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PLYMOUTH WEEKLY DEMOCRAT. I HERE LET THE PRESS TIIE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS &INTAIH; UNAWED BY INFLUENCE AND UNBOUGHT BY GAIN." VOLUME a NEW SJJIIIES. PLYMOUTH, INDIRA, THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1862- NUMBER 27 WHOLE No. 131. Justness SUrccton?. It. JLZ. Tim Tsill. AV. & C. It. IS. Time Tabic. SPRING AND SUMM CR ARRANGEMENT. F.TWLTVKZ OF TB.UNS FROM PLYMOUTH STATION. EASTWARD BOUND TRAINS. Par Express and Mail, 10:35 A.M. NigHt Express, 11:10 P. M. Fast Stock, 5:40 P. M. Liv? Stock ami Ex. Freisrht 11:50 P. M. Local Freight, 12:30 P. M. WE3TWATtn HOUND TRAIN'S. Day Expreß ami Mail, 5:15 P.M. Nigh: Exrress, 5:15 A.M. Local Freipht -1:05 A.M. Fait Freight, 3:35 P. M. S. R. EDWARDS, Agent. C. I. fe C. K. R. Time Table. SUMMER ARRANGEMENT. EASTWARD. Leave La Porte, daily? (Suud.tyi Excepted, ) 7:00 A.M. Arrive at Plymouth,. ..8:55 A. M. WESTWARD. Leave Plymouth 5:10 P. M. Arrive at La IVrtc, 7:30 P. M. Trains run by La Torte tim, which is kept at K. Vail Jewelrv etnre, and id 15 minutes slower than P., Ft. W. & C. R. R. time. II. R. DRULlNER.Supt. Attornovs. REEVE &. CAPRON, ttorneysanl Notaries. Plymouth, Morshall Co., Ind., practice in Marshall an 1 adjoining coun ties. Refers to TJabcock & Co., Phelps, Dodge Jfc Co.,New York, Cool-y.Fanvell A: Co., Go-J k Rro., Chicago, Lou Ion & Co., Phila., f Benette k Co., Pittsburgh, Hon. A. L. OsbOit , Circuit Jude, Laport.lnd. JOHN S. BENDED. Attorney at Law aud Ileal Estate Agent, Knox, Knox. Ind. (Collections. Tax payin; and examination of Titles, promptly attended to. ntl-ly X!i vxioisnip-s. DR. T. A. BORTON, Fhviilei.in ind 3uri:on,oflieoover Pershing A; Co.'s Dnisr Store, in Dr. A. O. IWton's IVntal Rooms, Michigan street, cast, side corner f G ano, where he may be consulted during ofiic. hours. J. J. VINA L, Homeopathic rhysi-i:in. Particularattentionpai.l , to onstetric practie, ano cnrnic uisras-s -i wonvn, and diseases of children, office over C. Palmer's store, corner Michigan and Laporte tsreets, whe he may be. consulted at nil hours. DP. O. BAIRD. (radti-tte .of Jefferson Medical College,) resi dence and office nearShllt's Mill. firemen, Ir.d. DR. A. O- BORTON. S-irgoon Dentist, Ph mouth, Ihdian.i. Whole or p irtial setts of Tc'th inserted ei the ri'i'tnp prove! plan. Special attention paid to the preservation ofthc natural teeth, and irregular ity of Children teeth enrrcctd. Fani's and lidicnlt to;tli extracted with or without Chloro form. Can be consulted at hisollice :it any time except on Mond.ivs ami Tuesdays. ffir in Pershinj's block, up stairs, corner of M'chigan and Gano streets. -lUtf ITolols. EDWARDS HOUSE rirmonth. Ind. W. C. Edwards, Proprietor TTsiv! wsn. H. B. DICKSON & Co., Dealer in hinlwars of every description, also, toYcs.tin, sheet iron, and copper ware. BUCK &, TOAN, Dealers in Hardware of very dsr n;.ti'n, and manufacturers f Tin, Sheet-Iron and Copper ware, Michigan street. X)i V ToIi V i'rii s. J BROWNLEE. D'alerin dry goods of all kinds, groceries, wares etc., Michigan street, Plymouth, Ind. C. PAM-R, I)alrriri Diy fIod, (Jrocerics, etc., south side La Porte street. NÜSSBAUM &L DAVIDSON, Dea'ersin Croceries ?nd TrovisieiiS, eart fide of Michigan street. lioolK V Slioex. J. F. VAN VALKENBURGH, Manufacturer and Dealers in Roots and Shoes, first üoor above the Rank Ruilding. Dialer in baots and shoes, manufactui s all kind of home work in his line, Michigan street, Ply mouth, Ind. G- BLAIN &. Co. istsand confectioners, west side of Michigan Drugs ptreet, 1 lyuiiuth, ind. T. A. LEMON, Dealer in drugs, medicines, notions, literary magazine!, papers, etc, north side Lapoite etrect, Plymouth, Ind. AVji 4 li in s i It:i. JOhNM HCtMXER, Dealer in tches, clocks and jewelry, Plymouth Iad.,keps constantly on hand clocks, watches breast pins, car rins, finger rings, lockets, etc Clocks an 1 watc hes, etc., reja;rcd in the bes manner possible. llnrlMM'iii;. MICHAEL G1NZ, JLtrbrr and hairdresser, (West side Michigan ! street over Pattersons store) Plymouth, ,Ind, Everything iu the above business attended to bv me in the Lest style, Vny;oiiiimKiit4:. C HASLANGER & BRO S, II mufacturers of wagons, carriages etc ISIack Smithing, painting sind graining done to order N. B- KL1NGER, Proprietor 4 Buc'.eye Livery," opposite Edward House, Plymouth, lud. u21y Aeiify. T. MCDONALD, flal state agent a'-d notary public, office in ckson' hardware fctore, Plymouth, Ind. Draws deeds, mortgages, bond., and agree menfc, sells lai.ds, ex.imine-tit!csan I furnishes abstracts of the sa oie, pays l:ix.: :s .tüd redeems I. Ill J fof.J ff,i fae.S I!JI AM DEÄ0CR1TIC PLATFORM. Whereas, The Democratic party having, from the date of its organization, been in favor of the maintenance of the Union und the preservation of the Constitution, and seeing iu the present condi tion of the country the deplorable effects of a departure from its time honored and conservative principles, and the triumph of sectionalism ; and firmly believing that the Union and the Constitu lion can be preserved alone by the restoration of that party to power, we invite all the Union men throughout the land to unite with us in sustaining its organization and carrying out its principles. Therefore. Resoleed, 1 . That we reaffirm, and endorse the political principles that from time to time have been put forth by the National Conventions of the Democratic party. 2 That wc are rnilterahly attached to the Constitution, by which the Union of these States was formed and established : and that a faithful observance of its principles can alone continue the i r tt:- i 4l, ... v. : ! e.isK.iice ui me uuiuu, una nie peiuiiueufc Happi ness of the people. 3. That the present civil war ha mainly re sulted from the long continued, unwise, and fa natical agitation, in the North, of the question of domestic shivery, the conse-juont organization of a treoaranhical party, ruided by the gectionol plat forms adopted at RufTa'o, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, and Chicago, and the development thereby of sectional lmte and jealousy, producing (as had long been foreseen and predicted by us) its coun terpart in the South of secession, disunion, and armed resistance to the General Government, and terminating in a bloody strife between those who should have been forever bound together by fra ternal bonds, thus, bringing upon the whole coun try a calamity which we are now to meet as loyal citizens, striving for the adoption of that mode of settlement best calculated to agaiu restore union and harmony. 4. That in rejecting; all propositions likely to result in a satisfactory adjustment of the matters in dispute between the North and the South, and especially those measm es which would have se cured the border slave States to the Union, and a harty co-operation on their part in all constitution al and legal measures to procure a return of the more Southern States to their allegiance, the Re publican party assumed a fearful responsibility, and acted in total disregatd of the best interests of the whole country. 5. That if the party In power had shown the same desire to settle, by amicable adjustment, our internal d;scn?ion- before hostilities had actually commenced, that the Administration has recently xhibited to avoid a war with our ai.eient enemy, Great Rritain, we confidently believe that peace and harmony would now reign throughout all our borders. 6. That the maintenance of the Union upon the principles of the Federal Constitution should be the controlling object of all who profess loyal ty to the Government and in our judgment this purposs can nnlv be accomplished, by the ascen dency of a Union pirtv in the South rn States, wJi0 C(,'Iitr,,1 .j ,i;rcci tJ)C .,r(,.iont r hellion. That which shall, by a counter revolution, displace those t io elfort to create or u?tain sucli a party can be s':c essful which is not based upon a definite set tlcmciit of the questions at issue between the two stations; and we then-fore demand that some such Settlemei.t be n :de by adoit:nal cnnstitutionol guaranty, either initiated by act f Congress or through the medium of a National Convention. 7. That the Republican party has fully demon strated its inability to conduct the Government through its j resent ditliculties. f. That we :ire utterly opposed to the twin fn'rerdef, N'firthem sectionalism and Southern pe cesshm, as inimical to the Con-tifution : and that freemen, as they value the bocrn of civil liberty and the p"aceof the country, should frown indig" i. u.tly upon them. 9. That in this national emergency the Democ racy of Indiana, b uiihing all fee ing f pjsvion and resentinent, wiJ recollect only t!ie:r dutr to the who! ountrr; that tins war should not bo waged in the spirit ot con,ue-:f or subjugation, nor for the purpose of overt. rowing or interfering with the rights or instit'.tions f the States, but to defend mid mainUir. the supremacy of the Con stitution, and to rresrrve the Union with all the dignity, equality tti.d tights of the several Stats unimpa'.ri'd; and that m soon as these objects are aceompUshod the war ought to cease. 10. That we will pustain, with all our energies, a war f r iho inaintenane of th (Tontution. nnd of the integrity f the Union un-hr the Con.itituthn; but wear opposed to a war for the emancipation ofthc negroes, r the sulijugation of the Southern States. 11. Th:i the purposes avowed and advocated by the Northern Ii .'unionists, to bbera'e and arm the negro slave?, is a disgrace to the age, calcula ted to retard the suppression of the rebellion and meets our un;u jli: d condemnation. 13. That the total dtsrogcrd of the writ of ha hvnn corpus by the authorities over us, and the s-5zure and imprisonment of the citlena f Ioynl States where the judicial.1 is in full operation, without warrantor law and without assigning any cause or giving to the party arrested any opportu nity of lofens, are flagrant i ioiations of the Con stitution and most alrming act of usurpation of xnvcr, which should receive the stern rebuke of every lover f his country and of every man who prizes the security and blessings ot life, liberty ami property. 13. That the liberty of speech nnl of the press are guaranteed to the people by the Constitution, and nonr but a usurper would deprive them of these rights ; they are inestimable to the citizen ami lormulable to tyrants onlv- Ami the attempt which have been made ince our present unfortu nate troubles, to muzzle ihe press and stille free discusrion, ivre exercises of Iespotic power against which freedom revolts ud which can not be tole rated without converting freemen into slaves. 1 1. That the seizure of Mason and Slidell ,on board a neutral vessel, on the high peas, was either iu accordance with international law, ami so legal; or else in violation of such law, and so illegal. If the former, we. lament that our nation has been humiliated by their surrender, under a tfirttt ; if the latter, it was the dutr of the Ad ministration at once to have disavowed the act of their ollicer, and instead jf incarcerating the cap tive in Fort Warren, to have immediately ie. paird the wrong by placing them, a far as prac ticable, in the same condition in which that olli cer found them. In either event, the action of the Admi iNt ration was vacillating ami cow-( ardly amid 'grading to the dignity of a great nation 15. That the action of the Republican party, as manifested in the partisan character of all ap pointments of the Administration. to ciril ofliee ; and, in holding party rauensses by the Republican members of ( 'oMgress for the purpose of impressing upon the legislative action of that body the peculiar dogmas f that party, have demonstrated that their professions of "sacrificing party platforms, and party organizations, upon the altar of their are but o many hypocritical and false pretenses by which thoy hope to dupe the unwary into their support ;and we warn all loyal persons, as they love their country, not to be deceived thereby. Ifi, That the disclo ures made by the investi gating eoniniittee in ('ngnm ()f the enormous frauds that hae vtalkcd into the army and navy departments, implicating the bonds f those d- p.irtm nts in u oontrivanee nt, if n)t an actual participation in a FTsirm of corruption, and in i hic.iour brave soldiers have been Ifrauded of j their proper supplies, ami our ( Jovemment threat fed ar.d fattened upon public plu,.der 17. Tlut the meritorious co vlutt of the Indi ana troops, in every battlefield where victory lias pcribcd upon the national banner, h is filled the people of this State with the highest gratitude to! her gallant son?, and that we semi Mir best wishes to !!icers and men, disperse! throughout the country, an 1 the heartfelt greetings of every Demo err, t for their further brilliant aehievrnents in the coming contents IVr the ma:iit lire ofthc Con iti Hi' it 11 :'.:! ! 'Lv I'r.io.-j encd with bankruptcy, demands a thorough hves- j come oil before a justice in Middleport. ligation into all our expenditures, bth State audi When (he day worn round, a laiire t utu- National, and that a speedy and marked oxample iw, ,,t ;: ...,-. t. 0 - L..,ioVr!iisneh- ,ir.i;r,,mr i , berof Union men from vanous tmtsof advantage of the neeestity of our country, hate ! l,ie ""titty wer In attendance, vairvinS t'O JIM l.MCATKl). Camp xear Stetexsox, A1a.() July 12th, 1862. ( Mr. Editor: On account of tli9 dearth of war newa from this department of the array, I will give you the report of Co. K. after the battle of Shilob. The Com pany was under command of 1st Lieut. T. J. Henderson, and after performing" a forced march cf seventy-llvo miles from Columbia, Tenn., arrived at Pittsburgh Landing at 3 o'clock in the morning, 7th of April. It was almost impoasibla to land from tin steamboat on Recount of the vast crowds of Grant's troons. who r, under the pnnic of the day before, had re treated to tho river bank seeking a place of safety from tho rebels. Co. K crowded through them and formed in Hue of battle j on the brow of a hill a little distance from the river bank. After an hours rest, du ring which time the rebel artillery and musketry were playing with fearful effect upon the advance lines, tho Company waa marched upon the the field in the thickest of the fight. This ivas tho first time that the boys had an opportunity of facing the enemy, and not a man shrunk from his post, but appeared to bo actuated with greater vigor and energy, and manifested a willingness for the fight worthy of tried veterans. Their position upon the field was raked by the enemy's artillery and infantry but they held it for about thirty minutes, when they were ordered tocharg upon tho rebels, during the course of the charge their way wa obstracted bv a marsh with from one to three fjet of wa ter, into which many of the men had run some distance befjro it was discovered to be impassable. Lieut. Henderson, with some of tho men, had penetrated into the middle of it under a perfect storm of mus ketry from thu rebels who were stationed upon the opposite su'c, but wero obliged to riitnrn and the company then filed around :he end of it and continued the charge. At this point the men fell killed or wouuded on all sides. Sergeants The. Welch and Charles II. Ream, and Privates Charles L-hr, Phillip Kirkendall and Jes see Hathaway were wounded. The charge was continued with renewed energy and the relieU commenced tho retreat which they continued until fairly out ef danger. The company then returned to the land ing, their oours-a nearly obstructed by the mangled holies of both bides, and the smell uf blood became so offensive that many were attacked with severe vomiting. Their tents, blankets and camp equipage havirg been left at Savannah, they were compelled to bear the peltingg of a most pitiless storm of rain without a particle of protection or food during the niht. The next morning they advanced five miles on thotiKfkof the rebels, ramped and re mained there without camp equipage for uo Days. jJuring tins lime tney were engaged on picket guard and burying the dead, the most revolting of all duties ever imposed on men. To gather the scatter ed remains of ha'f putrid bodies, limbs, and appendages laving in pools of putrify iug blood ii a duty too shocking to admi of detictiption. Many of the men imagin ed they could smell the filuvia for two months subsequently. Tho duties uf the company during the remainder of April was that of scouting, ekirmishing, and building roads and brid ges on thu line toward Corinth. Its oper ations before Corinth have been given in our of my former letters and will not be repeated. The officers in command, in this part of Alabama, have been so busily engaged in rumaging the country for cotton, and ship ping it off, that the subsUtance necessarv for tho increased number of men concen trated here, has been entirely overlooked, and we are on short allowance in consc; jenrc. Company "K" has k-t ten men by death on account of ickness; elevon discharged from service, one prisoner, and the balance not with tho Company, on furlough and in hospitals, twenty three, leaving fifty one men, about an average number with all the companies, except one, in our Regiment, Company "H" has disappeared, entirely from tho Regiment. Yours truly. J. M. CONFER, Oapt. c. K- Coercion in UliuoH. Hiram Hester, a blatant secessionist of Iroquois County, was whipped by one Kiggins tho other day, for giving uter ance to his disluyaliem. Hester had Ki" : M . . i f ......i, mm , i ,9 ascted lor assault. Iho tri ll was to tlie dd Hag, and accomjianied by mir tial bauds, rfomo parties had coils of rope conspicuously displayed. Thero was a significance about this which Hester was at h loss lo understand. He accordingly willed, begged every body's pardon, withdrawing his action, - paid tho costs, took the oath of allegiance and nailed tin jthe old Ihg, and promised to keep it up. kc White Ilousv. WliyCSti,ecN Home AvnsiiotOc c ti pi id. Secreta: Stanton lately hid before Congress. ' answer to the resolution of inquiry ofe House of Representatives, the full coispondence in relation to Gen. McClellan'.protection of Whito House, lrgmia. On the 7ult. Secretary Stanton sent a telegram to?n. McClellan, stating that urgent coTijints were being made rela tive to the rotection afforded to rebel General Lee property, called the White House, ioBtsd of using it as a hospital for our woundedolJiers; and that it was rep resented thathirsty, wounded and suffer ing soldieri had to purchase water for drinking ptoses, when it might have been obtain! from the Whito House grounds, Tohi3 Gen .McClellan respond ed as follows "Your disitch of 12:20 P. M. to-day is reoeived, ad I must confess that its contents havmot only struck mo with as tonishment, It have given me much pain. Tho care ofrur sick and wounded has tasked the uamitted energies of the whole medical corpin this army, as well as oc cupied a gret share of my attention from other imponnt duties, and I feel con scious that eerything has been done for their comforthat human efforts could ac complish. The WhiteHouso of tha rebel General Lee, referred", U a small frame building of six rooms worth probably fifteen hun dred dollarsand the Medical Director states that it -ould not accommodate more than thirty ptiants. lie haa tents where tho patients ire comfortable, and he has, therefore, neer conceived it neteesarv to call for the ue of the house a3 a hospital. "As to thotory about the thirsty, woun ded, sufferirj soldiers having to buy a glass of watr, its only foundation proba bly originale in the fact that some civil ian, who wasto indolent lo go for the wa ter hima.df, nay have paid a negro for bringing it tc him. " Tho foil w ing extract from a dispatch just leceivedfrorn Col. Rufus Ingnlls, the Chief Quartrmas'.er in charge at White House, will gv'e you some light upon this subject, and pvhap satisfy you as to the motives of the individuals who make the urgent complants iu queatiov. 'No one hero hat ever lud causj to suffer for wa ter, unleas ha vas Ioj drunk or sick to drink it. We aavo water in unnecessary abundance. Hie springs are numerous, the water is vuy fine, and no prohibition has ever been jlaced on lha free and un limited uso of t. The author of this re port to the conrary must be a simpleton or a malicious luave.' "I have givei special directions to pro tect the piopcrl; of the White House from any unneo.'ssarr iniurv or elostruction. be cause i; was onje thu property of General Washington, aid I cannot believe that you will regard this as a cause for rebuke or censure. I protect no house against use when they ate needed for sick or woun ded soldiers. Persons who endeavor to impose upon yo.i such malicious and un founded reports as those alluJod to are not only enemies to this army but to the cause in which we au now fighting." JStanton replied that he was glad fo re ceive this explanation, which would enable him to correct the misrepresentation on the subject. Subsequently, General Mc Clellan received a communication from the War Department recommending thnt he should make the order requested in a let ter from tho Surgeon General, which let ter was as folio war "It has been represented to mo by re sponsible gentlemen that the White House and tho iucio.-ied grounds are admirably adapted for hospital purposes. The water used bj the fdek at present is very bad; that on tho White Hous? grounds, on ti e contrary, is excellent. The location is moreover an admirable one for a hospital camp. I have therefore respectfully to re quest that tho house and ground be turned over to the medical authorities.' (Jen. McClellan, in respense, forwarded reports from Quartermaster Ingalls, Medi cal Director Triple r, and Medical Inspec tor Vollum, showing that the house was unfit (from its 6iz as well ns from other causes) for medical purposes, and that the epring em tho grouuds had a very ecanty supply of water, whioh, however, had al ways been at tho services of tho uick. Af ter giving these reports. Gen. MeClellin made the following rcm?ihs, with which the correspondence closes: "The only order ever given by mo in regard to this property was that on tho HUh of May. I directed that tho housa and yard should not be occupied by our troops. I did this because of the associa tion which connect tho premises with the earlier life of him whom wo call tho Kathor of his Country, and this order, with the reason therefor, was at once telegraphed to tuyoutsclf in these words: 4 "I have taken every caution to secure from injury this house, where Washington passed the first portion of hii married life. I neither occupy it myself nor permit others to occupy it, or tho grounds in im mediate vicinity.' "The rest of the property, coveriug several thousand acres, with all the other buildings, have been open to use by this array. I believe that tho only complaint made in reference to the order given by me is tho assertion that the premises tdiould have been U3ad for hospital pur poses. I hare never received any suggestion from aiy medical officer, or from any oth er source in this army, that such use was desirable, and on this point I r-fer you to the report of the Medical Director and the statement of the Medical Inspector. "It appears that there is a spring with in or near the inclosure, ol which my first knowledge was derived after the receipt of your telegram of the 7th inst. As lo the character of this spring and the general facilities for obtaining water at the White House, I refer you to the statements of Colonel Ingalls, the Medical Director, and Medical Inspector, heretofore inserted. "It is scarcely necessary for me to say that where springs or wells are in the vi 4 cinity of large bodies of troops, command ers often find it necessary to place guards over them, not to prohibit, but to protect the proper use of the water. "Those who have or initiated the false statements concerning this house, yard and spring, are in fact, as stated in my dis patch of tho 7ih instant, enemies to this army, and the causa in which it is fight ing. They have imposed upon the Surgeon-General, and caused him lo make official representations, which, on exami nation, prove to be unfounded in truth, and which ara disrespectful to his superior officer. They have unnecessarily occu pied tl:c after lion ot the Secretary of War and have interrupted the commander and the Medical Director of this army in the miJst of the most arduous duties. "Under tho circumstances, I conceive that I shall best discharge my duty and meet your wishes by deferring the order recommended by you until this statement has been considered, and 6ome specific instruction given to me, uuless the Medi crl Director may djsire to make such use of the property." Later I'roni Uuropr. The Asia from Liverpool, on Saturday, the 7th July, via Queenstown, the 13;h, was boarded off this point at 10'e'ock this morning, c:i route to Halifax and llos iou. Thu Asia's advices are two d:y later. The fighting before Richmond i treated m a Keveio reverse for the Unionists by the whole English press, and Gen McCie lan'sj position is legarded as precarious. Lord Ralmerston hail stated that the Rritish troops would not be withdrawn f.om Canida. The recognition of Italy bv Russia and Prussia had becu auuuuueed in the Italian Parliament. The London Herald treats the aflair be foro Richmond as a decisive defeat of Mc Clellan, and eays that the Confederate capiiul is tafe. It does not believe, how ever, that tho campaign in Virginia is en ded, but supposes that it will go on until Europe etays the uplifted stvord, and in the name of humanity en fores peace. The London Morning Post argues that, practically, the schemes against Rich mond h?s terminated. It then proceeds to point out the dangerous position of Gen. McClellan, s army The London O'lole hopes that tho gi gantic difficulties which are being devel oped iu the progress of the war may have au effect on both sides, and that moro rea sonable views may supercede the plan of military conquest, The Times urges that tho fighting be fore Richmond must have been of the highest importance, and McClellaud's po sition cannot but bo precarious and the confederates are etrong enough to hold their position in Virginia for h term that may be indefiuetcly prolonged. Evidently the Federals will have again to begin the siege of Richmond villi a much worse chauc than at first. The new American tariff continues to excite strong hostile comment. The Junes bitterly denounces the spirit which regards the tariff with slisfactiou because of its in jurious effects upon England in particular and Europe in general. The freedom of iho city of London was presented to George l'eabody in a gold snuff box. The ceremony of warding the ptizesof of the Great Exhibition took place on the 11th inst, The attendance was estimated at 1 00,000 The fortification bill was again debated in the Commons and tho amend ment, calcualttd to preserve to the house of Commons due control over the expen diture of the public money, was earned by a majority of fivo aganist the Ministry. It is said that the average number of battieft R soldier goes through is five. We know an old maid who has withstood four leen engagements, and lias powder enough left for as many moro. Somebody defines thaructcr a3 "tie only personal properly which everybody ! looks after kr you." The Coiiiitculion and llumticlpa tion Kill. A bill to suppreg9 insurrection, to punish treason and rebellion, to Beize and con fiscate the property of rebels, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of tho United States of Anaerica in Cong re is ai Rembled, that every person who shall here after commit tho crime of treason against tho United States, and 6hall be adjudged guilty thereof, shall suffer death, and all his slaves, if any, shall bo declared and made free, or lie shall be imprisoned for not Jess than five yoara and tiued not less than 810,000 and all his slaves, if any shall be declared free; said fir o shall be levied and collected ou any or all of the property, real and personal, excluding slaves, of which tho said person convicted was the owner at the time of committing the said crime, any sale or conveyance to the contrary notwithstanding. Sec, 2. And le it further aittcted, That if any persou shall hereafter incite, set on foot, or engage in any rebellion or insur rection against the authority of the Uni ted States, or the laws thereof, or shall give aid or comfort thereto, or shall engage in, or give aid and comfort to, any exist ing rebellion or imurrection, and be con victed thereof, such persons shall be pun ished by imprisonment for a period not exceeding ten years, by a fine not exceed ing 10,000, and by the liberation of all his slaves, if any he have. Sec. 5. That every person guilty of ei ther of the offenses described in this act shall bo forever incapablo and disqualified to hold office under tha United States. Sec. 4. That this act shall not be con strued in any way to affect or alter the prosecution, conviction, or punishmeut of any person or parsons guilty of treason a gainst the United States before the pass age of this act, unless such person is con victed under this act. Stc. 5. That to insure the speedy ter mination cf the present rebellion, it shall bo the duty of the President of the United States to cause the seizure of all the estate and property, money, stocks, credits, and effects of the persons, to apply and use tho same, and the proceeds thereof, for the support of the at my of the United States, that is to say: First, of any person here after acting as au officer of the army or navy of the rebels in arms against iho gov ernment of the United States; secondly; of any person hereafter acting as president, vice presidert, member of Congress, judge of any court, cabinet officer, foreign min ister, commissioner, or consul of the so calLd confederate States of Ameiica; third ly, of any person acting as Governor of a State, member of a convention or legisla ture, or judge of any court of the so-calici confederate Slates of America; fourthly, of any person w ho having held an office cf honor, trust, or profit in the United Sta'.es shall hereafter hold an office iu the so called confederate States of America; lilth ly, of any peison hereafter holding any office or agency under the government of the so-called confederate States of the said confederacy, or the laws thereof whether such office or agency be i.alional, State or muuicipal in its name or character: Pro vided, That the persons thirdly, fourthly and fifthly above desoiibed, shall havo ac cepted their appoin. merit or election siuce the date ef the pretended ordinance of se cession of the Stale, or shall have taken an oath of allegiance to, or to support the constitution of the so-called confederate States; sixthly, of any person who, owning property in any loyal State or Territory in the Union States, or in the District of Co lumbia, shall hereafter assist and give aid and comfort to such rebellion, aud all f alos. transfers, or conveyance of any such property shall be null and void; and it shall be a sufficient bar to any suit brought by such person for the possession of the use of fcueh property, or any of it, to allege and prove that he is one of tho persons described in this section. Skc. G. That if any person within any State or Territory of the United States, other than those named as aforesaid, after tho passage of this act, being engaged in armed rebellion against the gaverniuent of the United States, or aiding or abetting such rebellion, shall not, within sixty days after public warning and proclamation du ly given and made by the president of the United States, cease to aid, countenance and abet such rebellion, and return to his allegiance to tho United States, all the es tate and property, moneys, flocks, and credit of such persou shall be liable to seizure as aforesaid, arid it shall be the duty of the president to seize and uee them as aforesaid, or the proceeds thereof. And all sales, transfers, or conveyances of any such property after the expiration of the said sixty days from th? date of such framing and proclamation shall be null and void; and it shall be a sufficient bar to any suit bronght by such person for tho possession of tho use of such property, or any of it, to allego and pt ovo that he i j one of the persons described in this eec- lion. Sec. 7. That lo secure the condemna tion and a!e of any such property after the same shall hare been siezed, so that it may be made available for purposes afore said, proceedings in rem shall bo institu ted in tho name of the United States i? any district court thereof, or in any terri torial court, or in the United States Dis trict Court tor the District of Columbia, within which the property above described or any part thereof may be found, or into which the' same if movable may first be brought, which proceedings in admiralty or revenue cases, and if said property, whether real or personal, shall be found to have belonged to a person engaged in re bellion, or who has given aid or comfort thereto, tho same shall be condemned at enemies' property, and become the proper ty of the United States, and may be dis posed of as tha court hall decree, and the proceeds thereof paid into the treasury ot the United States for the purpose afore said. Sec. 3. That the several courts afore said shall have power to make such orders establish such forms of decree and sale, and direct such deeds aud conveyances to be executed and delivered by the marshals thereof, where real estate shall be the sub ject cf sale, as shall fitly and efficiently effect the purposes of this act, arid vest in the purchasers of such property good and valid titles thereto. And the said court have power to allow such fees and charges of their officers as shall be reasonable and proper in the premises. Sec. 9. That all slaves of persons who shall hereafter be engaged in rebellion a gainst the government of the United States or who shall in any way give aid or com fort thereto, escaping from such per ons, and taking refuge within the army, and all slaves captured from such persons, or deserted by them and coming under the control of the government of the United States; and all slaves of such persons fcund or being within any plaoe occupied by rebel forces, and afterwards occupied by the forces of the United States, shall ba deemed captives of war, and 6hll be for ever free from their servitude and not a gain held as slaves. Sec. 10. That no slave escaping into any State, Territory, or the District of Columbia, from any other state, shall be delivered up, or in any way impeded or hindred of his liberty, except for crime, or some offense against the laws, unless the person claiming said fugitive shall first raake oath that the person to whom the labor or serv ice of such fugitives is alleged to be due, is his lawful owner, and has not borne arms against the United States in tho present rebellion, nor in any way giv ing aid and comfort thereto; and no per son engaged in the military or naval ser vice of the United States shall under any pretense whatever, assuma to decide on the validity of the claim of any person to the service or labor of any such person, or surrender up any such peison to tho claim ant, on pain of being dismissed from the service. Sec. 11. That tho President of the United States is authoiized to employ as many persons of African detceut as he may deem necessary aad proper for the suppression of this rebellion; and for this purpose he may organize and use them in 6uch manner as he may judge best for. tho public welfare. Sec. 12. That the President of the United States is hereby authorized to make provisions for the transportation, coloni zation and settlement, in some tropical country beyond tho limits of t'te United States, of such persons of the African race, made free by tho provisions of this act, as may be willing to emigrate, having first obtained the consent of the government of 6aid country to their protection and settle ment within the same, with all the lights and privileges of freemen. Sec. 13. That the President is hereby authorized, at any time hvieafter, by proc lamation to extend to persons who may have participated in tho existing rebellion in any State or part thereof, pardon and amnesty, with such exceptions and at such time and on such conditions as he may deem expedient for the public welfare. Sec. 11. That the courts cf the United States shall have full power to institute proceeding, mate orders and decrees, issue process and elo all other things necessary to carry this act into effect. Washinütox, July 17. Th following is the bill hielt has passed both Housi 5, which remotes the i 'resident's objection to the coiuircatioii bill. Resold d Iff Ihe Senate and House o f Rifrettnta tire, fc. That the provision of the third claus ol the tilth section ot "an act to suppress insurrec tion, to punhdi treason and rchedlion, and seize and confiscate t ie property of rebels, and lor other pur jvses," hall be so construed as not to apply to any ne ts loiie prir io the passage thereof, nor to in clude any mcmltor of a Kute legislature, or a J udgo of any State court who hat not, en accepting or entering upon '.ho dui?e of his office, taken an oath to support the constitution of the so-calleJ i'mf..!!! f A M-.rif -l nnr drill .inv nun- ..llmril't rrnir0cdi,.g under said act be ponstru- o 1 as to work a forfeiture ef the real estat." vf tLc iVendcr levu 1 bis natural life 5 s