'—""***> waarga,. -jtm. r—_ .-—— VOLUME 3S. NEW SERIES. THE BEDFORD GAZETTE IS PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING BY BY B. P. BEYERS, At the tallowing terms, to wit s $J .50 par annum, CASH,in advance. $2.00 a if p a id within the year. $2.50 it it jf notpaid within the year. subscription taken lor less than si* months. No paper discontinued until all arrearages ara paid , unless at the option of the publisher, it hat seen decided by the United States Courts that the stoppage of a newspaper without the payment ot arrearages, is prima facie evideuce ol fraud and is a criminal offence. courts have decided that persons are ac countable for the subscription price of newspa pers, it the} take them from the post office, wheth er 'hey subscribe for them, or not. RATES OF CHARGES FOR ADVER TISING. Transient advertisements will be inserted at the rate of SI.OO per square of ten lines for three inser tions or less, but for every subsequent insertion, 25 cents per square will be charged in addition - labie and figure work double price. Auditor's notices ten lines and under, SI.OO ; upwards often lines and under fifteen SI.OO. Liberal reductions made to persons adveitising by the year. TIJE NEW PARTY DODGE—STAND BY THE OLD FLAG VV e ooscrve that an tfFurt is being made in diflg-eut quarters in this State to organize a new party, under the name of the " Union part v ." The leaders in this movement are either the avowed and bitter enemies of the Democratic party, or its secret toes, who have for years past been engaged in the work of disotganiza iion. We warn Democrats against being mis led by this scheme of the Republican leaders to escape responsibility for their misdeeds, and to : peipetuate the disastrous rule of the party now in power. It is not surprising that they should endeavor to conceal their tiansgressions under the regalia of a new organization; for that would be characteristic of a party which chan ges its name and its principles periodically but we shall be surprised if Democrats are duped by the machinations of their wily ene mies. li the- Republican party and the Chicago platform had not become so odious to the people we would hear nothing of the organization of a new party. That its leaders have become sat isfied that its short, brilliant and fatal career is already run affords gratifying evidence ola great reaction in public sentiment. That thev are ready and anxious to abandon it, show's their setti-- 1 ♦-• —•: ; another election. Will the Democrats help them to repair its shattered fortunes 1 The last and only hope of the country is in the maintenance of the Democratic organiza- i lion. Bitter experience has already sickened the people of Republican domination. That party has been in power loui short months, and within that short period our national prosperity has been destroyed, business has been paralyzed, civil war rages, the incompetency of our rulers has caused the humiliating defeat of the Federal j army, and the future presents the terrible pros pect of fruitless war, crushing taxation, and the utter prostration of every industrial pursuit which renders a people prosperous and happy. Such are the consequences ol the triumph ola j party that refused to comprehend the whole country, and insisted upon lorcing narrow sec tional issues into the Administration of the Gen eral Government. The evils which it contri buted to bring upon the country are aggravated by the dishonesty of its leaders, who divert a i large share of the money, wrung from the peo- j pie lor the maintenance ol the Government, in to their own private pockets. Blundering and ; plundering is the order of the day. Disaster in the field and corruption atmng the rulers are j the visible fruits of the administration of a party that promised peace and prosperity to the coun try. Democrats are now asked to rescue the Re publican party from the swift destruction to j which it is now rushing, and to contribute to its perpetuity by uniting with its leaders in the formation of a new parly based upon pretended devotion to the Union. They will catch at no j such glittering device. The Democratic party 1 has been sneered at as a " Union-saving" or ganization, and it will wear the epithet, inten ded as a reproach, as a badge of honor. Let j 'the salvation ot the Union be henceforward, as heretofore, its cardinal principle. At ttie call : of the Government, Democrats entered the ranks ! of the army in the proportion of two to one of their opponents to aid in the prosecution of a j war which they had no hand in inaugurating, j and which they strove by all peaceful means to avert. And how have they been requited for I their loyalty to (he Government ? By insult and derision —by denunciation as secessionists and traitors—by studied exclusion lrom public position. Let them now encourage this scheme to save the Republican party from the respon sibility of its transgressions, by co-operating in the formation of a new party, and they will discover that they are used to cover up the de fections of wily and artful enemies, and to im part a fresh lease of power to the authors of our troubles. No —the Democratic party must take a de cided staud lor the Constitution, the Union and the laws. Unltss this is done in* very founda tion of public liberty will be undermined, and power be wrested from the public and vested absolutely in our rulers, who may go on blun dering and plundering until misgovernment and despotism shall have accomplished the total de struction of our constitutional form of govern m nt. When the laws are openly disregarded, trie Constitution boldly trampled upon, freedom of speech and the press assailed, Senators and Representatives threatened and denounced in Congress because they dare to protest against these usurpations of power ; when a consolida ted government is advocated by tbt President and Cabinet Ministers; when to stand up for the Constitution and the inalienable rights of the States and the people is to be a traitor, it is tune to inquire where we are drifting'-time : lot the Democrat.o p„rt -to take a liim andde ; ci d.'ii stand 111 defence ot constitutional liberty. Hr utter what we know to be the preva !r.-jcr j sentiment among the Democrats of Penns\ Iva ma when ve counsel them to stand by their or ganization in a spirit of patriotic devotion to i the Constitution and the Union. Lt a clear, distinct, unmistakable issue be made against the usurpations, the blundering and plundering.* of the party in power. Show our rulers "that while Democrats will sustain the Government they will not endorse its misdeeds and corrup tion. Let the despised "Union-savers" rally to the defence of the Constitution, nominate ; candidates for the Legislature, and the people are ready to come to their support.— Patriot I n id Union. J EDGE MASON'S LETTER OF ACCEPT ANCE. from Judge Masou's letter, accepting the Democratic nomination for Governoi of lowa we make the following extracts bearing upon , oui present troubles:— ° The remedies best adapted to the curing or I preventing any disease, either national or'in dividua), are those which are most in harmony with the law of the patient's existence. Were our government formed in blood and violence, we might rationally lesoit solely to the same principles for its preservation. But as the U j nion was the result of compromise and con sent, how canuUbe restored or preserved by vi olence, which is so radical a departure from the fundamental laws of i<s beinr ' If the difficulties in which we are now envel oped are merely of a mob-like, riotous, or insur j rectionarv character, they may rightfully and successfully be suppiessed by "the strong arm of power. The Constitution 'and the law both contemplate such a course and have made due provision therefor. But it the present disturbance is the upris ing of a whole people against u hat they deem injustice and oppression; if it is the voice of one-third of the sovereign parties to our present f onstitution claiming thi lights of securing 'he happiness of their citizens by changing the form ot their government in accordance, as they contend, with the principle made sacred and unquestionable in our own great Declara tion of Independence, can it be the cictate of sound political wisdom to resoit in the first in stance to naked, arbitrary, downright coercion, however unjustifiable may be the act uf the H\TvfiiV regards the present danger as a mere j insurrection, that can be safely and effectually quelled by the sole application of military pow er, has never risen to a level with the difiicul which now surrounds us. He is not the statesman that the piesent condi'ion of the j country demands. When armed resistance! has assumed sue!) proportions as to embrace an empire in geographical txtent; when it has be come organized into a regular Government with all its Departments filled and in full op eration: when it is regarded and treated by foreign nations, and even by ourselves, as en titled to all the rights and privileges of a bell igerent party; when the magnitude ofthat re sistance is such as to justify the Executive in disregarding all the safeguards with which the Constitution of his country had promised to protect the liberty, the pioperty and the rights ; of the citizen, in war as well as in peace; when it calls for authority to create an army equal in number to '.he one-fourth part of all the enrolled militia of all the loyal Stales, and j the creation ola debt greater than ever incur red in a single year by any nation on earth ; | when all this is true, are we prepared to follow J the counsels of those who speak of the difficul j ty as a mere ordinary outbreak of popular dissa tisfaction and who would treat it accordingly! The disease is not a mere surface tumor ihat j can be cured by the application of the knife or the cauterizing iron. Constitutional treat j ment can alone restore the the patient to its pristine health arid vigor. All attempts at concession and compromise j should be exhausted before'tbe strength and re | sources of the North are strained to their utmost I tension to carry slaughter and devastation '< throughout the length and breadth of the ; South. ****# Fully convinced that the Union, such as it S has been, can never be restored or preserved I by force alone, that the disaffection of the South j has attained proportions and consistency which j forbids it being crushed out by mere military ; power, however great ; learning from history j that all wise rulers, however arbitrary, have al ways done much to pacify the demands of those 1 engaged in an* wide-spread revolution before j resorting to harsher measures, and that those who have been so unwise as to refuse all con cession to the popular demand except as it was j forced upon them, have generally paid dearly I for their obstinacy ; I feel it an imperative duty \ to use every legitimate effort in my power to induce the government of my country to take that course which I most religiously believe to j be the only one that can ever prove satisfactory jor successful. Conciliation and union are ev- I ery dav growing more difficult,! but still I do not deem the effort hopeless. Politicians seem to have exhausted their power ; the only hope now is in the people. The voters of this State should have an opportunity to express their w ; shes on this momentous question. It may produce an effect both here and elsewhere. As 1 do not engage in this canvass from mo tives of personal ambition, I shall meet with calmness the result, whatever it may be. If defeated my regrets shall be for my country.— The important consequences will fall upon o theis equally with myself. But if we shall prove successful, I shall indulge the cheering hope that this success will prove the haroingei of a general reaction which may still restore our distracted countiy to its former Union, prosperity and glory. Yours, very truly, CHAS. MASON. BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY HORNING, AUGUST 3ft 1861. MMiannHfeMnd •- 1 HIGH TAXES AND LOU" WAGES I he burdens of taxation are increasing, auJ the wages of woikiog people are decreasing;'; ' dess facts will not he denied and the lesolF none can foretell. They throw over the futtue a gloomy pro.-pect, and provoke the enquiry as to the causes. It will not be forgotten that our State Legis lature appropriated $3,500,000 tor war purpo ses ; besides legislating out of trie State Treasu ry many m Dions more for the benefit at two | :ouiless railroad {companies. Then a law wa, j passed to increase the Stale taxes yeaih fa; \ nnd one ha f milts, to pay the interest on h,. war loan; and another law was authorize the County Commissioner* aul Asso ciate Judges, to mciease the County taxes t; T -' pay for the support of the families ol absent voir uul-ers. This additional tax programme is nri j for one year only, but fur many yeais—witij the ceriainty ot a like increase being made tij the same annually as long as the war continue.'*; ai.d cor;up! legislation is tolerated lor the ben- ; eiit ol tatlroad speculators. Next we see Con triess a .'ax bill providing lor the raisin" u $20,000,000 as ati additional revenue toi de 'raying the expenses of the gov-rnment. Penn sylvania's quota of the lax is $1,94.6,719. A direct tax st.a!i be laid on the value ot ail laud and lots ol ground, with their improvement andldwfiling houses, winch seve.ai aiti. it subject to taxation shall ue enumerated and u: Ued, by the respective assessors, at the ia!e eact ol them is worth in money on the first day o April, eighteen hundred ar.d sixtvtwo. A tax ol 3 pt r cent, p-r annum is to be laid on al yearly incomes of over SSUO. Gold watch* are to be taxed $1 ; silver watches fiftv cents Carriages are to be taxed from one to "fiity dol lars each, in accordance with their value.— I he taiiti laws of the last session have also beeil changed, providing an indirect tax upon thr consumptions ol life—that is, a duty or war lay has been fixed upon sugar, c< (fee, teas, molas ses, spices, icc., itc , which will increase tlie.r price about one third. Of these articles the la boring man consumes as nmch as the President t'l the L nited Stales or as the milliotiare, conse quently, under the operation of this new taritT. the laboring man who works for sevenly-fiv cents a day must pay towards the support ol Government, on these articles, just as much as the richest man in the land, or else must den) himself the use of these articles which have be come necessaries of fife, and more so to the p -or than to the iirh. The laboring mail wh-UiG FNMP&SO kii l* n Th ifi a y.ar, will, under Hie operation of this taruT, pa) towards the suppoit of the Government, on these articles alone, a tax of horn twelve or fif teen dollars per year, and at tile same time, his wages must be reduced in consequence ol the prostration ol trade and scarcity ol iabor and em ployment. Is this the protection promised by the Republican leaders last tall ? Is this the cha/igt for which so many of our laboring men were induced to vote lor Curtin and Lincoln 1 These are Republican "good times" !"—this is the way they propose to resiore the country back to i lie primitive days of its prosperity I this is what the "Union Save " were such fools for trying to prevent ! May Heaven pro tect us Irotn the tuin ol Republican rulers.— JMentown Democrat. THE OBJECT OF THE WAR. The following petition to Congress Lorn the New York Republican Central Club, says the New York Tribune , of the 2nd instant, were adopted at the last meeting ; IVhereas, Ever since the establishment of our Government, Slavery has been a constant source of disturbance and crime; and whereas we believe that the present conflict will pro.e to be irrepressible so long as Slavery exists, in as much as it is the sole cause of the present war, and consequently will generate future war ; and whereas we believe it is the duty of Congress to resort to every Constitutional method of saving the uation and future gener ations fiom the cnoimous debt and loss of life with which we are now threatened; therefore be it Resolved , That we believe that a large ma jority ot the people of the North will faithful ly sustain those members ot Congress who vote for improving the present Constitutional oppor tunity of delivering the nation from the great curse ol Slavery. And in view of the formi dable opposition and awful loss of life at Man assas Junction, we hereby petition Congress not to ieave Washington until they shall have either passed in substance the proposed law of the Hon. Seth. C. Pomeroy, for the suppression of the slaveholders' rebellion by abolishing slavery in the seceded States, amended, if thought best, by compensating the fJn ; on slaveholders out cf the confiscated propeity of the rebels, or abolish the Fugitive Slave Law as pertains to said seceded States. Resolved, That copies of the foregoing be transmitted by our Secretary to the Presi dent ol the Senate, and Speaker ol the House of Representatives, with the request that they be read in both Houses ol Congress. This is high authority. The Central Re publican Club of the great city ol New York, is something more than the empty muttering ola bar-room politician, a country editor, or even a member of Congress. Will the loyal, national men, who endorsed the Chicago plat form by voting for Mr. Lincoln, (and theieare many such)quietiy permit such a perversion of their intentions? Will they take the proper steps to show that such is not the object of the Republican party, and that this Central Club of New York speaks without authority. Time will show. G3T" A rough individual, whose knowledge of classical language was not quite complete, had been sick, and on recovery was told by his doctor that be might have a little animal food. " No, sir, 1 look your gruel easy enough, but , hang me if I can go your hay and oats." Freedom of Thought and Opinion. CURIOSITIES OF COURTSHIP. A proposal was sent by the post in the days ; when letters traveled at the rate of ten m.les an hour on the mail coach. The anxious lov er for the first week breathlessly expected the j re p'y; hut i'. did not come. The next week he pined, and was sleepless; still no answer. The thud week lie became indignant. "A civil acknowledgment was his due. She was heart less, and a flirt." The next week he despised her, and congratulated himself on his escape, and, wht :i at the end oi it he received his own let— • ter back from the dead letter office, h- had so completely outlived his love that he never pro ! posed to that lady at all. ! once saw a middle-aged invalid, making love to a young lady. Alter making great el forts to secure an opportunity of meeting her he diew his- chair close to hers, looked Into her tace, sighed heavily, drew his chair still closer, and while she looked at bitn in astonishment-, and* 1 in th" c istance strained my ears to hear what tender remark followed all this nrenara- tion, 1 heard him whisper with great emphasis, Who is your doctor ?" 1 need hardly say that the proposal failed which followed this "well judged commencement. A more pardonable krase of man's absorption in his own pursuits' Pwas that of a shy lover, whose one id<-a was! •3. lie never found courage to propose till j l ad peisuadeii the iady'to go into the stable ; look at his favorite hojses. There lie spoke, •' d there sne answered But this was nat urai and pardonable : a shy man may need this : vantage-ground, and feeling his own inferiority in the drawing room, may yet be aware of his superior knowledge and superior power in the stable, where his horses make himself king. A marriage took place not many years ago, in tfle great world, where two lovers (long at tached, but separated by the desire of their pa rents, j met under an aicb while each was ta king refuge, ip London, from a sudden shower t of tain. Neither of them had the least idea of the neighborhood of the other, when the sud den met ting occurred which decided the future course of their lives. In another case the en gagement was broken off on account of limited means, and the gentleman went abroad. Re turning after some years' absence, ite arrived late on the lailwav platform, nnd rushed into the first carriage he reached, just as the train ®*vas in motion. In it he lound (with her mo- ! ther) the lady lie ha ; been so long vainly en- ! Jeavoring to forget, and the meeting ended in J **ftccouft! < oon/ n i r moo, > j pointed to some official position at the Court of j Copenhagen, ordering his couit-dress in great tiaste, that he might be present at a bail where he meant to declare his attachment to a beauti ful girl whom he had long loved. Ail went smoothly until he was on the point of proposing, nay, had spok°n a few preliminary words, when a button gave way on the hastily made court-dress. The lover rushed abruptly away, and the lady, hurt at his unlooked-for departure, made an engagement for a sleighing party next day, wheie she received and accepted the cfler of another lover. Thus love as well as life, often hangs upon a j thread. Always secure your retreat in love as in war ; this is a precaution never to be neglec ! ted. Mr. A , a brother to the late Lord ; Z , whose proud and haughty temper was proverbial, proposed to a lady *.n Portman Square Gardens. Alter being refused, the re jected lover turned from her in ereat indigna tion, but finding the gates of the garden locked, was obliged to return to the lady to petition for the key. Another case, still more trying, was j that of a gentleman traveling in North Ameri- I ca, who after being hospitably received in the j house of an officer high in command there, pro posed tc the host's daughter the evening before his departure, and was refused. A deep fall ol snow came on in the night ; the roads became impassable ; and the poor man, to his unspeak able mortification, was detained for a week in the house with the lady who had rejected him. Schoolmaster abroad. —The following is a literal copy of the last questions proposed for discussion in a debating club out West : Subjects of Discussion. Is dansm morrellie rong. Is the reedin of fictishus works commendi ble ? Is it necessary that (emails should receave a thurry educashun ? Ort femails to 'ake part in poilytix ? Duz dress constilut the morrel part of wim min ? Qjp*The wind is unseen, but it cools the brow of the ff-vered one, sweetens the sum in i atmosphere, and ripples the surface of the lake into silver spangled of beauty. So good ness of heart, though invisible to the material eye, makes its piesence felt; and from its ef fects upon surrounding things we are assured of its existence. (LP*Two Irishmen were going to fire off a cannon,just for fun; but being of an economi cal turn of mind, they did not wish to lose the ball. So one of thern took an iron kettle in his hand to catch it, and stationed himself in front of the loaded piece, exclaiming to the other, who stood behind it holding a lighted torch : "Touch her aisy, Fat!" and away went Mike, kettle and all. HF"The Editor of the Cleveland Plaindeal er say a he has been a "Hail Columbia" Demo crat all his life, and proposes to die a "Yankee Doodle Dandy." is many a gentle woman, whose heart, like the evening primrose, opens only after sunset, but blooms with sweet odors through the dark night. deaths are reported in St. Louis, on the 7th inst., from sun stroak. £I) e Sc!)oo 1 master 3br a a i>. SCHOOL ETHICS FOR PARENT AND CHILD. No. 11. Pupils should be punctual and regular in at i tendance. The necessity of th enforcement of j this maxim is almost self-evident. By the ob servance of it, much may be accomplished to ward the improvement of the pupiis. It seems to be an established principle with some children, that they cannot be regular in their attendance at school. Ia st-mecas>3 thev almost seem to equal the celebrated individual who went to school only three days in his life time, and stayed at home three ol those. This absence detracts very much from the good or der of the schoolroom. A pupil cannot possi bly make any progress, if much time is spent out of school. It were an absurdity to suppose that the teacher in such cases, should be requir ed to explain to the pupil all that may have been accomplished daring his absence. The teacher dearly earns what he gets, aod must not be expected to earn his money thiice over. On the pupil must rest the consequences, and the teacher can feel himself clear of responsibil- j ity in this particular. Parents are often too ! indulgent and permit their children to remain I at home too often. Again, want of punctuality on the part of the pupil, is much to be deplored, and should, if it is at all possible, be corrected. Pupils be ing late will at their unseasonable arrival, dis turb those wbo may have arrived before them ' and who are engaged in study. Independent' of this, they labor under the disadvantage of not teceiving either the whole of the school time, or the whole of the school's benefits.— They are at the same time creating a two-foid die-advantage ; first, to those who are punctual and studious ; and secondly, to themselves.-- Many of the actions in man's after life are foun ded on the principles which begin to germinate and develop themselves during school life; hence, if habits of punctuality be formed in the school-hoy or school-flirt, U;eV will ho.' a Wit til l/l inn ... . D J "7" ■ i;w ance one of two results must be; eitner ine" progress of the classmates of the iriegular pu pils must be retarded, or that of the pupils them selves ; whilst at the same time the harmony of the school is disturbed. KAPPA. SAVE THE EYES NOW—A HINT. Piobably everybody now reads daily three limes as much as he did a year ago. The ex citement ol the times keeps every one reading the news or reading to find the news. This is not to be deprecated, if it gets the mass into the way of reading more than formerly—pro vided the habit be turned to good account after the excitement is over, that is, if light trashy literature does not come in to supply the place of news. But we begin this item to offer a single hint about saving the eyesight, suggested by a call on a neighbor the other evening.— Father,mother,and four children, were around a table reading fine-type Newspapers, by single, a central bright light. Every one of th°m had the paper spread before them on the table, with the face toward the light—the most uncomfor table, most unhealthy position that could be chosen, and the very worst one for the eyes.— to say nothing ol the compression of the chest and lungs, and the curving ol the Mulders, the bright light fell directly on the eyes, con tracting the pupil unnaturally, and tending to produce weakness and inflammation by the effort lequoed to lead with only a few rays entering the eye. The best position for reading, and the only one that should be adopted, is, '.o sit up right, with the back or side to the tamp or win dow t and let the light J nil over the shoulder, upon the paper or book. If there are windows on the opposite side of the room, change the position so that the wall or some dark object will beifl Jront of the eyes. The pupil of the eye then expands, and takes in a complete pic ture of the page or letters. A much smaller light will be required in the position recom mended.—American Agriculturist. Q3P" The slaves who run away from their masters in Virginia are set to work at once by Gen. Butler and made to keep at it, much to their annoyance. One of thpm having been put to it rather strong, said—" Golly, Massa Butler, dis nigger never had to work so hard before ; guess dis chile will secesh once moab." !EF" Talking of political chances, a Vermont Democrat remarked that he once came "within one" of being elected to the hightest cffice in the State. A friend inquired what he meant by "one 1" " The candidate of the other party!" was the reply. A SHEBWD REMARK. —Barnum lays it down as a rule, in his work on " The Art of Making Money," that " the proper lime to advertise ju diciously, is when others don't." It strikes us that Barnum is very nearly right, and his word* we commend to our business men at the time when they seetn to need encouragement. WHOLE ft tim BE It, 29G9. FALSE DISTINCTIONS- Many ol the most violent ftepuolicao jour nals, while in one breath piofessmg a desire to ignore all parly distinctions, in the next en deavor to excite animosity between Democrats who supported Mr. Douglas and these who supported Mr. Breckinridge at (be last Piesi T dentiai election.' Every move expression of opinion that tU| views of the party su tion with blind butable to the treasonable symp inridge Democrats. Apiong such distinction is recognized. The questions that unhappily dividtd the Democratic party have ceased to be subjects *1 controversy. Those who seek to stir up the embers of an ex tinct teud are either inveterate enemies of the Democratic party, or pretended friends in league with, and in some cases the tecipients ofpay from, the Republican party. The speech delivered in the United States Senate by Mr. Douglas was a more determined So decided protest against war than anything ut tered by Mr. Breckinridge, either before or since the commencement of hostilities. The foimer supporters of these candidates for President i alike volunteered at the call of Executive. They may be found shoulder to shoulder in the ranks of the army. Butler and D.x, among our Major Generals, were earnest supporters ?j Mr. Breckinridge, and many of the most eth cieot officers now in the army were on the same side. So was Mr. Holt, whose eloquent appeals for the Union have excited the adm' ration of every loyal citizen.—Mr Richard recently complained in the House of R." sentatives that the Administration had ang ted so many officers of high rank from the the supporters of Breckinridge, • Gov. Iriends of Mo Douglas were negler Colonel Stevens, of VVashington Territory-ment, was of the Seventy-ninth New Yorlpional Com- Chairnian of the Breckinrulge, u^ja na, w* s mittee. Miles Taylor, of Qna j Executive Chairman of the Douglas coW t We in- Committee—and where j'' v 0 j re proach to stance these cases not by t g e distinction anybody, but as evider" K ' ü blicans between sought to be made .Democrats does not Breckinridge and D/o ex ' s ® - / . riftf-ed peace resofu- Mr Cox, of Or< 0 wfl *j r- Douglas, tione .n the tfouse, Vallawftz a,n and our impression 13 l , , .' h Y-U d,d ro aPo. Benjamin Wood of the „ nam. uigauia.aiioil of Sew 1 ork is in the nt the supporters of Douglas—and look where they stand ! Look a'ko J aT V.* a olutions passrj by the friends of Douglas. In lact, tne Democratic party has ceased to be divided. Both wings stand together in sup port of Constitutional Liberty and the Union. The labors of the Republicans to perpetuate our divisions, and by this means establish their own ascendancy, are well understood, and will not work.— Patriot and Union. CONFISCATION. The United States Congress passed a bill con fiscating the slaves of thos found in rebellion against the Government.—The insanity of this course by Congress appears perfectly in comprehensible, while the constitutionality of such legislation may justly be doubted. No measure could have been passed calculated so surely to alienate the feelings of the South from our Government; as in the hands of thos® at the bead of the Confedarr.y it will easily be made to appear like an act abolishing slavery in those States, and, indeed, in the hands of un principled officials, it can be easily converted into an emancipation act. Mr. Lincoln, in his last message, expressed the belief that a great majority of tlje citizens of the Southern States were for the Union, but had been driven by the frenzy of secession into an unwilling sup port of that heresy. If this be true, and we believe it was at that time, whether it will be after such legislation or not, who is to determine who are loyal ana who disloyal masters! Is everv negro found working upon an intrenchment to be set free, or will a court of inquiry be es tablished to determine whether his owner sent him there willingly or was forced to do so. If this act manumits a few hundred thousand slaves, what disposition will be made of them ! are they to be shipped North to add to the al ready superabundant population of that kind in the free States, or are they to be sold to pay the expenses of the war ? By tbisact our na tional Congress for the first time recognizes slaves as property, and we suppose our Aboli tion representatives, having got tjieir hand in, will dispose of the confiscated property accor dingly. In the House, the venerable Critten den made an earnest and patriot ic appeal to the majority not to weaken his hands in battling for (he Union, by this foolish legislation, but parlizanship turned a deaf ear to the patriot, prefering the dogmas of party to the wisdom of the experienced and aged statesman. We are glad to notice that Mr. Cowan, of this Slate, voted against the bill.— Wash. Review. MRS. PARTINGTON'S LAST. —Ike goes for a soldier. Mrs. Partington makes a farewell ad dress : ["lke, my son, stand up while I'dresg you —bold my bonnet and specks."] "Fel low soldier : It is the abandoned duty of all to be patriarchal in these times, and to hand down, unrepaired, the glorious flag ot all se ceded generations." [Here Ike commenced counting off" the new fashioned cheer, swinging the old bonnet up and down as he went in, one, two, three —tiger.] "March hesitatingly into the contented held, and if a rebel demands your quarters, tell him you had but three, and the fast one is spent ; then, it tie won't quit and leave, 'quit yourself like a man', and may you have a glorious campaign of it." KJ-Wben does a farmer act with great rude ness towards his corn ! When he pulls its ears. VOL 5. NO. 5. a .mtery . _ ■eet the Bistra tn- Vreck rets no
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