Democratic watchman. (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1855-1940, June 26, 1863, Image 1

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¢ hearted men m Schuylkill THE PRESIDENT ON ARBITARY AR-| What we seem the erronous law sud logic |
the decisions of
who will enforce
the Court at every cost. Bes cur
{riends mn other connties will not stand id
ar by and see us conten ne for the blo
inheritance bequeathed to usy our
& teed to us by
the United
i
Ms gnny
Lrathers, All the
| the Constitulio J the laws of
nd Pennsylvania, we will exe
if this coanty is to
s¢
Y SHOT BY TUL PROVOST GUARD
Ie
THE |
TWICE BY
scourged by war, let it be com-
by the jcan party. Lot us
ght and jr ¢ on our side, and i
4] to arms become necessary, we
do it with a pood conscience and
We
a calision,
can tae
yhle pity the men who
The cup of
in a ne cause
seek to provoke
{ their iniquity is {
y ' s The ease w.il be heard in open Court
ip, was appointed by the t Sh lon Monday next, June 13h, at 10 o'clock,
chai of this county Charlemagne Power, to | A.M. — Potisville Standard.
the enrolment did not 1m all ¢ 80 to, the | ’ rin
Ti of THE CLERGYMAN AND THE BURG
LAR.
ho world of fic
thritimg chapter than sn incident
ein "St
Alrahaw Bresshr ac
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on haidly conta
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ma tr mote :
i ! which muikea the lite of Rev. Mr. lee,
sired to know why bb d not visit perscus } y rl
. that. it wan tial who! was sccentiy cot down in his prime,
at their houses, suppor ha vas his | Ath 2
Shae ne : i i’ Wols mode] © hile pastor of the Presbyterian church
laty { ) SO. o this mquiry tz, made | | a oy
alien i oi . Y oh or 18 i in the village of Wat ord, New York.—
1 l nated Mp oO which CSS To 5 E y : :
. A : | The advent 5 the Troy Uimes, oc
ike a sheep thidd, or * :
¢ | curicd on tue
edd +
sponded that Lied ht
sgiving,
cominence-
result
tiie
Lofore Than
cp ;
previous to the
recden illness, which
Jookad hike
hi
a few wecks
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on was reported to the Te
is COenverIEaiy ment ol
3 bal. who on Monday evening | o ia Sr fe woe Bb
we, Deputy Provost Mar ne " atout one o'clock in the
od ds ". Bowen, Deputy U. 3 i morn ng. prepuriig & discoprse to be de-
sor fur this county, with a squs of sol na A; it Bur
diets to Hegine towrskip to arrest Abra- | tial for Tharkepteing worship, he ie
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im to Pottsville. |
about !
{oe
haw Brosster and became
behind him,
cvs that somebody was in the room.
a noise
§ tavern
{hat a teighber had drooped
Mr.
are
a
make
Lee
in upon tone unforseen ervand,
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in orderl = ., :
: 1 I salad
0 nieve pit and PO apg gg the matter?’ and turned
i t Cd His > » | : 3 .
ceefiod with shy rom dirs fo the | around in his chair. ie heheld the grim
residence of Al Oa reach |
¢ of a burglar, who was pointing a pis-
the house of 1
Tilat}
The ruf had enter-
at his hreastt, i
side window, suppos
by
the cecupants were wruj ped in
tol 1
tor d
{ed
a
the house
«d Breesia
fing thats
a steond time to
wen: wlio wete clumbor, and burst wyon the presence of
cane 11g the doa Mr. Lee Lofere he was aware the study con-
a t 9 | tained an cecupani.
FOG ted “Give me your watch snd money,” said
United sindes uw tie, “ard make {0 noise, or 1 will fire”
povaliete. din Mr. bee said:
once ateprud ack meio the | i :s wel jul down your wea.
wpted 10 clo snot, Ww be yisistance, and
38 ail the vgluables
1 “zine w I's neoaveing pis-
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Win | ato
? i nos ecient ures
BULLTE : : opened a dour, Po
rested i ve his two chi ary
ia A hi edo sweet SE] eee
1 veo.” said hie wy «
i uv to captur | Will you tihe thew
torind 1 3 = 14d
ere lor a very short puiod of} ¢ had fow carly possessions,
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went {is means were devoted to but
bo of Bressler and demanded admitinee. |
They were yrmed by the fumales of the |
family that there weie no wen in the house |
and that they would nol open
They then broke the door in and sea
find of
fain ai .home.-
Title of
in the place where i
d is eves, and he expressed the utmost soi-
art which he had been about to
Mp.
consented to
and there
1
Avra- | Lee,
the house, but did not any ow
a fw remarks from
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his in prayed;
male members of the orimit.
{found the ld be erimb
Fever,
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, Standny | (ool
and ji
Yin that ouely house, and the silence of
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with
oft nder poured forth his pen-
the representa-
midnight, the
tenee and romorse, while
vive of a rod gion of yence and good will
! tol Sach a
from
dno
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++po and fin no more.
cilen
Marshal, who wi nin | scene has few parallels,
their own recogn On the conclusion of the prayer, the bur
Jar altowpted to take bis departare by the
wd dollars Io
's tavern ard Tremont, they met | broken window through which he had en-
wo name of Jonathan Ot- | tered.
“Why not go by the front door
sin the sum of one}
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thous! ran required. B
c
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a young wan by i}
to who was 97 sald
toward his
hh he
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tion, there who would
paid Bo atte “Phere are confederates
ut of the enrrisge or Carri zes | ghaot cither you or me.
He desired Mr. Lee to ake an oath on
fn 1s ner Le Holy Scriptures never to reveal the par-
conduci ui (eulars of this seerct interview. Mr. Lee
¢ excitement in the farming districts of | aaud it wos unnceessaiy, as he had the Kind-
Het ringi-
{wo shots after nn,
and fired
53 unnuecssy
to say that the
(hese men his ereated an in- |
ier
township 1s
this 1 P
pally settled by farmers of German ex
[est f clings toward Lim, and shoull never
| divulge ought he had seen or heard. The
Lorne the | next day, Mr, Lee, while walking with his
unutls
councy.
tion, and men who have always
and ug wife, met 1c man in the streets of Water
Phe action of the Provost Mav- | ford and ru subsequent ceeasions saw him
character of peaceable
citizens,
shal and bis aiders
and abettors his plae- | fiom time to time.
ed ches of the law, and they On of tlic actors mn ths singular episode
wi t vill. fills an early graye: but by means that we
make them remember that this is a govern- i are not at liberty to disclose, the event did
v and of cider, as well as one | not die with him, What must be the feel
of force. Iris very weil known that there | ngs of the other parly to this mysterious
s a disposition on the part of cerlain parties | meeting, when he reflects upon the lonely
to provoke a collision, and stalements as | parsonage, and the memorable scene that it
- essed on the night hefore Thanksgiving
“(a sufficient force in this cdunty, have
u in the cl
with in a manner that
ment of la
vhat is intended to be dme when they
teen freely made. They boast that an ex-| ==
ample is to be made of Schuylkill county, | [7A New York evening paper states
may ve a failure in the end, and also | that the President has consented to give
the declaration that when have & suf- command
the of a division of negroes to
as sock | Gen. Fremont, and that immediate cffgt
| will be made to forward the enlistment of
men.
ficient force here ISL
ag fon
as ALT
on
tic people resisted the nat,
then they could pay oft old score, will,
. EPO
17d letter has been reeei
perhaps open the eyes of > people of |
| ved by Mrs:
[ Jas. Tilghman in Philadelphia, from the
Pennsylvania to the fact that these men de-
sie to inaugurate
In conclusion, we would advise dur demo-
uty, 10 do no act in
? wounded,
vivli
)
law or which will place them i
before the public as distarbers of the
peace, The Courts of thas county are open
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¥ be 2101 ol 1 rare 8 ol . “1: :
for the protection of all, and there are able’ jay elad frigate La Gloire not long since.
wife of her son, Gen. Tilghman, stating that
she is with him and that he is but slightly
ow ~Two tons and a half of oysters were
ipped fiom the copper of the French
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Tt must Le conceded, says the Jowrnel of
Commerce, that the President seems to be
neere when he writes an argument, what
But
| sincere or not, he has certainly written a
rer wei
, we give to Ins reasoning.
Bg
letter on the sul
| Constitution he has sworn to defend,
ctof arbitary arrests which
the
We
| have examined the letter with profound sor-
indie a total
alure to appreciate
row. it fuils to give us confidence in the
wind of (he chicf magisaate, or m lus abii-
ty to exacise, with proper judgement,
the high daties imposed on him by his
| oflice.
e ciror which underlies his whole rca-
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5 so plain that it must be unnecessa-
Every one has seen this
error, Let us however, glance at it. itis
perhaps set forth more clarly than clawhere
mm the following sentences:
7 concede that (he class of arrests com
plated of san be constitutional only when
in cases of rebellion or invasion, the pnblie
safe'y may require them; and I insist that
in such cases they are constitutional, where-
ver the the public safety does require them.
4, &,
Now thé mistake of Mr. Laucoln,on which
his whole letter is based, is in. & complete
misunderstanding of the constitutional pro-
vision on the subject of the writ of habeas
corpus. Thais mistake is vital. The pro-
vision is in these words:
“The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus
shall not be suspended uvless when in cases
of rebellion or invasion the public safety
may require it.”
The President construes this to read as
ollows: “In cases of rebellion or invasion
the President of the United States is invas®
ted with absolute power of arrest and 1m-
prisonment over the persons of all citizens,
soning
ry to point it ont.
and may seize them without complaint, war-
rant or action of any court, and hold them
at Lis pleasure if he thinks the public safety
rogues it.
And, with all respect, we must insist that
the provisions of the Constitution are super-
tor to the Presidents’s will whether in war
or in peace, and that no provision is chang-
¢d by the existence of a war except the
mere legal remedy of the habeas corpus. —
he president, instead of imagining that the
laws in our eountry arc changed by the ¢x-
istence of a rebellim, so that he becomes in
vested with an shsolute power over the per-
sons and liberty of the people by this pro-
vision of the Oonstitution, should set him
find the
ny such power, ei-
It is
The Constitution is our law
self diligently 10 work to where
Constituiion gives
in 8
ee
time of war ovin time of p
nowhere given.
for all times.
Mr. Lincoln also makes a very singulir
ertion -for it
sertion, unsustained by argument thas there
are crimes unknown to our laws. for which
We are here at a
los to know on what basis his mind oper-
Iu is plain enough that there are no
such crimes. The fact of the suspention
of the privilege of the writ habeas corpus,
when it takes place, does not createany new
laws, or make sny uew crime unknown to
No crime exists
which cannot be proceded against and pun’
ished by the laws of the United States or of
the States. [tis a grave error to imagine
that the existence of the writ of habeas cor-
pus &s a remody is restrant upon powers
which might otherwise be executed. 1t is
purely a writ of relief agamnst wrong. If the
writ is suspended the wrong is not made
right. The suspention of the writ would
not change one principle of liberty, or exert
any cffect whatever in the way of authoriz-
ing arrests and seizures of citizens.
argument or 1s 4 mere as
he may make arrests,
ates .
the statutes of the land.
On tke contrary, the Constitution abso.
lutely prohibits these arbitary arrests, The
words are clear and explicit. Will any one
contend (hat the suspension of the writ of
habeas covpus relates only to the: person af-
ter an arrest or seizure has been made. The
Constitution protests citizens against illegal
arrests always, and the probibitant remains
good, whether there be a habeas corpus pro-
vision or not. ~All this the President 1g-
Ue scems to magine the whole
Constijution dependent on the habeas cor-
pus clause.
nores.
We might direct attention to the fact that
all arrests has been made in the ranks of the
opposition, while men pouring out treason
with every utterance on Abolition platforms
have been left untouched, or received into
the arms of the administration. We might
to the President’s regret that the people
eddress him as “Democrats,” by reminding
our readers of the scores of deputatios from
Abolitionists, Methodists, Presbyterians,
Quakers, Republicans &c,,
shom hoe hud receeived without any such
regret. In fact he strikes a blow at all these
deputations, and all the resolutions of all
sorts of religious and political bodies that
have been sent to him.
We might go on at great length exposing
the weakness of the Presidents letter. But
the time 1s too serious, Tae country is
again 1 the midst of a great excitement.
We prefer at such times to lay subjects like
this on the shelf for a few days, while we
give our attention to the impending danger
But we could not permit the President’s let’
ter to go unanswered. The time for it is of
choosing, and we simply place before our
Progressive
through whicn the Presigent labors, page |
after page, to establish a claim in favor ot
a power over the constitutional freedom of
the citizen. Tt does note No citation
from Constitution or law is given in favor of
it. None can be given. It rests solely in
the imagination of the President, whose let-
ter astmes for him all the reponsibitity of
these arbitavy proceedings. We trust that
he will forbear to act en the theory he sus-
tains.
best minds throughout the nation ar griev-
ed at such an effort as this, in favor of whit
almost every one believes (o be unauthoriz-
ed exercise of power.
res
te
he
The people think differently and the |
Dp
CURING A WIE
Mr. Dimlight, for the past ten years, has
prayed every day that his wife would tumble
down stairs and breuk her neck, or clse die
like a christain in her bead. :
The simple reason for this, that Mrs.
Dimlight was fond of complaining, taking
medicines, and having protracted irter-
views, wi h the docter ; all of which requir-
ed money, and money Mr. Dimlight bates
to part with.
In fact he had wuch rather part with Mrs
Dimlight, bat that jady manifest
tion of leaving ths ple asant world and tak
wy
ed no inten
ing up her abode in an une rtain splere,—
Neither did she say that she would live,
leaving her Jord, in an uncertain state,
and her physician in a perplexed condi-
tion. The doctor said she wanted rous-
ing, and Mr. Diwlight thought he would
do something to start her, and get her out
of bed,
tle hit upon a plan which he though woull
operate in a satisfactory manner
Mrs. Roundwink acted in the capacity of
purse to Mis. Dimlight.
Roundwick is & widow, very pretty and
very coquettish, For a handsome present
she resolved to enaat the part that Dimlight
warked out for her, so one evening, wile |
Mrs, Dimlight was groaning and threatning |
to die, Dimlight called her up to the win-
dow, :
«She is going to’kick the bucket at last,”
BELLEFONTE, FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 26, 1863.
CAN THE PRESIDENT HESITATE
BETWEEN GEN. McCLELLAN AND
GEN. HOOXER,
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Gen, McClellan was relieved from his-
command after he had saved Maryland and |
Pennsylvania. ile was relieved of his com |
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mand ajter the batile of Antietars ; and he
was removed, ostenst
just when he was ready to start and give |
battle to the Confederate |
Gen. Burnside was appointed Gen Me-|
Ulellan’s successor. He changed bis base
{for he was bound to differ from Gen. Me-
Clellan,) advanced like a mad bull: |
Frederic
ped.
on free speech, and on the literty of private |
citizwes, till his {folly and his tyranny grew |
into proverbs, and he is now a man detest
cd by the people,
Then came Gen. looker, who, on
strenght of bis testimony against Gen, Me-|
Clellan before the Congressional War Com-
mittee, was premoted from a corps cou-|
mander to be the commanding general of the
Army of the Potomac. Fiery prove and |
melodious strains of peetry, with and with-
out rhyme, rected Lis advent. - He his ies-
1iflcd, under oath, that the incompetency of
Gen. McClellan bad prevented our taking
inst |
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Lie bas since made war on the press, |
th
ihe
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Rictmond, and the inference was nati
that he would take it, now that hie was in
the plece of Gen. McClellan.
But Gen, Hooker did not take Richmond
He spent some time and jos! many thousand |
wen, in taking Ficdericksburg, issued a
p reclamation to ins troops that he had bag-
ged the enemy, and then reerossed the Rop-
pahannock, and picpared for another fight,
which has not come off yet, General Hook.
er is no doubt a good corps commancer,
and able to handle 80.000 men ; but he has
given no proof whatever of Lis shihty to
dircet the movements of a large army.
The truth, tie neked trath is. that Gone-
ral Lee hus outeeneralied Cen. Hooker, wath
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all the putlings and blowings of the Jacobins,
15 10 inal
ii for Gen. Lee, If Gen. Hooker
eat general, fit to command a lar
he could, at least, have held Gen.
Lee in cheek.
wore a g
Bat he allowed himself not
said the husband, “so yonand 1 may as well
fix things so that we can start fair,”
ped moaning. ter eyes beg
unnatural brillianey, The
room took no notice of her,
“Yes,” said Mrs Rouwsdwin
at lust. Now we can wii over our owi af |
parties in the
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she's going
fairs.
Mrs. Dimlight raised her'form in bed, and
sat bolt upright. She listened attentively,
aud her eyes grew brighter:
«Jlow goon will we be married after she is
dead #7 asked Dialighty pessing his arms
around the substantial waist of widow Roud-
wink.
«1 suppose you will be will !
week or two @7 simpered Mrs. Roundwink
lovingly .
Mis. Dimhght uttered an exclamation
which sounded profane and giving a spring
landed on the floor.
,¢You think I'm going to die, do you
she yelled. “Pll see you hanged first !—
1'li ive to spite you-—yes 1 will I—Now ot
of this house ! for you don't stop here an-
other minute! I can act as my own nurse
you good for nothing buzzy te
And from that day there was a rapid im-
provement in Mrs. Dimlight’s health. She
no longer tolerates nurses, but one can im-
agine what kind of a life poor Mr. Dimlight
leads.
is verison of the love making scene 1s not
beleived by the restored Mrs. Dimlight.
eevee
THE DEVIL'S CHOICEST SERVANTS.
A paper was picked up in (he sweet last
night by a person returning from hearing
the three eminent divines spout in Library
Hall. It is supposed to be a free trans-
lation from Luther, and it reads follows :
The Devil, as is his custom once a year
held an examinstion to see which of his
imps had Jabored most faithfully in his ser-
vice. Calling them together, he questioned
them 88 to what they had per'ormed. ef,
said one “raised a mighty whirlwind which
blew the sand of the desert upon a car-
avan of Christain pilgrims, and they all per-
ished.”
«Pooh, said the Devil, «what of that, if
their souls were all saved.”
1g to wait a
a
Christains, and they were all lost.”
«But their souls were all saved, 80 that
dorie me no good,” replied the Devil, con-
temptuously.
«And 1,” said another, ‘have not been
idle in that part of America from which
your majesty has often regretted receiving
so few subjects. I have cultivated the most
intimate acquaintance with many of their
divines, and have pursuaded them to drop
the Bible and take up war politics,and they
are having a vast iufluence among the cirles
which have been wont to look to them for
advice.’
«fa, ha,” laughed the Devil, you are the
smartest imp of them all, and shail have the
highest place in my favor. I see I shal
have no cause to complain of that country
peing unproductive to wy kingdom hercaf-
ter, — Newark Journal.
&
Mrs. Dimlight turned her head and stop-1,
nto assume an |
«1,” said another, ‘sunk a ship load of i
only to be Leaten by Gon. Lee at Chancel
| principles of
| quel will show.
SEER
) TAMIA PG RY SY
SITUATION IN EUROPE.
ition which the ignorant and in-
of Prussia has assumed in
wd to the Chamber of Deputies, m
licationg ; but we do
not beheve that it will lead to a revelation.
The probability is the King will abdicate in
TEE
The pe
faturted
reg
lead to serious
comp
who is extremely popular, and asis er
ally the case with crown princes
their succession to the throne,
ciinel. The
that, by his mariage witk a Bri
ora
Piussians as
Cs,
the favorite ds
cr of the Queea ef Bng-
Shure, and way inn'orously whip. re : .
urg, and was inglorously whip |1and, he bins fmbi ed some of the cardinal | of the Grand Mas
public liberty, and that, at aj
ted as Lis father
ht ot "kings,
ven 8, he cs
bs
rard to
Whether they are n
Meanwhile, it i
that constitutional
King
a government
Feederielk William I 1s Lereafter
ERT urd that cither the Kg or the
people must yukl. In every other country
this we vad to revolution bat the Pros,
siana sre most considaate, They know
that if
they
appeal to force, and are defeat
ed, (Lar eensuiutional government is gone;
and th -¢ know tl + Ning, being
now si xX ye of , will soon be
tired of telling with them or die—o
an .
grief. They will.then worry him by con-
stant protests, by refusing to vote tie sup-
rt, by opposing his government
every lawful way, til they get rid of
hin. This the Germans call ‘passive re-
sistance .”
lies, in
and a few years’ patience, aided
by the Queen, who is truly an enl-ghtened,
| liberal princess. and the crown prince, who
of coustiiutional
liber y afier the model of ti
iN
favor
openly declares in
tof Fagiand
sh that sceurity of free.
dom which it is impossible to realize under
will quietly WY
the present military rule.
The Polish question is still foremcst in
; but it has nou yet left
the sphere of diplomaey, and is not likely
The Poies still hold out, and
but do not
e that France and England mtend in-
European politics
to leave it.
may do so mnch longer: we
1
terfiring by force of arms. The great object
of Paoland and Erance is to separate Aus
be cut-isanocuvred ever
trifle
4 with, that Lee ean
in while a portion of hi
3 Inve ryland and Peunsylva
The Press, of yesterday, admitted
“
8;
why, then, if Hooker is in his senses, don’t
he {I_ht Lee, and diive his troops out of
Pennsylvania ?
After Gen. Hookerls defeat ut Chancellors
ville, President Lincoln was half ine
that <“liooker’s army outnumbered Le
wed |
but the |
Abolition Committee in Washington inter- |
ferc® and Mr. Lincoln concluded to give
him another trial. Does Mr. Lincoln know
what his kinduess to Gen. Hooker amounts
to rchieve him of his command:
to ¢ Does he know the meaning of giving a
defeated general another trial 2 It means!
this: I am willing to sacrifi
¢ another twen-
ty thousand men, snd some two or three
hundred millions of dollars, find out
whether you are the general who is fit to
wand the Army of the Potomac.
Has the President a right to sacrifice the
to
e
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blood ana treasure of the nation to a sense- |
less Abolition etiquette between him and |
the general commanding the Army of the
Potomac ? .
Why, we would osk, does Mr, Lincoln
not give Gen. McClellan another trial? 1s
it because he, the President, has been so
weak and timid as to sserifice Gen. Me-
Clellan to the Abolition brood in Washing-
ton, and New England 2 Is it because he
is a afraid to rouse the ire of his shoddy
contractors ¢ Is he afraid of the pohtical
? Does he stand in awe of that
male caricature in petticoats who, without a
blush on her brazen denounced |
(Jen. McClellan as an nnbeceile and a traitor ?
We cannot judge. of the condition of our
Army on the Potomac; but we know that!
the appointment of Gen. MecCicllan would
breathe a new spirit of life- into it. We
know that vélunteers would cheerfully flock
to his standard—-that public confidence
would at once be vestored—and that our]
brave troops would soon again bem a con-|
dition to assume the offensive. 1f Mr.
Bincoln refuses to listen to the voice of the |
public, lending his ear merely to kis court
panegyrists, then on him rests the fearful
responsibility of ruining our country and
destroying the Jives of our people, —Ea.
> ———
parsons
cheeks,
0" In front of the rebel works at Vieks- |
burg, afier our sharpshooters had safely |
established themselves behind high rough
ground, near enough the enemy’s niffe pits &
converse with the butternuts, an Iiliois
boy, full of fun, and somewhat thirsty cried
out :
‘Hullo, there, Secosh !’
‘Hullo P
(Got any liquor in Vicksburg #
Plenty.’ i
“Well, we'll come in tonight and take a
horn.’
tria from Prussia and Russia; because, if
| Aultria could be reconciled to Ruesia and
russia, the Holy Alliance would at once
1
se re establi-wd, which would be dangerous
to England and to France, and reduce them
at onee to the stiuation they occupied after
the revolution of July in 1830. AWtrin i
still isolated from Pras
ia and Russia; bat
her inierests are special, and she is very iar
from entertaining the same opinions in re.
gard to the Polish insurrcetion which
are
shared by the Western Powers.
But 1t is this very position of Austria—
the doubt that hangs over her course, and
the peculiar interest she has in maintaining
the statas quo in Poland —which serves to
ance snd England, and which will
preserve the peace. France, se-
Ingland and the smaller
unite
assuredly
ed
hern
{rom
Pp,
owers of Europe, might be con-
ww the sword to put an end to
i she 1s by her
she can propose negotiations, while
Russia anust prefer to snbmit the question
to an Buropean Congress, in winch she will
find a hundred different means of protracting
a final azrecment, till the Polish struggle is
ended. That wi this state of things neither
France nor England seriously entertam the
idea of interfering with our internecine war
pelled to
a painful situation, Blrongas
alles,
is self evident.
ERIE SRR Ey
Virrainy Coding t¢ Lignin, —The New
Orleans correspondent of the Herald, wiles
under date of May 27th.
Oh, that our honest people of the North
could come here and be behind the curtain
for a few weeks 3 how they would bold up
their hands in holy horror at sceing poor
Unele Sata robbed on every side by those
who are so intensely patriotic that they
would, to use their own words, hang every
secessionist and slaveholder higher than
Haman! We have an army of these pa
triots here, who imagine they are practice-
ing their raseabity without fear of discovery.
Some very rieh developments wil take
place 1 a few days, showing in what mau-
ner fortunes are made in this department,
aud how men come here very poor and in
a few months leave for the North witha
pocket full of plander. An examination is
pow going vn in regard to levying black
mail that seriously compromises some high
government officials. The proof is now be-
fore Gen. Kmory., and it is of the most pos-
itive character, so much so that it is impos-
sible for the parties referred to above Lo es-
cape. The charge now under investization
is but one of a series of the same charuc-
ter, some of them mrolving large amounts
of money, aud 1 shall be much mistaken if
you do not in a short time have a history
of some of the greatest villainies ever per-
petrated in this or any other country.
—— et
[77 A good story is told of a one legged
political orator named Jones, who was pret-
ty successful in battering an li ishman,
The boys on the battle fleld, death staring
them in the face, and danger on every side,
will have their jokes as well as Uncle Abra-
kam, safely ensconsed in the White House.
er ee pene
I7~1t is stated tbat Geo, Grant and Pem-
berton were some years ago, hoth Licuten-
ants in the Regular Army, and belonged to
cam AAD en.
Tt is reported that a large batch of Eng-
lish thieves recently {arrived in this country
readers the correct principles, as against
aud age now prowling about New York.
the same regiment. They were stationed
when the latter asked how he had come to
lose his leg, «eWell,” said Jones® on ex-
amining my pedigree, 1 found there was
some Irish blood in me, and becoming con-
cat it oft at once.”
a duced good thing if it had ouly settled
{at Detreat.
in your head,”
3 v the little that remair
Lelieve |
vineed it was all settled in that left keg, ©
“Be the pdwers,” said Pat, “it ud ov been |
pS A I Br I EB
THE EARTHQUAKE IN RHODES.
The following letter gives some detaily
irelatiye to the earthquake which has just
latcly desolated the Island of Rhodes:
On the 224 of April we had a more vio-
lent earthquake than was cver before ex-
-perienced here. Not a buildin
g in Rhodes
for being to slow, | favor of Lis son, now thirty-two years old, and ir the williages but has mere or less
| badly suffered. ‘The great tower of Same
Michel has almost
1 to tice ground, and
threatens
cvery moment to tumble into the port and
i block light
as well «s the palace
up the & Fhe house
| tower 1S in rai
France.
+
rs, recently converted
|
walls of
tinto a prison; the the town ure
more or less damaged, as well as all the
churches, At Trnada only a dozen houses
reman standing, Twelve other villiages
have been totally destroyed. There have
been three persons Kilied there
and a great number wounded.
bund ca
Massari is
the village which has suilered the m
verel Out of forty-six families enly thii-
is escaped with their lives.aud
almost all of those have Gt
se-
ty-five pe
veevived
I was at Massari tho
tsccond day alter ca asuophe, and ove hua-
dred
wore
less serious injury.
and tw x lodics bad already
been Luried. Scveral families were still
missing, and the place where their houses
had sioed could no longer be recognized.
Five bodies were got out from the ruins
during the quarter of an hour I remaineg
there. It was a frightful spectacle and re-
vived in me the sad recolicctions of the
scene of the explosion of 1856. Lindos has
suffered but slightly. We continue to feel
shocks but they are decreasing in violence.
Only thirteen persons have been killed in
the capital. The French Vice Consul whose
honse is no longer inhabitable, has taken
refuge with his family in our house, which
has suffered but slightly. To complete the
misfortune, three days after the earthquake
a complete deluge of rain fell, so that the
few provisions which the peasants had
hoped to save hava been completely de-
stroyed. The weather is cold for the sea-
son, and the unfortunate people have no
food shelter. They have lost every-
thing—relutives, friends, houses, clothing,
and sitkwouns. Ther misery is
”
nor
cattle
wart-rending.
Amn ©
Freo Spocch— Wendell Phillips.
This renowned Abolition leader the most
talented and cJoquent man among them all,
in a speech at Bosten, said:
“Wy ho can adequatdly tell the value aud
sacredness of unfettered Lips? Who ean
filly deseribe the enormity of crime of its
violation ¥ Fiee speech, the very msuru-
went, the bulwark, the bright consummate
fiower of liberty | Tue time to assert rights
1s when they are denied ! Those who should
assert them are those to whom they are
And that commanity which dares
not protect its humblest and its wos
hated citizens in the free utterance of his
opinions, buwever false, or however hurt
ful, is a gang.”
However wrong this deladed fanatic may
be in the comrse which he has so long persis-
dented.
tently pursued in regard to the instantan-
aboltion of slavery and
the
teous Hnuig.
diate, elevation of negro to equally
social, and political, with the whites,
there is much truth and souad sense in
Lie above remarks.
SO Pm——
RuLis POR THE PRETERVATION oF HEALTH,
_1fa scldier, don't rest upon your: laurels
until they have been well sired.
Avoid falling out about tritles, :
Full out of window as scldom as poss?
2.
Keep your mouth shut on duty days.
Never open your mouth in frosty weather.
Close your mouth very ught when the wind
blows from the Fast.
Do not swallow too many telegrams.
Keep out of the Street when gold is fail-
ing.
Read the remunks of the Zap ess upon our
jokes. They may be beneficial to you, from
the fact of our jukes beng mixed up with
them.
Partakesparingly of wild fowl particularly
of the canards that coiiie to us from Mex-
160.
Should your thermometer indicate and ¢x-
treme degree of cold or heat, immerse it in
hot or cold water.
proper sense of duty.
R se cariy, before you are twniy-five, if
possible.
until he arrives ata
= ie
077A letter was deposited in the post
office 1n Philadelphia, a few days ago have
ing the following address :
Mr. tommis Cammel
newer lanes
ir care of caper
Storer. ;
A little stud; will probably clucidate the
meaning of the writer. 5
While on this subject we will add the
following, whi:h the Worcester Spy says
was discovered on a lett vdeposied mn that
city a few days since:
«Potmenjquenett
quite
Andri Lamotte.”
This was a poser for a while, but finally
{it was deciphered to belong to Andrew La-
| motte, Patnam Connecticut.
vr
In .fugasla, Me., they have introduced
| the practics of omunenung the churches
{with Living thw
|
ie