THE GAZETTE.
LEWISTOWN., PA.
Wednesday.. September 11, 1861.
$1 per annum in advance—sl.so at end of six
months—s2 at pb4 of year.
Flag of the free heart's only home,
By angel hands to valor given!
Thy stars have lit the welkin dome
And all thy hues were born in heaven;
Forever tioat that standard sheet!
Where breathes the foe but falls before lis
With freedom's soil beneath our feet.
And freedom's banner streaming o'er us.
THE PEOPLE'S TICKET.
Free from. Southern Sympathizers—Uncondi
tional Union Men—in Favor of a Vigorous
Prosecution of the JVar, and opposed to all
Compromise so long as the Southern Trai
tors are in Arms.
President Judge,
SAMUEL S. WOODS,
of Lewistown.
Assembly,
JOHN D. BARR, of Brown.
Associate Judges,
ELIJAH MORRISON, of Wayne,
WILLIAM McKINNKY, of Reedsville.
Commissioner,
JOHN McDOWELL, Jr., of Armagh.
Treasurer,
ROBERT W. PATTOX, of Lewistown.
Auditor,
11E55. C. VANZANT, of Decatur.
Notices of New Advertisements.
The Quartermaster General recommends
the manufacture of blaukes and knitting of
woolen socks.
Samuel B. Haines sets forth his right to
manufacture Robb's Corn Shelter without in
fringing any patent.
Money wanted by the Relief Board—Kish
acoquillns Nursery—Teachers Examination
—Notice to Farmers—Remarks of Mr. Slen
ker—York Nurseries.
The Two Tickets-
The voters of this county will bear us
witness that wc left no effort untried to
prevent all party teeling this fall by the
formation sf a Union ticket, but the Lew
istown Democrat, fancying that political
capital could be made by crying out
against the State Government with vague
and indefinite charges of corruption, and
against the General Government by charg
ing the Lincoln administration with the
war taxes, with a few cents increase in the
price of coffee and tea, together with a
fling at republican abolitionism now and
then, declined to second any such arrange
ment, and stated specifically that it want
ed a member to legislate under the first I
programme. A ticket was accordingly '
nominated, embracing several of the most ;
violent Breckinridge men in this county— I
men who have denounced the war com- i
inenced by the Southern traitors in the 1
most obnoxious language, and who in elec- j
tioneering have not scrupled to charge the
Lincoln administration with all enumerated
above, as well as sundry additions of their
own. Some ot them too stand in the
doubtful position of being " peace" advo
cates of that clas9 built up by that trait
orous sheet the New York Day Book, and j
there is good reason to believe that at least 1
one was instrumental in circulating that
i nfamous publication.
Whether the Democrat has found that j
such wholesale denunciations would not
pay, or felt satisfied with the cue it had al
ready given its political hacks, the last '
number comes out with an appeal to drop !
all discussion respecting the candi latcs,
but in doing so declares that no one can
with "truth and honesty" gainsay the at
sertion that its ticket is composed of as j
worthy men as ours. It also alleges that
it is purely a political question—that is,
the Chicago Platform vs. Democracy.
We have no doubt it would be highly I
gratifj'ing te the patent democracy that we
should pass over its ticket without a word
of comment, because a weaker one has
never been nominated by that party in this
county, ocn. Butler, Gen. Cass, Messrs. |
Dix, Dickinson, Holt, Judge Nill, and
many others of eminenee, unanimously de
clare that those who are not heart and soul
against the southern rebels—who endeavor
to raise discontent against the war meas
ures of the administration—wlio seek to
turn to political advantage the taxation
imposed to sustain that war, are NO DEMO
CRATS—and we honestly believe thai; these
charges can be truthfully laid against too J
many candidates on the so-called democrat
ic ticket. Besides, what kind of "Democ- j ,
racy does the Democrat mean, as there I i
happen to be several kinds just now? For ' i
instance, there is the Douglas Democracy,! i
bold and honest in its support of our gal
lant armies and the administration in their
efforts to put down the Southern traitors;
there is the Breckinridge Democracy, too
many of whose stay-at-home members are
either lukewarm in supporting the war, ad
vooating secession sentiments, or taking
svery occasion to denounoe it as a humbug,
' jfcc. To which class does this ticket be
long? No resolutions were adopted by the
self styled democratic convention —no rat
ification meeting was held to lay down even
: an equivocal platform —and we must there
fore judge them by their past conduct.
Let us see what that was. J. Harrison
lloss, the nominee for Assembly, was an
ultra Breckinridge man, and what his sen
timents were since the commencement of
; this war, the streets of McN eytown can
testify, as well as every Douglas democrat
in that region. Need any one be told
whA course others pursued since Mr.
Lincoln took the oath of office. If they
gave the war measures of the administra
tion even a lukewarm support , we hope
some of their friends will be able to point
out when and where they did so. Ilave
not some of them frequently been most bit
ter in their denunciation of the adminis
tration, charging all these troubles on the
election of Mr. Lincoln, notwithstanding
every honest man now acknowledges that
the present rebellion is but carrying out
the infamous project commenced under
(Jen. Jackson in 1882, but which he then
put down with an iron hand before they
were able to strike a blow. Have not
others at least indirectly advised men not to
enlist as soldiers, and gave other evidence
by their acts that the support of the Na
tional and iState Government was a secon
dary consideration to the interests of party.
Such is their record, and such the platform
on which they stand, and if that is democ
racy, we may well despair of our country
and its institutions. We say then that it
is not a political question, and in support
of our opinion wo adduce an extract from
a speech made last week in New York by
that sterling patriot and honest democrat,
Hon. Joseph Holt, of Kentucky. Will j
any one pretend to say, after reading the j
following, that he would support any man
for office under the position laid down by
the Lewistown Democrat in its article de
clining a Union ticket ?
Fellow citizens, (said Mr. Ilolt) if I might
be permitted to utter a word upon such a sub- ;
ject, 1 would earnestly counsel forbearance '
and patience in reference to those charged j
with the administration of our Government.
Before criticising their conduet we should re
member that we may not see all the field of
action, and may not be in a condition justly
to appreciate the difficulties to be overcome, j
No man can doubt the honesty and loyalty
of the President of the United States [im
mense applause, waving of hat*, and cries of
No], or his determination to suppress this
rebellion. To him, under the Constitution,
the popular voice has committed absolutely
the fate of this Republic. His hands are
emphatically your hands, and in weakening
him, you weaken yourselves and you weaken
the struggling country that we are all striving
to save. He is, too, at this m. incut over
whelmed with a mountain of responsibility
and toil such as ever rested on no public man j
in our history, and he is fully entitled to all
the support and all the consJation which a j
generous and warm hearted patriotism can
give him. Amid all the discouragements
that surround us, I have still an unfaltering
faith in human progress and in the capacity !
of man for self-government-. I believe all
the blood which the true lovers of our race
have shed upon more than a thousand bat
tic fields has born fruit, and that fruit is the
Republic of the United States. It came forth
upon the world like the morning sun from
its chamber, and its pathway has been the
pathway of light and glory, and it has pour- :
ed its blessings upor, its people in brimming
fullness, as rivers from their waters to the
sea. I cannot admit to my bosom the crush
ing thought that in the full light of the j
Christian civilization of the nineteenth cen
tury *ueh a Government is fated to perish be
neath the swords of the guilty men who are
now banded together for its overthrow. [Ap
plause, loud and long.] I cannot, I will not
believe these twenty millions of people, cul- j
tivated, loyal, courageous—twenty millions .
of the Anglo-Saxon race, bearing the names
of the heroes of the Revolution, and passing
their lives p.mid the inspirations of battle j
fields,—will ignominously suffer its institu
tions to be overthrown by ten millions, near
ly half of whom are wretched, helpless slaves
with fetters in their hands.' No page of his- .
tury so dark and so humiliating as this has
been written of any portion of the human
family; and the American people had better,
far better, never to have been born than to '
have lived to have such a history written of ;
themselves. Let us then, fellow-citizens, en
deavor to raise ourselves fully to this great I
work of duty. If it is to be done well, it
should be done quickly. If we would econo
mise both blood and treasure, wo should movo
promptly—we should move mightily. If, at
this very moment, it were possible to precip- i
itate the whole physical force of the North
upon the battle fields of the South, it would i
be a measure, not only of wisdom, but of I
economy and humanity also. Let us, then, j
have faith and hope and courage, and all will
yet be well. FeJlow-citizens, I feel I may
jave spoken to you to night with more em- !
p lasis and more earnestness of suggestion
t lan 1 am pnvileged to employ in your pres- |
enca. If I have done so, you will forgive
the freedom, I know; attributing it to that !
terrible conjunction of affairs under which it j
is my fortune to address you. If I had a
greater interest than you had, or a less inter- !
est, then you might mistrust mo ; but I have
precisely the same interest. If this Union
is dismembered, and this Government over- j
throw D, the grave of every earthly hope will
open at my feet; and will open at yours also.
When the storm is raging at sea, when the '
laboring and quivering vessel shrieks out
from every joint at the coming destruction,
all who are on board, alike the humble sailor I
and the most distinguished passenger, will |
' fVel themselves possessed of that right which
ntr human despotism can control —tie right
of self preservation. Even so, amid the
heavy current of this national tragedy, I, an
humble citizen of this distracted country,
have ventured to lift up the voice of counsel
j and entreaty in your hearing, and to thank
you most kindly for your attention.
There is another question connected
with this so-called democratic ticket wor
thy of public consideration. One half <>/
it is composed of tavern and ex-tavern
keepers .' Now the simple fact that a man
is or was engaged in the sale of liquor may
not be sufficient iu the opinion ot many to
ostracise him l'roni all office, yet there are
some which ought not to be held by such
persons. How would it sound to have a
President .Judge from among that class?
And does it sound any better for the asso
ciates? Yet here are two candidates on
this so called democratic ticket who have
spent a great part of their lives since ar
riving at manhood in the sale of liquor;
and these are the men whom the Democrat
would set up as controlling judges on the
greatest moral question before the Ameri
can people, and of all others of most in
terest to fathers, to mothers, to wives, to
brethren and sisters. All men will imbibe
more or less of prejudice for a vocation
they have followed, and out of which they
have realized money ; and but few cases
have ever come to our knowledge where
men engaged in the sale of liquor have
stood up and acknowledged that in taking
his money they have wronged either the
unfortunate inebriate or the helpless fami
ly who sutiored through his degradation.
No, in ninety nine cases out of a hundred
they have stilled conscience by the excuse
that if they did not take it somebody else
would. We say therefore that neither
Mr. Turner nor Mr. Coplin, even setting
aside all other objections, are nominations
fit to be made, or proper persons to be elec
ted, as associate judges of this county.
The next on the list is Mr. Sample, who
has been nominated for Treasurer. This
office has been generally conceded to the
borough, and it must be a consoling reflec
tion to those who have for years endeavor
ed to climb the ladder, to fiml that one who i
j came to town last year and set up a tavern
j sign, has sampled them for all time to
come. Mr. S's experience in public busi
ness, so far as we know, has been confined
to the eol lectors hip of Oliver township;
and if it will take him (should he be elec
ted) as long to redeem county orders as
it has to settle up his duplicate, the hold
ers may well pray for relief of some kind
The Seat of War.
From all that we can gather it is evi
dent that mighty preparations are being
made both at Washington and St. Louis to
take the field against the Southern trait
ors. At the former [dace there must beat
least 150,(100 troops, and at the latter per
haps one half that number, whom Fre
mont will soon have under proper drill. A
few more blows at the Southern eoa>t, like
tile Ifatteras affair, will show tin- traitors as
well as those whom they have betrayed,
what irar A, and perhaps bring them to
their senses. \\ hen news does come, we
think it will he stirring.
The Mobile Tribune of the 2d iust.
states that whilst the Confederates were
employed in attempting to raise the drv
dock they were fired upon from Fort Pick
ens, first with blank cartridge, and then
with shot and shell, forcing the men to
leave. The Tribune calls this "an outra
geous act of v.ar" The ('onfedcratcs, it
will be recollected, some time ago tioated
out the dry dock with the intention of
sinking it in the channel. It became un
manageable rftid drifted over toward Fort
Pickens. Col. 11row u then gave them no
tice that if they attempted to move the
dry dock he would fire upon them, and has
now been as good as his word.
From Ilattcras Inlet, via Old Point, we
have important news. The steam gun
boats Monticello and Harriet Laue had ar
rived, leaving at the Inlet the Pawnee and
Susquehanna. The Susquehanna ran down
to Ocracoke Inlet aud found that the Con
federates had abandund their strongly for
tified forts at that point, and carried away
the guns. The occupation of the coast
of that portion of North Carolina by the
Government has developed quite a readi
ness to abandon the Secession cause. The I
white flag is everywhere displayed, and '
numbers were coming into Fort Uattcras
and taking the oath of allegiance.
Padueah, Kentucky, Occupied by United j
States Troops—A Proclamation from Gen. \
Grant.
CAIRO, September 6.—General Grant, with i
two regiments of infantry and a company of
light artillery, in two gunboats, took posses
sion of Padueah, Kentucky.
He found secession flags flying in differ
ent parts of the town, in expectation of
greeting the arrival of the southern army, ,
which was reported to be 3,800 strong, and
only sixteen miles distant.
Tbe loyal citizens tore down the secession
flags on the arrival of our troops. General
Grant took possession of the telegraph office,
railroad depot, and the Marine Hospital. lie j
found large quantities of complete rations,
leather, etc., for the southern army.
The General issued the following procla
mation :
"I have oomo among you not as your en
emy, but as your friend and fellow citizen ; j
not to injure and annoy you, but to respect,
defend and enforce the rights of all loyal cit
izens. The enemy is in rebellion against our
common Government. lie has taken posses- j
sion of and planted his guns upon the soil of
Kentucky, and fired upon our flag. Colum- j
bus and Hickman are in his hands, and he
is moving ufon your city. lam here to de
fend you against this enemy. To assist to
maintain the authority and security of your
Government. I have nothing to do with
opinions, and shall deal only with anned re
bellion, its aiders and abettors. You can
pursue your usual avocations without fear.
The strong arm of the Government is hero
to protect its friends and to punish only its
enemies wherever manifest. When you are
able to defend yourselves and maintain tho
authority of your Government and protect
the loyal citizen?, I shall withdraw the forces
under my command. W. S. GRANT,
Brigadier General Commanding."
A Sleepy Sentinel.
Tho name of the private sentenced to be
shot on Monday, for having been found guil
ty of sleeping on his post, is William Scott,
of Company K, Third Vermont Volunteers.
He has been pardoned.
Advance of Gen. Rosecranx—Rattle Rcjteded.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 9.—Tho New York
Herald has a despat h dated Camp Smith,
1 \ a., September 8, which says : Gen. Hose
crans left his previous camp yesterday, and
swept over the mountain in full force. The
Rebels are reported as being strongly posted
a few miles ahead. Their advance pickets
j were fired upon four miles ahead of our posi
tion this morning. There will be a tight soon.
All the inhabitants of the region are fright
ened and running away.
A letter from Gen. Banks' division reports
that the Confederates keep up a constant fir
ing across the river, and at times make dem
j onstrations as if thoy designed crossing. On
Friday thero was heavy cannonading at Ed
wards' Ferry, beyond which, on the road
leading to Leesburg, they are throwing up
defensive works.
The Confederates appear to have comple
ted their works on Munson's Ilill, which are
not of a very formidable character. On
Monday they opened fire from a masked bat
tery upon the National pickets, but did not
succeed in inflicting any injury. The fire
was returned by the sharp-shooters and two
of tho Confederates killed. With this excep
tion all was quiet along the lines.
The Navy Department has official informa
tion from Hatteras Inlet. Commodore Row
an, of the Pawnee, states that ten regiments
have been recalled from Virginia by the
North Carolina authorities.
i Desperate Fight Between Scouting Parties.
, IIANNIBAI., Missouri, September 4.—Cor
\ poral Dix, of the Third Ohio Regiment,
while out scouting with five men at Kirks
i ville, last week, was surrounded in a farm
l house while at dinner, by a party of twenty
tiyo secessionists, who demanded a surrender,
i lie refused, when the secessionists made an
attack, and a severe fight ensued, hut the
Federalists maintained their position in the
house, driving their assailants from the
; ground with the loss of seven killed and four
woundid. Corporal Dix was killed, but none
of the other Federalists were hurt.
$2,000 Wanted.
r |MIE undersigned lias been authorized bv
the Commissioners of Mifflin county to
borrow any sum up to $2,000, at six percent,
interest, for the use of the Relief Board, as
it is desirable not to draw on the county
treasury so as to embarrass the redemption
of county orders Sums of SSO and upwards
: will be taken, and as the object is both patri
j otic and benevolent, it is hoped a ready re
j sponse will be given by those who wish well
to the soldier who has left the comforts and
! endearments of home—humble though it be
—to fight tho battles of his country.
GEORGE FRYSIXGKR,
sepll Secretary of Relief Board.
Kishacoquillas Nursery.
THE subscriber is prepared to
furnish a good a.-sortment of Fruit
1 rees for the (all and spring trade
*f£bom of 1851 & 02, comprising
ATPLE, PEAR, TEACH. &.C.
Grape Vines and Strawberry Plants, at low
prices, all of which he will warrant to
give satisfaction to all who may favor him
with a call. 11EXRY STKELY,
4 miles above Belleville, on back road.
September 11. 18GI—ly.6m*
Headquarters, Pennsylvania Militia, )
Quartern)aster's Department, j
ll.ittKtsßißU, Sept. I<>, 1801. 1
PE X XS\ L \ A XIA needs Blankets and
Stockings for her 30,000 brave soldiers
in arms to support the Government.
Every factory capable of making Blankets,
even to a single loom, should at once be put
in operation. Liberal contracts wiil be giv
| en to all such.
Blankets should bo wool grey, 7 feet long
by 5 ft. 0 in. wide, and weigh full 5 pounds,
with the letters P. A., in black, 4 inches lung,
in the centre of each blanket.
Stockings will be needed tbe coming win
ter—half-hose or socks, good sizes, one-fourth
pound each. Let every mother, wife and sis
ter knit one or more pairs.
Let associations be formed in each county, ,
with a treasurer at the county seat, with whom
the stockings can be deposited and forwarded
to the military store at Harrisburg. The {
United States contract price, twenty-five Cents
per pair, will be paid to each county treasu- j
rer, and thus a fund can be raised to supply j
the wants of volunteer families, to which ev- j
ery patriotic woman in the State can oontrib
ute her share. It. C. HALE,
Quartermaster General, P. M.
September 11, ISo 1.
A public examination of teachers who
have failed to attend the regular exam
inations, will be held in Lewistown, SATUR
DAY, September 14, beginning at 9, a. m.
All who propose teaching and are not yet
examined should be present, as no other ex
aminations will be made for a few weeks owing
to my absence. A. SMITH, CO. Supt.
Lewistown, September 11, 1861. *
Notice to Farmers and Others.
rpiiE Directors of the Poor have now five '
X or six strong healthy boys at the Poor
House, from 5 to 12 years of age, who will
be apprenticed to suitable masters. For fur
ther infomation apply to
JOSEPH BROWER,
sept 1 l-4t Steward.
Estate of Mary Devlnney, deceased.
IyfOTICE is hereby given that letters of j
•*-g-Administration on the Estate of MARY j
DEYINNEY, late of the borough of Lewis
town, deceased, have been granted to tbe un
dersigned, residing in said borough. All per- i
sons indebted to said estate are requested to f
make immediate payment, and those haviDg
claims to present them duly authenticated
for settlement.
JACOB MUTTIIERSBQUGH,
sepll-fit Administrator, j
Remarks of Mr. Slenker.
A T the Great Union Celebration held in
i\_ Middleburg, on the 4th day ot July last,
on motion of Judgo Middleswarth,
/iN?.* That the Committee of Arrange
ments bo requested to obtain copies of the
addresses for publication.
The following extract of an address de
livered by Isaac Slenker, Esq. was banded to
us with the request that it be published.
"We have seen how our ancestors estab
lished this government, by a successful revo
lution against foreign oppression, and how
its rights have since been vindicated against
the encroachments of both F.ngland and Mex
ico. But the problem now is, shall we bo
able to protect ourselves as a nation, against
wtrsdves t
It is an old adage, and no less true than
ancient, that " the worst enemies a man cau
have are those of his own household." lu
ternal dissensions, whether in the family or
the body politic, are always of more difficult
disposition than hostility from without.
Our country, hitherto so gloriously happy
and prosperous, is now in this unhappy pre
dicament. No foreign foe invades our shores.
Health and plenty have smiled upon our land.
But tho troubles in which we are now involv
ed. are the very worst that we have exper
ienced since we have been a nation, such as
we had never suffered ourselves, even in im
agination, to anticipate. We are in tho
midst of a rebellion against our government,
and the blood of our citizens has already been
sited in civil strife. We shall be compelled
to test the strength of our government in or
der to see whether the conimemoration of this
day shall be perpetuated to future genera
tions or not. It therefore behooves every pa
triot, who participates in the celebration of
this day, seriously to consider the nature of
our government, its origin, its progress, the
blessings we have enjoyed under it, and
above all to be actuated by an indomitable
resolution to preserve it against our domestic,
as it has been against our foreign enemies.
In a word, I would have every one filled with
the spirit of '76, and to feel all the signifi
cance of the event we commemorate.
As to the causes which have brought about
this rebellion different opinions have been
entertained, and therefore I shall say noth
ing about theui on this occasion. It is suf
ficient for me to know, that that is no part
of our present inquiry. Whatever opinion
wo may have entertained heretofore, the mo
ment the first gun was fired on Fort Sumter,
we were bound to forsake them as the inci
dents of a past issue. New duties and obli
gations immediately devolved upon us. We
had passed the Rubicon, and we were obliged
to leave all political and partisan predilection
on the other side. Patriotism will not per
mit us now, while our country is in this fear
ful crisis, to inquire who is a Democrat or
who is a Republican. It is the duty of both
Democrat and Republican, to divest himself
of all political and partisan feeling, and to
act in the character and with the feelings of
a patriot.
To illustrate, let mo suppose that yonder
house was discovered to be on fire. The
flames were just bursting out of one part of
the roof. By prompt and energetic exer
tions it was possible to extinguish the tire ;
or, at all events, to arrest its progress so as
to save the adjoining buildings. Suppose
now also that at this particular juncture I
should come along, and all voices should im
portune me to help to extinguish the fire.—
But I would say, " no, I cannot help to put
out the fire until I first know how it origina
ted —whether it was the work of an incen
diary or the result of an accident." Now
what would you think of my conduct in the
premises? Would I not justly expose my
self to the censure and contempt of all good
men? Would the reverse of ail this not be
in* duty? First, to do all I could to help to
put out the fire, and afterwards, if I had the
curiosity, to inquire how it originated !
•Just so in the present situation of our gov
ernment : wo have not time now to settle
among ourselves the question as to the causes
that have led to this unhappy war. That is
i matter that we have discussed and quarrel
led about for a long series of years without
coining to any conclusion in which all could
agree. A part of our country is in actual
rebellion against tho government. Klcven
States of our hitherto happy Union have so
ceded from us and declared their indepen
dence. They have ignored this very day as
the anniversary of our common country.—
They have insulted and trampled in the dust
that glorious flag which has been so long the
emblem of national greatness, and substitu
ted in its stead the meretricious badge of a
pseudo government. They have not only
done this, but they have marched a large and
hostile army to the very suburbs, as it were,
of our National Capital. No other alterna
tive, therefore, is left us but to uuite heart
and hand to repel the aggression and put
down rebellion, whatever niav be the sacri
fice.
Whatever grievances the Southern States
may have had previous to this accession, it is
very clear to my mind that secession is not
their remedy. If they had a right to secede
under the Constitution, then the formation
and adoption of that instrument was a vain
expedient, and the men who composed the
convention that framed it must cither not have
understood the relative position of the States,
or they were ignorant of the force and mean
ing of the language in which they expressed
the result of their labors. If the Constitu
tion means what the secessionists contend it
does, it is a dead letter, and has failed to ac
complish the object whieh suggested the call
of the convention. It has left the States in
precisely the same situation, with reference i
to a common object, that they were in after I
the treaty of peace in 1783.
At the close of the revolution, during which
the States had been kept together by neces
sity for their common defense, the Union was j
continued under what was called the " Arti• I
eles oj Confederation." This instrument was
partially adopted on the 15th November, 1777,
and finally by all the States on the Ist March,
1781. ihe Congress of the Confederation
soon found, however, that their form of gov- i
eminent utterly failed to meet the wants of
the Union, —that, to ni'.ko it efficient, it was
necessary to obtain from the States an in
crease of power, as an element of .the general \
government. This state of affairs led to the
call of the convention which formed our pres
ent Constitution.
It will be observed, that in the very pream- ,
ble of this Constitution, it is distinguished
from the Articles of Confederation; and to
show that the "people" required something
more than a more " confederationof States. :
The necessity of a change in their govern
ment was felt by the people ; the project of
effecting a change originated with the people;
and the provisions of tho new Constitution j
were adopted to meet the wants of the people.
Ilcnce the preamble reads thus: "We the
pe-ple of the United States in order to form
a more perfect Union, establish juetice, in
sure domestic tranquility, provide for the
common defense, promote the general wel
fare, and secure the blessings of liberty to
ourselves and our posterity, do or
establish this Constitution lor the 'i 5 '
States of America." v n 'oi
But the powers that were wanting
a more perfect Union," Jtc.. are p r ,i' ,'*
enumerated in the Bth section of the | '
tide of tho Constitution. [Here that J*
was read.) Now from the slightest'V
ation of these powers, it must
unprejudiced mind, that, from their \ '
ture, they were such that they never co**
exercised in harmony by the St
Stat?*. From the diversity of clini t
productions, as well as t^'geographt^ 1
sition of the States, in a commercial n-l,
view, it was very evident, that the i,. ? '
of the States could scarcely ever he >.4 s '
alike, la carrying out these power c' 1
very idea gave birth to the project of'J
cation and secession in 1833, and has el '
terized tho movements of the party fi
it, from that time until its oulmiiiatL.n*''"*T* t
present secession and rebellion. '
Now it is to be observed, thai the >
ment inaugurated by tho secedin. w"
styled "The Confederate Stat™ o/\4n>' "
It is precisely the same in terms 'as* the
I ticles of Confederation." The interests fl
people of the several States comprising
Confederacy, have no other common b !
union but that which arises from neces!*
Remove that necessity and it will be
the government under the old Articles *
Confederation: It is notliiug better thv''
" rope of sand." If aoy one State U''
right to secede, they all have it, m,! ""
quently they can he kept together ti . .
than their interests are identical. I t w i
give birth to a brood of petty tyrant*
would bo continually at war with one another
until tho whole country would beeom
consolidated and unmitigated despotism
It was a state of this kind that the Fath.~
of our country had in view, who in his tare
well address said, "It is indeed little
than a name where the Government in t
feeble to withstand the enterprise of facti
to confine each member of society withinV
limits prescribed by law, and to maintains
in the secure and tranquil enjoyment of tv
rights of person and property."
G noral Jackson, in his famous nullify
tion message also uses language like tin
" No one believes that any right exists in
single State to involve all the others in these
and countless other evils, contrary toenev,.
nients solemnly made. Ecertj one mil-; l ;
that the other States, in self-Jefenee, must 0
pose if at all hazards
So I say: This secession must be repnda
ted, and the rebellion that has grown out '
it must be put down "at all hazards." W
must test the question, whether there is <ui
cient power vested in our government to pr
serve its existenco for the benefit of futurt
generations, against the hydra-headed nii
stcr of secession, that has reared its gordiu
head to swallow the liberties handed downtj
I us by our forefathers." It.
1 TREES! TREES!
R FIIF undersigned invito attention totkfi
JL large and well grown stock of
Fruit aud Ornamental Trees
Shrubs, Ac., embracing a large and conipki
assortment of
APPLES, PEARS, PEACHES, PLI'W,
CHERRIES, APRICOTS AND NECTARINES
Standard for the Orchard, and Dwarf for tin
Garden.
E.NGLISII WALNUTS. SPANISH fHESTMT*.
HAZELNUTS, if,, RASPBERRIES, STRAW
BERRIES, CURRANTS, AND liODXE
BERRIES, in Groit Variety.
Grapes of Choicest Kinds.
ASPARAGUS. RHUBARB, &c., He. 1
so, a Sue stock of well formed, bushy
EVERGREENS.
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suitable tor the Cemetery and Lawn.
DECIDUOUS TREES
lor street planting, and a geneial
of Ornamental Trees and Floweiuj
Shrubs, Roses of Choice Varieties, IV
melias, Bedding Plants, &c.
Our stock is remarkably thrifty nnJtb,
and we offer it at prices to'suit the time*.
jBaTC atalogues mailed to all applicant*. I
Address EDWARD J. KVAN'S A. 1
Central Nurseries, York, P;i
September 5, 18Cl-3m.
TO THE PUBLIC.
r IMIK administrator of Francis X. &
having given notice that I was infringe!
said Smith's patent in tho manufacture
Robb's Corn Sheller—a proceeding calcuiafcJ
to injure me in my business —I submit is
following facts to those who are using'
desirous of purchasing them. On the
June, 1843, a patent was granted to said Bm''-
and extended fr<>m June 1. |SS7, Drse*®
years, in which he makes tho subjoinedcl !t
" What I claiui as my invention and J*
to secure by Letters Patent is the
of the inclined concave, and toothed ctliwk'.
as described, and iu couibiuatiou thcr**"®
the angular piece (a) the whole being ob
structed aud operating as abovo described.
FEAVCIS N. SMITH-
On the 25th December, 1855, a patent re
issued to James Robb, to the description
which is annexed the following claim:
" Having fully described my improvement)
in eorn shelters and cleaners, what 1 claim*'
my invention and desire to secure by let
patent is, the hood or casing G, in combine
tiou with the concave F, fender board or t -
arrester H, and cylinder B, for the p::rpo#-j
directing a blast and separating or clen:c,
tire corn and cob substantially in th" -as M*--
described. In testimony whereot 1 !i3T ;
hereunto signed my name before two sutler
ing witnesses."
JAMES ROT'-
Under this patent I have been manufV
ring one of the host machines in use,
will readily he perceived that there - *
similarity whatever in the claims each inl
and must have been so regarded by thep 3 - 3
office, or no patent would have issued. l' s jj;'
interested can see a full description of
machines, as certified by the patent
calling on me, a perusal of which I^thinx *•*
satisfy any one that I am not infringe
Smith's nor any other patent.
If Mr. Smith's administrator, inftea-•
endeavoring to scare away my customers.*-
to institute suit agosnst me, it would be
to the purpose; or let hiin come fortv
satisfy me that I ana infringing, and 1 P*
my word I will cease manufacturing it.
have no dc.,ire to live off another man s f
In the meantime I invite farmers and
to call at my machine shop, north
Valley street, examine the papers an
THE BEST Corn Sheller in market,
guarantee they will not be disturbed ; -
SAMUEL B. HAINE -
Lewistown, September 11, 18GL