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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1863-02-04

the Posto6ice Appropriation bill and the bill
appointing Deputy Register of the Treasury
and Solicitor of the War Department. were
passed. Mr.. Lane introduced bill to stop the
pay Of unemployed military officers. The res
olutions offered by Mr.. McDougall, in condem~
nation of French interference in Mexico, were
taken up, and Mr.. McDougall made speech
in support of them Mr. Sumner moved to
lay the resolutions on the table, but before
taking the question the Senate went into exec
utive session. In the House of Representa-
tives, yesterday, the Committee on Elections
reported that B. F. Flanders and Michael
Hahn, elected from the First and Second Con-
gressional Districts Of Louisiana, were entitled
to their seats. The Bankrupt bill was laid on
the table, yeas 81, nays 81, and motion to re-
consider the vote also laid on the table, thus
killing the bill for the present session. A res
olution Was adopted calling for the evidence in
the Fitz John Porter case, and also for the ar
gument of Judge Advocate Holt in reference
thereto. The bill to reorganize the pay de-
partment Of the Army was rejected The
Military Committee reported bill providing
for the construction of submarine telegraph
line from Fortress Monroe to Galveston, Texas
WAR NEWs-A dispatch from Memphis
states that Gen. Van Dorm, at the head of
eight brigades of Confederates, left Granada,
Miss, on the Oath ult., moving north towards
Memphis. On the day mentioned there were
some fifty thousand Confederates gathered
there, consisting Of cavalry, artillery and infan-
try. Fifteen thousand Confederates are repor-
ted south Of the Memphis and Charleston rail-
road marching north Raids on the Federal
lines and outposts were daily expected. This
statement is partly confirmed by late Southern
papers, which publish dispatches claiming that
the Confederates have again captured Holly
Springs.
Gen. Sloan, commanding the central district
of Missouri, has issued an order that all guer-
rilla and Confederate recruiting officers that
shall be captured in that district be executed
by the first commissioned officer into whose
hands they may be delivered.
A body of Federal troops visited the town of
Warrenton, Va, on Monday, but discovered no
Confederates in the neighborhood. Some 80
stand of arms were captured in the town and
destroyed.
Some excitement was occasioned at York
town, Va, few days since, by the report that
the Federal pickets had been driven in at Will
liamsburg, and that the Confederates we're ap-
preaching in large force, but it proved to be
only raid Of some cavalry, who fell back on
the appearance of the Federal forces to meet
them
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-11-09
Indiana $ Roll OF Honor.

We give the following touching extract from
DR.. SrEvESsoS's work, "Indiana's Roll of
Honor" Our readers may res. assured that the
work will not flag in interest. Every battle is
carefully delinea:ed in an elegant and graphic
manner. The incident spoken OF occurred at the
commencement of the seven days battles IN
front of Richmond:
In the rear of the column at a turn in the road,
behind a wood pile, Law two "blue coats" appa-
rently sleeping. All was now quiet in the woods.
the insects were chirping, and the birds singing
their morning songs The dewy leaves Autlered
softly i'll the gentle breeze. The sun, where il
penetrated the leaiy cOyerts, sparkled upon the
glittering drops of water the dew bad left upon
the leaves. All nature was hushed, as If it were
Sabbath of quiet. No sounds OF strife; no
noise OF tumult. The men were quietly sleeping
One lay close to the wood pile; the other little
further of. Quietly approaching, a Union officer
geaty laid his hand Oh the shoulder OF one and
babe him wake up; but he could not be walked.
His pantslOons we're tucked into his socks, his
rifle was clasped in bis hands; his oyercOat was
on; be was full rugged as a soldier, and yet he
slept. STOPPING down the officer looked into his
face, and observeda bullet hole in bis left temple
He slept his last sleep He went to the other sleep
er; alas! be also seept the sleep Of death Quietly
as little children, they slumbered upon the green
moss of the woods in front of Richmond. No
friends will ever know where they lie. No happy
family earth will ever greet their return. A
rife, taken from one of them, had on the belt,
IF. Mccullough, company F." Thus do our
braves lie unknowa among the swamps of the
Chickahominy. But the sacrifice will not be in
vain. They need no monument to perpetuate
their memory, for their deeds will live in the
hearts of grateful people. Their little father
less children, too young to realize their loss
may pronounce the simple and beautiful eulogy
upon them, my father fought and died for bis
country"
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-11-09
The Secret Leaeues,

The attempt is being made by the Republican
or Abolition party to rule the destinies of the
country through the agency of secret political
leagues. A General Council Of the Order Is to
convene in Washington early in December. and
Massachusetts, has already selected her delegates,
privately. Of course. placing BUTLER at their
head This secret council wesuppose will dictate
the candidate of the Administration party for
President, and its policy. These leagues have
been organized all over the loyal States, and with
the purse and sword at its control this secret
council will attempt the continuation of the rule
Of Oh, party in power. regardless of the public
interests and the popular will The power of
these secret leagues was fully demonstrated in
the recent elections They did their work quiet
ly, but effectually. There are no greater foes to
republican institutions than secret political or
CARNATIONS
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-11-09
Lookout nountain-I.s Importance.


The news that General GRANT has secured
Lookout Mountain and the road to Bridgeport is
now fully confirmed. and is of the utmost mo-
ment. Chattanooga is now safe, and our army
can be supplied abundantly. The importance of
Lookout Mountain. which is now certainly ours,
is thus described in recent copy OF the Atlanta
(Ga.) Appeal:
Lookout Mountain, which is now In our posses
sion, is as essential to the Federal commander il
he has determined to bold Chattanooga as a base
OF further operations, as Nashville, Murfreesboro
or Bridgeport. for the simple reason that it com
mands the railroad, contains several important
masses. and is standing threat over Chattanooga
Once possessed by the enemy. it relieves their
wagon trains, enables them TO provision their
army, and gives them the most valuable position
for offense or defense in the entire region
The possession of this mountain and the roads
Il commands vas worth great battle. but the
tact that it was secured by small one is another
proof Of the wisdom Of General GRAsris CON-
oinations. and is an omen which gives promise of
final victory in that quarter.
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-11-09
The Courier adds editorially.


We are often asked il il will be necessary in,
the election Of President next year for the sue
cessfuI candidate to receive majority of all the
electoral votes of the old Union, including the
seeded States. or whether a majority Of the
electoral votes actually cast is sufficient The
constitu ional provision is as follows:
1.-THE person having the greatest number Of
(eectoral) votes for President shall be the Pres
ident. il such number be majority of the whole
number Of electors appointed.
IL seems that the Constitution does not require.
as General BurLEn supposes, . IN jority Of the
whole electoral college"
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-11-09

Thus the New England Senators govern the
finance. the navy. the army and the foreign rela-
tons Under their government the debt is rolled
up So 500 900 per day, and men are dragged
from their families To- feed armies whose mission
j. to desolate the best customer OF the North.
While the West is grooming with distress under
this expenditure of blood and treasure, how does
New England fare--the home OF the oligarchs
who are driving on the juggernaut OF blood and
rapinei Let the official report OF the Massachu
sets bank commission for 1868 reply:
Seldom, If ever. has the business of Massa-
chusetts been more active or profitable than du-
ring the past year. The war has brought into
activity many mechanical empoyments, for
which there is little occasion in time of peace.
. The necessity of transporting great
bodies of troops from point TO point along our
seaboard, and of furnishing them subsistence, has
called into the service of the Government a vast
feet of transports, for the hire Of which owners
have received rates of compensation greatly ex
ceeding the ordinary profits Of commerce. Every
steam vessel capable of navigating even the
ocean or harbor and rivers. has been thus EN-
pIoyed. and many more, previously regarded as
worn out and no logger sea WORTHY, have been
fimsily repaired and made to pass through a
hasty and corrupt inspection, have gone out
laden with valuable property. or Invaluable
lives, to be wrecked or rescued. as the chances
Of the weather or as skilIful seamanship mlehs
determine. The ship yards. both public and pri-
vate, have been worked TO their utmost capacity
In the construction of iron clad gun boats and
other vessels Of war: while machine shops, roll
ing mills and boundaries have been equally busy
in building their engines. rolling their armor
plates and casting their guns.
The wants Of the army have como ia to make
good the loss Of the Southern market. for shoes,
and the Government has been liberal and sure,
II not ready paymaster. Labor has been IN
great demand; wages have risea, and the trade is
again in high state Of prosperity.
Wealth has flowed into the State in no stinted
measure. despite Of war and heavy taxes In
every department OF labor, the Government has
been directly or indirectly tho chief employer and
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-11-09
A Change Needed.

The Democratic party are needed at the helm.
Occasionally candid Republican admits this to
be the fact. The Washington correspondent Of
the Journal OF Commerce stares:
"A leading Republican Senator, made this re-
mark the other evening. TO which the political
horizon would seem to give much meaning
Our party has tried 70 run the machine. and We
amt, 1t Is about time we give up the Govern
ment to the Democrats
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-11-09

sY-A leading abolition sheet in Massachusetts
deals the Secretary of War the following well
planted blow:
Secretary Stanton has from the beginning
made il leading aim TO bamboozle the people.
Nobody complains of the concealment OF army
movements, or OF the suppression OF any facts
that might be useful to the enemy; but outright
lying about the battles that have been fought aud
when the enemy is fully informed as to the
results, admits of no excuse"
To the above quotation from an unqoestiona-
bly, loyal" paper, most people will say "amen. :"
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-11-09
Invasion of Ireland.

letter purpOrting to have been written III
Chicago is invested with such importance BY the
London Times and Cork Reporter, that those
speculAsions concerning an Irish invasion from
the United States. According to thisr letter.
convention Of the "Fenian Brotherhood" Tor
secret society of Irisbmen) would be held in
Chicago this month, to consider the project. The
story is told as follows:
It will be remembered that during last spring
Gen. Meagher resigned lis position in the Army
OF the Potomac on the ground that bis brigade
was reduced so much il numbers as to be no
longer entitled 70 that designation; and that as
the Government would not allow it to go to New
York 70 recruit, ne preferred to resign his posi-
ton 10 the army. The resignation was accepted,
and the impression was general that Gen. Meagher
and the Administration had falling out. But
since then it has been found that Gen Meagher
is an earnest Administration man. Re not only
made a violent war speech. denouncing Wood, in
New York, and in defiance Of the sympathies of
his fellow countrymen, but has even written an
Administration letter 20 the people Of Ohio, re-
questing them not to vote for Vallandigham If
be had not left the army with secret under
standing with The Government, il Il very clear
that be is not the to have supported Mr..
Lncoln's Administration. Thetruth Is. General
Mssgher at that time was one with several other
Irishmen who were engaged In perfeeting mill
tary organization 70 bring about revolution in
ireland, in conjunction, IL possible, with de-
claration Of war between England and the United
States Fleet steamships were TO be chartered
in the cities Of New York, Boston and PhiIadeI-
phia. and the skeleton of an army Of 100000
men, with all the necessary stores was TO be put
on board Of them; that is TO say, a sufficient
- -. H. L
army Of 300 600 men in the field. II was in.
tended 70 land them separately upon three sepa-
rate portions Of Ireland in the extreme west, 10
the east near Dublin. and in the south in Kinsdae
barber; and having abundance Of munitions
and arms, they were 70 Immediately organize the,
impulsive peasantry for a revolt against the
power of England.
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-11-09
From the Jew York Old Guard.
|. and rne Rnfn

from The IeW TUX UIu UuHfu.
The Debt, the Taxes, and the Ruin
The Secretary of the Treasury cocIly announc-
ed, ON the lst of Jriv. that me national 'iet Is
ouly zone thousand one hundred millions" ard
that it increases at the rate OF two millions FIVE
hundred thousand dollars per ny, or one hundred
and four thousand dollars per hour. without
any prospect whatever of a cessation TO that in
crease. or indeed OF any other result than an IN
creased ratio of growth In the debt The official
returns Of debt have been as follows for two
years
Increa "a
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-11-09

For the last six months Of 1862 the increase
was 81 $50 900 per day and the ratio had nearly
doubled Every successive month the increase
Is greater. Tor the reason that more men ana more
supplies are needed at constantly rising prices.
Those prices, as our readers have too much rea
son to know, are raised by the use OF government
paper money, which deprecates in the double
ratio of the quantity paid out and the decrease in
the stocks OF the goods required by the govern
ment The increase of the debt in the last six
months If 1863 will be 50 O0O,0 600 per day IL is
to be borne in mind that these figures do not rep
resent the whole expenditure OF the government.
but simply what il b0rrOws over and above the
proceeds of the customs and taxes. The appro
prations, or the amount authorIZed to be expend
ed for the fiscal year 1854. is 81 900 .O00O00.
even if the next Congress should not add dollar
to the amount
We are now 10 remember that these debts are
to be paid BY the twenty millions of people of the
Northern States, for the reason that-eyen in the
event OF the Union being restOred-the CONNER
cial capital OF the South and of the border States
has been so thoroughly desOlated that they can
not pay even If the whole Southern war debt is
repudiated. We shall not now allude tO the
81 0U0 900 QUO Of claims upon The Government,
already being made out. for damages IN the Dor
der States, but contne ourselves simply to the
actual existing des,t for which paper has been
issued. and irrespective of $500 900 900 of debt
due contractors aud others, not yet adjusted
We have stated that the prices of all articles
purchased by the Goverum have risen in pro-
portion to the depreciation OF the paper and the
average Is 40 per cent Hence. OF 500 .00D 900
exfeiIdeel tor goods ships. supplies &c S2Dn,
OO0, 900 has been extra p'ire caused 0s the de
preciated paper. AM which would not have been
paid had The money been regulsrIy proved.
Thus. il $500 .0nn 0G0 bad been borrow ed at
per cent it would have brought rs much supplies
as S7OO, 900 600 OF. paper money, pretty dear
way of borrowing. The debt stands, then. as fol
lows. July /:
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-11-09
PENSION CLAIxs-A correspondent at Wash

fngton writes as fotlows-
On looking ct the files Of claims presented by
widows for pensions. we end that on Oct. "a the
claims filed numbered &c 1873. The arrivals Of
claims are about 100 per day. The chief clerk
saws there are now on file over 81 100 claims Of
widows and 80 900 clrims of invalids. Here.
then. are Represented $4,000 persons, besides
their children. amounting no doubt to $50 600
making an aggregate at low estimate OF 225.
Oa0 saddened for life the result Of this war. A
farther investigation will no doubt swell the list
to ,O90. 900.
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-11-09

JEFF Davis arrived II Mobile on Saturday the
oath ult, and reviewed the troops there. II is
denied by the Macon (Ga-) Telegraph that Mr..
A Il Stephens has gone 20 England, but asserts
that he r. stil at his residence In Charlottesville.
where he hss been for many months past
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-11-09

~ President Lincoln is said 10 have manifest
ed strong emotion on receiring-an invitation 10
utend a meeting in Baltimore, calling TO remem
,rance the fact that less than three years ago he
saw ft to pass through that CITY clandestineiv
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-11-09

Here Is what Senator Wilson. one Of the big
chiefs Of the Republican party. said in recent
speech
=" This extra anxiety about the Union Is the
merest cant. The country is sick OF it. The
sad fate of the chiefs of this Union cry for the
past three years, must convince even the vii.
braham hat this sitting sp soifh the Unien does
not pay ezpeRsss."
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-11-09

The St Louis Union (Republican) says Of
the contest in this State, that the jacobins twill
be beaten from one end Of the State to the other.
st Louis county will give majority Of 3 900 to
on the general State ticket that they will wish
they perer had been iscobins
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-11-09

TEx President FILLMORE wrote the follow
ing in letter to Gov. GAxBLr, of Missouri. on
executive business:
Il presume that tho insane radicals are making
much trouble in your State, bit am happy to
see that you stspd firm. and that the President
has he good ssnss 20 s1stsIn yoo .
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-11-09
solder. voting Under D,ff,cuIt.es.


The Buffalo Courier says the following letter
was received by gentleman in that city (Buifa-
lo) from a relation, now an invalid in one of the
Kentucky hospitals:
"OcToBER 26, 1868
There Was one man in one of the Louisville
hospitals who voted Valiandigham ticket, but
he gets well paid for IT, He was arrested and
courr-martiaed. BY which he was sentenced TO
lie in the guard-house for twenty one days He
Is taken out every morning and made to stand on
barrel two hours, with card on his back, read
ing thus: From God thou earnest, but to the
Devil shalt thou return Besides this. he has to
saw wood ten hours each day for twentY-one
days After his time is out at Louisville. then
he will be sent to Chattanooga for heavier pun
ishment"
The Courier adds editorially:
I'VE have il moreover from an eye witness,
that in the camps on the Potomac when an Ohio
soldier was suspected of voting for Valandigham.
he WAS instantly menaced with the ball aud
chain.' shooting. hanging. &c. The few votes
east for the Ohio Democratic ticket in the army
were either put in by stealth, or we're permitted
by the authorities simply to maintain faint
show of vo ition in the election. The same in
formant assures us that he saw, before the Penn
sylvania election day, numerous Burroughs given
to Pennsylvania soldiers, each of which was made
out with the proviso. to vote the Union ticket
written thereon"
The soldier voting law works. il will be seen.
most admirably
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-11-09

wThelaks fisheries this season are very suc'
81
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-11-09

"P. s-The line through Pennsylvania has =
been discontinued in consequence Of painful
collision which occurred there in July last. but
such things have been carefully avoided ever
since. and every precsuton taken for the future.
il is hoped that an indugent public viii not re
member that unfortunate occurrence 10 the pre-
judice Of the company.
DUSS BRowsI, Secretary.
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-11-09
81. Is7 ,g14.sss ss4s.27s, Ooo

If the paper money is ever Withdrawn, it will
be 10y funding. If this can be done at per cent
the interest on the debt now. outstanding will I've
with sinking funded, $s3 $50 900 per annum
We will compare this with the deots of England
and France:
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-11-09

Six New England states..... 3l352S3 -. u Senators
Six Middle and Western States 1880, - Senator'S
The government of the country. under our
system, il is well known. exists in the congress
sional committees which govern in each de
partment. These committees are controlled as
follows:
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-11-09

s'The Great Virginia Express Line"
We find the following advertisement" in
recent number of the Springfield Mass Repub-
lican:
" GREAT POTOMAC AND RAPID ANN THROUGH
ROl-TE
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-06-29
AFearfaI Rccssdi:

An army officer writes from LOUISIANA
to the Boston Transcript, thai the camps
Of the black regiments in GEN, Banks ar
nv. are models of neatness and order,
and that but one man in the whole COM
mand has been punished for misconduct.
Never were men seen to fight with more
dauntless courage and devotion than those
raw recruits. He adds:
"Every man presenting himself to me
to be recruited strips to the skin, TO be
surveyed by the surgeon. W do not ao-
cent one half that offer. On Tuesday,
out of sc, only So were accepted. have
directed my surgeon to keep accurate lists
Of the causes of rejection. They report
to me that not one in fifteen is free from
marks of severe flashing. More than one
half are rejected because Of disability
arising from lashing with whips and the
biting Of dogs Oh their calves and thighs.
Ii is frightful Hundreds Of them have
wells on their backs as large as one OF
your largest fingers. / intend to have
these memoranda collected and published
with certificates of surgeons"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-06-29
New York june 27.

The World says, by the arrival of the
Creole we have news from New Orleans
to the 18th.
The attack upon the rebel works at PIT
Hudson was principally by Weitze's and
Growers divisions on the right Our
noops were repulsed with an admitted
,osa of 700 men.
Five companies of Metropolitan caval-
~ we're captured within mile of Banks
headquarters.
Our New Orleans correspondence, con :
tains interesting details OF the position of
affairs At PIT. Hudson.
III is said Gen Dudley had offered TO
lead 40, 600 ben for another assault upon
fhs snsiny's works Thss an order had
b4ss issued authorizing volunteers from
I'll regiments for the forlorn hope.
There had been fewer arrivals a woun
ded - N. o.. the St. Louis and other bo.
t6lS were filled with them All accesA 10
tho vouadsd Was strictly prohibited.
Glen. Msgruder is said to have with.
nahn BIZ troops from the Rio Grande,
II = s,Assas6 PG. Hsdses.