«Warmer.
1V“ (Bump: in paw-ted every Hand-y
morning. by Hunt J. Stun, It 81 T 5 pot
mum if p‘id strictly 1x mules-32 00
per Innum if not ptid in udvance: No
uubuription discontinued, unless u. the
option of the publisher, untilmu are-(gel
Ire paid.
Ann-mun" inaerled at thousual nun.
Jo: Pnsnsu done with nmtne- ud
dispatch.
Omen in South Baltimore street. directly
opposit’o wamplen' Tinning Kaublishment
-‘—“Col_rlnn innwc ()rnc: ” on the sign.
"v Fancy Furs!
OHN’ FAREIRA‘
No. 718 Arch Sf
below Eighth, soul
side, Philullelphin,im
porter and mnnufnc
turn of and dr-nler
all kind! of FANG
FL'IES, for Lndics‘ an
Children's Wenr. idv
lire to any to m;
friends of Adams am
the uurroundiugvouu
tic-3 that l lune anA
i}: Itore, one nf the :‘E'Zir‘
slnrgesund moqthenu- ’%
riful luortnienu oi” all kind: and qualifies of
FANCY FURS, for Lmlies' and Children's “'CM,
thnt will bq worn «luring this Full and Winter.
My Furl were purclmsr‘d in Europe. prrvioul
to the rise in Sterling Exchange. find the New
Duty imposed on all Furs, imported lince the
tint of August. 4 ‘
I would nlw mug. thtt u long at my Itock
In“, I will offer it at pricn proportionate to
what-the goods cbst me; but it will be impossi
ble for me to Import and Mnnufacturc any
more Furz. nnd lell them at the lump pricu.
owing to the unsettled sate bf tLe nfluirl of
the Country.
”Remember tbc nnmc, number and ptrect.
' JOHN FAREIRA-Z
‘ ~ 713 Arch Street, l‘hilnd'l.
Sept; 15,1861 5m '
wa Goods !—-La.rge Stock!
AIIMHANT 'rAanmo.
‘ " ”cons s: BRO.
Ive just rem ived from the clued a Inqu- stock
0| 200 d: for Géntlemcn's wear, cmbmcihg a
uricty nf " . '
CLOTHS, ,
CAssm'smcs,
a> V'ESTINGS;
Cushion, Jenna, km, with runny other goods
for “firing and mmnm wenr. '
They are prqmrud tu make up garments at
|h9 Ihorle’st nndcr. Mldjn the wrylvesl’ unn
ncr.‘ ,Tlge l-‘Mhiom nrv- rrgularlg received, Img
olnlhfinlmmle iri nnv denirul style. Thoy ul
wnylmflake nent fiu, whilkt their sewing ix sure
to be gubxtnnlinl. ‘ “
. Thr‘y Mk n continuum: of the pn‘rlic'; pn
tronsge, runh‘ml by good work and molerntm
chugges to our" it. -. e
‘Gegtylburg, April" 7, 1862. , ‘
‘ 2 Restaurant.
7 ‘1”: Chmnhcrshurg Street Restaurant, (re~
l ccmly Evkeuruds‘a.) in now mmlncled by
{He undersiznml. (H'STHI‘S urc- done up in
all Myles: FRIED ('HI('KI-;\'.I:EEF TON-CUB,
TRII'E, BOYLE!) EGGS, and A nice gig" of
ALE-run M nll limes ho bud. ,
CALL IN. Thu Saloon has been re-pninted
Ind‘fitlad up in fine m-10. .
MILLING“! k BAUGHER.
Gettysburg, Nov K,_h~62.~
~ Town Property ““
T PRIVA}H SALE—The undersigned or
‘ ferl M; I rimu- Snlc the Properlyin which
. a now rolides, firuale in Emt .\liddlo strut,
Gufylbnrg.,m;jniuing S. R. Tiplo'n on the west
andrflrl. Mcleny nn the east. wuh nn ~.
alloy in the» reur.’ THE HOUSE is n.
‘Wo-uor)‘ Frame. Wt-Mhrrbunnlcfi, with ‘
,BAck-bnilding; n no“ or inner. with h pump in
‘ll, “the door; And a variety‘ of fruit. sm‘h nu
apples, pears, penrhes, {ipl'il'OtS, chem-in, and
gmpumll the most. choice. ,
, _. - ZAUHARIAH'MYERS.
Nov. 12, 1860} 1! ‘ \
'x' Piano Tunmg. -‘-
BOP. BU\VEI‘., nf Liuleunwn. n Pumics!
P Piano Tuner. ininruu: hiu lrimrls an?! the
musical public iu'genernl, ”1-: 11d gwés his
..ti‘me, not mhrrwin‘ occupiofl. to Tuning nnd
Repniring ‘Pinnnl', at mom-raw prigel. He
noninv- o x'ire snlisfiu-fidn,‘ o}- no pay: ord”
hailed M. thin oflice. [sopx; 16, lsfil.
‘ I O Yes—o Yes—O Yes.-
I “E undrnipned would most respectfully
P}umrmm-c lo the people of GHlynhm-g And
it: v finity. mm [m intends to rantinue SALE
("R‘ N 6, in m vnrion: branches, having taken
out Arena:- for that pnrpme. Goods taken on
col: ‘xslon and sold u: us moderate chum” Its
an e expected. H. G. CARR.
Trk IL. Gettysburg. Dec 29, ‘62. 3m
. . Lancaster I’kéßmdery.
Imam: why-r,
G‘ \BOOKBIXDIIR
1‘ nm awn: nous uxwl‘recrcnm, ‘
. LAWYASTI-IR, PA.
rum and Ornammlnl Ihmlmg‘ of every de
nript'mn, 0109“ ch in (he most. subsmutinl and
approved my!“ ‘
lEPKRIVOEB
E. W. Brgwn. Esq., Farmers Bun}: of Lam-aster.
W. L. Paper, Esq, Lancaster gounty Bank
Samuel Shock, Esq.. Gulnmhin Bunk.
Sumac! Wagner, Huh York Bank.
Wigiam Wagner, Esq.. York l‘vounty Bank.
'l'. . Car-on, an., Bank of Gettysburg.
Pu‘r Mprkin, Esq., Prolh'y ol' [Annulm- con Par
0. CfHMrthoi'n. Esq., Regis}; “ l “
6c . Whitmn. Esq., Recorder “
pri115,1861.
Coopering.
HN (‘IIRISMER is carrying on the Cooper-
J i 9: busiueln. in all fit; brunch”, in York
“[431, Getty-burg: FLOUR BARRELS, in any
gnu-d quantity. made to order, at short. no
un, and-at low profits. REPAIRING, of all
anamatmnded to. promptly and cheap”.—
s"de “for: will be made to render ntiéfnc
lioHo customers. '
mexzs, 1862.
eth
’7',— -—~~-v— '———~.——.————————
New £3.11 and Wmter
, OODS.——A. SCOTT‘k SON in. in store
‘ and are now selling as c up as the
apest a good assortment of Dry Goods, con
aiding of Lndies’ Drain Gdods. such In
33 lanes, Cobergs, Delninu, Travelling Mix
rhm, Alpuccas: kc. Also—Cloths, Cau-
j linens, Sntinetu, Over-comings, ,
,9 Tweods; Jenna, Manuals. in, ‘
to *hich we Invite the attention of buyers.—
All much is an examination before’ purchnling
sherbet-e» ~ A. SCOTT k SON.
flow. 3, 1862._ - .
Ready-mafia Clothing.
SOME ARNOLD hu now got up his fxll
G ud winwutoak “Clothing, consisting of
Our Conu. in great. variety, very chap, _
‘ Duu‘ Coats,
’ Buinuss Cog“, .
lonkey Jnckeu, ‘
Putaloona, Venn,
‘ Shiru, Drawers, ta, ta.
ill ofmn' awn manufacture, and do e up in
m'2 best runner, i'nd will be 331 d very
\ “I‘m" In u cull.
. Gutylhug, Nov. 3, 1862. '
The Cheapest
~ TBS, Chimera. Cusinquh Coatings,
. 9a.?” Card, Funnels, Blankeu, Gloves,
' y, and l large lot of CARPETING, to be
”334)” pinup cash store of
, Non}, 1552. GEO. ARNOLD.
f " Dissohmon
, ‘ Ei’Aß‘l‘X‘n‘B-SHlR—Thepsnnershiphere
‘ 0.19 m pgiuing between the undenigned,
( ““3““?! 0’ "Whine. has this day been
'Mlyfl, Th: honkl 01 the firntwill be found
'4‘“, ”union ofDr. Charles Hornet, who
J, ‘gonjinne the pmctice.
’ '0!» pm door above the Drug Sum of
p" ‘Hofinr. CHARLES HORNER,
' ... ‘ .EOBEHT HORNER.
:3 Mayskm
'l, .Bmm. for Ken lid 30:1. can
.l («yahwmn . scmcx’s.
-:J-' .1’ sun,»
. 1 ‘. _/;
I
Br Ir. J. STAEfiE
451,11 Year-
Prospectus of
“THE AGE.”
A XATIONAL DEMOCRATIC NEWSPAPER,
‘ To be publukcd Daily and Wee/sly in (In
City of Philadelphia, A
BY A. J. GLOSSBRESNER & CO.
A. J. GLOIIBIISNZR‘
WILLIAM H. VILIE
“Tn Ael” will ndvocne the principles and
policy of the Dainocmfic party, and will, there
fore, necemrigy favor the reiteration oi :1»:
Union “4i! wnn, Ind defend the CoHslitution of
the Unitcdfidtel, Ind Hut 0! mi? Common
wealth._ . 5 . ‘
lbw-ill iredy and fail-1y discuss . legitimate
lubjecu oLneispnper comment, i eluding, of
count, and pray-eminently n: thi Jtimc, all
questions-connected with ihe Milli g unhlppy
condition of our country. , .
1: WI“ fearlessly criticise the pa Helen of
public nrvnnu, nnd defend tho le n 1 mid Eon-
Mitutionll rights of individual citi an and‘ of
novreign Sula, ugainnt usnull jfrom any
qu: Iter. I
11. will seek to nwnken the minds qfthr people
to I proper unu- ol' the acuml conjition 'of the
Republic—to present. to them, It thully, the
furful peril: in which we stand as s Immun—
-10 exhibit the mnguiludopf tbt task that is be
fvre 4hem, iTthey «mild check our downward
progress—lnd to inspire them with putriolic
determination to ipply ml null“ for our nu.-
tionll ills. ‘
In brief, it will, in all things. aim to .be‘ the
faithlul exponent of Democralic princigles, and
to render itself «orthy to he in orgukof the
lD‘emocrnflc party, under whose nuspicesnur
”country prmpeged no long and so well. I§he
”titration of thgt. party—the party of the
'(‘ . rr-rc-rmit And the quox—to power, in the
I legisluive and exeéutireuovemmentul haunt-lac:
. of the States and of thé Union. we believe lb he
'E‘ec’essnry to wyert iiinrrliy; nhd the utter min
lof the Republic. T 6 contribute to‘that reno
r-lion will be our highest aim. -
L The News, Literary, Commercial. and other
Idepartments. wrll receive due attention, um}
will be do cunducted’nt to make u 'I'HI An: "
{worthy of the aupportfif the general reader.
WTIWM; difficulliu now surrounding
lnn‘ enterprge oft-he magnitude of that in which
the undersigned are engaged, require them to
nppehl t 6 the public fur n'grnc—rous luppart,
[lnd to ask for “ Tn: Au: ” n‘ liberul putrufisge
[and extended circulation. ‘
The préscm state u! the prepnrntory‘nrrange
menu warrants the expectmion, that. the Efi 5:
number oflhe Daily wxll appear before the q‘hfse
oflhe camlng month, (February; ”63.) ,The
Weekly win he issued soon lhcrenner. ‘
,TER M S : ,
" - DAILY: . 1 ;
Per annum,
Six M‘omhs
Three Mdntha......................‘.-.
Copies delivered at. the cou‘ntcr;‘md :6
Agents and Carriexs,...‘... .......2 Cents eynch
IVIELICIAT .7
Per gaming...“
Six Months,
Three Months...:. ‘
Ten Copies to one nddreu,.................. 1,7 50
Twenty “ ’r “l. ' ... 3? 00
Thi‘ny‘ “ “3 ‘ 14F: 00
WPfiment required invarinhly in adrmfnce.
‘Addrelg. A. J. G KISSBRENXER k (‘0 .
‘ ' 4?.0 (th-sluiul Sun-t, l’lxil»\delfihh.
Jan. 14,}963. 2m§ ‘ ‘ _
Second Arrival. 32 .
ORE HE}! f‘ALLED FOR 1—5.000 A BLE
M BONED MEN AND BOYS WANTED
I. MEDIATELY— 1» . " .y 1
To buy Oren-outs from Picking, - i *
' To buy Own-091: from Picking. ‘
’ To buy Overcoat! from Picking.
‘ To buy Dre" Coats from Picking, . f ,‘
‘ To buy Dress Conu'from Picking} . ‘
I To buy Dress Com from Picking.
To buy Business Cools from Picki g. “
L To bunllusinesl Coats from lEiclgin'g '
Togbuy Business Coats fr to Fit. ing.
To buy Pangnlo‘ons from Pick'mg. - i
‘ To buy Pnnmlonn: from Neking,}
‘ 5. To buy Pantuloons from Picking.
I To My dlfeu A common Vests trom Picl‘ink.
To buy dress h com'non Vests from‘l’icking.
I To buy dress a common Vests from Picking.
i To buy Bufi‘nlmnd Gum Shoes from Picking.
'}o buy Clocks of all kinds'from Picking ‘
l'l‘o buy Violin! and Accurdeons from Picking.
To puy Gloves hnd Hosiery from Pirki g.‘ ,
To buy Shirts and Drawers from Pickrng.
To buy Trunks and Curpet Sacks {fem Picking.
To buy Umbrellas and Canon froru‘ Picking. ‘
To buy Notions, kO,, &c.‘_from Picking.
‘ie‘Notwilhsmnding the heavy advnnce on
I“ “nick-s of clothing, I am nil] selllng good:
It nszoniwhingly low prices. Call and see.
Dec. 22, 11162. . I". B. PICKING.
General McClellan
XPECTED I! GETTYSBURG.—Everyhod_v'
E be prepared. The undersigned youid
mm: iupcctfully invite the attention of the
citizens of Gettysburg and ii: vicinity. to call
and exnmine his well selected stock of goodl,
M he has just regurned from the city with as
fine an assortment of goods in his line at you
will fiud‘in this or any othcr town. ~ .
Ladies, now is the time to call and get thone'
fine woolen Scarfs, Shenenl Scnrfsfine Gaunt
lets, woolen Under-elecyes,’ and all .tllose nice
little fixtures for the toilet in the way of
Brushes, Combs end Perfumeries, all of which
con be had at No. 113,nght opposite the Bank.
Gentlemen, a word to run. H. G. Gan-‘5 in
the place to get the best and cheapest. under
clcthing in the town in ‘folloyl: Over-wins,
Under-shirts. Drive" of ell kinds, long And
abort Stocking: fro’m 13 cents uplto 75 cents 1
pair. .Soldiers, I few remarks )é'you: H. G.
Can-’avis the place to get those good Buck
skin Gauntlets, Amy Socks, :1] kinds of Army
Knives andJienvy Knives; also knife, for and
spoon all in onepthe reg'uhr army Shir Ind
Driven, Sleeping Caps, woolen Scnrfl of all
kinds. Smokers, H. G. Cur In: as fine in
nuortnient oi Smoking Tobacco 3nd Pipes I:
you can chase in any place. Chewing Tobac
co and (Sign! orlll kinds sud prices.
Alla, Hudware, Queeniware, {:11 kinds of
Spica, Grocerieg first-rate (3111;: and Grape
Vinegar, all kinds of Fancy Soaps, all kinds of
Essences, Patent Medicines, Coax o'll and
Lamps, and a very handsome assortment of
Perfumeries. Now in the time. Come one,
come I“, end give us I call. an't forget the
piece, No. 113, in Eeat York street, opposite
the Bank. , H. G. CARR, Agent.
Nov. 17, 1882. ‘
Queensware., '
F yéu want anything in the QUEENSWARE
line call at A. SCOTT & SON'S, where you
will find the best assortment in town.
Much 24, 1862. '
AGO, Anowßoot, Corn Stu-eh, Rice-flour
and Gelatin, {or ule It Dn HORNER’S
Drug Store. ~,#i, A
USICAL INSTRUMENTS-Violins, Ac-
M cordeoni, Fires, 810., for ul‘e u .
- _ __#_~__ _P~ICKT{Z_G’S.
IRSTIRATE‘ Eight-day, umpboufi'ia
__ Alarm glogfi chenp at- fiICKING’S.
‘ have just received I n 9. unortmnoul
of Queeaawue, to which We invite the
sttenfion oily". A. 80m t SON.
0138?! Pam, Gus-u, Brilli u
Da, u 08' A. sqozjr no»?
A @Emmmm FAMULV JCOQURM
ailiwllaumfi.
muons upon THE GOVERNMENT.
ammo]: and—Erjufynevealed.
.. m m ’nmifi'ufllmlcmn.
Mrs: in thefimsiaon Service.
REPORT OF THE SENA E INVESTI
' j GATING.COM)U¥FEE.
’IANCI! J. GRUID
We commence tp-dny‘thq‘ publication of ‘
nnjexposition. by an Afiolitio Investigating
Committee of the Senate, ofthe gross cor.
ru‘ption and mismanagemcn of at least one
of ithe.De‘pnrtmenta of the overnment.—
It is fair to presumeithau 11 are alike.—
Adopting this helief,:we the a key to thei
extraordinary expenditures lhf the Govern-i
merit. the‘contentihns in w ich the admnf—
istration is continually inv lved, the folly‘
~Mits measures and their nséquent. un
suécess. ranking from thetjynfnmous char- ‘
acter of the men whom‘ it nsults and em
ploys, and lust, though by rio means least,
we hive the key which unlo ks the cabinet
of mysteries in which has liithertd been
concealed the passage’of the ill poatponing
the operation of the law for t e‘punishment
of, frauds perpetrated by c "tractors and
others in the service of Gov rnment. The?
record of crime furnished this commit-;
tee is startling; but it in ma startling stilll
that the committee only an gest that. thel>
pty’u’ry committed “ should 'ome subject
ofjudicinl lnvestigntion,” lea. ing the scoun-f
drels, high and 10.6, who brute been 501025,
cheating the Government, gb " unwhipp l
ol'jgtice.” to reoommenoeriheir villainous :
operations under fresh com issions and in-,
suguctions from the War Dep nmnnt. With !|
the single remark 'lhat the hole adminis-;‘
tratinn is blindwith fanatic 5m and putrldi
in every part, we submit 3 art of the 1-9-1
port—all'wer‘bnve room for a present. €
Mr. Grimes, from the 5919 tenmmittoe of%
(h?- Sennte on tm'nspnrts fn the-Wau- De-h
anmPnt, submitted the fol owing repay-e: $3
The selectcommittee app- med in punu- f}
duke of the resolution of De-. 22. 1862, " to“)
inhuire into and report to . he Senate the .I
fads. including brokeragn, 1» regnr-l to the l
chartering of transport v 5813, for the II
Banks e‘pedition. the seawo' hiness of sun-h l?
verelS. and the chinractel o. the men em- I
rlhyed to navigate! them,” nd instructed ‘I
by resolution ot’Detx 2i “toi quire into the ‘
mimnor of the employmentrot‘ transports ‘
gererally by the qusrtermasters ofthe army,
m“ by the' agents of the \anr Department. I
tit rates in which they weh'e Engaged. by Il
w om. for what purpose. any for hnw' longd
time,” beg leave to submi the following”
rephrt: ' 5 , l
Phe committee t'egret th t the tinge nl-{I
letter! to them tm-I the pearl rmnnce of the}?
(h ty mentioned in the res lution of De— .
celmher 23, was too brief to allow more than II
and opening if the vast suhjltrct of the em-‘J
pllnyment o transports ge orally by the;
qdnrtermmters of the army. rby the agents‘
ot‘Jthe War Depnrttnent. T eexnminut'toni‘
o witnesses was commence on the 26”] of}
Dhce‘mber. and from that d to to the 15th[
of? January the committee devoted than}
I rs principally to the i vestigntion off;
t «3 facts relating to the chi! ering of trans-I;
p, rts for the Banks expedit on. of which a",
r port has be?) submitted. Much perplex- '
it has been' elt in finding suitable place‘
to stop the investigation on report the re-rl
stilts already reached to tl Senate, each‘
fn'ct pointing to others ofs patently great,
importanccmnd each witn suggestiug‘byi
his testimony the names fpersons w‘ho‘,
sdemed likely to throw much hw on that
sdhject; The approachin? e of thel l
- XXVIIth Congress ndmor ished the com-1 ‘
ittee that if anyl practicall benefit was to} i
be derived from the investihation. it musti
be brought to 3cl se at on . The follow-1
i g facts are sumetted in t 9 order chron-l
oiogicnlly of thei’ ascertai ment, by thd
c_ mmittee: : ,
cnsnus coed“: syn JOHN r. Ptclutt, Oli
i , BALTIMdII. . ‘ :‘
“mom; the extraordinnr developments
0 this investigation are th tncts relating
to one Charles Coblens, of lt'imo e, Midi
in whose business relation with he Gov‘
ernment, fraud. bribery an perjury strum
gled for the most Iprorninen place. 1
'L’l‘his Mr. Coblens is nPr sisn by birth;
a Imelite by descent, is ler and a horse
j ckey by profession. 'HeJis wholly unfm
ilisr with commercial purSuits, aside from
t, e selling of Yankee notiohs at retail, and
trading horses by the headland he testifiet
, that he can neither rend not write English,
He admits that he has already refunded
$1,500 to the government, which had been
fraudulently obtained upon’ sales of horses
b‘y bribing the Inspector ;: that he bribed
three of the clerks in Col; Belger’s office,
s’nd thst he had some connection with s
ale of dnm’aged corn to the government.—.-
He appeared before the committee as an
e‘xtensive ship owner, and would now seem
to be a very wealthy person; rejoicing in the
possession, in whole or in part, of ten (10)
steamers, three barges, and eight acres of_
v'nluable land in the vicinity of galtimore,
though but a few months ago he was com
; pardtively a poor man. The vessels owned
l in whole or in part by Mr. Coblens are the
steamers .Patapsco, Baltimore, Telegraph,
, James Murray, Lioness, Edwin Forrest.
Fairy Queen. Cecil, Boswell and Lilly, and
,the barges Delaware. Miss Mary and John
Warner ; all of which are now or have been
under charter to the government. The
following table, compiled from the testi
mony oi Mr. Coblens, Mr. A. C. Hall and
Mr. John F. Pickrell, and the reports of
Col. Belger and Gen. Meigs, exhibits Mr.
Uobl‘ens’ transactions with the government
in the chartering of transports tor the War
Department 2
Name of Veuel. Cost of de. Rateof Charla.
Steamer l’ntspsco, $1,200 $B5 per day.
Steamer Baltimore, 21,500 250 do.
3s 00
‘3OO
150
..'s2 00
Steamer Telegraph, 7,000 125 do.
Steamer Jame: Murrny, 9,333 100 do.
Steamer Lioness, 5,000 45 do.
Steamer Edwin Forrest, 4,500 40 do.
Steamér Fliry Queen, 4,000 40 do.
Summer Cecil, 5,000 80 do.
Steamer Haswell, 3,000“ 40 do.
Steamer Lilly, ...... 36 (10.,
Barge Delnwnn, 2,500 70 do.
Barge Miss Mary, 2,250 25 do.
Barge John Wuner, .....L 12 -do.
Total,
. The rules of nrithmetiq show that Mr.
Cablem was receiving manegjfrom the gdv.
mnment at the rate “8345, 5 per nnnum,
on a. capital of $65,283, which is equal to
529} per cent. on his investment. The
cost of the steam tug Lilly end the huge
John. Werner was not augment! by the
contain». bin they we ohuonlly of little
GETTifisBURG, PA-, MONDAY, FEB- 23, Is6B.
value. Mr. Coblens affirms that repairs
were put on the steamer Patapsoo amount
ing to $2,500 ; but the testimony of Captain
William Rice, of Baltimore, an experienced
steamboatmon, and familiar with the Pa
tapsco, goes to show that she was worth
i next wnothing. Captain Rice says : “He
l (Hall) subsequently bought an old iron boot
called the Patapsco. for 81.200; on old boat
that had been thrown away as perfectly
useless by the commissioner for defending.
the harbor of Beltimore: they threw her
away. and Hall went d n and bought her
last February or Mnrcxor $1,200. and put
her in this man’s wblens' mime, and charter
ed her to the governmentj‘at $BO per day,
‘asl am informed, She loannot do service
enough to pay for the (tie) she consumes.
* 4' * She paid for herself before the
end of the first month.” The running ex
penses of the Patqpsco were not more than
$l2 per day; probably less;yand she yielded
in clear profitt her owner at the rate of
[526,645 per amiluha, which is equal to 720
per cent. on it raggregate cost, as stated
‘hy Coblens. Bt t‘it would appear from the
testimony of .illall. that she was char
‘ tered by the government at $B5 per day be
fore she was 501:“ Coblens; and therefore
before any rep: 4 were put upon her, thus
=brinuing a. profit to her owners of 2,220 per
cent. 0 -their investment. \. ~-
Hardgy less profitable was the charter of
the barge Delaware. whose running expen
ses were not more than $1 per day: Mr.
Elllall says "39 or $7 per day." She was
chartered to the government at $7O perday
I by Mr. Tucker, through Mr. Hall ,(Captain
Hedges signing tlie charter party. ‘ end her‘
net receipts Were at the rate of 3. .995 per
annum. The value ofthe Delawar isstated;
by Mr. Hall (page 59) at $2,500. ' Captain
Rice says (page -—-) that Hall paid $1,500 for
her. She was repaired at the governmeht’s
expense between; July 28 and August 12
[(see Colonel Belger’s report of vessels rr:«
' paired at Baltimore) to the amount of
($1.833 43—Cclonhl- Belger paying the
bills. Mr. Hall spy! she was ni'large and
superior vessel. llut Mr. Pickrell informs
us (page 67) they the ended 'her career
\ by sinking at Point. Lookout. at the mouth I
‘of the Potomac. :‘Taking this barge at Mr.’
Hall’s exafigemted valuation, she yielded a
profit of 919 4-5 .per cent. per annum.—i
Mr. Pickrell testifies that she had been un-S
der charter. fourimonths at $7O per day!
when Cohlens-bohght her—having, there"
fore. paid for herspli'three times. according]
to Mr. Hall’s statement of her value, beftno‘
she clmngerl' nwners. That’this chapter of!
fraud may want 110 whom and filmmei'ul,r
features, Mr. Hall affirms that “Captain i
Hodges and Mr. Tucker thought she was;
the chrnpckt think they charter-ml." g
The running cfxpenses of Mr. Cohlenl’l
fleet could hardly have exceeded fifteen 9,: A
cent. of their earnings. judging from rhei
cases of the Patupsco and Delaware. This -l
would leave a not profit at . the rate ol'i
5293.807 per annum on the limited capitnlt
of $65,000 or $70,900 in‘vested. In addition 1
to the vessels enumerated. the ba‘rge Fran-I
cis appcwrs in 031. Belger’s list as having
been chartered of Chas. Coblens at the rate
of $l2 per day; hot the same vessel appears
in Gen. Meigs’ list as having been chartered
of A. C. Hall, and that committee believe
that in the numerous discrepancies which
are found between the two lists. of which
more part‘iculnmmention will be nihde, .
Gen. Meigs’ is to be regat‘ded as the correct
one. “ ~
It should be roinnkea at this point that‘
all the vessels bought by Coblena were‘un
der charter to the government when pur-:
chased, the charters having been generally;
effected by Mr. Hall, and he receiving five!
per cent. commission on their earnings, ‘
and many oftherh were owned by Hall be-‘i
{ore passing into pablens: possesswn. |
The corrupt use made by Hall of the ex-i
clusnve privileges} which he enjoyed at Bal
timore is showu‘gonsptichnusly in his deal-i
ings with Capt. . m. ice,‘who§’e testimony .
has been already ‘referred to. Captain'Rice [
wntheiowner of the steamer Cec'l. 'He
elmnered her to; the government. through
.Hnll, at $75 per day, although he’had pre
viou'sly told Hallflie was willing to let the;
government have her for $5O per d,ay.-—-l
When I‘lnll gave him the charter party,
Capt. Rice was shrprised to find $BO insert.-
ed instead of 575. mu remarked u; him:
“ I got you $BO per day; you can give mel
the extra 35.” Cu t. Rite neither. assented
nor dissented. .iNth long aflerirard, thei
Cecil being in the sérvice on the Potomac,’
Hall made a demand on Capt. Rice for
$260, saying thiqeveryhody else was paying
him. Capt. Rice refused to pay the Mimi.
demanded, or any other sum. remarking
that he was willing to pay for services, but.
hewould not pay black mail. Ball reman
strated, saying: j “You were willing to take
550, and I got 5:5 and then 580, and you
ought to be will ng to pay this ;” to avoid
difliculty Capt. Rice gave Hall $l5O, and
heard no more of him for six weeks or two
months; at the expint-ion of this time
Hall came to him again and demanded
more “commissions;’ Capt. Rice refused
absolutely ; Hall then took him to the back I
part of his oflice, and called him s seces
sionist; Capt. Rice replied that he was not
a secessionist, and that he would not be in-!
timidated by the epithet; Hall then said :
“ I got a letter this morning, and if you
1 don’t pay this I will get you into trouble; I
, got a letter this morning, saying : ‘Did Rice
pay his commissions?’—-you will make
money encugh out of the boat, and must
pay it."
1 Captain Rice remained firm. A few days
i later Hall renewed hisdemnnd. Capt. Rice
ireplied, “I have told you already thatl
i would not do it; it is lalprinciple with me.”
Hell retorted, " Then ’ll show you what
will happen." The next morning John T.
Pickreil went to Capt. Rice and informed
him that Mr. hall said the Cecil was dis
charged from the government service, but
that a boat exactly like the Cecil Wu want
ed by Captain Hunt, down at Old Point,
and as the Cecil was discharged, he (Pick
rell) might buy her cheap. Mr. Pickrell
then asked Capt. Rice what he would take
for the Cecil. The latter replied, $5,000.
After some controversy, and after some
conversation with Captain Applegnte, a
friend of Capt. Rice, who said that Hall had
told him to tell Rice that “if\he (Rice)
would pay the commission the boat was not i
discharged,” Mr. Rice's offer of $5,000 was i
accepted. Mr. Pickrell then said that he 1
did not want to buy the Cecil for himself,
but for another person, and be brought
Cdblens around to make the purchase.
I Rejecting all the hearsay testimony,
i it a pearl: that Hall in his double capacity
:ofsfiiip broker and government agent, en
? gnged the Cecil for the government st 875
er day, when‘he knew he could have her
for $5O. and then inserted 380 per ch in
heroism-term; dumingthoaxtu flytor
65,288
“nu'rn la main nu) mu. anvuL."
“rm: hull“ czcn‘.
himself; that when Capt. Ride rein-ed to
countenance the swindle by paying the ex
tra $5, Hall either annulled the charter or
satisfied Capt. Rice that he hadv dons so
for the purpose of getting the boat into the‘
hands of same one who would pay the usu
al black mail. Pickrell was selected as A
suitable person to do this, apd he brought
Coblens—or as Capt. Rice ails him, f‘the
fiew"—along to gather. ugh the Ipoiln for
flu. '.
Capt. Rice an that the Po“ was .still
under charter to’tbe government It the
date of his testimony, Jan.r§27.'1863. She
i ms ehntered to the govefinmen on the
24th day of Feb. 1862, and has conhequent
’ ly eariaed $27,640 in less: than one year, al
thoug shew» worth only $5,000. She Wis
iyieldi ‘586 per cent. per annum. Mr.
‘ Hall, ln'his. report given under oath, says
that he has received only $l2O in‘ commis
sions on‘the charter of the Ceci , but-in his
report given under oath to the ambepnrt
'ment, which was- renderedpri to his ap
pearance before the committee and which
will be‘found in the evid'e‘n \of P. -H.
Watson. Assistant 'Secreta'ryt ‘of War.
he says he had receiited 3484;; One state
ment or the other must be lse; proba
bly birth are. I . . 4 i »
ASSISTANT itcunnr n: In.
.The committee‘next proce to divcuea
the case of Mr. John Tucker‘ Ie Assistant
Sectctary of War, who is never ly ’rebuked
as follofivz: , .
All the ‘foregoing fact! an testimony
point to Mr. John Tucker. in 6 Assistant
Secretary of War, as the perion through ‘
whom the-e gigantic and shameless fruudq
on the government were chlefly perpetra
ted. Tucker was: the only p on in the
government employ who he enjoyed at
long ncqmintunce with Pick: 111. ’l‘ucke‘ri
select/ed Loner to exnminel‘ nd recom-‘
niend.’ and Loper brought in ghje old: ae‘
quaintnnre of forty-two your}! tending. A'.
mnsn C. llall.‘ Danforth is on of’l‘ucker’s l
familiars. Thcker chnrtered l or nearly:
fill, the vessel's for the Burnsid expedition, :
the McCleltan expedition to the Peninsula,
the McClellad expedition from he Penimu;
la, nhd for ,vztrious otherenterfirises. The
testimony’oanptain Henry C.’ lodges, As
sistant Quartermaster, who si the char
ter partics‘for the McClellan expedition,
brought to the notice of the“ mmittee a
letter from Gen’eral M. C. Me 3. Quarter-i
master General, dated Fehrt 'y 1931862,
directing Captain Hodges t barter ves
sels, under the service of Mr. J hn Tucker.
"There was nothing in Mr, ucker'u an
tecedent: to qualify him for th business of
procuring: veeselffor the War .?epartment, '.
and nothing in his official poéi Eon pointing}
totlie duty of superseding the” uurt‘ormns-'
ter or any of his assistants in this impor
tant branch of the‘puhiic service.” _
A letter from Quartermaster Genortil '
Mews dated on the sth instant. written in 3
reply to 9. note of inquiry f m Senator
Grimes. declares that Tucker-1;” empowi
ered by Secretary Cameron to xercise this
authority. 7 i , i
“ed.”-
LETTER FROM THE 87 REG’T.
Wildcats-rm. Feb. BF‘I. 1863,}
- - - Camp 87th, P. Y. 5
Dear Compiler :-—The army oilthe Shenan- i
donh, (of which our regimen is part.) is'
now lying comparatively idle-. 3 .
' True, our cavalry are mak;i reconnois
sanoes every day, to eome polrl‘ior other up
the valley and are kept pret y ell employ
e.l. still beyond this and the r gulnr picket
duty and other work neceis ry in' a well
regulated cum’p, all is quiet at! peaceful.
Every few days reports c me in that the
enemy are advancing, from no point or the
other, but generally they a e fabrications.
A short time ago our cavalry-went as far as
Strashurg and Front Roya , butvfailed to
meet any force of rebels at; either place—-
although a; few days previous a lorce‘had
been at the former town. ‘ E
7 When this struggle is over ivhata‘ grave
page in the annals of histor lwill this old
town fill? ,The first strongholdofEuropean
civilization} west of the Bl e. ‘Ridge. The
general rendezvous of the ’lrginia tmOps
during all the bloody wars ith the French‘
and Indians, what dark ‘ l‘es of savage"
cruelty. of sudden death, of‘ hastly torture,
of lingering captivity, of deifiemw courage,
resoue and revenge, doespm the retrospect
suggestl, But these,soeaeséa of them ~‘:
In our day: who will forge finks’ retre’i
from u? the ralley,toW'rlliamaport l—every
step 0 the way marked 'wiih bloodshed
and carnage-the many skil'mishes and?
short conflicte—every graveyard has its
record of these scenes—the little \Ohite
board in yonder cemetery in rks the rest
ing place of many a gallant‘ nnsylvanian
who has fallen in these day's of passion and
revenge. 7 K ,
vln “troll around the towné‘with a flung
friend a few days ago, we innexpectedly
came to the old cemetery; when curiosity
led us into‘ it. , Although m has been l
neglected to some extent since the war, yet 1
still it is a lovely spot and evt-ry day scores ‘
of people visit it, to look a the restingl
place of the dear, departed dew. It differs 3
somewhat from "Evergreen Cemetery” in‘ ‘
its general arrannement, in that there are ‘
no square lots, all being 0F an egg shape,
and so arranged, with boxwgpd and ever- ‘
greens, as to make it one of the most beauo ‘
tifal spots I ever saw. Herze are' buried.
men of the olden time, mob of the days of
Washington. of Lord Fairfax, and men of
later days. I find names on monuments of‘
some of the moat distinguished families of
Virginia—and oh 2 how many are sleepin
here with the simple inscriEtion, marked
1 on a little board, " Unknown."
l l have just learned that the stage from ‘
i Martinsburg was captured last night by a
squad of rebel cavalry, four miles this aide
of Bunker Hill. Capt. Deitrmh and Lieut.
Buxkhart, of Gen. Cluseret’sstafl", were in
the stage at the time. The qurrncr was cap
tured with all the horses belonging to the
stage. Lieut. Burkhart succeeded in makin
his escape. although he was fired at several
times. Several lady passengers were allow
ed the rivilege of walking to Winchester.
Lieut. Eurkhart at once called on a farmer
fora horse to give the alarm" This was
refused, but with due notiée, that if the
party escaped the farmer would be held
responsible, the Lieut. tool: his departure,
when the hofse was soon forthcoming and
overtook ithe Lieut. on the road, who im
mediately came on to Winchester and gave
the alarm. Our cavalrystarted out at once
and sometime during the night a squad of
the New York boys spied the party on the
road leading to Millwood, CGmmg along at
a rapid rate. Our party consisted of only
four men and an otficer, while the robe.
were treble the number—but without any
i hesitation our gallant boys é’ashed into the
‘ tight and recaptured Gaga Ilpitricb, all the
lharses, beside asvenl o ,the‘ rebel lugs.—
.Th‘syalsq killed one of themes: and took
nflother primner. flattering the 'rest, who
took ofl‘in «H directions.
The health of‘the rogimenbis very. gopd.
but few cases on the sick list and (host: of I
very slight nature. ‘ Zoo-Zoo.
SPECIAL MESSAGEIBY GOV. CURTIN.
Eucc'nv: CBAIBIE. }
Hunlsstiya. FEbulg. 1863.
To the Senate and House 131' Reprztenlarim of the
Commonwealth of Panmylvanid: ‘ _
Gurtnns: I desire to call your atten
tion to a subject of‘ moment.l When the
Eresent intiimous and Godunndemned res
ellion broke out. Congress wits not in ses
sion, and the occurrence ofsuoh a state of
things not having been foreseen in former
times, no adequate legislation had been
had to meet it. At the same time—the life
of the country being at stake—it appeared
teceesary that some means lihould be to
en to control the small bundmf traitors in
the loyal States, so as to H'revent them
from machinations—which miifht be iniuri
.oiis, it not fatal to the national .cause. Un
der these circumstances, the General Gov
ernment resorted to the systetn of military
titre-ts of dungerous.pcrsonsl and having
bus commenced acting under it. have con
inued (at long intervals in qhisfitnte) to
pursue it. The Government orthe United
States ncts directly on individuals, and the
_State Executive has no autho fly or means ;
‘ to interfere with arrests of citizens of the
| United States. made under theguthdrity of
‘ that Government. Every citizen of Penn
sylvania is 3130 a citizen ofi the United i
States, and owes allegiance tqthem, as wellv
as (subject to‘the provisions of the Consti
‘ tution ol' the' United Suitesflie Owes it to
PennsylVunin. If he be unlawfully depriv-i
cd of his liberty his only retirees is to be
had at the hands oftheJudiciAry. In such
times as the pre‘iu-nt, it is more than ever
necessary to preserve regularity in official
action“ Great efloxts have beam-and nre,’
lei-hum. still being made, by jpersons blino
dad or ill-disposed, to thrbw us into a state
of revolution ; that in to say, to create anar
chy and confusion; and ultimately to bring]
aboutthe destruction oi'life and property
among us. Any irregular. much more ille
gal, interference by your executive, with
matters which by the constitution, are not
entrusted to his cognizance. and especially
any-such interference, with the nation of
the executive of the United States or with
the functions of the iudiciriry,lwould be, in
the existing crisis, emphatically dangerous,
‘it would huve a direct revolutiomiry ten
ldency—in that, it would be to coining-nee a
frevolution. i -
l The courts ofjuslice nre often, and. no
doubt,jall personal wrong can be properly
redressed in the due course of huv. Ido
not know how many arrests‘ of the kind
.herein before referred to have been made
in Pennsylvania, 93‘ 1 hate at be time been‘
privy to the tnnking of them, !but I believe
ithey have been few. ‘I was under theim
pression that there would, be' no necessity
[ton more of them, otherwise i might have
referred to them in my annual message;
in recent eventc having thown that this
impression was erroneous. (deem it my du
‘ ty now to invite your attention to the sub
"ect. '
J The content in which we are engaged in
one for the preservation of out-,own liberty
andwalfare. The traitors at the South bite
the great body of our people; who "are loyal,
ahd hnté and bitterly despise‘ the few who
are ready for submiisiqn. Unless the re
bellion be eflectnulty suppressed we must
lose'our pride oi country. the larger portion
of our territory and the elements not only
of greatness, but of prosperity; and ”even of
security to life, liberty. and, property.—
Notwithntnnding all this, it is, I fear, an un:
doubled truth that: few wretches among
us, false to all our free and 10th traditions;
false to the memory of their fathers, and to
the rights of their chjldren:l false to the
country which has given them birth 3nd
protected them, onlyrtopping short of the
technical olfnnce of tremomj in the very
madness of mischief are actively plotting to
; betray us, to poison and mirle‘ud tho mind-i
of our people, by‘ treacherous misrepresen
i tations. Ind to do to aid and, comfort the
‘ rebel: that our fate may be either toutban
l dogma free North. and become hangers
;-~~.“,of a Government founded in treachery,
5-“ and and insane ambition, er, at best. to
dissolve the Union under which '9 hnve
prospered, and to break this fair and glori
ous country into fragments, which will be‘
. qrsed by perpetual discord: it hammer-rd {
y the contempt and ill-usage‘oflforeign nit
tions, from which we shall then be too wealg
to vmdicate ourselves. ;
That such» olfences should‘ be duly pun
ished. no good citizen mm doubt; end that
proper legislation by Congrelsu is required
for that purpose, can be as little doubted.
Whether such legislation should include a.
suspension of the writ of hsbess corpus in
any and what parts of the country, is a
question which belongs exclusively to the
legislative authorities of the United firs,
who under the Constitution, lisve the ght
to determine it. Tha’grent writ Bught not
to be surpended. un'ess to the wisdom of
Congress the present necessity shall appear
to be urgent.
Therelore, I recommend the passage of
ajmnt resolution, earnestly requesting that
Congress shell forthwith pass laws defining
and punishing ofl'cnoes of the class above
referred to. and providing for the flll’ and
speedy trinl by an impartialjury, ofpersons
charged With such chance: in the loyal and
undiuturbed States. so tint the guilty may
justly suffer and the innocent be relieved.
A. G. CURTIS.
From the Patriot k Union.
MESSAGE 1'30)! THE GOVERNOR.
The special message from the Governor
which we published on Friday, relating as it
does to subjects which more than any
others absorb the public mind, gives it a
peculiar interest It this time. The high
source from which this singular document
emanates, rather than in intrinsic merit,
demands for it a respectful consideration.
The Governor, after alluding to the fact
tliat,the rebellion broke out when Congreis
was not in session, and when no Adequate
laws had been made to meet the emergen
cies which it gave rise to, and that the gov
ernment had resorted to the system ofmil
itaryarrests of dangerous persons, and, hav
ing thus commenced acting under it. have
continued to puriue it, says: “The govern
ment at the United Stat“ acts directly on
individuals, and the State Executive has
no authority or means to interfere With It‘-
refits of citizens of the United ‘States made
under the authority of that government.”-——
The government of the United Staten, when
it wt: upon Sun. or individuals, can only
mandarin. The mm‘natdelcptod
'rwo DOLLARS A-Y'EAR.
No_ 20_
MILITARY ABBESTS.
W'WTJ’ -.. ~. ~Ar. em
to the general govern n‘ent ere mom-87°
the State-hr the people by e upeclel eleuee -
in the Constitution, Add my interference
with then reserved rights is an wt of the
greenest injustice and tyranny. And yet. '
according to the doctrine leid down by the
Governor, every vestige of State rights and
ledlvidmtl liberty may be blotted out
the general government. and he has no
to inter/2n! No right! llm the‘Governor
ever read the Constitution of the State and
of the United States. both of which he has
holemnly sworn to mppnri? Does he not
know that in article» second of the State
Constitution. section eighth, it is expressly
enjoined that aim shall teke care thet the
larva be faithfully executed T" Does he not
know that in sections eighth Ind ninth; er.
ticle ninth.‘ it. is declared that. ”the people
shell be secure ln their reruns. houses, 9
pers end pokes-ions, rom unreuoneglo
neuches and seizures; and no warrant to
Search any Flees. or to seize tiny perlon or
things, shnl issue, Without describing them
M neirly M may be. nor without'probable
came supported by oath or etfirmetion;" ‘
and that “in all criminal rosecutione the .
accused hath a right to be heard by hill-elf
and his counsel, to demhnd the nature end ’
l cause ofthe accusation dgninst him. to meet I
the witness face to face}, to have compul- i
sory process for obtaining witnessea in his f
‘ lever. and, m prosecutions or information.
nspeedy public trial by an impartinl iury
of the vicinage; he caring; be compelled ‘
to give evidence against higher”. nor can I
he be deprived of his lith. li rty or proper
ty, unless I: the jurlvnient of his peers or ‘
thelew of the land t'? Does he not know }
that section twenty-sixth ot‘ the some Irti- ‘
cle provides that, "To guard against tune- 7
sressibns ofthe high potvers which weheve 5
elegeted, WI mourn. That every thlng in '
this article is excepted tout of the general :
powers of government, and shell foreverre l
main inviolnte?" 'Wilhithoseplninr uiro J,
merits of the fundnnienthl law of tlinnnd. '
has not. the Governor mi right. to interfere !
when the liberty or the hitiren is meneoed !
from any quarter/whine er? Nay, in itnot +
his sworn duty to use very means at his '
commend—to. invoke, tit‘ necessary, the i
whole! power of the‘ St te—lo protect the l
meanest citizen from be ng abducted from .
her soil under gm illegal or arbitrary Inna-t. f
emanating from any sou ce? But, any: the ‘ l
‘Governnr, “any interf'ell-ence would be. in I
the existing crisis,empliplicnllyduugeroun; g
it would have a directlrevolutionnry ten- !
"doney—in fact. it would be to commenee'n I
revolution? Does the oyerner not know
‘ that a revolution is ulw ya commencedbyfl
Making the law; of the nd. and not byu/fl }
holding them? If the reserved right: of l
the State of Pcnmylvanip, or of her peeing, ' i
are interfered with by Ihe pagers that be
at. Washington. it isth y that inaugurate {
a revolution, and not‘ 0 who refill thetif l
cncmnchmente. It in b inei'dioue’nnd plow i
degrees tliat tyrants for a the phaim that j
bind a free people, and it is througb(§ust i
well n spirit as tb‘nt mmffestpd by the ov- '
ernor tlmt nations perm t themselves lobow i
comé slaves. A‘ people jealous of theirlib- y
eny, who calmly and cleterminedly reeifl‘i
every approach towards interference with
their rightl. must ulwny have the rape“ '
and sympathy of~nmnki cl, and ca“: never f
be enslaved. L
The Governor fut-the: weekly nys: “I
do ndt know hommnny nests, of the kind ‘
lmreinbofore;e|'erred hi. 'lnwe been undo '
in Pennsylvania. asl have at no time been , ‘
privy to the making oft em; but I believe
they have been few." lere in a most hn- ~
miliating confeuion. A bitrary arrestsmn
known to the laws of‘Pnnsylvania or “the
Constitution of the Uni : - Staten, hlvo been
made from time to ti
two years, and‘yet thei Governor has not
been privy to any of thém. and known lit- ‘1
Us or nothing about th In! Here are not: 1
striking directly at the riahts and dignity . g
of the great. Cumnmnw lth of Pennsylu- ‘
nin, while the Chief Executive, whois mud. I
the custodian of her onorg aim tyne];
down and permits their: to be continued
without inquiry or protefi. and finally con
fesses that they hsve en done without
his consent, and that he} don’t think he bu
any right to interfere! IGod grant that tho
honor of Pennsylvania‘ may not rennin
much longer in such imhecile hand.
In conclusion the Goviernor recommends
the Legislature to p ujoint resolution
requesting Gamma to has laws defining
and punishing offences; of the class above
referred to, and providing {or a. Mr And
speedy trial of rsons charged with such,
oii'ences in the galsudiundisturbed States,
end says, {'whether such legislation should
include the suspension of the writ 0! Man
mrpiu, in any and whstipart of the country,
is a question which belongs exclusively to
the legislative authorities of the United
States who, under the (lionstitutiou, have n
right to determine it.’i Here is s direct
yielding up of every firinciple for which
our fathom fought in re days of the rev.
olution, end which t ey transmitted to
us as is rich legacy. thr ugh a written con.
stitution embodying their bestjudgment.
and heretofore considered the paramount
law of the land. We have lows upon our
stetiftelrooks which were found ample to
punish treason and other crimes in the Joys
of the revolution, and ilve have made many
‘ amendments t 6 them since; our courts are
‘ presided over by able judges, sud are in full ‘
and undisturbed operation; then why call
upon Congress to pass l ws punishingoflen
i cescommitted within thie State? The sbleot
jurists and law expounders in this country ‘
and Great Britain have settled the princi
ple that wherevme civil liberty exists, the.
‘ civil must necessarily be pmmount'to the
military power, and that martial law can
not exist where the courts are oren for the
trial of offenders against law so the public
peace; and yet Governor Curtin invites the
pongress of the United States to suspend
the‘ writ of halmu corpus and declare martial
law “in the loyal and undisturbed States!"
We cannot help contrasting the position
taken in this matings. hy Andrew G. Curtm.l
Governortol' Penniylvénis, with the discs}
tied and manly stand taken by llorntio Bey-l
mour, Governor of New York, in his late;
message. Governor Seymour, alluding to
'the some question, says: ‘ .
“Not only must the national Constitu
tion be held inviolste. but the rights of
States must be respected as not less sacred.
There are diflerences of opinion u‘to the
dividihg line between} State and gationsl‘
jurisdictions, but there cm be no 8 II to
the existence ofsnéh separslejurisdictions,
each covering subjects of legislstion sndju
risprudence essential to the public security
and welfare. A consolidated government
in this vast country would destroy the ecu
[sentisl home rights sud liberties of the
people. The sovereignties of the Ststos,
except as they are limited by the Constitu
tion. can new-r he giwn up. Without them
our Government cannot stand. " '
“ The obllgnuonn which rest upon tho
States to respect. the Constitution, Inland
authorilhfii o! the Unneml Government, I‘lo
demand that the General Government shall
«how equal respvcl. for the tight: and con
stituted authomie» of States. ‘9 I,
“I shall not lnqulrc what. rights Sinai!)
rebellion have furmterl, but I deny uni
this rebellion can uuflless a single right. of
the citizens ofloyal Station. Idenounoo the
docmne that civil wm‘ in tha South taken
away from the loyal North the benefits of
one principle of civil liberty.
“ It is a high omm: to abduct a citizen of
this State. It is ui-ule my duty by the Con-s
stitulion to We tlml. the law» are enforced.
I shall invostxguiu every alleged violnllon
of our statutes, and see thut ofl'endm Ira
brought to Justice. Sheriffs and dilujoc
attorneys Are admonished that. it in sham
duty to Lake cm: Hub no person litbig‘
their respective counties are impritom-gl,‘
nor carried beyond their limits, withouNaq
procesi or legal authority. Tint-omen! to
England or persons .Cllhl'ged with ofi‘enoed
away from their friends, their in...“
and mum at defence, was one at “MAW
ol tyiuuny (or which we. amused ourv‘uido.‘
pendence. The übdutlzunn of citizen! {for};
this sum for ofl'encelphu‘iod “Numb“.
done hon, md wryip. (9; m u
. during the put