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DRAFTING
It seems to be the generat.imares,
sionthroughout the States that Draft
ing will have to be resorted tlio
fill up.the new Regiments
.callect for,
though lt proposed to give;,
teering a fair trial before proceeding
to the drafting- process.
If draftiug ehauld be 1 . 05944,00;
there will be, intetesting,thries. 'Tho
numbei-of IMO: liftiptbd- 'men,
even amting the "fast' Mai 'grid ritst
dollar" gents. Will lie large; there will
be many "lame, halt and blind;" there
will be those troubled with rhefuna..
dam= who before Were trodbled;
there Will be men heretofore Spry
and sprightly,
_who will become pre.
maturely past forty five ! We already
bear men claiming to be exempt on
the score of age
,who a week ago
Would haV26 been insulted- if it had
been,
charge,d,.that. they had a "gray,
hair I". The excuses are numerous,
and -there will he sport when all are
brought up Standing - , and bade to
take their chances for lit years' Ser.
vice as. "bold soger boYs."
The New Tax Bill.
The new tax bill makes a Congres•
sional volume .of _ one . hundred and
'twenty pages. The tax is to , be col
lected in each election or represents:.
ckre.distriet : for which a collector and
assessor will be appointed: The income
. ..sx levies alas of threeper cent. an
-All incomes in •excess of $6OO. If the
income of a person is $lOOO,lO pays
tax on $4OO, the excess of $6OO. A
tax of five per cent. is laid upon all
incomes over $lO-,000. . On all.incomes
', , ll2.xcest4 of 80... (IffkeieeNet.4l . oitt:AMDL
crty in the United States by persons
residing out of the United States and
not in its -servieerfve per cent; is im
posed.' On incomes in•execss 0f550,-
1)00 per annum; a tax of seven and
one-half per cent, is laid. In estima
ting one's income the money derived
from; interest on railroad bonds or
'shares is excluded; so also that from
'Advertisements, dividends on stock,
ividends on capital or deposits in
ny bank, insurance; gas', tuilltaili
;bridge, express, ferry boat find steam
boat company, and from the manu
facture" of any article upon *hich
istamp . or ad valorem duty is laid.
tomes may be deducted the amount
paid for State and local taxes. -The
income tax is laid upon all incomes
for the year ending December next,
lind is collectable•an the Ist of July,
'and each year hereafter up to 1866,
Vhen the time expires as regards the
income tax, if the same be not re:
hewed.
Manufacturers must furnish the as
sessor with a sworn statement of the
place where he intends to manufac
ture his articles, whether the market
for it is domestic or - forei b irn, and the
kind and quality of the
,article.—,
'Each month. he must make returns of
the products and sales, and pay the
amount of taxes on them,
.except cer
tain cloth and woollen goods which are
paid by the finisher. In all cases of
goods Manafactured in whole or, in
part upon commission, or where the
material is furnished by one party
and manufactured by another if the
manufacturer shall be required to pay
under the tax; sea person paying the
same shall be entitled to collect the a
mount thereotof the owner or owners
and Shall have a lien for the amount
thus paid upon the manufactured
goods. The taxes on all-articles man
ufactured and sold, in pursuance of
contracts bona fide made before. the
Ipassage of the act, shall be paid. by
the purchaser' thereof, under regula-,
lions to be established by the. Corn.
inissionar of internal Revenue. The
tax on spirits commenced on the let
"of July. The tax on Manufactured
'articles, dividends, stamps,: &e., on
the Ist of-August. Manufacturers
'are required to pay the duty at the
'times the goods are to be removed
from his premises. Whether eelling
for cash or on time, this of course
holds good. One per cent. tax is laid
on the gross receipt of insuranc,e com
panies for premiums. 'This - clause
goes into effect on the 18th of Onto.
her. On passports issued after theist
oflJtily a duty of $3 is levied. The
tax On auction sales is imposed on salea
made:on and after the first of August.
No person subject to pay license can
eon tinuebis
. business.legally without
license; after the of , August_
Potions engaged in the following be.
sinesare required to take out license,
for whieh they will be charged the a
mount folloWing :--Apotbeearies, 810;
auctioneers; 820; bankers, $100;
Hard fables, each 65; biewere,.s2s . lknd
50; bicikers, $6O; brcikers in land vita. ;
rants, itgkbOwllng illeys,,eeob - #ll4.
0; cattle
$10; coal ail dlitillerS, Ir6C .o ;atteetiriiiial
brokers, sfitlo; confectioners, 11.4:1/2
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misers, $5O; den tists,slo; dist i I let's, $12,-
50 to $5O; eating houses, $10; horse
dealers, $10; hotels fromss to $203;
lawyers,, §10; livery stable keepers,
ug
$10; manufaCturers, peckars,..from
$5, to $2O; photo,grapers, $10; pawn
brookers, $5O; physicians, $10; retail
dealer, $10; retail dealers in liquors,
$2O; stills from $12,50 to $25; surgeons
$10; tobacconists, $10; theatres, $100;
tallow chandlers, $1.0; soap makers,
$10; wholesale dealers, $5O; wholesale
dealers in liquors, $lOO. . Tavern.
keepers ttc., are not obliged to take
out an additional license for : selling
tobacco.-Ledger.
The Crittenden Coinproini - se ttiould' have
Saved' the Union—Testinzony of Jydge
Douglas..
The Republican press. is very, ready
of late to quote every word that ever
fell from the lips - of-Tudge Doltglaa
that can be 'construed itito any thing
Jai/Arable to that party; but they are
rtizltn as Mittens and dumb as .oysters
about "what he' hati said unfavorable
4),,them . and their, more ultra Aboli
tion eo:workeii:s.in'the toast) of clis
unien. It will be remembered that
fib the 3d day orjanuary, Is6l, Sen
ator Douglas made a - speech the
proposed corlipfdruise th'en
beforrytht United States Senate; and
in that 'speech, tie said :
t imathie this to hi; a fair basis of aintcable adjust.'
m'eltt. Ifyou ofthe Repuhlitan side, are not willing
to accept this, ter dm proposition of the, &meter from
Kentucky (Mi. Ciltretilert,) pray tell us what you are
willing to do?
'X address the inquiry to Republicans alone, for the
reason that in the Committee of Thirteen, a few days
ago, every ,member from the South ; mcluding • those
froth the cotton Rtatei. (Meisre. Tolimbb and Davis,)
expressed their readiness to accept the proposition of
my venerable friend:from Rentueby, (Mr. Crittenden,)
ae a Real settlement of the Controversy, if intended and
en:Waived by Republican . members.
" , Hence. the sole responsibility, of our disagreement,
and the only dinleulty in the way of an amicable ad
justment, is with the Republican party.",.
Here is the evidence ofJudge Doug
las that the South was willing to ac
cep e tte n den .Compromise" as
a final settlement of the tbenpend
ing difficulties between the two sec
tions; but the : Abolition „Republicans,
who loved'their 'party ' more than
their country, determined togas not
all inch,:---their object being to bring
about the very state of affairs that
now exists,—eivil war and: a dissolu
tion of the Union-I
When the -Peace Congress assem
bled at Washington, at 'the instance
of border Slave States, there was at
first a strong probability that Com
promise measures would be adopted.
To defeat anything of the kind the
Abolitionists made extraordinary 'ef
forts. Mr. Chandler, a 'Republican
member of Congress from Michigan,
Wrote to Gov. Blair of the same state,-
that he must send 'on delegates im
mediately 9!ijfthacke_d_or,....nsf.D.9."
IT74l:47lgaijr.ifim
measures, so as to -"Save the Repu-b[l:
can party from rupture." Ile thought
that a "little blood-letting" would be
a capital thing to save the Union.
The "blood-letting" these Aboli
tion scoundrels and traitors so-ardent
ly desired, the country is now getting
a surfeit of. it is : certainly a very
dear experiment to, iisave the. Republ
party from ruptitre.h
Or On the 18th daY of July, 1762, be: 7
ing one hundred years on lest Friday, the
First German Iteformed Churph, in the
town (now Borough),or Lebanon, was.ded.
Rev. Frederick Miller was then
Pastor of the Congregatign.
ilgr In the National H ospital, Baltimore,
are the following of the 93d : Simon Fish
er, 0. Serg. LeedOni, W. H. Wise, ,and
John Gregg. In Steward's Hospital, Bal
timore, are Samuel Boltz, Henry Fasnee.ht,
Augustus Solomon, and Samuel Barnet&
In Patterson's Park Hospital is, William
Grinner. In MeKin's• Hospital are, J.
Renion and C. V. Gulidc. In York :Hos
pital, York, Pa., are, J. W. Hager, J. H.
Sperring, Solomon Rauch and Corp. W.
Cox. These are all reported as belonging
to the 93d:
Ilkt The l''''ennsylvitnia State Agricultu
ral Society will hold its next annual exhi
bition at Norristown on 'September 30th,
and October Ist; 2b d; and From its
pamphlet just issued we learn that Mr.
Martin Early, of this county is one of, its
Vice Presidents. On the committees on
premiums are the following individuals
from Lebanon county, - viz; On 11u-
barns, Jacob Early ; Matched horses for
carriages, G. Dawson Coleman; Foreign
imported sheep, Levi Kline, Esq ; Needle
work, Miss Mary Guilford; Fruits and me
lons, Satn'l Miller ; Cutlery, ,tc„ T. 'l'.
Worth'i s Miscellaneous articles, Miss Oath-,
arine Gloninger.
Pro,c4ustation by Goy. Otirtirt
Pennsylvania ss:
In the name aud , !Dy the :anthor4rof the
Commonwealth of. PennEylva,nia i ,...4..z4nnstv
G. CURTIN, Governor of the asia,t.ommon
wealth :
PROOLAMITION.
To sustain the Government in times of
common 'peril by all his energies,his means,
and his life irneed be, is the first dutY of
every-loyal citizen. The President of • the
United StateS has made a requisition on
Pennsylvania for t wen ty , one new regiments,
and the regiments already in theffield must
be recruited.
En'Wm - elite will be made for nine mouths
in the new regiments r and for twelve months
in the old. The existence of the present
emergency is well understood. No patriot
will pause now to investigate its causes.
We must look to the future. ,Everything
that is dear to•us is at stake. Under these
circumstances, I appeal with confidence to
the freemen of Pennsylvania. You have
to save your homes and your firesides,your
own liberties and those of the Whole coun
try. I call on the inhabitants of the noun
ties,cities,boroughs and townships through.
out our borders to meet and take active
measures for the immediate furnishing Of
the quota of the State. Let those who
cannot go themselves eeitribrite to provide
bounties equal at least to those offered by
the' adjoining States. The Obastitution
prohibits me &tun drawing money frees, the
treasury•without authority of *squid I will
not ,asste doubt on the patriotism of our
citizens by assuming the necessity of , cal.
liug the Legislature at this time. This is
no time to wait for legislative action aid
the negotiation of lokus. Delay ',night 'be
fatal. ,
To . put down , this reloallion_is the intsiness
of e.fery Mad in l'ennaylVania, and' hercit
izetii will-show on this occasion =that they
do not wait for the,slow process of legisla
tion, and do not desire to throw on the
treasury of the ComMontealth
.0 burden
which they lire individually ready.' to. 'bear
themselves.
The conduct of our 'then already in the
field has shed immortarlastre• on Pennsyl
vania. Let•their brethren fly to -arms to
support thein,and make the victory speedy
as well ascertain. •
I designate below the riumber of compa
nies which are "expected from the several
'counties in the State, trusting to the sup
, port of her honor in this crisis, as it may
be safely trusted to the loyalty, fidelity and
yalor.of tier freemen. Whilst the quota of
the several counties is fixed equitably so
es to 1111 the requisition _for. twe.uty,one . te
giments, let not the
. loyal people of any
county limit their exertions to the enlist
tient of the companies named. Our heroic.
sons of Pennsylvania have moistened every
Ltittle:field- with their blood. Thousands
have bravely died, defending the 'Unity of
the Republic and the sanctity of our flag,
and other thousands have fallen sick and
wounded„ and their places must be filled.
Freenien of Pennsylvania!"Friends of
tlin 'Government, of order, and °rent. cum - -
Mon nationality, one earnest strfigete and
peace will again dawn upon us as a happy,
prosperous and united people.
Given under my hand and the great seal
of the State, at Ilarriabtirg, this twenty
first day of July, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two,
and of the Commonwealth the elghts-se
ventb. A. G. CURVIN
By-the Governor, ELI SLIFER,
Secretary of the Commonwealth,
SCEEDI7I.2 OT APPolmozzlart
C9mpetaies.
v Companies.
• Lancaster . ' S
Lawrence 2
Lebanon 2
' Lehigh - 2
Luzerne 7
• Lyeoming...... ..... ...... ...... 3
' Mercer 2
;Munroe
1
;Monroe and Plke 1
Montgomery a
Montour ........... ............. I
Northampton 3
Northumberland 2
!Petry 1
'Philiidelphia 50
IPike (sue 'Hour*
[Potter I
'Schuylkill 5
Snyder I
'Somerset 2
Sullivan and Wyoming.— 1
Susquehanna.
Tioga 3
liiniun 1
"chink° - 1
Warren 2 1
Washingtun 3
Wayne 2
Westmoreland . 3
Wyoming (see Sullivan—.
York
Adams
Allegheny
, Armatrong.
' Bearer
Bedthrti
8erke........
81air.........
Bradford—.
Bucks .....
8ut1er.......,
Cambria
Carbon
Cheater
Centre
Clarion and Forest.
Clinton -
Clearfield
.......
Crairford
Cumberland-- ......
Dauphin
Delaware
Erie
Elk and McKean 1
Fayette' 1
Franklin and Fulton 5
Foreet.(see C orlon)
Greene
Huntingdon. 2
Indiana'
Jefferson ' /
4uniata. ........... ... 1
A Lent* on Slavry.
It is Vindicated by: the Re
markable Document.
,Tbe following ! letter . .ablished in
Keiiifal I matiii 11114 tscrut
who has filled us large a space in our
political history as any living man,
will be read with much interest
Origin of Bible Slavery—Noah, Abraham—The
Laws of 'pees—The Practice of the Jews--
Christianity and Slavery,Christ, Paul, Peter,
Philemon and his Church.
To ABRAHAM LINCOZN PItESIDEN'is
.SHE T.j. S.
RESPECTED Sat : In my Precceding
letters I have endeavored to elm* that
whethcr•-slavery ,be right or wrong
nobody is responsible for, its exist
ence, or has a right to interfere with
Wonder our pOlitieal inetittltionS, ex.
delit, the people in :the State in which'
it exists. My object in-this letter is
not to show that slavery is a useful
or desirable institution for our ago or
country ; but that whatever may be
the abuse to which it is liable, there
is nothing in the institution itself
which makes. it thezduty .of a Chris
tian to seek: its abolition otherwise
than by admonishing the slaves to be
obedient and faithful to their masters,
and the masters to be kind and in.:
dulgent to their slaves.
To this end I shall attempt :to
prove that slavery is not in itself Sin.
nil, but showing froth the Bible that
it has beep sanctiblied by: God him
self, not only by not.rebuking it but
by giving it, his direct authority.
The first we leartilif slavery inthe
Bible is the curse of Ham or Canaan - ,
by,Noah---Geriesis i -9th chapter, 25th
verse: "And he said; cursed be Canaan
a servant of servants shalt he be uii
to his , brethern'.". Now, Noah-,was
the man selected by God to perpetu
ate the:liiirtian race, and he was not
punished or censured by .his Ataltei
for thus dooming a portion of his
poStetity to perpetual bondage.
In the 7th chapter Of Gene Sis,
seS 12,
13, 23 and - 27, the fact that
AbrahamAbraam bought men with his mon
ey is four times -recognized. Verse
12 is represented to be the language
of God himself speaking-to Abraham,
and is. in the following words, viz :
."And he that Is eight days old: shell be °lronies/sod
among you every . man-child la pour, . ; geloratique, he
thSt is born in the home or bought with' money of any
stranger, *hich is not'of thy seed." •
Here is a direct recognition of the
fact . that Abraham , held slaves; and
God instead of 'commanding hith tv
set them free, directed him to moor.
porta& them into his - own family , by
the right, of Circumcision..
In the 25th chapter, terse 35.: mon ;
serVants - an.d maid-servants are • nitm.:
ed among the .".bleSsings'.' which• God
had bestowed upon "Abraham.
~._The
speaker Who, was himself a servant
•
said :
"Andtbe Lord bath biassed trip Master greatly and
he ie. berme great; and he hath given hint flocks end
herds, and ellvir and gold, and mait-servants and maid
BerValata, and camels and aisles."
. . . .
By the 14th chapter, 14th verse; it
appears that Abraham had three'brin
dred and eighteen "trained servants,
born in his hornet' and bow many
"bought4ith his 'money!" is not sta.
ted.
Now if baying men with money,
and holding them in slavery bus 'sin,
Abiah'am eras , in his , age one of the
greatest sinners; yet God instead of
rebuking hi rn, and requiring - hiin to
put awky,bis not only prospered=
LEBANON, PA:, WEDNESDAY, ALLY 30, 1862.
him, but on accolin,%ipf his especial
faith and holine - ss selected him to be
the father of Ilfs'efilAeri people, and
an example for .alloleneratione.- . --
Could -this have - liapkteed" if slavery
had Veen - a sin' 'ih 7 triitifaight; of GeV
- It 'dB4 not - appear tirict3fi6dit bre v 6
held any slaves "wliell it eY:ffed out of
- ggYPt„or that they'a tikedany iVt'lle
' W andering in the yl einess. Tfy.
int froM slaVery theynsblVes - they
l a
wee a new nation Vithent constitu
tion or laws, and allitelit institution
rwerd prescribed by godhimself thro'
i'Moses. Dees any p,hriitian believe
l that God IVould of= dettici, prescribe to
' his chosen peqple a ilitietinstitution ? 1
Yet 0-ed establishail, r ot recognized
slavery as an institAllefi of the He.
brew nation. , If ati4 one deubta it,
Let him read the of xo
dus,,, the 25t11, chapts t r4 in v i tipus, and
the 15th chapter r f_., ?Uteronomy.
The first si i
xvers of Oat? first and
t p,.
the verses from OA twelf . ll.l to the
eighteenth of the lalttreeognize the
right of a Hebrew4 . ,.`p buy his own
countrytnen And h" -- .thern in bond
age six years, and4P,reseribed aonode
44 1 ,
by which with the.ivown4ousent they
may be made bortiktnep "forever."
But the establishmentror. recognition
of perpetual slaverpafran , institution
of the Hebre W 'Oomthe ri VOrtal 1.1 isfound
in .the 20th chapte's I;eviticus., . .
The leading
.ohjectsaof - this chapter
are to establish ind:regulate the Sate
batical Year and• the Jubilee.
' The first seven iereed. provide that
every seventh year istiall- be "a "saly
'baba of rest unto thee - lirnd." "Thou
shalt not sow thy field n - cir prune thy
tikteyard." - - <;r 1
The sixth verse deblares that "the
Sa'btlth of the lands Shall be meat for
you; for thee and ter tfiY•lervant, and
for thy 1 - kali and for thy 'Hied servdtit,
and for the stranger 'that sojourneth
with thee." . •
• .
From the eighth "Vette,lncl'usive to
1 the end of the chagar, the main-E.lb
-1
jeet is the Jubilee, recurring pnce in
tifty years and its feabings on the va
rious interests of the Hebrew Com
monwealth. The. :tenth verse is in
the following words.: "and ye shall
hallow theftftieth,year, and proclaim
liberty throughoutall the land unto
all the inhatitant:Cthereof; it shall
be a jubilee unto you; and ye shall re.
turn every man unto his possession,
and ye shall return eveny man unto
his family." ,
This passage js2,..l3ften quoted as,
exidenCe that slavev, ceased_ among
the Hebrews:every fifty years,
,where
as, taking the Wlr,efe' chapter togth
er it proves ekottetlyfthe - reverse. In
the first
~p, h _tee;
:-- 1 " , e;-1.i.etCli.. - .71:TreetiPP -=- ' q tr ~- .
place, the Jubilee was an institution
for the benefit of Hebrews only, froth
which the bend servants of foreign
blood are expressly excluded:- The
39th to 43d verses, inclusive, read as
follows:
• ew.
.And if thy brother. that dwelletli by thee be, wsavd
poor; and beaold note thee thou shalt not compel hint
to serve 14 a bond servant. hut as an hired servant,
and as a sojourner,'heshall bawith thee, and shill Serve
aiet; until the year of the Jill:Mpg..
and then shall hP &part' from tliee both he and b is
children with him,. Ruff Wall-return fintolis own .fani.,
and unto the posseselen of big fathers, Shall he re.
turn. -
"FOr they are my et:mutts, which I brought forth out
of the laud of Egypt, they shell not be sold ea bead ,
intm.
Thou sludt, ilot rule over Mai 'kith iigor ; but shalt
fear thy Odd."
Then come 44th, 45th, and 46th
verses, in the follosving -words, viz :
"ifoth thy bond-men-and thy bond which thoti
shalt have, shall be of thoheirtherrlbatere roundabout
rut ;of theni shalt ye bop .nd-inen and bond-maids
"Moreover, of the children of the - strangers that do
sojourn among you. of them shall ye buy, and of their
femilles that are Ultlt you, which they begat In your
land. and they Shill be your possession.
"And you skit tan , - those as aminheritance for your
children after you, to inherit them fora po session,
they shall bo pew boptimten. forever but over your
brethren th,shildren of brie), ye shall not tole ono
over mother with rigor." ' -
Is it possible:foto latigttage more
clearly to declarg-that, While the Se-
brew servaht;Wltil'o be set freein the
year of Jubilee, the bohd.-mert and
bond maids, of fdreign blood Might be
held as "bend-menlorever?"
If there were any doubt 'on thiS
subject it would be solved by the
4th verso of the 21st elnipter of Exo
dus, in which provided that if
the master of the `ltebrew- servant
"have given him a i wifeand she have
borne blin Sons'or daughters, the wife
and her children shallfielier'niaster!,is
and he Shall go otit.,by himftelf:"'l3Ut
if the bitsbatr'd Ifiid - 'fittfier prefer
,re,
thaining serkinuityith his'wife and
children, it is proVided ('verse 6,)tha.t
"his master shall bring him unto the
Judges; ho slialaresT*Ping him to the
door, or tante the 'dobr,post and his
master shall bore his ear threugh
with an awl; and he shall'eerve lafin
forever."
It hence appears that 'when a mas
ter &ad given his Hebrew Servant a
wife, the wife anti children Were not
to be - free - with- the husband -2.l44la
ther, who might if elidose, remain
a servant with them,-,not to:the -year
of Jubilee only, but “forever2 l
A practical illustration Of the.tnean
iny of these pro Visions is found in the
34th chaiiter of Jeremiah. - It seems
that the lows hadflllen into tlie-prae
tiee:of diSregarding the, law and
ing their Hebrew brethern, in bond•
age more than six yearS. On .being
required to comply with the law they
had done so, and set their Hebrew
servants free. Afterward, however,
resumed control over them and again
reduced theth to slavery. For this
violation of the law the proph4 de
nounced against them the most ierri
ble judgments.
The erline, however, did not &mast in'
holding a Hebrew in bondage six years'
or the stranger foreirer, bUt in holding the ,
Hebrew more than six yeart The class
of servants to which the crime was Son.
Ined staiedin.the 9th Terse,
as follows, to wit: “Tbstevery should,
lei his man-servant, and• every, man his
maid-servant, being an Hebrew 'or F an
HebreWess; go 'free ihai none ihotild
serve hirilselfof them to, wit, of a Yew his
brother." -
In Abraham's time the power of the
master overthe slave appears i to [Ave, been
I absolute; nor was it verymaterially.mod-'
died by the laws of Moses.
ArnOng theregilltitidfis'which - G4 pfe
seri bed through . MoSes' were the following
.in the2lit chapter :of .Exodus, 20th and
2ist ;verses, viz ; - • •
"And if amen smite his servant or his maid with a
rod, and he die under hie habd, ho chill be surely putt
!stied. Withstanding, Mhe continue a• day or two
he Anil not be punished; for he is hfs
In the Same 'chapter, verse 26 and 27,
it is protidedithaVila mastersmite=outan
eye or a.tooth of a servant, he shall let
him go free.
Under these laws prescribed by God
hiniSelf; - the Hebrew nation commenced
their career. hi S war with the Mir:llan
ites, mentioned in the 21stchapter of Nurh
bers, they put to death all their prisoners,
except 32,009 virgins, who were reduced
to slavery.
Henceforth, during the history of the-1
Hebrew nation, the king, princesand rich
men, acquired and held slaves under the
authority of God's laW given through Mo- I
sea Even during their captivity in Bah
-1 ylon many of the Jews' held sla:ves; 'for
according. to Nehemiah, chapter 7, verse
67, there.were "7,337 man-servants and
maid-servants" in the company which re-;
turned to - ierisaleni under his charge.
The Chriatirth Era found the insti
tution of slavery.pervircling not only
Judea, but all the civilized and
.-bar
ballet) world.. Did Christ, in a sin
gle instance denounee it as a sin ?
No, not once, On the contrary he re
cognizes the relation and the - duty of
servants t 6 promote' the interests of
thei., masters In the parable of the
five talents in the -25th chapter of
Matthew, he that had received one
talent is employing it for the benefit
of his master.
But the Christian view of slavery
is more clearly developed in the - teach,
ings of the Apostles. 'Says Pan" in
First Corinthians,' 20' 21. 22:
"Let every man abide to the same calling in which
he was called. Art Woo called, being a servant ? Care
not for it ; but If thew may set be„matie free, use it ; rath
er, he that is called, the Lord; being a servant, is the 1
Lord'a freeman; iikewise Fano laelhat is called, being
free:ls Christ's servant." '
in the lst,.2d, 3d and 4th verses of
the 6th chapter. of Sphesians, Paul
inculcates the .Christian duties -,of
children apd parents, and then prof
cee.ds in the sth, 6th, 7th, Bth and 9th
to teach servants arid their masters
their Christian dutied; Says he
"smuts, be obeulent to them -that are 'your mss.
tors, accordlug to the soh, with fear and trembling, in
eingleciss of your heart is unto Chria.
"sot with eye aervi.,e, us Men planners, but es the
servant of mist, doing the will of Gml-froat the heart.
"With good will doing service. as to the Lcrd, and
not' o the teen. • • '
"Snow lug that whatsoever good thing. any man . do
eth the same shall he receive of the - Lit 1, 'Whether he
be boUnd 'or free ,
"And ye masters do the name ti
'The plain meaning of this passage
is, that it is the OhriStiiin, duty of the
servant to obey and Se'rVe his master
with the same fidelity and devotion
as he would serve God and Christ;
or rather that cheerful obedience and
faithful service .to his waster as a por.
tion of his duty te hiS.God- and Sav
iour. And masters-are instructed to
treat their servants..,kindly reZi•-pio
eating theirgoOd-ivill, and areltdmon;
ished .that in. the,.si frh tr of Godall :men:
are, equal, wbateyer may be. their,
earthly
'Similar Initinbtiona al , eimposed on
;Servants and Masters in'the third and
fourth chapters of hiul'st td
the Colossians:
In the ath chapter.of Paul's First
Epistle to •Timothy, verses one and
two, the Apostle:says.:
"Let as many servants se are under the poke count
their owe musters as' worthy of all honor,' that the
name of Ged'and his doctrine be,not.blesphented.
4 And the? that htivelitilleYhtst twisters, let them net
despise -them beeatase they are brethren, but rather AO
them servine, beeause they are faithful' and beloveili'
partakers .of the beadle. Those things teach, and pi
hart." •
in other *iirds, "all honor" to his
master hy - a, slave is in accordance
with the "doctrine" of Übd, and he is
not to brink that 'doctrine into disre•
puts by diSobedionee or iniSconduct..
Nor .is he to think less of his: Master
because he finds himself on a level
with him in tho,church, hut father
to "serve hini With more,.7.e&l'ilian ev
er. In"his Epistle — to •Titus; .- ohap4r
24th; versus 9 and 10? Paul:
"Exhort servants to '6B.6lsedient uinito their ofrtritta.
tors, and to please them weitin ail things, not answer
ing again, notisnrlpining7, butithoving,,all,good4deli
t.y;•thatAltifilayiviorn-the doctilitivof.God otti:Sav
iour in at!
,thinga."
In" other words ; tie 'servant who'
obeys lire:- toaster itl tofieSti And fill t,h
'4,adoKns -the ciottrine of 494).• God
and SaviozAr." • , •
The ,Apostle Peter, in his First
chapter 2d, verses 1.8; XO and
20, preaches the sumo - doctrine in yet
stronger Language. He 'Says
"Servants, be subject4o - yinir thastori with-all fear
not only to the good and gentle, but also to the for
wand for this le thank worthy, lie men tor oonseitinoe
toward Owl ; endure griaf,aullferloge wrongfully; for
what,glory dt, "rhea ye be buffeted tor,yottr
ye isliall`taitti , this is accolttable to
,porl:"
In Other wcirde r ter incul . cates
the obedienise , andctiubuiis'sion• of a
slave-to his master, whetherthe-rnas
ter be kind or cruet,, ils .ipikristian
duty onjoined by "conscience toward
, God," and teaches t_hat patient
durance of- unjust ptu.s„tiseißant j'El r a
vlrtue peiinliarly"accepl i able to God!." ,
I't is the peculiar, beauty, of dhris:,
tianitY that i i i reehgniies. all iliir`in7
stittitionsand felatifiris of htinirvir so
ciety as it, finds them, and,,, in the
prospect of an eternalequality here-
I after, seeks Ib reconcile all men to
the *conditions in which they find
themselves - 'during their short probe,:
Lion on earth. It would make men
and wives more happy by trictilcating
fidelity and mutual` Confidence 'and
affection, it Virottid make famillett more
happy by teaching lovennd reverence
to children, and a gentle but firm ex
ercise of authority .to parents; it
would make botii-triaster and servant
more happy, by enjoining; justice-and
kindness one and a willing.
'obedience, lionesv and fidelity, Upon,
the °Wei; it would make nations,
more hatipy, by teaohingrulere
=
prense equal justice to all, and incul
cating upon the people ready submis
sion to the magistrates and the laws;
it would make all mankind more hap
py; by-persuading them to "Idve their
neighbors as thernielves"—to be con
tent in the position where Providence
has placed them; and "to do as they
-would be done by" neon it change of
pei3ition.
The Epistle of Paul to Philemon
gives us 4-beititiful picture of the re-
I flow., which should exist between a
Christian master and a Christian
slave. It appears that Philemon,
thongh a slaveholder, was a devoted
Ch fiction, with a 'church in his house.'
Paul found in Rome a runaway slave
of this devoted Christian called Ones
lams, and converted to Christianity.
Though he needed his services in
captivity, he deemed it his duty to
send him back to his maste'r with a
letter in which he said
•-veit Bps dePattirfor a'aliaeori,,th,t then
ehooldst receive Mtn forever; not as a servant, but
abate a servamt a brother beloved espeelanyto me, but
now much more unto thee, b,th in the flesh and in the
Lord."
Now, suppose Philemon had had a
thousand such servants, all members
of his church, all contended and hap
py in their gospel brotherhood with
their• master, and that some Beecher
or Chee'vei, by preaching the modern
doctrine that slavery is sin, had brok
en up this brotherhood and sent its
happy inerb hers . to some ancient Can
ada to live on busks like the prodigal
son, do you think Paul would have
recognized him as a true" Christian
He would have been more likely to_de
nounce him as the “servant" of - him who
taught the happy inmates of Paradise that
by 'eating the forbidden fruit they would
become as gods, knowing good and evil.
This letter Is alreadyso long that I must
reserve some further views of the subject,
with its practical application,. for anothet
Cornmunidation.
. AMOS KENDALL,
March 22, 1862.
FROM CART. WEIDMAN.
CAMP, NEAR HARRISON'S LANDING,
JANES Riven, Va., July 3d. 1882.
To the Friends and Relatives of Company k,
4th Pennsylvania CavalrY, Cal. Commanding,
James IL Childs, of Pitttitnrg, and
Ma: EbITOR will have to excuse agreat
deal in the present letter, article or narrative,
whieheVer." it - turns out to be. "I'he scrawl in
which I am obliged throughout a great portion
of it to. Write; id owing to a sprained wrist, Whist
forbids the free - use of my arm, and Which I ob
served on the teeming
.of June 30th, although I
must bare indicted the injury, the day before, on
the -march-through lir:hite-Oak - .Swparp to New
Market; by - Striking, sr iyi mare on - the-head with
my fist in a toomenferY Arid' anger. It was suf
ficiently bad to prevent the use of my sabre, ex
cept fur show, and very carefully to do so n Rh.
out pain, or to Ere inymistol except by resting-it
on my left arm. This, ne more HlSid a severe di
ecy =4OYa se,j prub r.ly owing to t Clie4 rut
ter, has not prevented me from being on ointl
with my Company during the whole intervening
time. There was-no. recklessness in this course,
during. the day-time, if called on to charge,
I
expected to be Prottzted. as far es,Lcould be, by
thazabredof men, and the hospital accom
modation' were of ebsolute necessity-so bad, and
most of' tife:tinie, what there were, - so filled with
the very slake:lid wounded, that I preferred to
encounter such datigers as I might meet by day
or night. to the risk of being captured without
resistance, the fete of many, in hoSpital charge,
or utterlY„.negleatod . mn idat the constant and ever.
increasing detnandii of these better entitled:--to at
tention, on, as a general rule, a most. kind, able
and_intlefatigable amps' of Surgeons, of all ranks
and degrees, with Abair attendants.- There will
no doubt be mush complaint when they get home,
from those who were placed under medical chaise,
but I take the opportunity, to say, that so tar as
my observation extended, and our position, gen
rally in the rear„enabled me to See a good deal,
there was but one case Where a Surgeon, or As
sistant Surgeon failed M. 'do everything in his
power, to alleviate the mitering; of the patients
under his charge by order and duty, or who be.
came so inaideotally. Tbitcaee Was One, of com
bined sicknesetind terror, eating 0n .1 0'67 ner
vous temperaineot, Whieh did not surprise me,
although it did others. The poor man could not
help being utterly , unfit for duty. The attend
ants; especially those detailed to carry the wound
ed, to attend, on the *turbulences, ate., are by no
means entitled to the came praise. In the ease
of Dr. King, Brigade Surgeon of General Rey ,-
nold's Brigade, with whom was Dr. Green, of
Germantown, of the 7th Reserves, whe in enti
tled to equal praise for his el:witness and skill, who
on Monday was attending under a severe fire of
shell, to his duties at a point, a short distanoefrom
our squadron, be was obliged to leave his wound
ed, and earns to Capt. Barron for a detail of men
to . pursue and bring back those on duty, with
him, who many of them, shared in the panic
then prevailing, and fled without the least regard
(Li their unfortunate comrades, or their most alai
..
able, indefatigable and able Surgeons. At last
they were obliged to remove down the road, be
, fore they could re-organize their corps of attend
ants, if they succeeded.in doing so at all, for I
have not seen the& since - they requested our aid,
and have not heard whether they succeeded.,
I Intend this to be a minute narrative of atieti
events and incidents, *herein our Regiment, and
more Patti4iiiiirly My.Couipemy, was engaged ho.
tween the 2Stli of June, and the 2d of July, both
inclusive. l,shall not pretend to give any gen
era]: idea of the great battles fought in - this inter.
have not a perfectly clear idea of them
myself, hut, .I think, have gathered enough, to
make my account of our Position, &a., intelligi
ble to:those for whose sake,':l write this gessip.
Mg, and as I warn you, long letter. I have not
time to condense/ my narrative; nor do, I think,
it-would be advisable to do so, if I could.
do the evening. of the 25th of Jane last, the
Serge.iiict Major of the Regiment, handed me the
follow ing order, at my Company's head-quarters:
i.2pe' Cita liiderts" "Bead Quarters, 4th Penn."
"No. 66" "Caratry,",Juna 25th, 1862."
corayilance „with ordscajastreceiveci from Ilead't
4 tuartars, MOCsil's Division. COMINNHOS E. a mil. will"
"reptat for duty to Brig. Gen'l Reynolda, at ; 6 o'clock,"
to-morrow, with one day's rations end forage."
"By orderer the Colonels"
COLLAN; Adjutant."
Aireeobsidered this rather good news, than oth.
ervrise, although we all detest picket duty, which
we'supposed this Meant, because for several nights
we bad been-ordered into our saddled at mid
night, and this order secured us can Undisturbed
rent,Matifibli time came to menet), ea.3r 5 A. M.
• II was amost lovely morning Which witnessed
our departure from the regimental camp, where
the'Colotiel with fait' of the CoMpanied„ bad only
arrived two days before from krederletsbarg...
On our arrival we feund the General, squatted on
his heels before hie tent, and apparently engaged
in drawing plans, on the damp sand. I shall
osier forget the last reser rit he made to me b e .,
furs we separated that morning "Well," said ,
he; "we bayonet time to talk tench now,but it
makes no difference, we shall see ;; each o ther
cry day, fur some time." I was chagrined to
find as he had told us, that we were-'going on
picket duty, instead of a Bai l out, of which we had
formed seine hientis* our crag thither,lut I lit
tle itintight at the moment that we should proba
bly never see eaoh 'other again:: t have always
had the highest opinion of his moral and intel•
leotaal charanter, and few men were of so gener
one, kind andnoble a-disposition as he. I have
most sincerely regretted hie fate, bad• according
to." the meet'ia,verableancorinte; Ihave been able
'to get.--itis wonderful that they should be ac•
conflicting, that &do net ,yet *Flew positively.
whither is iimaridetand a prisoner, or killed,
which latter seems to , be the toore.prevalent and..
better-handed report, end argues best with the
nut" tbexit fore.
WHOLE NO. tB4.
circumstances under which he was laat area bj'
a Captain of our Regiment, serving on Gas:oral
McCall's; Star, in command of his bodyguard, ai
I shall narrate in its proper order.
...
We marched on to. Meohaaiesville, Whets WO
found a squadron of Rush'eLancers, under own
mend of Major Clymer, of Reading, of that reg.
intent, whom we were sent to relieve. They bad
been on. the post about a week,. which We non_
eluded would be. also Our term of duty. It war.
very quickly and very ditagresably ehortened...7- ,
After Major Clymer had made the necessary ar
rangements with 'Capt. Herron, and ridden out
with him to pcir3 out his .pieket poste„, he took
the trouble to. ride out with me to my station
about 2} miles out on the road to Adore Sta.,
tion, and was at a great deal of pains to eikplaie
to me my position, its relations with the Bth r{,
linois, and the Back.tails, and all thee approsidem
to it, in the minutest manner. I-was very grate,
fut. to him for !tots I have known other °Steep!,
from churlishness or Ignorance, to-Agee tbit;te e
Having officer very little siteisfaeticra on dm
points. If he lives and has the opportunity
jor Rymer will do honor to the hiateriadlaper
be bears.' Besides these real .marke of 4401ana
good will, intowledgirkf attention,to hisnntine.w..
for liiiiiipoes he would have done theramething
for any othet off.cer, is_the ilitp case, It did sop
good, to ride along.aide of his honest,. laselt?
Berke coon ty fare.—That style is S. little rare- here.
I had 2t men ander Beryl McHight pouted on
il
the road leading across t erideltabeminy, weak
of them as a reserve. I s w the corintmodet.ef
the Buck-tail pickets , a L eats/mat or Ceptaln,
and they being nearer tb enemy than ll:efae,
agreed with hint, that he rhould alarm a atyT pick.
eta, in case of any advicce. Lleut. - ll`iaJ
Lancers, assisted me la skating all eli7 atrettee:
manta, and explained the old ones.. r than wear
bask, through the-Enid, for Av.:and was'werite.
mended by the enemy 's batter, en 4 posted soy
moat advanced pickets under oover,dhunoantiog
one man to watch, antkplaniog him,lYhigdsterst.
on a bank of earth, iso , that hecooldonolit
himself, are the advance if Av a y iriutlaiaies.,,-,Thia :
was Most fortunate. He saw.
: them, .advanoteig,
fully a Division strong, for, their /int extender.*
leant half a mile. My corporal reported..tt it
mile long, but that could not be so „sta, la th at
case, they - would hare 'flanked me ininz the. bre
_
ginning. I was jest preparing Ay ,talcs a into&
fortable nap, haring open np, and in the iaddls,...
for two nights previously, when my pickets asms,
in and gave the alarm. You may be sere there
Was inountlng in hot haste. We knew that tketa,
was an attack made by the rebels ae the oatmeal
right, where Capt. McCulloVe of Treatment.
land county, formerly of Cumberland, and-of our
regiment, detached on scouting duty, Jae the risk
of being, together with his compan4.entor and
captured himself, most gallantly aavied.the Bth
Illinois Cavalry regiment, Witch hadbeen - the,
sorted by the regular cavalry, the famous 6th,
who picketed the coed to. Hanover C. H., en the
right of the Illinois Cavalry. : without noun.;
from a complete surprise, 'althetigh ,not withent
the loss of a Captain, who was mortally wounds :
ed, and fell into the hands of the enemy, whdtat
beyond their picket line, reconnoitering along
with Major Dustin, who gave me the ascotuat,i
and after making every possible @foil to seep
him, was obliged to fly, very narrowly easaping
capture himself. Illeeertheless, we did "notexpect
to be attacked from the direction the rebels elapse
but were Waiting for the tilinois men to be driven
back on us luvr q the road, from Aders Station,
and Were therefore sitrPeised. ~.Yqu. may Imagine
bow Meat, when I tell you, that I hid sent Mr.
Moss; who was acting as my First Lienteertat,
along with Major Stone, of the Back talky to
show him where my pickets were posted, end ari
plain to him the whole position. As Lientensmt
Reinhold was alma also, I was consequesitly .
left with out any commissioned offieer to take - carp
of my rear. Most fortunately I bare an Orderly,
Serg't Young, who is a most eu . cellant. drill 011.
cer, and did duty as Second Lieutenant.,. .I. `VON r
ed my men, and went off at a trot, to the open
road. When r got there I could see the insult
Whether they were on the one. or the other lido
of the river I could not tell, for you meet know
that the Chickahominy, at this part of lel course,
is not wider than the Quittiptihilla at iebaaock.,
although four or five feet deep. Infantel,ciorild
readily cross, the immediate ben ti of the stream
being low and on the same level. I saw that
thterebels, all infantry within Any, view, were so
far front us—the distance from the road to She
stream being more than half a mile r —tioutta Area
sure they could not flank me without ample time
to `retreat, and potting my left in froet,l moved
back, anxious to save my two buglers,. John U.
Ulrich and Charles Filey, and two pickets„,whona.
I. had posted about half a mile .ovit •01l the-road
leading past the Sidney farm toillaporer C. H.
—all the roads about here lead eventually- to
Ifiltur . i Court House. As this will probably be
.... ,e r .
.. .. .. • .. , , - , . 1y.....t„...ehey trove tolur nnhl a
~ _ _
..... . _ _ _ .. _ _ .. ..... _ ...
entirely in the brunediat e obedience t 0.2 . es s i . sa.,
the intelligince with '
which they Were.e.iiented, ,
on the part of John 11. Ulrich, of .Annvilli.--.
When I got to the position I-have indicated,
mortified by the remonstrances of a Sergeant of
the Buck tails, who, rude in the field along midis
Ol.ine.and begged iis ,1"6: God's sake net to, desert
their poor boys, bothering me with. hi; Aosta
during this withdrawal of my force; iiiiiib I. hi&
time to ask him how begot to memonnted, which
shut him up, as be made no reply. I was dispos-,
ed to do almost anything. However, I saw at
the corner of the road abo ut 20 mounted men.—
I rode up to , thins, and theii. Corporal told me
that be belonged to the Bth Illinois, had:litialis
driven big, eat off from his regiaant; and was
without orderei. He fOrther said that he hat
seen four companiei of rebels tit„liAtfl the , woods
where the Buck-tails were, between mend tliem,„,
and unless they CAW, out into the open. field,
around Sidney's house, it would only be a use
less sacrifice of men to attempt to charge . them.
This was in answer to a proposition I made to
break down the fence, and. abarge. As r kneW
the ground, I agreed with him, and told him to
fall into the rear of my men with' itis %mad,
which I was very glad to get, as it raised.eir
command to about 80 men, whereas I had only,
had about 40 before, many being sick or absent
as Orderlies. I then sent bask Corporal Sebolt,
who is one of the best non-commissienad office*
I W 1344 to Capt. Herron, for reinforcements,.de
termited, by the furious resistance, wMeh the
Beek:hills were malting, under Major
_Stone, if
lie 'coiniidkdillatlllo ID opinion, tatajtethe BM,
over C. 11. road, past the Sidney farm; and when,
the rebels drove the Buck-tails out of the road,
as their superior numbers rendered inewiteblearren:
charge them, on the dank, or any way Wei -road
get at them. The Buck-tails fought like heroes.
Three times they tried, as we could tell: by the
firing, to recover their proper line of retreat dons
the road where I was, to Iffechaniesville„and
direl; Hine they failed., the fenrtb. Apt, giving
and receiving the healiist fire nt.reeekstry.4
have heard these last Rix days, they fought thole
way through, to another road, lidding in, .tht
right direction, leaving Co. N. in the handa.af
the enemy, by the fault, it is said, of their Cafe.
tain, Who did not move off quickly ernongh•wtten,
ordered to do so by Major- Stine, who was in
command, and displayed a great deal of courage,.
11011 and, good l eoltipership, My Corporal could
not find Capt. Herron, , - 1,4 delivered hie message
to Oen'l Reynolds, at Meciiiiiiwavain, r ,,,,llia, .ors
der to me was, to . fall back on litiPtllitlielliille .ili
quickly as I could. As Ryles only about a ie.
clock, and I knew ,the enemy were in force, withrk
I did not know that be knew, wits to no pasHett,
ler danger, and expected far th er service in She
afternoonA went bask at a slow trot„.pn Zi:, 1144
to tire my, heries. When we got, to Meohanies
ville, Capt. Harrori,Posted,me on a splendid few
*hien—rising ground in front, with aver? gt/47.
ual ascent, but of sefficieut elevitiftli Jo eaves ;
my men, and about a mile of open ground ter
charge on. In front of . me, was Lieut. Coon - of
his company, (B.) frit h about 15 man deplpyeet
as skirmishers, a duty, he performed witkikitml..:
ness and skill, which distingifiettes performed.
Lion. Capt. Herron himself, with the reutelteder
of his ntimpany, was out of , sight to the 140,4
at iiast the Corporal posted to obierverhitt unwe.,,
meats, said he !sapid not see.hits, or bp' men.-i-„
I had scarcely looked around to .againinse the.
ground, when Gen't Reyaolds reile,wey, sod ,or,,
dared me into a .position wheris.rfelt that If
the enemy appeared before I could leave it, itty-4.
self and my whole command mast be ealdtue4
without a blow delivered, although we might
fired our pistols. In front of us was a read, tith.
perpendioular banks, from S twk-feckh,igh..i Ail:
bind ens writ another reed, whit& had everthigher
htt'nks and quite as Steep. On One right Wu it,
potato patch,and house, and tin our .1.44,:5tt410t
angle, *hire all the roads met, and svitieh,„A
what is called Mechanicsville, was a hoe* teas
and out-buildings. In no direation, except on ,
my right, which was ploughed greend;ens#.l
get dotty, except by filing off by throe, theriAtte
ing an opening in each read enabling me to inn*,
that movement. To Shirts. witis.ludinesible , -,
Fortunately it was not necessary: al we wars,
soon iftilwarda ordered to retreat, and. Mt OM
main road. leading from.ldeeltanineVille to- Ikeer,
ver Hark o , eitek, were rejoined by siapt...g
and bilti'ompany. As this wast.,‘last
saw. Gen'l Reynolds, who wee_ 4 pi:trimmed
commander, I levy as Well catititWhat.p
Ile rode np, and r e turning my *Oita.. asked
what was going on out the Atley Station road,:*.
'said him briefly, that at least ajdiiiidoe of it*
enemy had Incased thaifiiii- sit,Msedoes.lltidge;
that four companies of the. rebels ' bed :'etapea wp ,
between Me and 2fajor, Stanta• if>i , "treiu.
attacked in front; that the Wittier.
the two had bean,going on with greaffori whim,
I left,wq. that the Reek tape ietnee#A3mv#ir.
rag to the right to come down the road from Ma.-
ME