'• ~'•• • - W t4i 4 r!o!b'e - t'1,, 1 t- tie r .io ' ' took htc , l4!y spof;tipon . . thin centinent:Wher e .t .p . tVi m Fatbem;before . te,drlanting . their t,..bet-he , made his advent Yerjelenr thriylendiog 'upon Plymouth -I•4 l siVeriiEiniunth!liyadvance of, thette, we not loudly ealied upoe . to - believe; that Joe . einYejlMY of the negro ,to his , iireisent,•niate -or, iiit'these•ihores , with the promise of ultimatelY 'redeeming 'Africa'. it a mark of ' benevolent .compensatory power for the of the • eborigineen? .And as .we heyebeen,exlierte'd tan belief in . .this truth hy I hiebistory; of every , step in the destruction of thif•indifincrnice,•makieg room for the unpa rail raies muitmlly beniflttlAit onihether Tor the space of 9_lo years, suietyAee heels' been instructed of the intent ion'. et thi'Almighty in this great thing for the• ea~sll 4n of rimes; surely . this, lessoli, is taught us idlancuage tilmost as direct as when tbilarailltes were continually, reminded that .theVtidflaticiiiiifEgyitt, and their delieerance YriVdnsigiielf for thei r salvat ion and grei't glory, at ,naLeny : to .thy` ends t the f.arth.. And shaWinre,; . in ear . generation, proye to be equifly :gebtdlionatigninet thc,teachines of God, the , j3ibtiind ihe holy precepts of Christ, the Say , iet r tn,,alibliten, in , n perversely blinded . .spirit, resiskthiee, teachinge, and . shut our eyes„ our umteintaidiej upon' , the waist. and mysterious werrkißehtis wrought amonest us? Shall um • elotbeeurnefrnsin the garb of nelf.righ teou sness , nin'ttlinilik,God we are 'novas other. men 7 Shall see tbeis reface. to be enlightened hi His display eflitiverlor.the working out the 'ealvition •of Ind yvidely•Mparated titers of mankinil by mean" of,the peculiar and fore-ordained • stituti'iniefour Government and the immerient expansioil of our country 7 • ti;,,iict."'t;Uth, that the nietionli•of the uni• version( worlds aie all in circles, and that all thiege•and loeometions upon this globe aregoy,- , ernes h*:the same lane"? Is not thie 'truth as moral as in:physical science? Whyttheo deny,.while believing in full finitinifint ehristiai ciiilination had its germ in ..theireminelte.4hraham, thatit elsdis subject ttithin ' laW;liine all other things. • • .1111$ eivilizationAas had its march • in:dotard; sietthiciaghouf.the jars •end . conflict, of . ' the nations upon the Eestern Ilemisphere r its . pro .gress ersienterked' step by step with blood upon the - lintel, o(iti'desirs, until , it found,',within tbe„beundeof the United States, comparative teetle the peiceful contemplation, of its, pro ', grissiNer could thin miserable war; Which evil rebnidjin adince'ement• th rough this : entire gen • ernticom, &tie, &lien in its-way; if we had chili , alltticiated the blessings that have been con ti showered upodus;lnstead.of. giving oar, %Ake Ottal.,eomseile of the •pharasaleal; self birtewlariinded,and fanatical abeli tiimiat, whir, ,unlike Prometheits, stealing Ere lietme far different 'source, brought contention ntie;mietittientil eouneils,,andhas losi•pciopp ' of 'adding fuel . to • the flame •of discord" ..fer,..oll"toithirty'iteats; in all of which time, thillgislationmhich should heve been directed telt* building up,the gi:eat future of the United States' hie hid ito other alinstkisa the sect pirties., ' • • tem nocctle,edd•that the blind and.fanaticat :.cell of referiedly , .Christian ministers, who hive divided their follo'wers into Northern and •flektkikti (nitwits, haire undoubtedlisecured to itutiiiielyes ever. accumulating maledictions of priority,. for 'baying , instigated . this. high lo . the Union.• For certain'it is, that this war'iti'domraveition of God'i will only tliepregyesedf Christian civ Ito,* requires no second sight to perceive that 'enr rice will cross the golden ,sands and gentlO" hilleari ef . the Pacific ocean Open ' , its • 'mission- of :peace,' ' redeem , frOm ,degradation etre( illit4laud Complete its present cycle ." of • . 6 4(iiiiitetti'lnniaiiiiy in Jernialem herself: bileaarnisileithe•African, now making progress • issLiberia ; will also Cross the Pacific;"and Wi ll ~•- , , . penetrate Africa through Abyssinia andhy way of the'headWaters of the Nile, until 'he shall , • trainee the f..dberian colony?, for the comple • tion Of hiectrcle although this should coat the extermination of the barbarian negro Mere; Is it has east - Shit of the Indian hors, '' '. •" . 'lAlpekingforwarri to the great consomme; tionoottlhietiarreivilation,ihrough the promises ~,,01 Girialand 4 thodeclarationeof phrist, the pat jol y i, aiiiiii:i, Will unite in demanding a cease / +time ale ,wa,rfor t erestoratien of t e . mon, :sti4l*Siemand will :be made upon the plea theiAtielllnien Can Onlyhe restored in. a spirit of eitteriiiiiiiii and 'pilip. . . -3.splexile. ' •Besidesu've,be Volumes Of evidence, •that wlket4,m;,44 ,legieletion that. looked toward thellittossigemlfei the country the states and the IlatiterrStaierr•Ooveromente worked • together, • harMiiiiiiiiily;AiliciOhe'bosie of imitual Corn _ promes.. g4n4 ; what have compromises done fintise.ponatry/": Have they not given us the Conititntion of our 'boast? • And when we see thatihntlee the, peaceful 'rerjuirentents - of' this • . CoitiligriAig,.We'haie OdWidely extended , the ben*rme, of our motion, ; through - its pacific prosirliolassibien we.Conlideied thisauspices,. ant es m id;progrpris io population has brought us ; le . ,' itch of #«lr end. national,strength which ells_ , A t (even *bile engaged in civil . War; to .c4olook !Iseieading natiens of Europe to ob ,aaosifia: fiejoiletful ;attitude • towards , us,—and ,#:k4tyfe:lost:iore,"treglance into a rapidly, apprOi -416,000,-efo thriving I us in ii4fecting a !gfer its chief object ice: throughput the 'e. can we . fi eve ' for iigle: that hol ' re feiO'tteitinyy , Can ,:;this picture What, llhe , `Atilintic- and : itik -, •• ;tile .In knerc'ei , fboth *CIS pie .nininedce in ' 1 point 9 ora a %ant9 . o!s,not only dypr nay nation of E:titrope, hu(oeerjall • • • A mtlfour pnpull don 'shall be permit ted,under . • the Constitution, to . reieh s . 100,060,000, t hen, rho can doubt that; under Providence . , the reign peace • be.:•established ',throughout . the livOrld by this pre-eminence in poWei J again repeat will not this be so, when, lo'ng* ; before . . . • this. tiMe . 'shall'coMe; history will have declared the pr . eient desolating, abolition, civil unitive as it is of masses or humanity; As RA R griiWing nut or vices 'of the body .politic orenorinons a nd ithlignants, which hail .nearly underinined the very' (amidst inni of the ConSti.: . , vi it,is seen that this tomor • . .. presented to' our'. vieWinolts mostenlarged and • Malignant Proportions, stimulated by the aboli lioniSts:inici.such inflammatory 'action, that 'in their limited jodgmnet, excision has become' al)• solutely necessary to restore the. peacefull ntti tude of the people, "why shouhlthei not he permitted. to effect the utter destruction' of the • Southern States?" . • " - To"this,the'answer.might :suffice: righteOusness of this class of political .mischief Makers haa'never been permitted 'even :to con— summate their present,. nor in the :lopinion. of rationaltninds, will, it .ever• be . pertioitted to pertiettiate their future pretensions, dictated by . their: , higher law" dogma ll9f What is wrong cannot be. right." " We are all aware • that the abolitionists of England have provided a reffige for fugitive' . . ala . ves within the provinces, of Great Britain,4tid we 'have never doubted that 'the undergionad railroad was mainly:supported 2 by ..them ;. that by their agents, they have recornMended 'aboli tiim upon political grounds, iILIVe sustained and aided the canyasstor sectional candidates ror the ?residency of the United States, end have, .in their °Wu land, created . organizations expressly for the alMse of the institutions of the . • United States, betause - of negro slavery. Fgir sucli poses, they havd ittpparted printing presies within our borders,, to folnoinatn. their exe crations for the, purposes of dissevering the Union of States. Yet, when the long looked for time is: come, in'which•their.designs were to be censummated, the power of even it divided Union is such ISO to cause the culmination of their bhort-aighted efforts to cenfound.them in perfect nerteraility." 'And it their' eyes er'enot Opel?, even now, to - the fait. that American . commerce 'and American civilization are de's= .tined te predominate in the control of t he.vrorld; be.open to.this great thing,, when, ' through end by the genius of American Liberty, the Union shelf be egain,restored, by A NATion- • AL CONVENTION OP THE PEOPLE. • . . • Now, if it Should : be bsked,•how.are the' peo:- pie to be organized In convention,,aoording. to law and custom, the plian answer is, that the Patriote•of.tha Border States are hound, , .by a. regard for the safety* 'of the Union, .the' rights of the Statee, and the restoration of , peace, to urge, upon Ahe several LegislatUres the duty ,of 'inviting all Of the States to make calls tot: a Nit. tiotutlCouvention, accOrdanee with. the pro vtaione.of the ConStitution. •, • : . . ' One question moro rind htva dope.', For what purpose' have I alairned tho ear of the'Pub- licjn these•times:of Suffering and excitement, tvith st ffisquisition .upon . matteis so widely slimed, over the.futtire and the past?: • • , I have done so, beeatise the :prelim.' 'harvest Of the past.and the high hope of the , immediate future, binge upon • our fad•Crolt in the PRESENT. If:ever.tba hydra—cause of all the vvaste end blood expended in this:Rebellion is to be be—. headed and etlecteally scotched; it must be 'now.' Let the sane . freeman • of Periniylvania arise in their might,.ant i at mica determine that no triad advocate of a ! , ?Lie lie;• of those whose preyerted•minds cannot read • • thOanduage of the/11471'1En, so plainly written n his fnOt-printi on the path of, histOiyrbe permitted to oppOse with importity the only remedy for the fearful evils •of th^ three—the call for National Conyentlon of the People by the Legislatures of the several States, .to (levise the proper" measures for. the:paeification and re union of our belot;ed country. If by this eppee written in the red inkflowing:tnt.ough my hear Icsiii , atotiee the tiegleetful:Christian and Pat. riot to hie.duty instlefenee of , Rational liberty and dhrisllan Civilization' my purpose will be effected JACOB DEW.kES Pottsville Sept. 23' , 1862: EldlITY•111/0 DOLLARS A Ilano.-13y dune next our national debt will be the : largest in the World, and about eighty-two dogary I:1' head - for every Man, woman and child in the Northern States, or More than four hundred dollars for every heed of a family.' Let ose 'who voted for Lincoln think of it. • • -• • Jeff. Davis has returned •to Richmond, •and has made another violent speech. ;Gov. Letch— ,er's Message to the Legislature of •Virginia speaks of the creation or.a. new' State •out of AVestern Virginia _"t cannot suppose, in any treaty of peace that may be agreed upon, Vir ginia will ever recognize the. ilivision of - her territory, or ever consent to a treaty that will .strip her of any portion of her domain. It is' better that , this war continue for ' .an, indefinite 'period than:that we even Partially dis inernhered.". ' .• . , Eighteen professional gamblers, .'connected with the '.froblititY" of Eayinastei'Cook, [Who ,gambled away money furnishedio pay soldiers) have been arrested at Cleveland, ',Columbus, Cineinnati and Cairo, and, have keen taken to Cook'S defiet is $243,000; $73,000 were taken Irani the' party arrested at Cairo: '-'Excr.o.sto mor Neationst—A b ill bee .beenin troduced,into -the legislature. of Illinois, for the puaishmenti sale and exclusion of free negroes coming from the State. It provides that negroes cominT into the State shall be pun. isheitby &leant; imprisonment:,'A bill shriller many respects is before the, legislature of Pennsylvania. .I . ll l tiinti . ..lplatttit: . M.ci.iiocrat, Saturday, Jan: 24th; 1863. THE ...N44'lON:Ol Pr. A ! PURPOSE'S OF THE WAR, . • tilt A VOTE' .11EAlity '.'iA'..olllol.: PAAUP.T . I,IE.yoUOI!4 . SI . RESOI.(;TI6N,- . . Wltle ' It ,1•:?: .rttps.”l4 r, vomit or :711R- NAitoN 'A'N..p • HC!riir. ik og, S:TANDARD..(; . I ., . LOYALTY . . , '"That the preseht deplorable. civil .war has .been.fin ceil upon - the:Conktry.by the I)isunien..- ists of the Southern • States,now.in arms lig:dust the Const itutional Government,., and •in :arms around the Caital r• That :in this, ..Slatidrial eiriergenCY Congress, banishing* feelings'Of, mere..possion or resentrrient; 'recollect only its duty:to:the whole 'country ;' "Thai this war is not waged ; on. their parti ii, any apirit.of op. prassion Or for anY.ptirpose of conquest or sub: jugotion, or pOrstise of overthrowing or .iOter fering with the.. rights or established Instija tionS of those.Stab;s; but to defend and main tain the supeimiley.gf Ihe Const ittition' and to. preserve - the.o . nion, - With tat.' rights .of 'the several States unimpaired, and that ad, soon as these : objects ars.•accam: plished the war. ought to cease." • • `.Capt. John Brown, of the 10th Ohio, the son of fathom John Brown, is one. - of the officers disnriisted•from the 'service for - - beinr , absent Without-leave. He don't like- thi . s gtmaiehing ....The Democratic .State' Convention Will bo held at liarrisburgh on .Wendiieiday the- 17th 'day of June.neicti to. nominate a pndidate, for GoVernor:r l and also a daildidate.for Judo of the Suprenie . CoUrti in the plan. of Jiidge ;Lowrie; Whose term iirnires nexi!Deceinber: . Gen , . Tom Thunnb, the smallest man, of .his . • . • • • age,in'the world, and Miss' Lavinia Warren, the small? . si. lady, are.to be united ,inlthe "bonds of holy triatrimoty, on the 10th of Febril- ••, The:six states _ of New 11.:nglend,with apoir• ration of .1,136,000, have twelve 'votes • in 'the United States Senate,: and the State' of New York,;with"a.popnlation of 3,881,000 ; fins two . voters in that body. • : • • • • • WHAT WE EXPECTED:—The papers ainiounee theta large portion of “Anderson' .TrouPe," a body of cavalry raised in the iaterior of the State,.and on which our 'Abolition authorities bestowed'especial care in o'rganizatiou, refused, to enter the battle 'of Murfreesboro, giVing . .116 their reason', that- their Were hoCaatiOied :with the otrieers'and arms given them. This is the came regimeM• that teolepart laet summer, in Mobbiiig a Democratic newspaper office at Car The Washington , special to the .: Times says: Desertions of Date have liecome se. numereus that the Secretary of War has deter Mined to adopt • most :stringent measures to secure the return of delinquents. lie has be:— coine Convinced thSt the 'systenkridopted some time ago is 'entirely inadequate; and headecifF ed,to remove Mr. Draper and place the bMiness 'in the hands of Gen. Wool, with.fall power rot' its execution. ' • • • • • MOCLin.t.,Ant.—The public will be'netoniahet at the foll&wirig frorn'the Washington. I:ntelli eon, the'heretofore organ of the anti—AfcClellai nterest:— ,COMMAtin, TILE ARMY Op .111E' POTOMAC, The city is fail of rumors 'about changes in the command'Of the Army of the Potomac. do riot believe them. If any change ie:Made by. the President, it will be one . that will sittisfy the public judgment arid public heart; we, are satisfied that the sound judgment' of the, people of.the 'linked States, of all parties, coincides with the hearty and enthusiastic call of the Army of the .Potomae te be led to . i4ctory by. Giperal McClellan.' ether expedients may be' possibly resorted to; but, to the light of to-day, 'no wise statesman ought te doubt. . • . -the dictUffi 1207,13.orusanY:--4'..Pennsylyania teamster: Put up for the night et thellnion Hntel, in this village, on:MOnday evening last;,and slept in the room with,two hther trayelersyming, men and strane'grs.. He had purchased his 10E1(1 . 1)i:it. had hot paid 10i.it, and 'tVenttojted with . tihnut $.60 in his pocket:" In the. mernlng . when he awoke.he:f9nd.his poeloituirifled; hit money gene, and his fellpw lodgers also: Tbey. left the house With their booty: while' he and . .the, ism rtes slept.—:elea4 Advertiser. . HOW TO RESTORE P.OOLIO CONiIDENCE.--It is not to be denied that the public is sadly.iindif ferent in . regard to the situation of I'rwielding as we are onthe verge baiikrup cy, all popular enthusiasm for the war subsi. ding, our great army dissatisfiedZand demoral, ized, we are'drifting.God only knows whcre.L 7 In some way the popularheartmust be touched and Confidence in the Government restored, o r the Union will be .lost. How -is this to be We answerin the langhage of the lies ton Post "Let the President, in this heavy hoiir, but listen tothe counsels of"true patriot ism; let him Insist .that Military principles shall CLOY on the war; let-him Manfully recall . Gen. McClellan—return to last 'Year's ,policy and ignore the negro—ind 'the spirit of the , country:would rise to its gloriouri last year's : attitude."' . • . . . . -TUE ADVANCE OP IiEN.'BURNSIDE;-WO learn "from an °Meech! the Sixteenth •COnuecticut ftegimant, who a rritiCd.in the city last night, having left the army, Saturdainiorning, that at . that time everything was' in , readiness for a forivard;Moverneht. Large siege guns had ar rived at the front with which General .Burn side expeCt.to shell the' rebel position froth this side.of the river. He expects to 'make a feint Merely on the enemy's 'centre while 'General Franklin crosses some distance belo w: on the left, and another force will cross .above, thus attackiiig the enemy on butlf - • §l . .ilsen;tl3Kize Situm.o: o l'„tv TlP:—The Watertoskn ; nefori ? ter .thll4 . e . oncltures a ; well written artic.le . ea .4te.ney, Notluce Neivs , o palieti"—atul we commend •flie.suitgesticin' it entb(;thet "to the careful consithiratiOn.of a cpr .tain class titour inl)leribere: ' • , . . . . . . . '.iThere is.noe thing tbe• , people cnn do While printers ate testing„ their : ability ti:icitlt-liye the; 'crisis, and that-ia to,pay prompt and Cheer fullyftheir-subcriptiOns....There abundant' Means in the eountirriow far tieing this, anid, if done,' it would 'gq far - to.prevent.ihe neeesSi• . ty of advanninl.the rates of ,newspapers.. But a black cloud at:TO-day is:nof more nhvious tothe'eye, than the publishers-of nonntry . .papers cannot:endure the present iliimpPettion between outgoes for stoek - nnd income for .sot):., scrintions, exrept.'patrons - exercise:a.' sensible degree OfrOblenes3 in paying'prorpptly at rres , - Hour.AoNiN.—,•As. soon- as It . was . ...ascot; tamed that:onr , fservices,Were not required". at Harrisburg,: . and that - ihejegislature c:ould be, . . , rrun" 'without our assistance; We• returned - .bo eur post of duty in the DCsroMt.ti. office, - where" our friends Will find. us . laboring to the hest of our heretofore,. those con servative principles . Which . have made our nation, so grerit and prosperotis in 'the PaSt, and Ivhieli alone will restore the Union and.gii,;e-us peace and prosPerity.: • We can assure • our reader:s that. our: short stay . at•the State' Capital, end consequent as sociations, his not entirely “demoralized" us; our early education saves us. • _ TnitAsun rn.En.—W I.l,'M'Grath;'Dem •• . . octent, was - , on Montlny, Inst,..effeted: rekitirer of the State, fbi the term of one year.' . . You.' a:man who, two years ago was a -Hunk er pemnerat, Gen. 'Butler 'comes: Oat rather strong on the subject of the negro.. _ln 'a fare , well address to the people of New Orleans„.fie .sai& .!menths Of experienCe. and observation. have forced the conviction., that the:existence of Slavery is incompatible with the' :safety 'of yourselVes Arid the Union.?' This.iou;ar very mach Jihowbat . we used to hear in :Abolition meetings twenty.years ago.-- . 4ThyinyltVe. Ayr .• B 7" Ben. . Sutler'S'sonduct• strange and unaccountable. He was ,a delegate from Alas sac httsetts, in: the Charleston - Convention', in I.§6oelected a Douglas Democrat, and,pledged to statickby. the fortunes. of that lamented stateStpan,-“first;last and all the. 'time!" He; hovveiler;'hetr.ayed-his trust, and upon, '; lots for a-candidate-for -the Presidency, he cast his vote,-every time, jot. "Jefferson -of Mississippi"—ndwPresident of the Southern CorifederaCY. 'Subsequently; when the South withdrew from . the Convention—at., Charles ton'l. or Baltimore—Ben. Bu arose Mills place . and declared, 46 could na limier:affiliate With . the : Kerthern:Democraerin itsunholy . and -un just Crusade agitilst his brethren of the: South. He left the Convention,.united with. the::Sou th in the nomination ,Breckinridge . :and 'Lane, and went through . thecanvass underthat South ern-banner, ',When the War broke out he. was cheek byjowl 'with Gov. Andrews and,-' ‘ Suirt-. ner, received d'Brigadier-Generid's conitrifasion . 'arid became shortly after a full'' fledged; ram- . pant Abolitionist land ernanclipationist!' . . Bed, .putter may . be - honest• M his -pr:ctient -convic— tions, butlie has a life time of political raigrii-. y in the for.—‘6/ean 'Advertiser • Ancit,yrto I.6yar;iy.—The Milwaukee .Nsios 'asks to '}shat, are..tise abolitionists loyal? 'To the Constitution? They haie. suspended To the Union? They have proclaimed that they.are:not for the• Union ad it. .but, for the Union its it ought to•be. To the States? They 'propose tc.blot otit Stare To the - Government? They ignore the laws: of .Con— gress, and scorn the ilccisitnis of the ilfireme Court?. To the President? :They propose to depose hire if he doq not. obey . . their! • .• Ily privare . dispatchei' received last night "'rain Madison, ;via haye'the - gratifying that - tlie Supreme Court 'of Wisconsin has declared the pioclemetion by President Lincoln suspending the writ of liabc.r . zs corpus to be in Violation of the Constitution, and therefOre l of ho effect es to the citizens of : this State. In . this apinion,the, ourt, alt hough the 'majority, are Republicans; is unanimous.. • TILE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION IN • TILE VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE. Qn theSth.inst. in the Senate of Virginia the folloWing resolution was.introd'uced by Mr. Alberinerle: . • g. . Reselved--.That inasmuch :fin. Abraham Lincoin,President Of - the:United StateS, haS is= sued a proclamation for the,purpose of inciting the. slaves to insurrection, and as.theProclama :tion is designed to.be enforced by the" citizens of the United Btatesithecorrimitte . for ,courts of justice lie instructed to enquire into the ex pediency :of amending the.laws of this • corn monwealth,•so.as to provide that any citizen of the United. States, who after day .. of—be found within .the. :limits of, this commonWealth,shall be guilty of a high 'crime, and on conviction shall suffer death." 'This is a sample of the retaliatory legislation resulting. from 'this "proclamation Of freedom." TU E . W A .R.IIII ARKANiik.S. Cala°, Jan., 16; • .• "The Ram. Switzerland arrived this evening . . from the squadrop, .. ' • ' • ' She news of the . taking ~of Ariansas Pass, on the , Arkansan rivei, one hundred milek from the mouth of the land' and naval forces under AfcClernard p'nd• Porter. ~ • . 'The sureetider occurred on Sunday, with all the arms, stoyes,'.autrammunitien. 'Full' par— ticulars•have not yet.been received. 'Otir loss was reported 20 0 :. Rebel loso .550, in . .killed 'and wounded; and from 5,000 to 7,000 prison— ers taken. more results " may be , modified by Biller and more authentic accounts. • PA. LEGISIATURE.L-Mr. BOYER (Clearfield) offered the lolloWing vesphition, which,. ender 'the rules,•was'p,ut'uver for one day: . • .R.to/vtd, That the, GoVernor or this. State be. requested to infoim this House , what 'n'um ber,ol citizen of Betinsylvania have b,cen.a rrest-. ed and,confined iu military prisons cauipS 01 the United States outside 01 the limits of the • .. • Sthte; t arelke ciprgesagai!is. thent,, and 'Mime order the :arrests. *ere made. . . 'I:T.iST6 . I;ATIOS Op THE 'TONNAGE TA X . . gr:'HOPKINS (11 7 asinneon)0frerii wn's. by. • a' ; • ?HIM once ~ •-• • • W • ;, Irkrrefai, . A 6 netika:pasied'hy the .GeneTal -A sae mbly of this Commoiftvin;lth; approved the day. of March . , ;.1136 n act lor the,eoMmutatiOn of tonnage dotiCA . ," by which . veiy iarge and annually . increasing rdvenue Wu's. taken from the.treastrrx,foi the benefit of a‘corporationiind: .. • . • • . . 11(/sei:eds,- The Oassitie of said-act,. wilS cured by the, use improper and 11.7t3reaii 7'he.restoratipti or said .revenue' is deemed esSential , to meet the ,demands upon the Creasuryohererori;;: • • . • eio I oil,/ That the 'Committee ,oh ciary be' instructed toln:ing in a'bilr,at us ear- . ry h day. .aS.practieable,loi-the , repeal' et said D161 . 11 - C;A - St Decir been pretty'currently 'reported in'thiS yieinity'.. that . Seth A. Backus had managed:to break !M . the :contain.: platetriirrangement.between the. NeSsrs: 130'. terfieldsion the'cine. part.; and illessrs. Sterling 11'i . tiatis and other's,' on the , ether part, ,for the building 'of a Rail'Road from the'State Line :to the Coal Field's in this part / o1 I.ll!Kean . county, I thought it Was unfair thatMr.Backuishould be chaiged. with an act so injurious.to.the in. terests of this- County if ha . wap not ,guilty such net. .1 therefore, on:the 13th" instant. ad dressed ,a letter to Fred Fsq.,-of thecity NeW Vork,..asking of hiar.whether . me. Sell s i .A. nackiii did make himself instru mental,'in.' any shape or, tlianner, in breaking p up such .arrangetnenti and last evening I • had. l the pleasure to receive.flom.the said 13u . t; terfield the subjoined letter; . • Very, Respectfully 'yours, • ~ s niethiloi ,1ininiry,..201..)863 . . ' • /Vi . 1' YoaK Jnnuary.ls; 1963 r‘P". Smeiheport. ,Dear' Sir:— ep yto your avor of , 13th inst:.:Mr. Seth A. liacktis, when in New York ovinywhere 'eke, never said or did anything to Hipterfere; directly or indirectly, 'With our making an arrangement-. in connection :with. Messrs. Sterling Sr:Winans, • to,construct the Railroad alluded, to.: .The.reaSon why' the idea, wa's abandoned:was entire) f ecitispquenf upBn .the fact that ive considered' that Messrs. W.. T. risked entirelyttio exhorbitanta rate for. their,lands... We can assure yon. that. •any one who asserts, or instnuates.that Mr.. Rackus.in fluenced ottr'llec . isiorOab . rirs under a•mqsi Yours; Truly, FRED B UTTEREIELD." PENN Yt.VAN IA: AESEICVE9.7--Thb Governor communicated to the legislature :the fact. that the War DepartMent declined to allow the Re serve.C6tps to return to .theStste.for the put- pose of recruiting its rank. 'We consider th'e debiSion.of' the..llspartrnent barbarons. , -The conseiptelice of it he ,the : annihilation wf that brave.corps,3,vhich has, done And, suffered, more than any other carps in the service:. In . another year probably not a single.batallion.can be tormed . rrom.the remnant of the :fifteen, reg irnentethat left the. State at the 611 of the .gove s rnMent. The :Legislature Abould pass .a resolution of .censure' against Stanton, and.the. people of the State should unite in•rerjuesting removal.---Putiint •• PEACE MEASURES . . In the New -Jersey Senate,•on Tuesday, ,a series of pace•:reaolUtionswere offered by ;Mr. E101 . .51A7, of .13erpn;* -They' propose an imme diate armistice of six months •. O'n :the second Monday in the,third month after the commence merit of the armistice, 'the people of each Con gressional,dist . rict are to . elect one delegate to a National Con,;entlon..to meet at .Lexington, second- Monday of the ensuing Month; to arrnage terms. of an amicable adjust-, ment.ofall diffieulties. , ' They were made • the special order for the 22dinst,.., and.will Probe— hly pass, . . 'leading I:t.epUblican. Senator tnado . this re. - the other evening, to which the political horizon would seem' to give much meaning ."Our party has tried to run the machine, and we. Can't; it is . abou(tfmelor . us to give np the . GovernMent . to..the pemocrats.'? . Let Mr. Lincoln . folloW . the :will 'of the . end . confidence would at once. be • restored 'and all things, would on s*im'mingly. • . . . PERSONAL Li .lir:It'll! LAWS DEMANDED--Every WY remembers the enthusiastn• , ivith'.which (be radical party in :former years advocated the adoption of -“Personal Liberty Bills,'!.iles lined to nullify . the Federal statute relatin.! to the'surrender of fugitlye.negrona. :In order to.redress . the supposed wrongs of this class of people,' opposition to , the General Govtrnment was carried almost to' the point of bloodshed. Indeed, as , in the case of Batehelder, at Bos ton, Hies of , white•men wero actually sacrificed 'to the 'abolition DefOloch,and this;' notwith, standing the' oppressive law had the sanction of . the highest legal. authority, the .Supreme Court Of the' United States. These 'facts are all .notorious, Yet in 'this later derthe' same now are found contending' against the enact:- Mint of personal liberty Jaws. The reason is apparent... The aggrieved individuals now-a-, days are not negroes—nothing. bat white men; which makes vast different: • We notice, how ever, that in New JerSey there is a dispositioti to. look at the subject in'anoiher.light, The Trenton.Trile American says: 7 -It has become .necesiary to take :some, measure to put a 'stop to the practice, not irf accordance with any bat in .defiance of all law, of" iiidnapping, white citizens, hurrying .them beyond their States, and shnttitig them np. in military- fortresses. • In Order.to prevent these bighandettoutrages it -is suggested. that soine'acoion betaken by the Legislatures haying anti-abolition majori ties Which shall secure to, every; citizen the riglAs to 'which lhe law enfitless him--not hing more. . • • • • .• . We go for-a ((Personal Liberty Ifill" in Ne*, ...Jersey. Note bill which, like those born 'of franatieism'and justfied only by' "higher'law, ":set enacted Jaws and constitiutiona at .de fiance, but it dill • which shall - .secure the tri— rimph:of the law over ,usurpation,. and Which shall %secure to our citizens :the just 'rights which artery Tirin'eiple.of.constfintionat regulated by . .law, guarimtnes to them. 'L'hc Ctiristitutiou of the llnited..Strites and the Cori . stitlition of the State of li.vc!'Jerief'are - both very plain . as' - ,to:Avnit .these'•rights - are.. would haye:.a.law frnmed,,iii.aecOrdincri With the .proyieons-Of those 'insirliments, igned to eninre obedience •We'.have already'•seen too many of 'our fellow'citizens, subjected to arbitrary 'violation of .the sacred ; pi'ivilege's whieh...the organic law •i