Richmond Palladium (Weekly), Volume 34, Number 12, 27 April 1864 — Page 2

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. r i ; - r I AjvEWMDAY.!.'. APRIL 27th, 1864. For 'President ABE LINCOLN. For Vice President, ANDY JOHNSON, of Tenxt Electors at Large : Has. DATII) ft. f;O01lNfi, of Hancock; Hem. H. W. TUOXHUX, of Vio -CoBtiMeBt.frof. MADISON, of Lawrence; Jfaj. J. 1. KVAKS, Hamilton. Htate Kleetors: lit District, Jamen C. Tfteminr, of Knox County; J. H. Hpeaeer, of Perrr -2d District, Cyrus F. Nixon, of Clark - Francis WIit, of Lagrange Sd District, Henry Prilchard, of BarthoL " MwImor Pvaaft of Lawrence " 4Tb District, Oconee Maxton, of Kuan I. V. Klger, of Kranklin " ftth DistrioV B. F. Clay pool, of Fsyotte J. II. .tteilett, f Henry ' " 6th District, J. J. Wright, of Morgan " J. C. SreB, of Shelby " Tth District, John Osborn, of Putnam " TboaM M. U right, of Park -8th District, R. P. Iar id son, of Tippecanoe " H. F. firee-orr, of Warren " th District, K. B. Bedford, of Whito - Aarou tinerney, of l'orlcr " 10th District, 1. R. IHrkiaaoa, of InKalb - HalletKilhofirae, of Elkhart -11th District, Joaa M. Wallace, of Urant James ft. Templar, of Jar Tor Governor, OL. P. MORTON. For Lieutenant Governor, Gen. NATHr3ZMBAI.L. Secretary of State, NELSON TRUSLKR, of Fayette County. Auditor of Mate, T. B. NrCARTVf Wabash County. Treasurer of State, JOHN I. MORRISON, Washington County. Attorney General, I). F. WILLIAMSON, Putnam County. Superintendent of Public Instruction, G. W. IIOSS, Marion County. Judges Supreme Court, lat District, James T. Frazer, Kosciusko County 2d District, Jehu T. Elliott, Henry County, 3d District, Charles A. Kay, Marion County. 4th District, H. C. Gregory, Tinjiecanoe County Clerk Supreme Court, Gen. LAZ. NOBLE, Knox County. Reporter Supreme Court, Col. BEN. HARRISON, ilacion County. For Congress, SOL. MEREDITH. Tklkobaphic Conclusion. So anxious is the distinguished incumbent of the congressional scat of this 'burnt district, to be regarded as the nominee, that he has with 'hot haste and lightning speed' issued an address to bis constituents, thanking them for the position, and his ntee organs, in imitation, are claiming it for him, and branding cvcij lxxly who do not bow to their wishes and take their conclusions as 'fixed-facts' without question, as "bolters," Ac. The impudence of this assumption is doubly glaring from the fact that even the tifficial vote of this county cannot be ascertained and announced until the Tth of 31 ay next. The hot-beds of Julianism, assisted by the electricity of mean and dastardly brow-beating and dictation, cannot possibly sprout out a nomination for the 'talented' member before that time, if then! A little patient waiting on the part of George V. Julian and his nine ollleious organs, would be better wc think for their political health, and entitle them to some credit for modesty. The Right Man in the Right Place. We ara gratified to learn that our oUl friend. Col. W. C. Stau, has ben appointed by Gen. Siuxl, to the position of Pre vost Marshal General, fr the Departmsot of Wast Virginia. Col. St a KB has been for several wsaks at Cumberland, Md., detailed as on of the Court of Inquiry, sitting si that place. The Court has been dissolved, sod the Col. st once enters upon the discharge of his new duties, which we know him well qualified and capable of discharging, with honor to himself sad profit to the country. Ho is emphatically " the right man in the right place, being as intensely radical sad inflexible in his notions of loyalty and treason, a the worthy and patriotic General from whom be received the appointment. This responsible position to which he has been promoted, coming ss it doss) ansolicited, eaanot be ettwrwise than gratifying to himself, sad pleasing to his eaany friends here at his old horns ia the Quaker City showing ss it does, that he is being properly appreciated. "Can the Ethiopian Change his Skin ?" The a bore question suggested itself to us, on reading the recent address of the present M. C. to the voters of the Fifth Congressional District, felicitating himself on the tmfpommi result of the recent nominating election, sad expressing hi gratefulness to those who supported him, ia which the following passage occurs t "Bat the contest ia seated, aad nil loyal men will now sax that by -gents shall as by -gooes. For myself Jtaee as raeeasnnsst, no amhimmJ ftri wee towards any vmt umiem aVmrw S Wast."- " ' Theee seels rations sssm tons so stum, and so lawinaaHiiW with the member, that we cut help receiving them with due eaatioo. This aiyirimy spirit o'er him entirely too sudden it smacks too muck of the strategy of the est in the melthe deril turning Saint, or the Dntcbsnan who got c4 his Worse, ia orvlur as he said to "get on better ash gootT Coder ah Lndnenee of this are feeling of toe distinguished X. C. we shall not be surprised to receive under his frank, sMeeW manuhsrisal Jonmal a tew ciiemt garden seeds, or anch-fase -Pnbbc Docunwnu 'i: Indeed we wouU'at I .v. A maa ia Cortlaadt county raised a porker of sack anvsal sir that strangers went out ol their way to see it. One of them the other dar met tN old gentlemaanad miuw4 asuat She nnimal. "Wall, yes." the ole) fellow mid i "he'd got such a sritter, nu'ty bag na : bat he guessed he vuajd hae toeitarge hinvtbout a sMIUn'for kookin' at him.1 The stranger kicked at the old nun Um a sniaase er an ; pwHsd oat the aesiesd coin, handed it to bun aad started to gooC "UoU "" mVJ the other ; V.v.u'tyi'U want to seethe hoe;!" !o." said the etrBnger. -t h&rr eefl u me s ho as I want Uses Tsnd off hswecu. . , .v.

Later Front Plymouth, N. C

- The Enemy Four Time RepnledSappoaed Surrender of the Place, dec. New Yoke, April 24. The Times' Newbern letter of the 20th, states that the enemy before Plymouth numbered 10,000 or 12000. They were repulsed in ftptr distinct- hwges with great slaughter. Firing ceased on Tuesday morning, and it is supposed Gen. Wessls with Ids brave garrison surrendered. Nothing definite, however, was known, none of our vessels hating been able to reach them since Sunday. Our forces numbered about 2,000. On Wednesday morning the transport John Faxon carried up fcOO men from Newbern. It was not known if she succeeded in reaching Plymouth. The women, children and negroes from ' Plymouth, are at Roanoke Island. . Newbern, April 20. The dispatch steamer Berry bas just arrived from Plymouth, and brings confirmation of the sinking of the. Sonthfi eld, and injuring of the Miami and Whitehead by the rebel ram which now commands the approach to Plymouth, which prevents our re-enforcing it. The ram now has all the in. land waters of North Carolina open to her, and there is no knowing where she may strike the next blow. - Firing has been heard all the morning in the direction of Washington, and it is supposed the attack on that point has commenced. General Peck ordered re-enfocements to Plymouth, ,the mment he received news of the attack. They have doubtless failed to reach that place, owing to the presence of the ram. This ram draws nine feet of water. Her hull is fifteen inches out of water. She carries four puns, and is built much like the Merrimac. Gen. Picket is in command of the rebel forces engaged at Plymouth There is quite a force at Kinston which it is believed intends an attack on this point in connection with their Ham No 2, now at Kinston. Longstreet's cavalry has joined Lee in lrgtma and the rest of his force is on the wav to the same point. Some of them however are reported at Weldon. Many of the women and children are leaving Newbern for Beaufort. The firemen and citizens are ordered to be in readiness at a moment's notice to meet the enemy. The surrender of Plymouth, N. C. was confirmed vesterdav. The brave little garrison which it should be remarked ras not half as large as stated in the reb el accounts published in'our dispatches cut off from all relief, maintained gallant but hopeless contest against the greatly superior force of the enemy for several days, Dut were at lasi oimgeu to -capitulate General Wkssels fought nobly against the most desperate odds, and the enemy suffered severely in their assaults. Two companies of Union North Carolina Vol unteers, and a number of negro soldiers, were massacred by the rebels after the surrender. It was expected that Aew bern would be next attacked. Battles of Sabine Roads and Pleasant Hill. j Rebel prisoners sar they hsd twenty-fire thousand . men in the recent battles, and t:iat sney mat inreo thousand in Saturday's fight. They 'eft their dead and V-oundcd on the field. Our loss on Saturday was about fifteen hundred. Our wounded was tsken ti Grand Kcor.. and the killed left on the field, but were reported afterwards buried by the cavalr'. Gen. Smith's command consisted of portions of the 1 nth. and 1 th array corps Gen. Hurlbut a ant Uan JIcllKTSon's. The correspondent says grest dissatisfaction is expressed respecting Hanks' generalship. Triday's battle was fought contrary to Franklin's plans and both Franklin and Kansom protested against haying the cavalry so far in advance. Smith protmted against the retreat from lleasant Kill after ttie Ttctory of Saturday, he wishing to pursue the fleeing rebels, but Banks" ordered the return of the entire army to Urand Ecore. Gen. A. J. Smith, Who commanded the troops which stopped ths enemy's advance, and saved the army, at tlie disaster of eabine Koads, and next dar, at the battle of i'ie.isant Jlill. repulsed them with great slaughter, ami pursued them for three miles, is an old army otfirer holding, we think, the rank of major in the regular service, ilj Succeeded Gereral Wallace in the commind of the forces at tlie front, at the siege of Cincinnati. He advanced to Cynthiana, and was there detained sometime by the want of supplies, which were ilelaved by the unexpected difficulty found in rebuilding a bridge, the foundation having sunk several times. This delay was tlie cause of considerable censure at the timj, by those who did not know tlie reason. From Kentucky he was transferred to Mississippi, Where he participated in the operations against Vicksxurg. Iu this ill-fated Ked Kiver expedition he has before distinguished himself by the capture of Fort De K'issey. Nbw Vomk, April J. The Herald has the following later news fmm bouaiana: "Gaasn Ecobr. April 11. Oen. Banks having fallen iack to Grand Ecore, thirty-five miles from l'lcasant ilitl, fifty-five miles from Mansfield and ninety-five miles from ShreveporU will adrance again as soon as Veis re-enforced and adequate supplies are reoeived. The loss of artillery is a trivial matter, as nearly the whole fighting, owing to the beavilr wooded country, must be done by infantry. Admiral Porter's fleet will "O-onerate as far as possible. The extent of its co-op-cation depends on the depth of water in Red River. Jther battles must follow and glorious victories will ba on over the trans-Mississippi rebels. The enemy - eems to have moved his whole force here to crush nut he I'nion army. According to tlie reports of prison- . -rs, Kirby Smith, Dick Taylor, Green, Mngruder, an 1 Vice are all in tlie field against Banks. The rebel loss in the battle of Sabine Cross R-iads, ind lleasant llill and Mansfield, rendered it prudent to all back to Grand Ecore. where new supplies will be nsured, sufficient for a long and uninterrupted fur- ' .vard march. It is estimated that our entire loss cantot be less than 5,000 men, viz:' 700 tilled. 2,300 wounded and 2,000 prisonrs, beside the wounded who fell into the tands of the enemy. Four steamboat : oads of wounded men came down Red liver on the 11th inst Besides these asualities, the army lost twenty pieces f artillery and from 300 to 500 baggage wagons and their contents of munitions, lothing, etc. The rebel loss in killed , nd wounded is fully equal to ours, but sn prisoners only S00 men: also three or bur pieces of cannon. At latest advices en. Banks and the fleet were still at Irand Ecore. Our troops were fortify- ; ng both banks of the river at that plaee. Xe have reports that Gen. Stkklk, with , 6,000 men. has arrived within a day's aarch of Shreveport, and that Bakes ras preparing to co-operate with him, This could hardly be carried out, if, as , tated yesterday. Gen. Grawt has orderd Gen. Smith's Corps back to Vicksburg. risoners say that Kirby Smith and Sib?y were killed in the recent battles. At last accounts the rebel Forrest was moting his forces toward Mississipi ; his headquarters were still nominally tt Jackson. Gbierson's force, which tas been pursuing Fosssst, is too small odo more than annoy stray parties of she rebels.. Orders have been received at Columous from the Prorost Marshal General to wmmence the draft in Ohio as soon ts the veteran credits shall have been asJgned. The deficiency of the State is tot tally ascertained, but it will not fall lelow 17,0V0.

GeiMrsd - Garfield's Reply to Congressman Long. Debate ia the House), April S 1864.

Mr Ch aibmam : I should be obliged to yon if yon would direct the Sergeaat-at-nns to bring a white ftsg aad plant it ia the aaale between myself and my colleague who ass jnst addressed rnnl I recollect on one occasion when two great armies stood face to face, that under a white flag just planted, I approached a company of men dressed in the uniform of toe Rebel Ccafedetaey, and reached out my band to ore of the number, and told Lim 1 respected him ss a brave man. Though he wore the emblem? of disloyalty, still underneath his vestments I beimld a brave and honest soul. I would reproduce that scene here this afternoon, I say, trrrv there such a flag of truce but God forgive me f I would do it under any other circa instances ! I would offer my right hand ami ask that gentleman to take it; because I honor his bravery and his honesty. I believe what has jnst fallen fmm his lips is the honest sentiment of hi heart, and in uttering it h has made a new conch in the history of this war; he has done a new thing under the suu; he has done a brave thing. Jt is braver than to face cannon and muske'ry, and I honor biin for Lis candor and frankness. But bow I ask you to take away the flag of truce, and I will go back within the Union lines and speak of what he has done. I am reminded bv it of a distinguished character in Paradise Lost. When Le had rebelled against the glory of God, and " led away a thirl part of heaven's sons, conjured against the highest, " w hen aft-r terrible battles, in which mountains and hills were hurled by each contending host " with jacnlations dire:" when at last the leader and his host were buried down " nine times the space of day and night" and after the terrible fnli lay stretched prone on the barn rug lake, isatan lifted ap bis shattered bulk, crossed tho abyss, looked down into Paradise, and soliloquizing, said : " Which way I fly is hell ; myself am hell. " It seems to me in that utterance he expressed the very sentiment to which you have just listened: uttered by one no less brave, malign, and falier. This man gathers up tlie meaning of this great contest, tiie philosophy of the moment, the prtphecies of the hour, and in sight of the paradise of victory and peace, utters them in all this wail of terrible devpair, " Which way I fly is hell; lie ought to hare added. "Mjsclf axu hell." Mr. Chairman, I am reminded of two characters in the war of the Revolution as compared with two others of tlie war to-day. The first was Ln-d Fairfax, who dwelt near the Potomac, a few miles from us. Win n the great contest was opened between the mother country and the clonics. Lord Fairfax, after a protracted struggle with his own heart, deeided tint he most go with the mother country. He gathered his mantle about him, and went over grandly, solemnly and impressively, and joined tlie fortunes of Great Britain against tlie homo of his adoption. But there was another nun who cast in his lot with the struggling colonies, and continued with them till the war was well-nigh ended. But in a day of darkness, which just preceded the glory of tho" raorninjr, that other man, deep down in the damned pits of his bl.ii k heart, hatched tlie treason to surrender forever all that had been gained to the enemies of his coootry. Venalict ArmUU was that man. Fairfax and Arnold find their parallel in the struggle of to-day. When this war began, many good men stood hesitating and doubting lut tliey ought to do. Their doctrine of Statu rights, their sympathies, all they had ,ever loved and longed for. were in the South, anl after long and painful hesitation, soma of them at last went with the enemies ol tlie nation. At that time Robert E. Lee sat in his home across the river here doubting and delaying, and going ofT at last, almost tearfully, to join the enemies of his country. lie reminds me in some respects of Lord Fairfax, the stately royalist of the Revolution. But now, when bun Ireds and thousands of brave souls have gone up to txl under the shadow- of the flag, and when hundreds an thousands more, muinel and shattered in the contest, are sadly aw aiting the deliverance of death; now, when three years of terriffic warfare have raged over us, lieu our armies have pushed the rebellion back over mountains and rivers, and crowded it back into narrow limits, until a wall of fire girds it; cow, wlien the nplifted hand of a majestic people is about to let fall the lightning of its conquering power upon the rebellion; now, in the quiet of this Hall, hatched in the lowest depths of a similar dark treason, there rises a Benedict Arnold and proposes to surrender us all up, bodv and spirit, the nation and the flag, its genius and its honor, now and forever, to the accursed traitors to our country. And that proposition comes Ood forgive and pity my belove 1 State ! it comes from a citizen of the honored and loyal Commonwealth of Obw. 1 implore you, brethren, in this House, not to believe that many such births ever gave pangs to m v mother State when that traitor was born. Suppressed applause and sensation. I beg you not to believe that on the soil of that State another such growth his ever defornu-d the face of nature and darkened the light of (od's day. An audible whisper, "Vallandigham."J Hut ah, 1'am reminded that there are other such. My seal and love for Ohio have carried m too far. I retract. I remember that only a lew days since a political convent on n.et at tlie capital of my Stitc, and almumt decided to select from just such material a representative for the lK-mocratic party in the coming contest; and to-day. what claim to be a mijority of the Democracy of the'State say that they have been cheated or they would have made that choice. I. therefore. eadly take back the boast I first uttered in behalf of my native State. JSut Kir, I will forget States. We have somthine greater than States and State pride to taik of here to-day. All personal or State fecliu? aside, I ask vou what is the proposition of the enemy i of hU coun'.rv has just made? What is it? 1 rort&e nrst tinij in tie history or this contest, it is o posed in this hall to give np'the struggle, to aban- ' m the war, and let treason run riot through tlie Und ! t I will, if I can, dismiss feeling from my heart, and try . toconsi'ler only what bears upon the logic of the speech . to wr.ien we uavcjui usienetT. I 1 irst of all, the gcntlman tells us that tlie right of ' scttssiiiu is a trouaiiiuLioDai tutui. i cio not propose to enter into an argument. I have expressed myself hitherto upon State Sovereiiretv and State riirhts. of which this pro;K.sition of his is the legitimite child. nut the t-enttetaan takes higher ground and m that I scree with him namely, that five million or eitrht million people possesses tfie right of revolution. Grant it; we agree there. If fifty-nine men can m ike revolution successful, they have a right of revolution. If one State wishes to break its connnection with tlie Federal Government, and does it by force, maintaining itself, it is an independent State. If the eleven. Southern States K determined and resolved to leave tiie L'nion, to secede, to revolutionize by force. t!ev have the rev olutionary right to do so Grant it. "I stand on that platform with the gentleman. And now the question comes, is it our constitutional duty to let 4hem do it? That is the qnestion, ami in order to reach it I beg to call your attention , not to an argument, put to uic condition ot attairs which would result from such action the mere statement of which becomes the strongest poesihlo armirant. What does the gentleman propose? W la-re will he draw the line of division? If the rebels carry into successful secession what they desire to carry if their revolution en velops as many Mates as they intend it shall envel ope, if they draw the line where I sham G. Harris, tlie rebel Governor of Tennessee, in the rebtd camD nr our lines, told Mr. Vallandighani t'aev would draw it along tlie line of tlie Uuio and the "Potomac u they make good tneir statement to him that they will never eaasent to any other line, then, 1 ask, what is it this gentleman proposes to do T Ito proposes to leave to tiie L nited States a territory reaching irom tlie Atlantic to tho Pacific, and one hundred in.tes wide in the centre ! From Weilsville on the Ohio river, to Cleveland on the lakes is one hundred miles. 1 ask you, Mr. Chairman, if there be a man here so insane as to suppose that tlie American Deoula will allow their magnificent national proportions to ba sh ra to so deormed a shape as this ? I tell you, and 1 confess it here, that while I hope I have human courage, I have not enough to contemplate such . a result. I am not brave enouch t m to tlie brink of the precipice ot such successful secession and look down int- its damned abyss. Il mv vision were keen enough to piece its bottom, I would not dare to look. It uvere be a man here who dare contemplate such a scene, 1 look on him as the bravest of the sons of woman or as a downright madman. Secession to fiin peace. Secession is the tocsin of eternal war. here can be no end to such a war as will be inaugurated if this t-iiiig be done. Suppofe the policy of the gentleman were sdopted t-dy. Let toe order go forth; sound tlie 'recall" on vonr bugles, and let it ring from Texas to the far Atlantic, and tell the armies to como back. Call the victorious legions back over the batlie-ficlls of biood. forever now disgraced. Call them bark over tlie territory which they have conquered. Call tiiem bark and let the minions of secession chasj tiiem w itit derision and jeers as they come. And titen tell ties Uiat that man across the aisle, from the free State ot Ohio, gave birth to ths monstrous proposition. Mr. Chairman, if such a word should be sent forth through toe armies of the Union, the waves of terrible vengeance that wonld sweep back over this land cooid ' never find a parallel in the records of history. Ahnoct in the moment of final victory the "recall Is sounded by a craven people not deserving freedom! We ought every man to be raids a slave should we sanction such a sentiment. The gentleman kas tulj us. there is no such tiling as " coerci-o justifiable nnder the Constitution. I ask "him J for qne moment to reflect, that no statute ever was I enforced w ithout coercan. It is the bas of every law in the universe God's law as well as man's A "aw is no law without coercioa behind it. When a man Las j murdered his brother, coercion takes the murderer, I tries him, and hangs him. 1 When yon levy your taxes coercion secures Cieir collection; it follow the shadow of th thief and brings . him t justice; it aoenmpanies voor diplomacy to for- j eign courts and backs the declaration of the' nation's rvhts by a pled-e of the nation's power. Aad when ! that naboa'a life is imperiled we are told that it has no coercive power against the parrtcde in its own bosun ! , A .rain, he tells us that oaths taken nadcr the amnesty ' Crtamation are piod for nothinr- Tlie oath of GaUwas not binding upon him. I am reminded of another oath that was talen; oat perhaps, it too was an ' oath en the lips alone to which Uie Juart mad4 no response.' I remember to havs stood in a line of nineteen men from Ohio on that carpet yonder on the first day of the .

session, and t remember with npEftol hands "Tsefere Almighty God, those nineteen took ai oath la support and maintain the Constitution or tie United States. I remember another oata wan nassel areaind anal each member signed it as prwvidel by law. atteriy repa-ha ting ths rebcMioa and iu pretenses. Does thegentlsmaa not blush to speak of Galileo's oath? Was not his own its counterpart? Ha sar the Canon eaa never be rcstowd because of the terrible hatred engendered by ths war. To pro re it he quotes what some Southern man said a few years ago. that be knew no hatred between peoples in tworld like that between the rth and the Sooth. Anl yes that -North and -Sooth base been cbi nation for eigh-tr-eiebt Tears I ' ' Have we seen anything in this con Wit more bitter than the wars of the Scottish border? Hare ws seen - anrthtrur bitterer than those terrible feuds in the days ' mi Ivdward when England aad Scotland were the deadliest foes on earth ? And yet for centuries that has nude the British nation one of the pr- odet of the earth ! I said a liuie while ago that I accepted the preposition of the gentleman thaf the rebels had the right of revolution; and tho dwasive issne between ns and the Rbetlion is. whether titer shall revoluli' mil? and destroy or we shad aoodue and' preserve. We tak the latter gresnd. We take the common weapons of war to meet them: and if these be not sufficient, I would take any element which would overwhelm anl d.-stroy; I would sacrifice the dearest and best beloved. I would tak all the old sanctions of law and the CousUUitaon and iing them to the winds, if necessary, rather than let the -natn be broken in pisoes, and its people destroyed with endless ruin. i-l - -" ' What is the Constitution . that these gentlemen are perpitually flinging in our faces whenever we desire to strike hard blows again the rebellion? Iti "he producticiu of the American people. They made it and th creator is mightier than the creature. The power which made the Constiution can also make other instruBsetits) ke K great work in the day of its dire necessity. Mr. EUlridge I desire to ask the gentleman a question. I want to know if he did not just say, that with nineteen others, he stepped forward tj the Speaker's desk and swore to support the Constitution?

Mr. Garfield I did: and I am very happy the gentlemm has reminded me of it at this time: and I remember in tlie very preamble of that Cnnstitntkm, it is doclared to be ordained for the purpose of prom ting the general welfare and providing for the common desense; and on that Terr ground, based on that very statement of its declared object. I not only lifted up mir hand to swear to support the Constitution before God, but it makes me now sorry there had not I wen a sword in it wlien I lilted it up. to strike down any and all who would oppose tho use of all the means God has placed in our jiower for overthrowing the rebellion forever. I am reminded here of a fact which I had well-nigh forgotten. Last summer I remember a Union spy came to onr camp bringing two letters addressed to Maj. Gen. John C. Breckenridge, C. S. A. They were letters of introduction stating that the bearer desired to obtain a commission in tlie Rebel army, and coinmen ling him as a gallant and reliable man whom Breckem-i lge could trust. One of these letters was signed by a man who lately held a seat in this House 1 (Cries of iama him!" from the lemjcratie aide of tlie House. 1 Mr. Garfi -Id I will produce the letter iu due time. It is not here with me. The other letter was fro m an associate of his, prominent in the local Democratic politics in the State of Indiana. I am responsible for producing those letters. Cries of "Name ! " Jlr." Holman I hope tlie gentleman will give tho names now. Mr. Garfield When I produce tlie letters any further testimony that may be called for can be had at my hands. Mr. Chairman, let me mention another class of facts in the same connection. We were compelled last year to send our secret service men to ferret out the insidious work of that organization known as tlie "Knights of the Golden Circle," which was attempting to corrupt the army and destroy its efficiency ; and it was found that by the most subtle and secret m?ans the signs and pass words of that order were being know n to such men in the army as were disaffected or could bo corrupted. Witness also tlie riots and murders which their agents are committing throughout the loyal North, under tlie lead and guidance of the party whose Representatives sit yonder across the aisle; and now, just as the time is coming oa when we are to select a President for the next four years, one rises among them and tires the beacon, throws up tlie blue light which w ill be seen and rejoiced over at the rebel capital in Richmond, as the signal that the traitors in our camp are organized and ready for tlieir hellish work. I believe the utterance of to-day is the uplifted banner of revolt. 1 ask you to mark the signal and sea if there will not soon appear the answering signals of traitors all over tlie land. If I am wrong in this prediction I shall be thankful, but lam only too fearful of its truth. Ixt me say in conclusion, if these men domsan to light tiie torch of war in all our Homes, if they have resolved to begin the tearful work w hich will redden our streets in this capital with bKd, the American people should know it at once and prepare to meet it. A Denial. The Sentinel publishes a letter from a Mr. J. McD. Hays, in which he denies, upon his knowledge, the wri ting of the letters referred to and read hy General Garfield in the House tlie other da', as the productions of John G. Davis and Judge Eckles. Mr. Hays saj-s they were written ty a man named Kankin, in his presence, in the Little House in this city, an 1 were intended by the author to facilitate his operations as a spy for General Rosecrans. If this statement be correct, it shows that Rankin knew exceeding well the kind of men letters should come from to gain him admission to rebel camps and confidence. As the letters have been called in question we persume steps will he taken at once to varify or contradict their authorship. So much General Garfield owes to himself ho less'tlYah to the men impeached. In the meanwhile it will not lie amiss for the public to be slow in giving final judgement, for Mr. Davis and Judge Eckles are the very men to command rebel confidence, and maintain a rebel correspondence. Ind. Journal. Congressional. Shxatb. April 16 Mr. Trumbull, introduced a bill supplemental to the act to prevent frauds upon tlie Treasury of tho United States. It enacts that any per sm heretofore or hereafter holding office, who may wilfully neglect to or refuse to deliver to his successor any paper, record, book or documnt, shall be gnilty of felony. Kcierred. The bill relating to donation claims in Oregon an1 lamornia was passed. I he bill granting lands to aid in the construction of railroads in Wisconsin was passed The bill for colection of taxes in tlie insurrectionary districts, after debate and amend ments, was informally laid over. Mr. Howard ottered a resolution w hich was adopted, that the Committee on the Conduct of the War, inquire into the late massacre ot Union troops at Fort Pillow, and report as soon as possible. Tlie Senate took up the bill prohibiting speculative transactions in gold and foreign exchange, the question being the motion to strike out foreign exchange from its provisions. Rejected by Yeas 13, Nays 24. An amendment was adopted.unaking a uniform fine of 91.HJ0, instead of that heretofore of from $l,0o to$l."U0. Mr. Henderson tiiougbt the Secretary of the Treasury was rerv much mistaken if he tlionght the bill would accomplish the end des;gne L He moved to strike out the worts bona fi.le owners. " Mr. Harris desired a separate vote on striking ont the following, " By the manual delivery of United States notes and national currency, and not otlienri.se." This was rejected, 19 to 24. The bill then passed by Yeas 21, Navs, 1. Adjouaned. Hovse. Tiie Military Committee was instructed to inquire as to tlie expediency of connecting Cincinnati with Cumbrian 1 Gap, as recommended by the President in his Annual Message in Ivil. Resolutions from the Legislature of New i ork. asking that Gen. Robert Anderson be placed on the retired list, with full pay, were referred to tlie Military Committee. A .report and bill to facilitate immigration were presented by the select eommitt-e on that subject and ordered til be printed. It is estimated that a million and a quarter of men hare been drawn from industrial pursuits since the war be fan, and tiie object of the bill referred to is to fill the vacunm. The Committee on Elections reported adversely to Mr. Kitchens claim to represent the Vllth Virginia District, which lies contiguous to the District of Columbia : but the House adopted a resolution declaring him entitled to a seat. A joint resolution was adopted that the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War, or such members thereof as the Committee mty designate, proceed at once to Fort Pillow aad eximine into the facts nd circumstances attending tie recent attack and rapture of the fort by the reb-.-ls, and that liter report with as little dels y a possible. The bill amen litory of th National bank ad was then taken up. Mr. Fenton ottered an tnmd-m-ut, which was agreed to by ten majority, antbonxtng States to pay a partial tax upon tie banks, whereupon the bill was ordered to a third reading, and the House adjourned. jCi"The Iloue of Representatives, in Committee of the Whole, are working now in good earnest on the Tax BiiL This is encouraging. Pause. Mr. Daniel "VV". Voorhees in one of his late speeches said: "Paase for a moment ye sweating tax payers, comprehend if yon can, the weight of this load. I pause with j-our' Daniel's appeal is at least disinterested,' for as he has earned rather an unpleasant reputation for not paying his taxes, he of course don't know much about the weight of the load." When hepause3" ' Leonly "pauses' to look at the rest pay. Itui. Journal.

Indiana to Raise NMMM Mea Proclaanatioai . by Coveraor Morton Order of AdjntaatXable. "EXKCUTIVK DkPARTilSNT. ) IxMAJiAPOLia, April 23, 1SC4.J "'To the People of Indiana: - "The Governors of O'aio, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin and Indiana have offered to raise for the service of the General Government eighty-five thousand men, for the period of one hundred days, to perform such military service as may be required of them in any State. They will be armed, sudsisted, clothed and paid by the Unite! Statrs, but receive no bounty. They will be mustered into the service of the United States for the period designated, the time to commence from the date of muster. The importance of making the approaching campaign successful and decisive, is not to be over estimated, and I feel conSdent that this call will be promptly and fully responded to. . I need not enter into the reasons which have induced the making of this offer, and its acceptance by the government, as they will be suggested to all by the condition and position of our military affairs. "I therefore call for 20,000 volunteers, to rendezvous at such places as may be hereafter designated, and to be organized under instructions to be given by the Adjutant General. Existing organizations of the Indiana Legion offering their services, will be preserved when the regiment or company is filled to the minimum number, under the regulations governing the Army of the United States. Signed '-O. P. Morton, Governor of Indiana."

It is rumored that Governor Morton will command these troops in person. Adjutant General Noble has issued general oraer detailing tlie manner o organizing ..companies under this call The people are appealed to to assemble and form themselves into companies an elect the three company olliccrs. Each company must consist of not less than 85 nor more than 08 enlisted men of th age, size, and physical ability required by the United States mustering regula tions. Companies of the Indiana Legion desiring to volunteer under this call will hasten to fill up the standard, and report hy mail or telegraph, to the Adjutant General, when they will be accepted, and their organizations preserved if desired Any regimental orjian ization of tlie Le gion will likewise be accepted upon re cruiting up to the standard of volunteer regiments and its organization be preser ved. A fair division of the call will re quire two regiments from each Conges sional District. Camps of rendezvuos will be established and announced in due time. Shall the Soldiers Como Home to Vote? We notice that most of the Copperhead papers and public speakers, in the State of Indiana, are commencing at this early day to cry out against the soldiers of this State being sent home to vote, at the approaching State aud Presidential Elect ions, and we take this early opportunity to inform them, that all such labor is time lost, wind and precious ink wasted. The Copperheads in our last legislature refused to allow the vote of the soldiers to be taken in the field, or away from his own precinct thereby disfranchising him, or compelling him to return to his home and vote. Our constitution says that no person loses bis residence because of being absent ther from in the service of the United States. The object of their acts as legislators, and their efforts now, is not to compel the boldier to come home to vote, but to prevent him from voting at all, for they well knew that it was no easy task for 50,000 voters to travel from one hundred to one thousand miles to get to vote. My cunniug Cop perhead politican, you need giveyourself no further trouble about that matter; the soldiers from Indiana vlll conic home to vote. You said they should come home if they voted, they say, we will come home to vote. The authorities both civil and military would be unworthy their country and her institutions, should they refuse the noble citizens soldiers, who have left the comforts of home, and with their lives in their hands, have gone forth to brave every peril for their country, the greatest of American privileges, that of casting their votes for rulers who will maintain that country for which they fight, These Copperheads have for gotten the Saviours command that "the greatest among you is he that serveth. The authorities will send Indiana soldiers home to vote. We say this without know ing any ming oi me matter irom any official quarter, but we think that the vivil and military authorities both State and National have more respects for a citizen who has manifested by bisections that he is a true patriot, than to see him thus disfranchised. It would be a sin gular exhibition, to see that portion of the people who are giving aid and comfort to enemies in arms against a free gov ernment, while refusing to sustain their country against this enemy, permitted to stay at home to control elections against the will of 50,000 brave men who are absent from home in its defense. Such a thing will not be done, for Indiana soldiers fully understand that it is as important to defeat Jeff. Davis friends in the North at the ballot bor, as it is to tlefeat his soldiers in the field with bullets. And commrnders who cannot also understand this, and who will not send these brave soldiers home to vote are unfit to command free men, fighting for freedom- The soldiers from Indiana will come home to vote, and there will not be left any contingency by which the butternuts can carry their nefarious schemes, and they had as well abandon their deviish designs at once, for terrible will be the retribution that will be visited upon the heads of that party and those men wco not only refuse to aid their country when atruggiing with a desperate enemy, but a&frist that enemy to destroy the government which has protected them in all their righto from tbeir early infancy. E.

The Finance and Mr. Chase's Letter. i , ; j The Fdaiadclphia Evening- Td'mfK of the ISth inL, says: ; "Secretary Cats is evidently swore than aaaallr concerned jnst now abont the finances of the Government.' He has niaaaged, fee the moment, at least, by some adruct amaawnuv as, daring KS late brief visit to New Tork, to bring oVwn ths priceof gold ; and he has likmm steps.. to kesy it down tajtr, present mark if not to reduce it still lower. In a recent letter to Senator Fbsssxbbx, be expresses an earnest wish that Congress will grant him power to retire the circolatioa of all Stale banks, by taxing it to a prosrriptire extent ; and secondly, to pass a hall prohibiting, as a penal oSence, that peculiar and fraudulent speculation, in gold which is known as 'time sales." The Secretary, however, has ths candor to confess that no permanent improvement in the National credit and enrreuer enn bs expected from either or both of these measures. He says : "I ask for both a candid consideration, and if approved, the favorable action of Conerees. It must nt be thought, however, that 1 regard either or both of these measures adequate remedies tor financial disorder. Nothing short of taxation to one-half of the current expenditures, and a reduction of those expenditures to the lowest point compatible wish emrwocy, will insure financial success to the Government, and without mditay saccess aU aoeasnres will fad." There is, in this brief extract, three eery important suggestions, pregnant with wisdom. They show that Mr. CHasa felly coiwrwehendB sar ftnaacial siroasion, and sees cleaHy the measures which arc necessary to relieve it. lid places foremost the proposition to raise by taxation an amount of revenueeqnal to one-half of the current expenditures. This is undoubtedly the expedient w hieh must, after all, be chiefly relied upon to support t!e Federal Treasury. All others are, eomparatively, merely temporary shifts to meet an envwgency ; while the solvency of the Government must be based at last, and permanently, on the resources of the people, made available b.v taxation, to satisfy the current demands on Mr. Caasi for the expenses of the war. Next in order, ss in importance, the Secretary very justly puts tlie duty of reducing thoso expenses to the "lowest point compatible with efficiency." This is of the highest importance, since there is reason to believe tliat not nearly as much economy has hitherto been exercised in the fiscal operations of the various administrative Departments as may be hereafter enforced, if due care is taken to resist extortionate charges by those who furnish the Government with the multifarious munitions and other supplies required by its present necessities. With all possible retrenchment in tlie expenditures, and a bill so contrived in its provisions ss to raise by taxation an income adequate to defray one-half at Wast of the current demands on the National Exchequer, there can be no reasonable doubt that the credit of ths Government will be at once and effectually improved, and all fears of a financial collapse dissipated. It has always been impossible, in the United States, to establish a uniform currency of solid credit, for the simple reason that the National Government possessed no exclusive power to regulate the matter. That power, however, must be exercised now by indirection, in in spite of all quibbles and doubts about the mere questiones ot constitutional authority to effect the desired end directly. And this Mr. Cuasb proposes to accomplish by so taxing the issues of the State Hanks as to suppress them entirely. Kb more wise or necessary measure, at this crisis, could hsve been suggested; and if his views in this particular are finally carried out by Congress, the effect will be of immediate and incalculable benefit to the financial credit and prosperity of the Government. The State Hanks are, of course, Tery hostile to this project, snd those who are interested in them hare

been making strenuous exertions to resist the passage of a law in conformity with the wishes of the Secretary of the Treasury. A Washington correspondent of the New York TrUmm says : "A committee of bankers from New York City have alreadr commenced lobbying against the new banking act. Their presence in the corridors and on the floor, of tlie House was sensibly felt iu the factious opposition to the bill which blocked it yest-tiajr. They have taken a room at Wiilard'a which is cVumonly Known as the bank parlor, where opposition to a most important measure of the Government is industriously hatched" Hut while we are confident that the efforts of the friends of the State. Banks to defeat the measures recommended by Mr. Caass will certainly fail, we would say to them that the imperative necessity of tiie sacrifice that is required of them by tho present critical financial condition of tiie Government, should be quits' sufficient to enable all good and patriotic citizens to reconcile private and corporate losses or inconvenience , with their paramount obturations and interest to aim- I - port the Government in this hour of its extreme tribulation.' i , . From tlie Times. Congress The People Taxation. Tlie reluctance to tax heavily which Congress has displaced ever since the war began, and, we regret to 'Say, is (still displaying, is very remarkable, and is fast bei-oming incomprehensible. The voice of the public, as expressed through tlie press, ia o,r strongly in favor of tiie imposition of as heavy burdens as "may be neces arr to meet at least the larger portion of the pul lie expenditure ; but tli indisposition of tlie House of Representative to comply with this demand seems now mny ss great as ever was. tile lax Hill is postpone! until the latter hvf of the session is introduced slowly and heavily, and appearantly with much groaning and moaning ; and n hen ready for action, it is made to stand aside for that most unprofitible of all oecuitations, tlie discussion of declamatory resolutions. Moreover, the rapid depreciationa vf the enrrcary, involving, as it iusvitabl ydoea, irretrievable injury to the public credit, and threatening ns with National bankruptcy tlie calamity which we have all of ns always dre a-led, which our enemies have steadily predicted, and on which they now most rely for our overthrow though it sends a thrill of alarm and anxiety throughout tlie entire conn try. seems to pmdnoe no more impression on Congress than a railroad accident or a Copperhead riot. It ia very diHieult in account for this horror of taxation on tiie part ot tlie National Legislature, except hy ascribing it to a very false notion of the state of public feeling. Congressman evidently imagine that people have learned nothing from the events of the list tnree years, and that wearestid under the impression that we can pay the expenses of the war by means of loans and paper money alone. There could not, we are satisfied, ba a greater mistake. It was perfectly proper and prudent for the Government at the outset of tlie war to rely mainly or even wholly on those to resources. The issue of as mnch inconvertible paper as" would snffice to displace the gold and silver in circulation is a perfectly legit-mat financial expedient in a sudden and great emergency, and so is the borrowing of ss much of the capital of the country as may not be otherwise employed. And with the ideas which were then prevalent in all quarters as to the probable duration of the war, there was nothing wonderful in the general desire that the Treasury Department ahoold not resort to heavy taxation until these two sourcae of anpply had been exhusted. But there has since then a wonderful chanae come over the spirit of our dream. Everybody has now, no matter what his political opinions may be, a just estimate of the magnitude of the straggle in which w are engaged. And the depreciation of the currency, onder toe influence of over-issues of paper, has now been brought home to the minds of toe misses in a wsy loch no smount or poLUco-'oonomical preaching would ever have done. There was not much us ia preaching the necessity for taxation to a people who never had been taxed, and who had no practical acquaintance with the cost of a great war, as long as any other means of paying the bills remain unexhausted. But the most ignorant anl tepid person in the community has iwcored a sharp lesson, and is stilt daily receiving H, in the inconvniences of trying to carry on war without paying taxes. The most tremendous burdens erer imposed by any Government on any community would not equal, in the same length of time, the biases wnaoh all rlniirs and conditions at the North have sustained daring the last sis months owing to the depreciatioa of the currency, and the consequent rise of prices, and the deranirenKnt of trade and industry. JErarvhodr foals it. from the apple-dealer to the banker ; everybody knows that it would be better tor trim to pay lea per cent, oa his income, beside excise outies oa everytbiag produced cr sold, than live the life of ancertainty aad anxiety we are now leadtnc ; rutting out of sight altojether the effect of the paper inflation on the porgrcas of the war, and oa our National cradit. . ConseinentlT w bold that the sapposilkm that the people are not ready for heavy anl stringent taxation that enoner than encounter it, they prefer going on as they now arc, or that taer do at aaderstand the nature of the crisis through which ther are paasiasi in so nntorionaly untrue, that if it iuflaeucea Congress ia wtrmkrag from the Tax Bin. thwr ssaiil be so vaoraat of she feelings of their corn 1 it U aa to h unfit to represent them ; and af ther ara But iatinisiad by it, their recent behavior andieat an indiaVerare to the pubiae mtrrant so grans and a'namilmt ns to ba rerr tittle, if anvv.iae. start of the tresssn the major ity are so fond of denouncing. , Not to provide the wants of the Treasure at this meat, eotb by tatposma; tax aad paving

alrra at tas aeoraran, as i of Ma badTwaaU toTaow what -grriwr ail aad If i theeae than bv pointing a alio wa his nuad to he taxation. enxbseet Coaaraai aaonl aayvuaa; nax News from Stosewaia Jacksok. Andrew Jackson Davis (the aeer) in the 1ermUorrorestolXia week, makes the following important (if true) announcement The most important intelligence received -recently is to "the ' effect that, after six jnore battjee, twt of them to be hand to-hand encounters the war will be over, and peace declared under the Stars and Stripes. Stonewall Jackson is positive that all this will come to pass before the nextharveat ia gathered to the granaries. Gold will take the downward track in May and July. Government credit will be firm for ten years after peace ia declared, when another war, with Old England is probable. France will be the first to receive . punishment ; from Anlerica. - A republican form of govern, ment wiU soon be guaranteed, to five Southern States. ; Butler and bombshells' is a better cry for Abxditii)ism than Fremont and Freedom." Force and pluck, not men and propositions, are in demand. General Butler and Jeff. Davis are the best practical Abolitionists. Others are talkers and hangers-on. ansae! Siaea of this city has fear sons now ia the service of the country ; one in the Sd Colored Cavalry ; one in the 8th Iwd. Infantry ; on in the Tth. Kaaaaa Cavalry, anl one ia the lltth Indiana. , This toeks like there was really Something in blood. Mesorn. Howard aad Grabbs hare parehassd the stock of ths wholesale Grocery House of Lrcaa, MxaaiNO 1 Co. We understand that the Utter firm are about establishing themselves in business ia Msw Orleans. Nataaa Morgan of th Sd Cavalry is at heme oa irk furlough, having been confined fur several months by an attack of Inflammatory Rhamatiam, front the effect of which h ia still unable to walk, except hy the aid of cratches. The printers of Atlanta, Georgia, having "struck" for 81 87 per thousand em,the four papers have stopped.and the conscript officers havseixed the printers. XPart of the brave boys of the 8th Ind. Reg't arc home on brief furlough. God4bless em all! We have only seen our young friends Capt. Caho, and Berg. David Flemiko. The latter has fattened on 'hard tack, while the former has had the chills and looks thin. The Captain intends to stay with us a while to recruit loth his own health and try and get recruits for the glorious old 8th. A Love of a Bonnet. A fa i h ion writer in the New York Times describes a new bonnet the only one of the kind ret launched which all tlie ladies are rushing to see, as follows t Ths bonnet is called th "Night Blooming Cerens." and so far as we bar been abb to find out Is the only one in tlie city. It nrof the finest white chip, exquisitely beautiful, and trimmed on tlie outside with a boquet of th rare and beautiful "Night Blooming Cereay The flower is made of threads of pearl and whits silk, sprinkled over with dewdrops, so natural aa to dseeive the most practical eve at first sight. It is fastened to the bonnet with a pearl clasp, curtain of white blonde, faoa trimmings whit star flowr sat ia illnatoa and airings of whits ribbon. The Ten-Forty Loan. Tho nsw ten-forty loan is going off with more spirit as capitalists become convinced that the rate of interest will not be advanced. The continued rise in gold makes the loan still more popular, as tho rate of interest promisee to be really 8 or 9 per cent. The government has decided to receive the ten-forty bonds in future as security for the issues of the National Banks, and as the five-twenties are now worth in the market 111, tho new loan has become an attractive feature for banking purposes as well as for pel mtnent investment. A SUPERIOR REMEDY. We can conscientiously recommend to tliose sn tiering from a distressing cough. 1 r. Strickland's Melli 1 uoui Cough Balsam . It gives relief almost instantaneous, and is withal not disagreeable to she ttste. There Is no doubt but the Mellifluous Cough Balaam is one of th best preparations ia use, and is all that tlie proprietors claim for it. We have tried it during the past week, and found relief from a mot distressing cough. It is prepared br Dr. Strickland, No. S Kmt Fourth street, Cincinnati, Ohio, and tor sale by all DruggiaU at M omits per hotValidity of Indiana Divorces. An "interesting question was deoidad. by Jodgs Pitch, in the Court of Common Pleas in Lucas county Ohio, last week, in regard to divorces granted by the court of the State of Indiana, between parties who are, at the time of the granting of the same, retkUnU of the State of Ohio. Judge Kitck delivering the opinion of the court, held that divorce so granted could not he recognized as valid or binding by thecoaru of Ohio, and that any marriage contract ia that State after obtaining such divorce is void. MARRIED, BEANS-LEWIS On the 2 th of April, 18s. by Maroa Finlt, Mr. Tinornr S. Bcajs aad Miss Many E. Lewis, all of this city. DIKT, PICKET Near Chester, of this County, ea Tuesday, April 19th, Drsoata, wife of Benjamin Picket, agel fci years, 4 months and 14 days. The deceased was a memlierof the Urtiiodox Church at Cheater. ELLIOTT. On Wednesday Ust, Many, daughter of Crros Ebuott, of this city. . NEW GOODS. CARPETING: Velvet, Bnueeit, Ingrain and Rag. Paper Hanging- and Window Papers, FLOOB AND TABLE CLOTHS, Window Shades aad Car tain Goods. COCOA SUT AND INDIA MATTINGS, Ruga, Door Mats. Draggeting, Marseille aad Allrmfal Counterpanes, " Tabic and Piano Covers. ' CABPET WABP, n a,' Tn slang. Kaatnas, ftheeting. BUnkata, TaliU-lia-ens. Iran, rlhirting Lsaaae, Ac. Ac, Jnst received bv TA!f AtTSDATL, TDIXOlf V CO. Dayton O, April tTtti. Jte. T4 Main Street, ,

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jmY TIRTT'K OF A!f ITXBCVTIOjr, te aa iadircad fraa the Waya Common Ptoaa Court, 1 will expos at Pnbik Mavatthe Court Hons door ia CentreviHe Wavae County, Indiana, oa the 21st day of Mar, im. between th hours of 1 o'clock. A. M. aad 4 o'clock, P. M.ea said day, the toOoariag property, lO-Wlt t t The South half of lot XaaaSer Two (2) aad fifteen t li I, ia toe orurinal Plat of the , Ttwa of Nownort, Warn Ccnratv, ludaxna. ' The same to b sold aa the propei ty of cdtah Prion, ainafy said asentioa ha urv hands ia favor of James Kami. JOHN M. PAXiON. 8h'C W. C. April ST, 1964, fji ta,0S 12e.