Zhit Atratti.
CARLISLE, PA.
Vyiday, JANUARY_ 17 5
_1862.
seir . See advertisement "For Rent," in an
other canaille
Ilel6.onn thanks are duo, and aro hereby
tendered to Messrs 'KENNEDY tlIld• Ritoims
and Hon. Jos. BAILY for public documents.
re a ,BRATTON, of the Volunteer, applies the
epithets of dolt, poltroon, nondescript and fal
sifier, to us in his issue of•this week, and says
we back down from our own proposition
All .wo havo to say in return is, that we are
not in the habit)of backing down from any
man who cannot command the confidence
and respect of a dozen of men in the commu
nity in which ho lives.
'PxttAmo.—We ladve no objections to the
copying of our articles, by those of our co
temporaries who see fit to do so, but we do
ask that when our productions are copied
verbatim, (as is the case with the Democrat
this week, which paper has our local item on
the recent murder) that we receive the, proper
credit therefor. Come, neighbor, "if you
can't hilonest, be as honest as you can."
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE
In the State Senate, on Monday, the Speak
er announced the usual Standing C ommittees
After the introduction of various unimportant
memorials and bills, the Speaker presented
the report of the Auditor General on free
banking. In the House, a select committee
of three was appointed to report on the Gov
ernor's recommendation for the eatablisliment
of a State military school. A resolution was
also adopted for a joint committee - on the sea
coast and lake defences of the State. A me•
morial was read contesting the sent, of Mr.
Wildoy, of Philadelphia, on a mere technical
ity. The resolution to fix a day for the ap
pointment of a committee was lost.
THE EIGHTH OF JANUARY
Wednesday, the Bth inst., says the Clam
bersburg Tones, was the forty-sixth anniver
sary of the eventful battle. of New Orleans
which ended with glory and renown the strug
gle between this country and °rent Britain
The sun that arose on the Eighth of January
1815, shed its rays upon the British army,
— flushed with Irepo and animation ; but its eel=
ling beams fell upon that army defeated and
retreating, the principal generals killed or
wounded, and the vast array dispirited and
reduced to fragments.
The British army was composed of soldiers
ncoustomed to the tented field, well clothed,
and disciplined, and' led on by educated and
experienced officers ; the American army con
sisted of volunteers fresh from the rural
abodes of the South and Southwest, unused
to the scenes of carnage, badly clothed, poor
ly equipped, and commanded by Men who had
abandoned the endearments of home and the
peaceful pursuitsof life at the call of their
country. The one was led by General Beck
enham, the other by Andrew Jackson. But
when the hour of trial arrived, each man of
the •American army became a hero. They
fought for their homes, for freedom and law.
They contended for the freest, fairest, end
most beautiful heritage upon this green earth.
They protected women, gray-haired matrons
and smiling maidens against a ruthless and
reckless band of men, who rallied under the
barbaric motto of " beauty and booty."
The name of 'Andrew Jackson, and the
names of the men who fought so gallantly on
that memorable oce'asion will not soon be for
gotten. Gen. Jackson combined the three
fold qualities of the soldier, the statesman
and the sage. As. a soldier he was brave,
bold and deter Mined ; as a statesman, litz„
guarded well the interests of a free people,
anxiously watching foreign and domestic foes;
as a sage, he exhausted the wealth of his ex
perience upon his countrymen in such a way
as to throw a magic charm around the teach
ings of the "old man of the Hermitage." In
view of the perils that note encompass the
Union his namb is near and dear to us. It
was he that suppressed the first revolt of South
Carolina, which threatened such serious con
sequences to the country. At one time when
great national trouble existed, and it gloom
was hanging over the country with respect to
the future, it was he that declared that "Tits
UNION MUST AND SIIALL LE PRESERVED,"
which is now the sentiment of etiery loyal
heart.. In fine, Andrew Jackson was a full
and entire man, and his example will serve to
stimulate young men of this country who de
sire a like elevation, and nerve them to over
come (he difficulties that must be surmounted
to attain the point from which this great idol
of the American people sunk into a peaceful
and honored grave, while his memory is em
balmed in the affections os his countrymen.
Ova STATE FINANCE' E.—ln view of the
present deplorable condition of the .country
the natural result of which is a depression
of all the business interests of the people and
a tightness of monetary matters—our readerS
will be gratified to learn that Pennsylvania's
quota of the National Tax for this year, has
been paid. This has been effected by Gov.
Curtin arranging the matter with the audio.
—rities at Washington, by giving Penneylva•
nia credit for monies already disbursed by
the State for the National Government, in
equippink, troops, Ar,c.
Iter The attention of Government has been
directed by Gen.:Banks - to - Southern - Illinois"
as a fine field for cotton raising. It is said
there are, in that State, from 5;0000300 to 10,-
000,000 of dcres admirably adapted for the
purpose, capable of yielding from 300 to 500
pounds per acre; and that At ono lime almost
the entire population was engaged in the cul
ture. The cotton produced there corresponds
in quality and staplii to that of. Tennessee
Supplies of cotton deed ire to bo sent from the
Patent Moo to finable the farmers to make a
fair trial of the capability of the soil.
XterThe followiiii article which we extract
from the Louisville Democrat will be invested
with peouliar interest to some of our reliders:
Tin Asrmnsott Timor.—Thisispelndhl body
of: young men, the flower of Pennsylvannis,
originally mounted" as a body guard to Gener
al Andersen, and better known here as Gen
aral Buell'trbody guard,' will leave to:_dsy it la
eapected, for wative.service.
_This troop has been sworn in as an indepenz
dent troop for extra-hazardous service, and
they areaxactly the men who may bo expect
ed to aecompliSh a . great• deal, whether as
skirmishers, 'or extra aids. We
expect le hear a good, account of them.
Yesterday the members of the troop made
a present of a Splendid saddle and bridle to
Lieut. Spencer, one
,of their officers. Hp is.
a regular army efrieer,..and is held in high
esteem by all his men.- ,
Tgii,Pefiney lifinia Railroad 'Compini'teok
Poeseeeion.on Weddebdoyof the PhilatlelphK,
:tfid - EtiCp.ifilrohit — TI .LI; Onibert, keg., sue,
eeefle,,E6vard P. gray, Esq., as :Qeneraf
periniendent of Ibe Western Division. No
chanice . wili bo made inlocal offtoT.
Iteplgaistiopar, the_Soaretary 'of. War.
liob;Sinfon'Reinoron, arlasineethe inaug
uration of President Lincoln, has occupied the
responsible position.of-Secretary of War, on
lest Monday tendered his resignation of that
office.
_ _Oar._,relationszwith_th different. —.European
nations, and. especially with the Russian Eat
pirehave become so important, that it is
highly essential that our Minister there should
be a man who enjoys the entire confidence and
repect of the administration and one who can
represent with ability the views of the Presi
dent. Gen. Cameron has accepted this mis
sion, and in consideration thereof, his resigna
tion as Seoretnry of War has been accepted by
the President, and Edward M. Stanton, of
Pittsburg, has been appointed in his stead.
We extract from a Philadelphia exchange
the following tyibute tothe value of Gen. Cam
eron's arduous labors in his official position.
When General Cameron took possession of
his high' office he found the army of the re
public in such a deplorable condition that the
hearts of all truo patriots were almost filled
with despair. A large portion of the officers
had proved traitors and entered the rebel
ranks. Still more were wavering or suspect
ed. The troops were scattered far and wide
in the most distant States and territories.—
Our arsenals had been emptied to provide the
rebels with arms and munitions of tear. Our
artillery had been. stolen in like manner, and
one of the government armories was in pos•
session of the enemy. What has been done•
since the world knows. We have an immense
army, fully provided in every possible respect.
We want nothing now in the way of men, offi
cers, arms, accoutrements; and yet such was
the forecast of General Cameron that he bad,
is pursuit - lace of We, planstateCl in his annual
report, made arrangements for such further
supplies of arms as would have enabled us to
inSure•theifuture against any possible contin
gency.
In the management of 'affairs of so' vast a
nature with a rapidity indispensable to suc
cess, it could scarcely be possible that mis
takes could be avoided or that improper per
sons should not occasionally be entrusted with
highly important duties. Congressional com
mittees seem to have satisfactorily ascertained
such to have been the case. We have no de
sire to explain away these matters. They
speak for themselves. Let the guilty be pun
ished as severely as they deserve. But let
not this prevent us from doing justice to ono
whose services to the-republio- in-the-hour of
its danger have been so great and so valuable.
Few public men in this crisis ha've displayed
such unfailing readiness, such bold and saga%
cious enterprise, such promptitude in the
preparation of comprehensive and systematic
measures for so unprecedented a struggle, as
the retiring Secretary of War.
Mr. Stanton, who succeeds General Camer
on, was formerly a resident of Pittsburg, and,
therefore, like his predecessor, a Pennsylva
nian. Ile was called into • Mr. Buchanan's
Cabinet towards the close of his term as At
torney General, and during the short time he
remained in office displayed a degree of cour
age and patriotism which ranked him high in
the estimation of all good citizens. Mr. Stan•
ton possesses a vigorous intellect, and-imlom
itable will, untiring energy and administra•
live talents which will enable him to fulfil the
responsible duties now devolved upon him
with credit to himself and advantage to the
country. We accept his appointment not only
as wise in itself, but as a proper acknowl
edgement of the loyalty and deserts of that
large body of democrats who, since this rebel
lion broke out, have shown themselves faithful
and devoted to their country.
TAXATION
The reluctance manifested by those in au
thority to levy the necessary taxes to pay the
unusual and heavy expenses of Government
in, we fear, penny wise and pound foolish po-
licy. For the evils which have come upon us
we are all, to a certain extent, responsible in
having abandoned to a great extent the gov
ernment of the country and allowing wicked,
and ambitious men to dictate and control fur
many years governmental affairs. Politics
were to us disgusting and politicians in otit
estimation a low grade of beggars. The
greater self-respect a man had the further he
kept aloof from politics. The result of all
this is upon us and can we avoid the penalty?
Will postponement remedy or mitigate our
sufferings ? Nu! The danger is upon us and
to meet it boldly, and at once make every
necessary sacrifice will, we believe, be the
wisest plan. We cannot avoid payment of a
debt incurred, and although it be the price of
our negligence and waste it is no less a debt.
Let taxes be levied at once and sufficient to
square the account. The State Journal says,
whether one per centum, ten, twenty or fifty,
the sooner it be levied and paid the more will
be saved in money and in lives.
There will be grumbling, crimination, and
re-crimination we know. Those most negli
gent of public duties will sigh most when the
puree opens, but he who refuses to contribute
his just proportion to the Union cause is un
worthy of the Government's protection of per
sen or property. If war is brought upon us
to expiate national sins, we at the North may
utter the Pharisaical prayer and thank God
that: we are not as our Southern brethren, but
it will be worth no more from being uttered
by the lips of modern pharisees. Rather let
us offer our all and yet pray for utercy that
there may be hope of our country's salvation.
Tax, pay, fight and pray, all are necessary,
and the more earnest, the greater willingness,
the more,,speetl. Let no man in authority
consider the Aispleasbre of his constituents
when duty makes plain his pathway, and
when the OMB are most severely felt and
officers are censured for placing upon us hea
vier burdens than we aro able to boar, let him
who is witho'ut sin cast the first stone.
JOINED Tun:v.—Tito Missouri Republican
announces, authoritatively, that Senator Polk
has joined, the rebels a Memphis, And that
Johnson, the tother Missouri Senator, has
been with the rebels in Western Virginia since
July last.
Wo shall not bo surprised at receiving-in•
tolligonco that Bayard and Saulsbury, who
still niiireprestostoDelawaro, have gone south
to assist in encouraging the desponding trai
tors. Most likely, however, they will wait
unt4 after drawing their pay for the present'
session of Congress I " _
- flelL,The - following extract - is taken . from a
business letter received in Philadelphia from
Manchester, England': . '
" This ticivni and district are now under a
cloud, owing.to the scarcity: - of cotton and the
consequent suffering arising therefrom, . And
the strong breeze setting, in from your shores
in relation to tht - TreittAitficulty. has raised a
storm here which raged for a while.likel tem
pest in a-teapot; • • . ' '
Mba's - Minds were for some , time• mucli
agitated, but the excitement is now decreasing_
and noLvery-Serious.eiMsequences- are -tratioi3-
pated.. • The knotty paipt will be the disposi-
Settle be - made of the two vagabonds, (Mason ,
and Slidell), who, in my opinion, and that,of
Many here,'would be hatiged if they had jus
tice dono-14em,•. , , • . •
--coNottEss,
The_HotMe Representatives-has--struck .
•out
. 019:annual appropriation for the Coast
StirveY It is regarded - a& rather_ questiona,._
ble 'economy, •
In the United States Senate, on Friday, Mr.
4Taler presenied a petition - praying the passage
of a law to 'Prevent the appointment of unau-
Puirized agents to make purchases for- the
'Government. Thi;
,Judiciary • Committee re
ported. bills for the expulsion, of Senators
- Trusten Polk and Waldo P. Johnson, of Mis
souri, on the ground.of distoyalty. Mr. Col;
lamer, from the Post. Office Committee, re
ported a bill providing for the return of dead
litters to their writers for collection. of poet-'
ago. Mr. Hole introduced a bill punishing
by fine and imprisonment frauds upon the
Treasury. The House joint resolution allow
ing tea, coffee and sugar in bond at the time
of the passage of the late act to be taken out
without increased duty was passed. The or
der of the day, the correspondence on the
Trent case, coming up, Mr. Sumner addresi:.
ad the Senate, arguing and citing authorities
to show that The seizure of Masc;n and Slidell
was a violation of the American doctrine of
neutral rights. The bill pending for the con
struction of twenty iron-clad gunboats was
taken up, the question being on the amend
ment making the President, instead of the
Secretary of the Navy the disbursing officer.
In the debate that ensued the appointment of
Mr. Morgan by the Secretary to purchase
vessels for the Government with two and a
half per cent. commission on the amount of
purchase money, was broadly characterized
as a dishonest act by some Senators and de
fended by others. Finally, at Mr. Wilson's
suggespou t n resolulion , wes _ adopted inquir.
ing of the Secretary of the Navy why Mr.
Morgan was appointed, and how much com
pensation was allowed.
The House of - Representatives was engaged
all day Friday in the discussion of the bill for
the abolishment of the franking Mivilego. An
attempt was made to lay it on the table, which
was rejectedayes 61, nays 78, when the
House adjourned.
The United Slates Senate on Saturday pass
ed unanimously the resolution expelling for
disloyalty, Senators Polk and Johnson, of
Missouri. The bill in relation lo the admin
istration of justice intim District of Columbia
was taken up, but afterwards postponed Mr.
Bayard called up the case of ) )11-.- Starke,
Senator from Oregon, against wham charges
of disloyally had been brought. The Senate
refused' to swear in the Senator until further
investigation had been made. Mr. Wilson's
bill in relation to army sutlers was debated
but not acted upon. The Senate adjourned
over until Monday.
In the House of Representatives un Satur
day a communication was received from the
Secretary of War in answer to the resolution
of inquiry adopted some days since. Mr.
Cameron slates that measures have been
adopted Jo determine who is responsible for
the disastrous movement at Ball's Bluff, but it
is not deemed compatible with the public
service to make these measures known at the
present time. The consideration of the Civil
Appropriation bill was resumed. The House
refused to restore the appropriation for the
Coast Survey. The clause making appropria
tions for paying for the engraving of the
Treasury notes, appropriating $lOO,OOO, was
also stricken eut, but the bill was not finally
acted upon.
On Monday itt„,the Senate, the Military
Committee reported the bill from the House
appropriating $150,000 to complete the
defences of Washington city. Amendments
were adopted to pay all arrearages for work
first, and that no part of the sum shall be
expended on any works to be hereafter
commenced. The bill was then postponed.
The Judiciary Committee reported against
the passage of the resolution to epxel Sen
ator Bright. Postponed• A resolution was
offered and laid over instructing. the Com.
inittee on Finance to inquire into the expedi
eney of prittdirg, by the direct taxation of
all kinds of property, for $200,000,000 of
revenue, also bonds at thirty years fur
$800,000,000, and to establish a fiscal
agency in New York. A resolution eras -
offered instructing the Judiciary Committee
to inquire about increasing the fees of the
United States Marshal for California, Mr.
Lane offered a resolution to promote the
efficiency of troops now serving in Kansas.
Referred. Mr. King introduced a bill to
authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to
issue Treasury notes to the amount of $lOO,
000,000 at seven per cent interest, and
providing for a direct tax of $10,000,000 for
the payment of interest thereon. Referred.
A resoluton was adopted to alter the
rubs of the Senate so as to prevent
the making of special orders. Also, two
resolutions, calling on the War Department
for innmullion- involving a great deal of
labor to furnish a reply. Senator Nilson
very sensibly . remarked that there was not
a sufficient force in the -War Department to
answer all the resolutions of inquiry sent to
the Secretary by Congress. The Kansas
contested election case was taken np, and
the contestant Stanton, was allowed to state
=
In the House the Committee of Ways and
Means reported the appropriation bill, which
was referred to the Committee of the Whole,
The Conimittee on Elections made a favor•
able report on the claim of .Andrew._
Clethents to a sent in the House as represen-
tative from the Fourth district of Tennesse.
The report was adopted.. and Mr Clements
was sworn and took his seat. The Select
Committee on Government Contracts re.
ported a aeries of resolutions, which were
adopted, calling on the War Department
for a great variety of information about the
sale of army supplies, etc., in Utah ; the
debt incurred for unauthorized, troops in
Colorado, etc. Mr. Train introduced a bill,
which was referred, to. prohibit the cireula•
lion of small notes in the. District- The
amendments to the Civil Appropriation bill
were then taken up. After some debate
Mr. Dawes offered an amendment which
seemed to settle the. trouble. It appropri.
ates $150,000 for printing and engraving•
Treasury notes, in addition.to_the former._
appropriation, provided that no partof
shall be applied' to pay for any existing
contract.' This - was agreed lb by yeas 95,
.nays 44, ..Mr.,,Dawos also moved- a similar li
proviso to•the next item appropriating mo t
000,000, which' was - adopted. The House;
rejected the amendment made in committee
Suspending the appropriations for the coast
survey thiring the rebellion,' afid the bill
then passed. ' . . .
_ Utia„.A Riehnaopd carrespoudent of the Mem
phis Ai peal is " telling tales out of school."
Among Whet , ' statements is one to .the effoot
'that violence--has-increased- tO so-feightful:nn
extent in Richmond, that it is likely to be
come as infainous as,even Raitimore, or Na s t
pies was. Stabbiugs and Shootings aro cow
- moU j every-day occurrences. r , ~'t
TWAR N-EWS--
Adeseatch frain.Cairo to the St. Louis
Demoorett sitya that_the .Foderal army from,
sixty ,to seventy-five thousand strong are
preparing to move : from that point and
Paducah. against Pashville. This army will
forma 'junction with' General Buell's .force
and constitute the grand expedition down
the Missinsippi Valley. '
' "The.iirik: Cook has been brought
into Holmes' Hole in the - custody of United
States officers charged with supplying coal
to the privateer Sumpter in the harbor of St.
Thomas.
AdVices trout' Missouri report that Gen.
Price has been reinforced by troops from
Arkansas and that there is some probability
of a fight near Rolla.
The Confederate Ivor tax is so odious in
the Norfolk di.itrict that no one will accept
the office of Collector. A saw mill in the
Norfolk Navy Yard was fired by an incondi•
ary on Sunday last, but was soon extin'
guished. Judge Hemphill, ex• Senator of
the United States, and member of the Con
federate Cougr'ess has died at Richmond.
Ex Governor Moorhead has been released
from Fort Warren on parole.
A letter from Somerset, Ky. i of a recent
date, says. that on the night of the 28th the
Thirty•fifth Ohio, Col. Vandovier, load°
a silent, cautious march to the Salt Works
on Fishing Creek, with the RAI expectation
of capturing a regiment, of Rebel cavalry;
who were guarding the works while some of
their men where manufacturing salt. But
when they arrived there the workmen and
cavalry had gads their camp: S 6" they
made a charge on the Salt Works, breaking
the kettles, disabling the pumps, and spread
ing havoc anions: the utensils generally ;
after whichtli‘ey marched back to camp.
The IVashington correspondent of the
Boston Traveller makes the important but
rather doubtful statement that the divisions
of Gocerals Franklin, Fitz John Porter and
Smith are to l withdrawn from Washing.
ton and sent to Annapolis to cooperate in
Gen. Burnside's expedition. It was rumored
in Boston on Tuesday, that the detention of
the Constitution was in accordance with
orders from Washington, and that the part
of Gen. Butler's Brigade now on board of
her isio go to Fortress Moiiroe to further
strengthen the military , arm of this same
expiditionary corps, instead of proceeding at
once to Ship Island.
Win 'l'. Siathson, banker and broker at
Washington, has been arrested and sent to
Fort Lafayette. It is said to he one of the
the most important arrests made by the
Government.
A diabolical attempt has been discovered
to blow up the Mansion House at Alexan
dria, now occupied as a military hospital.
A barrel of powder had been placed in the
cellar, and a fuse extended to the stable in
•
the rear.
One hundred and ninety of the released
prisoners arrived in Washington on Tuesbay
last.
From Cairo we learn that the expedition
down the Mississippi is just about starting.
The troops and stores were all aboard the
transports, and the gun and mortar boats all
ready for service.- A portion of iho vessels
had already moved down to Sterling Point,
and the rising of the.fog ws only waited for
the whole expelliti4 to J.ket under way . ,
The expedition;. it: pt'c unied ) , will be
directed against Columba's, whilst a move
ment overland will be made towards the
same point by the Federal forces at Padu
cah.
The last of the Burnside ex, edition, with
the exception of some vess:•ls carrying stores,
left Annapolis Roads on Thursday afternoon.
The Old Point hunt passed the fleet during
the !right off the mouth of the Rappahannock,
going towards Old Point. A large number
of gun boats were assembled in Hampton
Roads.
Adviccs from Springfiled i Missouri, of last
week'sdate, pate that Price and McCullough
were both there, with twenty thousand men
and forty-six pieces of artillery. They were
apprehensive of an advance upon the place
by the National troops, and the Secesssion
Home Guards in the surrounding counties
had been ordered to report to Price at
Springfield for service. Col. Montgomery,
of Kansas, was at Cowers Mills, in Lawrence
county, a portion of his troops being at
Carthage, Jasper county. He had raised
the Union flag at Mount Vernon, Lawrence
county and threatened to burn the town if
the inhabitants permitted it to be torn down.
Recent despatches from the cfticers of the
North Missouri Road, engaged in repairing
it, state that the repairs will be completed
immediately, and the regular running of
trains be at once resumed. The work of
building the burned bridges and relaying
the destroyed track has been pros ,, cuted
with great vigor, and the whole line is
expected to be open for business at once,
with such protection . as will preclude the
possibility of a relfetition of the lute vandal.
ism.
A disruption of the St. Louis Chamber of
'Commerce occtirred on Thursday on account
of the refUsal of the Secession members to
vote for Union.. applicants.. 17-nion
Chamber is to be organized. •
The Psovost Marshal General has promul
gated an ofirder requiring each paper pub•
lislwd in Missouri to furnish him a copy of
each issue, On pain of suppression in case of.
failure:
It was reported at Frederick on Sunday
believed, that the Rebel forces under.
General Jackson were before Romney with
the intention of making in attack. Rein
forcements were on the way to the Federal
fcrce there.
An arrival at New York reported the
United States gunboat Iroquois and another
vessel still ia search of the privateer Sump•
From Portland, Maine, welinme - ea state
ment that Secretary Seward has telegraphed
thither permission .to_.)and-,l3ritish troops
from steamers, the ettaveyed to Canada or
elsewhere I
Three Rebel , gunbionte, on
„Saturday
.m,orning,._ attacked .._ours±.nt Port
Jefferson, on —the Mississippi; wbeie . our
troops had landed, but, after.a brisk engage.
went, the rebel boats retreated, and it is
believed that one of them was disabled:
On Friday night four at our pianta : .were
shot near, Dird's point. Deserters froin
..the
rebel camp , at Columbus ,rvport that kreat
ihero in apprehension of .an
attack.
. .
(1.44 roar regimen ttsar moo
'troops, having, gone cid attack Humphrey.
'hiartihall's,rebel.foree,that wiirthy • sent out
fa flag of trueq;asliing it mutters . .dortltl riot
b 0 arranged • without tt fight,- -aed.• ng•
ME
etteviefed — that • the , clidice was - fight - or
surrender,calleditiajnen.together, and gave
th9m their choice. :They burned their
wagons, tents, &e., -- and scattered - in - confu•
sion, carrying off their cannon.
The U. S. Sleep of war Pensacola, built
since the was at the Washington Navy Yard,
has run the blockade of the Potomac
got safely ont, although the rebel batteries
fired twenty two shots at her fruitlessly.
Not one struck her. She was heavily laden
with cannon and mtinitions of war. The
rebels havo been for months past waiting
for her.
OUST Tar•. TRAITORS. —Scarce a day pass_
es but what some one of the traitors now
in our national 'legislative body, speaks or
votes in• opposition to the policy of the
administration, or endeavors in es oino way
to thwart the pans and actions of true
patriots in carrying forward
• to a successful
issue the war inaugurated by traitors upon
the best government ever founded by man.
Thus, while throughout the entire length
and breadth of the loyal States the sagacious
statesmanship of lion. W. 11. Seward—as
exhibited.in the adjustment of the Trent
affair—is eulogised and endorsed, though,
at the sacrifice of some little pride and self
conceit, we find such men as Vallanding•
ham raising their voices in long set speeches
in opposition to the course pursued by
the Secretary of State. Why is it that these
men are permitted to retain their seats" in
Congress and woi k for the southern confed
eracy ?
Val land i ngham, Bayard, Saulsbury and ono
or two otherS, are as verily traitors at heart
as Brockinridge and itlk who have gone
over soul and body to assist in the effort
to destroy the very government They have
solemnly sworn to support; the only differ
ence being in the fact that Breckinridge
and Polk are working for our enemies in the
territory now under their own control,
while Vallandigham k Co. are making
their utmost efforts to help forward the same
cause right in the midst of loyalist and
under the protection of the federal flag.
Which are likely to prove the more success.
fat? Which are likely to accomplish most
for the benefit of the Rebels ? The present
is no time to trifle with such charscters.
While millions of treasure are being expen
ded and thousands of lives hazarded in*
maintaining our gloribus Union inviolate,
justice as well as public safety demands
that traitors shall not be harbored in oar
national legislature. Let them be expelled
at once, and then - Deleware and other States
thus unfairly represented, would have an
opportunity to replace them with men who
hate treason, love their country an-u would
second the praiseworthy efforts
,of the ad.
ministration and the loyalist in C tegress
to put down treason and at the same time
sust ,in tl.e honor and integrity of the na
tion.
PROPOSED BANKRUPT ACT.—A committee
of the most respectable , merchants of New
York, have prepared a draft of an act
for the consideration of Congress, fur a
general Bankrupt law. This act has been
framed by Mr. Wm. Allen Butler, of that city,
with as careful a view to the-interest of cred
itors as of honest and unfortunate debtors.
It combines the best provisions of the New
linglisit hankrnpt act, which has lately takozre
'effect; with those of the Preach paw, thit
United States act of 1841, and the Massa..
ehUsetts insolvent law. It provides for the
full and unconditional discharge of the debtor
upon the surrender of all his property fur
distribution without preference among all
his creditors, and upon his compliance with
the provisions of the act. The assignees in
bankruptcy arc to be appointed by the (Ted
itors, and other efficient provisions are made
to guard their interest. The propdsed act,
which is draws with great clearness and skill,
is comprised in thirty three sections, and is
published in a neat pamphlet. We cannot
doubt tfmt it will receive the careful consid
eration of the National Legislature.
GARRET DAVIS' Senate bill declares to be
alien enemies all persons in the so-called
Confederate States in civil or military sei‘Vice,
and all who give aid and comfort to said
States; and forfeits to and vests in the Fede
ral Government, without any legal proceedings
whatever, all their properly of every descrip
tion ; charges against the Confederate Stales
;;0.000 -for every soldier' and sailor of ours
killed or dying in this war and leaving wife,
child, or widowed mother . ; charges them with
the value of the impaired constitutions and
disabilities of our troops, and makes them
liable for damages done to persons or estates
of loyalists in the South. Suits may be com
menced by parties entitled to these damages
in any U. S. Court in any State or Territory,
and proceedings be, in rem, against any pro
perty forfeited to the U. S. mentioned. Five
years are given in which to bring suits.
tti - ir• Commander Maury, in a long letter
addressed to Rear. Admiral Robert Fitzroy,
and published in the London Athenamm
of the 21st ult., discusses what he is pleased
to consider the merits of the secession cause,
and its chances of success. By this we learn
dint "the South presents` the remarkable
dpeetsble of an army having in its ranks the
first men and best talents in the country;"
whereas "Lincoln's men are, for the mcst
part mere hirelings, and their armies in bat•
tlo are strengthened by no such hope and
moved by no such fears as those which in
spire the former; to subdue and conquer
whom _is simply an impossibility."' Maury
evidently -has a realizing sense of his own
peculiar situation; for he says, "I fight
with a price noon my head, and a halter
around my neck."
THE LATE FATAL DUEL IN - VIRGINIA.—WO
copied an item; a few days ago, from a Rich
mond piper, stating that two Confederate offi
cers, stationed, somewhere on the coast of that
State, had fought a dueliand that both were
killed. One of them, it appears, was original.
ly from:Maryland, but a resident of New Or•
leans for several' years. The following es•
tract of a. letter gives some particulars of the
fatal affair.
---.• I write to inform you of the death of Al
fred 11. Jones; first Lieutenant of the 'De So
to-Rifles,'- Fifth-Louisiana Regiment. - -A diffi
culty occurred between Lieut. Jones and. a
Dr. Forward, of, the same regiMent, , but for
merly
of . Maryland.. A _challenge passed,
Lieut, Joite's,'being the challenged party, ao
cepted, and chose Mississippi rillee,. at thirty
pules - , They- lought - ,= on , Tuesday — nTiiirTiin — g7
December 24th, Rid-.bull fell at ,thal first' fire.
Dr. Feriyard:wits killed instantly. 2 :-ittid ,Lieut:
&Mos lived only ton minutes affer" -the airbus
were fired,. Their bodies were: lireireht to
Itietithohd, in boxCli, one on top of the - other;
where I sow them depoSited in metallic coffins.-
They_were sent to New Orleans to I heir 'friends
for burial. Lieut..Joneo _was Mot below, is 1
front of his.hipo v and just-above the groin.—.l
The' ball severed the connections of the blad•
'der, cutting the largeartery running down the
-
E. PHIL - ADA. Pt_QUIRER.-4 THE INQUIRER,
of the 7th instant; appeared an article copied
from the Richmond Di_spatch.of- January 2,
from which I extract the following :
‘' Never,' says Dr. MOORE, as truly as
quently, in his late Fast. Day Sermon, , never
since the terrible scones of La Vendee, under
the ravaging hordes of Republican France,
has the old heathen war cry; Trot Victie (woe
to the conquered !), been more unmistakably
sounded by an airily of invaders. Lot this
truotteendous crusade become successful, either
by mismanagement in the army,—or, we may
add, by the refusal of volunteer to re-enlist
—or cowarciice'and greadiness at home, and
history furnishes no page so dark and bloody
as that which would record the result. Our
best and bravest mom - would be slaughtered
like bullocks in the shambles ; our wives and
daughters dishonored before our eyes ; our
cities sacked ; our fields laid wastei. our homes
pillaged and burned ; our property, which we
are perhaps selfishly hoarding, wrested from
us by fines and confiscations ; our grand old
Commonwealth degraded from her proud his
toric plane of 'Ancient Dominion,' to be the
vassal province of a huge central despotism,
which, having wasted her with fire and sword,
would compel her by military force to pay the
enormous expense of her own subjugation, or
in default of this, parcel out her broad lands
to insulting emigrants as a feudal reward for
the rapine and murder, of this new Norman
conquest."
The Dr. Moorte referred to as the author of
these calumnies against the loyal people of the
United States, is the Rev. TuomAs Moonn,
now the pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church in Richmond. Ile is a Pennsylva
nian by birth and education. his father
.JOiiN itloottu, shoemaker, resided in the town
of Newville, Cumberland County, Pennsylva
nix, of which place lie was for many years the
postmaster. His appointinapt to this position
try the Government of the United States ena
bled him to educate his son, who now turns
his ungrateful hand against that Government,
and talks of the Ancient Ihnuinion as " our"
grand old Commonwealth, and his native Stat 4
as the home of murderers and ruffians. He
has not a drop of Southern blood in his veins,
and never snuffed the air of - Virginia until he
was a grown up man, and licensed to preach.
I emphasise the word, because of its peculiar
adaptation to a man who abuses the functions
of his sacred office by crying on his fellow
traitors frdm the pulpit, in a style which
would disgrace the worst. class of demagogues.,
I send my name and address herewith.
A VIRATIIIIAN, err Tirs ENEMY OF TRAITORS.
INTEREATLNC4 CORRESPONDENCE
The following correspondence between the
Adjutant General, E. M. fiddle, and the
Govenor of Pennsylvania, will be foul d
highly interesting and important, while the
resignation of Adjutant General IlidtPe, will
be received with regret by all who had any
personal or ctlicial intercourse with him
during his controat of this Department,
lle has proven himself an Officer of ability,
and deserves much of the honor arising
from the success of the military operations
of Pennsylvania:
ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE,
IfarriSb/try. 21st Decent!, 186 1. }
_...,„,,a, 4... ,-entber,
Dear Sir:-1 hereby tender my resignn
jou as Adjutant General of this Common.
wealth. Allow me to express my regret at
this severance of our official connection + and
to asstite you that it is dictate:Ll alone by
business considerations.
I take the occasion, in thus parting, to
congratulate, you upon your successful
adMinistration of the State Government,
and to commend the untiring zeal and
patriotic devotion which you have mauifes•
teal iu the great cause of the country. --
I
am very respectfully, your obedient
servant, E. M. BIDDLE.
In His Pxcellancy G. CURTIN
Govenor of l'etlvsylvanin :
PCNNSYLVANIA EXECUTIVE CHAMBER,
HarriBbtry, - VaHL I, 1862,
Dear :—I have received your letter of
the 21st ult., in which you tender your
resignation of the office of Adjutant General
of Pennsylvania. When you some time
since intiinated to ine 'that' your private
business made it necessary for you to
relinquish your official position, I urged you
to remain until the meeting of the Legisla
tore. I Would noiv renew that request, and
111 accepting your resignation, trust that you
will not give it effect until the thh inst., ns
by that time I shall be' able to present to
the Senate for confirmation the nomination
of your successor.
The events of the past year have rendered
your office one of great labor and responsi.
bility ; and lam extremely gratified to say
that you have performed all your duties
fully and faithfully. It is equally pleasant
for me to know that in this official separation
no interruption has occurred in the relations
of persot al friendship which have so long
existed between us.
Very respectfully your obedient sorvnnt,
A.G. CURTIN.
To GeN. EDWD. M. BIDDLE.
Affairs in Londonn County, Virginia
A' number of fugiti•es from the vicinity of
Waterford, Loudoun county, Virginia, six
miles above Leesburg, succeeded in making
their escape through the Rebel pickets, and
crossed the Potomac on Tuesday night. More
besides themselve; have escaped from that vi
cinity in various ways, and others are expect
ed nightly,
The sudden exodus seem's to have been
caused by an attempted enforcement, of the
military order which was issued two or three
weeks since, and . which was not responded to
by a large number of Virginians thereabouts.
Three orders were issued to increase the mil
itia force. The first order commanded all
males between twenty-one twenty-six to re•
port for service for three years. The second
called upon all betwen twenty six and thirty
one to servo two years; and, third, those who
were between thirty-one and forty-five
Those latter were to be held as reserves, in
case of necessity.
All those who did net respond to this order
have been arrested, acid were taken to Rich
mond for trial last Wednesday.
William Miller, a Quaker residelit near
there, had obtained a great bargain lately by
buying a lot of salt which had• been used in
packing last year's meat. Ho bought it' for
two dollars and fifty .coots - per'bushel, the
price paid, for the same at stares_ being six
dollars. The population of Waterfordis four
hundred and fifty, and gave six_ votes for
Secession at the last election. The disianee
from Waterford to Harper's Ferry. is - fifteen
miles.
Samuel Janney, a prominent member of the
Sooiety of Friends, who has been confined by
tho• Rebels at Leesburg,since his return from
the Baltimore Yearly Meting, hatilately been
released.' A company of forty Rebel'cavalry
are stationed at Waterford, and • occupy the
Quaker meeting house there as there as their
quarters.
According to the best of our informants'
knowledge, there are,only six thousand Rebel
infantry' at, Leesburg. General Evans, who
was in.cOmmand at the time they loft, some
three weeks since, being incapacitated for
duty by drunkenness, General Inn, of South
now..ia_command._,Jtwas.stated•
beftre they left that the Rebels admitted four
hundred as their umber killed and missing
at Braineaville. .
glif" A colored servant of Col. Jackson,
rit 7.
vi
. .
was in eommancl,of one of the regi;
mettle at Ditiinesvillei,rin- the :recent fight,
th4e,)
. havinif; in charge the Colonel's horse,
'scouted ; about the outskirts, and . cal - mired.
and brnuglit ; . ,in two rebels, His , carbine;
Jhough - llerided; . was.,noti_leapped,And.:their.
'guns though • capped; were nokloaded ; hP
shrewdly and boldly - levelled his harmless
but formidable looking piece at them,..and
they, .like Otxpt. Scott's, coon,:coeofuded to•
come dowa t . • . . • .
- About. Parson Brown
We have never been able to ascertain to our
own satisfaction whether the victory which
this brave man was reported to.have-won over
the Rebels in East Tennessee was a fact or a
myth.. We are now forced to the conclusion
that it was a myth', - It id - true the announce
ment of it-came to us from a Rebel sourco—
the Memphis Avalanche—but that graceless
publication is so addicted to lying now-a-days
that nothing it has - to say can be depended
upon. It must, of.coUrse, have had some bad
motive in starting a report that Brownlow had
won a victory—the motive, perhaps, being to
get the brave old man into a trap, or to put
his friends on the wrong scent--or it is just
possible that the Rebel editor himself was the
victim of a hoax—but, be that as it may, we
have certain knowledge now that the Parson
is a prisoner of war in the Rebel General Zol
lieoffer's camp. The circumstances of his ar
rest are related by a Union man (Colonel
Trigg) who reached Louisville a few days
since. The day preceding the one in which
Colonel Trigg left Knoxville, Brownlow had an
interview with General Crittenden relative to
his conveyance to the Federal lines in Ken
tucky, as Benjamin, the Rebel Secretary of
War, had, in a letter to General C., declared
his willingness that Brownlow should leave
Confederate soil, stating that lie considered
him far more dangerous there than in the Vett
eral army. In accordance, then, with this
view, Crittenden ordered a - company of caval
ry to conduct Brownlow to General Zollicotf
or's camp, from whence lie could make his
way to the Federal lines; and upon the
strength of this order—which Brownlow took
the precaution to have committed to paper—
he.tuaile every preparation to leave.. But his
disappointment can best he imagined when ha
was taken prisoner the following evening, on
a warrant issues by a Rebel Commissioner
named Reynolds, said to ho an unscrupulous
rascal, who was only to glad of any excuse to
deprive the brave patriot, of his liberty. This,
then is really the last we 'have heard of him,
The day is not far distant, we trust, 3vdden the
Union men of East - Tennessee will be relieved
from the cruel despotism which at present
overshadows them; and when that day comes
let us trust that the prison doors hf Parson
Brownlow will be among thefirst to give away.
gotun alib Gnu* alatters.
To KEEP ICE FROM WINDOWS —%VO
find the following directions to keep ice from
"show windows, "going the rounds: Take an
ordinary paint brush or sponge, and run over
the glass once or twice a day a little alcohol - ,
and it will keep the glass as free from ice as
in the middle of summer, and it nTialso
as good a polish as can be got in any other
way.
DEATH OF AN OLD OARLISLER.—The
following account of an old - and well known
citizen of Carlisle, we extract from the Si,.
Louis Democrat : "C E. It. Davis, long a well
known and highly respectable resident of
St. Louis, died suddenly, at half past nine
o'clock yesterday, at his residence on the
southwest corner of Sixth and St. Charlet.
streets. He conducted a select boarding
house at the locality named. Having been to
market as 1191181, he was attacked with VI
paralyide of the left arm while carving at the
table, and was compelled to retire to his room,
where, surrounded by his family, he expired .
within halt an hour. The disease doubtless
fastened upon his heart, He was about sixty
years of age, and leaves a wife, children anti
grand children.'
HEARTRENDING OCCURANCE.—It be
comes our duty, says the Shippensburg News,
this week to record one of the most painful
and tragical casualties that has ever happened
in this community. Ott last Thursday after
noon, while -Mr. Tito3rAs J. Ilimns, residing
near this place, was walking in on the rail.
mid to, and when within a short distance of
Shippensburg, was overtaken by a train of
freight cars and instantly killed, but in what
manner is veiled in the most inscrutable mys
tery. A gentleman who was on the platform
of the second to the last car states that he saw
Mr. H. leisurely standing off at least six feet
front the railroad when the train passed by.
Having occasion to look to the rear car he ob
served Mr. 11. reel and fall and not observing
him rise lie was impressed with the belief that
he had been injured by some means." The
train arriving at Shippensburg, the gentleman
in question waited upon the conductor, and
informed hirri of what had happened, when
the engineer was ordered to detach the engine
from the train and investigate the matter.—
Mr. 11. was found with his head severed from
his body.
The news of the occurrence spread rapidly
through the town and cast a profound gloom
over the mill, e community. An inquest was
hell over the body.
Mr. 11. was a graduate of Jefferson College,
Cannonsburg. Intelligent, companionable,
and upright, he was universally esteemed and
his untimely death sorrows the hearts of a
large circle of devoted friends. It is but a
few months since he-was married, and at the
time of the ocourreuce his youthful companion
was absent on a visit to her parents, residing
in Adams county. Truly, "in the midst of
life we are in death !"
The'Newville Star says, that on the morn
ing of the Ist inst., Mrs. NANCY MALILOY,
aged about 90 years, was found dead in bed,
at the residence of Mrs. McWilliams, in this
place.
On the morning of the 21 instant, GEORGE]
All(7111NBAUGII, a German, employed in the
Foundry, was found dead. In bed, at the house
Of Mr. Kieffer, near the depot. Deceased was
about 61 years old.
An inquest was hold in both oases by Jas.
Kennedy, Esq. Verdiet—"oatne to their
death by the visitation of God "
One night last week, Mr. Joux 'MITT, pc
West P.ennaborough . .township, was Incited by
a horse, and had one of his jaws fractured
and his head and face otherwise injured. Mr.
T. was engaged in bedding the horse, when
he xeceived the injury.
Thirty-Fourth Report of the Female(:,
,!t• Benevolent Society of Carlisle.
January, 16132.
It appears from the Treasurer's Report that
,the receipts of the Society, up to -May 1861,
were $272.26
The am't expended up to May, 1861 260,89
Leaving a balance of 21,87
A sum wholly inadequate to supply the
needs of the Beneficiaries until the usual time
(January) for collecting contributions—in
deed scarcely sufficient for the demands of
a single Autumn month. • litherefore be
came necessary to call upon 11) . 0 subscibers
and patrons of the Seeley - three months
earlier than heretofore. _
The receipts since Sept., 1861,
have been, $108,72
Which added to the balance
in Treasury.
Amount to
Expended since Sept". 1861,
, 13aVince in Treasury, 68 . ,4
Forty families have been; Qi,sited and' as
sisted-during-tile-past year. Most of them
etatedly, every month, Wier& occasionally,
as their ilecosiilies, reckukred. The price of •
groceries mid all- kind of provisions ~heving
greatly increased, 'a:larger amount of money
than usual is requisite - 0- furnish the poor
with even tr scanty.supplY. The managers"
therefore hope that they may not be deemed •
rusi in-urgingxery,strony/y_the--oluirnig,—
_ - - .
of the Sooiety upon the kindconsideration'and
ibcralitp.ot. the: snatinunity, as thity have
been„,toutpelled.o anticipafo the oentributiong .
of the ensuing year, in .order , to buppl l y OA .
immediate pressing 74 . 1 . 3 .
~, ' • ~, :'''
, , ..
21,87
325,19,
17,6;