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CARLISLE, PA..
Friday, April ,8 1881.
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ments and Subscriptions for us at our lowest rates.
The People's Choice for President,
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
LECTURE
AT
RHEEM'S HALL•
E. W. DUNBAR, Esq., of Washing
ton City, will deliver a free lecture to the
citizens of Carlisle at
RHEEM'S HALL,
on Tuesday evening, April 12th at 7i o
dock.
SUBJECT-"Our Country and War."
Lecture to be interspersed with Singing.
Mr. BurinAn is one of the most popu
lar and eloquent Speakers in the Coun
try. We invite for him a crowded. house.
TAKE NOTlCE.—Persons indebted to the
subscribers are urgently requested to make
payment. H. C. SAWYER,
Fon GONGIRESS.—A. J Glossbrenner, Eeq.,
announces himself as a or ndidate for the cop
perhead nomination for Congress for this die•
trict. The York Gazette, an organ in his in
terest, claims that he would have been elect
ed in 1862 '.but for a misunderstanding in the
minds of is portion of the Democracy of Cum
berland and Perry ;" claiming that they will
now rally on Mr. G. "because of the renewed
betrayal of the Democratic party by Mr.
Bally," whose unpardonable offence consists
in his advocacy of the war measures of the
Government, and his refusal to recognize the
government-of-Jefferson -Davis,-as
lence that of a free people.
Mr. Glosebrenners claim, that the eminent
service he has rendered the party in the State
by sinking a large portion of his means in the
establishment of that grave for cash, the Age
newspaper, entitles him to their favorable
consider:alien in this little matter.
IteirTlTE official majority in the State of
New York, upon the new amendment of the
Constitution permitting soldiers to vote, is
210,716. When the vote shall be taken mi
the same issue in Pennsylvania, we shall look
for a popular majority in favor of the proposi
Lion that will be quite as large, in spite of
the opposition of the Copperhead leaders.
WirGov. CURTIN has dispatched his mili•
tary secretary to Washington, to leek after
the interests of the State and the several dis•
tricts in the matter of quotas, credits and
deficits. The recent statements as to the de
ficiency of Pennsylvania are grossly errone-
THE FUNERAL OP OWEN Lovejoy.--The fu
neral of the late Owen Lovejoy took place
Tuesday afternoon, from Plymouth Church,
Brooklyn. Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, Rev.
Dr. Storrs, and Rev. Dr Cheever, were pres
ent, and paid each of them a glowing eulogy
on the deceased. His remains are to be sent
to Freeport, Illinois. Among the pall bearers
were William Cullen Bryant, the poet, C. Top
pan, and a negro named Davis, formerly a
slave.
The. Royal Baptism---Prof. J. W
Marshal
We have before us the Leeds Mercury, of
March 11. A large portion of the paper is
devoted to the ceremonies attendant upon the
baptism of the infant son of the Prince of
Wales which occured on the anniversary of
the marriage of the Prince of Wales with
the Princess Alexandra. At Leeds the event
was signalized by a banquet given by the
Mayor, at which all the dignitaries of the
place were present. In toasting the repre
sentatives of foreign powers the Mayor said
"it afforded him great satsfaction to welcome
to that board these representatives. The
people of Leeds, in common with their fellow
countrymen, being anxious to mantnin
friendly relations with the world. (Hear.)
He hoped that the peace and amity which
at present existed amongst all nations would
long continue. (Hear.) (Ur. Marshal, the
United States Consul, responding, said it
afforded him great p'eaSure to participate in
the celebration of the event which had call
ed them together, and it also afforded him
pleasure to bear testimony to the high respect
and the feeling of reverence which the Amer.
icon people bore towards the personage who
new occupied the throne, not only because
she was the Queen of Great Britain, and
allied to them by the ties of blood, but es
pecially because of those domestic virtues
which adorned the position she occupied.
(Cheers.) He reciprocated the remarks of
the Mayor, and hoped that the feelings of
amity and friendship between his own na
tion and England would be more-closely ce
mented, and that there should be no grounds
of dispute between people springing from
the same stock, speaking the same language,
and animated and imbued!by the same prin
ciples of liberty. (Hear, hear.)
ir*'l4ll3 ATLANTIC MONTHLY (or April opens
with some "Fighting Facts for Fogies," in
which Mr. Hazowell demonstrates that a large
proportion of great battles have been fotight
by generals past the middle age. "The School-
Waster s Story," biA. M. Diaz, is very en
tertaining. Gail Hamilton delineates the life
of Blake the artist ; Mrs. Stowe tells how to
furnish a parlor in her "House and 'Home
Papers"; Fitz Hugh Ludlow sketches the
"Mormons" In a lively manner; and Dr.
Holmes unfolds "Cur Progressive Indepen•
deuce" as a people. "The First Visit to Wash.
ington" of Secretary Chase forms a very in
teresting narrative. The poetry is by Whittier,
Lowell and others. The Atlantic is &Wish
ed by Messrs. Tick nor & Fields, Boston,
at $a 00 a year. Single copies 26 cents.
For THROAT DISEASES and Affections of the
Amt.' "Brown's Bronchial Troches." or Cough
,Loseuges, ar,e of great value. Coughs, Ir
ritation of the Throat caused by cold, Un
usual Flom' . ti of the vocal organs, in spook
,ing in pnkiic,• ,or.singing, they' prodnee the
most betiekulal results. ,
The Rise in Prices.
It is not gold alone that is advancing . in
price. Houses, lands, rents, the necessaries
and the luxuries of life, labor—in fact, every
thing that men buy and sell, shares the up
ward tendency. Within the past month the
advance in prices has been considerably ac
celerated, and that, too, without any disaster
to our arms or any unfavorable news from
abroad. What are the causes
The high price of gold is, of course, the
primary cause. Gold is the standard of val
ue. It is needed for exchange and for the
payment of import duties, and the more of
it that in required for these purposes, the
scarcer it becomes and the higher goes the
price. We do not receive as much gold as
we send abroad. The balance is therefore
against us, and we are constantly depleting
our supply. Until we reduce our large im
ports, this drain will consequently go on.
But the demand for import duties also dimin.
ishes the supply, for all the gold that is paid
upon this account into the treasury does not
return to the channels of trade. Until the
passage of the gold bill, there was no law
or regulation that could prevent the Govern
ment from accumulating a larger amount of
specie than its wants required, and withdraw.
ing to the extent of the needless accumula
tion that amount from the market. This
evil has been remedied by recent legislation.
But no legislation can reach a greater evil.
Most of the Old paid out by the Government
is for interest on its bonds. We do not know
what proportion of these bonds is held by
private individuals, but certainly it must be
very large. These holders, upon receiving
their interest in gold, do not as a rule throw
it again into the market.. They hoard it.
To all intents and purposes it might as well
be buried out of sight. The drain for ex
change and the disposition to hoard will
therefore, as seems to us, if not counteracted
by prompt legislation, continue to eat up the
specie capital of the country, and as fast as
k is consumed, just so fast will the premium
GM
There is another cause for the rise in
prices, and that is, the abundance of paper
ofilnp - ply - and . tlemand-ap--
plies to money as fully as to every value it
represents. If the crop of potatoes or wheat
is large, down goes the price ; if the crop of
paper money is abundant, down goes its
price as compared with the standard—gold.
There can he no doubt that we have to-day
in this country more paper money than the
Government or the people need. If the peo
ple had courageously resolved two years ago
to tax themselves heavily for the support of
the war, the four hundred and odd - MilliOlis
of greenbacks would have furnished a sutfi•
cient amount of the circulating medium to
conduct the war and secure the prosperity
of the people. But we have not done this.
On the contrary, we have added largely to
the issue of legal tenders by creating certifi
cates of indebtedness, interest bearing notes
and national currency—this, too, without re
stricting in the least the issue of the notes
of state banks. We have more money than
we need, and the result is, high prices and
wasteful extravagance.
Still another cause of the inflation of
prices we apprehend is found in the anxiety
whish is manifested with regard to the ulti
male payment of our public debt. This anx
iety is fed daily by the predictions of bank
ruptcy in which the copperhead press so
freely indulges. In proportion as this fev
erish condition of the public mind becomes
contagious, just in that proportion will faith
in the promises to pay of the Government be
lessened, and when men commence to I.,se
their faith in a bank, they commence to dis
count its notes. The masses do not share
this anxiety, but many timid persor.s do, and
their fears help to depreciate our paper mon
ey and put up prices.
There is a remedy for the tendency to still
further inflate prices, First, prevent the
drain of the precious metals to Europe by
imposing a tariff that will absolutely he pro
hibitory on many articles that are mere lux
uries; Second, in some manner—we do not
now undertake to say how—prevent the fur
ther increase of paper money ; Third, at
once levy a heavy tax upon the people, to
provide for the pecuniary wants of the Gov
ernment and to show the holders of Govern
ment securities that we are not to go on blind•
ly increasing the public debt until, like the
southern confederacy, the bottom shall be
out of our financial tub; and, Fourth, se
cure an early and overwhelming victory by
our armies over those of the rebels—a victory
which will at once and forever insure the es
tablishmeat of the authority of the Govern
ment over every foot of the union territory.
Let things be done; let our imports be dimin
ished, the further increase of paper money
be prevented, the people taxed, the rebels
driven from Richmond, and prices, like Capt.
Scott's coon, will at once come down. Men
will not then hoard their gold, but will sell it.
And when prices do fall, as they eventually
will, somebody will be badly hurt. Now is
the time for the wise to prepare to stand
from under. So says the Pittsburg Gazelle.
A correspondent of the New York Evening
Post, who, in 1860, predicted within one elec.
toral vote the result of the Presidential elec
tion, ventures another trial of his gift of pro
pheoy, and puts down the agures for next
November as follows :
Union. Opposition.
Arkansas 1 Kentucky 11
California 11 New Jersey 7
Colorado
Connecticut 6 lA3
Delaware 3 Doubtful.
Illinois 16 Missouri 11
Indiana 18 _ Not Voting. _
lowa 8 Alabama 8
Kaneae 8 Florida 8
Louisiana 7 Gleorgia 0
Maine 7 Missiesippi 9
Maryland 7 North Carolina 9
Massachusetts 12 South Carolina 6
Michigan 8 Texas' 6
Minnesota 4 Virginia (part) 6
Nebraska 2
Nevada , 3 ' 68
New Hampshire 6 Necessary to a gaholoo
New York 83 (if a Majority of the
Ohio 2r entire' eleatinal vote is
Oregon 8 required,) 141.
Pennsylvania '' 26 Necessary to a 'choice,
Rhode island 4 (if only a majority of
Tennessee 10 those vol,ing are re-
Vermont . ' 6 quirod,) 184..
Virginia (part) 6
West Virginia 5
Wisconsin _ ' 8 •
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CHIVALRY.
The Southern "gentlemen" have lately
made a new display of their chivalric senti
ment and practice. The bereaved father. of
Colonel Dahigren hns returned from Fortress
Monroe without the body of hie son,„and the
annexed abstract from a Richmond paper
probably gives a clue to the reason :
"He was buried like a dog, after outraging
his bcdy. His friends need not inquire where
he was buried I"
Probably the more decent officers were a
shamed to send book the mangled remains,
and preferred to remain under the imputation
of discourtesy rather than furnish tangible
proofs of their worse than heathenish barbar
ity. Whether this is so or not, the fact
that a Richmond journal could utter such a
trocious sentiments as we give below will re
main a monument of the character of this
chivalric rebellion Every day.-and every
hour brings more and, more oviderme,that the
claim of the Southern rebels to ohivalry is a
worse shame, if possible, than the claim of
their Northern allies to be a true Democracy.
They are both shams, and must perish before
the progress or"lnowledge. Even on their
favorite ground that a long line of wealthy
ancestry produces a chivalric and refined raoo,
we should be ready to meet them. But when
upon a sham aristocracy is grafted the arro
gance based upon wealth acquired by negro
trading, by slave-driving for hire, by negro
catching, and the various slave-dealing de
vices for acquiring wealth, which experience
proves to be the case, every honest man, be
he aristocrat or demount, will repudiate with
scorn the claim of the Southern rulers to even
the outside garb of a genuine aristocracy ;
while the recurrence of such events as the
treatment of yoiing Dahlgren, and the com
ments upon it by the Southern press, show
that public sentiment is corrupt, and true
civilisation might equally be claimed by the
Caribst:
Froth the Richmond Examiner:
" It would seem something of I. he curse he
came to bestow upon others lighted upon
his own (Dahlgren's) carcas, when it fell rid
dled by avenging Southern bullets. Stripped,
robbed of every valuable, the fingers out off
for the sake of the diamond rings that encir
cled them, when the body was found by those
sont—to__Lake _dattr_go_clf W 44 lying in a
field stark naked, with the exception of the
stockings.. Some humane persons had lifted
the corps from the pike and thrown it over
into the field, to save it from the hogs. The
artificial leg worn by Dahlgren was removed,
and is now at General Elzey's headquarters.
It is of moot beautiful design and finish.
Yesterday afternoon the body was removed
from the car that brought it to the York Riv
er Railroad depot and give to the spot of earth
selected to receive it- Where that spot is no
one but those concerned in its burial know or
care to tell. It was a dog's burial, without
coffin„winding sheet or service, Friends and
relatives at the North need inquire no firther ;
this is all they will know—be is buried a bur
ial that befitted the mission upon which he
came. He has 'swept through the city of
Richmond' on a pine bier, and 'written his
name` on the scroll of infamy, instead of 'on
the hearts of his countrymen,' never to be
erased."
A Mean Attempt to Outflank the
Soldiers
The Harrisburg correspondent of the Cham
bersburg Repository exposes a mean attempt
of the copperheads in the Legislature to de.
feat the constitutional amendment giving the
soldiers a right to vote. He says:
The Democrats are, as a party, opposed tO
the proposed amendments of the condtitu
tion allowing soldiers to vote ; but they'are:
too cowardly to vote squarely against the
measure. They, therefore, resort to every
indirect method of killing it; but they have
totally failed. There are two distinct amend
ments to the constitution pending. One al
lowing soldiers to vote, and the other relates
to au entirely different subject—prohibiting
legislation where courts have power, &c.
Before constitutional amendments can be
submitted to a vote of the people, they must
pass two consecutive sessions of the legisla
ture without amendment. Bad the first
proposition—that authorizing soldiers to
rote— been carried, and the second proposi
tion been defeated, it would have postponed
the amendment of the constitution for one
year at least, and prevented soldiers trout vo
ting at the next Presidential election! The
Democrats of the house therefore resolved
to profess friendship for the soldiers by vo
ting for that propo-ition ; but to defeat it in
very fact by voting down the second propo
sition. Every vote thus given was direct vote
against the right of suffrage to the soldiers,
and it cannot be otherwise explained. Un
ion men, by a party vote, carried the amend,
merits and they will be submitted to the peo.:
ple on the 4th of July next for. adoption.
—As a matter of interest I append the vote
in the House on the second proOsition :
Yeas—Messrs. Allernan, Balsbanhi;;Jtornett,
Bighorn, Billingfelt, Bowtran, (t4hcaster)
Brown, BurgYvin, Cochran, (lirie.) - o,lowan,
(Philadelphia) Colemen, Dennison, Etnier,
Foster, Glass, Guernsey, Haslett,
.Henry,
Herron. Hill, Huston, Kaiser, Kelley, Kerns,
(Philadelphia) Koonce, Lee, McClellan, Mc-
Kee, McMurtrie, Mayer, Marsh, Alarshal.
(Dem) Miller, Nagely, O'Harrit, Olmsted,
Orwig Paucoast, Price, Reed, Slack, Smith,
(Chester) Smith, (Lancaster) Smith, (Phia
delphia) Stanberger, Sutphin, Watt, Watson,
Wells, White, Windle, and Johnson—Speak
er-52.
Nays—Messrs. Alexander,(Clarion) Barger,
Beck, Bowman, (Cumberand) Boyer, Gar
ber, Hakes, Hargnett, Hopkins, Hoover,
Horton, Josephs ' Kerns, (Schuykill) Kline,
Long, M'Manus, Missiwer, Meyers, Noyes,
Pershing, Potteiger, Purdy, Quigley, Reiff,
Rox, Riddle, Rubinson, Schofield, Sharpe,
Shirtier, Spangler, Walsh, Weaver, Weiser,
and Wiml,ey--3.5.
It will be remembered that in the Senate
every Democrat member but Mr. Kinsey, of
Bucks voted squarely against the right of
the soldier: to vote, and Mr. Marshal, of Ad.
WIN, is al i only exception in the House.
The Cast Pennsylvania Conference
.of the
United Brethren in Christ recently heid their
session at Schuylkill Haven, Two of their
number were disposed of in the following
straightforward manner :
Nuclei:As, Their diel r oyalty to our Church
and the country`will lit thein best Lobe among
the friends of the Southern rebellion and the
sympathizers with Davis & Co ; therefore.
Resolved, That their names to erased form
our Conference journal, and that the presiding
elder of the Harrisburg district demand their
license, and they be eoneidered no members
of our church.
gorThere was quite an animated soene'in
Congress the , other day, when IHr. &bench
moved the passage of the bill dropping from
the army rolls unemployed generals and their
staffs. Cox, Voorhees, and other Demoorats
objected, protested, and threatened to dllibust.
er, if its passage was insisted on. Tkore was
a general clamor on that side of,the House
about McClellan. Of oourse,•theso howlers
about - taxes oppose everything that Nvot4d
save the country unnecessary expense.
MISCEGENATION.
Our pro-slavery neighbors are horrified at
this new word and the idea whicth,it 'covers.
They cannot look with composure on the grad•
ual bleaching ont Of the African race, and de
nounce all abolitionists as desirous of com
plete amalgamation: But they are late with
their outcries ; the`work of "miscegenation"
has been going an at the South for whole
generations. Here is a case which lately
cams to our imeiredge.
W.,---H..F.4—has just enlisted in a
Massachusetts regiment. He 'is as white as
half the white soldiers in our army, but in
reality has a mixture of African an Indian
blood, and is the son of a white man, Samuel
Rector by name, living at Culpepper Court
Heusei nod a Member of the church there,
is both the father and the grandfather of F—,
who is the eon of his sister by his grandfath
er. That is to say, Mr. Rector first committed
adultery with one of his slaves, then offer a
sufficient lapse of time, committed incest with
his daughter by this slave, and to crown the
whole, when the issue of his second conneo•
Lion was in a rebel prison at Richmond he
came forward and testified against the young
man to prevent his being discharged with
other prisoners.
When the copperheads wish to give a ser
mon against amalgamation, we advise them
to-go to Culpepper, Virginia, and take Samuel
Reefer for an illustration of the subject,
THE PRICE OF COAL
The people are paying sadly for the copper
head opposition to the authority of the Gov
ernment in the months of July and August
by producing riots by their teachings agasnst
the conscription. Work was suspended for
some time in the coal mines in Schuylkill co.,
Pa., by riotous proceedings among the miners,
which caused a great falling off in the supply,
but work has been resumed again, and about
100,000 tons are convoyed to market weekly,
all of which is due to the order restored in
the region by the presence of the military.
The salutary effect of having an armed force
to keep up the supply of fuel in the country
ore thus shown. Every consumer 'of coal
from the Government, (which takes it by the
thousands of tons) down to the poor man,
(who is content-to-get. it by ,the bushel) is• in
terested in having order preserved in Schuyl
kill co.
But the disorder that existed in the coal re
gion before the military were sent there has
cost the country a good deal. The Miner's
Journal says :
•The consumers of coal abroad will be tax
ed al least three millions of dollars this year,
by the lawless •iolence that has prevailed in
the different coal regions, and particularly in
Schuylkill, without the trade or mass of Ow
empley.ees_derjving, much benefit. f rein it.. All
this violence is directly traceablo to the politi
cal copperhead leaders and scoundrels, who
have kept the masses in a constant state of
excitement by the infamous falsehoods they
have promulgated against, the Government,
and palliating and sanotioniug the scenes of
violence whioli have disgraced some parts of
our county and nearly destroyed the value of
property in these districts."
National. Finances—Congressional
Dereliction of Duty.
The N. V . Tribune has the following severe
but just strictures on the conduct. of Congress
in negleoting - an3 trifling with the necessary
work of financi...l legislation, from the_corn
mencemeut of the session until now ;
"Gold has gone up, in part bemuse the
work of suppressing the Rebellion has scarce
ly gone forward since last September; in part
because our present Congress has evinced
shameful incapacity or infidelity to its trust
in postponing the necessary, inevitable action
for the reinvigoration of the National Credit
We ears not whether you concur a not in our
conviction that, in their base subserviency to
the Whisky-gamblers, a majority of either
House justly forfeited the confidence of their
constituents.sinee you cannot deny that a
Congress tit to exist would have matured and
perfected some sort of Financial system be
fore the close of its fourth month. Not to
act at all in a crisis like the present—to in
crease no taxes—pass no important measures
of Finance—till t he fifth month of the session,
is a glaring confession that our legislators are
as incompetent as our Generals have ever
been. IsFCellart's waiting with two hundred
thousand men for the leaves to fall and the
mud to dry up, and for all manner of straws
to be removed from.lis path, is fairly parallel
ed by the obstiunee do nothing impolicy of the
present Congress. And it is this, more than
any thing done or forborne in the Treasury
buildingy that has sent Gold up like a rocket
since the present year came in. Had it good,
substantial system of increased taxation—
adding at least one hundred millions per
annum to our Internal Revenue, doubling the
duties on imported luxuries, and securing
the collection of the Income Tax already levi•
ed,,but not one quarter paid—been perfected
by the Ist of February, as it should have been,
gold would not have been above O 0 per cent
premium this year. Ihe bill authorizing the
Secretary of the Treasury to sell gold tinder
certain contingencies is very well so far as it
goes; but should have been*" preceeded by
measures 'untiring that he would have gold to
Sell. In the absence of these, It can amount
to- { little ; and we have already sent or must
send, away twenty millions of gold, that
would have been saved to sustain the national
credit, if an enhanced tariff on luxuries had
been passed when it should have been.
There are members of Congress who have
not deserved these strictures, and will not ap
propriate them. As for all those who shall
feel touched by them, we beg to be understood
as meaning them."
How The Rebels Steal Supplies
Sent to Union Prisoners
A letter from Annapolis, 1111., Bays
The reminiscences of the returned'officers
from Libby are it 3 the main similar, and most
ly a repetition of the old tale. The- officers
explained the dodge by which wo have been
made In believe that the boxes sent from
home and by the Sanitary Commission have
been or are being delivered, thus : When a
flag of truce boat arrives, the rebels distrib
ute a few boxes, put atop the moment the next
batch of released prisoners are off. These
men seeing the distribution going on, an
nounce that fact pt home. It is averred by
more than one officer cognizant of the facts,
the,. there have been at least 2,000 boxes re
ceived by the Rebels, but never distributed,
some of which are now on hand. The tneth
od of giving the contents of a box to its owner
is - somewhat ingenious, but quite destructive.
The fortunate possessor is required 143 bring
his blanked and area') it on the ground. The
box is opened, mid package after package to.
ken out and ezamined. Cheeses are cut into
inch Ocoee andpitched into the blanket.--
Cans of condense') milk are perforated with a
steel pointed baton and follow suit. pooka
gee of coffee, tea, sugar,. sail, etc.. ere torn
open and poured into the cooglotneraLion
Cans-of . ..butter are treated a la. eons of milk,
and eo on through the whole category of good
ies. The' unfortunate owner is then told to
take up his blanket and walk, phial be doee,
cursing the brute is' ho spgjled. gtret k/is /µx•
arias and then hie comfort."
Stir It appears that the . President has as
umed the responeibillty of appointing sixty
cadets to the West Point Academy in plane' of
those to whioh the rebel Stales would have
been entitled.
ORGANIZATION OF LOYAL
PENNSYLVANIANS IN WASH-
INGTON' t
It affords ur'great pleasure to announce
that the loyal Pennsylvanians, civil and mil
itary, 'residing and doing business at the
capital of the nation, have fully organized
themselves into an association to co-operate
with similar organizations throughout our
State in the work of promoting the cause of
the Union, and placing in power—State and
National—only such as are loyal men. To
this end the loyal Pennsylvanians of
WaShington design to disseminate through
out their State, by Means of documents,
speeches, &c., that necessarily intelligence
and light to open the understanding and
convince and undeceive the thousands who,
under the influence and tutelage of Demo
crats and Copperheads, aro filled with and
entertain erroneous impressions of not only
the existing oondltion of things, but also
as to the model Of their ''Oivn conduct and.
actions in regard to the approaching cam
paign.
We , append the names of the officers of the
organisation, and from our personal knowl
edge of many of them we regard it in all re
spects to he not only a strong, but, as time
will prove, an active, efficient organization,
whose influence for good will ho powerfully
telt:
President --Hon. J. K. Moorhead, Alle
gheny.
Vice Presidents,--J. W. Forney, Philadel
phia ; J. P. Jones, Blair ; Judson Holcomb,
Bradford.
RecQrding Secretary—John M. Sullivan,
Butler.
Correspoding Secretary--,Jno. Penn Jones
Treasurer—D. C. Fahnestock, Dauphin.
The executive committee is composed of
one representative from each Senatorial Dis
trict, and is as follows:
1. Joseph M. Wilson, Lorin'Blodget, Ed
ward 'Young, Martin M. Rohrer—Philiviel
ph in.
2. Franklin Taylor—Chester and Dela
ware.
3. Vacant—Moutgomery.
4. Vacant—Buck - 13.
5. B. F. Stem—Lehigh and Northamp
ton.
6. A. L. Hendershotz—l3erks,
7. Vacant—Schuyikill.
A. D. C. KalbrusCarbon, - Monroe; - Pike;
and Wayne.
9. John Mathei—Bradford, 3nsquehanna,
Sullivan and Wyoming.
10. W. N. Jenk4—Luzerne.
11. M. 11. Doob—Tioga,,POtter, McKean
and Warren.
13. Clinton Lloyd—Clinton, Lyooming,
Centre and Union.
13. C. N. Franciseus—Snyder, Montour,
Northumberland and Columbia.
14, \Vm. M, Porter—Cumberland and
Perry. -
15. D. C. Forney—Dauphin and Lebanon.
IG. Ji3lia - B; Wft - rfet, — 2ll - : - T. ibShman—L -
Lancaster and Columbia,
17.Sarnuol Wagner—York.
IR. Edward McPherson—Adams, Frank
lin and Fulton.
19. F. Gordon—Somerset, Bedford and
Huntingdon.
20. W. 11. Gardner—Blair, Cambria and
Clearfield:
21. A. W. Kimmel—lndiana and Arm
strong.
22. W. A. Cook—Westmorelandand Fay
ette.
23. L. L. Minor—Washington and Greene.
24. I). L. Eaton, James A.,
gheu y.
25. \Vun. Cunningham—Deaver and -But
ler.
J N. Dickson—Lawrence, Mercer and
Vrnango.
27. henry Babbitt—Erie and Crawford,
2R. -, Clarion, Jefferson, For
est and Elk.
The above organization meets every Wed
nesday evening, in the building or George
Parker Az Go,, on Pennsylvania avenue, be
tween Sixth and Seventh streets, opposite
the Metropolitan Hotel, where all Pennsyl
vanians in Washington, and those having
business in that city, will be cordially wel
comed.
THE COPPERHEAD RIOT IN IL
LINOIS.
Particulars ht . the Affair—Seven Men Killed
and .Vans Others Won nded Uharlegtun.
The Chtrayo Tribune has sonic fuller partic
ulars of the Copperhead riot. in Coles Co., 111.
A letter' to that paper ) dated at Mattoon on
the 29th of Larch, says :
" Yesterday, about 70 or 100 Copperheads
the most desperate characters iii this and a
few adjoining counties, assembled at Charles
ton, where the Circuit Court was in session.
A few officers and soldiers of the 54th Illi
nois, veterans, were there on a furlough.
" A-little after- 3 o'clock p. m., while Court
was quietly in session, a man named Nelson
Wells suddenly fired on a soldier in the
court-yard, As though this was a precon
certed signal, the Copperheads in the Court
House and yard opened a general fire on
Union men and soldiers'with revolvers, mak
ing a rush at the same time ton wagon where
they had guns concealed, and firing with
these as fast as they could get them,
" The few soldiers present, being taken
entirely by surprise, fought manfully with
their pistols, and soon the dead and wounded
were scattered around the public scinare,—
The soldiery and Union citizens ran fur guns
as soon as possible, but as they returned the
Rebels were in full retreat, the whole affair
thus far having occupied but a short time.
" Cot Mitchell of the 54th Illinois was
without his revolver when it commenced.—
While attempting to take a pistol from a man
he was shot by another man, the ball strik
ing his heavy gold watch and inflicting a
slight wound. Another man put a pistol to
his back, and would have killed him had it
not snapped. Still another man was just
about firing a fatal shot at him, when asol
diet. knocked him down with a brickbat.—
The Colonel was shot at a dozen times or
more. Major Shabal. York, Surgeon of the
54th, was shot dead while gallantly defend
ing himself.
"Within an hour from the beginnig of the
affair. Lieut. Col. Chapman, with a portion
of the 54th—about 260 men—arrived from
Mattoon, 23 miles distant, and squads were
sent out after the retreating Copperheads.—
About 35 of the raiders were arrested during
the evening and night, and are now here un
der guard.
" They cut the telegraph east of Charles
ton as they retreated. They mot a soldier—
LeviFreisner, Co: e„64th—whom they took
prisoner at the command of John S. O'Hair,
Sheriff of Coles County; who was at their
head.
" The soldier was retaken at daylight this
morning, and six Rebels, who were guarding
him, were captured. The following is a
list of killed and wounded as far as known :
0 KILLED—Major S. York, Surgeon, .54th :
James Goodrich, C, 54th ; A. Swain, 0-, 54th;
Wm. Hart, 520 Illinois; Jno. Jending, Union
citizen
" WOUNDED-001. Mitchell, 64th„Oliver
Sales, C. 54th • a private unknown, G. 54th :
Decker, GE, 2461 ; Geo. Ross, C. 54th ; E.
Noyes, I, both ; iYm. Gilman, citizen; Thos.
Jeffries, citizen. _
. _
"COPPERHEADS KILLED—NeIson Wells, who
began the rilfray ; John Cooper.
" E. Winkles was wounded, and sereral
other wounded Copperheads were hauled car
in .wagans by their friends.
" Col. McHenry Brooks, who is author
ized to raise a new regiment,: took a part in
the fight, and was quite active in following
up and arresting the Rebels in their hiding
laces last night.
The St. Louis Democrat says :
"It is nothing new that in many portions
of Illinois, particularly the southern portion
there have existed the most dangerous ele
ments. The worst kind of Copperheads are
to be found there. Not • only are resident
Illinoisans to be found among them, but a
considerable number of dangerous charac
ters properly belonging to this State have
taken shelter there, where they have found
congenial company, and would not be likely
to be so closely watched by the military au
thorities as here. We have not failed to give
timely warning, as far as we had the ability,
of the movements of these men, telling our
Urlion neighbors across the river to be on
their guard against them. This warning is
never more appropriate than at the present
time. The President's Amnesty Proclama
tion has brought Rebels in large numbers
tmong us from the enemy's lines, many of
whom may find it agreeable to extend their
travels to points where they are not so well
known as here."
The Bounty Law
The Bounty Bill, as it is called, has passed
kith branches of-the Legislature, been signed
by the Governor, and is now a law. It ap
pears to cover the whole ground, and fully
authorizes counties, cities, wards, boroughs,
and townships to borrow money, assess and
collect luxes to pay bounties not exceeding
WO per man. The bill occupies several col
umns. We have i,repared the following syno
psis which sets forth, in brief, all the previa
ions of the bill :
SECTION 1 provides: That :all bonds, war
rants, or certificates of indebtedness issued
by the Commissioners of any county, or the
corporate authorities of any city, ward or
borough, or the school directors, or supervis
ore of any township of ,this commonwealth,
for the payment of bounties to persona enter•
ing the military or naval service of the United
States, under the call of the Pre,ident, are
hereby legalized and made valid and binding
upon such counties, wards, boroughs, or
townships ; and that all monies advanced or
borrowed by special committees or individu
als, with the understanding that a law would
be enacted le legalize such loan, shall be as
good and valid as if the eamo had teen sub
scribed or borrowed by the corporate authort•
ties to pay the principal and interest of such
loan or iu•lebtedneas.
tivp. 2 provides: That all payments of
bounties to volunteers or loans for that pur
pose be and the same are hereby legalized and
made,valid.
b'co. 3, adthorizes and requires the cor
porate authorities aforesaid to execute and
complete all agreements and contracts hereto
fore made, for the payment of bounties, or
for refunding advancements made for that
purpose by any special committee, individual
or individuals; and further authorizes the
corpora - ie authorities aforesaid to borrow mon
ey, and issue bonds, warrants, or certificates
of indebtedness, in the name of such county,
corporation or townships, with or without in
terest coupons attaohed,ipayable at such times
as may be agreed upon, and to levy such 414.-
es as-tnity•- be • necessary . to meet,-she-payment
of the principal and interest thereon,
Sico, 4, legalizes the assessment of taxes
for the purpose of paying the principal and
interest un such bounties
J'rorided, That the property of non coos
tnissiound officals and privates, who have
served for one year and six months and died
its said service, or been honorably discharged,
or wen permanently disabled, or the proper
ly of widows, widowed mother, or minor
children of such soldiers, be exempt from said
tax r- crit-td prey ideti—lnra-lre-r-t-tra-t- Ole preyiHaus
of the foregoing sections of this act, have re
ference only to agreements and contr lots en
tered into subsequent to the 17th of October
1863.
6, authorizes the Commissioners of
the several counties to extend relief to the
fatuities of soldiers in service, and is borrow
money and lay taxes for that purpose.
Bnu 6, authorizes the Commissioners of
any county to borrow money and pay to each
nou•eommissoued ollicer and private soldier,
credited to the quota thereof, a bount t y not
exceeding tiitiou; and provides that if the
county authorities refuse to pay such boun
Ides, thi± city, ward or township authorities,
may pay them and levy the necessary tax in
their respective districts, in which case said
districts shall be exempt from county tax for
such purpose.
SEC. i. Authorizes the County Commis
sioners or corporate authorities of any city,
want or tow osuip, to borrow money and issue
certificaes of indebtedness iu the DaMO of
such county, city, d or township, to pay
such ho'unties, and to levy and collect taxes
to p.ty the principal and interest of the same,
including a per capita tax of not more than
one dollar per year on all taxable male in.
habitants of such °entity, city, ward or town•
ship No bonds, &o ,to run fur a longer pe
nod than ten years.
Sec 8 Provides that in all cases when ouch
per capita tax has been levied upon persons
subject to drat t, the same is legalized and
made valid.
SEV 9. Provides that when only a part of
the bounty promised is paid by any ward,
borough and township. and it refuses to pay
the balance, the County Commissioners may
pay the balance and levy a tax upon such dis
!riot to make good the deficiency of such de
faulting township, city, ward or borough.
sev. 10. Provides that the money so bor
rowed by the County Commissioners shall be
paid over to the treasurer of the proper eoun•
ty, who shall pay to each noncommissioned
officer or private soldier, who volunteered
from and has been credited to the quota of
such county, and been mustered into the ser
vice of the United States, or has been honor
ably discharged therefrom, the sum of money
to which such person shall be entitled under
the provisions of this Act, and that said Trea
surer shall not receive more than one half of
one per cent. 011 any mune) so paid over.
SEO. 11. 1 4 rovides that the money so bor
rowed in any city, ward, borough or town
ship, shall be paid over to the treasurpr of
said oily, ward, borough or township, who
eha 1 pay it to the volunteer soldier in like
manner, as in the ease of the oouuty treasur
er, receiving the setae compensation of one•
half of one per cont.
_Provided,:That the com
pensation allowed to any collector of taxes
under this Act shall not exceed 2 por cent.
asp. 12. (lives to veteran soldiers re en•
listing and credited to any county or district,
the same bounty paid - to new volunteer re
cruits from the said localities.
Sad. IS. That if any soldiers, or non.com
missioned officer or private, who' would have
been entitled to receive the said bounty, shall
have died before receiving the money, the
proper authorities shall pay the same to such
person or persons as by the laws of the Uni
ted States would bo entitled to receive the
bounty of deceased soldiers.
SEC 14. That all accounts of the receipts
and expenditures of the bounty fund, arising
from any taxes that have been assessed, or
that may be-asseessed for the purpose;-as-a
foresaid, shall be audited in liko manner as
other county, township, pity, borough, or
school district, accounts are audited.
Sao 16. All bonds. warrants, certificates
of indebtedness 'or loans issued, or to be is
sued, under the provisions of this Aot, or of
any special Aot heretofore passed, or hereof
ter to be passed, authorizing particular cit
ies, counties, wards, boroughs or townships
to borrovkifineye and pay bounties to volun•
teers, obeli bo exempt from the taxation.'
HENRY 0. JOHNSON, '
Spesiter of the House of Representatives. '
JOHN P. PENNEY,
St;enker of the Senate
APPROVED—The twenty It rib day of March,
Anne Pomini (um thoueand eight hundred and
eizty•four. A. O. CURTIN.,
Amen busband beats his wife, and, a
bad wife boats the devil.
SURVIVING REVOLUTIONARY
PENSIONERS.
There are now living but twelve soldiers
of• the Revolution, and,on the 4th instant
Congress passed a vote of thanks to them, of
which a copy was ordered to be sent to each.
Their names, birth place, present residence,
age and amount of annual pension are given
as follows :
James Barham, on the St. Louis, Mis-
souri, roll, at $33.33 per annum ; boin in
Southampton county, Virgina, May 18, 1764;
age 99 years nine months;
John Goodnow, on the Boston, Massa
chusetts, roll, at $36,37 per annum ; born in
Sunbury, Middlesex county, Massachusetts,
January 30, 1762 ; age 102 years months-
A maziah Goodwin, on Portland, Me., roll,,
at $38.33 ; born in Some'rworth, Strafford
county, New Hampshire, February 16, 1769;
age 105 years.
William Hutchings, on Portland, Me., roll,
at $21.66 ; born in York . , York county Maine,
(then Massachusetts) in the year 1764.
Adam Link, on Cleveland, Ohio, roll, at
$3O per annum ; born in Washington county,
Pennsylvania ; age 102 years.
Benjamin Miller, on. the Albany, New
York, roll, at $24.54 per annum ; born in
Springfield, Massachusetts, April 4, 1764 ;
age 99 years, 101 1 months.
Alexander Maroney, on the Albanyew
York, roll, at $8 per month
year 1770, enlisted at Lake Gectriii4er
York ; age 94 years ; enlisted bil4i#s,iher„
as he was young.
John Pet tingill, on the Albany, N6fYork,
roll, at $5,0 per annum ; born in liittildhatn,
Connecticut, NOveinber 31, 1766 ; lige 9'
years, 2i months.
Daniel Waldo, on the Albany, New York,
roll, at $96 per rinuuin ; born in Wiridham,
Connecticut, September 10, 1762; age 104
years 5 months.
Samuel Downing, (papers do not s' ow
his age,) on the Albany, New York, - roll, qt
$BO per annum -; served in the Seeextd New
Hampshire Regiment,
Lemuel Cook, on Albany, New York, roll,
$lOO per annum; no age_ or birth place
gieti in papers.
Jonas Gates, on the St. Johnsbury, Ver
mont, roll, at $8 per monthi age 101 years),
born in Barre, Massachusetts.
The National House of Representativea
recently passed a bill increasing the pen:
sions of each of the forgoing $lOO additional
per annum, to nem.° at their death.
[From the corroepondonce of the N. Y. Times, Nevi
Urlevas, Feb. 13, 1804]
ATIOUT T VELE - NEGROES.
One is surprised at seeing so few colored
people in and about New Orleans, and tha
question is—where are they ?
Great numbers of the men are in the army.
Now I have had faith as to their immediate re
liance as good and efficient soldiers_; and the
universal assertion of the Southern people has
been, that they were cowards, and would run
at the first fire This would not surprise any
one, I think ; for long habits of dependents('
and subserviency to the white man must have
had their influence upon character and man ,
hood ; but so far as I can learn from those
who have been with them at Port, Hudson and
elsewhere, they do make good, etioient, and
brave soldiers ; they are quick to learn, anti
more amenable to discipline than the wild
white men of the East and West.. This army
business is a great School, and I should be
sorry for those humane planters who propose
to return them to Slavery, when the daze of
peace return.
Most of those who did not go into the army
last year became wandering and unsettled.
The first impression no doubt, was that Libor,
ty meant idleness; that in truth they must do
as the whites had once done—nothing. Great
Buffering was the consequence, and some—
perhaps great—mortality. But, I believe,
they soon found their mistake, and many re
turned to their own plantations to work, and
many more have done so this year. Gen.
Banks' "labor order" in a most admirable plan
for reorganizing labor, and wi'l be satisfactory
to the negroes, as well an to the planters, who
mean to do well for themselves and the negroes.
Of course, it is not altogether satisfactory to
those who believe only in the whip. It is not.
to be expected that every negro will prove at
once a saint, for I believe there aro some lazy
whites yet remaining at the free and oh:it:Lima
North.
As to the intelligence and capacity of the
negro in his present condition there is a dif,
terence of opinion, and there must be great
ignorance and seine stupidity, in his way,
Let me give a few details. I visited an estate
with a friend who proposed to hire the negroes
and set them to work About thirty men and
women stood before him, and he explained
what be wanted of them, and read to them
General Banks' regulations as to wages, Sta.
All listened attentively, and there was no
stupidity apparent in their faces. I think not
a single small adjective of his explanationa
failed to sink deep. The men asked the plain,
est and most practical questions, as: "When
will our w.iges be paid?" "What clothing are
we to have?" "What laud are we allowed ?"
"Can we keep our pigs?"
The women hung back, and all were de,
tided not to work Saturdays; that granted,
they seemed more willing. The older men
stated iltarthey did not believe in Sunday
work, and thought nothing was gained to the
proprietor by it. The head man, John, used
as good language and had as good au intona
tion as I have, (and you will appreciate this
compliment to John,) and, so tar as I could
judge, was in all ways a most reliable and
capable fellow. So hie old master said, too.
Certainly those thirty negroes are worthy of
owning themselves, I thought. I found them,
wt :bout any white man on the place, hauling
the last of the orop to the railroad station,
and carrying"on affairs like white folks, if not
better than some in these parts
I asked them one or two questions.
"Can any of you read ?"
No reply.
"I suppose none of you can read ?"
They, atd, "none of us ?"
"Would you like to learn ? •
"We would."
• "Would you like to have your children
learn ?"
Sensation—as in the French Senate—follow
ed by a decided assent.
"Would you be willing to pay something
for a teacher, until General Banks' plan for,
schools is perfected?"
flire_are.ready ; it 'Would be the beet way."
This did not seem quite stupid.,
After a brief explanation of the new system
of labor so carefully prepared by General
Banks, my friend said:
"Are you ready to work upon this
,plan?"
"Yes."
"All who are willing to do regular and full
work, hold up ytmr hands."
About twelve men assented.
"All women who are wiling to work regu
larly five days in the week, hold up' yeur
hands."
Two assented—the rest hung back, but at
last about twelve of them came forward •and
assented ; the balance ('greed,- for rarloUs
reasons,.to work loss than
"Now I wish you all to understand tbatir
I take the plain) and hire you, that I abill do
fairly by you and shall expect you todO alp!
ly by me, or take the Consequenoes."
.qreti: yes I Yes I" • • •
ply friend will take the place, and try the
experiment. '