l r ' ffiiroittt ill ipMrai . 5. W. MOORE. ) -ra U B GOODLANDER, J Editon. VOL. XXXU. WIIOLK NO -Hesoktioiis of the New York Demo- ctatic State Convention. We give in full the scries of resolutions jiaople l on Wednesday, by tho New York Item vratic State Convention, held at Sy racuse: littokcd, That in this crisis tho watch iroril which should pass through tho Democrntic ranks, culling Iheiii together and consolidating them in ono erect nnd determined mass in dolenoo 6f our impcr illcil country is tho tsomiuiciu of Andrew Jackson, that " the Union nuitst mid shall l pieserved." , AvWi'cc, Tlial the claim of any Stale or number of States of ttwill their obligations and nllccianco to - ... . . " C IVHIIMUIDH . Uio tnion lias no warrant tho Consti- Hirtion 1 nt war yiiii its letter and spirit incompn.iiblo with good Government, ni'l th5 preservation of public faith, and the enforcements of the treaties, and whenever this pretension has been advan ced by secessionists North or South, it has been resisted and defeated by tho De raocrncy, who have ever maintained ns they still do, that secession is revolution. Misdeed, That the seizure of tho forts and properly belonging to the Federal ,?''v('f!"ucnt. followed by the authoriza tion Ot J -ivutCJ'S against the commerce of tiieloyul Stau.es, precipitated tho country i. .... i . a ; , i., , u . i .. . .. jnlo a slate o; war , mu. ' nin .tuiy ui theU'overnment to pro?e.ute this war thus forced upon us with nil it power and re sources, and that is the duty of (he people to rally with arms nnd means to tin) sup port of the Government, until tho strug gle is ended by the triumph of the Con stitution ami laws, and the restoration of the I'nion. Jlcso'c-d, That we hold next in guilt to tho faction which has risen in arms ainal tlm rotintrv. the oolitic am of the V ..i I. ... 1. ,1 JV.M n nn I ii ntAfitii7,iil and I .oriii, nuv kji jcaii.i.i.Mlv. Mibiainuu ii ji)ivui ui -jiiiiuu ivu anu inienuing to uneuuis me uiuereni Metions of tho country, and to stir ui be tireer. them nn "irrepreshiblo conui'jt, ked upon their domestic institutions, which, it was declared, could only termi wile in t k-d jiroloiuinance of one section orer tho oUkt. Jiiiulvcd, That to tho infatuation of the same class of politicians wo can trace tdo threntenjag proportions which this "civil rrnr" hns nssnmed nnd the caiastro flies that have ill tended it. In the Inn (uugc of ono of their r;rsonlative men, "Congress adjourned, having done and said nothing to strengthen and encourage the Union men of the Border States. The ; rial nnd powerful Slate of Virginia. North Carolina nud Tennessee, wmo lost totlve Union, while thico other States M.irykind, Kentucky and Missouri are drugging to maintain their josition in it, hi'CHiise ttio Republican press and tho Rj ('SUican repicsentii'.ives were beguiled mm i he popular idea that thrydiscliarged their first nnd highest duty tustand by ond on the Clricngo platform :" nnd later still, whcutlic penplo hiid rallied, without dis tir.ction nf putv, to the Union, tho fame I'Mlmiiinimt inlluence in tlm Republican fAriy, by dictating 'political battles to be f'Ugti," have, nocoidiug to tho same au ilnriiy, "added another year to Ihe war, opened cravei for li'tec n or twenty iii 'isainl more solihers iWnl, That ns it WIS tho diltv of Oongrrsn, in the initiation ol this conflict. ! I V I , to have encouraged tho loyal citizens of tl Soiith by nuiplo u'uaraiities of their .; .1.. it., n . ,i .. i , i i. aim ny u i.l'i'i ana iiii'jr.iLii c m- i ci'iioii, we h'lievo it to bo its duty now, liilo putting d iwii rebellion with armed force, to Oiler to the loyal people of Ilia 'lis itfected Slates the remedy whioh tlm' '-V'tistilmion itseif provides for public grievances, a convention of nil tho Suites Ihe revision und amendment of that, ir-irunient. I l'tflral, That the Diinioctacy of this t uo will sustain no war nor countenance 1 " lifJO temlin r l,t tlm Heiinrnt ion of 'vo Stnli.s, nnJ tlint they will regard ilif.t. IV ii- w,'.nii.iiA r f.i,.l tn nil it.rt -".IIV.ll flLlVU VI OlIV. M 1 ' . I l'P Of the rctorallon of tho Union. ;.,.,,..) nn . i f. ii . ,i..t.. i Un a,' "iinistralior, imitating tho palriolic spirit u! tlio penplo, to abandon tho narrow p'Htorm of the Chicago Convention, , ''"c'i stands condemned hy the sull'rngos iiwui; i. i i in ii. pi i ii i ii v ui i iv - of ,,.,..!.. .i iVVr. i. ' ..t 'i -...r iw tmrus oi nn . . i , TV 'uitli upmi tho broad platform ot tlio f'.in.t . i ' r.... I "-iimimn, to expel corrupt men .iu.m "Soft, to exclude from tha advocates ot . ' "ration and nbolition, nnd to reeon 'Nct its Cabinet so ns to conform to the Stored condition of tho country nnd to "lve01.vsiivt ""' . imi ' ' "ilifV and measures ofii ii , . -er ' esseniiai . .AdunnUlraUoninpo' . .u .,."ouu :"'; A 2 upon wmch t ie ,." . T . .' 1 y;-"" I'JU A 1ft nnna,.A Af ltnlU tl ' )IU1 . JUSO tllft I .in mifiirA nf Daniel iv eustor, liomified right, a fireside privilege. Itlwver been enjoyod in every houso, """igeand cabin in the nntion. It is "Hto be denied in controversy. It ia doubted ns tlio rmhl of breathina wie Ind Wiiikiiirt nn ihoetrth. It is a! !$t to be maintained in peace nnd war. 11 i aright which cannot be invaded ithout destroying constitutional liberty. "tu,, tint right shouia be guaruou mm totocU'd by tho froemon of this country tealous care unless they aro prepari "'of chains and slavery." ,kfj, That wo thank our bravo army field, and our navy upon tho seas, me noblo devotion and heroiocourngo W have shown in rallying to tho le- Of tho nonnli-w in its hour of peril. 'i will not forget that it is our duty "iroiMt tuom torn being tho spoi l, uim iO of politicians, ho order batlK I Wiil.r.-Miiii .iit. nr thol "PMlMt tuom liom being tho sport and ?i ideas of political necessity, r tho y, or tno Ho,, of contractors, who make the per- .u, ui coiuraciors, wu.t i.u." , kthooountrv the occasion of general Waiion and snecalation. 1 1G7K depend upon the unity and vinorcf Democratic nm-lv in tlimri.ii.T Tl., .. ii Democratic victory in thi State would be hardly less auspicious to the otuso of the Union than tho triumph of the Federal arms on tho field of bnttle. That, there fore, we hold thoso Democrats who. from motives of ambition or factiousness, ore seeking to divide and distract tho party, as not only treacherous to its principled, but disloyal to tho country. UNCONDITIONAL UNION DEMO CRATIC MEETING. Pursuant to notice previously given, a . ... ri , 1r2 ",ul enthusiastic meeting ot ttie un- in ..!:. I..., : . i . f'i n.ii conditional union democrats of Clearfield county, convened ut Curwensville, on Tuesday evening, Sept. o, 1 SO I . The meeting was called to order by tho ap pointment of Jacob Hoover, President, Geo. It. Dale, A brum Gates, Samuel Ar nold, Maury Miles, John J. Miller nnd J. Denning", . vice Presidents; nnd Win. J. Hemphill, John McNaul and Win. P, leck, Secretaries, Tho object of tho meeting having been stated, tho following; named gentlemen were appointed a committee to draft u preamble and resolutions expressive of the sense of the meeting, viz: Hugh W. Mullen, Jos. Dennir.ir, Solomon J. Gates, Win. A. Dale. Geo. "Wilson an t II. l Thompson. Tho committee retired ft short timo for consultation, and then sub mitted the following' report which was unanimously adopted by the meeting: Whereis, It. is evident to all thinking men, that wo as a nation have been pre- cipated upon evil limes and in the Ian- guago of the lamented Douglas, -whoev- cr is not prepareu to sacnl.ee party organ- i fit inn mi,! ti I -i M Afin a nti Ilia iilttif rf Inu .". :. . ... . ! " . . .i ... ..... . . i" " , , countenance of honest peoj ile, antl that1 .pn we shall have fCiCUed the Govern- nieni, iuii country from its perils, nnd sco I its ll.ig float in (rlumpii OVJ; ;v;.-V :a; i c. American soil, it will I hen bo enough to enquire as to who and tllllC Wllllt has brought ihese troubles upon us. When we shall have a country and ft gov ernment for our children to live in peace nnu Happiness, it win t o nine enougn lor yj I Villi v "ui vv,.,..v.- lions ol right ana duty ; an l wo tiiini; it is the duty of every honest man and good citizen, without respect to parly, to give to tho government his hearty and cordial support :n eve -y effort it may make to crush this most wicked, causeless, and unholy of all rebellions against and for tho overthrow of the best government ever devised and instituted bv man for bis protection and enjoyment ; a government, ' loo, that has never laid a lingers weight upon any of its citizens. And whereas, ive believe that tho preient cry of peace, peace, w hen there is no prospect of pence, ! is only d'.'signed and calculated to divide and steakeu us as u nation, and to give aid and comfort to our enemies, and wo cannot countenance or support any man jor set of men who ure continually endeav oring 10 inrow onsiucies in wiu j 01 imi government in tho prosecution of tho war. Therefore, Rcsutced, That wc believe this government l- be of moie value to us "l ou-cm.u en i..ai. u.., , ., ,. . "ization-thnt it, pr.nc pics , .,d tl o r , - . . , 1 .,., I"u'' '",c ""' ' T 'V"' ... . V.I '..1J ..i.i H'. ... , , has a rigut to pai;so in his ditleivneo with an in imiuisir.it un neinro ne nam's 10 yield his adhesion to its polky oOupi'l'Od sing a rebel lieu. Jlexolrcd, That wo regard the plallorir. laid down by the l.ite repiescptaliveCon-. vention nt St. Mary's as thu very essence of treason, and that we can siiport no man for t he I.egi.-l.iiurt who would per- mil himself to be placed upon it ; uul tint wo pledge ouim'Ivl's to use every biinnrabl 3 menus to elevt to scits in the legislature, n who I'n ion men. and who are unconditional will uphold and slren'Mhen the hands of the eeiierul gov - , , ., , 1.1 eminent :n eve.y possible mnuncr. to the end that rebe ion may be crushed UIKl traitors piiui.-hcd. 7o'W.v, 1 .iat the e such men as Henry Ll.i; ter in I'l, when Sc course Pin Hied bv ay and Daniel Web. South Carolina at- emote,; her scheme of nullilicaliou un I . . ...,.. .i.;i.t r,u ,n in sink- ucr wen. .1 , n.t Mm mil l inn in t ha patriot, rushing to o i :: , , , , he ?np,.ort and becoming the at es 1 'ablest tic- eii.ic.a ' "'""-"..,. to crush -reason and reoen on, ..-ei. ... emulation nlid imilii anon 01 an nuijviiiii.- i Pll lH Inirt. Of OUr " ' r: ,: , .-l nnfaltorins support wo' iai in--- iii ih - . , I w ny llow givc t0 tho -resont n,lm n a-, lion, under precisely sit.:,.'" and! tion. under precisely sin:,." . , ;.. wiil eve? ho deemed by t?" i ' .:. .0iii tn' eood men as Any eviuonco 01 mu- r ... .trt rti,i tifii I ,,,1 , ft, nuv eviaonco the Democratic principles on ou. ..... Ihia'vrd, That in view of thesa lacts,J are in r.vor. for the rrent of eschewing all party platforms and far , h"u" . . .,rt,' tion and reciiiuinauui., u.. -.....- wo good and unconditional Union men n. in nut State .uu u.i u .. . . .. . .. .,i i, a m our atalo as pnnaiuaiosxo n-j'rn.o... , LcHslaturo. ho will by their voices and votl's in every possible manner, strength en ho urn, of tk general governinent u. it" o I orU to conquer a speedy and honnrj. able pence, ami th whenever this .M S Xen 'accomplished, tho war should cease. RetokeJ, That wo can have no .1.. .... .::., r.f I tint. CUSS faith in of mon ,ui no tvhrt would paraliza tuo arm of the government by hair-splittinfi con Xtutlonal quihllo'and yet can tmd no i . t n.,.i.,mnnt nn for the countless ....... i j nf pmiibinmation for the v.v. . ------ Southorn traitors. TJ "wieve whenever JUtolved, lhal we oeuevo -.,.,.,,.1, ..to urrounamsc -g w M B. . ,;Q,.rriinnrv measures to r.quiro 'n,?I.uMnon,ibili dopted. for thi politiw'i t au. , .,,., u'nnd misrepresent for the PRINCIPLES, CLEARFIELD, PA. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 18, I8GJ. preservation of this glorious government, firmed by tho noblest band of paliiotg that tho world has ever produced, unless they boldly step forward and assume thoso responsibilities, they are not the men for their pUces, and are dishonoring and betraying tho sacred trust confided to them by the American people, nnd would deserve to bo execrated by all pat riotic men. - Resolved, That having the most un bounded confidence in our fellow Demo crat David C. Dale, who has for months past been in tho ranks of his country's defenders, wo recommend hia name to ho favorable consideration of the Union Convention to ba held nt Kidgwny on the 4th inst., as being the man for th times and placo, to represent us in our State Legislature; and if nominated, wo pledgo ourselves to give him our undivided sup port at tho coining October election. Resolved, That Samuel Arnold, Henry Kern nnd Win J. Hemphill be. andlhev are hereby constituted delegates to said Convention on the 5th inst.. fit ltidirwav. and they are hereby instructed to use ev ery honorable exertion to secure tho nomination of David C. Dale. Resulted, That we disapprove of tho course pursued by the "Clearfield Repub lican" in not publishing such speeches as those of lion, Joseph Holt of Kentucky, Hon. Andrew Johnson of Tennessee, Hon Daniel S. Dickinson of New York, and other Union Democrats, nnd in not giv ing ft hearty and cordial support to the government, irrespective of party. Resident, That in the position wo now assume, we do not wish to bo understood , ns endorsing any of the peculiar theories Jor tenets of tho Kcpublican partv-but ,i,nl we nrn wah ,, fi,p tho 'vernill0Ilt in evcry cirol.t it ln;lkp8 ,0 ult,cl., , . uul lI"s ouirngocus rel.ellion, anil that whenever this sha'.l have been accomplish ,i .:n ..... .... i... ... , i v-.i, u,iiii iciiuii ig j)any icnny nnu flt'tlf Ibnnl i,nn,i nnlltis.il iuonnj r. ,,,,, T, , , ; r ,, . meeting bo authorized to nnpoi-it aCoun- (.. Standing fommittec. In consist of thir- (ir. mntlllinva it lin untinlnil fi-rili, flirt teen members to bo selected from Douglas wing of the Democratic party. Revtked, That the proceedings ol this meeting be published in both of out coutv papers, and in the other papers of j1s K(.(). (lnilt. On motion, Unsolved, That this m icling now adjourn to meet at, Cleailieldon Wednesday evening of the aiming court, nnd that Daniel Daugherty, of Philadel phia, bo invited to nddrcts us at that, time and place. From tlio Lancaster Intelligencer, Freedom of Speech, &c Notwithstanding the fact that tho Con stitution of the United States ii regarded as an obolote iden by somo of the whlpper snappers of the Republican party, as well ns their Abolition leaders in this vicinity, it is well occasionally to refer to the prin ciples and landmarks established by that nneient document for tho observance of the people and their government. Among Ihe perogn lives explicitly guaranteed (and which are held tarred even in monarchial England) are the freedom of epeeeh nnd of the pt oss a right which, for the first time in sixty yean, is now sought to be, nnd is, trampled under foot by Abolition Ull'l ", II till, I'll U UIIV1I7I inu, I'T n Ino,. The Constitution prDVidd . cs as fol- Ahtici.b 1. ConRrosi shall miilte no law rcs pcetliig an Of tiilili.-lnnent of religinn nr pmliiliit inir (hp I'roo expniife llnrenr; OH Altltll(- i Mi (ui': i iti;i;i)i)M ok sim',kcii, oa Ol-' THU ritl-XS; or tho rit'lit of the people poaceaiily to osseinblo nnil to petition tlio llov crinni'tit fur n roilrosj of grievance. Vunilitu inn nf l'n;ttd S7lfc. Judgo A. 0. Miller, of Ihe United States District Court of Wisconsin, n pos-. it inn which ho has ably Idled lr many . . . i- - r m i. : .. veins, in u Li e cliar'O 10 ino iUiiwuukiu Grand Jurv, clearly defined tho law and the invariable usage of tho Courts of this country in regard to this subject. It may not be out of place for us to state that Judge Miller is a nativo of Cumberland County in this State, was raised nnd edu cated in Carlisle, from whence hoemigra- ted to Wisconsin koine thirty ave years .. - . . i I I thirty-nve ago. nnd has lor a long umo sustained we reputation ol a leumou, aoio una noiiesi T''n, y "b 'V i.?. nn 1 'the Ireo communiciuiou oi thoughts ,l opinions "I1. is ono ol tlio invaiuanie right of man, subject to responsibility fur Itsubuse.' Ihese principles ureengiuuc i,,to our natuio as Irec American citizens. - ,.,,.. ,.,, nn,i free I 111! Ill LUC I1UI J J -. - -. - ..;,. nil subjects UlsCUSHlOU among men, duties and their rights as but no licsntuousness of utious and scurrilous abuse nnu intsrepresenv-uu... . '"V" '". :" - n onli e trust. Wllic I IS Hie pane ui ncc "l" ",'.,) u,u tlino of excitc. - t ,,,,:. ment, und disposition lo cast olf restraints of law. somo men, under tno oisguiso o " ,, ' " . un(lor tho .lisuuiso of extreme love of country, may be disposed ... i . i .....i:..-. .1 to indulgo their envy, naircu, uianuo mm i'-will toward others probably much more woi v'.'V an' 1'Ftiiotic than themselves. Men mn" assume a standard of patriotism .,.i w1f for themselves, but they can- I not bo prrmittod to pronounce other men traitors who no o, m i e.r uV,..,., - 1 .. iimi .in., ard. Tho Coi.sutu- tionan ! laws 'ot the United State, deHno the crime of treason ; nnd by which e ery man is to bo tried. There w no pro- man h loyal to tho Government, and where we hold no persons in bonduge. of inaugurating a system of secret police! In timei of excitement, as men are inoro apt to bo zealoui thau wise, we should keep before us the ex.implo of i ranee when ., - n.,nf litMiiui so intolerable sax .e- ns tot In this linns nccessa. ' refugo under a military despot. !l. ;, nlP- r ,n" " - .wa of L-ovorninontal ! policy. uere,wa.i.p . ' " ' - -- ; -Sr-r not MEN. plo rule tha ration, free discission is, necessary and proper for public instruc tion. From the Declaration of Indepen1,, .!., ,i .1 i i. ........ 11 been one great principle of policy estab- lisbed without lree, open and manly dis- cussion, nnd it is not probable that there exT will be, so lone a, the people contin- ii to bo free citizens ui ,r .. . . ; ul form ot Government. Congress is prohibited by the ConsHtution from ,..;.. i. 'u i..i. i..i .i. iv.,l, r.r fpeecu or ol Uio press, men ui mis nine iuation and recrimination. . . g "That is the way," says the Cincinnati Kit'uircr, "an upright and intelligent Judgo will talk to a Grand Jury on this subject, and rebuke those who ro so ig norant or regardless of tho Constitutional right of the people, as to make such a pre sent men t us was done ii: New York, which might do in Austria or France, but cannot be tolen ted in a free government. Vo have no doubt the New York Grand Jury, which recently presented several New York Journals for aiding treason, were selected with special reference to this action, and that care was taken that they should all be ofa political stripe, and, in addition, should be men of small cali bre, of violent prejudices und unscrupu lous character. Tho performance is of no importance save to t-how tho animus ol those who got it up, and now sustain or apologize lor it. It was hoped by them that it nould lend to a sensation again t the papers struck at; but they are likely to find that it will have precisely the op site eflect, and they have loaded their gun so heavily that it will rather injure those who stand behind it. Thero is scurcely a Republican paper in the land than did not, during the Mexican War, occupy pre cisely the eamo position that tho New York journals alluded to do now. A large majority of tho Republican leaders, inclu ding President Lincoln himself, were op posed to that war, nnd went farther ag ainst it than anybody has in tho present instance. Shall they nlso be indicted and subject to a condign punishment for a past ollencc ?" Daniel WeastCr Oil the light Of Free instances where conciliatory manners Speech in War Time. have mado the fortunes ol physicians, law- It mv bo well to calmly weigh, nt this;)'?", divines, politicians, nnd, ind. od, in present lime, th i following words of Dnn-i dividual of all pursuits. In being intro- l WrUter.-WL'kov wer ottered, in- do - feiico ofa great iirinei'ijle, within reasona ble bounds, at all limes, will bo found to be essential to the safety of our free institu tions. Webster said : "Important as I deem It to discuss, on nil proper occasions, the policy of the measures at present pursued, it is still more important to maintain the right of such discussion in its full nnd just extent. Sentiment lately sprung up, and now growing popular, render it necessary to be explicit on this point. It is tho an- cicnt and constitutional right ol this peo-. pie to canvas public measures, and the merits of public men. It is a homebred right, a fireside privilege. It has ever been erjoyd in every house, cottago and cabin in tho nation. It is not. to he drawn into controversy. It. is as un doubted ns the right of breathing the air, und walking on the earth, belonging to private life as a right, it belongs to pub lic life 9s a duty ; anil it is the lust duly which thoo whoso representative I am shall find me to abandon. This high constitutional privilege I shall detond and exetcise within this House, nud in all pla ces ; 1 N T I M K ) F W A It, 1 N T I M K ( F PEACK, AND AT AUllMIX Living. I will assert it : dvin', I w.ll assert it ; - nnd. should I leave no other legacy to my children, bv the bleBsing of God I will leave them the inheritance of freo prir.i l pies, nnd the examplo ofa manly, inde pendent, nnd constitutional dofonso of them." .. SiiootinV Akf.wr nkahSmb Harkoh, Pa. The I nncastcr F.xpros has the fol lowing account of a shooting affray rear Safe Harbor, Pa., last FrMay : A thort tima since several men from the York county tide of the river erectud ... i ..r ii. n ;t.i,..1u somo Iisli pois on une in ui.- .nuiM..-. in ihoSusauehunna. A day or two after wards tdo pots were moved by Noah Sides and a man named ell nnd ma three sous Un Friday nlternoon the York men re turned to the island, anu linnuif! ine.i pots had been removed, commenced re placing them, when they were attacked by Sides and the Neils, with guns and : i lies, nnd two of them shot nnd killed on tl,u',.nt. and a third mortally wounded . Wo have not been able to learn thennmes of tho '.arties shot. The wounded nun nt last uccounts was not expected to live. A Kt.i.miors Goskereni e or am. .- tions. The next Conference of Christians I of all nations is to bo held in Geneva this month. Most ol tlio principal ciei j; ni.n of Germanv, France and Switzerland are to be prrsent, nnd tho representation from great llrituin is very largo. Citizens sent to Foht Laf.ivetti. Kd. T. Wilder, a mining engineer by trnde, nt . ' , i s;u . ihrn' hur ay c a ge . "."r T'".. . ' :; ; r lbalterv invented era Ku" - by ,lin1, Don't all Speak at Once. As the mar- i!,.n reroaaonv was about to oo performed in a church in Troy recently, the clergy- . - , i. ..u.: ...l..l.!n 1. I.u ' mnn uesneu ino inruei ubiiiuj " .,,,....;,, I to riso. A .ario numbor oi la dies immediately roso, nnd in great confusion all tut ono sat quickly down again. Crihb if If"511 Tlaces. We hear, says tho Boston Ttraveler, that two business ,t'r ot heretofore unspouea reputation, have recently been detected in the crime of forgery. F2xile from home, ! fiiends.nd country is all that will uvo them from criminal pruiocut.on and pun TERMS N E The Rival Powers. Giod nnd evil hatt been stniirlin,. rnl. ho mastery of tho world frornUic Cnaiion : 'V , " ,,J,f,,1mnnIdo' ; T"'0 V ' 'h I'1"-'1." h!s- "kor ,1,up, ; , " ? " of il mvaded his Ldeii, und ;tZ. .d?,W" '" " '"s tr'." ! into societies, corruption so-spread i ninnit. .. ',, . . ' " " ""f1 P t,li,t 11 repente. tho I.e., l"""",,m"m "' on me eaiui 'Hie fountains of tho creat deen wore i broken up, ami tho windows of Heaven .were oiieneil " ttr flirt H..cti.n..i ' an impious nnd wicked generation. W "cnerai on. we are living under n now covenant, and the judgements of God arc not made so visible to our senses as they were in the lirst ages of the earth ; but sin does not escnpo pun ishment, nor crime retribution, even in this life. We can find in sacred nnd profane history mi .u i iul warring of hu man passions, interest and cupidity ngns't tho decrees of Providence, and a perpetu al retribution in the siillerings of commu nities who havo failed to di cover, or re fused to recognize, tl0 h ue basis of socie ty. Spirit of Evil finds worshippers, as of old, and men sactilic on the altars of many Molocks. The kneo is bent to Mammon, to pride of place, and men reap the fruit efsecd sown m corruption, in the compie-a anil the death of nations. CiviUTV. Civiliiy is a fortune itsel!',for a courteous 'man generally succeeds well in ii le, and that even when persons of ability sometimes fail. The famous Duke of Marlborough is a case in point. It win eaid of him by ono contemporary that his agreeable manners often converted nn en emy into a Iricnd ; in t ly number, that it wiu mure ieasuie to Le denied iv favor by his giacc than to receive a lavor by most men. The grr.cious manner of Charles James Fox preserved him horn personal dislike, even nt a time when he was politically the most unpopular man in tho whole Kingdom. The hisloiy of every country is full ol such examples of success obtained by civ- ti.,. : . r ' . nn) . i no experience 01 cverv man lur hIMic: . ifve lliav recall the past, fremient. 4UucuJ 10 grangers his iillubility or tho reverse create instantaneously prepos session in behalf of or awakens uncon sciously a prejudice against him. To man civility is iu fact what beauty is to a woman it is a generous passport to favor ; a letter of recommendation writ ten in language that every stranger un derstands, Tho best of men havo often injured themselves by irritability and consentient rudeness, us tho greatest of scoundrels have frequently succeeded by their plaus ible manners. Of two women cjual in all other respects, the courteous ono has twice tho chain o for fortune by means of it. "I.r.T i s mi; FitiF.M)s."-One of the '.ico- .ia regiment lay with a fearful shot wo'nd in his side, wlucii toro out several of his ) Tlio Nashvillo Union.and American of ribs. Tho life Mood of the pour fellow tho "lb savs that ;!,500 Union troops occu was fast nozinp out, when one of our troops 1 pied Pu luae, Ky on Friday, taking pos dashed forward from out the mnlee nnd session of tho telegraph office, marino fell dreadfully wounded close by his side. I hospital and Branch Hank of Louisville, The Georgian recognised his uniform, al- Ihe coin from which having been remove though he was fatally hurt, and feebly f ed before their arrival. The editor thinks held out hii hand. "We camo into (his the movement judicative of nn attempt to Ivittle" he said, "as enemies; let Us die as j invade Tennessee-from that direction, friends. Farewell." tie spoke no more, The Charleston Mercury correspondent but his companion in disaster took tho from Goldslmro', N. C, of Iho 5lh, says all extended baud, and escaped to relate this touching fact. Tiit Tii. 'I 'ruth is a subject which men will not sillier to grow old. Fachagehas to fiiiht with its own falsehoods: each man with his love of saying to himself and those around him pleasant things and Clings serviceable for to-dav, rather than things which are. Yet a child appreciates nt once the divine necessitv.ol truth: nev er asks, "What In.rm is thero in saviim the thing theie is not?" and an old man finds in his growing experience, wiih'r and wider applications of liici great doc trir.o and discipline of truth. flry'-A Dutchman ono morning wont I out to his milkman in tho s'roet, with a I dish in each hand, instead of ono as usual. "Do you wish both dishes filled ? " asked tho dispenser of the attenuated milk. " No, " replio l M.inheer, suiting thoao tion to tho word, "dis for do milk, an dis odur for do valor, an me will mix m toshuto mine own self." . ibk,.ARation roit Mon Violence. The Wayne county (U.) Democrat, in speaking of ihe destruction ol Iho SI ark c.ouuty (O.) Democrat by mob violence says: "Since tho mob, wo understand that the City Conned of Canton hnvo appropria ted $:i,(HN to Mr. McGregor for tho loss sustained." BfTUrnnny l emsnys that :t is just ns spnsll)le a u;ovo to undertake to get mar lied without courting, ft. to attempt to succeed in business without advertising. Fanny is a woman of good sense, and as free P.)0kcn on pnr.er ns women generally -ra with their tommcs. Her opinion a bove, thorn that she knows "what'a 1 . wnni. gt-rThero aro four things that look very awkward in a woman, to soe her un dertake to whistle, to throw stones at a hog. to smoko a cigar, and to climb a gar den fenco. . &-Whv is a hungry boy looking at a pudding like a wild Lotso I Because ho woui,i be all the hotter if he had a bit in ij,s mouth. ly-Thc laud of Promise MeC'lcl-land. - SI 25 per Annum, if paid in ndvanctf W S EK I ES VOL. II. NO 0. News from the South via. Louisville. 1.01-isvii.LE, Sept. 8. -Richmond nnd MoAiphis papers of the 5lh, and Charles ton and Neiv Orleans of tho 4th, and Nash ville of the Cth inst., have been received here. A panic produced by the capture of tho Haiti i ns foils continues to raj.' nil along the Gulf const. The papers clamorously demnnd tho strengthening of tho sen-coast dt lenses of the. Confederate governiof.it. Their terror ia greatly increased by con stant reports of further aggressive movov menu ol tho Union army. Largo num- ucrs oi lamines are Hying irom Wilming--ton, and nil the wonion and children have been removed from Newborn. A regi ment of infantry nnd two Latteries hurried to the defence of tho latter point. Evidently, from tho tone of tho Uic.li.. mond papers, tho threatening of tho Gulf coast will produce a change of strategy on thepnrtof the Confederate government, and that offensive steps are not likely to be taken by the army of tho Potomac for somo time. The lower House of t'.io North Carolina Legislature refuses, by a largo majority, to pass an act reconvening tho convention thai passed the secession ordinance. Tho refusal produced a siorm of denunciation by the ultra secession papers, which do clare that it will produceinternecinostrifo in the old North State. Sickness still fearfully prevails in tho rebel army in Virginia. At Lynchburg, Hichmoiid, Fredericksburg and Leesburg, over 5,000 men nro in tho hospitals. Tho small pox is raging violently. Tho modi-, cal authorities publish urgent appeals to physicians throughout tho rebel States to forward immediately all dispensable vac. cine matter to Kiclimond. Tho soldiers from thu Gulf States sillier greatly from tho cold nighti in Northern Virginia. Appeals for contributions of warm cloth, ing appear in all tho lending papers. An official statement shows that only 10,100 volunteers enlisted for tho war iu Georgia. Out of 130 counties 27 furnish eu noiio at all. The Fort Smith Times of the 28th ult., says Albert Pike negotiated n treaty offen sive and defensivo with the Cherokee.?. Tho New Orleans financiers show con siderable unwillingness to receive Conled crate treasury notes at par. The Mobilo bar.ks resolved to receive thorn in tmv. ' tnent of indebtedness. Tha Charleston Mercury of the Cth says that Capl. Co.etlet,"of the brig Jolt' Davis, has arrived. Ho ha been presented with ft watch, etc. Tho e.iptnin says thai for fully two weeks ho was cruising fcr tho yacht Rebecca, Captain J. G. Bennett, jr., but without succ-'ss. The Charleston Courier of tho 5th says that tho whnhi coast of St. Augustino is blockaded, and reports several vessels la den with coffee nnl fruits run the block-, nde on thy 2Uth ult., under a heavy firo from tho blockading fleet. Tho Floridw ans think their batteries will effectually protect them against federal invasion. The planters are unanimously resolved not to ship any Sea Island cotton either North or .outh, the cntiro cron beinii I pledged to tho Confederacy .is quiet, but no sickness exists, no e.vpec- tat tun ol un attack, and no indications of movements to beat nil' tho invaders from their present possession. Kii'iiMOMi. Urgent requests havo been nud a to place ('apt Bragj in command of tho threatened district of North Carolina. Passengers from Maiinassas say that, tho rebels killed odd folcrals, losing 20, in a sharp skirmish, on tho llh, taking pos session of an impoi taut hill near Ailing', ton lk'ignU. Loi is n. i.e. A special d'sp.'dch to tho Knoxvillo Kcgistcr from Lynchburg, 5th, bays our fiices nro pushing forward to ward Washington. Hall's Hill, which ans taken yesterday a very sharp light, brings us throe miles nearer Washington than heretofore, and our flags aro now iu full sight of thu camp, court and cnpitol ol tho Lincoln government. The liichmond Dispatch lourns thul General Lee wau nt Valley Mountain on the27t!i nil., wailing lor 1 or weatner and good toads to comnn. nee operatiur.s. The Union troops are strongly poMod at Stal naker's, iilmut twelve miles distant, bc- tween there und lluttonville. The city isdull of contradictory and un reliable rumors, mining which is ono th.it a dispatch Irom .lelf. P.ivii to n friend was exhibited to Mr. Johnson, chairman of tho Senate committee to visit tho Fed eral and Confederate military authorities in iVcsicrn Kenturky, saying lhal ho (Davis) approved of llio Confedcrato cc- cupation of Hickman and Columbus. A Mlai.ssippi Jinjinicnt Ju vull.i and Jliiurns Jomc. Baltimore, Sept. 10. A letter to tho Baltimore American from a citizen of Lees burg, says that an cntiro Mississippi regi ment stationed thero revolted on Satur day, broke their muskets to pieces, and started homo. This letter is from a res pousihla nnd reliable correspondent, who has furnished tho American regularly with correct informntion from thut vicinity, and he adds to his letter a nolo that this news is reliable. IttTcnNto Hove. Mr. Stockton, bto Minister of tlio United Slates it Home, nnd son of Comuiodoro Stockton, has returned homo after an absence, of two and a half years. ri .To, of the country tics to be assumed uy our ---v. M V V KMV vu-vtm -w
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