Democratic watchman. (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1855-1940, December 05, 1861, Image 2
@ he ToVatchman, | CT ALEZANIZR, | Fditors, BWW DOCREIIIOG WE a. 1 tola-t there ic nntelling, Tomoye for v fev months Longer or tt tay be for vears, Wo pray for pesee. we topo for peace, we | I ne for peace. But while this war dos the 16 h inst. the members of the First City | jug a direct movement 10 Sts uur 1 A Speech fion GC.» Patterson - Hal wheh all the commarders of divimions ani! A large amount of 12 miny he circulated a | C-myan rn Deferced Ar Philadelphia. on Satardav afternoon, { brizades, and chicis of atafl were po SCaky | POT, There is avery ronson to beliece that | Cal. Stove, the junior ling offi or, spoke taice the Confiderate treasury noe is fast becom and decidedly agains: an sovai ce advocal wwii and ire such a medinm “The wegeisten, that these no es vhall Lae carry s:fle:ing to other landsas w Il as our own + In ‘he meantime we shall continne tnis strnrgle io hum! le dependence upon P ovi. donee from whose searshing seruting wa JOE W, FURFY, ! last, we conceive 1t to be the daty of every | Troop met in commemoration of the forma | Charlestown. All ah fier an converte mo Confederate < ak boars 8 [cannot conceal the seercts of our hearts. and = Rg ————=—= man to 1ally aroun our Constifution sud, ton of the company in 1774. After assem | #dvance, and all voted Gi dpe rant crest at the plawes of the J1o whose ru'e we confilently submit one - BELL! FOXTE, DEC. 5th, 1861 3 futacrthe Gov | Bling at thie s ithe TT dod | ome day. he infirm te welt hodder toseres them againe: a depreciation | destinies —for the rest we shall depend upen nn ? ve VEL. y * our flag, and help to preserve intact the Gov ling at ir armory, the Troop proreede yof ihe condition foie ue vial vy. acd Telos the valu of that stock ard no con |onrsclves. Litkerty 18 always won where the . — |er as it was handed down to us bv our | to the Continental H tel. where they partock | proposed tha | (dd po to Chaills own +i cable fall in thar v.lue need be fiarcd, [nnconqueratle will to be free exists, and we . Salutatory. The zeaders of the Warcnman, will. no dant, bo somewhat surprived to see another change in the editorial department of this peper. It 1s extremely unfortunate that ro wany changes have occurred within so short a period of time, for there ean be no doubt Bhat that the interests of the paper have been, in some degree, injured by them. But it is te be hoped that these changes are now shout over, and that no oceasion may here. after arise, when it will be considered neces- sary that the editorial conduct of this journal should be transferred to other hands. In the present unsettled eondition of our national affairs, we assume the pen editorial with ‘fear and trembling,"’ conscious that, at this time, the task we have undertaken, becomes oneof no ordinary magnitude -- This is the third time during our short life, that we have been called upon to fill the po- sition of sn editor. and if we may only be ensbled to get through as safely as we have done heretofore, we shall, indeed, be gratifi- ed. In connexion with Mr. ALEXiNDER. we hore to be ahle to make the WarcaMan a firm ard reliable cxporen' of Democratic principles : and shall labor with our whole Beart in the work, forthe overthrow of that odious. sectional party, whose detestable prin ciples have been, to so great an extent, the cause of our present unhappy d fil cities with our Southern b ethren ; and whose bit- ter denunciations of them snd theirs, have been the fruitful source of so much conten- tion an ill feeling between the inhabitants of the two sections of our beloved country. whch. but for them. might, perhaps. have remained forever bound together in fraternal sffection, by the silken cord of love and un. fon. = But we have no wish to cast reproacher. God knows it is not a pleasant task We believe that the “abomination of desolation’ - so far'as this country is concerned —has been sect up in our midst; and may lleaven forgive those evil minded men in ail parte of the country, who have been instrumental in bringing it to the very doors of the inhabi. tante of the fairest land the sun ever shone spon. One yesr ago, and nothing was heard in eur then happy land. but the hum of peace: ful industry and the joyous laugh of a prose perous and happy people. And thongh even then, the political horizon was darkened with portentious clouds indicative of the ap- proaching storm. yet peace was hugeed to our bosoms, grim forebodings were driven sway, and all went ‘merry sss marriage bell,” while: we secret'y hoped and praved that Almighty God would avert the awful ealamity which seemed to be impending over us. But we had disregarded too many warnings and “He who doth all things well” withdrew the shield of his protection. leav ing us toour fate. And now, aow changed the scene! The North and South, hitherto 80 pesceful and happy. are put over against each o'lLer in hostile array. and the mighty tread of a million of armed men shakes the earth to its centre. Nothing 1s heard thr'o- i out the length and breadth of the land. but the rosr of the deep mouthed cannon, and the sharp rattle of musketry, while they who should have been naught but friends and brothers, stand ready to plunge the dagger to each other's hearts. What a spectacle for a Republican Gov- ernment ! What a sight for a people who have slways boasted of the power and se- curity of their institutions. And the cause of all this ? rye, the cause! fathers. And in the end, we hope by tle use of all the Constitutions! means ia our power. to see the good old Union restored in sllits pristine strength and glory. with ‘not | a atripe-erased, nor a star obscured,” fo mar the beautiful harmony of that perfect whole, which for go long a time has been the pride of America, and the wonder of the world. Thus may it be, and in the rich blessings which will inevitably attend sach a condition of things, we may be able to forget, once and forever, the unhappiness and misery of the present hou . Joe W. Furey. Shall the Rights of the States be De- stroyed ? 1 The class of extremists who clamor for the immediate aud forcible emancipa ion f the slaves, either take a very superficial view of the contes: mn which we are engaged. or are open enemies of the Government. Slavery is 80 entrenched in our system of Gover ment, that it can-ot be reached without destroying the Government. You must first destroy the right of each State to enntrol i's own do mestic institutions before assuming the pow er to emancip- te the slaver—and when the reserved rights of the States are once e- stroyed. the Government created hy the Constitution ix at an end. The emancipa tionists, who urge the administration at Washington to usurp a power which does not beleng to it ander the Constitution that the President and his Cabinet have sworn to support, are endeavoring to undermine the very foundations of our noble system of Gov ernment. The justice or injustice of slavery ir not the question—whether emancipation wou'd weaken rebellion 18 not the question. though ve firmly believe it would impart strength and determination to the rebel esuge. But the simple and plain issue is this : Has the Federal Government power under the Constitution of he United States to disturb or destrov the domestic mstita- tions of any of the S:eten 2 We can aupeal to the Chicago Platform, which the R:puh. : liean party profess to respect if they do not regard the anthority of the Constitution. for a satisfactory answer to this question. The fourth resolution reads thus : ‘That the maintenanee violate of the rights of the States and especially the rights of each State 10 order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own jodgement exclusively is essential to the balance of power on which the perfection and endurance of our pohtical faith deponds, and we denounce the lawless invasion by armed force of any State or ‘Ternitory. ny» mat er under ~hat pretext, as among the greatest of crimes.”’ This resolution containg sound constitn. tional doctrine, to which we most heartily subscribe, and which the Rerubl'can narty is hound in good faith to sespect. Indeed had that party annonneed anv other doc. trine previous to the Presidential election — had it given the faintest intimation hat it purposed in any contingency to interfi re with the domestic concerns of the States irs candidates wonld have received the support : only of Abolitionists who denounce the Con stitution of the United States as +a league with death and an agreement with hell.” But while tew are so hold as to maintain that the Federal Government Las power un der the Constitution to decree the emaneipa tion of the laves not a few urge this policy on the ground of paramount public necesaty which they assume is superior to the Con. stitution and the laws. Tt is hardly neces- sary to argue against a heresy like this—for not to dwell upon so light an flence as per~ jury on the'part of 1ulirs sworn to respect the Constitution, it is manifest that the use of the anniversary dinrer. some eniforme. were sea‘cd around the ta: | the o'd flag of the treop. which sas bore through the buttles of Trenton and Prince: ton. 3 ta his reasons for no intercepting Gen, John- gon previous to the battle of Manassas Junction. He #a'd that he was not in the habit of giving reas: ns for anything he did gn much intelligence —a part of his come mand in the short camnaign in the valley of Virginia, he consi lered it due to them as facts. THE SLANDERS AGAINST GEN. PATTERSON During the latter jart of July, all August and part of September, there was no slaw der against him so g+ oss that it could not he asserted and reiterated with impunity and the Troop knew how false these slanders were, [le had submited to them in quiet although he had the documents in his poss session to prove that he did all that he was ordered to do. and u ore than any one had a right 10 expect under the circumstances in which he and his cocvmand were placed. and he defied any man, high or low, to put his finger on an order disvbeyed. NO FALSi STEP MADE. The gentlemen of the Troop were witness es of what was don - and he asserted what they knew to be trie, thar the column was well conducted, There was not a false atep mada, nor a blunder committed. The <kir- m:shers were always in front, and the flanks well protected, They were, caugh' in no trap. and fell into no ambuseade. They re- peatedly offered the enomy battle. and when they accepted it they best them. There was no defeat and no retreat with his column, A FULL INVESTI {ATION DEMANDED, ~ made this statement sooner 2° B:canse the iu lication of the do ‘uments gooner. would have ben wost detrimental to the publicin. rerests, he pref reed bearing the odiim so liberally bestowed 0+ him. rather thar clear himself a the expen: @ of ‘he esuse in which we were all engaged. The time * ad arriyed When the matter cond without injury to the service, be inquired into : and he was de termined thar it should be done, and that before long all the documents referred to should be published, and spread hefore the American prople, unless those whose du y it was to do so shou d in the meantime do him justice. SOME OF THE FACTS. He would state a few facts. Cn the 3d of une he took command at Chamhershurg, — On the 4th he was ivformed by the General in~Chitf that he considered the addin to his furce of a battery of artillery and some regular infantry indispensible. On the 8 h of June a letter of instructions was sent him 1: which he was told that there must be no reverse ; a check or a drawn battle would he a victory to the enemy. filling his heart with joy his ranks with 19en and h's wagazines with voluniary contri butions : and. therefore 10 tke his measures circnmspectiv and at tempt nothing witha a clear prospect of success. Tnis was good instioction and m st sensible advice. Good or bad he was to obey ; and he did. IMPORTANT ORDERS On Friday. tne 13 hb. he wasinfamed tha on the sopposi io that be would cros. ha eral MeDowddl wouls be migiruered to mak + a demonstration on Mamnsssas Jun on, — He was surprised at the order, bu promptly obeyed On the 15 4 he enced Havers town. and on the 16th. tvo thirds of his forces had erossed th Poiomae The p vm ised d. mors ration b General Mebowell in the direction of Minasses Junction. was not made; and on the 16 h jose three diys af er he had been told h was expected to cross. and occupy Har or. had proposed, snd infoom d that ble. At the further end of the. room Ung! ow yd fe nish 4 hy 33 the 13th } SUOng ti ough 10 beat the enemy carly next Munassas on Tuesday. the 16h — was tdesiaphed: hi not 1 he or did not do but in the presence of men of w: ll a8 himself, to g.ve a short statement of swallowed with avidity. The gentlemen of | southeasterly direction. Tt might be asked © why have you not river on th next Mouday or Tu sday Gone | week make demonatraiions soas to. detain ‘nm in the valley of Winchester.” He made After there had been ably discussed, Gen. the demonstrations. and on the 16tb, the day Patterson, m response to a toast and three cheers, made a forcible speech explaining Gen. Scott said he would attack Manassas, he drove the enemy's picke s into his en. trenchan nts a' Winchester. and +n the 17:h, marched 10 Charlestown. On th 18 h he telegraphed the General iv-Chief that Johnston was ina positon to have Ins strength doable © just as he could reach him, and that he would racher lose the chance of accomplishing somethi «2 brilliant than by hazarding his column, to destroy the fruits of he campaign hy def" at, closing his telegram thus :—- If wrong let me be in structed.” But no instructions came. This was eight days before the battle of Manassas On the 17-h General Scott telegraphed :— * McDowell's first day's work has driven the enemy beyond Fairf:x Court House.-- To morrow the Jonction will probably be carried.” With this wformation he was happy .—-Johuston had been detained the ap p ted ume, ard the work of General Pat terson’s column had been done. On the 18:h at half past one in the morn. ing he telegraphed General Scott the cond. tion of the enemy’s force and of his own. re. ferring to his letter of the 16th for full infor matic. and closed the <'e-pa'ch by asking, ** Shali 1 attack #7 This was plain English and could not be misunderstocd, but he receivednoreply. Ie expected to be at tacked where he wax, and if Manassas was not to be attacked on that day, ns stated in General scott's despatch of the dav previous, he ought to nav+ been ordered forthwith to join in the battle, and the attack delayed until he came. [le woul? have been there on the dvy tha the hattle was fonght. and his assi-tan e might have produced a differ. ent resalt. OU: the 20:h he heard that Johnston had marched with thirty five thonsand Con od erate troops and a 1 rge artillery force. in a He immediate telegraphed the information to General S-ort and knew that he received ir the ame day. In accordance with instrnctions he came to Uarper’s Ferry on the 21st. which ple: he held until reliev. d. General Patterson. during the course of his remarks. was repeatedly applaaded, and closed amidst repeated cheers. Jeff. Davis’ Mes:age to th: Conf.d rate Congr ss. Wasnineron Nov 23 The Richmond papers of Wednesday res ceive d here, contain the message of J: ff. Dae vis to the Confederate Congress. After the usual congratulations, he says : + That the operations of the ariny, =0on to he partially interrupted by the approaching winter, have aflirded a protection to the country. and shed a lustre upon its arms throagh the trving vicissitndes of more than one ardnnus campaign, which entitled our brave olunteers to our praise and onr gracitnde.” Further on he says : «After more than seven manthe of war the enemy have notonly fild t ex end theirorcupunes of our 8.31, but new Sia es and Territories have be. n add d to onr Con federacy : while instead of heir threatening {march of uachecked eo gaest. they have i been drven at mare than ore onint to as. isiome the de'vnsive. and noon a fair coma « | won between the twa helligerents as to men, mira means and financial condition, the Confederates ave pelaively much stronger now thin when the struggle fist commone- ed He s:eaks in high terms of the people of : M s<ouri who have conducted the war in i the face of wlmost unparalleled difficulties, | with a spirit and success alike worthy of i themselves and of the great cause in which they are struggling. He says: ++ Finding that the Confederate States were {he was telegraphed by the Gener lin Chief | sbont to be invaded thro gh Kentucky, and Ferry a dasheatob: so | ong as the interest chall be punciualle Upward of eighty members. in their hand | i0f ried when he woul anak Manasses — ‘pid. The pu cul pavment of this inter Q the 12 1 be wos dirceied 0 go Waere he | €st has been secured by the act passed hy you at the last session imposing such a rate of taxation as must provide sufficient means for that purpose. ! For the successful prosecution of this transporting troops and military supphes be furmshed, as far as possible, in such manner ss not to inte. rupt the commercial intercourse between our people, no place a check upon their productive energies.’’ In another part of the message he says: ** We have already two man systems of through transportation from the North to the South-—gne from Richmond, along the ses hoard. and the other through Western Vir. gmia to New Orleans. A third might be xi cured hy completing 8 huk of forty miles bgtween Danville, in Virginia and Greens. borough, in Nortn Carolina. The construe tion of this comparatively short Ink would give us a throuch route fiom orth to South. in the interiur of the Confederate States. and gIVe us access ‘0 & jopulation, and to many resources from which we are now in 8 great measure debarred.”’ And further on he says : ¢ If we husband our means and make a judicious use of our resources. it would he diffi-ult to fix a limit 10 the period during which we could conduct a war against the adversary whom we now encounter. The ve y efforts which he makes to isolate and invade us must exhaust his means. whilst they serve o complete the circle and diver sify the product ons of our industrial system The reconstruc ion which he seeks to effct by arms beromes daily more and more im- possible. Not only dv the causes which in- duced us to separate still exist in full force. but they have been strenghtened. and what- ever donht may have linge-ed in the minds of any, must have heen completelv disp: lled by subsequent events. If. instead of being a dissvlu ion of a league. it were indeed a rebellion in which we are engaged, we must have ample vindication for the course we have adopted in the scenes which are now teng enacted in the United States. Or peo ple now look with conremptuous astonish ment on those with whom they have been so recently associated. They shrink withaver- sion from the bare dea of renewing such a connection. With such a8 people we may be content to live in peace, but the separ. tion 18 final, and for the independence we have asserted, we will except no alterna. tive” President Davis characterizes the nature «f the hostili 1:8 on the part of the Umtel States as ‘barbarous wherever it is under- stool.” If they convert their soldiers into incendiar es and robe: 8, and wvolve ug in a si ecies of war which ¢larms non combat- wnts, women and cioi'dren =: its victims they must expect to be treated as ou'laws and emes of mankind. There ore certain rights of humanity which are entiled to re speer, even in war, and he who refuses to regard them torfeits his claim. if captured 10 ve considered asa prisoner of war hut must expect to be dealt with ag ail offend: is are against all law, both human and divine. But not content with wviolating our rieh's under the laws of naifons at home. i th y have extended thee injuries to us wi hin o her jurisdi tions. The distingnish- ed gen lomen, who wih your approval at the last xesslon, | commissioned to represent the Confederacy at cer-ain foreign Cours. have hein ecent'y seized by th« Captain of a United States ship. on board a British steam er. on t_eir voyage from the neutral Spanish port of Havana to Fngland. ¢The Urited S ares have th s claimed a general jurisdiction over the high seas. and by entering a British ship, sailing under its own country’s luz, wiolating the rights of «mbassy, for t e most. part held sacred even amongst baroarians, by seizing oar minis. ters whilst they were uuder the protection, and within the dominions of a neutral! na- tion, These gentlemen were as much nnder the jurisdiction of the British Government upon that ship, and beneath its flag as if they had been or: i's soil, snd a c's mon the part of the United S a es to seize them in the streets of London would have been as well founded as that to 2p: rehend them | Regiment P. V. R. C., under command. of al where they were taken. ‘Had they been malefactors. or even citizens of the United have reason to know the strength that ig given by a conscions sense, not only of the magnitude, but of the righteonsness of eur = cause.” . } Aa SN b-— : be ) a ox Crap provi Biorileo anp Fiuxos pos wa AXD a PP the rit is indispensible thap the .means of | A ch an. RMOR.—The success’ df “the batteries Lx Lave, 3a Tonnsnte, ai great navies of Europe which doesnot seem 16 stop short ofa comolete transformation. the Emperor of the seeing her superority over wooden vessels, powerful rival tie D fiance. the Resitance, the Warrior. tire Blick Prince, four steel clad vasels, _— ? afloat. Eleven vessels of that discription ape said to have been ordered by the Admiralty with-in the last sixty days, and an smount of twelve and a half millions of dollars has been voted by the English Parliament, for . that purpose. But as evry oneof these vessels cost ahout two millions, snd as the amount’ voted is merely suficient for the construction of five of them, an additional sppropristion Six remaining vessels. The activity’ displayed by” France in’ renewing he- navy isnot less rems kable. In a late English paper. we see that she has commission, and seventeen building. The construction of these vessels hat been dis- tributed to the navy yards of Toulon, Brest . or Rochefort. and if their power of resist. ance is As great ag it is now fuppesed, Frace will 300n have on the oresn a fleet of unconquerahle floating fortresses, -The cree... ation of this iron navy is due mainly to the fear cansed to the French Empe or by the. British naval review held a: Spithead, be teeen five and six years since. and by the baasting of the English. on this occasion, tha: they would beat all the ccmbined nas vies of the world. fF ie ey. an old cavalier, looking st one of the rew nieces. real this inscription on one side, “Gnd be with us,” and an the other side. + The Commonwealth of England,” * 1 see,” aaid he, * that God and the Commonwealth are all on different sides.” bt a—— * 'I'nr following inscription has been written by Wa'ter Savage Landor. for Garibaldi’s honse at Nice: ** In this house was born . Garibaldi. a brave and daring soldier. a pra. dent and sacacious General. 8 merciful cons qneror, an unostentatious ruler, an honest man,” i pee Ir is «aid that the average number of bate tles that a sillier ges through is five. We know an oli maid who has withstood foute left for as many more. Tae Northern debtasequestered in Peters. burg. Virginia. are upwards of $600,000; No sooner was La Gloire built by ‘order of | teen engagements and has powder enough sts " bas been the signal ofa - revolution. in the * - set he self to work, and tried to outvie bor now eleven ron clad vessels “affoat or in © and in Richmond mare than $2000 000. Ra TT MARRIED. On the 12th ult., by Rev. W. H. Groh, Mr. James M. Ross and Miss Elizabeth M. Seagrist. hoth of Harris township. 8 * On the 10th ult.. by the same. Mr. Anna-. HAM Ba1ep and Miss Mary BeNNiNGER, both. of Harris township. TT DImD, ———= Mr, H. M. Lucas, of Snowshoe twp.,. this county. Mr. Epiton :—T herewith transmit to you. - the death of Mr. H M. Lucas, who died in .. the service of the Umted States. He enlints i ed on the 25:h dav of July last, for the term 18 | ‘ot three years, lle was in Company E , 5th {Col. Simmons, After an illness of two | weeks, «ith Camp fever, he died in the hos. - Siates, they could not have been arrested on * ig The result of that eompetitiot p uoed. i a of about fif een millions is necessary. for the. gut Wasy Oliver Cromwell. first coined mon. 5 ~ At Camp Pierpont, in the hospital, on the pe pital at Camp Pierpont. His remains were to send him = at once all the regular troops | that her peop'e after being driven into a brought home to his family in Snowshoe, on of powers not. granted hy that sacred instru.’ horse and toot, and the Riode [land Reg | mistaken scurity were unarmed and in ment. and its infraction in so vital a part as! iment and Ba tery.” Go ask H try Ward Beecher, who turns his pulpit into 8 hustings frem which to % a Br tish ship or on British coil unless un- | the express provisions of a tr a'y and ac. make Abolition speeches! Go ask William Lloyd Garrison, who proclaims that the the destruction of the rights of the § ates to | Strong enongh wi hout the reguars ard = i k ep within limits until he could satisfy him | forces, our armies were marched into that ‘State to rip-l the enemy. prevent their oc- tradition of criminals.’ mud td chat be was aang r of being subjugaed by the Federal! sording to forms therein provided for the ex | the 28ih ot November. by his brother, 7. B. : Lucas. a Volunteer in the ssme company, «Constitution of the United States is a cov- Fata they domestis NBegYi =O ue ihe tas he ought ‘0 go beyond them On the | ey ation of certain sv agetic ponts, which ev Spents of Puihres as having been | and were interred in the Snowshoe grave: = i atte: Wi py 0G of Lonstitutional Government, and. the | 17th he was again telegraphed. + We are | would have given them great advantages in| perfidiously arrested, and says : ard. on the 29:h, fol hy cons Ansnt with desthiand » - Jes, ve wilh hell J beginning ofa solutism, which might te - | pressed here. “Send the ‘roons | have twice 5 ra a ; ¥ v, 28:5, followed hy a large. cons, Go ask Horace Greely who aiivs **No union | with slaveholders I’ Go ask Wendell Pail- lips, the hoary headed traitor. who contends for the equality of the races! Go ask An. som Burlingame, who declares fur an * anti slavery Constitution, an anti slavery Bible, snd an anti slavery God !"" Go ask Salmon P. Chase, whom the negroesof Cincinnati presented with a silier pitcher in 1845. for his advocacy of atolisionism ! Go a~k Hin. ton Rowan Helper. the greatest villain of themall ! See if they can lork you in the face, and tell you the cause- aye, the cause ! Alas, thatit should be so! But we fear that the cause of all this contention is too; much among ourselves. We very much fear | minate in monarchy, despotism or any other | called for withou: dc ay,” This was impers extreme departure from the system of Gov ative and the troops aere sent, leaving hin ernment established by our matchless Con | (he time. single troop of cavalry. It was stitution. If *-publia necessity’ is to usurp | a gloomy mght, but they were al brought the place of the Constitution, and he the only Fovep the GT haan Without hs, law upon which onr Goverr ment is admin. # pus or OrURATONY Pi POSED: rt, what buna ck ae vn 200 J be was ld br he to the power of the Administration ! When, a plan of operations. On tue 21st he sub is the written code of ¢ public necessity ? — mitted to the General in<Chief is plan wich How 1s it defined and limited 2 Tt is only | Was to anion the pr oo ne oo opera - another name for arbitrary and unlimited ' 100% Move aU Supplies to Krederick, ocen- power by means of which the Aholition ene- Be an Be Lo . Be Yories y me Migs s heavy guns m e of infan r; mies of our free Consiitutional Government to support them and with everything ny hope to destroy the equality and rig ts of horse. foot and ar illery—to cross the Poto. without a sinele piece of artillery. and, for! the States and attain the object for which they have heen plotting nd agitating durng many 1 .ng years—vamely, the destruction of mac at Point of Rocks. ani uuite with Col. S res force at Leesturg from which point he could operate as circumstances should demand and the Gen 1al’s orders should res the ¢ ntest—a step which was justiti d. not only by necessities of sf defence on the part of the Confederate Sates. bnt also by a desire to aid the people of Kentucky. © It was never intended by the Conreder- ate Stats to conquer or coe ce that State. likewise. the desire to res free to express their opinions. should end in giving to her people Itherty of choice and free opportunity to dec de their own destiny neeording to their own will +» While the army has be: n chic fly ivs:ra- ++ In conducting this war we have sought Decen ¥ no aid and proposed no alliances, offensive or | ne of pebgle, _ h So hie born defensive, abroad We have asked for a!®" 10% ay Oy arn aad. an died on recognized place in the great family of nas’ the 231 of November. 1861, leaving a wile tions. but in doing 80 we demanded nothing ' and thre small children to mousn his loss. The following is an-extract from 8 letter, - Mgrs. Lucas: —We do sincerely sympsa above, freed from all this earth'y care, where Davis also says @ ¢* T have caused the evidence to be collect ed which proves comple:ely the utter inefi ciency of the procl:imed blockade of the he can take up the crown that his heavenly Master has prepared for him ad all his tola lowers at that day. Truly, it is lamen ‘able a ! for which we did not offer a fair (quivalent, ) ] hs KUSE but on the contra vy 1t was declared hy our, The advantages of intercourse — mutual He was greatly lamented by al Whe knew, pis Generals that they would withdraw “ther! among na‘ions, and in seeking to es-ablixh | »'™ troops if the Federal Government would do diplomatic relations we were only endeavors A p oclamation was also made of ing to place this intercourse under the reg | written by a couple of his comrades, “to the t the neutrality of Ken- : ulations of law. Perhaps we had the right | wife of the deceased. dated Nov. Sdth. 1861: tucky. ad the intention to abide by the if we had chosen to exercise 248 Ww =k to wishes of her people as soon as they were know whether the principal that blockades, | : 3 E : = These dec | t he binding, must be eft-ctual, sos lomnly thise with you in your distress at being be-.. larations were approved by me, and | should announced ny the great powers of Europe at | reaved of a dear husband. bnt we humbly regard 1t as one of the best off cts of the Paris. is to be generally enforced or applied | trust that he has goné to the better land march of our troops into Kentucky. if it, to particular parties.” that Abolitionism is at the bottom of it all— mental in prosecuting the great contest. the. g very gage, and shall direct it to be laid | but jou have one consolation; As yon were that st is the primary and main cause of all our woe. For while we lovk upon secession as the immediate cause of the war, we can. not but think that had it not been for abolie sionism, secession could never have had sn existence. We are no apologist for secession. Na, God forbid! On the contrary, we look upon secession and abolitionism as twin evils, | both born of their father—the Devil. And as | such we think it the duty of every patriot to avoid both extremes. But we have no desire to trespass any the Union and the emancipation of the ne. quire. No rep'y was received ; but, on the groes. + 27th, the Ganeral telegraphed him that he ee in ¥ supposed he was that duy crossmg the river Ar Dyrriras.—The 48 h Pennsylvania in pursuit of the encmy. regiment Col Nagle, f om Schus lki'l eoun- THE FORCES. ty. are now at Hatteras. and will be stat'on- | On that day the encine was in condition ed at Fort Clark, which the Twentieth Tu. | t0 cross the river m his pmisuit. He had diana recently occupied. Since the st rm. Over fifteen, thousa 1d men and from twenty Fort Clark has teen entirely eut oft fran 0 twenty 1 ur guns. Gen Patte son had Fort Hatteras hy a new inlet wh ch the wa about ten thousand men and six guns, the ters mode throuzh the island, [tis thought later immovable for want of harness. On tha in ease another storm as seve e as the the 23th he inform-d the General of the one of the 21 mst. ghoa'd visit the coast, Strength of the eacmy and of his own force ; Fort Hatteras would unless it is strengthen | that he would not, on his own esponsibility. ed. he washed away, as there is now nothing ' attack without artillery, but would do so Jeft between t e ges and the fo t. The in. cheerfully and promp ly if he would give him tion to its means.” tion of the country. on the re toration of peace, but others by legislation. And again : As to the financial system. it has work- ed well so far. and « rofiises good results for the future to the extent that treasury notes may he issued. The gov roment is enabled t» borrow money without interest, and thug facilitate he condunt of the war, This 1x: navy has also been effective in full propor. He speaks of the difficulties attending mail! vo transportation, some of which can be over | the enforcement of this law. so soeamly de | ¥' 3 : ) i come only by time and the improved condi clared by the great powers of Enrope, we are your companion where your family will before such government as shall afford the Church members, live for (iod, and if you nd means of beng heard. "ive for him, you will, after you are done y ¢ But although we should be henefited by th this unfriendly worid, only go to join not dependent on that enf. reement for the make an undivided one around God's throne successful prosecution of the war. As long |i, heaven. where there will be no more tears as hostilities continue, the Confederate States | . : & wiil exhihit a steadily increasing capacity to | © be shed ; and notwithstanding, though his furnish their troops wich food clothing and heavenly Master has called him and has tak» arms. If they should he forced to furego en a noble hero from cur side, to be lamented eat sa 1 by tie wile otnpuny truly v vay bo sid orts of 1 fo. the, i . - 4 f eu dus hat they wore thus Of him. 88 of hurdreds of others. though d ily beco ning more aud more independent dying far from home but not without his f the rest of the warld.” | friends in this justcause that he was help. 1d of . abitants s: " an explicit order to ti at effect. No oxder | tent is measured by the portion of the i-ld © s : Fp . . : I longer upon the indulgence of our readers.— hai ny i nich. wor me oy was ib Un the 30h he received the | of circulation which these notes can he made! He concludes his message in the following ing, traly it my be said of him. he died ‘a os We have already spun out our introduction | not he visited by a like deluge on this side harness for hs singie butte'y of six smooth [to occupy. The proportion of the fi-ld thus manner; ha | hero for his country, while engaged in this a to a greater length than we had intended ;— | of the coast for many years to come. j bore guns. and on the 39 h gave the order to | occupied. depends again ppon the amountof + While the war which is waged to tike: glorious contest -in trying to uphold thig™ * 3. begging vard hall end ¢ er, {eross. On the 21 of July-he crossed met | the debts for which they arc receivable. and from us the right of «If government. can great and go verament. thik. our foilal 8nd, JgEIng vardan, Wo 5 CAVOF £0} Way do our soldiers need no barbers 7 — | tho enemy and whinped them. when due. not only to the Confed-rate and never attain that end, it remains to be seen | govd Go " ) close as briefly as possible. Bucause they are regularly shaved by the PROPOMITONS. State Government, but also to corporations how far it may work a revolution in the ine | fathers fought long and pn ns ay | 2 Haw long the present condition of things iu | governgent contragiors. i Cp the 9th of July a Council wae held 'st 'and individuals, are payable in this medium. | dustrisl systam of the world, which way D. Vautia ee