 1352. Twenty seven counties report the number of grc.de 1 schools at 5'K) ; number of schools in which any successful attempt at cl insinuation has been made, 2205 ; those in which there is nei ther grading cf the schools nor classification of the pupils, 1611. Thirty-eight comities re port the teachers' ages thus : Under seventeen years, 302; between seventeen and twenty-one years, 2'2G ; between twenty-one and twenty five, 21SG; between twenty-five and thirty, 1200 ; between thirty and foity, AOS ; between forty and fifty, 323 ; over fifty years of age, 191. In thirty-two counties, many of them border counties, the number of teachers bora in Penn sylvania is 5010; and of those born out of Penn sylvania, 813. Thirty-four counties report the number of teachers who have taught less than one year, 1793 j who have taught between one and three years, 2035; who have taught between three and six years, 1058 ; who have taught between six and ten ycrs, C12 ; who have taught be tween ten and twenty years, 389 ; who have taught over twenty years, 123. In thirty-one counties 2201 teachers have read books and periodicals on teaching, and 3211 have not. In thirty-two counties there were 2735 of the teachers who intend to make teaching a per manent business, and 3019 who do not. Out side of Philadelphia, not two per cent, of all the teachers are graduates of colleges or nor mal schools. Not twenty per cent, are grad uates of academies or private seminaries. About twenty-iive per cent, have had the ben efit of tuition for brief periods in Academies and private schools, and about fifty per cent, have received their educational training in the common schools of their respective neighbor hoods. During tho last two years, under the influence of the County Superintendents, and the stimulus of the graded temporary certifi cate, vast improvement has been made on the part of teachers by private study and atten dance upon voluntary teachers' institutes. In forty-three, counties the number of teachers who give full satisfaction in their respective grades is 2370 ; those who may be called me dium teachers, and may be employed till bet ter can be procured, 30G0 ; the number whose services had better be dispensed with, 2005. These unqualified teachers are tolerated in the schools simply because their places cannot as yet be supplied with such as are competent, and to reject them would be tocloso the schools entirely. But in this respect the schools are not half so badly off' as they were two years a go. The County Superintendents have wrot marvellous changes in many respects Harris bar g Telegraph, TRAGEDY IN NEW Y0EK. On lLe 1st f February, narvey Burdell, a dentist, who resided at No. 31 Bond street, New York, was found dead in his room by Lis servant boy who went to make the fire. When discovered the body was cold and stiiF. There were fifteen stabs and also marks of strangula tion discovered. A dirk was found In Eur dell's room, said to belong to a Mr. Eckel,who boarded at Mrs. Cunningham's, where Dr. Bur dell also boarded and lodged. The hosse be longed to Dr. B. Suspicion rests upon Eckel and Mrs. Cunningham. The latter a Hedges that she is the wife of the murdered man, and produced a certificate to substantiate hcrale gafion. Each otic, however, for his own opin ion about the vrhole affair, which is undergo ing a judicial investigation. From an edito rial in the Iltrald reviewing the whole procee dings thus far, we clip the following : "We are bound to say up to this moment the burden of the testimony taken is frightful ly against John J. Eckel and Emma Angusta Cunningham. They may be innocent, and heaven knows we hope they are. Bat it is, to pay the least, an unfortunate thing that Mr. Eckel should have gone out before breakfast that morn'ng, and should have deposited in his private desk a paper which would seem to have been pur loined from Dr. Bnrdell. It is unfortunate that he should have been on such terms with the woman Cunningham as to lead the house maid to regard her as an indiscreet mother to grown up daughters. And it is still mora un fortunate that he should have allowed expres sions of ill will towards the deceased to escape him, to which the present conjuncture imparts on awful significance. As for the unhappy female over whom the public wrath impends,evcry circumstance con nected with her is unfortunate. She had a husband, who died, suddenly, ia his chai', leaving a policy of insurance for $10,000 in favor of his wife. Was he poisoned ? We must dig his body up. She le i a life after his death which is descriled in the evidence of the witness Ilildreth ; a life evidently calcula ted to harden lier heart and steel her nerves. Her acquaintance was such as no honest wo man would willingly keep. Arrived at a mature age, and not destitute of those aitful charms or charmful arts by which women in the meridian of life secure lovers, she met, ensnared, and conquered Dr. Burdell. Entering his house as his mistress, she sought to assert a control over him against which the passionate and crabbed temper of the doctor rebelled. He gave her money. He gave her home. He took in her dmghters. He lodged her friend Eckel. Not content with all this, the woman Cunninghr.m insists that ho shall marry her. He refuses, and she sues him. Burdell.. an angry, but not a persevering ha ter, capitulates, on certain conditions, among which is the one that he shall "extend to Mrs. Cunningham and her family his friendship thro' life," and another that he shali Tout her his rooms at half their value, shf? withdraws the suit. Burdell confesses that from the woman to whom he has avowed friendship through life he stands in terror of his owr He declares he lias caugtit her at his safe. The servant indis creetly wakes at an untoward noise. Eckel and Mrs.Cunningham leer at each other across the table as they speculate onJhe happy con sequences of "a handy blow" on tho doctor's haad. Yet all these people go on living under tne same roof, until one night one neighbor smells burning woolen or flannel, another hears a sti fled cry of murder, and next morning poor Dr. Burdell is found by Dr. Main and the boy Blu ebell dead in his room. We see that some or gans of opinion abuse some of the public f unc ticnaries for prosecuting this inquiry like pub lic prosecutors ; but how can any man in his senses look at the facts without coming to some conclusion as to the guilty person and that conclusion a perfectly clear and fair one ? TH2 SCOTT A"D EAVIS C0S2ES?0XI;2NCi:. Washington, Feb. 4. The Seoti and Davis correspondence i3 quite voluminous. From a hasty examination of the documents, it appears that Gen. Scott declined to give open and spe cific information to Secretary Davis regarding the expenditure of the Secret Service money in Mexico, believing that no obligation of public or private honor, according to the usa ges of nations and of armies, required him to disclose the names and circumstances. He, however, expressed a willingness to give such information for his private ear alone, which the Secretary said he was willing to rccciv in confidence. In November, 1855, the President of the United States writes to Secretary Davis, siy ingj in substance, "Gen. Scott states two grounds on which he has learned that 1 hesi tated to allow the 5 per cent, commission. It is proper to remark that he has been misin formed or has misapprehended my position. lie, himself, fixed 3 per cent., w hich he might properly have received for his disbursements in Mexico, and a balance struck upon that ba sis was the s:il j :ct of conversation between us." Secretary Davis, in response to the Presi dent, informs him that Gen. Scott h id charged himself w ith the sum of $201,691, all of which, excepting S30.000, were levied and captured in Mexico, and with-held by Gen. Seott in his account . This balance the President thought the Sec retary of War authorized Gen. Scott to retain. Gen. Scott, in a letter dated at New York, December, 1855, writes that there aro two items, making $11,885, against him as not ad mitted or disallowed by the President, on ac count of 5 per cent, charged by him on all moneys disbursed. He says it was entirely within tho competency of the President to al low that charge, and asks that suit be brought against him by the Government, to recover the amount claimed to be due bv htm, nearlv $6,000. " .. But the President declined to enter mit. There are many ex; .! n ttions nditive fo thi s figures, but the financial part of the transac tion cannot be fairly understood by this tuere reference to the subject. Among the documents Is tho opinion of At torney General Cnshing, January, 1S56, to tho effect that the act creating tha rank of Lieu tenant General does cot confer opon General Scott all the authority which wai imposed ly the law of 1793 upon Washington, who wa thereby made the Commander of the army, while General Scott was appointed Lieutenant General by order of the President of the Uni ted States. The rank carries retrospective pr and emoluments, but not retrospective author ity. . ' - V . ' Gen. Scott's correspondence with the offi cers of the Government goes back as fart? 184S. and that between fcim and the Secretary of War, during 1855, conUins the" followicg features : Secretary Davis, July 25th, 18-55, say?: "1 leave unnoticed the exhibition of peevish tem per in reply to an inquiry from this Depart ment." &c. Gen. Scott replies, July SOtb It would be easy to show that the whole letter, in which you charge me with exhibiting a peevish tem per, is as flippant in its statement and logic as ia that accusation." "Certainly, as Secreta ry of War, you have done enough to warrant more than a suspicion, that from tho first you have considered it your special mission, by re peated aggression on my rights and feelings, to goal me iuto some perilous attitude of o2 cinl r-pposition. To prove my long forbear ance, fur at my time of life ail angry discus sionj are painful, I will now proceed to enu merate some of the provocations alluded to, whhout dilating in this place on your partis:. hostility to tha Brevet of Lieutenant-General atid to t;:e compensation Congress intended to attach thereto." Gen. Scot: th-n alludes to one cf the Secr tary's "Captain's reports," and bis "cppir.g thj climax ly usuip3t:-n r.nl absurdity.' He like-wise sys .- "Following out your person al rebuke in the letter of the 12:h, yor.r object, iu violation of principle, is to cruih me int. a servile obedience to yor.r self-will. I knew your obstinacy, and I know also v bat isdr to myself as a soldier, and if I am to be crush ed, I prefer it at the hands of my military peers." The Secretary rejoins in an cnoScial note, dated August 28 : "Your present accusation, which charges me with usurpation for the most unworthy ends, and imputes to me motives in consistent with official integrity, is considered basely" malevolent, and pronouaced utterly false." Gen. Scott replying. August Gth, says: "I have received a nte from you, dated d inst., which you seem to desire me to consider f.s unu&cial ; I shall not comply with that singu lar fancy, as you cm have no legitimate claim to address me, except as Secretary of War. Accordingly I shall treat yv r.r communications whether designed as private and scurilous, or as public missives of arrogance and snjcrcil jousness, as equally official. There a:s beau ties ia them which ought not to be Ia?.; . tr.d it shall not bo my fault if I do not renuer your part of this correspondence a memorable ex ample to be shunned Ly your successors." To this the Secretary replies, September 7th: "Nor am I to be tt all deterrel irom a full ex posure of the groundlessness of your charges, by the threats you make of rendering my p rt of this correspondence a memorable example, to be shunned by my successors. This is ti.e merest bravado ia one who himself aff-.rds ti.e mosi iiicmor.U'ie example on tiie records i tiiis Department, of a vain controversialist de feated, and a false accuser exposed." D APT S T OVES for sate vcrv tow at It febll .MKitHKLL i PAUPER'?. VLOT cf good WI.-rr,r AH. ID bv 12. f. r s tie by MKKRE1.L & CAKTE K . LJ ACO.M BACON!! BACON::.' A rr.KJE ARTICLE, Kept cont.HntI v on band and fur sale at the store of b-b 1 1 - - J " VM. F Jilt W ; N . "VOTICE. In the Orphans' Court of CIcarEc'd 1 C-jun(y. In the matter of the Estate of Gnr land Irviu, dee d. 1 he urj-lorigr.ed. sr-poiMd tr tiie f iii eonrt at their 'ierir. of Jan .' loT. to r.mke r;s:rUntioii f .iiJ Estate, appoints Friday tiie LTth of February ia-t. to attend to the 'iuties f sai l or.U-r cf Court, at the office of M A. Frai.k, Esq.. in CicarlK-m. wfcore fersons snlvrc.otrd mar att-ii l. ALEXA-VDLK IKVIX . 1'cb. 11. 17. Auditor. 74 T A X S I O X II O USE, J-'l- Cfearff-l.t. Pa. '1 he undcrii-ncd rceetful!y announces to the puhiic that he has leased the above Hottl in Cler ficM Ijoroajrh. ami that he is prepared to acooa tno'l.ite aU who m.i; favor him with their custom. II is hoiisv is coininixiious an I convenient, and his table shall be supplied in the best manner j-o?si- !e. No effort will be spared to fender general satisfaction. Ity strict attention to business, and to th5 wants and comfort of his guests, he expects to secure a liWr.il chaie of patronage. feMl-'67 I'AN. M. WEAVER. yASHIXCTOX'S BIRTH-DAY. The f T 1'tiilipsburg (;n.irJ will celebrate Wash ington's llirth-d.iy by a public parade on Fridsy. t!ia LVth of February. Hie exercises will be coii-dat-vl i a manner worthy the memory of Jjini whoso actions .m l nnme nj freemen we cherish. An oration will be delivered on the occasion by Israel Test. 1's-j -Their annual Military Ball wiil be hel l ot the houe of A. Jackson, commencing at 7 o'clock ia tho evening. Bv ordcrof the Com wittco. ' A. Tll'lMAS. J. WILLIAMSON, Jan. 51. li-.T T Tnii! VEND V r. ! B A It G A I X S ! ! V On the Third or March, !S-7. at 10 o'clock, A. M., will be srd t at public sale, at the premises of Rudolph Eitz, r., iu l.gs township, ia Clear field county. ' Hors-.;s, Cows. Sheep. Hogs, Grain of all kinds, ll.iv and Straw, Graiii ia the ground, Bacon, Honey and Hecs, itc. Vc. ALSC'f.irming utensils, such as Plows, ll.irrwws, Wagons, Sleds. Dearborn, Log chains. ard other things useful on afarn, be sides household furniture of all kiri.i;.-,. Come one and all. Tkrms made known a ds? of sale. JOHN LI1Z. DAVID LITZ. Agents Ac for R. Lirr. .4r. Jan" 25. I.".?. CAPTION. All persons arc cautioacd ati it..' meddling with the following prepertv. r -x in possession ot John S. Wjiliir. of Er.-x ' . r ship. as the tame bcior-i tu me, vuo t. v j tlfi taid U'ini;n,.s on ioan . One gray ';'.' bay liorsi. one yoke- of en. one Cow. f. ui-hors-3 ' -r-. j'ii. ore sprina; W -i p New Millport, Jan. 21st, 1857 :n?i 9t
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