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VOL. XXXI V. WI IOLE NO. 1 705.
CLEAR FI1XD, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEIIRUAUY 17, mi.
! j)c Reel's Corner.
VI M k TOUf.TIII.H.
Tin n:nn ho nrnto the following de.e rves tlio
crown nf n hero, fur his lieiirt in :.f (ho itiifl" of
which heme- uro tumle:
When midst tlio wreck nf lire an, I mnkr.
When eanm.ns rend the ekies snindcr ,
And fierce dmpoonii wilh qiiickenin? itroke.
I on (ho reeling regiment thunder,
The r:i ti k ! close up In sharp rum iiinnd ,
"J iil helmet's I i ' r touches fenthrr :
Cidiipiict, tlm 1'i.rinnn ph'ick they stand,
And conquer, lor they stick together.
When now, 'mid elouds of wo and wmit,
inn coT.ir.'idi's' wails ride lust and fut r,
Aid ' harping wildly on our front
( i,n:e the black legion of ilisiister,
Mini! wo present a wavering titud,
.Aid lly like leaves before wild neulhsr ?
., ' fi le by hide, sind bund in hnnd,
VW 'il ttund our cr'-und and slick togother
Hi d gnve us hands one left, ono right j
'I lie first to help oirfi'lves , the other
'J., sin l' h ahrofld it, kindly might,
And help along our faithful brother.
Then if you fee a brother full,
Arid ;,i" his head before the weulhcr,
It v, ii l,c not dastards all,
i , j M help hltn up, and stiek tog ether.
MILITARY INTERFERENCE in the
MARYLAND ELECTION-
retract from flic Message of Governor
lira J ford of Maryland.
1 avail myself of this occasion fo advert
to certain ever ts connected with our re
cer.L election which deerve your most
scriouf, consideration. U would be mtich
mote agreeable to me to avoid all allu
sion to ihem. 1 cannot, however, do so
eniisistently with my sense of what is din
to tiie rights and honor of the State, to
th.' ollice which by the favot of its cili
, . . i . i .
7.eiis i occupy, or i may wiin sicceruy
a l l to the cause of the Union itself, in
mv opinion fo inliniatelv blended with
the cause of tbo law end Constitution that
imy ouliv.g" inflicted, especially in its
i.iii.ie, upon them, necessarily to some
eMeni recoils upon it. A few days l e
! 'i e t hat eleet ion, a military oidur wa
issued from the army heml-planers at
I'.si i 1 1 :im? . which in ellecl I iced tho
i,e!s miner l
lie
nirvedhuice and Jit the
eimmiiiiid of the military authorities. !
wis the less rep a red for ar.y such order
t-nm li facl that though in neiuenl pei
s.iiiiil ceniniiinication wiih the military
iHiilioiities of t he ,1f partment, 1 had re
ceived no information w hatever of it. In
th'il vnrt of the Sihte nciiinst which the
tien
mi nt seeme i lo oe more particularly
hieeU'd (the eastern shore) there would
te,.,i io have I ecu le-s necessity, as there
Mainly w as less kemblaiicn of authorily
ilmn eken liei o : for w hilst uiartial law
hud been proclaimed npou
id been proclaimed npou the western
-fore of the Male in .lutiH lat, and had
,,.,( heen n penb d up to the day of elec-
iiiiii iinon ihe eastern sho-e it had never
ho
en i, roc ainieil III all. 1 on will oo lur-
,, '11 t r....
i.ished w ith a copy of this order, and it Inst clue to tliu cliarncter ot disloyalty
i linl necessary further to recito il than caused every haliot otl'ered to be examiu
to stale .ti general terms that it was to bo ed, and unless it was the favored one ihe
executed by the military, aided Ly the voter was required to tike the oath, and
pKwost marshals. They were to arrest in another agin, after one vole only had
vrtirs whom they might consider disloyal, been given, the polls were closed, the
in
imii nn h ot! or lianginc a'lout tlio
.......... r- w .j v
jiills; a jiresci men loriu oi oain m un
iiished, v ithout taking which no one, if
challenged, could vote'; and the several
coimeiiu. ling ollicers were charged to re
port to hea iipiatleis any judge of election
who thould refuse to administer thai
oath, or to aid in carrvirg out that order.
. . . . i i' - i .i. iz . . ...i .r
1 1 - . . . f...
lie
ici, lent moon ei ice io -i. o.u u m
the oder
election :
on tho Monday preceding the
; but even that modification seem
ed to receive no attention from those in
trusted with ils execution, and was in
i.. .1 : ..!...! .
some instances opei.iv ueicf.ien-i
inineiit nT.ong the provosi
mars
bnls
to rihoin ihe execution oi mis orner
in nail cournitle.1 were several w ho were
then'i-elves eat didatcs for important offi-
.... -
s. I he-e miirr
urpose of ihe
baft, vct-e )'.ac
La's cppointed lor Hie
, . .11 ...1
in i i l :L e ,1 ineii, nun
,1 l u ihe law creating
c ontrol of tho provost
V 41
I hem il nllf r ill
, ,.i I-.., i irt insure the right to employ
,i 'r,,i fi.-M ..lection order, special
authority was obtained from Washington
o pi
ce ihem for the time being under
.1, .!., nl Ihn nil 1 (llV al lliorilies.
if ibi-cn tnet, hefure me. and seeiin:
the iudges of election
sworn to conduct
cording, to the laws of tho State, '
:l hoc
i.. 1 ,. ol, ni-rest unless t hcv i
' .i.i i ,', r.iriiv nnd ran.
ducieaiiby ihe rules which 'hat authority
rrescnbeit, 1 ;,;,. . ,-ini tiVntlv by and :
-ii " t.ie iioiection oT1
l i '.is i.bility, 1 1
..iiu iimifki tliir '
failed to assure l
the State to tbr
should have leli i
of the place of i
therefore, on the
dins: the election
magistrate. I, '
M ,..y evening preee-jthe
issued a proclamation
giving them this assurance, a copy of
which is herewith submitted. Before tho
lollowing; morning military orders were I
tent to the eastern snore, unccuug ns
circulation to Be suppressed, the public!
papeis were forbidden to publish it, nnd
an embargo laid on nil the steamers in
fort trading with that put of the State,
K-t they might carry it. An attempt wus
made to justify t lie military order upon
the ground that ils only purpose was to
exclude disloyal voters who had By their
onduct justly torleited their franchise.
An examination of the oath, however,
hirh it prescribed, will show that even
had it e.nanated from undoubted uthor
y. U would accomplish no such end.
No tnatw-, what had been the conduct of
the voter, there was nothing in the oath
calculated to exclude bim ; it had no ref
erence to his past conduct; and tvery
traitor ho ilaj lcft 0 stteand had but
just returned from the rebel army might
have taken it with impunity. It con
tained only a prom iiecf good Uu.or-
" rrcinime hich, m very flight tone-
rant.
niany a relel ympathucr might
j against which he considered hiniHelf as
! particularly commissioned by printing
and publishing a proclamation in which, .
referring to tlio election to take place
next day, lie invited nil truiy loyiil to
avail themselves of that opportunity and
establish tlieir loyally " by giving u full
mid ardent support to the whole govern-
inent ticket upon the pint form udopted
by ihe Cnion League Convention," dcclar-
ing that " none ol her is recognized by the,
federal authorities lis loyal or worthy of
Mippoi I i f any ono who desires the peace
and restoralion of the Union. " Tohcuiu
the election of that ticket fcetni'd to be
the business to which ho and hi.s ollicers
especially devoted tVrmselves throughout
the day of flection. In tbo sliilemenls
and certificates w hich have beer, forward-
ed to me from dillerent count ics in that administration, Inch had been previous, emimc.ipaiion ; that they uie as capable
Congressional uistiicl, 1 have been fur-' ly distinguished by marked ubilily and and more u,o:al than the whites; that
iiished, 1 presume, with an account of.buccc.su. So far, however, as regards lhoe ' they work better as fieemen than as
part only of the outrages to which their ' more immediately connected with the ulaves ; and that they have MibmiiU d so
citizens were subjected. The " govern-' preparation of that order, it will doubtless ! long to slavery only because they shrank
nient ticket," above referred to, was in appear, should its unw ritten history ever from incur; ing the bloodshed and con lu
spveral, if not all of these counties, dusig-! be published, that the ootnl.land.ng gen-' fion hicli must follow a sen ile revolt.
Dated by its color : it was a yellow ticket ; ' end deserved less censure than those who ; 1 1 is possible for such a w titer t j fancy
and armed wiili that, a voter would tale-, instigated it, and w hose influence he prob- that die negroes have heen ill-treated by
ly run the gauntlet of the sabres and car-1 ably yielded the mote readily, as tuch in-the Soulh and kindly received in the
bines (hat guarded the entrance to the i ligations eanic partly from our own citi- North ; that they lovo tlio Yankee and
polls, and known sympathizers with theizeris. .Such a consideration, however, is i hate tlio Southerner; that they act as
rebellion wei e as cei uneo ;o me, Hiiowen j
to vole tltKicstioned, if they would vote !
that ticket, whilst loval and respected
citizens, ready to take tho oatli, wre
fumed back by the cf'icers in charge
without even allowing liiem to approach
tho polls. 1 n one district, aa appears by
a icrtificate f.oai the judge, military
rtlicer took his s'.and at the polls before
they were opened, declaring that nouo
but "the yollow ticket" should be voted,
and eveluded ail others throughout the
day- In another di. tnct a timilnr ofn
and doubtle.-s did very readily tin
er
.e i
wluht tho loyal ci'.i.en who had blood
nhfays fnitliful to his allegiance would
feel iuotlv indignant at having his loyalty
challenged, or being required to give any
ginr mtee for his luture conduct, or to
enable hi.n to exercise a privilege he had
ricvei f. ii Ic'to.l. How far it necMnpiislied
the pnrposit el mncd Tor it, or iio.v far my
anticipations of the consequences of the
older mid the abuses to which it would
lend we;j realized, will iienr by a brief
reference to sonio of the transactions con-,
nceied with it execution. The.-o iibu:
f-s !
commenced even before the opening of
tha polls. Un the day preceding the
election, tho otlicer in command of the
leginient which had been distributed
a:uo lg the counties nf the Eastern Shore,
and who had himself landed in Kei t
cour.tv, commenced his operations by
arresting and sending across if.o hay some
ten or more of th m.ist estimable and
distinguished of its citizens, including
sevei il ofth most Meadhisl and uni'dii-
nroinisiiiL' loyalists of that Shore. The
jail of the county was entered, tlio jailer
seized, imprisoned and uftcrwarus sent to
Baltimore, and prisoners confined t herein
under indictment, set at liberty. The
1 .ii:.... ...I n.l , A n
oomuiaiiuiu:; lainei leaiieu op b,hi-
the
nidges all arresien i nn sent oui oi me
county, and niilna'.v occupalioii taken ot
the town. But t will not detain you
with a lecapiliilation of all the nbu-es!
that these statements disclose. I have
caused copies o.r them to be transmitted
to you, and ti.ey c.uinnt fail to arrest your
attention. They present a humiliating
record, sii.h .is I h.el never suppoed we
-hould he (ailed upon to read in any
State, still less in n loyal one like this.
I nlets it be indeed a fallacy to suppose
that any rights whatever remain to such
a Slate, or that any lino w hatever marks
tho limit ol federal power, a bolder stride
.i ..... ........
neross ui pun nm ut-i noen.-, i. - ,, - ,,,
in a rebel .Mate, than it did hereon the
4th of last November. A part of the army ,
wlncli a generous people na-i suppnen ,
t ,l;iV..,l ,,n,nnln tf .o r,r, I 1, .. , !
lor ii u-ii uiiicicm, cui ,nv.iiiii,it
dav enL'ftiieJ in stillim: the freedom of
election in a faithful Slate, intimidating i
... . , . . .
its sworn ollicers, vionting
1 11 0 COIlSlllU-
tional richts of its loyal citizens, and
'slrucling the usual channels of comma
nication between tneiu ami ineir
cxecii-
live. II I lllive III' uniueu mien nm-rn-
inirs. I have been actuated in so doing
pcarcelv mors bv a senso of what was due
to the "laws and Constitution of tho Stale,
I h.mn bv a repaid lOriliesaieiV Bllil success
of iIia t'nion. and tho maintctia.ico of.anuie, though small, aro in splendid
that popular respect for and confidence ,
in its constituted autnornies so impon-.ni
to the triumph of tho great cau: t'.,ry
have in charge. TLo moral ic.iluonco of
l.iaI. enn I I m.-n t a IS WOT til tO t)ifiH. UtliitlM-
isterir.c tho government. f,ir tr;orc than
results of an election whero such
I proceeding's arcs tolerated. But tiolwilh-
standing their occurrence, I trust and
believe thev will never cause vou to for-
get your duty to your country, cool your
ardent devotion to tlio I moo, lead you tiravavillo. u village six miles above King
to leel the slightest sympathy with those, 0i,i on the State road. His account of
who have assailed it, or to aeek fellowship depredations of the enemy through-
With Ihmn Oinl ,1. Uni flat, llitf a-limi 1 . ' "i I
v,r"- " "
.1 w.,.,1 iu v.i Vn uei.Hriujeui, v
I"" ..il 7. . ' . U,.'7V "'' '
iou reueiuom uacneu oy us organ-
.zed supporters in our very midst, took
the true and statesmanlike view of the
policy proper on such an occasion, when,
in directing his provost marshal. Lb said,
that whilst there was no difficulty in
controlling Maryland By force, that this
was not what he wanted, but that he
'.. .
wished lo control
lo control it by tho power of
::.. unA thai in ftnlifttv I n A rnn ti lr
. . . . :-i.. .
iqmii ju, . ' :J.
l"U v JZm to an unbiased express-
mU r uJ, STlmhioM
character that I had surred no one
i-uniii 101 " " ,
..,lrl li 1 ranti ra evideUOO 01 llieir lOV-
altr. Oen. Dix was efen appealed to by
toweof the judges of elfotion to author-
izo on oath to voters of doubtful loyalty,
and although it appears, from t ho tenor
of his reply, that tin; oath suggested was
nothing rnme than un nuth to support
tlio ( oustilulion of tlio I n Hod Mules,
he refused lo order it, saying to them,'
among other things, " ttt: (i)iii,;.'rm mu
l,urn Maryfiiml jtnivik l,r the c.r. rasc if
the f,ikerunc,i;c iy ryilati;it to'uh u-litck
1 have no rvjlil In 'intererr." A copy of
this letter, dated November 1st, lSOl,
and addressed to the judge of nn election
district of Carroll county, is herewith
coiiuiiuuiailed, and couuiiciided to your
atlention.
, lljd thedoparttnont commander who is-1
sued the recent order taken the same view!
of hisdntv. it would, in mv oninioii. have
been u fortunate conclusion of hi military
tiy no oil ans c.aicuiateu to uiminisli the
danirer of such u precedent. If men in-
terested in accomplishing certain politi
cal results can by any influence enlist in
their hehialf tuch a tremendous instrument
oi power as was lieio employed, no clue
oved
tion v 1 1 1 probably ever occur in which the
same means will not be again attempted.
You will perceive Ly several of tlio com
munications 1 have received on this sub
ject, that I have been appealed to, to
'withhold commissions or certificates of
dec!: in in districts whei e these abuses
were Mucliced. 1 possess, however, no
such power, my duty in the premises be
ing s.mply a ininistei ial one conseouent
upon ttie ollicial returns of the judges of
election. So froipunt were the applica
tions to me to this ellecl that 1 deemed il
a proper subject for legal advice, and hav
ing consul ed tho lion, lieverdy Johnson,
ho forwarded to me a written opinion
sustaining the views 1 had entertained .
and a copy of which is herewith furnished
It becomes you to consider whether there
is any remedy within your power bv which
such
proceedings may lie in any degree
restrained
J lie t onstitution declares
'.i . ,i i ,
in u ini eiecuons siia
be by ballot, and 1
would earnestly
recommend that vou se-
cure (he bei.elit of thai provision by an
ell'eclual 'lohibition of all such murks up
on the ballot as are calculated to expose
its contents or distinguish one ballot from
another. If by use of colored paper or
other. means of designation, such exposure
is effected, the whole object of tho Consti
tutional reipiiremerit is defe.ited. Again,
if that provision of our law which has so
long ex isteU and been so universally con
splered as one ot the sale;; lards ot tree el
eclions, winch lorbids the nnisteru g cl
armed troops in the neighborhood of ihe
polls, b indeed no longer admissible or
ajipropi iate to our condition, it should be
repealed, or otherwise you will seethe
propriety of i.dopling H'tno provision
w hich shall, if possible, cause it to be res
peeled. It might, probably, be accom
plished by requiring the judges of election
to certify in their return that no military
or other armed force had appeared at the
place ol voting or i::!ei .Vied in the elec
tion, and making such certificate a condi
tion to any executive action theiejn.
NEWS FROM THE SOUTH.
The Energy of desperation.
Kroui tho Kiclnn ind Whig J
If now we proclaim glad tidings wc do
so in good faith. The prospect brightens,
beyond a doubt. And why ? Because
the people, the Congress and tho Adium-
lsir.ii. on i:rrt at t ieu: ut1
- - - i ,
r.on. Ihe danger lessens
foreseen. Ihe crisis wil l.o
s oi me un-
iccaUsu it is
. i i . . i.
met because
an; not ile-
'g ' ""-'i"'" " 1 ""- "i -
1 U U ed . 1 1 I' I'.A III S HTC (1 Ik 1 iCl lC .
slern I'au -
i ties are faced.
-' . ,
l'he note of lusy prepare-
-'u" sounds all over the bind. ts nre
r., . , I ... I ..... ..... r.. I 1 C-
llllAlous, nut ie.oi- uee.i miuoi. COI1IU
ob-jwhu ought to ba chieltains, 'nd whose
voiccs should bu ringing like clarions, aie
I ni the background, dumb, tvith despair.
But the great mass 0f the people, the
brave and wise of t'jol.mJ, are coming up
lo the mailt I ik o men. The timo i at
land, when AO fervently Lope, tho latent
' vm .u congress w in n mil io niu
Our;
Lilh and spirits, full of Lie, full of hope
io uespuuueucy meie, nu gi mjj u(
not
the remotest cuuceptiaa ol Yaokco
jectiou,
" -
bub-.
Depredations of Federals in Georgia,
Tho army correspondent of the Coluni -
bus (Ua.) 1hT,xtct, writing iroru I'anoii,
says ;
I have had a long conversation wilh
a gentleman from the neighborhood of
out the whole country between lunggoiu
icnold
'ths"'1
j Chattanooga, is terrible,
Every plant-
er in that region who bad the temerity to
, llft,.r ... rmv i.a,i b.r, .M been
. . . ,:-,., 't,ir 8.rVant. have
1 1. i ,.. if " nnd
1101 uuijr uwcn ni'H-ii, j-.-
visions swept away, but the fiends have
destroyed all their household effects, leay-
irjg nothing but the clothing about their
persons. In consequence of this, tho cil-
iuniliara Ijian nm ii.l led to emigrate.
:,;-.,ir nf
viuin iiuuiuu burn nm iu mn , ii.v.i .v. -
Georcia. while others f'ouu.l an asylum
wilhln Jh Ynk(e inM- the hor
were driven to this course for the
WaDt of meantogetSouth.
"
...4 .i . jn . t : . e..
mta inoumnu aonari sn men i me
selling price of one of the California lilver
mir.,
WHAT IS SAID OF U3 ABROAD.
'Hie Atioliliout-:iK eixl the cgro Cuustic
Mrirlui-ev
troln tha London Herald, Jan. 2t.
'i'iio Kdml'tirgli Kevieiv has an artioie.
this mouth on ' The Negro Jhiee in Amer
ica," which would appear to have been
written by some, Abolitionist fanatic, ei
ther Kngiish or Yankee, who had never
read anything but. Abuli'ionist tiaois and
Abolition ncwhpaper.'i, iviioknuWA tiolii iui;
whatever about ihe iiistituliom of the
South or tdiout the charaetcr of the negro,
who gets his hulls from lUitler and Sew
ard, and his philosophy from lieecher and
Wendell l'hidips. It is ijuile possible for
such a writer 10 believe that the tji ro
'H"e have been lone intelligently awaitin
-oruieru sjnes, ami not as toil :eiieralo
scouts ; that they do colliers' service in
the Federal armies, and have in thai ca
pacity achieved victories worthy of remem
brance. The fact is that the whole negro popu
lation, wilh here and there nn exception,
has been happy and contented in slavery :
that the free n eg? o is utterly unable to
lake caie of himself hi the mi Ut of a m
pei ior nu'iiber of while ; that he will do
no work at all, and is one of the most
miserable beings in creation. Such i the
experience of the 1'iiited States, North
and South ; such is the experience, of our
ow n W est India l.-lauds, in one of w hich
the free negroes lately got up a rebellion,
of which Ihe object was to plunder all the.
properly of the w hiles, to gain possesion
of the Women and to ina-Siicte all the men.
The negroes of the Southern S'.a'es were a
happier and higher species; hey were
well fed and kindly treated, and devoted
ly attached to their masters and their
masters' families. In Ihe North they
were ill-used, spurned, and spit upon ;
flogged out of one State, lined if they
set a foot in another; in no Slate out of
New J-ingland admitted to the privileges
of citizenship. Consequently, when tho
war broke out I ho negroes w ere enthusi
astically loyal to their masters.
When Lincoln's proclamation was is
sued, the Abolitionists who expected
and hoped, who passionately proclaimed
their hope, that the negroes would rise
upon their mastei 's finiilies ami viiact
throughout the Sauth the horrible soctic3
of lielhi aud Caw npfire were bitleily
disappointed. The negroes lcmaincd
quiet uiol loyal, serving Ihn Conic .lei atcs
so faithful!) and zealously that the .-oberer
soi t of Northern ollicers began to find out
that an intelligent contraband meant n
Confederate spy. And so they luivo re
mained, except when t'nry have been
dragged forcibly away fiotn tlicir homes
to serve or die under l nnkeo colors, or
when, left for months under i a:ikee con
..... ...,...,...,,,, v.
n in,' it'll-, i iki.f.n , I I n . i . ,,wi I.,.,,
' , , y "-v tUP
pica cu og o, Mr. iieecnci sn.scipies, wi,0
leacll Ho' Iiimo'.is cree'i ol " Hell lire for
Ihe leaders, and Creek fire for tho '.lass
es. " So the w-otched slaves who hive
fallen into Noi hern hands cither die by
thousands of aunt, cold and n-jUediiess
nnd t"ns of thousands have 'A perished
or, being completely debased, are employ
ed as the tools of Norl'jC'in vengeance;
now in a desti!i'..tive txpedition, which
burns nnd plunders, Lut d ues not fight ;
now in muidciiii'. old men and chilifrcn,
now in ouliagi'.g the unhappy inhabilauls
tho distr
which have fallen into
i - .... i . . ,
.orinern naii'ls.
'lheir military nchievements have been
cor.fi.ird to three forms of si rvice thev
ha ve burned unresisting towns like Ji-
' ricn; they have committed massacres
Miko tlial of Beckham's Landing: thev
havo been the tools of Federal cruelly and
..!.-. . . I . . V" ... C . I I - .
VIIKIICIIVCIICSS, as 1'ICV lire III .OIIUIK
j they have never done anvthi ig in the
field ol bailie, except when driven on by
Yankee bayonet, thoy have screened the
craven soldiery of Massachusetts from tho
fire of Confederate batteries. The most
remarkable of their exploits is one ol
which the full history has lif't ye' reiuhed
us; but it appears that they mutinied at
Fort Jackson, murdered their white olli
cers, and beat oft' a force sent against
theiD. Thus their only success in fight
ing has been obtained over the Yankees,
and not in their service.
At Notfolk, under the congenial leadci-
ship of
the infamous' deueral Butler,
I..,,, urn tin il.nibt f n ! lil 1 tn ir 1 bo bon rl i le-
, - f ll(,ir elll;im.jators. by tormenting,
illsiltii,a Hnd vexing in every pos-iblo
way the wretched inhabitant. These are
detained by foroo, and are not allowed lo
cross tho Confederate line:;, nor jet to
live under Federal rule without taking,
not one but twenty oaihs of allegiance. II
a man deairea to make a purchase, to le-
.i . .r .. r
,ni'i.p inlnn rrnnn h'. lo nerlorm anv ol
most ne rv duties of civilized life.
. (intU lhnt ,.Q .. us, ,akc an 0nth of al
. u bet, l,Q l ob.
' h . .. ' . ' . " l a,
" .1. ...i.V. . .
oa(u is required. it omen aiso are suojecv
t0 .his law ; and what is worse, no protect -
jon from the foulest insults is allowed to
ftny onc who does not swear in tho pre -
-prii,p,i form. When General Butler iss -
... i l.:.. ....ilumn I inn . I Vimiin it l.ij l.-n.a
uwu. - "8 "'V'""' '
, r , roni I ill lan iih hi iw i iriiiHiiit hh wrv.
,an nf ih town t.lvimr ilmir vocation
rery unscrupulous persons, here and
? America, tried to argue that he did not
; what be .aid , tlfat he only intend-
ed a brutal and blackguard insult, not a
i: .... in aiiImaa
ntei 6",
We bee to cd the aftenlion of thee
persona to tho fact that, as if with a delib-
orate intent to give them the lie, their
honorable client, has no notified lo (lie!
neyro tioops at Norfolk, and lo the while)
women living there, that no protection '
against outrage will bit given to any wo-
man w ho has not taken the oath of ullegi-1
ance, that is to say, all women w ho remain
obstinately loyal to the State of Virginia'
ai : given up to the brutality nf the negro
nibble, on whose backs Mr. Lincoln has
thought fit lo put a uniform that has been
worn by Met aellan and Uosoernns. .Noi
ls this an idle threat. Two women who
i c fused to betray certain guei rillas into the
bunds of tho-o hlack scoundrel j were by
. llum stripped naked, flogged and kept
exposed for a whole night to the ire'leaicnt
winter weather. Tho subordinates oi
tieneral llutler openly proclaim their de
siie to let the ncgio tumps loose on the
.while population, with foil permission lo
massacre and pillage, and negro meetings
: are held to discuss tho expediency of
: commencing titich a proceeding without
! orders.
! They house where I hey will, I hey take
what they will; and lately, a dying man,
jwith a family of light children, was turn
ed into the street by them. Sdmols: Were.
broken tip, women iriMilled in the street:-,
children imprisoned lor iiiru:gto uhVp
remarks ollensr, e lo nero vanity; r-.ie!
filii.i'y. to complete the m Isel V of ! he j ,-. -
pie, a Consel p urn is thle.il ned y.
will drive the tew iible-bodle. 1 men
Lieu
that
sli'l remain th
Hito I be i u' i s of their
tyrants lo fight against their coi-i.tiytncn.
All these t hint's are done uudei' (he eye
of the Federal (ioverniucnl, and with its
full sanction and appiuial. What opin
ion, then, ii!i:st v.-1! loini of the eha.actor
of t h e man i ho is at Us head, with abso
lute and iincorili'ollcd j nwor. and by whose
command these dastardly ciiu,es are coin
mil ted.
We may f ee in these atroi'it ics n pvi.e.
ticnl eonfes-ioii I hut the Tedi ,-d Gnu ;n
inent utterly despairs of the ivles-ed ob
ject ol its c.i'oi is, If il really hoped to
conquer the Ninth in li e only way in
which the conoiiist of a great tfritory
was over ellected by beating and vexing
the people into submission il would not
proc'aiui to loom that if they submit they
shall bo treated with more brutality thaii
savages are wont lo miow to their van
quished enemies. When tve see tho ne-
gro encouraged to lord it oyer wh
and to scourge white women; wl
see a Southern district deliberately
at the mercy of a ruliian like Bu'
know at once that the North is
foekmg Veiigeince, not victory.
to nn :i
;cr. we
place!
e", IV!
simply
It is
impo'siMe lor ny people
lliuglv to
yield Ihemsclves to such a fate a-i I
Knowing that this is in prospc
them if they give wny ; L no wing th:
cry Southern city will share the mi
ii-'.
I for
t ey
eries of Norfolk, and every Southern family be
at the mercy of a Locutions and brutal
ized negro sold'eiy- for the North avows
ils intention to gam-on its eoti..uo-ts with
negro troop: know i n g t hat ihe Federal
(iovernmwnt will seek Butlers to rule l hem,
and rather stimulate than repress the na
tural Lrutalily l such rulers; the u.en of
the Southern Males will certainly fight lu
tho l:i?t drop of i heir Linod. and if ever
' the Federal armies could hope to overrun
ILu Confederacy, they would find notlrng
1 But smoking and blond-stained ruins, n
... . ' . .
' i,nt smoking and i,inod-sia-,o
poil to divide, and none but
unen and
ehildrento sufl
ler
be inlli
lion of their
v revenge.
devilish haired and dastard
I'll l ici i. tv vi mi Fim vr. The Wash
ington correspondent of the New York
HVru.-ays it is rumored in high olliciid
circles that we are upon the eve of a war
wilh France, nwinjt to the singular diplo
macy of Mr. Siftitrd touching Ihe ques
tions, growing out of t he building of Con
federate rams in Fiance. It will he re
membered that Mr. Seward assumed a
very bold tone Inwards iho Kngh-li
irov-
ernmeni, alter lie iiscoveiel tlial tin! Bri
tish cabinet had d 'ii-oiiiieil lo detain
Laird's rams and keep the eic" with this
country. I (is high-sounding despatches
were all written alter the change in the
Jinglish cabinet was ilelinilely un
derstood. Emboldened by his blood
less vict'oiies on paper, it is under
stood here that he assumed a similar tone
towards tho Freneh (iovertiineni, touch
ing tlio r lond.i ami the escaped steamer
If ippahannnck, and also with legafd In
the rnms w hich were known to be build
ing in France for the L'ebel liovernnieiit.
II n position Ails to incauliouslv belliger-
eul that he lias received a reply from
Ih'ouvn de L'lluvs which has put the ml
ministration in a cruel predicament. The i
United Slates must either abandon its
pretensions or go to war to maintain lheu.
Tlii it is stated, is the only interpretation
which can be put upon the reply of the!
t rench Minister,
hundred tliotisan.
which havo been
stations to fit out
Ileneo the call for live
men, and tho orders
sent to various naval
Ihe iron-rlad steamers i
instnnter.
A II MS G ITUI.UKIl OX Til K FlF.l.I) OK fi FTTV-
lii Kii II, is staled that l-i.Ooii musket
have been gathered up on I he field of (iet
tyshuig. (If these, 'J l.ilild were found to
bo loaded. 12,Ihmi containing two loud-,
l i'. o, ,11 r .i . . i . i ...
nMl- 0,000 in ii ree io ip maim eac i.
. ' . .... ...
' V' """ nsn ha Is weie
"iii'oi i.'ii a piiim i.uiii.11 i poniici. ill
1 ome cases the former possessor
hHd
re-
v.sed the usual order, placin? the ball at
I the Bottom of the Imrre and the nobler
: .
1 00 ,lJ0 l0-1
j A Urkcv fis t. An exchange 'ells a
'good story of an innocent countryman
1 who chance 1 to be in ono ol our cities on
Sliinil'ii' o , 1 . -,nr,lii, 1 ,1,1 I il tin to church.
I li i'" '"' "? . fr .
i i 11 y jiil? i ii4ru. un nuiii', ... ..
moment, when, to his profound surprise,
the organ struck up, from which he. con
cluded some sort of a "shave down" was
about to commence, .lukt at that mo
ment, ho was invited to 'vniv in and
take a seat. "Not 'zactly. Mj'.ter I ain't
used to no such doiu'it on Stiii ly ; and,
besides, 1 don't divrice"
MOBBING NEWSPAPERS.
From tho I'liiliidelphin Aue.1
It is becoming the fashion again lo loob
Lieinoeratii. newspajif i. q. ,an ,, 0J).
orations is fir the members of the Leag-.io
to supply a pqu.'i'l of soldiers wilh liquor,
and then when they mvo become intoxi
cated to instigate them o mob the obnox
ious ollice. In this way, within a few
weeks, the Crawford Jl,...,crt!, and (ho
Northumberland l),-i, -rif, of this Mate,
and tho Mahoning .V, .'.', and Ohio EoyU,
ofllbio, have been summarily suppressed.
Thus far tho only redress "for th..-se out
rages hit- been that secun d in tho (own
of I.Mncaslcr, the place of publication of
tli" Ohio A'.'.',, where tho I 'eniocrats re
taliated by destroying the dwellings of tho
Abolitionists, who bud been foremost in
instigating tho mob. This frems to ba
the only remedy for such oli'euees.
Things have como to such a puss that us
against the acta of the "loyal," the laws
all'urd no sullieient prolectiim. In every
oiioof Ihe Noilhern St:.'esf Imwever, the
Democrats are fully a match for their aa
sailants. In roiiii-ylvar.ia, for example,
if it wmio to blows wo could drive the
members ol tho League into the Delaware
wiiiiin twenty-four hours alter tho first
blood was -die). If ii.,.y aie such fools
then in to .'illemt lo inaugurate a system
of Lynch !r.v !,. ro they muft be prepared
to pay the penalty. rr nle j.1Kt, niree
years the i i, moci ais Lave made almost
every cr.iieeivi,b',e sacriiice to maintain or
der, 'i bey ui'.l continue to do so, so lutig
as they can; b:i( wo a-sure li.o men of
property and ii.iluenco amorfg tin: mem
bers of the League, that there are limits
to their endurance, and that tho lemo
cth'.s of the North will not submit to tho
destruction of their property wilhjut. :a
soi ling to measures o I retaliation. It is
absurd to sopp ife that one political party
can enjoy a monopoly cf mobs and assas
ination. Ivmoorals liavo shown iLerj
selves to !,e C-: cell. ml citizens marveij v,f
obedient,, t-i hat -ful laws mode's t,f p.
tienee niider the most otVensivo insuit
but after ail. they arc' only men, subject
to hum-.n inlinualies, an 1 pry prone,
when smitti I-. on one check, (o bi. l-uek,
ir.tea 1 nf tnnilng the other. Tray, lot i;.;
have no more mobs.
I in: I'riinv
vv tin-: AiuiiMsTBi.
I I..V - '
lllile.fl,,
Mat ed i;.l "ly l.y Senator
well iviiiiwn lIciiiiLlion Sen-
M0r )VoM .Vow Jiuilll'sinro, Tgom hj.
ji!:ico in the Som-uc, t!i:it lrom oflieial
(locnitu'iiis fliuf Iiad eoiiK' under ',;s
boiicc, fulvei-f'ed iii'ticlc.-s in tho Nuvy
iH jiiirtnierit liud been offered at ono
him
the
red to tin Lund rod r cent, a Lovo
inurkct m ice
iloadde.l
"I'ur instance,
1 iVl-lvi' il'ili.iis :g ,
mi iirlicle (Osliiiii
liyci; i'ui nislied ;if
.iy dolhu-.s. 'l'l.at, 1
:1 st olc inoiil
Dill
iiuinlred nnd 1
1
iv n seen in olio i;
-Mr. Wilson -Ii,l (!,
siovcriitnciit
KiKC il ill Ida! price
Mr. Halo The 'Jovcriniicnt took it;
the niavkcl price being; t wclvo dollars
and the contract lirice one hundred
nnd lilty (lollai's.
nthcr fu ticlo that
. ,,,,,
! will mention aii
J have Heen in the
ainu iim : ( of ton wasio. f ho m:irket.
piico of which was t weiily- nine cents,
lias, bom lurinsind by contract on ud-vei-ti.se.
1 proposals at eg-hiy cents,
'i hinges ed' that sort J Jiavc seen from
the ollicial records of t lie Delia; tincnt."
l.'i:pi of Shoppy. Th foiiowiiur
from the Pittsburg; ,mmrr'ii(, an
ably coiiduok'i lu-puhiieaii paper ol
undoubted orthodoxy :
" So leiirfiilly corrupt lias tho liuh-
lie service in soiiio bra tali es become.
iliat diii'in -r the j, resent year, (1SGH)
a -w 8t:oui!iirfls iinYo bint tiiod, con
vict",!, ami s. nl ! prison, wlusc uni
jcil frauds.. ", ,)(1,.0 pj-opcrly roLbcr
ic.i, aiiioiiiifeil to a sum larger than
Ihe entire atiintttl l-cyeniioofi ho coun
try diii-iii;; the Adiniiii-trafion r,f
'asbing;toii ; .'linl wo venture to say
thatof'tlio larg;e sum raised by the
"government, siiiico the bcgjiiiiiiiig- of tlm
war, fully one-fourth lms been Ulchcl
By tho untried scoundrels, whV s-oenro
in llieir rclatioii.sliiji to the lncmbers
of (Jong:ress who joined thein in tiosi
tion nnd who would bo flisracetl by
their exposure, or relying- in their in
terest in a community oj profits, open
ly flaunt their ill-g-niton riches, in the
Jin o of day, ail 1 in hwclliiiir insoleiieo
ol'wealtii uii o'life, arrogate to them
selves, v ": h io iv; "i loitv and bo rid
ulous hi.
ieu and iods
tHy-Jobb 1 '. Halo, who ni cepted a
Lribe of So.ll(' fo e-ct lliint. a suviud
line; rd)) agjt'iit, out of jirison, said in
the I'bited Stales Senate, in view of
the corrupt ions of this adu. iin.iljation,
that (( IHm rl'.i i,f 1hix ruuulry nn: in
in it' r tli. oi r tu- iinj fi'n the l urruj,
(iij;,. Hi I t'ir firnjlijiViJ I'lifti'id )i
tin- v iri'iH" ffrliiii'tuii ttts fJ tl:r (iut'ern-
);,,-(' iol ri'7 oi
1 1,, in tlf-n an. from niicl' fi the
i- n f'l'hl .
VviisTi:n v.s Wahk. Henjamat.
Wade said, in his place in tho Unitod
Stales Senate, thai, tho man who
! quotes the cotisititutiou in this
crises is a Traitor." Daniel Vribster
said:
"Tho Constitution of tho Unit." I
States is a written inst.ruiiiouf; a rc
corded fundaments! law; it h tho
bond, tho only Land of tlio Union of
tlio Stato"; it is all t'nt givot us uh
tional rliara':tr ''