BEDFORD GAZETTE. B. F. MEYERS, EDITOR. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1802. DEMOCRATIC) NOMINATIONS. STJTE TICKET. AUDITOR GENERAL. HON. ISAAC SLENKER, OF UNION COUNT*. SURVEYOR GENERA!., COL. JAMES P. BARR, OF ALLEGHANY COUNTY. COUNTY TICKET. CONGRESS, A. H. COFFROTH, Somerset co. SENATOR, JOSEPH B. NOBLE, S. Woodberry. ASSEMBLY, JOHN CESSNA, Hedford Borough. COUNTY SURVEYOR, SAMUEL KETTERMAN, Bed. Bor. IMS. ATTORNEY, JOHN PALMER, Bedford Bor. COMMISSIONER, ANDREW CRISMAN, Napier tp. POOR niRECTOR. SOLOMON REIGIIARD, S. Spring tp. AUDITOR, JOHN H. BARTON, E. Prov. tp. The Carlisle Presbytery will meet in the Presbyterian Church of this place, on next Tuesday evening, October 7th, at 7 o'clock. The opening sermon will be preached by Ihe moderator, the Rev. I. N. HAYS. The church will also be open, Providence per mitting, for services next Sabbath morning. Death of Maj. S. H. Tate. It becomes our mournful duty to record the death of Maj. SAM FIX H. TATE, of this place, which occurred at his residence on \Y edncsday morning last, after an illness of about four days. In the death of Maj. Tate, our county has lost a useful citizen, the poor and distressed a sympathising friend, and his family a kind and Woved husband and father. "No farther seek his merits to driclosef' ~c .run juunu rns tctsi repose, "The bosom of his Father and his God." A Brace of Proclamations. The President of the United States, on the 22d anil 24th days of September, issued consec utively two proclamations, both of which will t>e found in this issue of the Gazette. The first proposes to free all the slaves in every state in rebellion against the Government by the first of January next, the test of loyalty being repre sentation in Congress by the actual vote of a majority of the people. This arbitrary, unne cessary and Quixotic decree of the President, is not founded upon, nor does it execute, as some suppose, any clause of the Confiscation Act passed at the last session of Congress. That law relates to all the property of rebels in any Btate, while this proclamation refers expressly and exclusively to all the slaves of the States in rebellion. Besides there is great legal difference between freeing slaves and confiscating them to the use of the Government, for the lifetime of the owner , which is the utmost limit of time to which confiscation can be extended under the Constitution. Ilcnce this ulcate of Mr. Lincoln is as clear and undeniable a usurpation of pow er, as bold and undisguised a trampling under foot of the paramount law of the land, as much an act of rebellion against the written charter of our Government, as any thing yet done, without force of arms, in any of the insurrec tionary States of the South. But its unconsti tutionality and its assumption of a power which the people of the Union never dreamed of giv ing to their Chief Magistrate, arc not the only objectionuble features in this startling revolu tionary document. Its effect upon the country, both North and South, cannot fail to bo other wise than disastrous. It will weld together in a perfect white heat of hatred against the North, all the slave-holding interest of the Border as well as of the Cotton States. It will give the sinews of war to the Kebcl Army and nerve with the unrelaxing vigor of a most direful and dead ly desperation, the soldiers enrolled under the banner of rebellion. It will divide, nay, it has already irreconcilably divided, public sentiment at the North with regard to a cordial support of the Administration. And should it be possible, fif the rebellion bo not suppressed by the first of January) to carry its provisions into execution, •hould it be possible for our armies to march into the rebel states to release the slaves or cn- courage them to servilo insurrection, what would be the result? A creeping horror steals over tho . tenses at tho contemplation of tho scene! Wo men and children butchered in cold blood, fire and rapine ravaging the homes over which wc would fain extend the benign protection of the Constitution, the carnage and diabolism of a nejr San Domingo purpling with human gore and blackening with ashes, the soil of onoe bap gj America 1 Then, when the carnival of these 1 sable Sepoys shall have ended on the planta tions of thcSouth, bloated with booty and drunk with blood, they will mako the fair fields of the North, where they have been taught that color is no badge of distinction, tho desire of their hearts. Tho white laborer will be crowded from the plough, the axe and the spade. Starvation will come, and the grand but bloody Jinale will be a war of races, with what result it would not be hard to predict. The second proclamation of the President makes a military district of the whole North, by declaring the writ of Habeas Corpus sus pended in regard to all persons arrested during the rcltellion, or who are now, or hereafter shall be, imprisoned in any fort, camp, arsenal, mili tary prison or other place of confinement, by any military authority, or by the sentence of any court martial or military commission. This edict establishes the military despotism, which bus been so long predicted, and now it only re mains to be sceu whether tho American people can be made slaves by a single stroke of the pen of Abraham Lincoln. It only remains to be seen whether freemen will not resent at the bal lot-box (the only place where they should do so) this outrage upon the white race and the Amer ican name, this proclamatory liberation of the negro on the one hand and enslavement of the whito man on the other. Compromise. Do not be startled, dear reader, by the cap tion of this article! We do not mean to say any thing that will settle the war in thirty days, for that would subject us to a trial for treason by a drum-head court martial. We do not mean even to propose an armistice, with a view to inake possible a peaceful settlement of our na tional troubles, for that would defeat the dar ling proj >ct of the Abolitionists and would, there fore, send every man in favor of it to a dungeon in some Lincolnitish Bastilc. What we do pro pose to say, is, that if we are to hope for ofiei-s of compromise or settlement from the South, we had better .see to it that we elect a Congress to which the Southern people will be inclined to make such offers of compromise or settlement. Owing to the ultra enactments of the present Congress and the well known sectional, anti- Southern, anti-slavery position of the "Repub lican" party, we believe that no terms of settle ment will ever be offered to our Government, by the people of the South, so long as the po litical complexion of Congress is not materially changed. The animosity existing between the "Republican" leaders and the Southern insur rectionists, is deadly and immitigable, because it is personal, political and sectional. But the conservatives of the North, though largely rep resented in the armies engaged in the effort to put down the Southern rebellion, do not enter tain such bitter and implacable hatred for the Southern people. They regard them as misgu'.- ded and erring men, whose leaders deserve to be punished, not malignantly nor rovnnjipfiilty, I>.> tution; and, therefore, they do not hate them, or bear them malice.' This is well known to the Southern people, and what little Union feel ing yet exists among them, has inspiration from this very fact. Now, then, if we wish to dis integrate and break up the secession organiza tion, so that eminent lending men maybe indu ced to come out from its ranks and advocate an offer of reconciliation to our Government, would it not be wise to elect men to Congress whoso well known conservatism would be calculated to encourage snob an advance on the part of South ern men? Most assuredly. Therefore, let us be certain in casting our votes at the coming elec tion, that we do not give tlicm for a candidate for Congress to whom flic Southern people will never propose terms of reconciliation nnd re union. We of the North look to the South for the first advance towanl a restoration of pence, and doing so, we should take care that we place no impnssablo barrier in the way of those from whom we expect such an advance to be made. Dawes' Speech. Mhy doesn't the Bedford Abolition organ nublish the groat speech of the I fox. Mr?. DAWKS, of Massachusetts, exposing the corruptions of Lincoln's administration? Mr. Dawes is a good Republican and deserves to be heard. Some of the renders of the organ might be enlightened in regard to the promised "economy" and "bet ter times" of their party by a perusal of this speech. Mr. Dawes says that more money has been stolen from the public treasury in one year during the present administration than it cost to carry the Government during the four years of Mr. Buchanan's administration 1 Shall Dawes bo heard through the columns of the organ? Full-blown Abolitionism. The black poppy, Abolition, whose opiate seeds arc the deadly Hasheesh upon which the people of the North, have, alas! too long been feeding, has at last opened its dark loaves in full-blown maturity to the astonished gaze of the deluded populace. There are still infatuated leaders who call upon tho people to follow them and [duck this forbidden flower. Others urgo the people to shun it as they would if a serpent's sting were coiled within it. To descend from the figurative to the practical, tliero aro a few fa natics who would have sober, sensible, patriotic people endorse the Abolition Proclamation of the President. But the great preponderance of thought and feeling in the North is against it. The whole Democratic party and many conser vative oppositionists are against it. In our own county the people are almost unanimously op posed to it. Every man on the Democratic county ticket, from Congressman to Auditor, disapproves of and opposes it. No man can be a Democrat who does not repudiate it. Be assured that the Democratic ticket is a unit on this qacstion. Democrats will nover pluck this Lincoln poppy. Hon. Jos. B. Noble. It is well known in this county that Judge Noblo did not seek the nomination for tho office for which he is a candidate. On tho contrary he was solicited by men of all parties to allow the use of his name in that connexion, on tho ground of his peculiar fitness for the position, owing to his sterling integrity as a man and as a citizen. lie has not been in office for eleven years, nor does he now ask tho suffaages of the people as an otlioe-sceker. 110 conies forward at the call of his fellow citizens, to bear aloft the standard of Conservatism, the true Union Hag, under which alone our country can be res tored to its pristine happiness and prosperity, lie comes forward as the representative of the sober-minded, earnest thinking men of the coun try, who desire to rid the halls of legislation of the harpies and plunderers that have well nigh drawn the life-blood out of the body politic, lie comes forward as the friend of good and liberal government and the enemy of monopo lies and grasping corporations. To our Hunt ingdon friends we would say that Joseph B. Noble was and is an uncompromising opponent of the repeal of the Tonnage Tax, and if elect ed will not play false to them 011 th is great ques tion. Wo make this pledge for him fairly and honestly and without any reservation of any kind. At the same time Judge Nobie is an ear nest and sincere friend of local enterprise, and and will, if elected, do as much for our coun ty's interest, as could be expected from any man. We put it to tho people of Bedford county, can you send a better man to tho Senate than honest Joseph 15. Noble ? Answer, ye who know him, and answer in accordance with your can did convictions. Rally! Rally!! Democrats, the prospect of ousting from place and power the plunderers of the public treasu ry, the destroyers of our country's weal, is bright oning every day! You cannot, must not, dare not, fail now to do your duty, if you would res cue yourselves and your posterity from the ruin which is impending! Rally, Rally, Rally! Eet every voter turn out to the election! Let every Democrat bo a committee to see that his-neigh bor goes to the polls. Wc must and will be vic torious! Now's the day and now's the hour! Close your ranks! Nostrnggling! Nolmlf-heart cd work! But charge the enemy in front, and flank and rear, and never, never yield till the day shall be won. "Up, Guards, and at tliem!" A Wet Blanket. The last great proclamatory efforts of Abra ham, trampling under foot the Constitution, liberating the black man and enslaving the white, fell like a wet blanket on some of the "Repub licans" in this neighborhood. Of course, the avowed Abolitionists, such an tho ostensible ed itor of the Inquirer and a few others, swallowed it like so much manna dropped from a naradise trfisTratTlKeir "tv ffi'tTi'cran k and file, for once, liavfe the independence to repudiate their leadership? Be Assessed! Saturday next is the last day on which you can he assessed as a legal voter. Bo sure you attend to it and see that your neighbors are as sessed. CvfTho children of the Presbyterian and Lu theran Sabbath Schools have recently had" their annual picnics. Ilappy youth, whose pastimes are so full of innoeoaeo, whose ''ways are ways of pleasantness and all whose paths are peace.'"' ea-.T. O. Fisher, Esq., has been appointed a clerk in the Protlionotary'a offiice. A first rate selection. Acceptance of Gen, Coffroth. The following correspondence between the committee appointed by the late Democratic Congressional Conference, to inform Hen. Cof froth of his nomination by that body, and that gentleman, has been handed us for publication: MCDONALD'S HOTEL, Fulton Co., ) Sept. 11th, 1802. ) GF.N'L. A. 11. COFFROTH: Sin : The undersigned nppointed a commit tee bv the Democratic Congressional Confer ence for the district composed of the counties of Adams, Bedford, Fulton, Franklin and Som erset. to inform you of your nomination by that body as the Democratic candidate for Congress in said district, beg leave herewith to make known to you such nomination and to express the hope that you will accept the same. With our best wishes for your success should yon con sent to he the standard-bearer of tbo Democ racy of the District, we remain Yours Truly, GEO. M. STRNGER, G. H. SPANG, H. G SMITH, Committee. SOMERSET, Sept. 20, 18(52. GENTLEMEN : Your letter of tlio 11th, informing me that T was nominated for Congress hy the Democrat icCongressional Conference for this District, has been received. In this note, accepting the nomination, I will say, that Tarn for the "Constitution as it is and the Union as it was," and, if elect ed, will sustain the Government in all the requisite measures to bring to a Bpeedv close the present unfortunate war, and in doing so, restore peace and harmony to the people. Yours respectfully, A. IT. COFFROTTT. ToG. IT. Rnani*j IT. G. Smith and Geo. M. Stenger, Esq'rs., Committee. At least two—Blair and Seward—and it is believed three members of the Cabinet were opposed to the emancipation proclamation of the President In consequence* resignations are looked for shortly. COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE. For the Gazette. M. ME VERS : As a quiet citizen of old Napier, I have thought proper to trouble you with a few thoughts and facts which passing events havo called me to notice, and which I consider that the Dem ocrats of Bedford county generally should know. I by aceident happened to see the two last ] nunfbers of tho Bedford Inquirer , and having heard it stated that my neighbor and friend, Mr. Andrew Crisman, bud been spoken of in that paper as being anything but nn honest, upright' man, I was induced to read tho filthy sheet to see what the editor knows about Andy, as he calls him. The Inquirer of the 12th inst., asks the question, "Is there a man in Bedford coun ty personally acquainted with Andy Crisman, who knows him to be a loyal man V I have been a resident of Bedford county for fifty years, and have been intimately acquainted with An dy Crisman ever since I was a little boy, and I have never heard his "loyalty", or good charac ter as a citizen doubted until lie became a can didate for County Commissioner® nd only then by the Editor of the Inquirer, for I am confi dent that no honest man in tho county who is as well acquainted with Crisman as I atn, lias ever had the slightest cause to doubt his loyalty in any way. The Inquirer again asks: —Is there a man in the county who knows that Andy Crisman was not nt the meeting specified ! —Andy was at a meeting referred to by the Inquirer, hut not for the purpose which he (the editor) would fain have the people believe was the object in view, for there was. 111 reality, 110 meeting there, unless the coming together of a few citizens who met together at a place and talk over the "passing tidings of the times" can be called a meeting" for there was no organization, and they were not in any house that night for the pur pose of holding a meeting', and I know that An dy Crisman is too good a patriot to take part in anv meeting contrary to the laws of tiiftland. But the editor says: —"Wo do know that he was at the meeting." "We do know that he was there !" We know, too, that he has been one of the leading dements of resistance!" Now T would like to know where the editor of the Inquirer was at the time of that meet ing, that he knows these things; he certainly must have been very close, or lie could not know, for unless be saw Andy Crisman there, lie cer, tainly could not know that he was there, and I would like to know what the editor of tho In quirer would be doing, or what business called him to the West side of the Chestnut Ridge, at that time in the day. In the Inquirer of the lffth inst., I find tho following sentence, in an article under the cap tion of "Andy Crisman." "Wo know he is a terrible subject, so is Jeff* Davis, and there is quite an analogy between them." Now permit mo to ask the editor of the Inquirer when and where did you become acquainted with Mr. Crisnmn 1 I doubt very much whether you ev er saw tho man, much less become acquainted with him. And I know that you are unac quainted with him, or you would not make the statements respecting him that you have made. No man can be acquainted with Andrew Cris man and not respect him, forhiffuprightnessand good citizenship will make him esteemed by ev ery honest man, and the tongue ol the slander er can do him no iniury. Mr Crisman lias Vears,- brought before the public as a candidate for of fice, his character was without a blemish, but no sooner than his name is announced, his char acter is assailed, and that, too, by 'men who have no knowledge of his virtues. But let tliem go, their reports cannot injure Mr. Crisman in the parts he is known, and I trust the people of Bedford county havo too much respect for virtue, to be led astray by any assertions which the editor of the Inquirer nmy make. I should have thought it useless, Mr. Editor, to notice the Inquirer at nil, but being a neighbor of Mr. Crismati's, I thought it no more than my duty to let the people know the true character of the man at home. For many years Air. Crisman and I were opposed to each other in political views, but then, as now, wo were true "loyal" friends, and if I am spared until the 14th of next month, T intend to vote for my neighbor, let the Inquirer say what it will, and I think that the vote Mr. Crisman will receive in Na pier township will convince tho people through out the county that the Inquirer man knows but little about him. NAPIER. Sept. 29,1802. Proclamation by tbo President of tbo United States. The Writ of Habeas Corpus Suspended in the Case of All State Prisoners. By THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS, It has become necessary to call in to service, not only volunteers, but also portions of the militia of the States, by draft, in order to suppress tiic insurrection existing in the Uni ted States; and disloyal persons arc not ade quately restrained by the ordinary processes of the law from hindering this measure and from giving aid and comfort in various ways to the insurrection; • Now, therefore, •" BE IT ORDERED, F<rst —That during (he existing insurrection, and as a necessary measure for suppressing the 'same, all rebels and insurgents, their aiders and abettors, within the United States, and all per sons discouraging volunteer enlistments, resis ting militia drafts, or guilty of any disloyal practice, affording aid and comfort to tho rebels against the authority of the United States, shall be subject to martial law, and liable to trial and punishment by courts martial or military com missions. Second —That the writ of habeas corpus is suspended in respect to all pei-sons arrested, or who are now, or hereafter, during the rebellion, shall be, imprisoned in any fort, camp, arsenal, military prison or other place of confinement, by any military authority or by the sentence of any court martial or military commission. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, nnd caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. . Done at the city of Washington, this twen ty-fourlli day of September, in the T ar °" r on ' one thousand eight hundred nnd sixty-two, and of the Independence of the United States tho eightv-seventh. ABRAHAM LINQOLN. By tho President: W. 11. SEWARD, Secretary of Stato, JRMVJORRESPOIEME. IN CAMP, NEAR FAIRFAX SEMINARY, Va., ) Sunday evening, September 21, 1802. ) ! MR. MEYERS : , There is u number of the mountain boys , of Bedford county, who, for the past year havo | been residents in the camps of Mara, from whom their friends at home but seldom receive tidings, except through occasional private letters, and who, perhaps, are not unworthy a passing no tice in the columns of your paper. Various have been the inquiries inudc by fathers and j mothers as well as other friends, interested in the welfare of their sons and former companions. It is now about one year ago, that, led by their gallant Lieutenant, W. W. Anderson, of Bed ford borough, they left their homes and those they loved lo engage in the service of their coun try. Bemaining at Camp Curtin a short time, they were ordered to Philadelphia, and attach ed to the second Cavalry lfegiment, P. V., Col. Price commanding. The regiment did not re ceive its full quota of horses until it arrived in Washington City. Being ordered into Virginia they were encamped a few weeks near Cloud's Mills, below Alexandria. Since leaving there we havo not been idle, but have encountered all the arduous duties and hardships of the cavalry soldier. Attached to Gen. Buford's cavalry brigade, we accompanied it in the advance of Gen. Pope's army in his recent bold but unsuc cessful movement toward Richmond, enduring our share of the hardships, we were the first to tread the banks of the ltapidnn, from whence we were driven buck lo the main body of the army. With the army during the recent bat tles on (lie Rappahannock, Bull's Run, &c., and its retreat, of which enough has already been written, a short time, since we found ourselves once more on the banks of tho Potomac. Tho' not permitted to participate in the recent battles in Maryland, when wo expected our homes to be invaded, yet our hearts and sympathies wore with our brothers in arms. Alter resting our horses a week or two at this place, 011 Wednes day last we were again ordered to prepare for a j two days march, and towards evening the bu j gles pealed forth to us the then welcome sound I of "Boots and Saddles!" The regiment, lessen ' ed by hospital inmates, paroled prisoners and i wtint of horses, lost recently, wore soon in line, j Company 13, comiimndpd by our Lieut. Ander- I son, was represented by thirty-two men, rank i and tile. Marching but a short distance, we j fastened our horses to the bushes along the road } side, made our simple and rude beds in the sari* dy highway in rear of oar horses, our saddles, as usual, serving for a pillow, we retired for the night. By dawn we were again in the saddle, and penetrated the country to within three, miles !ot Thoroughfare Gap. Here we came upon a I detachment of the rebel Gen.Ewell's body guard, I three of whom wo captured. They were es- J eorting Gen. F.well, who was wounded in the recent battle, to Richmond. A number of wag ons, and thirty prisoners were taken, among whom were several rebel officers, three of them ■ being members of Ewell's staff. The distance | traversed was eighty miles; all of which was ' accomplished in eighteen hours, wc returning to • camp 011 Friday afternoon. We rode all night I and saw no signs of the enemy between Arling j ton and Thoroughfare Gap, except those spoken of above. We came ivur taking Gen. Ewell j himself; he only escaped by being driven oil" at ! a rapid rate in an ambulance. Company E had i tho honor of capturing a rebel Major, one Lieu- J... iViiles. A H.r u'.vs are all j well except Perry 1 lite "-and Andrew Frederick, | who are in a Washington hospital. Mr. Tho's. Richardson, who resides near Bedford, is in Ids glory here. All old soldier, he knows how to I j forage, and has been the cause of (lie rebel far . mors losing considerable horseflesh, poultry, &c. | In the raid last week he was fortunate enough J to capture a carriage, having two inules attaeli !ed to it, and two or three prisoners. He says, | "Horses are cheap in Virginny, humph! we j might as well have them as the Greybaeks, humph ?" He is a terror to fanners who have horse stables, chicken roosts or spring-houses. Lieut. Anderson, in all his intercourse with us, has proven himself a courteous gentleman, kind to ail and ever anxious for our welfare. Lieut. Col. Brinton is now in command of tho regi ment. There is a rumor that we will soon move again. There are many of the soldiers weary of this war, and wish it was ended. Many in and out of the army still think that the war can only be terminated by an entire emancipation of the negroes. If I thought that that was the object, I would not willingly shed a drop of my blood or draw my sabre, for I think the slave is better off' where he is, unless lie can be sent to the land of his fathers. If the South choose to ride to hell on the back of their negroes, let them rip, it matters not to us. But possessing but the rude pen and rough hand of a mountain farmer, perhaps I have 110 right to meddle with politics or write for a newspaper. Hoping: that all are well in and around our homes, and wish ing all the Bedford boys now in the army 11 safe and speedy return to their homes, and the arms of tho fair ladies they love, but left behind them, (sorry I have none.) 1 rem- in yours, &c., BEDFORD BOROUGH. Abolition Proclamation by the President. WASHINGTON, Sept. 22. lit/ the President of the United States of America. A PROCLAMATION. I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the Unitod States of America, and Commander-in-Chief of the A rmv and Navy thereof, do hereby proclaim and declare that hereafter, as heretofore, the war will be prosecuted with the object practically, of restoring the constitutional relation between the United States and each of the States nnd the people thereof, in which States that relation is or may be suspended or disturbed. Thntitis my purpose upon the next meeting of Congress to again recommend the adoption of practical measures tendering pecuniary aid ta the free ac ceptance or rejection of all slave states, so call ed the people whereof may not then be in re bellion against the United States, and which States may then have voluntarily adopted, or thereafter may voluntarily adopt immediate or gradual abolishment of slavery within their re spective limits; and that the effort to colonize persons of African descent, with tjheir consent, upon this continent or elsewhere, with the pre viously obtnincd consent of the governments ex isting there, will bo continued; that on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousnnd eight hundred and sixty-three, all per sons held as slaves within any State, or desig nated parts of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall he then, thenceforward and forever free, and the Executive Government of the United States, including the Military authority and Na val authority thereof, will recognize and • in tain the freedom of such persons and will Jo no aci or acts to repress such persons or any of them in any efforts they may make for actual freedom; that the Executive will, on the first day of January aforesaid, by proclamation des ignate the States, nud parts of States, if any, in which the people thereof, respectively, shall then be in rebellion against the United States, and the fact that any State, or the peoplo there of, shall on that day be in good faith represen ted in the Congress of the United States by mem bers chosen thereto at elections wherein the ma jority of the qualified voters of such State shall have participated, shall in the absence of coun tervailing testimony, lie deemed conclusive evi dence that such State, and the peoplo thereof, are no? then in rebellion against the United States. That attention is hereby called to an act of Congress, entitled an act to make an addi tional article of war, approved, March 13, 1802, which act is in the words and figures following: lie it enacted by the Senato and House of Representatives of the United States of Amer ica in Congress assembled. That hereafter the following shall bejjromulgatcd as an additional article of war for the good of the army of tho U. S., and shall be observed as such article: All officers or persons in the military or na val service of the United States, are prohibited from employing any of tho forces under their" respective commands for tho purpose of return ing fugitives from service or labor, who have' escaped from any persons to whom such service or labor be claimed to be due j and any officer, who shall be found guilty by a court martial of violating this article, shall be dismissed from the service. Section Second, And be it further enacted that this act shall take ell'ect from and after its pas sage. Also to the ninth and tenth sections of an act entitled an act to suppress insurrection, to punish treason and rebellion, to seize and confiscate property of rebels, and for other pur poses approved July 17th, 1862, and which sections arc in the words and figures following Section A mt/t, And be it further enacted that all slaves of persons who shall hereafter be en gaged in rebellion against the Government of the United States, or who shall in any way give aid or comfort thereto, and captured front such persons and taking refuge within the lines of the amy, and all slaves captured from such persons, or deserted by them and coming under the con trol of the Government of the United States, and all slaves of such persons found on or being within any place occupied by reliel forces, and afterwards occupied by forces of the United States shall be deemed captives of war, and shall be forever free of their servitude and not again held as slaves. Section Ten, And be it further enacted that no slaves escaping into any State or Territory or the District of Columbia, from any other State shall be delivered up or in any wny im peded or hindrod of his liberty except for crime or some offence against the laws unless the per son claiming said fugitive shall first make oath tlint the person to whom the labor or service of such fugitive is alleged to be due is his lawful owner and has not borne arms against us in the present rebellion, nor in any wny given aid and comfort thereto. No person engaged in the mil itary or naval service in the United States shall under any pretense whatever assume to dccido on the validity of the claim of any person to the service or labor of any other person, or sur render up any such person to the claimant, on pain of being dismissed from the service. And I do hereby enjoin upon, and order all persons engaged in the Military and Naval ser enforce, within their respective sphere of ser vice, the act and sections above recited; and the Executive will in due time recommend that all citizens of the United States who shall have remained loyal thereto throughout the rebellion, shall, upon the restoration of the constitutional relation between the United States and their re spective States, and the people if that relation shall have been suspended or disturbed, lie com pensated for all losses by acts of the United States, including the loss of slaves. In witness whereof, I have hereunto sot my band and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done, at (he City of Washington this twenty second clay of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty two, and of the independence of the United States the eighty-seventh. AIIHAHAM LINCOLN. liy the President, WM. IT. SEWARD, Secretary of State. The Terrific Battle at Antietam. On the crest of a hill this side of Shar|>sburg the enemy were discovered in great force. Their troops had been brought down from Hagerstown, up from Harper's Ferry, and part of the army held in Virginia as reserve. Lee, Jackson, Longstreet, Hill, and all the best generals left with them were there, and with all their best troops. Except occasional artillery contests, the armies faced each other in quiet during the rest ot Monday. On Tuesday there was no movement on our side till toward night. Tho rebels had kept batteries in position, but their infantry was withdrawn from view, and it was still uncertain whether they were retreating or reinforcing. About four in the afternoon of Thursdav, Hooker was ordered to cross Antietam croek, at the upper ford on the right, with his whole corps, attack the enemy's left and occupy a po sition on their flank. He crossed without op position, sent forward cavalry skirmishers who were speedily driven back, and then, advancing with his whole force about six, took possession, ot strong ground, close to the rebels' left, and immediately became engaged with artillery and infantry. Darkness ended the fight with slight loss on either side, Hooker carrying and holding the woods from which the enemy's fire first came. There were constant alarms during tho night, the hostile pickets being close to each other'all along the line. Early in the evening the rebels took to fighting among themselves, and several heavy volleys were delivered before they discov ered their mistake. At daybreak the fight was renewed suddenly and vehemently, both sides opening fire together. The re lie I line was formed on a crescent-shaped ridge, which in front slopes down into an undu lating valley, irregularly broken by connecting" ranges of hills. Behind the crest the rebel for ces lay in uneven and strong positions, sheltered ~by ridges and hills, and especially strong on the flanks. Antietam creek, a stream too deep to be forded, except in very few places, sweeps by the base of their position, and protected it from assault. McClcllan's forces were first formed in front, afterwards thrown to the right and left. Thero is little or no ground on our si lo equal in height to the rebel psi ion I\ii keitr- also '.v n .• ;h-wootfc in his front, and Doubt. : . i. e-.s, front against a hem, ... . . &s.cn<fe ad■
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers