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The Watcha,
BELLEFONTE, THURSDAY, OCT. 17.
“ Here shall the press the people’s rights main:
tain ’ :
Dad by party or unbribed by gain ;
Pledzed but to truth to liberty and law,
No oor sways us and no fear shatl awe.”
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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, 1t is the
“sole conservator of liberty, labor and prosperty
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, Editor and Publisher.
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A Word to the Democracy of Centre
County.
We have fought a good fight and triumph-
ed gloriously : therefore, let us rejoice, and
be exceeding glad. There has never been
an election since the foundation of this gov-
ernment fraught with so much importance,
as the one that has just past, and now stands
a living monument to the intelligence and
patriotism of the American people upon the
pages of history. The fizht we have fought
was between the loyal patriotic Democracy
of the North, and the anti-slavery disunion
Abolitionists, who would fain destroy this
government in order to carry out their one
great idea of emancipation. The result is
cheering ; a Democratic gain everywhere
throught the North. But nowhere is the
result more satisfactory than mn our own
County. We have even exceeded the bright-
est anticipations of our most sanguine dis
ciples. We have spent no money. We
have not held a meeting. We have not ex:
erted ourselves to bring about this result.—
We relied mainly upon the patriotism and
intelligence of the people, and we triumph-
ed. On the other hand, the opposition party
had control of two seven column newspa-
pers, to whose editorial sanctums was sum-
moned all the elite acd intelligence of their
organization. They had control of all the
county offices with their rich drippings of
patronage and influence. They held meet-
ings throughout the County, worked like
beavers in a mud puddle—presented the or-
gan of our party by a partizan jury for ut-
tering treasonable sentiments, and attempt-
ed tooverawe all opposition by denouncing
their loyal and legitimate opponents as Se-
cessionists, and circulating the most infa-
mous slanders against certain of our nomi-
nees. They tried to set afloat a so called
Union movement with the design of sapping
the foundation of the Democratic party.—
But the victory is ours—all their labor was
in vain.
The presentment of the Grand Jury, in-
stead of having the effect they intended it
should have, in destroying our patronage
and blasting our - reputation, has increased
our circulation nearly three hundred. The
vile charges of secessionicm against our
ticket, has recoiied upon their own, and the
“no party’ movement has returned to
plague its inventors.” What glory for us,
and well deserved tribulation for our oppo-
nents. Be
The true des’gns of the dark lantern party
have been unmasked, and brought to the
light of day, and their uncouthly proportions
lay withering and defamed under the efful-
gent light of truth and intelligence. But
our victory can be best appreciated when we
contemplate the future. It is clearly demon-
strated, that Democracy is a living principle
that, notwithstanding the many defeats and
disasters that has overtaken it in the past
few years, still lives and has been enabled,
by its inherent vitality to rise triumphantly
from the dust of defeat.
The victory it has gained has inspired a
new confidence in its friends and the fiends
of our government look forward toit as the
only saviour of our now poor, torn and
bleeding country. The Republican party
has already proved itself incapable to rule
as a party, and the day may not be far dis~
tant, when the destinies of the republic must
rest exclusively upon the strong arm of the
Democracy for its support.
The Republican party has always been
fickle and feeble in its purpose, and who can
tell how soon its leaders may be disposed in
in despai to give up our glorious unity to
the fearful misfortunes of inglorious disin-["
tegration. Then will the beauties and pow-
er of Democratic principles shine forth in all
their lustre, and infuse a new life into our
dying:and dismembered government, The
power of truth and justice of the principles.
of the Democratic organization, always dis.
nguished as ‘the Union party,” with ideas
broad as the - continent. *por which we
live, with no geographical lines to prescribe
it, ard no narrpw minded sectional ideas to
hamper its free thinking, and control its ha-
tional governmental policy. Itis the only
political party in existence, with ideas big
enough to govern a miglity nation with in
terest, institutionsand opitiions so diversi-
fied as ours.
It has always been the main bulwark of
the government, and it must continue to be,
or the government falls. It failed to triumph
for one or two years past. A sectional par-
ty gained the ascendency, and we all see the
result. But that party that overcame us is
doomed. The hand writing is on the wall
in plain letters that needs no Daniel to read.
The prospects of our future already to
brighten, for, rest assured, when Democrats
sieze the helm, the old Ship of State will
gracefully ride the troubled waters until the
storm that had threatened her will have
spent its fury, and all the troubled billows
shall have subsided, when she will sail on
forever under Democratic guidance upon the
placid waters of eternal peace.
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“Ryman’s Whiskey.”
MiLESBURG, PA.. Oct. 14, 1861.
EmTOR OF THE WATCHMAN :—Sur : —My
attention was called to an article in the
Watchman of the 10th inst., headed, “Ry-
man’s Whiskey,” in which it 1s insinuated
that liquor was distributed at the house of
Mr. Edward Brown, in Bellefonte, by my
authority, for the purpose of obtaining votes
for myself. As my moral character is in-
volved thereby, I take this method of saying
to you, and through you to the public, that
1 never authorized Mr. Brown, nor any one
else, to do so, and hope that you will will.
ingly make the correction, by publishing
this note. Yours, &e.,
C. G. Ryman.
We publish the above letter of C G. Ry-
man’s willingly, as we do not wish to wrong
any man, nor place him in a false light be-
fore the public. We merely referred, in our
last issue, to the fact that on the morning of
the election, 2 certain W. W. Brown had
given Edward Brown ten dollars for which
he (Edward Brown) was to furnish liquor to
that amount to certain Irishmen in this
town. This fact is not disputed. That the
whiskey was furnished according to the
terms of the purchase, and that it was called
the Brown and Ryman whiskey is also true:
If Mr. Ryman had no hand in this disgrace-
ful business, and by our refering to the fact,
he is placed in a false position before the
public, it is not our fault, as we merely stat-
ed facts and left the people to draw their
own conclusions.
The reason we suppose that Mr. Ryman
was implicated in the matter, was in the
well known fact that he and W. W. Brown
were such intimate political cronies. Brown
was the Major General of the campaign that
led the Republican legions on to a (glorious
defeat,) and it was natural to suppose, that
in the matter of the whiskey, as well as ev-
erything else, he acted through the advice
and by the consent of his intimate friends.
We are glad to know, however, that Mr.
Byman had nothing to do with this whiskey
business, and take great pleasure in publish-
ing his letter of refutation. Mr. Byman
should learn the lesson, (by this reproach
that is brought upon him) that “a man’s
companions are the index to his soul,’”’ and
hereafter select more honorable and more
skillful political advisers.
Lincoln ard Fremont.
Whatever may be the issue of the difficul-
ty between Fremont and Blair, there is
likely to be a big row at the next session of
Congress, between the thorough-going par-
tizar® of tho Administration, and the radi-
cal friends of the Pathfinder. Of course
there will be a colored individual in the
woodpile. The President will be assailed
by such men as Sumner and Lovejoy for
having modified Fremont’s Proclamation
and endeavored to counteract the emancipa-
tion schemes of the intense anti slavery
men ; for having neglected or hampered the
Western Department by withholding sup
plies, and withdrawing troops to increase
the securities of Washington; and for hav-
ing refused to endorse the action of Fremont
taken under the pressure of public necessity
though without direct authority from the
War Department. The strength of this Re-
publican opposition to the Administration
will depend upon the success or failure of its
leader. If Fremont can gain a great victo-
ry and regain his reputation, he will become
a power in his party, and his friends may
give the Administration serious trouble, if
he should fail, of course, the President and
his Cabinet will have nothing to fear. The
quarrel which is thus foreshadowed may re-
sult in the reorganization of political par-
ties, the conservative elements rallying round
the Administration, and the radicals form-
ing a combination, the object of whicn will
be utter destruction of slavery by carrying
out the principle of Fremont’s proclamation,
10 wit ; that a traitor in arms for the over-
throw of the government forfeits all claim
upon constitutional protection and has no
right to own anything. The next session of
Congress promises to be stormy and exci
ting, and the results may be of vital impor
tance to the cause of the Union. One thing
is certain ; the rebels had better return to
their allegiance before the radical anti-sla~
very pressure becomes too heavy for the Ad-
ministration to resist. Reverses will only
tend to strengthen that side.
MoniciPAL ELECTION AT BALTIMORE. —The
election for members of the City Councils of
Baltimore was held on Wednesday. The
total vote polled was 9587, and the whole
Union ticket was elected without opposition
save a few scattering votes. This vote ex-
ceeds by 338 the vote of last April, by which
the members of the Legislature, now in Fort
Lafayette, claimed their. seats.
OFFICIAL RETURNS
OF
THE COUNTY OF CENTRE.
Senator and Assembly.
Spirit of the Daily Press.
The Inquirer is not at all satisfied with
the long delayed report upon the {alleged
army frauds in this State, but finds sufficient
evidence in the dgcutnent to justify the cen-
sure bestowed upon the Governor and his
« agents.” We shall probably hear more
of this matters upon the assembling of the
Legislature. Just now our people care less
about frauds in the preparations than they
do for glorious results in the field. The
same journal comments upon the change of
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Bellefonte, 133° 108 | 115 128
Milesburg, 34 56 32 58
Urionville, 30 30 26 35
Benner, 131 67 125 72
Boggs. 101 172 7 311.
Burnside, 13 24 13 24
Curtin, 26 15 25 16
Ferguson, 196 142 © 198: 135
Gregg, 264 51 265 50
Haines, 209 82 205 85
Halfmoon, 37 90 37 9
Harris, 152 222 149 222
Howard, 66 97 65 99
Huston, 19 61 18 62
Liberty, 34 T4 34 73
Marion, TI 41 69 42
Miles, 237 33 233 B
Patton, 50 1 50 11
Penn, 264 of... 200. 51
Potter, 306 120 307 123
Rush, 43 54 40 58
Snowshoe, 33 40 29 4
Spring, 107 139 97 149
Taylor, 12 37 13 36
Union, 37 58 33. 62
Walker, 131 . 128 131 130
Worth, 43 37 43 ' 87
Total, 2779 2076 2604 2085
Majorities, 703 519
Associate Judges.
B :llefonte, 100. 11 120 129
Milesburg, 30 45 57. B57
Unionville, 36 25 35
Benner, 121 127 73 73
Boggs. 98 99. 316 I
Burnside, 13 24 9
Curtin, 21 23 18 2
Ferguson, 179 184 161 149
Gregg, 257 261 58 53
Haines, 199 205 87 84
Haltmoon, 36 37 91" 90
Harris, 128 134 243 235
Howard, 63 51 100 111
Huston, 17 16 62 62
Liberty, - 34 34 71. 01
Marion, 64 63 41 37
Miles, 218 222 45: 43
Patton, 47 47 74 73
Penn, 255 256 40 35
Potter, 304 304 125 124
Rush, 40 41 87 57
Snowshoe, 29 29 4 4
Spring, 04 95 150: « 15}
Taylor, 12 10 37 36
Union, 32 33 63 62
Walker, 131. 129 132 128
Worth, 41 41 23 39
Total, 2608 2646 2231 2194
Majorities, 404 452
Treasurer and Commissioner.
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Bellefonte, 139 104 118 128
Milesburg, 32 55 32 58
Unionville, 7 33 26 34
Benner, 140 53 126 69
Boggs, S108 167 To 176
Burnside, 13 24 13 24
Curtin, 25 17 25 16
Ferguson, 193 139 191 139
Gregg, 264 50 264 40
Haines, 205 84 214 75
Halfmoon, 37 90 37 96
Harris, 171° 200." 145° 230
Howard, 66 95 65 91
Huston, 18 61 17 62
Liberty, 34 71 3. 70
Marion, 72 37 67 38
Miles, 234 36 238 19
Patton, 49 71 51 69
Penn, 262 29 273 19
Potter, 308 119 306 124
Rush, 43 55 41 55
Snowshoe, 32 41 2 4
Soring, 127 115 104 142
Taylor, 12 36 12 37
Union, 32 62 32 63
Walker, M1 109 132 I
Worth, 43 37 41 39
Total, 2,835 1,981 2,730 2,060
Majorities, 854 670
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Bellefonte, 113 128
Milesburg, 31 58
Unionville, 26 34
Benner, 124 72
Boggs, 9% 179
Burnside, 12 24
Curtin, 25 16
Ferguson, 191 347
Gregg, 266 48
Haines, 205 84
Halfmoon, 37 90
Harris, 139 234
Howard, 64 99
Huston, 18 62
Liberty. 34 70
Marion, 70 41
Miles, 226 35
Patton, 48 74
Penn, 260 32
Potter, 304 120
Rush, 42 55
Snowshoe, 28 44
Spring, 98 146
Taylor, 12 37
Union, 33 63
Walker, 131 128
Worth, 43 37
Total. 2,674 2,157
Majority, 517
Masorrries.— Union county gives John-
gon 636 majority and Clinton 175. Centre
gives Blair 703, majority Lycoming 6 ma-
king Johnson’s majority in the Disirict 104.
in New York in regard to the Mor-
rill Tariff, which is advancing the commer-
cial and financial supremacy of that city.—
The Press has a double-leaded leader, with
the caption Skies Bright,” which reviews
the whole field, and infers that a glorious
trinmph along the whole line cannot much
longer be postponed. * Occassional” de-
scribes the gradual advance of the army of
the Potomac. The North American thinks
the confiscation policy of the rebels is of so
sweeping a nature that it will tend to bring
on a reaction in the South itselt, and preju-
dice their cause abroad. This organ of the
Administration has but little {o say con-
cerning the result of the election. The
Ledger says that ¢ one effect of the present
war will be to make our government strong
for all coming wars.” Military habits are
only to be acquired by military experience.
The various * difficulties ” that have occur-
red are laid to the account of a laxity of dis-
cipline. The Ledger is inclined to’ censure
Fremont for condescending to quarrel with
Blair, but is down upon the latter for hig
attempted interference with the plans and
policy of his superior officer. Frank Blair
imagines that he carries Missouri in his
pocket, and the Administration has encour-
aged him in that belief. Blair must be let
down a peg, The interference of England in
Mexican affairs is characterized by the
Ledger as British fillibustering, against
which we ought to enter our decided protest.
The Daily News is down on the ¢“No-Party ”
men for helping to defeat the ¢ People’s”
ticket. Ah! The Bulletin hopes that the
politicians will not be allowed to interfere
with Gen. McClellan’s plan of operations,
and that ihe President will interpose to pre-
vent any undue pressure for a more rapid
advance, The same journal thinks it must
be already evident to the rebels that cotton
is not the monarch they fondly imagined.—
The Evening Journal, speaking of ¢No-
Party,” says: ‘The delegate system is
bad enough, but a selt-instituted oligarchy
of irresponsible and empty-pated noodles, is
worse. The many faults of Democracy,
Whigism and Nativism are better than the
chief virtues of political pharisees and self
conceited nobodies.”’
etl Al An.
Direct TaxatioN.—It is now authorita~
tively announced that the receipts of the
customs for the present year will not amount
to more than twenty million dollars, ten
million less than even Secretary Chase's es-
timate. When the Morrill tariff was first
enacted, it was claimed that the receipts
- | under it would reach sixty millions, but the
circumstances of the country have so chang-
ed since then that the estimates of that pe.
riod are valueless now.
It is evident from this state of things that
we are about entering upon a new era in the
financial history of the country. Hereafter
direct taxation is inevitable, as custom du-
ties will be entirely inadequate to the sup-
port of the Government and the payment of
the enormous debts we are contracting.—
‘The foreign trade of the country will, mn any
event, be much less for several years to
come than it has been in the past, and the
deficit in our revenues in consequence must
be provided for in some other way. This
matter will assume great importance before
the sitting of Congress, and upon that body
will be thrown the delitate and responsible
duty of originating a new system of ways
and means to furnish the Government with
money to meet its current expenses and pay
its debts. 5
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Tae Porter INvEsTiGATING COMMITTEE
appointed to ferret out Secessionists 1n the
Department at Washington, has been in
session every day since July 8th, and exam-
ined 500 witnesses, The expense is some
$2,000. The first report of the Committee
included the names of 237 Government em-
ployees against whom evidence of treason
was presented. The second report gives the
names of 235 more, distributed through the
various Departments. It is said that the
investigation will probably be renewed at
the commencement of the session of Con-
gress, as the matter is far from exhausted —
or to put the case in other words, there are
a large number of persons hanging about
Washington who have their eyes upon fat
positions, and they will manage between
this time and the meeting of Congress, to
trump up’evidence of disloyalty sufficient to
cause the removal of the present incum-
bents.
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A Reprr Sranmpepe.—The retreat from
London is described as exceedingly ludic-
rous. A force of sixty cavalry went down
from Garrard’s camp, and made a furious at~
tack on their outposts. The whole com-
mand at once stampeded, and thus, contrary
to the nsual Confederate scale for estimating
the valor and capacity of their braves; sixty
Kentuckians put to flight seventeen hun-
dred rebel infantry and four hundred caval.
ry, which is ascertained to have been the
force Zollicoffer then had at London! Shall
we hear any more of panics at Bull Run, and
dread of Black Horse cavalry after that?
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Kentucky will soon have eight or ten reg-
iments of Pennsylvania troops in the field to
protect her from rebel incursions.
PENNSYLVANIA ELECTION.
XXVIII SENATORIAL DISTRICT.
From information received from this Dis-
trict there is little doubt of the election of
Charles Lamberton the Democratic candi-
date. A letter to a gentlemen in this place
written on the 11th inst. represents the ma-
jorities as follows :
Lamberton (D) Fox (R)
Clarion 600
Elk 100
Jeflerson 50
Forest 200
250
700
In the Judicial District composed of the
counties of Clarion, Jefterson, Forest, Ven-
ango and Mercer, Campbell, Independent,
has 1,700 majority in Clarion, 400 in Jeff.
erson, and 25 in Forest, over Sewart, Re-
publican. Venango is about a tie and Mer-
cer to hear from.
NORTHAMPTON COUNTY.
We Lave not received the full returns of
the county, but have enough to enable us to
state that the whole Democratic county
ticket is elected by over 1,300 majority.—
The vote was very small and the election at-,
tenced with no excitement, otherwise our
majority would have been nearer 2,000.—
Thus have our people nobly put the seal of
their condemnation on the men whe get up
and encourage mobs and denounce all good
Democrats as * Secessionists” and * Trai-
tors.” Put the 1,300 in your pipes, and
smoke it.— Easton Argus.
CHESTER COUNTY.
West Custer, Oct. 11.—The official vote
of Chester county is as follows: President
Judge—Butler’s (Union) majority over
Hemphill, (Ind. Union.) 3,863. Associate
Judge—Bailey’s (Union) majority over Buch-
anan, {Pence,) 4,257. Assembly— Wendell
(Union,) 7,260 ¢ Smith, (Union) 7,199;
McClellan, (Union) 7,233 ; Stonaher, (Peace)
3,147 ; McKaughey, 3,150 ; Machay, (Peace)
3.151. The vote of over 2,000 Union sol-
diers has not yet been received.
FAYETTE COUNTY.
In Fayette county the whole Democratic
ticket is elected by about seven hundred
majority, with the exception of Kaine, the
Democratic nominee for Assembly, whose
majority i3 between five and six hundred.—
Lindsay, the Democratic candidate for Pres-
ident Judge in the District composed of
Washington, Fayette and Greene counties,
is elected over his competitor, Mr. Veeche,
by over twenty seven hundred majority.
UNION AND SNYDER.
The result of the election for President
Judge in the District composed of the coun-
ties of Union, Snyder and Miffiin is not yet
determined. Snyder county gives Woods
(Rep.) 14 majority. Mifflin gives Slenker
(Dem.) 225 majority. The army vote will
determine the result. The Republican tick-
ets are elected in Union and Snyder.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
The Union ticket is elected In this county.
Rowe (Dem.) and Sellers (Rep.) are elected
to the Legislature on the Union ticket.—
James Nill (Union) is elected President
Judge. He has 650 majority in Franklin,
and 300 in Somerset, while Reilly (Dem.)
has 196 majority in Fulton, and 320 in Bed-
ford. Nill's majority in the district is be-
tween four and five hundred.
WASHIMGTON COUNTY.
From Washington County we learn that
William Hopkins, Democrat, is certainly
elected to the Legislature, and probably
William Glenn, his associate on the Demo-
cratic ticket. Lindsay, Democrat, is elected
President Judge in the district composed of
the counties of Washington, Fayette and
Greene.
BERKS COUNTY. =
The official majority of Warren J. Wood-
ward for President Judge, over Henry W.
Smith, is 4,092. Hiester Clymer bas 4.424
jority for Senator ; and the whole Demo~
critic ticket is elected by an average ma-
jority of 4,000.
SCHULKILL COUNTY.
Hegins (Dem.) has 1,245 mojority for
President Judge ; Rielly (Dem.) 1,197 for
Senator. Adam Wolf and James Ryon,
Democrats, and Lewis C. Doughtery, Union,
are elected to the Legislature.
NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY.
Brown, the regular Democratic candidate
for Assembly, beats Bright the Union can-
date, and the whole Democratic ticket is
elected by a small majority.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
The whole Democratic county ticket is
elected. J. C. Smith is elected Senator by
a majority of 700— Democratic gain.—
Chapman has 2,000 majority for President
Judge.
CAMBRIA COUNTY.
Cambria has elected the whole Democratic
ticket by an overwhelming majority. Cy-
rus L. Pershing is elected to the Legisla-
ture. ’
ERIE COUNTY.
The Republica ticket is lected by a re-
duced majority. Lowry beats Galbraith for
Senator about 300, and has a large majority
in Crawfard. :
GREENE COUNTY.
The Dewocratic ticket is all elected, by
over one thousand majority. Lindsay, for
Judge, had over sixteen hundred majority.
BRADFORD COUNTY.
The whole Republican ticket is elected.
The returns of the election are not suffi-
cient to determine the political complexion
of the Legislature ; but it is certain that the
Democrats have gained largely, and possibly
elected a majority to the House of Represen-
tatives. We have never known an election
of which 1t was so difficult to obtain the re-
turns. The Democrats have gaived a sena-,
tor in Philadelphia, one in Schuylkill, ‘and,
in all probability, one in Montgomery and
one in bucks. The current of the vote
throughout the State is decidedly in favor of
the Democratic party, and indicates that it
is destined to control the politics of this
State in the future.
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We notice that som2 of the, newspapers of
this and other states, stil! continue to digcuss
the prospect of a draft tu fill ub. the requisi-
tion for troops made by the last Provlamation
of President Lincoln® Many of these jour—
nals donot fully understand this sabject,
while others have not taken the trouble to
inform themselves as the legal forms and
regulations of a drafr. Now, as to drafting,
strange as it may seem; we feel coufijent in
the watter, that there is no power in the
laws of the United States, or of any state of
the Union, which enables the authorities to
draft, or to force any man to bear arms
against his will beyond the limits of pie own
state, Much ae this is, perhaps, to be regrét:
ted, we may as well state the truth as we
understand it, Laws have been enacted des
manding the enrotlment of the malitia, deter=~
mining that all white male citizens between
the ages of eighteen and forty-five yeats shall
bear arms in defense of this state, but these
are merely state ordinances, and can fore
no man into the army to do duty beyond the
limits of the immediate severeignty in which
he resides. :
In regard to «his power to draft, we repeat
that there is not now within the law books of
the United States, or of the State of Peansyl-
vania a single provision by which men can
be forced to bear arms. The President may
for the term of three months, call for sny
number of troops ; he may arrange the quota
of his demand on the states according to
population and militia resources ; but there
is interference with the sovereignty of the
states is at an end, so far as the demands of
the army are concersed. In complying with
this requisition, the Governor of our state
muy call for volunteers for active service, in
such sections as the President may think it
prope: to demand it. Any further provinee
on the part of the Governor is controlled by
the constitution of the state, which only ena~
bles the Executive to enroll the militia of one
of these purposes—to suppress an insurree-
tion, or to repel an invasion or threaten in—
vasion, of the state. In the latter named
proposition only can the militia be carried
beyand the limits of the state, and then enly
to repel or crush out any force which may
endanger the safety of the Commonwealth.
Drafting, a policy which is nearly skin tu
she conecription act of England and Frante,
has bren resorted to on but two cecasions it
this country, and then orly ir accordance
with the above rule and Ly especial acts of
the Legislature of the respecrive states. In
the Revolution the Pricident mate a requini-
tin upon the states of Massnc'iusetts and
Connecticat fur six thonsand troops and they
were supplied w.thout a recourse to any
method than to order the enrolled militia in.
to service, In the war of 1812, a demand
was made upen the nuthorities of this state,
and the refusal of one of the militia ordered
fourth by the Governor brought the case be-
fore tho courts for a final decision, ard then
it was shown that the only manner in whieh
the militia could be reached was by an act
of legialation of that state to which they be=
longed.
So far as drafting is concerned, wa opine
that each state will, as a matter of justice,
be expected to make up its quota before the
conscription would ba levied. Many of he
states have not filled their quotas by several
thousand, and so that if drafting is resor-
ted to, it would of course commence in the
states thus deficient and net in thoss like
Pevnsylvania, which have more than filled
their quotas. And even then, the fact tha:
drafted reeruits could not be re ained in the
service mora than throe months, would be of
no avail in a requisition calling for men to
serve for three years. The limit of thres
months is the extent of time for a draft.—
This is the legal exposition of the drafting
system—but we are convinced that the spirit
of devotion which prevails in the Old Key-
stone state would scorn the system of draft~
ing, and if it were necessary, fill up the army
wherever there was a deficiency, if it requir
ed every fighting man in the commonwealth.
And when these fail, we have old men with
perve sufficient to repel an enemy or resist a
traitor, while there are thousands of brave
woman in the state who conld fight n rebel
and pull a trigger that would remind him of
his loyalty or bring bim to his grave.—
Harrisbury Telegraph.
Sterring Events at Hand.
W asutneTon, Oct. 14.
The excitement and anxisty whieh pre—
vailed yesterday and the day before bas
gradually passed away, and the city to day,
outside of the movement of the soldiery,
presents a quiet appearance. Everthing,
however, betoksns stirring events at hand.—
Befor to-morrow night it is expected that our
forces will be strongly entrenched at Fairfax
and Centreville. A strong reconmoissance
was made this morning from the neighbor-
hood of Lewinsville. Itis not believed that
the Rebals will make a stand at either place,
but that they will retreat as they did from
Munson’s Hill. It is more than probable
that the next great blow will be struck on
the old battle ground at Bull Run. One
thing can be depended upon, that Gen. Me
Clellan is determined that there shall be no
retreat or backward movement.
et — meet
p@~ A beginning has been made in Ohio
towards breaking up the organizations sf the
Knights of the golden Circle, which ar®
known to exist in various parts of the state:
Steps were taker to expose tho oaths of the
order, which are of the most treasonable and
infamous kind, snd Mr. Frederick Court, a
leading member, was arrested at Marios,
Ohio, on the 7th inst. An unsuccessful at-
tempt was made by a party of three hundred
led by Prosecuting Attorney of the county,
who is supposed to be 8 member of the Order
to rescue the prisoner. Warrants are now
out for other prominent members of the gang
of scoundrels. It is said that persons obnox-
jous to them, and who is feared would expose
their oaths and plans, have been put cut of
the way mysteriously—perbaps murdered.
hdd
A Lago Conrract.—Mr. Stephen Crom ~
well, of Camden, Obio, bas made a contract
oy which he is to farnieh ona hundred and
fifty thousand cords of wood for the Ohio
Central Railroad company. The magnitude’
of this contract can be understood only when
we take into consideration the fact that it
makes a pile four feet high and not less thao
two hundred and fifty-seven miles in length,
and requires the delivery of nearly fifty e~*
a day (Sunday excepted) for ten yeas
eee ——
§&5~ Gen. McClellan bas detailed some six
hundred lieutenants from the apmy for a
signal corps, to serve in case of night mar:
es. In this manner collisions among
own regiments will be prevented.
AE —
ga The impression is
oes received irom Richmond, thal !
p tention of the Rebels to winter ‘the bulk of
their army in that city.
from recent advi~"
that it is the