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. Tlie .President’* Message.
President Lincoln iaJjTfklay last
submitted fp Congress on
the recent peace negotiation's, giving
a full atid satisfactory nccnijpti of the
conference and 'the corfc'spbndenco
of the Commissioners. Odrjireadcrsi
aileody kriow all the .facts connected
■ 'wfth tlie oontorerlce and the |esu}ts of
; the interview betweonptßft President,
MV. Seward, and the rebel cominis,
siohera. The rebels askedfor a cess a
r tioh of hostilities during the pending
ynegotiations, and until the Souv|
" would determine whether to] accept
our terms or ,continue the wajr, which
the Piesidentwipoly refumd-jo grant
1 It is. evident friom thoii ■ correspond-
T ence And demands that they wished to
gain time, stop the progress of onr.
Armies until they were b alter pfepar
> Cd to meet their advance and. prevent
/, ■ • their speedy overthrow. Tho Piosi.
dent telegraphed to Gen. Grant before
leaving for Fortress Mbc roe to ; meet
the,' rebel cotnhlissioriett, tot to let
'• . the conference interfere vithj or delay.
■ thneXecujLion of j bis plans. The com
ferenoo had no sooner terminated, and
the rebel commissioners' boon sent
through our dines to.vßuhmond, than
Gen. Grant moved upon tile einoray on
- the left, and succeeded in driving him
Ufrom his works a distance of five
V- miles, And heading, in his per
sistent attacks, the advarice position
thus, gamodj . Gen. Shirjftan, about
the same tufte, it is repo -fMj captured
; Brancbvillo, S. C., which the rebels^
; say is equivalent to capturing CliarieHj
/ton. Too President.havingpeshaust
/ ed the resources of
and failing Insecure pet ce, 1 is now de~
' lermined to conquer a peace, with a
bettor prospect of success/ Wo* en
dorse everything the president said
. anddid in, this peace conference, and
hold him in, higher estimation now
than eW before. Tho .rebol ‘’"press
? acknowledge that he was/tfcio sbedwd
' for,pavis, and that tot r government
1 has-gained a- advantage by
the’ Hiu wisdom and
ii ! firmness saved the ,coirn.tt|y in this
I;, matter, because if he pad ( yielded to
■ V rebel demands antT granted-an armis
|S; tice the Union never wj3uld;'haVo been
i • restored. The South .is not yet pre-
I pared id return. They uiust meet
r. with still further reverses; /Lee must
■ bo driven/from""' Richmond : and his
nffey destroyed. Grant's strat
i';, egy and combinations will soon insure
| 'the war is over, and euiortjand peace
?{_ restored, U will be seen bow much the.
• country owes to Mr. Lincoln. Mis
name will be inscribed beside that of
/ ' Washington, and down* in history
J:;.;. .• equally hoDored.ana bslovjjd. To se
/' cure' oar Indepopden 16 in the first
/ revolution, God gave is .Washington;
; , , to carry us through a second revolu
; tion, He gave via Lincclp. ( Both were
■; ypeiflbully adapted to the jyvprk given
V] - / ihem needmplish. Hiving entire
confidence in'tiro'wisdom find Integra
l l Vty of Mr. Lincoln, and believing our
il l cause to bo just, and that; God’s'bles*
fringe will now attend our!,iefforts. we
| , feel assured peace will sojon come, by
■ rebels laying' down their arms apd
submitting”to the authority of jthe r
government.
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■ N The Draft. ■'
i We publish elsewhere the apprpxis
' mate quotes as givenlp us; by the Fro.
vest Marshal, of the District Although
, the time fixed for the drafjt is now up.
on 08, yet ye, have v o dorrect assig n
• meht oftpiotas and nojcoitainly of
\ credits The country has snffeflPpd and
,L endured the incompotency and blnn«
.. derings of the Provost Marshal Geni
• era! long enough. Be is doing More to
weaken the Government 1 by his inde.
f cision and inbeoility all other
-officers of the Government combined,
■ ;|and heaven knows sortie
. i enough. The whole country is clara
- aprons for his removal] Thousands'
f will be drafted that would have been
relieved hid ho pursued the proper
course or understood h|s business.—
: There is propably noira district inithis
‘ .county but what wo|uld have filled its
quota bad they kopwn wh%it was in
time. Gov. Curtin’s letter to; the
President in relation to jthe draft was
1 ' correct, forcible and pointed, exposing
the errors and blunders pf the Provost
Marshal. Gen. Fry- is the only man
we ever, knew who. could multiply and
• ■ divide the same number jby the same
number, and get the shine result . not
by the same. For instance, Beaver
borough under thiscajl | would have
fourteen men to fnrpish with a credit
oftwenly-one, whio i wpnld leave an
excesk of seven, according to former
|J methpda'" '
Given under. oj
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findin r there is need of improvement •
in Mathematics as well as elsewhere.
Former modes 6f Calculation will hot
answer any longer. ’lt U Said JVy
killed: Zolicoffer, and' therefore -he
was made Provost Marshal General.
It is k pity Zolicoffer “was killed by
such ft dance, it the Provost Marshal
ship was to be awarded to him who
did it. Upon the whole we believe
it were better Zolicoffer | had lived;
than' Fry should by his-death hold|
his - appointment. ' If anyr one can
'point out .to ns a single decision he
ever made that he did not reverse
.himself in. more tbftn thrice, dr a
single . opinion’ ■he ontertai ned , for
twenty-four hours, -then we will adw
nut that in point of : fitness for the
position he would compare favorably
with Tittlebat Titmouse as a mom**
ber of the Bri|isb Parliament.
Harrisburg Correspondence.
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Mr, Editor: Since I last wrote you
the Legislature of Pennsylvania has
passed upon the most important ques
tion over brought before tnatabbdy—-
the' abolition! of elaveiw throughout
the United States,' No sooner did
tbb telegraph flash"the intelligence
that the proposed amendments to the
Federal Constitution bad received the |
requisite two-;thirds vote in Congress,
than ".resolutions of ratification were
introduced into- both branches of the
Assembly. It was the hope and belief
gf the" .Republican members that the
Democrats, if! they did not sustain the
Amendments, would at least allow the
majority to, pronounce at once that
decision which thoyfknew to be inev
itable, and so place; Pennsylvania at
the head of the ratifying States.., They,
were! mistaken. Not only did the De
mocracy vote in solid phalanx against
the resolutions, but with a refrdetive
ness unexpected they, resisted the sus
pension of the rules (that the question
might bo disposed of at once. ' A bill
or 1 resolution must lie over at least pne
day alter its introduction beipro — a *
pussagd, unless taken up by a two
thirds vote, which;- was :bcyo,ud the
strength of the . Union members of
either branch. - 1 ; j
The Record will inform you of 'what
trainspired tn the, Senate; I 1 can speak
from' observation only of the contest
in the House.. Both parties came
there with the understanding that the
vote was to be taken without debate.
The door'to discussion, however; was
opened by Mr. Brown of Warren,,one
of the ablest members, who ! read a
brief but carefully prepared and elo
quent argument, upon the right aide.
He was followed by others. The
Democrats began assign Reasons
for their opposition, professing hostil
ity todSlavery, but insisting that the
adoption of the Auiiendinents would
retard the conclusion of hostilities and
a speedy peace, 'the debate dragged
for a time, until .McClure was arous
ed-'by some bold assertion on the other
; e vi denuy * purely
extemporaneous was,one 61 the.most
splendid pieces of oratory to which youc
cofrespondonthas over listened. It was
a bold and bitter attack upouthe' De
mocratic party for its subserviency
to the Slave Power, its complicity with
ita!. former outrages upon the nation,
and its sympathy with it in its pres
ent dying struggle. I; do no,t knpw,
nor I piesume does any one of bis au
ditory, what waHjfho limb occupied in
iIS d«livcry;-it held the House in rapt
atierilion until the last words fell from
his lips. Then there was a spontane
ous'burst of applause from the Repub
lican side, ;Buch as perhaps was better
suited to the liobnse of ! a ; political
.meeting than to the dignity of a legis
lative body, and his friends-thronged
to bis seat to congratulate him upon
his success. The Democracy pf course
couldnht permit this cannonade along
their whole line to pass wftlioulreply.
Pershing, of Cambria, waa-their prin
cipal spokesman. | He is* a courteous
gentleman, a good speaker and Iqgical
rCasoner, and made perhaps as good
an argument asJ could ho made in a
bad cause. He took the offensive at
once, *nd devoted himself mainly to
attacks upon the Republican party
whore it is perhaps somewhat vulner
able on account of the misdeeds and
short, comings of some of the subordi
nates of the present administration.—.
[There were remarks by other gentle
men upon either side, many: of them
eloquent and appropriate. At an ad
journed session, Mr. .Kelly,'of Wajsh-
Ington, spoke ably in support of-the
Amendments. Alexander, of Centre,
upon the part of the opposition,, took
the bull boldly by the horn B , assign
ing, amongst other reasons for nis
vote, the curse of Canaan, his belief in
the inferiority of the African to the
CaucaFsian race, arid that Nature had
designed the former to hvu in subjec
tion to the latter. The following is
his creed upon these .points, literally
copied from hisjremarks| as printed in
the Record; f '
“Fifth: I beliive that the African
race .in this ! country are unfit to v Exchange of Prisoners,
occupy any other ala tus in the organ - . We can congratulate the country
izatiou of civil society under a repnb- that, at last, a full exchange! of prison
lican form ,of government than that era- has ;been agreod'upon,! We shall
they now occupy; and that the disso- npw get bafck from the prison
lution pf the bond that now binds pens oftho Soqth, - thousands: of our
them to this status will Ibo ah injury brave men, who will;return [With shat-
prosperity of the States in tored constitutions; apd for whom wo
winch >t exists,’ an injury to.the white cannot well do toognuch in token of
race in all thes States of this Union, their services and sufferings. Since
and an injury tq the slave himself. V considerations of public policy have
“Sixth:"! believe that thb prediction constrained our Government, to leave
of the patriarch Noah j “Cursed be these: men so long | exposed, to the
Canaan, a seryant Of servants, shall fiendish tortures of an implacable en
he be unto his brethren” !(Gen. 1—,25) emy.jthe very least'that the people
rests upon him,, and that any acts can do, is to make some atohqment, by
>4 ? r.;' »hat curse willbe | showjering-npon them offices of kind
i —- ness and tender solicitude, j They are
I r ... 44 to boiidxohangejdat the rate of three
at Beaver, this 28tn iaȣd per month, and wej shall soon
, I ' - 1 'R-. - 'nr. midst,-pallid spectres
WILLlAh’' who wqnt forth td
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and'apgry controversy ite
friends: and j opponents. It purposes
what is in effect a lease of the river
beds.for twenty years, in tracts of
not more! thanone hundred aercseapb, |
to persons .whomay desire to locate
them, upon payment of toe usual pur
>y-to the State, in whose
iMotj reserves tt royalty of
e£h|!of all .minerals or | oil
• may produce. It* friends
■ it will produce Bn eporoafous
the State,and yilUpreservo
i from filling into the hands
tors who will idok for their
lertothe stocks of corpora
tions lormod upon that basis, than to
the i development*,, of the land. Its
opponents adyocate- a sale ■ or ■an in«
jerease-of their royalty. There are
the usual charges “of corruption, 40.,
! upon eitherpide. On,'the one hand
it is alleged; that there is \ conspiracy,
'to give a'fewj individual! the entire
benefit of the bill, embracing the Sen
ate,! House, and Surveyor General and
Treasury .Department. -Upon the
other, that a I school*of sharks from
Wall street are after the chpico parts
with greedy I maws, nrginga-publio
saley at which their agents will be,on
hand with bags'of dollar! to sweep all
there is worth using in the oil regions.
; Some strength was giysnhto the latter
[opinion by 1 ah offer, made by JCoch
i raur hf Erie/a. .gentleman who.gener-
SUyVipeaasi what he sayeLto pay one
million of dollars for fho territory
caused by the bill, ten thousand down
and! thh balance in short payments.
It is not supposed that.ljlr. €. carries
ainitlioii of jdollais aboutj him, and is!
suggested 1 that he represents large
monied interests somewhere. | The
discussion was heated and grovvj per-;
sonhl, and the House finally disposed
ot the question by referring the bill to
the Committee of Ways and Means.
Upon their report, 1 presum’e thy dis
graceful scene of Thursday will be
re-enactcd. fin some shape the bill
will pass. Theie is; no division of
sentiment, as to the propriety of ,jopen-.
ingup the river beds; at pneo, and if
any of your readers desirjo to “scratch
gravel’: in! the they
had as well come down and enpamp
npbn the stops of the purveyor Gener
al’s Office.] * |
Two bills have passe! the House,
since I last wrote you,.affecting your
county. The Pittsburg Ft. Wayne
anld Chicago|Rai|way|Co|riipany,! have
procured fin Act'authorizing thbm to !
change the location of tjheir road, to]
avoid dangerous" grades; and carves, i
and which a lawj. The Bor- j
oirgh of'New Brighton is excepted
from its jjipeiaticn. Thh hill to in
crease' the foot, of county and |town«
ship officers; jurors and! witnesses in
Beaver county, passed ihe Ho use on,
Thursday, ilt .gives to| ihe [Sheriff.
Prothonatory, Register and Recorder,
and Clefk of the Orphans’ Coupt. and
Justices [of the Peace and constables,
fifty pop cent, of an jinciessh; and
provides thht th&pay of Commission
ers and Auditors shall betbrhh dollars,
of witnesses.ono dollar, l and of |J urors.
ode dollar and fifty centif per day. It
WiU,sleep in the Senate until the fate
of the general Bjll, now in process of
twcTbrancbes, is decided.'—
The general! bill I think, will pass!—
The great cjbjoctiun to it to my mind
is.that it.'Wflhbo next to impossiblo to
procure i[tB repeal,-when the necessity
for thoincreaso.has ceased to exist.
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A Tribute to Mr.; Lincoln-
The National Intclligeacer, a Demo
cratic palper, says'fFub ! ’9): TUo dec-,
loral vote consummated yesterday by
the collogelili the last act iii the form
which jPeplares Sir., Lincoln to| bore*
elected, for a term of four years, to
preside lover the destinies of the conn*
try. This] high mark of confidence in
the President is the result of theaffoc
lion for him. and the fhitb in him} by
such a number of the |ieqp{e-oi|tho 4 po--
litical party to which t(he antecedents
of the Executive belong, as must af
fectingly touch, his heat U If the mere
politicians had their way, Air. Lincoln
would notjhave renominated, Butthc
people baye regarded him as eininont
[y adapted to his great trust in phi* j
trying hour. |bis- is true op
the* Presideni’s parly, hundreds ofj
thousands of loyal men, who bavedif-
from bis policy, hope for his.sue-!
cess; and | such pray jGlod : that Abra-1
ham Lincoln may prove, to bo thej
prophet who shall.conduct this people,
united, on their sublime mission of
peace on jearth and good will; to men.
The mere formal. proceeding of
counting the electoral ' votes jin witb*
out other interest than such as attach
os t 6 the externals op-an event which
assembles a throng of distinghised
ale, But the thought will obtrude
', on lbis occasion, of the sublimi
ty of thaj fact that, amid the jgleam of
arms and, the thunder of cannon, the
people, “jwith a wcapdn suror'set and
bolter than the bayodel,”, have kept
peace between theraselvps, preserved
their Constitution, ttnd acted with
upanipiity as was not; present on the
memorable! occasion 1 in 1821, when
Missouri was excepted from a count
in! the electoral college. •.. !
PS
'■ Speech of 6e»n B. P. Butler,
At a J?ubl&cMedirijJldd to Rejoice
ovef. the Ratification of j the Con- [I
stitvtioviUAmendment, Roe- '[■•i
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: ■ [W* publislbbelow the speech .of
Major. General; Bailor ■jit' » public
meeting Boston* It meets
our view* we | recoinmend
oar readers tofoad it carefully. In
point of ability power,|. adaptation,
aca nß*d nothing
to compare the breaking
oat' of (he All who love
jafctic[e and bat*hbprus6ion, who ( are
jiniavor of eqnaliighiß, and freedom
to all;will be delqgh ted with this speech
of Gen. ~ - ■ J
By the final pasiage of tho Amend
ment which w* celebrate, every hep
gro klaye is madea citizen of the Uni
ted States,ontiOcd as of righ t to eyery,
political and immunity, and
firlvilego.whiclHiplqngs to that gretit
randhise. - He|aay well-say,. “I am, i
an American h e may., not; [
proudly prOofamwith the apostle, “I
was free-Donrj , ?»<(lie can truly claim
as did the chief captain, “With a
great sum obtained I this freedom.”
Of these right*** either of thorn, no |
manj and no Gemination or confeder
ation of men, cai| With justice deprive
the hegro. As* Ifiafidn ho is of us,
with- ns, and a p«rt of | usjoqhsl In
right under thelaw. To the rtien of
Massachaaelts, laj this, so , clear; and
self-evident proposition, there seethe
no difficulty. S/qcel7B9, the colored
man in Massachusetts, under tbe laws
thereof modified'holy by the laws |of
the [United -has, enjoyed the
rights and eVery gther
citizen of; J The child
goes to the sarnq school. Tho man,
partlakes of the-same employments;!—
The; same learntm-profcssions, medi
cine;, the tar, the pulpit',, are open Jto
him, and-moro' than all, he cavries-it
to the election of his r.ulersand framing
of the laWs. In othersot lions of; Ihb
country, (ho mind warped and twist
ed by theiinfluence of the system of
Slavery—[whose funeral obsequies, we
are now attending—does hot at once
comprehend these truths, and admit
the] force' of the; inexorable logic! of
equal! rights. ~ tfen otberwiaojuat and
good have been 1 brought to believe,
that the negro ckn-bayeno practical
rights as| a citizen; no claims to ibe
considered as ad Integral 'part of the
inhabitants of the country, and-is to
be .treated ae if’hq were analien—nay,,
mote, as if he, wtre a bePt, and a dan
gerous! beast bessifta, either to bo sent
out: Of the be horded and
penned as such Iri-some remote hr bn-'
healthy corner (hereof, as ' hoi fit! to
live ob the soil which gave him birth, ■
and tojwhioh he! has every right, andt
is helc( by. cvery tio,.and attachment
whlcb.biqds a man to that portion - -of
earth which he calls home and coun
try. It has boor ,therefore,proposed to
sebd hini away—to herd him in' [rice;
swamps [or cotton islands— a
lone he may listen to tho sad -music
of (bo roar of the ocean surf, not more
prhv en h i|efp an or* wld to wo
man in the missionary labor of Sole to
visithimjunedufcatadjto pul aim beyond
the pale] of education; t». allow bis
-child nef er to Itmgv the benefit of the
.common school; released from
a ivorsc j' than Egyptian bondagh, to
makohim a Colonist, without the im
plements of. colon or tostering
care bn [the,pari of . thounothef voun
tey* To any such sllogicfsl and Unjust
treatrnolnt of the negro, it necd ne t bo
said\that the {teopfe of llassachufietta
will rtover, consent. Out material in
terest, the interest - the country, oppose
it! • ForXtwo hundred aqd fifty years
at least; wo have peen importing tho
laborerjiu dhii country. The necessi
ty fob ikbor here has caused it m,6 he
important, cvpn tqjjp employed in the
Wasteful slavery. i' Sballw
now,that four! millions, pf strong L and*
and ’yilling made free labor
ers, productive add profitable*, take
them from thh lands'^ hich they have
tilled? hom.eij in' which they
have hben reared? From 1 their hearth
stones,! ua[. dear to thern aa our i;pot
treo is to ns, and »6nd them awi yin
fjo ’-somle foreigalaud, otjahut them up
in some corner of,this, wherethe r fa
bop, if ,not wholly unproductij. b and
. lost, must be unprofitable? . Our sense
of jtrstite deny it. They have taken up
aims freely and Willingly, in ouk de
fence, pud w s have given them their
freedom and rights as citizens. \V hat
just frooSlont i»ii • to[ them to be
penned in a corner, or to be shut up
in a rice swamp and not; be allovred to
See thefaccsfoi their f*Uow white
izer., it miiy he |a spldiey sent
as their, guard? What' true citizen
hhijljiß-ilt to, be deprived;of, theirj [equal
rights; .in (ho lahd their arms have
■[helped to salvo fropi tho fiery fbrnace
[of rebellion,]ahtl to upon such
[portions of iWnly aa are riot thought
[to ho [well habitable by their Iwhito
[fellow soldiers? ; What fair djvisibn
jean! it j be ofithe nqpkage in
[part hy their hloodlto give their! white
follIoW;-Boldiois owHlundred and sixty
[acres.of land, to bo located where he
chooses —“the -finest the ‘Bnn. ever
Ishonej upon”—to'hiii and hisi heirs
forever, while to -the colored - soldier,
scarred perhaps iwith honorable
..wounds, i)ji( of -a ricef
swamp is to be allowed,; or eight hub
dred feet of marahotf a sluMißh river,
ond thata possesabM-tiUe Anly? And
yet the distingolwed General who
makek this ptojMmtipn says
young and jable-bpcnedL hegroes are to
bo encoarjaße4 'to'[c(bntribato their
share | toward, rpaibtaidihg; IhefrVowu
TieedOm and ; securlng their rights as
-citizensof the j What
encouragement toenlistjis this?. Wlpt
freedom? [What right*[of cilujenship
lor! which tq shed one’s blood, even u
it iau qhiy' bUeb; blood?_ Wbat wise
statokmanslMpfht«r yet founded a-ool
ony from whieh the ycang and able
bodied men -were taken ns shldiers?
Wheto thel blacksmiths,,; carjientere,
and the! skih tnecbanics wore! taken
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from the settlement; and where the
respectable beads of: families bad no
inducements held: out jto j. themtor
leaving ihe homesoftho childhood j
and making nowhomes in i the wildef
nfnsj aaV.elM possessory title only do
forty acres of landnOt toomuchout of
waterj under sucV inducements, un
der such pupilage,'Withspeh restnc
iions, and with such hopes, even oil 1 '
hardy Anglo Saxonjfathors,who landed
at Plymodth would not have thriven.
How much less, then, is the negro, by
our ' wrongs untaught, .uncultivated
and.without the habit of selt*d6p6njdr
ence, fitted to ■ lake care of himself?
the preeeepts of our holy religion fore,
bids it. benevolent Christian
in the land has contributed his tjnito |ito
send the self sacrificing miasionaryito.
redeem the Pagan from darkness, and
yet here it is proposed : to i erect;! a
heathenage ppon pur own jsptl, into
which noCnfistiar, minister orj Sooth
er a school teacher, yipob theirj high
and hcfly mission, shall penetrate, if it
is their good fortune to have aji white
face. 1 repeal again.*; Massachusetts is,
unalterably opposed to "any proposition
of colonization or segrefatidn tof the
|American Citizen,made sobythisAmaxd
|meat of ihe Constitution , jNo! We pro
pose, on the other band,| simply to let
thonegro alone; that he ! shall, in fact,
enjoy the right of selecting .his place
of the person for whom |he will
labor, if not for himself; to make his
own contract for his labor; to deter.-,
mine its length and ftsyalue; to.allow
him at least the-enjoyment of"the pri- j
mordial curse, “By the sweat (of "thyi
faceshalt thou eat bread;” j restrained
only by the laws applying to him and
to all alike; as the rain! falleth upon
the just and. unjust. We also jjaccept
the fact, that, by duf injustice to him
and his'race, he is'thrown upon-'jtho l
Government, unused lojcaro fpr.hjim-1
self, unfurnished with |thc meanfs of
beginning life anewl, And agree ]
that it is our duly and the duty of the
Government lb remedy}injustice; £o.
see to it that hie is tfthghl; Umt he
is gradually brought to a state {of nelf
dependence and independence of olh
jers: that be shall have a fair sbatp of
' the lands that he and his fathers have
wrought upon; that he shall bo! left in
the several states wbefo his llabtjr is
productive,and that ho is furn;shCf3 at
first with the means, of beginnihglthat
life which justice, equal righjis nave
epenod Up to him. When thisjisddno,
we. believe bur* duty is done, and that
thereafter, so far .as Government in.
lorference goes, lhe. n6g.ro is [to be let
severley alone. We; believe that be
shall work as every ; man must Work,
or befcomo a vagabond. Wp .beJieve
be must bo taught, as every man must j
be taught, to be a good citizpin'. i jWe j
believe he must be furnished with the,
. means of beginninglife, either I
habits of solf-dependence,
"or with the fruits of ancestral;. earn
ingsjand whlen these are givjenl to| him
we have repaired, ip part, the | wrong
we have done him. WeiAfcay (then
bopeito receive the pardon of .fhe’.'Al--
I mightyfpr the sin we and oarifathers
have committed toward him; I Tailing
in this, our duty, We may jfoarl still
further chastisement from His hand
our fathers; the;Suerj(*up f, OTi
purification andAhaistisomeiit li;vf not;
yet been suffered to pass [from ouf
lips* Asa nation wo bave-jlaken the
first stop,in tho T fight direction. ' We
have bowed to the. first prificiplcsof
eternal justice. IViwe •go ' forward
with no Waiting irea|d, taking nb|s'tep ;
back warn, we may look-with bumble
dorfidenco that)iere[ilter ouy political
sky shall be so hCalthy and So'pure
that no thunder stofm and torrent will
beaent to clear, the. national;atmos
phere, and to wash; away WUhijblood
> the sins of the people. Unless live ; do
justicc,how can we hope for jit? A Ith o’
national wrongs 'and sins are isomc'-'
limos,in wisdom, delayed, 'afidlwick
edness seems for a time to eseapb pun
ishmont, yet ... ■ i ;l -
“The millg.of God'grind glow, bi
exceeding small.” '
The -Boundary of Maryland
A .Washington letter-writer gives the
following surveyor's legehjl,. slewing
how Maryland was cheated her
boundary: The Comrurßsipneys who
who were to v determined the boundary
between Maryland and -Virginia, in
lifeprogress of their work! bad reach
ed the ferry where the river forks
-Their day’s worklhad ended, and, was
frequent then and now, indulged in
the exbreises of the bow), or jrather
bottlp, so that when morning came
they knew bat little of thcr work that
had been done withqiit l .during the
night. They were instructed to fol
low the larger body of water in its,
source, and that should be the; bound
ary. Dunng the darknessjthe rains
fell, .and the North Potomac, j though
really the stream, was so -swollen as
to be the'largor. It was followed,and
thus Maryland was, cheated but of all
that fine stretch of country that bor
ders on the North Potomac. Such ad
dition would have ihado it |a. largo
State, and much more comely )n form.
A Trick of the Trade.
■ It is well knowr. to the pmv
chases of dry goods that cotton , cloth
made within the past \two or three
years, is ranch inferior in quality to
tl&t manufactured before the war, and
consequently there is a great {demand
for “old cotton," One of the tricks of
the trade is, to take lowpricedeqtton,
wetting It to take out the
dragit about the store, to give it'the
appearance of age.* This *‘doctored”
cotton. is tbenplaeed in the widow,la\
belled as genuine old cotton, slightly
damaged, an 3 for sale at reduced
pnces, ; No better advertisement than
(hisoan be found,and the consequence
is that the “slightly article
sells rapidly, -• while that which re
mains in the State in which it comes
from the manhfhotufor, though offered
at the same price, is untonched. The
purchasers goi away bettering they
have iaade bargains, and the shrewd
sbopkeepet Sots to work and prepares
another tot of cloth for display i" 5 :
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I executob-s -notice. 1 -SHERIFF^SAL? 55555
XITHEBEAB, letter. tMtainentary on Itojrfr Virtue of a writ
\V estate of David B, Wanaaiu, late of | issued out if the lttwsT
Hanover tp, Beaver county, dee d. , having , of Beaver county, and to me
Been grantedto? the undersigned, all persons exposeto public sale,, at theban,?' ed ’ 1 ‘
knowing themselveß indebted [to said estate e i- n . stand on the premises ff rs . ? r o W Js?.. '
are requested to .made immediate payment, mentioned (lots 79 and 801 in .ifi v' t ' i ' lsf ier ::
'and'those having claims against the same will. Darlington, in the county af o res',li of -
««ent them properly authenticated for
i *“*“*'JOSEPHWHITHHILt, 1 i al K?t oll< > win *PEopeaV • t
! BOB’T. WHITEEILL' f E r- ’: ‘ i i \ ,nt ? cst •
feblh’tSS s ” ' j Hanover tp. ; of. ,m. audio all those of
renin no i r : lots.or parcels of ground, .numbered* A
iin the of Darlington Ht " l % -
!of Beaver’ said lots bounded oh V„V : ' rat!, j' : ;
j fourth .street, costly Sproit’s alley t” h *>?'
■ Plum,street, and south-by Imbrie'a llu 1
, which are erected one [large two sltX' 7 ’ l ' t
.house (formerly used’ as ij hotel ] '
■l underneath, &c., a large fra m . I’ '“/'Ha; -
, out-buildings; the lots enclosed
j with fruit trees. ■
Also, lots Nos;- 7rand 78, m the h '
aforesaid, bounded on the nortli i i 0 ’ : 3i •
earthy land of Eliia J. •
Imbnes alley,; and west hv
lots enclosed. ■; \ ■
Also, lots Sp«; 19 and 20, in thi. b -
aforesaid,Abounded tiorth bv Seconrf '■
by Spro'at’6 alley, south by'-Ui 9e
west' by Plum street or alley. ', ■ *M
Also, a piece or parcel of -r i. ’ V'
Darlington township, in the coiiiur S** 1 # '
adjoining the borough of Darlm'ctm, f T^v *\
j north by Pirrt' kt, earthy land of j’s■
land I. A, W. Edgar, south by A , or J
1 Edgar, "and west by land of J.. if. p;„• t* »• :;
taming about two aores,-ilre th a et) coa - ;
less. -. . . -.j j . r|--
Seized and taken in execution ~ T
erty of J. T. Boyd, jr., at the suit otSn?'
Eakin, executor of the dost will, A,-.
liamEakm.deb'd. } ■ J
g®-'BiUs under SSOrcqairedinaiAa.i I
.time of sale. Ten per.ceme uftlie amwtfi ' ’
all other bids required fn band at tiiKeof.it
balance ou or.lbeforej&rrt, Monday <jL5
next.:.', ' ;i ■ iTOSKri! I.KDUP ■
, !'B«ayer,febBj ;C5 ■ - Sh^fiW
1 ADMINISTRATOR'S, NOTICE.
T ETTERS of administration outhe cstatg of
1 j Mabo’t B. Arkeht, lato r pf Bridgewater,
Bearer oof, Rea!d, having been granted to- the
undersigned, alipersons indehtcdtosaid estate
are requested to make immediate payment, and
those-haring claim gainsttojaid estate .will
present them to the, subscriberproperly an—,
thenticatbd for settlement. .\ , ■ '■! . 1
[■'. j ! HEUBTANKEKT, Adni’r ,
[ febls’6s : |
JjIRDIT TREES, GRAPE! VINES, &c.
Persons intending planting orchards, gar
dens, vineyards, or improving their grounds,
this coming Spring, are respectfully invited to
examine onr stock. The trees are etrong.frbm
six to eight feet and of -the best varieties."
in Western Pennsylvania and Ohio
will find! it to their, inferestjto procure their
trees fresh from the Nursery, and the scjrts
true to name. [■■ ; ■ )
Parties coming ,to the -Njirseries to Edge
worth station, .on the P. Ft. W. & C. Railway,
In the morning trains, can! select their own
trains, and return in the afternoon. Cata
logues.sent to applicants, .[* _
T. L; SHIELDS & C 0.,,
feblfi Sewiekly, Allegheny co.„ Fa,’
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House and Lots ill Bridgewater
' For Sale.
fTSHE undorsigncd.Eicculor of the last will
| and testament of Andrew White, late, of
theborough of New Brighton, in the cojiatyof
Bearer, deo’d, will cxpbse to public sale, on.
the premises, on Saturday, Marik 4tA, 1865, at
2 o’clock P: M. 1 , four adjoining lots of ground
situated'in the Borough of Bridgewater iffhaid ;
county, being lots numbered! 49, ,50, 81, and
i 82 in ffm. Davidson’s plan ojT lots in said bor
ough, bn .Which are erected; a large two- story
frame dwelling house, with' a one story kitchen
attached, and a good frame stable. There are
sonie fruit trees oh the premises, and a welt-of
good water near the dwelling.’
.. cash. Title For
further information apply to John Shane, Esq.
near the premises, or to the'subscribcr in New
Brighton, Pa. J< C. .
febl4’Gs , ‘Executor. .
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'ORPHANS’ COURT SALE ft OF
Valuable Beal Estate.
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BY virtue of an order issued out of the Or
phans’Court of Beaver bounty, the Under
signed Will expose; to sale, jy, Public Vendue
or out-(jry, .on the premises o|i %
• Thursday, February, 2?>rd, 1865..
at 1 o’clock, p. m. the following described
real estate of KoheH Moore, of_South Beaver
township, Beaver county, thi., 7dcc’d.,' situate
in said township and county! aforesaid,hounded
and'deseribed as follows, t|o .wit: Beginning
at a stone, thence, by land ■of Montgomery
Hartford and lianicl M'Creafsieira. sfiiut-h'-l
degree I west 133 5 perches [lo*«vstono, thenc*
by land ofWm., M’ Kce sojil h 80 and onerbalf
degrees east 135 8 perches to a stone, thence
by land- of Andrew MeClpy." and .John Mo-
Bade north one-half degree oast Ufl 3 perch
es to a stone, thence by land of ,Wm. McKee
north 87 one-fourth degrees West 135 perches
to the .place of beginning, containing ItiQ
acres and 148 .perches, strict measure, on
which are erected one large frame dwelling
house, two stories high, o^ehewed low tenant
house,ll7 by 18 feet, hewed log barn, l>o'by j
2& feet 'about 130' acres cleared and in a good j
.state of cultivation. There is on the land.
Over 2W "Qgrfl wwi* iwtli
a -four feel vein of coal underlying nearly
the whole premises. , ■ ’ ■
TBRMR.—pne-third of ihe purchase money
on the Confirmati.n of thje sale by tile Court,
balance in two equal, annual payments from
tjiat date, with interest thereon from same
time, and to be secured |by bond and mort
gage'
JOHN 1 SLKKTZ(tAilui'r
Feb 15, ’O5. ■ I. - ~ Ir .
, 5 Charles F-Kcarc liner
, , j Danielßarnard.
Sl>erlll-» WaU.». K- j : ■
BV virtue of sundry writs of VenditionilEx-l Ales. .
ponas, issued out of .the Court of cloui-) T-msell liquor, in quaiit.ties-net
mon Pleas of the County! !of_Beavcr and to nie j ( l U! T’.|'> l ia , -v..v
directed, I [will expose |to public sale atj the Mary Alexander; .-il. ci.v-ier. .
Sheriff’s office in the borough of Beaver, , in' fcb9 | JOilN A* FRA/.ri.il,',Sfe
the.county aforesaid,,on’ . , .> . I —-■ - vf "i "• ■
■ Saturday, March 4th, 1865,- JN v) _L 1-v.-Jai
at 1U ! o’clock in the the following -WiSaispn the
property, to wit: .'/I' ~ ‘ ■ ! ■ ' ’ 1?: v‘ ;
All thrright, Jlitjxv interest and claikn of Clma.t.Cook. Jo. ot -J
’ of, in and td iho following describ- petition .yl
cd lots of ground in the borough of Fallston; _tourt appoint J. ■H. \
Beaycr county. Pa., one lot thereof being part A u, l£or f Q distribute; tno- V * a;
of .Water lot No. 1; is funded byji lino run- his among Judging ia * '■
niiig from the BeaiVcr creek,, between "Water pa-rtes interested.
jot? Nos. X and 2, south (54 'degress West to the JavAVER COL Mi ■ . j
street or public road, on {he upper side'of the i -i A true Extract from f’.; ■.
Fallston Water Companyls race, thence by p Attest; ." . M. \t 1,1 AAA i
said street or road SoutE'SG deg. cast 50 Ifeoi, . ' l . -
thence, by part of said water lot No. 1, n’orth The Auditor above-named
64 deg. r Cast S 3 feet, thed'cenorth 26 dcgAwcst. duties of his appointment, at .
10 fCetf thenco nort h 64 deg. cast to theßea- Bearer, on Tuesday, Feb. 26th, D’"- ’''.j;
ver Creek, thence up sai i Creek 40 feet towa- clock, j. m., at which’time andpi* :e f
ter Lot No. 2. the placeo ’ beginning, on which ties interested may attend.
is erected a two story frame building used as a - febS’6s J. H.:CUNMMj'.!Ai.
Machine shop, and the necessary,machinery V —■■■‘■r ■ nr_ i~l _ r-.'-iifunV rU.A. !l *
appurtenant thereto. Also a small brick build- T?van- lit h cur'' ‘ sr c::lt
Ingu.ed as an office Also one other lot I;B^VEIV thc
bounded os follows, beginning at a corner application; of the y. lt. *
■tone on the public road adjoining lot No. 14, Presbyterian) Congregatio i no „ (V fr.
thence running North 26 deg. west 32 feet to ‘L garter p ' Inoorpora ionj . -
a corner of lot No. 16, ihence South 66 deg. 18<K, .Applicauotl
west 12 perches or thereabouts, to lands of the Court hiring pcritst•
Thorniley’s, thence South 26-deg. East 34. bctogainopmion that ai.coma£
feet, thence North 65 East 12 perches or trary to law.:direct sa.dAn«.>io.-•
thereabouts, to place of beginning. There is Prpthonejary s.ook-. *
appurtenant to the above described iotaj three cat ;i-3 accorumg-to law, an. •" -jftf
■hares of water, each share cqualto the 100th be shown to the chijtrary.
of »U the water furnished by the FaUstoh water of ~ Incorporation w>U ** ' ■
‘ter Company’s race. Also, one other, lot of Courfrrtnext Term, j AvtV.ti' 1 '- P
ground in the borough of Fallston,: bounded as febo’Gp . , ;Vl vOi‘
follows: Beginning on the sidS of front TJi THE COURT OF (X)MMO\
street, adjoining line of Childs -I THE COtJNTV OF BEAVEd
M’Connell’s lot, theijee jap said street 73'feet, ter of the application of the
thenoo South 65 deg. west 192'feet, thence Old School Presbyterian Chares jja
South 25 dog. east parallel with, said street ter of Incorporation. ; And, no". " Ajilt
78-feet'to-said lot of iGhilds & McConnell, 1864 Application presented,
thence along the same north 65 deg. east 192 Court haring perused accompwji
feet to the place of beginning; on which are ment, and being of bpinioa .. ,hat L.ii{i?f
erected a brick foundry and machinery ap- nothing, contrary to law, dir<?:t . I rr'<oSi
purtenanl thereto;—a Ccamo patern Shop, and men t "to be filed.in the Proihpno!«b f id
blacksmith shop. , , 1 an d order publication aocordmg .^.
Seiied and taken in execution as the pro* thatf unless cause bo sholtnAO)'"
ertyofi David McConnell at the suit of Joseph 5 the aforesaid Charter of Incorpw* . ■.
Smith - j grafted by the Court at the p,):
No. 2. . ALSO. g fet>B’6s. ..- .
At the earns Urns _ ahjd place, all ths rights mop TOUUT~oFcOMMOh'
title, interest and claim of defendants, ot, in, OF BEAVER
and to the following lot of ground, being part A-i’q,"', 0 f s. U- I ' ier30 ’- L wt?
of No. 178, inPinney’splan oflots in thtbdr- ‘ er Piersol.. Jiotice
ongh of Roehestr, Beaver County,Pa. r bound- the ahoVc-namcd A« is
Od on the north oast > Brighton Street, 'on f irin tL prethonolary’s
thesonth by Washingtim Streot, and on the on
\weat by George P Smith, on which is erected
atwo stoFy stone houst. frame ruble and out- “ e .”’ ’ M, 15
buildings; tmit trees on the lot, and a well of ■ r-ji-f
goci water convenient] ' ■'* . . • J fcb . B . ■ ,' 0
Seued and taken in execution as the prop- ADMINISTRATOR p i ibe&j
city of. Joseph A. Sehonlau and Ferdinand VT+PRS of. administration on
suit of lirjnM Carson. !^Vti»«
j S®“Putchsers will take notice that. lO per borough', Beaver co.; dec o.
cent, upon all amounts of thdir bids will be re- to ‘the unJersigncJ, nil, ,
qolred in;habd. Allbids tinder $5O will he arerpqtlired to'makc immO 1 . i'iies.: ■
reqnired in cash at'£h* time.- dfnhs. sale. If thort haring’claims pul
Ihese coadititmi are not complied with the « r ] T authenticated f or ' r s ?,A\vi;Lli. Al1 ®
property will beV«oM. ' ! I- - -HANNAH vj.Av.
, LEDLIE, Sheriff. I .j . 'J : g. CRO-^-
""ShsriffV Office, fe>iljr6s. ■, ;. . I 1; jhnls]<'•■■>" ■'
it thqy grind
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Notice . inf the Orphans’ Co, un
■' The followu p apprai.-cmcufs unlonU
of .Assembly, [pf the I l itb .of April,.
properly ’ allowed'- To-; be plained by » ■■
of children pfjja decefknt. 'Vo- tlu;
s3oo,.hate-been filed iaiVo,(.'ih'jc of tiitlV
of the Orphans’ i.jCourt,- of Beaver J&Z r
to wit: ' _||
Personal property to amount: of jlni? j.--
widow of John Moody,,; dec’d.', Jas. MuolV
and Saiinuel Moody Adm’ra. j •;
'Personalproperty to-anoint of £
widow of, Lorenzo Childs, ,-dceM, Deborah 1.
ChUdsand Adni’rs: Ay. ’
Personal property to amqt&t’of
widdw of Jacob Young, dec’,d. James ff. Vtt
der Adm’r. .-y iy
Personal property to amount of'sl-{l.fi«; h
widow of M. C.. Bobbs; dec’d SamuctCionalc;
Adm'r. .
Personal property to amount of 5300,40 ii
widow of William IVittlo dee d. Cynthia Will
Adm'i. ' --i :. '
f Personal properly to annr.nt of tj
widow of John Sedwright,. dec'll. Jaffiestfcid.'
Adm'r. - ■ j' • y ' . ) ,
Personal property . to amount .if $:J00. j a
widotv »f Anilre Vj 1 L'aler,'dec'J.'Jacoii Cii
Admit', ~ !■ .>. . -
Personal properly -to amount, of SoOii by
wld-jv.- p.f John G.odleib-Bock. dce L d.' Ana-*
li-.0-V., ACliu x, 1 '
" Uerfrcslatc to amount of SIW, lij ttfiduwi;
Thomas lloTnc,' deed, -.’.ohn Rc.evea Adm’r *
Personal pVopcy’.y- to. yuy-aii of y
tvidbw of Eu/rdiS-Plees 'ii itee'.t. P <’■ .-1 lot. i
uedy, Adm’r. ■ ‘ , ■ J
Persona: property lo amount-,-t t- A. !, ;p
widow of George yf. Fultpu,-eloe'-l.' Agrrl
Puff Adm'r. : - . ' __ •
Personal:property to amdun; of f“V M
widow of James Ghillitu, dec'-l. tv \y,,
Sh-illi!o.adm'r.. ", •' s
-.■Notice is hereby given' to credit..ip. iitVft
legatees, distributees.,'mid all .others mous
ed, tb appear at the next term of said I’tot,
arid not later'than the. third play, -bciiiir ill
Sth of Hared/' nest, to slier.', caufiv if acj
Liiey have, against (be final coidirraaticbsfi;
above appraisements,....
febB . ' JOiPN A. Fit dibit. Clark!
j- . Notice. ;
. rfflllK following named' persons’ have' cirl
petitions in-the Court /•{"’‘ijiisrw
I Sessions of Beaver' county. J'.>r !.invLi?«. i;
j March. Sessn»:»vlSGs::-‘ . ' -.• *
‘i:»TLL>.| ' At-.
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