payment of this va<t leaves us as much
in debt as before, for it pays nit a d -liar of
the enormous principal. It is simply what
must be annually paid to pievent mstai :
repudiation, It consti tiles the current
i X}t nses by which alone the G iTerninent i.s
enabled to live from day to day.
How, then is this antmil •cm t<> be raised
by ihepetple? Taxes must he pud out. of
trie earnings of the people, and not by the
sale of their original p i->e-sions. O herwise
taxation becomes c nili-cation, and soon the
cMi/ett would hare neither the means to sup
ply revenue or to support life, 11, wiia?
the laborer earns over and ah ve his own
livelihood is not sufficient to meet the claims
of the tax-gatherer, then sales conuneiuv by
wh ch tlie Government so >ner or later will
become th* sole owner of ill the est ate ••{ its
inhabitant*. For annual p*ytn sits you mu-t
have annual earnings. The above annual
• urn must be paid by a e<>rre*pnn nog anioi il
surplus earning In tne hands of the peopl •,
after allowing them to supply their own
wants and n cess Mies.
Now let us turn to an ri'iraj'e of annual
earnings. The State calculations <• r taxable
purposes in 1850 and 1860, according to an
estimate made oy th- li uncial editor •
Hunt's Merchants' Magazine, lurmh os
the average annual earnings of the inflowing
Spates for tha' period often veirs. a- I I' ->*•--
California 812 368 741
Connecticut 10 566,994
Illinois * 29 269 471
Indiana 30.214.u9?
lowa II 241,101
Kansas 2.700,00 J
Maine 0 79>.100
Ma ssach use 11 s 31.534,432
Michigan 10 767.662
Minnesota 3 000,000
New Hampshire 9 411.284
New /"ry 10,668.200
New York 72,639 910
Ohio 45,369.730
Dragon 1,622.545
Pennsylvania 7,2? I 1>1
Kbodo Island 4,714.543
Vermont 1,303.608
Wiecunsin 15.426,832
$364,431,862
I have not taken into account the border
slave.states, as iheir situation is -ucb as fu
defeat any calculat ton f tieur earnings, at
least for ten years to cone, li *vi!i h.* seen,
therefore, that the antm-d :*in>>iiut which
from this time forward must he patd into the
Federal Treasury, exce-- Is by dm st one
hundred millions ~l dodars the total annual
earnings of the nineteen live States, during
a period of peace and UHeXituul djiro-pern v.
Under the present policy pur-ned toward-,
the seceded S'ates, a half a century vviil r- •11
away before 'hey wdl a am assist the wealth
of tin* Country. Their whole sys - nof pro
ductivenes? is to be destroy*,* I. Fmr mill
ions of annual producers are to become idle
and worthless consumers, and a vas' bureau
14 aboijr to be erected by vvnic-i the G • win—
ment shall support the negro, instead of the
negro, as heretofore. assisting to support the
government. Tune will -how thai em net
nation is the co-tties' lea ure of ilos war*—
t.kitton, lohacoo, f'Cc, .sugar, will peri-h, as
means of revenue*. The blow of the Execu
five which releases four millions of hands
from profitable labor, 1 np'-aes the task Ir in
which they are set trite as as producers .11 a
similar nutnlter of white iahorer-. 11 dues
more The} - are still consumers—ihe\ mi 1
fe fel ami 1 hey will not feed ihem-eives.—
The President uncotiscioti-iv 1111 • red a pin! -•
sophic truth when a year ago he said ul free
negroes ; *' They cat and nothing i-l-e. 1 '
Nor can the negro be much blamed lot in -
cepting this easy ltle when an in-ane piry
tenders it to him, and lays the burden of In
bir from which he rs liberated mi the neck
of the white titan. A totally ruined and im
poverished S >uih, htr property destroyed
and her slaves set free, all i uply mem -
annihilation of so many sources of nat onal
revenue, and the cousequent enormous in
creased taxation in the North. C nliscuttm
will not pay the expenses of its own niacin
rterv ami execution. As a means of rvpoui
uhing the Treasury it i- tn>i to be menii m
except by mad 1 en. All histoty beur
teattmotiy to the folly of thus tempim/ t'ie
I'ijuidation of a public debt'. It tnu-t be met
ud [>atd bv tlie truns of the soil produced by
labor. And be who reduces the number of
laborers North or South, white or b aetc, in
the the same 01 "portion multiplies the toils
and sacrifices ol those who yet ivinam.
Mr. Cha>rmau, I need nt pao-e < ■ dwell
tipun tbe mathematical certainty of national
and individual bankruptcy and rum wbicn
the foregoing calculations so c .ttclusiveli
demonstrate. The humblest mind >ll Hie
land will grasp the faial iv-nit 'upon a loch
we are hastening. But sone snpr rfic al -b
•erver. unending too to further dec - vc tin
popular mind, will dualities- point to the
surrounding ftppenranees id general pr bpeii—
v a< an answer to this portion -l'inv re
marks. M nej' i flowing i" boundless pr-.
tuition. Unnaiural puces are paid l-r ev-rv
thing. A meretricious splendor hails u> op
on the streets, at die rout, the assembly. ami
the theatre. The nation seem* fattening n
blood and carnage. lint this high tev.n ti
flush which we evcrj '-vhete h-dt t<i i- to' the
genial warm hof health. It is tne fi re.-
heciic RIOW of A swift cm.-umpi in. It s
the herald ofdeath. and p out- (■> the t.-tub.
What w call money ts not ntoiny. and the
r*: jst gorgeous wealth has n-> vdm, he
cause it is a prey to the m mst, r ih-ht.--
Freiichinen, u.ore than a bundled VIMK aj,
dreamed of a fabulous fountain -,f pr <-p-n y,
ami located it in the v.\'!ev of the M--sis-ip
pi. The credit of the Mis-i.-sip} c mpauv
beeame the basis of an illimitable paper cur
rency, ard both the king and people ol
France hailed John Law. it- f-u ? -r, a- the
deliverer ol their kusgd- in. It was reason
to doubt the infallibility of his gigantic
sci enie of hutnan credulity and f -lt\, as it is
in-w to doubt the wisdom and final -access
of our own financial departtnent.
Kancroft, the bistortan. well poriravs .-nr
own unhappy situate n >n de- tiling this
great delusion of 'fie Fret ch.
'• A C-iverr.mont," he ->y, " wlii-h had nlmn<t
a'oolut power of lesiishitinn, mospire I to aivo th-i
widest extension to wh-it wcs i-uli.-ti credit I. iw
ndglit have n-gu ute-1 at big plei-uic th • interest of
money, the value of stock.-, an I the pr'uc ..I'tabor
and produce. The contest between p.-jier an-l sjievie
began to r.igc—'he one hunyo-l up l-y despotic |-o'.vc-r
the other appealing to common si-rise * * Paper
wii iuaae the ieg*l ten Jer in ail piyinents. To w n
the littio gold and silver that wis lt-iar<l<vl l-y the
iiamhie classes, small bills, as tow even •-$ ten lures,
(a tivre is alxiut twenty ten' were pu' iu circula
tion. * * * When men are greatly in the wion;}
• special!* when they hive enih;,r]o-d their fortunes
iu their error, they willfully resist iiglif So it has
been with tlie ilelusion til! France was impoverished,
public and priv.ilo credit was suhvt rted, (ho income
of capilali-t.- annihilated, and labor left without em
ployment, while in ihe mi Ist of the i:fivers -1 wretch
edriL-jjs of the tni idling class, a tew war spccul.-iars
gloried :n their unjust n-quLiboa ami cij mcnt of
immense wealth.' 1
At about the si tne f - i -d a similar OYI-ZV
*a* raging on the. ntliet side of t • Eogliii
channel, an-l Bi''tih Mnteumen fancied they
f'.ad found the magic aletnhtc lv wlncli paper
i-sucd upon credit could be in-de t<> supply
the uses of gold.
'lhe trade of the South sea. wis to pay tlie
debt of England 111 twenty flevo i yeafs,Jlfcnd
Sir John IJ'unf is-ui-d Government l><-tt/* <>n
the faith of this fic'it:- us weal'h. Av-.r ec
and speculation instantly seizr-l live iwut
lories upon the heart of the whole kingdom,
iue glitu ring bestii*- of a false atol deccpuvr
pto< pertly glided every present scene, and
'l!a*uinatfd the tilure with the raliant
el hip*. 'f-' a Pt itisb parliament r*-
Bmil I*.*:l w .:i up mi the fimti*
01 hI scheme which was so soon to release the
hin |y < I E iglish industry from the palling
in mode* ol -iebt. We arc likening frui day
to day to similar speeches upon a similar
s' ii j i*c' a* thev are made on the other aide of
t-e chamber, in defense of the Department if
the Treasury. Yet wo? and disaster follow*
e l the experiment of paper credit in England
as weil a> in France; and Sumllef, the his—
t irian. relates the fate of their p-ojectors;
fr in a study of which the architects of
A iienc*n ruin may accurately determine the
.ie-tiny which hangs with cerlainty over
I he r future.
•'While tit the moment a south sea director was
snivel v sr.fe in the streets from th- vengenee ef
the p ipui ice. Law; the projeotor of the Mississippi
bubble in France, was living tor lus life from the
people whom he had beggared."
Sir, in view "t itiv experience of nthir na
thins, in view of rtasuii an I of acts well may
the Comb; roller of ihe Treasury himself,
ca'C'dng the riiii'terniga of the fearful rising
storm, like tie prac'tce i mariner at sea, ut
ter * cry of terrib'e warning, in a recent ad—
dress he fully confirms the dark and dismal
ve v wnics I have h"iv a iva.iced, of <;ir
fin M'Cial cuidi'tin. [l* sn:s:
"Bear constantly in tn'nd, although the loyal
Status appear su.ieriL-inliy to l>o ill a prosperous con
dition that such is not the fact. That while the Go
vernment is engaged in the suppression of a rebellion
of uii "t mode 1 ficr. encss an I in igilit l ie, and is con
st milv dialling the country of iis laboring and pro
ducing p-ojUlntinn >'• i .iivsn'i|. inioiion,.,i :•_
• lustry from w .rits f (ni'mm-ut v lu • to the coa
st rti-i ion of Liipeiii.-irs ut warfare; while cities are
itiw le i an t ihe ecu itrv is to the saint* extent de
pleted, and *vas e au I extravagance prevail as they
never before'prev ailed in the l'nite.l Stales, (he na
tion. w a (ever may be the external indications, is
not prospering "
S r I leave ol the q nscoii of tin gen
eral icelfure 'Pit* bitier nour fa neopteV
bi-.o !y weai ami agoti zoo/ tea 1 * will s 10 i h--
In iv. Trie m •urttfnl S'i.i low- of its funeral
pall are already peti<-traliii<: the mice oright
and abundant h-unes of virtuous libor. The
-pint of onpr's-tou is omrr present in Hie 'and
and like death and I am" e, none will escape
ilie pate's which it mllicts. Let each eye
winch now tu'h<i! fs-the sun take ir3 la-t look
at scenes <>f plenty and prosperity. Our fall
(.•••in hoii idinir wealth an I 11 1 limited resourc- :
i-s to pinched a d shrunken poverty and
cow rinir inukurptev, is as cr-ain and as :
Iota! nnd r our present policy as the fill of;
Lucifer.the morning star, from Heaven.— 1
And "he exclamation "f liie laborer as he 1
toils 01 ah -pel ss h>n ! lira in the public debt 1
uiav well lie as despairing as t tie anguish of'
the lost angel:
•'Farewell happy fields,--
Where joy forever dwells, liail horrors, hail
fiiitui ii vnr! I, an 1 then pmiuun Jest Jlell,
Receive ihy new possessor." •
And i."i, Mr Ciian man, what else rc
m.uns ? What portion of the Constitution j
can vet he fonivl t1IvWh it, pnnctjile- has :
been -pared, niv-eried, or proj 'Oted by the !
desirowrs who rule trie nation? Have they'
l>r 'Vided lor the common defence against!
foreign pov. <-r ? The Emperor of France j
tramples tie M mme d-onrine disdaiiiftilh t
under hi- tint He overt brows the Heptlh- '
he ot M >xtc 1. and on its ruins cruets no im
perial desp itisin in immediate contact with j
our birder-. A nunc* of flit house of Hips- ;
burg. tea n< d i 1 trie c uirts of A is rum ..p
--plesslo 1, ll 'C'itll •' II ir closest neighbor. Pel"-"'
haps tt is needless 'o c an plat 11 of this neilT !
eXiinpleof one-man power this European !
i< ad weati g a crown on North American'
-oii. i wnl n•• be I >uo d one present career i
is tnififgke'i UHH! the terms dictator, king ,
and einper r w li be is fami iar in Washing
loo a - in 111'' pdice "f H' I 1 oild.
15 it sir. the saddesi q le-tmu embraced
wnli'ii Hie sc pe of inv rem ilk-, remains to j
be r, 11swere-1 as I draw Hieui tu a co-e.— ;
II is the poiicv puritied t r the last three
leu-- re-tiiie |ll the information of u more !
peefr t Ini >0!
N iigii •. 11' I'll.' tongue of man can'
ni'er won d I lin s expressive an answer j
10 SUCH m question a- a silent survey of the t
dreadtill -cene which he - before us. A suit I
. ! blood and tea is ind all of human agony i
w ico the d'i ed Mi' iii m ncm know this I
sole <•( ii't* 1; i- id üb) I •-ol 1 tie damned, di j
vi K - Hie -ulf ring an ! mt-e'Uible sections of 1
a once fiaierual and onteiitcd per-pie
Siatesineu • I ('iii i-iiun fiith, indued with
tin* lo'tv -pifit of |[i 11 wh 1 pave li'fi blessing !
to the merciful. c u ; d again spin this horrid j
chit-m and bind to gether the torn and bleed |
intff I'li-niieiits ol tiie I uion. But an evil star |
;- ragiog m mr -kv. hihl under it- malign 1
p nver the buds I'mu of she bind appears as j
Heir /.iei, mnrlT'iis. di-j unfed dreams
..f 1 m iduiui in ins coll. Such 1 pen 11 code ;
as now stand* the way ol ibe return o! trie
men. vvi>neo. .I i. d <*h 11 ire nol ibe SoU'h to i
thiol liilieiaiitv. bus 110 parallel 111 the annuls j
of Hie human face. A thousand mile- of j
g io,< is w iib the dangling babi-rs and the
re llv ex luiii-un-r ; universal confiscation of
propeni to the r tnotesi peiiod of an inn
cent po-n-rii v ; t hi' aUs tuiie eX'ertnitiailun ot
a wlio'e people and toe appH'pria'l HI of the
dep ipu'a'ed eountri to toe un-pariiig da
in oids ot a in-ire 'huh N u'lnuii Conquest ; the
ut erex'inciion of evmy vesti.'.e >1 our pies
ent lorui "( gi.vetiirneiit hv states, all this
and udiui'i W < mri* is c -mained in the enact- j
ineoi wtno ' a'r nlv -ta u tn' rec 'rds of Atner ;
L it v. i,y tu . i I dwell upoli 'best* <>viden-,
.1 (I'-oiii-ii ? I lie gl'eat ' ;t-i rof flie |
A mo - i ti--;i --n t| -ft• -r the gentleman j
Ir ml'li t- Ivania. (,\J . Si. van-) tias delib- j
efu'.-iv" here aim -■• n: •I, alter -• or -ucrdi- ;
e. snrr-i.v-. and -■ that the Union of our J
!:! lo I■> li -iea I. ill t I ha- he wii - a- teinpl.S Its.
reoi i e.ti-ii i- u ('Mini mi I in-'i -a iof a pa'riot, j
U-g -e- further. a"d aontits ail tiie seceded)
.*> ati - hay.- Tver chinned— du--' natmna'iiv.
Thev have -...0-rhi in vain in all tlie foiirqitar- ;
i.-rs--I i tie ear u!-r r. e -gniiiofi. I ney find
i' at li>t at tlie iiands -f tho-e who -peak lor ;
the Ad oi-iisitation "it Mns fl ior.
Sir. I deny tiii- il -cire . i plant myself i
on die -nsiitu i-'ii w.ocii recogo z•? an Uil )
In Un I n:.-a* I shall -iao-1 there io every
v'eis-ii ode ol ho iit-ie, and if I fall it will tie)
when the p e tin inSelve* a'-aod n their i
own C n-titu' i'-n li\ t' e | nnciples of this j
lU'g-ii% ih-i ioo i 01, I • X|h cfi nily a reato- j
rai mn of tin- L'nt o oj the S'a!-s. Every |
h-i.-r svlm-li 'ln j.rty in p-wer pr-il-oigs its j
c ih: r-d of ai'iii - pisip-me- tfie au-pici. us :
day, but ;-8 I fiehohf the funirc it *dl a- ,
sored.y c h i-* Material and unlestrucdble I
mi-r- .- - umte eVerv sec ion eXCep, that which i
pr >p-r> no tia.o ici-in. And I here to-day, j
in the spirit ol ooe wiioexiieats and desires ;
hi- ji -ieii'\ an-l heirs to live together tn j
du- incietit and on raple ftieitdship ol 'heir
-1 ith-r-,wai n he Soil'hern people no* t- 1.-ok j
foi w r i oi p. r-ith-naod ui-U pendence,hut to '
• iiibr.e e tvi iy opp-.t'tuiiiiy for coofieiatiojn
wtih ihe o ai-eivi'ive 'He.i of tlie N--rth, who
will si id with t e i lives, it need be, to secure 1
tinm a'i their r.git's aoi i istitu'nms as fn e j
and ■ q ial enizeii-• f • lie United Stales. If
tins be done the approaching Pre-tdential
el- cit- ii wit! bring i-eC'-. En to n a-d liberty, j
Jiiit it I In-p-acefu'popular revolution of the
ballot i, x || s i- p-r- iMic-' d-e* re.-ul'v, tt-en j
Will set ile iijuiti - in* face of Ihe deep, and the
fur- tiisiiiutioiis of Auierica will exist only
on the page of the futmu htsoifian. F -ttr |
ears tn-i.-e of our present policy will h are i
tlie republic an uo-hajie.-i -as< of rums, a)
wreck m -le i.ielanoii-dy iiiil liopehr-o than t
any : bat -tr-w the tndiway of ate#. And
here in tfn- fur y .uug west rn world, as in
all former tunes, a ! sp-itis •• will arise from
I fie stia't re-l fragments of seb governtnent,
to whtcti each succeeding gen ration shall
(lljc Democrat.
HARVEY SICKLER, Editor.
TUNKRANNOCK, PA
Wednesday, Apr. 2 0 1864.
MATHER Si CO., No. 335 Broadway. N. T.
are our Authorized Agents to take Advertisements
1 or this paper, at out published rates.
FOR PRESIDENT.
GEO. B. M'CLELLAN
( Sui.je.-t to ihe decision of the Democratic Na
tional Conven
Electors
Robert L Johnson,
Richard Vuux.
1, William Lou<rh!in. ;13, Paul Leidy.
2, E.lwnr i R. Helmbold. 14, Robert Swineford
3, E<iw P Dutin. 15, John Ahl
4 Thos. McColiough. 'l6. Henry G. Smith.
5. E tw. T. Hess- ' 17, Thnddt-us Bank?.
6, ilpillip S. Gerhard. 19 Hugh Montgomery.
: 7, G G Leiper. 19 John M Irvin.
8, Michael Seltzer, '2O, Joseph M. Thompson
9, Patrick M'Avoy, f">l, Kra.-tus Broun.
10, Thaia? H Walker. -22, James P Barr.
I 11, 0.0 Dimtnick. j23, Win J Koontz,
12, A. S,.Dunning. f24, W. Montgomery.
! £&r OardotifH in curt this week must
, furnish an apology for any errors of omission
or cotnin issu'M in this issue.
■
o?t of our spacs tni- week is de
voted to the conclusion of the eh quent speech
'of D. W. Voorhees in Congiess. Several
matters have thcrefi re lieen deferred until
our next, among which our readers will be
pleased to learn aro *no t poeticai scintilla
tions from our highly \ ued and gifted
contributor, STELI.A.
Court Proceedings.
The April Tenn of court opened on Mon
day, "ho 18'ti inst. H'n. Win. Kllwell.
President Judge; and Nathan Wells Associ
ate ju ge present.
QUARTER SESSIONS.
The Grand Jury were em panel J. Albert
Para Foreman.
True Bills were f >und in the following
Cases
Commonwealth r* Philip Patrick—As
sault ai.d Battery. Mar. S Patrick Pros'x
This case |vi as und and dtl't nurd iot
guilty. On the gn und ot Jito.Mii}. (.hurt
direc'ed Hun to bo taken to the S a'e Luna
fio II -spiral.
Commonwealth vs Hiram Hall—Assault
ami Bat'erv, Patrick Gail land Pro's—Case
tried. Deri, found guilty and sentenced to
pay, sixteen dollars line, and ail Costs
Co man-n wealth vs Patrick DttfTe—Patrick
Gdmartia Pros. Cause continued.
Commonwealth vs Joseph A Ellsworth—
Fornication ami Bastardy. Cause continued.
Commonwealth r.s Daniel L. Va-ov Joseph
Vaow and John R Hitcbc ck. Forcible entry
and Detainer. Cause continued.
On Petition, Grant Burgess appointed, a
Supervisor of North Branch dp.
On Petition, Isaac Sickler, appointed Con
stable of Kxe'er Tp. AlsoS. D Bacon, ap
pointed Dept., Constable ot Nicholson.
In Die mat f er ot the removal of the place of
holding the election in Monroe Tp., from
John Pnoenix' to tie red Scl 00l House.—
Court order an election on Friday the 13ih
of ittav next.
On Petition "f Citizens , Court appointed
Daniel Ktntner and Samuel Courlright Su
pci vi-ers o! Mt-sh jppeii Tp.
Grand Jury t-ported against a County
BriOge actoss N B Canal near Ltura Vos
buvg's.
The Gt n i Ju-y recommended tin: clos
ing of the Court H-iuve to all snows, exhibi
tions, and all ga; heriugs not of a public and
general character.
IN COMMON PI.EAS
Miles anil Jerotne, B Verry rs Michael
Sisk. Action Replevin.
(This ease is on trial and mi ieterruined as
we go to pre-s )
AN ABOLITION COI'I'EIHKAD --A New
j a corre-pondent ot the L qtiuer, -ays:
"The liev Henry Ward Beclter rather
startled hi- hearers, at Plymouth Church, in
Brooklyn, in a eulogy of the rebels, in the
cour-e of a sermon designed to show that the
price of liberty was not only ete mil vigilance
but eternal aelf—sacrifice.
"Wnere, exclaimed shall we find
such heroic sell denial, such uiibeariug Under
physical disc itnlort. sucft patience in poverty,
in distress, iu absolute want ;as we find in
tbe Southern army ? Tney fight better in a
bad entse than you do ifl a good one ; they
fight better for a passion :han yu do for a
sentiment. We iieluve them tube nn-gtii
deii ; but we must do thetit lite credit of say
ing that tight well, and bear cp under troub
le imbli; they suffer and do n.-i. Complain;
tlieV go in rags but do not rebel; they are in
for their personal liberty; they believe in it,
and tf thev can they mean to get if." Mr.
Bceehor also dented that slavery was dead.
"Dead!" he exclaimed; "we all know that
within the lines of the frontier army there
are yet three millions of slaves. As yet we
learn that t net aee luetic an i remain amenable
to the will ot their masters, pa l lent and sub
servient. ]) >n : t be deceived."
\Y hat loyally !
A I.ABVRIMII What a pretty labyrinth
our Republican I'rieo D are g'tting into ?
One y ear ago Old Abe was "the Govern
ment. Now the moat radical ol his party
are laboring night and day to defeat "tb
O • veram-Bl J"
OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF THE frORT
PILLOW AFFAIR.
Movement of Troops in the West.
MEMPHIS, April 17.
There is not much said, but there is a gen
eral'gritting ot teeth among officers here
when the mas?aero of the brave garrison of
Port Pillow is alluded to. Several officers
have bee n heard to say that unless the gov
ernment takes retributive steps, they will
consider it their duty to shoot every man of
Forrest's command they meet and take n<i
prisoners.
The s l liers threaten to shoot Forrest'6
men now in Irvm prison, if they can get
chance. This it the general feeling.
CAIRO, April 17.
The main body of the rebels lef' F r Pil
low on Friday incrning their rear guard in
the alieiQ. on aft**r destroying all the ammu
nition and everything else destructible.
General Sherman's Official Reports
WASHINGTON, April 16.
Yesterday aftern ion, aboht 5 o'clock, dis
patches were received here from General
Sherman, confirming the surrender of Fort
Pillow and the brutal conduct of the rebels
immediately afterward, which bid* fair to be
amply retaliated in that quarter in due time.
According to General Sherman, our loss
was fifty-three white troops killed and one
hundred wounded, and three hundred black
troops murdered in cold blood, after the sur
render.
Foit Pillow is an iso'ated post, of no value
whatever to the lefense of Columbus, and
! utterly untenable by the rebels, who have no
i doubt, left mat vicinity ere this, having been
\ disappointed, with considerable loss, in tue
; object of their raid thither, ivhich was the
capture of Co'utnbus, whence they were
! promptly and severely repulsed, with no
i loss to us We are satisfied that due inves
tigation will show that the loss of Fort Pd
< low was simply the result o! a mitake to
i the local commander, who occupied it agains
direat orders—a contingency mcidcnt to all
warn.
The rebels, according to official dispatches
teceived hert last evening, eff-cted nothing
i at Padticah, losing a soldier killed or wound
i ed. fur every horse they succeeded in stealing
i and doing us no other damage than by a few
! thefts.
It is believed that Forrest's raidets will
j next appear in the vicinity of Memphis,
, where they can tfleet no mure than at Co
; lurnbus and Pa ljcan, and stand a very fair
j chance indeed of fiudmgthemselves surround
ed b> overwhelming superior foices.
j
The Rebels before Paiucah.
Sr. Louis, April 15.
| The steamer Baker, from Paducah 1 i*t
> evening, reports that at 3 o'clock on that af
j leriiO"!!, the rebels, 800 strong, appeared be
; fore that pb.ee, sent MI another liag of truce,
! and again demanded the surrender of the
1 f.rt.
Colonel Mitchell, with the Fifty-fourth
Illinois regiment and other troop?, were
marching out if the fort to meet the rebels
as the Baker left. N > fighting had taken
; place up to that time.
Paducah again Attacked.
Sr. Lot.is, April 16.
i The stenner Swallow, from Paducah. at
i eight o'clock last evenisg, reports all quiet
ithere. No fighting occurred up to the tunc
left t
The Thir l, Seventh and E ghlh K mucky
' regiments are ov< rruiming Western Kentucky
; with impunity,an 1 the inhabitants are m a
! constant Mate of su-pense, not knowing at
! what hour they may be at acked. Citizens
have slept in their clothes for the pa*t
! two nights, ready to defend themselves
i
jor decamp, as circumstances might require.
I The gunboats are constantly " paiiolitog"
| and taking every precaution to prevent the
: rebel-from crossing the nvrhere, by de
stroying a l the skill- an 1 sinking a l l he oth
er craft tnat c mid b ' u-el tor that purpose.
l'orrcat's Official Account of the Paducah
Affair.
[Front the Petersburg (Va ) Express, April
! 0 J
The following official dispatches referred
' to in our telegraphic column yesterday, give
i us some f ihe particulars of General For
j rest's upperattoh* in Kentucky, of which the
! enemy's papers brouct t us the first accounts,
The Tennessee river in the latter part of its
course crosses the State of Tennessee almost
due north in direction; and also nearly par
allel to the Mississippi, which is about a hun
| dred miles distant to the west. Forrest's
route lay about midway between these two
rivers,and terminated at Paducaii, on the
' Ohio river, at the inouth of the Tennessee.
Drsden, from which his dispatch to General
Polk was dated, when on his return from
Peducah, is near the northen boundary of
j Tennessee, otic hundred and nine miles west
r of Nashville. Ripley, at which t,e prison
| ers have arrived, is in tho northern part of
! Mississippi- In contemplating thiv area',
advance of Forrest, one cannot but ask where
is thai mighty cavalry host under GHereon
and Smith, that lately moved down from
Memphis to co operate with Sherman ? For
j rest seems to have had everything bis own
way.
DLMOFOLIS, April 2, 1854.
To General S. Cooper :
I The following dispatch from General For
rest has just been received.
L. Poi it, Lieutenant General.
Ditr.ssnF.N, Tenn., March 27, i
Va. Okolono, April 2, 1861 $
To Lieutenant General Polk:
1 leii Jackson on on the 23 I ultimo, and
captured Union City on the 24th, with four
j hundred and fifty prisoners, among them
h rtnvgsdf Hsnkins. and most of his regi-
ment, about tiru htfadredtbor###, and fir#
j hundred ?mall arm?,
i I also took pi>aesion of Hickman the en
I em; having parsed it.
| inoTed north wifh Cuford'? division,
marching direct from JuekaHi to Paqucah in
; fifty hours, attacked it on tbe evening of the
20th, drove th n enemy to their gunboats and
; f or'*, held the town for ten hours, and Could
have held it longer, but found the stnall-pox
raging, and evacuated the place.
! We captured many st .res and li rsea, burn
ed up sixty bales of cotton, otic steamer in
the dry deck, and brought out fifty prison
' ers.
My lossai Union City and Paducah,as fur
: as known, is iw stv-five killed and wuund
. Ed—among them Colonel Thompson com
manding the Kentucky brigade, killed
; Lieutenant Colonel Lanhum,of the Faulkuer
regiment, mortally wounded; and Colonel
Crossin, of the Ninth Kentucky, and Lieu
tenant-Colonel Morton, of the Second Tenn
esste, slightly •sounded.
The enemy's loss at Paducah, was fifty
killed and wounded. The prisoners, iu all,
: five hundred
N. B. FORREST.
DEMO eons, April 3
To General S Cooper.
Trie following d ispatch just received from
! Gene ral Forrest :
JACKSON, via Watqj-ford, April 2.
Six hundred federal prisoners will arrive
at Ripley, Miss., to day, en route for Detuop
j o lis*
Colonel Neeley engaged Ilunt (Hunt) on
• the 26th March, near Bolivar, capturing his
; entire wagon train, routing and driving him
to Memphis, killing thirty and capturing
thirty-five prisoners, killing two captains
and capturing one.
L. l oi.tc, Lieutonant-General.
Abulitiou Hvpocritty#
It will bo remembered that in the oarly
part of the present session of the State. Leg
islature, an 1 before the Senate was constitu
tion illy organixid, an Abolition Senator of
fered a resolution proposing to increase the
pay of the S >ldiers. It was weil known by
the Abolitionirta that the Democratic Sena
torswould vote against considering this res
olution at that time, as they were voting
against everything that was offered, upon
tlie principle that the Senate was not organ
ized, and therefore was not cunpetont to leg
islate. At the time this resolution was so
voted agi itist, Abolition Senators and Abo
lition presses teem -d with ahuse for *o vot
ug. We ielt confident at the time that thi?
show of indignation was all sham arid that
the resolution was only offered to place the
Democrats in a laise position before tre coon
try. Little di i they think that there was
"rod m piekle" for them, and the hypocrit
ical mask would so goo ibe torn from them
and they be compelled to show their hand to
meet this question in ope;) Sonaie.
Consequently, when Mr. II •pkius, the able
Democratte Senator from Washington c on
ly, on Wednesday last, offered a resolution
instructing the proper Co-omittee to bring in
a Bill instructing our Senators an d Rt pre
sj itit.Vd iu Congress ''to vote for a lave re
quiring the payment of non-com missioned
officers an 1 privates in the service of the
G >vermneut, in coin or its equivalent," it
f,.1l like a bomb shell among them. Ami
Mesar- Johns .n, L wry, Fiem . ing, St Cioir
ami 'Vi'aon, all Abolitmoats, pounced upon
it with the fiercest opposition. The resolu
tion was warmly supported by Messrs Hop
kins, Clytner, Wallace and L miberton, ali
Democrats, but to no iff et for the extremely
"loyal" sell-styled "soldiers friends,'' allvo
te-i against it, and as tnej are in a m jmiy
in lite Senate she resolution was defeated—
every abolitionist voting against it.
Will their papers row inform the
soldiers what party arc their friend*?
Several of the Abolitionists n>t liking the
position they had been placed in, Mr. Nicn
010, Abolitionists if Philadelphia, offered a
propositi ni requiring the proper committee
to inquire into the expedient y of increasing
the pa\ of the soldiers, intending thus to
plaster the matter over. But Mr. Hopkins
was determ tied that they should not thus
shirk the question, so he moved to amend
that such increase should not he less than
$52 per month. The hypocrites thus found
themselves cornered, their courage gnre way
and they allowed the resolution to pa-sin that
shape- Pretty fr'.ends 1 the soldier indeed !
These abolitionists are very generous to
them adou t elect ion time, tti warning them
to beware of Copperheads, and covering them
all over with moonshine comp! Lents and
shoddy blankets but when it comes to pay
ing ihnu for their services, "they can't aee
it." Out upua sucn miserable hypocrisy !
They may think that as the soldiers ge: but
little to read but Abolition newspapers, they
will not see this display of their patriotism,
and tlie> can keey the wool over their eyes
by keeping them in ignorance of what is go
ing on at home. But if we are not greatly
mistaken, their relatives at hotne will re
member the ho'low hearted professions of
of their professed Abolition friends,—Huston
Sentinel.
Old Abe's account with tbe United
States may be thus stated
A. Lincoln to United S'ates, debtor.
To $550,000 white men killed.
To $150,000 maimed fur life.
To $300,000 widows.
To SBOO,OOO orphans.
To a devastated and ruined country.
To a loss of national honor.
To destructiou of $2,000,000.000 of pro
perty.
Jo $4,000,000,000 of debt.
Credit.
By 100,000 free negroes.
Mr. Lincoln will be called to sattle thit
account, and square up all these outstanding
matters next November.
LOCAL A* I PERSONAL.
Wanted, on nubacrlptlßU, at this
Wheat, Com, Rye, Oate, Buckwheat and grain ef all
! kinds. Air), wn in the #ar, hay, straw, feed wiattf
appiee, potato*'. btt*r, Urd, ehesse tad p red me* *f
uiort ail aindt. Jloaey sever refuted.
ted and fatal Accident.— llenrj W. Fawtt
j o: indhaia Township, in thb Coanty accidentally
I shot himseif un friday last. The circumstances of
I this terrible accidert, as we have learned them, are
i as follows :
He was cleaning a rifle—supposing it to be an*
j loaded and getting the ramrod fast in the barrel
|ho pulled en it at the mursle while his young sot
j bold the breerh of the gun. The piece being loed
el, was accidentally discharged, and its contents,
I ramrod and wadding and loading pnawd through
; his body at or near the heart. He exclaimed : "I
; ans a dead man !" aad taking a step or two, fell
I down a lifeless cop.e. Though quit* a young maa,
i he leaves a wife and several small children te mourn
bis untimely death.
Thus in tho prime and vigor of manhood, fell one
] of the most energet e and intelligent citiaeae of ear
j county His lose is not only a sad bereavement to
j his family but a misfortune to the commaaity in
j which he lived
I
The I.ady'a Friend For May.—We weald
! call particular attention to the beauty of the steel
engraving* in this number of the Lady's Friend
'•THE Lovtnc," engraved expressly for this number
is both in design mud execution, one of the meet
beautiful engravings that has ever appeared in a
t magasine The Fashion Plate—which is of double
: use, and handsomely colored—is also a charming
: specimen of ire kind. Of the other engravings, we
nsed unly say that they are as numerous, varied,
and interesting* usual.
A aong the reading matter we note the following
articles: —"Deacon Dcnigon's Laughter," ' Mrs
Jerry June J Fine Original S;ory ," "Mabel's Miss
ion,'' "The Lovers," by Jean Ingelow, "Lick's In
fatuation," '"Korab's Ghost," "After Ten Yeare."
by Virginia F. Tuwneend, Ac. Ac. Ever j ona wha
does c>t take the Lady's Friend regularly, should
at 'east send on twenty cente, and hare this (May
number forwarded to them.
Published by DEACON* A PETERSON, 319 Wsl
nut St. Philadelphia. 42.00 a year.
Married.
WILDI'R —ROSEEN'CBAN*IZ-Tt Baron s Hotel
Apr:! sth 1564, by E. X. Bacon Esq. Mr- Charles
Wilber, a Veteran soldier, of Nicholson, to Mise
Lavinia ltoeeßcrants of Clinton township.
BALCH— FINN. — .:.o by the same, at the resi
dence of the bride* father, (Win. Stephens )in
Nicholson, April 17th,jMr. Charles Balch of Bos
ton, Mass., to Mrs. Jerusha Finn.
TKEL—SHIFFER—The 17th irwt, by Rev C. R.
Lure, \\ it A. TJCXL, late of Monroe Co, and Miar
daughter of Mr John Shiffer of Tunkhaanock
Township.
TAR R—M An ANN A —ln Mrhonpeny on the 14th
inst.. by Mr S. Kintnct*esq. Mr Oscar Tarr to Miss
M iry iUahsnn a of Wasbwgton.
"Died."™
E ASTMAiV. — In this Lon>ugh. on Friday 15tb inst
of Con umption Mrs. Martha, wife of Cap G. H.
Eastman in toe 27th y*ar of her r.ge.
SHALES.— In Lemon April 11th 1864' cf Conges
tion of the brain Mary if. daughter of Lewis H.
and Maria E Shales ago! 14 yrs, 5 months and
14 day*.
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NOTICE.
"VrOTICE is nereby given that th# following
J.N named p#rsons have filed their petitions in th#
court of Quarter Sessions, of Wyoming County and
will mase application at the next Term of Said
Court for Tavern License
Reuben Render, Mehoopay Township.
J. P. Kiusc.ll "
Reuben Parks, Monro# M
S. C. Mathewsou, Clinton "
Charles Swayse, " "
11. W. Dowdney, Braintrisn "
Benj. Zeigler, " "
F. M. Crane. Washington
John Maynard, Tunkhannock Borough,
T B Wall " u
Jered Lillie, Meshoppen Township.
Win. H. Cortright, " "
Wm. 0. Gardner Nicholson "
Gorge Pen go, " •'
S. D. Baron. '• "■
C. L Jck#oß, " "*
Levi Townscnd, Falls "
Tunkhanaosk, March 29, 1884.
V>*Ti Clerk
WYOMING SEMINARY
—AND
( OMMERCIAL COLLEGE.
The next term of this Institution will commence
April 21 st, and eont;nee twelve weeks.
R NELSON.
Kingston Pa. Apr Itk 1964.
TEACHERS INSTITUTES AND EX
AMINATIONS.
An Institute will be held at Stcrlingrillo, eora
-1 mencing Anril 19th. At Centreinoreland, April 26.
; Kxaruinat n, to be held at Tunkhanuock, April 21.
I at F ictoryville April 30.
' Oa tho third day of each session of the Institute
an examination will take place. Those designing
| to toach who do uot hold certificates, will please be
: present at one of Uio above examinationslleace
! forth thero will be no private examination —*
i no teacher will be employed unless holding
! lificate- A certificate of moral character la •
1 In cae.s where teachers canuot be obtained w
bar# certificate# may appear here o 11 *
iaet Saturday in May.
. W. LaMet.
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