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A Startling Picture of Governmental Corrup-
tim.

No lover of his country or friend of public
virtue can rnn his eye over the revelations
contained in the speech of MIR. Dawes, oil
Mass. in the House of Representatives with
out feeling the intensest indignation and
alarm Mr. Dawes deals with unblemish-
ed facts, reliably a-certained through
committee OF Congress but the flights of
The boldesi fancy are tame beside the start
ling record Of crime which he drags TO The
light.
The facts stated will arrest the attention
Of the most indifferent while III ey will fill
the public spirited and truly loyal cIiizen
with, the deepest apprehension. An army
oil traitors, viIer and more dangerous Than
all the Iegions in armed rebellion, are suck
iog the hearts blsod of The republic, aud
are secretly but surely and rapidly deyour-
ing tie sonrcesof It's strength. The shame
fuI revelation cannot be doubted il is moi
The offspring OF partizan malice, but owes
its being 10 men who are in sympathy with,
and supporters ofthe present administration.
Mr. Dawes is republican member aud The
ed from unwilling witnesses. under the
penalties of imprisonment and the obliga
ton Of an oath. The very FIRST war CON
tract into which the Government entered
was swindIe and whether il buys beef.
horses, arms, or clothing for IFS soldiers, it
allows every purchase 10 be tolled by a
band Of harpies as ravenous ss the horse
leech No wonder Mr. Cameron has re-
signed The whole Administration should
follow bis example, while every robber of
The treasury should be seized and made 10
disgorge the proceeds of his knavery.-Nts
To,k 6rgus.
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FIRE.-On Tuesday morning last, fire
broke out in the Union Hotel, kept by Mr.
Henrie, which was not quenched until it
had destroyed the upper stories Of the back
buildings OF The hotel and burnt the roof
off the main building, and serlc- dam
aged the rest of the house with water The
fire appears 10 have originated from a
stove pipe leading from the third sIory
through ali attic 10 the roof. The Fire
Engines were promptly on the ground, bot
owing 10 the valves OF some Of the engines
being frozen they could not be brought into
immedai use, consequently the fire gain
ed considerably headway before water
could be applied. Il was not long though
before the "Frendyn led off followed by
the Washington and Continental, and the
three together soon quenched the flames,
and saved the main portion of the Hotel
property The engines we're all well work
ed on the ice in the river, at the close of the
fire the ice collapsed beneath the Wash
incton and let her through 10 the bed Of the
river. but through the active exertions
of her 's,alwart boys she was soon brought
ont high and dry
blr. Henrie. we understand, is fully in
sured in the York Insurance Company
DanuiHe Iliedigeacer.
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..GREEN BACKS"

This is the name pretty generally given
"on change" to the recent issue OF Govern
ment Treasury notes. Hitherto they have
met with a very shy reception from the
Banks. A sensible change, however, has
taken place, and disposition to concill-
ale is manifested by The city banks the
lower denominations are now taken on de-
regular customers. This may be an inIi-
cation that the war between The Banks and
the Government is drawing 10 a close. The
banks have STOOD out manuily in self-de-
fence agains, the proposed further is-ue of
government paper, and give way, evidently
al the clear indication from Washington
that the entire influence OF the President and
his Cabinei will be exerled 10 put the cur
rency bill, legal tender and all, through
the Senate, jus; as it passed the House,
without the specie clause for the payment
OF interest II the time is passed for 'he
further discussion of these Two features of
the BILL and Congress in It's wisdom shall
declare such currency the wisest and best
-
come good citizens 10 give the measure
welcome, and as far as possible aid the
Government. the banks and the public, in
giving the money! authorized as free cir
cula'ion as possible
The Albany Argus truly remarks that
''tEe treason OF Abolilionism is daily be-
coming more and more rampant as Presi>
dent Lincoln shows disposition TO prose-
cute this war on the platform OF The Consti-
tuition The issue is becoming daily more
clearly defined between the President and
The friends of the Constitution on the one
side, and those who desire TO revolutIonize
the government of our fathers on the other.
Let Democrats and conservative men stand
by the President, so long and so lar as he
stands upon the Constitution"
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ATrnth well Told.

Hon. A Harding, Union member of Con
gress from Kentucky, in a recen. able and
patriotic speech, made the following enl.
phatic siatement:-
The ultra aboitionists, whether they
know il or moi, have been and now aie Civ
ing the most successful aid to the disllnion-
lists OF the South, and making the most sue
cessful war upon ;he Union The great
and prevailing argument of the leading dis
unionisls, in the South and in the border
States, has been, and still is that the North,
in violation of the Constitution, intended
and was about to turn the struggle inio a
war for emancipation, and thus s'pluI ge the
whole population, white and black" into a
remorseess and bloody Struggle. Ev this
argument alone he has succeeded in sedu-
cling and drawing into the rebellion thous-
ands of misguided men. Without it, he
would have been powerless. and lhi. argu-
ment has been furnished and put ilho his
mouth by the Northern aboliiionists This
has been the great question of debale e that
loyal men have met and baltled agitiust a
thousand times all over Kentucky.
This is the view we have always held
The handful of disunionists per Sc in the
Southern States, we're furnished By a5oli-
iionists of the North, with the YER, argu-
ments they most needed and de ired TO
make use Of in consummating thtir dark
purpose to establish separate conf ,deracy
Every intelligent mind in the Norill ought
10 have been able 10 have grasped at once
this now undoubt ed truth. But tho igh the
Democracy labored hard and long 10 i'm
press il npon the popular intelligent e Of the
North, though the most solemn anC earnest
warnings came TO Us from the Tn on men
OF South, the people would not hea ken and
the dreadful penalty is now upon them =
And now whilst that penalty must pc paid,
let US learn from the past and beware lest
the fanatics and fools who have all sady ru-
iued Us half, will not finish the JOB through
our patient and supine sufferance.. bedford
Gdzste.
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Expulsion Of Senator Bright.

As will be seen by the proceedings pub
lished in fulI in another column, the Senate
OF The United States, by two-ihirds vote,
last week expelled JEssE BsIcHT, of In
diana, as one Of the members of that body
Il may be that the majority acted wisely
euf we confess, from careful reading of
all The testimony brought against him, we
could not see The reasonable act OF his,
which would justify suct course. Mr.
Cowau of this State, and Mr. Harris, OF
New York--lwo Republican Senators from
the two greatest States in The Union-to
their honor be il said, voted against THE
act of hardness The reason assigned,
and the only one that we have seen is that
Mr. Bright wrote the following letter, the
bearer Of which (who is said to be cousin
Of the Presidency was arrested some time
ago upon The charge of treason:
s,WAsHIseros, March 1. 1861.
Nv DEAR Sra Allow me to introduce
10 your acquaintance, my friend Thomas
Lincoln. of Texas He visits your capi-
tai mainly 10 dispose OF what he regards
great improvement in firearms ! recom-
med him 10 your favorable consideration as
a gentleman OF The first responsibility, and
reliable IN every respect. Very iruly yours.
JESSE D. BRIGHT
ITO his Ezceliency, Jefferson Davis, Presi-
dent OF the Confederate Siates.n
The chief offence charged against Mr. B.
is iha, he addressed JEFF. Davis as his Er-
esRsaey in an ordinary letter of introduction
We will not eEier into discussion as to
the proprieiY of this act. But we cannot
repress the remark, that singular specia.
Gle is presented of grave body passing
sentence of expulsion upon Senator upon
charge of treason founded on such ba-
sis Aye, and a body which permits such
men as CHARLEs SUMNER 10 occupy high
places in its councils. Charles Sumner has
spent his official life time in tanning The
flames of sectional discord, which has left
our country in its present pitiabIe condition
aye, and Chas Sumner votes for the ex-
pulsion OF Jesse D. Bright, who has been
one of the most powerful foes of all the
dangerous dogmas OF this leading Abolition
isi. !, may be that Mr.. Bright made a
erievous mistake in writing 10 traitor, and
has received a just punishment-but even
handed justice will mol rest satisfied while
the men who have made the trailors-viz
such Aboliiionisfs as Sumner--are allowed 10
Sit ia judgment upon him.-Lnzerne Union
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SnryeyoF Geaeral

We observe the name of the Member
from this county, among the Democratic
Candidates for Surveyor General. II ema-
naied from a Harrisburg correspondent Of
last week in The Philadelphia Ersaing Jour
nal Here is ihs paragraph
I have heard it said, that onr mutual
friend, Col Tate. The able and industrious
member from Columbia. is spoken Of as a
suitable candidate for the Office oil Surveyor
General. Col Taie would make a most
faithful and vigilenf officer, and he halls
from thai Democratic district, which has
never ret finched, and which has .always
proved itself true to Democratic instincts
Yonr correspondent wonldbe much pleased
TO see The Colonel as one Of the standard
bearers Of The Democracy in The coming
contest His character for probiiy and hon.
ssty would make him formidable compet-
iior
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To DAuNoUESTs We have placed few
subscription acconnls of our delinquent snb-
scribcrs in the hands of a Justice o the Peace
who has Elected them by due process OF
law. A few OF those individuals have be-
come as mad as 'bears sriih sore heads.
Think of it, reader, a bill 10 run fire years,
and then TO have your angry passions rise
when you are requested to pay it. We
shall proceed aeains; those who do not
heed the circulars from this time forward.
Those who live far distant we shall prose
cute for fraud-a privilege which the news
paper law gives TO publishers We have
appe aIed to them in kind and honied words
soften and again. but they have not heed
ed the appeal, and now we intend TO ap>
ply the law Those of our subscribers who
are prompt in paying, will please excuse
US for boring them with duns, we dislike it
ourselves.
The above is taken from the Miitoniap
and will apply to our case with slight diff
erence.
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Rennhllean DislOyaIlY.

So il scenes the Senator from this State
who voted against Brishl's expulsion from
the Senate was not Breckenridge Demo
crat' but real simon pure Republican.
What state of things there is here. The
Abolilionists in the Senate. expel Bflgh; as
a "traitor.'' The spread.eagIe Republican
orators at Harrisburg ca.l him traitor,
and the spread eagle editor here calls him
an arch traitor, still this Republican Senator
saws that he ''wonld sooner be torn limb
from limb, than vote for Brights expulsion"
II Bright is guilty of treason then is not tins
Republican Senator. aiding and aoeuing
treason, by voting TO retain him in his seat
And are not The spread eagle Republican
majority in the Legislature, sanciioning his
course by not requesting him 10 resign so
il seems that after all the "blowing" OF the
Republicans about their loyalty they have
sent man 10 represent the great State ol
Pennsylvania in the Senate OF the U. )
who according 10 their own showing has
voted To shield a traiorn from punish
ment.-D DaiuiHe Inteligencer
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FATAL ACCIDENT, Leonard Miller who re :.
sided on Mr.. Peter Baldy's farnl, below
town, was killed on the Lackawanua railroad
on Tuesday afternoon last. BY Icing run
over by locomotive. Miller wa. walking
on the track, and when seen by he engi
neer was warned ofhis danger by the steam
whistle, bnt he took no heed, and continued
TO advance, when the engineer down
brakes and reversed his engine, ,ut could
not prevent it running over NJ ller, and
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facts as We have slaled.-Danv lls Intelli-
xsncer.
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NOTICE TO LAND OWNERS.

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the years 1860 and 1861. that they must
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this and The first of April. Otherwise the
land will be advertised and sold. A word
to the wise is sufficient &c.
JAS. S. McNINCH
Tfeasurer'S Office, 1feDsuTer.
Blooms burg, Feb I9. 1862
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'The Mission of the Republican party is
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that interest. No, it will not be finished as
long as there is cent 10 steal out of The
public Treasury.
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HENRY L. AcKER, Esq, reIires from the
editorial OF the Potsvlle Standard, paper
he has conducted with ability. MIR Thorn
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Hon. A Harding, Union member of Con
gress from Kentucky, in recen. able and
patriotic speech, made the following eni.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-03-14
WAR ON THE MISSISSIPPI.

CHICAGO, March 6--The Cairo special
dispatch to the Tribune says that the fed
eral pickets at Columbus were driven 10
yesterday by the rebel cavalry. The woods
and vicinity of the town were shelled by
our gunboats and the rebels fed.
1t is reported that heavy cannonading
was heard at Columbus, at four O'Clock
this afternoon in the direction of New
Madrid.
The rebel army at that point number
10000, having beeo largely reinforced from
Columbus and Memphis. They have also
eight wooden gunboats.
A second visit to Columbus reveals many
facts of interest. Col. Bufford, who has
made a complete examination of the earth
works say they are six miles long.
From late rebel papers we CLEAN the fol1
lowing: The steamer Cambridge was sunk
on the 23d near Grand Glaice, Arkansas,
and AZ lives were lost.
The machinery from various work shops
at Nashville were removed previous to the
evacuation of that place, to Chattanooga.
People South are warmly urging jeff
Davis to take the field.
A bitter contest is going on at Memphis
as to whether the town shall be bdrned on
the approach of the federal gunboats.
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THE TENNESSEE RIVER,


81. LOUIS, March IA special dispatch
to the Democrat from Cairo Gays that
Lieutenant Gwinn. Of the gunboat Tyler,
reached there last night from Tennessee
river. The enemy had not resumed their
attempt to fortify Pittsburg landing.
Lieutenant Gwinn landed under flag of
truce and was permitted to go mile from
the river before being stopped by the enc
mys pickets. His object was to obtain an
exchange Of prisoners which had been taken
last Saturday.
On the morning sfter the engagement
nine dead bodies and 100 wounded were
found in the enemys encampment which
had been removed three miles from the riy.
er after the engagement. Lieutenant Gwinn
thinks their loss was 20 killed and 100
wounded. Their force engaged was 900
infantry and 5000 cavalry and six pieces
Of artillery. At Oorinth, Mississippi, 10
miles from the Tennessee river the enemy
had $4,000 or 10000 troops.
At Henderson station, nine miles from
the Tennessee river, were ten or twelve
thousand, and near Creek Bridge, seven
miles back OF PASSPORT, Mississippi, were
5000 or 10000 more.
1t was also reported they were fortifying
Chickasaw, Alabama. -4-
The result of the recent election in Har-
din and McNairy counties, showes the
strength of the Union sentiment in Southern
Tennessee.
The former gave 500 out Of 1000 votes
for the Union candidates, and the latter
ZOO majority out OF 1900 votes.
Lieut.. Gwinn says the cry of the people
is "Send US arms, and sufficient force to
protect US in organization, and we will
drive the rebels cut of Tennessee our
selves"
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Michigan State Democratic
Convention.

D9TRoIT, March 6.-The Democratic
State Convention met in this city yesterday
and organized by electing II. H. Riley OF
st. Joseph County, permanent President.
Attendance very large. Fully five hundred
delegates were present and the proceedings
were harmonious throughout. 1t was
deemed iDexpedient to nominate candidates
for State officers at this time. f
Resolutions were passed expressive of the
position of the democracy OF Michigan in
the present crisis, promising support to the
Government in all constitutional measures
to suppress the rebellion and opposing the
termination OF the war until all resistance
to the G0vernmenI under the constitution
everywhere ceases.
Abo itionism is strongly denounced as
equally guilty With Southern secessionism
and the speedy extinguishmeDt Of both
hoped for; approving the modification OF
Fremont's proclamation. Cameron's report,
and the appointment Of the present Secre-
tary OF War as indications that the Presi.
dent will adhere to the Constitution; de.
nounciog corruption and extravaganza and
demanding honesty and accuracy in the
administration of the Government.