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HITN2INGDON, PA.
Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 27, 1861
.
1-Red, White, and Blue
t
Oh Colombia, the gem of the ocean, ,
The home of the brave cud the I, ee,
'brine of each patriot'. devotion,
syorld offers homage to thee.
- 1113' mandates mate heroes aasemble,
. _
When liberty's form stands In view,
Thy bonnets make tyranny tremble,
When borne by the red, while,nud blue.
When borne by the tad, whie, end blue,
f When borne by the reit...white, and blue,
Thy , banners make t. 3 tunny tremble,
When borne by the led, it Idle, and.blue.
When-war waged its wide desolation,
- - And threatened Mu' land to deform,
The ark then of freedom's foundatam,.
Oolutablatode safe through the atm re;
With her gealarid of Aletory o'er her,
When so proudly she Lore her bold crew,
With her flag prOudly floating before her, "
The boast of thirred i white, and blue.
. • • • The boast of, he.
The st inc cup, the wine cap bring hither,
Afid dii yen It bp to the brim,
May the wreath they hare won nerer wither,
Nor the star Ortheir gloty grow dim,
piny the service united neer sever,
And hold to thole colors re true, ,
The army end navy forever, . • •
•Three chrre fur the rod, white, and lane.
• • " • • ' Three rlieere fur, do
Demoeratio County Convention.
• - The'Democratie Delegate
_Conven
tion pet in the Court House on Mon
day, August 20th, at 2 o'clock, P. M.,
; and organized by calling JOHN LOVE,
Esq., of Barree, to the Chair, and ap
pointing JosErn C. SECULER and
CHARLES C. ASH, Secretaries.
The following gentlemen then took
seats as delegates:
Earree--john Love, Chas. C. Ash.
Birmingham Bo.—Wra. A. Copley,
John A. Stoneroad.
CarbonJodOpli S. Reed, Martin
Marrow.
Cass Bo.—James S. Henderson, A
Gehrett, jr.
-Clay— . 4,ohn M. Wallace, Conrad
Cromivelt. L. Cook, Isaac Rod
g•cri3.
• •
- Dublin—John Morrow, William C
Caldwell.
._firuntingdon Bo.—John S. Miller, R.
Milton Speer.
Henderson—Jae. G. Goodman, Simon
Bayles. -
Juniata—lL S. Isenberg, Jas. John-
FOIL -
Jackson—Robert Stewart, Charles
.:Hardy.
• - Mt. Union Dis.—Joseph C. Seel)ler,
A; Lewis.
Orbisonia Bo.—John P. Dunn. 4
Petersburg Bo.—J. R. Hunter, Capt.
Joseph Johnson.
- Shirley—David S. McGarvey, Win.
.IVithington.
Shirley Bo.—J. H. Lightner, Thomas
3leNite.
Tod—John Berkstresser.
Upper West—Henry Davis, David
Barrick.
Lotter West—llenry lioltzaple
Walker=John Nail.
The President then stated the ob
ject of the Convention, when the Con
ventiiin adjourned to the upper Hall
for consultation.
After - an absence of some time the
Convention returned to the Court
Room, when the following Resolutions
were read and unanimously adopted:
Deeply regretting the distracted
state of4he country and the madness
whicfi has seized one portion of the
•
people, the Democracy of Huntingdon
'':County. in Convention assembled, do
let, That, wedded as they are to their an
cient faith and the old landmarks of the par
ty, they are yet willing, in the present crisis,
!to ignore , political distinctions and unite,
. band and heart, with all friends of the Gov
ernmey„in a solid effort to preserve the in
'tegrit f the Union, and save from overthrow
-a Clonstitutian under which, with the blessing
.of Gud, we have grown a mighty people.
2d. That the issue presented to the coun
try is—not whether this or that party shall
succeed. but whether we shall or shall not
have a Government; and that upon this issue,
no true patriot can, for a moment, hesitate,
. • 3d. That the Democracy, true to their glo
riotis history, are now, as they have always
been, for the Government, the Constitution,
and the Laws, whether assailed by traitors,
North or South.
4th. That they aro for peace, hut for the
Union before peace, and they will spare neith•
er blood nor treasure in its defense.
sth. That they hail with gratitude and
pride, the noble response which their fellow.
citizens have made to the call of the Govern-
Mont for volunteers, and they feel assured,
that Constitutional Liberty can not perish,
while so many thousands of strong arms and
brace hearts are ready and anxious to enlist
in its support.
6th. That recognizing the calls of patriot
ism before the obligations of party, this Can
ti•ention will appoint a Committee of 15 per
sons, to meet a similar Committee already
appointed by the Republicans, to nominate a
Union County Ticket, upon just and honora
ble terms to both parties.
The following named gentlemen
were then 'reported- by. the - Secretaries
as having been selected by the Con
vention by ballot, a committee of con
ference to meet the committee already
appointed by the Republicans:
JOHN :R. HUNTER, R.,MILTON SPEER,
JOHN, S. MILLER, , WM. A. COPELY.
JOEIN' H. LIOUTNER, - JOSEPH REED,
.TROMAS MUNITE, JAS. G. GOODMAN,
JOSEPII JOHNSON, JAS. HENDERSON,
SOUR LOVE, • Jens Moanow,
JOHN P. DUNN, ABRAM LEWIS,
JOSEPH C. SECIILER
The following additional resolutions
were then read. and unanimously
adopted :
Resolved, That if the Committee of 15, ap
pointed by this Convention, cannot agree
with the Republican Committee upon a Union
Ticket, to be supported by the people irre
spective of party, they are hereby authorized
to nominate a Democratic ticket.
Resolved, That having entire confidence in
the integrity and capacity of lion. George
Taylor, we deem it inexpedient to take any
action in reference to placing in nomination
b. candidate for Preaident Judge. - •
Resolved, That the President of this Con
vention appoint a County Committee to servo
the ensuing year.
Adjourned, stne
Patriots--Who 'are They?
For the first 'tithe since the forma
tion of this great Government of ours,
says the Rrie Dispatch, the only oppor
tunity has occurred whereby the prin
ciplegsof thittrivernment can be right
lytested in the minds of its inhabitants.
That time is the present, and it is not
only the time to.trY men's souls; but
the time to try men's patriotism. Now
one can plainly see who is in favor of
the country and who is opposed to it.
The government has been assailed and
a band of rebels are trying to annihi
late it—true patriots step forward to
defend it, raise their voice against the
rebellion, and by acts of support
strengthen the government—while to
ries and traitors commiserate with and
apologize for the acts and position of
the rebels. In this contest no princi
ple of party is involved, and he who is
so bigoted and blinded hy, party as to
charge that this is a war for opinion's
sake is a consummate traitor deserving
of the halter. In this contest all par
ties should unite in supporting the
government, and no paity should be
guilty of a want of fealty to the Con
stitution. To be a Democrat is to
be a lover of one's country, a lover
of free institutions, and a supporter
of the law. To be a Republican
it is the same, and any party assuming
different ground is unworthy of recog
nition by honorable men, It grieves
the heart to see how selfish some men
are, and because they are not success
ful, that they need must attempt to
destroy the country and conttitution
which has protected them and nialle
them what they are—anti when we
hear such men defend the South, we
say out of their mouths they Convict
themselves of TREASON ! We 'are in
favor of the largest liberty- of speech,
but when that speech and the energies
of the speaker are hurled at the base
of our institutions, in an attempt to se
cure its destruction and au annihila
tion of that constitution guaranteeing
this liberty to them, we claim that
they are not entitled to the respect of
patriots or the protedtion of that which
they arc aiding to destroy, and deserve
to be treated as spies and traitors, and
eiders and abettors of treason. In this
war all party feeling should sink into
utter insignifieence, and the heart' of
each and every true lover of his coun
try should heat with patriotic devotion
to the Union, and all his words and
acts should be such as serve to strength
en the government. All high minded
and honorable politicians of the-Dem
ocratic party are for the Union, while
a few yet give aid and comfort to the
enemy;
Daniel S. Dickinson, of New
York, has electrified the country by a
speech which ho recently delivered in
Tunkhannock in this State. We are
sorry that our limits prevent us from
publishing this able production, but it
will suffice our readers to know that
the Democrat Dickinson has declared
it to be the duty of every man in the
land to support the federal authority
in its efforts to suppress this rebellion,
while he is equally emphatic in insist
ing that every man who refuses to do
this is a traitor and deserves a traitor's
doom. This is the argument of Mr.
Dickinson. He holds that this govern
ment is of more value than mere party
organization—that ite principle and
their preservation are paramount to
party creeds or partizan discipline,
and therefore no man has a right to
pause in his difference's with an ad
ministration before he agrees to yield
his adhesion to its policy of suppress
ing a rebellion. This is the true doe
trine—the doctrine of life and liberty
in an hour like this, from.which trai
tors only will dissent.
INTERESTING TO DESERTERS.—llere
after all deserters from the army are
to be arrested by the police or citizens,
taken to Governor's Island, and tried
by court martial. In case a citizen
captures a deserter, he will receive the
BUM of thirty dollars, which will be
deducted from the pay of the soldier.
Every soldier who loses his gun, wheth
er in cowardly throwing it away 011
the field of battle, or through neglebt,
is to have 812, the price of the - gun,
deducted from his pay. This will show
the men that guns are not toys, to be
thrown away wheneyer inconve
nient to carry them.
A DISTINCT UNDERSTANDING. —lt
only not be generally known that ac
ceptances of regiments and companies
bfr the Secretary of 'S\rar, as well as
the authority given to colonel: and
captains to raise such within thirty
days, are given with the distinct under
standing that the right is reserved to
revoke the commissions of all offiters
found to be incompetent.
ze- We understarrd that a .Govern
ment encampment will be established
on Shoemaker's farm near this place,
for tho purpose of receiving, organiz
ing and drilling a number Of Regiments
for three years' service. Gen. Jarhes
will be in command of the encamp
ment.
TUE STANDING-STONE GUARDS No 2.
—Capt. J. D. Campbell, of this place,
is recruiting a company for throe years'
service, and we learn the prospects
of filling up his company soon is
very good. Success to the bravo
boys."
THE NEOLEY INDEPENDENT RANOERq.
OE PETERSDURCL—This company, under
command of Capt. .111eAnally, is fast
filling up. Some sixty or seventy
of the mon are already at Camp Curtin,
Th'e Latest News.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 24
A report prevails here that. the sud
den and precipitate retreat of the reb
els from our front, a few days ago,
was occasioned by the accidental meet
ing of two of their pickets, one 'from
Fairfax: and the other from - Vicuna,
who fired into each other for some
time in a lively fashion, and then has
tened back and each reported that the
enemy were coming. Ttie consequence
was a precipitate retreat,of the whole
force towards Centreville, leaving the
sick behind, or to die by the waySicle,
as many of them are said to have done.
According to the official intelligence,
the tWo cavalry companies Which have
been showing themselves at a safe-diS
tance from our defences at the. Chain
Bridge have withdrawn farther into
Virginia, and so of other rebel troops
on that side of the Potomac. Theirob
jeet in thus retiring is a matter of mere
speculation. It is certain; however,
that as, during this week our troops
have been reinforced theirs have rece
ded.
The act by whic . h the packages, of
the New York Daily News were stop
ped in Philadelphia last night,meets
with approval-bore. 'The proprietors
of that sheet are remarkably for in
dustry. They have had-an editor and
a reporter in Washington, able men in
a bad cause, and no expense is spared
to vitalize and circulate the paper.
The forbearance of the government
towards the rebels in Baltimore ,has
only served to encourage and embolden
them, It is said that there, are, 'now
in that city more than a hundred who
were engaged upon the side of the reb
els at the battle of Bull Run, and inci
ted by the furious invectives of the dis
union press 'against the goVernment,
and the 'impunity with which treason
is permitted openly to be counselled,
they have seriously endangered the
peace of the city. Loyal citizens there
expect another outbreak daily.
Two prisoners, a captain in the 4th
Michigan and the assistant quarter
master of the Second Rhode Island reg
iment, escaped from Richmond and
made good their arrival on the, Potomac
below Aequia creek, after nine days
traveling. They built a raft, and start
ed to work across the river, but were
taken from their frail bark by the gun
boat Union, and brought to the city.
They state that the feeling and talk
is strong in Richmond to march - upon
Washington. Our men (prisoners)
there are crowded into small rooms,
and they are indifferently cared for,
though in their letters they aro obliged
to intimate that every attention is paid
to their comfort.
On IVednesday the schooner Free
Wind, from New York for Washing
ton, was fired into with musketry from
the Virginia shore, opposite to Sandy
Point. The place from which the fir
ing proceeded belongs to one of the
Hoes. Their farms have been the ren
dezvous of rebels for a long time. One
of them iVas broken up a few weeks
ago by Lieutenant Budd, of the Reso
lute. This one will require similar at
tention.
The State Department has received
a letter from the United States Consul
at Curacoa, dated 7th inst., in which
he says, that according to the state
ment of a runaway seaman, an English
man named Ord, from the privateer
Sumter, she was not allowed to• enter
the port of Cienfuegos do Cuba, bat
was ordered to anchor below the flirt.
Her prizes, however, six in number,
went into port. The Sumter, after
coaling, proceeded to sea immediately,
supposing some of our men-of-war in
pursuit. She subsequently captured
two American vessels, both loaded with
provisions—one of them named the
Joseph Maxwell, off Puerto Cabello.
She was seed on the 2d inst, in the vi
cinity of Maturin, on the coast of Ven
ezuela, proceeding to the windward,
and it is supposed she continued her
course through the Windward Passage,
to capture vessels there. The Consul
had on the day of writing called on
the Governor of the 'island, requesting
an answer to his question whether the
Sumter would again be admitted into
the port should she re-appear? The
Governor, in his reply, assured him she
would not,. on the ground that, since
she left there shciad been capturing
vessels on the Main, and as he desired
to occupy a strict neutrality, according
to his orders, he could not permit the
island to be made a starting point for
the Sumter. The Consul also ques-
Coned the Governor in regard to other
vessels under the same flag and com
mission, when he stated that, should
another such vessel appear, he would
act according to circumstances. The
Consul adds, "I am of opinion the Gov
ernor has committed himself in admit
ting the Sumter here, and now desires
to arrange the affair." The majority
of the people 'of Curacoa are of the
same opinion.
Foil:rums Momtoli, Aug. 23
Gen's. Wool and Butler have spent
part of the day at the Rip Raps exper
imenting with Sawyer's gun. The
second shell fired burst in the confed
erate camp at Sewall's Point, broke
down the flag staff and scattered the
rebels likukaff.
A pr9i - ar which was about land
ing troops at the Point put back to
ward Norfolk. The whole affair was
witnessed from the Newport News
steamers.
The gun boat Seminole has arrived
from the blockade off Charleston.—
The Seminole brought up as a prize
the schooner Albion, formerly the
Wilmington pilot boat from Cardenas,
with a cargo -of- sugar, coffee, fruits
and segars.---V hen taken - she Was sail
ing under English colors, and the cap
tain and mate, and all the hands were
drunk."- 'Slic run the blockade off
Wilmington:
110.LLA, Mo., Aug. 23.—Accounts
from Springfield state that from 6,000
to 10,000 of McCulloch's army had left
for the North. A small part of his
force had reached Lebanon, on the
Rolla road, and are engaged in making
reprisals and committing depredations
on the Union men.
About 700 of the exiles from Spring
field have joined Col. Boyd's regiment.
Not less I,han 0,000 Union men have
been obliged to abandon their homes
in the south-west, leaving- their prop
erty- at the mercy of the rebels. There
is much distress among ,these people,
largo numbers having neither money
nor provisions.
The baggage train of the Federal
army which was brought from Spring
field by Maj. Sturgis is said to be worth
$1,500,000.
The passage - of the rebel army north
will enable otir - forces when they move
Back to Springfield, to cut off its com
munication with an opportunity for
retreat to Arkansas and thus complete
ly enclose it in the western counties of
Missouri.
Arrest of the Mayor of Washington.
He is sent to Fort Lafayette
[Prom the Washington Sunday horning Ch, onkirl
• Brigadier General Porter, Provost
Marshal. of Washington, stirred up the
hive of Secessionists in our city yes
terday, and placed a number of promi
nent aiders and abettors of the rebel
lion under arrest, including Mayor Ber
ret.
The arrest was quietly made before
daylight yesterday morning. He was
conducted to the depot at six o'clock,
where his brother, John Berret, who
had been sent for to meet him. They
were engaged in conversation, the
guard only being allowed to hear what
passed, until the cars started, at 6 A.
M., when he left the city under the
guard en route Tor Fort Lafayette, in
New York.
The arrest was made by order of the
War Department, not alone on the re
fusal of the mayor to be sworn on as•
sinning the duties of his new position
as member ex officio of the new police
board, but on other evidence forced
upon the Government, more than suf
ficient to warrant the arrest on a charge
of disloyalty.
Touching his refusal to take the oath,
the opinion Of the Attorney General
was solicited, and at a meeting of the
board on Thursday last, it was laid be
fore the body.
The Attorney General's opinion in
substance was, that under the act of
Congress entitled "An act requiring
an oath of allegiance, and to support
the Constitution of the United States.
to be administered to certain persons
in the civil service of the United
States," all persons claiming member
ship in said board are required to take
and subscribe to an oath according to
the form prescribed in said act.
No Disloyal Papers to be Carried in
the Mail.
NEw Yonti, Aug. 24.—The Postmas
ter General has directed that none of
the New York papers presented by the
Grand Jury for disloyalty shall be car
ried in the mails.
BAurnionE, Aug. 24.—Mayor Ber
rett, of Washingtun, passed through
here as a prisoner, this morning, des
tined for Fort Lafayette, in New York
harbor.
IMPORTANT ARREST OF SPIES
Drafts to the Amount of $lOO,OOO
OM
Yesterday evening, at 7 o'clock, De
tectives T
Ta , art and Franklin, and U.
S. Marsha Sharkey, returned from
Harrisburg, having in their possession
three men from the South, upon whose
persons about $3,000 was found, and
drafts to the amount of $lOO,OOO, most
of which were dated Richmond, Va.
These men arrived at Harrisburg by
yesterday morning's train from Cham
hersburg.
.A despatch had preceded
them from Hagerstown, stating that
the men had smuggled themselves
through our lines above Williamsport,
Md., and that one of them was a noted
Secessionist from Charleston. Chief
Radabaugh and a squad of special po
licemen received the distinguished vis
itors, who were pointed out by an offi
cer of Gen. Bank's column, that gen
tleman having followed them -from
Hagerstown.
The prisoners were taken to a pri
vate room in the Exchange, at the
State Capitol, where they underwent
a strict examination by the Mayor.—
They gave their names as Thomas J.
Carson, Walter W. Kelly, and William
Pegram, and represented them
selves as being citizens of Baltimore.
Carson is a fine-looking, elderly gen
tleman, perhaps fifty or thereabouts.
He formerly did business as a broker
in New York city, but has been living
in Baltimore for several years. Kelly
is a man apparently about thirty years,
of medium size, and slimly built; He
represented himself as a British sub
ject,, and presented a passport signed
by the British Consul at Baltimore,
and countersigned by the Secretary of
State. Pegram is, about the same age
of Kelly, and of like proportions and
stature. All of the party were well
dressed, and apparently men of means.
- Carson exhibited a " pass " from
Col. Heinfzleman countersigned by
Gen. Cooper, elated August 9. Upon
his person were also found a number
of "passed" from _officers in the Con
ffiderate army, im privilege to
visit his property is several of the
Southern States.
In the carpet bag owned by Pegram
were found a number of sealed letters,
among which, one directed to Judge
Brewer, at Annapolis, and others to
Hrs. 31. Humphreys and Geo. Brewer.
at Baltimore. These were opened and
discovered to be signed by J. W. Brew
er, a sergeant in the Washington Ar
tillery of New Orleans, serving in the
Confederate army. They were prin
cipally descriptive of the battle of Bull
Run, in which the writer participated.
Nothing of a suspicious nature was
found in the carpet-bag of Kelly, but
he was summarily ordered to strip.—
He removed his garments, one by one,
until he stood nude, with the excep
tion of his undershirt. Nothing was
found upon any of his garments, and
be rolled up the arms of his undershirt,
saying:
"You see I have nothing at all."
At this time the chief lifted the ex- -
tremity of his shirt, diielosing an array
of fidse pockets. Kelly then reeled,
and faintly asked for a glass of water,
evidently much frightened. Drafts
dated Richmond, on Now York, were
then produced, amounting to 610E000
or more. The letters containing the
drafts were sewed up in the pockets,
and the whole had been ironed out, to
give the garment a close fit, and pre
vent the notes front obtruding. A
number of treasonable letters were also
found.
' All the letters wore taken possession
of by the mayor, and, the circumstan
ces being deemed sufficient to detain
the men in custody, they were put in
the county prison for a further hear
ing.
The men were evidently in the
North to get specie and arms. They
will, probably, be handed over to the
military authorities as spies, when
they will fare by the military laws
prescribed in Pueh ea9eq.
The Burning. of Hainpton,
The news of the lank crowning; act of har
bat iiy seems to be confirmed. The quiet,
unoffendintr old village, which even The Brit
ish spared in the late war, IM. been comierted
into a beep of ashes by the Black Repubhcan
invaders. A mere mutton, unprepOied and
infernal piece of pure diaboltbm 'wee never
committed.
We. copy the above from the 7 Rich
mond (Va.,) Dispatch, of August oth,
and considering the fact that the ras
cals knew and now admit that this
"crowning act of barbarity," was done
by order of their own general, Magru
der, it is icy cool ! Lying and per
must be learned as a profession or
business, in Secessin!
That our readers may see what a
prof:ions set of scoundrels the seces
sionists are we copy the following
boasting account of the burning of
_Hampton from the correspondent of
the Petersburg (Ya.,) Express—a, most
bitter secession paper. The lette'r is
dated August 9th, from " Camp Bart
lett:
" On Wednesday evening it was de
cided by Gen. Magruder to be expe
dient and proper to burn Hampton.—
In furtherance of this subject, just after
dark, the troops were removed from
in sight of Hampton to another road
which approaches nearer to Newport
News, and not far from the town,—
The old Dominion cavalry, under com
mand of Capt. Phillips, and the Mech
lenburg cavalry, under 'comMand of
Capt. T. P. Goode,:and a command of
infantry, under Co. Hodges, were de
tailed for the hazardous purpose of firing
the town. The cavalry companies
marched in front, and the infantry be
hind. Just here I will state that an
efficient fortifications had been thrown
across the main street by the Yankees,
but the guns had all been removed.—
We marched to the fortifications, car
ried our horses off from the street, and
then dismounted. Infantry were de
tailed to hold our horses while we were
to execute the work. We Marched
down the street, and while a consulta
tion wa being held, a brisk fire opened
front the bridge upon ns. They were
supposed to 6e front forty to one hun
dred strong. An order was then is
sued for the reinforeement.of the in
fantry, which was no sooner given
than Col. Hodges' joined with them in
double-quick time and rushed to the
spot. The rascals only fired once after
the infantry made an attack upon
them. They ran ofF as fast as their
cowardly legs could carry them. No
one on our side was injured.
" Ire were now ordered to proceed with
the burning, and harder work a set of
fellows never did. WC continued to set
fire to house after house, until all were in
flames within and below the fortification.
A portion of the cavalry companies
were then detailed to complete the
burning above the fbrtification, which
they did, and then covered the retreat
of the infantry to camp, about three
miles distant. The town wits most ef
fectually burned, and I thel sure that
no person was burnt, though it was
about midnight."
The U. S. Marshall Among Rebel
Papers.
Sale of a Tory Paper Stopped in Phil
adelphia.
We are much gratified to learn that
the sale of the New York Daily IVeivs
was stopped in this city, to-day, by
U. S. Marshall Millward. This jour
nal is the most treacherous and malig
nant of the papers in the pay of the
rebels at the North. It has already
been presented by the Grand Jury of
New York, and throughout the inte
rior it is roundly denounced by the
patriotic press. Its suppression in this
city is a most timely act. and will re
flect credit on the energetic Marshal.
The bundles for the news agents were
not allowed to be taken off the New
York boat, at Walnut street wharf;
this morning, and the news boys were
soon notified.
The Daily Hews is owned by Ben
Wood, the notorious policy dealer, and
the corrupt associate of Breckinridge,
Vallandigham and Burnett, and it is a
fit exponent of their sentiments. Its
suppression is a duty which has for
some time been urgent, and the people
are eager to see like action taken with
regard to treasonable points all over
the loyal States.
The seizure was conducted in a very
quiet manner. The Marshul and his
deputy, Mr. Schuyler, were present.—
A number of policemen were also upon
the ground to preserve the peace and
assist the Marshal if necessary. When
the crate containing the newspapers
was landed at Walnut Street wharf. it
was taken possession of by the Mar
shal. The various bundles were exam-
ined, and those containing the Daffy
News were placed in a wagon, while
the other papers were allowed to be
carried off by the owners. The num
ber of papers seized was quite large.—
Quite a squad of newsboys who had
been engaged in selling the Daily News
alone, were much disappointed, and as
they wended their way along Walnut
street, with downcast looks were quite
severe upon the Marshal for interfering
with their business.
Besides the seizure of all parcels of
the Daily News of New York, destined
for this city, those sent through Adams'
Express to points south of heiT, have
been taken possession of by the Mar
shal, who overhauled ail newspaper
bundles at the Express office at noon
to-day.
A highly interested crowd was col
lected there at that hour. The orders
were to seize also all copies of the NeNy
ork Day Book and Joury,al of Com
memo, but none of these latter sheets
were discovered.
The first bundle opened which was
directed to A. Gunter, ICen
tacky, contained twenty-two and a
ball bundles of fiftyste,ao'. ' Then came
several large bundles (4 . .. New York pa
pers not contraband. Most.rof the par
cels were directed to 11. Taylor, Balti
more; bat some bundles enclosed were
for parties lu4hor South.
In one bundle directed to J. Shilftng
ton, Washington, there were 20 copies
of the News. G. Sigaers, Alexandria ;
Va., got four;. N. C. Brooks,
Mills; J. M.,llohinson, - Annapolis; W.
D. Sheppard, Washington ; M. Cariol,
Camden Depot, and G.. E. French,
Alexandria, each had, small parcels.di
rected to them. • •'`
night bundles. directed
to H. Tlfs-lor, of Batlimn), which,
with the smaller parcels made up the
number on the lesser invoice, 488.
These, with the first lot made over
MOO,
A , PBILADELPHIA REBEL 'JOURNAL
STOPPED.]
About 11 , l'o'elOck; this-mbriiini; U.
S.' Marshal kill Ward proceeddd to the
office of the Christian'OUSer'ver, FoUrth
street, &dew 'Chestainf,, and- to th'e
'composing•Tobln 'Of 'that 'journal, - and
Seized the type Mitt all the other itp)
purtentinces.
The Christian Observe was formerly
an organ of the New School 'PreSby
terien Church, but recently its pro
slavery tendencies caused it to be gen
erally repudiated bythat 'denomina
tion. The editor is' the Rev. A. Con
verse; D. D. a native of Verinont, but
more recently of Richmond, Va. His
son, F. Bartlett Converse, is the assis
tant editor. The seizure was made in
consequence of the peculiar virulence
of :mile matter in, its , last issue, in ref
erence to " this unholy war."
For a long time the Observer, has
been so very violent as to attract the
attention of the authorities to it. Its
stoppage is the result. No other rebel
Paper is now issued in Philadelphia.
The Southern Traitors for a Mon-
archy. - .
- In former numbers We have endeav
ored to impress upon those who 'may
be impelled by the specious' plea of
"peace," now, as their last resort,
urged by those who have been. strain
ing every nerto to bring upon our de-
voted State 'all the horrors of the weiSt
of wars, that of civil strife between the
Citizens 'of 'our own 'city and• State,
that the eventful 'result, if their ends
are accomplished, is to be the establish
ment of a monarchy in the place 'ef
the freest gtivernnient 'known in the
history of the world froiwthe,creation
of man. That thi.; is'nof an idle sup-
Position, those who have the opportu
nity of learning from the lips of lead
ing anti influential men in our Midst
who syMpathize with the Southern re
bellion, have full opportunities of ob
taining the proof. piny of them have
no scruples in •avowing that such is
their expectation ; and wish. A gentle
man of large landed estates, and the
possessor of sundry "contrabands," in
an adjoining county of Maryland, when
we urged that to live under a govern
ment which recognized the principle
of secession—a right for any State at
her sole will and . pleasure to leave the
Confederacy and set up for herself as
an independent nation, which provision
is incorporated in thz Constitution of the
Confederate States—would be tan a
mount to securing continual anarchy
and confusion to the people—and that
any government, however strong and
despotic, would be preferable to such
a state of things—for a government of
the mob is the:most despotic that can
be introduced among any people. Our
friend, in reply, thinking we were like
ly to be a . convert to his party, quickly
added, " Yes, that is the very thing we
want—a strong government;—this gov
ernment, he added, is well enough for
the masses. (the mechanic and labor
ing men) but is not the government
suitable for the wealthy." The light
for the first time burst upon our vision,
and presented to us the reason why so
many whom we had known in formp
times, and their fathers before them as
conservative men, had become so sub
denly converted to this fashionable
mania of secessiondom—presurz.ing
upon the accident of birth or fortune
to imagine themselves of the tiriste
evade order, we find many of these
would-be "gentry," so well known for
their overbearing characteristics in the
old countries, flocking to the standard
of the Southern Confederacy, and for
o•ettirim all their duties to their e,oun try
and God, by enrolling themselves
among the incendiary bridge-burners
and robbers of mints and arsenals, and
are how in arms ready to enter their
native State to carry on the work of
death and destruction, similar to that
we have justwitnessed on the Potomac
and at Hampton, in Missouri'and Ten
nessee.
The representatives of the "Peace
Party" of our city and State—the sons
and relatives, perhaps, of those peace
ful legislators, and their compatriots,
who were for taxing our people with
two millions of dollars, and making our
State a vast military camp to enable
such men as E. Louis Lowc and those
of his stamp to raisc'the arm of rebel
lion against the Government of their
country, and bring upon it all the hor
rors by which Virginia and Missouri
are now being crushed to atoms, are,
if we arc to believe their blatant friends
here, daily looked for in our midst,
where they expect to be joined by
those who arc hypocritically crying
out for peace, to join ill the fancied
sack of the Capitol selected and estab
lished by the Father of his Country.
But we have been carried away froM
oar object, to endeavor to indellibly
impress upon our people, and especial
ly those who have fled to this country
to escape from the despotisms of the
Old World. the great part of the object
of this rebellion, which is nothing more
nor less than to subvert the liberties
of this country, and to substitute for
our present form of government, that
of a monarchy. We recently pub
lished an extract from Gov. Brawn's
speech, in which he vows the diet, and
declares that a large portion of those
engaged in the rebellion aro actuated
by these motives, and more than in
sinuates that those now at the head of
the Confederate government are the
leaders in this contemplated attempt
to establish a monarchy upon this con
tinent. Mr. Russell, the correspondent
of the London Times, in his letters
which have been republishOd in this
country, gives in very unmistakable
terms, the proofs as to the sentiments
of the "gentlemen" of the South upon
this subject—and those who arc so anx
ious to annex our State to the South
ern car in the Secession movement.
might very soon rind the fact realbmd
which is shadowed forth in Governer
Brown's letter, that they arc again to
encounter another revolution, to which
even now the coding factions are
evidently looking fbrward. Every
where Mr. ThlssAll says he found an
admiration for - British institutions,
British laws, British sentiments, and
Britizdt society, and an extensive long
ing to go again under the yoke Of a
British Kiiwor Queen. ,
To those who have not rend the let
ters of Russell, we commend the fol
lowing extract upon this subject.
"Nothing r i enulti say can" be worth one
fact which tuts forced itself a(1011 my mind
in reference to the sentiments which prevail
Itinhng ' the gentlemen of this staie. I hive
been among them for ,overal days. I have
ii•ited their plantatiOns, I have conversed
with them freely and folly, and I have en
joyed that frank, courteous, end graceful In
tercoMr,m which tconstitutest an— irresistible
chain) of 41tekr speiety..,„fkam
_nil quarters
has come to my.‘oars the eclotel of the same
vaic'ei it outs he feigned, latt'iliciO'isitii'dhi
enrtl•in themetez,antkit sounds , in ,wooderrul
s t r e ng th ;no t Jooliotetiy, ell over the country.
'''• Shades itf o,itorge'llY.Yof
John
son, of all who colitimdcd "againscthe 'great
rebellion which toreAltese colonies from Eng
land, e.th .the llatrus twhich rings
tht (nigh
,the State ,of t'llttion, Sumter and
'llit4itltnef. alien - Mt clap yourgitotalY hands
in trine, ph? Tltat:Voice z "i:riCe eau&
May gel one, qf the raga(' )race'of -England to
rate over us, lye should be content.". Let there
be no inise'otteeptioa on That sen
timent varied in a hundred•waye;•lias been
repeated to me over-and over again. There
is a general admission'thatAto means to such
an end are wattling, and that the desire can
not Ito gralifietl. Bert/a:admiration for 11104-
an, Meal Lust lintions on the English Model, for
privileged 'classes, 'and ffor a landed. ar4ttoe
racy and gentry, is, undisguised and appar
ently genuine."
Those df Mir adopted citizens' who
have some e.iperienee of these model in
stitutions,' with which`their leaders are
now endeavoring again to invest them,
should reflect _well upon matter.
Many.of them are being used by, the
designing demagogues' imoUr midst to
forge the very chains which are to bind
them again under a worst despotism
than that from which they had fondly
hoped they and their children•had kor
ever, escaped.—Baltiniore Daily Clipper
4 1teg. 22d.' " • '
It Nias ! hlwayf thui;
•
'We recommend the folio - Wing* arti
cle to th 6 careful 'Peritsal of Ouryead
ers. It is an. editorial appearing in !a
late number of the Pittsburg Post, ooe
Of the staunch supporterS'or pure'De
mOcracy, untainted" with treason nod
compromise, and is justsucix NvoFtht as
men'who are patriots should tittLr—
it' is an array of facts andsepsible reaS
'bnitiglvhich' nd Man dan deny,' and as
such it deserves 41, be read hy all,
"'During .the revolutionary war we
-had our - wiles, who not only-refused
to re:spond to.the call of their count 6 --
in its -extremity but • took up arms
against it, betrayed its purposes, mur
dered And pillaged in the must cow
ardly and treacherous manner: They
wore in flivor of the king of England,
and opposed. to George Washington
and the Continental Congress. We
had again in the war of 181 - 2, tories of
a more depraved and culpable order.
At that time our republican, form of
government was in successful opera
tion, its blessings, acknowledged -by
millions of its prosperous people, the
pride and wonder of the world. The
issue between dtspotism and-freedom
was no longer doubtful: The nations
of the earth had. acknowledged our
independence, and we were able to
maintain it. ft was during this sec
ond war, traitors to the freest and test
government on earth • swarmed the
land ; they not only refused to serve
when men were demanded, and to
furnish money when appeals for mate-.
rial aid was sought, but betrayed the
plans of the Administration in power,
corresponded with the enemy, threat
ened secession from the Union, and
gloated with demdbiac glee over every
reverse to ,our arms. They danced
with delight when - the-capital of the
nation was saektid and destroyed.—
Our pride received a fall in the eyes
of Europe when the particulars of our
inglorious rout before the capital be
came known. The loss of the public
buildings, oven the archives of the na
tion, was nothing compared to the loss
of prestige and power which clings to
the possession of capitals In every na
tion. ,We suffered then, as we would
stiffer now, unspeakable humiliation in
its loss. - Members of Congress refused
to vote for supplies for the army and
publicly declared
,they would not so
votelf the guns of the enemy were
thundering against the walls of the
Capitol itself: .Since then we • Well.:
engaged in war with another foreign
power.
_The character, the power: nd
strength ofthegovernment was pledged
to the world, to ,our -own pbople, to
maintain with-all possible vigor, the
war declared.
the
country, right or
wrong, was the .rally•cry .among the
people; it was prosecuted with vigor to
a successful and triumphant termina
tion. One of the heroes of that war
was elevated to the highest office, iu
the gill of the American people, in
consequence of, his gallant conduct
upon the field. ,One other, still lives,
the premier of Generals., the object of
our highest admiration, almost th©
sheet anchor of our hopes. Notwith
standing the popularity of the
,war
and the success of our arms, mon,were
found in Congress voting against sup,
plies to Gen. Scott, and men, Nv-ho vo
ted for supplies, denounced the war as
unholy and uncalled for, embarrassed
the Administration and obstructed its
power. Men were fbund to denounce
those then in charge of the executive
powers of the government, upon every
hill; newspapers in every town, and
pulpits in every city, rang forth the
cry' that the government - should, be
paralyzed in its efforts to carry on the
war.
We have also traitors now—men
who falter in their duty to tho govern
ment ; who take counsel of their pride
and prejudices rather than their pat
riotism; who have not learned to ignore
faction and party, and to admit that
the man he has been opposed to his
lifetime in politics, can be and -is the
friend of his country, no matter who
holds the reins of government: But
these men are few compared with our
past struggle's; they ditler'rather as to
the means of carrying on the war than
to the war itt3elt: -
They are aTflverthe
less criminal if they refuse to :mord
a hearty and loyal support to the gov
ernment, when assailed, to the extent
of their ability, when that does not in
volve the loss of. manhood and its at
tributes, the right of voice in the man
agement of public affairs, the right to
warn the people against encroachment -
upon their,liberties, the right to warn
them of traitors and corrupt- public
servants. We have. fortunately , 110
party arrayed' as formerly. against
government; there are individuals, too
insbruiticant, almost to. attract notice
—the failure,' at least, of this govern
ment to maintain Its dig nity, amid pow
er, and usefulness, willnever be -laid
to their - doors, but, be, ;chargeable ,to
the whole people; who held their libet‘•
ties in such s.ight estimation that they
are unwilling to, accord the ; necessary
exertions to maintain them. , We, do
Nv
not believe this,ill e'er be tbe case
we shall now, as formerly, triumph
despite the opposition QV twitors,whe th
cr of the North or P,l,nth,