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$800, which is included in the sum of less
than $4,000, above stated.
In this connection I must speak with ap
planse of the active benevolence of onr citi
zens, who have withoutcorapensation devoted
their time and care to their suffering fellow,
citizens, disabled by the casualties of war.
Not only have many gone to the field, to ad'
minister their kind offices, bat in every part
of the Common wealth thousands have applied
their weana and exertions to the same end ;
and especially have the women of Pennsylva
nia, obeying their true womanly instincts,
shown that they are worthy to be the mothers,
wives and sitters of the brave men, whom they
have stimulated to their duty, aud soothed
and nursed in the sufferings that have ensued
the performance of it.
... The city of Philadelphia having patriotically
offered to the United States, League Island as
donation for a Navy Yard, Congress direct
ed a commission to report npon the availa
bility of that site and also ot New London.
To the general astonishment, a majority of the
commission have reported in favor of New
London, but the minority has presented a re
port, which is fortified by the approval of the
Secretary of the Navy, showing so conclusive
ly the superiority of League Island that it is
scarcely possible that Congress should hesi
tate to select that location. To establish a
Navy Yard for tho construction of iron clad
vessels at a point remote from all necessary
supplies, situated on salt water, and accessible
by more thsn one route to any enemy, who
may have a momentary superiority at sea,
would appear to be quite inconsistent with the
wisdom of Congress, especially when a site in
offered convenient to iron, coal and other nec
essary supplies, situated on fresh water with a
aufticiejK -depth for the draught of large ves
sets, and safe from hostile attack by its posi
tion. - .
- Capt. Henry E. Wrigley, of the city of Phil
adelphia, at my request, and without compen
sation, has ruado a report to me on the defen
ces of the Delaware, which I herewith trans
mit for information.
In July last, I received, at Pittsburg, by tele
graph, an offer from the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company, of a donation of fifty thousand
dollars to assist in paying bounties to volun
teers. I declined this offer, because I had no
authority to accept it on behalf of the public,
and was unwilling to undertake the disburse
ment of the fund in my private capacity. 1
have since received a letter on the sutject
from the company suggesting other modes of
disposing of the money, a copy of which ia
annexed to this message. j
If the Legislature should accept the dona
tion, I recommend that it be applied towards
the erection of an asylum for our disabled sol
diers, and that the trustees appointed to su
perintend the erection and management of tho
asylum be authorized to accept such further
contributions as our citizens mar offer. In a
well managed establishment of that kind, it li
probabla that the pensions to be allowed by
the Government to the men, will enable them
to support themselves with comfort. By an
act of Congress passed on the second day of
July, 1862, lands were granted to the several
StatesJor the endowment, support and main
tenance by each State, ot at least one college
for teaching such branches of learning as ar-i
related to agriculture and the mechanic arts,
without excluding other scientific and classi
cal studies, and including military tactics.
' i recommend that proper provision be mads
by the Legislature for having the lands thus
granted to this State selected, and the title
made to the State, and that Congress bo re
quested to allow the lands and their proceods
to be used by the State in the construction
and support of such an asylum as I have above
nggested. . .
The details of the operations of the common
school system, during the school year that ter
minated on the first Monday in June, 1862,
manifest scarcely any evil effects from the
troubled state of the country. Absence of the
usual degree of progress in the various depart
ments is the only. result observable. To have
held its own, however,, during the severe or
doal to which, in common with all our great
social Interests and enterprises, it has bean
subjected, is the strongest proof of its inho
rent vigor, and of tho hold it possesses upon
the affections as well as the judgment of the
people of the State.
J,t has come to my knowledgo that in some
parts of the State a system exists ot paying the
wages of workmen and laborers D3t In money
but in orders on store keepers for merchandise
and other articles. This system, by prevent
ing all competition, leaves the men to the un
controlled discretion of the store keepers. It
.is a system most unwise and unjust, and it if
fects classes of useful citizens, who, as they
live by the proceeds of their daily labor, hare
not adequato means to resist it. I have no
donbt that most of the difficulties which occa
sionally occur between employers and their
workmen are due to the prevalence of this
system. That every man, for a a fair day's
labor, should receive a fair day's wage, is but
the dictate of common honesty; and while it
would be most nnwise for the State to inter
fere at all with the rate of wages, it is in my
judgment incumbent on her to protect her la
boring population by requiring that wbaterer
may be the wager stipulated, they shall be so
paid that the recipient may purchase necessa
ries for himself and his family, where tbey
can be had best and cheapest. 1 do most ear
nestly recommend this subject to the Legis
lature for prompt and effectual action.
I believe that the several charitable institu
tions to which the Legislature has been accus
tomed to grant aid, have been well .managed
during tho past year.
The Wyoming Canal is still in the hands of
t,he receiver. Certain creditors of the compa
ny baring instituted proceedings in the Set
ureme Court for selling the canal under the
mortgage, the Attorney General has interven
- ed in Ibe suit to oppose the making of a de
cree A saSa. No decree has been made, and
the proceedings are yet pending. Meanwhile,
It being aliened that the subscribers and stock
holders have paid up but a small part of the
nominal capital of the company, an informa
tion haa been filed in the Supreme Court by
the Attorney General, to compel them to pay
up the capital, or such charges, and assess
tnenta as may be necessary to extinguish the
debt duo to the Commonwealth. This pro
ceeding is also still pending. It is understood
that the gross receipts of the canal during the
last season have been about one hundred and
Xfeirty thousand dollars and the annual iuter
est oo the mortgage bonds of the company a
Little ever nfty-one thousand dollars.
In oursaazice of the joint resolution passed
11th April. 1662, the Attorney Geoeral has in
stituted proceedings on the proper cashier's
bonds, to recover tue money due to the Com
mon wealth. by ,.t,u Bank of Commerce at Erie,
nd J have employed John II. Walker, E.q.,
aa special pounsej for the Commonwealth, ia
the prosecution ot the officers of the bank in
the Court of Quarter Sessions of Erie county
Id accordance with tba provisions of the
Act of 6th May. 1862. aa information in equity
was (glad by tie Attorney general against thej
Delaware and Hudson Canal Company and tn
Pennsylvania Coal Company. , The case was
argued before the Supreme Court at S anbury,
in October last.
By an Act passed on the 16th day of May,
1861, a company was incorporated by the name
of lb.e Navy Yard, Broad street and Fairmount
" railway , company. It being alleged that the
company, ioitead of making a railway oo tee
route and In the manner prescribed by its
'Charter, is constructing a railroad of a differ
ent character by a ronte extending from the
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Rail
road depot to the Philadelphia and Trenton
Railroad depot, both within the city of Phila
delphia, the Attorney General has, proceeded
against the company by quo warranto for the
violation of its charter, and has also filed an
information for the purpose of restraining the
company from proceeding in the construction
of their road. Both these proceedings are now
pending.
By the act of 29th March, 1813. it was pro
Tided that citizens absent from home in actual
military service, might exercise their right of
suffrage as if they were present at the usual
place of election. This act was substantial
ly re-enacted in the general election law pas
sed on the 2d of July, 1839. The Supreme
Court has recently decided that by reason of
a phrase in the constitutional amendments of
1838, this provision has become unconstitu
tional. Pennsylvsnia has sent to the service
about two hundred thousand citizens, who, by
this decision, are disfranchised. This seems
to be hard measure that men who testify
their deyotion to the country by going to tho
field should thereby loe tho most Inestimable
right of a citizen. I recommend that the nec
essary steps be forthwith commenced to amend
the constitution, so as to give the right of suf
frage to the citizens who are thus excluded.
I cannct close this message without speak
ing of the unbroken loyalty sud spirit of the
freemen of Pennsylvania. They feel that on
the preservation ot the Union and the suppres
sion of the most causeless and wicked rebel
lion which history record?, depend the honor,
the interests and the whole future welfare of
the Commonwealth. Tbey will never tolerate
schemes for destroying the Government of the
United States, or for forming separate Con
federacies, or any other schemes for creating
general confusion and ruin, and aiding and
comforting the traitors who are in arms against
their country.
This State has furnished more men for the
defence of our institutions, and has lost more
by the casualties of war, than any other State.
She has given her blood and treasure freely,
and is ready to give as much more of both as
may be needful. Her people intend that by
the blessing of God, this rebellion shall be
suppressed, and will not be turned from their
sett led purpose by the wiles ot masked enemies
or the vacillations of feeble friends. On the
contrary, they will, (as is their right,) insist
that competent Integrity, Earnestness, Intel
lect and Vigor shall be employed in the pub
lic service, to preserve the Government, and
to maintain the unity of the country.
A. U. CCBT1N.
Execctivk Department. (
Ilarrisburg, Jan. 7, 1863. )
A BRILLIANT MOVEMENT.
A dispatch from Major General Granger
says, that '.be cavalry force of about 1.000,
men, which he sent to East Tennessee on the
21st December, under command of Brigadier
General P. Carter, to destroy the East Tennes
see Railroad bridges, has returned to Man
chester, Ky. Gen. Carter telegraphs that on
the 80th he destroyed, entirely, the Uni'.n and
Watauga bridges and ten miles of the Rail
road. Five hundred and fifty Rebels were
killed, wounded and taken prisoners, and sev
en hundred stand of arms and large amount
of flour, salt and other rebel stores, also a lo
comotive and two cars were captured and de
stroyed. A brisk skirmish took dace at Wa
tauga bridge and also at Jonesville. We lost
ten men in this expedition. As character
ized by Gen. Grangei, this has been one of
the most hazaidous and daring feats of the
war, attended with great;bardships and priva
tions, owing to the almost impassable condi
tion of Ihe country, length of route of nearly
two hundred miles each war. and inclement
season. The important results of this expedi
tion can hardly be overrated, severing, as it
has, tho main rebel artery of communication
between Virginia and the southwest. Gen
Carter, his officers and men, deserve the
thanks of the country. Great credit is also
due Major Gen. Granger, under whose imme
diate supervision the expedition was fitted out,
and whose long cavalry experience was guar
antee that nothing tending to its success would
be neglected or forgotten.
Gen. Ualleck compliments Gen. Carter and
his command for their gallantry, and bold and
dashing movements, and expresses the hope
that their example will be imitated.
EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS.
Col. Ludlow, of Gen. Dix's Staff, has return
ed from City Point, having completed the lol
lowing exchanges. Tho number of prisoners
exchanged on each side is about equal. These
exchanges will restore to immediate active
service about 20,000 of our paroled men. The
exchanges included all officers and men who
were delivered at City Point from the 11th of
November, 1862, to Jauuaty 1st, 18C3. All
officers and men captured at Harper's Ferry ;
all officers and men paroled at Winchester
Nov. loth and 26th and Dec. 1st 1862; all
officers and men paroled by Col. Imorden Nov.
9th, 1862. All officers and men paroled at
Goldsboro North Carolina, May 22d, 1862
and delivered at Wilmington, North Carolina;
all captures in Missouri, Arkansas, New Mex
ico, Texas, Arizona and Louisiana op to Jan
uary 1st, 1863 ; all captured in Kentucky,
Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, South Car
olina, and Florida up to December 10th, 1862 ;
and all captures on the sea and Gulf coasts
and the waters flowing into the same up to
December 10th, 1862. Colonel Ludlow says
it is highly probable that the rebel Govern
ment will rescind their order retaining United
States officers, and also that citizen prisoners
will soon be released.
Thb Contrabands. Negroes who have come
within the United States lines on the Poto
mac, state that many of the slaves are carried
away and sent South. The greater portion,
however, on the long neck of land between
the Rappahannock and Potomac, have already
made their escape within the Union lines,
bringing with them their masters teams and
other property. They avail themselves of the
night for their exodus.
Obstructive Fibc. On Wednesday night
the barn of William Thompson, near Centre
Furnace, Centre connty, Penn'a, was entirely
destroyed by fire. It was filled with a large
crop of grass and bay, which, with a quantity
of valuable farming material, was all consuia
cd. It is supposed to bave been the woik of
an incendiary.
.Raftsman's utral.
BT SAMUEL J. BOW,
CLEARFIELD. PA.. JAW 14, 1863.
THE GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE.
We print in this week's Journal, Gov. Cur
tin's Message to the Pennsylvania Legislature.
It is a plain and concise statement of the
affairs of the Commonwealth during the past
year. According to the Governor's statemont
the finances are in a much more healthy con
dition, than for several years past the State
Administration having been guided by a just
and liberal economy in the management of our
fiscal concerns. The message will be read
with much interest by every lover of his coun
try. The Philadelphia Press in noticing the
Message says :
4nis Excellency the Governor had an in
teresting chapter of our State's history to
write in his annual message. The year I8C2
was one of the most thrilling and important
we have ever known. In that time she has
passed through the tumult? and excitements
consequent upon the great war she has fell
the foot of the invader upon her soil she has
been in conditions of preparation and alarm
she hns suffered more from the rebellion than
any Northern State, and we may say without
any assumption of pride or superiority, that
no State has done more to aid in the suppres
sion ol the rebellion. Her sons have followed
the banner of the Union wherever it has float
ed. In South Carolina and North Carolina,
in Virginia and Maryland, in Tennessee and
Kentucky, they bave borne the banner of their
State, and shed their blood in defence of the
nation. In every time of dinger they have
been ready, and in every time of sacrifice tbey
have been unselfish and generous. Much of
this devotion and bravery is due to the wor
thy magistrato who has presided over our des
tinies since the rebellion began and it must
have been with a feeling of deserved pride
that he sat down to write the story of our
Commonwealth's sufferings and glory.
MAILABLE MATTER
Post Office Department, Appointment Op-
pice, Jan. 3, 1863. Many .postmasters per
sist in sending through the mails packages of
clothing, boots, &c, charging thereon only
one cent an ounce postage. This is a palpa
ble violation of the law and regulations with
which every postmaster should be acquainted.
The packages are held for the legal postage
at the distributing office or offices of delivery,
accumulating to such an extent as to be great
ly annoying to those offices, and in a large
majority of cases never reach tho parties ad
dressed, thus causing a loss to the parties sen
ding. The law and regulations clearly define
what is mailable matter, and prescribe what
amount of postage is to be charged thereon ;
and further provide that all other matters of
things, if scut by mail, are subject to letter
postage.
To prevent further loss topartfes,interested,
and the improper interruption of business at
the large offices, all postmasters are required to
make themselves acquainted with the laws and
regulations relating to the postal service, and
the mailing of packages hereafter of the char
acter referred to by any postmaster, without
the proper postage being prepaid by postage
stamps, will be considered good cause for re
moval. Alexander W. Randall,
First Assistant Postmaster General.
LEGISLATIVE DEAD-LOCKS.
Dead-locks in Legislative bodies seem to be
quite the rage. In the New York Assembly
more than a week has elapsed without an or
ganization being effected, Mr. Sherwood the
Republican candidate for Speaker, receiving
63 votes all the time, and Mr. Dean, the Dem
ocratic member, 63 also. In the State of In
diana, the Senate is Republican, and the House
Democratic the former refuse to go into con
vention for the election of a U. S. Senator,
and the House refuse to receive the Message
of the Governor without the joint presence of
the two Houses. In the Legislature of Missouri-parties
are so divided that neither has
enough to elect a U. S. Senator, and so far
no two have been able to effect a union upon
any one candidate. Thus, it will be seen,
that dead-locks have quite a run all over the
country.
Gov. Morton, ot Indiana, is said to have
nrged the Government to mount fifty regi
ments of infantry, to carry no sabres, and to
retain their muskets or rifles and bayonets, us
ing their horses for rapid marching. He in
sists that in this way only can our commnni
cations be protected, and such roving bands
as Morgan's be driven out of the country.
Morgan's men carry but few sabres, fight on
foot, and have their horses for marching. -
.- Successful Expedition. On the 7th instant,
a party of cavalry and infantry was sent ont
from Yorktown, by Major Keys, and landed at
West Point. On the morning of the 9th tbey
returned with a large number of animals and
eight wagon loads of produce. They destroy
ed the depot and rolling stock at White House,
burnt a steamer and sloops, boats and barges,
laden with grain, and sustained no loss what
ever. The train on which Gen. Butler was a pas
senger for Boston came in collision with an
other, on the morning of the 10th, and all the
seats except those of the car in which be rode
were smashed. The General escaped without
injury.
A DANIEL COME TO JUDGMENT.
To set up a sense tot loci, as a source of truth,
is a fine piece of blind man's assurance. And the
variety of it consists in the haughty air of supe
riority and compassion which is assumed towards
tie philosophy that sees God. by this philosophy
that has to grape its way. It makes one think of
a mole exclaiming : How they excite my pity
with their prate about a sun !" Miserahles,
2vol. p. 133. '
If we could supposo the existence of an ac
quaintance between an author so Utile known
to fame as the writer of the above work, and
the exalted and illustrious editors of the Clear
field Republican, we would be constiained to
believe3 that Victor Hugo, when he penned
the paragraph quoted, had in his eye the in
dividual who wrote the leader in the last num
ber of that high-toned sheet, entitled "The
Week of Prayer." If they have not, in that
article, "set up a sense they lack, is a source
of truth," it would be difficult to comprehend
tho expression. Their reputation for piety
not having hitherto been very well establish
ed one of them, on the contrary, being re
garded as an infidel- it is the last source to
which we iould have looked for a homily on
"prayer." niving in their preceding num
ber religiously advised our soldiers to go
into battle with "a deck of cards in one pock
et and a Bible in the other" making flings in
nearly every issue of their paper at Christian
ministers and the cause of religion ever de
nouncing theGovernment, and, to the extent of
their ability and influence, encouraging those
who are in rebellion against it their qualifica
tions to instruct Christians what they should
and what they should not pray for, as well as
the manner in which their supplications should
be made, will doubtless teadily be conceded !
Bailey, in bis celebrated poem of Festus,"
records that Lucifer once preached a sermon
in the market place of a village, and cxhortod
the bystanders, in . most eloquent terms, to
"seek salvation with prayers and tears." Hav
ing concluded his services by giving out a
hymn aud pronouncing a benediction, he re
marked, in an aside, that "manner was a
great matter, and he hoped he had done no
good." After a precedent so illustrious, it
would perhaps be unwise to find too touch fault
with our neighbors over the way. DeFoe
says of this same Devil, in his History, that
"ho once threw a three-legged stool at the
service-book in the person of an old woman,
and animated the zealous people to take up
arms for religion, and turn rebels for God's
sake." He seems to be repeating the opera
tion at the present day, in the persons of tho
"ancient dames" of the Republican.
The canting hypocrisy of this article is too
apparent and disgusting to be worthy of seri
ous consideration. That a paper which week
ly contains the most outrageous attacks upon
the officers of the Government, and all who
support and sustain them denouncing them
as "Jacobins," 'traitors," "plunderers," and
'abolitionists" charging them with prosecu
ting "a war that cannot possibly result in any
good," "for a purpose abhorrent to our race,
if not transgressive of God's law" should
prate about "uncharitableness," and under
take to define the proper state of heart in
which a Christian should appro ch a Throne
of Grace, exhibits a degree of audacity hith
erto without a precedent !
This, however, is not the only specimen of
theological ability which these editors bave
condescended to give to the public. It is
well known that they have long since solved
the, great problem of human slavery by pro
nouncing it a "Divine Institution!" Their,
polemical disquisitions npon this subject have
been so frequent, and, doubtless, so familiar
to onr readers, that it is unnecessary to make
quotations. In a recent number they paid ihe
high compliment to the Methodist Church of
saying that "a large number" of her clergy
men, "as well as most of the other denomina
tions, bave spent their time in preaching poli
tics, endeavoring to make citizens out of per
sons of African descent, and in their ungodly
attempt to improve the works of the Almigh
ty, have succeeded in splitting the Union!"
charging them also with "devoting their
time and talents in a common effort to destroy
religion and liberty!" The members of the
Methodist Church, "and most other denomi
nations," will no doubt be sufficiently "char
itable" to appreciate this compliment, and
will be ready to accept with gratitude the ad
vice and iustructions of its authors as to the
subjects and mode of prayer.
If the spirit of the other articles in the same
number of their paper was not diametrically
the opposite ef this sanctimonious production,
it might be supposed these editors bad repen
ted, and in "faith believing" had presented
themselves at the Mercy Seat. We have look
ed in vain, however, for that spirit of humili
ty, charity and universal love which betokens
the true penitent. Instead, we find, side by
side with this article on Prayer, a tissue of
abuse and mis-representation of all who are in
authority. So far from following their own
advice, and praying that "the rulers of our
nation might be blessed with wisdom," &c,
tbey accuse the Administration with being
"mad" and "infatuated," and predict that the
Government is about to "raise the Black Flag
and show neither mercy nor quarter." Before
undertaking to dictate to their "praying
iriends," they should bring forth "fruits
meet for repentance." We are not of the
number cf those who pretend to more piety
than our neighbors ; but if we have any proper
conception of the genius and spirit of Christi
anity, we can regard as nothing less than the
profanation of God's altar, the worship ot that
man who, in his "heart of hearts," sympathi
zes with the enemies of the country to which
be owes allegiance who uses all his efforts,
within the sphere of his influence, to damage
that country's cause who expresses regret
when her enemies fall victims to the war which
tbey have themselves invoked, but hag no
tears to shed over the brave men who have
perished in defence . of that country's flag.
Whatever we may think of Slavery, Govern
ment t' a "Divine Institution," and one of
the greatest reasons taught by Christ and bis
Apostles was implicit obedience to properly
constituted authority. "Speaking evil of ru
lers and magistrates" has ever been deemed
a heinous sin by all Christian denominations.
Until the editors of the Republican give evi
dence of the sincerity of their repentance, by
"a chaste walk and an upright conversation,"
we apprehend the- praying community will
look to a different source for counsel and advice-
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
Congress reassembled ou Monday the 5th of
January. In the Senate, after petition, the
coast survey report was received. The Sec
retary of War answered that no citizen had
ever !een required to take oath not to bring
suit against those who arrested him, as a con
dition of discharge. B.lls were noticed to
promote the efficacy of artillery in the army ;
to prevent correspondence with the Rebels ;
to reserve from sale military sites in the Reb
el States ; to tax bank bills. Information was
requested as to the number of desertions from
the army, and what punishment has been in
flicted ; as to the expediency of consolidating
regiments in field so as to bring them up to 1,
020 men each ; and as to modifying duty on
paper. The bill from the House to raise
volunteers for the defense of Kentucky was
discussed, and recommitted to the Commit
tee on Military Affairs. Tlu Bankrupt bill
was then taken np, the question pending on
the amendment of Mr. Doolittle to exempt
homestead from execution, in accordance with
the laws of the different States. Without
disposing of the subject, the Senate went into
Executive Session. In tiie House, the bill
to abrogate treaties with the Sioux was passed,
78 to 17. A bill was proposed to prevent the
admission to tho rolls of Congress of names of
members elected under special proclamations
of Generals or Military Governors. It pro
vides that the Clerk shall enter the names only
of those who present certificates of election
duly authenticated by the Governors of the
loyal States; that from the passage of this act
a quorum of each House shall consist of a ma
jority of those elected from the loyal States;
in counting the electoral vote, the same rule
is to be observed, and no State shall be coun
ted excepting those represented in Congrers
at the time of the Presidential election. A"
bill was offered providing for Governments in
any Rebel sections until the loyal people could
reestablish regular offi.ers. Leave was asked
to introduce a joint resolution approving, rati
fymgand affirming the Emancipation Procla
mation. Bills were introduced for the survey
of swamp lands in California ; to' set apart
land for railroads in Washington Territory;
for a State Government in Colorado ; to pro
vide means for the support of the Government.
Resolutions were offered to examine into In
dian affairs ; and to inquire into the loss of the
Monitor. There was a discussion concerning
the payment of the stocks 1812, but no vote.
The Diplomatic appropriation bill was brought
in. After discussing the Executive appropri
ation bill, the House adjourned.
In Senate, on January Cth, the bill to sus
pend temporarily tho act to prevent and pun
ish fraud on the part of officers intrusted with ;
making contracts for the Government was re
ported back and put upon its passage, but
after discussion was postponed. The joint
resolution to hurry up the pay of soldiers and
sailors was referred to the Finance Commit
too. The bill concerning the discharge of
State prisoners was taken up, and Mr. Wright
spoke against the amendment to strike out
the section authorizing the President to sus
pend tho writ of habeas corpus. No vote
was taken. A bill was introduced providing
for greater comfort for sick and wounded sol
diers. In tue House, the Select Committee
on Emancipation reported back a bill to aid
Missouri in securing the abolition of Slavery
therein. It provides for the issue of ten mil
ions of thirty-years bonds, payable to loyal
owners, tbe Government pledging itself to the
deportation and colonization of the freedmen.
The Pro-Slavery members were thrown into
great excitement, and used every means in
their power to defeat, delay, or weaken the
bill ; but tbey were unsuccessful, and it was
adopted by 73 against 46. The Committee of
Ways and Means were instructed to inquire
into the expediency of issuing Treasury Notes
bearing 3.65 interest, the amount issued
to be equal to the amount of Tender Notes
in circulation, and such other sums as the de
mand of the public service for the enrrent
year shall require, under certain regulations.
A bill wrs passed to allow certain articles not
now mailable to be sent to the soldiers in the
army by their friends at home, on book postage
rates, one cent per ounce. The remainder of
the session was spent in discussion upon tbe
Executive Appropriation bill.
lu Senate on January 7th, a bill in relation
to bounties to volunteers was passed. A bill
was introduced to pay Minnesota for suppres
sing Indian hostilities. A bill respecting tbe
Judiciary system was referred. Also a bill to
prevent correspondence with Rebels s also to
regulate the appointment of midshipmen ; al
so for the protection of overland emigrants ;
also to repeal the law authorizing the appoint
ment of Rear Admirals and Commodores on
the retired list. Mr. Field spoke on the bill
relative to the discbarge of State prisoners.
The bill authorizing tfla President to issue
letters of. marque was referred to the Naval
Committee. Tbe bill to forfeit the pay or
absent officers was discussed ; Mr. Wilson said
there were 7, 800 now absent, with and with
out leave. " The bill was passed. In the
House tbe subject of Introducing Homeopathy
into the army doctoring was dropped. A
joint resolution was passed that each State
shall bave credit, in enumerating the num
ber of soldiers enroled for all enlistment in the
navy. The resolution denouncing Gen. Grant
for expelling Jews from his army, was laid on
tbe table. A resolution of thanks to Gen
Butler was proposed Vallandingham's follow
ers opposed it, and it was laid over. The
Bankrupt bill was discussed, and a motion to
1 lay it on the table was voted down Yeas 69
Nays, C6. It was postponed till tbe 15th.
In the United States Senate on Jan. 8th, ,
joint resolution or thanks to Gen. Rosecrans
and his army was referred to a Committee.
The bill to tax bank circulation was discussed,
Mr. Sherman making an elaborate speech.
The bill concerning the discharge of State
prisoners gave Mr.Saulsberry a chance to make
a pro-Slavery speech, aTter which thu Senate
adjourned. In tue House a bill was offered to
increase the efficiency of Jibe Commissary De
partment. The House refused to adjourn be
cause it was the 8th of January. The great
Ways and Means bill for the support of th
Government was reported (nothing yesterday.)
The resolution of thanks to Gen. Butler for
his able, energetic, and humane administra
tion of thi- Department of the Gulf, passed'
by a vote of 83 against 28. The Committee
on Military Affairs were requested to consider'
the expediency of a bill requiring an increaset
of the amount of bonds of paymasters-;
and other restrictions and penalties. A
Special Committee was appointed to attend
to the matter of compensation to loyal citizena
in rebellious districts. In Committee on the
Executive Appropriation bill, a running de
bate, involving national questions, took place
between Messrs. Stevens, Dunlop, Thomas of
Massachusetts. Olln, Lovejoy, and others.
In the United States Senate on January 9th
a bill was reported to authorize the President
to negotiate treaties with certain tribes of In
dians. A bill was introduced to construct a
ship canal for the passage of naval and armed,
vessels from the Mississippi River to Lake
Michigan, and to eularge the lock of the Erlo
and Oswego Canals of New-York, to adapt
them to the defense of the North-Western
Lakes. Notice was gives of a bill to aid
West Virginia in abolishing Slavery. The
resolution censuring Gen. Grant for expel
ling tbe Jews from his rrmy was laid on the
table the order having been revoked by the
President's direction. The bill concerning
the punishment of criminals in the District of
Columbia was passed. A bill in regard to
suits against officers making arrests or holding
prisoners of State was referred. Alter discus
sing awhile the Kentucky Volunteers bill,
the Senate adjourned. In the House a bill
for a branch mint at Nevada was introduced.
Mr. Stevens reported the Post-Office Appro
priation bill, which was made the special or
der for Wednesday. The House, in Commit
tee, resumed the consideration of tbe Execu
tive, Sudicial and Legislative Appropriation
bill. Several amendments were made, inclu
ding a proviso to the clause making appropri
ation tbe compensation a nd mileage of mem
bers, that until further legislation no part of
this appropriation shall bo paid for the mile
age of Senators and Representatives beyond
the sum of 10 cents per mile each way, and
the distance shall be computed according to
existing laws. The bill then passed. Con.
sular and Diplomotic Appropriation bill waa
next considered and adopted. The Houso
then went into general debate, in Committee
of the Whole".
A Mtstery. Mr. Peter Van Devander, of
Petersburg, Huntingdon county, Pa., in com
pany with one or two others, started to bunt
deer, on Thursday Jan. 1st, in "Diamond Val
ley," in the neighborhood of Barre Forge,
and soon after reaching the hunting ground
the party separated with the understanding
that tbey would meet at some given point
in the evening. The others were thero at tho
appointed time, and Mr. Van Devauder not
coming, his comrades started home, and upon
their arrival found that he bad not reached
there. Not arriving that night search waa
made for bim, but without success, nntil Sun
day last, when his lifeless body was found ia
the woods with a bullet bole in the head.
His gun was still loaded when found, leaving
no other conclusion to be arrived at than that
he was foully dealt with. The deceased
leaves a wile and several children.
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NOTICE. All persons are hereby notified
not to meddle with the following named prop
erty, now in tbe possession of William Luther of
Woodward township, vis : one cooking store and
utensils, three bedsteads and boddintr. one aat nf
chairs, and household furniture, as said property
uniuugn 10 me ana He oniy nas it on loan
ROBERT ALEXANDER.
Woodward township, January 12th 1H62.
CAUTION. All persons are hereby caution
ed against purchasing or meddli. g with the
following property in the possession of Abednego
Caskey, of Beccaria township, to wit: 1 Bay
horse ; 2 mares, one dun and one bay; 1 4-horo
broad-wheeled wagon, three set of horse-gears or
harness, Ac, as the same belongs to me aud bare
only been left with said CaBkcy on loan subject
to my order. A. (J-FOa.
Smith's Mills, January 7, 1863.
I 1ST OF LETTERS remaining in the Pot
A Office at Clearfiold, on January 1st, 189.1
Armstrong. Geo. Ellinger, Miss Jane 3.
Beatty, Alex. 2, Fox. David
Bartner, Wm. Esq. Rhodes, Miss Sarah
Ball, Chas C. Robison, John
Brown, J. W. Eiq. Streun. G. W.
Bauder, James Waginer. Miss Henrietta
Dixon, George
Persons calling for letters will please say that
they are advertised. M. A. FRANK, P. M.
r ALU ABLE PROPERTY AT PRIVATE
SALE. The undersigned is desirous of sel
ling his farm situate in Pe-.n township, Clearfield
county. Pa., one mile from Pennville, on the road
leading to Punxsutawney, containing one hun
dred acres and allowance. Sixty- acres of said
land are cleared and in a high state of cultivation,
of which 2j acres are in meadow. There is erect
ed on the premises a comfortable 1 i story dwel
ling house, a good barn and other necessary out
buildings There is also a quantity of most ex
cellcnt Pine and other timber on the land. A
clear and indisputable title will be given. Terms
one fouith in hand, and the balance in three
equal annual payments, secured by mortgage or
judgment bends. For further information apply
to the subscriber residing on the premises.
THOMAS M- MARTIN
Penn tp., January 14, 1883-3t.