Mt. Vernon Democratic banner (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1853), 1863-12-26

              VOLUME : , t raotrafit 3jratr, . : m peiuMia- ave iTvaaar.ttonataa r : ' "1 L. HAEPEB. ; tM i IT award Dlex-lt, M Storjr. r rnXS-Tm DolIart peraeaeas, payable tn 4- rnMMtinaa iu mobum; aa.ee after taeexpi TftTtBD BT L. HARPER. Bad Treatment of the West. , v Without nndue boasting; wo can say that the Western Statee have fully performed their part daring the war ; and that re of the West are entitled to fair treatment But the truth is, that, from t the first, we have been made the hew-ers of wood and the drawers of water, for the benefit of the cunning Abolitionists of New England. They have got fat end slock off of the war, while we have fought the battles and borne -the blunt of the toil." And now anoth-vr great wrong is aboat being practiced 'on Western men. Good caro was taken - to get the draft over in New England before the meeting of Congress, so that the Yankee Abolitionists could pay the three hundred dollars exemption, -and r then go scott free, for three years. This they have done,-and instead of men,-New England has given money, orJ got clear on Surgeons' certificates, and has left the West to fill up the army, This is a low Yankee trick, and deserves the indignant denunciation of every Western man, woman and child ; for no sooner does the Yankee Abolitionist buy himself clear by paying three hundred dollars, than he sets to work to have the three hundred dollar clause repealed, so as to compel the men of tin West to do the fighting for the skulkers of Tfew England. We opposed the three hundred dollar clause from the first, but as New England has had the benefit of it, so should the West. The Yankee Governors were looking to the interests of their people, while Tod, and other Western "bvcTnbtSe playing Ti g,; at the pec pie's cost. All for the Negro. As a .specimen of the business that is daily transacted is the Allition Congress 'at. Wash-ington, we takethe tolloving from the proceed ings of a single day; (Dec. 14lh) the negro appears to ensrosa the whole attention" of the ifacobins, who have crept into the seata once occupied by jatriots and etatesmeti: Mr.. Hale introduced a bill prohibiting the holding of any person in servitude exept oi contract. "Mr, EUliott intrlirced a bill to establish a burean of emancipation. Several bills were introduced to repeal the fugutive slave law. " Several bills were introduced so lo amend the Constitution as to abolish slavery iu all 4he States. Mr. - Lovejoy i ntrodnced a bill providing that all persons held to slavery in the States or Territories shall be declared free. Mr. LoVejoy introduced a bill to protect freeJmen and to provide for punishing thofc who Attempt to enslave them. Mr. Wilson introduced a bill to amend the constitution, declaring slavery incompatible wkh a tree government. . - Mr. Arould introduced a bill with a title nearly as loogs tiie tail to the President's anessage, to assist'the President to carry out it he emancipation proclamation of January 1st ' 18G3. : - . . '; This is a specimen of the mode the AboH-'. Aicmieta .propose to "restore the Union." .:. The Radical Jacobin Club. . "Do not. asks the St. Louis Republican, every Slay's developments illustrate the parallel bet 'ween the Radicals of our day and the French Jacobins.of 1790? The Jacobin Club, with . its headquarters at Paris, dictated the law s :ftnd administration by which France was gov-'erned in those dark and bloody days; aud a National Radical Abolition Secret Lesgue, .'with its headquarters at Washington, assumes 'to revise the action o." the President, at well as dictate the legislation of Congress. ' 1 - Mr, Liocolu is waited, upon by s. committee osabody appointed by- noboly knows who, Ver purposes ooboiy knows ezactly what to -.HJger hira into undoing what he has done. ' nj.feto ifolng things he has not thought prop iwiU. ' ThoBgh they m&ekly profess to on-;'oes' it la evident their action partakes Wliuls Hf tie taatare of a threat Whatever ' pbr ef ts5r1atidn possesses; either prei- JSt P)fpri ;lbe - - &eeatfr,kaad Choogh "the denaads may t , e madelta'- tnat" Imperative manner .-which ; givea no Option or alternative, it is still a' ape- : ciesbf eoertlon that lii a nbref roJ"dangeroa .- -J. . . . J.-..-. v;- u Uk oar erstem of government . , .' -; tr Jt i-. -. 'mini " ' " i ' - 1 . tQr The TStm Yorfc 'Journai o'Cmtnr&. In cloeingmnarUcle on- the Prestdeet'e - proaered .Tnetj jpl4B ?f l-iPet of paot tor . gooii wyav taj -; xrcsueot't ' plan;. ' Afo 'mMFmrw, wm sear n tbeowa .-waj. a Si rP0rtealtlbr- the "coimtrTftir thai ; iake of winning JaurUW radical for himself.' Aa AboUtisa Paper Jutifles JUUUrj ' "Interference to Carry -Oeetiontw - - We have anderatood perfectly; earn th Chi cago 7Ws,ibe philosoph of the rjrntelee Mono in the Border State, v but we ? have ol before seen a frank and lucid etatement of it from tor abolition Quarter. . We have now eucli a atateaieat from, the Boeton Common wealth, the ablest and eiosi ' jxromlaent abolition paper !a New England. : f? -; . - We eobjoia it," aoi tor tae purposaof arn-uv; again, it or of de ioaacjng .it, for It is too monstrous for either, but that the reader may see Into what currents of public and political morality we are drifting under the pilotage- of of political abolitionism. W believe lb editors of the CesuneauKoZtA are clergymen ! . From th Boston Comtaoawealtk. " The Thirty-eighth Concress ts about to ansemble. The Senate will have a larce a l- ministratton majority, and the Uouse one sufficiently large o elect the caucus nomination for Speaker, Clerk, and other offices. We say this without Laving carefully examined the tables, for we assume that the administration would not have resorted to its somewhat extraordinary means of carrying elections in the Border States, unless it had been sure that tlee means, successfully used, would give it a wording majority. We do not find fault with tb tti&chinerr nsed to carry llary laud and Delaware. .Having nearly lost the control of the House by its blunders in the conduct of the war from March, 1861, to the fall of 18G2, the administration owed it to the country to recover that control somehow. To recover it regnlsrly was imposiLb ; so irregularity had to be resorted to. Popular institutions will not suQ'er, for the copperhead element will have a much larger uumber of members in loth branches than it is entitled to by its pop-ulur vote. Ohio, witV ie ninety thousand republican majority, will be reprefeutetl by five republicans and a dozen or more copperheads. It is fitting that this misrepresentation of popular sentiment ii the great State of the West should be otfaeti if .necessary, '-by a loyal dele-gntion from Maryland and Delaware, won even at the expense of military interference.-If ht'.va' arj"silent amidst tlu c'snk of ar:n, we inn take care that the aggregttte public opinion o( the country obtains recogniiion, (omrliow or other." A Government of One-Tenth of the --. People. President Lincoln, in his late Imperial Proclamation. "(says1- the Cincinnati JEiffitirer) oilers? to recognize a Government in any. of the seceded-States, that. shall, be elected and fus-tained by one tenth of the people residing therein providing that one tenth will comply with certain conditions that lie names 1 What kind of a Government will this be? A Government of one-tenth over nine-tenths ? lit it not a beautiful exeruplification of the American doctrina that the majority shall govern? Does it not harmonise with the deolaratio i of American Independence which says h at all jut Govermneuts derive their power from the - consent of the governed. One-tenth ofTLe "people give their assent in a State, nine-tenths withhold it, but, the One-tenth id to be the Goernraent ? 1 This is American llepublisani.'iin under the Lincoln Administration. This is the way that it carries out the principles of Democracy? What a shocking libel and scandal upon all our Amer ican ideas -of liberty and popular Government ! What A'meiK'an can hereafter pretend, if it is carried out that he lived in a Government of the people, or in one re&ting uXn the consent of the governeil ? When this troposition is accepted we -had better burn up all the copies of the Declaration of Independence, for they will remiud.us of our apostaey and shame, aud openly aduiii that our political system is Despotism pn re and simple as much so as Kussia or Austria. The Secretary of the BTaYy'e Eeport. The Federal Navy, nays Mr. Welles in hie report, is now blockading 4,549 miles of coabt and patrolling 3,055 miles of river. e had not a vessel o; war two years ago on the Western waters, now we have 100 arm ed vessels carrying 4C2 guns and 5,500 men. Uur National 2 avy, at the - commencement of this Administration, was 45 vessels, of which 32 only weae" in commission. The navy at the date of the present report, contains 588 vessels mounted with 4,443 guns, and of 507,967 tuns in. the aggregate. The navy at .1 V r a . - a . tue uate oi tne last repo. t, emDraceU 4o ve- eela.3,208 guns and 340,030 tunn age. The increase, exclusive of thr3se lost, is- 151 vessels, 1,125 guns and IS&931 tannage. - The vessels of the navy lost since December, 1861. are Captured, 12 vessels,. 48 guns, 2,98 tun nage; destroyed to prevent falling info the ha ids of the rebels, 35 vessels, 287 guns, 2,883 tunnage; sunk in battle or by torpedoes, 4 vessels, 28 guns 2,201 tunnage. , .. Trouble Brewing Europe. The difficulty between Denmark andSchles- wig-IIolstein is still unsettled, and apparently a- cminous of. war as ever. Nearly all the officials of Holstetn have refused to take .the oath ofallegiance to the new King of Denmark Austria and Prussia have as yet not offieiaUy expressed a sympathy with either party, ; al though the liberals ' of the last-named State are oat-spoken against Denmark, and am anxious to i nan ire rate acffreasive, movements at once. Both of these State have, however, ex pressed, through their xejirescntativea at the Federal Diet, opinioas averse to-the claims of ?rioce Augustenburg to the soccessjon. rota the fact that be is the iasua of saorgabttc (or left-handed) -marriage 'contracted br.hie father. Several of the smaller State have already declared; Ihemselves for. -tbe; Prtend- er, sjFbu fcnglana an4 the other . gatrf pjow era are jrat tukdeehled as ts their eeoree, ' ' VV"if TJieJConeeription; AjeLl oeeretary btaatoa, iw hi report uUa that tKOaxilier OH-Wtae Bambw MV Xi uoder tbe list calLr It baa also raised m. -firLf the Conscr1ptionJLct, which was known'o be) P"KHI-Tt effect will be immiiui i.r imef-et :ha. iU-i , .ti?4Lb7 th.rea4i)rolaiMtioiu'4 pfc ' T; -t l T WB,T4 may- be lamented, tmi none -can State.ao(f Drocwre for the Government Ml-Iiwittruifc thai lh. rt'iiiV ad boeera which is now bng applied to thatoro. Aecordlag 4a Secretary t War Stanton, tbeta are oO, 000 negro soldiers now organized and V ihw service ot the Umkei States' 1 - Hear Secretary Seward. - ' At the begianiBg of the war. Secretary' Seward, in a letter to our Ministers in Europe", idi"..- ' " J'-';- :. J". there is not even a pretext .'for the pem-plaint lhat the disafiected States are to be con- Jiuered by the Uaited States, if the revolution all;' for thertghts of theStates, and ; the condition, of every human being in theni. will remain sutiject to exactly the same hiws and forms of administration whether the revolu tion shall succeed or whether it shall Tan. In the one eass. fhe States would be Feterallr connectel with the new Confederacy; the- other, they would, as now, be members of the United States: Lt tkehr constitutions. nd Imtms. htintt ami institution in eitksr etui will remain the stout. Fresidewt Lincoln is as directly responsible for the above declaration as if it had been writ ten bf himself, for Mr. Seward has stated that the letter was read to the President before its transmission. Can there be imagined a more direct contradiction than that between the statements in this extract and tba last procla mation of the President ? The Omiwion in the Message. Lincoln's Message is more. remarkable what is not in it than tor what there is. for An exchange well says : "He says nothing' about our relatioju with Mexico a question that before long is to overshadow all others iu our foreign relations. He says nothing about' our lately threatened imbroglio with Great Britain or France, and, most remarkable of all, he has not a word alout the military operations of the year, their present sit nation nor their' prospective accomplishments ; and the same is true relative to the navy." He does not mention a General nor a soldier, what they have done nor what they have failed to do not a word fur the captors of Vicksburg or Port Uiiddon, not a word for those who stood up and fought and won at Gettysburg and Chattanooga -not a wprd for those' who are wusting away their lives before Chnr"eton not a word alout Grant, o-r Me le. or 'Btiike, or Giloiore, or Uupout, or Karragut. or Dablgreu. The Oath to Abolitionism. . As might be expected, hundreds of men in every county of t he State who have heretofore voted with the Republicans, are startled by Lincoln's proposition to make every Southern man to take an ouih to Alolithhum or ren.ain out of the Union. Thiie inert had siipposel that Democrats were uttering untruths when thev iiiiioHti'd that Lincoln was determined to keen up the wnr till slavery wm over thrown. They now see Sy hii recent Procla- matJori that it is hw pur Kee not to allow any State to cone back Into the Union unless it adopts the ooctrmes or tue Abolitionists.- fliev may lay down their arms and swear to the Constitution; but this, . according to Lin coln, is not enough. They mot swear to le Atoliiionwls and unlit thev do this, he will keep ui the wr and Lohi. them wt vAiU tluncs Huljtct to the military rule he .may. et over them i No ".wonder that reasonable meu of the Ouposition, feet that they have heretofore been'tnirttftken in Lincoln's pnrpo-ies. J He is one of the most cunning men in the country. and it is not very surprising that niRny citizens, meaning to He fair themselves, were deluded by his false pretenses. A'moat k Advocate Equatorial llonntains. The Old idea that the Nile took its rie among tue mountains has been verified by the discoveries ot peke ami Grant, and the other old story that those mountains, although al most uu.ter the equaior, ha. e their summits covered with eternal snow, seems now to hare been confirmed by the discoveries of a Hanoverian traveler Baron Von Decken who attended a late meeting of the Royal Geographical Society in London, and gave an account of his ascent of the peaks of Kilimauajaro and Kenia. The former of these mountains, which is the highest peak in Africa, rises twenty thousand feet above the level of the sea, and the snow line debcends below the level ot. a point IG.000 feet high. Baron Von Decken has himself ascended the hill about 14,000 feet, and made a careful exatninatiou of its geological features...-'-''.". He notices a very curious fact iitisect-olo-gy. The neighborhood of the hill is inlestei with an insect called the dondorovo, which-attacks and kills horses and donkejs, but does not trouble other animals. The inhabitants oen no horses, and cannot keep them, in consequence of the destructive ravages of this insect. The Baron lost bis donkeys wTlhio two days after entering the country, their death proceeding from he sting of the dondorovo The Buron is now in England, arranging the outfit of an expedition to ascend one of the African rivers emptying in:o Formosa Bay, by which route he hopes to be able to reach a point near the Mountains. He intends taking out a steamer for the expwlition. with which he thinks it possible to ascend one of those rivers very near to the base of the highest peak. The British Government has already given instructions to the officers in charge of tbe squadron on that station to render every assistance to thiB enterprising traveler when he again visits the enst coast of Africa. At the same meeting of the Geographical Society at which Baron Von Decken was present and stated the facta of his discoveries,, another gentleman stated that he had received letters from, two Duteh ladies who have set oat on a journey to the'sources of the Nile, or the interior of .Africa, and who - when they wrote, had reached a point far" leyond Khartoum, in good health anl condition. There are new several parties of travelers in the E h-iopian country, and we may ex tec t before lone ,to hear of many imporiaut discoveries. Jour- natXAHMHerce.. ,. In his message, the President asserts that his emancipation Proclamation baa aided the caose.in which jt was issued. It most, then, have been issued in tha cause of the rebellion. It has not freed a tingle slave who would hot h4ve been freed without it. It baa" not enlisted ' a negro soldier who might oof have been enlisted Hhoot it, -though we, Io not concede the aegrb soldier business W-be of any nse te'the' tfnion cause. - It. has nor won a battle or excited a ervile insurrection. Tbe only effect thus far of the emaaeipatioA proelaraation have been to divide the public eentimenl c the North and unite the pablie sentiment of the South to weaken the fwer of the Oorernmentle pot down, aud strength en- rhe power -of fhs rebels to sustain, the re ly 4a it fact honestly de cMuaon ratner thaa areknOKM nT th tarnts Uf the rnt,tjroeIamatka; And b can ds- ! u the eyfnjhT trcV' fi SealiniiiiSejtlBi ajni :jMiippljring Commiesarj Storc -Condaet Unbe-corning an Officet and Gaitlernan Stealing, Embezzling and Applying ia His Own JJec,; iUoaey . or otlter Property Belonging rtothe United States- Conduct to the Prejudice of Good Order and Military Disdpline. CaAacz 1st -Selling, wkhout proper, orders for that purpose, embexxling aad raiaapplving. Commissary and Quartermaster store belonging to the Uuked States. ! ' Specification LX-In thi ; ijlhat' Captain F. W. Hunt. A.Q. il S. V..' did, on ot about the IGth day of January, 18G3, sell, without proper orders for that purpose, the following Commissary stores belonging to the United States, to wit: Sixteen (10) Imrrela of flour ; one (1) barrel sugar; Jon; (1) laurel vinegar; three (31 barrels mesa pork : and did fraudulently misapply the proceed of said sale, and did fail to account to the Govern ment of the United States fur tbe same. Tikis at or near Cincinnati, Ohio.. ; Specification 2 In I hi ; that Captain F. W. llurtt. A. Q. M . U. S- V did. on or a(Kut the 20th day of February, 18G3, at Cincinnati Ohio, sell, without -Droner .orders tor that purpose, a lot of CkmimissaVy stores, consisting ot about fifteen parreh? of flour, viuegar, sugar, and mess pork, le longing to the United States, and did fraudulently misapply the proceeds of said cale, and did fail to account to the Government or the United States for the same. Speci&ation Zdtu this : that Captaiu F. W. llurtt, A. Q. M. M.. U.S. V., did, during! ue inoiitns oi. utoter, November and December, 18G2. have in his possession or con-rol the following surplus of forage, which had accumulated during the months aforuaid, to-wit: One hundred and sixty-six thousand one hundred aud nine pauinU of corn ; One hundred and ninety-eight thousand nine hundred and eighty -two pounds of hay ; Wliich surplus of foriige,1 so accumulated, he wholly failed to report or account for. to the Government of the United -States. This at Cincinnati, Ohio. Charge 2d Conduct unbecoming an ol&cer and a gentleman. . Specification lit In this; that Captain F. W. llurtt. A. Q.-M.,' U. S. V .. did purchase for Government service hoires ond foi-agc. from and through oue.S. H. Dunan, connected with him in business in the thio State Journal, for the Slated purpose of benefitting their own jrivate cnniary interests, and help to relieve the Ohio State Journal from debt, which greatly threat enel its solvency, be, Capt tain Hurtt, being at the time in "correspondence with said I)auan, in which correspondence aid Dnnan asked Captain llurtt what tbe prices he would pay -Ibr. certain supplier, statiug that he, lananVo41d make out the bills, requiring them, and pav the parties from whon the supplies werJkflTght'; that saidpar-tien-wottbl not 1thow how much he, Dnnan. got ; au.1 tbaJMfrmnwtrunld keep back the profit which accrued, and advised Captain llurtt as to certain profits to be realized, and that he thought he could so work it as to increase th-ir proftr. And, in said correspondence. Captain Hurt aforesaid did ; ad vise said Dunan. as to whst prices he would pav for certain Government supplies, and told said Dunan that he could explain to Mr. Allen, associate editor of the Ohm State Jonmnl. how useful said Dunan could he to them (llurtt & Allen.) if he, Dunar, was with him. Captain 'llurtt.-- This at or nenr Cumberland.' Murv. land, arid Columbus. Ohio, on or about January 14, 1863, and thereafter. Specification 2d In thisi; that Ca ptain F. W. llurtt, A. Q. M.. beinff at the time Assis tant Quartermaster in thescrvice of the United States, was interested with due S. II. Dunan, who was associated with him in business in the newspaper known as the Ohio State Jour nal, published at Columbus Ohio, in soecula- tious of sale of rations to troona station el at Camp Chase, Ohio, and, moreover, on discov- ering mat me cost or tlie ration furnished reduce! too much their net profits, they concluded to increase their profitsby .furnishing rations of an iuicjior quality to those before fur- nisnea. 1 be profits accrueuig from said sales to be divided as follows: One-half to be divided between said Dunan and Captain or Mrs. llurtt; and an influential party who was laboring for their benefit': and the other half between Zettler & Bros, and Baker it O'llarra. of Columbus, Ohio. This from on 'or about Deceniter 7, 1861, and thereafter. Specification &l In this; that Captain F. W. llurtt, A. Q. M U. S. V., corresponded with one U. IK Cooke & Co., of the finn of Jay Cooke k Co bunkers. Washington, D. C, requesting favors of said Cooke and such other parties as he, Cooke, could interest, to have him, Hurt?, stationed at Cincinnati, Ohio, and be charged with the making of heavy disbursements of the Government funds, and assured said Cooke that if he. llurtt,- euccee.led in his plan, it would be all. right for him. llurtt, and for 'said Cooke; also, advised Cooke as to what purchases he, Hurtt, would . havenQ. M., did allow eertain torsge delivered by t" mke, not only to meet the demands of the Department of Ohio, but a so very heavy purchases for the Department of the Cumberland, and detailed to said Cooke some of the . articles aiid atnount he would have to purchase, am! informed aaid ' Cooke that his, Hurtt's, promotion by brevet ifonly;to Major, would be of incelcutable advantaged bin in his projectSj and that he, Cooke, knew the ini-' portaiice of securing CaptaiH Dickersou's place for him," llurtt. to bis, llurtt V friends: and that they could decide the amount and kind of pressure to use.. I his wito the intention to defraud the Government of the, United States. This at Cihcinnati,"Ohio, from on ar about the Wth of Marcli. 1863, and thereafter. '- ... Specification 4ehlu this i that Captain F. W, nurtt. A. Q. il.." U. S;V with one Geo. ?.,ScotCfrooi Snd throngh whoiu.he was purchasing supplies' for th- Governroent ' of -the United States, 1 bought, on Joint " kecouni- of httueelf ae4 , aaid; BcoU,; 100000 bnahtla'of forage, corn and oafs, part of which, forage! if not tne entire amountwas atterward bought bjt Captain Hnrtt, nforsaid. foe tha .Qovem-ment servie; fie. Captain Unrtt, beingedualiy interested with said ocott'tn said purchase aousaie or forage t Ana, rurtuer, that be. Captain Uartt, purchased from u and throngh said Scott supplies for. the Gavernmsat-. er- vic. amounting to between one hundred thou-. saiMtana.ooe banred-an(t thirtythonaand doilara ; aed -we further lot eresteil itb.aai I Scott, and others whom said Scott represented, in; the purchase er. baying ap of he..,Cantaln Uartt' OBtiUnding Oevernmcat Touchera and Cert ufi eat ebecksv a4 pnrchase amount' lg to between-. 5 00.000 ,and f7TK),0C0 b CapUin JIurtt. fcavlnr give to said:. Scott in formation and advicei aatitk th! nottMaiAn'Ar others, whic enabledr him. ln beUer to decida wh- rotichcrs uul cea .t bu and did further connive with said Scott and othetst whom he. Scott! reofesentsi tvit-. pnTJrCooW, of the firm of Jay Cooke A Cb, Washington, D. X; to defraud the Government of the United Sutes, et ibrth in letters Xeariag dataa, and. in figVire and letters, to-wit: '- - - ; CijfcisxATi. Ohio, March 24, 1RC3. i if Iemr ScoUTLo QiUrtennaster at Xoni-ville has- advertised for 500,000 hushels ot com, 200.600 bushels of oats, and 10.000 ton of hay. saw a letter from hlra. saying that he would teel for NashviUe, ldO.000 bushels Of corn, 800,000 buabUr of nats, and Co.OOO tuns of hay, and I was advised to buy as largely as I could without exciting the market." L have done so. I boujrht about 30.000 bushels oT oat and 100,000 bushel Of corn. QaU Are now. here. 88c in sack, 85c at cash ; corn 88c. , For th ese reason I telegra phed you to day, to boy as much more corn as yon hive, on joint account, and hold on a few days. toil can easily see toe effect or such very heavy purchases, aotl all between this and July the. first. Oats held by parties here, iu store at Chicago,' yesterday, were held at 62c and 63c ; they will yet be worth 75c, probably, but when you can get lite margin, sell; also on th corn. And if you can't do that, then if you will put it in good hands I will manage it so you Can get it of the Government. Corn was bought there at 49c ami 50c on Saturday. It will- spring soon. G. D. & Co. did tiot charge we anything (or that draft. - Write soon. icours, uuttii. ' ASSISTASIT QtTATEEASTKRS OWfCI, V- Cincinnati, Ohio, March 27, 1803. . " Ma Dear Scott-? Yours of the 24th is at baud. I wrote to you the other day atout forage. The suddeu and unprecedented fall in gold made me nervous lately, but I learu to-day that grain la still high in Chicago. It the Government can get transportation here and at Louisville, all your grain can be sold yet at good prices. I can not say how the market will run iu the bast; you can tell iew ter. If it keeps down, then it must fall at Chi- cago, but it tue re-action, wincn seems to nave commenced to-day, continues, you can see its ed'ects here; if not, I would sell. If you can t sell well, come out here and you can x it. About 11,000 horses and mulee are wasted here and at Louisville, immediately. You can do something here, certain. This is for your information General Burnside's arrival here lias ore.ateil a little fluttering among the Q. M's. We did not know his purpose to- war i us. 1 felt anxious about my project.- I have juat written Cooke, and sent him some j apers, and urge him to remove the objection lie named to my getting D's place. It can be done by me being transferred to the regular arm v, or hv me being breveted not other wise, for if I was placed fbere as I now stand4 tue rankxig olneera here. Schmidt and. Good rich, would demur, and this would be considered at W. and here. The President can con for the brevet at any time he chooses. This is the place to work; certain. Look to it. I am rig Jit. Una will place me above all volunteer Quartermasters, and 1 can claim good pi sees. I hope you -will come here soon. I am in gool spirits about the cotton affair. -Yours, as ever, f. W. 11" This at or hear Ciucinnati, Ohio, between the months of October, 18G2, and July, 1863. XpecifitatioH 5th :In this, that Captaiu F W. Hunt, A. Q. M., U. S. V., made heavy purchases for the Government service from A. II. Smith end M. A. Dalton, they, SAhI.Smith and Dalton, being associated in interest in such sales, aud lie, Captain llurtt, knowing that they were associated in in terest in such sales, and said Captain llurtt, knowing that said Smith and Dalton bid repeatedly for contracts, each knowiug the rates at which tbe other hid, and did, also, on one or more occasions, receive the bids of one J H. Hey, bookkeeper of said Smith ami Dalton, Smith and Dalton being the real parties to furnish the forage, said Hey, Smith and Dalton each hnOwing the rates at which the other bid ; and when a contract was awarded to one of said parties, anotherof said parties appearing as surety for the fuinllment of the contract ; and further, that at different times. Captain Hnrtt had the forage to be delivered by said Smith , Dalton and Hey, hauled by Government teams, and did fail to make any account of such hauling, paying said parties as if they had fnl filled their contracts ; and further, that wiiiierue, vHuiairt uurii, soisiiiv unrier- m aster, was dealing for the Government with said Smith and Dalton, he did borrow from said Dalton on private account, severa thousands of dollars, snch loan from said Dalton beine for a part, if not all the time, without interest; and further, that while he was dealing with said Smflh lor the Government, he, said Smith, at Captain Hurtt's request, did ar range with one Doctor Richardson, tor the sale by the said llichardson to Captain Uurtt, of the property situated on the north-east cor- ner ot uaymuier ana I'ayton streets, Cincinnati. Ohio, for eight thousand dollars, and for which property Captain Uurtt gave two notes, ami soon nfter paid the rest in cash, and one of which notes, for 7 about two liiousand and ninety dollars, said Smith purchased ; and further, that at the time, or immediately before, Captain llurtt awarded the first forage coo-tract for Government forage lo said Dalton, he, the said Dalton, wm in the Government employ under Captain Uurtt, acting as a par-chasing agent, ami- receiving from Government' through Captain Hunt, four dollar ' per day jt and further, that he. Captain Hunt. A. said Smith and Dalton, and in excess of the amount called for in their contracts already awarded to remain over and to be included- in th amounts to be subsequently deli vered nn-der contracts to be afterward awarde-1, there-by virtually awarding to said "parties future contracts without waiting to learn the rates at which other parties might bid for the same contracts ; and further, that he, said Dalton, did give receipts which were- weed byCptaia Hnrtt in bis public accounts, which receipts were, or payment of forage which said Dalton never furnished; but was forage bought from anot her party, w b ose vouchers were destroyed, and tbe forage at advanced rates of parr.hase included in fabricated voucher in the name of said Dalton ; and forth nr. that Captain tjurtt bought fowge-rom said Smith and Dalr ton, wbcb said parties won Ul bay from other parties in. Cincinnati, thereby neglecting to aave theGovernment the profit accruing to aaid Smith and Dalton.;. Thi at Cincinnati, Ohio, from on or about the" first day of September. 1862, to oo or about the 25th day of July, 18SS. - - 'ifisi f, - -j. .-'-.. . Specification 6fA tin? thtat that Captain F. W. Hnrtu A. Q..U. U. S. did oa or about th 23d day ef January. A. D. 183, slCtncin-nati. Ohio, writ and aend to one 11. D. Cooke, of th firm of Jay Cook, . Co., Washiagtpn, D-C, a"ieitr in which b expaedr Atrrm mth pfabUtty ertnatovemmeniotn wns-t Statee and calculated to excite and create a w.mt of eonfideae jn,, the, pecuniary JtbilUy tbJarA. -Cb'e r has jurt begaa. -X7bat a- great mistake Jt vaev.ot" .carried . through last wlnur.- 5?o. reason v far vo caterisg anon, it-with, treat zeal will arise.' eireciallr ifn th W-, which woulj teh mA the f aothor of them hddcr, ,- Vf hw treasen- We then 1 becotaiu no, ia aa ealcrKrreal of feeling. iinconacioe, .at least expressed! Mcoea ,,Thpeof)lr not, as yet, aekaewl-Jge to thenwelvea,(he. nndercwrrewe f nnbe lief bf tbe stability of the govern event.. What i there yet in store for us r L am ankioaato know bow yon peopl Dear th throne feel Some or my Jriend are in. . my. ' voucher enough 4o ruin them. No money and no certificate just now. They are satfering ntureri-ally. . If I had $200,000. it would only save thetu; yet the Government can't give u any. My purchase are heavy enough,' bnV they; trouble me but Ijttle, except in the advanced prioe, on account of the 'poor market for voucher." ' . ' . . . - . Specification 7th la this; tha( Captain Hartt, A. Q. M.i'U. S. V.. erreeponded with bicn-in busiaeaa in tbe Ohio State -Journal, explaining how . be bad, and could, as ,bi ibflueeee to promote the private interests of aid paper, and did so prostitute his position by entering-into an explanation to Mr. Allen, associate editor of the Ohio State Journal, a to how he wade th most ordinary- purchase the manner of so doing precluded the possibility of detecting collusion between him end others; and further, called th attention of said Allen to th benefit they had already derived front him. Hunt, being' stationed t Cincinnati. Ohio; that they could not afford to allow any change of his station; that to remain in Cincinnati would be worth front four to six thousand dollars a year, and referred said Allen to their books for evidence; advised said Allen to come to Cincinnati, or send a friend to speculate for . him, by celling forage to tbe Government; ani informed said Allen, at the same time, as to the immense ' purchase which h Hurt, would make, between March 24. 1803, and July 1, And did further advise said Allen to see if be could not influence his comdVitte to get up a purse to buy members of the said Journal for the army, and explained that he llurtt, being a Qnartermasterr could arrange with other Quartermasters to have them transferred without expense to Journal. This at Cumberland, Maryland, atxl Cincinnati. Ohio, from on or about February1832, aud up to July 1863. Cdasgx 3rd Stealing embexxHling, and misappropriating and applyiug to. his own use, money or other property ol the Uuittd Ststes. - '" Specificiitlon t n this; that Captain F. W.Hurtt, A. Q. M.' U. S. V., did at Cincinnati, Ohio, . during the month of November. 1862; and ut divers times, both before and after, up to the month of July,1863, wilfully, corr'iptly and fraudulently report on his rolls, as employed by the Government of the United States, the name of parties not engaged or employed, and did also report certain amounts as having been paid to said parties, all of -L which was false; and also did, on his receipt falselv report of persons employed during said times a aforementioned, certify falsely that said rolls were cbrrect and just It. Brown, teamster. No.' 5S2, and . James White, iaborer. No. 31. being two of the said false, fictitious and fabricated names. Specification 2d In this; that Cautain F. W. llurtt. A. Q. M., TJ. S, A , id. during the month of September, 1862. and divers times both before and after, fabricate, or cause to be fabricated, and render in his public ac counts, vouchers whirh were false and fraudulent, purporting to bs for the payment of forage purchased; and did also have vouchers covering Ute purchase of forage -from, one party deal roy e1, ; atnt-' vouchers faiiricatrd j,nl renderel to cover the purchase of the same forage from another party, at an advanced rate; thereby defrauding the Government of the United States as follows, to-wit : " 1st. In September 1862, a voucher fee about two huadrot and seventy three dollars, in the name of John Maddux, for forage purporting to have been purchased in that month was used by said Capt. Uurtt, in making up his public paper and reports to the , Government of the United States, which voucher was false and fraudulent, no 'such purchase of forage having been made, and no such forage having been delivered. 2d. In October. 1862, a voucher, "United States, Dr., to Adolph Wood & Co., for the u re base of corn, amounting to $1,166 02, was y Uapt. uurtt 8 orders, test roved, ana anoth er voucher made out to cover the same corn, as purchased from one M.' A. Dalton, and costing $1,276 OS, which latter amount, or the difference between it and the true amount, was paid to said Dalton, on said false, , fraudulent and fabricated voucher. This at or near Cincinnati, Ohio. Specification 3 In this; that Captain F-W. Uurtt, A. Q. M., U. S. V., while pur-chasing from and through one S. H. Dunan, for the Government service with the avowed Purpose of benefiting his own pecuniary interests by making such purchases, did, on the request of said Dunan, employ in the service one Samuel Hopperton, and 3 id pay said Hop-perton forty and fl ty dollars per month, from the Government funds, for the months ofl March, April, May. June, July, Angtist, September, October, November, 1862, with the understanding that ten dollars per month of said Hop pert on'e pay was to go to him, raid Dnnan. This at Cincinnati, Ohio, aud Cumberland, Maryland. Specification 4th Tn -this; that Captain F. W. llurtt, A. Q. ST., U. S. V., did. on or about the 25th day of October 1862. employ one D. L. Msji ley a' hi cashier in the Quartermaster's office at Cincinnati. Ohio, and did. on the 26th day of Mav, 1S32. by letter of that date, send said Man ley to Memphis, Tennessee, and other points Sooth, to correspond for the Ohio State Journal, a paper published at Columbus, Ohio, aud in part owned by said Hurtt, and also to examine into and report to said Hnrtt the expediency and feasibility of said nurtt and one George S.. Scott entering into an enterprise for furnishing sutlers with good, which enterprise, or the idea of it. was abandoned on tne statement ot said Man ley; and further, that he, said Captain Hnrtt, did during the time said Manlev was tho eniployel as correspondent of the Ohio State Journal and making,said report to said Hnrtt and rtcotthave'hi. Jfanley', name entered on hU pay-roll as in 4he Government of the United State. . . ; . Specification. 5th In .thi; that. Captain F. W. Hurtt, A. Q. M.. V.H. did. during the montba of September and October. t862r and thereafter np to month of May; 1863; de troy, or cane to be destroyed, voucher (of tbe purchase of forage from different- tartie doring "eaid . months, and -did then take,1 er eaaaed tm be taken, lee voucher for iheaam forage a purchased from on U, T. Cole, a elerk in the Government ' employ under said nnrrt, and at advaeeed - rate ef Iparcha froia that epeeiSed 'id th original vcbere; paring aaht new and adraneed ratea, or the differeitca betweeaHhim aad the eritmt ate of pvrchase, ' to aaid it. T: Cole, thereby sril-falryaad knowierly iefraudinjr the Govern. ! meat of the United Statee; and further in" a letters vaid Col, of Mav 6th. 1233. did aid Cole entire 'aceea in. hi (Cola y tsa nouvenng.icr tumeii.as.au.ui rriaaa.-r 'rfiat ti-lfri that Oft-X.. UertV A, Q.-U ,T. S, Vw ecrr;posird whh rartie assc-'ited with-Jblauia lc?ines in th OhM txt Joumat; inT which crrr?or?ee tbe Government ot the TJs&ed State. lyla- ' king up on bit rolLof. persomi employed, name of ceraoaa actually employed by tho Ohio Stare Journal, and to pay tb earn per' son a trtn lb service or tne Untted stauar aod furtherrnore, that b. Captain Jlartt' Q. UM did. in said Manner, combin and eooV ' spire witl aaid partiee to defraud and cheat tleGovemment of the United . State, c Tbia- at or near .Cincinnati. Ohio, from on or apout. November J, 1862, to oo or about, 7ly S3,- , 1863,- , w; Cft-tacx 4lh Conduct to the rjreiudiee o? ' good etdt and military disctplme, - - --- -s. bpetificauo ltrln th; that Captain jr.-W. llurtt, Affi&lant Quart eruuwter. United! State "VolBoteere, in order-to nroenoto the pecuuiary in ter rata ef himself and Jriebda, and-being solicitou of, the uccee of tb Ohio State Jottrnal, on account o the reenlt there-' from beneficial to himself, did enter tatoa cor reepooJence with certain iofiuential miyeye and political pertie soliciting then . ad and through them to eeeur aid from other rwrtie to effect tbe removal of a brother and bin' penor officer, Uaptatn Dickersoo, staUontdat Cincinnati, Ohio, that he CspC Hunt, luigh secure J.ii position, and be changed with th heaviest - possiole disbnrsements oi tne uoe ernueat .funds, stating in such corr e pood eivee that the securing of such position would eoav ble bim to further the -pecuniary interests f the Ohio State Journal, and that it would be, all right for his friends end if to remove bis br other officer, it should become eeoeesere W remove the Quartermaster Oeneral ef tb ar . my, such removal must be made.: This at or near Jinrtnnatl, Ohio, on or about March 197 18J3, and thereafter. -. HEN'RV L. BCHNETr.-Major and Judc Advocate Department vl'lW ' ' Ohio. . ' - FS0M THE SOUTH. Speech bj IXersehell T. Jehaioa. . lion. II. ,V. John-ton, the Confederate Sen? ator -just re-elected for Georgia, addreeeed the Legislature ou the 21lh. From an abstract of hi speech in the Augusta CnslHtUoMlA. we give these passage : V " In hi defence and support of the govern men t, be did not mean to say thateoine errore-had not been committed .but, right or wrong; he would stand by the government. Greas applause. Paralyze its arm ? eppositie and creating divisions among our people, and we go down beneath tho tide of su hjngation.- The standard of his conduct - was i a caeaa- : ure constitutional. If it is, ami is necessary and wise, he would not vole for it. If it wa not consutiitional, be would not vote forit but. having been adopted a t the policy of the country, he would not counsel re is i nee to it. One revolution at a time is enough. When-the passions become aroused, there is no disposition to do justice. Carper see nothing right. Justice and candid -criticism is manly and proper, but it should not extend lo fault finding and opposition. . - ' " Ail the energies ;f tb gvern meat ar'-strained to the utmost in the prosecution of the war. He wished he hud longer to por-tray his conception of the importance of ouc wnole people bing a unt iu its support.-Here is our army in the field the nobleet. band of beroeo that eerTijured en- the hawo- ' ry of th-worbl. With their. tooros bared to. the foe', tbey ---rVautecled ti-. i-wXC and to hardship that no language can de scribe. How will they feel to see na Hraog. ling ever a few - dollars taken froMi us by iru-preaament for their support? If we would encourage them, then let us not indulge this grumblTng spirit. If we wish to paralyse th . government, let it be known that the General Assembly of Georgia has placed itself in opposition 10 the administration.-: " " It was a proud spectacle that the Geiier al. Aasemblv hai just reiterated the resolutions of 1861. Those resolutions were adopted when the muttering of war "were- afar oilj they are reeuacteil now. when its dark cloud are upon our border. It ts no time to divide in sentiment or quarrel about policies. -. He might say more, but it was unnecessary.. ' In this struggle all is involved that ia dear to a people home, society, liberty, property, life, houor whh tbe certainty of tbe most de-gratlingfate that ever oppressed a people if w faiLV Perils are about u let ms bear tbeq with an unflinching devotion and unalmte4 real, for It ia not recoj-ded in history ihateighi millions of united people, detenu iud tu M free, have failed or their purpose. Ve cau't yield to the Federal authoritiee. Yield no,' never ther i Jionor in extermination, but infamy in despair and subjugation. The bleaching bones of 100.000 gallant . soldiers slain ia battle weuld be clothed with tongues of fire to curse to everlasting iefaray the man who whispers yield. Immense applause. God ia with . ns, beeauM b i always with the right. It become h to feel' . that an overruling Prcviuence baa charge of ns. The whole revolution b in th. baade ef God. It ia ours to do our duty, t cultivate spirit of sublime confldene. harmony, aai endurance and leave the rent to Ujuu ' - Timely Bemiader. . , I invoke vou alsoto remember that cred truth, which all history verifiee that " They who rule not in righteousness shall j erisA fiomtfu earth," . - . -. ... ' Mr! Colfax addressed Congress in this laju-guage on assuming theChairofSpeakf r The reminder was timely. If any . body, of men neeled it more than the eorrupt and revengeful and altogether lvtekd tnajority of tbV7 ent Houee of Congrese, we sincerely pity thenj in their degradation. If it i tree that hiatorj verifies th truth of the expression., hat fhx who rule not in rrghteoosoes shall perish from, the 'earth, then will the history of thV. time record the destruction of the Republican majority of the Thirty-eighth Congreee z - . - '..;-'-'-: .They ' C.: . tM ksewa, as wicked tbe4vfl Wish. Aai not a wtti aer difleatt - Thaaistlra:talan4al4-h4(le. . ' 4 " ..: . , VTynOK Iem ' t-r " r JTKs. wkr& oo.lthin' for. Prince. Hob- ' rri. sometimes called by the du!oy tl To Lw ; reoln.' 'Already e baa eaadara:: aJci J ofdolUreaaiteontraftor; If Covert were not a coutracior and decidedly loyaUVrnali'cat.cr f , fr money-mail ; ; which 4rtleve . oae Li : the aasr-leioa ef L ie !:yalty. w'wouU be tenr tJ to doubt lbs t tha jratusnn was. trx9 boneatly by a - ZJL oTtit f'-' ? ttr at? 0u! i ' MNtte.ri:'-- tion and etoli t . r Jodjt, e tr Mt breath aocb Hi--! ' ??f ?bataais'"- ;r contract - V i -r ' peoSte with lii ds'. rj-nmend bt adwi:imKt!j ab!Lea liTT-z:. Tgtaetf 'y rr-: ; and w :l evtiV te Csc-