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BELLEFONTE, THURSDAY, SEPT. 26.
* Here shall the press the people's rights marn-
tain, ,
Unawed by party or unbribed by gain ;
Pledgaed but to truth to liberty and law,
No favor sways us and no fear shall awe.”
. evr ———————
DEMOCRACY— A sentiment not to be appaled,
corupted or compromised. It knows no baseness ;
it cowers to no-danger ; it oppresses no weak-
ness. Destructive only of despotism, tt is the
sole conservator of liberty, labor and presperty
It is the sentiment of Freedom, of equal rights,
of equal obligations—the law of nature perva-
ding the law of the land.”
C. T. ALEXANDER, Editer and Publisher.
“DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS.
FOR SENATOR,
WILLIAM H. BLAIR,
OF BELLEFONTE.
ASSEMBLY,
ROBERT F. BARRON,
OF FERGUSON.
ASSOCIATE JUDGES,
SAMUEL STROHECKER,
JOHN 8. PROUDFOOT,
OF MILES AND MILESBURG.
TREASURER,
JOHN B. MITCHELL, .
OF ‘BELLEFONTE. A
COMMISSIONER,
AMOS ALEXANDER,
OF PENN.
AUDITOR,
GEORGE BUCHANAN,
OF GREGG.
ELECTION TICKETS.
The election tickets for the Democratic
party of this county have been printed and
are now ready for distribution. They have
been made up in packages to suit the town.
ships and can be had by calling at the office
of Mitchell & Alexander.
—eetl
KEEPIT BEFORE THE PEOPLE,
‘That Col. BLAIR resporded, to the first
call of the President, by volunteering for
three montns.
KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE,
That at the end of that time he again ten-
dered his services to Gen. McDoweLw for
two weeks longer. See letter of the Colonel
and Adjutant in another column, and Capt.
SxYDER'E letter, which we published last
week.
KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE.
That, during all this time, HENRY JOHNSON,
the most able-bodied of the two, remained
quietly and comfortably at home. The call
of President LincoLx, the danger of Wash-
ington, met with no response from him. —
His men enlisted in other companies, under
more patriotic and less” prudential leaders.
. EE eede
“THE NO PARTY CANDIDATE ” for
senate and’ ¢ stay at home PATRIOT ”’
HENRY JOHNSON, Esq. is going the
rounds with W. W. Brown holding Repub-
lican meetings, Who wants better evidence
that Johnson is the “ne party candidate,”
who wants better evidence of his patriot-
ism? By the ‘“‘no party candidate,” they
must mean that he Johnson is not the Union
candidate, but simply the most ultra radical
abolition candidate. He certainly shows
great patriotism in this hour of our coun-
try’s greatest peril by prostituting himself
to the low level of a stump politician and
travelling with the “wont say go boys, but
come boys” striving to arouse a partisan feel-
ing in this country. He is a man after
Brown's own heart, of precisely the same
ilk. He too had a fine chance of entering
the army, but like Brown he stayed at home.
The company of which he was Captain went
upon the first call for troops, but he their
captain, brave patriotic man, preferred to
stay at home—did stay, and is now engaged
in the patriotic business of making stump
speeches for the purpose of inflaming the
public mind on political issues. Certainly
the people will remember him on the 8th of
October for his patriotism.
rte
Tur Muncy Luminary contains a long
and labored article eulogistic of the ANCES-
rors of HeNrY’ JOHNSON, the stay-at-home
candidate for Senator. All well enough Mr:
Luminary. Tt only illustrates the tendency
of a son to degenerate. His may, originally:
have been a good one, but the best part of
it is, like a potatoe, under the ground.
ae
The Richmond papers are filled with accounts
of highway robberies, stabbings in the street,
and burglaries. The Richmond Whig of the
18th states that six more federal prisoners have
escaped.
————e OP
The loyal men of Maryland are doing their
share for the support of the goverhment. Two
full regiments of excellent troops have already
heen raised in the state, and a third one is
forming"
‘threatens its integrity.
can paper of this county ;
[From the Central Press of April 8th, 1861 .]
COL. WM. H. BLAIR AND THE WAR.
1t gives us pleasure to publish the manly
and patriotic remarks of Wm. H. Blair,
made at the public meeting held in the
Court House this afternoon to raise volun-
teers in response to the call of the Presi-
dent. The speech has more interest for our
readers when it is remembered that Colonel
Blair is a leading and influential Democrat
of the Brecliridge wing of that party, and
shows how completely party lines are being’
effaced in this hour of our country’s danger.
Having been called on for a speech, Colonel
Blair said that it was necessary that the first
part of his speech should be in writing, and
calling for the enrollment paper, subscribed |
his name as a member of the Eagle Guards,
which was greeted with three vociferous
cheers from the audience, and he then said ;
“He could not ask his fellow citizens to
enroll themselves as volunteers in the ser-
vice of their country without first setting
the example himself, that he had according-
¥y done so, although but few persons could
leave home and family with greater sacrifi-
ces than himself, with a mother lying almost
at the point of death and a business that
would suffer by prolonged absence. Yet ke
felt that the present call of his country was
one that no man, who could by any reason-
abla caerifiaa camply with. was af liberty to
disregard.
“In this hour of trial he knew no party,
and was willing to forget all past differences
to sustain his country, right cr wrong. That
had always been his motto, and would con-
tinue to be. It was well known tht he had
opposed Mr. Lincoln’s election, was nota
political friend of his, and had no sympathy
with the party that elevated him to power,
But, in the present perilous condition of the
country, he was determined to forget the
past, and let bygones be bygones, nor would
he recur to the causes which had brought us
to our present alarming condition.
and at ail times hereafter.”
was received with enthusiastic cheers.
the regiment to which Col. BLATR'S company
was attached found themsleves deep in the
enemy’s country. Their term of enlistment
had expired and the regiment was about to
be mustered out of service, when a request
whom was 1n the battle of Buil Run:
Norristowx, Sept. 16, 1861.
in has arguments to induce the reginient to
remaun for a period not to exceed two weeks,
and we do certify that the entire field and
staff, as well as the largest portion cf the
line officers, together with a few non-com-
missioned officers and privates, tendered
their services through one of us (to wit, the
Colonel,) to Gen. McDowell, and in that
list was included the name of Lieut. Bla,
and that from the very nature of the case,
Gen. McDowell, not being able to give posi-
tions to some twenty officers, without almost
entirely destroying the organization of the
regiment, who were deep in the enemy’s
country, ordered them all back to their sev-
eral stations in their regiment, to return
with it on the following morningfto Alexan-
dria to be mustered out of service. No one
can ever recount, in the brief space allotted
to a letter, the causes which conspired to-
gether to cause our regiment to take the
course they did. There are some officers,
however, who sought to produce just such a
result, and they now, doubtless, with pride,
ocratic nominee and that of his opponent,
“Mr. JorNso, on the record that each have | Lieut. Blair, by their constant and incessant
made in the present struggle to sustain the | charges of cowardice against the 4th Penn-
Government and quell the rebellion which | Sylvania regiment (most of whom, by the
labors are appreciated by the people of the
The valient Colonel, of the Centre Demo- | (yniteq States. Lieut. Blair, however, was
crat, by an unmarly assault upon the repu | not one of this class, but a firm and consis-
tation of Col. BLATR, seems to mvite com | tent supporter of McDowell’s request. We
parison of the relative merits of the Dem- cannot close this brief communication with-
out expressing our conviction that these val-
ient editors, who seek the overthrow of
way, are already at Harrisburg and muster-
ed into the service of the United States “for
Where Col. BLAR anc his assailant are | quring the war’) wouiu serve their country
‘known, defence from such assaults would be | and prove their own valor and patriotism by
unnecessary, but every one does not know themselves enlisting in the caase of the Un-
how little reliance should be placed upon
that scurrilous sheet and its shameless edi-
tor. We therefore place before the public
the record of Col. BrAtr, with such refer-
ence to that of his opponent as the circum=
‘ion by shoulderirg a musket.
Very respectfully yours,
J. F. HARTRANFT,
Late Col. Commd’g 4th Reg’t P. V.
CHAS. HUNSICKER,
Late Adjutant 4th Regt., P. Vv.
To George Livingston, Wm. Cook, John
stances seem to require. In April last, | 4 0 A
when the first news came of the danger pliers 71. §. 3PAtlistey, Joli Way,
which surrounded the national capital, a
public meeting was. convened in this place,
in the proceedings of which appears promi~
nently the leading patriotic citizens of Cen-
| tre county, who, ‘with the single exception
of the blustering braggadocia who has
the effrontery to impugn the courage of Col.
BLAIR, took active measures and devoted
themselves to the defence of the Govern-
ment. Amongst these was Col. BLAIR, who
volunteered for three months, and with in-
conceivable rapidity, in conjunction with the
gallant and patriotic SNYDER, raised a com-
pany and marched to the scene of danger.
But Col. Bramr’s position is best stated by
himself, and we append his own patriotic
remarks upon the occasion, as we find them
in the Central Press, the leading Republi-
During all this time, when Col. Brasr
was devoting himself so promptly and patri
otically to the public defence, where was Mr.
JounsoN 2 When did he enlist in response
to the call of the President? He is an
able bodied man, in the prime of life. How
came he to stay at home? What became
of that Muncy company, of which he was
#t'the head ? How came it that the men
joined other companies and marched to
Washington, while its valient leader, now
the self-styled Union candidate for Senator,
remained behind ?
Now, here is the record of the two candi
dates, and we ask what claim has Mr.
JomnsoN to the support of Union men over
that of Mr. Bram? Nay, what claim has
he to the support of the friends of the pres.
‘ent Administration ? Did he, at that dark
hou! of its existence, when turbulence and
violence were about {o wrest the reins of
gevernment from their grasp, repair to the
seat of danger, as did Col. Bram? No!
“Has he been true to their interests? If so,
why did he fail in their detence at this most
critical period ? Tn short, is Mr. JOHNSON,
who failed %o respond—who failed to sustain
‘the Republican Administration at this trying
‘erisis—or Col. BLAIR, who did, most entitled
to consideration from the Union loving men
Col. William H. Blair.
That redoubtable hero, Col. Brown, of
Bellefonte, who last fall made a speech from
the steps of the Fallon House in which he
promised to turn South Carolina over his
knee and spank her if she dared to rebel,
who declared that the mghest honor he ass
pired to was to be the first soldier to march
South in case of rebellion, and who vaunt
ingly boasted that he
boys, but come boys” —this valerous boba-
dil who can not now be either kicked, cuffed
coaxed or driven to show his handsome face
w the rebels, now dares to impeach the in.
tegrity and patriotism of better men than
himself, and even to heap abuse upon Dem-
ocrats who have served a tour in the war?
In the course of a long vituperative at-
tack upon Col. BLAir, he, however, pays
him this unconscious compliment, viz:
would not say go
¢ Capt. Snyder and the members of the
4th Pennsylvania Regiment, are loyal and
brave men, and we know that tney would
never fiinch from duty or shirk responsibil
If McDowell is vight the fault was
« Ile would merely remark, however, that
if all the Representatives in Congress had
shown the samg patriotic spirit thau the
Representative i this Jism had, in his|{ Col. BLAIR was the first Lieutenant in that
opinion we should now have peace. Yet, i
+ would not dwell on the past. The pres: coppaiy. lags, wih v8 piven a
en’ and the future was what he had {o deal : 3
with, and no man who loves his country and BrAr not only used his utmost exertions to
desires its preservation could hesitate for a | induce the men to stay, but that when they
moment as to his dutyr in sustaining the | refused to do so he asked permission to stay
Government in this extremity. For his part
he shouid do it at any cost or sacrifice, now
At the close of the term of their enlistment
not with Captain Snyder, it was vot with
the brave *¢ seldiers who composed his com-
pany."
statement of Capt. SNYDER, certifying that
himself, which was refused by superior
authority. But when the slanderer of BLAIR
This, of course, is buta brief sketch of | paid Capt. SNYDER and his men the forego-
the eloquent speech of the speaker, which | ing compliment he had not yet seen the
statement of the gallart Captain, which we
published on the same day, and he is thug
made to praise the man who proves him a
Brown ! wicked and false men will fall
into such difficulties. Mend your ways, re.
was made by the commanding General that
it remain two weeks longer. At this point,
Qol. Brair’s position is fully explained in
the following letter from Col. HARTRARFT,
and Adjutant HuxSICKER, the former of
pent, quit your slandering and falsifying,
redeem your pledge like a man and go flght
the enemy! Take our advice and we may
be able to make a man of you yet.—Clinton
Democrat.
————— Pm
Tur MISCALOULATIONS OF SECESSION.—It
is well known, says the National Intelligen-
GentLEMEN.— Having seen a com:unica- | cer, that in the programme of the secession
tion addressed by you to Capt. A. B. Sny- | movement the Northern Democracy had as-
der, in which you ask him to make public
the position taken by Lieut. Blair, on the
request made of the late 4th Pennsylvania a" J
Regiment by Gen. McDowell, and" feeling bulary force, appointed to hold in check the
that it is due to truth and justice, and to the | Republican party, while the disunionists
friends of Lieut. Blair, that full and incon-
testible proof should be adduced to prove
that his position on that occasion was correct | © 5 iy
and in entire accordance with public. senti- | lic. It is most surprising that such a pre-
ment at ome, we do therefore moet cheer- | sumtion should have been entertained with
fully certify that from our own position, as | regard to such a large body of our country=
Colonel and Adjutant of said regiment, we
know that Lieut. Blair was actwe and earnest
signed to them the not very honorable mis-
sion and task of acting as a sort of consta-
should proceed without impediment at the
South in their work of destroying the Repub-
men, merely because of the tenacity with
which they had adhered, under evil and good
report, to the fortunes and principles of the
It would have been wiser
thav precisely in proportion to the zea! with
which the successive demands of Southern
leaders had been met and excepted bya
large portion of the Northern Democracy
was likely to be the resentment of the latter
on finding that all their devotion was to be
requited not only by political desertion, but
by treason to that Union and Constitution in
whose name they had been previously im.
portuned to * stand by the South.”
dees
Ary SvprLiis.-— Hon. George A. Shaw,
inspector general of army supplies made in
New England, says that there are seventy
mills now engaged in manufacturing cloth
for the Government, and that the amount
of goods ordered is about $20,000,000.
PATRIOTIC SPEECH OF DANIEL S. DICKINSON.
Daniel S. Dickinson's speech at the Union
meeting held in Cortland county, in New
York, on Tuesday, the 3d inst., was patriot-
ic and eloquent. Mr. Dickinson dealt tre-
mendous blows at secession, exposed the
fallacy of partizan politics in this crises fof
the nation’s history, and thundered anat!.-
emas against rebels and their aiders and
abettors. “ Any Demecrat,” he added,
¢« who undertakes to embarrass the Admin
istration, whether he loves or hates it, in
such a crises as this, is no Democrat and no
good citizen. and ought to be put up as a
monument of scorn to point her slow, un-
moving finger at.”
The following are passages from his speech
WIY THERE SHOULD BE ACTION.
We come here, not as Democrats, not as
Republicans, not as Abolitionists, not as
Americans, but we come here as the people.
Seeing that the enemy are at the gates of
the citadel, seeing that armed rebellion is
threatening as, we come together to stay up
the hands of the Constitution and cling to
its pillars, swearing in our faith if these in-
stitutions fall, as the people we fall with
them. [Cheers.] The question is not,
¢« who is at the head of this Administra-
tion #’ and I shall not inquire whether his
name be Abraham Lincoln or Andrew Jack-
son Helis the people’s representative of
the Government, and for those who iike him
and confide in him, it is their duty to do all
they can to sustain him ; and those who do
net, 1t is their duty to do much more. —
[Ouse Those who believe that he and
is Administration are adequate can rejoice
in the pride of their strength, and those who
believe he is not adequate should come for~
ward and whip their horses and call upon
their Herculous and put their shoulder to the
wheel. I shall not adopt your poliiical prin~
ciples if you are an opponent of mine—as
many of you are—and I dont ask you to
adopt mine, but I ask you to go with me in
a great and common duty, which concerns
us all alike ; to shield the Government first
from rebellion and destruction, and then, if
there is a question who shall govern it after-
wards, we will discuss that on another day.
[Cheers.] :
1 go for the preservation of this Govern:
ment, and go to cleave him down, as Saul
did Agag, who undertakes to destroy it, and
it 1s of little consequence to me whether the
enemy of the Government is in arms, or
whether he is aiding the armed ; whether he
is a rebel or an aid to rebellion ; whether
he points the fatal weapon at the bosom of
his fellow man, or whether he aids or en-
courages another to do it ; whether he ap-
plies the torch to the Capital of our country
and attempts to burn it to ashes and destroy
its archieves, or whether he is an apologist,
and connives and encourages it under the
tongue of peace. I have earned what little
adputation I enjoy before the public by
standing by the Constitution, and I intend
to stand by it as long as there is one single
shred of the Constitution left, and whether
it is assailed by opinion or arms, by North
or by South, by one class or by another, I
care not. He is the foe to the Government
who assails 1t, and my foe, and I dare bim
to a trial of the strength of the Constitution
and the Union before the peopla.
TREASON OR FIDELITY MUS TRIUMPH"
Now, if they had only come to us with
liberal propositions of peace we could hav e
gone to them in the same way, but when
they come with fire and sword and war and
threatening, there is no other way to meet
them but with corresponding weapons and
in a manner to put them down. Je must
either conquer or they must. It is a question
between government on one hand and trea-
son and rebellion on the other, and you may
way it out as many times as you will, you
may pretend to erect political parties on it,
but the after generations and the judgement
of Heaven will hold him respensible who un-
dertakes to aid this rebellion in any shape
or manner.
PUSH ON THE WAR.
Let them think there is a party to help
them and they will fight forever. You who
go for peace go for a vigorous prosecution of
the war. Throw ten men in where there is
one now, and prosecute it with a vigor be
coming to this great people. None of us
need change our former sentiments. We
can go in for this forit concerns us all. —
Those who are determined in this matter—
made up their minds to oppose tneir Gov-
ernment—there is no use talking to, I know.
¢ Though you bray a fool in a mortar, yet
will he not depart from his folly” —the same
of a secessionist. 1 talk to those who wish
to commune together in order to exchange
ideas for the purpose of determining how to
best act.
My theory is clear an plain. That you
must put down rebellion and treat with fidel-
itv. I hada letter, a few days since, from a
gentleman in Kentucky, whom I never saw,
but with whom I have some time corres-
ponded. He said, we wish to know what
you are going to do in the North ? In Ken-
tucky we are prepared to fight out rebellion
and put in down for ever, but we are told
you in the north are sing to give away and
put in propositions for peace. I wrote him
back, in my opinion, so long as there is a
loyal citizen, so long as there is a dollar at
the North, so long will this war be prosecut-
ed, until this infernal rebell on is put down.
|Applause.] You can’t change a man’s
mind who won't be changed, but you may
arrest treason in 1ts thousand walks and
bring it to the judgement of an indignant
people.
This question is becoming more and more
understood. Men are meeting together to
commune ; women at the altar are pouring
forth their gectle and availing prayers, and
children are raising their hands against it as
a monster coming to torment them before
their time.
1t does us good to see our Republican ir
repprssible cotemporaries coppy so largely
from the great Union speeches of our demos
cratic leaders. It isa good sign of return-
ing reason. The speeche of Douglas, But-
ler, Dix, Holt and Dickinson’s speeches sim-
ilar to those made by all democrats, every-
where last fall that these same redoubtable
patriots denounced as infamous falsehoods. —
For them to publish those speeches now
giving the lie to all the Republican speeches
ever made is certainly evidence that the
democrats were always right aud the Re-
publicans always wrong. [Li they had pubs
lished such speeches as that last fall instead
of the narrow minded, sectional tirades of
i
our country might have been spared the hu-
miliating apectacle of civil war.
The speeches of Douglas, Butler, Dix,
Holt and Dickinson embodie the same prin-
ciples and action that have always constita-
ted the democratic creed. We are glad that
our Republican friends begin to see wherein
they as a party have erred and now have a
relish for democratic sentiments. Weshould
like to see a Union speech made by scme
republican General or Statesman. Why
does not the Centre Uemocrat or the Central
Press publish a Union speech made by some
one of the exponants of the republican creed.
Seward, Giddings, Lovejoy, Sumner, Wade,
Wilson, Banks or Fremout, all leading re-
publicans. The reason is, that the republi-
can leaders never made Union speeches
Think over these things honest Republi
cans and if you can put your finger upon one
single good Union speech ever made by a
Republican, let us know it. If you cant find
one and we know you cant, for your coun-
try’s sake leave off voting with such a party
at once, come over to our party represented
by such men as those whose speeches are
published by your republican papers, a8 it i
the only Union party in existence, and it
must triumph or the country will be ruined.
Commence the good work of reform at once,
go to the election this fall and vote the whole
Democratic ticket and the country may yet
be saved. Do it friends.
The Senate. point to the numerous evidences that their True Democratic Sentiment. of abolitionists that usedto polute their pages, A LETTER. A
NORRISTOWN, Sept. 16th, 1861.
GENTLEMEN :(—Having seen a commusication
addicssed by you to Capt. A. B. SNYDER, in ‘Which
you request ifm to make public the position taken
by Licut. Brat on the request made of the late
4th Pennsylvania Regiment by Gen. McDowEry,
and feeling that it is due to truth and justice, and
to the friends of Lieut. BLAIR, that full and incon-
testible proof should be adduced to prove that his
position on that occasion was correct and in entire
accordance with public sentiment at home; We
do therefore most cheerfully certify that from our
own position, as Colonel*and Adjutant of said reg-
iment, we know that Lieut. BLAIR was active and
earnest in his arguments to induce the regiment to
remain for a period not to exceed two weeks; and
we do further certify that the entire field and staff
as well as the largest portion of the line officers,
together with a few non-commissioned officers and
privates, tendered their services throfigh one of us
(to wit, the Colonel) to Gen. McDowELL, and in
that list was included the name of Lieut. BLAIR ;
and that trom the very nature of the case, Gen.
McDoweLL, not being able to give positions to
some twenty officers without almost entirely dis-
troying the organization of the regiment who were
deep in the enemy’s country, ordered them all
back to their several stations in their regiment, to
return with it on the following morning to Alex-
andria to be mustered out of service, No one can
ever recount, in the brief space alloted to a letter,
the causes which conspired together to cause our
regiment to take the course they did. There are
some officers, however, who sotight to produce just
such a result, and they can now doubtless with
pride point to the numerous evidences, that their
labors are appreciated by the people of the United
el A AA Ap.
The Confiscation Act.
The act of Congress providing for the con-
fiscation of slaves of rebel masters employed
in fighting against the Union, is singular,
anomolous, and even absurd in its provisions,
if we view it from a Republican stand-point.
It must be remembered that the Republican
party hold that the slave is a person and not
property—and that slavery is a local and ex-
ceptional condition dependent exclusively
upon State law for its validity. But this
confiscation act is based upon the Southern
idea that the slave is property entirely under
the control of the master, to be treated in
time of war like any other kind of property
applicable to warlike uses. It does not re-
gard him as a rational human being but asa
contraband machina like cannon, muskets,
sabres, horses or any other implement used
in carrying on war.
By the provisions of this act every slave
who takes up arms against the Government,
or is found working upon entrenchments, is
confiscated by the Government—that is, he
is forfeited to his master and libe:ated.—
Thus the Government offers a premium to
persons to fight against it. Congress prac-
tically says to the slave, ‘if you remain
« quietly in the service of your master with-
«out taking part in this struggle the right
¢t of that master te hold you in bondage re.
« mains unimpaired ; but if you take up
¢«¢ arms against the United States and shoot
<«t Union men you shall obtain your liberty.”
Mr. Darkey grins at this intelligence, and if
he desires to be liberated, goes «nd ¢¢ fights
for freedom.” Me
Now if the Republican Congress had pur.
sued consistently th idea that tho slave isa
person and not a chattle, it would have said
to him, “Let us catch you drawing a trig-
‘ger against the Union army and your
¢ body shall be suspended from the nearest
‘etree I’’ The colored gentlemen would be
careful not to risk his life in so dangerous a
business as fighting against the Govern-
ment ; and if his master undertook to com-
pel him, would more likely turn upon that
master than to run the risk of hanging in
case he complied with his directions.
We are not advising or approving of such
a course towards the slaves, but only point-
ing out the most effectual way of using them
as instruments for the suppression of rebel-
lion, under the supposition that they are free
agents and not the mere chattels or proper-
ty of their masters, as the Republicans have
hitherto contended. :
The act of Congress is intended to punish
the master and the slave. It proceeds upon
the supposition that the negro isa mere
thing, to be wielded as the master pleases,
like a sword or rifle. And in this view it is
rational and consistent. But however
plausible it may be that in a property point
of view slaves are to be regarded as other
kinds of property and governed by the same
general laws, it cannot be denied that ne-
groes possess attributes not belonging to,
other munitions of war, ard that they can
see, think and comprehend. When they
understand that fighting
dom, they will be likely to adopt
od, and kill ag many Union men as possible,
in order that they may be rewarded for their
services by the gift of freedom.
The object of this confiscation act is to
deter masters from employing their slaves
at tbe risk of loosing their property altogeth-
er. But will it have this effect? ts it
probable that desperate men who risk all
their property upon the success of rebellion
will hesitate to make use of their slave prop-
erty in the same cause ? And furthermore,
do the Northern people desire in any event
to be burdened with a very large accession
to the free negro popnlation of the country #
We do not profess to see clearly - the best
manner of treating this question so as to
promote the true object of the war, namely,
the suppression of rebellion and the restor
ation of the Union. But certainly the act of
Congress, which is imperative so long as it
is the law, is an anomoly when we consider
that it was passed by a Republican Congress.
— Patriot aud Union.
1g is the way to free- |
that meth- |
Gen, Beauregard, has been captured by a
scouting party and is now on his way to
Mrs Graffius’ cheap, cash Millenery
and Fancy Store, to buy his wife a new Bon-
net.
States, Lieut. BLAIR was not, however, one of
| this class, but a firm and consistent supporter of
| MeDoweLy’s request. We cannot close this brief
| communication without expressing our conviction
| that these valient editors, who seek the overthrow
| of Lieut. Brrr by their constant and incessant
! charges of cowardice against the late 4th Pennsyl-
vania regiment (most of whom, by the way, are
already at Harrisburg ‘and mustered into the serv-
ice of the United Sfates “for during the war'’)
would better serve their country and prove their
own valor and patriotism by themseltus enlisting
in the cause of the Union by shouldering a mus-
ket.
Very respectfully Yours,
J. ¥. HARTRANFT, Late Col. Commd'g,
4th Reg't. P. V.
CHAS. HUNSICKER,
Late Adjutant 4th Regt., P. V.
To Geo. Livingston, Wm. Cook, John Hoffer, H.
N. M’Allister, John Way.
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Ladies’ Knitting Society.
Pursuant to notice, the officers of the Bellefonte
Ladies’ Knitting Society met at the residence of
Wm. Humes, Esq.. on Monday evening, the 23d
inst., when the follewing resolutions were wnani-
mously adopted :
Resolved—That we do hereby call upon the la-
dies of the different townships of this county, to
form Knitting Soeietics to provide socks for our
brave soldiers, as the State authorities are unable
to meet the demand in time.
Resolved—That we do earnestly request the co-
operation of the ministers of the different congre-
gations in the ceunty, and that they assist us by
speaking of the matter in their ptipits on the com-
ing Sabbath, and urging upon thelr congregations
the importance of dispatch.
Resolved—That all ladies, who feel able and wil-
ling, are requested to furnish yarn and knit socks,
(one pair or more), and any who have not time td
knit, to make donations of yarn er money; and
any who will knit but do not foel able to furnish
the yarn, can apply to the President of the socie-
ty, when yarn will be given them.
Resolved—Thit the first Supply of socks must be
ready to be sent to the War Department by the
first week of November, and the Presidents of the
different societies throughout the county are re-
quested to send their donations to Mrs, William
Humes, President of the Bellefonte society, by that
time.
Reolved—That the President appoint commit-
tees to wait upon every lady in our district to as-
certain what assistance she will render.
The socks are to be atleast } Ib. in weight,
and it is recommended that no white yarn be
used. They will be sent to the military store
in Harrisburg, and 25 cts. per pair will be paid to
the society. This sum will be placed in the hands
of the County Treasurer and he will credit to each
township the amount due them, to be added to the
soldiers relief fund, thereby lessening the tax
levied for said fund. The Presidents of the dif-
ferent societies are requested to report to the
President of this society immediately after their
organization. «
For any farther information, ladies are re-
quested to address the President of this society.
JENNIE F.'McBRrIDE,
Secretary Pro Tem.
REBECCA VALANTINE, Rec. Secretary.
Mrs. Wy. Humes, President. -
—ep ellis $=
Tre FALL TrapE. — We notice that a num
ber of our merchants have received their fall
goods, and if we can judge of the quantity
by the number of empty store boxes that
are piled up along our streets we have an
ample supply of goods to do us for a year.—
| The Hoffer Brothers have purchased a very
large stock of superrior goods, which will be
opened out for sale.by the beginning of next’
week. Those of our patrons who have not
layed in their winter supply will do well to
call upon and buy from the Hoffer Brothers.
Their customers are never cheated as their
goods are selected in the largest wholesale
dry goods establishments in Philadelphia,
‘and are always what they are represented
to bs. They are not purchased at the Phil-
adelphia Auctions like some we know of not
far from here, Give them a call friends and
yov will get a better article for less money
than you can any place else in this town.
rrr i Gp penn
To tae Pusric.—The right kind uf a
man, the right kind of a house, and the right
place to stop when you are in Lock Haven
is at the Clinton House, kept by Alfred
Mann. He keeps the ““bulliest” house, sets
the “bulliest” table and employs the most
worthy servants. Stop with hm friends,
your fare will be the most sumptaous, your
bed will be a bed of down, upon which you
can rest your wearied limbs and dream of &
celestial paradise.