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oc', A 31STION.--W lIIMEAS, by
n precept to toe itireeted, dat, il at Huntingdon, the
loth day of A itgait. A. D. 3002, under the hand./ and ueal a
of the lb.. George Tai tor, President of the Comet o
Common Pions, User and Terminer, and genernl jail dell,
',ay of the ilith Judicial District of Pentisylt ante, comp:.
"red of Ituntiogdon, Blair and Cambria comities: and the
Ilona Benjamin 1 , , Patton and William IL Lea. his sum+
atop, Judges of the comity of Itttuttnkidun, Justices n
appointed to hear, try tool determine all and every
inilictinente made or taken for or concerning nil critnes
'millet! by the law. of the State are made capital, or felon.
les of death. and other offences, crimes and mbidemeenors,
%Oa Ich have been or shall hereafter be committed or purpe
'tented, for crimes aforesaid—l am commanded to make
proclamation throughout my whole bailiwick, that
4 Court of Oyer and Terminer. of Common Pleas and
'Quarter &saint's. will he held at the Com t Itouse in the
t hirough of Huntingdon, on the *mond Monday (and lOth
day) of November next, and those who sill prosecute the
'Fand prisoners, be then mid there to prosecute them on it
'shall be blot, and that alt Juidices of the Peace, Coroner
and Constable. within said county, be then and there in
'pair proper portions, at In o'clock, a. m. of said day, Mint
Moir record, inquisitions. examinations And return:bran.
to do thole thing. cite'. to their otHces respectively
'appertain.
hated at Huntingdon, the IStlt of Octolair, in the year of
• r lord one thointand eight hundred and eixty-two,
nod the 96th year of American Independence.
JoilS C. WATSON, Sheriff.
IF)ROCL.I3IATION.---IVIIIRE.IS, by
tt precept to tllll directed I, the dodge.; of the Cont.
Pierre of the county of llontingdoet beating teat the
ells day of A ov,,c, 1:102. 1 ant commanded to make
'attic 1 1 roclittnatton throngloatt nu whole !taints irk. that
It Coot t of Colllllloll l'ae.te m ill hr hold at the Court liottae
in the 6..101 of limmtimplon, on the 3ttl Monde) (and
'llth dry) of Ntwomber. A. It, IsC2, for the trial of ell is
alma in maid Court xhich renhun tintletermithel before
the 'aid .ludttes. when and m het e all Juror., .ita...5.5..0.1
suitorth in the trial , of all imuos are regainal.
Dated at linnting.i.l.) the 15th of Octe . her. in the year of
nor Lard one tlaengan.l eight hundral and sixty-two,
and the SOIL year of American Indepen.lence.
SOWN C. 'WATSON, Sheriff.
COURT AFFA!RS
1 IItIXL L 1 ST-N 0 E
TERM. WI
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..4a-Inltua Patter.,un rs Is-i . ac Zimmerm tn.
G1AL, , ,,,,mr A Tu)lor rs JAM., I:lltri`kitl. •
...Sivrris, T.ker & Cu. rs Harrison & 3I [tern.
11°11k...inns.lier 1; Itatinum to It. 31cl'Al I & alto.
J. B. Botts rs J. A. Cunningham's ndnis
Arent, n.lwr Lukens to 1'1.114,41. Virmer.
it...jannin Itinkur .5 Genrgn Stinrts.
Ilrury Urimly vs Daniel Houtz.
SECOND WEEK:.
Allllivn MeDifitt rs Str.th McDivitt.
Ileorge Valns's athnr 'rs Drive X. 11Intr.
3410,113.1111111 k wild is 111!limn Itothrock.
N. Kelley'. eke. . rs Ales: Waggatter.
Savo es - Coargo 'Waggoner.
:haws Kell,y 'vs. Ales. Waggoner. •
'D.C. Magill rs .1 A Cunningham'. adorn
Lydia llutnmall rs John Milliken.
Jacob Gitsffittan • V/ IL l. Hallett.
lit ti Einsyson a Co. es Some
3101ttrtrie. for Line. es A. Russell k others
Samuel W. ThuIIIIMII rs Kelly k Jr. 01.1.011.
11 eggs .k Kit k V/ SMIII. It. 0/41/0
.1.1111 11 , 1111. CV es John C. Watson, Esq
ltre...tet 'Ft one, Wore rs Bauman.
' :name vs NUM,
071. C. W.VION Ell, Proey
jfkatling , Tou, Oct. 21,1,50.2
GRAND !VIZORS.
Richard Ashman, Merchant, Clay.
Robert Anderson, farmer, Penn.
Gat. M. Ciesswell, tuerehant, West.
Jonathan Cree, farmer, Dublin.
James G. Doyle, farmer, Shirley.
Douglass, farmer, Shirley.
'James Dever, farmer, Cromwell.
..Nicholas C. Decker, farmer, Ituntingdott.
Lemuel Green, tanner, Cassvillo.
'Frederick ]teeter, farmer, Tod.
,lieurge Keith, farmer, Tod.
Caleb Kelley, laborer; Cromwell.
'Sole Lock; fartrier - , - Springfield.
r itsse McClain, farmer, TA.
' John McClain, farmer, Carbon.
Robert Oakman, farmer, lini;in,
'Geo. W. Patterson, ,farmer, Warriorsmark
Joseph Rhodes, armor, Cromwell.
'David Siewmt, farmer, Morris.
Samuel Silknitter, farmer, Barree.
:john Shaver, farmer, Shirley.
.George Siever, farmer, Union.
\Vidney, farmer, Tell.
-Zachariah tenter, mason, Huntingdon.
TRAVERSE JURORS—FIRST WEEK.
Andrew Anderson, farmer, Pinter.
William Armstrong, farmer, West.
Robert Bigliare. former, Shirley.
Jacob Booker, jr., farmer, Springfield.
David Barrack, farmer, West,
,John Bare, farmer, Shirley.
Lewis Carothers, earßenter,.Cromwell.
Jacob Gresswell, sUrveyor. Cassville.
;William Chilente. farmer, Cromwell.
Andrew Decker, farmer, Oneida.
James Gifford, tanner. Tell.
Altos Griffith, farmer, Tod.
*Samuel Gre g ory, farmer, NN:est.
Garner, farmer, Juniata.
Joseph Harvey, Oni-maker, Shirium,burg.
_George Hawn. farmer, Brady.
William Hughes, farnier,,Gimida.
W. Heaton, merchant, Carbon.
Xalentine Hoover, fariner, .Porter.
John Hirst, farmer, Barree.
:-Hollitris Hamer, .farmer, Porter.
James Ilamilton,fiitiner, Henderson.
Isaac Heffner,larmer, Juniata.
`.,iNicludlts Isenberg, brewer, Alexandria.
John Jackson, farmer, Jackson.
.dbibert B. tICRIDS, farmer, Tell.
*Michael Hyper, farmer, Porter.
Isaac Long, farmer, Juniata.
Joel Louder, farmer, Franklin.
John McGrath, manager, Carbon.
James Magill, farmer, Jackson.
Jacob Miller, 'farmer, Oneida.
Joseph Mingle, farmer, Warriorsmafk.
Archibald McNeal. farmer, Clay.
Joseph Morwitz, forgeman, Franklin.
Daniel G Neff, farmer, Porter.
Alexander Oaks, farmer, Barree.
James Oliver, farmer. Franklin.
Henry Putt, farmer, HtipowelF:•
Samuel Pheasant, fartner,"Cass,
L Parser:l, farmer; Toll.
V.ewie Stever, 'former, Bass.
Willi-eta:Wry°, farmer, Warriorsmark.
lied; Weaver, farmer, Hopewell.
John Warfield, farmer, Henderson.
Daniel Whittaker, carpenter, Huntingdon
Pliristinn !famish, farmer, Porter.
ZMllliam Long, blacksmith, Huntingdon.
TRAVERSE JURORS—SECOND WEEK.
Alex. Armitage, carpenter, Huntingdon.
Jacob Booher, farmer, SprinOeld.
Isaac Bowers, farmer, Penn."
James Bell, farmer, Jackson.
Morris Cutshall, farmer, Springfield.
Peter Cornelius, laborer,
Benjamin Cross,icarpater, Alexandria.
Hugh.Cunningliam, farmer, Porter.
James Dean, plasterer; Alexandria.
Jacob Dopp, blacksmith, West.
David Eanier,. merchant, Cromwell.
John Hoyeart, farmer, Shirley.
dlenjamin F Fouse„merchant. Shirley.
Noble Gregory: Farmer, Barred." e•
_Hobert Given, farmer, Walker.
alobert Graffius, farmer,,PorLer.
Jacob Heffner, farmer, Penn.
-Ezra Heater, farmer, Tod.
George Hetrick, mason, Henderson.
James Hileman, farmer, Cromwell.
.DanielJ Logan, farmer, Cromwell.
)3enjaminlong, clerk, Shirlaysbur,g.
S Miller. farmer, Henderson.
George 31eAlesy, farmer,•Jackson.•
Jacob Nearhoof, farmer, Warriorsmark.
John II Neff, farmer, West.„ , „ „ „.
Win A Oaks, farmer, Jackson.
James T Scott. farmer, West.
James Sloan, farmer, Henderson.
George NV Shantz, fencemakcri 'Hopewell
Jlenry Steel, farmer, Henderson.
Joseph Showalter, farther,- Penn.
John Smith, of George, farmer, Burros.
AlffulyinnWeight, farmer, Franklin.:.:.
HltjahWeston, farmer, Warrioremark.
1' B Wallace, merchant, Huntingdon.
OM
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WILLIAM LEWIS, Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. XVIII. '
Ely Cola.
HUNTINGDON, PA.
riday, November 7, 1862
fff(iiP, 4 {g ,
NOTICE.
We have not the time nor the incli
nation, to dun personally, a large num
ber of persons who have unsettled ac
co4V upon our books of several years
standing. Wo theasre, from
day to day, withqqt respect to persons,
place into the hands of a .1 ustico for
collection, all accounts of over two
years standing. All those who wish
to save expense, will la wcU to give
us a call.
Thanksgiyipg Day in Pennsylvania.
Muumuu:no, QeS. - 21.- : -The Governor
has issued the foll4 v jugprOelamatiow:
In the name and by the authority
of dm Commonwealth of Pennsylva
nia, Andrea Curtin, Governor of
the said Commonwealth.
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS : It is A good thing to ren
der thanks unto God for all his mercy
and loving kindness; therefore,
I, Andrew G. Curtin, Governor of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
dorecommend that Thursday, the 27th
day of November next, be set apart
by the people of this Commonwealth
as a day ofsolemn Prayer and Thanks
giving to the Almighty—giving Him
humble thanks that he has been gra
ciously pleased to protect our free in
stitutions and Government, and td
keep us from sickness and pestilence—
and to cause the earth to bring forth
her increase, so that our garners are
choked with the harvest—and to look
so favorably on the toil of his child
ren, that industry has thriven among
us, and labor has its reward; and also
that Ilc has delivered us from the
hands of our enemies, and filled our
ofilc:ers and men in the field with a
loyal' and intrepid spirit, and given
them victory—and that he has you
out upon us (albeit unworthy) other
great and manifold blessings.
Ilcsecehits ,, Him to help and govern
to in his steadfast fear and love, and
to put into our minds good desires, so
that . by his continual help we may
have a right judgment in all things;
and especially, praying him to give to
Christian Churches grace to hate the
thing which is evil, and to utter the
teachings of truth and righteousness,
declaring openly the Ni-holo counsel of i
God; and most heartily cat : eating
Him to bestow upon our civil rulers
wisdom, an,d earnestness, and counsel,
and upon our military lea4rs zeal and
vigor in action, that the fires of rebel
lion may be quenched—that we, being
armed with llis defence, may be pre
served from all VeVils, and that here
after 'our people, living in race and
quietness, may, from generation to
generation, f:eap the abundant fruits of
His mercy, and with joy and thank
fulness p'9ise and magnify Ills holy
name. '
Given under my •baud and the great
seal of the State, at Harrisburg, this
twentieth day of October, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-two, and of the
Commonwealth, the eighty-seventh.
ANnaEw (I. CURTIN.
By the Governor.
ELI SLIFER, See'y of Commonwealth
THE OIL TRADE.—The last month
has witnessed a great revival in the
oil market. Crude oil at the well has
gone up 40 and 50 cents to $1,75 and
$2,00 per barrel, and a corresponding
increase has been experienced in refin
ed oil. Two months, since, the latter
was a drug in the Pittsburg market
at 18 and 20 cents—it is now in de
mand at 40 and 45; and at Philadel
phia brings 50 and 55 eCntos, and even
higher prices in New York. The refi
neries On Oil creek—of which there
ar,b'between forty and fifty, with ten
Or twelve more scattered through
Crawford and Yenango counties—are
runninc , in full blast; and shippers
from the cast are running to and fro
among them, and buying their prod
nets at prices that pay good profits to
the,operators. Atpresent the demand
is merely for exportation to different
parts of Europe, where this new light
appears to be as welcome as at home;
mid it no doubt pays the importers
well, as in the matter of exchange, if
nothing is realized on the oil, they
will make a profit of 40 per cent. 4-s
the winter seaspn is approaching, the
demand will still increase, and we may
look for prices running up to a still
higher fig than rules at present.—
We may safely estiniste the demand
as double what it waSkone year ago,
and the supply of crude oil we may
safely estimate at not more than one
half what it was a year 'since. Drill
in,r; bas commenced again, however, in
Po'd earnest, and we may soon expect
to hear of more monster wells being
struck.
- number of now refineries are go
ing up at different points along and
adjacent to the creek, and in some ea
ses companies who have been refining
at points hundiekds of miles distant,
have torn down *their works and aro
removing them to where-f,be crude
material is produced. We believe that
others will find this step necessary, in
order to compete ilwith those- located
there, , and that befmie another- year
rolls•raund,l the trofinerics.Will; with
rare exceptions, ho located near the
Diyatch, Oct. 31.
HUNTINGDON, PA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1862.
The Defence of Ex-President Bu
chanan.
Ex-President Buchanan has given to
the country tin elaborate and carefully
prepared statement in reply to the
curd of General Scott. The card of
the General is still fresh in the memo
ry of the reader, and any recapitula
tion of its facts is hardly Thici4t , .i,ry.—
General Scott was driven into - irkpil4.
lication by the attempt of 'New York
I3rcekinridge politicians to use his
great name as an authorq in fitvor at
Secession. Ito reviewed very closely
the conduct of Mr. Buchanan during
that, paraf his administration in which
the Secession troubles originated, and
proved to the world that uPon the Ex-
President, and upon him alone, the re
sponsibility' of our present troubles
should fall. Mr. Buchanan., indeed,
accepts this responsibility in a tone
thUt seems to invite and defy criticism.
The generosity with which be does
this is extraordinary. " All my Cabi
net must bear me witness that I was,
the President myself, responsible fur
all the acts of the Administration."—
These are his werd . s, and, as if to make
the admission more' remarkable, he
makes an especial point in favor of
Governor Floyd, who, as his Secretary
of War, has been to us the representa
tive of all that was fidse and fraudulent
in the origin of this rebellion. Gov.
Floyd, however, is a deeply-injured
man. Hereafter his sins must be vis
ited'on Mr. Buchanan, for he was the
President—:and alone was responsible.
The Main question at issue between
Mr. Buchanan and General Scott is
this : Did Mr. Buchanan, as President
of the United States, the Commander
in Chief of the army and navy, t lie
sole depositary of Executive power,
Congress not being in Session, and
there being no appeal to the Legisla
tive power, refuse' to reinforce the
Southern forts Had these forts been
reinforced there can be no doubt that
Secession would have been rendered
impossible. The rebellion would have
died from inanition. We should have
held the principal cities, rivers, and
seacoasts of the South, and by thus
establishing bases of communication in
the enemy's country, been enabled to
make immediate, effective, and over-
powering war. A failure to do this
great duty was neither neglect or trea
son. It was not neglect on the part
of Mr. Buchanan—we cannot call it
treason, but we do most decidedly
chnt-gia diat, it wag sympathy with
treason. And for this we ask no bet
ter evidence than ,bis own Jetter Ne
ply_to_General Scott._ _
• Oa October 30th, 1800, Winfield
Suitt, the highest soldier of the Re
public, wrote to 31r. - Bitchanliti, bid
ding flint to'beWare of the storm that
was approaching, and suggesting to
him the military' means neceSsairy to
avert the danger. This fact Mr; Be
ehanan admits. On J'anuary oth the
steamer Star of th'e West attempted to
enter the harbor of Charleston, carry
ing the American flag, and bound on a
'duty for - the GoVe,rnment. She was
fired upon by rebel cannon, and was
compelled to return to New York.—
Here was the admonition and the cal
amity. Sixty-three days had elapsed
since the President had been told to
prepare to punish rebellion in the
South, and yet rebellion had driven
one of his own ships from the coast of
the United States. In sixty-three days
the little State of South Carolina had
time enough to prepare a successful
armed resistance against the Govern
ment, and that Government was pow
erless to resent the insult. The world
wiff ask why it was that a great Re
public was thus held down by the I
throat white a petty tributary Com-
monwcalth was permitted to stab it to
the heart. Mr. Buchanan assures us
that he had no desire but to insure
peace; that he would not do anything
to invite or provoke -civil war; that,
no matter what preparations the reb
els might make to dcstrdy the &ern
meat, he would say nothing, and do
nothing; he Would allow every en-
eroachment and , titkel - no resistance;
ho , :would permit fort after fort to he
seized, and see the, flag of his country
give place to pelicans and palmettoes,
and lone stars, and long red bars.—
This is . the meaning of Mr. Buchanan's
defence as it reads in our paper this
morning. He asks posterity to call
him a coward, or au imbecile, or a weak
old man, or the slave of the Southern
Senators, but ho bogs not to be called
a traitor. He pleads guilty of murder
in the second degree, hoping to escape
the full verdict against his wickedness.
Now, we charge. this upon Mr. Bu
chanan : He was the friend of tho
rebel leaders until within a few weeks
of the expiration of his term. He did
everything in his power to assist the
traitors in the consummation of their
schemes, He was their ally, their
comforter—their surest and most pow
erful accomplice—for hp held the North
at bay white' they' plotted its destruc
tion, only yielding to the sentiment of
the country when a refusal to yield
would have cost him •the Presidential
chair. We lay aside all the other is
sues discussed by Mr. Buchanan, and
present the evidence on this one grave
charge as wo have it over his own sig
nature. All his protestations of love
for the Union and the country, and his
desire to prevent bloodsbed.a.nd oppose
the rebellion, perish babel: this grea t
fact. IVe charge upon Mr. Bach:twin
that ho was desirous of aiding 'the
Southern leaders to establish the South
ern Confederacy ; and if he asks for
evidence, we call upon General Cass,
his Secretary of State. That states
man :rt.signed. his port,tl* on the 15th
of December, I.Sqt:'r4,et, ms mark the
date.. ".on. tlid: 15th. dfi'Dedembeil"
says Mr. Buchanan,. " Gdneral. Scott
states that, accompaniedlVhe Secre
tary of War, he held A 'conersAtion
with the President. Whilst I have no
-PERSEVERE.-
1 recollection whatever of fids conversa
tion, he doubtless staliA Correctly that
I did refus,e to send three hundred
men to reinforce Major Anderson at
Fort _Moultrie, who had not then re
moved td'Fort Sumpter. The reason
for this refusal is manifest to all who
recollect the history of the time."—
This is Mr. Buchanan's own statement.
General Scott also mentions the fact of
his calling upon President Buchanan
on the 15th of December, and says
that the President, in "reply to his ar
guments for reinforcing Ft. Moultrie,"
said, "The time is not yet arrived for do
ing so; that he should wait the action of
the Convention of South Carolina, in the
expectation that a commission would be
appointed to negotiate with him - and Con
gress respecting the secession of the State
and the property of the United States held
within its limits." On the day of this
conversation, and after this remarka
ble declaration of the President -a de
claration we declare to be treasonable
—General Cass resigned. The Presi
dent's own organ, the Washington
ConstitutibN, 'itarldunced that states
man's resignation by saying that ho
had resign6d because " he advised that
the naval and military force should be
sent immediately to Charleston to re
inforce the forts in • that harbor, and
that the President was of the opinion
that there was no necessity for any such
measure in order to secure the forts
against attack." Here, then, is the
whole' evidence. We have quoted Mr.
Buchanan, General Scott, Mr. Buchan
an's own organ, and General Cass,—
The shameful and humiliatiog fact is
undeniable that upon the 15th of De
(prober, 1800, when South Carolina
was debating an ordinlinee of secession
—within five days of the passage of
that ordinance, while the whole North
was sad and sick at heart, the Presi
dent of the *United States refused to
say the word that would have saved
the Rep Alic; he refused to listen to
the pray -s -s of General Scott,' wlio as
sured him "Mt the [tenor of the first
soldier of the age that the Smaller!'
forts might be reinforced and the re
bellion suffocated ; he refusm td hear
the entreaties of the most 'Venerable
and beloved statesman'in his Cabinet!
Ife preferred to follow the bidding of
his Mephistophiles '
Floyd, who was at
his side.' Ile preferred to do the bid
ding of his Southern toasters. "The
Limo had not yet arrived. lie should
await the :talon of the Convention of
Smith Carolina." lie expected a corn"-
miasion of traitors. is it any wonder
that Gederaf Scott resigned almost
heart-broken from the ° Presidential
Pixsence . .?_ Jq_---i-t-----wonder that
_Lewis - Cass threw up his portfolio iL
disgust, and' retired from a Cabinet
where Treason was deliberately taking
the life of the Republic ?
The President was true to his word.
He did " wait the action of South Car- ,
olina." On the 20th of December the
ordinance of Secession was passed, and
Treason held its saturnalia in Charles
ton city. The city was illuminated,
guns were fired, rockets were sent up
into the reverberating air. The South
was in an ecstacy of joy. We read
that guns were fired " in honor of the
secession of South Carolina" at Mo
bile, Wilmington, N. C., New Orleans,
Savannah and Augusta. Conventions
were being held in other States.—
There was every evidence that man
could want to show the purpose and
determination of the South. We ask
any intelligent man who reads this
sentence to turn back to the dreary
memories of that fearful time, and in
quire if he had any doubt as to the de
termination of these wild and reck
less men. James Buchanan is an in
telligent man, and he khew in his
heart of hearts, jnstas well as heknow
that death was coming, and that God
would be his judge, that the Southern
leaders determined•te'destroy this Re
public, and that prominent among
those leaders was John B. Floyd, his
Secretary of War, and Jacob Thomp
son, his Secretary of the Interior.—
Finally, the sentiment of the North
was too intense to be endured. Our
people had waited and prayed, pas
sing through humiliation, and grief,
and anxiety, and despair, until men
began to say that this conduct could
be endured no longer. December 28th
approached. Two weeks had passed
since the last interview ; one week since
South Carolina had seceded. General
Scott again applied to the President.
Floyd had served his purpose and had
resigned. Major Anderson had thrill
ed the nation by taking possession of
Fort Sumpter. The Southern cabal
demanded his evacuation of that fort, ,1
and the return to Fort Moultrie. The ,1
President at once disavowed the act.
" Major Anderson," he said, " acted
upon his own responsibility, and with
out authoriV, and my first promptings
were to order him back." The country
stifled these "first promptings," and
! then came the first sign of courage lie
had shown. He actually consented to
allow a vessel to be sent to Charleston,
but in the meantime waited to receive
a communication from the traitor com
missioners. " I suggested to Gener
al Scott,"iie says, " that although I
had not received the South Carolina
commissioners in their official capacity,
but merely as private gentlemen, yet
it might be consitlered an improper
act to send the Brooklyn with rein,-
forcements to Fort Sumpter until I
had received an answer from them to
my letter of thb preceding day. The
delay could not' continue more than
forty-eight bours." Discriminating,
kind, atten4vp Buthanan I What was
dehiy' to lii * M? lie would wait, What
if the
,e,94144 , was on the riiek ? What
if the 'rebels were mounting cannon in
Charlestit Bay ?—ho had waitod;two
months, and , two days were nothing.
So he waited. `'The "private: gentle
men" froni•SoutAr Carelinn, sent him
an insulting'optStle; and returned. to
Climb:don, and nually the Star of the
'..:'.''.',',._',.ilitlr'J . .r.o
West sailed. The remainder of the
story is known. After cur
fl ay had
been Insulted, the President of the Uni
ted States actually consented to a truce
with the rebels, in order that they might
complete their arrangements for opening
fire on Fort Sumpter. The President
throws the blathe on Major Anderson,
and says, " it was most fortunate the
expedition did not sail on vebruniv
sth, as the vast inadequacy' 'hf"tirie
force provided to 'atieomplish the ob
ject, was demontrated by information
received from Illijor Anderson, at the
War Department on the last day of
the .A.dniinistration !" Thus we arc
told by the President of the United
States, who had the whole country at
his command, that four months after
he had been warned of the danger to
the country from an attacx on Fort
Sumpter, this great Republic had," a
vast inadequacy of force " compared
with South Carolina; that while he
had been waiting, and trembling, and
holding intercourse with traitors, the
great rebellion assumed form and
strength, and menaced us with bloody
and persistent war. Then he fled to
his home in Lancaster, leaving to Mr.
Lincoln the task of wading through a
sea of blood to the restoration of the
Union which he might have saved by
saying a single word s or obeying the
first obligation of his official oath . -
We now dismiss James Buchanan.—
He announces the intention of pub
lishing very soon " a historical re
view, prepared a year ago." Ile had
better burn his sheets and iguy no
more. Isis last defence has only drag
ged him deeper in the slouglroishame.
Let him beg for mercy •at thti -hands
of an outraged country, and from the
men to come after him, that they may
not blltoi4l;§, • memory as men now
curse the mei - 1101 1 y' oftlTosn - Mdra Who
came at distant periods in the world's
history to punish, min oppress, and be-
Mankind.— The Press.
The Tax Law---What it Requires,
The following convenient summary
of the 'tax law is given in Vompswes
Reporter :
' Bankers (not corporate banks) pay
a license of
Bankers receive deposits, discount,
and pay checks:fad. drafts.
Brokers pay a license of . . . $5O
Brokers buy and sell specie, linear
rent money, ' stocks and exchange.
' Banks that do any brokerage busi
ness as defined above, must take out
broker's license of $5O
Land warrant dealers must pay a
license of . . $25
Bust/ ANL MORTGAGE:.--Stamps
required for each instrument; ono for
the bond and one for the mortgage.
The income tax. is to be paid on the
income of the year commencing Jan.
1, 1862, so that on the evening of the
31st of December everybody should
have a very clear record of their in
come, gains or profits for the year:
And as many sources of . income, such
as dividends and railroad bends and
stocks, insurance stock ; saving' bank
interest, &c., (they have already paid
the income tax) are not again taxed,
it therefore becomes necessary to have
a clear record of the sources of income,
that there may be no dispute with the
assessor.
The income tax for the,year 1802 is
payable on the Ist of May, 1863.
A man in business must take up the
net profits of his business for the year,
and pay the tax on the amount, less
$6OO.
A man may, outside of his business,
spend all and even more than his prof
its in business'; nevertheless he must
pay tax on all net business profits ex
cept the $6OO. And so with a salary;
all over $6OO must be taxed, though
personal or family expenses consume
it all.
Checks, drafts, and orders for mon
ey, whether at sight or on time, if for
sums of $2O or under, are not required
to bo stamped.
Notes of hand, duo bills, &c., if for
sums of $2O or under, arc not required
to be stamped.
Certificates of deposit, for any
amount, require stamps ; two cents for
$lOO and under; five cents for all over
$lOO.
All cheeks and sight drafts for sums
over $2O, require only 2 cents for any
amount.
Time drafts and notes require stamps
in proportion to the amount; 3 cents
and upward.
Foreign drafts, if single or solo,
whether at sight or on time, arc on the
same scale as inland time drafts and
notes of hand; but if drawn in sets,
the first, second, and third must each
be stamped according to the scale for
foreign bills in sots; 3 cents and up
ward.
The payer is required to stamp bills
made abroad at the time of accepting,
if on time; and at the time of paying,
if at sight.
The party attaching or first using
the stamp, is required to cancel it by
putting his initials and the date upon
it. The penalty for not doing so is
fifty dollars; but in case the maker of
the instrument omits to cancel the
stamp, the party receiving it, or the
payer, may cancel it. This, however,
Will not relieve the maker from the
penalty. •
After naming a few" certificates,"
such as shares of stocks, deposits, Rm.,
the law says, " certificates of any oth
er description Thaw these specified, 10
cents." '
A great many papers in common
use will necessarily: , ha' changed in
form, from a certificate to an assertion
of fact. In other words: -" • •
A thousand and one rdodgesto avoid ,
the, stamp act will be adopted, Idt' as
a-general thing. good business peen
will-TaY the,. tai on their .money
transactions;-rather than ..trust. a
dodge.that-may 'or' ina,y•llot. , stand in
law.
TERMS, $1,50 a year in advance.
A Southern Lawyer on the President's
Proclamation; • -•
• ii.
We copy from the National
gen Cel t a letter of R. T. Meigs, State
Li 6inrlan of Tennessee for many years,
and a distinguished Southern lawyer.
Mr. Meigs, who was born in a Slave
State, and has lived all his lite in li.-pn
t`licky and Tennessee,' loft the latter
State at the beginning of the Rebellion,
and since has passed much of his time
in Philadelphia.
This legal opinion of an eminent
Southern lawyer on the Presidont's
Emancipation Proclamation, is so clear
and to the point, that all should read it.
15 BROADWAY N. Y., Oct. 1, 1862.
To the Editors of .the National Intel
ligeneer :—I was called on yesterday
for my subscription to the Intelligencer
by you agent, And having paid him,
took his receipt to November 15, 1869,
at which time thirty-five years will
have elapsed since I became a subscri
ber. Judging from some of your recent
articles such as the ironical one of
Sept. 30th, entitled " The Pursuit of
Truth under Difficulties,'•' and , thedike,
I infer'tlidt''you• consider 'the Presi
dent's late emancipation proclamation,
as it is styled, an illegal••noasuro of
war against the Confederate States.—
I propose, not for your instruction of
course; .but to make myself understood,
to copy froM Mattel certain passages.
and to ask whether they constitute the
law of war between the Confederate
States and the United States.
" A civil war breaks the .bands of
society and Goveiminent,ilm,'lft least,
suspends their force turd• effect; it pro
&Wain the nation two independent
parties, who consider each other as
enemies, lnd acknowledge no common
judge.' Those two' parties, •therefore,
must necessarily be• eonsifired as
thenceforth constituting, at least for a
time, two separate bodies, two distinct
societies.
"'Though one of the parties may
have been to blame in breaking the
unity 'of the State and resisting the
lawful authorityrthey are not the less
divided in filet. ' Besides, who shall
judge them ? Who - shall pronounce
on which side the"riliht or the • the
wrong lies? On earth they have no
common superiors. .Theystand i thetel
fore in prdeisely the same predicament
as two nations who engage in a eon,
test; and being imab)e; to - come to - arr
agreement, have recoUrse
Book 3, sec. 293.
" "Whenemer l —therefore, a nuiacaous
body`of men think they have a right
to resist the sovereign, and find them
selves in a eongition to appeal ttP'the
swiford,' the war ought to be carried on
by contending parties in the same man
ner as by different nations.--Book 8,
see. 294.
LEI
"Now, in reference to tie property
of the belligerents, what is the manner
of tarrying on. the' war by different
nations.•"
" A State taking up arms in a just
cause has a double right against her
enemies: 1. A right to obtain posses-
sion of her prtkpdrty withheld by the
enemy, to which must be added the
oxpenecs incurred in the pursuit of an
object, the charges of the war, and the
reparation of damages , for were she
obliged to ' bear thse expenses and
losses she would not fully recover her
property or obtain her due. 2. She
has a right to weaken her enemy in
order to render him incapable of sup
porting his unjust vielened—a right to
deprive him of the means of resistance.
Hence, as from their source, originate
all the rights which war gives over
things belonging to the enemy ."—Book
3, see. 160.
" We have a right to deprive our
enemy of his possessions, of everything
which may augment his strength and
enable him to make war. This every
one endeavors to accomplish in the
manner most suitable to him.
" Whenever we have an opportunity
wo seize on the enemy's property and
convert it to our own use; and thus
diminishing the enemy's power we aug
ment our own, and obtain at least a
partial indemnification or equivalent,
either for what constitutes the subject
of the war, or for the expenses and
losses incurred in its prosecution;
_in
word, we do ourselves justice." Book
3, see. 161.
" The right to security often author
izes us to punish'jnstice or violence.
It is an additional plea for depriving
au enemy of some part of his posses
sions. This manner of chastising a
nation is more humane than making
the penalty to fall on the persons of
the citizens. With that view, things
of value may bo taken from her, such
as rights, cities, provinoes."—lfook 3,
Sec. 162. •
If I understand these passages, they
show that the Confederate States and
the United States are, for the purposes
of the war to be considered indepen
dent States. This being so, justice
must be on tho ono side or on the
other. Supposing it to be on the side
of the United States then this author
ity lays it down that "p State taking
up arms in a just cause" 'has a right
to deprive its enemy of his possessions,
of everything which may augment his
strength and enable him to make war;'
and, with a view to security, " thingd
of value may be taken" from 06'4:
fending nation; "such as rights, cities,
provinces." t .Thus,' therefore, to wei k
en the wrong 'doer, tho injured nation
may seito•his property; and to obtain
security;-Against ay 4 , ppetiltion of• `the
wrong, tbiy*.tong 'doer may be de
prived.qf his rights,mities.and previa-
Now, upon the pupposition that the
United States. biwp. taken up arms
against the Confedetitto State, as ha
deperiilett natiota,•" iu a -jut :eaue,"
mity rask you. to .5 1 .2.6'v your reade,r6
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NO. 28.
CUL AND ZXAMINB SPE - MU/NS Or wonx . ,
AT LEWIS' BOOK; w4lzomfitr klardre &TOM
whiff ie:4pcict the President's emanci
pation proclamation is not •stra4ined
by the law of nationstlitit istv'tii4l
Zianlmon 'Sense Of. mankind r While
the Confederate States declare them
selves an independent nation, and as
such commence war against the Uni
ted States, and convert to the; use of
the Confederacy the . property. of. Ito
United States, .lilierever they caii - selUd
it by violence or obtain possession of
it by fraudulent collusion with the of-
Seers entrusted with its custody, is it
indeed unldwful for the United - Statee
to deprive the Confederate &latastrof
theft* possessions, of the' very
-thin'
which constitutes their strength,'a
enables them to make war? And
with a view to future security, is it if
legal for the Unitell•Stategto l : depriv ! a
the Confederate Statds df the •right
hold men in bondage, who, if they,
were free, Would laher.or 'fight on the
side of the United States, seeing -.0041
then men, being held in bondage, arQ
Made 'both 'to l labor and fight on the
side of the Cot -- , :e
. R. J. Aims: ,
.
STONEWALL JACKSON ADMINIATEB4
TIIE SAcirAMENT—On the' melting nf .
a recent battle near Harper's Ferry)
after u sermon' krone ofhis•thaphtiusf
Stonewall jat'aksoir,..who;:iby•tite , Way j
is an elder in the Presbyterial , Vehuveh. )
administered the sacrament •147: tilts
church members in his army - He in
vited alli , Christians to participate in
this 6 eremoily: - Ik'Briptist;the stralgi*
est of his sect, thoroughly imbued with
the idea of close communion; was seen
to hesitate; but the occasion, and• the
man who presided, overcame his ec+rit{:
Ales, and thus it has' happeneir
the prospect of a 4,rbb..aydritlie
qucnce of Jackscin Made a ITatithrt feri&
get SIM' baptism is , the door:, into ihie
church. In all Jackson's :frilly 'an
'oath ,is rgrely uttered..- A, religions
enthuslaslii perViitleS it which imaigiti
every man a hero. ConstiOui . the
justice of our cause, and . imbued with
the strongest conviction of patriotism;
his monL are - IrresiStible: • lir•thiel !kVA,
dent we havelin, explanation , Of
Jackson's, invincibility, and
.we are
thus -enabled to understand why 'his
men arwall ;heroes, and - why thy
dure withimt a murmur theiseveresi
hardships to which any - trocrps have
been 'subjected during the i 4 ar:;"Wheil.
imam is restoreo it •,will be holm
enough for any man to say._,K-1-belo:n-gi—
ed to the_arirty-ofi!toneirall Jackson: l
receatlyTEmeeeeltel iii
swindling the jerStikliltirdrfteltifi;', l
yen and BellgfoittebanlStolliiltimetint:
of; nearly nin'o';.thoirsaiid :-Ilbllars."H.e
niso tried the game t-the-Woat Branch
Bank; says the Lyeotning Gazette at'
last; 'Week, - but did 'n'ot, succeed. - His
mode of • operations was' about as fol.,
lows: • He procured' elsewhere, from
responsible parties, sight drafts, for a
few dollars, on New York: By softie
chemical or other process, ho remover
the lines naming the small' atilt:Matti
and left the drafts blank, to bo filled to •
any • ti'monlit• •ho might choose. On
coming into thiEi stietion t f omintlt4le
represented himself as n t 'eitetialVe
fur and hide Merchant, with stoitiel'A
Chicago and Ne* York, and seta num
ber of men to work procuring furs and
hides for WM. To pay for these, as he
represented, he filled his drafts, drew
the money from the banks, and then
skedaddled, leaving banks and fur and
hide gatherers to gather wisdoni frohl
their experience. The scathp eonducii
ted operations on an extensive scale, '
and was thoroughly conversant_ with
everything he undertook—talked busi.
ness and per contage like a Girard.oir.
an Astor, and drove everything likre
locomotive. t •
A STUDENT ; says the Cologne Ga
zette, traveling a few days back on the
railway to this place, to light a - eigatt
took a phosphoric match from aiboz
which be had just before pnrohased-at
Elberfield. The matches being tight*
ly packed, the young man introduced
his ; fingernail between them .to ex ,
tract ono, when 4,ernalLporticp inf s fitya
phosphorus passeditnaer the'llatradd '
ignited.
.Altheugh the flame was im
mediately extinguished, the hand had
swelled so much on arriving atDussel- •
dorf that a surgeon advised its:ampul
tation. The student -would not coil ,
sent, and proceeded to Cologne, but
on arriving there the swelling had so
much extended' as to render the amply.
tation 'both his band and arm neces
sary. .
WASHING WOOLENS.—If you do not
wish to havq • white woolens shrink
when washed, make a good..suds
hard soap, and wash the flannels in it
Do not rub woolens like cotton cloth,,
but simply squeeze them betuthen
,the
hands, or slightly pound them with a
clothes' pounder:'' • The suds used should .
be ;strong,. and the woolens Stiould,b,
rinsed' in warm water. By rubbing
flannels on a board and Tinging Ahem
in (told water, t4eSr, goon: lae:opie 'tory
JI 3 • 3,•
thick. "
KEEPING WINTER,SQUA.SIIV.;-ThCrei
is just ono singlo rule for koopipg
tor - nqunsbne. ' Put them 'in 'a dry,l
warm place, and .they will not St..' It
is a \Vann, • damp atmdsphiire, like
that in most cellars, that ,causes
eayt iiA dry, stove room; or fupmce
heated \ room, which mover gets
,eaol
enough to freer.e,.are good places to
winter squashes andipumpkins. Thor
should bo sorted singly-nover in piles
—when you; wisluto..keep them long..
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