Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1862-01-14

third article denounces the rebel ad-
ministration as permitting swindIlng
AMI injustice in various departments.
/ A TRAITOR AND LIAR.-On the Oc-
casion of the reception of Mr.. Faulk-
ner, in Richmond, a few days since,
he made a speech in which he said:
But he was not free man yet. 1t
dcvolyei upon the Confederate Gov
crnment to say whether he should or
not. Voices" You shall be.
Whether he should he compelled to
90 back to imprisonment, or whether
he should 90 free, and dedicate HIM
self to the cause Of libcrty-or, as
Seward expressed it. to the cause Of
treason He had pledged his life to
the cause of the South, and was Low
here to seek an opportunity for It's
fulfillment."
Mr.. Faulkner was Minister to
France during Bachanau's Admins
tration. When he returned, he was
arrested, (or, rather, retained a hos
tagc to offer in exchange for Mr.. Ely,
then a prisoner i'll the hands of the
Rebels, but he denied being a traitor
in word, deed, or sympathy. The
above extract exhibits the tiger ;
claws OF this polished traitor.
REBEL NAyTIprEs.-lf you want
to make an angel, select good wO-
man for the material and if you want
to make a real devil. just pick out a
bad one, especially if seccssionist.
The other day, a fine cake was sent
to Mrs. Grccuhow, a rebel lady con-
fined in Washington. Lieut.. Sheldon
stuck a penknife into it in several
places, and striking a hard substance,
opened it, and found Treasury notes,
fyes and tens, to a considerable amout;
also, a letter, stating that arrange
mcnts had been made TO effect her
escape and conveyance to Richmond,
and naming the day and hour Of de-
livcrancc. When the lady found out
the discovery obtained from her cake,
her anger was uncomfortable. The
Lieutenant bought her nice new
cake and sent it to her, but she threw
it down stairs
A Baltimore widow, Mrs. Raxley
was brought in to share the prison of
Mrs. Greeuh0w and Mrs. Poole. She
was three days from Richmond with
valuable " cargo She had among
many little documents Of value about
parts of her clothes and person, thin
papers hid i'll her hair. One of the
papers was a commission in the rebel
army for a young Baltimorcan. She
refused TO sleep under 4 blanket
marked "U. 81. After being con
fined, she sent to an officer for a diff
terent one. She soon received notice
TO sleep under it, or go without.
Some anxiety has been expressed
lest new mishap shall have hefallen
Mason and Slidell on their way to
Halifax, from which the reclamation
of no human power will redeem them.
The gunboat Rinaldo, on which they
took passage, has been nine days at
sea, and it is said she was bound TO
Halifax. Either this common under
standing was a mistake, or the vessel
has gone to that other place which is
sometimes mentioned in connection
with Halifax. The orders, however,
we believe, were that the Rinaldo
should be governed by the wishes Of
her passengers. but that they should
be landed at Halifax unless they in
sisted upon being taken directly to
England There is an old provcrb
which forbids the fear that either of
these Southern cmissarics will he
drowned, and it would, besides, be
quite in accordance with Mason'S
character to insist upon holding or
as long as possible 10 the distinction
of being on British man-oi-war.
For both these reasons our anxiety is
not overwhelmingly. y. TRIBUNE.
Hon. Charles Sumner, in a speech
delivered in the Senate on the 9Th in
slant, on the Trent affair, fully sus-
tanned the action Of the AdminiStra-
tion in giving up Mason and Siidell,
and went even further thal Mr.. Sew
ard. The points he made and deci-
ded arc three First, that the seizure
Of the men without taking the ship,
was wrong because a navy officer
has no right TO substitute himself for
a Judicial tribunal ; second, that the
ship, even if taken, would not have
been held liable on account Of the
rebel cmissaries. inasmuch as neutral
ships are free TO carry all persons not
apparently in the military or naval
service Of the enemy and, third, that
are not coutraband of war.
\ special despatch from Cairo to
he st. Louis True Democrat says that
5000 troops are now Oh their way
here from different points, and as
Don as they arrive a column from
10000 to 5000 strong will march
rom there to Paducah under Gen.
irant. The destination Of this force
S said to be Nashville, whence. if a
unction can be made with Gen. Bucll's
the entire army will pro
eed to New Orleans.