THE JOURNAL Coudersport. Pa. MI Wedneday, Jan. 7, 1863. IL W. 7iIcALARNEY, EDITOR. . [ye cepy the following article from the Bradford Reporter, heartily endors ing its commendation of Ron. DAVID WILMOT.] The Senatorial Question. The next Legislature will be called up on to consider several matters of very grave importance, chief of which will be the election of an United States Senator. The importance of this election at the present time cannot be overrated. It vi• tally effects the conduct of the war through tountenance or discountenance of the goy ernment, and must place Pennsylvania in earnest cooperation with, or in undis guised hostility to the efforts of all good men and patriots for the reestablishment of law and order. The friends of the government are unit . ed upon a single mao ; one who occupies fir.-t place auiong the few who have reo ffered their names histcric in putting their protest against the encroachments, cif the power which anituates and which conceived the rebellion, upon record ; wan who has never abandoned that pro tast.-for a day, but who on the contrary, ims withstood menace and persecution from former rolitieal a2siiciates . with un- alterable resolution and unbending integ. zity; a representative trian,.whose name is a houteliald word- among the earnest friends of freedum—That wan is DAVID 'WILMOT. -. These are times of great public peril; times which admonish us of the necessity of well considered, prompt and vigorous action. Every hour hash it uninistakt- Me teaching. Every event, every devel opment, enforces a lesson of extreme cau tion in assiinino. the reius of power and Tositiotis of influence. We cannot be too careful in seleeting the men Who are to frame lawis and execute the - m., On she one hand we behold treason presenting itself,' armed ; earnest and undivided .On the other a Land of sterling patriots. be set by, plotting politicians, whose hearts are refuges of lies and treasonable mo tives. The endeavor to speak as-lair, 'while they daily with the danger prepared to assasinate the liberties of the country. In the election - of a Senator we have to -choose between the representative men of these classes. The hitter are the open sillies of treason. Whatever their profes sions, whatever tlteir protestations of loy silty, their hearts are estranged from their country. and have been so estranged for sears. Whatever they say, they mean only to wreak their revenges fur loss of rational glory. Between the man put forward by such men and DAvlb WIL MOT the country cannot hesitate to .choose. They will put: forward no new and untried man They will take pains so leave no doubt as to their motives in their selection of a candidate. The time for concealments is oast: Against us we have arrayed such men as Buckaiew,- Hughes, Wharton, Reed, Iluchanan,Bigler, and others not less in famous, but less notorious. Of these it is p.esuutable that liuckalew will be se- Tented and - go before the Legislature as a .eandidate for Senatorial honors. Ile is entitled to the precedence in every con ceivable or.rticular. The particular friend and unhelder of Franklin Pierce and James Buchanan, and a stipendiary of the latter under cover of a South Aineri can mission ; the ardent and noisy defen der of Stringfellow and Atchison iii their --brutal (mirages in Kansas ; lthe bold and 'unblushing apologist for and advocate of the Lecompton villainy-. 7 this man is pa culiarly fitted for, and entitled to, the suf frages', of that portion of the democratic party which finds its period of excitation Coiucideut with some reverse of our arms, and its employment in contriving new - ways to embarass the government. -• Mr.•Buckalew is not without a species of ability, but it is ability of a peculiar' Short; of that kind which hail best recru mended men to the notice and patronage of democratic Presidents, and to the cau cus and convention.il honors dispensed by democratic politicians. - He ti; cool, .cratty and politic. Cool, because an utter stran ger to the finer emotions of the heart which impart a kind of impulsive energy to the character. Crafty, and politic, be.l cause with him the greatest good is the I aggrandizement of himself and the down. fall of every Lbstaele which takes root in cmisnence. Ile has few friends, in the baiter aceeptatton of the term. but many adinirers and hosts of imitators. What -ever a man may become when he has ful.l ly subjecteehis moral nature to the dom ination of an ambition which scruples tit nothing that stands in its way, Mr...l3uck slew has become. Neither better nor worse, neither abler nor weaker than_ma. ny 011ie - compeers, ho is still the most available of all, because to unscrupulons. nese • he joins that species of cunning which often atones for a lackof.finedght and high intellectual qualitiei. • Io affect, it is between inch a man and Davin NV tumor that the nest Legisla ture has to choose. The contest will be without 'parallel fir bitterness: Already the democratic prints denounce assassi nation upon any member who shall leave the line of party to east a vote fot -- a loyal man. Not only this, but they threaten a like fate to the man who.shall be elect tad by such petty treason to party. . It is time that this. dragoonino , b of members of the ...Legislature was checked. To tidal leatful alternative are these desperate man driven I Men are no longer to vote as consciendu and their official oaths shall dictate, except under - menace of assassin ation I Ts this the new freedour promised by this remount of the iiiinoerritia:party? Arc these bloodY , threats born of the new spirit of democracy I' If so. let ris do right and see the worst. If it comes' to that, these cowardly bullies may find a shorter. shrift than the • Old Capif if Prison and the oath of allegiance. f; they choose to inaugurate the era of the I pistol add the dagger, very - well. But let them remember the fate of Robes pterre, of Murat, and of Guy Fiiwke3. Heroism .of the 53d Pennftic 'The following 'letter is from Sergeant Arthur B Mann, dated Faluiouth, Dec. 22, 1862: "Partly at the request of Captain Jones and also agreeable to my own inclination I give an account, of the killed,..wounded and missing io the late battle. The: killed in - our company are Corp. Uriah F. - Glase; and Private Wel- come S. Coats. - Seriously. wounded John Fiske,A.dam Goller, David .MaNaruire, Charles F. Parker, Charles Raplee, Oscar J. Webb: Slizhtly wounded, Sergeant Jason W. Stevens, Carp. Wm.W. Brown, Corp! A. C. Evans, Privates Myron W. Bailey, George W. Barlow, Leavitt W. Cushing, B. Jar Cushing!, N. L. Cobb; Dan Eastwood ( Walter Beau, John H. Young. Wounded and missing,supposed . , to be dead : Corp. Barnet F. Stebbins and, Henry Mattison. Reuben French wounded,serionsly, none considered dan gerous." The 'folleriving letter we copy from the : OPPOSITE FREDERICKSBURG; De_c_ . lo —When the battle of Fredericksturg planned.• French's Division was_ orderedl to lead the advance, supported by Han cock. Aceprdingly, French crossed the river first, Hancock following-both divi sions engaged the enetny in the city. French drOe the Rebels out on the right, and Hama on the left; and as 6001) as they : toutF themselves from urder the cover"of the houses they betook them selves to flight and to their rifle•pits. Next turirning (the 13th) French's di vision, at 10i o'clock, received the order to open the attack upoti . the enemy's bat teries, and:to take them by storm, if pos sible. The division marched out in-good' style supported by those of the gallant Hancock. ', It was sown discovered that'. the columns of the advancing division! were bedoming rapidly decimated and, were vascillating, the fire of the eneu.y was so terrific. At this juncture Han cock marched his division by the flask along the base of a small hill and in rear, of French ; as soon as he brought his di-, vision to the head of. Frenetie, the cotu, mend to march by the left Batik was given, : when the Idtvision pressed through the front, threugh and over the shattered col; uuins of French's division, to the top of the atnaWhill just back of town. Here they met .with a mostMurderons fire from Rebel m Usketty and artillery, but on they I moved beneath a shower of lead. Swim, however, the column began. to waver, tho' they had gone beyond the first advetie,e' many yards. Some of the bril.zades halted and returned the enemy's fire; others en deavoredi. to reach the, eneray'S rifle pita, but wero driven back The regimental colors of the galladt Fifty-third Peuti'a, led by its indomitable Colott.d. John R 1311:Joke, nobly aided by Major Bull and acting Adjutant Lieut. Anderson, was seen to move. forward to within fifty yards of the notorious stone wall, which had become a sheet of liviCg flatne,belching the leaden missiles of death and deatimciion - to - these approaching. Lfere the regiment halted by order of the ColonelJ and returned volley for volley. In a very short time their ammunition was exhausted, and ;t was found impossible -to relie v e the regiment. After firing their i ixty rounds each, those who were left deliberAelyi took the remaining cartridges out.of theboxes uf their unfortunatccoM rades who had fallen and used them ai l taitiA the enemy No succor could reach theft. Tho Sixty-first and Sixty-fourth New York Volunteers pressed forward to with in one hundred yards of where they stood, but.could not reach them. They, hew.' ever, supported most nobly the Spartans 1 who were then holding their positiouat a charge bayonet. Whilst in this posi tion the Colonel discovered a Rebtl reg - i• tuetit approaching his flank. Cool' and discreet under all circuins!ances, he de liberatelv, though his men had fired their Ilan round, ordered the empty muskets to I be brought to bear upon the approaching (Oakum. which was within forty yards, of him..:, The Rebels, seeing the movement, cod supposing that deadly fire would 'be poured into them, fell in dove with the principle "that he who fights and . runs ! away ;will live to fight ani:t her day,"tu. - .de g lad µso 'of their logs and disappeared behind the stonewall as, soon. as possible. ' So desperate was their position that aid could not reach them. They held their position at a charge bayonet fur the - en precedented time of five hours, .withµu: firingl a shot. The Gist and 64th New Yort:Are about ono hundred yard 4 in theirs rear, and for two or. three . hours stood in the same position, nor wore they relieVed till tile sable mantle of, night closed in upon the moSt sangninury strut- : gle 4 the war and of modern times. Cal. Brooke certainly merits; if any man (does, reward at ..the hands -of l his enuntryttion-,-his. - Government—for : his manly bearing and soldierdike cothduct, on thefield of battle.. Napoleon would haVe made him a-Marshall on the field Iptig ago for his!skill and bravery. :In thirteen pitched butle.s,:besides numerous trifling engagements, be has led his regiment; and yet there is none to do him honor save those around' him. His name has not been thrown to the' breeze as it deserves. Ho is one of Pennsylvania's noblest eons; onitif whom she may justly be pPoud, anTnot ouly proud of him but of the reg iment helms the honor to lead. So well did he do hia duty on the pen. insult', in the memorable seven days' bat tles., that Generals Sumner, Richardson. and French highly recommended him for ,promotion. At Antietam he led the bri• fade, and fully showed that he .was not Only brave and daring to a fault, but that he possessed every requisition for the command of a brigade or division. His superiors did not fail to see his desire or his willingness to perform his every duty, and they again presented his name among 'the deserving, and as yet he is unnoticed at the War Department. Political itiflu enee is more powerful than, the most praiseworthy deeds. He is toil proud,too noble, nieuter the political arena and ask for promotion. If his gallant deeds on the field cannot bring it, he is content to fight for the Constitution and the Union whore he is. Tbo Fifty-Third entered the "fight with' three hundred officers and men, and out of that number brought off one hundred and forty-five, losing over fifty per cent of her, strength. A list of the killed and wounded will be found below. I seo your correspondents merely note the fact that Gen. Hancock's division was in the fight, without giving any partien lora. Gen. Couch•, a wan of 'soul; who. when he saw the decimated ranks of his cotnaland,turned to the - signal officer with hint r and, while the tears ran down his cheeks. dictated the following message to Gen.43urnside: "Sand the • amwtin•tion to the Lacy House Hancock and French are so hotly engaged I. need reinforce ments." Thus you discover that Han cock• was hotly engaged, and in this divi sion is the FiLy-third Pennsylvania. In order to vivo you some idea Of.the part this division had in the battle, it is only sufficient to give their losses : Ofic• rs anti ;non in the division Officers killed Otticu.s wounded Men killed and wounded _ 3438 3573 . 1795 Add atragglers who returned to camp 105 Out of 5368 officers and men that went into the - engagement only 1906 came out whole, making a loss of 68 , 1- per cent.. French's Division lost 2745 in kilted, wounded and tuissing..but the proportion is not so great as the former. Colonel Brooke, of the. Fifty third, an swered the flag of r truce sent by General Lea for the•burial of our dead. Whilst in command of the_ working_ party engar , ea in digging the graves of - their com rades in . battle, Rebel officers gathered round and entered into conversation with ' each other. The Colonel. heard them ac• knowledge the bravery and 'gallantry of our troops,and one of them Was heard to remark that if ever those men had reached the crest of the hill there would have ueen no such thing as standing against them. • The number buried was 913, and fire brought over the river by request.— Franklin'a, loss iti killed was only about 5 0, so that our loss in killed is not near so large as was at first supposed. The official report of killed, wounded and mis• sing, will not exceed 10,000 in the grand total. ' Gen. Curtis 'briefly , reports to Gen. Ilalleek good news . fr ni Arkansas. He says that the Army o the Frontier, un der Gens. Blunt and erron, moved over the Boston Mountains on Saturday a week, and edam:told without halting to Van Buren. They drove ' the enemy across the Arkansas River, killed and wounded . a few, and took three steam. boats, some camp equipments, and 100 prisoners. The march of 45 miles with arms and service, over"the mountains and through the deep mud of the valley, was a most gallant and arduouti affair. • Outt ARMY.—AII accounts agree in representing our army as in no wise dis organized by the lute reverse at Freder icksburg. A correspondence of the Phil adelphia Inquirer' says: "Many persons would naturally believe, or be led to believe, that '3ur army is at present in a dreadfully disorganized con• dition, ott accimut of the recent repulse. This is not so. Our men are just he fit and as eager again_ for another conflict as they were one week ag o. Of course, they do not desire to be led against the batteries, because they are, impregnable; they want to meet the enemy in an-open field, or where there is a chance to Rio, with equal_forces.. ' The l Judges of the Supreme. Court of Couneciicut have decided thht the law to take the vote of _soldiers is unconstitu tional. It seems rather hard that the brave fellows who leave their state to fight fur their country _should be denied a voice in matters concerning their. dear est rights. It is upon record, however, that Republicans everywhere favor Bowe law to allow them to vote, while thibew ()credo shirks and Secessionists as uni formly • oppose every, such 1119Veulent. Remember the facts. . Three hundred Rebel prisoners at Cai ro, 11l , refuse logo back into Seceshdom. They say they were forced to fight at first, and would rather die than return. Two hundred of them are 'Germans, and nearly all want to fight for „Liberty .and Union. Col. Thoines Welch of Columbia Pa. has been made a Brigadier General. Proclamation oflqn*ielpi!.tiols BY THE ISESIDEBT • OF TAB iirrintO _ STATE& .OP 'ABIBBIOA—A: kPBOCLA3rA' t - NVh•B . eas, on the ,twe ty-second day of September, in the year of our Lord ,one thousand eight hundred and six -two, a Proclamation was issued by the President ; ' of the Milted Siatos, containing among other things the followiiig, to wit : 4 "That on the First bay of January,,in the Year of our Lord One -Thousand Eight Hundred and . Sixty-rbree, all per, sons held as Slaves wiihin any State,-or designated part of a State the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be.theuceforword and FOREVER FREE. and the Executive Goverment of the United States, includ ing the Military and; .Naval .authority thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of such .persOns, and will ,dnino act or acts to repress Buell pessons,or any of them, in any efforts they may multi for their actual freedom. I "That the Executive will on. the first day of January aforesaid, by Proclama tion, designate the States, and parts of States, if any in which the people thereof - respectively shall then be in Rebellion against the United States ; ; - and the fact that any Stat.", or the people thereof, shall on that day be in good faith ;repre sented-in the Congress of the United States 'by Members chosen thereto at elec tions wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such State shall have participat ed, shall ; in the absence Of strong coun tervailing testimony, be deemed conclu sive evidence that such State and the people thereof are not then in Rebellion against the United States." f Now, therefore. I. ABRARA'St LINCOLN, President of the United States, by virtue , of the power in nie vested , as. Commander in-Chief of the Army ; and Navy of Abe United States, in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and of the United States, and'as, a fit and necessary war Measure fur sup pressing said Rebellion, 4, óri this first -day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty three' and in accordance with my purpose so to do, publicly proclaimed for the full period of one kindred days from the day first above-mentions d, order .and desig nate as States and parts of States wherein the people thereof, respeetively, are this day in rebellion against the United States, to wit : Arkansas, .Texas, Louisiana, (except Parishes of St. 13ernard, Plage mines, Jefferson, St.' John, St. Charles, St. James, Ascension, Assumption, Terre Bonne, Lafourche, St. Marie, St. Mantin, anti Orleans, including the City . of ,New Orleans.), Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia, (except the forty-eight counties designated as West Virginia, and also the counties of Berkeley, Ace°. mai:, Northampton, Elizabeth City, York, Princess Ann and Norfolk, including thel cities of Norfolk, auk Portmouth,) and which exCepted parts are, for the present, left precisely as , if this Proclamation were' not issued 5368 27 108 1900 And by virtue of the potter and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all rersons held as slaves within said designated States until parts of States, are, and henceforward shall be, free and that the Executive Government of the United States, including the Military and Naval Aulhorities thereof, ;will, recognize and utaiiitain the freedom of said personae ; And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free,. to abstain front all violence, unless in necessary self defense; and I recommend to them that in all ca ses, when allowed, they labor faithfully fur reasonable wages.; And I further declare and make known that such persons, of suitable condition, will be received into the armed service of the United States, to garrison forts )po sitions, stations , and other places, and to .man vessels of all sorts iu said service. And, upon this act, sincerely believed to , be an act of justice, warrented by: the Constituiiee, upon Military necessity, •1 invoke the - considerate judgment of man kind ani . the gracious layer of Almighty God. In testimony where of I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal. of the United . . States to be affixed. • . Done at the City of Washington, this first day of January, in the Year`of Our Lard On - e Thousand Eight Hundred and Sixty-three, and of the Indepen. _ deuce of the truitdd States of America • the Eighty-seventh. ABRA EI AM LINCOLN. By the President—Wu.' H. SEPIARD, Secretary of- StAtii. Under the excitement, false accuse tions, and involuutm'y depiession arising from 'the failure to parry, the Fredericks burg heights, Secretaries . Seward and Chase, week before last, offered the resig nation of their offices to the President. Ile took time to minsicler---advised' the gentlemen not to be i ruffied by these acci dents incident to such a marvelouslime as ours—an& bade them go back to their work--which they 'did. There is no.per fectien in. Cabinets, Generals, ,or men— yet we doubt whethtr any 'change:in the Cabinet is on the whole advisable:, . Ex•Clov. Hicks, of Maryland hits bean appointed U. S. Senator:from tbal• State, vice Pearse, deceased. ,* The President bas signed the'bitt ad= witting Neat Virginia into the 11,nienat Gen. Butler bas been removed from the command. at NewOrlea . ns. Gen.-Banks takes his place. , . . . .. ~.. . _,.... t. NV 't -,..,,„, . ~, 1 t ....... ~,..., ~..,: t or . ~,....., t , '.- ootos , ~. i ... . r - I\ ME L.l PaMiased dur i ug{ tsl decline Aitilla It • recent 'pante nd great EMI f - (works, L_ . , Ladies ,r) Tress '. Goods, Readp-ni. HA - TS BOOTS I t udl SHOESi GRO PRO ISIONS, CR6 Fazio [ isT9 lONS. Wall Paper, Wool, Tys'' NiAILS ' EU N-WARE. WOOD • I te a call, feeling confident I i • 1 we respectfully ' i inei 1 that we tan Illlill . 7 4- ,- 4 to the - i r.aatisfattiop,i t • t • f 1 lesa MONEY' than . ' ! ' ' • 1 I Liciuss in Pottert.or a i • he Wants of all on terms gring better goods for an 1);t had at any ether djoining counties. • 1.1 WO have also -I to our well-known stock complete stock of . _ I ofgoodi, -a newi an I - PURE DRUGS, , Chemicals, Medichie - .14a,ints Dye' Stuffs Glues. LE, SOAP. CASTI: 1 • I Sponges Corks. Bottles NEM Lamp-Globes. Vials a di c. &c. F WHICH be sold t the INE WEST: RATES FOE SH. - 6 - Can and 'See 1 •;; EBBINS &GO, P. A. . - MAIN Szcorrn ►STBEZTB CQBNO, or IE DERFPOAT : PA: ads is Now York. e Clothing, lad CAPS. 1 I ERIE S KERY. Citloods, generally for Cash, Unifed States Treasury Notes (which by tbe.vay are taken at Pax,) Wheat, torn, Oats Buckwheat, Butter,bite is, • r-r Hides, Pelts, Deer Skins, and allother:kinda of Skins, such as 'Cult Skins; &c.; also, Benue, Beni, Yenisori,enti some other things thit , GLASS. Can't be tho . ught of, DRY GOODS,' BEADY MADE dLOTHIING GROCERIES,; Hdtg & Caps, Hardware, Varnishe, Together with some of the best Far superior to the Oil Creek or TidiouteOil: LAMP J.: LAMP FIXINGS, Also a few more of those Superior CANDOR. PLOWS, . ! SLEIG,IKSHOES, GLASS, SASH', PUTTY,- • . • INK, PAPER, ENVELOPES, Ancl'otb or kind of . • &c. WALL PAPER; ' • 'WINDOW CURTAINS And other articles which - time alOnn-for. bidi . us to inentiou, of whieh• will Is sold - aslow as WAR PRICES-trill allow—for strictly Ana for those articles 'we take, theligh est market 'pritie will be paid. We are aiso General Agents for DR. D. JAYisIES Family MeaiBnes, AYEri,'S 'Medicines, .BRANDItETH'S Pills, KENNEDY'S Medical Discovery, And all the standard Medicines of. Quiday CALL 'ANTI: . ''S - EE ! ...- C, ..:8z, : ,-E.:, A; JONFM; N. N. Abe pay torthoi Goods most be es howl when the I Goods are ilelivered, e3tve are determined to live to the motto of Yl:ay as YotrGo." • .! , Jiist one thing More: -The Judguseutssotes and book. accounts which - we baits. ou hand most =be Settled awrelored up immediately or ire fear they frill be increased faster, gum tlie usual rate of interest " ,* Poe 21 .0):n S' COLUMN ~';.~'.,...~'1. ~ ~ ■ NE GOODS AND SOMETHING ELSr NEW ! ! ~ ~' T HE subscribers at;their OLD STAND ON . NMI STRAMT, COUDE R S POR T, Offer to their old customers tind the pitblie A. LARGE AND WELL-SELECTED ASSORTMENT OF, "BOOTS & SHOES, PROVISIONS, , hot, Nails, DRUGS & MEDICINES, Paints, Oils, and Dye Stairs, ,KEROS„ENE OIL, POCKET CUTLERT, STATIONARY. READY-PAY!! MEM LE i - ',. , MEE I=
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