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inSWITNGDO,N, PA.
Wednesday waning, Moll. 18, 1861
W. Lewis, Editor and Proprietor.
Our Flag Forever.
know of no mode in which a loyal citi
zen may so well demonstrate his devotion to
his country as by sustaining the Flag the
Constitution and the Union, under all circum
stances, and UNDER EVERY ADMINISTRATION,
REGARDLESS OF PARTY POLITICS, AGAINST ALL
ASSAILANTS, AT ROME AND ADROAD."-STEPHEN
A. DOUGLAS
-The Democracy of Huntingdon Coun
ty Sold.
We find the following item of news
in the last Bedford Gazette, a full-blood
ed Copperhead journal:
"R. Bruce Petrikin, Esq., of Hunt
ingdon, was, on Wednesday last, elec
ted Senatorial Delegate to represent
the counties of Somerset, Bedford,
and Huntingdon in the next Democrat
ic State Convention, with instructions
to support Hon. John Cessna, of this
' county, for Governor. Somerset coun
ty" was not represented."
'•
The Somerset county DernocraZy
•was not represented! Neither was
the Democracy of Huntingdon county.
`True, three men 'went as Conferees
::from this county—Wm. Colon, R. Mil
. ton Speer, and Wm..l.leNite but when
and where did they get authority from
- Ale Democrats of this county to repre
sent the party 'in the Conference ?
:..Has there been a Convention held by
the Democracy of the county, accord
ing toDemocratic usage, to make del
egates or conferees? Not that the
Democracy have heard of. It was a
Copperhead arrangement, planned by
" Ron. John Cessna," .to cheat the
Democracy of this county out of a
'choice they might have for Governor
and Supreme Judge, and he found wil.
ling tools in the Copperhead clique of
_this town, for a price, to carry out his
'• plans. Who will pretend to deny that
"lon. John Cessna" and the Monitor
Copperheads hitvo not sold the rights
.of the Democracy of Old Huntingdon?
+Old Jacob Fry, of the Shank stock of
Democrats, is the choice of the Demo
-erotic party of this county, and this
:Cessna knew—and this his Copper
head friends know—and this is the rea
son why the Monitor clique would not
call a Democratic County Delegate
Con'vention to elect delegates'
"Hon. John Cessna" hasperformed
his part of the contract:—R. Milton
Speer was elected Assistant Clerk of
the House: R. Bruce Petrikin has
'been instructed, and John S. Miller,
.will support the claims of Cessna.
- Atone time we thought " Hon. Jno.
Cessna "'an honest partisan. We free
ly admit now. e did not know him.—
If ho was, he is not one now. He is a
'politician, seeking power. He has se
cured the delegates from this county,
but by what means? Is it not plain
that they have been bought? And is
it not equally plain that the Dernoetai
'cy of the county have had no voice in
making them?
"Hon. John Cessna is upon the rec
ord as a Union man. He was appoint
ed a Vice President to preside at the
into Union meeting in Harrisburg,
which was addressed by Gov. Andy
Johnson and Ex-Governor Wright,
both old and steadfast Democrats, but
he refused the honor—the Copperhead
influence either having controlled him,
or he having a distaste for such associ
ations.. .
"Hon. Jelin Cessna" is a dead dog
in the pit.
THE Copprheads in the ancient
borough are getting mad. They feel
that they are being hunted out of the
high grass. They are becoming des
perate.. The cloak of democracy will
no longer hide their wickedness—their
treason. Every day, honest and true
Union men—war democrats—are de
serting the faction claiming to be the
democratic " organization. Uncle
George's occupation is nearly gone—
still ho is faithful to his friends—his
party, the Monitor league. Occasion
ally he succeeds in inducing a demo
crat from the country to do what be is
not willing to do himself, to discontin
ue his subscription to the Globe.—
Where the "democrat" is a Copper
head we'do not regret the loss of his
name from our-books. We wish to
JiaVe no fellowship with men who are
determined, with their eyes open, to
ald the rebols in their unholy rebellion
against our Government. We ask no
favors from rebels or their sympathiz
ing friends. The day is not Air dis
tant when men now claiming to be de
inocrats, and.who,are trying to perse
cute us to the bitter oud, will crawl
upon their knees to escape the odium
that will attach to them and theirs.—
War democrats will outlive the rebel
lion, and their mimes will receive the
blessings of the present and all futuro
generations.
Straw Goods now
6i:wining at H. Ward 43 Store, Philad'a.
Read advertisement.
Who are Copperheads?
" Copperheads" are those persons
who sympathize with the rebels. In a
large majority of cases, they claim to
be Democrats and Union men—but in
the same breath they denounce almost
every effort made by the Government
to conquer the rebellion, as tyranny,
usurpation, and anti-Democratic.—
Such men aro vipers, and they attempt
to conceal their poison under the cloak
of Democracy. It is mockery for
such mento claim to be Democrats.—
They only aro Democrats who can
pray earnestly for the success of our
arms and the perpetuity of our Gov
ernment. -They only are Democrats
who are for peace after the rebels lay
down their arms and ask for it. The
man who is daily encouraging the
rebels to fight ou—to continue in re
bellion against our Government—can
not honestly claim to be a Democrat.
Ho is a snake in the grass—a vile poi
sonous " Copperhead," and as such he
must be known hereafter. A Demo
crat? A man who every day by
speech and action . gives the rebels aid
and comfort, a Democrat ? He cannot
be. He is an enemy to our country—
a bogus Democrat—a COPPERHEAD.
THE Bedford Gazette, a paper of the
true Copperhead stamp, comes to us
this week with an article as treasona
ble as any. that ever appeared in Jeff.
Davis' organ at Richmond. And this
paper is of the same class as the Moni
tor of this place, only bolder. The ar
ticle opposes the arrest of deserters
and spies, and the enforcement of a
draft. It denounced in advance the
Provost Marshal who may be appoint
ed for that district. It calls upon the
people to resist the Marshal in the dis
charge of his duty. Poor Ben Myers,
the editor, cannot complain if the law
finds him guilty of treason, and ele
vates him a few feet from the ground.
Suppose the people resist the draft,
resist the Government—resist rein
forcements being sent to the relief of
our bravo " boys "—your fath"ers, your
brothers, your sons—where will they
be when attacked by a desperate ene
my? Who but a traitor can stand idly
by and refuse reinforcements? A
country's curse—God's onrse, must fall
heavily upon the head of such Copper
heads.
TELL TowNsmr.—We notice in the
last Monitor, the proceedings of what
was claimed to be a democratic meet
ing. We don't believe—we know that
the loyal democrats of that township,
took no part in the meeting. The
very fact that the meeting endorsed
such papers as the Harrisburg Patriot
& Union and the _Monitor as true dem
ocratic journals, is enough to satisfy
any loyal man that those who endors
ed the proceedings, know nothing, or
are Copperheads. The Globe was de
nounced as a traitorous sheet---Ltraitor
ous no doubt to the cause of the reb
els. How ridiculous some men claim
ing to have common sense can make
themselves appear. The democrats of
Tell are true to the Union—the Cop
perheads are against it.
THE DEMOCRATS OPENING THEIR
EYES.-A great reaction is taking place
in the minds of Democrats all over the
country. Honest Democrats no lon
ger fear the denunciations coming
from Copperhead leaders. Gov. Andy
Johnson, Gen. Rosecrans, Hon. Hen
drick B. Wright, Ex-Gov. Wright of
Indiana, and hundreds of other distin-
guished Democrats we might name,
are denounced by the Copperhead lea
ders as renegades, loose-principled
Democrats, etc., etc., and why? sim
ply because they think more of their
country than they do of their party,
and act openly in support of their Gov
ernment. We do not now fear the fi
nal result--the masses of all parties
feel the necessity of loose from
party drill and of acting openly with
the true friends of our soldiers and
our country.
TUE IMPUDENT Pm—We aro in
formed that Albert Owen attended a
school exhibition at Hoover's school
house in Liberty township, Bedford
county, on Wednesday evening last,
and made a regular Copperhead anti
war speech. His speech so disgusted
the audience that had it not been for
tho interference of several persons, the
young men would have rode him on a
rail. Owen has the impudence of the
meanest of the Copperhead tribe, and
unless ho mends his manners he may
expect to be treated as he deserves.—
The reptile should not be allowed to
disgrace any respectable audience with
his presence.
THE New Orleans Delta of January
29th addresses " a word to the North,"
in which it asks: Are those gentlemen
at the North, who are crying peace
and armistice, aware of the mischief
they are doing ? Are they aware that
in every such utterance they nerve
the arms of the enemy and renew the
hopes of the rebel army, wbielt is only
kept from revolt by prqmises.Ofa spee
dy peace, which promises of peace ate
generally based ;tlpon some speech
made in Congress or in New York?
Jar A eea•,tain Copperhead thinks
that if the Union League meetjngs are
persisted in they will ntal.c,e.lzontle in
the North. Think so too, in the way
of exterminating the vile and venomous
reptiles. Our impression is, that they
will be as scarce as hen-teeth .before
three months.
The `` Monitor" Copperheads and our
Union League.
The following article from the last
Monitor, we feel almost disposed to
give without comment. But perhaps
some of our readers may not be aware
of the . fact that the League is not a
secret organization. Every meeting
held has been bold in the Court Room
with open doors, the Monitor office be
ing represented either by the editor
or one of the assistant editors every
night, so that the charge of the League
being a secret organization was known
to be false by the Copperhead who
wrote the article. The purpose for
which the League has been organized,
is a noble one,—see proceeding in an
other column—and no other than a
deep-dyed rebel sympathizer and Cop
perhead would attack it with the bit
terness and falsehood it is attacked in
the article we copy from the .11r0/1/10F.
The members of the League are men
above suspicion—loyal, and our best
Ipen—men who no longer worship par
ty—men who love their country, and
who are dettrmined that no political
party lines shall prevent them from
uniting as a band of brothers to save
their country.
[From the Huntingdon Monitor, March 12.]
THE TRAITOROUS LEAGUE.—Ati per previous
announcement the abolition cohorts, rene
gades from all parties, office-seekers, and dis
appointed office-hunters, the men who carried
wide-a-wake lamps, and who agreed to wipe
out the South in IA week, the men who two
years ago said "Let the Union slide rather
than give up the Republican party," the men
of our town who for two years past have tra
duced and stigmatized all Democrats as trai
tors, the men of various stripes and colors
tnet in the Court House on Thursday evening
last to devise means by which desperadoes
can find a refuge from the terrible frowns of
an insulted, betrayed and outraged country.
To again deceive the public this secret league,
devil like, disguise themselves under thename
of Union League ; and if wo are properly in
formed devil-like arc making use ol religion
to throw a cloak of hypocrisy over their se
cret, un-Democratic, an-Republican, un-na
tional schemes for political aggrandizement.
Of their doings we know but little, but this
much we do know. Their league origituited
in the Eastern cities, with men whose leaders
have published to the world that "the Consti
tution of the United States is a leag,lle with
death and a covenant with hell." We know
that it is a secret organization, entertaining
under its cloak of outward pretensions, men
whose hands are seeking the throat of their
neighbor and whose voices hire been raised
up against the wisest and the best patriots
of the nation. This is enough for us to know,
and we shall publish it as we would publish
the spreading contagion which was desolating
the land with death. get the tidings go forth
to every house and to every heart that feels
that it has a home to protect and a country
to save. The usurpation and intention of
`this sect et league is to possess the fragments
of power in this broken and distracted coun
try, or to force a civil liver upon the loyal cit
izens of the North. If it is not $O, why this
untimely esprit de corps, this exorcism of
faithful citizenship? Why congregate uncle'-
,
the black curtain of a dismal lodge, to look
into each others faces, and whisper confusion
and death, when every precedent of history
has been a waroing tiAttlnst such unhallowed
measures? Why not plant the ensign of
liberty, as our fore-fathers planted it, upon
the hill-tops, where the world could look upon
it, and where, if necessary, the heaving bo
soms of a ft ee enlightened people w tmid
throw a wall of fire around it, and guard its
folds from every destroying hand? This
league has no claims to nationality. It is but
feeble repetition of the crowning elements
of the French Revolution, which inaugurated
a thirst for blood which could pot be ap
peased. Let the conspirators bewail e of the
day when the torch which they are lighting
shall reveal the hiticeueiniquity of their deeds.
It is a noticeable fact that the men, who, a
few months ago, were raising a pitiful whine
of lie part, and at the same time licking the
hands of the administration and gaining some
small favors by it, are the very men who are
now leading this secret organization in the
hope of deluding the country.
CIRCULATE LOYAL SENTI3LENTS.—
Copperh9ads are busy circulating in
every township in the county, the
most disloyal newspapers and docu
ments they can procure,'and by so do
ing they deceive hundreds of men who
would otherwise be true to their coun
try. It is the duty of every man to
have a loyal paper in his house. The
Globe is loyal "to the bitter end," and
only $1,50 a year. Men of influence
can do much in their townships tow
ards keeping up a lively Union feeling,
and they should go to work in earnest,
and see that the Globe, or any other
good Union paper, is in every family.
Pittsburg Female gollege.
We, find the following notice of this
popular institution in the Pittsburg
Gazette of the 10th inst:
"The Pittsburg Female College is
just closing the most successful winter
term in its history, upwards of two
hundred pupils being in attendance.—
The trustees yesterday elected Profes
sor end 3.lrs. llaunse, as teachers of
the advanced classes.,in French and
German. college has thus the
advantage of thorough and accom
plished native teachers of these langua
ges. The faculty now numbers nine
teen thorough teachers, ten of whom
have had from ten to twenty years ex
perience in their profession. Prelimi
nary steps wore also taken to secure
two of the beautiful three-story brick
buildings adjoining the college, in or
der to accommodate the constantly
increasing number of pupils. We are
pleased to note the liberal policy of
the trustees in thus providing an
abundance of able and accomplished
teachers, and ample accommodations;
and to know that Pittsburg has now
an institution which, in buildings, fhe
ulty and equipment, has but few equals
in the land. The prospects for the
spring term, which will commence
March 26th, are very promising. We
advise our readers at a distance to
send .to the President, Rev. I. C. Per
shing, for a catalogue."
General .Roseerans has recently dis
missed a number of officers who had
deserted their posts. He, in a gener
al order, stated, " that all desertions
in futuro by officers would ho punish
ed wit') death."
Who is Responsible ?
Vallandigham, the chief of the Cop
perhead tribe, says :
" This wicked Administration incit
ed and provoked civil war for a pretext
to abolish slavery in the States".
And this is repeatged by all the Cop
perheads for the purpose of deceiving
honest democrats. Let us examine
Copperhead Vallandigham's assertion
by the light of history. While James
Buchanan was yet President, viz:—
On the 10th November, 1860, the
South Carolina Legislature ordered a
convention to consider the question of
Secession, and a bill was introduced to
equip 10,000 volunteers. During this
month and December, secession meet
ings were held in most of the South
ern States, and the States of Georgia,
Alabama, Florida and others proceed
ed to arm their troops. On the 20th
of December, the South Carolina Con
vention adopted an ordinance of seces
sion, on the 25th adopted resolutions
to form a Confederate Government of
slave States, and on the 28th seized
the U. S. Custom "louse, Post Office
and Arsenal at Charleston, and also
took possossiOn of Fort Moultrie and
Castle Pinckney. On the 2d of Janu
ary, 1861, Governor Ellis, of North
Carolina, seized fort Macon, at Beau
fort, the barracks at Wilmington, and
the U. S. Arsenal at Fayetteville. On
the same day, Georgia troops took pos 7
session of Forts Pulaski and Jackson
and the U. S. Arsenal at Savannah.—
On the 4th of January, Fort Morgan
on Mobile Bay, and the U. S. Arsenal
in Mobile, were seized by Gov. Moore,
of Alabama. On January sth, the
steamer Star of the West sailed from
New York with supplies for Fort Sum
ter, and on the 9th, was fired upon by
rebel batteries at Charleston, and driven
bark to sea. On the 11th, the U. S.
Arsenal at Baton Rouge, Forts Philip
and Jackson, below New Orleans, and
Fort Pickens on Lake Ponchertrain,
were seized by the troops of Louisiana.
On the 16th, South Carolina, through
Colonel Irayne, demanded of Mr. Bu
chanan the surrender of Fort Sumter.
On the 24th, the U. S. Arselial at Au
gusta was seized by Georgia. On the
30th, the revenue cutters, Cass and Mc-
Clelland, were surrendered to Louisi
ana by their traitorous commanders.
During this month also the States of
Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Gem•-
gia, and Louisiana passed ordinances of
secession add their members of Con
gress resigned. On the Ist of Febrult
ry, the U.S. Mint and Custom House
at New Orleans were seized by the
State authorities, and Texas passed a
Secession ordinance. On the Bth, the
Montgomery Convention adopted a
constitution; on the oth Jiff. Davis
-was elected President, and on the 18th
was inaugurated President of the South
ern Confederacy. On the 25th, General
Twiggs treasonably surrendered the
army in Texas. On the 2d day of
ktareli, the rebels at Galveston seized
the revenue cutter Dodge, and on the
4th day of March, after all these, and a
thousand other acts of war, treason, rob
bery and crime had been committed,
PRESIDENT LINCOLN was inaugurated.
And yet we are unblushingly told
that " this wicked Administration in
cited and provoked civil war."
Th©
A VOLUNTEER in one el the Perks
county companies, now in sers:ice, in
a recent letter to a friend in that city,
states some facts coming within his
personal knowledge which loyal Dem
ocrats, still acting with the Copper
head' portion of theparty, should pon
der upon. He says :
"How is the war feeling at home ?
You can hardly imagine the intense
feeling existing in the army against
Northern traitors at home who would
divide the people and paralyze the ef
forts of the Administration in crushing
the rebellion. I have learned person
ally from a high source, and through
authority that cannot be doubted,
that the rebels are jubilant over this
feeling in the North. Previously they
were downhearted and despaired of
success ;but when Vallandigham made
his speeches, they were read before
rebel regiments and cheered. No
wonder this 'war is not closed;--nor
will it be closed before traitors at home
receive the punishment they merit."
ALL READY.—CaII and See. —A.
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brotypes and Photographs, huge and
small, in the best style of the art. A
Splendid skylight, and the most im
proved instrument, with etc., etc., iu
order, cannot fail to turn out perfect
likenesses. His Gallery is on main
street, a few doors west of W. Lewis'
Book Store.
A Union League was organized at
the Green Tree, Barree township, on
Friday evening last. There was a
good attendance. S. T. Brown and J.
Sowell Stewart, Esqs., addressed the
meeting. Keep the ball in motion.—
" The Union must and shall be preser
ved."
A TREATISE ON DOOK-KEEPINO, embracing an ana
l) Heal comparison between the Single and Double Entry
Systems; showing wherein they agree and wherein
they differ, and wherein the letter ie superior to the
former, by a plain. practical elucidation of both systems;
to which is added a variety of business calculations ut
Intel est, Discount, Einiations, Average of Accounts, Ac.
Also, business forms of Orders, Drafts, Notes, Bills of
Exchange, &e. By T. 11. POLLOCK, Principal of the
Lancaster Mercantile College."
This book will not be out of place in
the hands of any man. It has just
been giyen 1„o the public by our friend
Mr. Rollo*, who is well known to
tho citizens of this ,county. The book
is for sale at Lewis' Book Store.
TS— The lurgest stock and greatest
satiety' of styles of Pocket Books and
Currency. I.ToWere, outside of Philadel
phia, cal) h.eseen at bewis' Book Store.
[For the Globe.]
Ma. LEWIS—Dear Sir :—The Globe
came too late with the call for your
meeting on last Tuesday, or we would
have been present with you. Indeed,
we had thought for some, time of mtg.
gusting such a call.
Your correspondent wasonce young,
but is now old, too old to meet our
ruthless and cruel rebel foes on the en
sanguine(' battle-field; but not too old
to feel intensely for our bleeding coun
try. But, on the contrary, he is deep
ly anxious to do anything, and every
thing in his power, to save from im
pending ruin, that invaluable Union,
bequeathed to us through the blood of
an immortal ancestry.
Doubtless, earth and hell have; since
the birth-day of our National exist
ence, envied our high privileges, and
are now combined, in order, if possible,
to break doWn this American seed plot
of human liberty, the divergent waves
whereof have been radiating the old
world.
There never was a war since the first
secessionist, with his rebel host, fell
from the portals of Heaven into utter
dispirit. : so important as that in which
we are engaged. We in the North are
giving hundreds of thousands of those
most dear to us, to be slaughtered in
battle, and untold hundreds of millions
of our hard earned money for the pro
motion of that liberty which is the hea
ven•bequeathed birthright of every hu
man being. Whilst the aristocracy of
the South are laboring assiduously and
insidiously to establish, if not a mon
archy, at Nast, an aristocracy, where
the few may tyrannize over the multi
tude; and alas, they have been too-suc
cessful in deceiving the poor whites,
hundreds of thousands of whom are
fighting for leave to be slaves.
But that which grieves us most is,
the efforts made by thousands in the
North, under the much abused appel
lative democracy, to paralyze our goy
' ernment. Listen to them in our Leg
islative halls, iu their conventions, and
in their public meetings, and you will
hear littlo else than an abuse of the
word Democrat, denunciations against
our Administration, and sympathy
with their rebel friends; but not one
word of censure against our enemies,
who are daily staining their ruthless
hands in our brothers' blood, save once
in a while, to round a sentence, or an
isolated remark to keep in the harness
some from whose breasts they have
not succeeded in eradicating the last
vestiges of patriotism. We must la
bor earnestly to save the last hope of
the world. How mean are those nor
thern allies who would lick the dust off
the feet of the slaveocracy for the sake
of the mere offal - of office doled out to
them, just in such potions as will keep
them in the harness. How dastardly
it is for men under the sacred name of
democracy, to sacrifice the most valu
able birthright ever bequeathed to any
people, for the sake of paltry office;
for the sake of which they are labor
ing to perpetuate and give unlimited
extension to their cruel institution.
We listen with disgust to their pre
tended love for our constitution. If
their arguments prove anything, they
prove that if a rebel captain's servant,
who has shot down our soldier's broth
er, escapes into our lines, the bereaved
brother must lay hands upon and car
ry the negro back and give him up to
his bloody master. Robert Small, who
brought a rebel ship from Charleston
harbor into our lines for our use, must
be sent back iMehains, to drag out a
miserable existence for his kindness to
us. In short our poor soldiers must
stand in snow and mud, as sentinels,
to seize the "servant" who is eschping
from his rebel master, and fleeing to us
for safety, and send him back, though
that master's hands are stained in ohr
brother's blood. But why attempt to
prove self evident truths.
Yotir correspondent would respect
fully suggest that the good people of
Huntingdon, if they have not already
done it, call another meeting, or suc
cessive meetings, of the Huntingdon
League, or rather a Huntingdon comi
ty League. Would it not be prolific
of good in this, the hour of sore trial,
to organize a grand County League,
with township auxiliaries, all of which
should be auxiliary to a grand State
Union League, to hold its meetings in
Harrisburg?
We have often exhausted our enthu
siasm upon elections, but what is the
importance of an election when com
pared with the present condition of our
bleeding country, or what are party
lines compared with the lines of sepa
ration, attempted to be driven through
the very heart's blood of our once hap
py Union.
We would long since have crushed
out this cruel rebellion, had it not been
for the moral and material aid given
to our enemies by Europeans, and by
traitors in the North, who, by a most
unholy deprecation of the word demo
crat, are misguiding thousands to the
destruction of their own interest, and
all through a pretence of love to the
Constitution, which they would vainly
hold up as a shield to save their rebel
friend; who have wickedly and impu
dently defied its protection, and de
clared that they would dwell no longer
under its shadow.
Then let there be large meetings,
and small meetings; let all our moral
and political powers be brought into
exercise; let lawyers and preachers,
and printers, and all who can, address
those meetings,—and )et all invoke
the assistance of the God of battles to
be upon our side, and especially let
every one feel that his or her influence
may be of service. This we owe to
our Administration struggling as it is
against the armies of the South and a
more insidious foe in the North, false
ly called Democracy. We owe it to
the memory of our revolutionary fath
ers—we owe it to our brothers now in
the battle-field—we owe it to unborn
million---and we owe it to God, the
author of our national existence.
HOPE.
For the Globe.]
Slavery Worshipers Against Negro
Worshipers.
Those d who so eloquently and so ele
gantly call this a" nigger war," would
do well to look at the other side of the
picture. If slavery has any true wor
shipers, it is these gentlemen. They
far outrun their Southern brethren,
because they see the bright, but none
of the dark side of the picture. They
will agree that we may take the hors
es, mules, cattle, grain, arms, and al
most everything you could name, be
longing to our enemies, but once talk
of taking the negro, the highest and
most important species of rebel prop
erty, and- placing him where he can be
of use to us, and you evoke, at once,
a howl of wrath and indignation.—
They are shocked, positively shocked.
What! sot a nigger free, and let him
fight for white men? Why, that's
treason, (agai our Southern breth
ren.) It's worse than, an " arbitrary
arrest." The fact is, these gentlemen
love slavery, and they worship the in
stitution with a blind and degrading
devotion.
OUR CORRESPONDENCE.
'Teaching the young idea how to shoot."
"Tait trees floor little °corm grow."
Oa Friday evenin , r last the term of
our public school Vxpired, when we
had a "commencement" or closing ex
hibition by the scholars, at the Barre°
Forge school-house. This was gotten
up by the teacher Miss Minnie Wilson,
who showed great taste and skill and
sound judgment in arranging all' the
prograimne and exercises—truly veri
fying the" adage that "young ideas „
can be taught "to shoot."
The exercises consisted of speaking
orations—selected and original, dia
logues—serious and comic, singing by
the whole school. .
In these exercises, little boys, riot six
years of age, participated ; speaking
in costume, patriotic and moral speech
es, so as to delight all hearers. Larger
boys spoke original Orations and selec
ted, in a really masterly style; • some
strong appeals to the patriotism of the
country, and some scathing and deadly
hits at secessionists and synipathizers
with the rebels.
One colored boy especially, attracted
great attention and applause. Ile
spoke the -fiery and defiant" speech
of the celebrated Indian warrior, Black
Hawk. His size—straight as a rusk,
his color—copper, his costume—eagle
feather coronet, indian blanket, moc
casins, tomahawk,—his fierce gesticu
lation and intonation of voice, all con
spired to bring the bold warrior into
view. •
Other young men equally excelled.
The valedictory—an original—was a
pathetic and master piece, and caused
many a sigh.
Tlia young ladies, who participated
in the dialogues "acted well their part"
in the costumes of old ladies, with
caps, specks, spinning -wheels, &c., all
contributed to the enjoyment, mirth,
and "skt - 6-splitting" laughs.
I have been at many County School
Exhibitions, but must say, have never
seen any to equal this; order and dis
cipline good, and the house beautifully
decorated—the Star-spangled banner
in full view in the back ground—the
arch over the stage gracefully festodn
ed with evergreen, leaves and branch
es of laurel (Rhododenaroa) and the
spruce (Pines albics) deep rich green,
contrasting with the white ceiling and
snow; the lamps also, and the ceiling
similarly decorated with long trans
verse lines oPwreaths, made of the
same evergreen material, gave to the
whole group a magic appearance.
The house was filled to its utmost
capacity with visitors; two car-loads
from Lieut. Ross Miller's school, from
Petersburg, Alexandria and Spruce
Creek, and the adjacent country, con
tributed their-proportion of grace and
beauty.
At the conclusion, the cordial thanks
of the school, the parents of the chil
dren and the audience were, on mo
tion, tendered most heartily to Miss
Wilson, the teacher, for care, kindness
and attention and skill in teaching,
during the five months she had charge
of the school.
May we soon have another such ex
hibition. lam one who loves to sec
the rising generation, the hopes of the
Republic, carefully and properly edu
cated ; that virtue, its corner-stone, and
not slavery, may be disseminated and
instiiled into, the mind, •'in the days of
their youth." Yrs. truly,
The Seldiers and the Copperheads,
A. private letter from the Chaplain
of the One Itundred and twenty-ninth
Pennsylvania Regiment, to a brother
in the ministry, appears in the Bethle
hem Moravian. It is dated from the
camp near Falmouth, Ara:
"1 think the copperheads and their
schemes have touched bottom by this
time. The people will not sustain
them."
"• My dear friend, it is indeed com
forting and strengthening not only to
myself, but to comrades from home to
hear such words of good cheer and
steadfastness as the last letter you
sent me. Whilst the soldiers of the
army are doing their best to fight for
the maintenance of the Government;
it is indeed our right to hear goOd
words from home. Let the week
kneed, desponding Christain remember
the agonizing hour :in Gethsemane
when the God-Man felt the chilling
want sympathy-,—' Can ye not watch
with me one hour ?'
" Moral support ! Give us the suA-,
port of your prayers. Don't talk
against the cause, for 'mere ta/kkj
against (in this ease), is working anißmi
it. Don't paralyze us by your kar,i
and balf•hertrtedness."
Front the Mississippi River.
26 Rebel Steamboats Captured.
Another Reported Evacuation of Tricks
burg.—The Canal at Lake Providence
is TVorking .11 - ischief..—Millions of
Property Destroyed.—Destitution of the
Rebels.
CINCINNATI, March 16th. —A Vicks
burg dispatch says the Yazoo pass ex.:
pedition captured twenty-six steam
boats, eighteen of which wive destroy
ed. The gunboats had arrived above
Haines' Bluff, and would soon com
mence an attack.
Rumors are rife of the evacuation of
Vicksburg, and it is supposed that the
greater part of the rebel force will go
to Chattanooga, and endeavor to over
whelm
General McClernand's troops .were
compelled 'to embark for Milliken's
Bend sixteen miles above Vicksburg,
owing to the high water.
The recent operations on Lake Prov
idence and elsewhere have resulterLin
inundating more than one hundred
miles of Louisiana territory and . de
stroying millions of property: The
guerillas are completely drowned out.
Refugees from Georgia arrived at Mur
freesboro yesterday, and report a ter
rible destitution in Northern Alabama,
and Georgia.
Ellett's marine brigade arrived at
Cairo on Saturday.
A Murfreesboro dispatch says Col.
Minty returned on Saturday from an
eleven days, successful scout through
the enemy's country, and dispersed
several bodies of the enemy's forces,
and ,captured prisoners, wagons and
ramp equipage„and penetraed the en
emy's lines to
Proclamation by the President,
Respecting Soldiers Absent - without
EXECUTIVE MANSION,
March, 10, 1863. Jt
In pursuance of the 26th section of
the act of Congress, entitled an act for
enrolling and calling out the national
forces, and for other purposes, ap
proved on the 3d of March, 1863, I,
Abraham Lincoln, President, and Com
mander-in-chief of the Army and Navy
of the United States, do hereby order
and command that all the soldiers, en
listed or drafted into the service of tho
United States, now absent from their
regiments without leave, shall forth
with return to their respetive regi
ments.
And I do hereby declare and pro
claim that all soldiers now absent from
their respective regiments without
leave, who shall on or before the Ist
day of April, 1363, report themselves
at any rendezvous designated by the
General Orders of the war Department
No. 53, hereto annexed, may b 3 re
stored to their respective regiments
without punishment, except the for
feiting of pay and allowances during
their absence, and all who do not re
turn within the time above specified
shall be arrested as deserters, and yin
i,died as the law provides.
And whereas evil disposed and dis
loyal persons at sundry places, have
enticed and procured sollioritalLsort_
and absent themselveS from their reg
i men ts,thereby weakening the strength
of the armies, and prolonging the war,
giving aid, comfort to the enemy, and
cruelly exposing the gallant and faith
ful soldiers remaining in the ranks to
increased hardships and dangers. I
do, therefore, call upon all patriotic
and faithful citizens .to oppose and
resist the aforementioned dangers and
treasonable crimes, and to aid in re
storing to their regiments all soldiers
absent without leave, and to assist in
the execution of The act of Congress
for enrolling and calling out the na
tional forces and for other purposes,
and to support the proper authorities
in the prosecution and punishment of
offenders against the said act, and
suppressing the insurrection and re
bellion.
In testimony whoi•eof I have hero
unto sot my hand. Done at the .city
of Washington, on the' 10th day of
March, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and sixty
three, and of the Independence of the
United States the eighty-seventh.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
By tho President: •
EDWIN M. &CANTON, 'Secretary of
War.
Van Buren and M'Clernand on Loyalty
Jim. Van Buren writes to the Herald
as folloWs :
I have jitst received the enclosed let
ter from Gen. 111!Clernand, who is in
command of our troops before Vicks
burg. Although it is not intended for
publication, the action ofbillinois dem
ocrats excites so much attention that
I think the views of General McClern
and ought to be made public. le corn,
minded the Illinois troops at Fort
Donelson, has served several terms in
Congress, and has the reputation of
being one of the best soldiers in the
army. Respectfully, yours,
J. VAN BUREN
General McClernand'e Letter.
Before Vicksburg, Feb 22, 180.
J. VAN BUREN :
umßna
An extract from your late speech,
has just - come - under my notice. It
has the clear old democratic ring, and,
contrasts so strikingly with the. spu,-
rions emanations of the hitter day.
democratic imposters that I cannot
forbear to hail it. It reminds, trio of
the better days of the demopratic.par,
ty, when, under the inspirations of•
Jackson and your father, its boasted
watchword was '• The Union, it must s
be preserved." Responsively to that
sentiment, I upheld the, arms of both
those magistrates to the extent of my
ability and at the sacrifice of home and
its endearments, and am now bearing
arms, atu k id disease and death, against
an armed, enemy who would desecrate
Northern peacemongers, who would
dish,ouor that senthneut by proclaim
ing an armistice in the, fitcp. of a rebel
lious and defiant enemy, but add pu
sillanimity to treachery, and truly, as
you energetically- say, " will be carried
away," if not by " the torre4" , of pub-.
lie opinion, eventually force arms.
Your obedien.t servant, •
JOIIN A. McCural.N.kiin.
To revenge is no.-i•alor, but to bear.
IMPORTANT
Leave,
,i)T RAY YORK., March 9, 1803