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Now our flag es flung to the wild winds free,
Let it float o'er our father Wad,
And the guard of its spotless fame shall be
Colombia's chosen band.
"CLING TO THE CONSTITUTION, AS
THE SHIPWRECKED MARINER CLINGS
TO THE LAST PLANK, WHEN NIGHT
AND THE TEMPEST CLOSE AROUND
RIM."-DANIEL WEBSTER.
MAYOR'S OFFICE,
LANCASTER, April 28, 1883.
A PROCL ATION.
The President of the United States. by Proclamation,
having designated THURSDAY, the 30th DAY OF APRIL,
A. D. 1883, as a day of fasting, humiliation and prayer be
fore Gad, for " the pardnu of our national sins, and restor.
atlon of our now divided and suffering country to its former
happy onsdltlon of unity andpeace,"l do, therefore, rospect•
fall,- request the citizens of Lancaster, to abstain, as far
as possible, from all secular employments, and observe the
day In religious and devotional exercises, as suggested by
the Chief Magistrate of the Nation.
OEO. SANDERSON, Mayor.
De- At the request of a number
of our country friends we publish, on
our lirst page, the Address delivered
by the senior Editor of The lute
genaer, before the Democratic Cen
tral Club of t hilaclelphia, on the
evening of the 11th inst.
Latest War News.
The news from the Army of the
Department of the Gulf is of impor
tance. Gen. Banks had fought the
battle of Vermillion Bayou, on the
17th inst., and took 1,000 prisoners.
Ten steamboats and two large gun
boats were destroyed by the Confed
ates to prevent their falling into his
possession. The Federal fleet re
duced La Rose, and on the 18th Gen.
Banks was expected to capture
Opelousas. The troops under him
were in fine condition, and further
triumphs were confidently anticipa
ted in that region.
Military Operations
The news from the various scenes
of military operations,says the Led
ger, is interesting. At Vicksburg, a
successful effort to pass the batteries
has been made, and several of the most
powerful of our Western gunboats
have been added to Farragut's force
below Vicksburg. This will , give a
valuable co-operating naval force to
any military movement intended be
tween Vicksburg and Port Hudson,
and will cut off very effectually the
rebel supplies from Arkansas, West
ern Louisiana,and Texas. The news
from New Orleans shows that Gen.
Bank's division, in the lower Missis
sippi is actively engaged at Bayou
Teche, and.some slight advantages
had been gained. From North Car
olina we have the important intelli
gence that the rebels have abandoned
the siege of Washington and left the
place to the undisturbed possession
of Gen. Foster's forces, who have so
gallantly defended it. It is quite
likely that the Union movements up
about Suffolk, or on the Rappahan
nock-, have caused the abandonment
of the enterprise, in which the rebels
counted surely upon the capture of
the whole of Foster's force. They
have not, however, too many troops
to spare in a long siege, while Rich
mond is threatened by the advance
of Hooker. They will soon need a
concentration of all the troops which
they have recently been sending from
the Richmond army to make con
quests of the small detachments of
Union forces left to defend the rebel
towns on the coast which have fallen
into our hands. At Corinth there
has been a brush with the rebels in
which they were driven with heavy
loss fora considerable distance. All
over the field of operations there are
signs of activity, which show that
the spring campaign is begun, and
that events of an important character
will soon occur.
Col. Henry A. Hambright.
This brave and accomplished
officer, having obtained a short fur
lough of fifteen. days, reached his
home in this city, on Thursday morn-
ing_last, having stopped a day or two
at Pittsburg to visit his aged father,
Gen. Hambright, now confined to
his bed by severe illness. The Col.
looks well, although somewhat re
duced in flesh, and speaks in glowing
terms of the discipline and efficiency
of his gallant seventy-ninth regi
nci,'ent. 'Upon his arrival, although
at ak in the morning, his friends,
who were informed by telegraph of
his leaving Pittsburg,
_gave him a
salute of thirteen guns .upon the cars
reaching the city limits, and on
Thursday evening he was hand
somly serenaded by the Fencibles
Band at his residence. During his
brief stay at home, he was waited
upon and congratulated by large
_numbers of his fellow-citizens, all
anxious to once more take by the
hand a patriot soldier who has seen
more hard service than, perhaps,
any
other field officer in the entire Union
army, and whose
,coolness and un
daunted bravery on the field of bat
tle have been the theme of praise
from all the officers and men with
whom he has been associated for the
last two years.
The Colonel leaves home again
to=day for the scene of his
labors, with the blessings of thous
ands f his fellow-citizens attending
Idm, and their heart-felt prayers for
his safe return after the rebellion is
ended and peace restored to our be
loved country.
The Seward Letter.
The Express denies the utterance
attributed to Secretary SEWAEP in
his correspondence with the British
Minister, which we copied froth the
Hartford Times and published in our
last issue, and intimates that we com-
thitted a forgery (!) or some other
equally flagrant crime in giving it to
the public, when the editor knows
full well that the identical paragraph
had been going the rounds of the
leading Democratic press of Phila
delphia, New York and elsewhere
for the two or three weeks previous
to its appearance in our paper, with
out any attempt at contradiction from
a single respectable Republican
news-paper. W hether such passage
does or does not occur in Mr. SEW
ARD'S published or unpublished cor
respondence with Lord Lyons we
cannot say, as we have not the means
at present of knowing; but one thing
we do know that whether it be true
or false (and the disclaimer of the
Express is no reliable evidence one
way or the other) so far as the diplo
matic correspondence is concerned,
it is true in point of fact that not
only' SEWARD, but other members of
the Cabinet, have repeatedly, by
conveying their orders over the tele
graphic wires, caused the illegal and
unconstitutional arrest and imprison
ment of peaceable American citi
zens, and that such conduct as they
have been guilty of, would not be
tolerated for a day in England were
the Queen to attempt the exercise of
such power. Will the editor of the
Express, or his Washington corres
pondent, Geo. E. Baker, (if such a
man exists) deny this
We repeat that we copied the par
agraph from one of our leading ex
changes, believing it to be correct,
or we would not have given it pub
licity ; but we shall take measures to
ascertain the truth or falsity of the
passage—whether it is in the pub
lished or unpublished correspondence
—for we are unwilling, to place any
confidence in the declarations of J.
Morality Willis Geist, not knowing
but that the published reply, purport
ing to come from Geo. E. Baker,
(who may be a man of straw for
aught any body in Lancaster knows,)
is a sheer fabrication or
.forgery—
most likely the latter—of that pink
of honesty himself.
Another Democratic Victory!
The municipal election in the City
of Chicago, on Tuesday last, resulted
in a glorious triumph for the Demo
cracy. They elected their candidate
for Mayor by 118 majority, in a poll
of 20,306 votes, and 20 of the 32
Councilmen by still larger majori
ties.
Chicago was always one of the
blackest of the black spots in North
ern Illinois, and hardly ever failed to
give a heavy Republican majority.
But the people of that city, like
everywhere else, are getting tired of
Abolition rule—hence the tremen
dous reaction in public sentiment all
over the Northern and Western
States.
DEATH OF C : 4 EN. AV - EIDMAN. —We
regret to learn from Lebanon of the
death of Gen. John Weidman, at
that place, on Thursday last, aged
about 50 years.
General W. was a kind and true
hearted man, and, as a Lawyer, occu
pied a leading position at the Bar of
Lebanon. He served a campaign in
the Union army, as Captain of Cav
alry, but was compelled to resign in
consequence of failing health. He
leaves a large circle of relatives and
acquaintances to mourn his decease.
SPEECH OF' SENATOR COWAN
We have been handed the speech of Hon.
EDGAR COWAN, delivered in the United States
Senate, on the 2d of March last, on the In
demnify Bill, and have read it with a great
deal of pleasure. It is moderato and calm,
and the sentiments such as becomes a states
man to utter in this terrible emergency. We
do not, of course, approve of this bill, but
there is in the speech much good sense.
We commend the following extracts to the
attention of those prosdiptive bigots in this
county who are so bitter in their denunciations
of Democratic men and measures :
" Now, it seems to me that if we of the pre
dominant party were more tolerant of the
Opposition, and instead of taking pains to
insult their beliefs and misrepresent their
opinions, we should be very careful to avoid
any allusion to them whatever, we should
soon disarm that Opposition. I have been
from the first of opinion that the introduction
of any measure, no matter how important it
might appear to be in the eyes of its friends,
.Iculated to provoke the hostility of the
Democratic party and incite it to opposition,
was mischievous to the highest degree, and
that all we might gain by such a measure
would be nothing compared with what we
should lose by arousing it to resist it. Their
harmonious co operation with us in tho pros
ecution of the war is worth more to the coun
try a thousand times over, than any measure
we could propose, and which would tend to
alienate them from us. Is there any man
living to-day who loves his country better
than his own hobby, who would not be willing
and ready to give up all the causes of differ
' ence, with that great party, composing one
half our people, fur the sake of insuring its
hearty and cheerful co-operation with us in
carrying on the war? Sir, I bad rather have
the moral and material aid of the Democratic
party in this war than all the legislative pro
jects that could be hatched in the brains of a
Congress cbmposod entirely of reformers.—
One kindly pulsation of its great heart and
one sturdy stroke of its mighty arm would do
more to put down the rebellion than all the
laws we could possibly pass. I would cheer
fully yield all my preconceived notions at any
time to secure its aid in this extremity, and
with its aid I believe the unity of the Republic
would soon be restored and the old flag again
float everywhere, still more the subject of
veneration and still more the assurance of
safety and protection than it ever was. I
would respect the traditions of that party and
deal tenderly with its likes and dislikes, 'and
surely under no circumstances would I offend
it when it could be avoided."
THE INDEAINITY_ ACT UNCONSTITU.
I(lJL1
An important decision has recently been
made by Judge Von Trump, of the Fairfield,
county, (Ohio,) State court. Edson B. Olds
who had been kidnapped by Bliss (a U. S.
Marshal, we believe,) and others in Ohio, ab
ducted from the State and imprisoned in Fort
Lafayette, sued Bliss for the outrage. He was
brought into court, where he plead the Indem
nity Act, and asked a certificate to transfer
the case from the Ohio State court to the U. S.
court, as provided in that act. Judge Van
Tramp ruled the act of Congress, in so far
as it provided for a transfer, to be unconstitu
tional, and refused the petition. This is the
first decision under the act, and the case will
undoubtedly be carried to a higher court. If
the decision should be sustained by the State
court of ultimate resort, it will bring the State
and Pederal authorities in direct conflict—for
•ive_ cannot suppose otherwise than that the
President wilkendeavor to protect his tabor
dinates.
BERES VOLINTY SPEAKS"
The Democracy* Berks County held an
immense mass meeting, in the Court House
,yard, on Tuesday afternoon last. The meet:
ing was presided , over by Hon. S. E. ANCONA,
and addresses were delivered by Hon. J.
Giasev JoNis, Hon. HIEBTER. Cutuaa and
others. The following strong and pointed
resolutions were unanimously adopted :
Warms; It is among the inalienable rights of a free per,
pie to assemble either in publie or in private, openly or
secretly, as they may choose, subject only to the Conetitte
Lion and laws of the land; And Whereas, An attempt has
recently been made by the present authorities of the Unit
edißtatee, in violation of those rights by arresting peacea
ble ciboria of the county of Berke, carrying them beyond
the jurisdiction of their own courts on charges and pre
tences founded on mere rumor, and Without the slightest
foundation In fact, therefore,
Resolved, By the Democracy of Berke county, in mass
meeting assembled, that, while we will obey the Consti
tution and laws of our country, and make no forcible re
sistance to the execution of any process administered by
the Government within the limits of its legitimate func
tions, we will not submit to nor tolerate the ellghteat en
croachments upon our rights and privileges; such at
tempts will meet with our resistance at all hazards and
regardless of consequences.
Resolved, That secret societies, political or otherwise, are
not In themselves in violation of the Constitution and
laws, and that whenever a free people see proper to organ
ize themselves, in secret or in public, they have a right to
protection, and lithe Government, for political parpores,
fails to render that protection, we pledge ourselves to fur
nish it to the extent of our power.
Besolted, That whenever such societies are organized
upon principles at variance with the Constltntion and laws
in their letter or spirit, or whenever the tendency of such
organization infringes upon the constitutional right, of
any citizen on account of the place of hie birth, hie re
ligion, or any other guaranteed right, we regard such so
cieties as illegal, subversive of law and order, and deserv
ing the condemnation of all good citizens.
Resoled, That while the Democracy of Berke recognize
and enetain the rights of our people, under each restric
tions, to so organize, ae a more question of right apper
taining to freemen, and deem it of the highest Importance
that eternal vigilance at all times should be exercised to
guard against the slightest encroachments upon any rights,
we do not deem eecret political organization either desim-
Lie or expedient, as long as open organization can be main
tained without danger from armed intervention and bod
ily harm. Unless such danger exists, the tendency
will almost invariably be dangerous to the rights of others,
by falling into the hands of bad men. Public liberty, as
well ae private rights may be undermined before the pub
lic is aware of the danger. These evils, under the control
of good and true men may be avoided • but secret societies
of a political character are favorites with all that class of
men who dread the light for fear of exposure.
Resolved, That if secret political societies have recently
been organized among us, it is to be presumed they are for
no other purpose than the protection of their rights against
unlawful arrests or the execution of unconstitutional laws.
Until the contrary is proven, the charactee of our people
warrant ibis belief; but as such objects can better be so
cured by the open organization of our whole people, in
ettiet accordance with law, and without furnlslaing pre
texts for armed intervention by a military power, we-ear
nestly recommend all such to abandon the secret features,
and join us in open organization in every ward, township
and borough of our county. Such a movement will give
us strength and power at home, inspire confidence, and
wield moral influence abroad.
Resolved, That we are equally hostile to Abolitionists
North and Secessionists South. We regard both alike as
tending to the same result; one is the openly avowed ad
vocate of a separate Confederacy; the other the advocate
of principles which most inevitably end there.
Resolved, That we regard the emancipation proclama.
tlon, the conscription law, and the confiscation acts as
clearly unconstitutional : but while we pledge our united
efforts to test them, la all legal modes within our reach, we
will Lot i fringe upon or violate any law, whatever may be
our present opinions, until it is pronounced by the proper
Judicial authorities to be null and void. It is better to
bear many grievances of a temporary character, than to
plunge our country into anarchy, ending in military des
potism, and destroying all cur hopes for the future
Resolved, That resistance by force to an invasion of our
personal tredom is a virtue; and if the insane threat of a
distinguished military chieftain, (distinguished more for
the position he holds, than for achievements in arms) to
put his heel upon the necks of northern men, be attempt
ed:to bo carried out, we promise him a warm reception.—
In order to allay any undue excitement, however, that
might be occasioned by that threat, we deem it proper to
add, that as this same authority has informed us that we
are not to be molested until the rebels are first subdued,
we are of opinion, judging by past progress. that the prem.
•hnt generation at the North can hardly feel themselves
Interested in the question.
Reza toed, That we recommend open organizations in ev
ery township, ward and borough of our county, in order to
sustain the Constitution, the Union and the laws, and at
the same time to resist every encroachment upon cur per.
serial rights and freedom, guaranteed by that instrument
and those laws.
t. esolved, That we are inflexibly and unalterably devoted
to the Constitution and the Union, with such additional
guarantees as may protect the rights of minorities from all
future aggression. We do not approve of this war as at
present conducted. We never did approve of It in itself,
but accepted it in preference lo disunion, anarchy and des
potism, under plodges that it should be conducted solely
with a view to the restoration of the Union. These pledges
have been broken, the war is converted into an abolition
crusade, and we are free from any obligation, except those
of obe dience to law.
Resolved, That we will patiently wait the progress of
events, until power passes from tho bands of the present Ad
ministration under the forms of law. We will continue to
urge upon Congress and upon the States the repeal of all
unconstitutional acts, and the calling of a National Con
vention to amend the. Constitution. If three fail, our
hopes centre in the sovereign rights of the State of Penn
sylvania, and In order that she may be prepared to exer
cise those rights, we urge upon our fellow-citizens the ne
cessity of organization, the selection and election of our
ablest and beet men, for Governor and Legislators ; and in
the meantime, we have: no terms of peace to offer to any
quarter, except upon the basis of reunion.
THE LOYALTY OF PHRENZY
The discontented and reckless men who
have so persistently pursued the President
with their exactions,
,their complaints, and
their menaces, seem to find it impossible to
receive aught that he does with patience or to
treat the simplest of his declarations with re
spect, we will not say with candor. What
ever grounds of reproach they may have sup.
posed themselves to find in his other outgiv
iogs, we had not expected that the President's
very appropriate and impressive proolama•
Con, appointing a day of fasting and prayer,
would furnish them occasion for the expres
sion of dissent and disapprobation. In this,
however, it appears we were mistaken.
It will be remembered that the President in
his proclamation, under this head, held the fol
lowing language
" Lot us, then, rest humbly in the hope, au
thorized by the Divine -teachings, that the
united cry of the nation will be beard on high,
and answered with blessings, no less than the
pardon of our national sins, and the restora
tion of our now divided and suffering country
to its former happy condition of unity and
peace.
Upon this the'iloston Commonwealth com
ments, as follows:
"Is it not a cool assumption of the Presi
dent that the pardon of our national sins has
any kind of connexion with the restoration of
our country to its former happy condition of
'unity and peace ?" Our own opinion is that
if God had resolved not to pardon us at all,
He would prove it by allowing the restoration
of that old 'unity and peace.' That unity
was crime ; that peace worse than war.'
Our contemporary then proceeds to invoke
a curse on the President and on all who shall
join him in praying for a "restoration of our
now divided and suffering country to its
former happy condition of unity and peace."
It says :
"May the tongue be withered, ere it is
answered, that prays for a restoration of that
old state of things from which God in his
mercy seems willing to rescue us—than which
his fiercest wrath could find no more terri—
ble doom for a blind nation led by blind
rulers."
We suppose that if we join in such maledic•
tions we might establish a very cheap claim
for "loyalty," as loyalty seems to be under.
stood now-a-days by a certain class of radical
politicians, who are chiefly remarkable for the
itch of abusing everybody that does not share
with them in their virulence, whether as di
rected against the President or against the
"Constitution as it is and the Union as it
was."
The-above, from the National Intelligence r, •
is a calm rebuko to the fanatics who will not
admit the propriety of an appeal to the Al
mighty by the President, joined by the people,
to ask pardon for our sins, the restoration of
the country to its "former happy condition of
unity and peace," in contrast to the Boston
COM2nonwealth.
PASTING AND PRAYER
Thursday next, the 30th inst., is the day
designated by the President for Fasting, Hu
miliation and Prayer, in view of our National
calamities. This is right and proper. We
should all place our dependence more on the
Almighty arm and less in the arm of flesh ;
and we trust, therefore, that the day will be
appropriately observed by every citizen in this
community. There will be religious services,
we understand, in all the churches of this
city.
TRUE NIGGER-HEAD DOCTRINE
At an Abolition meeting in Concert Hall,
Philadelphia, . on Thursday evening week, a
" Reverend" Albert N. Gilbert made a speech
in which be said :—" This is a war for the
Abolition of slavery. Why should we longer at
tempt to hoodwink one another? Why should
we deny what we know to be a fact? From
the first day of January, 1863, every true and
loyal American is an Abolitionist, every
American army an Abolition army, and when
ever it advances, it carries in one band the
sword or the gun ; in the other, freedom to
the negro."
TUE it AE211E5102! WEST VIE.
0114,1 A.
The President has "proclaimed" West Vir
ginia to be "one of the United &attys."—
Among the many ontrages committed by the
Abolition party against the rights of the States
and the liberties etjhe people,this division
of: Virginia rgainst a plain provision of tho
Constitution, and contrary to the'voice of the
people immediately concerned, may be re
garded as one of the most infamous. .The act
of Congress in the premises was unconstitu.
tional, and the election held in pursuance of
it a base fraud, baser than any ever alleged
against the "Border Ruffians" in Kansas.—
We have the testimony of the Hon. SHERRARD
CLYilliN4 and other staunch Union men of
Western Virginia, that the people of the coun
ties comprising this new State were not per
mitted to discuss the question which was pro
fessedly submitted to them for decision.—
Soldiers from other States, commanded by
Abolition officers, sent to that region on pur
pose fo aid in accomplishing the outrageous
scheme of the Administration, violently pre
vented men from making speeches against the
new State project, and in thirty-eight counties
less than six hundred votes were cast against
it, simply because of Federal armed interfe
rence in the election. From nine counties,
no returns whatever have been rendered !
Yet, Mr. LINCOLN, the President, acting
under the solemn obligation of his official
oath, has gravely issued the following procla
mation :
Official
By the President of the United States of .Amer
ica.
A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas, by the act of Congress approved
the 31st day of December last, the State of
West Virginia was declared to be one of the
United States of America, and was admitted
into the Union on an equal footing with the
original States in all respects whatever, upon
the condition that certain changes should be
duly made in the proposed Constitution for that
State :
And whereas, proof of a compliance with
that condition, as required by the second sec
tion of the act aforesaid, has been submitted to
me:
Now, therefore, be it known that I, ABRA
HAM LINCOLN, President of the United States,
do hereby, in pursuance of the act of Congress
aforesaid, declare and proclaim that the said
act shall take effect and be in force from and
after sixty days from the date hereof.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my
hand, and caused the seal of the United States
to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington, this twen-
tieth of April, in the year of our Lord one
[L. e.] thousand eight hundred and sixty
three, and of the independence of the United
States the eighty-seventh. _ _
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN
By the President :
WILLIAM 11. Snirean, Secretary of State
In the face of all the frauds and facts which
are known to all the people in Western Vir
ginia, and of whioh Mr. LINCOLN could not
have been ignorant, he proclaims to the coun
try that satisfactory "proof" of a• fair election
has been submitted to him, and thus a new
State is ushered into our broken Union. Thus
is secession made legal, and the "freedom
shrieking" hypocrites and humbugs who are
fattening on the distresses of the country,
and laboring to prolong the time for outrage
and plunder, are crying glory, hallelujah, over
this successful infamy.—Phita. Evening Jour
nal.
WHAT THE DEMOCRATS MEAN TO
DO WHEN THEY GET INTO POW
NR.
1. They will restore the liberty of the
press.
2. They will restore the freedom of speech.
3. They will restore personal liberty, by
restoring the privilege of the writ of RAREAS
CORPUS.
4. They will re-establish the supremacy of
the law, by subjecting the military to the civil
authority of the Country.
5 They will dismiss the army of provost
marshals in the loyal States.
G. They will not allow the military to be
drawn up in line at the polls, during a pcpular
election.
7. They will not allow the voters to be
bribed or intimidated by Government offi
cials.
8. They will call shoddy contractors, ras
cally Government agents, and middle men to
a strict account, and perhaps make them dis
gorge some of their profits.
0. They will stop all arbitrary arrests, and
hold the party who caused them to be made,
answerable for their crimes, notwithstanding
the unconstitutional bill of indemnity.
10. They will endeavor by these and all .
other lawful means to restore the Constitution.
And, finally,
11. They will use all their power, , and all
the statesmanship which they can' muster
to their aid, to restore the Union as it was
before an insane, fanatical party endeavored
to carry out the unconstitutional Chicago
platform.
Now, we call on the Abolitionista to give us
their platform. Let us see whether they have
any thing else in view than to prolong the
war beyond the next Presidential election ,
and use the military to defeat the Demo
crats at the ballot box. Will the people sub
mit to it ?
DANIEL WEBSTER
The great American Statesman and expoun
der of the Constitution was old fogy enough
to dread civil war above every other calamity
that could possibly befall the nation. Had
we had in our national councils a few such
men during the Congressional session of 1860
—6l, it is almost certain that the curse of civil
war would have been averted, and the Union
this day a unit. It was the mad, revolution
ary prinCiples of fanatic Abolitionism that
cut the golden cord that bound the States to
gether in harmony and severed them into hos
tile and belligerent republics. It is the same
mad policy now that forbids the hope of re
union, and chills the heart of the patriot with
dread apprehensions of the future. During
the agitation of the Texas question in Con
gress. Mr. WEBSTER made a powerful speech,
intended to soothe irritation, from which we
take a short extract which may be read with
great profit at this time:
In March, 1850, when I found it my duty
I to address Congress on these important topics,
I it was my conscientious belief, and it still
! remains unshaken, that if the controversy
with Texas could not be amicably adjusted,
there must, in all probability, be civil war and
bloodshed ; and in contemplation of such a
prospect, although we took it for granted that
no rpposition could arise to the United States
that would not be suppressed, it appeared of
little consequence on which standard victory
should perch. But what of that ? I was not
anxious about military consequences ; I look
ed to the civil and political state of things,
and their results, and I inquired what would
be the condition of the country, if in this state
of agitation, if, in this vastly extended, though
not generally pervading feeling of the South,
war should break out and bloodshed should
ensue in that quarter of the Union? That
I was enough for me to inquire into and con
sider ; and if the chance had been one in a
thousand, that civil war would be the result,
I should have felt that that one thousandth
chance should be guarded against by any rea
sonable sacrifice; because gentlemen, san
guine as I am of the future prosperity of the
country, strongly as I believe now, after what
has passed, and especially after the enact
ment of those measures to which I have re
ferred, that it is likely to bold together, I
yet believe that this Union, once broken, is in
capable, according to all human experience, of
being re-constructed in its original character, of
being re-cemented by any chemistry, or art, or
effort, or skill of man.
PATRIOTIC LEAGUERS
When you hear a young Abolition Leaguer
boasting that he is down upon making peace
with the rebels "until every vestige of the
cursed institution of slavery is rooted out from
the land," set it down that he is 086 opposed
to shouldering a musket on any tetras, and
that either he or his daddy has three hundred
dollars to' pay the government in lieu of his
oerrioes.
LOCAL DEPARTMENT.
COITRT PROCEEDINGS.
•
The April Tern of the . Court of Quarter
Sessions was held lest week—Judges Long and Brintma on
the bench. The Orend Jury answered to their names, and
ex-Sheriff Rowe was appointed Foreman The balance of
the morning Benton of Monday was devoted In the charge
of the-Court, the hearing of current motions, swearing of
constables, de. A condensed account of the week's pro-
Predings will be found below:
Com'tb Ts. Bonnard Rohkung. Larceny of • blank silk
umbrella from Henri , Trout, of this city. Verdict guilty.
Bentreced to pay a fine or ta, and undergo an impriron
=out of four months.
Com't ve. John Murray. Larceny of apt& et Pantaloons
from George Spurrier, of this city. Verdict guilty. Sen
tenced to pay a fine of $l, undergo an imprisonment of six
months, and return stolen property.
The case of the Com'th vs. Susquehanna Canal Com.
pany, for obstructing the river with their dame, was set
tled by the Legislature, who declared them to be in accor
dance with the law. A verdict of not guilty was accor
dingly taken.
• There were two indictments against the Supervisors of
East Lampeter township, with regard to the roads. In
this case, also, the Legislature settled the matter, and a
verdict of not guilty was also taken.
Com'th vs. Catherine 11m-rinser. Assault and battery
on Nancy Goodman, who resides at Newlin°, Verdict
guilty. Fined 51 and costa.
Oom'th vs. Jacob Landis, a lad of . sweet sixteen." Lar
ceny of chickens. Verdict guilty. Sentenced to the Hones
of Refuge.
Com'th we. Joseph Zimmerman, a discharged soldier,
and escaped convict from the Adams county Prison.—
Surety of the peace, on complaint of Benjamin F. Drabs
ker, of Upper Leacock township, whose brains defendant
threatened to blow out. Verdict guilty. Sentence with
held noel the Sheriff of Adams county is heard from.
Com'th vs. Bair Shaeffer. Larceny of Wheat. A verdict
of not guilty asked for, and granted, there being no evi
dence to commit.
Com'tk vs. Joseph Weaver. Assault and battery upon
James Jmobs, a boy who was quarreling with defendant's
father. Verdict not guilty. The proeecutor was ordered to
pay ono eighth, the defendant one-fourth, and the county
tive.elghtha of the costs.
The Grand Jury Ignored the bill against Abraham
Metzger. for misdemeanor In office, and ordered the prose.
enter, Dr. J. T. Bake., to pay mats. This case grew out
of the Pcor Rouse difficulty.
Com'th vs. William Kuhns, better known as "Farmer
Kuhns." Two indictments, for selling liquor without li
cense. Verdict guilty. Sentenced to pay a floe of $5O and
costs.
Com'th va. John Hoffer. Larceny of a lot of clothing
from the house of John H. Bummy near Marietta. Sen
tenced to two years' imprisonment..
Com'th va. John Long. Burglary and robbery of the
store of Blackburn Gillespie In Coleraln township. Ver
dict guilty. Sentenced to four years In the Eastern Pen
itentiary.
A petition was read by W. W. Brown, %eq., from a num
ber of citizens of Bart township, complaining that at the
the spring election held In that township there were seven
more names on the list of voters than there were votes In
the ballot box, by which men were elected to office who
otherwise would have been defeated and praying for an in
vestigation. The consideration of the application was post
posed till Saturday, May 2.
Com'th vs. David Hoover and John Winters, Supervisors
of Strasburg township, for rot opening a road in said
township as ordered, which order they received in May or
Jane last. Verdict not guilty, and the casts divided as
follows : defendant to pay one third, the prosecutor, Mr.
Eaby, one third, and the county the remainder.
Lawrence Smith plead guilty to Felling liquor without
license, and was sentenced to pay a fine ofslo and coats.
A verdict of not guilty was taken in the case of the
Com'th vs. Sylvester Gordon, for kidnapping John Brown—
not " Old Osaawatamie," whom " glorious" Forney has can
onized.
Com'th vs. Joseph Hinkle. Fornication and bastardy,
on complaint of Susan Witmer, a married woman. Joseph,
for not being like his namesake of old, was found guilty of
the first charge, and fined $l5 and coot's.
Com'th vs. Henry Miley. Larceny of several articles, the
property of Samuel Wolf, of Ephrata township. Verdict
not guilty.
Com'th vs. John Wolf. Misdemeanor in horning a barn.
In this case the District Attorney did not press a canvie•
lion, and verdict of not guilty, with county for costs, was
rendered.
Coneth ye. John Etwine. Surety of the peace on com
plaint of his wife. Verdict guilty. Sentenced td pay costs
of prosecution and stand committed until the sentence Is
complied with.
Com't vs. John Henry. Obtaining money under false
pretences. Verdict not guilty, and county for costs.
Com'th vs. David M'Kay. Larceny of a number of
chickens from the hen-roost of Samuel McNeal, in Sad.
bury township. Verdict guilty. Sentenced to 61x months'
imprisonment.
Com't vs. Charles Myers. Medlcions mischief. Verdict
not guilty, and defendant for costs.
At this point, on Thursday morning, the Grand Jnry
entered and made their customary report, which is as fol
lows:
To the Honorable the Judges of the Court of Quarter
SEASIOTIS of the Peace, in and for the County of Lancaster:
The Grand Inquest inquiring for said county at April
Sessions, A. D. 1863, respectfully report:
They were gratified that all the cases brought to their
notice by the District Attorney, were of a biding nature,
twenty four in number; of these, after examination, nine-
teen were returned true bills, and five were ignored, giving
a salutary evidence that, amidst the fearful decline of pub.
lie morale elsewhere, in this great county, at least, there
has been no increase of crime
They have visited the Conaty Prison, Almshouse and
Ildspital, and report them all in excellent order and condl•
Con; they, however, respectfully anggeed that a change in
the baking arrangement at the Almahouse—the present
baker being an old and infirm man, and should have an
assistant—would produce an improvement in the quality
of the bread, as they think the unfortunate inmates of
these institutions stibuld receive as good bread and other
provisiOns as can be procured.
They also suggest the institution of a new hydraulic
pump at the prison, in nitre of the one now In use.
There was also brought to our notice the fact of a recent
escape of a convict from the County Prison, and, upon in
vestigation, we find the keeper free from all blame—but
was attributable to a defective construction of the walls of
the hot-air flue, owing to an interior quality of mortar In
the masonry thereof; we however suggest that the placing
of Iron bars acro‘s the top of the cold air fine, and the
plastering of the flue on the inside, would prevent like
tempos of convicts in future.
The officers of the various Institutions of the county are
deceiving of special commendation for the gentlemanly
manner in which they discharge their several duties.
The Grand Inquest return their thanks to the Honorable
Court, District Attorney, Sheriff and Clerk, for the kind
ness and courtesy extended to us In the discharge of our
duties.
B. F. ROWE, Formal,
WTI. A. MORTON, R. BADMAN
LDM
JOHN A. BRUSH,
JACOB KEPPERLINU
ALRXANDER STURGIS, ISAAC OROFF
SAOII3E . I. WOLF,
'ILENRY ZWALLY,
ME=M
, EDW. INICEENBDERFER, •JOIIN DEYEN,
.SAMIIELU. C, WIDMYER,
. . . _
SAMUEL H. GOOD
JOHN BINHLY
CHRISTIAN V. KINDIL/
SAMUEL FOLTZ
Com'th TB Elizabeth Hamilton. Eurety of the peace,
on complaint of Clara We iman. Both parties reside in S.
Queen street, this city. Defendant discharged on payment
of costa.
Com'th Fe. Isaac Parmer. Assault and battery with in
tent to kill Perry Martin, an old colored man, 'residing at
the foot of the Welsh Mountain. Verdict not guilty, and
defendant for coats.
Com'th VS Samuel Spindler. Embezzlement. The jury
returned a verdict of guilty, and recommending defendant
to the mercy of the Court.
SERENADE TO COL. HAIIIIRTCHT. —On Thura.
day evening, the Fencitles' Bend, formerly attached to the
79th, accompanied by a large number of citizens proceeded
to the residence of Colonel Hambright, for the purpose of
serenading him. Although the rain was corning down in
torrents, the Band performed several pieces outside In good
style, beginning with '• Home Again," and winding up
with National airs, after which the Band won invited
inside, followed by as many of the Colonel's host of
admirers as could find standing room in the spacious par
lor of his new home. Mayor Sanderson, in the following
neat and eloquent speech, welcomed the brave officer to his
home once more:
alonel Efarnbright: Your feltow-citizens of Lancaster
have done me the honor to constitute me the medium
through which to express their gratification at again meet
ing you at your own home and fireside after an absence of
more than eighteen months to the military service of your
Country. Rest assured, sir, we are all glad to see you, and
bid you a heartfelt welcome to our midst.
It was not necessary, Colonel, that you should leave the
comforts and endearments of borne for the purpose of em
barking in the present war for the Union, to establish
a character for bravery and devotion to the Flag of your
Country. Both had years ago been tested on the battle
fields of Mexico, and you returned from that sanguinary
war covered with laurels and enjoying the confidence and
esteem of all your fellow citizens. But, no a toner had the
tocsin of war again sounded, and the Institutions of your
Country become Imperiled through treasonable attempts
against the authority cf the Obvernment, than you atone°
buckled on your sword and gallantly stepped forth In de
fence of the Old Flag—leading the brave men who followed
your standard to glory and to victory. Our citizens had
confidence, not only in your skill and bravery, but in your
care taut attention to the comforts and habits of the men
under your command—hence they cheerfully entrustrd to
your safe-keeping and fatherly care their sons and brothers
who left their homes with you to battle for our beloved
Con ntry.
We have not been disappointed In the gallant 79th Regi..
Iment, nor in you, sir, their brave and accomplished com
mander. In your long and weary marches through Ken
tucky and Tennessee—ln your exposure to summer's heat
and winter's cold, as well as In the gallant hearingof your
relf and men on the bloody field of Chaplin Hills and Mur
freesboro, you nobly anstained your reputation, and added
new lustre to the undying fame which will ever bo attached
to the Lancaster County Regiment of Pennsylvania Wien.
tome. In the battle of Chaplin Hills, when ether real
manta became panicstrioken and ignominiously led from
the field, thus endangering the whole army, you, sir, held
the Seventy-Ninth, to its work in the midst of carnage and
death, without flinching or wavering, and turned the for
tune of the day in our favor. Had It not been for the he
roic, bravery and unflinching determination of yourself
and men in that terrible conflict, In all human probability
a disastrous defeat, instead of a splendid victory, would
have been the fate of the Union army. All honor, then,
to the brave Seventy-Ninth and its heroic commander, and
the people of Laticaater appreciated your patriotic cervices
by presenting you a stand of colors which they know will
never be surrendered to the enemy or captured while there
la an officer or soldier left in the Regiment to defend them.
It now remains for me, Colonel Hambright, on behalf of
the citizens of Lancaster, and in consonance with my own .
feelings, to bid you a hearty welcome to your family and I
home. May the God of battles protect you, and when you
rejoin your Regiment and are again called upon to defend
the honor of the Stars and Stripes and the integrity of our
beloved Union upon the battle fields of one Country, may '
His arm shield you and Hls blessing foliose you and the
noble men under your command, and may you. one and
all, at the close of this unnatural and terrible war be restor
ed to your families and friends—to the sweet and endear.
log asaociatione kf home. God bless you!
Colonel Hambright, in reply, mid the honor he had just
received was totally unexpected by him, and had taken
him completely by surprise; besides, not being in the habit
of making speeches, he was snre, bis friends would excuse
him from making any extended roust kn. He returned his
sincere thanks for the kind manner in which the citizens
of Lancaster had welcomed him home, and also returned
thanks, in the name of the brave mon he had the honor of
commanding, for the high commendations passed on them
by the Mayor.
The assemblage then shook hands with the bravo man,
and many a hearty " welcome home Colonel," was express
ed. When ho got amongst the members of the Band, his
arm was nearly wrung off, e.) energetically did they greet
him. All present were then invited back to the dining
room, where a collation was serval up, after which the
party began to retire. After the Band got outside, they
again played several plows It was nearly 12o'clock when
the Band ceased playing and the crowd had dispersed.
During the delivery of the Mayor's speech, Col. Ham.
bright stood with hie hands crossed, and looked the beau
Meal of a gallant and brave officer. His tall, commanding
stature, being over six feet in height, and as straight as an
arrow, and his firm, determined, although pleasant coun
tenance, are calculated to make even strangers loolczat
him, with eateemand reverence.—Priday's inquirer.
GorrscuALK.—The most eminent living
Pianist, Gorrecaeux, gave a concert at Fulton Hall, on
Thursday evening last, which was attended by n large and
'select, although not crowded, audience. The heavy rain
storm prevented a full attendance. Howse}lets Is muter
of the Piano, and his very touch of that instrument &meet
seems to bring mule from it. His compositions were
extremely choice and select, and the audience were de.
lighted, which was shown by the rapturous applause with
which he was greeted on his every appearance.
DEMOCRATIG , Ccoss.—The formation of Dem.
castle Clubs through the county is still going on. In Mari
etta the Democrats have organized a Club, and elected Geo.
W. Wormiey, President; Samuel Sowders, Vice President,
and F. K. Curran, Secretary. At their first meeting there
_were about sixty present, and they expect at least one
•
hundred members at the next meeting.
Cocraim.—Coleraln—undleehlng, never faltering, in.
dorbitable, Democratic Colorant—has a Club of one hun
dred members. The following are the officers:
President —Dr. J. P. Andrews. Vice Preeldente—Dr. Geo.
T. Dart, Joseph Whits, William Davis, Jr., Hugh M. °ca
lla& Itieoreing Becerotalu—Yean Mows.Comelo ve :
w inding
gieretier.-Jamee Meennonsb.. - w.
MINERAL SERMON ON THE tIiiATEI OF GaORGE
8. Bosonottins, Ract—We listened, on Eandef eTenleS
last, to en eloquent and beautiful sermon on the death of
Genies FL Wexiseguillet. Req, an old and highlrresosated
citizen of this eq. The sermon was delivered by Rev. A.
H %moans, Pestered the Ist Herman Reformed Church,
East Orange street. Hi■ discourse was founded on Rave.
lationa, iv : 21. He spoke of the deceased in his domestic,
business and church relation; and paid a glowing tribute
to hie pre-emluence in each. Mr. B. was for over fifty
• years a member of this congregation, most of which time
. he held various Oleos of responsibility in the church.—
The last position be filled was that of Ruling Elder, to
which be was ordained in January last. We can give, for
want of time and room, nothing more thou a mere outline
of this truly eloquent and feeling discourse. There was a
Inge congregation present, who were mach affected by
the solemnity of the occasion. The fine choir of the church
(by the way one of the very best in the city) sang several
appropriate hymns, accompanied by the splendid organ,
and the serrices throughout were deeply solemn and im•
pruuire. Among the congregation we noticed Rev. Dr.
Bomberger a eon of deceased, of Philadelphia, Rev. Dr.
John W. Nevin, Rer. Dr. Gerhart, President Franklin and
Marshall College, Rev. .1. Strine and Rev. W. T. Gerhard.
THE GCETHKAN EXHIBITION—The 22d An
niversary of the ficethean Literary Society of Franklin
and Marshall College took plane, on Tuesday evening last,
at Fulton Hall, in the presence of a crowded audience.—
The Pencibles' Band occupied the orchestra, end performed
several operatic gems during the evening. The speaking,
on the whole, was as good as the audiences are generally
entertained with at such exhibitions.
AN EXHIBITION OF " SNAKES."—There wag
quite a lively time in the village vf Millersville the other
night. A society, called Page, got up an impromptu exhi
bition of liinakea, in which the "Copperheads" seemed to
predominate, and the audience were highly amused and
entertained at the deecripUon of these ' , nasty things,"
especially the "Copperheads," by the sapient young men
and women who undertook the job. For full particulars
see Gopher Gelst's paper.
TUE FAST DAY.—The Fast Day recom
mended by the President will, we think, be pretty gener
ally observed in this city. /germane appropriate to the oc
casion will be delivered in several of the charches. The
following notice has been banded us for publication :
PrasT M. E. Cuenca, Dual Sr.—Thursday next, having
boon set apart by proclamation of hie Excellency, the
President of the United States, there will be divine service
in this church at 10% A. M. The subject of the sermon
by the Pastor, Rev. G. D. Gummy, will be, "The War of
the Rebellion, a Divine Punishment." There will be a
meeting for prayer and addressee in St. Paul's 11. E.
Church, Sodth Queen street, at 1'34 P. M.
DEATH OF CAPT. JEFFERSON N. NEFF.—
Oapt. Jun:mow N. Nary, of the 1211 Regiment, died on
the 21st Inst. at the Potomac Creek Hospital, from an ate
taek of typhoid fever. Capt. Neff was at home a short time
since on a sick furlough, and had sufficiently recovered to
rejoin his Regiment, when a relapse occurred. He was a
brave, true hearted man, the only surviving son of the late
JACOB Nes - e, Esq., of Strasburg township, and a brother of
the Moe lamented Capt. ALDUS J. Mires. We seriously console
with his bereaved mother and widow in this their and
hour of affictlon. His remains were Interred at Strasburg
on Sunday lost.
BRIEN'S NATIONAL CIRCUS AND GREAT
SHOW —One of the moot extensive and novel Equestrian
establishments of the age will exhibit here on Monday
next. The outfit is new and very complete, while the ar
tistic arrangements are under the eupervielon of a lady,
Mrs. Charles Warner, formerly the legal consort of the
famous Dan Rice. Miss Libbie Rice, her daughter, will be
presented in a very pleasing manage performance. Mr.
Harry Whitby, of this city, occupies an important position.
He Is Equestrian Director, and has engaged to tarnish the
services of his talented family, and to perform several of
his trained blooded horses. The leading Clown is William
Kennedy, a good talker and fine singer. We would recom
mend our readers to read the advertisement which gives
the most implicit particulars. A good circus will not come
amiss to our amusement loving people.
LITERARY.—
Peterson's National Magazine, for May, la a very attrac
tive number. The embellishments are superb. "The
Queen of Flowers," and " Les Modes Parisiennes," are
splendid engravings. This Magazine is fast winning its
way to public favor, and cannot fall to succeed.
The Lady's Book for May Is a moat beautiful number—
The ladles will of course be attracted by the splendid col
ored fashion plate and the numerous matters pertaining to
dress. The editor announces that he has made arrange•
manta with the great importing house of A. T. Stewart &
Co. of Nov York to furnish for each number of the Book
their latest fashions. This will add greatly to the value
and interest of the Lady's Book.
TRUTH FROM A REpUBLIOAN
Our readers have already been acquainted
with the exposure of immense frauds in the
New York Custom House, through the instru
mentality of the Congressional Investi
gating Committee, of which Colonel Vex
WYCK is chairman. An effort was made to
prevent the evidence from becoming public,
but the Colonel was not to be deterred by
threats or bribes, and insisted that his report
should be printed. The following extract
from his speech in Congress on the subject ex
presses sentiments that must meet with a •
fervent response in the breast of every real
patriot. It should be recollected that Colonel
VAN WYCK is a Republican, and his testi
mony is more valuable on that account :
: . The neck begins to chafe where the yoke
of this heavy burden is borne. The Admin—
istration has feared to drive such men from
its door, lest hostility should be aroused
against it. That which they supposed strength
has been the great source of weakness. With
a single exception, when has one of these men
been court-martialed or punished 1 To-day
they have injured the republic more than the
South in arms. Had they been arrested, and
placed under the gallows or in Fort Lafayette,
your army would hare been stronger, your peo
ple at home more united. No 'wonder that your
soldiers and friends are dissatisfied. T hey
cannot appreciate the patriotism of stealing.
Your army, for a mere pittance, is deprived
of all luxuries, and at the same time, the
necessaries of life ; enduring all the privations
of camp and , the dangers of battle, while they
see base men making mockery of the misfor—
tune of the nation, coining gold from the sighs
and tears of the people."
True, every word true, Colonel, and yet
there arc men in this city, and everywhere in
j the country, claiming to be " loyal" citizens,
and honest men, who revile all as traitors who
believe at you do, and strive to encourage the
mob spirit against papers which express the
same sentiments.
THE POLISH REBELLION
By a late foreign arrival we learn that the
Emperor Alexander hae offered a full and en
tire amnesty to all the Poles now in rebellion
against his Government, who will lay down
their arms before the 13th of May, and couples
it with a promise to maintain their institu
tions with such improvements as, after prac
tical experience, shall be found to suit the
age and the country.
In view of this aot of olemenoy on the part
of the Emperer of Russia, the Philadelphia
Age says:
We would again ask, why is it that Mr.
LINCOLN, who is only a minority President,
and has only two more years to serve, cannot
come down from his high horse, and offer sim
ilar terms—not coupled with threats of
slaughter, extermination and ruin, which
render their acceptance liable to the charge of
fear and cowardice—to our erring brethren
South ? Let the proclamation go forth ; let
him say, " Lay down your arms, and settle
pending difficulties, and the terms of accom
modation, which must always be based on
the Union of all the States' and the country,
one and indivisible,' in a National Conven
tion, in which all the States North and South,
shall be represented." We again and again
charge 011 tho Administration that it has not
the courage to do it—that it fears that the
offer would be accepted. Why must the
Autocrat of Russia outshine, in magnanimity
and justice, the simple, unpretending rail
splitter of Illinois? Is It that upstarts are
more proud than those who are used to the
exercise of power ? Are the man who are
" born to greatness"„more tolerant than those
who, like Mr. LINcoiN, have had " greatness
thrust upon them ?"
"NO PARTY" WITH A VENGEANCE!
" Actions speak louder than professions" is
an old adage, of which we are reminded by
reading the proceedings of a " Union League"
meeting at Lancaster, Pa. These leagues, be
it remembered, profess to ignore party and to
support the Constitution, and yet at the meet
ing referred to, a report tells us that, upon
motion, the thanks of the meeting were " ten
dered to lion. THADDEUS STEVENS for his manly
and patriotic course in the late, Congress."—
Here we have one of these " no party" leagues
endorsing and praising one of the most violent
abolitionists in the country.
Mr. STEVENS, when he was not the author,
was one of the loudest advocates of every ab
olition scheme passed by the last Congress.—
In one of the debates during the session he
said
" This talk of restoring the Union as it was
under the Constitution as it is, is one of the
absurdities which I have heard repeated until
I have become sick of it. The Union can
never be restored as it was. There are many
things which render such a thing impossible.
The Union shall never, with my consent, be re
stored under the Constitution as it was."
It is the author of this declaration, an
avowed enemy of the Constitution, a disunion
ist except upon condition, and ono of the most
rabid and extreme partisans in the country,
that is endorsed by one of these leagues. This
is no partyism with a vengeance !—Trenton
True American.
Aar McCLELLeri is still the idol of the
Army, in spite of the Congressional Report.
It is related that as the troops were marching
off, after the recent Presidential review, one
of the officers of Rooker's staff palled for
" Three cheers for President Lincoln," which
were heartily given, and were followed by a
pall from the ranks for " Three cheers for Lit
tle Mao," to which the !apnea was deafen
ing.
INDIAN EA ssAbDia oN - TEE OVER.
LAND ROUTE.
Tha Rooky Mountain News, of April 9th
says:
Hon. Gordon N. Mott, Federal Judge, the
newly elected delegate to Congress from Ne
vada Territory,' gives the following particulars
of a most horrible Indian- massacre, and re
markable escape, on the route west of Salt
Lake. Judge Mott left Carson City on the
coach that arrived here on Tuesday evening
last, and was the only passenger to Reese
river, where an old gentleman, named Lever
son, and hie two sons, aged respectively twelve
and fourteen years, got in, bound for their
home in lowa.
On Sunday, the 22d ultimo, when approach.
ing a station eight miles west of Deep Creek,
one hundred and sixty miles beyond Salt Lake
City, it was discovered that the home was
fired and surrounded by Indians. The driver
reined in his team towards its usual stopping
place until qaite near;when something excited
his suspicion, and he turned back into the
road. At the same moment the Indians opened
fire upon the coach, discharging some six or
eight rifle shots and a perfect shower of ar
rows. Judge Mott and the two boys were at
the time in the coach, with the curtains close
buttoned down. The other passenger was on
the box beside the driver. After going about
half a mile, the driver called to Judge Mott
to coma to his assistance, which ho did, open
ing the curtains and climbing around on the
box. There a horrible sight met his-view.—
The passenger was shot through the head,
and bad fallen down into the boot, while
blood and brains were bespattered over the
entire front part of the coach. The driver
was shot through the body in the region of the
heart, hnt still manfully performed his duty.
• Judge Mott assisted the driver down into the
boot, under the seat, where he continued to
assist and advise the management of the team
until be died, which was less than half an
hour.
The race now became one of life and death.
The Indians were in pursuit, some afoot and
some on horseback, firing as long and as far
as they had any hope of hitting the coach, but
at the end of half a dozen miles the impromptu
driver had the satisfaction of seeing the last
one fade from sight in the distance. At the
end of eight miles is Deep Creek Station, but
when it came in sight a new alarm presented
itself. A herd of animals were\on the plain
near by, which the judge took to be Indian
ponies, and supposed that their owners were
lying in wait at that station also. Ile deter
mined to out three of the horses out of the
traces, put the boys on two of them, and mount
the third himself, when ho was satisfied that
they could outrun any Indians.
Having got all in readiness,opeoed his knife,
and communicated his plan to the boys, he
told them to halloo as loud as they could,
thinking thereby to make the occupants of the
house show themselves. The ruse was suc
cessful, as a dozen white men made ticair ap
pearance, and the coach was driven up and de
livered into their care. The driver was found
to be dead, but the other man• was still alive
up to the time Judge Mott left, which was near
twenty-four hours after, although his brains
wore oozing from the wounds in the top of his
head. It was subsequently learned that the
Indians had killed, stripped, and scalped two
men at the station, ilefore%the conch came up.
The telegraph was at once put in requisi
tion, and, in an hour or two, troops were mov
ing eastward from Ruby valley and westward
from Salt Lake, toward the scene of the trag
edy. Thero was a fair probability that the
Indians would be overtaken and punished.--
The arrows, many of which ware sticking in
the coach, were pronounced Shoshone arrows.
The New York Times, after some months of
idle and slanderous denunciations of the Dam -
oaratio party, is compelled in its issue of Sat.
urday week to Make:this admission :
We have never doubted that the great body
of the Democratic party are for preserving the
Union and for crushing the rebellion which
alone threatens its existence. We do not
doubt that they look upon a vigorous prosecu•
tion of the war as the only means by which
that result can be brought about. And, in
spite of all the efforts that may be made to
drive or seduce the Democratic party from
that position, we believe it will hold it with
fidelity and firmness, and will insist upon the
adoption of that policy by this administration
and by any other that may succeed it. We
are well aware that the Democratic party
does not indorse very many of the acts of the
administration. We have no right to ask such
an indorsment nt its hands. Upon any of the
details of administration, upon any of the
measures which the President and Congress
may see fit to adept, that party has a perfect
right to its own opinions. It may with per
fect propriety protest against the proclamation
of emancipation, the policy of arbitrary ar
rests, the enlistment of negro soldiers, and
any other measure of the administration..
This covers the whole ground. We suppose
the Times will say nothing more about Cop
perheads until the next election takes place.
THE ALLEGHENY (PA.) RAILROAD BONDS.-
The Pittsburg papers announce that the rail
road debt of Allegheny county, amounting in
the aggregate to over $a,000,000, has been
compromised, pursuant to a law lately passed
by the Pennsylvania Legislature. The Pitts
burg Post says :
The terms of the compromise are, that the
oounty shall issue new bonds for the old,•
bearing five per cent. interest and having fifty
years to run. Bonds shill also be issued for
the back interest, and for the judgments ob
tained against the county, bearing five per
oent. interest and having twenty years to run.
The old bonds shall be 'deposited in the Bank
of Pittsburg for five years, as a guarantee that
the interest will be paid on the new bonds,
and Messrs. George P. Hamilton, T. J. Big
ham, and R. M. Cust, have been appointed
trustees that the arrangement is fairly and
fully carried out.
HEAVY ILEBERY.—On Monday night, the
13th inst., the iron safe, in the office of the
Freight Clerk of the Reading Railroad was
opened and robbed of the large sum of ten
thousand and ninety-six dollars. The money
had been drawn from the Bank during the
day, by Mr. Samuel J. Potts, the Clerk, with
the intention of remitting. it to Philadelphia
by the next morning's train, and was placed:
in the money drawer of the safe before the
office was closed at night. A watchman is
employed in the Freight Station, but he was
temporarily absent a part of Monday night,
on other duty. It is supposed that the thief
or thieves entered the premises and abstracted
the money during his absence. Although but
two keys were known to be in existence, and
both were in the possession of Mr Potts, the
safe must have been opened with a key, for in
the morning it was found to be locked as usu•
al, and the lock was not broken, but the
money packages were missing. Two suspi
cious persons were observed lounging about
the depot on Monday evening and the police
are on the alert for them. They are said to
have been Philadelphia or New York thieves.
It is hardly probable that the perpetrators of
so heavy a robbery can escape detection.— OGI •
see.
Igir We have heard the story of a Quaker,
who, upon being implored by a Republican to
join the Royal League, responded : Friend
thee cbangest thy name too often ; I have
known thee as a Whig, as a Free Soiler, as a
Native American, as a Know Nothing, as a
Republican, as a sneerer at the Union, as a
friend of the Union, as a Loyal Leaguer, and
thou recollecteet how many more titles, and I
cannot trust thee. When brother Obed fell
from grace and became a rogue, he changed
his name, and I have found that whenever
men design making their living by dishonest
means, they are always likely to do the same.
If ever thee adopts one name and set of prin
ciples, and bangs on to them, for fifty years,
as the Democrats have done, I may begin to.
trust thee.
liITHO ARE THIS LOYALISTS?—The Legislature
of New Jersey, on the last day of its recont
session, passed the following resolution by a
concurrent vote of both houses:
"And be it Resolved, That we pledge from
this State cordial and united support to the
Federal Government in all its constitutional
efforts to maintain the integrity of this glori
ous Union."
The votes stood as follows :—All the Dem
ocrats, aye the Republicans, ,no 1 Who
were the loyalists, and who are the traitorsic
Let the oommon sense of the people answer