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VOL. XXXM. WIIOU' NO 1760
PRINCIPLES, not MEN.
TEEMS 11 23 per Annum, if f lid in tdvinct
CLEARFIELD, PA WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, I8G3
NEWSF.IUKS VOIJII.N0 V.
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ARMY CORRESPONDENCE.
Baca. Aoai at ths Uu CiMr, 1
May 7th, 1803. f
Mr Dsar Jans : I had intended to give
. ..,.nni nf ., ...ninBirTn nf
yoU aeUilodwfiOuntofoorcampH6nor
the last nioo days which seems lo bo j
i rdl. .. .; but tkoTct of u.
hardly as many hou -but the fact of u.
having marching ordois now, and noi be
ing in camp long enough to recruit our
wasted enoigies, I must merely stale that
we heard much and saw but little, and
are perfectly satisfied that rebels tight
with terrible desiieialiou (or a cause which
i i t-i .
mcy con..u-r hp-"- '"
wn.cu o.ir ancoaiui. iuugu . ...(,.,
Pnton in the great American Revolution
of former day t
W left our camp on the 28tb ultimo,
an.j retrnea vo n aooui, nn;.n u,-u., ,...4
i - i .1 . . 1 . 1
re now to take up our line of march
B)?a.n at 5 o'clock this evening. Wo had
a hard and tiroomo march from below
l reridriiKSiiurc in uio iioniunn c-riissuiK
on t,,o right wing of tl... anny, a distance
of Hbont t. enty mil- - with heavy k,
.ac:. h.M WMtuer and ,,. ndy mads. We
ana our ,w u.
o'clock on St'ndav morning the 3rd
!:'.., and tbre waited for daylight' to
,vi;;v snt'.ioball would open ; at liuit it
ta u. and with it came the heavy boom
f cannon and the tcrrifu crash of mus-It-).
Sneh drtsperaln fighting has not
hcii S'irp3sLiil in any of tlie batllesof this
w if, o! 1 ;,olJ'eu tell us; I would try
a .ipi-riptiju ..Tit if 1 had the power lo
mik" even a fiint rosomblatice lo too
i.i.-rir tn irono. Wc laid on the field on
the iii!tof the hatth. and the corps next
tj us was er gaged. Thriring occasional
ly nould slacken and tiio artillery would
entirely ccae ; wo would then soon hear
tlia terrible and nhrill cheer of the charg.
in paitv aa tliey advaneeil on the rillo
I lls of their opponents, when they cams
within short ran jo such volleys of mus-
i,- iV Iu.,.. .
tiiat held wai onrush to make the heart of r- si.uu 1 r. V-
the bravest brave boat quick with xciU. I hT'. 8,h ReSiment: ;e lf-
ment. In this Krrible suspense we wore! "T 'J' 1
,,:npe!led to lay tor the whole of that1.6" Io did not know those
mnmor.ihle day, expocting every moment '
to be led up to the relief of our dying , . v, -v wi.
omiades. But that day aud the one m?I 17' Pe" Ml"e'
following, and the next wore away and , tT,,"lJh!' bT .f ,ur. company were
U.e elements seemed to decide the eon- '' ,, ,, ' V , i , i r
tet lyrruderintheroad impas.able for f? " f P ' ' ",n ft f , .8n;t,0U8 for
our trains. We tli.rvfore lfi our position . ,hu,r 8nfe but hoPe for 1 . ,01
at C o'clock on the morning rf t!io Gtii.
au.l unrein wiiii , sileut quickitep w- j xjjfl DeTii i Choicest Servants.
"hri tn river,-wl.rr 'rul a IiUI . ....
alter daylight. Th.-i o was a host of poo-..! The IVvil, ns is bis custom once year,
jdf thcro and au.ving .vhen we got there, held an examination to see which ot his'
HlookcdastIu.illi we might bo able to; imps had labored most faithfully iu hi
.onipele with any army that wai ever ' crviro. falling lliem togulher, he ques
rais. d, and rooor lu'l in !iwto,y. Put as ' lineJ ,lu ,u lw l0 wjjuL tiloy jj, ,,erformv
tlie Spartan baud of threw hundred chei-k-'.,!
ed tho progreis of the millions under Xers
es, so did the ioliels check the progress
of tho invincible Hooker. Well, we hur-
riod on, through the rain and mud, slid
ing, ). lunging and nailing through a ril--Uitious
compound of mud and water, till
many ot I ho boys sank down exhausted by
hc roadaide ; still we (oiled on till late at
riight amidst a mist tori itio thunderstorm.,
W loat our w.iy and sought protection
fiom he drenching rain by scatlcring
thioiigli the woihis and seeking deserted
camps-for houses were out of ihe ques
tion all the beautiful farms and nice
houses that adorned the banks of the llup
pahannock lat year are consumed or desi
troyed by tho ruthless hand of the warrior.
I got in an old brigade headquarter and
found r leiity of good wol, where we
built a fire and dried ourselves as best we
(uld.
Leu was ueaily gone up, he could hard
ly walk ; and be said if 1 had not found
some quartets Tor us he would have died.
Our Captain too, was very weak, and had
been so during the whole march, but Mill
he crawled along. Rut there is no use to
name individuals, for we all suffered
much and fel to diy as though we were
"plsyed out soldiers." Hut what makes
this thing look worse is the fact that there
was no use In doing it, for we might as
well have stayed along the road, as to have
tried to march back here to our old camp.
Hut field otlicers know but little what the
private soldier endures while carrying his
knapsack, -that ia, his whole available
propert house, wardrobe and kitchen
furuiture: and they sooru to care as little
iu they know. A circumstance illustra
live of the first-mentioned fact transpired
while tho trains were re2iosing the pon
toons : the rain was lulling in torrents
and the night was dai k and cold ; when
the 'i aius first began crossing a few r ol
dies were timet nig on tl) bank of the
river, wliero there was uo firo to be had f
they asked the officer in chargo of the
' pontoon to let iheiu over the river fo gel
to some firs tn tho wood' on ibis aide that
had ben lui ill by the engineer corps.
Hut he nould not '.ei them cross ; ret he
iainiedisie-ly ader called for the enntrasj
bands to eomo for ward and cro.a in fron t !
of the wagons. Soiuo nldi? attempted
to crowd on w.th them, when the guard
was erdered In bayonet the first one that
attempted to cross Hen says when h
saw that he cursed the war aud itt tup
porters, and would have damned them to
ih lowest regions if his prayors could have
Deen answered
Ben has not much respect for what are
' Dure called superior officers. He looki
on a man who is loss-intelligent and hu
mane than himself as being his inferior.no
matter what bis rank may be ; and' last
i; mgijt, alter we got our fire built a Iieuten
. ant of the i50Ui came up to warm and
'y with us j so irhen we wanted to lay
uoia crush down on the wet ground to
lay on. o as io get soma sleep, the 1ieu
i tenant was sitting where we wished to
; mskeour bed. Be,i told him to gt up.he
. Mtued to hesitate. L jt Bn U.d him to
, Btl, Tor 'bat was our fire ; he then obey-
d. but seemed to think that Ben was ra
, trier gruff. So this morning while I was
8'lirg ion coffee, the officer ar.d I got
ta.kmg polit.os and discii-ii'ig tho late
latllo, be said thai we killed ten to their
ono. I told him thai that might do to
tell people that didn't know better, do. ;
well, we got on the general principle! of
vuuuuuv, ouu qi course
aen.McClollaacarne into consideration,
t Y A arnn a m si 1 1 . I .. t .1
nd th '""I'eDt little Abolition squirt-
i(J ..McClean w either a tnhor
coward." Hen could hold no longer, and
said it was a lie 1 The officer began to
open his great cont and find the way to
his pistol, and said he allowed no man to
speak to him that way. Bon said "he did
not care ; ror it a a a a lie, and the ,
, u,at said it was a liar, and oueht to
be kickeJ f j k j f ,j , f - fa
, 1()8l no t-me io Up A,y md to
n; villain tn th r,i ;n,
i bayonet if he attempted to shoot, and
nrohnb.v mv il3nU. hnrpal.nii m .
th ft , . 0Jod b g " . V
. . .. n. QMP"J"?
some adjustment about his cofleenecessa.
i v.. ,.... :.i i.:. : i- , . ... .
fa 81lmo'ot,cer was Previously boast log
M,otU hi, coolnes aJ hrav yjn lim, 0f
. B1(J MiJ ,)e Was
Sundilv hen ll.n ,.,tl- k
fiercely, lien took occasion to tell him
that that was about the amount of inter
est ho loll in the cause of the Union so
he got llio one hundreduollars per month
and had but little duty to do lie was per
fectly willing to let the battle rage, and
the war to continue so he w.n not expos
ed to danger and continue to draw pay.
The fellow began to think he was getting
iu bad company and dropped the conrer
inlion as soon as possible.
The time is soon up now to atari anain
; on our march and lam sloepy, and should
, have been sleeping instead ofwrilirg,
i were it not tor the interest I know you
. feel in our condition. Ben is lying on the
; bunk asleep and all is quiet in camp, the.
j toys are drowsy and tired.
. I LJ- '.I. .1
. rciimu was in uie
I,' said one, risod a mighty whirlwiud.
which blew the sands of the desert upon
a caravan of Christian p lgrims, and , they
all perished.'
'Pooh !' said the Devil, 'what of that ?
Their souls were all saved.'
'1,'said another, 'sunk a ship loaded
with Christians, and they were all lost.'
'But their souls wero all save 1, so that
did ni no good,' replied the iJevil, con-.tcm,-ituo'isly.
Well,' said a third, 'in thai part of Am
erica from which your majesty has often
regretted receiving so few subjects, I, by
good management, have succeeded iu
having one of your majesty's particular
fi lends appointed ruler, which was no
sooner effected than life adroitly set the in
habitants by the ears fighting over a ques
tion, which he told them at the time,
'would still remain the same, afie years
of bloodshed.' '
Thai's better,' cried the Devil, 'and if
it can be kept up, as you say, that coun.
try will yet afford us a good crop,'
'And 1,'said a fourth, 'have not been
idle in that part of the world. I have
cultivated the niost intimate acquaintance
with many of their divines, and have per
suaded them to drop the Bible and take
up war politics and they are having a
vast influence among the circles which
have been wont to look lo them 'or ads
vice.
'Ha ! ha !' laughed the Devil, you are
the smartest imp of them all, and shall
havo the highest place in my favor. I see
that ! shall have no cause to complain of
that country being unproductive to my
kindora hereafter.' Newark Journal.
ToRTSaiT or a Contractor. Greely's
laocy sketch, or true portrait rather, of a
swindling Government contractor, is a fine
piece of humor, and if it were not too
sorrowfully true, might well excite "un
exlinguitdiahle laughter;"
If we had the artist's band and eye ne
cessary for the purine nd equal to it.we
should like to model a contractor of the
cormorant species ; and lo lecture upon
it.;. I, i I. ik- . . :
cities and hamhv. of the onh V,
face should be of brass moulded from guns
long since burst ; the heart of iron made
from bits of unserviceable mortars; the
paunch should be stuffed with rusty pork
and mouldy bread ; but the feet should be
of pure treasury gold j around lhe sboul-
ueri we would drape a piece of cauvass
cut from a discarded tent ; upon lha legs
we would put a pair or shoddy inexpresais
bles ; in the hand we would place a pistol
dangerous only to the user; while shoes
with paper solea should guard the goldon
feet ;- the whole lo be plaoed for the ad
miration of a tax-riddon community, up
on s chair constructed from the timber f
some condemned transport, bought for a
great price and not worth a little one
we appeal to V. T. Barnum. Esq , the
great patriarch of showmen, if that figure
would not draw at twenty-five cents, with
reserved aeat at fifty.
HaTThere ia something like enchants
ment in the very .ound of youth and the
calmnet heart, at every season of life beats ,
it, double liuiu lo it.--iii.
The latest Raving: of Abolitionism.
Theodore Tilton, the melancholy sp
pendix to Heec her's Independent, insults
I 1 t I t . .
ruoiio raorais ny oppDiy reoomroentung
amalgamation btween .he neeroe. and
the whites. At a matter of logic, this is,
doub fc . -o- Ab,'
olition doclrino. as it it now carried out
' by its apostles under the auspices of the
Administration. But Mr. Tiltou says:
"It u not the black blood which must be instilled
into white veins; lul whit', blood which must
be inused into the blacks." Uow the
one may be done and the other prevented,
is a rr alter of physiological research, of
which Mr. Tilton alone seems to possess
the secret. If he intends to effect this by
intermarriages, then it Is clear that he
does not consider the happiness of the
partioa immediately interested, but, sims
ply the new variety which ia to spring
from such unnatural connections. Mar
riages to be happy, anil to result in the
proper education of the children, must he
assorted in regard to temper and disposix
tion. as well as to the social standing and
education of the partins. These things
the philosophers of the black school en
tirely ignore j they would degrade our
own women to elevate the negro, and to
renew an experiment which has failed
during a period of Gve thousand years.
e Have abiorbeU the great Irish race,
we altsorb the great German race.why not
1 t. 1 X' ,, I w
.w we gicni .lepu racwi exciaims xur.
iiivui,. xuu nuve uub ausorueu i ne great
Irish race, and you are far from absorbing
the grent German race, though you ex
hibit as great an ignorance on ihe subject
of abaorbtion as an any nogio on a Souths
ern plantation. Itaces have never been
aosoroeu in History : on Uie contrary, vou
can trace them after thousands of years, 1 ters of sympathy wore read from A. Oak
even when they have sprung from the ey Hall, Kicha.-d O'Uoman, C. Ingersoll,
same parent Caucasian or Mongolian j F. O. J. Smith and others. The lollow
ttock. Any civilized nation can absorb aing resolntions were adopted bv the meet
number of individuals, or even families ; 1 ing .
but not a whole race. If 100.000 or 200,l "Whereas within a Stale where tins
0W Germans emigrate annually to the .courts of kw nre tpr and their process
United States, and scatter over ihe wholo ! unimpeded, soldiers under the command
surface of, the country, they may be ab-jof o.Ti.ers cf the I'nited States aiu.y have
aorbed by nianinge, and their indivi.Ljal broken into the residence and forcibly
chaiacteristicserndunlly extinguished: but 'abducted frnm IttK linm lliA ITnn tlm
I where they have settled in considerable
nutubers they have retained their peeu-
liar characteristics, their industrious hab-1
its, their frugality, and even iheir Ian-
guage. Pennsylvania. Ohio, lllinor, In-
diana, in short, all the Western States
can furnish proof oT ;hia assertion.. And
II me lilbti acltleJ iu masses . like the
Germans, the same would hold of them
But they prefer rimainins in tho lag
cities, where, by their familiarity with the
language, they find more ready emplov-
.. J - t I ' . : : i . "
uiDui mm mi hu ui uui ncu mi mem-
aelve. in all the learned professions! That
even there they form powerful assocla-l
lions, has bee., so repeatedly demonstra- f
ted. that the preacher, of the doctrine of
absorption wiVl have to wait for some cen-1
..;0. Kofnr- i h v.,u .l, ,
Th f h..: "T:u,T.j n
ao ii o ti t linimt, I a . ' . 1 I
them, and hold them politically for more t
thar, two hundred vear. ; neither have j
the Austrian, absorbed th4 Magyar..
the Spaniards the Sicilians, or the Eng. !
lial, the Scotch, with whom they are now 1
.rrr'thePolS ' d
have not succeeded even in absorbing the
F.nlandersl The Abolitionist, maboast
of ihAirtinmW. . Lu,f i.i, j
ot the r numbers; but we defy them and
""-" "ft " su tci iuai it w iuu -
their descendant, whether white or col. '
ored, to absorb four millions of negroes.
"The trulh is," says Mr. Tilton. in an
ecslacy of nonsense, "the negro is in eve
ry way equal to the white man, ia he not
superior to him in many respects."
That the neero is superior to manv
nrkiia ... .. .-.
Z . t!'" ,rMd' ttdImit'f,.e.r re8d'n?
thaVih- I i . .V
that the average negro is equal to the av-
erage white mau, is an unblushing false
hood,
Professor Moleschott, the first pbrsioU
ogist of Europe, and a man who is neither
influenced by abolition nor by pro-slavery
wr-feDr ,lMtU eXren"
l V a, .fi. ha .efr r0?,"'
S.1P f Ta,bM tbal 0f.the
man b o.' .L ha?Ii't-1ii tl,e,.whlte
Lro nn.a.n, i V f torically, ih e ne-;
fronK, ,6 1 1,6 h,leran1
inMi i . i t,qiU1,yt lhe rrv'
indeiendent imitation of the civilization
, ......:. u -cBi-o ccu u .
of the Greeks, Komans, riiconicians, Pom
tuguese, Spaniards, French, or English.in
any regro tribe. Out of themselves they
have produced nothing not an idea to
enrich mankind. But the Abolition fai
rtJClCf;u,Gi!.l!?l!ie '"V06, educa
, ', , " . ,wnl-:nw9nV
I f u"u . V . Uauc,i"on
racer W ho has taught Ihe Mongolians in '
China and Japan r
And after all these failures for a period of
a
,..,..., ,u.iui t.
nve inousana years, comes the great Abo
lition lecturer of New York, and recom
mends amalgamation. Such are the eber.
rations of the human mind I Whv not
senu iur. iiiion soum, io practice harms!
lessly on his favorite theory, without of. ,
fending the moral sentiment of the people
or the Aorth, and insulting our wives and I
daugutersi-i'uai. Age. . J
A Widow's Use Of Thunihe. Every i
time a storm came on she would run into
Mr. Smith's house (he was a widower) and
clasp her little bands and flv around till
the man was half distracted for fear tdie
would be killed, and the consequence
was she was Mrs, John Smith before three
thunderstorms rattled ever her head.
rirThe oelebrated horse, Ethan Allen,
has been purchased by Frank Baker, of,
San Fransisoo, for $16,000. It ia said that j
the horse baa lost somewhat io reputation i
of late, but Mr. Baker's sixteen thousand ' -
reasons on the other aide ought to be taU.'
cu as conclusive.
Vallandigham Meeting in New York.
The New York papers of yesterday con
tain long accounts of a public meeting
hem at union 6quare, in that city, ou
Monday evening, to sympathize with Mr.
Vallandtgham, and to "denounce his re
cent arrett, trial and iinQfjsonuient." The
papers differ very widely in thir estimate
of the nuoibei of persona present. The
Herald says it was among the largest pubs
lio meetings held in the city during the
war; the World claims that the attend
ance in'mbered 25,000, while the Tribune
says 5.000, and the Timet only 3,000. The
New York Sun says :
The meeting was largo, probably six or
eight thousand persons in all, and a maj
ority of those constituting it seemed to be
enrappert with the most ultra sentiments
of the speakers, in their denunciations of
l'reEidont Lincoln and of Judge Letivilt,
who refused the writ of habeas corpus to
Mr. Vallandigham. The meeting had ihe
usual accompaniments of pnblio assem
blages, music, police and calcium lights,
and there was not as much expressed
sympathy for secession as perhaps some
persons anticipated. All the speakers
condemned the mode of conducting the
war all wished the Uinon restored, aud
most of them held that the South would
come back readily if men in power were
democrats in whom the South could have
'confidence tlitt there would no longer be
... ... b
a purpose lo ;oo tliem o! their properly in
slates,
There was apeak ing from four different
stand", nn among the speakers were the
lion. Kli P. Norton, Prof. Mason, O, Gun
ther, J. A. McMasters, Judge McCunn,
nr. Merklo, Judge I5irdall, tapt. Kyu
ders. Co . K. D. Gorman iul other Li
lent L Vallacdiehaiu: and whereas a bodv
of men stylod a militarj commission have
nnaigned before them and tried the said
Hon. C L. Vallandigham, a civilian and
eminent public man, Tor words spoken io
the discussion or public questions, before
an . assemblage, iif-lellaw-citiiens:. and
have sentenced him to a punishment as
yet UuknjAii, but which is to be anuouu-
. ced in some military order to be promuN
! gated hereafter j therefoie,
rv. .1 ti . . . -. r
Ym J Z JlZ i t" '" ?!
S knf irn? v'n r0"!008 "'Vv
.nfS'nh I ?"
lr,aI ""'Sentence by a military commias
"" .''l urfe ,he f iltrl0
sacred r.gbts of Amencau citizenship.
That the exigencies of civil
war require the fullest and freest discuss
r ..n i .1 . : . t... it . a
' ,7 ,.VT it i .1 , Auu r,can
CTV? . V that their temporary
''T1 1
u 1 U,r,f! 0,?e ,PuU,c nd
T.l. t1 X obligations and duties
;tneUveer 11 tlo1;"1 1
,e;er,' Up0D, flha ?rdcrf 0 mllitry
CT2r -r T
and informers, American citizens not in
1A m;i;.Qr. ti,aii r;i
or disanirovA niPA:iirA nf nul.tin i.nl!.i'
( lr . .
to denounce or applaud the commander
in chief and to advocate peace or war, as
their judgments may dictate, they have
ceased to be freemen and have already
become slaves.
j.csuu-ca, anai we reverent y cueruo
that great body of const. lutions.lawa, pre-
Jlcsoh-ed, That we reverently cherub.
cedenu and traditions which constitute
- ug a fre0 , ,,j tb t h ,d ,h
j hn j.,: ' J, ' ni, Tialo(
who designedly and persistently
tnera as puhiic enemies.
fiesoked. That wo are devotedly attach"
A .1 T': r.i i
AA .k: v1M, .i ' ;
its diwuplion, and shall continue to advo.
cate hiteer policy we belieye will result
in l'e.estora'ion of that Union.
citizens are fulling by thousands u,on
the battle-field, and human carr.ao has
b-conie familiar, we implore ihe Federal
authorities not to adopt the fatal error
I hol sVStem nf iirini.mnl mnA Ia..
, rorism will subjucale tho minds and stifle
. (lie voices of the American people.
I Resolved, That we call upon the Gnver.
i nor af the State ot New York, and all oth
ers in authoriiy to save us from ihe hu-
ioremi!iUry commissions of citizens
......... v .. v. ii vi 1,1 i , nuu II id.
whose only crime shill be the exercise of
aright withoat which life is intolerable
nd republican citizenship is a false name
and a raice n-etensa.
Resolved, that the refusal oftbejude
of the district within which the Hon. O.
L, Vallandigham is incarcerated, lo grant
a writ of habeas corpus is, lo itself, a nul
lification of the Constitution, and an infa
m0Us outrage upon the clearly defined
rjhts of the citiaen.
Resolvei, That we fully and heartily en
dorse the language ot our noble and truly
patriotic Covernor addresstd to the meet-
"'8 aiambled at Albany on Saturday, the
6" il,BUnl. lhat ll,e wbiusry Jurest and
imprisonment of Mr. al.audighaiu 1. 'an
set wriieh Has irougtn istionor upon our
country, which it ru II of danger to our
persons and homes, and nich bears upon
us front a conscious violation of law and
justice.' . .
JUsolved, That while fully and heartilv
endorsing the manly and outspoken .on.
timanta of the Governor of New York, ve
shall do all in oar pewer to sustain bim
in hi determination to preserve inviolate
the sorerignty of our State and the riglaU
of its people against federal encroaob-
' merits nd usurpation-.
Got. Seymour's Letter to the Vallan-I
Qignam meeting.
Alpant, May 17. The following is the
letter of Governor Seymour to the Val-
landigham meeting last night
ExKctTivi DiraaTMKNT, May 16.
I cannot attend the meeting at the Cap1
itol this evening, but I wish to slate my
opinion In regard to the arrest of Mr. Val
landigham. It is an act which has brought
dishonor upon our country. It la full of
danger to our persons and our hnmes. It
bears upon its front a conscious violation
of law and justice- Acting upon the evi.
donee of detailed informers, shrinking
from the light of day, in the darkness of
uiht, armod men violated the house of an
American citizen and furtively bore him
away to militaty trial, conducted without
those safeguards known to the proceed
ings of our judicial tribunals. The trans
action involved a series of offences against
our most sacred rights. Ii interfered
with the freedom of speech ; it molested
our rights to be secure ii our homes
against unreasonable searches and seiz
ures; it pronounced sentences without
trial, save one which was a rcockery.which
insulted as wel! as wronged. The perpo
tralors now seek to impose punishment,
not for an otlence against law, but for the
disregard of an invalid order, put forth in
the utter disregard of the j rinciples of
civil liberty, if this proceeding is appro
ved by the Government, aud sustained by
the people, it is not merely a step toward
revolution--it ia revolutiou; it will not
only lead ti military despotism it estabs
libhes niilitury '.lapotism. In this aspect
it must be accepted, or in this aspect re
jected. If it it, upheld, our liberties are
overthrown, (he safety of our persoris,se
curity of cur property, will hereafter des
pend upon the arbitrary will of such mili
tary rulers as may be placed over us, while
Our constitutional guarantees will be bro
ken i"?nwii. Even no. the Governors und
Couit? of some of the Western Slates have
funk into insignificance before the des
potic powei claimed and exercised by
military men who have been sent into
their borders. It is a fearful thing to ins
cranio the danger aliich now overhangs
ua by treating the law, the judiciary, and
the Sta'e authorities wilh contempt. Tb.
people of this country now wait with the
deepest anxiety the decision of the Ad
ministration upon these acts. Having
given it a generous support in the conduct
of the war, we pause lo see tsh.il kind of
Government It is for which we are asked
to pour out our blood and our treasures.
The action of the Administration will des
lermhie in tin minds of ruoro than ones
half uf ti e people of the loyal States
whether this war is waged to put duivn
rebellion at the South or destroy the free
institution at th North. We look for
its deci-ioii with most solemn solicitude
(Signed) Horaiio'Sevmoir.
litres do net lie.
The Tiilune svs I.ec's army at the time
, he crMed to give bim battle only counts
ed 50,01)1) men. The Times says Hooker'r
army at the same time numbered 159,300
I men. It thus appeirrs lhat with more
than three limes Lee's army Hooker was
1 unable to whip him in the first fieht. and
unable to do it with twine and a half Lis
number of men after he g t his reinforce!
mcntt
j According the statements or the 7Vii.a
, and Times, Ifooker's loss in killed and
I wounded, in the several battles, amount
j'exl to only 19,000 lo 18 000. which, with
j the prisoners captured ly the enemy,
numbering five or six thousand more,
would make the total loss from 23,000 to
24,000. Lee it is 6tated by tho rame au
thorities Ion mne iban Hooker did, or
about 30,000 men exceeding hair lis or-1
iginal force. He could not have been re-
inforeed by moie than 10,000 to 15,000
men. That would leave hi whole force
after his losses including the losofGen.
Jackson, who was a host in himself from
30,000 to 40,000 men. Before this small
foicu Hooker ret.-eated w ith an army
whieh after all his loses, Ftill numbered
130,100 men. or about four lo ono of iLe
enomy. So much for the general-hip and
righting qualities of the new Napoleon.
New York Herald.
A'?onted Clebk. Thomas Browo, a
brother of "old John Brown,"the hero of
tne Harper's Ferry massacre, has been ap
pointed to a $2,000 clerkship in the Treas
ury Depai tment.be having become tired of
the army and resignec'. Washington paper.
We think the Lrownsfthe sons and
brothers of "old John,")are now piovided
for, all of theoi having been quartered up
on tlio Government at very anug salaries.
After " old John Brown" had made his
murderous raid upon the women and
childern of Haipe' s Ferry, the Eepublis
cans, or Abolitionig, beiran to think thev
bad gone too far, and attempted to divest
themselves of the responsibility ofthataot
but no sooner were they In power than
they exhibited Ihe mot maiked sfleotion
for ihe Browra, tnd the favors of the Ad
ministration have been extended to them
ever since. The John Urowj raid was a
portion of the plain adopted by the Abol
itionits to involve our country in civil
strife, Carlisle Volunteer.
Golden Grains.
Kve-y linn i-. rlo-elv connected with bi.
fellow mtn ; nor should anvdktinr nf.
relationship enter in.o consideration J taX-Tlio frmr ia a oonq-ieror w ho wins
where there is a common naturo. i victories upon imrortKnt Col Ja at the.
'St. Awrvtiint. i point of the plough-share.
v often make life unhappy in wh-bing :
thijgs to Lave turned out otherwise than ' 3-An immense Democratic mats mee
they did. merely because that is posible i tinf wa bcli 10 New Yorl or- tb
to the imagination which is impossible in 'lm-
' , .. . , ... ! SA.The ruao who moved an a
Jn ? l,p0n n,''i. Wt W 1 n ir-jurad bis spina by the operalton?
oal notes upon injunea, and to be too a '
cute in their apprehniods; ir to add on- j .The child who cried far an boar
to our. own tortuies, to feaiber the arrow. (Ldn'lcet it 1 ,
of our enemies, to lash ourselves with the , .
scorpions our ftes. and to resolvo to sleen
no more. ? 7' - i - b-v, -
A Whisper to Daughters.
GirI befor you deci(1(J t0 BCCept , mau
' your companion for life, look well t
his raspntments. Soeifha Lams anvbadv
soundly. If so, you run a great ns in
marrying him. A man who can hate well
has not tho qualities to make a good
friend. A truly noble soul will not htte
bitterly, evn though deeply injured. lie
stands on too high a ground. He may be
.deeply hurt, and much displeased ; he may
lavoid one lie knows to be bis enemy, but
be does not harbor bitter hatred in hi.
soul.
A noble mind is not always on Ike look
out for little offences, but lakes good hu
moredly slight annoyances that areplen'y
enough in every ones pathway. Do not
countenance a person who thinks to add
to importance by blustoring at hotel ser
vants, or railroad employees, whenever he
feels it safe to do it. Instead of proving
him a cosmopolitan, as ho Vainly thinks,
hia barking and snarling only sluiir hi
affinity to a puppy. Do not marry a row
dy if he is ever so rich, hoping th'U your
influence will reform bim. Seo t it that
he is well reformed before you taki atep
from which you can never recede while
life lasts.
It is an excellent sign for a your.g man
if be is kind and attentive to his mother
and sisters. Such a one will be quite sura
to make a kind husband. There ii some
thing kind and genial and worth loving
in a young follow that all the children,
run to, if they wish to ask a favor one
(be little girls are not afraid to ask to car
ry them aarota the muddy streets out)
the boys look to naturally help them out
of trouble with "That plaugy kite" ona
who has a few minutes to spare from hia
work, to put up a swing that shall furnish
weeks of enjoyment to the little folk..
Children are ha,i p observers of human
nature, and depend upon it a young man
thai all the children like, ka something
about Lha wotth liking, whether be wear
home'tin or broadcloth. Mothns Jnur
naU SffjJt is related that one dsy lail work
a large, red faced womau, with a potter's
load of expensive finery upon her parson,
entered the largest jawclay store In New
York, and inquiring for diamonds, a iuag
nificent assortment of rings, brooches, ear
rings, necklaces, Ac, were spread before
her. From these she selected throo
thousand five hundred dollais worth,
which she requested might l sunt to her
house with the bill. Tie rdork would
find her husbaad at home, -she t-id, and
he would pay for tbem. A pen aud card
were banded to her, ar.d she was request
ed to write her address. She hesiutad,
her broad face turned from red te crimson ,
and finally, in great confusion, she made
her mark (a big cross) on the card, and
tossing it to the salesman, said : "Thar ;
I haim lime to write, Lut I guess be'U
know that." The illitornte queon of dia
monds was a contractor's wife.
83&.A young lady or high accomplish
ments, the family being without a servant
at the lime, stepped to the door on tlia
ringing or the bell, which announced a
visit from one of her admirers. On en.
taring, the beau, glancing at the harp and
piano, exclaimed : "I thought I heard
musio on which instrument were you
performing!" "On the gridiron, sir.with
the accompaniment of the frying pan,"
replied she "My mother is without a
servant, and she says I must learn to fin
ger those instruments sooner or later, so
nave i his day cemmenceo a course of
lessons."
TBI CU.NS Or THE CSOKCK'
The guns of this famous ironclad now
lie on 'south Commercial wharf, Charles
ton. They consist of two long eleven
inch columbiads, and will soon be tnoun
l6d for our defense valuable acquisitions
no less than handsome trophies of the bats
tie of Charleston harbor. Charleston Mer
BaT-What we want to do and what we
mvsl do if we are to succeed ia to crush
the Keliellion ty physical foree. AH. Ev.
Journal.
Hat all reliance upon the Emancipation
Proclamation been abandoned ? We
don't iish to earn a reputation for'cruelty,
but we can't resist the the temptation tcv
ask the question !
tsiTThe Vicksburg W'of lhe2M alt ,
excuses its shortcomings thus : "Vie owe
our readers an apology for the scarcity of
reading matter in this morning's paper.
The shell from the Yankee battery across
the river bursio close to our office yes
terday that the printers could do but lit
tie work."
B!.The famous Gen. McNeil, of Miss
ouri, was accidentally wounded a few day.
ago by the discharge of a pi?'ol, but not
dangerously.
A MiuTAtr CoaaiasioK. Major General
Schenck has ordered a military commiss
ion to aerable in Wheeling, Va.. f r the
trial of offense, against the United States.
InChance'.lorsville is not a village but
a tine and HlegKnlresiderce, owned by two
brothers named Chancellor, one of tbetu
a clergy mku.
Hr who irerii - -.
He ho preaeheV wa- s trJ. chsrl
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