gerald.
CARLISLE, PA.
Friday, Nov. 7, 1862.
S. M. PET , rwoit.r , ar. co.,
NO. 37 Park Iteiv, Nov York, ani:V6
Stat.() St. Bolton, nroonur,Agenta for tho
In thoxe Mlles, ad nro utrize d tn take Advrtino
mnnta and Solarrr n iptions a for u hos
At to went ratees.
air The Volunteer this week contains
more than its usual quantum of babble and
blather. We are too busy at present, to take
any notice of it, but if we de,•m it worth the
trouble to unmask its pitiful flounderings,
we may do so in our nest.
ARREST Or A TRAITOR.—That pestilent old
traitor, Henry Seidle, of Dillsburg, York co.,
was arrested last week, by Deputy U. S. Mar
shall STARKEY, on the charge of uttering
disloyal language, and discouraging enlist. ,
monts. Seidle is a rampant Glosshrenner
Democrat, and had become so much affect
ed by the result of the recent election, as to
throw off the thin disguise of loyalty he, had
been previously forced to wear, and had
boldly declared for the Davis Oligarchy.
He has found his appropriate place in Fort
Delaware. tie was formerly a candidate for
sheriff of York county.
EEO - The New Five-Twenty Year Six Per
Cent Loan is the only one which the Gover
nment is now issuing at par, and large sub
scriptions are daily making in all the prim
cipal cities. Messrs. JAN . Cooke 457,
Bankers, lit South Third street, are the
agents in, Philadelphia, and will cheerfully
afford every facility and'explanntion to sub.
scribers• A supply of Bonds constantly on
hand
TAXATION IN DIXIE —The new revenue
bill before the rebel Congress provides for
the levying on the first of January next, a
tax of one•fifth the value of the products of
the land for the preceding year: one•fifth the
value of the increase of horses, asses, cattle,
sheep and swine; onedifth the products made
in feeding the same; and one firth the yearly
income Of each person• The r'bels will Tay
dearly for their whistle•
rtgrk,., Eight thousands signatures have been
appended to an appeal from the women or the
l o y a l State' praying for the removal of all
negligent, incompetent, drunken or knavish
taco, who, in the first hurry of selection, ob
tained for themselves posts of responsibility;
and that the President will retain in the army
only capable, honest, and tru , tworthy sol
diers. A very wholesome object and worthy
of tho sex, which, to use a phrase of..knins,
As "always right in sentiment, it ...aklitnes
wrong in judgement."
,_The, proposition of the editor of the
'Volunteer to receive us, in the event of a visit
to his office, with as good grace as he can,
end then kick us dowu stairs as a parting sal
utation, almost escaped our notice. The
man who makes this stalwart threat is the
same who last week, overheard a very small
boy, belonging to the Anderson Troop, justi
fying the recent attack upon the lro(uneerr
Office. He (the editor) looked carefully
around to see that no succor could arrive to the
lad, and then stealthily 4nealced up behind him,
seized him by the throat, and kept tightening
his grasp, until the poor little fellow cried for
quarter ! Oh brave and valiant Bration, how
valorous you hive grown since eating your
uwn - vvordst about murdering the President.
Precious provender they mu:A have been.—
T ion like
grey The confiscation iet of Congress in
terferes with none of the properly of loyal
men. The emancipation proclamation of
the President frees no slaves but the slaves
of rebels. The conservatives who di:trounce
either measure ( . 1111 runt, iheretoro, clear them
selves of the charge of uphoUlit,g the ca rn i c
of the t'aitors. If they l,i not like the hor
ror connected therewith, 1 t them gireaip the
business.
zrarThe scoundrel who has been furnishing
the rebels with information of army move
ments in advance, has been detected. lle was
'the confidential clerk of Adjutant General
'Thomas, whose loyalty has been called into
question more than once. lie will probably
be' promoted to a more responsible position
somewhere, and to a place where ho not
only can serve his Southern brethern better
than heretofore, but steal something hand
some for himself. lie was detected in the
business last fall, but. Thomas said ho could
not spare him from the department., and he
was retained. Instead of that, if the charges
are true, both Thomas and his clerk ought to
have been shot long ago.
1140 — Tho Wilmington (N. C.) rebel Journal
says that seven regiments of negroes whioh .
favie been in camps of instruction under white
officers for three months, and which have be
come remarkably proficient in drill, have arri
ved to garrisoolthe towns and fortifications du
ring the sickly season. The yellow fever is rag
ing terribly in the town, and the citizens are
fleeing from the place. Wo trust the sympathi
zers in the north will not become horrified at
this intelligence, these ore not Union negro
regiments—only rebels: and the rebels, you
know, can do just what they please.
THE SOLDIER VOTE.—The vote of the sol
diere hoe bean decided by the Supreme Court
to bo unconstitutional. That will bo found
very convenient to certain politicians, trai
torously inclined, who would otherwise have
been elected to stay at home. Four Con
gresmen elect, at least, in this State, would
have remained at home, if the soldiers vote
had been counted: probably one or two more.
It is the refusal of the soldiers' voto which
gives the traitors cause for rejoicing• If their
votes had been counted, the State ticket the
Congressional delegatiOn, and the Legisla
/two, would have been ours.
Ite r ,, The bull of the Monitor has undergone
a thorough examination, and been found all
right. The vessel has been scraped end pail.
and she is now ready to be launched.
drier machinery, both motive power and turret
engines, will be put in complete order. Some
improvements will be made in her interior for
the comfort and cqnvenloice 'of her , officers.
IMPORTANT TO ALL..:-The commissioner has
made a decision 'relative to tax stamps on
cheeks, drafts, notes, &o. It is of interest to
Avery business man, and is as follOws:
TREASURY DEPRATMENT,
' Office of Internal Revenue,
• • • Washington, Oct. 23;1862.
ivoul6 say, that when tho maker of a
aback, draft, note, •or any other document,
shall neglect to put •eu the required stamp,
it will not do for the party receiving • the same
to ailiathe stamp and colloid it,lbutit must be
returned, to the maker for him to dolt.
floc: - S. Ifourwmt.
• COtemjssioner.,
13 . 110ECANAN'S DEFENCE. , I the expectation that a commiseion should be ap-
Our readers WilL recollect that last week vre pointed to negotiate with him and Congress re
published a " chapter of 'history," by Goner- speeting the secession of the State and the prop.
al SCOTT. In this statement, the old veteran erty of the United States held within its limits."
reviewed the last few months of BUCHANAN'S On tho day of this conversation, and after
adniioinistration, and critized it very severe- this remarkable deolaration of the PrOsident
ly ; showing beyond cavil, that the progress —a declaration we declare to be treasonablo
of the rebellion to the measure of importance
and success it had attained up to the hour of
Mr. LINCOLN'S inauguration, was entirely due
to the treacherous and imbecile conduct of
JAMES BIM LIANA N, then the sworn custodian
of the liberties of the nation. This statement
has evolid a rejoinder from the Old Public
Functionary," in which ho attempts to ex
plain aw t ay his palpable duplicity. This
statement is too lengthy to permit of its in
sertion here, but we give the following able
and comprehensive review of it, from the
Philadelphia Press. The editor gives him the
benefit of all doubts, and yet cannot but con
viol him of the most shameless and treason
able desertion of his country to the vandals
of the cotton realm, who had well nigh suo
ceeded in their hellish designs of subverting
and disentegrating the government.
Ex-President BUCIIANAN has given to the
country an elaborate and carefully-prepared
statement in reply to the card of Gen. SCOTT,
The card of the General is still fresh in the
memory of the reader, and any recapitulation
of its facts is hardly necessary. General
SCOTT was driven into its publication by the
attempt of New York Breckinridge politicians
to use his great name as an authority in favor
I of Secesssion. Ile reviewed very closely the
conduct of Mr. BCCLIANAN• during that part of
his Administration in which the Secession
troubles originated, and proved to the world
that upon the Ex President, and upon him
alone, the responsibility of our present troub
les should fall. Mr. BUCTIANAN, indeed, ac.
cepts this responsibility in a tone that seems
to invite. and' defy criticism. The generosity
with which he does this is extraordinary.—
" All my Cabinet must bear me witness that
I was, the President myself, responsible for
all the acts of the Administration." These
are his words, and, as if to make the admis
sion more remarkable, be makes an especial
point in favor of Governor FLovn, who, as
his Secretary of War, has been to us the rep
resenative of all that was false and fraudu
lent in the origin of this rebellion. Governor
Ft,ovr, however, is a deeply injured man.—
Ilerenfter his sins must. 11S visited en Mr.
BECUANAN, for he was President—and alone
was responsible The main question at issue
between Mr, Buchanan and General Scott is
this: Did Mr. Buchanan, as President of the
United States, the Commander in Chief of the
army and navy, the solo depo. itary of Exec
utive p,over, Congress not being in session,
and there being no appeal to the Legislative
rower, ritinHe to reinforce, the Southern forts
Had these forts been reinforced there can be
no doubt that Secession would have been,ren
dere I impossible.- The rebellion would have
died from inanition. We should have held
the principle cities, rivers, and seacoasts of
the South, and by thus establishing bases of
communication in the enemy's country he - en
enabled to make immediate, effective, and
overpowering war. A failure to ,lo this great
duty was either neglect or treason. It' was
not neglect on the pert of Mr. Buchanan—we
cannot call it treason, but we do most dcci
dedly charge that it was sympathy with trea
son. And for this we ask no better evidence
than, his own letter in reply to General Scott.
On October 30th, 1860, Winfield ti , ..att, the
highest soldier of the Republic, wrote to Mr.
Buchanan, bidding hint to beware of the storm
that was approaching:and suggesting to hint
the military means neceqsnry to avert the
danger. This Met Mr. Buchanan admits.—
(in January Dth the steamer Star of the West
attempted to enter the harbor of Charleston,
carrying the American flag, end bound on a
dui - 1y e GnTerlifitibitt - : b e -was- -trrd -- n pow
by rebel cannon, and was compelled to ret tit n
to New York. Here was the admonition and
the calamity. Sixty three days had elapsed
since the President had been told to prepare
to punish rebellion in the South, and yet re.
hellion had driven one of his own ships from
the coast of the linitd States. In sixty-three
days the little State bf South Carolina had
time enough to prepare a successful armed
resistance against the Government, and that
Government was powerless to resent the in
sult: The world will ask why it was that
this great Republic was thus held down by
the throat while a pretty tributary Common
wealth was permitted to stab it to the heart.
Mr. Buchanan assures us that he had no de.
sire but to inSbre peace; that he would not
do anything to invite or provoke civil war;
that, no matter what preparations the rebels
might make to destroy the Government, ha
would say nothing, and do nothing; ha would
allow every encroachment and make noreeist•
ence; he would permit fort, after fort. to be
seized, and see the flag of his country give
place to pelicans and palmettoes, and lone
stars, and long red bare. This is the mean
ing of Mr Buchanan's defence as it, reads in
our paper this morning. He asks posterity to
call him a coward., or an imhecilb„ or it weak
old man, or the slave of the Southern Sena
tors, but, he begs not to be calledra traitor.—
He pleads guilty of murder in the second de
gree, hoping to escape the full verdict, against
•
his wickea.noss•
Now, we oin.:rge this upon Mr. Buchanan :
He was the friend of the rebel leaders until
within a few weeks of the expiration of his
term. lie did everything in his power to as
sist the traitors in the consumivation of their
schemes. lie was their ally, their momfortcr—
their surest and, most powerful accomplice
-1
for he held th North at bay while they p;pt
ted its destru lion, only yielding to the seati•
ment of the c untry when a refusal to yield
would have a st him the Presidential ahair.—
We, lay aside all the other issues discussed by
Mr. Buchanan, and present the .evidence on
this one grave ohargo as we have it, over his
own signature. All his protestations of love
for the Union and the country, and his desire
to prevent bloodshed and oppose the rebel
lion, perish before this great fact. We charge
upon Mr: Buchanan that he was desirous Of
aiding the Southern leaders to establish the
Southern Confederacy audit' he asks for evi
denee, we call upon General Cass, his Scare- -
'tory of State, That statesman resigned his
portfolio on the 15th of December, 1860. LOt
us mark the date. " On th 15th of Deeem•
her," says Mr. Buchanan, " General Scott
.states that, accompanied by the Secretary of
War, be held a conversation with the Presi
dent. Whilst I have no recollection what
ever"of this conversation, ho doubtless states
correctly that. I did refuse to send three hun
dred men to reinforce Major Alidersoliat Fort, -
Moultrierwho had not, then romovbd to Port
Sumpter. The reason for this refusal is mani
fest to all - who reoolloot the , history of the
time." This is Mr, Buolianan's own' state
ment. Gen. , Scott also mentions the fact of
his calling upon President Buchanan on the
15th of December, and says that the presi
dent, in "reply to 'his arguments for reinfore
dngrort. Moultrie," said . 44 The time has,not yet
arrived for doing so 1 that he should want the
action of the Convention of South: 'Cirolina, in
—General Cass resigned. , The President's
own organ, the Washington Constitution,
flounced that statesman's resignation by say
ing that. he had resigned because "he ad
vised that the naval and military force should
be sent immediately to Charleston to reinforce
the forts in that harbor, and that the 1';•e.41 , -
dent was of the opinion that. there was. no -neces.
ally for any such measure in order to secure the
forts against attack." Here, then, is the whole
evidence. We have quoted 'Mr. Buchanan,
Cen. Scott, Mr. 13uchanan's own organ, and
General Cass. The shameful and humiliating
faot is undeniable that upon the 16th day of
December, 1860, when South C;irolina was de
bating an ordinance of secession--within five
days of the passage of that ordinance, while
the whole North was sad and sick at heart,
the President of the United States refused to
say the-word that would have bayed the Re
public ; he refused to listen to the prayers of
General Scott, who assured him on the honor
of the first soldier of the age that the South
ern forts might be reinforced and the rebel
lion suffocated ; lie refused to hear the en
treaties of the most venerable and beloved
statesman in his Cabinet! Ile preferred to
follow the bidding . of his Mephislophiles,
Floyd, who was at his side. He preferred to
do the bidding of his Southern masters.—
"The time had not yet arrived. He should
a w ait tha.aation of the Convention
. of South
Carolina." He expected a• commission of
traitors Is it any wonder that General Scott
retired alfnost heart-broken from the Presi
dential presence ? Is it any wonder that
Lewis Cass threw up his portfolio in disgutit,
and retired from is Cabinet where Treason..
was deliberately taking the life of the Repub
lic'.
The President was true to his word Be
did "wait the action of South Carolina." On
the 20th of December the ordinance of Se•
cession was passed, and Treason held its
saturnalia in Charleston city. The city was
ilinminated, guns were fired, rockets were
sent up into the reverberatirg air. The
South was an ecstasy of joy. We read
that guns were fired "in honor of the Seces
sion of South Carolina" at Mobile. Wilining,.
ton, N. C., New Orleans, Savannah, and
Augusta Conventions were •being held in
other States. There was every evidebce
that in n,conld want to show the purpose
and determination of the South. We ask
any intelligent man who reads this sentence
to turn back to the dreary memories of that
fearful time, and inquire, if he had cny
doubt as to the determination of these wild
and reckless men: Janice Buchanan is an
intelligent man,.and he knew in his heart
of hearts, just as well as he knew that death
' was coining and. that God would be his
judge, that the Southern leaders determined
to destroy this Republic, and that prominent
among those leaders was John B. FloYd,
his Secretary of War, and Jacob Thompson,
j his Secretary of the Interior. Finally,.-the
I sentiment of the North was too intense to
Ibe endured. Our people had waited and
prayed, passing through humiliation, and
grief, and anxiety, and despair, until men
began to say that this conduct could be en
I (lured no longer. December 28th approach
ed. Two weeks had passed since the last
interview ; one week since ."ouch Carolina
hail seceded. Gen. Scott again applied to
the President. Floyd had served his pur
pose, and had resigned. Major Anderson
I hail thrilled the nation, by taking possession
of__Fort.surupter.....,Th.e-Southertr-cnbel - de'
mantled his eVlLCuation of that fort, and the
return to Fort Moultrie. The President at
. once disavowed the act. "Major Aifiderson,"
!, he said, "acted upon his own responsibility,
and without authority, and my first prriinpt
tags were to order him hack." The country
stilled these "first promptings," and then
came the first sign of courage he had shown.
lie actually consented to allow a vessel to be
sent to Charleston, but in the meantime
waited to receive a communication from the
traitor commissioners. "I suggested to
General Scott," he says. "that although I
had not received the South Carolina corn
tnissioners in their official capacity, but
merely as private gentlemen, yet it miglit be
considered an improper act to send the
Brooklyn with reinforcements to Fort Sum.
ter until I had received an answer from them
to my letter of the preceding day. The delay
could not continue more than. forty-eight
hours." Discriminating, kind, attentive
Buchanan 1 What was delay to him ? He
would wait. What if the country was on the
rack? what it the rebels were mounting
cannon in Charleston Bay ?—lie had waited
two months, and twd days were nothing. So
he waited. The "private gentlemen" from
South Carolina sent him an insulting epic
tle, and returned to Charleston, and filially
the Star of the West sailed. The remainder
of the story is kniiwn. After our Rag had
been insulted, the President of the United
States actually consented to a truce with the
rebels, in order that they might complete
their arrangements . for opening fire on Fort
Sumter. The President throws the blame
on Major Anderson, and says "it was most
fortunate" the expedition did not sail on
February sth, as "the vast inadeqUacy of
the force provided to accomplish the object
was demonstrated by information received
from Major Anderson, at the War Depart
ment, on the last day of the Administration!"
Thus we are; told by the President of the
United States, who had the whole country at
his command, that Kier months after he had
been warned of the danger to the country
from an attack on ,F.ort Sualter, this great
Republic had "a vatt"lnatlequae; of force"
compared with South Carolina ; that while
be had' been waiting, and trembling, n,nd
holding intercourse with traitors, the great
rebellion assumed form and strength s and
menaced us with bloody end persistent war.
Then he fled to his home in 'Lancaster, !env.
big to Mr. Lincoln the task of wadin g through
a sea of blood to the restoration of the Union
which be „might have'savcdi by saying a sin
gle word, or oboyiag the first obligation of
his official oath.
\We now dismiss James Buchanan. He
announces the intention of publishing er);
Ewen "a historical review, prepared a year
ago:: Be had better burn his sheets and
say no mere. His last defence has only
dragged him deeper in the slough'of shame.
Let hitn beg for mercy at* hands of an
outraged country, and from, themen to come
alter him thnt they may not curso hie memory
ae men_ now curse the memory of those rulers
who came at 'distant periods kt . the nmrld : 's
history to punish and oppress and..imtro7
mankind.
A CASE IN POINT.
There are some good things "got oft" in
the Hartford Post, but the. following is the
beat we have Been in its columns for some
time. In one of his pleasant essays Charles
Lamb gives us the history of the origin of
roastpig. In China, for a long period in
early
-times, it was the custom to eat 'pigs
raw . The Chinaman, Ho ti having a fine
litter of these 'animals, one day left thorn in
charge of his son 130 bo who accidently set
the cottage on fire and burned up the pigs.
In poking over the ashes he burned his fin
zeta with the steaming meat. Thrusting
them in his mouth he discovered for the first
time the'excellency of roasted pig, and soon
consumed a whole one. His father, return•
ing, saw his loss with anger, and wa's horrified
to find hie son eating cooked pig, but burn
ing his fingers in the same way and applying
the same remedy, he, too, was enchanted
with the new delicacy. After this the neigh
bore noticed the frequent destruction of
Ho-ti's hut by fire, sometimes in the day,
sometimes by night. Whenever one of his
sows farrowed, the cottage was in flames.—
By close watch, they found out the secret,
but he was immediately acquitted as soon as
he handed round to the judge and jury his
smoking temptation. The judge went home,
burnt his fine house to the ground and ate
roast pig. Likewise, the jury. The news
spread and soon the town was in flames, and
the community devoted their entire energies
to roasting pigs. All the insurance cor7l
Mee became insolvent and ceased basin s.
New houses were constantly being builto-iot
for dwellings but for fuel, and were destroyed
as liZton as erected. At last, just as 'the
phople seemed on the verge of financial ruin,
some philosopher arose who taught them
how to roast pigs without burning up a whole
house to accomplish it.
The Peace Democrats are displaying just
such foolish destructivenesS. Having tasted
of fat offices their desire is to procure them.
For the sake of the sweets of position and
patronage they are resolved to go at all
lengths for possession of them. They are
willing to destroy the nation, to burn up and
burn down the national edifice if thereby
they may live upon the fodder of the public
crib• For the sake of - a seat in Congress,
they would see this fabric of tree government
tumble into ruins, To obtain again these
succulent party spoils, they would apply the
torch or suffer others to apply it to the tent.
pie wherein the people dwell. So accustomed
have they become to look upon the Govern
ment as a means of furnishing nutriment
and support to themselves, and not 'is a
benefit to all, that they are preparing to de
stroy it in all its greatness if thereby their
individual appetites may be satisfied and
their tastes pampered. They would make
the Government, designed to shelter and
protect ,sll men-who seek its protection, a
mere bakehouse in which their official meats
may be cooked. They would with pleasure
see this national structure in flames if they
supposed that it would enable them to gratify
their greediness. Take their representative
men I What does Fernando Wood care for
patriotism, for official integrity, fOr the exe
cution of law, for the Constitution or the
Union ? Who supposes that he wishes to
go to Congress in order that the interests of
the epntry may be guarded by his celebra
ted " single eye 7" Who does not know
that he has been at any time ready tv betray
them for less than thirty pieces of silver?
Who does not remember that he expressed
great sorrow because ho could not forward
the arms which the police of New York
seized and which were designedfor_the-trai -,
t„or Toorllllll-to -be used 'irrs - hoOting down our
soldiers? Who does not know that he offi
cially proposed that New York city should
secede from the State ? Who befieves that
he is now seeking cffice, for any other pur
pose than to gratify his ambition for plotting
and for intrigue ? Who believes that, he
would not willingly hand over the Govern
ment and the people to the tender mercies
of Jeff. Davis, if he could secure for himself
emoluments and patronage from that chief
tain 7 lie wants, ho says, " a splendid ty
rant" to rule the country. Flu is only appa
really worse than many of his co-workers.—
De is only bolder than they. They all would
burn the house to roast the pigs. What the
Chinese did, as the story relates-J*on' ignor
ance, these political epicures will do from
recklessness. Will not the nation see that
'their national habitation is preserved, even
if the pale es of these men go untickled ?
Gen. Rosecrans in Kentucky
The hopes of a long-waiting nation are
greatly raised by the appointment of Gets
Reseerana'to the chief command of 'the army
in Kentucky. That army is now very large; it
was very large when it ran a race with Bragg
and Kirby Smith across that ill d State,
first northward and turn southward
ending in that desperate but indecisive battle
at Perryville. We believe that under Rose
crane' command the fighting will quickly be
transferred to Tennessee. Nashville will be re
lieved, and after a lapse of time, most humil
iating to us as a Isolver, the loyal people of East
Tennesee will also be relieved, and the flag of
the Union be set up in that patriotic region,
never to be torn down again. It will always
be the belief of. thousands that Gen. Buell did
not wish to relieve East Tennessee ; that he
lay idle through a long summer when he
night have found profitable employment; and
that when the rebels
,dashed northward to try
their fortune again in Kentuoky, be failed in
every requisite of a general, 'to rneetthem.
'General Rosecrans has a reputation for en
ergy which wo trust may not this time be
come antics just as we are to reap sornethlgg
from it, In a few words of response to aief..
enade at Louisville, on Thursday ; he simply
declared that ho came to fight, not to make
epoeobes. As ho goes to his army we hope
no orders may be issued for others than the,
Boltliors to see—that no plans will boiaid ei•
thor iii secret or to the publicL,that no roor--
g aoization of anything or any body will take
place. Many of our generals waste half their
Owe is upotting what somaforiner oomman
der has arranged, and iii ° rearranging staffs,
cavalry, batteries, and all the adjuncts and
elements of an army, apparently for the pur
pose of showing that they alone cab put to
gether the force they must use. This is all
pretense, and as much 04 abuse of power 08,
anything else. Let -a-general-take-The army
he is s'et to oomreatul and 130 It firetbefore he
assumes to reconstruct it. if its soldiers are
good for anything they can be ilepl beat Pia
as tilt* are, and pan by improved only as Me,
are. tried, . .
If General Rosear;ans fga, ao nearly
Hove; the simple and, direct executive faculty
for which we -seek so wear,ilY in vain among
most of our geucrals, a brilliant , career Is
,open before him. Ho boa a large fordo, and
n field in which he can move directly forward
to nooomplish great results. Nearly ,all the
State of Tennessee is yet to be fought for,
and whether the army of Bragg goes to East
Tennessee
„ through the Cumberland Gap, or
goes to the lower country at Murfreesboro
and towards Chattanooga, then; is some hard
work to be done in chasing it out. This work
we believe Rosecrans' army will do before
winter is allowed to shiat it up in idleness,
and that in the spring it will be able to do
much more without going into a summer:4
camp of long silence, as in the summer jest I
past. The hopes of tie nation wait on the
new General of the Army of the Cumberland.
• -
Gen. Scott and the B . rees on Bu-
chanan
The New York Evening Post says
"The interesting paper in which General
Scott sets forth his conduct during the trying
times before the inauguration of Mr. Lincoln,
will be rend, not with surprise; but with a
still more profound disgust for the imbecility
,and perfidy of the i - nen who then had pos
session of the Government The pusillani•
mous treason of Mr. Buchanan will hand
'down the name of that.' old public fenction
ary' to history, ns that of one of the meanest
and most detestable traitors that ever lived."
The Boston Journal, which is never rash
in its expressions, sap
" Why, then, did he not succeed in his
patriotic endeavors? The disclosures now
published only suppgy a confirmation of the
answer to which all fair minded men had
previously arrived. In the first place, Mr.
Buchanan was wholly wanting in the deci•
Edon requisite to the crisis. lle was ever
passing off the necessary precautions, trust
ing to the good faith of the national conspir
ators and entangling himself with the mis•
erable Southern commissions sent up to
Washington to gain time and cloak the sap•
ping and mining of the rebel sivanee at
home. Whether the President was wicked
as well as weak in this his great failure of
duty, must be lett, perhaps, for further in
vestigation.
" I3ut with reg , rd to one of his Cabinet,
at least, there is not a shadow of doubt
on this point Secretary Floyd, `the thief,'
was a manifest traitor all through this pe.
riod delineated by the pen of Oen. Scott.
He dissembled, he falsified, he plotted—he
did every thing he could, in fact, to prepare
the way fbr successful rebellion. Nor does
Secretary Toucey appear wholly guiltless
One thing, at any rate, is certain—the naval
vessels were always out of ireach when any
of them were needed for the purposes sup
Bested by Oen. Scott, even when, through
the efforts of Secretory Bolt arid others, a
tardy acquiescence had been wrving from th e ,
esident. But every one can draw his
own inferences from this narrative of Gen.
Scott's, which will he among the most val
uable dats, that is yet to g o into the hands
of the future historian of the great rebel
lion."
The New York Times, in reviewing, the
letter of Gen• Scott, says :
" But Gen. Scott's long and earnest labors
were all ineffective—the treason of Floyd
and the mingled t , ertehery, imbecility and
vacillation of the uld knave Buchanan, de
feating nearly every one of his great and
far reaching plans."
The Harrisburg rele'tiropli says
"Gen. Scott leaves room but fur one in
ference, which is, that the Administration of
James Puchairan himself brnnght about the
slaveholders' rebellion, afforded its leaders
material for its organization—conferred on
the conspirators the power to strike at the
Government, and stripped the country (4'llll
the material of defence, by sending abroad
our ships of war, and so dividing the army
and marching its divisions to different local.
ities, that As million would be renderer im
possible tur any goodi when traitors who
surrounded Burhariall were prepared to
strike the blow."
National Finances.
'The leading article in the Circular ._tf
Messrs. Satnuel Hallett & Co. for the steam
er, Oct. 15t.12, is on the National-Finan
ces• It contains facts of great importance
at this crisis, ankllte. figurer; can be -relied
ape) tt oorrcct
In anticipation of the annual report of the
Treasury soon to he mad, we are toothled
to lav before our readers, apprredniately, the
cwehtien of the national finances up to near
the close of the pro:ient month. ye may
not give the exact figures in every case, but
oar statement will be found to be very nearly
accurate
The piddle deb! of the d;nited States may
be divided into three elasse , --ihat contract
ea prior to the loan of $2:01,000,000, grant
ed iu duly, 1861; the loan of that date, and
those authorized by Congress at its late ses
sion.
The amount of debts of the first class will,
probably, reach about $118,000,000. 01 the
second class, the $230,000,000 is [Wide up
of the 7 :Mild's, of which about $132,001,-
000 ha've been issued ; $50,000 GOO r per
cents due it) 1881, and 30.000,000 of the de
mand notes which were made receivable for
dues at the Custom House. About one hall
of these ate already cancelled, and are being
retired at the rate of $200,000 daily. Their
places, however, are supplied by what are
termed "new issue' of demand notes.
Since the passage of the Act of July, 1861,
the Government has relied chi.dly upon its
demhnd notes ; upon the deposits made with
several of the Sub-Treasurers, and by the
issue of certificates of indebtedness. Of the
latter about $66,000,000 have been issued.
Of the " new issue" of Treasury notes, about
$180,000,000 are already in circulation. The
Department is now p iying them out at the
rate of $600,000 daily.
• Of the class of bowls known as the 5.205,
$18,571,100 have been issued. The exact
amount of deposits with the Sub Treasurers
on call, is about $65,000,000. The aggre
gate indebtedness of the Department, coupe
quently will foot up as follows:
Debt contracted prior to July,
1861,
Bonds bearing 7 3 10 per cent
interest,
Bonds bearing 6 per cent inter
est, payn ,le in 1881,
Certificates of indebtocineis,
Deposits with the Sub Troa,
sury, and payable on call, 65,000,000
Treasury notes, new issue, 180,000,000
Custom House notes, 24,000,000
The Five-twenty year bonds, 18,571,100
Total indebtedness,
The statement, we believe, is. approxi•
mately correct,' aking the figures as they
stood on the 22d instant, and making the
liabilities of Govertment considerably less
than the current estimates. it should re•
lieve all apprehension as to any embarrass•
meat to be caused by our public debt. The
interest on the total amount at six per cent
is only $39,214,266. , But only $449,571,100
draw interest, reducing the charge upon the
Treasury from this quarter to $26,974,266.
To meet this charge we have the revenue
from customs, which will probably equal
$60,000,000 the present 'y'ear, and the l'eve
noes from the extraordinary sources recently
provided.
These sources were, designed to realize
fully $200,000,000 annually. We lean ed
that so far they promise to prove productive
far beyond the estimate. There can be no
doubt of their realizing an immense sum,
and.forming a secure basis ; not only for the
payment.of. interest_accruing on the public
debt, hut`for its rapid extinguishment, upon
the elwiS of the war. The abundance of
rnoneidemonstrates the ability of Govern
ment to borrow to any required amount. As
previously argued by us, the nation finds no
difficulty in 'sustaining he burdens of the
war, as _it possesses in abundance whatever
is necessary for its prosecution• --•men, food,
and mateFials and . Munitions of all kinds.
So long . as the people will, dispose of these
'for the obligations Of Government, no finan
cial embarrassment need beTeared.,
in the present financiaicondhion of the,
'nation, consequently, all' is well. The peo.
pip have pot' INit a Jot of their confidence,
notwithstanding the failures in the
operations of the Government. They feel
that want of success has been duo to incom
petency in those who have directed affairs,
not to any weakness of the cause, or in the
means of its maintenance and support.—
Confidence is unabated, that the right men
in the right place will at last appear. Mote
than a year ago it was felt on'all bands that
military successes were essential to the ne
gotiatious of loans. They haae not come in
.the degree predicted or expected ; yet it
would be far easier for the Government to
borrow to day than it was a year ago. We
refer to this to show that it is always unsafe
to underestimate the financial strength of
the people.
On the ectitrary, the war will demonstrate
a strength on the part of the nation far trap•
scendi.ig, whftitever was claimed for it by its
most ardent advocates. The natural resour•
ces of this country are so vast, that no limit
can be placed upon its productiveness under
the stimulus of a great necessity, or demand,
especially so long as the war is not waged
upon Northern soil. With our financial
strength unabated, all other things will come
in due time. The experience, under similar
circumstances, of all nations addicted to
peace, has been similar to our own. But
the work of preparation is going on, while
, military talent is being developed, so that
we are really making vastly greater progress
than is generally supposed. In the mean
time, we are consolidating our political unity,
gaining in confidence and in experience,
which cannot fail in the end, to conduct to
complete success•
LATEST WAR NEWS.
The news through rebel channels is quite
intereniting. The rebel General Hindman in
in prison at Little Rock, and is to he taken
to Richmond for trial. Albert Pike makes
a number of charges, one of which was the
stealing, under assumed authority, of over
a million dollars from the Memphis banks
for military operations. Another was that
all the wells on the route by which the Union
army would march were to be poisoned.—
Other charges aro made, ,, but they are not
specifically important.
. Important rebel movements are reported
to be going on in Virginia, but what they
are the telegraph does not precisely say.—
Stonewall Jackson, with his troops, is at
Berryville.
James R. Lackland, a prominent lawyer
of St. Louis,has been arrested in consequence
of sentiments expressed at a Democratic
meeting held there lately.
i A number of State prisoners have been
released
The rebel Bragg is in Richmond.
The old Pennsylvania regiments are to be
11l
led up with drafted. men- -
Major General Lew. Wallace has been
assigned to duty in the Department of the
Tennessee.
Affairs on the Potomac appCoach a crisis.
The relative positions of the two armies are
such that a battle cannot, be mud' longer
delayed. If the report be true, and we see
no reason to doubt it, that the rebel attriy of
Western Virginia has made a junction with
that of Lee, it looks as if General Lee has
determined not to retreat, but to give McClel
lan battle in his present position. The lat
i ter general, although he has moved his
fort-es, has done it in such a cautious and
able manner as will no doubt perplex the
rebel commander and leave him in ignorance
as to Where the blow will fall. Reconnoit
' ring parties of cavalry are sent out daily,
and one of these, under command of Gen.
Pleasanton, approached to within a mile or
two of Snicker's Gap, where the rebels were
found in considerable force. They are lying
in large force in the vicinity of Snicker's
Gar, on the west side of the Blue Ridge, and
loi've a Marts of troops in the Shenandoah
V a lley, beyond the Gap. Coasiant lining
was heatal in the vicinity of Purcellsville on
Saturday, and it is _supposed that a battle
was in progress between Gen. Payard's cav
alry and the rebels under Stuart. A balloon
reraoineis:.ance from Bolivar Heights estab
-Pt - fished the fact that a large cavalry force is
lying at. Ch rlestewn, and (hey have guns in
petition to sweep the road.
Snicker's Gap has been occupied by,Gen
liar) cock, A heavy force of rebels attempt•
el to retake the position, but were repulsed
with loss.
By zeneral orders, alt enlistments made
from the volunteer forces into the regular
army have been declared void, and such men
are to be returned to their regiments.
One of our gunboats recently went up
York river as far as West Point to put a stop
to the contraband trade in oysters carried on
by the rebels.
Private Wm : W. Lunt is to be shot for
desertion to the , enemy and for highway rob•
berv.
Richmond papers say that the people of
North Carolina distrust the ability of the
rebel government to protect them against
the Union troops
Gen Banks is at Boston, it is supposed,
arranging some of the details of the Texas
expedition•
Congressional Districts—Official.
Kra( District—Philadelphia.
Webb, U. Randall, 11.
1,832 1,672
1,108 1,173
759 1,652
918 1,156
829 902
827 1,206
Second ward
Third "
Fourth "
Fifth
Sixth "
Eleventh ward
$118,000,000
Randall's majority,
Second District—Philadelphia
O'Neill, U. Biddle, B ,
2,509 1,840
1,893 1,199
1,223 1,034
1,231 1,039
1,831 956
132,000,000
First ward
Seventh ward
Fighth - ward
Ninth ward
Tenth ward
50,000,000
65,000,000
$653,571,100
O'Neill's majority, 2,646 .
Third District—Philadelphia.
Myers, U. Kline. A.
Twelfth ward!! 11,060 . 1,116
Thirteenth ward 14491 1,062
Sixteenth ward 1,231 1,494
Seventeenth ward 867 1,649
Eighteenth ward 1,793 1,107
Nineteenth ward 1,053 1,824
8'286
8,243
8,243
Myers' majority 42
, Fourth District—Philadelphia.
Kelley, IT. ' Nieholean, D.
Fourteenth ward 1,712 1,180
Fifteenth ward . 2,940 1,874
Twentieth ward 1,201 1,803
Twenty•firet ward -2.188 . 2,154
Twenty•fourtb ward '1,505 . 1,601
Kelley's majority 828
Fifth Discreet—Philadelphia (part) and Bucks.
Thayer, U 4, Carrigan,
B.
TwentY.second ward 1,642 986
Twenty-third ward 1,800 1,162,
Twenty-fifth ward 648 973
Phila. Districts
Bucks courtly
Thayer'
e majority, 62
Krause, U. Mee, B.
Moritgonier) 6.288 6,640
Lehigh 2,854 - 4,676
Stile? majority,
Seventh District.
Broomall. U. 111cCall,B
7,137 ' 4,976
2,764 1,470
Cheetel
Delaware
Broomall's mnjority, 1,446 6
Eighth District
Wanner, U.
4,898
Berke
Ancona's majority,
Ninth District
Lancaster
Stevens' majority, 4,624
Tenth Diatrici.
Campbell, U. &rouse. B.
6,476 7,089
3,043 2,2004
Sob uylkill
Lebanon
Stroueo'■ majority,
Northampton
Carbon
Monroe
Pike
Wayne
Johnson's majority,
Twelfth District
Lu2erne_
Susquehanna
Ih3niciaates majoril Jr,
Thirteenth Distriod.
Tracy, 1. R. Clark, R s
3,676 4,036
1,833 I,lla
609 281
2,820 1,467
1,183 60T
Bradford
Wyoming
Sullivan
Columbia
Montour
Tracy's majority 1,817
Fourteenth District
Patterson, 11. Miner, D.
Northumberland, 2,020 3;084
Union, 1,550 , 1,186.
Snyitetr ; 1,582 1,264
Juniata, 928 1,68 a
Dauphin, 8,960 3,488
mniority, 521
FOcenthDiatrici.
Bailey, D. Glonsbrener, The
4,510 7,1794
4,154 1,988
3,301 579
ME
etim;,erleind,
EMI
Adams,
Franklin.
Fulton,
Bedforel,
Somerset
Cambria,
Blair,
Huntingdon,
Mifflin,
Tiogn,
Potter,
Lyooming,
Clinton,
Centre,
Erie,
Werren,
Clearffeltl;
Jefferson,
McKean,
Forest,
Elk,
Cameron,
6,2,3
7,720
6,273
Crawford,
Mercer,
Venango,
Clarion,
EMI
8,614
6,068
C,068
Fayette,
Weetmoreland,
Indiana,
Dawson's majority, 224
Twenty- Second District.
Moorehead, U. ,Ifamilton, B.
Allegheny (part) • 8,087 4,878
- 6,078
8,248
Moorehead's maj, 2,869
Twenty-Third District.
Ziegler, B.
Allegheny, (pare) 4,098 •2,292
Butler, 2,050 2,810
Armstrong, 2,241 2,588
8,040
8,1118
8,118
Lantana°,
Beaver, ,
Greene, ,
Washington,
8,001
6,482
8,680
5,926
ger The rebel General Van Dorn We
ideally removed by Jeff Davis after losing
the battle ofCornith.. Gen. HaHeck remarks
that the saute rigid system of accountability
would doubtless have Sttied US from many
disasters and reverses in the past.
9,518
U,005
0,643
Sixth District
8,092
9,89)
6,446
Stevens, 11. Steinman, B.
11,174 6,650
GAO
8,618
Eleventh District
Itouch, U.
868
984
468
, 88
239
2,592 11,676
2,02
brow, U.
5,708.
8,938
9,641 11,4013
9,641
9,620
7,70,3
110,109 10,630
1131109
11,965
9 , , T 46.
Bailey's in,Qority 2,219 ,
-Sixteenth Distecra
mophezison, 6T. ebffroth, 17.
2.3,17 2,969
34,124 8,148
719 1,011
1,686 2,332
2,380 1,508
10,426, 10,963
10,426
Cot Troth's majority, 537
Seven lead h Dijeria.
Ltlair; U. McAllister, B.
1,418 2,866
2,316 2,107
2,361 1,999
1,462 1,867
7,666
AlcAHist er's ma:wily, 772
Eighteenth Diatriet.
Armstrong. U. Hale, I. IL
2,786 1,117
1,082 . 421
2,630 8,681
1,038 F4_, 1,271
1,419 2,782
8,855 `,
Hale's majority, 417
[639 votee were (met for A. A. Child.]
Nineteenth District.
Schofield, U. Courtright, B.
4,112 8,148
1,890 1,245
1,804 2,198
1,424 1,508
671 664
82 50
2.6 607
195 148
9 964
9,462
Schofield's maj. 492
Twentieth District.
Myers, U. Church, 11.
5,044 3,654
3,404 3.091
2,689 2,498
1,867 2,848
12.404 11,586
11,685
Myers' majorit7, 818
rtven(y,First Dietriet.
Steward. U. Dawson, B.
2.717 8,663
3,728 6,086
3,664 1,645
10,009 10,284
10,009
8,989
7,686
maj. 1,854
Twenty-Fourth biatritt•
U. Lazenr,
2,648. 1,005,
2,808 - 1,788.
902 8,03 i
8,688 4,209
9,547
Lftiollea majority,
11,8 ''
8,092
8,224
6,446
Ancona. B.
10,022
9,898
5,124
9,284'
8,518,
Johnson, B.
4,2,78
1,698
2,061
711
2,768
9, OM
Dennison. 1.
8,89 a
Mil&
1,762
7,703,
9,745,
8828
7,656
9,272
8,956
9,462
QM
-9,984
9,647
487