From the Pittaharg o#azette.
Union for the Siiftcol'lhe In ion.
In the midst of the tremendous
events now transpiring; with a yet
unsubdued rAellion on our hands:
with a vast and still increasing nation
al debt; with a numerous, active and
unscrupulous party, whose sympathies
arc with the open enemies of the
* Union; with a currency which is de
scending lower ami lower as compa
red with the metallic standard of the
world, and with a condition of things
in the business world, fgjm the high
est mart of comerce to the stall of the
huckster in the market place, exceed
ingly fevirish, unsettled and unwhole
some, the friends of the Union can
not afford to divide among themselves
on the question of a
didate.
We have a President who, notwith
standing his slowness to come up to
the great demands of the times, and
his unwillingness to shake from his
skirts some men who are almost re
garded as clogs and hindrances to
the great work of restoring the Union
and vindicating the cause of human
freedom, has fairly won and yet holds
more of the confidence of the country
than any other man in the Republic!
Under his administration a revolution
in opinion on one great ajul all-ob
sorbing questionJias taken place, such
as the wildest and most enthusiastic
never dreamed of; and, with all liis
seeming slowness, Abraham Lincoln
has kept abreast with the mighty
movement.
If he has not dished forward like
Luther, the pioneer and leader in a
just reformation, he has hot failed, at
the right moment, to set his seal to
all that Las been gained, and thus
made it secure. Of this nature were
his preliminary and final proclama
tions of freedom to the slaves in all
the rebellious States. No timid con
servative, no half-hearted Union men;
indeed no man whose sense of duty
did not rise infinitely higher than the
mere dictfttcs of expediency, would
have done it at all; and 110 man less
wise would have timed it so well.
Gen. Fremont would have given it to
the country pcrmaturcly—and thus,
by putting new wine in old bottles,
nvould have exploded and spilled the
■other; but Mr. Lincoln, with that
strange, innate sagacity for which lie
is distinguished, watched the prog
ress of opinion as it was indicated in
the stern school of terror and disrup
tion, calamity and war, until he saw
that the process was complete, and
then struck the blow that shivered
more shackles than any blow ever
struck by mortal man.
We freely admit that the slave
does not owe his deliverance to Abra
ham Lincoln, no more than the im
potent man in the porch of the temple
of Jerusalem owed his cure, and his
ability to leap and walk, to Peter and
John; yet it is a great thing to be
even the Heaven-ordained instru
ment of so great a deliverance; there
fore let us beware how we repudiate
a man so honored.
But the question is not whether we |
might find a man more in accordance j
with the impetuous spirit of the hour j
—a man who would push on the war I
against the rebellion with more vigor
—a man who would fling old fogies !
from him, and employ only such as j
fire heai'ty in the cauSe of liberty and |
Union; but it is that we do not fall j
out among ourselves. EitherFremont j
or Butler might be that man; but
could either of them unite, as Lin-f
coin does, the whole loyal people of
the country? Would cither of them
be so generally confided in as he is?
In this fearful crisis no man living
is strong enough to give direction to
the Ship of State; and it is well that
it is God alone that can dothat. He
gave us Lincoln when we littledream- j
ed of what lay before us; and He can
guide us to a home of safety under
llis rule as well as that of any other
man; hence we may accept it as an
index of llis will, that amid all fhe
tossings of the past three years, the
agonizing struggle, the lights and
shadows, the hopes and fears, and the
tremendous sacrifices which have
marked that period, the great heart
of the nation has ever turned towards
that man in confidence and affection;
and none the less so because that heart
felt that, if he was not strong and hon
est. He was trusted and beloved, but
not idolized, as he would have been,
had he been a Jackson or a Webster.
The American people, with the uni
versal instinct of humanity, is sighing
after an idol; but God in mercy has
refused to give us one, either in the
shape of a great captain or a great
statesman, which we think is an in
dication that lie intends to save us
without one, provided we keep togeth
er in heart, in purpose, and in trust.
Richmond Enquirer, of
the 2t3th inst., appeals for aid to keep
the soldier's families from starving,
and says,"the poor have not been
able to procure supplies at the shops
established by the City Councils, even
at the reduced prices charged by the
Committee." There is a "pressing
necessity fur immediate aid.
Now in the face of such accounts
as these, which are constantly receiv
ed in the Richmond papers, and in
the face of an order of Lee .to his army
exorting them to put up patiently
' with quarter rations, what can South
ern allies of the Rebels expect to gain
by concocting elaborate representa
tions, epistolary and editorial, that
there is a superabundance of food at
the South-?
To I hi' MccluniiCN. Miners, mitl
IVorltingmen ofWcnlfrn I*u.,
H chl Virginia ami Ohio.
I urn directed by the Executive Com
mittco of tho Pittsburgh Fair for the sick
and wounded of our anny and navy, to
ask you to gi\e the proceedsof ONE liAV'k
LABOR in your ordinary avocations, to the
Fair; and the appeal is inadoin the conti
deut hope of a generous response. One
day's work in the year will not he hard for
each man to give, and yet the aggregate
Bum produced will be a splendid testimo
nial of your sympathy with the noble sol
diors of the Union, who am so freely giv
ing every day, and risking their lives for
the glorious cause.
None but those who have seen the ope
rations of the UnitedStatesSanitary Com
mission on the field and in the hospitals
can tell how great the benefit it works out
for the soldiers: and even the soldiers
themselves, while their lives are beingsav
cd by the Commission, often do not know
whence the aid comes.
If any one supposes that the working
man. or poor man, has any less real stake
in.this struggle for liberty and Union than
the manufacturer, merchant or land own
er, he is in error. The rich man, or his
sons, may become poor. Whether rich or
poor, the blessingsof the free institutions,
watered in their planting by the blood of!
our Revolutionary martyrs, and cultivated
to their present perfection by the wise
statesmen of the Republic, belong to all,
and for ourselves and our posterity MUST
AM) SIIAI.I. HBVRKHKUVKO. Some of us
must fight, others must work ; and among
all the modes by which we who arcathome
cau labor for the holy cause, there is none
more effective tlrm to aid the sick and
wounded soldiers. K veryjifu saved isamau
given to his country, and leaves one man at
home, who ttould otherwise be needed to li'l
his placo.
Every gift to help the wounded patrii#
is a gift to the cause of Free
dom, and lie who cauie to heal the sick,
and"to proclaim liberty to the captive
and the breaking of chains to them that
are bound," promises a reward for the im
itation of his works. God, patriotism, the
holiest and noblest moving springs of ac
tion. call upon us to help the soldiers of
the Union. Let every man respond, and
let the noble workmen in iron and coal, to
whom our country owes so much of Jier
prosperity, take the lead-in the patriotic
effort.
It is puggested that each mill, foundry,
mine, or work shop, will appoint its own
committee to obtain the subscriptions and
sec that tlie sum is paid to F. Ilolmos,
treasurer of the Fair' by whom acknowl
edgments" will be made in the newspapers
and by letter.
FELIX 11. BIU'NOT,
Chairman Executive Committee.
TIM' OiiHiK'itTi i ii'l 11 inois.
Tbc editorials <>t' those bitterly' Coppe
rhead organs, the Detroit fvrc I'rrss and
Chicago Tinifx have of late been unusual
ly venomous and treasonable. Not long
since, the Detroit Tribune published the
statement, that arms were being smuggled
into Canada in herring boxes —herring be
ing imported duty free into the provinces
—that large numbers of draft skedaddlers
and rebel deserters were gathering on the
Canadian frontier,and that these men were
in constant correspondence with the Cop
perheads of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois.—
The present demonstration may quite pos
sibly be but one development of a widely
organized plot. The Chicago Tribune has
just published wLiafit claims to be a gen
uine r.rpote of the reorganized order of the
K. G. C. The new regulations add great
ly to the secrecy and eftil'iency of the or
der. The Tribtiiw says thi»t a meeting of
the conspirators was held in ;>'cCormiek s
block in that city, from thoSth to the 11th
of March, continuing rn session night and
day. We cite these statements for what
they are worth, They are however, wht.n
coupled with (lie treasonable outbreak
above described, deserving of attention-
In referring toihe Coles county outbreak
the same paper in its issue of Thursday re
marks :— Ex.
A deputy sheriff of Coles county not
long ago boastingly told an informant of
ours that the Copperheads of that section
had arms an j powder in abundance, that
they meet often for drill, and could mus
ter in a week's time four thousand men.
Of bourse the fellow lied in the last point,
but it shows that the present outbreak has
been prepared for, is deliberate, and must
be crushed without temporizing.
The tone of the organ of Jeff. Davis in
this city yesterday relative to the Coles
county cmeutc, was precisely similar to
tflat of an incendiary watchiug from a dis
tance the progress of the flame he Jias
kindled. The rebel organ didn't know
much about i* "The military authori
ties had usurped the telegraph." A false
hood. They know the fire that they have
been setting for mouths past was begin
ning to burn- When the fire is extin
guished the reckoning will fall on the in
cendiary.
SANITARY FAIK BUILDISG.—A
considerable portion of Ihe material
for the building to be used by the
forthcoming Sanitary Fair has alrea
dy been conveyed to the Allegheny
Diamond. To give our readers an
idea of the extent of the proposed
structure, we might state that it will
require sixty five cars to transport it
from Cleveland to Allegheny city.—
The Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chi
cago Rail Road Company has agreed
to forward three car loads per day.
Four of the persons who were enga
ged in the erection of the building in
Cleveland have been secured by the
committee, to superintend its eroction
in Allegheny. A number of teams
have been generously tendered to the
committee by citizens of Allegheny
to aid in conveying the lumber from
the Federal street depot to the Dia
mond. The U. S. Quartermaster at
this post has notified the committee
that they can have the use of the U.
S. wagons, in case they require them.
The erection of the building will
probably coTumenee next week.
HdU Governor Edwards, of the
Chotaw Nation, has issued a procla
mation urging tho Indians of that
tribe to return to their allegiance to
the government,
<THC (L'ITISCN.
llphii
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THOMAS ROBINSON,
CYRUS E. ANDERSON, j *-aitors
n. w. npkar, I'uhiUher.
BUTLER PA.
WEBMMDAYIiAPBIIi • ISM,
li/j*"Liberty and Union. Now and Forever, One
•nd •nteparable."—D. Web»ter.
FOR PRESIDENT IN 1K04:
A Kit.ill An l,I\(OI,\.
M iiitary Movoiuoiits.
As Spring approaches, the people nat
urally feel a deep interest in the first de
velopment of the approaching uninpaign.
The Government has called out reinforce
ments sufficient to organize one of tile
largest armies known to history. On what
points will this grand army bo concentra
ted? is the inquiry of thousands. For a
while llio opinion seemed to prevail that
active operations were drifting to the
Southwest—that in all probability tljero
would not be much more campaigning iu
Virginia. Subsequently, Lieut. General
Grant visited Washington city, fcincc
which the whole programme has seemed
to change, it is now confidently believed
that another advance on Richmond, in
overwhelming force, is anticipated. In
this movement Burnside, Butler, Meade
and Grant will be leading spirits. There
need be little apprehension of the failure
of a«movemet>t in charge of these Whive
soldiers.
While this campaign is advancing in
the East, there is little doubt but that
Sherman, Banks. Gilmore, and others,
will be equallyactivc in their respective
departments. Upon the whole, the open
ing campaign is one of unusual interest,
and one on which every loyal man can
look with an abidiug confidence iu its fi
nal and entire success.
<'»(>|M>rli<'ii<l Demon*! ration.
At different periods during the present
war. the Copperheads of various sections
of the country, have given to the world
unmistakeable evidence of their hatred of
the Government, and their sympathy for
the ca»sc of the rebels. In various lo
calities iu almost every State, they have,
in greater or less force, attempted to re
sist the lawful authority of the country.
The great uprising in New York, simulta
neous with Lcc's advance on Pennsylvania,
was one of the luost daring, backed as it
was by the scarcely concealed sympathy of
Gov. Seynjour. But notwithstanding the
magnitude of that uprising, as also the
sympathy it received from men who stood
high iu the party, out of which it sprung,
the Government found itself amply able
to promptly put it down. This, in con
nection with the fact that the Democracy
were everywhere beaten at the polls last
fall, had led' the people to believe that
there was little further danger from that
quarter. But Forrest having made a bold
movement iuto Kentucky, which, if suc
cessful, would have enabled him to reach
his ''friends" in Southern Illinois, pre
sented too good an opportunity to be losst;
so anoth'er d emonstration was deter
mined upon, but its treasonable charac
ter was only equaled by the cowardice of
those undertaking it, who fled inglorious
ly on the first approach of our sold.'crs in
any numbers. A detailed aecount of this
disgraceful affair will bo found elsewhere
in our columns to-dny. Do loyal Demo
crats still believe it possible to serve their
country as loyal men should, while re
maining in party alliance with those mean
est of all traitors ?
The Homily <lue*tioii.
In our last issue we published a law on
this subject. We have since given it a
careful reading. AVe find many things
in it worthy of commendation; still, we
think it would take a '• Philadelphia Law
yer to harmonize all its parts.
There is one feature of the law, how
ever, which will enable our various finance
committees to feel more comfortable than
they have done for sometime back. A\ e
mean the full authority given to complete
all former engagements. Hut while this
is the case, we aroat a loss to see why the
mode of levying the tax is not left to the
several 'districts to determine for them
selves. We understand, howgver, that a
local bill has already passed the Senate,
which will suit our"county better than the
general law. We can see no good reason
why it should not pass the lloum: at once.
Had Legislative relief been given a tew
days after the organization of the Senate,
we have no hesitation in saying that every
district in the county, cx«sipt perhaps two,
would have promptly fdled ttwij quotas.
Legislation, at this late day.can onlyjxir
tially relieve the people from the embar
rassments which the abseuce of a just law
encumbered them with. But if we are
to have local legislation at all, let us have
such as will allow the people to adopt that
mode of raising money agreed upon by
themselves. Why not give the School
Board full authority to equalize the whole
burden, past and present ? A poll tax
of from ten to twenty-five dollars, on nil
tnbjcct to the draft, lias been generally
adopted, and acquiesced in by all. Why
not allow this just mode nf raising a part
of the money to bo adhered to? Full
power, too, should be given for exhonor
ations; and in no ease, in our opinion,
should the property of any one who is in
the army, or who has been honorably dis
charged, or furnished a substitute, or paid
commutation, he subject to said tax.
Some, it is-true, hold that the bounty
money should eomo exclusively from those
subject to the draft, while others as hon
estly claim that, because they are subject
to draft, therefore they should nut be re
quired to pay bounty at all; that it should
be raised by. those who are outside the op
eration of the conscription laws. The fi
nancial plan, above suggested, would be a
fair compromise between those extreme
views; and would, we have reason to hope,
harmonize all interests. We say, then, to
Our legislators, let us have something tan
gible at once—Something at once distinct
and comprehensive, and mjich of the evil
which has attended delay may yet be
ovcrcomo.
To the people we sny, let patience do
her perfect work; and, by the time the
American Citizen next reaches you, we
hope to be able to publish something more
definite than the general law, and more
in harmony with the wishes of our people.
By tin; proceedings of our Legis
lature wo observo that our members in the
House, Ilaslett and Negtey, have secured
the following provision to the hill provid
ing for the sale of the canal from Free
port to Pittsburgh. "Provided that the
right to use and operate the road by said
Western Pennsylvania Kail Road compa
ny between Frcoport and Allegheny city,
shall not be enjoyed until contracts are
entered into with responsible parties for
the completion of a Rail Road from Fre
port to the town of lJutler; and provided
further, that said contracts shall be enter
ed into withiit one year, and tTie road be
completed within five years."
This proviso was strongly opposed by
several of the ablest members of the House,
but through the efficient efforts of our
members it was adopted. Much credit is
due to them for their able' and successful
support of this important measure.
We know it will receive the active sup
port of our able Senator, ( Mr. M'Candless
when it comes up in the Senate.
WASHINGTON, March 30.—The Secre
tary of the treasury has oommunicated to
the Ways and Means Committee his sense
of the necessity of increased taxation.—
This necessity presses more and more up
on the minds of the most thoughtful and
prudent men connected with the Govern
ment. The Treasury measure of the need
ol" money from the internal revenue alone
was yesterday $250,000,000. A tax of
$1 50 on whisky is now thought in the
Ways and Means room to be inevitable.
The increase of the excise on the leading
articles will be correspondingly great. —
Not for ten or twelve days yet will the
Committee be able torcport. Their labor
of preparation is immensely great.
The following iron-clad war steamers will
be launched between this day and the first
of May next:
Xnme. ClnM. Wlier*.
I'uritnn Kir*t New York.
Tipper nnoc Third Cincinnati.
Fangrew " Wilmington.
Mahopac 44 —w York.
CatHWrtb* 44 Cincinnati.
Kirk poo 44 Clndnnatk
M:uirfytink 44 Pittsburgh.
Oorota 44 Cincinnati.
<>nd I'ortunifnth X. 11.
Marietta Third Wttuburgh.
Sandusky i....Third Pittsburgh.
I Others besides these may be ready for
I floating off. Some of the above will be
I nearly ready for sea when launched,
j Gen. (irant docs not seem to fancy the
luxurious style of living prevalent in'the
j Army of the Potomac. He says lie can
t maintain his physical integrity on pork
and beans, as soldiers do out. West, and
1 believes it can bo done by them here. Ca
terers to the delicate palates of our offi
| cers are in spasms at the report that the
' Lieut.-Gen. is about to banish their wares
j from the lines.
I By common consent the Hon. Josiah
i B. Grinnel of lowa, a clergyman, ananti
slavery lecturer, a shepherd with a flock
of six thousand fine wooled merino sheep,
and the owner of a village in which not
one drop of intoxicating drinks has ever
! been sold, has been indicated to Speaker
j Colfax as the fittest member of the House
; to take Owen Lovejoy's place in theCom
] mittee on Territories.
General Patrick. Provost Marshal Gen
eral of the Army of the Potomac, sent to
this city yesterday, a notorious rebel citi
' /.en and bushwhacker, -charged with the
* murder.of the son of Senator Brown, of
Virginia. The proof against him is said
to be positive, as the deed was witnessed
by several of our officers. Col. Ingraham
j committed the prisoner to the old Capitol
1 Jail.
NEW TOBK, April I.—The Newberuc
| Times of the 23d, says in reference to the
j denial made by rebel newspapers of the
recent hanging at Kinston : He havoan
1 fye-witucss who saw the hanging of 22 sol
diers of the North Carolina volunteers,and
i was within 200 yards of the scaffold at the
time of the murder.
Two steamers, the Alisc and Housa.ran
out of Wilmington through New Inlet
during the night of the 12th inst. Both
were fully loaded with cotton, 700 bales
j each.
NEW PAPER. —We have received
, the third and fourth numbers of the
l J nsr, a new Union paper published at
, Morgantown, West Virginia. It de
i serves a liberal support from the peo
ple of Mprgantown and neighborhood.
—Pitts. Gaz.
J®" France is paying nearly half a mil-'
lion sterling per month for the support of
her armies in Mexiro.-
Speech oT Hon. («. ( la) Smitli.
This distinguished Kcntuckinn, who is
a warm advocate of the leading measures
adopted by the Administration to subdue
the rebellion, delivered at Lexington on
thecvening of the2Bth ult..a masterly ad
dress defending the justice and policy of
enrolling slaves for military service. The
speech was in answer to the harangue of
Col. FRANK WOLPORD, F<KR which that
officer was dismissed the service, and was
enthusiastically rcifoived by the large
crowd which listened to it. The following
passage will give the reader au idea of its
scope and patriotic tone :
'•When 1 went to Congress to represent
my constituents, 1 did so with the prom
ise to vote men and money, for the pros
ecution of this war, for the suppression of
this most infamous rebellion, and I did so
without one thought to the contrary.—"
[Chccrs.l The enrollment bill came up —
the bill for the enrollment of every white
male citizen in the country, which was t<.
precede a draft for the strengthening of'
our armies, and 1 determined to vote (or
it and did so. The amendment was of
fered to enroll every able bodied noujjf
between the ages of eighteen and forty-five.
There was no question as to the right of
the Government to enrqjl them. All Ad
mitted the right; the. most able lawyers ad
mitted it a t a proposition no man could
deny. The proposition was made to pay
to loyal owners S3OO for every slave sent
into the armies. 1 sustained the entire
measure and voted for it, [great applause,]
and now comes the reason formy so doing.
Already have the States of Maryland,
Missouri and Kentucky given tlicir slaves
by the hundreds and thousands to the nr
my. The Government has the right and
the power to take them, and the great
loss we have already incurred in slaves is
a warning to us to take now what we will
never again be able to get for them. They
are nofc worth, to-day, more than $260
apiece, aiid yet every loyal man will obtain
the (*;>00 from the Government. Some
men will say that this act enforced would
bp a violation of the Constitution\>ftho
Commonwealth. But 1 defy any man to
point out a clause in the Constitution of
the State or a single scratch of the pen
prohibiting it. What! do you tell me
that it is right to tear the boy from his
mother, the father from his family, the
laborer fromhisetnployer, the farmer from
his field and throw them into the jaws of
death, and ycttliat itis "Unconstitutional"
to use the negro in the same manner? Is
it right. 1 say. that this should be done?,
simply that you may lie back in luxury
and ease with twenty or thirty negroes to
do your bidding? [Cries of "No, No."]
1 say that this country is for white people
as well as for the negro. [Laughter.]
And 1 would just as soon sfte a negro fac
ing death with a musket in his hand, or
digging in the trendies, as to see a white
man in the. same position. [Great ap
plause.]
There can be no doubt that the cause
of unconditional Unionism is gaining
ground in JCentucky everyday. It was
but recently that Kentucky was on the
threshold of a rebellion inaugurated by
her State executive against the Govern
ment of the I'nited States. Governor
Rramlette had prepaVed a proclamation in
voking resistance to the enrollment of the
blacks, and pledging the support of the'
whole power of the State. Now we learn
from Washington that the Governor has
practically withdrawn bi» objections to the
enrollment in question, while the speech
ofGreen Clay Smith shows that
men of Kentucky have at last found a
brave and able leader. They have also a
sound newspaper organ in the old Frank
fort Commonwealth. We arc now hope
ful of the political future of Kentucky.—
The Gutbries andPrcntiees will not be al
lowed to have things their own way dur
ing the cpming summer. Green Clay
Smith and others who think as he does
w ill attend the Baltimore Convention and
do all they can to carry Kentucky for the
Union nominee.
CAIRO, March 20. —There arc re
ports circulated here this morning,
that the rebels under Gen. Forrest,
attacked Paducah, Ky., fifty miles
above here, yesterday,' and burned
part of the town, but' as telegraphic
communication is cut off, no-authentic
information could be obtained.
The steamer lalana, from Nash
ville, passed Paducah at 5 o,clock,
this morning, and the Joseph Pearce,
which passed two hours later, brings
the following account of the affair.:
Gen. Forrest, with an estimated
force of 5,000, captured the place at
2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, sacked
and fired the city. Col. Hicks, com
manding the post, occupied the fort
below with about 800 men
The rebe* made four assaults on the
fort, and were repulsed each time.
Three of our gunboats opened on the
city during its occupation by the ene
my, much of which was burned, in
cluding the Marine Railway, the
steamer Arizonia, and the wharf boat.
Abont 3000 inhabitants of the city
moved across the river upon learning
of the approach of the rebels. When
the Pearce passed at 7 o'clock in the
morning the enemy had left. The
people are returning to the city and
the fires are dying out.
The amount of public and private
property captured is unknown at pres
ent, but is supposed to be large.
Our loss is 12 killed and 40 woun
ded. Two hundred and fifty to three
hundred rebels are reported killed,
among whom is Gen. Thompson.
'Twenty-five houses around the fort
were destroyed by our troops, they
being used as a screen for the rebel
sharpshooters. The headquarters and
Government storehouses were burned
by the enemy.
Your reporter has gone toPaclueah,
and will furnish correct information
as soon as possible.
DENMARK. —We learn by the last in
telligence from Europe that Deumark has
consented U> the proposed Conference of
European powers. The German Powers
have not jet eonsented. The war mean
while goes on.
.Irrcxl of 11 UcNcrlliiK Conm-rlpt
In Canaila—llun the Tiling
WIIS
A young mail named John E I'orco,
who, previous to the rebellion, hail tilled
one of the most lucrative offices in the gift
of the people of Luzerne county, was
nuiotip the first to offer his services, and
by duplicity he managed to get a commis
sion as first (lieutenant. While in Har
riaburg he flourished immensely in Cop
perhead circles, but his calibre was soon
measured, and IK; was discharged—not
that he was deserving of an honorable dis
charge, but solely to get rid of him. Ke
turuing to \\ ilkcsbarre, ho found special
pleasure in deuouneing the Government
and inciting resistence to the draft. 1 his
was in 18(53, and in the conscription then
being made, Force was drafted. Imme
diately he then set to wor.R to remlor the
draft odious, by issuing all sorts of print
ed appeals to the people drafted, urging
them to resist the officers or fly to Canada,
where they would* be out of the reach of
"the Lincoln despotism." Having creat
ed all the mischief possible", Force him
self left Luzerne county, goirtg direct to
Canada. •
Detective Franklin, by order of the i
Provost Marshall at Ilar.iishurg. started j
to Canada, on tho delicate business of
finding Force, and enticing liini back to
the land be had disgraced, that he might
receive tho punishment due to traitors.
Learning that large numbers of deserters
from the Afnericjan armies were rendez
voused at St. Catharines, Canada West,
officer Franklin took the cars for that lo
cality. He reached -St. Catharines«>u the
30th of January, 1864. After securing
lodgings and announcing himself as'a de
serter J'rom the Federal army, he soon fell
in with Force. As their acquaintance
was ripetjed into a sort of friendship, and
as mutual sympathy was created from what
appeared as like hardships borne by each,
the confidence of Force in Franklin be
came unbounded. Franklin stated that
he was the owner of a valuable* printing
office in Ohio, which his wife was about
to sell, and then he, his wife and her sis
ter, intended to proceed to Australia, where
thev would be free from the tyrannies of
tlie Yankee Government. All this time
Franklin was receiving letters which pur
ported to-conic from his wife. 'J hese let
ters were written by l;'i ankiiti himself and
dispatched to liuftalo, and then re-mailed
as if they had come from tho ideal wife
of the detective. As Franklin received
these letters in Canada, be read them to
Foreo, breathing great affection, anil en
tering heartily into the plan of removing
to Australia. Force was led to before as
he read these le tors, that " Mrs. Frank
lin" was one of the best of wives living.
In the cou.re of the correspondence it
was made to transpire that Mrs. Franklin
had a sister, who necamc interested in
whatjicr brother-ih-law had written con
ccriimg Lieut. Force. As the correspon
dence went on.it was arranged that Force
should accompany Franklin to Australia,
while at the same time it was slily hinted
that the maiden in question might possi
bly become the wife of Force. This was
luring Force by a -hope in Hymen's joys
which he little deemed wqre so soon to be
destroyed. All the wl/ile tho traitor was
unbosoming himself to the detective. lie
confessed how lie had assisted in forging
naturalization papers to carry the election
in Pennsylvania—how he had aided draft
ed men to escape to Canada —liow.be had
written printed scurrilous handbills
against the constitutional authorities, and
how he bad douc all he could to bring the
[ govegpment to reproach and disgrace.
When the plans were all understood at
Buffalo—anil-when Franklin had gotten
possession of all the papers and correspon
dence of Force establishing his guilt, it
was arranged to start fur New .York, and
there to meet Mrs. Franklin and her sis
ter, and thence immediately to Start for
Australia. Franklin had arranged a sig
nal'with the Provost Marshal at Buffalo,
so that on the arrival of the party in that
city, the Provost Marshal was on hand
prepared to nit. F'raijkliij and Ftree
were on their way to the depot to take the
cars for New York. In the depot Frank
lin gave the sisnal and at once both he
and Force were seized and handcuffed.
The reader can iuiagine'th.e consternation
of Force. .It is also necessary hero to
state that the'detectives did not know
Franklin, nor were any of the officers ex
cept the Provost Marshal acquainted with
the merits of the ease. * Alter being ta
ken to the Marshal's office. Franklin in
sisted that he was an officer in the army,
but no deserter, and warned the Marshal
how he proceeded. Franklin also advised
the Marshal to bo careful how he treated
Force. Finally, Force was ordered to
close confinement for a further hearing,
and only after the knave and renegade
had left the room, did the Provost Mar
shal of Buffalo announce to his associate
officers that Franklin was neither a de
serter nor a criminal, but a vigilant, faith
ful and" valuable officer like themselves.
Of#ourso the surprise was great. The
officers congratulated detective Frankliu
oil his course, while the Marshal paid him
the highest compliments*.
The Harrisburg Tvtrfjrayh from which
we condense the above statement, says
that letters were found on Force, written
•by his copperhead friends in JScraut.m
and Wilkcsbarre. the publication of which
will remove the veil from several " Dem
ocratic " liypocrits in that section.— Ex.
®ar" A father ami his son were jogging
comfortably towards a neighboring town,
when the : :her volunteered the following
advice: "Now. my sonny,'' says he,
" Vheu we get there, you keep your mouth
shut, and no one will fiud out that you are
a fool." \\ hen they arrived at the pub
lie inn, there happened to be several gen
tlemen preset who had a pleasant word
and smile for the youth, but all in their
inquires failed to elicit any replies from
him, when a gentleman spoke to a friend
in an undertone, '• I guess that boy must
be a fool." Whereupon the bov hearing
this, called out to his father i " Father,
they've firund it out! "
M'CLH.LAN'S OMITTED DIWATCHBS.
—lt is stated at the War Department that
M'Clellan, in his report to the Secretary of
War on. his operations on the Peninsula,
omitted nearly one huudred bombastic dis
patches, including his great '-push them
to the wall" dispatch. It is not at all un
likeljUUiat an amended and correct edi
tion Vffhis report will soon be published.
■ SEWS BYTKLRCiRAPn.
Tlic I'iulit ill Padueak.
ST. LOUIS, March 81.—The Provost
Marshal General has ordered the seizure
ol Pollard's History of the War, Confed
erate official reports, life of Stonewall Jack
son, life ot Morgan aid his men, and all
publications based upon rebel information
circulating or for sale in this department.
The steamer Florence sank in the Mis
souri river on Monday. She was valued
at fifty thousand dollars, and insured for
twenty-eight thousand. The steamer waa
laden with bacon, hemp and grain, most
of which will be lost.
About two hundred wagons leave St-
Joseph daily for Idaho.
The- Democrat'* Cairo special says tho
Rebel prisoners state tho main body of
Forrest's force has been ordered to Jack -
son, Tennessee.
The troops sent to Paducali scturned,.
Col. Ilieks having sufficient force to re
pulse any attack. During the fight at.
Paducali tho rebels took Mrs., Hammond'
from the hospital and murdered her.—
Mrs. Hamilton, Mrs. Howard, Mrs. Egan
and Mrs. McChong were also taken and
sent to the front between two fires, and
kept there an hour, during which time
their dresses were perforated with bullets.
While the rebel flag of truce was move
ing forward, they disposed thier forces
for action Our men had ceased firing
for fear women might be killed
A man was arrested on board the stea
mer Anderson, having iu his possession
the freshly taken scalp of a white man,
supposed to have belonged to one of our
solder,'*.
Tho New Orleans papers of the 2:1 d
inst. contains no news.
FOKT SMITH. \RK., March 30. —About
I ten thousand effective troops have gone
| South from this district. The whole
number in the department under Gen.
: Steele, now moving Southward, is from
thirty to thirty-five thousand, sufficient to
overpower and rebel forces opposed to
! them. *
A scout from Trice's army reports Ca
bell'f) command at seven or eight regi
ments, fifteen miles this side of Washing
ton. seven or eight thousand Tcxaris at
Zennesport, Marmaduke aud Shelby at
Camden. 'J'hc rebels are well supplied
with clothing and importation horses from
England have just reached them. A
large number of negroes are being con
centrated at Camden and Washington,
and Quantrel is south of Red river.
Gov. Kd wards, of the Choctaw Nation,
lias issued a proclamation urging the In
dirns to return to their allegiance to the
Government and repossess themselves of
what they have lost during the past three
years, by associating themselves with the
most accursed foes that ever polluted their
country.
CIIICAOO,-March 80.—A special to the-
Chicago Tribune, from Mattoon, 111., last
night, says :
Tour hundred men of the 54th Illinois
regiment leave Chariestn to-night to at
tack the rebels, who irre said ta be 300
strong, under the command of Sheriff
John S. Ohair, entrenched at Golliday
Mills, ten milts north-cast of Charleston.
A portion of the 54th is at Mattoon,
that place being threatened from Shelby
and Moultrie counties.
Two companies of the Invalid corps,
en route for Springfield, have been stop
ped at Charleston for garrison duty, and
pickets, are on all the reads.
In the fight on Monday four of thes4tli
and one Union citizen were killed. Col.
Mitchell and two Union citizens were *
wounded. Two Copperheads were killed
and several .wounded.
GF.N. LKK'S ARMV.—The following i»
; the latest estimate of the strength of (ien.
Lee's army. It is from the Philadelphia
! Xnrth American:
! The total forces under Gen. Lee's or
ders arc said to be 130,000 men. Of
these 5,000 are commanded by Breckin
ridge. and have been stationed between
Lynchburg and Abingdon, in southwest
em Virginia, and guarding the line of the
Great Southern Railroad from Lynchburg
•to Long-treet's pickets in Ejqjt Tennessee;.
5,000 under luiboden and Moseliy, have
been maintained near the line of the Bal
timore and Ohio Railroad, and in North
ern Virginia; 30,000 under Gen.Elzcy,
at and near to Richmond, at I'ctersbnrg,
Weldon, Goldsboro', Wilmington, and
along the railroad between Richmond and *
Wilmington, under Generals Pickett and
Barclay. Seven divisions of iofantry, 70.-
000 strong; 250 pieces of artillery, with
5.000 artillerymen, and fifteen regiments
of cavalry, 15,000 men, or a total of 90,-
000 men, arc under the immediate per
soi»l command of Gen. Lee. His entire
control includes the 130,000 thus recently
disposed. It was estimated that Long
street hail 20,000 .when his head quarters .
were a.t Bull's Gap.-in Eastern Tennessee,
an>l some portion of this force is reported
to have entered Virginia.
COPPERHEAD OUTBREAK IN ILLINOIS.
—A special dispatch from Charleston,
< 'oles county, Illinois, to the St. Louis
Democrat, says the Co; perheads curie in
to"that town to attend court, yesterday,
with guns concealed in wagons and armed
with pistols. Some so.diers in the court
house yard were drawn into the affray and
a general fight instantly occurred. The
county sheriff sprang from the judge's
stand and commenced firing a pistol at the
Union men. Major York, surgeon of the
54th, was one of the. first victims. The
Union men being outnumbered at the
courthouse, ran to the houses and stores
for arms and were fired upon from the
windows and ten or twelve wounded. Col.
Mitchell, of the 54th regiment was woun--
ded badly. Oliver Saler, James Good
rich, William Hart and J. C. Jeffreys
killed.
Several soldiers belonging to the 54tl>
were wounded severely. The 54th regi
ment arrived in the aftcrntiou, and formed
on the square. Nelson Wells, the mail
who fired the first shot, was instantly kill
ed. John Cooper, a prisoner, was shot
while trying to escape. Col. Hrooks, with
a squad of men, went in pursuit of a
gang of Copperheads about seven miles
distant. Captain Williams lias some 20
prominent secesh, implicated in the affair, -
under guard at thecourt house. (010 ne 1
Mitchell had a conference with lion. O.
B. J-'icklhi and Judge Constable, who
seemed very anxious that steps should be
taken to prevent a further outbreak".