~ltq ~ertalcT. CARLISLE, PA. Vridiy,'DECEitlßl% 6, 1861. 0A It has been truly said that the expenses of the present war may almost be paid out of the economies of the people. By tigid frufality, staving, sparing, making no new debts, but paying all the old ones, we shall come out finan cially bettor than oven if we had had no war, bat bad been liOing on a Basle of wasteful extra. vagance. Whoever ends the year out of debt,, will end it out of trouble. For ourselves, we earnestly desire to owe no man anything but good will, and should be glad to have our friends adopt this rule towards us. If that pottion of theiti Who are in arr * eare for the HISRALD, advertising and job work, would eome forward and liquidate the same, they would enable us to accomplish our wishes in the way of meeting obligations, necessarily incurred in the prosecution of our business. A SERIOUS BLOW -- We have from the - first regarded the des truction Of the bridges by the Union men of Eastern Tennessee, as a not less serious bloW to the rebel cause than the capture of Port Royal, and calculated to '•embarrass" them to a greater extent. The wail that 'comes to to from the rebel press of Tennessee and other southern States, shows hoiv great a calatnity they boulder the inevement. Anticipating the possibility of such an occurrence, the Memphis Appeal remarked : "The consummation of this end alone— which_ is a natural sequence to the result we mention—is worth tin immense sacrifice on the part of the enemy, and the advantage to be expected by him front its success, we be lieve, is to-day fully appreciated. If our only line of direct Intercourse with the National Capital can be thus interrupted, an immediate result will be effeetld, the most beneficial to the Lineoln Goveruniont, indeed, of any stra tegetic move made by it sines the war." We also find copied into city exchanges - the following from the Richmond Examiner: The breaking up of that line of railroad romniunication to the West and South is not to be permitted or hazarded for on instant. And from the Richmond "'watch: . "The Government cannot ntford to permit the great line of railroad running through the country thus threatened to be one moment im perilled. It cannot afford to lose the support of the brave and liberal people of Smith -West ern Virginia, where, as yet, not a single trai tor had been found. It cannot afford to admit as army of the enemy into close proximity with East Tennessee, where Brownlow and Andy Johnson have made so many Unionists among a community the most prolific of good Soldiers on the Continent." PROGRESS OF THE ♦VAR Advices from Missouri say that the rebel army, some 16,000 strong, since the evacua tion orspringfield, was moving in three divi sions. The right wing, 6000 strong, under Mcßride, is resting at Stockton.• The left, under Rains, 4QOO men, rested near Nevada, sad the centre, under Price, 6000 men, was at or near Monteville. I'rice intended to march into Kansas and operate there. Gene ral Lane was 'at Fort Scott, with 5000 men, but Price intended to evade him. McCullough had been ordered to follow Price, hut refused, and was going into winter quarters in Arkan- In Missouri, the country between Lexington And Itidependence is said to be deserted, the _men having gone off with the rebel nrrny.— Jennison's Kansas men were laying waste the conntry in Jackson county. Information has been received of the seiz -0144 an.the northeastern coast_ of a Canadian steamer laden with 10,000 muskets, and with caps, powder and other contraband articles. This steamer cleared from Canada, and was tonsigned to parties in the southern States. Rebel General Price has issued a long pro clamation to the people of Missouri. IL is is m:Led from Neosho, but, bears no date. Captain Gordon, of the slaver Erie, has re ceived the death sentence. Late accounts, through rebel sources, give Ike particulars, as published in !heir papers,. if the attack on Fort Pickens. The official Seel:mint from Col. Brown - will no doubt throw more light on the affair than do the rebel ao- Manta. The Ocean Queen has arrived at New York from Port Royal, which place the left on the 27th ultimo. She brings a small mail. The steamer Dienville had arrived at that port.— Commodore Dupont had transferred his flag to the Susquehanna. Eight gun boats are at ouphor off Tybee island to cover our troops. The rebels hid sunk two vessels in the nar row channel of the Savannah river between Tybee island and Fort Pulaski. A schooner had gone to one of the islands shove Hilton Head for a load of cotton. Beau fort was still unoccupied, but two gunboats were anchored off rho town, which was visited daily by our officers. The Fifty seventh and Sixty-firth New York regiments made a reconnoissance from Spring field, Va., - on Thursday towards Manassas, and diseovered about 8000 rebels. They then 'refired, anil regained their starting point with out Odeualties. Two Ohio steamers oollidod on Friday night, iiitiking one of the vessels and 'drowning eight or ten soldiers. The rebels admit a loss of sixteen killed and Wounded in the tight at Pensacola. They •acted on the defensive. They also admit that considerable damage was done to Fort Mcßae, bending the caving in of the powder maga zine, and that the navy-yard and town of Warrington were intrtially destroyed., It is reported that' Colonel Kerrigan,' late of the 26th New York - regiment, has been• tried by court martial for treason, and sentenced to be shot, and that' his death warrant has been dirtied by the President. He is a member of Coagreps from New York.oity. The Itilleßt Victory. While ear brave Captains in the fleet, and Colonels onshore, are winning victories and sednilig_ _hare's, the. country resounds. with their - praises - find - celebrates them - with, the noises of joy. The army, and especially the haty, deserves ',all praise; the former for Schstrit is, going 4 16. in front of Washington; had the lattfr , for "that it has already accom plished:: 'But, meantime, there is another de statment which gives all the other the means department in whose good management all thsother live, and move, and have their being triumphs are constantly and more qtdetjy.'yon—not heralded by trumpet and by drain, .bat whose groat Victories, aree - hist - SE y leltio'every vein of trade - anil cornineroo,and asoonfaoturee throughout the country.' It hi a department which has triumphed over the Sleet pOwerful and ingenious combinations of tmerojes.of _the4Ountry, anti ha', actually !wen over 14 its support those institutions-and of.the, community , which are proverbially tisaici f -selfien and'Unlertain: Wa aeaLl atter...this ifentiMetit, that ye refer" te .the., Treasary_ Department, Useleitbi managarimet Secretary Qhaee. _lghelifinery_of_ the:Jeans 1e....1em-Atratiged---, say previously aecoinplieheilin the eotietty-- fitraishea the Omit eammeetarylontheeapneity ; tteeralnese, , talent- ant!, ability. to.:eerm Widen, is the'best way, nL the gaemept,, Odle'the moat effebtive meaner, Ifith the most hyliapehaahle moans. - of tho_ngfion 14 already-wen ‘, • rpll,lllr I . . - - 011:'N. CAM !MON. . ' ; ling. the rebellion, and the faith °Me nation There ore'ti'reiTtioweitaperain the'nortl ern bopleged to make hill and fair compensation Status, whose every- interest and affection to all loyal citizens who are and shall remain seem to have been so closely'interWoven, and native in supporting the Union for all the loss •indissolublyconnected with thesis peculiar to they may sustain by virtue of the resolution: an 'that section, that it seems to be an inipos- The Joint Committee to wait 6n the President sibility for them to out locte from their old' reported tliat.htiwot;ld not send in histneSsage aaPP° l ations• • - i- • until TuesditY, noon. Mr. Stevens ,gave These journals, too covratlitsto come out! notice of a bill to repeal certainlttivercreatirig boldly and denounce the war policy of the ad- ports of entry. Mr. McPherson of Pcnneylva ministration, attempt to subserve the same nia, offered a resolution, which lies over. object by covertly assailing the President and setting forth .the wont of a more complete his cabinet; hoping thereby to create such di- railroad, and instructing the Coremitte on visit no and dissentions among the loyal citi- Military Affairs to inquire into-the expediency tens of the country, as will ultimately restilt of constructing an air line railroad' 'from in a compromise with rebellion, and the otiose- Gettyiburg - to Ilarrisb,urg. Mr. Coultlieg quent disgrace and disruption of the country, offered a resolution, which was adopted, A favorite plan of attack with these thinly- inquiring who was responsible for the Ball's disguised traitors, is to assail the Secretary of bluff disaster. Mr. McPherson offered a War in his private and official capacity. The resolution, which - wits - adopted; requesting the Philadelphia Inquirer, .whioh paper, for the the War Department to furnish information mere lust of money has bebome a panderer to respecting the contract for feeding disabled the evil tastes of a class of readers who anx- horses during the winter. Mr. Odell offered a !misty look for and greedilyd.evour everything resolution, which was adopted,' directing that which tends to encourage rebellion, and to John Slidell be subjected to the same treat dishearten and discourage our arms, has as- ment as the rebels have shown to Col. A. M Bunted the Gin .ralship of this movement.— Wood, of the Now York 14th When it issues a bull, in the ;hope of a sensa tion canard, or a carefully forged • letter from some prominent source, its laCkeys and toadys —some of them in this vicinity—obey wilt alacrity is bad example, and do their little all in circulating and giving it color. The latest performance of those conspirators in the pub lication of a critique of a speech recently de livered by the Secretary of War, at a dinner given by Col. Forney to Geo. Di Prentioe..- riu strictures,--which were very enVere, and which entirely misrepresented the sentiments expressed by Gen. Cameron—first saw light in the aforesaid Inquirer, which enunciated them in the form of a letter from Mr. Prentice to the Louisville Journal ; and from thence we will have it hawked through the entire disloyal press of the North, invariably given "by authority." Notwithstanding the fact that Mr. Prentice, over Isis own signature, has indignantly denounces! it as a forgery and a b toe perversion and misrepresentation of the frets. It is hy such miserable, paltry pretexts as this that these-traitorous spirits - assail our War Minister, and essay to cripple the action of the Government. But thanks to an honest uprightness of character, and an indomitable purpose to do the right, Gen. Cameron will, by the blessing of God, live to see these mis creants meet their deserts in the universal condemnation of a righteous people. And when the rattle of moll arms Fltald'have sub sided, and the historian completed his task, his name will be found written upon that scroll of statesman and patriots, the memory of whom, will bo 'among the proudest recollection of Americans. CONGRESS The first session of the thirty-eighth Con greys met at Washington on Tuesday last, and both branches orgat&ed. Mr. Trum hull gave notice of a bill to. confiscate the prop erty of rebels, and to free the slaves. Mr. \‘ son -gave notice of a hill to ab-dish the distinction bewteen the regulars and volunteers. • In the House, 114 members were present. After some debate as to the admission of Mr. Maynard, of Tennessee, as a member, he was sworn in, having bean elected bef-re the se . cession of the Sate. Mr. Hickman of Penn sylvania, presented a certificate from the Provisional Government of North Carolina, of the election of Mr. Foster as a member from that State. Mr. Vallandigham raised a point of order that this ciciim had at, the speciedsessiott of Otingress been referred to the Committee on Elections. It appearing, however, that the application was now made on different ground, the Speaker overruled the point of order. The case was, however, again referred to the same cc•mmittee. Mr. \Vatts delegate from New Mexico, and Mr. Blair, of Virginia, successor of Carlisle, were sworn in. Mr. Richardson of Illinois, moved that Mr. Seger, of the A ceomac district, Vir. glide, be sworn in, but after some debate it was referred to the Committee on Elections. Messrs. Biddle of Pennsylvania, Burnhain of Connecticut, Bennett of Colorado, and \Val lace of Washington Territory, were sworn in: Mr. Calvert of Maryland, presented the me morial of Mr. Beach, of Virginia, asking to be admitted to a seat in the House. Referred to the Committee on Elections. A memorial was presented asking . that Mr. Lowe be ad. mitted as an additional member from Cali fornia. Referred. Mr. Lovejoy offered a resolution of thanks to Captain Wilkes for his arrest of the traitors Slidell and Mason, Mr. E;dgarton, of Ohio, moved as.a substitute ~.to present hint with a gold medal, which however, was rejected and the original reso lution was adopted. , Mr. Blair, of,Missouri, offered a resolution which, was adopted, to expel J. W. Reid from his seat in the House, from the fifth district in Missouri, for having taken up arms against the government, and. to notify the Governor of Missouri of the fact. Mr. Col fax of Indianna, offered a resolution, which was unanimously adop'ed, request ing that Colonel Corcoran be treated as the United States have treated all prisoners taken by them in battle. Mr. Eliot of. Mas . sachusette, offered a resolution declaring the object of the war to be to suppress the rebel lion and to re-establish the authority and laws of the • United States over the whole Union ;- and that while we will not interfere with the institutions of the States, the war must be• conducted under military usages, thtZt the safety of the State subordinates the right of property and clotniuittes over civil relations,.and that the President, as Corn mender-in-Chief, and all ollice'rs,in command under him, have the right to'emancipate the slaves held in any military district in a state of insurrection, and that Congress respect ; fully advise that such order of emancipation be. issued wherever the same will avail - to I weaken the power of the rebels in arms, or to strengthen the military power of the loyal forces. Mr. Dnitn, of Maryland, moved to lay the resolution on the table, but the mo tion tittle rejected ty..ayes 56, noes 70; Mr Conklin offered an amendment, which Alt was accepted; to make o resolution apply to_tho slaves of rebels. On motion of Mr. Stevens, of Pennsylvania,_the further consid eration of the resolution was postponed for a week. in order that timo alight bo given for disouseion and amendment. Mr. Campbell, of.Pettnsylvania, offered s. resolUtion, to bo palled up on Tuesday week, that,...in legisla ting on the rebellion, Cougrees should - coiiSs. oat° the property,- slayee iUoluded, of all rebels,' and prStect 'the rights of all, loyal citizone._Mr,..Stovons of Pennsylvania, offered - a - resaatiod - for - futurerconsitiOratioir, -- doolaring that as , slavery caused the rebellion, and there eau he no pelmw while the institution exists, 'difd aealayes are used by the rebels as -a means of protracting the war,'' therefore the 'Prephlotitiatia'his coraniandorfin the field be 1v,it..1 I n'.riinslnfe frame riirtii;il;ol , , whn Pll7l , . . OUR MILITAILY SYSTEM We find the subjoined paragraph in the Boa ton Post: . " Ono of the aids of Prinee Napoleon has published a succinct account of the organiza tion of the Federal army. lie thinks that its composition is analagous to that of the French army, and - says that it is an attempt to do in a few weeks what has required seventy years in France." This is true enough as far as, it goes, but those who take such a summary criticism as settling the fact that we are likely to fail in this attempt at our army organization will find themselves mikaken. The admirable die oipline and organization of the French army are the results of seventy years Constant la bor, as the writer truly says. The details and principles were gathered up in many a weary campaign, amid the victories and defeats, long marches, privations and sufferings almost in credible. But being settled, they are now as well known in all the military schools of the world as they are in France. It is not neces sary to wade through an experience as tedious and perilous as that of France to arrive at the same result. Nliiitaryscience has become per• featly arranged and systematized, and the prin ciples are accessible to all. Moreover, the sin gular aptitude for war evinced by our country men in the present crisis has developed itself quite as much in the rapid progress of organ ization and discipline as in the manufacture of arms and munitions, and theraising of men; and whiii great stress was laitl by foreign writers upon our army being composed entire ly of raw recruits, and without competent in structors, yet it has nevertheless made aston ishing advancement,. In the begining of the contest we said that our country was destined in this war to exhib it an unprecedented spectacle of military de velopment. Already this is recognized, and notwithstanding the obstacles which the French writer quoted supposes to be fatal to our pur poses, he will soon see them vanish. The French system has al ways been thoroughly un derstood by the-leading minds in the United States army, and it has been for years accept ed as the model for stir organization. We are now applying upon a grand scale what we had previously practiced in miniature. Our main trouble thus far has been in the fact that the officers of our general staff have never been educated as such, nor specially set apart for the exelusive•performanee of these duties, as is the ease in the French system. p9int has occupied the earnest attention of our best American writers on triilitary. science. . We frankly admit that to accomplish such a gigantic work some great military minds are requisite in the direction. In the outset we were without these, but McClellan, Ilalleck, and their compatriots of the regular service, have at length obtained the requisite iniluoncei and the results are visible. McClellan has made the army of the Potomac so entirely dif ferent from what it was as to elicit commen dation even from the London Times. In this he has been admirably aided by Generals Mc- Dowell, Andrew Porter, Buell, Heintzlemma, Franklin, McCall, Fitz John Porter. Of these, Gen. Buell has since been sent to'command in Kentucky, where his experience near Wash ington will be useful in bringing into a state of efficiency the rather loose organization of the army. His place in the army of the Po tomac has been filled by General Sumner, from California. General Wool has to a re markal•le extent recenstructed the army of Fortress Monroe and vicinity, applying there those rules of the regular service which were not recognized by volunteer officers. ' Whatever objections may be urged to Freniont's management in Miss Cirri, there can be no doubt that he infused into the army there thorough discipline and great strietnese of or ganization. General Sherman, who commands at Port Royal, is a regular officer of high rep utation. General Burnside, who is to com mand a now expedition, is also au officer reg ularly trained, and of considerable experience. in the rapid promotion of McClellan, Hal lock, McDowell, Stoneman and Sherman, the War Department hae inaugurated the policy of bringing forward the younger generation of of regular officers, who during the long peace had become discouraged by their slow prog• 'Tess, and many of whom had therefore re signed, to seek out better fortunes in private life. This was the case with McClellan, Ro sonorous, lialleck, Burnside, and. many otli ere. These men now come into position,' bringing with them a new set of ideas; to which the army has been closed. We do not now seek to cast reflection upon the older officers of the army, for we have great reason to bo proud of Scott, Wool and Harney ; but after' having-been so long accustomed to deal-only with klimited force, their minds Could with diffioulty be adjusted to labors entirely now to theta. Tho ambition and readiness of the young officere will develop the glialities nee= 7 essary in this r orisis. All that is needed is to keep the men in active operations, in order' that events may teach us our defects; and force forward the leaders capable 'of dealitit .with them. SHAME 'EMI- SHAKO 'IM!!..--A disiiooh - from Charleston, doled Nov. 17, says: "The unexpected failure of our shored:int.. tories at Bay Yalta and Hilton Head, to do molish at least one,Of the attackini, vessels, had sadly shaken• the popular confidence* in the efficacy .9f our guns against. the monster .frigates and iron-olad guidioats_whioh- they may have again, to -encounter ; and-now-so. alarmed are many of the, sordid souls that in fest all southern cities, that the effect may-al ready be seen in the lengthening of the freight, trains which-leave almost hourly for the.inte-: rior." A few mare Bay Point and !Brion • Bead_ stfakositlll.--fiTat : --th — e - Tiattealtr their" boots." 'Ludicrous—southern " ohfral, iy" "(rotten round barefoot!" Shake "ene: wo any shako 'ern! • , • • • In the Wheeling Convention, not? in pocßior), roceir,-(1, A REIN 11011011 TILE: WA:111 STANDPOINT It has bectiine a very interesting question to Philantitropieti4:philOsopliers and states men to:know:What to do with " the inevitable Ai r the insect tribes, that - plagued Pharodhhuthide .People . because of their in lquitfe:Ywrsrmert:ln their houses, infested their parsontiandrningled in their. - foed,. to theirinfinito annoyance and disgust, so does the otntripresentSsatno mixhitnse:f up with every political and social question that is pre sented by the ever-varying phases of the war. 11ow shall we treat " the peCuliar institu tion?" is the inquiry of every one, and it is a question easier. asked_ than answered. The Chester County Times says that as Eitimbe has been the underlying cause and origin'of the war, and is made to figure conviciously in it by his master. we.purPose to take a view of him froniiiaTwar stiikpuint. In doing so, we must regard him either as a " &Miter or as a " person." The fewest point of view in which he can bo considAted ia,that In Which his master regards him, viz:la chattel, liable to be bought and sold, to be: wot4c.ed,qed, lodged and directed as a liorZe or an ox, and to be punished with out-let or-hindranee on his part as muoh as his master's overseer may deem necessary.— This is his status by the laws'of the slave hol ding states, and ho has no higher rights, ex cept that his toaster may not kill him at his . pleasure. Except this, the ox and ho stand on an equal footing. When his master brings him to the war, he brings him as a chattel, as a horse or a hoe, as an ox or a pickaxe, and when he sets him to work an entrenchments or fortifications, lie employs hilts as a being without a will, and as a horse or a pickax. • Now it is part of the laws of war that belig orents may do as much injury to each other as possible, (observing the ordinary laws of hu manity,) so as to bring the questions between them to a conclusioU; by the reduction of the one or the other to terms by defeat, or by con tending till both parties are willing to adjust their disputed points by a treaty.—Supposing then, for the argument, that the confederates are lawful " belbyerents," it is legitimate war fare, by the laws Of war, to take and capture their property, their ships, forts, tents, camp equipage, entrenching tools and every thing they use againp us in an offensive manner.— if then,we may take and confiscate and keep the tents they use in camp and the picks and shovels they employ in digging entrench ments, and the the horses and carts with which they haul the earth to their embank mente and walls, why is it not also lawful to take and - keep and confiscate those other chat tels, their slaves, with which they use their horses, carts and pickaxes? It cannot be objected to this by the rebel master, that the law provides fortheir rendition' to him, because he does not recognize•the law, Ile has repudiated it, he has, trampled it un der foot, disdained allegiance to it, and is not therefore in a position to claim its protection and advantages. Viewed, therefore, as a chat ' tel, with other chattels in his hands, ned us ing them against the authority and_ laws of tile nation, Mambo is in that position which the laws of nations contemplate as rendering ' him subject to confiscation by the party to which he is opposed, whenever he shall be captured. lie is contraband of war. As the Constitution speaksofhitu as a "per son," we will next, regard him in that light-- Bythe laws of nations, belligerents are en titled to take as prisoners of war all persona ! who may be found in hostility to them, whether witillorns in their hands or not.— TheleamsterWilio drives the wagon that co,ll- veysleamil equiPaget i§ as much liable to be captured and held , prisoner 'as the soldier who'fires the musket; and the quarter-mas ter who feeds the soldiers as the officer who commands anti directs them. This beirtg the ease, if Satoh° be found with arms in his hands or with pick and shovel, actually or construc tively, or be aiding directly or indirectly in the War, he may be lawfully captured as a per ion and held as a prisoner. At the end of the war, if he ardently wishes to resume the status and condition in which he was found when cap ured, let him be reinsta ted therein, but If lid does not, (as we think lie would not,) we have now no law to compel him to resume his original position. If he Hhalr be content to re&iiiin iu the country of of his captors and abide by the laws, those laws will nob tirive him away under the ,cir cumstances. We have considered those condi tions of Sambd-on the supposition that he be longed to 'a belligerent of recognize& nation ality in a state of war. Where, however, his master is in open rebellion agaipst his lawful government, as in the case of the so called Confederates, the matter becomes simpler and plainer and more decisive against hi m , His master then becomes a traitor, and is liable to all the penalties of treason. Ills property may bo confiscated, if the proper authorities shall so adjudge it, whether it, be used directly or indirectly or even not used at all, against the lawful government, and whether it be in chat tels, human or otherwise. In any view of the case the Confederate master may be deprived of Samho's valuable services whether Smith° bo a chattel or a person and whether his mas ter be engaged in ty lawful or an unlawful war against our National Government. Whether he ought to be deprived of Sambo's services, in the prosecution of the war is a question which we will examine in another ar ticle. CEIARLES J. BIDDL . E This mnu is the congressman elect for the district vacated by the resignation of E. Joy Morrie: ' Several days ago he wrote, in re sponse to an invitation to a dinner, given by some political friends, a very ill•timed trea• sonabte letter, which found its way into the Philadelphia Inquirer. We make the follow ing extracts from a reply to this rebellious missive, which is written by one of Mr. Bid dle's old political friends, and published in the Press, of Friday last. lie. says: In your letter of yesterday you say: "My political opinions aro what they have always bnon.„ - 1 am n Detnocrat-,nov or morn ono than at thin hour. I rep/co that I,t was with my name upon Nuur banners that you uverthriiii'tlio Republican party in this city? Contenst this 'with the following: "CAMP MASON AND DiXON'S LINE, 11 Boyond Centreville, vies 116.1 ford, • • • Juno 29, 1861. _ .stow. - A. V. PiRSONS: Tho nomination takes mo wholly by surprise. 1 thank you all for , this groat and unsolicited- Motor. I ate. I trust, a truo' son of perm. nylyaillo, ready to curve her when and-where and how she. pluases.._ My p reso ut_pos afar he most:.co uponla I -to. Ham' but-1 will nut place my own proforenaolu opposition to thpoople's- wish .-IVoleoted, I-will , servO as soon as 1 can 'quit the field without dishonor. Philadolphia would not ospoet'oto banaor. I Will give no partisan pledges. try to do my duty in whittovor sphero it may please God to place me.. . CHARLES J. 11/nnto.!, . . ._ ' Were'you loss a Democrat in Juno lust than you,sro now, or, was it a trick to secure-our assistance ''? Oonie causes in the interim must have -wrought.'.s .wonderful change in..yeur opinions ' Inannelou had no partizan pledges' to, give: in , November--your .partizanship is more offensive than that) of even John C: _ Breokinridgo,__Agitin..yeu,say,; .____,.....__ it fliis, at lortet,,we may say for the Democratic party '—it T ided at Their true value the fan tattle thoorlea, the. whimalre, the'! lame," the queptionept more phraseola ,l gy;thut mon, calling' thetusylv "state:mum, have pre ferred to ponce, to- ufiren, to tlf `,lM'adult tO , gross and developement of each seetiorHal All races, In duo fele , : lion to natural cameo: .l'hlf, ' ' o 4,ye trillY may for the Damou'raitic FirtY:=-while it ti " h e mirky, r•Feces- Won"' Was a little,' ba111e.4,, cthe, Itppindlearc party teen,' .I.eaceasteo! , ..my iv ith'han. Imo" • r • 1544. r •lik 71 . !,-- . 'l' 4. • t te '. , 4 •14. :'. , 3::;; . A ft , , * ls iny long as it stood hy the Unit,' and the Consti tution. But whenever any-party dares to revolutionize the Government and . destroy the Constitution by armed vielenee Os' tints for every loyal citizen to escape from - Such a par ty. I cannot suppose' that you are either ignorant or forgetful of the political transao• thins of last year. ',I will not suppose that you : do -not know that. -the Southern - leaders of the Democracy at Charleston and. at Bala: more, aided and:abetted by Northern cravens and . office-seekers; not - only refused to support for nomination the only statesman that could 111117,e -been elected President by the Democracy, but, under the guidance of Breckinridge, Davis, Yancey, and other conspirators, had resolved "to fire the Southern heart and precipitate the Cotton States into revolution." I need not inform you that, to gratify the South, Congress was for a tariff; again to gratify leer it was for free trade; again to gratify her it passed a fugitive slave law : Mit why recapi tulate Y Exaction utter exaction was made against the North until further endurance -would have-made-slaves of us, the free white citizens thereof. I need not say to you that the Douglas platform was the fairest proposition that could have been offered to the South ; nor need I inform you that the leaders of the Democracy in that section, and their confreres in iniquity and treason in Ibis, spurned his constitutional offer. That the Democratic party has done great good in the Halcyon days of its power none eau deny : but when it departed front its high and holy mission; when its leaders becomelraitors,to its princi ples and doctrines ;when they appealed ft em the will of the people constitutionally express ed through the ballot bok to foul treason and unnatural rebellion; it became the duty of every loyal Democrat to pause and consider Vile were willing to be dragged to political perdition, or if Ito should array himself on the Side of the government. You say that "Se cession was a little battled 'clique so long as the'Democracy was in power." Well, why not? Nearly' every prominent Secessionist Solith was in office, and almost all their friends North were well provided for, but Its soon ns it became a certainty that power was about to depart Hem the Democracy its loaders raised their black tend 'bloody flag to destroy the best system of government that was ever fouoded by the ingenuity of man. I know that you know all this as well as I tie, and I can only attribute toyou the sentiments expressed in your letter to your intimate acquaintance and connection with the partic ular school of Democratic politicians who out round you. Yuu again say: "When the national flag was'ktruck down at Charles ton, and the national capital was threatened by Sores mon, the North rose like one man The munrlut saw 11401 astonishment the grunt uprising Of ill(' pu epic ; Emu tin prejudged the issue In our favor; yet. as rf smitten with blindness, the urpublican leaders scented striving to , waste dissipate, Instead of to seize and use, the noble material tsr great armies which was, With scarcely any Melt, placed at their dispos,ll. The soldier who ollered himself fur thiL public soryloaullud_that AuLmutit, . ear_ wig Rome politician bouore he could allowed the privi lege to fight or die for his country "Olen began to sae. that the war was to bo made a Black Il epuhl leant job:, . Well, " when the notional flag was struck down at Charleston and the national copilot was threatened by Secession." Who struck down the flag? Cerlairily not Black Repub licans, but. the lenders of the Democracy—the leaders of your party and of mine. Can this be denied ? You as well as I know that, we were taken aback; that but for the universal upheaving of the free States Washington would to-day be in the posession of the leaders of the Democracy. You and I know that under Dem ocratic President Buchanan, Democratic Sec retary Cobb robbed the treasury, Democratic Secretary Floyed robbed the arsenals, Demo erotic Secretary Toucey scattered our fleet; you and I know that. Democratic Senators Da vis, Slidell, &c., assisted them in their villain ies—that Democratic Vice-President Breckin , ridge -was the pivot of treason. You know, or otrght to know, that Democratic Senators, and Democratic members of Cutiless, and Demo cratic leaders in the Northi sympathized with these traitors ; you know;.-or ought to know, that if Secessionism were - as strong North as it has been South, that a Man like cue would not get leave to live. Andy Johnson and Par son Brow nlow aro hunted like wild wild beasts 'for defending the Bovernment. 'sit not Curl ens that the vials of your wrath are poured out upon the heads of the Republitnin leaders, while you can 'wordy spire even a drop for Ban oft he traitorous miscreonts.who'are now ,lir,orms 'against title Goveroluett:tt You state that "men say flint, the war is io be a Black littpulilieon_jb.". Pray _sit. .wlio_ tire_ these men by all means know who they are. You further stale : " A general, horn here among us. restored to their due supremacy the martial e Irtuen that insure SUCCVSS In war; trollied and competent officers secinid his oilihrts, scores of hatatelitts tint, been pushed nut of service, and this toad work Still prozresses '•'l'he- t h •u u tcratic pee ty will sustain the Uloll—the Nei Coda the Duponts—who have in charge the hon or of our flit. , on laud anti SOIL Lot, every whote, the people put Lt "thee men who will not see the war again become - a party join;' let the admlnist ration of the Uov+ arume•nt be such as to attiact, nut repel, the doubtful Stat cc." Who placed McClellan and Dupont in their respective Co ? Did not the present Cabinet gladly avail itself of the services of both these distinguished citizens ? •• The Democratic party will sustain the men—the McClellans, the Dupouts." Such is your ex pre•sion?- Of course it will, just so long ns the Meedellans and the Duponts sustain the Government. The Democratic party of the Free States—those gallant men who rallied to thentandard of the lamented Douglas, in 1861 —are true to the Government and to the laws, and so is the bulk of those who voted for the arch traitor• Breckinridge. Only the misera ble drivellers who cannot read the signs of the times are disloyal; a broken-down clique, which clings to the phantom of power. There is not a disloyal man - to-day, in the Free States, who has not been a Breckinridge Dem ocra t. INTy dear sir, every such letter ns yours gives encouragement to the rebels, and indu ces them to prolong the struggle. If the war becomes a BLACK BRPUBLICAN Joe, we ought not to forget that Demoeratic traitors forced upon us" (he issue; we ought ought not to forget that Lyon and Greble, and Baker and Ellsworth—none of whom were De. moorats—have given their lives to the Union; we ought not to forget that the Government places its trust is the McCiellans, and Du ponts, and Butlers, who are Democrats. JOHN CAMPBELL FEDERAL PRISONERS AT RICH MOND. Letter From Colonel Wood, of the Fourteenth New York Regiment, RICHMOND, November 10, 1861. HoN..W. F. ODEt.t.: MY DEAR FRIEND—Many ebringes have taken place since 1 saw you in July last, and none more important to myself than the ono that occurred yesterday. I have been en my parole at Charlottesville and at this place until yesterday. • Yesterday, while at dinner at my boarding house, I was notified that two gmAleineu desired to see me., I immediately wont up to the parlor to ascertain the object of this visit. On entering I recc b urnized ono of the gentlemen as belonging to General Winder's office, and he informed toe that the General desired to see me. • It-being Sunday, it struck Me that something unusual had or was about 'to happen. On arriving at the General's eitutiters I asked him for what-purpose he desired to see me? He answered by saying that he had a very unplrasent duty to per. form ; in fact, the most unpleasant duty of his life, and- handed me a paper to read. [This paper was Be ujunmOs order to, Winder to draw lots among our officers - for a ..rietila. This we gave yesterday. --Colonel - Wood centiirtres-h -- - - After leaving the General's, I. was escorted to !ho prison occupied by the tiflicers of the Federal artifyrwintre the drawing took.' "Arnie, in preitence r ef all the ollicers confined in Richmond, sevenW,five (75) in number. General -Winder himself superintended the arrangements of the drawing.; alter the names upon separate slips of paper were 'pliced in a tin box, General Winder refines teal the' Hon. Alfred Ely to .draw, front the !Aix ono'neme, and that the naive of the Smith,- convicted in Philatlelphia.:- evidently affected and with relit - OM:IMO . ; I - thought; proceeded to comply with the General's request, and drew forth a of paper thia l vas to consign 'one of us to solitary confinennent. A death' like 'stillness pervaded the roam, and,thO deepest Itniiety. was depicted upon t he'.counten 11110 N - - olonel Omer:ln:The balance of the officers, viz: Colonels•Lee i Cogswell, Wilcox. Food, Woodruff ; • Lieutenant Colonels Neff . and Bowmen ; Mai ots Revere, Ppt'er . and Voges ; and Cjiptains RoUkwOod, Bowman and Keifer, are $o be removed to the common jail to day.' . and you may rest assured that owl Vale depend)? upon that of the, privaleersmen:. .I trust that -you will doall you can, consistent with your duly to the Government, to. relieve those officers who went forth to' fight the battles of •their country from a position. of peril and dishices, See toy family and give them all the consolation you can, and in the name of humanity do all you can for your Very true friend, COLONEL A, M. WOOD, "One of them" thus writes of the Federal prisoners at Richmond. My prison associates are gentlemen from nearly eyery State in the North and West, whose heels or heads could not Orevent them from being captured at Bull' Run, Ball's Bluff etc. etc. Thrown together as we are, many are the resources we' have for abstract ing ahmsement from the monotony of prison lite. As I sit now .at "our mess" table, I cast a glance around, and photograph the following picture. On my right, within reaching distance, sit silently eitgrossed in cards, a Captain from Pennsylvaula - ,-a-Lientenatit each from Maine, Wisconsin, Massachusetts, Ohio. Further on, two army Chaplains are' quietly discussing • the past, present, and future religious condi. tion of the World in general, and for aught I know, their own present unfortunate condition in particular. A few steps more to the right, and we find LieutenanO Peacock, of the steamer Font y, captured by the Confederates at Chico macumico. Ile is surrounded by a Colonel, a Quartermastesr and a doctor, whose attention he is engrossing by, a 'relation of the Fanny'ssurprise and capture. His description is graphic and sometimes illumined with touches of humor that coeval ses his audience. More of him anon, for lie is the bright particular star of our "Confed eracy." Looking straight before one I see Com.iressman Ely betiding over his "mess" table, seemingly hurried in the' mass of documents around him. Every day, for hours, he is occupied with his pen, assisted by ,young Hale, of the Navy (a nephew of Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy), who has volunteered as his .secretary. ' Ety is a man ot lino social qualities, popular and gentlemanly, and has the distinguished honor of being President of the Richmond Prison Association:. Tc . rhii left may be seen the fine manly form and handsome face of Col. Cog.gswell, of the regular army, who is pacing to and fro in deep study. epos him devolved the command after General Baker's death, at the btfttle - Orßiiirs .. l3tuff. HO is reserved, hut is possessed of many qualities that command respect and esteem from his prison assm ates. • Near me on the left is the slight but agile flgure'of Col. Lee, of the Twentieth Massa chusetts (taken at Ball's Bluff), who is earnestly cr conversation with two visitors, one hear is the Epise-mal Bishop of Vi other a diviqe of note from the same Stale- Col. Lee has a warmth and earnestness of manner that endears him not only to his brother officers, but interests all who, come within the ,sound of his genial-voice. Ile is beloved by the junior officers of his command, lour of whom are prisoners here, preferring to share•his fate rather than desert hint when our hard fought battle .was over I could occupy pages in describing the varied characters of my fellow prisoners. Eachj-bave their distinctive - - grades in our social circle, yet none, in my three weeks' experience, have caused a jar or created discord in the good felloWship of our corm tn TIIE PEOPLE PATIENT The citizens of the loyal States are not so impatient for a battle as to demand that one should be fought immediately, at all events, without any regard - to circumstances. We base this opinion, upon the practical common sense of the masses. While they are patriotic* and enthusiastic for the war, their enthusiasm is regulated and tempered by judgment. Anil whsdevrr anxiety they may exhibit, is re strained by their confidence in the Command ing General of the Grand Army. They be lieve he will strike at the earliest tnoment he is sure he can du so successfully. They be lieve, also, that he is a far better judge on that point than they, or any class of politicians however able, can possibly be. They appre ciate, too, in its full Sense, the terrible conse quences of a defeat, and they desire Gen. MI:lellan to run no risk of such a result.— They know that a detest now would throw us ,flack upon a new beginning, give encourage. merit and persistence to the enemy, whose cause is well nigh desperate, dishearten our forces, and go tar towards extorting a recog nition of the rebel government from every fo reign power. The people of Pennsylvania and other States arrayed on the side of the Constitution and Laws, are fully aware of the consequences of a new disaster. To tight the rebels even on equal terms, would give them an equal chance of victory. Therefore, it is hoped that noth ing will he unnecessarily hazarded. Every true-hearted citizen is willing to leave the time as well as the place to Gen. Nl'Clellan's own discretion. That there is deep anxiety for a victory, is undeniable. it is simply natural that there should be. But no more Ball's Bluff experiments are wanted, and consequent. ly a perfect willingness prevails to confide the momentous questiou.to thegallant young Gen eral upon whom the responsibility has been devolved golun tUta Count) . niatttrs Lest our readers Should think we are partial, we'will state that those merchants who advertise in the herald, intend to have the largest., beet, and cheapest stocks on hand for the holidays that can be found. Look out for thou! Those who don't advertise we. know nothing about, and those who buy, know very little more. Capt. J. DotsummEn wishes us to stater that he needs a few good recruits to till up his compuny. The rendezvous is at Harrisburg, where the recruits will bo muster. ed in at once, and will draw pay and rations from the day .of enlistment. fle"' We ure requested to announce that Dept. Supt. BATES, will attend the Cum berland county Teachers' Institute, (which will COII7OIIO at Newville, on the 24th inst.,) some time (Daring - the session, and illustrate his method of physical training in the tommon schools; that Prof. WICKERSIIMI, of the Mil lersville Not:mal School Will lecture before the Institute ou.Priday evening, the 27th instant, and also that an arrangement will be made with the Superintendent of the Cumberland Valley Railroad, by which delegates will he. enabled to return-to their homes free. • Cjes lIETF.R —* A n exchange dives the foll Owing timely advilm to gas consumers i The Aline_ hai_arr(vedwitena_tillle attention paid; to gas meters will save a world of trouble when cold weather attacks then). If people would' pay as muolt attention to these indispensable articles as _they_brdinarily de to a bushel of potatoes or a"barirol of apples, no trouble : would to experienced. A. box to inclose the meter, with a lining of straw, or rags, or saw. dust, or Oven an old bed quilt; wrapped and tied around it, will keep the frost away, and 02 ..y_0 ... A) . 9 _temper of tho househbld' on . man": otherwise trying'od r casions. Therels no more disagrecahle adjunot . tohousekeeping than fet• go, hone at night and find the - gas frozenup. and, a sickly tenon''dip stuck in a tumbler lighting - the supper' table.. If upright .men may bo excused ',for indulging iu profanity on any occasion, this 11;\tite one above all others. d tike ;ruin-4 t:.en_.:and MEI THE REVIEIV.---Ofl Saturday Idst, hotly-guard, which has been orge.nized and equipped ti.t this place, was paraded for review and: inspection, .by-Gen. ANDetiSoN. Ile ap peared on the•parade ground, which was the open - fidd in rear of the barracks, at half-past twelie, and carefully and minutely examined the company—expressing himself highly gra. tifi§d with their personal appearance and equipments. After. the review tlfe company Was dismissed for dinner, in which the Gene ral joined; eating heartily of their beef and bean-soup. He visited each of their tents, shaking hands, and cordially introducing him self to every one of them. The company was then drawn up in tho form of a triangle, when the General occupying a position k in the area, made a very patriotic, feeling 'Address. Ho said that his feelings toWarder'them were those of a father and a ohristian. - Gave a descrip tion of his sojourn in Sumpter, saying that he would have been justified, in the eyes of the world in firing on the rebels, many, thany times before they opened on him. But lie was instructed by what he calls the most humane arid forbearing government on the earth, to withhold his fire untiL nrsailed. lie was a Southern man—horn and reared there—all the ties of kindred and friendship bound him to that section—but they had rebelled from wise and parental government, and were' now his implacable enemies.. He exhorted them, in their new calling to be actuated by the principles of the christinn religion. Be kind and forbearing -to helpless enemies. Lot not rapine and desolation mark your progress through the enemy's country„ Be careful to discriminate bet ween-union men and traitors. But on the battle•®eld shrink not from your duty. Do it manfully and without quailing. lie expected• to meet them ero long, on the field, when he would renew and cultivate tho high regard ho felt for them. The General has almost recovered from his recent indispo sition, but is still troubled from the effects of the concussions produced by the continued firing - during the bombardment of Sumpter.— The body guard left for Lexington, Kentucky, on Monday morning at 2 o'clock, and they will report for duty at once. EAR AND EYE.-1)r. Jones, of New York, the skillful Oculist, and Aurist, will practice nt the "Cornet in House," Carlisle, from the 2d to the 12th of December. Dr. Jones line had the advantage of the best Medi cal Colleges, and Eye and Ear Institutions in America and Europe. His diplomas hang in his -office. Dr. Junes cures Deafness and Noise in the Head, Diseases of the Eye and Throat; performs all difficult operations in Surgery; inserts Artificial Eyes and Ear Drums. Cross Eyes straietened. Ophthal mia and all curable diseases of the Eye and Ear cured bydhe suf.cessfill Dr. Jones. !load his 'circular: FRANK LESLIE'S MuNTIILY.—The De cember number of this admirable work is on our table. It is as usual, filled with capital illustrations with some trery fine pictures Of the military heroes of our Union army, and several of the prominent rebel chieftans are daguerreotype(' in its pages. As a journal of fashions it is unsurpassed, which with its high liter ary character, make it one of the most de sirable periodicals now in circulation. 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New atitiertis—enictits: _ - -NOTICE TO TAX-PAYERS. ATOTICiE is. hereby given, 'that under the eat of 20tit April. 1844, one per cont will be ad ited 01l Rate and County taxes unpaid int the " 'of January, 18134, and evory sixty daya,tberesiter one par rent Additional. , All persons Irha titbit to save the in tercet. nottld do well to call and payttlaeir 'taxes i JUN. C. December 0, 1801. - .- Collector. At the:Siwn of the Big Bonnet! b . WINTER BONNETS Bi'MILIi.INERY, • CreMRS. MIYHON is nowopenin g al.'thu . SW' of the "81 3 LiJooM," Ole very lates t , wiNTRIC F..roilo)NS of Bonnets. Cbildreos. th ite and Trimmin g s: plimen and see thosebeautlf of Ftylrti end got the Pi iv; nf the. III; “Ily?:Nor,h