\
The TH atcha,
tion. Yet, for these enemies of the Consti~
tation, even for ‘‘covenant with hell and
league ith death,” Garrison, the editor of
the Central Press finds sympathy in his
C. T. ALEXANDER, Edito :
FUREY IS, heart, and because we have denounced this
JOE W. 2 | old hoary headed traitor, and those of like
BELLEFONTE, March 13th, 1862. kidney. the Central Press says we are trait-
y ors and ought to be hung.
= B we the men who have. in
The Central Press Once More.
“There is a certain clique of the Democrat.
ic press in this State, including the Clinton
Democrat, and the Democratic Watchman,”
says the Central Press, ‘taking their cue
from the Caucasian and Patriot & Union,
(what a misnomer) week after week fill
their columns withabuseof Garrison. Phelps,
and Helper, and denounce abolitionism
as the very devil itself of the rebellion, but
Jeff Davis, Stephens, Cobb, &c., receive
never a word of condemnation, nor is the
actual fact of the revolt alluded to only as it
enables them to give a stab to the Adminis.
tration, and through that to the cause of
Union.”
We have extracted the above sentence from
along article in the Central Press of last
week, headed, ‘Humpback Democracy.”—
Now, we do not intend, in our comment
upon this article, to have anything to say in
reply to that part of it which refers to the
Clinton Democrat, excepting that it is a
base slander, a malicious, malignant libel
upon the character of Henry L. Dieffenbach,
the editor of that journal—further than this,
we have nothing to say, as Mr. Dieffenbach
is fully able to take care of himself, It is
only as far as we ourselves are referred to in
that article, and the great cause of our coun-
try and white men’s rights, placed in jeop-
ardy by the promulgation of such sentiments
uncontradicted, that we deem it our duty
to have a word or two to say.
First, as to ourselves, it is safe to say, and
* but a well known truth to the good people
of this community, that there has scarcely
been a single issue of that mongrel abolition
shect—the Central Press—since the com
mencement of this most unhappy war, in
which we and that great and loyal party
we represent, have not been slandered and
villified in the most opprobrious terms—
such terms as only a hypocrite and traitor
at heart himself would use fo scrten his own
infidelity. ;
The craven spirit that presides over the
infernal regions. is not more abandoned to
truth nor skilled in hypocrisy and deceit, nor
addicted to misrcpresentation than is the
mean, con empiible tifler that presides over
the destinies of the Central Press. This will
appear from a brief glance at the course that
has been pursued for the last nine months by
this pretender to patriotism.
While pretending to be in favor of the
preservation of the Union under the Const
tution established for its government by
those great and good nen whose memory
Americans so dearly cherish, this son of a
foreign clime, but tutored and raised under
the congenial sun of Republican liberty upon
American soil, openly favored and encour-
aged the adoption of mob law in violation
of all the laws of this land made in pursu-
ance of that sacred instrameut—the Consti-
tution—which was established as the invio-
lable basis or outline of this government,
He favored the visiting of summary pun-
ishment upon all those who did not coincide
with him 1 his hereditary notions of the
supremacy and efficacy of the German Diet,
over the laws and order of American Repub-
lican institutions. i
He advocated and endorsed the suspension
of the writ of habeas corpus contrary to the
law and the Copstitution, in the loyal
States, where the laws were in full force,
and where traitors could have been brought
to trial and punishment, if guilty, by the
ordinary forms of judicial proceeding and
thus have saved the infraction of the Consti
tution in its most vital and sacred part.
He who would ignore the Constitution,
and endorse the infraction of it in its most
sacred part in times like these, when such
infraction is useless and can be avoided, is no
lover of this government. but an enemy--
worse than an open traitor, because the de-
signs of an open and avowed traitor are so
: : PR
conspicuous and glaring that they tv
Save others Eifmated patriotic saint of the
Press would, under the pretence of a sup.
posed necessity to save the Union, destroy
the Constitution, the only band that bindsit
together. *
The avowed object of abolitionism is, to
abolish the institution of slavery in all the
States in which it now exists, and thus set
free four millions of an uncivilized barbarous
race, to debauch sociaty, contrary to the
provisions of the Constitution protecting pri-
vate property, and contrary to that other
provision protecting the institution of sla
very, which declares that fugitives from la.
bor shall be given up upon claim of the par-
ty to whom such labor is due.’
Such men as Garrison, Phelps, Beecher,
Helper, Sumner, Wilson, Greely, &c., have
not only since the war commenced, but be-
fore, when all was peace and harmony, de
clared both in- and out of Congress, that
‘the Union was not worth saving with sla
very in it,” and that it is the christian duty
of the President to immediately issue a pro-
clamation giving freedom to every human
being. .
Such expressions as these are of common
occurrence, and the votes of these men rep
resenting the abolition faction, show their
willingness and desire to turn the war from
1ts original purpose, into an abolition crus
sade against the institution of slavery, and
sending our conquering legions forth tramp-
ling upon the mangled form of the Constitu-
time past and are still attempting to violate
the Constitution, we are traitors, in the es-
timation of the editor of the Press, while he,
endorsing the treason of his abolition friends
in their efforts to overthrow the Constitu-
tion, is a patriot.
This is truly strange reasoning, and could
only emanate from a mind frenzied with de-
spair, on account of the ill success atterding
the efforts of nis abolition friends. in forcing
their peculiar dogma, that a negro is as goo
as a white man, upon the President and th’
honest white people who compose this free
government. But by way of self justifica-
tion, we suppose, he says that Stephens,
Cobb and Davis never receive a word of
condemnation at our hands. He here as-
serts what he must know to be false if he
can read English and takes our paper.
We have always denounced secession and
its aiders and abettors in unmeasured terms,
and have repeated time after time the idea
that the radical fire eaters of the South, who
led the people there into rebellion, and the
abolitionists of the North, who openly advo
cated the violation of the Coustitution,
people of this great country could live in
peace together in an unbioken Union. In
the latter class, from the showing of the
editor of the Press, we must, against our
own will, include him.
‘* Nor is the fact of their revolt even al-
luded to, only as it enables them to stab the
administration.”” Have we ever stabbed the
administration ? Our files are open for in
spection, and we defy any man to show us
a single line or se! tence to this effect. We
have honestly differed with Abaham Lin.
coln in the suspension of the writ of habeas
corpus, and still differ with him. We op
posed the outrageous frauds that have been
cowmitted by government officials, and held
up the guilty parties to the contempt and
scorn of an indignant people. This we have
doue, and will do it again whenever they
come to our knowledge, and believe that we
are doing God’s service.
The editor of the Press, however, exposes
no frauds ; in fact, he don’t see any, or
know of any, although everybodv else knowg
that Simon Cameron was removed solely on
account of his duplicity and double dealing.
We don’t know whether we have given
President Lincoln credit for this act or not
in our paper ; but to make it sure, we do
now say, * Bully for Old Abe, he turned out
Simon Cameron and put a good honest
Democrat in hus place.”
Who stabbed the administration 2 or.
rather, who tried to stab Lincoln ? Can he
not, like Cesar, when stabbed to the hear:
in the Roman Senate. by his nearest friend
Brutus, say, “Et tu Brute”’—thou to Bru-
tus—* Lt tu Sumner’’.— Aye,Sumner, Love
joy, Greely, &c.. those ncar friends who
aided in his election, when they found that
he could not be made the stool pigeon for
their dirty purpose, nor made accessory to
their infamous designs upon the Constitu-
to stab him. But the impenetrable shield of
Democracy is cast between him and them,
and he is guarded now in Democratic ar-
mor.
His last address to the Senate, which wil!
be found in another column, is the Demo-
cratic armor in which he is cased, and with
a Democratic army at his back, their mur-
derous purpose fails. The Union will be
preserved, Constitution. slavery and all,
contrary to the aim and desire of abolition-
ism.
The New Senator from Indiana.
Gov. MorroN, of Indiana, has appointed
Ex Governor Joseph Hl. WriGHT, to fill the
vacancy in the United States Senate occa-
sioned by the expulsion of the Hon *-vo¢
D. Bright. Gave ** RIGHT, it will be
-—casvered. represented this Government
at the Russian Court, during the adminis~
tration of Mr, BucrANAN. He is a man of
much ability and a sterling Democrat. —
This appointment is reported to be highly
satisfactory to the people of Indiana, The
following extract of his speech, delivered on
the occasion of a serenade a few nights ago;
will show the political position of the Sena
tor : :
Senator Wright presenting himself. said
he was no party man. He stood, in thiscri~
s18, only for his country. Away with all
party creeds and platforms! The time for
them passed away. What we wanted now
was an united North. and if party creeds
prevailed. we should have war and blood
shed in our midst. How bitter do we be~
come even in ordinary times of peace 2 Let
the people be arrayed on party creeds, and
what man could foretell the consequences?
Douglas has said forget your party creeds
and your party platforms, and bring your
all to the service of your country, in this
dire emergency.
His (Wright's) party platform was that
the Constitution was to be waintained as the
supreme law of the land, and that the Union
must be preserved as the only guaranty of
liberty. His motto was, maintain the Con
stitution, and at all hazards, and at all risks
and no matter at what cost, preserve the
Union.
His platfordi, in brief, was this: lst A
vigorous prosecution of the war. 2d, No
party creeds or platforms. 3d, Pat down
at all hazards, this infamous rebellion. Acts
of Congress were of little value to him,
where the perpetuity of the Government was
concerned. God gave us one country. He
made us one people, and we would have but
one Government,
ought all to be hung together, and then the.
tion, turned assassin like upon him and tried |
+"The Late, Lamented Douglas.”
Among other beauties which occur in the
article entitled “Hump Back Democracy,”
in the last issue of the Central Press, the
heading above quoted, appears conspicuous.
‘The late, lamented Douglas !” Oh! how
hypocritical! those words of sorrow sound,
when coming from such a source ! How
the great patriot would pale with scorn,
could he but return to eartk and read, the
obituaries which have been pronounced upon
him by Republican editors ! Great God!
When battling, likea lion at bay, in the
cause of his country. how his great soul suf
fered under the burning taunts and sneers
and curses of these same abolition traitors,
who have suddenly discovered that the man
whom they hated was a great Patriot, and
are now hypocritically lauding him to the
skies. O, Douglas, Douglas ! why art thou
not here to rebuke these unholy political
fiends, who now take thy sacred name upon
their accursed lips in accents of hypocritical
praise ? Douglas—wept and lamented—
oh, let not these hase hypocrites profane his
noble ngme !
During the life of the great Illinois Sen~
ator, and, more especially, during his last
campaign, no effort was spared by these
very men to damn his character both moral-
ly and politically. No epithet was too
harsh, too severe, too mean or too degrad-
ing. to apply to him. He was, 1 their esti-
mation, nothing but a political demagogue,
and a drunken office seeker; and the whole
vocabulary of the English language was ran-
sacked in order to find terms sufficiently
withering in which to express their con
tempt and u‘ter abhorrence of him and his.
Even his revered and venerable mother, and
the dear wife of his bosom were not exempt
from their poisonous shafts, but the sanctity
of the household was invaded, and they, too,
were made to feel a portion of the venom
aimed at the heart of the noble sou and
husband.
At Clifton Springs. in the State of New
York, during the late Presidential campaign,
a party of ¢ Wide Awakes"” —that disgrace~
ful organization which flourished so exten~
sively before the election, but which has
not been heard of since the commencement
of the war—while passing in procession,
with their coarse banners and flaming terch-
es, before the residenceof Mr. Douglass
mother, stopped and groaned, and hissed,
and hooted, and yelled, and endeavored, by
heaping all manner of contumely upon her,
to show the respected and venerable lady,
how sincere was their hatred of her son.—
Never before, in the history of this country,
has party spirit led to the commission of
such damnable outrages, and we sincerely
hope it never may again.
But, notwithstanding all this, now that
the great heart which they filled to over-
flowing with the very bitterness of sorrow,
18 stilled in death, and the umghty spirit
which they endeavored, in vain, to crush,
has gone to 1t8 (God, these men now turn
around and tak ng his Lonored name upon
their lips, groan and weep over ‘‘the late.
lamented Douglas.” May God save us
from such hypocrites ! and when we hear
one of these men talk about the ‘‘noble
Douglas,” we will turn’away in disgust, and
exclaim :
<Q, consistency ! thou art a jewel,
But incongistoncy—how degrading !”’
THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.
The Message of the President, which we
publish, has fallen upon the ears of an as.
tonished people like a clap of July thunder ;
and in it abolitionism has received a stun-
ning blow, from which it is to be hoped it
may never recover. With the exception of
that part of it which, if it become a law.
pledges the government to paying those in
the States who may choose to initiate eman-
cipation, the value of their slaves thus set
free, every conservative in the land must en~
dorse it as it is an able argument in favor of
that same doctrine which has for so long a
time been the first principle of the Demo
cratic party. The doctrine uf State rights fs
therei~ fatty acknowledged, in that it refers
the proposed measure to the States them.
selves. If the people of any of the slave
States see fit, of their own accord, witnout
any compulsion on the part ot the general
government, to accept it, then, says Presi-
dent Lincoln, ‘the general government ought
to assist th m in their purpose, and pay
them for the inconvenience both public and
private, that they may sustain in conse-
quence of such change of system.
Outside from the emancipation clause con:
tained in the resolution, the doctrine is the
same that for years has been advocated by
the Democratic party in opposition to the
doctrine of the abolition party, advocated by
them through the press and on the stump,
in the campaign in 1856 and 1860, ‘¢ that
slavery, being a sin, and detrimental to the
progress of civilization the Congress of the
United States has the right and ought tw
legislate to its entire abolition.”
The Republican party, not occupying
quite so bro :d a ground as this, but still in
vpposition to the same principle, held, ‘that
Congress had the power, and should legis
late to the exclusion of slavery from the now
States that might thereafter apply for ad-
mission into the Union, notwithstanding the
people of suchnew State might desire to
have the institution of slavery recognized by
their State Constitution.” The two doc-
trines were identical ; the only difference
between them being that one was for doing |
immediately what the other sought to sc
complish in a few years.
These different doctrines, as to their cons
stitutionality and ultimate effects, have
been fully argued in the past, and it ts to be |
presumed that the people fully understand
them ; if not, and they are still disposed to
find fault with the principles of Democracy,
we refer them to the binding efficacy of
these principles, as acknowledged by the
President of their own choosing. Although
Mr. Lincoln was elected upon a different
principle, we have reason to believe that he
now fully sees the impracticability and even
revolutionary tendency of those principles,
and has abandoned them for the more con.
servative,.true, national doctrines of the
good old Democracy. The principles of the
true Democracy, ever right, must be tri-
umphant. We hope the lesser Republican
lights will now be as frank as has been the
President, and repudiate their old notions,
and acknowledge the doctrines we have so
long tried to teach them.
But, the idea of purchasing the slaves isa
new one that we don’t suppose has ever
heretofore entered the heads of the Northern
people. They will have enough to doin paying
their taxes that must be levied to p~y the
cost of the war, without turning their means
into the purchase of negroes. This is an
impracticable idea which the President re-
commends, as the States themselves to whom
he refers the question will hardly sccept it,
and we doubt very much if the people of the
North feel like passing a law that would
compel every land holder in the North to
pay for a negro.
3
Message from the President.
WasBINGTON. March 6.
The President to day transmitted to Con-
gress the following message :
Fellow-citizens of the Senare and House
of Representatives :—1 recommend the
adoption of a joint resolution by your hon-
orable bodies, which shall be substantially
as follows : .
Resolved, That the United “States ought
to co-operate with any State which may
adopt a gradual abolishment of slavery, giv~
ing to such State pecuniary aid to be used
by such State in its discretion to compen:
sate for the inconveniences. both public and
private produced by such change of system.
If the proposition contained in the reso
lution does not meet the approval of Con-
gress, and the country. there1s the end, but
if it does command such approval, I deem
it of importance that the States and people
immediately interested should be at once
distinctly notified of the fact, so that they
may begin to consider whether to accept or
reject it.
The Federal Government would find its
highest interest in such a measare as one of
the most efficient means of self.preservation.
The leaders of the existing insurrection en
tertain the hope that this Government will
ultimately be forced to acknowledge the in-
dependence of Some part of the disaffected
region, and that all the slave States north
of such parts will then say, the Union for
which we have struggled being already
gone, we now choose to go with the South-
ern section. To deprive them of this hope
substantially ends the rebellion, and the mn~
itiation of emancipation completely deprives
them of it as to all Siates initiating it. The
point is not that alt the States tolerating
slavery would very soon, if at all, imtiate
emancipation, but that while the offer is
equal; wade to all the more INOTrLueErn,
shall, hy such mitiation. make 1t certain to
the more Southern that in no event will the
former ever join the latter in their proposed
Confederacy. I say initiation b:cause, in my
judgment, gradual and not sudden eman-
cipation is better for all,
In the mere financial or pecuniary view,
any member of Congress, with the caucus
tables and treasury reports before him can
readily see for himself how very soon the
current expenditures of this war would pur-
chase at fair valuation all the slaves in any
named Stave Such. a proposition on the
part of the General Government sets up no
claim ofa night by Federal authority
to interfere with slavery withiu State limits
referring, as it does, the absolute control of
the subject in each case ro the State and its
people immediately interested. Itis propo
sed as a mailer of perfectly free choice with
them.
In the annual message of last December, I
thought fit to say, the Union must be re-
served and hence all indispensable means
must be employed. 1 said this not hastily,
but deliberately. War has been made, and
continues to be an indispensable means to
this end. A practical re-acknowledgment of
the national authority would render the war
unnecessary and it would at once cease.—
If. however, resistance continues, the war
must also continue, and it is impossible to
foresee all the incidents which may attend,
and all the rnin which may follow it.
Such as may seem indispensable. or may
obviously promise great efficiency towards
ending the struggle must ad will come—
the proposition now made is av offer only, —
I hope it way be esteemed no offence 10 ask
whether the pecuniary consideration tender-
ed would not be of more value to the States
and private persons than the property in it in
the present aspect of affairs.
While it is true that the adoption of the
proposed resolution would be merely initia-
tory. and not within itself a practical meas~
ure, it is recommended, in the hope that it
would soon lead to important practical re-
sults. In full view of my great responsibil-
ity to my God and to my country, I earn
estly beg the attention of Congress and the
people to the subject.
(Signed) ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
The Occupation of Leesburg.
COuarLesrowN, Va., March 9.
The report of last mght, that our forces
had occupied Leesburg, is officially confirm
ed. The enemy evacuated the town on Fri-
whether the troops retired thither or started
towards Winchester. Col. Geary occupied
the town unresisted yesterday morning, cap-
rebel army
All quiet on our frontiers last night.
tooo
Raising of the Potomac Blockade.
WasniNeroN, March 9,
The Stars and Stripes wave over Cock-
pit Pot. About 2 p. m. to day the Rebels
commenced to fire their tents and other
property difficult of removal. They also
burned the steamer Page. and all the other
craft in the creek. Our gunboats opened
fire on the Cockpit Point battery about 3
o'clock, p. m.. an
day morning, taking all their supplies and
baggage to Middleburg, but it is not known
turing considerable property belonging to the ,
d at 44 landed, and run up
the glorious old flag. {
"PEN, PASTE AND SCISSORS.
J Sharp—Our devil.
17 Pleasant—The weather.
17 Empty—Our port-monniae.
17 Curious—Some folks to know who
the ¢* Man in Grey” is.
= Not true—The report that Captain
Brown had resigned.
{7 If the doctor orders bark, has not the
patient a perfect right to growl?
(7 In ninety-nine cases out of a hundred
wealth creates more wants than it supplies.
17 We understand that two new stores
will be opened in town in the spring.
17 Gone to the city-—The Press editor.
Hope he mayn’t get into bad company.
I There are no other creatures in na
ture that can charm like women and
snakes.
17>“ A man can’t help what is done be~
hind his back,’ as the scamp said when he
was kicked out of doors.
177 In private watch your thoughts. In
the family watch your temper. In com pany
watch your tongue.
I= Married life ofien begins with roses
wood and ends with pine. Think of that my
dears, before you furniture ;your parlors.
= Felix thinks the seat of war of the
Washington army must be very nearly worn
out by this time !
T7= Why is Virginia sure to come right?
Because she keeps Wheeling for the Union.
Patience is sometimes courage in repose
and he is the greatest hero who can suffer
most silently.
Strong words indicate a weak cause. The
more a man swears the easier he is whip
ped.
Ingratitude is the pretext that selfishness
siezes hold of for refusing to do a favor.
Be what you are. Thisis the first step
t)wards becoming better than you are.
When a woman intends to give a man
the mitten she begins by knitting her eye-
brows.
I= In good spirits—The senior of this
paper. If you want to know why, ask
him.
(0 Secretary Seward has rescinded the
order requiring persons leaving this country
to procure passports.
177 There 18 a Gaelic proverb : «If the
best man’s thoughts were written on his
forehead, it would make him pull bis hat
over his eyes.”
07" The Chicago Journal had one reporter
kilied out right, and another had his legs
shot off, at the capture of Fort Henry. A
third escaped unbarmed.
I= A dozen high breasted girls, just be-
ginning to break their corsets, will do mere
towards filling a party with sentiment and
inspiration, than all the wine that was ever
squeezed. Fact.
I An exchange says that Bishop Polk,
the Confederate General at Columbus, *¢ (as
learned to swear like a trooper.” We would
much rather hear him swear than preach or
pray .— Louisville Journal.
[7 Daniel Webster said, just before his
death. ¢ The sermon of Christ on the
Mount can not be a mercly human produc.
tion. This belief enters into the very depth
of my conscience. The whole history of
man proves it.”
[7 The important formation was made
public at New York on saturday of counter-
feit Treasury Notes in circulation. The
counterfeits are destitute of the initials U. S.,
which appear on the breast of the Goddess
of Liberty in the genuine.
[7 An Exchange remarks pathetically,
‘“ have you a sister ? Then love and cherish
her witha holy friendship.”’ This is all
proper enough ; but in case you haven't got
any sister of your own, take some ather fel
low's sister and love her. The effect is
just as good, and sometimes better,
[7 A man in Hamilton county. Ohio,
lately sued a neighbor for reporting that he
was a ‘‘ seceesionist and a rebel,’ and ob
tained a verdict of a thousand dollars, and
costs. Certain noisy patriots in this baili-
wick would, perhaps, do well to make a
note on’t.
= A strange scene was presented to the
inhabitants of Hellam township York county
ouc morning last week. A snow had fallen
during the night, and in the morning it was
literally covered with small black ants,
crawling and kicking with as much anima-
tion as in the summer time.
(I= The boys in a district sc hool in Urion
county, Indiana, demanded of the teacher
that he should stand treat on New Years
day. He refused, they then cut a hole
through the ice, and ducked him. He sued
thats, and collected five dollars apiece from
¢hem.
077 A Patlander in traveling on his way
to Manchester, New Hampshire, arrived at
the fork of the road where stood a sign
board, which ran thus, ** Manchester, four
miles.” +¢ Man chased her four wiles !, cried
Pat, ‘¢Be the houly poker, I could have
caught her meself in half the time !”’
757 As a proof that girls are useful arti-
cles and that the world couldn't very well
gel along without them. it has been stated
by a letter writer, as a fact, that if all the
girls were to be driven out of the world, in
one generation the boys would all go after
them. Wel they would.
Paprrs ConriscaTep.—The entire editions
of three newspapers published in Chicago
were seized by the Chief of Police Bradley,
the other morning, they having refused to
submit their proof-sheets to his inspec.
tion. Mr. Bradley wasgoing a little be
yond bis authority in asking to superyise
“the proof sheets.
Jr The Portland Argus says, the aboli-
tiomst Convention, which assembled at Al
bany last week resolved that ‘* the Consti
| tution is since the war, even more of a cov.
enant withdeath than before, and so the
! work of the Abolitionists, instead of being
completed, is becoming more important.
I= Many of our officers have discovered
in the Secession captives old friends and
school companions in years gone by.
Federal lieutenant has found his brother in
the captain of a Tennessee company, who
has resided in Nashville for many years,
{ and married a Mississippi widow. Traly is
| this, in more than one sense, a fraternal
! strife.
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RoaNOKE ISLAND
5 Feb. 224, 1862, | .
Epitors WarcEMaN :—Since my last,
nothing of note bas transpired other than
the taking of Winton village, situated 80
miles above here, on one of the tributaries
of Albermale Sound. The gun.boat Dela-
ware, went up om a reconnoissance, when
some ladies, men and children came down
to the wharf as a decoy. The Captain—
Quackenbosh—thinking them either in: diss
tress or loyal to the Union, immediately
lowered a boat, and was proceeding to shore.
when a battery of seven guns and eight
hundred muskets opened directly upon him,
riddling his boat badly ; but, fortunately,
no lives were lost. He immediately repair-
ed to his boat and moved down the Sound
ten miles, and with a heavy reinforcement
of gun-beats and "ae 9th
and captured the guns, burned the Court
House, captured private documents, &c.—
Among the documents was a copy of the
Richmond Enquirer, acknowledging their
defeat in Tennessee and. at this point. It
says, ‘The yankees,”” as they term us,
«« fought desperately, working their way
through a morass which we thought impas.
sible.” They report the Island as being
strewn with dead yankees. Had they
live ones, they would have stated the. truth,
They brand the North Carolina troops with
cowardice.
The 1st and 3d Brigades make a forward
movement in different directions soon, the
object of which, if not prejudicial to our
cause. I will statein my next.
This is the 22d day of February, and in:
mémory of the illustrious Father of his:
Country, it was signaled forth by the
booming of cannon from Forts Reno, Fostez-
and Park, the forts taken on the 8th inst.,
by our troops. The last time it was our
privilege to commemorate the birth day of
Washington, the mention of whose name
touches a chord in the great American
heart that causes it to swell with emotions
of honest patriotism and pride that will
continue as long as our mountain Streams
tremble in the sunlight, or roll on to their
ocean homes—as long ag the names of Lib
erty, Republic, Constitution and Union, are-
cherished by us as a people—was in Clears
field. In the evening a Union meeting was.
held. It could then foresee the approach-
ing storm gathering in the distance, but pre-
sumed that it would not soon break forth,.
and almost, for the time being, destroy the.
great and glorious Union. We thought
then that the last admonition given by
Washington would be heeded by the South,
(and the North, too—Eps. Watch.) but,
alas! it bas resulted in a final disregard of
his counsels. We trust, however, that by
the time the next 22d of February rolls
around, our country will bein as happy a
situation as when the sage and patriot
breathed his last.
This Fsland is to be the Head of the De-
partment of North Carolina, and additional
fortifications will be erected, making it one
of the strongest defences in North Carolina.
A line of light draught steamers are to be
established to run down Albermarle Sound,
through 2ither New, or Loggerhead Inlet,
into the Atlantic; and fron thence heavy
draught vessels will ply between that and
Fortress Monroe, affording facilities for the
transportation of troops, provisions, mails,
&c. A post-office is to be established. Al-
ready yankee ingenuity is apparent. A
telegraph has been erected from General
Rurnside’s bead-guarters to Gen. Foster’s; a
distance of four wiles. Already dispatches
are trembling over the wires on Roanoke
Island.
The prisoners taken, instead of being
city, 40 milesabove here, and released on
parole, taking the oath not to serve in the
Rebel army, or give any information con-
be sufficient.
Ten or fifteen have died from the wounds of.
the 8th. The intense exposure on the night
previous to, and the night after the battle,
has caused a few cases of rheumatism,
chills and fever, pneumonia, &c. This cli~
mate is remarkably changeable. When.
going to bed, the sky may be clear and the
moon and stars shining brightly, and in the
course of two hours the rain falls in tor
rents. Changes of from 15 to 20 degrees.
occur 1n an hour. ’
The Paymaster has arrived, and as soon,
as the pay rolls can ba made out, the pay
for the entire Division will be forthcoming.
Give our soldiers good clothes, plenty to eat.
keep the old Stars and Stripes floating over
them, let them know they are fighting for
the Union and the Enforcement of the Laws,
and victory is certain.
Our means for getting the news are poor.:
The sight of the New York, Philadelphia,
or home papers, of any date, almost, is
always hailed with much satisfaction,
our friends only knew how anxious we are
to see the Bellefonte papers, or any y
they would all send us one forthwith.
Watchman, we read all the advertisements,
even down to ** Ayer’s Patent Double React-
ing Medicines,” all the *¢ Strays,” even the
Lawyers’ Cards. If you don’t send us the
Press and Watchman, we will set you
down as unwortliy of the patronage of an
intelligent and Union loving community,
and cease mentioning you in our prayers.—
*¢ Beware, for the evil day cometh when you . (.
think not, and Editors may wish the Press
to fall upon them.”
Nearly all of the Islanders and many “of
the inhabitants of Nag’s Head, on the main
land, have taken the oath of allegiance.—
We are now being supplied with fresh shad,
perch and bass, in abundances.
The only thing we lack is butter. Our
smoking corn cakes and large short cakes
don’t taste as good with molasses. As soon
as the line of steamers is once fairly under
way, we will fare sumptuously. As it is,
A | we have many things you don’t get. in B.—
Wild Goose, Brant, Swan an
plenty upon the Sound.
To-morrow is the Sabbath, and, in accor.
dance with General Order, No, 20, from
Gen. Burnside, the day will be spent in Dix
vine service, The General is pursuing a
very judicious course in throwing every
protection around the inhabitants who cling
Duck are
| to the Union, and in having the Sabbath sa-
credly observei—two features which will
have a good effect upon the cause for which
we are struggling. Yours,
’ ** ROANOKE."
A A An
EXTRAORDINARY preparations are making
everywhere for the manufacture of maple sus
gar. The crop promises to be very large.
gent North, have been taken to Eliz .be h.
cerning us that will aid or abet the rebels,
until exchanged. The number of prisoners.
they now hold of ours will, no doubt, be.
released, as the number we have is said to.
The health of the Division is quite goad.
and the ‘‘ Ready John’’ in their trowsers,. .
The last time we saw a Democratic
ew York (Zou- -
aves), went up and stormed the battery.’
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