North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1865-02-01

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No PEAcE,- Senator Wade of Ohio thus
expressed the general sentiment Of his por-
siqns yf the Republican party IN the Senate
hast week 5r.., r... ...
"You can have no peace as long as that
relat ion tSlaVery exists in the United States;
and, as God is my juagc, Ihope y0u lcW hare
no redce putH you abolish IT, ask for 10
peace until slavery is extinct in these United
States. We hear men sometimes talk about
the object for which this war is prosecuted.
They higslc over The idea that it was to de
fend the United States against the aggressions
Of the South. That was fact. Ii was in
its commencement q strictly defensive war ;
but war was commen cement and thank
God, ] think see that IL cannot end until
hdt rhich care rise to IL skuU hare ended ];
and | hopr il trW rot. If ii contnue thirty
gears and dankyUpiS The 1eh3 aahon,
bof'e TO. God there trU be no peace unit lre
ean say there is not a stare in this land.
A'I say again, | ask no peace until that is
dobe, / am glad Of ihe stGbbdrnress with
which the Sonth hold out | hope they will
hold out in their blindness until they provoke
US to Go that which the occasion demands
without which being dine you onght to have
no peace, and you can have no peace"
ARBITRARY ARREsFs-A Proper INvEsTI
GArIQN,-The MAi, i,ary COMMITTEE OF The q S.
House of Representatives are now acting un-
der resolution nf that body directing aid
committee To asccrtsip ''tbe numper lf per-
sons confined in Ike Oh Capitol and Carroll
prisons, the dates Of iher arrests and con-
hnemenf, the charges against them, whether
anyaImy Officers are among them, and, if so,
whether the Laws fer such cases made and
provided have been respected +; whether any
persons are ceniiued in said prisons without
Krltten charges, and whether any of those
prisoners have had trial, ;" &c. &C. For the
putpose Of ferrRting out the truth in these in.
qnlries the commttee is further authorized t.
sepd for persons and papers. r.r g.. .a.. O g3
yyAaer the adoption otthis proposition Mr.
Thaddcus Stevens moved reconsideration
in order to amend lhe resolution so as to lin
il the Committee to the "eXpediency" of the
proposed Investigation hut the Hcuse by
an almost nnapimUus vote ..ec!deG that there
was no question Ci the ''eX fcucEcy" 10 hi,
thing and 50 the investigation ls under way
II is a goo6 move, aud. have every reason
10 expect ihat il will bring about some aston
Ishing revelations aud some wholesome checks
aud balances in regard to This much abused
sroweg OF arbitrary arrests and imprsyB
ments
Let the committee fearicsslg pre- secute their
Inquiries aud dlither duty.-Er
81 The 'tdnnittt.e OF tie Legislature which
~sAed upon Provdst Marshal Gtreral Fry al
lNa>hins toa, has has returned to Harris burg
Iheif interview with that great man has
been productive Of good ~ suits, ana we nov
barn from Harrsburg, that new apportion-
niehi Of the quota OF the State unJler the late
cali VIII be MADE, which is expected to re-
dtce Tire number of men TO be furnished to
iLout fifty thousand, instead Of sixty six
thousand pine hundred and ty.nipe as
Formerly announced. '-
I'D We fcari, aIso That the absurd order Of
'JahirarY I'd, which declared that credits
would not be allowed for any excess Of men
beJ ond tie quotas On former cails,' is abdu
to be Withdrawn, and tn at districts will be
fGsdued "ith all men furnished up to the ID
eliJlapnary.. ....r.-. .-..,.,'.....-.
Ai's srgNs1 EEs iT4KE NorloE The W seSips
,nachines hapc "felefs'' attached 4 o ,her,.r :
Antiquated crinolioe Is in perfect ecs,acie,
about these "eII,rs." 'Tfcy All mnleesil to tav,
ca