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vote in their camps by companies and
regiments. They became very testy and
excitable, showing that they fals ss though
they were trcedlng upon delicate ground
1Aey--and nobody olse-had any right
to speak of the soldiers. 7hey were their
keepers, their hackers, their most devoted
friends aud admirers. Ii Democrat
intimated that there were more Democrats
than Republicans in the army, it was met
by prompt aud indignant denial.
But when the Democrats asked for the
privilege Of letting these soldiers vote
that bscanse they went forth to Gght lhe
battles of their country IT, should not be
q cause Of sfranchisament-the Repub
licans were inexorable. They woald moi
trust volunteer soldier 10 vote; 1t would
|corrupt the ballot box; it would Gemor.
alize the nrmy; it would be very bad ia
every wasi
Let these abolition Republicans say
40 more ebout being friends of the sol
dier They dared not let a vote be taken
as it would have tested the truth of their
politics. Among the good speeches made
on the occasion, we shonld like to see thai
of Mr.. Converse published, as it covered
The whole ground.
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The Designs Of the Radicals

Henry S. Raymond, the editor of the
New York Times, leading Republican
organ, in speaking of the popular desire
10 restore the Union. says:
Friends of humanity desire to see the
object accomplished with as little blood
shed as possible Such is not the desire
of the blood thirsty Jacobins. who inner
I it the principles of the Robespierres, and
Dsntons, aud Marats o: the French Rev
olution. Nothing will satisfy them hu,
carnage. They want to have the war pro-
lopged. too. because that will continue
their barefaced, shameless plauder of the
tpeop'c by fraudulent contracts. similar to
those which have already been dragged to
the light Of day Hence, nothing would
delight them more than the overthrow OF
|McCiellan's army. They know that the
restoration of the Union would be the
death knoll of their faction, and they
wish 10 postpone, if they cannot ultimate
ly prevent, the destiny that awaits them,
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Congressional

The Senate Committee on Finance has
reported about two hundred and sixty
amendments to. the Ronse tax bill, after
having heard the representations of dele
cations representing various interests. !.
Among the amendments, they have strick
en- out the tax on all rectified and mixed,
aud increased on distilled spirits to 20
cents per gallon, to be collected at the
distilleries, but not to operate upon stock
on hand previoas to the passage of this
act. The tax on domestic wine is strick,,
en- out Lager beer and other malt liq-
uors remain undisturbed.
Three per cent is proposed ON the
gross receipts of railroads. stsemboats,
etc. Thirty instead Of Fifty. cents on cat
| tie, adding Eve cents on calves. Tobac
co twenty cents per pound Cigars, from
ten to twenty 6ve according to quality
The tax of one cent per pound on cotton
is stricken out, and schedule A, taxing
pianos.
The select committee of the House on
Coa6scasion and Emancipation has in-
structed its Chairman, Mr.. Elliot, to re-
port two bulls, The 6rst, which is agreed
to By Mr.. NOEL of Missouri. as well az
by Messrs Elliot Hutchins. Beaman, and
Sedgwick, but opposed by Mallory of
Kentucky and Cobb of New Jersey, con-
6scates all the property, real and personal.
of leading classes of rebels (smbraciug
somewhat more than are covered by Sen.
stor Shermsn's biiD. who shall continue
iu rebellion after the passage of the bill.
By another section. the property Of all
other rebels, who continue such sixty
days after it's passage. shares the same
fate. The President is to seize the prop,
srty, but the Courts are to institute pro-
ceedings, The claims of loyal creditors
are made liens upon the property.
The other bill-which only the Repub-
lican members of the committee. q bare
majority. approve-liberate Immediately
upon its passage the slaves of all rebels
| Two additional sections to the irst bill
were discussed, but not acted on, Mr..
NOEL being opposed to them. By one
Iit is declared that under this bill slaves
shall Lot be held to be property; by the
other, provision is made for the enroll
ment of all loyal persons within the rebel
districts, who shall become free upon such
enrolment. and may be. 10 such numbers
AZ are required, enlisted in the military
service of the United States. Both will
probably be moved in the House.
The Heralds dispatch says tho admin
llstratioc is fully satisfied that the road to
Richmond is opened. aud the rebel army
of the east utterly routed.
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The Quarrels of the Republicans Owe
the Public Plumber.

WASHINGTON. April 90. 1862 "A
family quarrel between the Republican
members of the House has been raging
6ercsIy for two days past The exposures
of rascalisy made by the Committee oh
Contracts has reused the anger of the
friends of the plunderers. aud furious
assault upon the committee was the re-
suit. Some of the leading Republicans
took up the eudgels for the peculators;
bat they were met by the committee with
such sledge hammer blows that they have
come out of the contest much damaged
and with loss to their party. The affair
came to crisis this afternoon. lhe pre-.
vious question was moved, which. with
the metion of Mr.. Stevens to lay ihe
whole subject on the table, was pending
when the house adjourned. The sssail
auts Of the committee would make the
country believe that the contractors are
intensely patriotic. and shat the Govern
ment has been really gamer by their op-
era,ions; and, not con,ent with that, have
rs lecit d upon the honesty and fairness of
the committee Some very spicy com.
pimen,s passed between them this after
noon. Mr.. Roscoe Conkling made a
spread eagle speech against them and Mr..
Washbnrne, of Illinois, called him de-
fender of robbers, thieves and plunderers
Mr.. Holman. of Indiana. one of the com
mit.ee. made a speech bristliug with facts
that would damn any party that should
attempt to excuse them The opposition
members have enjoyed this family quarrel
exceedingly They sit quietly round the
ring where the fight is going on and the
rascality ia shown up. The venerable
Mr.. W:eklif-. of Kentucky, was an ad-
ruiring spectator this afternoon, and his
couHtenance. for the 6rst time during this
session. wss picture of conteutment
Many of the Republicans who have no
axes to grind in the contract mourn the
affair." saying that if the committee were
handsomely sustained the Republican par
~ would not suffer in the next campaign
from the deviltries of individuals. as it
NAV, since its leaders have so stoutly de-
feudsd the guilty ones
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WASHINGTON, May s.-Richardson
Robicson aud Knapp of Illinois, Dear
and Voorhees, of Indiaua, Allen. White
Noble. Peadleton, Morris and Vallandig
ham, of Ohio, johnson and Aacona o
Pa, aud Shiel of Oregon, have issued ar
address to the Democracy of the United
States. setting forth party organization as
positive good and essential to the pres.
ervatiou of public liberty. This they
say is now vital necessity, and invite al
men without distinction of Sac, section
o, party, who are for the Constitution o.
it is, and the Union as it wn to unite
with them in their great work upon term'
of perfect equality. This they argue is
the great issne.
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Good News from McClellan's 3
Dsrssion. = williamsburg taken after a.
Severe Contest.
WILLIAMsnuRa Va Nav


The enemy evacuated this place and
their works in front. last night, the rear
guard passing through abost O'Clock
this morning.
At 9 o'clock, Gen Mcclellan and es.
lcort entered town aud took possession.
About $50 Of the enemy's sick and
wounded were left bebiod without any
rations medicines or Surgeons. They
also left number of their dead un.
buried
All of our wounded in yesterdays eu-
gsgemeDs who fell into their hands we're
left behind.
Col Dwight, of the Excelsior Bri-
gade, who was seriously wounded in the
engagement of yesterday, and taken pris
oner, was also left in the Hospital.
The enemy suffered terribly. Gen.
Ricketts, was killed
The enemy had force here yesterday
of $4,000 men. and only decided to evac-
uate after the gallant bayonet charge OF
Gen. Hancock.
The town is very pleasantly located,
aeo the majority OF the white inhaoitants
are remaining.
The number Of the enemy now in our
hands is about one thousand, including
the wounded.
| b STILL LATER.
The Fortress Monroe boat which left
at s o'clock this morning has arrived at
4
Cherry Stone, brin ring the following:
WILLIAMSBURG. May 6.
To Hon. E. " .Sta,ttoa, Scc'y Of Var:
Every hour proves our victory more
complete. The enemy's loss is great, es.
pecially in officers.
I have just heard of Eve more of the
enemy's guns being captured. s-
Prisoners are constantly arriving
(SignedO G. B. MCCLELLAN.
Major Gen. Commanding.
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s- The negroes of Boston. Massa
chusetts, have held meeting and re-
solved that they won't leave that State
for the purpose of coloniz alton. unIes,
they are compelled to For one, we have
no desire that they should leave Massa
chusetts II anything could reconcile .,
to the abolition Of negro slavery in the
United States, it wonld be the promise
upen the part of the freed negroes-foul
millions in number-that they wonld al
GO and live with their Abolition friends
in Massachusetts.
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We God the following 10 = Rspabli.

can paper:
Two QuEsfroKs. ID 0ocasienal," writing 70
the Phiadelphta Prem, asks the following
questions: Shave you ever heard . Secession
ist talk politics who did not claim to BE- .
Democrat Have you ever heard sympa-
thizer With Secession talk politics vho Cid rot
boast of his Democracyf"
:. This tells too much, becsuss n tbfsi 10
the fact, the question becomes signi6ssat=
What is this war abouti If there ID no
war nor even contention between Tho
Southern AMI Northern Democrats, then
who brought on the war and what II It
for? If this ia purely q Republican or
Abolition war, brought on to free the
negroes, the sooner il is known the bet.
ter. IF the above avowsl of Col. For
ney "a Colonel in time of peace) is true
10 the sense Ihe;apd his CO sdjnters assert
it, then the blood aBd- treasure now fow-
ing 80 freely lie at the door Of the Re-
publican party, and they aud they alone
are responsible fer St. Are they willing
to be held in that light before the world3
Are they willing that the noustrous crime
of destroying the .'best sGovsrnmept rsu
earth, "ehalf wholly rest upon stheirgowu'
shouldersf IF the Democrats cf ths
South aud the Democrats OF the North,
have common sympathy, thea the war
surely is not between them, for nsn who
sympathize with esch other. setslss their
difficulties without blood aud debts.
If this is true. as said By Col. Fsfney,
one of the Republican, Official pets, then
ell that is wanting tosfestore the Govern
ment to its former harmony, srsssness aud
success. is the putting. ont Of oHfcse The
Republicans. and. 10, patting. in, their
places good. sound, old fashioned, consti-
tutional Democrats.
By this admission of Col, Fesnsy ahd
his Republican friends tho war would
have no cause OF contiDusnoe Il tho
Democrats were in power. because there
would be sympathy Of feeling which
would harmonize and settle. our national
troubles. This IL Important. comfdg from.
that auarter,' and 10 worthy Of the most
serious consideration We always have
believed and asserted that had the Re-
publicans been defeated in 1860. n6 odds
how or by whom, We could not have had
any war. but that all our sectional din.
culties would have been healed and our,
nation stood forth, stronger and moro
prosperous than ever. 5s;siai ..r,,.fs, -
1t is nov becoming perfectly apparent
that unless there can be rapid change Of
public sentiment. and . general triuuph
of the old Democracy. with the old land
/ marks of sae Constitution for their guide,
fcur country is Iust--irretrisvably lost
aud our nssional misfortuues only begin
Ming to show themselves, Our condition
is bad enough now. with disorder rising
at every point; but When four imillions OF
/ African slaves are thrown loose insosthe-
melee. as is DOW tho res,lved purpose of
the Republicans. 10 and out of power. we
| then will see ruin. desoia'ion. disorder
and civil commotions such NJ ]. G 3vern-
ment of modsrn times has broa2hs upon
its people by misconceptions oi lis duty.
r. Crisis c. bais-g.assa ssas ~ .-sis
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CAIRo. May 5.-Ths steamer Ante.
lops from Pittsbnrg Landing, on Sunday
morning, has arrived here
At an affair at Farmipgton on Satn-
day, Gen Pope took between 200 and
800 prisoners, tents, camp eqnippage
four pieces Of artillery and several hup-
dred nuskets. esssa siisa1
When the Antelope left Piltsburg, loud
and continuous firing was heard. but The
cause was not ascertained
Recent arrivals Of deserters from For,
Wright con6rm the report that JEFF
Thompson commands there The aetna
foece there now does not exceed three OF
four thossapG, - 1 BID
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w- Fort Macon surrendered on F

T- Fort Macon surrendered on Fri
day. the 25th instant after lombard.
N ,at Of ten and half hours. The bat.
I ries were planted behiud heavy sand
banke. The preaching battery was twelve
hondred feet distant. and the mortars
fourteen hundred feet, and entirely con
ceaiea from the fort. The garrison were
allowed The hop ors # war. the officers re.
tnining their side arms. aad all Saroled
Seven rebels were killed and eighteen
wounded; two morially. Oar loss is not
known to the rebel papers which contain
the account Of the surrender.
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GENERAL McCLELIAs has possession

GENERAL McCLELLAN has possession,
not ouly of Yorktown, but of Gloucester
Point, and consequently Of York river,
np which he has sent by steamers one OF
his divisions to West Point This place
is distant from Richmond 81 miles by q
a rail road. which Mcclellan can soon put
in running order. however vigorously the
rebels may exert themselves to destroy it.
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Arrival of the Santa Fe Mail
Another Battle Between Colonel Candy
end the Terons.

KANSAS CRY, May 3-The Santa Fe
mail has arrived Another battle has
taken place between General Candy and
the Texans at Porollo, on the Rio Grade,
where the Texans had fortified them
selves. The enemy was defeated Our
loss was 25 killed aud wounded. The
enemy's loss has not been ascertained
General Candy, with q portion of his
command. had made detonr and got
below the enemy, while Major Paul was
Ia their rear. The whole OF the ensmy's
command will probably be taken. as their
only alternative. is to surrender or foe to
the mountains. where the Indians await
them.
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proceed,ngs of congre. .

The Homestead Bill passed be Senate
yesterday bS large vote. and the Pacific
Railroad Bill passed the House by 80
majority Thus. while our expenditures
are four millions # o!lars per day Cor
gress. with. singular judgment and prn
dence. proposes TO give away the public
lands for, homesteads. aud. 10 addition, to
build the Pacific Railroad. 1t is Con
gress of wonderful discretion
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Senator Wilson on the Evacuation o1
York. own. m

Senator Wilson, Chairman Of the Mil
ltary Committee, cbaracterizes the affair
of Yorktown as a defeat of Mcclellan,
and is uasparing iu his deannciatiops Of
the General in the bosels this afteruoon
He says he has known all along that the
enemy had no such force as has been re
ported. and that. their position had nc
streDgib. He has known ail winter tha,
everybody. except himself, has been hum.
hagzed in regard to the strength of the
rebels 10 V,rginio; and, if his opinions
on the subject arsscorrect, he might have
marched the regiment he raised in Mas
sachusetts to Richmond with hut liltlr
opposition. The object of his disparaee
ment of Gen. Mcclellan is apparent to
those whom be addresses generally, and
his remarks have hnt little weight. ex-
eept among the clique who have banded
together to destroy Mcclellan, and who
have declared openly that the war mus,
be carriei on With y view to the nexl
Presidency. F7 a.sas
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The Events ofsAp'ilo.

-
There have been o greater pumber Of
important sveats and nc lore during the
month of April, Just CLOSED. t1an insany
mouth of the year. Il has been q month
of great surrendars. battles sad move
Nuents T. has been illustrated blythe
surrender of Island Number Ten aud its
six thousand rebel troops; by the snrreu.
der of Fort Pulaski end its rebel, ,garri-
son; by the eapituIation Of New 0cleans,
the New York of the 8 Juth. and all it's
rebels, excepting those who ded..o It has
been criwseued by the bloody battle OF
Shiloh, aud by hundred minor engage.
menss, fought along = line Of fifteen hun
dred miles ia extent. from yorktown to
Santa Fe. II has seeel The splendid nsrch
of Mitchell add tho smasterly movemeuts
of Pope. II has seeu che sdvsncs Of
Mcdowell to Fredericksbnrg, and the
march Of Gen. Banks toward Stannton.
Curtis' column has been moving eastward
through Missouri. Steele preparing u de-
scend the Arkanssa snd Fremont ad-
vancing southward through Virgins.
Burnside has been busy ia North Carroll.
ma, aud the capture Of Fort Macon splen.
didly closea the months work Hdotse
has beeI drasiug 10 his strength. .ptspar-
atory to spring upoa the enemy-aSi
But the svestest work OF the month,
greater than the surrenders, heavier than
the engagements. more trying than the
marches, has been the prodigioas prepsr
atiou going On for two deeisivs battles Of
the war. that under Gen. Mcclellan on
the York river, and that under, General
Halleek. on the Tennessee. The month
which has just come 10, the s9eet. mouth
o. May. will. 10 eli human probability. be
that in which the purpose aud result Of
these preparations will appear. So that.
though the operations Of April have been
Iimmsasurably Important end sspssndid.
they bid fair 70 be entirely overshadowsd
by the operations Of May
We copy the above from tho New, York
ISmss. aass q se,a sssosl a.I;s., e.
4
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WASHINGTON, May s-The followin,

WASHINGTON. May The following
order was issued to-day:
Posr OFFICE DEPARTMENT. May 8
All letters for New Orleans should be
sent to New York post. Office for trans
mission by government steamers in the
regular mails. (Signed)
JOHN A. KANsAN,
First Asst P. NJ. Gen'l.
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Congressional District.

This Congressional District consisting
Of the counties of Meigs, Athens, Wash
ngton. Morgan aud Monroe is numbered
the 18th. Ia this District there are at
this time three Congressmen, viz: Nor.
ris of Monroe, Democrat Horton of
Meigs. Republican, and Cutler of Wash
ington, Abolitionist-
These five counties gave Lincoln in
1860, 1000 msjority over Douglas aud
247 majority over Douglas, Bell and
Breckinridge. The Abolition Fusion
Union party in the Legislature supposed
this district to be sure thing FOR Abo-
litionism, but the people have the same
right of complaint 10 nearly all parts Of
the State, that we have The State has
been so Districted. that only three Dis.
tricts in the State gave Democratic
majority last fall, The Districts are made
without any reference to geographical
location. or to the similarity of Interests
to be represented. The law is said to be
the most corrupt partisan measure. and
the bIsest fraud upon an honest repre-
seDtation of the people, that ever. dis
graced a legislative enactment, ass
The No Party Union men with their
secret Emancipation Abolition society
have demonstrated BY their acts, that they
are the best organized and the basest aud
most unscrupulous partisaus ever organ;
izsd in the State.-AarIe0a Republican,
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sB While the question of Wala's
re- -electien to the United States Sss,.s
was pending, he did not utssra& wori.
fearful that Ae would SAY, soneshisg ,Ast
would prejudice bis chanes y IA Gen r.l
Assembly. Eforts wsre -ssen made ta
prove that be was mot - radical o. be-
had bsea represented, and thstF iD fAcs,
he was quite conservative on The slAvsry
qaestion. As seon,' hswsvers he DIS
covered that be could not be elected. be
discloses his true character, aud is RAM
pant in favor of asnniversAl seero femaB.
cipAtion. The. General Assembly fuds
It's action vindicated ny the ,ees5t course
of this man. asgs sea Al seasdo
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resttissly.
'eo We expect by.publishirg tho paper at the
foregoing liberal rates TO obtain large num-
her Of new subscribers, who will pay for their
spspsr in advance. II We are not disappointed
IN this. the change in the terms will be ad-
vsntageous both to the publishers and the
subscribers. The subscribers who intend
paying for their paper will get it cheaper and
sths pnbiislers will get their pay for the paper
although the pricsis extremely low.
: Subscribe aud PAY IN ADVANCE. ga penny
savsd 10 as good as . penny cared"
The SPiRtr is the ofioial organ of the Coun
~, anin business man con afford to do with
eos u. g -.
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Lour VILE May 8


Two thoroughly reliable Kentackiaos
lust arrived from New Orleans report that
all along the Mississippi from Mem phis
to New Orleans there is one general bon
Gre of property, particularly of cotton OF
which 700 bales we're burned at New
Orlesns.
At Memphis sugar and mo'asses in
large quantities is on the blnf ready to bt
rolled into tbs river on the approach OF
the Federal aest
The people Of the river towns retreat
ing inward and destroying property along
all the Southern tributaries of the Mis-
sissippi.
Planters in many cases are applying
the torch to their yn cotton.
The rebel governments mas also boats
running u2 the river destroying cotton
Among great numbers only one plant
er was found who objected to the burning
of his cotton
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WASHINGTON, May 5.-The following
has been received at the War Department:
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF Potomac, !

has been received at the War Department
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF POTOMAC, !
May 4. 7 O'Clock P. M.
To the Hon. e.. N. Stanton, Sec,y Var:
{ Our cavalry and horse artillery came
up with the enemy's rear guard in their
about two miles this side
of Williamsburg. A b.isk fight ensued
just as my Aid left. Smiths division ol
infantry arrived on the ground, and pre-,
sumo carried out his work, though have
not ys, heard. the enemy's rear is
strong, bnt have force enough up there
p answer all purposes.
We have thus far II heavy guns, large
amounts Of tents. ammunition, etc. All
along the lines their works prove to have
been most formidable. and am now fully
satisfied of The correctness of the course
l have pursued. rhe success is brilliant,
AID you may rest assured that its effects
will be of the greatest Importance There
shall be 40 delay in foilowiog up the reb
els. sS
The rebels have been guilty OF the mos,
uurdsrous and barboroas conduct in pla
cling torpedoes witbia the aband oned
works, near wells, springs, aagstaffs, mag
azines and telegraph Offices in carpet
bags, barrels Z d1ur, etc Fortunnt, "
we have not ,st many men ia th.s m,a-
ner; some or kill-d, aad perhaps a
dUzsu wounded. | shall make the pris
onsrs remove them at their owa peril.
lSlgued] &c e. B. MiCLELIAN,
Msjor General