tflsman's $mtrpl.
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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