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CARLISLE, PA.
Friday,FEßßl7latY 14, 1862.
The Tax Bill
It is undertood that the National Tax Bill
is now being perfected in its details by the
Committee on Ways and Means. It proposes
a moderato rate of taxation upon most of the
articles of necessity and consumption; with
higher rates on distilled liquors and other ar
ticles of luxury ; on legacies and probates ; on
passengers by railrords and other conveyance;
on newspapers and telegraphic menages.—
From these sources, taken in connection with
_the tarilfsmiheimports,..is.confidently-expectr.
ed, after the most careful investigation, that
the government will derive an annual revenue
of at least
. $150,000,000 This tax bill give
the United States bonds a sure el:wok paying
security.
CONGRESS
In the United States Senate on Friday
petitions were presented for the permaner t
location of the Naval Academy at Newport,
Rhode Island. The Judiciary Committee
reported that Senator Starke, of Oregon,
was entitlqd to be sworn in. The Commit
tee express no opinion on the question of
the Senator's loyalty. The bill authorizing
the construction of twenty iron-clad gun.
boats was amended so as to of propriate ten
millions of dollars for the purpose and.
. passed. The joint resolution thanking Com.
Dupont and the officers andsmen under his
command for their brilliant services at Port
Royal was passed. The report of the Naval
Comittee in relation to the employment of
George .Morgan as the agent of the Govern
ment in the purchase of vessels was discussed
but no action taken. The House bill for
the immediate issue of $10,000,000 of
Treasur/ notes was taken up and passed.
The Civil Appropriation bill eas passed.
A resolution including Washington with
St. Louis as places where military awards
Were to be - paid when passed by the Corn.
-mission was adopted, and the Senate ad•
ourned until Monday.
'ln the House of Representatives on
Friday the Treasury Note bill was amended
so as to leave it optional with 'the Secretary
of the Treasury whether the interest on the
bonds shall be paid in coin or paper. A
supplementary bill was passed authorizing
the immediate issue of Treasury Notes to
the amount of $100,000,000,. the object
being to meet the pressing, wants of the
Government whilst the Senate is acting
upon the main bill. The Senate also passed
the supplementary bill. The report of the
Van Wyck Committee was taken up and
discussed.
AN INFAMOUS OTITRAOE.--By the following
extract from the Leavenworth, (Kansas,) Con
serrative, of the 28th tilt., it will be seen that
a party of Jayhawkers in that State have des
troyed the house and other property of our
former fellow-townsman, - Col. A. G. Ego:
"The dwelling house of Col. A. G. Ege, now
sutler at the Fort, has been plundered by
Jayhawkers Col. Ego is a Union man, whose
faith has never been questioned. Ills estate
was one of the finest in Kansas, but the rob
bers have not respected it. On Friday last,
they broke his furniture, destroyed his paint
ings, and left the house a ruin.
Ege could lend a force into
his own country, and make an end of those
villains."
HOARDING SPECIIL—Thoso who hoard spe
cie, or hold it for speculative purposes, will
probably miss a figure in their calculations,
for there is .a great abundance of specie in the
country, and particularly of silver coin.—
h oardingspecie for the purpose of selling it
is a mean business at the best, but when it
tends to make an artificial scarcity at a crisis
like the present, it is unpatriotic as well as
mean. Keep the specie moving and business
will be in no degree hampered by the suspen
sion of specie payments by the banks.
Ler In theircustomary review of the events
of the year, the foreign journals give state
ments of the condition of the rebellion which
are interesting as showing how we stand in
n military point of view in the estimation of
the best authorities on the other side of Or,"
water. The Journal des Debats says that
since the attack on Sumter, "though the
greatest efforts have been put forth on either
side, they have led but to slight results, for
while the Cobfederates, in possession since
the commencement of the war of a part of
Virginia, have not even attempted the cap.
ture of Washington, the Federal army, on
the other hand, has not been able to drive the
enemy from the banks of the Potomac or to
remove their camp from the vicinity of the
American Capital. The last few months,
however, have been more favorable to the
Northern cause. The successful expedition
to Hatteras, the capture of Port Royal and
Beaufort, threatening at once Charleston and
Savannah, have amply effaced the reverses
of Manassas and Springfield, while a great
expedition organized for the descent of the
Mississippi give a prospect that the flag of
the Union may soon be carried to New
rleans."
le r. Tun Henderson, (Ky.) Mail learns
from a gentleman direct Wom Simpson coun
ty, Ky., that the Confederate authorities have
levied on every man who enlists $5OO worth
of property for a gun. He says advertise
ments were posted all over the country
informing. the'citizens that unless they furn
ished a gun by a given day, or $2O to buy
ono, they would bo'bned $5O each and be
- imprisoned - nntilrpaitt -- Thie — in — oritr - Ortre
additional inducements to become a citizen
of the Southern Confederacy. The man worth
$5OO, in taxed four per cent on all ho is worth
Merely for arms.
Tun TOBACCO Caor.—The tobacco trade
ire .growti to _be of _gretat. _importance in
Lancaster county, During the last two weeks
at least three pillions of pounds have been
delivered•to dealers in Lancaster pity at prices
ranging from 8 to 9 cents per pound. R is
stated that the yearly increase of the produc
tion of "the weed" in Lancaster county has
been about one-fourth. 'The increase in 1861
tuns about one-third. The amount .of money
paid to. Lancaster county producers so far
for the orop.oflast, year, is about $200,000.
' 'ltsvoLorieNAßii Pima°l4m:ie.—The whole
number of revolutionary pensioners remain
ing en the rolls 80th lane last was - 93, the
total payment io whom during the year wits
$27,601,57. ' one of these died, lately in New
Hampshire, aged `Three - are
reeldents of tide State, Atidieightee . n. hi`robel
States." ireeeding last
~luue,
1020 Litt old' pensioners 'or 02 per cent' of
the whole numbeir . died.. •They are fast pass
ing %Way. •
. 4
kiar t iiiiiii - Pitiiiiieiritil tlfijeiiii: --- -- .7 :
A series of r'eiautions adopted by a con
vention of Self-styled Democrats in Indiana
on the Bth inst.,. may bti regarded as .an ini
tiatory step towards resuscitating the lifeless
remains of the Democratic party throughout:
the 'Northern States—particularly_the'Breck;
iaridge portion of it.. The Erie* Gazette, very
truthfully remarks; we confidently expect:that
it will be followed by a similar- movementin
Pennsylvania, and shall not 'be surprised to
hero long witness efforts tending in this di
rection in this County. The Indiana resolu
tions embody a platform of' principles upon
which the Democratic party of that State aro
invited to stand, its chief feature being oppo
sition to the National Administration. The
first resolution assumes that ~ the Union and
Constitution can only be preserved by the res
toration-ofthe•. Democratic-party-topovver:"-
It needs but a brief retrospect of the eight
years of Democracy under Prance and Bu
n/JAN.IN, to 40.min:tante the absurdity-and-im
pudence of this claim. We invite the atten
tion of the readers of the Herald, of every po
litical name, to a few candid remarks upon
the subject. •
It is a matter of authenticated history that
years ago the Northern Democrats entered in
to a bargain with their haughty and overbear
ing leaders of the South, and agreed to rule
the destinies of the nation for their common
benefit. The slaveholders' interests were to
be protected at all, hazards, and in'acoordance
therewith, no demand which they could make
was refused as long as, their Northern allies
were sure of receiving the reward of Southern
support. So long as a united South and a di
vided North could be counted upon as a basis
of Democratic ascendancy, every thing went
well with them. - They ventured to repudiate
the most sacred compacts, and to resort to the
most desperate and unrighteous measures to
force their odious policy upon the people. In
proof - of this, we need only point to the un
called for repeal of the Missouri Compromise,
and to the outrages again..t free government in
Kansas. We would also point to peculation and
crime the increased expenses, the bankrupt
treasury when the country was at its height of
prosperity, the Southern piratical expeditions
against Cuba and sister Republics which were
permitted to go unchecked ;—but more than
this, we would point to the wide spread and
damnable conspiracy planted and fostered by
leading Democrats, with its root in Mr. Bu-
CUANAN'S Cabinet, and its branches extending
through every department of the Government
—a conspiracy permitted to ripen into a vast
rebelfichi, having for its object the overthrow
and destruction of the Union, involving an
immense Cxpendiltire - or treasure arid blood,
and entailing upon the country 'a debt of hun
dreds of millions, which can only be liquida
ted after years of oppra ; ssivo taxation.
We can truly say that evidences of imbecil
ity, corruption on a more gigantic scale, a re
bellion more causeless, more base, the dark
records of human weakness and human de•
pravity no where reveal. Yet with this black
record before them, the reckless demagogues
who are responsible for it all claim that " the
Constitution and Union can only be preserved"
through their restoration to power I Was
there ever a more sublime exhibition of impu
dence and presumption ? Did infatuation ev
er carry men to a greater extremity ?
But we are also told by these Democratic
Union preservers that the Republicans have
demonstrated their inability to conduct the
Government through its present difficulties.—
Where, we nob, is the evidence of this bold as
sertion ? Is it to be found in the history of
Mr. Lt.i;col,N'i administration from the 4th
of March last.?— What. was the condition of
the country when Mr. LINCOLN assumed his
official duties? A mighty conspiracy, which
had been suffered to ripen for months under
his Democratic predecessor, broke out into
open rebellio4. "No previous preparation had
been made to quell it. The National Treasu
ry was nearly empty, the Army and Navy of
t he country had been sent to remote places,
the arms and munitions of war hail been
transferred to Southern arsenals and furls.—
The National Capital was swarming with trai
tors, and daily threatened wilhattack by rebels
in arms. Are the measures which were
promptly adopted by the Administration to
save the Capital from destruction, the assem
bling of an efficient Army, the fitting out of a
large Navy to suppress the rebellion, the re
pletion of the National Treasury and the res•
(oration of the public credit—measures which,
in magnitude and elliciepcy, probably have no
parallel, under the circumstances, in the his
tory of the wolrd—are these proofs of inabil
ity on the part of the Administration to con
duct the Government ? Admitting that there
has been delay in certain movements of the
army, and-that abuses have marked some of
the transactions relative to contracts—abuses
for which in many cases, Republicans are no
more responsible than Democrats, and which
they do not attempt to justify—we inquire,
where is there a Government that has demon
strated a higher order of executive ability, or
that has proved itself more capable to meet
a great an unexpected emergency, than that
which is committed to the present Republican
Administration.
We ask the renders of the .Tlerald to weigh
well the issues that Democratic demagogues
(not the Democratic masses) propose thrusting
upon the country. It appears from the reso•
lutions to which we have alluded that the gen•
'era! policy of the Democratic party is not to
be changed. The second resolution fully en
dorses the principles heretofore put forth at
their National Conventions, and under which
the enormities of the Administrations of BC
CLIANAN and PiEnce, have been perpetrated.
These designing men now desire to be meta red
to power on the round that their party is the
only one capable of - restoring the Union !
They set themselves up as special friends of
the Union, in the of difficulties brought upon
itihrouglLtheir_manag.eme.nt—OuLupon-suoh
conservators of the Union— and give us rulers
of the ABRAHAM LINCOLN stamp whose integ
rity is above suspicion, and who, although,
elected by a party, yet in this crisis looks
aboye party and dineots his energies to the
preservation and perpetuation of the Union.
VIRGINIA ARISTOCRACY.—James M.. Ma
son, one of the Virginia conspirators, vaun•
tingly boasts of his pure blood and his
descent-from the cavillers. 'Any one
versed in English heraldry, must be , aware
th 4 MASON is a mechanical and plebian
name, and not at all: allied to the English
aristocracy. The truth is, that many of the
F.F. V's are descended from British; convicts
as that colony was at" one time' a aort'of
Botony Bay. After the expiration of. their
term of service, and when they had achieved,
some of this world's • goqds, they precurel
wives froni the pueriles of St. Giles, London .
the consideration being the lady's weight.in
tobseco% • - •• ", •
ItEier There are but few :regiments i❑ the
southern laymy.whose terms of service ex•
,•pired . iat the beginning of this Month. The
mass of the, rebel, troops: 4;a enlisted until
May. next. • *
DIPOICTJENT
Ps : cadent: Lincoln and :11on - ' Simon
4:1 a ni or on
Although, as it . Hill be seen, this oorrei:
pondence is marked private,: *its poblieation
..was rendered absolutely necessary, as, well to
maintain.the truth of = history- as to-serve - the
ends=-of. Ats:ap'-
,pearancein our .00lume. The letter, of the
President, in his .own handwriting,..tead as.
follows ;
[P4vcito.] EXECUTIVE 38Et
WASItIIOTON, Jllllllhry 11,1862.
Dear Sir—Though I have said nothing hith
erto in response to your wish, expressed long
since to resign your seat in the ,Cabinet, I
have not been unmindful of it._ L I haie :only
been unwilling to consent to a change at a
time and under circumstances whfolt might
give occasion to misconstruction; and unable
till now, to see how such misconstruction
could be avoided. ' .
But the desire of Mr. Ciay, to return home,
and-to offer his.servioes-tn-h is-country-in-the
field enables me now to gratify your wish, and
at the same time evince my personal regard
for you, and my confidence in your ability,
patriotism, - aa - d - frdelitytopneliotrust:
I therefore tender to your act:lepton - cis,' if you
still desire to resign your present position,
the post of Minister to Russia. Should you
accept it, you will bear with you the assur
ance of my undiminished confidence, of my
affectionate esteem, and if my sure expecta
tion that, near the great Sovereign whose per
sonal and hereditary friendship for the United
States so much endears him to Americans, you
will be enabled' to render services to your
country not less important than those yob
could render at home. •
Very sincerely your friend,
A. LINCOLN,
Hon. Simon Cameron, Seeretary'of War.
General Cameron's reply to the President is
as follows:
WAIL DEPARTMHNT,
WASHINGTOI , 7, Jan. 11, 1862.
My Dear Sir-1 have the honor to acknowl
edge your favor of this'date, and to thank you,
with profound respect, for its kind and genet`-'
ous tone. When you were elected Beesident,
a result to which I contributed my best exer
tions, I had no thought of leaving the Senate
of the United Stales, or accepting any poSi-.
Lion within your gift. But when you invited
me to Springfield, Illinois, and presented me
the choice of ono of two named places in thd
list of your Constitutional advisers, I could
not, for grave public reasons, and after great
reflection. refuse a trust so trying and labori
ous. My life had been one of constant labor
.and excitement. I looked to the Senate as the
„best field, after such a life, in which to serve
my country and my State. - It was only ,when
I realized that I might be of service to ilia gen._
oral cause in the darkly foreshadowed future,
that I ventured to undertake the manifold and
various responsibiliti6ir of the - War DZiblift
tnent. I felt when I saw the traitors leaving
their seats in Congress, and when the Star of
the West was fired uflon in Charleston harbor,
Hug a bloody conflict \Was inevitable.
I have devoted myself without interuption
to my official duties, and have given to them
all my energies..- Litare_done_my_best,—..lt
was impossible in the direction of opecntions
so extensive but that some mistakes should
have happened, and some complications and
complaints should have arisen. In view of
such considerations, I thank you for the ex
pression of your confidence in my ability,
pittriotism, and fidelity to public trust. Thus
toy own conscientious sense of doing my duty
by the Executive and by my country, is ap
proved by the acknowledged head of the Gov
ernment himself. When I became a member
of your Administration I avowed my purpose
to retire trots the Cabinet as soon as my duty
to my country would allow me to do so. In
In your letter of this day's date so illustra
tive of your just and upright character, — you
revive the fact that I some time ago expressed
the same purpose to you, and in reminding
me of this, you proffer for my acceptance one
of the highest diplomatic positions at your be
stowal as an additional mark of your 00116,
Aience and esteem.
In retiring from the War Department I feel
that the mighty army of the United States is
ready to do battle for the Constitution; that
it is marshalled by gallant and exPerienced
leaders; that it is animated with the great
est enthusiasm for the good -cause, and also
that my successor in this Department is my
- personal friend. who unitetii - td wonderful tit=
-
tellect and vigor the grand essential of being
in earnest in the present struggle, and of be
ing resolved upon a speedy and overwhelming
triumph of arms. I therefore frankly accept
the new distinction you have tendered me,
and as sort❑ no - intportant and long neglected
private business can be arranged, I will en
ter upon the important ditties of the mission
which you have assigned me.
1 have the honor to be, my dear sir,
Your obedient and humble servant,
MoN CAMERON
Abraham Lincoln, President.
ARREST OF GENERAL STONE.
The Traitor sent tOlort Lafayette.
Brigadier General Charles P. Stone was
arrested at two o'clock on Sunday morn lig
at the residence of his family in this city, by
a guard under the immediate command of
Brigadier Gen. Sykes, of the Provost Mar
shal force, and sent to Fort Lafayette by the
afternoon train.
Uen. Stone was an officer is chief cam.
and at the Ball's Bluff' affair, and has been
held, by many, as responsible for that disas.
ter. lie is from Masiachusetts, and
graduated' from West Point in IS-15. He
served with distinction in the Mexican war.
1856,1 n when a brevet captain in the Ordi.
mince, corps, he resigned his commission.
Last Spring he was conunissiumed as a
Colonel, and in the three months campaign,
had command of the corps that marched
from Washington 'bp the Potomac. Lately
he has had command of a large division in
the same region.
Ueneral Stone is a fine officer. His
loyalty wa3 formerly regarded as above
suspicion ; but lately there have been sinister
rumors affecting him. If these rumors are
true, American history has no such example
of treason since the time ,of Benedict
Arnold.
The following is' the substance of the
charges under which Gen. Stone was arres
ted :
First—For misbehavior at the battle of
Ball's 131uf1' •
.eccwtd—For holding correspondence with
the enemy before and since the battle of
Ball's Bluff, and receiving visits from rebel
officers in his camp.
Third—For. treacherously suffering the
enemy to build a tort or strong work, since.
the battle of Ball's Duff, under his guns,
without molestation. d
Fottrllt-Ifor treacherously designing to
expose his face to capture and destruction
Plo enemy, under pretence of orders fir
' a movement from the commanding general.
which had not boon given.
Filth—A court martial will ho speeslidy
ordered.
The Correspondent of . the ..New Yolk
Herald Arrested as a Spy.
Ilk IS SL'i\rT TO PORT III'ILEERV:
The following order was issued from the
War Department to day :
WAR DEPARTMENT,
' WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.
Ordered that a person calling himself Dr.
Ives, a native of a rebel State, whose-broth
-or, lately.in, the military seivire of the
United Stnfes r is nOw an officer in the rebel
army, anii'who pretends to be a special
representative of the Now York " Herald
for Washington, be arrested, and held in
61thie Custody at Fort fdlienry as.n spy and
for •violating, the rules siid regnlntions of
this Department in. this,: "That on Saturday
the Bth, day Of. February, 1862. - against the
public and wcll knoWn
,regplations for the
safetrammetion of 'Congressional business,
he Intruded,himselC into'the Mar. 'Depart
ment,- and' ifitn the chambeislinie : the,
Secretqyand his assistants:were transacting
business - with the,members of, - Congress , for
the puipese • of spying and • obtaining
news and intelligence in regard to Cabinet:
consultations; telegraphs, <60., for publication'
Which - ha kitciv . was - tkit . authorized to be
piffdislied;" ts - C7: - _int - Mided; -he
conducted himself insolently, making threats
to the ASsistant-Secretary, Peter H. Watson
-luistilitiof -the Nevi--York
against the., administration of the: War
- Department,' unless -he was afforded special
privilcgcs . And, fmniihed intelligence_by the
;Department-in respect to dabiuet. :consult&
. :tlOns . ;; - telegratns, - , --- ollicial - communications,
and-all 11M3: tli mourelit it was received , by
the Bepartnient, iii advance of all other
-paperaP.- ,
War Bdpartment -id-Ille_.pinee where
the PreSidelit,.the Commander-in Chief of
army 'and navy, and his subordinates the
Secretary or War and other public officers
are earnestly engaged in the business of
overcoming treason and rebellion against
the Government of the United States. It is
not a place where spies, or traitors, or for
any person, but for public purposes, can be
suffered to renter or harbor. Newspapers
are valuable organs of public intelligence
arta Mil cilia, - lila - Fiery - - fd.ei 1
will benffOrded to all loyal persons to procure
on-equal - terms, information of such public
fa.cts_as_niay_ne_ preperly_ made known in
time of rebellion. But no matter how
useful or powerful. the press may be, like
every thing else, it is subordinate . , to the
- notional safety.
The fate of an army, or the destiny of the
nation may" be imperilled by a spy in the
garb of a newspaper agent. The nation
is in conflict with treason and rebellion, and
maybe threatened by a foreign foe. The
lives and fortunes of twenty millions of
people, and the peace and happiness of their
posterity in the loyal States---the fate of
public liberty and Republican Government
forever are staked upon the instant issue.
The duties of the President and his
Secretary, of every officer of the Government
and especially in the War Department, and
military service, are at this moment enraged
in urgent and solemn duties, the most solemn
and urgent that ever fell upon men, and no
news gather nor any other person for sordid
and treasonable purposes can be sull'exed to
intrude upon them at such a time, to procure
news by throats, or' spy out special acts
which the safety of the nation requires not
to be disclosed. For these reasons the
aforesaid Ives has been arrested and im•
Prisoned, and all persons so offending will be
dealt with in like manner.
Signed.] EDWIN M. STANTON.
Secretary of War
From tho West we have the announcement
of another important success of the National
arms. Fort Henry on the Tennessee river has
fallen:the Rebel force there has.. been put to an
inglorious rout, the railrodd between BoWprig
Green and Columbus is in our posession, and
the National banner is again planted upon the
soil of Tennessee. Though this victory ap
pears to .have been cheaply won, the main
bOdy of predipitalely refrahling
when their artillerists were shelled out of the
Fart by the gunboats, its results, in a strata
getical point, are even more important than
those of the victory at Somerset. It give 4 to
our forces the posession of the Tennessee riv•
or, by which a way into the interior of the
State is opened ; it breaks the communication
between Bowling Green and Columbus and
threatensike Rebel forces at both these points
with a flank movement. A similar expedi
tion up the Cumberland will seFure posession
of Fort Gonelson, and with the command of
I both rivers the communication between Nash
ville and Bowling Green will be broken, thus
forcing the Rebels there to retreat or come out
of their entrenchments and fight.
The expedition against Fort Henry consist
ed of seven gunboats under the immediate
command of Com. Foote and from eight to ten
thousand men under command of Gen. U. S.
Grant. y The fort WAS 'subdued entirely by the
ger:boa:ls u'U'er'iess than o.vo Matins bombard
ment-24 artillerists in iha fort, with the
commande)[ of the post, Gen. Lloyd Tilglimmi„
formei.ly of Maryland, were taken prisoners.
The Rebel infantry, encamped outside of the
fort, and said to number four or five thousand,
end when the fort surrendered, precipitately
fled, leaving behind to large amount of camp
equipage and =Munition. The fort was
bravely defended, but the concentrated fire
of the gunboats, delivered towards the close
of the action at a distance only three hundred
yards, could not be successfully resisted.—
Gen. Tilghman in surrendering spoke of the
defeat as the most serious disaster of the war.
The gunboat Cincinnati, Com. Foote's flag
ship, received thirty shots but continued the
fight until the end. The most serious damage
on our side was received by the gunboat Essex.
A round shot. killed her second in command,
Capt.. Brittain, and penetrating one of her
boilers caused it to explode, by which trnum
ber 9f her crow were Scalded to death and
others jumping overboa`rd were drowned. The
Cincinnati had one killed and six wounded.—
There were no casualties on the other boats.
The conduct of the crews of the gunboats was
splendid. They'fought with the greatest spir•
it and without a man flinching.
'the unfortunate town of Harper's Ferry
was again the scene of shining events on Fri
day last resulting in the greater, portion of it
being reduced to ashes. A Rebel flag of truce
having approached the river a boat was sent
ever to them, which was fired upon and one
of the boatmen-killed. Colonel Geary imme
diately ordered the shelling of the houses in
which the Rebel riflemen tvcre concealed, in
eluding the Wager Hotel, all of which were
subsequently burned. Another Rebel flag of
Forwards approached the river, but Colonel
Geary warned them off, refusing to receive it.
General Lander has again occupied-Rom- I
ney, Virginia,' with the Federal forces, the
Rebels„having fallen back to Winchester.
The Savannah expedition left Port Royal en
the 26th of January, and consisted of all the
light draft steamers. light gunboats, and 8,000
troops. The object is supposed to be an at
tack on'Savannah, commencing with Fort Pu
laski. On the 28th heavy cannonading was
heard in the direction of Fort Pulaski for
several hours.
=1
The Rebel troops have advanced from
Springficid-,--Missouri, .0 flat - their - picket•
have exchanged fire with the pickets of the
advance guard of Our force at Lebanon. Gen.
Price is Said to have attempted to move off
his baggage, but failing, told his men that
they mast either fight or surrender. We may
look for slicing news from Missouri very soon.
Orpat, tleciT4y'provaila at Boston in getting
offthe Butler ;;Eipedition. , .. The vessels al
ready loaded or loading with troops. and stores
consist. of the shipsUndhunted, North Ameri-
Idahoi-Ooean- Pearl, 'Wilder Farley and
WeStern ttnpiro; also sornb Steamers.. Prob
al?ly all the above vessels will Bail during
the preient week. General Butler's en
tire diviiiiori will consist of about ten thousand ;
men".
A rebel dispatch from Clarksville, Tonne's
see, 'says thntupon thecaptpre of 'Fort
their troops retreated to-Tort Donelson,Mn the
Cumberland, river, that the United States gun-.
boats are at Danville„ Tennessee, and had de.
I;troyed the bridge at, that s place. Another,
rehel'dispateli. from Roanoke Island says that
Ilia-Feilm ale had advanced to. that place .
.been tide° repuleedi that ths attack'ot:M• -
merieetVdt Se - y - en'o'plock , on Friday morning;
and that:,the fight Was. still 'going On at the la.
test rllipea.- Our own accounts vie r Fortress
Monroe and Hatteras say .that the expedition.
WAR NEWS
leftllio iilet attok
Th e reported-riote s t -Richmond, Virginia; is
confirmed, though netitepoliticersignificance.
ft'took place on Tuesday night last, beginieg
in a -drunken , brawl, and. grew to sue's, formi;
dable proportions that several• perSone were
killed, ainong whom were some of 'the police,
houses broken and robbed; Malt was found
impossible to clock the riot until the next
morning, when the mob dispersed of its ..‘sarn
accord.
• Gen. Thomas is preparing for an advance
of his three divisions into Tennessee. The
easternmost, under Garfield, will move through
Cumberland Gap,• and the other two, under
Schoepf and Thomas, will move by other
routes, all going toward Knoxville.
The property captured at Fort Henry and
vicinity is valued at $1,000,000.
army- is.moviug,formartl_steadilyto_at,
tack Price in Missouri, and that arch rebel is
prepared fora battle, having received largo
ieinforcetnents.\ ()lir trOops. have captured
27 prisoners, including five captains, Nine
hundred rebel prisoners have been sent to Al
ton from Missouri.
Four hundred and ninety Union prisoners
have left New Orleans to be exchanged.
The rumor of an intended intervention of
Friince in our affairs is contradicted at the
State Department, and, it is said, on high au-
thoi ity
THE BURNSIDEtiIiEDITION.
Com. Lynch's Fleet Complete
. ly Destroyed.
Elizabeth City Burned !
Twenty-five Hundred Rebets
Captured!
Great Excitement at Norfolk !
FoRTREss MoNrtoE, Fcb. 11
By a flag of truce to-day we have news of
the complete success of Burnside at Roan
oke Island. The Island was taken posses
sion of and Commodore Lynch's fleet was
completely destroyed. Elizabeth city was
attacked on Sunday and evacuated by the
inhabitants., It was previously burned,
whether by our shells or by the inhabitants
is not certain.
The that :tows of the rebel defeat.arrived
at Norfolk yesterday afternoon and caused
great excitement. The news was very
satisfactory, stating that the Yankees had
been allowed to advance for the purpose of
drawing them into a trap. The rebel force
on the Island is supposed to have been
little over 3000 eflicialt, fighting men.—
General Wise was illittNags?-fleatl-and was
not present during the engagement. When
the situation became dangerous he was re
moved to Norfolk. All the gunboats but
one were taken, that escaped up a creek
and was probably also destroyed.
Ono report at Norfolk says only 71 and
another only 25 et..caped from Rositoke Is
land. General linger telegraphed to Rich
mond that only 50 on the Island yscoped.—
There appears to be 110 bright side, of the
story fin: the rebels.
The Richmond Examiner of this morning
says in n leading editorial.; , c The loss of
the entire army On Roanoke Island is cer
tainly the most fearful event of the war."
--The intelligence by teleg,htph is fully
confirtned.
• .2500 bravo troops on the Island were ex
posed to all the force of Burnside's fleet.—
They resisted with energy, but when 15000
men were brought against them ; about be
ing cut ow by surrounding elements they
were forced to surrrender. This is a repi
tition ut 11alleras on a large scale."
'l' he following is a despatch on the sub
ject in one of the Rid:mend papers of this
morning :
NonsoLs, Feb. 10
The latest_news states that Capt. 0. Den
ning Witio, son of Governor \Vise, Was
shot through the hip and disabled, though
his wound was not mortal. Major Lawson
and Lieutenant Miller were mortally wfmnd
ed. Abont 300 Confederates were killed.
Our wounded number over 1000. The num
hc Xl O wounded is about the same.
M Whip:nun Guinn had his arm shot off.—
TIM other casualities are unreported."
Lfttbr accounts this morning say that
Elizabeth city bad been shelled and burned
by the Yankees and Unit the enemy was
pushing on through to Edenton.
2e DEsrA.TeiL Feb. 10
A rumor has prevailed that Corn. Lynch's
fleet of Gun boats had been captured. It
is not, regarded as being true but it is be
Hayed all were burned by the Confederates
to prevent their capture, with the exception
of one wh,ich way, endeavoring to make its
escape.
The fleet .went to Elizabeth city from
Roanoke Island and was probably burned at
the former point.
3D DEDSDvTen Nottror.K Feb 10
This Despatch was received in Richmond
at midnight. A courier arrived here this
afternoon at four o'clock and brought in.
elligence that Elizabeth city was burned
this morning by the inhabitants. During
the conflagration the Federalists landed a
large force. All our gun boats excepting
one were captured by the enemy. Gen.
\Vise has not yet arrived at Norfolk.
The following is the very latest. We
We copy from to-day's Day _Book. A cou
rier arrived here about 8 o'clock, from
whom we gather the following information.
The enemy arrived in full force upon Eliza
beth city yesterday about, 7 o'clock and be
gan an attack on that place. The citizens
finding resistance in vain evacuated the
place, tut before doing so Bet fire to the
town, and whets our informant left it was
still in flames. We have also to record the
capture, by the enemy, of all our little fleet
oxoept the Faulty or Forest, our informant
not being certafu which. This vessel eluded
the enemy and made up Pasquotani River
She was pursued, however, and fears are en
tertained that site too was captured.
It is etfid that before our boats surren
dered thefivere abandoned, and their orews
succeeded in making their escape. If this
is so ivo'are at, a loss to conjecture Why they
were not fired before being abandoned.—
This distiktor to our little deer is attributed'
to the fact that having exhausted the supply
of coal and ammunition, they proceeded to
Elizabeth city for the purpose of replenish
ing: Every-effort was made to obtain coal,
but without, success, au they returned to
the Island without any ahsistance to the for-
cos. All statements published•with reference
to the capture of Roanoke Island, are con•
-fimned—by-the--courierle—represents our_
loss at ON killed'and rounded, and that of
tie enemy not lesS than 1,000 killed. Great
havoc was made whilst. the enemy was-march
ing up ilia road leading to the the, fort.-- , -
Our forces were brought to bear upon,them
two 82 pounders, and every fire their ranks
were terribly thinned buttlie places of the
fallen however were quickly 'tilled. Pork
point battery was manned by the Richmond
.Blues, and most nobly did they defend it.
During_ the conflict they-were attacked by a
whole Regt. of. Zouavos and though com
pletely overpowered they stood their ground
bravely, nor did they yield a foot uutil'all
save seven fell bleeding to the ground.
There is good reas'orilo'believe that had
llenninger, with his,artillery, boon on the
island it would dot Mire bairn forced to sur e ,
render. - Tho 'lack of field Pieccs`was sadiy
felt, and liad,lbey been at hand, the enemy
perhaps - would - rfeimr ifave boon ablelo have
landed his forces.. Henninger' had orders, -
it is understood, to report at, lloanoke Is- '
land, ' but"by some mibunderstatidlng - ho
tnititoolallizaboth City for the place of des
tination. . • •
. .
. Captain Taylor- of this city,-is reported .
as having - distinguished litinself:..
.• In addition to the abmcb they° arc Many
tumors we might giye, but they pro noth
ing_moreithan...rtithersi,..AVO-nrefer.
holding them: ArnongJlioni is oltI;11OW:•
ever,.which statbs.that Gen.. Wise has'.been
shot while in an ambulance' on P tiio;Wiiy;--- •
Tim statonicht; so far .as we are able to
learh,:can only. bis'aceounted fee by suppos
ing that his name ivastionfoluided with that
—of him - son — wito — was — ropottifd" among' tho
llRedo . .
ADDITIONA L % ,
•
It is reporte' that . one regiment' from*
Massachusetts Was badly Cut up; . lint. it ',is
impossible to ascertain which of the five
regiments attixelred to the expedition.
• -The,news received 'to-day
_created - great
excitement Feint. A steamer with
officiat,slispatnlies from Gen.". Biirnside is
hourly"expected. The prisoners captured
numbering at least 2000 will he hero in a
few days. . • ft
All Southern papers received are unani
mous in admitting a complete victory by our
troops, and that the loss of the Island is
a very severe one.
LATEST FROM EUROPE.
Mason and Slidell at Southampton—The Nash
idlle ordered from 'Southampton—Earl Rus
sell in reply to Mr. Seward—Reported En
gagement between the Iroquois and Sumter
---.Arupoleon!..s,--Speeeh—to—tha—Chambers—He
Stands Finn for Non-Intervention.
PORTLAND', Feb, 11'.
Mason Slidell had arrived at Southampton
No demonstration was made on their arri
val. The former went to London and the
latter to Paris.
It was rumored that the Government had
ordered the Nashville to quit Southampton,
but extended the time for her departure ow
ing to danger from the Tuscarora. It was also
rumored that the Government. will prohibit
armed ships of either party remaining over
21 hours in any British port.
The following is the -Etna's - report.
Earl Russell, in a di patch dated Janua
ry 23, to Lord LyOns, says the English gov.
ernment differ entirely from Mr. Seward's
conclusions on the question, whether the
persons taken from the Trent and their sup
posed dispatches were contraband. He ar
gees the point at length, and points out
the run ions consequeuces of such a law.
For instance, according to Mr. Seward's
doctrine, a packet ,carrying a Confederate
agent from Dover to Calais might be captur
ed and taken to New York, and in li.ke man
ner the Confederates m ght capture a Cunard
steamer bound from Liverpool to Halifax, on
the ground that she was carrying his dis
patches to Mr. Seward from Mr. Adams.
The British government would hot acquisce
in Ahe capture of any British ship in circum•
stances similar to those of the Trent, and
the fact of its being brought for adjudication
before the Price Court though altering the
character would not dismiss the gravity of the
°llene°
The dispatch concluded with reference to
Mr. Seward's*claration that if the safety of
the Union required. it would have been right
to detain the Trent prisoners. In reply to
this, I.l.l,lt,essell says : Ureat_Brjtain conlfl
not have permitted the perpetration of that
wrou'however flourishing nrght have been
the insur: ection in the south.
Another dispatch gives Lord Lyon's con
versation with Secretary Seward on the
Charlestqn blockade. Mr. Seward stated
that the plan was Sot devised to injure the
'harbor permanently, but merely to •aid - the
blockade. It would be the duty of the Gov
ernment to remove all the ob-tructions as
soon as the-Union was restored.
The harbor of Charleston was not render
ed inaccessible. Mr. Seward was not pre
pared to say that as an operation in war it
WAS Ull jUSti liable to destroy the permanent
harbors of the enemy.
It was rumored that the vessel which the
Sumter engaged off Algiers was the Iroquois.
There was no ne‘‘s of either.
The Times, in a characteristic article, enlls
for somthing decisive in America. It says
unpleasant complication most arise if the
present state of affairs continue much long.
Cr.
Napelcon opened the French Chainber on
the 27th. In a speech he said:
"'File civil war which desolates America
has greatly compromised our commercial in
tei eiits. So long, however, as the rights of
neutrals are respected, we must confine our
selves to expressing wishes for an early
tem i nation-of these dissentions."
The speech refers to the pacific relations
of:Fra nee,and recaptulates the financial pro.
gramme of Fould's budget.
For tho Herald
NEWVILLE Jan. 30, 1802
Mn Enrront—lt must have occasioned
some surprise that Judge (irahamm, while
evincing his fidelity to slavery in his charge
to the Grand Jury, should have given such a
utrtisan cast to the cause of our nationd
roubles. Permit us, in a few words, to direct
attention to the real state of the ease.
It is an undeniable fact that the existence
of slavery was regretted by the great men,
North and South, who framed the Constitution
and put the Government into successful oper
ation, arid that it was very generally expected
then that the institutip would soon cease
throughout the land. But as the cotton
culture expanded, the demand for slave labor
increased. Under the influence of a cold
calculating selfishness slave-holders soon
ceased to regard slavery in the same light as
their patriotic ancestors, and sought to derive
its sanction from the Divine law. Becoming
to use the language of the Judge, "more
hardened in sin and iniquity on the subject
of slavery" they grew both impudent and
exacting. A class of northern men, affecting
great contempt for "conscience" while intent
on political power, assisted very much to give
tone to their imperious and degrading de
mands. IVithout attempting to trace the
effects of this domineering power and its
facile spawn, on the legislation and govern
ment of the country, it will suffice to say,
that old party organizations were broken up
and new parties. formed, with principles
either affirming, modifying, or denying the
pretensions of the slave power.
if there was a party of "emancipationists"
arrayed against the aggressive policy of the
South in the last presidential election "to
gratify the wicked feelings of passion and
resentment," that plead "the paramount obli
gations of a higher law binding on their
consciences" to nullify the fugitive slave law,
or proposed "the utopian theory of eleva
ting the negroes to an equality with the white
man," or even sought to interfere with
slavery in the states whero it had a legal
existence ; that party must be carefully dis
tinguished from the Republican party.. The
Republicans, believing that slavery was it
great State evil, firmly planted themselves
on the doctrine of the founders •of the - Re :
public, pledging themselves, in the event of
success, to resist the extension of slavery into
the Territories of the United States. On the
the simple issue of free territory fot free men ;
they went into the contest, willing to. submit
to the result whatever it might be, without
firing a gun or resorting to violende in any
form. How the slave holders, unrebuked by
their deceitful Northern allies, grew More
and more defiant until they inaugurated.iiivil
war, needs no comment.
In view of ,these facts boy al men may
hesitate to regard slavery, as "a sacred link
which binds together the various patleof the
country; and it might tvoll be doubted
whether "the silver cord would "bd loosened"
where freedom conferred on all "those who
are now groaning under an oppressive
despotism." To charge treason on those who
seek deliverenee to their country through the
destruction of slavery, deems to 113 as erro
neous in late, as the assertion that "the hor..
rors of civil war have beekbrought-npon ue%
by "dm Disunionists of 'the south and oMan-•
cipatioAists of the North," is.unsupported by
fact. But as long as "the ancient patriarchs,
Whose oonscienon.pormitted thorn to raise up
men servants and maid servants, .and 'bend
mem , and bond women of their own hOpse--
lolds," and who in addition to all,this liopt
several wives at the satne time, may be pointed
at as inedelsnf public, and private • morality,
we tnay expect to hear •••of omaneipationists
and' traitors being phiced •in the oAegory,
and men, great and small,= dilating on the
blesSings of alavery; but wq trust that the
Judge may alone believe that "the policy of
Northern emancipationists to liberate the
slaves of the . South, would-be a disgrace to
llotteniois, or African's in their native bai- t
barity.." . -•- K.
wrciuur.rxr. itithii;icot.
.
Ata - al e Min g ottho-linitiriPliirohiifdirearSo
eiety of Dickinson Collogo, the following pre
ainble and resolutions , wore unanimously
adopted
Illifeanne, it hath pleased him in. whose
hands, our lives arc, to remove by' death, lion.
WILLIAM B. IdoWins of Pittsburg, a gradu
ate-rminber of this'Society.- Therefore
we bow in , humble submission to the decrees
of tin allwise Providence, yet we Weuld,,,psy
our tribute, to- high -' moral and .intollectual
worth, and:acknowledge the lose which socie
ty has sustained by his death.
in the deceased gooiety has
lost ono of its most honored members, and the
State one of her most able and talented ju-
Resolved. That/ our most sincere regrets and
heartfelt sympathy bo tendered the bereaved
family.
Ecoolved. That our Hall be draped and the
megibera wear the badge of mourning for thir
ty days.
Res(dyed. That a copy of these resolutions
be sent to the family of deceased and for pub
lication to tho Carlisle Herald and Pittsburg
Dispatch:-
W. M. OGILBT,
J. MoCunr.EY, }Com
D LuctuNnAcK,
TI-ALLTJart: 29t1r18G27-
Eo (tank Manus.
THE WEATHER.—For the last ttve
weeks the weather has been very unsettled.
Snow, rain, eleet,freeze, thaw, and sunshine
alternately. During the continuance of the
snow, those who had the wherewithal enjoyed
the sleighing to their heart's content.
LOST.—On Tuesday night, of last week,
Jso A. 7.l3tuanmAN lost, somewhere between
Mechanicsburg and Carlisle, three Buffalo
Robes. A liberal reward will be paid on
their delivery to either Andrew Martin or M.
Holcomb.
APOLOCit.—In announcing the appoint
ments by the County Commissioners, a Week
or two ago, we inadvertanly staled that Dr.
S. P. Ztatit.tn had been appointed Physician
'to the Tail. We should have said Dr,•W. W.
DALE, who was the appointee, and we talc°
this opportunity to Make_ to the Doctor 'the
amende honorable. Dr. D'art' has for a number
of years been Physician to the Tail, and by his
strict attention to his duties, won the confi
dence of the commissioners . , who . deem tho
change unnecessary.
PROMOTION —We are glad to learn
B. R. B. NEVEM, Bsq., formerly of this place,
and a member of Capt 1 - lExonitsoN's company,
has been promoted to a First Lieutenancy in
the regular army. Mr. NEVF.N is a native of
Shippens.burg - this county, arid We' feel as
sured that he will never disgrace the county
which gave him birth..
ANOTHER MAMMOTH. Ilea.—Recent
ly, J. W. LEIDIO, of Churchtown, Monroe
towhship, this county, killed a porker twenty
eight months old, which weighed .rix hundred
and sixty-one and a half pound!. This hog
measured eight feet in length ; three feet four
inches in height ; -and in girth six feet. We
think this weight will be hard to beat.
ACCIDENI.—An accident occurred to
Mr. Voglesong, last week. Ile was oiling the
atnet machine in his mill, when he slipped
and fell against the band, which drives the
machine. The momentum caused him to be
thrown violently against a pulley, injuring
his back somewbst. At, lost . accounts how
ever, he had almost recovered.
The Boston Post tells of a good thing
seen from the editorial window; which, by
the way, is a rather remarkable aperature—
showing the funny side of everything that
passes. A large sleigh, containing about a
dozen of Boston's fair lasses, peasod by.—
NoW there was nothing ludicricula NM;
but when the editor tolls us that the sleigh
had painted in large letters on both sides, the
sign. 4 , Tf'imlborough Milk Co," we' see the
point.
Apropos of this we have often laughed
heartily at the sight of our friend Alf, Moore's'
wagon, filled with little Moore's of both sexes,
and bearing the approriate and significant in-
Ercription., "Extra fruit."
clap OF FEBRUARY.—Saturday of nexA
week will be the anniversary of the birth of
the immmortal IVAsmNoToN, the Father of
his country. /et the present time, and in
the peculiar situation in which our country
is just now placed, it behoves every man who
has an American heart, to oelebrato the day in
a becoming and appropriate manner. Instead
of a military display, we think a civic
celi
bration would be the most proper course ;
that enduring legacy to the people, his Fare
well Address should be read, and a suitable
oration or sermon delivered by one of fire
many eminent and eloquent clergymen or
other professional gentlemen of our borough.
We have fallen upon evil times. When our
Country was happy, and prospering beyond
example, a band of Southern conspirators,
with parricidal hand, have attempted to stat Age
down and dismember the noblest fabric ever
reared by the. hand of man. Although a
terrible punishment is sure to overtake the
leaders of this wicked rebellion, its withering
effects will be felt by the people of the North
as well as by those of the South. The blood
and treasure wasted in . this unholy contest is
incalculable; our country will be bargened
with an enormous debt ; and it will' take
many, very many years to'restore offr beloved
Union to its once happy and prosperous. con-
dition.
'. Let us, then, on the coming 22d, so celi
brate.the day that we njay onlure the favor
and protection of Dio Providence, who
always smiles upon a jut and righteous cause.
Dr.Am or WILLIAM B. FLEMING,
ESQ.—We regret to fisave to announce the
death of our former townsman, Wm. D.
Fleming, Esq. He dithl in San Francisco,
California, about the Ist of January last.
Mr. F. was a native of Carlisle, where lie
resided until about his twenty sixth .year,
when he went to, California, where ho
succeeded beyond his most saagaine exp c.
tations.- The immediate cause of his death
was inflatnation of the He was a
son of GEORGE FLEMING, Esq., , now of
Californiii.;'and well known in Carlisle as a
printer and Editor. Mr. Fleming Was'alyout
35 yeftismf age, and wits a man of great
'business, -- capacity, — fitri4, - integrity, and
untiring energy. . ,
• •
PUBLI42 SALES.—In pursuance or
custom inaugurated by us some time ago, we
'continue giving those persons who pa
tronize us in the way_ of printing billii &c.,
the benefit a standing local notice oftheir
sales-411e_ time,
.place, and property to be
sold.sL This is a voluntary favoronlourprirt,
the value , of which will be duly appreciated
by those interested. • '
On ltlondity,.lWarch 10lb,
,1862,,Wm..Eack
will sell on tbo - prianises, on the farm ownod
by Abrahanillarizlor in Monroe .township, 4
.miles south west Cif Moebaniotibuirg, and one
mile, east of . churelnown, near the roadload—
ing front - Givieess.Mill to — leidigfes tavern,
Wliorses, 8 colts, -10,heed of cattle; - farming -_-,
utortails
On Tuesday Feb. 25th 1862,- CleO, - Koeso-
Man, Adm'n of , Widow- deo!d., will
soil on the promises, in •Oeltvillo '
Newton -
township, :a lot of. household "St, Kitchen
furniture: • ••• .
On :Wednesday, Marith Oth ItiG2, J. A.