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XIMMELL k LINGENFELTER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA.
(EFHave formed a partnership in the practice of
tba Law. Office on Juliana street, two doors South
•f the "Mengel House."
Jos MARK. "• SFAJIO '
MINN&BPANG.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA
Tba undersigned bava associated themselves in
tha Practice ot the Law, and will attend promptly
t alt basiness entrusted to their caie in Bedford
and adjoining counties.
(EFOffiee on Juliana Street, three doors south
of tba "Mengel House," opposite the residence o(
Maj. Tate.
Bedford, Aug. 1, 1881.
Joan CRSSMA. O. E. SHANNON.
CESSNA A SHANNON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA.,
ay Have formed a Partner-hip in the Practice ot
the Law. Office nearly opposite the Oazett, Office,
where one or the other may at all times be found.
Bedford, Aug, 1, 1861.
JOHN P. REED,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA.,
Retpeetfally tenders hu service! to the Public.
HyOffice second door North of the Mengej
House.
Bedford, Aug, 1, 1861.
W.M.HALL. JOHN PALMER.
HALL & PALMER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA
Qy Will promptly attend to all business entrus
ted to there caie. Office on Julianna Street, (near.
)y opposite the Mengel House.)
Bernard, Aug. 1, 1861.
A. H. COFFROTH,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
SOMERSET, PA.,
Will hereafter practice regularly in be several
Courts of Bedford county. Business entrusted to
bis care Will be faithfully attended to.
Deeember 6,1861.
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BEDFORD, PA.,
gMr-cfutty renders bie professional aarvicea to
tba citisens or* Bedford and vicinity.
OyOffice sad r..u w n Pitt 4 ~ 1
building formerly occupied by Dr. John Hofiue.
Bedford. Aug. 1, 1861.
JOHN BORDER,
GUNSMITH, BEDFORD, PA
Shop at the east end of town, one doo wust of
the residence of Major Wash&baugh.
guna of my own manutacture warranted.
Bedford, Aug. 1. 1861. _
SAMOEL KETTERMAN,
BEDFORD, PA.,
Oy-Would hereby notify the citizens of Bedford
county, that he has moved ro the Borough ot Bed
foid, where be may at alltimee be found b persons
wishing to see him, unless absent upon business
pertaining to his office.
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Letters of administration with the will an
nexed on the estate of Jacob Stoudenour, late
of Colerain Township, dee'd, having been gran
ted to the subscriber, residing in said Township,
notice is therefore given to all persona indebted
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NATURAL TEETH tilled, regulated, polished, Kcc.,
in the best manner, and AUTIVICIAL TEETH inserted
from one to an entire sett.
Office in the Bank Building, on Juliana street,
Bedford.
CASH TERMS will be strictly adhered t*>.
In addi'ion to recent improvements in tha mount
ing of ARTIFICIAL TILTH on Gold and Silver Plate,
lam now using, as a base for Artificial work,a new
and beautiful article, (Vulcanite or Vulcan ized In
dia Rubber) stronger, closer fitting, more < omfort
able and more natural than either Gold air Silver,
and SO per cent, cheaper than silver. Call ao d see'it,
C. N. HIC KOK.
Bedford, January 16, 18C3.
YOUNG'S CELEBRATED
Y. P. M. COFFEE.
1 be? leave to introduce fa ynur notice th o above
substitute for Coffee, YOUNG'S PURE MA LT, the
greatest and most economizing substitute for Coffee
in the world. It is made from pure selected grain,
and malted in the Malt House under ourown super
vision. Previous to malting, the grain passes thro'
a Patent Revolving Scieen, separating it I rum all
impurities. In offering it to the public, Ido so with
a firm conviction that it is the
.Most Healthy Substitute in the J\lanket.
This Coffee requires less sweetening on account of
the saccharine formed in it by the process of (nailing.
Over two hundred pei cent, is Baved by using the
Y. P. M. Coffee. For sale by the pound, hundred
or ton, at one-fourth the price of Rio, Javii or La
guayra Coffee.
TRY IT I TRY IT I TRY IT I Grocers. Board
inghouse keepers, Hotel. , Restaurants au d Fami
lies will find it to tlte.r advantage to give fit a trial.
One trial will prove the truth of the above assertion.
ALEXANDER YOUNG,
Malt House, 408 be 410 Sout'h Street.
S'ore No. 700 Passayunk Road, Phil'a
A liberal deduction made to wholesale purchaser*.
Price 10 centa per pound.
Mar. 6 th—4ls.
.NOTICE OF INQUISITION.
• -wis,T *• if w••
delphia, presented a petition setting font) that the
■aid l'bomas Fostei, late of Highland county, in the
State of Ohio, died intestate, without ever having
been married, und leaving as his heirs at law, nix
brothers and sisters, to wit: Benjamin Foster, .Ba
sil Foster, John Foster, Mary Zink, (a widow) Sa
rah, intermarried with —— Chaney, and Elizabeth
intermarried with Samuel Horton ; that said J< ibn
Foster is dead, leaving nine children, to wit : l)e
--wait C. Foster, Caroline intermarried with—
with , F.niily iane intermarried with
Foster, and Edny E. Foster, the said Edny E. hav
ing since died, leaving do children, that said Sarah
Chaney is also since dead, leaving six children, as
follows - Levi Chaney, Mary A. Chaney intermar
ried with , Rebecca intermarried with John
Walker, Amos E. Chaney, Richard Chaney and JCii
za Jane intermarried with Samuel "illis.
Your petitioner further represents that tae inter
est of the said Benjamin l'oster is fifty-two acres
and thirteen perches, or thereabouts, of the real es
tate hereinafter described, being the one-sixth there
of, is vested in Datiiel Waababaugh and Dr. George
W.Anderson, of the county of Bedtoid aforesaid,
and that the interest of the said Benjamin in the
residue of said real estate is now Vested in Si inuel
T. Brown and John Scott of the borough and coun
ty of Huntingdon, Pa.,'and Alexander King, James
M. Given and John B. Given, ot said county of Bed
ford. Your petitioner further represents thst the
interest of the said Basil Foster, Mary Zink and
Elisabeth Horton in said real estate, being three
sixths thereof, and the interest of said Dewalt C.
Foster, Xirael W. Foster and Cynthia A. Foster be
ing three-eighths ef one-sixth, and of Levi Ghaney,
Rebecca Weltcer, Amos K. Chansy and Eliza Jane
Ellis, being tour-sixths of one-sixth of said real es
tate, have become by virtue of sundry conveyances
duly transferred and vested in your petitioner.
Your petitioner further represents that an far as
ean ba ascertained, the said Caroline intermarried
with , Newton C. Foster, Amanda M., in
termanied with , Emily Jane intermarried
with —John T. Foster, children of said
John Foster, dne'd., and Mary A. intermarried with
rah Cbaoey, dic'd, nil reside in said county of High-'
lsod, in the Suite of Ohio aforesaid, and that the
husbands of si id daughters of John Foster and Sa
rah Chaney are unknown to your petitioner.
Your petitioner further represents, that the said
Thomas Foster died, seized in his demesne as of fee
of and in that certain tract of land, situate, lying
and being in the township of Broad Top, in the said
county/of Bedford, adjoining lands late of William
Anderson, dec-'d, now of John Scott, A. King, Jas.
Mayn't re, John B. Given and HenryS. Wharton, and
lands of Ratiumell Wilson and others, containing
seventy-seven acres more or less, being part of a
jract of land surveyed on a warrant in the name of
Mary Foster, dated October 2, 1792.
Notice i> therefore hereby given, that in pursu
ance of a writ, of partition or valuation to ine di
rected, 1 will proceed to hold an inqunltioo or val
uation on the p remises, on Saturday tbe 18tb day of
April, 1863, when and where all parties interested
may attend if they see proper.
JOHN J. CESSNA, Sheriff.
Bedford, Matrch 27, 1863.
.NOTICE OF INQUISITION
Whereas, Charles Boos, of Bedford tp., in Bed
ford eo., one o;f the heirs and legal representatives
of Bernard Kocis, late of Township, eo.,
dec'd, presented a petition setting forth that the
said Bernard Roos, lately died intestate without is
sue, leaving as bis heirs at law, Andrew Rons and
Charts Root, your petitioner, and a child of a sis
ter, about 8 years ol age named Joseph Trager,
living in Germany, Andiew resides in New Jersey,
that the said Bernard Roos died seized ol the one
undivided half part of a tract of land situated in
Hopewell township. Bedford county, adjoioiug lands
of William Piper, Wm. I.ane, John Young and Geo.
Smith, containing fifty acres and allowance.
Notice is, therefore, hereby given, the in pursu
ance of a writ of partition or valuation to noe di
rected, 1 will proceed to hold an inquisition or val
uation on the premises, on Tuesday, the 11th day
of April, 1833, when and where all interested may
ettesd if they sea proper.
JOHN j gES3NA. Sbtr .ff. .
Sheriff ' alfi'ce, fcfa.-c'E f9, 1891.
Freedom of Thoagktand Opinion.
BEDFORD,PA., FRIDAY BURNING, APRIL 10, 1863.
iHIjE Scljoolmaater C?lbroaii
EDITED BY SIMON SYNTAX, ESQ
ay resellers and friends of educatlon-are respect
fully request ed to send comm nnications to the abovg
care of " Beilfotd Gazette."
Sohool Exhibition at St. Glairsville.
Smox SYKIAX, ERQ.,
It was my good fortune to be present at
a School Exhibition at St. Clairsvillu, on the
evening of the 27th nit., given by the School
under this supervision of U. H. Altera, Esq.
As it would trespass upon your space too much
to enumerate each performance in order, and
criticise each actor in hid several parts, I shall
only notice, particularly the pieces best perform
ed and. the names oi those who performed them.
The rest I shall content myself with noting
generally.
After a song'"Much good cheer"—sung by
the girls, accompanied by the accordeon and
flute, the first effort was the "Opening Peace,"
by T. 11. Beckly, who spoke ont in a round, full,
! clear voice, like an orator. This was followed
i by several of the younger girls and boys who
| performed their part very well, indeed ; and
I the first scope of the exhibition was wound up
I by a short, but spirited dialogue—"How to teU
bad news"—by Johu Naugle and W. C. Deli- (
j baugh, followed by music.
There was a number of quite young girls and
hoys whose performances were interspersed
' through the entire exercises; and who did re
| markably well; especially when, wo take in
i to consideration the fact they were but little
| above the age required by the school law to
i make their attendance legal. Among these I
will mention, particularly, Bell Beogle, Maggie
Naugle, E. J. Moorehead, Laura Wise, Annie
j Weaver, Paulina Hershman, Lottie King, Em
ma Honcstine, Mary Moorehead, Kate Beegle,
Louisa Weaver and Mary Sill. Of this number
there was not, perhaps, one above the age of j
eight years; yet all performed their parts with >
as much ease as veterans; and not one of all this
bevy of little lwauties either failed or faltered.
The younger boys did equally well, Prank
i Gilds, Albeit Beckly, Edwin A truck, Frank
Here, William. Herr, Hammond Ami ok, Wm.
Beegle, Geo. Carver, Geo. Naurs and Marshall
Deli baugh were all able to speak out; and Mas
ter Wi(U,. Smith reA ■ fteaßß-ha.
the Union.
Among the larger boys, there was, of course,
that profitaency which age alone can give ; but
they showed no more evidence of industry than
the more juvenile portion of the school. ''The
Barrister," by Henry Herr; The last
man, by John Naugle; "Married not mated,"
by Bruct! Ainick ; and a comic piece by Philip
lloncstine were all well delivered. But the
most spirited, and most natural of all the speak
ers was Henry T. Heinsltng; who seems, young
:ts he is, to be a born aetor. His every gesture
is appropriate and graceful, and he is always ia
earnest.
The dialogues performed by the girls were
all wcO selected, and well sustained—particu
larly "An Aspiration," by Tillie Beam and Lot
tie SilL And the "Tea Party" by Martha
Bee.gle, JjOttie Beeglo, Lizzie Nuugle and Lottie
Sill
Among the dialogues by tbc older buys and
of those winch "brought down the house,"
were the "Two Quacks,"by James Bougie and
Wm. Hoinsling; "Getting out of the draft,'' by
John Naugle, Bruce Aiuick, W. C Detibaugh,
T. H. Beckloy and 11. T. Ileinsling; the "Live
Yankee in London," by 11. H. Defibuugh, /.
'P. Beeglc and W. J. Ileinsling; "The Will,"
by Wm. Gilds, Wm. Ileinsling, Wm. Beam and
Philip Honcitinc; and the "Runaway match"
by the sumo quartette of good performers.
The Kesays read by Lizzie Naugle and I.ot
tio Sill may have been very good, or very bad
for all that could be beard of them—the noise
at tho time drowning everything.
The nuusic between acts was excellent. The
songs v etro good, weU snug by pretty little girls
with \ ery sweet voices. The instrumental
music—particularly tho accompaniment with
flutes—w.us very fine, indeed, and reflected much
credit on itlie performers.
1 omitti id to mention tho "Lecture on the
Smith family," becaaso it came last; and be
cause it W is decidedly "rich." The rather port
ly gent, with the. jxiwerful shirt collar and
Bowery neck tie—(John A. B. C. Smith) abso
lutely covnrcd himself with glory.
Every thing passed otf pleasantly, there not
being a single failure, or "break down"—a fact
which refh icts credit, alike, en Teacher and
Pupils.
The aud jence kept as good order as it was
possible foi r them to keep—crowded as they
were into (10 small and uncomfortable a room.
Can't the citizens of St. Clairsville, literal as
they are in other things, mamtge to build a bet
ter school house? —1 know they can if they
take the matter in hands. Such a school de
serves a b< itter house and should have it at
once.
OBSERVER.
fey-Rev. Dr. Breckinridge, of Ky., after giv
ing all the "aid and comfort" in his power
to Norther n fanaticism, at the commencement
o." the war,, now discovers that he has been com
pletely "ta ken in" by the "Irrepressibles" and
writes a long and powerful article for the. Dan
ville Review, on negro slavery and civil war.
in which lie condemns the Emancipation Proc- j
larnation of the President, and his violations of
the Constitution, as ruinous to the country and
subversivo of tbu liberties of thcjieople. What j
a pity ha <frl not see this thing in tho begin- j
ning!
CUKQ to tike Constitution, as the ship
wrecked mariner clings to the last plank, when
night and the tempest nfs* around him-—DAN
IEL WEBSTER
<£ orrcsponbmct.
Beaufobt, S. C-, |
March 15, 1863. J
JpinsD Meiers.
Thinking that a line ip your valuable
olumns would be interesting to your readers,
especially those that have friends in this depart
nent, 1 drop you a few hasty lines.
The 55th is all right, ready for fight at any
tine tbey may be called upon. We are still
it our old camp, near Beaufort, where we have
teen far the lust six months.
Theue are great preparations being made for
1 tje expedition that is fitting out to operata u
gtinst Charlcstoq.
The 10th Army Corps has been reinforced
by the 18th Army Corps from North Carolina,
under Maj. Gen. Foster.
There was a picket captured on Hilton Head
Island, —9 privates and one Lieutenant belong
ing to thu 9th Muiuc. The rebels are getting
very bold here of late. I think we will bave
to moot nhem at or near Pocutuligo.
The health of tho troops is good, and they
arc in hi gh spirits over tho impending battle.
The Bed bird county boys are all right and do
ing well.
We hncve had a great deal of hard drilling
to do, lie sides fatigue duty since we tamo here.
The fin t Brigade has built a large fort about
one mitu .from camp on tho Shell-Pike, leading
from Beaufort to Port Royal Ferry. It is a
Strong ftu tilication.
As I h; ivu told you all the news, I will close by
giving you a list of Co. D, 55th Regt., P. V.,
us it now stands. 1
(Xipt. 1. H- Lyons,
Ist Lieut, Shoener
Jd Lieut. Moore.
SERGEANTS
Ist J. H. Barnhart,
2d Wm. Nottingham,
3d J. D. Horn,
4th .1 B. Amos,
sth J. May.
OORITVR4IS.
Ist John Swaxtz,
2d Orin Vickroy,
3d Henry Gotwalt,
4th Jerome Leonard,
x sth William Hartley, j
vth STRESS??'- "■"""——j
MUSICIANS.
A. C. Mower Drum Major,
Edward Mower Drummer,
J. H. Stoutenour Filer.
H. Y. Arnold Regiment Post Jtaster.
PK3VATLS.
Aulenbaugh James Little David
Arnold Theodore Lyßinger W P
Arnold William Murphy James
Arnold H H Murphy Eltus
Boor Alexander Minky Raukins
Ben net Jacob McEnespy James
Burkct Jacob Mullen Alex
Bcesie A, Q. M. Clerk Miller Matthew
Bono than George Mower Abraham
Benethan Jonathan Newman John
Bcachtel Daniel Neff W T
Billuian Adam Oylcr Ww
Betz Franklin Oyler Abraham
Diehl Samuel Penrose A J
Kdenbo Dauivi Pressor David
Fiddler Isaac Parson Wiliium
Fiddler Lewis Sender Reuben
Fiddler James Spidle Wilson
Gardner John Smith Philip
Gardner Satn'l Smith Henry
Grammes John Smith Isaac
Ilarback John Smith Benjamin
llogan James Smith Jasper
llogan Jolm Summerville A B
j Harp Henry Summerville S B
i Keefe Joseph Shine felt Henry
I Kuontz George Strancy Edward
Knox Otho Stickler Sam*!
Kenedy Saral Thompson Jeremiah
Kegg Jacob Vanhorn James
j Kapp James Warner Pias
j Lybarger Henry White James
! Rashly D K Wigiman Henry
| Leonard Philip Yost Francis
More hereafter if acceptable.
Yours truly,
JOHN HARBACK,
Privato Co. D, 55th Reg't, P. V.
| The following is said to have passed in a
j school down east:
| "What is the most northern town in the U
| nited States?"
i "The north pole."
j "Who is it inhabited by?"
"By the poles, sir."
| "That's right. Now what's the meaning of
the word stoop?"
"I don't know sir."
"What do I do when 1 bend over thus?"
"You scratch your shins, sir."
| "What does your father do when he sits
down to the table ?" -
! "He axes for the brandy bottle."
"I don't mean that. Well, then, what does
vour mother do when you sit dowu to the ta
ble?"
"She says she will ring our necks if we spill
any grease on tho floor."
In one breath Abolitionists say the Democrats
arc disunionists, and in the next they assert
that Democrats are anxious for reunion to gain
Southern votes. Thoy don't see the inconsis
teicy of these assertions, but they show to tho
world that they are disunionists, on the very
grtund that thoy fear the Democratic party
mjy bo strengthened by the restoration. The
conduct of the war, and the courso of
tbt Abolition prsss and speakers have shown
that they care more to make reunion impossi
ble than otherwise. Democratic rotes are their
bugaboo JSe 4
WHO|rG!firnßEß, 3030
YOL., 6 NO 36.
THE CONSCRIPTION ACT. J
From the W&dmonland Republican
We desire to cull the serious and candid at
: tention of our Headers and the public to the
terms and tendency of a bill passed amid the
tumultuous scene* of the closing hours of the
late Congress, commonly called the "Consorp
tion act." Without entering into minute de
tails, it may be accurately, though briefly sta
ted, that this law provides— First, for placing
at the absolute control of the President of the
United States all the inhabitants of the country
—citizens and foreigners, white and black—ca
pable of bearing arms. Second, that it divides
the whole territory of the United States, ns in
dicated by Congressional districts, into military
divisions, each commanded by a provost mar
shal, and all acting under tho|direct ion of a,Pro
vost Marshal General at
declared to be tbeur duty to obey all orders 01
the Provost Marshal General, and to exercise
certain functions of a quasi judicial character,
in order to prevent or punish evasion or avoid
ance of any draft which may be ordered by the
President, or even, without reference to the ex
igency of a particular case, counseling drafted
men not to appear.
This law, in effect, creates a forced standing
army, composed of all the available strength of
the country, and totally destroys tbo militia of
the several States, by robbing thein of the ma
terial of which it is composed.
The militia is the ancient und si.fe defence of
the people themselves against all enemies, for
eign and domestic. It existed front the com
mencement of the colonization of the country
—it defended the early settlers front both Indi
ans and French—at Concord and Lexington it
inaugurated the revolution—at Hunker Hill it
met, without dishonor, the flovvor of the Brit
ish army—and so, throughout the revolution
and the war of 1818, it mainly maintained the
nation, down even to New Orleans, when Jack
sun and his militia closed the war in a blaze of
glory.
The Constitution of Pennsylvania declares,
in regard to the militia, that "the freemen of
this Commonwerlth shall be armed and disci
plined for its defence.
Has the Federal government the power to
annul onr Constitution, by destroying the mili
tia ?—has it the right to pass this conscription
actt- Timt guisr—imt is nipiiil ass
on nrf.UWw* 1 nr.
ganization, created by the Constitution, andean
exercise those powers only which are conferred
by that instrument; which, itself, declared that
"the powers not delegated to the United States
are reserved to the States respectively or to the
people.
No clause in the Constitution gives even sem
blance of power to innke such enactment: on
the contrary, the State militia is distinctly rec
ognized, and the control of Congress over it is
limited to calling it forth when necessary, and
for governing it only when employed in the
service of the United States: reserving to the
States the appointment of officers and the train
ing of the force. The Constitution, therefore,
contains no authority for this absorption of the
militia, but nctually forbids it, by reserving to
the States the powers which substantially con
trol it. In the faoe of these plain provisions,
argument would be superfluous. Any man of
common sense must perceive, und any court of
law would determine, that the conscription act
is unconstitutional and void
But it is said in this, as in other cat -a, that
necessity justifies—that necessity knows no
law. If this argument is good to justify Con
gress in disregarding the Constitution, it is far
better to justify the people in disregarding the
law But in truth it justifies neither. Both
are bound to ev cry legal obligation, and neither
holds the power of self dispensation. The ■u- |
preniacj of the Constitution and the law it the
sole assurance of liberty, security aud order,
and the usurpers of Washington who deny
this doctrine, proclaim themselves tyrants by
the act.
, But, apart from this, tha instant response to
the reoent draft for three hnndred thousand
militia, shows thut the pretence of necessity
is false in fact. If the government needs ad
ditional force, why not resort to another draft
—legitimate, legal and sure to be obeyed?—
Why does the Federal government prefer the
course of usurpation-—this insolent defiance of
tha States—this tyranny over the citizens? Is
it so, that the blood of our butchered brothers
caunes a recoil from the battle field, to be met
only- by Fedoral bayonets, driving new myriads
to slaughter? No —tho passage of this act is
an equul insult to the courage and patriotism
of the people. In the face of all the disasters
consequent on the ignorance, the presumption,'
the coemptions, the vascillations and the jeal-1
cusses of the administration, llcy are ready
for fresh efforts, any time, any where, for any
legitimate object; for thoy hold enshrined in 1
their heart of hearts tho pur< flame of patriot
ism, suich as their opprcssorsknow not of, ready
to bur Ft aud blaze in all consuming Are, 1/ofore
which will perish ulike the tyrants of the.North
and tho traitors of the S*uth, and out of which
will coioie a renovated Union and a vindicated
Constitution.
If thas law could l>s carried into execution,
I inasmuch as it would depriv a tho States of all
power of self-defense, its effect would be to lay
them prostrate at the feet, of the Federal gov
ernment, which, ceasing to he their agent for
the exercise at certain defined and limited func
tions:, would become a, vast consolidated milita
ry despotism, ready to bo seized by any Cmsar,
Napoleon, successful soldier, and to bo wielded
amidst bloody contentions between anarchy and
tyranny- Is this to be the heritage of our chil
dren! It waS not that which from our fathers
came to us, and which wo possessed in pence
until tho present administration assumed the
power of the government.
If there bo any doubt that such would be
the legitimate effect of the execution of this
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ditors' notices <1.50. if uoOer 10 liaw, it.oo if
every additional head.
The apace occupied by ton lines of (Ms size of
type count* one square. All frastiensef a square
under five lines will be meaaured as a half square
and all over five lines Sf a full square. All legal
dverthements Will tie charged to the person hand
ang them' in.
ii
aw, look at its next grand feature. Every
State is to be cut up into military districts, ru
led each by u deputy provost marshal, each sub
ject to the Provost Marshal General at Wash
ington, and all appointed by, uad responsible to
the President. That in certain cases there may
be an appeal to the civil tribunals, does not iu
the least impair that military power whiefc, by
its very nature, must be supreme, whercvar it
exists. Ail this is utterly without warrant and
is wholly incompatible with the existence of free
government. It is an exaggerated copy of the
military organization under which despotism
reigns in Russia and France—my, it infinitely
transcends the latter. In this country, under
this act, the extent of the conscription is Limited
only by the will of the President, whereas, in
France the conscripts are divided into classes,
and only a certain number can be takeirih each
year. Even the first Napoleon, on hit-retum
from Waterloo, found his demand on the Senate
refused for anticipation of conscription. The
President of the United States has a legislative
body more false and foolish than that of Trance
in 1815, and wields a-power unknown everitd-
Xapoiean the Great.
It appears then that the inevitable consequen
ces of the execution of this conscription law
must be:
1. The destruction of State-rights, follbwerf
by that of the States themselves, by depriving
them of the militia, their sole defense:
2. The destruction ol' popular liberty, by the
erection of u military despotism.
What shall bo done? Three courses are o
pen:
1 . To submit. This is wholly out of the ques
ticm, unless indeed we have already sunk so low
I that we are lit only to be slaves.
2. To resist fofce. It is only in the ex
tremity of intolerable und irremediable tytan
nv that resistance by force, to organized govern
ment, is allowable, and to that extremity we
have not yt arrived. If we ever do, On up
peal to arms in self defense would be justifiable
before God and man, for without the reserved
rights ol : revolution, tyranuy would bo etors
nul.
3. .?/ appeal to the courts of law. This is oer
true defense. In the sanctuaries of justice we
shall find the vindication of our rights. The
Supreme Coftrt of Pennsylvania will not hesi
tate to derlare ( the law. By the judgment of the
ji^i t a — i lyjiuid At wc ghonltj
all submit. We sriotb<ftidrTiciiran~
stunt and "hearty obedience to this authority,
which, without passion or prejudice, judges a
likc legislatures, Presidents and people, and vin
dicates the Constitution of the country for the
good of all.
Receiving from our fathers a Union and Con
stitution which with the co-ordinate
State governments, a political system the most
perfect which the world has ever seen, and un
der the harmonious action of which the nation
has progressed in prosperity unparallellcd, we
will never consent to surrender these great guar
antees of freedom and happiness. This was the
people's war, to assert the integrity of the Uni
on and to vindicate the supremacy of the Con
stitution. Fur the attainment of these objects
blood and treasure have beou poured out with
lavish profusion. The people are ready still,
without stint or limit, to proceed to this course
of sacrifice. But they have a right to insist upon
energy, wisdom, integrity, and regard for their
rights in those to whom are confined the great
national trusts, and who solemnly promised,
at the outbreak wt the rebellion,- that they would
do nothing except that which was legitimate
and necessary to protect and defend the Union
and the Constitution. If the views which we
have expressed in regard to the conscription are
correct, to attempt to enforce it would be* vi
olation of repeated and solemn oaths and pled
ges, and destructive alike to the rights of the
States and the liberties of the people—more
than this, it would be injurious, ifnotdisoqtnpiis,
to the cause of the country—for right cannot
reset t from wrong.
Good Receipt for Keeping Sober.
la the rural district in the North of England,
the following dialogue lately took place between !
a friend and a shoemaker who had signed the
temperance pledge: w '
"Well, William, how are you?" *• r<
s "O, pretty well, I had only eighteen pence
f and an old ben wheal lignod, and a few old
i score* i but now 1 have about .en pounds in
the bank, and my wife and I hare lived thro'
> the summer without getting into debt. But
a* 1 am. only thirty weeks old yet fas he styled
hinself,) Icanuot be so strong yet, my friend."
"How is it you never signed beforrft"
''l did sign; but I keep it different now to-
Vvhat 1 did before, friend .'"
"How is this?
"Why, 1 gae doon on my knees and pray.*'"
Better iutonned persons might learn a lesson i
in this respeet by applying to the source of
strength now possessed by William the shoe
maker.
The rules and regulations {for the enrollment
uncle*! 1 the conscription act nrw now tanking, at
Washington, and the appointment of enrolling
boards and provost murshuls for the various
districts will probably be announced next week
The true roador loves poetry and prose, fie
tion and history, seriousness and rnyrtb, because
he is a thorough humun being, and contains
portions of all the faculties to which they ap
ped.
• . j—J |
The house may draw visitors, tut it is (h -
possessor alone that can detain them. <
cross the Alps, and, after a short iptervul >.■
are glad to return —we go to see Itafy, noi ui.<
Italians '
Labor and jfruaenoe rclievp us from t(.,v
--| great evcls— want and qtdolcucu.