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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1861-11-21

COVERED WITH RAGs.--An early adventu-
rer in California, communicated to his friends
at home the marks of his prosperity as follows ::
Whereas when | arrived in this place, had
not rag to my back, am now eooered with
Them And it has seemed as though our vol
unteers down in Dixie had progressed in
about the same manner. 1t is hardly worth
while to fret about the institution of law of
'wcar and tear and our soldiers are not Sener-
ally impatient at being a little tattered at the
close of few months services but we learn
that an enterprisng manufacturer in Massa-
chusetts has originated plan of covering them
with rags to commence with He is around
purchasing rags at thres cents per pound,
which are converted into blankets weighing
five pounds each, to be offered to the govern
ment. Shoot the rag-a-mufin !
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1861-11-21
pRRPECr FREEDOM PROM COUGH IN TEN MINUTES
AFTER USE INSURED BY USING
DRYAN'S PULMONIC WATERS.

References be given the principal Ply
scans aud individuals in this vicinity who have
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1861-11-21

A New REcPE-For preserving all kinds
of Fruit First, slam your front door in the
face of the man who goes about commencing
process of vanishing, for imparting knowl-
edge of which he charges from twenty-five
cents to five dollars, as he lights O chaps =
boil well for six or eight hours, adding sugar to
suit the taste, and then place the whole in a
sealed jar upon a high shelf, out Of the reach
Of the children.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1861-11-21
SPECIAL NOTICES.


The public xamina ion of School Tea CHI
will take place in Dummerton mt the Ncstry under the
Congregational Meeting House Saturday, Nov. 80, at
o'clock A. NJ Il. v. FOSTER, Superintendent.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1861-11-21

Fortress, shield, or bucklcr.
Fleeing back with their 'sevt league boots to the
place from whence they came, without having had the
preme felicity, anticipated Of witnessing the Inauguration
Of their devoted servant, jeff Davis.
GuuFoRD, W., Nov. 1861.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1861-12-20

the defense of the government, the prosecution
of the war, and the suppression Of the rebell
ion. 1t Is as clearly the right of the govern
ment to arm slaves, when it may become ne
cessary, as it is to use gunpowder taken from
the enemy. Whether 1t is expedient to do so
is purely military question. The right is un-
questionable BY the laws of war. The expo
dieney must be determined by circumstances,
ing the rebels, re-establishing the laws, and
restoring peace to the nation.
tslt is vain and idle for the government to
carry on this war, or hope to maintain its exis-
tence against rebellious force, without employ
ing all the rights and powers of war. As has
been said, the right to deprive the rebels Of
their property in slaves and slave labor is as
clear and absolute as the right to take forage
from the field, or cotton from the warehouse,
or powder and arms from the magazine. To
leave the enemy in the possession. of such prop
erty as forage and cotton and military stores,
and the means of constantly reproducing them,
would be madness. Il is, therefore, equal
madness to leave them in peaceful and secure
possession of slave property, more valuable
and efficient to them for war, than forage, cots
ton and military stores. Such policy would
be national suicide What to do with that
time aud circumstances will solve, and aeed
not be anticipated further than to repeat that
they cannot be held by the government as
slaves. 1t would be useless to keep them as
prisoners of war, and self-preservation, the
highest duty of governmebt, or of individa-
ais, demands that they should be disposed of
or employed in she most effective manner that
will tend most speedily TO suppress the insur-
reotion aud restore the authority Of. the gov
ernment. If il shall be found that the men
who have been held by the rebels as slaves are
capable of bearing arms and performing eff
cient military service, it is the right, and may
become the duty of the government, TO arm
and equip them, and employ their services
against the rebels, under proper military regu-
lations, discipline and command.
'sBut in whatever manner they may be used
By the government, it is plain that, once liber-
ated by the rebellious act Of their masters,
they should mover again be restored to bond
age. BY the masters treason and rebellion
be forfeits all right to the labor and service Of
his slave; and the slave of the rebellious mas
ter, by his service to the government, becomes
justly entitled to freedom and protection.
ssThe disposition to be made of the slaves
of rebels, after tbs close of the war, can be
safely left to The wisdom and patriotism of
Congress. The representatives OF the people
will unquestionably secure to the loyal slave
holders every right to which they are entitled
under the constitution of the country.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1861-12-20
REPORT
OF THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY.

The duties Of the navy during the sast sum-
mer have been threefold. To guard the in,
surgent ports snd coast line of nearly 5000
| miles; to protect our maratime commerce and
cruise in pursuit of Piratical vessels sent out
by the Confederates; and to take part in COM
bined naval and military expeditions against
| North and South Carolina, and the ports of the
infected districts. TIE reports Of the Secre-
tary of the Navy gives detailed information
of the manner of which these ardous duties
have been performed.
Vessels have been sunk in Ocraoeke Inlat,
on the North Carolina coast, and others are
about to be sunk in the harbors of Charleston
and Savannah.
l53 vessels, of various size, have been cap
tured since the institution of the blockade
most os them in attempting to run she block
ade.
The naval expeditions we're, il seems, plan
ned after receiving the reports Of board of
officers; who deliberated on the best points to
be attacked and seized. The board consisted
of Captains j. +. Dupont and Chas. III, Davis,
of the navy; Major John c. Barnard, of the
army, aud Professor Alexander Baehe, of the
coast survey.
The Secretary reports that Flag officer A.
p Foote, Of the navy, had organized an eff !.
cient naval force in the Mississippi, auxiliary
to the army.
OF privateers, the repors IS states that "sueh
of these cruisers as eluded the blockade and
capture were soon wrecked, beached, or sunk,
with the exception of one, the steamer Sum-
| ter, which, by some fatality, was permitted to
pass the BrO0kln, then bloekading one or the
passes of the Mississippi, aud after brief and
feeble chase by the latter; was allowed to pro-
ceed on her piratical voyage. An investiga-
ton of this whole occurrence has been ordered
by the Department.
The Secretary fully sustalns the act of Capt.
Wilkes 10 capturing Mason and Slidsll He
says admirably:
'The prompt and decisive action Of Capt
Wilkes on this occasion merited and received
the emphatic approval of the Department.; aud
if too generous forbearenoe was exhibited by
him in not capturing the vessel which bad these
Rebel emmissaTies on board, it may, in view
of the special circumstances, and it's patriotic
motives, be excused. But it must by no
means be permitted to constitute precedent
hereafter for the treatment of any case of
similar infraction of neutral obligation of for
eign vessels engaged in commerce or the ears
rying trade"
There we're, on the 4th of March last, in
commission aud at the service of the Secreta-
rV of the navy, only AZ vessels, carrying 555
guns, aud 1900 men. There are to-day, in
commission, 264 vessels, carrying 2,557 guns,
and over $4,000 men This is an immense
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1861-12-20
VOL. 81. NO. 81.

work to do in little more than eight months
Besides this, there will be dy very shortly.
o2 new steamers, "pecnliarly adapted to coast
guard duty," three of which are iroa-clad.
The Secretary advises tho creation of mora
grades In the naval service, as likely 10 ada
to the efficiency of the work, by making the
rewards more frequent. Also be reccommepds
rule that oficers bs retired with sufficient
allowance, after fortysfVc years ssrvice 25
acting lieatenants, 433 acting masters, and
2O9 masters mates have been appointed, in
order to have officers enough fer tbs 50 largely
increased navy. There have also beoa netting
engineers and surveyors appoloted.
The Secretary asks Congress to fostsr The
Naval school to such degree that at least
double the usual number of ea.:ets may be iu-
structed.
On the slavery question the Secretary Gays
nothing, but the following, ton tbs employ
mcnt Of fugitiTes," will show that be propos
es to protect loyal men, and arrest insurgents.
without asking if :hey we're black or White
He says:
SIN the coastwise and bloekading duties OF
the navy it has been not frequently that fu-
gitiVes from insurreetionary places have sought
orr ships for refuge and protection, and onf
naval commanders have applied 10 me for In
struction as to the proper disposition whieh
should be made of suoh refugees. aIy an.
swer has been that, if insurgents, hoy should
DO handed over TO the custody of the Govern
nent, but, if on the contrary, they we're free
from any voluntary participation in the rebel
lion, and sought the shelter aud protection OF
our aag, then they should be cared for anf
employed in some useful manner, aud might
De enlisted to serve on oar public vessels or
in our navy yards, receiving wages for their
labor. If such employment could not be fur
niahed to all BY the navy, they might be rz-
ferred to the army, and il no employment.
could be found for then-ln the public service,
they should be allowed to proceed freely and
peaeeably, without restraint, to seek liveli-
hood in any loyal portion Of tie county
This have considered TO be the whole re-
qnired duty in the promises, Of our naval Oft
GERS"
The naval estimates for the year ending
June 30th 1868, amount to Sd ,625, ,545;
and besides this, the Secretary reports def-
cit of SIS, $50, 900 needed for current expet.-
ses to pay for vessels purchased, aud for ue~
cessary alterations incurred in ftng them
for naval purposes, for the purchase Of add:r
tional vessels, for the construction aud
completion of twenty iron clad vessels.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1861-12-20
Abstract Of the Report Of the Post
master General.

1t appears that the whole number of post
offices in the United States on the Both of
June, 1861, was 2s, $50; aud that the entire
number of cases acted upon during the same
period gas 1888; including appointments
made BY the President of the United Stgtes.-
The whole number of appointments made by
the Postmaster General was 3 ,935, and the
number by the President during the same
period 337.
The aggregate earnings of the different
transatlantic steamship lines during the year
ending June Both, 1861, were 1892 ,887 6s.
The expenditures. of the Department in the
fiscal year ending June 30th, 1861, amounted
to Sl3,606,759 IL.
The expenditures the previous year were
$l4,S74,772 50, showing decrease in 1851
of 81 ,26S,01 78.
The gross revenue for the year 1861, iu,
GLIDING receipts from letter carriers aud frola
foreign postages, amounted to S6, $40 200 40.
The estimated deficiency of means for 1861,
as presented in the actual report from this de-
partment, December 3, 1859, was. So, ,9SS, ,424
04. Dedueting the annual deficiency, S4,55l,
966 SO, and there is an excess af estimated
deficiency over actual deficiencies of 81 1885,
457 06.
The revenue from all sources during the year 1868
amounted to 9.2lS. .O67 40
Tho revenue from all sources during
the year 1861 amounted to 9049 2e6 "a
Decrease of revenue for 1861 5 leS77l 90
The net proceeds from postofiicss III tho loyal
States for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1850,
S3,6sS,690 Sc, and in 1861 S3,S0l, ,4s7 0S showing
an increase in 1861 Of SIP, 79e 81,
And IN the disloyal States. in 1861 S677, ,70S 20,
showing decrease in 1861 of Sll2 ss9 81.
The decrease in 1861 from the net proceeds of
1860, in all the States, appears to be S30,043 o.
Statement of the receipts and expenditures Of
the disoya States. and amount alleged to he due 20
contractors; also the amount actually paid to con.
tractors from July l, 1860, to Nay 81. 1861
Total expenditure 3,699, I50 AZ
Z" gross receipts 2,2ll, ,22o o5
Excess of exp'dtures over receipts 2,457, $3.50 AZ
Amount alleged to be due to con-
tractors for transportation 3.l35, ,6S7 Y
Amt actually paid for transportation 1928, ,o6l SO
Leaving amount alleged to be due
and unpaid Sl2s s5T5 ~
The estimate of the tolAl expenditures for
1868 is somewhat less than those Of previous
years heretofore submitted. This difference
arises from the fact hat only partial estimates
are made for the cost of postal service in the
States where it is now suspended.
The appreciation for deficiencies ia 1862
was $5, 5,S9l, $50 So, While the amount estima-
ted to be required from the Treasury for 1868
is 5 3,645.000.
The whole number of ordinary dead letters
received and examined during tue year was
about 2,550000.
The number Of letters containing money,
which were registered aud sent out during tho
year ending June so, 1861, was l0,5S0.
The number Of dead letters returned uu-
opened to foreigu ,onntries during The fiscal
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1861-12-20
BoHrq
IN MEMORY OF HON. E. D. BAKER
By BAYARD TAYLOR.

Oh fsllen hero noble friend
IT'S not tho friend mourn in thee,
Though called, in mid career, to end
Thy shining course of victory.
| dare not grieve for friendship a sake,
To know thy soldie's kueli is rung;
hat shame or glory ne'er shall wake
The silIS1J trumpet of thy tongue
That dim the eye whose lightning scared
The traitor, through his brazen mail;
Those lips whose smile of sweetness cheered
Our darkest day, are cold and pale.
No selfish sorrow iss thee now,
And we who loved thee stand aside
While she our mother, veils her brow
And in her grief lorgets her pride.
When half ths stars of honor fade,
That gemmed her banners morning sky,
She sees them triumph, who betrayed,
And he; her truest chiftain, die!
When low ambition rules the land:
And patriots play the traitors part,
We Ill can spare his open hand,
Ne III can spare his honest heart.
When timid lips proclaim their doubt,
To chill the ardor of the brave,
We miss his dauntless batttle-shout;
That never tfuce to treason gave.
WheR freedoms base apostles preach
Dishonor in the sacred name
OF Peace, his grand indignant speech
No more shall smite tha covering shame
God Thon hast sheathed the sword he drew
We bow before thy dark DEGREES
But give the arms that build anew
Our nations temple, strength from TheeI
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1861-12-20
s4o,6s7 2O,Ss4

The appropriations asked for the service Of
the fiscal year are computed for force of 800,
900 men. The numerical strength Of the cav
airy force is now greater than is required, and
as it can only be maintained at great cost,
measures will be- taken for its gradual reduce
ton.
Congress at its late extra session authorized
the acceptance Of 100000 volunteers and ap-
pr9pfiated $500, 900 for their support,
but so numerous we're the offers for volunteers
y IS believed 100000 men could have been
obtained, lad there been authority to accept
their services 1t gill says the Secretary, De
COW for Congress to say whether the army shall
6e further augmented, with view TO more
speedy termination of the war Ii confined to
the present limit fixed BY law, it IS proposed
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1861-12-20
Absttact OF the Report of the Secre
Sarv of War.

The report of ths Hon. Simon Cameron,
Secretary Of War, occupies nearly fourteen
closely printed octave paves. Ii sets out with
a statements of The entire estimated strength OF
the army, both volunteers and regulars, as fol-
lows -
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1861-12-20
2O,ss4
660,97l
Reguiars. Aggregate.

The several arms of the service are estimat.
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III ttF47 y y
To THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1861-12-28

to advance, and that in such mn event .
victory on the part of the Confederate, in
their present position, would be certain.
During the stampede of the rebels eight
of them were taken prisoners and brought
to Washington to-day. They state that
they left CentrovilIe very carly on Friday
morning, in order to obtain forage, and
very unexpectedly met with our troops,
who had proceeded to the same point on
similar business. They also said there
was larger number of killed on the part
of the rebels than supposed
Three of the prisoners, who had become
bewildered in the retreat came up 10 one Of
our regiments, not knowing that they we're
Federal troops, and inquired the direction
to Centreville, but instead of being taken
prisoners they were shown the way to
Washington.
The victory on .hO part of our troops is
considered the more brilliant as they had
never before been in oction.
They have been highly complim0n!ed,
both by Major General Mcclellan and Gen.
Mccall.
-Four companie, of the First Pennsylva-
MIA Cavalry were also with the brigade,
but the condition of the country was such,
being thickly wooded, that they could not
render service to the extent they desired.
Gen. Ord, while passing through the
woods during the action, lost his sword,
but was Immediately supplied with anoth-
er, which had been taken from dead reb-
el officer
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1861-12-28

The TEA, SUGAR AND COFFEE TAX
BILL, AS PASSED BY BOTH HOUSES OF
CONGRESS- Washington, Dec. 23.--The
following is the Tax bill passed by both
Houses of Congress to-day -
Be 1t enacted BY tie Senate and House Of
Representatives. Of the United .Stutes of
america, IN Congress assembled -
That fiom and after the date Of the
passage Of this act, in lieu of the duties
heretofore imposed by law on the articles
hereinafter mentioned, there shall be levied,
collected and paid on the goods, wares
and merchandise herein enumerated and
provided for, imported from foreign coun-
TT es, the following duties and rates of duty;
that is to say - -
First On all teas, twenty (2o) costs per
pound.
Coffee of all kinds sc per pound.
Second. On raw sugar, commonly call
ed Muscovado or brown sugar, and on
sugars not advanced above No. II, Dutch
standard, by claying boiling, clarifying or
other process and on syrup of sugar, or
sugar cane and concentrated molasscs or
concentrated melado, two cents and half
(e3) per pound.
On white and clayed sugars when ad-
vanced beyond the raw state above No. l2
Dutch standard, by clarifying on other
process, and yet not refined, three cents
per pound; on refined sugars, whether loaf,
lump or pulverized, five cents per pound
on sugars after being refined, when they
are tinctured, colored or in any other way
aduterat.d, and on sugar candy, eight
cents per pound; on molasses, six cents per
gallon; provided that all syrups of su gar
or sugar cane, concentrated moasses, or
concentrated melado, entered under the
name of molasses, or any other name than
syrup of sugar or of sugar cane, concan-
trated molasses, or concentrated melado,
shall be liable to forfeiture to the United
States, and the same shall be forfeited
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1861-12-28

ba~ JOHN G. FREEZE, Esq, Attorney
at Lar, having accepted the position Of
the Deputy Register and Recorder of the
county of Columbia, has removed his office
into the room occupied by the Register
and Recorder in the Court House, where
he can always be found prepared to attend
to the business of his profession, and also
to the duties of his deputyship
~ Persons having business with the
Register and Recorder must come prepared
to pay the fees before the work can be
done, No other course can be adopted
by the Deputy, to whose care the entire
business of the Office h as been transferred.
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1861-12-28

f9y- WuAr's TIE MATTER "A Re
cantatio".-Jamcs Redpath, formerly the
Kansas correspondent of the Tribune, and
a man known as belonging to the most
progressive school of Abolition philoso-
phers-a man who has been charged with
having done as much as almost any other
to foment discord between different States
of the Union, ,-now comes out in a public
acknowledgment of past errors, repudia,
ting the mischicvous doctrines dissemina.
ted in former days, and announces his re-
tiremcnt as a political editor until such
time as he shall have attained a clearer
and more human and Christian view of the
duties of the freeman 10 the enslaved. =
Here is Mr. Rcdpath's card, published in
the Pane and Pain, a newspaper devoted
to the promotion of Hayticu COLOMBIA.
ton =
A PREPARATORY WORD, Having
become sincerely convinced that many Of
the political doctrines that ! have advo.
Gated in my writings are dangerous and
abhorreut to the higher insight; the nsur-
derouS l'oiicy, for Gcamplc, Of anc5ttng tie
slaveS 10 aSuraecti0a which l have
urged repeatedly and with terribly mista-
ken ZEAL wish to announce here that |
shall retire from any participation in the
political management of this journal, ex-
cepting for the purpose of retracing past
errors, until such time as | feel that |
have attained a clearer and more human
and Christian view of the duties of the
freeman to the cnslaved,
shall conGnc myself exclusively to
the editing of the outside pages OF the pa
Per. The name of the acting editor will
be duly announced, The articles signed
with an astorisk (') were minei of these
will retract many; my associates who in
dicate their respective writings BY tht
initial l., and by the marks +, +, and 5
are alone responsible for their thoughts
thus labelled, repaai1ate my acar doc
trinee, utte,iy aad forever.
JAMES REDPATH.
This frank acknowledgement is certain
ly very noble in Mr., Redpath, and if it i
presage of general eonvertion iron
the Abolition ranks, there is more hop
! for the country.
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1861-12-28
RsF- CAPT. w, II, ENT.-The official

nS- CAPT. W. II. ENr.-The official
report of the Drainsvilc engagement an
nounces that the Sixth regiment reserves,
which evidently was in the hottest of the
battle, if we may judge from the list OF
killed and wounded, was under the COM
mand of Captain Wellington II. Ent. He
is the Captain of company A ( Iron Guards
of Columbia county, and the senior cap =
tain, who usually takes command of a reg.
iment III the absence of the field officers,
all of whom we infer, are on the sick list
The Sixth is "Bully' regimcnt--a pet
of ours--and in the late action verified our
predictions Of their courage and proves,
made at different times during the sum-
mcr.
Captain Ent has distinguished himself,
and we look for his early promotion
The entire regiment, in fact gave noble
account of itself, in this its first engagement,
Notwithstanding its field officers, and many
of the staf and line have been on the sick
list nearly all summer. All honor to the
brave boys of the Sixth Reserves.
Pari9t f. Union.