RIGHT OR WRONG. WHEN RIGHT, TO BE KEPT RIGHT, ' WHBK WROM, TO BE POT RIGHT. EBEXSDUIIG: THURSDAY::::::::::::::NOVEMBER20. Thanksgiving Proclamation. rSNNSYL VANIA SS : Jn the Name and by the Authority of the Com tKonvScaUh of Pennsylvania , Andrew G. Curtis, Governor of said Commonwealth. A. PROCLAMATION. Whereat, It is a good thing to render thanks tin to God for all His mercy acd loving kind sees : Therefore, I, Andrew G. Cortin, Governor or the tommonweaiu 01 rennsyivania, uo recommend that THURSDAY, 27th dat of NOVEMBER, isst., be set apart by the people of this Common wealth, as a day ot solemn Prayer and Thanks giving to the Almighty: Giving Him humble thanks that He has been graciously pleased to protect our free institutions and Govern ment, and to keep us from sickness and pesti lence and to cause the earth to bring forth her increase, so that our garners are choked with the harvest and to look so favorably on the toil of His children, that industry has thriven among us, and labor had its reward ; and also that He has delivered us from the hands of our enemies and filled our officers and men in the field with a loyal and intrepid epirit and victory and that He has poured out upon us (albeit unworthy) other great and manifold blessings: Beseeching Him to help and govern us in His steadfast fear and love, and to put into our minds good desires, so that by His contin ual help we may have a right judgment in all things : And especially praying nim to give to Christian churches grace to hate the thing Which is evil, and to utter the teachings of truth and righteousness, declaring openly the -ttbtle counsel of God : And most heartily entreating Him to bestow upon our civil rulers wisdom and earnestness in council, and upon our military leaders, zeal and vigor in action, that the fires of re bellion may be quenched that we being armed with His defence, may be preserved from all perils, and that hereafter our people, living in peace and quietness, may, from gen eration to generation, reap the abundant fn: tita mai-ov anil with in? and th&nk- i uiLa ui .ua iuifcj , J J fulness praise and magnify His holy name. Given under my hand and the great seal of . the State, at Harrisburg, this Twentieth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two. and of the Commonwealth the eighty-seventh. A. GWCURTIN. Br the Governor. ELI SLIFEU, Seey. of the Commonwealth. m lie moral of Gen. M'Clellan. The removal of Gen. M'Clellan, not withstanding the multiplied assurances we received that the event would engender a wide spread mutiny among the rank and fffe of the Army of the Potomac, has failed thus far to create any undue excite ment. Of tho indefinite number of epau letted understrappers who were confidently expected thereupon to beat their swords into pruning-hooks and allow the light of their countenances to irradiate no more the cheerless "tented field" of Virginia, only some two or three have come to time. An order from the War Iepartment, di recting that the names of those officers who make the removal of Gen. M'Clellan pretext for tendering their resignations be stricken from the rolls in disgrace, has probably had something to do in the matter, by cooling their too ardent imagi nations and affording them time to indulge in a "sober second thought" providing, of course, there were any officers so dispo sed in the army in the first place. With the great mass of the public, the case is parallel. Some few, ignorant, ill-bred individuals grumble which was to be expected ; but by far the larger and more enlightened proportion accept the fiat of the Administration as an act eminently justifiable and fit to be mada, by reason of the intricate web of adverse circumstances now surrounding us as a nation, and requi ring a master hand to deliver us therefrom. Like the New York Herald a rabid M'Clellan paper they acquiesce in the change of commander? as "an act which means the active prosecution of the Vir ginia campaign to Richmond, before the rains, snows, frosts, thaws, and mud and water of a Virginia winter shall have again rendered this achievement impossi ble till the retarn of Spring." This, all must admit, however, is a pretty large paper programme for the short space of time allotted, but God grant its provisions may be fulfilled. For a long time after Gen. M'Clellan had chief command in Virginia, the nation placed great faith in his ability as a mili tary chieftain. II is appearance at the head of ihe army, directly after the first disastrous defeat at Dull Run, seemed to inspire confidence all over the country ; and never did a man enter upon a military command more firmly supported by the i enthusiasm of the neonle than did Gen. M'Clellan. He organized and disciplined a fine army one of the best and largest the world ever saw. The people had re spouded to every call for men and means, and in the fall of 1862 expected active, vigorous, decisive operations. They were disappointed. Months rolled on, in which followed the disastrous Peninsular cam paigns. Still the American people, to a very great extent, clung to "Ltttle Mao, and would not give him up. In passing over the eventful period from the winter of 1861-62 to the present time, the history of the war records with unerring finger the complete and utter failure of the conduct of the campaign. Gen. M'Clellan has proven himself to be, if not a totally incapable commander, at least a wonderfully unfortunate one, in the long run. He has had ample time and material to do something, and if una ble, must give way to somebody who can His epitaph is carved by himself. In this connection, read the letter from General-in Chief Halleck to the Secreta ry of War, concerning the lack of energy displayed by our Army in Virginia to be found on this outside. A reasonably clear case of that high military offence known as disobedience of orders is made out against Little Mac. President Lincoln, in "taking the re sponsibility" and giving us-a change of Generals, has but responded to the voice of the people, and no act of the Adminis tration, since the commencement of the rebellion, has ever met with a more enthu siastic approval. When this government is in the agonizing throes of dissolution, inefficient Generals "augers that won't bore" must not be kept in the way of success. Politicians and speculators and secession sympathizers may denounce and find fault, but the tin corrupted masses will continue to do as they have done stand by the President, and eive his administra tion their enthusiastic, earnest and uncon ditional support. The Scott-Buchanan Difficulty. Several weeks since, some private cor respondence and memoranda of General Scott, relative to the early stages of the Slaveholders' Rebellion, were made pub lic. In this corresoondence, which crea ted quite a sensation in the political world, the old veteran saw fit to criticfee and freely condemn the course of the O. P. F. in not taking measures as he had it in his power to do to -quell the insurrection at its very inception. The documents are lengthy, the topics on which they treat embracing acts of com mission and omission of the ex-President extending over a period of several months immediately preceding the close of his Administration. Mr. Buchanan has written a long an i elaborate reply to this ''undisguised cen sure of his conduct," as he styles it, and endeavors to clear his skirts of the char ges of imbecility and treason preferred against him. The effort, however, seems to be generally regarded as a failure, leaving him sticking as deeply in the mire as ever. The principal point in hi3 reply is, that enough soldiers were not to be had, when wanted, to garrison various enu merated Southern forts. That he certain ly possesses the happy faculty of self satisfaction at his own deeds and misdeeds, together with a caoutchouc conscience, is apparent from the fact that, "after a care ful retrospect," he calls God to witness that he "cannot reproach himself," etc., etc., with anything, etc., etc., since the existing troubles commenced. The old sinner also naively 'observes : "I have never doubted that my countrymen would yet do me justice." Which they won't, we fear, until they hang him ! A brief rejoinder to the ex-President's letter appears on our outside to day. Al though writing under difficulties, General Scott bandies his "points" skillfully, and has obtained a clear advantage over his opponent. The truth of history and the judgment of his countrymen are with the venerable hero and patriot, and in thus unmasking one who would feign conceal his sinful identity with treason, he has performed for his country the most signal seivice of his long and brilliant career. Poor old Buchanan ! President Lincoln has issued an order enjoining the strict observance of the . Sabbath as a day of rest throughout the army and navy. SSf We have had no important news from Gen. Burnside's army, nor, indeed, from any other army, within the past week. flgj-Gen. Fremont has beep ordered into active service, and placed in command of the fortifications around Washington, xactly to the Point. We ask for the following article, from the Philadelphia Jforth American, a careful reading. There is not a sentence too much . There is much in the recent military movements of the national authorities to inspire the heart of the patriot with hope lor the future. Ihe delays which rave embarrassed our progress have at length awakened the serious action of those who have the power to change the course of our armies and generals. It seems to be recognized that something more than end less preparations is needed; that patient waitiusr has produced no fruits, and that. cj a t so far from there being an inadequacy of forces, there are more men than the gen erals know how to handle. But more than all, it appears that the President, the Secretary of War and the General-in-Chief are now united in the full determination to make success the test of all our generals, and to keep changing them continually, alter failure, until men shall be found competent to subdue the reoelhon. Entirely too much trust has hitherto been placed in the ability ot commanders, who have nothing but popu larity and prudence to show as their quali fications, whose disasters all seem to be carefully covered up, and whose slightest actions cf a successful character are mag nified into tremendous achievements. This resolution w nothing new for the Secretary of War and the General-in-Chief, who have from the beginning taken it as their rule of action, aa far as they had the power to carry it into effect. Now that the President has seen that his amiable lenience and good nature have been abused j thatrthe country demands a change of lead ers, and has made up hi3 mind that the country is right, the skies are brightening, and there is a far better look of the future than ever before. Let us group together the facts which induce us to think that a great and sweep ing change of policy as well as of men has been inaugurated. Gen. Wool has un wisely complicated himself with one of the factions in Baltimore, and lately committed the blunder of arresting some of the best and truest Unionists the city contained. lie is, therefore, snperseoed, and Gen. Robert C. Schenck, who has fought brave ly in more battles than any other general of this war, will take his place as soon as his wounds will permit him. Gen. Schenck is a live man, full of enterprise, courage and ability, and a statesman as well as a soldier. General Buell, whose campaigns have been characterized by the most remarkable scries of delays, mismanagement and inac tion, who had lost in the AA est all that Halleck gained with so great an expenditure of blood and treasure, is at last finally re moved and sent to vegetate at Indianapo lis, while a military court of inquiry is to investigate his peculiar management. Gen eral Rosecrans, who has shown himself to be a man of high capacity, takes his place in Kentucky, and at the very outset re ceived a sharp rebuke from the General- in-Chief for suffering a delay of two days before leaving Corinth to take his new com mand. Unable to get Gen. McClellan to pursue the rebels actively, or conduct the war with any view to a speedy conclusion, the government has superseded him and put in his place Gen. Lurnside, the victor of Roacoke Island and Newbern, a careful, industrious, incessantly active man, obedi ent to orders, and who will do his best to carry out the views of the War Department without setting up any special will of his own further than is the duty of a com manding General. McDowell and ritz John Porter are removed from the com mand of their respective corps, after delays which seem to the public unaccoun table. Pope charged Porter with being the cause of all his disasters, and Sigel's report 6howed clearly that he was unfit for his post. Hooker, a real fighting man, takes Porter 8 corps. General Curtis has been overhauled for ln3 strange inaction after the battle of Pea Ridge, and notwithstanding the responsi bility of his position, we hope that the in vestigation will be prosecuted to the utmost that we may know whether it be true that he was filling hw pockets by speculating in contraband cotton, when he should have been carrying the war into Arkansas. This is boldly charged against him, and it so readily accounts for his otherwise incom prehensible delay and inaction, that his course must now be fully investigated and explained. hue we are very glad to notice this new policy, we would suggest to the gov ernment that it is hardly just to the men whose lives are sacrificed by iucompetnt or inefficient generals, nor to the country whose interests are at stake in this contest, nor to the people who are taxed so heavily to bear the burthens of the war, that the officers who cause us such serious losses should be suffered to escape with a mere dismissal from active- command. These officers all have their partisans and adhe rents, who malignantly assail the govern ment for removing them, and the change conveys with it none of the disgrace which it should in order to be effective. The service demands that an example should be made of officers who disgrace their rank. For the man who jeopardizes the destiny of his country in this war by his blunders or negligence, or who causes the useless slaughter of his soldiers, or their surrender to the enemy, a mere re moval from active command is not suffi cient. He should be tried seriously by court martial, and, if convicted, punished severely, by being ignominiously dismissed from the army, by imprisonment, or by death. 1 If we may judge by some recent con versational expressions by President Lin coln, his leniency toward ineffective and blundering commanders is based upon a desire not to "alienate the affections of the northern Democratic party," to which organization these officers are said to be long. AVe care not a fig for parties. AVe clamored more loudlv and steadily against Fremont during his Missouri career than any of the Democrats, and we have not hesitated to denounce Hunter, Curtis and other Republican generals when we thought them wrong. In the case of those Democratic gener als, the President commits an egregious error if he supposes that he can satisfy the Democratic party by any reasonable course. Indeed the knowledge that most of the generals have been Democrats has emboldened the Democratic leaders at the North to a display of arrogance and dicta tion which has become insufferable. After the recent elections they asserted boldly that the people had declared in their fa vor, that Lincoln and his Cabinet ought to resign, that the emancipation proclama tion must be recalled, and a national con vention called, &c, &c. The President has taken the proper course by considering the popular elections as demanding a more vigorous prosecution of the war, in OTder to ensure which he has removed the tardy commander, and will continue to do so until he has purged the public service of those who have blocked the way. That is the true method of answering these arrogant demands for a resignation of the government. Give the people what they demand, a pressing, continual, conquering war. Let ihem see that the rebellion can be 6ubdued. And above all, let these Democrats see that the generals in whom they place their partisan hopes can be as easily unmade as they are made by the government. Lot them apply to the generals the same vigorous course of prompt dismissals for military offences which has been practiced toward the sub alterns, and let the war be completed thi3 winter. Frightful Railroad Accident. From the ITarrrisburg Telegraph, Nov. 17. The passenger train due here on Satur day morning on the Penne-ylvania Rail road did not arrive until evening about five o'clock. It left Pittsburg on Friday afternoon nearly an hour after its usual starting time, owing to sojae detention on the connecting railroads, but everything seemed right until they arrived near Lilly station, some eight miles from Cresson, where the train was brought to a stop by the announcment that a freight train was off the track some two miles ahead. The passenger train was drawn over the moun tains by two !rge locomotives and in front of the passenger train was a very Jarge freight tram standing on the track on a high grade. It was drawn by a very large locomotive in front and another of the same class was pushing it in the rear. The front locomotive had been detached from the train in order to aid the freight train ahead on the track, and the rear locomotive was also detached acd taken down the grade in order to shift it on the other track. AVhiie this process was going on and when the rear locomotive was nearly down the grade, and in front of the two locomo tives drawing the passenger train, the engineer on the backing locomotive, Mr. Powell bharp, discovered that the whole train was in rapid motion, coming down the steep grade on his locomotive, and the cars filled with passengers. He reversed his engine in an instant, and rushed up the grade in order to meet the freight cars and stop their descent, if possible. In this he was partially successful, but after a sliirht check of the freight cars the whole train came down on the passenger tram, demolishing the locomotive with which Mr. Sharp had checked the prog ress of the train, and also the two locomo tives which were drawing the passenger cars. This occurred about twelve o'clock on Friday night, in the mid?t of the mountains, or rather a wilderness, and the scene can be easier imagined than descri bed. The passengers in the train, mostly asleep, in the dead hour of the night, were thus suddenly aroused and throwu from their 6eats violently, and yet wonderful to relate, a few of them were only slightly scratched about the face. These injuries were mostly sustained from the irons which are placed on the back of the seats on which the passenger rests his head. Passengers in the train relate that the destruction of three locomotives was al most complete, together with a large number of cars. This tragic accident and miraculous escape occurred within the limits ot Cam bria county. The engineer, Mr. Sharp, in perilling his life as he did for the safe ty cf others, has performed a deed of hero ism and lofty daring ffnparal'eled in the history of the present century. Let his name be passed from lip to lip. The pas sengers on the train have taken steps to present him with a proper testimonial of their regard. Bgk, The organization of a portion of the Army of the Potomac into three gen eral divisions has been officially announ ced. The right grand division will be commanded by Major General E. A". Sum ner; the left, by Major General XV. B. Franklin; the centre, by Major General Joseph Hooker. A reserve, composed of the .hleventh Corps, with such other troops as may hereafter be assigned, will be under the command of JKjor General i. bigcl. The Greatness of America as an Unit England's Policy .- From the Richmond Examiner, Nov. 8. The greatness of America is a recent revelation to Europe. AVith the North and South confederated under the old Government, the United Stales possessed a military power and an abundance of resources which her citizens, eveu in the excefcs of their self complacency, never dreamed. But few minds in Europe had any idea of the power of the young giant in the AArestern World. One or two of their public men, as Cavour or Napoleon, mighi have apprehended, by the force of their genius, the military magnitude of America. But it was generally a dim speculation in Europe. Our basis of mil itary powers were frequently ridiculed by the English press, and passed as trans atlantic bluster. But this war has shown that even these boasts fell far short of the reality. It has revealed to the world an enormous power that overshadowed what ever there is of military display in mod ern history, and has amazed the most arrogant nations of Europe. AVithin eighteen months of this war, the North and South have raised armies larger than those of the first Napoleon ; iron clad fleets have been launched capa ble of destroving the combined fleets of Fngland and France; two millions of men have been put in the field; and yet the internal system of the industry of the country and the ordinary pursuits of peace have been but little interrupted, unless from the exceptional caue of the blockade of the Southern seacoast. Had the North and South continued as one nation, there could scarcely have been any limits to the achievements of their military power. England could never have checked it. 'We could have overrun the Continent, taken Canada in the teeth of a combination of all the European powers, and crushed England alone as an egg-shell is crushed under the hammer. The bloody and unhappy revelation which this war has made of enormous military resources, has naturally given to Europe, and especially to England, an extraordinary interest in its continuation. Nothing could be more contrary to the wishes aud policy of England than that the war should end in reuniting the North jnd South and consolidating and renewing in rivalry to her a military power which is now wasted in internecine stiife. That the Union never shall be restored is a foregone and settled conclusion with the British Government. It would not now hesitate for a moment to recognize the South, unless firmly persuaded of our ability and resolution to carry on the war, and unless it had another object to gain besides that of a permanent division iu the nationality and power of her old rival. That object is the exhaustion of both North and South. England proposes to effect the continu ation of this war, as far as possible, to the mutual ruin of the two nations engaged in it, by standing aside and trusting that, after vast expenditures of blod and waste of resources, the separation of the Union will be quite as surely accomplished by the self devotion of, the South as by. the less profitable mode of foreign intervention. To the advantages she hopes to gain from this separation she desired to add those which she expects from loss and ruin to both North and South in a long war. Her present policy of neutrality with reference to the war is founded in the confidence that the South is able to achieve her in dependence, and that the prolongation of hostilities does not risk her subjugation. In this unchristian and inhuman calcu lation, England has rightly estimated the spirit and resolution of the South. AVe are prepared to win our independence with the great prices of blood and suffering that England has named. But we under stand her in this n?atter. Behind her mask of conscic ncc and Pharisaical precis ion there lurks a hideous and devilish purpose. Important to School Teachers. AVe notice by the November issue of the Pennsylvania. Sc1iojI Journal, that Super intendent Burrowes has taken an important and a highly justifiable step iu regard to the rights of school teachers. This was made uccessary by tho fact that certain directors have been exacting twenty-two or even twenty-four days from their teich ers as the school month. "Where this is done, of course no time is afforded for the self-improvement of the teachers by the association and influence of the District Institutes. Some of the Directors, it is also alleged, go so far as to insist on open ing the schools on Saturday, which is a practical iguoring of the law iu regard to District Institutes. Secretary Burrowes requests all County Superintendents to notify his Department where the school time is thus insisted upon, and where also the District Institutes are thereby neglect ed. If the teacher is not afforded time to improve his own mind, he cannot be ex pected to improve the minds of those in his charge. To use a homely comparison, the journeyman who works with edged tools might as well be debarred of the time to keep those tools in order, and then be expected to do good work, as the school teacher could be expected to be successful without the aid and improvement derived from his District. Institutes. AVe trust that no County Superintendent will fail to comply with the order referred to. SF"A dispatch from Trenton, N. J., says that Lieut. Cold. A. P. Col burn and are uoknowu. J. U. Duane, ot the Engineer Corps, belonging to the Staff of Geu. M'Clellan, were 6cctto Washington Sunday morning unuer arrest. iaa cnarsres neain&t Address of Burnside The foli ing. order was issued by Gen. Burndi on his taking command of the army: In accordance with General Orders X0 ' 182,- issued by the President of the Unitej ' States, I hereby assume command of ttt Army of the Potomac. "Patriotism 4Lj the exercise ot my every energy in direction of thi army, aided by the fu' and hearty co-operation of its officers anj men, will, I hope, under the blessing c( God, insure its success. Having been t sharer of the privations, and a witness the bravery of the old Army of the Vi tomac in the Maryland campaign, and fully identified with them in their feelicr of respect and esteem for Gen. M'Cllel. Ian, entertained through a long and icoit friendly association with him, I feel tr.r it is not as a stranger that I assume their command. To the Ninth corps, so lon and intimately associated with me, I netj say nothing. Our histories are identical AA'ith diffidence for myself, but with t proud confidence in the unswerving loval. ty and determination of the gallant army now entrusted to my-care, I accept iu control with the steadfast assurance that the just cause must prevail." m t, Many persons are perplexed to If now why Major General M'Clellan has beej ordered specially to report at Trenton, X J. The fact is of no importance, so faraj the locality is concerned. Perhaps he indl cated that city as preferable for retirement, and hence the AVar Department speei6e4 it as a point to which to report. Tb main object was that he should leave the army when he should be relieved from ac tivo duty. He might have indicated thu city as a place to retire, or he might hav preferred San Francisco. The Department is of course indifferent as to the geograph ical point of retirement of any of those who are relieved from active duty for a time. All tnat is required is to havea fixed locality, so that in case of demand for their service, a summons to duty eist reach them as speedily as possible. For these reasons Gen. M'Clellan was ordered tn report at Trenton, N. J. tcs, AAre have every reason to be satis fied with the aspect of things in the AY est since the removal of Gen. Buell. Nash ville ia once more available as a base of operation?, and Tennessee will 6oon he liberated from rebel rule ; while in North ern Mississippi the rebels are daily lotiug ground. The Cincinnati Commercial savi that Eince the commencement of the ir there has not been a period when such ex tensive military and naval movements and preparations for active service were Lcitg made as at this time. The naval prepara tions are doubtless mainly designed for operations on the Mississippi. Petersc's Magazine. AA'e are in receipt of this popular Lady's Magazine for December. It is a splendid number. The title page for 1803, containing por traits of the chief contributors, is verv handsome. "Peterson" will be great); improved in 18G3. It will contain 100') pages of double column reading matter; 14 steel plates; 12 colored steel fashion plates; 12 colored patterns in Berlin work, embroidery, or crochet, and 900 wood engravings proportionately more than any other periodical gives. Its sto ries and novelets are by the best writer?. In 1863, Four Original Copyright Novel ets will be given. Its Fashions are alwaji the Latest and Prettiest! Every neigh borhood ought to make up a club. !ti price is but Two Dollars a year, or a LVl lar less than other Magazines of it cla. It is THE Magazine for the times ! To clubs it is cheaper still, the following being the terms : One copy one year, $2. Three copies cz rear, $5. Five copies one year, $7.50. Elgbi copies one rear, $lt. Twel.-e copies est year, $15. Sixteeu copies one year, $20. T; every person petting up a club of Tbrt c, F;" Eight r Twelve subscribers, an eitra ctj.1 of the Mnpazine for 18C3 vill Le given. I preferred, however, we will send as a prtn:in (instead of an extra copj-) an Illustrated LaJji Album, handsomely bound in gilt, or our ct Magni6cent Mezzotint, for framing. ?:zt inches by 20 -I3unyan Parting from H: Blind Child in Jail." a match picture to cur former premium, "Bunyan's Wife Interceding for his Release from Prison." To every per son sending a club of Sixteen, two extra ccv ies of the Magazine will be sent, or any tJ of the other premiums. Address, post-paid, Charles J. Petersen, 306 Chestnut st., Philadelphia. AUDITOR'S NOTICE. J. G. Pomroy, for use, &c, vs. Join C Heylman & J. It, Jones. In the Court cf Common Pleas of Blair couuty. Vend. Ex No. 1 October Term, 1662. And now, to wit, Nov. 3d, 18C2, on motles, the Court appoint John Dean Auditor to dis tribute money in the hands of the tbtr arising from the sale of the real esUte above named defendants, on above stated r.5 of Vend. Ex., said real estate being situwt partly in Blair and partly in Cambria count. Notice is hereby given thkt the .tudit"r above named will attend to the duties cf t appointment at his office in Hollidarbbur. t'n SATURDAY, the 13th day of December, ltt2, where all persons interested mar attend. Nov. 15, 18C2. JOHN DEAN, Auditor. DISSOLUTION. The partnership heretofore tiU'.it? between the undersigned, under the firm f Davis, Jones & Co., was this day dUsolvtd mutual consent. The Business will be stt?!" by either of the partners, at the staol ot Robert Davis, lor a limited time, where having unsettled accounts will save cokt W calling soon. ROBERT DAVIS, JNO. P. JOXES. Til OS. CSCIFFITa. Ebensburg, Aug. 12th, 1862.