The Watchman
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Friday Morning, August 28, 1863
PALS Pr
Democratic State Ticket,
FOR GOVERNOR,
GEORGE W. WOODWARD,
OF LUZERNE.
FOR JUDGE OF THE SUPREME COURT.
WALTER H. LOWRIE,
~ County Ticket,
C. T. ALEXANDER,
of Bellefonte.
FOR PROTHONOTARY,
JAMES LIPTON,
of Mileshurg.
FOR REGISTER & RECORDER,
J. P. GEPHEART,
of Millheim,
FOR TREASURER,
JOHN SHANNON,
of Centre Hall.
FOR SHERIFF.
RICHARD CONLEY,
of Gregg Township.
FOR COMMISSIONER,
JAMES FORSMAN,
of Sncw Shoe.
FOR AUDITOR,
J. W. SNYDER,
of Ferguson Township.
FOR CORONER,
JOSEPH ADAMS,
Democrats! Rally !!
MASS MEETING.
A GRAND MEETING of the citizens of Cen.
tre, Mifilin and the acjoining counties, who are
im favor of the supremacy of the Constitution and
the enforcement of the laws, and opposed to all
arbitrary arrests ard every other feature of ty~
runny and despotism, will be held at
CENTRE HILL,
Centre County, Pa., on SATURDAY, September
5th, 1863, at 2 o'clock, P. M
Rorgnr Swineronn and Josern Bucnen, Esqs.
of Union County, Josgrit PArxon, Esq, of Mif-
lin, Jon IH. Onrvis and C. T. ALEXANDER, of
Centre, and other able speakers will be present to
addiosg the Democracy. By orcer of the
COMMITTTE
en ———— o—
"A Second Draft.
The Union Leaguers of Bellefonte have
determined to make another draft, if they
cannot get zo/unteers on their ticket within
two weeks, 1 he quallifications necessary to
entitle a man to a ticket, are that he must
be a ‘shoddy patriot”--that is, wilimg to
steal from the government, rol, the soldiers,
and plunder the people. Ile must be “un-
conditionally loyal,” that is, he must say
amen to all that the abolitionists utter,
from Abe Lincoln down to Sam Bike; and
fiom him down to Curtin ; he must believe
that the Constitution is a “covenant with
death and an agreement with hell ;’ he
must believe that “John Brown's soul is
marching on ;” that this trait-r, horse thief
and murderer was equal Lo our Savior, he
must believe that a negro is far better than
a white man, and that all the guarantees
of pursonal liberty known to the law were
meant only for Sambo and his cubs, And
he must b:ever willing and, ready to du-
nounce the followers of Jefferson and Jack-
son as *“Copperhcads” and “traitors.” All
who 2annnt come up to this standard will
beexempt from the first draft they make,
ANTED.— Eight men who have reith-
er names, characters, nor priuciples—
men who can rob the treasury and are wil-
ling to divide the spoils—who swear by an
anti-slavery Bible and pray to an anti-sla-
very God—who believe John Brown was
the sccond Redeemer and Abraham Lincoln
an angel of light—men who believe the
black race superior to the white, and are in
favor of amalgamation and equalization—
who hate Irishmen as they do the devil, and
believe that all Dutchmen have ‘‘double
skulls” —who are in favor of carrying on
the war, but opposed to going themselves
—who believe all contractors are honest
and all Government officials wise—who be-
lieve Jeflerson was a traitor because he was
a “copperhead” and a “barbarian” because
he owned mggers—who are willing to swear
that IL. N. M'Allister is the prince of pat-
riots and the members of the Union Leagua
the bravest men in the country. Each one
must believe that “military necessity’ de-
mands the hanging of “copperheads” —the
imprisonment of 1nocent men—the outrag-
ing of women—the murdering of children
—the burning of property--the destroying
of towns--the preventing of clections, ete.,
etc. These men are wanted to run as can-
didates on the Union League ticket this fall.
Apply at the head-quarters of the Union
League, in Bellefonte.
P. 8:—No objections on account of color.
N. B.—“No Irish need apply.”
Christianity and the War.
——
A few years since, America could, with
propriety, claim for herself a position as the
most Christian nation on the globe, For,
while she prescribed no religion and fatten-
ed no petted sect at the public treasury, in
millions of hearts swelled the pure spirit
of Christianity, — peace on earth good will
to.mau’ Prosperity smiled upon us, and
the will which ove:threw other pations dis-
appeared in our triumphant march until we
were flattered into the belief that our Re-
public was under the special direction of
Heaven. Men skilled in such lore declared
that our nation had been pointed out, by the
prophets ot old, as the very perfection of
of human governments. The great princi-
ple of Christianity, without which all else
is as “sounding brass and a {inkling cym-
bal” —Charity—led the the people of every
section of the Country and unbounded pros-
perity, peace and happiness was the result,
for half a century. But, during all this
time a faction led, by Satan, was busy in a
little corner of the family, seeking to create
discord. —A remnant of the very brood that
deluged England in blood, and no doubt de-
scendents of those who crucified the Savior,
were busily working out a falc of bloodshed
and ruin for such as no pen has ever record-
ed and no imagination ever depicted. At
first it was so contemptible as to be un-
worthy of notice ; but gradually and surely
1t stole over the land, like a cloud of deso-
lation, and now the tempest is upon us and
death. First it stole into the hearts of pro-
fessing christians and carried with it the
most bitter hatred against brethern, the
church fell before its baneful influence and
with its fall was herrd the sad wail which
is said to precede a storm at sea, To-day,
| four fifths of those who are professing to teach
the will of Jehovah are the emissaries of
Satan.—When destruction and death sweegs
over the land, like the baleful simoon of the
desert, when human lives are lavished as
the leaves of Autumn, and immortal sculs
sent to their account by tens of thousands,
when desolation and woe broods over the
nation as the shadow of death, their voices
are raised crying for the extermination of
the South for the indiscriminate slaughter
of their Christian brethern, who love Christ
as truly as they ana who aie far more inno-
cent, in God's sight, of this bloody tragedy.
Not a weck ago we heard one of these
Christian (?) teachers say. that ons of
his brethern deserved hanging, and that
brother was a public minister of the gospel.
Fiom such teachers, from all such Christains,
good Lord deliver us !
With such men praying for us, with such
men expounding the words of life, need we
wonder that our condition is so fearful,
They have driven peace from us, and when
the South came with ontstretched arms to
meet them, they hung out as a motto, “no
union with slavery’’—thusviolating the com-
mands of the greatest teacher of the gospel
the world has ever had.
‘And they that have believing masters,
let them not despise 2/1em, because they are
brethern ; but rather do them service be-
cause they are faithful and beloved partak-
ers of the benefit. These things teach and
exhort. If any man teaches otherwise, and
consent not to wholesome words, even the
words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the
doctrine which is according to godliness ; he
is proud knowing nothing, but doting about
questions and strife of words, wherefore
cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,
Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds,
and destitute of the truth, supposing that
gain is godliness: from such withdraw thy-
self.”’---Pauls 1st, Epistle to Timothy, chap.
6, Ver. 2-5.
If the apostle has not here described the
teachers of abolitionism, no description will
ever reach them. Upon them and their in
fernal doctrines do we charge the crimes for
which the innocent are suffering with the
guilty—may the ghost of cach murdeged
victim of their teaching sit heavy upon their
guilty souls, ‘Unless ye have the spirit of
Chirst ye are none of his”—says the scrip-
tures of truth. Uan any posessed of the
meek and lowly spirit of the Redeemer
thirst for the blood of their Political and
Christian brethern ? Can a true Christians
benevolence be confined to a narrow 1dea,
and to a narrow country ? Wherever the
foot of man has pressed the soil the mercy
of Christ has reached, and just so far ex-
terds the benevolence of the true Christain.
Look Christian parents upon the; lonely
grave of your son, far from all he loved who
wailed cut his death cry, and unwept, un.
honored and unprepared to meet the Great
Judge was he huried into cternity. Or be-
hold, mourning wife, the unburied body of
your husband festering in a Southern sun»
or writhing upon the field of carnage.
Who is to blame ? Your minister urged on
the strife, and then put arms in the hands
of the innocent, and bade them God speed
in the murderous work ? Your minister
thanks God for the war, glorifies the ged of
his idolatry (slavery) above the bloody grave
of your slaughtered son, above the ghastly
wreck, which was once your husband. And
he says he has the spirit of Christ. Is the
Divine Redeemer then the author of the
frightful scenes, of the terrible excesses that
have made us the scorn of mankind ? Is he,
who gave his life “to bend man’s stubborn
will,” responsible for the tragedy which is
being enacted in America ?—Never oh, nev-
er, the man who led your son to the slaugh-
ter is none of his, Satan is his master and
by him will he be rewarded. The preach-
ers of Abolitionism are the authors of it all,
They called forth the monster to destroy us,
they sct in motion the maelstrom which has
engulphed us. In your prayers remember
them, in your curses breath their names and
they will learn thet God is a God of peace
and not of destruction.
Pretended ministers of the gospel have so
often ascended from the slimy pit, in which
they are bred, to the polilical areana, that
for once we have condecened to notice them,
as the authors of all our misery.
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= We wonder if the Assistant Provost
Marshall, might'nt have the remains of the
Union League party, in this county stowed
away some place, or hid in his pocket ?
Our Ticket.
We place at our mast head today the
names of the men closen as standard bear-
era by the county Convention, which met in
this place on Tuesday last. Itis a ticket,
worthy in every respect, the hearty support
of all honest, patriotic voters--a ticket that
docs honor to the men that selected it—and
honor to the party it represents, Had the
delegates labored for months to find men
better fitted in every respect, to represent
the people of this county in the respective
offices to be filled this fall, they could not
have done it more effectually, than in the few
hours they were in session, in the Club
Room. Never, since we remember any-
thing about tickets or conventions, have we
known of one that gave such universal satis-
faction to all the memters of our party, as
the one we now call upon every lover of hon-
est principles, and upright purpcses to sup-
port.
There were doubtless as good men defeat-
ed in the Convention, as those that succeed-
ed—men, as well qualified, to fill the posi
tions to which they aspired as any that
could be found, but the -‘fates’” were
against them, yet that has not deterred
| them, neither has it cast them down, for
like honorable, high minded, deserving
| men they are laboring earnestly and deters
minedly for the success of Democratic priaci-
ples and their more fortunate competitors.
Our candidate for Assembly, Mr. Alex-
ander is a man of undoubted integrity and
our proud nation struggling in the throes of | sterling worth, a lawyer of acknowledged
ability, and besides a Demoerat of the right
stamina. In him the people of Centre coun-
ty will find a representative that will sce
that their interests are protected—-a repre-
sentative that will stand by the prineiples
of Democracy and the rights of his constitu-
ents—a representative that corporations
cannot control or moneyed monopolies in-
fluence, a representative that will know his
duty and be willing and able to perform it,
at all times and under all circumstances,
He is decidedly the white mans candidate,
and will most assuredly be the white mans
representative. For him we ask the sup-
port of every lover of his country and its in-
stitutions, in him no one need fear to place
their confidence.
Mr. Lipton the nominee for Prothonotary,
is a man fitted in every respect to fill the of-
fice with honor and satisfaction to the pec-
ple of the country. Ile is a laboring man,
deserving the position for which he has been
chosen, and we feel confident that the work-
ing men of “old Centre” will give him a
hearty and cordial support. There is no
man that has stood firmer by the principles
of Democracy then has Mr. Lipton,——there
is none that will do more for the great cause
than will he. A member of the church, so-
ber, steady and industrious, we know that
every democrat, and hope that every labor-
ing man in Centre county will cast their vote
for him on the second Tuesday, of October
next.
For Register & Recorder we have J. P.
GePHART of Millheim, a scholar, a Democrat
and a Gentleman, he speaks fluently both
the English and German languages, and is in
every way calculated to fill the office for
which he has been nominated, coming as he
doer, recommended by the sturdy yeoman-
ry of Penns Valley, is enough to insure his
triumphant election, by an overwhelming
majority.
A better man to fill the place of Treasurer
than the nominee, JoHN SHANNON could not
be found. Loved, honored, and respected,
as he is by all, for his many manly qualities,
he can not fail to rececive the support of
every honest voter in the county. Mr. Shan.
non, besides being a sterling Democrat is a
scholar and a christian. admirably suited to
fill the office of treasurer.
Mr, CoNNELLY, our candidate for Sheriff,
can not be surpassed as a straight forward,
consistent Democrat, able and willing to per-
form the duties which will be assigned to
him as an officer of the county. Who his
competitor will be, we know not and care
not, only that we pity the man who attempts
to run against Mr. Connelly.
For Commissioner we have JAMES Fores-
MAN, of Snow Shoe, a man of splendid busi-
ness qualifications, and a gentleman 1n
whom the most implicit confidence can be
placed. We bespeak for him the hearty sup-
port of those who would sce the interest of
our county well cared tor,
The nominee for Auditor, Jas, W. Sxy-
DER, of Ferguson, and for Corcner Josepn
Apawns of Milesburg, are men both eminent-
ly qualified to fill the positions for which
they have been chosen. True Democrats,
who will command the respect of their op”
ponents, and receive the support of all good
citizens,
There Democrats of ‘cold Centre” is a
ticket worthy in every respect your undi-
vided support, Men of principle, honorable,
honest, upright men, against whom the
black tonugs of blacker principled abolition-
ists will no doubt raise and report all kinds
of infamous lies, calculated to lesson their
respective majorities at the coming election.
Altheugh success is certain, yet the assur-
ance of that, should not lessen your exer-
tions in behalf of the men and principles you
uphold. If our majority to-day in thie
county is one thousand, let it be increascd
to fifteen hundred, by tbe second Tuesday
of October. It can be done if every domo-
crat, but does his duty. To work, then
freemen ! There is more at stake then sue-
cess of individuals. Principles upon which
rest the foundations of our Republic—and
in the triumph of which is the only assur-
ance, of perpetuating our own liberties.
Sn r— lena.
07 Harp Ur.—The nigger worshipers for
candidates, What is the matter boy ? Lit-
{tle afraid that Andy will swamp you?
| Come, come, now, be manly for once, jump
into the boat with him and all sink together.
0" BecGiNng.—The Union Leaguers, for
for some body to accept their nominations—-
Rather disreputable that,
- A Oem.
| 07 Read the article from the Pittsburg
Gazette on “Our Andy in an other part of
| to-days paper.
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A Black Record !
Let the Voters of Centre County Read! !
Gov. Curtin Portrayed by his Friends!!!
The following articlo which we clip from
the Pittsburg Gazette of August 5th one
of the oldest and most influential Abolition
Journals in the State, should arrest the
attention of every man who makes the
Jeast pretensions whatever to honesty, or
has the least particle of respect for the
honor of our Commonwealth. It 1s a por-
trait of ANDREW G, CurTIN as his own
political friends have drawn 1t, not exagar-
ated and embittered by party animosities,
but facts vlaced on record which prove his
imbecility and unfitness for office. Let the
honest voters of Centre county read it
carefully—Ilet those who desire that the
Governor of our State shall be a man of
honest upright integrity, answer whether
they can assist in placing Andrew G. Cur-
tin in the Gubernatorial chair for three'years
longer.
A Parting Word to the Convention.
The delegates to the State Convention are
now among us. Before they proceed to
do their duty, wehave a word to say to
them.
We had reason to believe that Governor
CurmIN, notwithstanding Is ostensible
withdrawal, was a candidate for recomin-
ation, and confident that he would be suc-
cesstul.
We felt assured that he could not be
elected: We knew that he ought ;not. It
became our duty, therefore. to sound the
alarm, and endeavor to save tho party if
possible,
We have endeavored to show that he im-
posed upon the soldiers, by farming them
out fo his friends, and then denying that
he had employed them,
We have exhibited the record to estab-
lish the fact that he had approved a bill,
acknowledged by him to be wrong, waich
robbed the Treasury of many millions of
money —that as the condition of this appro-
val, he had taken an agreement for the
State, which he abstracted, and secretly
surrendered to the parties who had given
it—and that when interrogated by the Leg-
islature, he confessed the fact, and offered
as his apology, a 1eason which is shown to
have been untrue,
We have demonstrated the fact that he
bargained away a Republican United
States Senator, for the consideration of an
adjournment, and the discharge of the Com-
mittee, appointed to inquire into the means
which had been used to procure the passage
of that bill.
We have charged that he was unfriendly
to the war policy of the Administration,
and proved it not only by his Message in
relation to the arrest of traitors, and his
conduct in relation to the draft, bat by the
character of the men whom he has retained
about him.
We have shown that the effect of his pol-
icy has been to break down the power of
the Republican party of this State, and that
even those who merely co-operated with him
in the Legislature, have been placed,almost
without exception, under the ban of the
people.
And we have inferred from all this—
without referring to the other matters—
that his nomination would be disgraceful
to the party, and his election impossible—
as the general desire of the Copperheads
that we should take him as our candidate,
proves it to be, in their judgment, as well as
ours,
All this we have been compelled, by the
necessities of the case, to do, in order to
save the cause from irretrievable ruin—
We would rather have avoided this, if i
had been possible. We have kept these
things in the back-ground, rather than run
the risk of crippling the State Administra-
tion, or driving it bodily into the embraces
of the enemy, to which we feared its ten-
dencies were over-strong already. We
thought it wise to make the best of a bad
bargain, 82 long as we could not help our-
selves. When the same man was, however
presented fo us anew, as a candidate for a
second term, it became our duty to speak
out before the mischief was enacted and
we have done so, in language as moderate
as the facts would. bear. And yet even
then we would rather have waived our ob-
jections, if it nad been possible, and taken
the weakest man, and the wickedest of our
personal enemies than run the risk of dis-
turbing the barmony of the party, at such
a time, It was clear to us, however, that
with such a candidate, it was impossible
for us to succeed. We should be beaten at
any rate—and as it could not make matters
worse, it was worth at least the trouble to
endeavor to prevent it.
And now we ask of the members of the
Convention to tell us calmly, whether, with
the facts before them, as ‘we have shown
them to be, there is ove constituency in
Pennsylvania; that .would have recom-
mended, or instructed for him—and wheth-
er these facts, depending mainly upon
the recor, and incontrovertible of course,
can be now successfully conceaied from
them.
We ask them again, who there are among
the eminent speakers of the State who enjoy
the confidence of the people, that will ven-
ture tomeet these issues with thevery record
to confond them ? We do not know a man
of any position or force, in this country at
all events, who would not feel himself per-
sonly compromised,by undertaking a labor so
herculean as this.
The question that comes at last whether
there are any of the delegates inclined to
the support of Curtin, who would consider
a triumph now, as more important than a
triumph at the election, and a sufficient
compensation for a defeat at that time—or
who would be willing to stake the result
upon a doubt : Ifit be true, as charged,
that he sists on playing the part of the
dog 1n the manger, and sacrificing the party
of which, it is said he claims to be the
builder, to himself, is there any man in the
Qonvention who will allow himself to be
used for such a purpose? What is to be
gained by it for the advantage of any body
but fie rebels and their Northern sympathi-
zers
We have stated more than once—and we
canot repeat it too often—that whatever
may be the opinion of the Convention and
whether right or wrong, the feeling against
Gov. Curtin in this county at least—grow-
ing out of his own acts and policy—is so
strong; that we could no more‘ control it,
even if we were so disposed, then we could
steam the torrent of Niagara with our hands.
We might ruin ourselves by advocating his
election, but we couldn’t help him. It is
not we who are resporsible for the ex-
istence or origin of that feeling. We 1e-
fect it only, and have but thrown ourselves
into the current, which was flowing as rap.
idly before we undertook to fathemor direct
i",
There are good men here who doubted,
in 1860, whether he could be trusted, and
refused to vote for him, and yet this county
gave him a majority of about 6400 votes.
Less than a month afterward, it gave Lin.
coln 10,00. With a stronger man than
Curtin, there should have been 8.000 at
least, With an unexceptional candidate
now we are as strong as ever. With Gov.
Curtin, we doubt whether it could be car-
ried at all, and those who reflect that his
coaduct at the session of 1861, brought in a
Democrat even here, at the election which
followed, will realize the mischief that such
a nomination may inflict.
It is not this county only, however, in
which it is important to make the machine
run smoth. There will be like difficulties
elsewhere, aud particularly in those coun-
ties where the strength of the Republican
party lies, If he should be nominated, it
will not be by the voice of those districts,
which will be expected to elect him. It will
be counties liks Berks, we suppose, that
are to be cast as make-weights into the
scale. Would 1t not become them to re-
flect, that if they want us to do the work,
they must put us into a condition to run
without weights ? Are not even the pre-
judices of our people—if they choose to call
them so—to be consulted # If they can
find a man who is free from objection—-and
we are in a bad condition, indeed if they
cannot—what is their duty as men—as
patriots —as lovers of their country ? How
can they excuse themselves for insisting—
from mere pride or self-will—on one of the
opposite kind, whois known to be unpal-
atable to any respectable section of the
party? We shall guage their patriotism by
the way in which they deal with the diffi-
culty. With men of the heroic stamp—
men suited to the times—it can prove no
serious difficulty at all,
The Ledger's Idea of Humanity and
Tenderness.
Except in the employment of negroes as
soldiers, the Ledger thinks ‘the United
States Government conducted the war as
humanely and tenderly, and with as great
regard for civilized ;1ules, as any Governe
ment possibly could do,” Our penny neigh-
bor has evidently forgotten tke burning of
Pensacola and Jacksonville in Florida, of
Jackson, in Mississippi, and Darien, in
Georgia, to say nothing of other towns and
villages wantonly burned by our troops,
without a word of subsequent rebuke from
“the Government.” The Ledger has for-
gotten the sacking of churches, and the des-
truction of private property in those places,
and in other places. It does not remember
that Colonel McNeil [since made a General
we believe], caused ten innocent men to be
murdered because one alledged ¢Union”
man in Missouri was temporarily missing,
[The same man afterwards returned alive,
it is said.] That paper forgets that Colonel
Turchin [afterwards made a Brigadier by
“the Government,”] gave his regiment sey-
cral hours license in Athens, Ala, where
they entered a young ladies’ seminary, and
committed outrages which the Ledger would
not dare describe ; it forgets that Blenker’s
regiment, in Virginia, scole or destroyed
the property of Unionists and rebels indis-
criminately, outraged women, and even cut
the tongues out of the mouths of living
cows, sheep, and calves, it forgets the mur-
der, by Union soldiers, of Robert E. Scott,
in Virgina, a man who wasso Joyal that Mr,
Lincoln came near calling him into his
Cabinet, while outraging, in a manner,
that cannot be described, the wife and
daughters of Mr. Scott, who was ‘an old,
gray haired man. The soldiers murdered
him for attempting to interfere. The Ledg-
er forgets this and forgets also, that ‘the
Government” has ever made any attempt to
convict or even detect the offenders. That
paper does not even remember the account,
which it published very recently, of a squad
of negro soldiers near Island No 10,
murdering two men and four little children;
first ravishing the oldest girl, the St. Louis
Republican says. 1t forgets all these things
else it could not even for pay, patronage,
or popularity, say that ‘the government”
has conducted this war with “tenderness and
humanity.’
We might remind our neighbor of many
more outrages committed by Federal troops
without punisnment, or even rebuke, at
the hands of the government, but let the
foregoing suffice. The Ledger has full
knowledge of Schenck’s outrageous doings,
every cay. He acts under the very eye of
‘the government.” He banishes women and
children from their homes, sends his sol-
diers nto ladies’s bed chambers, taxes in-
nocent men to pay for buildings burned—
sometimes burned by Unionists, that those
opposed to them in politics may be punisa-
ed. A volume might be filled with the out-
rages committed by Schenck aud approved
by “the government,” but the greater atro-
cities which we have hastily detailed above
ought to be sufficicet to show how tenderly
and humanely our +*Government”’ has con-
ducted this war, and yet they are not a
tithe of the atrocities that have been com-
mitted in the name of liderty by this ad-
munistration,— Evening Journal.
Another Substitute Murdered by a Mil-
: itary Upstart.
We learn from an individual employed in
the neighborhood of St.George’s lock, on the
Chesapeak and Delaware canal, the following
version of the shooting of James Young, who
left the city in company with a detachment of
substitutes, during the week, under the com-
mane of Major Sellers:
~ On friday between nine and ten o'clock,
while going through the lock, Young was
seen near the engine room, when Lieutenant
Parker asked him what he was doing there,
and received for an answer that he came up
to get some fresh air. The Lieutenant
threaisued that jas fai not tell him how he
got there he would shoot him, there bein,
gaurd at the hold. ? £8
The substitute became nervous at the pre:
sentation of the pistol, and could not answer.
He pointed to a place from which he came.
This was a hole cut through the bulk
head. The Lieutenant shot him. At the
same moment the guard exclaimed,” Shoot
the s—b—,”” and he, it is said, also fired
the bail taking mortal effect. Young fell
backward into the engine-room—-he was
dead,
The lock tender and one of the soldiers
brought the body from the engine room and
searched the pockets, There was nothing
found therein beside the money that the un-
fortunate young man had received in pay for
becomeing a substitute. His bodywas taken,
to Chesapeake City, aboutjnine miles distant
when 1t was thrown ashore and there left.
Some of the inhabitants took charge of the
remains and buried them.
There was no inquest held, nor was there
any officer, municipal, State or National, to
take any legal notice of the affair. News of
his death having been sent to Philadelphia,
a few of his friends proceeded to Chesapeake
City, brought the body to this city, and it
was decently buried yesterday.— Philadelpia
Sunday Transcript.
OC There are fifteen or sixteen thousand
Federal troops now in about New York City
to superintend the draft. Twenty thousand
were in Philadelphia, and in a similar ration
they are and will be scattered all over the
country. No one who knows any thing
about it suposes that Lincon will get half as
many conscripts as he employs ticops to get
them Is he engaged in a war agaist the
South or the North?
A i
Great Democratic Meeting.
A grand meeting of the democracy of
Centre County was held in the Court House,
in Bellefonte, on Tuesday evening, the 25th
inst, The meeting was called to order by
the selection of James Macmanus, Esq., of
Bellefonte, as President. The Vice Presi-
Jets were one from each township, as fol-
ow :
John A. Mallory, Spring ; Michael Grove,
Benner : Wm. Foster, Harris ; Frederick
Kramrine, Ferguson ; W. W. Love. Potter ;
Col. Johr;Rishel, Gregg ; John]Smith, Penn;
Jacob Hosterman, Harris ; Dr. Strohecker,
Miles ; A. 0. Geary, Walker ; John Gar-
brich, Marion ; N. J. Mitchell, Howard ;
Campbell Delong, Liberty ; Wm. McClos-
key, Curtin ; Andrew S. Kreamer, Boggs ;
John Pownell, Mileslurg ; Jas. Alexander,
Union ; W, Greist, Unionville ; John Camp-
bell, Huston ; Wm. Pruner, Worth ; Wm.
M'Coy, Taylor; John A. Hunter, Haif-
moon ; Reuben I. Meck, Pattoa; J. H.
Holt. Burnside, Austin Hinton, Snowshoe ;
John Howe, Rush.
W. J. Kealsh, of Bellefonte,’and Freder-
ick Kurtz, of Haines township, were, on
motion of W, F. Reynolds, chosen Secreta-
ries.
On motion, C. T. Alexander, John II.
Morrison and Wm. Allison, Jr., were ap-
pointed a committee to wait upon Samuel H.
Reynolds, Esq., of Lancaster city, and re-
quest him to faddress the meeting. After
being introduced to the audience, the speak-
er commenced by expressing his pleasure
at meeting so many of his old friends after
an abseace of nearly ten years.
He stated that it was not his purpose to
tell them of the efforts of the abolitionists
of the North and the secessionists of the
South to destroy the Union, but it was his
purpose to tell them of the present adminis-
trations both State and National.
He discussed the different counts in the
indictments against the National and State
administrations with much eloquence and
with arguments of the most convincing
character.
At the close of Mr. Reynolds’s speech, J.
H. Orvis, Esq,, of Bellefonte, was loudly
called for. Mr. Orvis responded in his usu-
al interesting and argumentative style, ma-
king no charge or assertion that he did not
substantiate by undoubted proofs.
Tne Committee on Resolutions, consisting
of John T. Hoover, Edward Kreamer, P. G.
Meek, Hon. Wm. Burchfield and George W.
Jackson, reported the following, which were
unanimously adopted :
Resolved, That the Union of the States,
founded by the Constitution of 1787, formed,
as it was, by conciliation and compromise,
nurtured by fraternity and kindly feeling,
strengthened by concessions and common
interest, can no more exist in an atmosphere
of coercive, despotic or dictatorial powers,
than man can exist without the air which
he breathes.
Resolved, That, in the opinion of this
Convention, the war, as it is now carried
on by the present administration, is, simply,
a crusade against the institutions of sover-
eign States, waged, not for the restoration
of the Union and the preservation of the
Constitution, but for the perpetuation of its
own power, the abolition of slavery and the
destruction of the Union. We are opposed,
now and forever, to a war for any such pur-
poses, honestly and solemnly believing that
our only assurance of peace and restoration
1s in the success of the Democratic party.
Resolved, That we will earnestly support
every constitutional measure tending to pre-
serve the Union of the States. No men
have a greater interest in 1ts preservation
than we have—none desire it more. There
are nope who will make greater sacrifices or
endure more than we will to accomplish that
end, We are now, as we have ever been,
the devoted friends of the Constitution and
the Union, and it is because of our devotion
to them, that we are compelled to oppose
the present administration, which is pursu-
ing a policy destructive of both as estab-
lished by our fathers.
Resolved, That the power which bas re-
cently been assumed by the President of
the United States, whereby he has suspended
the writ of Habeas Corpus—declared mar-
tial law over States where war does not ex-
ist —imprisoned citizens without authority
of law—dragged Judges of State Courts
from the Bench--overthrown the suprem-
acy ot the civil law—abolished the right of
trial by jury—suppressed newspapers, let-
ters and documents and denied them trans-
mission through the Government mails—es-
tablished an odious partisan censorship over
the telegraph and press—ordered illegal
searches and seizures of persons and papers
—prevented the people from peaceably as-
sembling to petition for redress of grievan-
ces—destroyed the freedom of elections by
placing whole States under martial law— sta-
tioning armed men at the polls and permit-
ting none to vote except his own political
pat tizans—is unwarranted by the Constitu-
tion, and changes our republican govern-
ment into a despotism as absolute and op-
pressive as that of Russia.
Resolved, That, throughout all these un-
paralleled outrages upon the people, by
Abraham Lincoln and his minions, Andrew
G. Curtin, the present executive of theCom-
mouwealth of Pennsylvania, has been their
pliant and subservient tool, and has seen
the sovereign rights of the State and the un-
doubted rights of the citizen, trampled in
the dast, without once raising his voice in
their favor; that he has permitted the
swindling officials of the State and Federal
Governments to rob and plunder ahke the
public treasury of the State and our patri-
otic soldiers in the field, and that through
hig imbecility, our State was left unprotect-
ed, and our homes and property were given
over to the mercy of Confederate soldiers,
Resolved, That the General Government,
being but the creature of the States, posses-
ses no powers but those delegated to it by
the States, and that, when it fails to protect
the rights of the people and of the States,
the only hope left of perpetuating a repub-
lican form of government, is ina strict ad-
herence to State Rights and State Sover-
eignties.
Resolved, That our county, having furn-
ished 413 men over and above the full quo-
ta required of it to carry on this war, was
justly entitled, according to the decision of
the Provost Marshal General, to be credited
on the draft with that amount, and that we
hold Andrew G. Curtin responsible for neg-
lecting to have that amount duly credited to
the proportion required of this county.
Resolved, That under no possible emer-
gency, not even in msurrection or amid the
throes of civil war, can this Government jus-
tify official interference with the freedom of
speech or of the press, any more than it can
with the freedom of the ballot. The licen
tiousness of the tongue or of the pen is a
minor evil compared with the licentiousness
of arbitrary power. .
Resolved, That we call upon our Legisla-
ture to enact such laws as will effectually
prevent Pennsylvania from being overbur-
dened by the consequences of the mad
schemes of tna abolitionists. That if they
are determined to turn loose four millions of |
black laburers from the fields where they |
are contetedly and profitably employed, and
send them upon the country as paupers, |
that we owe it as a duty to ourselves to see |
that our own Commonwealth is not overrun |
by them. For this purpose we advise the
passage of a law prohibiting the immigra- |
tion of blacks into this State under any cir- |
cumstances, |
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Resolved, That our Senators and members
are hereby instructed to use every effort to
repeal the cLarters of all incorporated com-
praied of this Commonwealth whicke shall
ave at any time removed any of itS em-
ployees on account of the political opinions
they held, or sought in any manner to re-
strain them in the expression of such opin-
ions, and also of all compsnies which have
at any time obstructed or prevented, or at-
tempted to obstruct or prevent the sale or
circulation of newspapers in their cars, de-
pots or manufactories.
Resolved, That we heartily endorse the
nomination of Hon. George W. Woodward
as our candidate for Governor, and of Hon.
Walter H. Lowrie as our candidate for
Judge of the Supreme Court, believing that
in them the liberties of the people and the
rights of the Commonweaith will be secure.
Resolved, That we will give the county
ticket this day placed in nomination by the
democratic convention, our undivided sup-
port.
A— ae.
Democratic County Convention.
Agreeably to a resolution passed at last
County Convention, the Delegates of the
different townships met in Convention, at
Bellefonte, on Tuesday afternoon, August
25th, to place in nomination candidates to
fill the different county offices.
On motion Col. R. KeLLER, of Potter, was
chosen chairman and Freperick Kurz, of
Haines, and D. H. YeaGer, of Snowshoe,
Secretaries.
The following delegates presented their
credentials and were confirmed :
Bellefonte—D. G. Bush, Jery Tolan.
Boggs—Wm. J. Yearick, A. H. Welter,
Benner—Michael Grove, Wm. A. Kerlin.
Burnside—Wm. Askey,
Curtin—David McClosky.
Ferguson—Jacob Bottorf, Fred, Krum.
rine, Wm. J. Meek. .
Gregg—Alex. Shanon, John Goodheart,
George Jameson.
Hames—F. Kurtz, Jacob Hosterman, A.
Winkleblech.
Howard—Balser Weber, Ilenry Dopp,
Huston —John Campbell,
Halfmoon—John M’Miller,
Harris—Wm Foster, J D Rankin,
Marion—John Ziegler, R F Holmes,
Milesburg—Joseph Adams.
Miles—Gen Jonathan Wolf, II Korman,
R Smelzer.
Potter—0ol Love, Col R Keller, J D Mur-
rey, John Boozer,
Penn--John Smith, Capt. Eisenhuth, D,
Musser.
Paiton—Wm. Rowan,
Snowshoe—D H Yeager.
Spring —J A S Mallory, Wm H Noll.
Taylor—Clinton Mitchell,
Union—Christ Hoover.
Unionville—T J Geary.
Walker—M Shafer, John Divens.
Worth—T M’Alarney.
Liberty—C Delong.
Rush—J M Kepler, John Howe.
On motion agreed to sit with closed
doors; whereupon the convention proceeded
to ballot with the following result ;
ASSEMBLY.
Ist ballot.
OT Alexander 27
Wm Allison, jr. 12
A C Geary 10
Mr, Alexander having received the high-
est number of votes upon the first ballot,’
was declared the nominee for Assembly, and
the nomination was then made unanirypus.
PROTHONOTARY. :
Ist ballot. 7th ballot,
John Hoffer, fo 1B 18
James H Lipton, :8 25
J S ‘Barnhart, 19 3
N J Mitchell, 6
Mr. Lipton having received the highest
number of votes upon the 7th ballot, was
declared duly nominated, and the nomina-
tion made unanimous. :
REGISTER,
1st ballot 3rd ballot
J G Meyer, 4
A Bartholomew, 4
Philip Gephart; 18 32
J L Test 18 17
W Rumbarger, 1 withdrawn
T Holt, 3 do
Mr. Gephart having received the highast
nnmber of votes, was declared duly nomi-
nated, and the nomination made unanimous.
TREASURER.
1st nd 3rd
John Shannon, 16 19 26
J D Skugert, 11 11 8
B F Hunter, Tov dl 12
C Derr, 9 7 Q
J Hoy, 6 1 withdrawn ~
Mr. Shannon having receided the highest
number of votes, was declared duly nomin-
nated, and the nomination made unanim-
ous.
SHERIFF.
D O Bower,
A Koch,
R Connelly,
RD Cummings,
D Z Kline,
H Kreps,
E Kreamer,
J B Kreamer,
J Miller,
J M Bush,
T McCoy,
P W Barnhart,
Joseph Gates,
A C Carner,
Mr. Connelly having received the highest
number of votes upon the 5th ballot, was
declared duly nominated, and the nomina-
tion made unanimous.
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COMMISSIONER.
Ist 2nd 3rd
Jas. Foresman, 18 20 26
J L Gray, 3 6 6
Joseph Jordan, 3
Mich. Meyers, 4 4
D Derr, 2
Miles Green, 2
P Kechlein, 9 12 17
C Marks, 2
J Potter, 1 .
7
Mr. Foresman having received the highest
number of votes, was declared duly nomina-
ted for Commissioner and the nomination
made unanimous.
For Auditor, James W. Snyder, of Fergu-
son was nominated by aeclamation.
For Coroner, Joseph Adams, of Boggs,
was nominated by acclamation.
The matter of appointing a repregentative
delegate to next Democratic Sit Gono:
tion, and the appointment ot Sena trial Con-
feress was then brought before the Conven-
tion and after a short discussion between
Messrs. Bash, Kurtz, the chairman and
others, it was agreed to postpoue the sub-
ject until Tuesday of next January court,
A committee of five on resolutions, ,con-
sisting of Messrs. Bush, Kurtz, Eisenhuth,
Love ‘and , was appointed, after a
shoit absence the committee returned,
ready to report, bnt upon motor it was
agreed that the committee defer the same
and meet in conjunction with a committee to
be appointed by a Mass meeting of the
Democracy at the Court House on evening of
same day and report.
On motion a standing committee of seven
was appointed, the duty of the same, being
to appoint vigilance committees for the dif-
ferent townships, §
On motion adjourned, to meet again, on
Tuesday afternoon ot January Court, next.
Frev'k Kurz,
D, H. Yracer,
Secretaries,