Cfre Centre 51 cmocnit. o _ _ ; BELLEFONTE, PA*.' Thursday Morning, Nov. 21 61. J. J. BRISBIN, EDITOR & PUBLISHER. W. W. BROWN, ASSOCIATE EDITOR. Now is the Time to Settle Up. As we are m.ikii.g ready to enter the army it la necessary for us to SE.TLE UP OUR BOOKS AT ONCE. There are many of our subscribers who owe us for the year 1860 and for the present year. We have ought along through the hard times and endeav oring to serve our subscribers as beat we could.— "We had nothing to begin with and during the two years tLat we have been publishing this pa per we have struggled with all our might and tnain to keep out of debt —for there is no man un der the broad heavens whom we dread as much aa we do a creditor. At times wo became discour aged and resolved to givo It up ; but thus far we have carried it through, aud now that Mr. Brown is raising a company we are ab-rat to suspend op rations and go with him. Notwithstanding our dread of creditors we have contracted some debts. These must be pa'd. No man need "tremble in hia boota," for fear that he will lose anything by us. Every man miat see the necessity of our settling up our accounts. We hope that our sub scribers all possess honor enough to do what is right—that is all we ask. We have labored hard and it is right that we should bo paid. After the November Court our books will be left In the bands of the proper officer, and collected just aa fast as "the law allows." Our subscribers will save costs by calling upon us on our before Court Week. , J. J. BRTPBIN. Settle Up. At we have now commenced to recruit a com pany and will leave for the seat of war as soon as eighty men are enrolled, it becomes necessary for us to settle up our business as fast as we can. We therefore call upon all persons knowing them selves indebted to the Centre Democrat from 1854 to the Ist day of January, ISCO, to call at once and settle their accounts. The November Court will he a good time to at — tend to this business. If you have net the money we want your note. We hate over seven thous and dollars on our books, aud we owe debts which must be paid with thig money. We hope, there fore, that all will heed this notice and settle up as soon as possible. We will take Corn, Oats, Wheat, Rye and Euck whoat. So bring it along and save trouble and costs. W. W. BROWN. God Save Our Country. A MILITARY 7 MEETING WILL bE IIELD IN THE COURT HOUSE IN BELLEFONTE, Tuesday Evening, November 26, IOR THE PURPOSE OP ENLISTING MEN FOR CAPT. W. W. BROWN'S COMPANY OF SHARP-SHOOTERS. TURN OUT! TURN OUT! TRUNOUT | Our Company. Ten days ago we received a Captain's Con mis sion from Governor Curti-n, and commenced to re cruit a company. Some of our friends feared that inasmuch as so many of Centre county's noble sons had already gone, we would not be able to raise one hundred men who are still ready ai d willing to take up arms in defense of our old flag. We have held a lew meetings in different parts of the county and we have now half the requuisite Bumber of men. Just as soon as eighty men are enrolled we wiil march to Camp Curtin where we will recieve our anus and uniforms and the pay of the men will commence. We are anxious to fill up this company at once, and we hope thnttbe yourg men of Centre county who are able and -willing to serve their country will come up to the work and evince their patiiotism by filliDg up the ranks. Our cheif aim in enlistiDg in the service of our Country should be to aid in d. fending that Constitution under which wo bare lived and pros pered all our lives, this isaduty resting upon every able-bodied man in the Union. But ihe Govern ment asks no man to fight for nothing. Every man is well paid. Each man who shoulders his musket under the Government of the United States, receives sl3 per month, his rations and clothes, and at the expiration of his term will get SIOO bounty and 160 acres of land, and during his absence bisfiimi-y is provided fur by the re lief board. This is more than many of us make at home. Let us rally in the defonse of the stars and stripes. The news of onr recent triumph has been received with great rejoicing through out the country. Mauy despondent people were complaining that we experienced noth ing but reverses -that with our vast prepa rations on land and sea we had accomplish ed nothing. This unfounded notion is not driven out by the demonstration that we have done something, and are able to do much more. The prowess of our navy has always besn a subject of especial pride smong Americans, and by this achievement its fame is more thsn ever endeared (o tbeir hearts. When this blow is followed up, as we are promised that it ehnH be, our soldiers and sailors will fight with the knowledge that the eyes of the nation are watching them, confi dent that victory will attend them wherever they may strike. We trust that Port Royal will prove to be but one of maoy points to be assailed and captured by onr naval power, and that ere loDg we ebal! see the emblems of our nation floating over every port of the " Southern Confederacy," compelling rebel tion to take refuge where it must soccumbto the resietless advances of life and liberty. A Camp Abolished. Catny Grossman near Huntington, the bead quarters of Gen. James' Mountaio Brie gade, has been abolished. The Huntingdon Journal ssys that last week an order was re ceived from the Secretary of War, by Col. Murray, orderieg him to fill out his regiment from the troops temaining af'er his regiment has been comf leted, to be for was did imme diately to Harristmrg.'*- lde-jraph. General Thomas' Report. The reflection w'll heruly fail to occur to every reader, after laying down the report of Adjt.-Gen. Thomas on the affairs of the Wes tern Department, how entirely in the dark we all are as to the manner in which these serious charges against Gen. Fremont will be met. Ic is several weeks now since inca pacity and neglect of duty were declared to characterize his command in Missouri, and a public clamor raised against him, which held him aloue responsible for the accumu lated disasters which had overwhelmed the State, and which demanded that lie should atone for it by some brilliant action that Bhould respite that region to the Union and to peace. Ali t is, moreover, had come upon us like a thunder storm in a Summer sky. The latter purt of July, the whole of August, and a portion of September, had passed away; Lyon had been dead for weeks; Price with his reinforcements had traversed a considerable portion of the State on his march Northward : the rebels everywhere had grown bolder and bolder with the advances of the insurgent forces from Tennessee and Arkansas, and Fre mont might still have been pointed out as the most popular General in the country, and one in whose diligence, skill and integ rity there was the most unbounded confi dence, notwithstanding the difficulties by whichlie was surrounded. But there came a remarkable change—a change which, whether there belongs to it the relation of ! cause and effect, or only that of a noticeable" coincidence, was immediately preceded by • the President's modification of Fremont's proclamation. But to all the charges and all the clamor ; to Col. Blair's letter, which , was the indictment, and Col. Blair's spccifi ; cations, relying for their strength, in some measure, upon acts committed subsequent to the date of his original charges ; to the ■ mighty enginery of telegraphic despatches, ; to the artillery of special correspondents, to the fresh hostility of all the old enemies of I the Republican candidate in 1856, Gen. ; Fremont, under every provocation and with ! six weeks for reflection has answered—noth ing. The fact should tell something in his favor, that, as to the answer that may be | made to these charges in Gen. Thomas's re ' port, many of which have been so long be | fore the public, the public has received not ! the slightest ray of light from Fremont, or i heard from Lim the first murmur of com i plaint, except in a single private letter, written, we suppose, by a secretary, and published by some injudicious friend. For a dignified reticence and a manly disregard of his own reputation wbiie he has work he fore him for his country—of which, at least, he thinks he is eapeble—let us give him due credit, even though we applaud next j week the sentence of a Court Martial that ■ shall lead him out to be shot by tap of i drum. In saying thus much, we think we do Gen. Fremont no more than the simples:; and barest justice, and in so doing we do not im pugn the entire fairness of tlio Se TCtary ot' War, the Adjuiai i-Gctteral, or any other of the distinguished gentlemen who are firmly persuaded of hio incompetency, and perhaps 'of want of integrity. F>r they doubtless I know whereof they affirm, have the most i minute evidence of the truth of all their al ! legations, know how futile any defense ; must be that- can be offered, and are quite sure that when all the facts shall be made ; public the verdict of the people will sustain | and justify them. But we are in a different I position. We have heard the indictment, : and something of the argument of tliecoun- I sel for the prosecution ; but as an impartial j public we may hoid our opinion in abeyance j till we know whether the accused has noth ing to urge in his own behalf. And unquestionably there are points in this report of Gen. Thomas to which Gen. Fremont wili have some reply to make, and on which the public will ask for light. The visit of the Adjutant General and the Secretary of War to the West was necessa rily a hurried one, and for want of time some mistakes may have been unavoidably committed. Thus, in Gen. Thomas's letter to Gen. Fremont of Oct. 14, the discontinu of field-works around the City of St. Louis is ordered. ' Now, it so happens that those field-works were finished some time ago, and the order was therefore altogether supere rogatory. The mistake, of course, is of no consequence, but while it may provoke a good-natured smile, it may suggest the pos sibility of other errors. It is evident, more over, that much had to be taken upon hear say—a species of evidence not admissible in the most trivial cause before a country justice of. the peace, but which it might be quite proper to lay before the Cabinet at Washington, whose clear insight would ena ble them at once to discern the difference between truth and error. One of the most . serious charges, for instance, and which has had much influence upon the public mind, is ! that Fremont has surrounded himself with i dishonest men. Had Gen. Thomas devoted himself to substantiating the truth of this accusation, it would have gone far toward settling public opinion on that point. But he says "it is the expressed belief of many "intelligent gentlemen of St. Louis" that such is the fact. Is it Dot well that even hero we should suspend our judgment? We have been assured on most respectable authority, "that it is the expressed belief of "many intelligent gentlemen in St. Louis," that the charge in question is altogether un founded. It is, therefore, to be regretted that Gen. Thomas did not give us a few more facts to justify the belief of the gen tlemen on Ids side. It seem to us not im possible that there may be an explanation !of some of those he has given. For in stance: In the hurried movement toward j Lexington in hot pursuit of Price, it seems ; a high price was paid for hay, corn and oats, and that theee were forwarded in haste, where it was to be presumed—but presumed only, not hiovm —they were to be bad in abundance. Now, armies cannot go upon presumption, and when forage must be bad in a hurry, ic will not do to baggie upon the price, though several cents *3E";O::H3 X>3S3LIAJ:C>C3M^"X ,, more per bushel is paid than would be n sessary under ordinary circumstances. In moments of great exigencies it will not do to stop nrmy supDlieson questions of prices. There is a complaint here also about mules, by which it seemed that somebody wished to hurry these animals forward very rap idly. It mny have been an instance of fraudulent dealing and forcing of contract; but when we turn to another part of the re port. and read Gen. Hunter's bitter com plaint that he could not obey orders for want of mules, there seems to be an irrecon cilability about the two charges that might lead to a satisfactory explanation. In pro viding beasts of burden for our army, it sometimes happens, as it has elsewhere in this war, that animals have been bought which were fit only for carrion. But it does not always happen that such cases arc ca ses of fraud. So Capt. Davis, it seems, has supplied •war blankets, and he too an aid of Gen. Fremonts. But we cannot help remem bering that so scarce are blankets the Gov ernment has been compelled to appeal to private charity to supply our Eastern sol diers ; we remember also that all cheap blankets are partly cotton, and it occurs to us whether it is not just possible that Gen. Fremont ordered Mr. Davis, who has been all his life a merchant, and is Assisiant Quartermaster, to send or go to the East and get the best blankets lie could to meet an emergency. And we all know very well that the best would be had enough, for the article is a very scarce one, and the Gov ernment did not think it worth while, when urged to do so, three months ago, by far seeing and thoughtful merchants, to enter into contracts for the supply of the blankets which patriotic citizens are now stripping from their own bed" for the use of the army. Even bad blankets, it must be confessed, are better than none at all. That a pontoon bridge was erected across the Ohio, where a ferry-boat would have done as well, is another charge. But isn't it, after all, better to have such means of transportation sometimes provided, even by an excess of caution, rather than to suffer such consequences as being without them, as we did the other day on the Potomac? But a heavier charge still is that which im putes to Gen. Fremont peculation or care lessness in the purchase of arms in Europe. Ts not the evidence, however, a little defec tive ? A gentleman recently arrived from Sar. Francisco tells Gen. Thomas that another gentleman in that city has lately re ceived a letter from still another gentleman in Europe, whose assertion is that he made a large sum of money as his share of the plunder in the purchase of the Fremont arms. In this transmission of hearsay evi dence, through three or four channels, even on so important a point, whero men are least likely to forget, a mistake is not impos sible. Then also the guns themselves are defective, and the men are set "to file down the nipple"." If that will remedy them, we may not have made a very bad bargain af ter all, as guns go in these times ; aud even if we had, it is quite possible that the fault may not he Gen. Fremont's, who bought the' guns in Europe when arms of any sort that could be fired at all were very wel come to us—welcomo if only for a "grand parade." But we believe that many of these guns are in use elsewhere. Have thev proved equally bad everywhere else? The fact, if we recollect right, in regard to this purchase was, that it was sanctioned bv Mr. Adams, oui Minister to England, and Mr. Dayton, our Minister to France ; and while the price for them was considered exceedingly low, the arms themselves were supposed to be of unusual value. Is it not possible, not only that there may he some mistake about this story' from Europe by the-way of San Francisco, but that Gen. Thomas, in his hurried visit, may havo mistaken some of the poor arms with which Fremont has been supplied for those im ported from France? We hope so for the credit of all the parties concerned in that purchase. But, after alb the more serious charges are those of mismanagement in the com mand of the army. The loss of Lyon was a grievous loss, and we do not at all know what reply Gen. Fremont will make to the accusation that he might have reinforced him and did not. Our own impr ssion is that lie could not defend all points for want of troops, and as he supposed the enemy were approaching Cairo as well as Spring field, and meant to take Bird's Point, which commands both Cairo and the month of the Ohio, he had to choose between them. He chose Cairo and Bird's Point, not he cause he underrated the strategic position of Gen. Lyon at Springfield, but because they were of more importance than- Spring field, and because Lyon could retreat and Cairo couldn't. It seems from Gen. Thom as's report that the largest Jbrce Fremont had to draw upon at that time was Gen. Pope's nine regiments in Northern Mis souri. He called for four of them, and sent tlieiu to the mouth of the Ohio. He may have thought that the two regiments at Holla had better remain there for Lyon to fall hack upon, and that he was therefore "as strong as any other officer on the line." We may mistake altogether the line of de fense Gen. Fremont may take to account for his conduct at that critical moment when he had just taken command, when the time of the three months men had just expired, when the enemy was advancing from the | South in greater force than ever, and the 1 rebels all over the State were ready to rise unless overawed by the presence of the gar ; risons scattered in the different towns ; but we are confident it cnuld not have been, as j Gen. Hunter suggests, because he did not reeognizo the importance of defending that portion of the State. If that had been the case would he not have been far more likely to attempt to cover his error by insisting that the position was of no consequence, ra ther than condemn his former conduct, if he had held a wrong opinion, by an effort to recover that region? Is it not possible that he failed to re-enforce Lyon because he had no alternative, and that he afterwards at tempted to regain the position because he was stronger, and because he had matured a plan of getting in the rear of the enemy and cutting off his retreat? If our memory serves us right Gen. Thom as "is in error in asserting that Price be sieged Mulligan nine davß before he surren dered. But there is another difficulty here, on this point, which we find it hard to re concile. If Fremont was so much to blame a month ago for not collecting from various quarters an army sufficient to defeat Price, how is it that he is to blame to-day for hav ing collected that army and for being in hot pursuit of that rebel? The order to march now is complained of in very strong terms, as many of the regiments of the 40 000 men. are "badly equipped, with in adequate supplies of ammunition, clothing I "and transportation." But to have compel led Price to raise the siege of Lexington would have required this same army to be gathered together and moved forward in this incomplete condition. If he is impru dent now, wouldn't tie have been even more so then? Or if he ought to have acted then is he to blame for acting now, with a month for preparation, against the same man and the same force? We confess here that 'we don't see it." ! The reference to the body-guard of Gen Fremont would no doubt have come with more force a week ago. it this report had then been given to the public. Perhaps we are all to apt to measure the necessity or wisdom of an act by its results. The re- I cent brilliant action of that splendid body of cavalry will go far to justify the charac ter of its organization in the popular esti ; mation, and the fact that Gen. Thomas un derrated its merits and misconceived its purpose may suggest the supposition that, from mere want of time, ho may, in other ; particulars, have misunderstood the end Gen. Fremont had in view, and the meas ures by which he aimed to attain it. However, we only mean to be understood ; as making a few suggestions. We shall ae -1 quiesee in the removal of Gen. Fremont, | when the President shall give the order. | In the meantime, as the question comes up in the way of discussion in a report, evident ly meant for the public, we think it not im proper, and in no degree disrespectful to the Government, to point out an item, heTe and there, on which it is not unlikely Gen. Fre mont may have a word to say, when he makes his defense.— New York Tribune, of | 31st ult. Gov. Curtin Among the Soldiers. The appearance of Governor Curtin among the soldiers of Camp Wayne, on Tuesday lust and the enthusiasm and respect with which ha was greeted by the citizens and soldiers, brings up a few reminiscences of the present rebellion which may cot be generally noted -in the history of the great struggle. But a few months have elapsed since w e heaid bitter denunciations of Gov. Curtin coming up from every quarter. So malig nant were his accusers that they did not stop at his public aots, but even attaoked his pri vate character as a man and a citizen. We recievei, we remember, several "right smart" rebuffs for demanding simple justiea for the Chief magistrate of this great Stato. We be lieve we were about the first who so fa* btaved the universal clamor, as to make that reason, able dtmsnd, and some of those whose minds are too m°aniy constituted too see anything else bur bribery and corruption, were anxious to know "what we wre paid for defer diog.the Governor. We disdained reply to such in sinuations. Nine hat a man ready to be bribed and ' fir for treason stratagems and spoils" would harbor the suspicion. We did not de end Gov. Curtin. Although we know from our daily experience at the time, that much we beard him acußed of, was entirely false; although we knew he was working night aDd day, faithfully and indus trioucly, for the good of the nation ; although we ku-)w the most dastardly attempts were being made to it jure and emberass him and his udininistia'ii n. by those high in author- j ity ourtif the State ; although we know all ; ihts. we only asked that Gov. Curtin should not be condemned before the proof of his : guilt had been presented. We asked for j turn, what we ask for every man, a fair i hearing. -Toat hearing has tiken place. Has a! parti'de of proof implicated the Givernor? No. lias it even shown that he has made more mistakes in bis appointments of agents ven than G >v. Morgan of New York or Gov. Andrews of Massachusetts? Not at all.— ; II is anything been shown to justify a syste matic opposition and attack upon the Gover nor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, at d h ; s administration, from those around the na'ional Capital? Nothing. So far from there being any proof of evil intent on his part, or justification on the part of high officials seaing c il reports on foot, their pretented testimony has foiled. he comes out of the inv stis,at OPS clear of ail suspicion, aud triumphs over his enemies. Although we heard u distinguished member of Cong ress declare that " the life of Guv. Curtin would not be worth a pin in a Camp ot Pennsylvania soldorwe have seen this same Governor go to the ver eaoips alluded to, where the soldiers have received him with ofen arms as their benefactor and Iriend ; all this after his enemies had raised a mad dog cry through the eamp to poison the minds of the soldiers. Now we do DOT claim perfection for Gov. Curtin. That condition has not been attain by earthly Governors; but we claim to know something of the Cheif magistrate of the old Keystone and of the undercurrent that, is fanned up in southern breezes, to injure him and we believe that few men would have etemoed such a current, secret as it was, and triumphed oaer it more completely than An drew G. Curtin.— Chester County Times. No QUARTERS TO BE SH-.WN. —A dispatch 1 from Agusta. Georgia, dated the 11th says : , The report has been eurrent here for the past day or two that black flags have been hoisted at Savannah Charleston, and otber places ea the coast, which indicates thatno quarters will be given to invaders, and bo quarters will be wked." NEWS FROM THE FLEET! CHEERING INTELLIGENCE. CAPTURE OF FORTS CONFIRMED. Full Particulars from Our Own Vessels. COMPLETE ROUT OF THE REBELS. GREAT LOSS IN KILLED AND WOUNDED. FORTY-TWO CANNONS CAPTURED. Swords, Commissons and Corre spondence Seized among the Papers of the Officers. The Destination of the Fleet known to be Port Royal by the Rebels. The Whole Country Seised with a Panic. THE TCWN OF BEAUFORT DESERVED. ITS ONLY INHABITANT DRUNK. The Plantations Occupied by No One but Slaves. POST OFFICE AT DEAL'FORT SEIZED. THEARMY SAFELY LANDED TnE FORTS BUT LITTLE INJURED. THE VICTORY COMPLETE. INNUMERABLE TROPHIES TAKEN. FORTRESS MONROE, NOV. 12. The steamer Beitivilla has just arrived at Old point from the gr 8t expedition. She !e f t Port Royal on Sunday and brings cheering it t diligence. She proceed" at once to New York where she will be due to-mor row evening. Capt. Steedman, however, 'efl her at this place, and proceeds direct to IVasrrngton with dispatches -nd trophies—two brass can non and secession flags. He reports the gale encountered by the fief to have been very severe. The Union and Osceola weot ashore and were lost as preii >u-ly repnr'ed. The Governor foundered at sea. but the Isaac T. Smith succeeded in saving all her crtw with the exception of a few marines.— The fleet arrived at Port Royal on Monday, the 4'h inst. On Tuesday the smaller gun boats rounded and bouyed out the channel under a fire from the forts which did no n image. On Wednesday the wea'her prevented ac tive operations, I ut on Thursday morcing the 7th the men of-war and gun-boats advan ced to the attack. The action commenced at 10 a. m. and was hotly carried on both sides and lasted about four hours. At the end of which time the rebels were com! elled by the shower of shells to abandon their works and teat a hasty retreat. Our loss was eight men and an officer, The Chief Engineir of the Muhigan was killed, and about twenty wounded. Rebel loss not known. Fifty bodies were found by our men and were buried. Ail their wounded except two were carried off. Two forts were captured—Fort Walker od Hilton Head, mounting twenty-three guns and Fort Beauregard on Bay Point, mount ing nineteen guns. The guns were of heavy calibre. They were both new and splendid earthworks of great strength, constructed in the highest style of military science and pro nounced by our Engineers as impregoible against any assauit by land forces. The final retreat of the rebels was a perfect route. They left everything, arms, equip ments of all kinds, even ;o the officers swords and commissions. All the letters and papers, both public and priva*e, order books and documents of all kinds, were left in their flight and fe 1 into our hands, affording our officers much valuable information. Among the papers was a telegram from Jeff Davis to the com mander of the post, informing him of the sailing ot the fleet and that he knew their destination to be Port Royal. (Query ? who was the traitor ? The whole surrounding country was seized with a perfect | a tic. The day after the fight the Seneca and two other gunbouts under the commend of Lieut Amman, proceeded up the Bi-au : ort, and found but one white man in the town, and he was drunk. All the plantations up the river seemed to be dese'ted except by the negroes who were seen in great numbers and who as the boatp passed came down to the shore with bundles in '1 eir t and." as if expecting to be taken i ff They eeiz-d all the let ers in the post office at Beaufort. After the cap rare of the forts the whole array about fifteen th -ueac 1 men, were safe ly landed and established on shore. The forts were but bttle injured, hut the rebels could not stand the explosion of our j big shells. The force o! the tn j my, as ascertained frimthair pope's was from three toffo r thousand fen under Gen. drayton, of S rath Corotina. Our victory is complete the enemy leaving everything bet their lives, which they savnd by running. J S. Bradford of the Coast Survey, bearer of dispatches aud Lieut, P. 11 YVyman, com manding the Pawnee, also arrived in the Beinville aud take the boat to-night for Bal° timore. The boats from the Wabash were the first to land after the fight, at d Capt. John Rog ers was the first man on shore. The boats returned loaded with valuable trophies of all kinds. One of our officers finding an elegant cavalry sword with solid silver scabbard. Swords, pistols, &0., &c., were scat ered about in every direction and in any quantby. But four prisonets were found, two of them were wounded. All hands connected with the expidition are represented aa aoting in the most gallant manner. The reporters who accompanied the expe dition return to Nevr Fork in the Beinville with full details. U. S. Volunteer Army. T© THE ME 2 03F" CBXVTR3S CO, Having been authorized by the the Governor of Pennsylvania to organize a Company of Volunteers for the three years service we call upon the Friends of Freedom, in Old Centre, to enlist, at once. The intention is to make this a Cn/kC3K CO3MFA3WY OF SHAR P-SHOO THUS, to be attached to a Rifle Regiment of Picked Companies. The com pany will be armed with the best Rifles in the world and thorough ly uniformed and equipped. Each member will receive, monthly, TOitfiiM muss i* m, and besides this each member will receive, when discharged, ONE ffljfbßED DOLLARS BOUNTY IH© Acres of Eand. All the Pension Laws in force apply to all men in the Volunteer service and every sick or disabled soldier will be comfortably provi ded for, and those dependent upon them will be entitled to Tli© County Relief Fund. As soon as eighty men are enrolled, they will be taken to camp where their pay will commence and their uniforms be received. PENNSYLVANI A'S TO THE RESCUE. Farmers, Mechanics,"Workingmen of Old Centre, the cause is your own. Your Liberties are at stake. Now, now, the dangerous storm is rolling, Which treacherous men confederate raised, The dogs of war let loose are howling, And lo ! our fields and cities blaze ; And shall we basely view the ruins, While ruffian force with guilty strides, Spreads desolation far and wide, With crime and blood their hands imbruing. The traitors who are now in arms against the country which they have plundered and betrayed, insult you as a degraded race; declare that you have not the courage to defend your firesides, and are unfit for freedom. Give them to understand that this is an in famous slander ; show them that you are not only freemen, but pa triots, who rally to their country's call, to triumph in her victories or perish in her fall. REMEMBER YOUR REVOLUTIONARY SIRES i Remember Bunker Hill, Yorktown, and New Orleans ! People of Centre County, shall it he said ol us that we are unable to preserve and maintain the Liberties which a handful of Patriots wrested from Old England—that we are not capable of Free Government V Rail) then —Rally now. Join the defendersof the STARS AIB STRIFES, J In the name of Liberty—in the name of God and humanity, let us defend the Old Flag. God of our Fathers ! in thy name We nail our Standard to the mast — To conquer or to die. We claim No greater honor. While the blast Of civil strife sweeps o'er the land, We'll strike the foe who dares to mar Our lovely ensign, and we'll stand A wall of fire to guard each star. Meetings will be held at the following time and places, and wiH be addressed by W. AY. Brown, Jas. 11. Rankin and others. Rock Forge, Saturday Evening, Nov. 23rd. Bellefonte, Tuesday Evening, Novembei 2Gth Nov. 7th 1861. ' AV. AY. BROWN. Day of Thanksgiving and Praise. PEXXS YL VA XIA, SS : lii the name and by the authority of ihe Common wealth of Pennsylvania, ANDREW G. CUHTIN, (iovernur of said Commonwealth. PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS, every good gift is from above and comes down to us from the Almighty, to whom it is meet, right and the boundan duty of every peo ple to render thanks for His mereies ; therefore I, ANDREW G. OIIRTIN, governor of the Com monwealth of Pennsylvania do reecommend to the people of this Commonwealth, they set apart Thursday, 28 th of November next, as a day of solemn thanksgiving to God, for hav ing prepared our corn and watered our furrows, and bles.-ef the labor of the husbandman, and crowned the year with His goodne.s, in the in crease of the ground and the gathering in of the fruits thereof, so that our barns are tilled wi'h plenty : and for having looked favorably on this Commonwealth, and strengthened the bars of her gntes. and blessed the children within her, and made men to be sf one mind, and preserved peace in her borders; Beseeching Him, also, on behalf of these Unite States, that our beloved country may have deliverance from these great and ap parent dangers wherewith she is compassed, and that the bravo and lo>al men now battling in the field fur her life may have their arras mado strong and their blows oeavy, and may bo shielded by His Divine power, and that He will mercifully st ill the outrages of perverse, violent, unruly and rebellious people, and make them clean hearts, and give them grace that they may see the error ' of their ways, and bring forth fruits meet for re pentance, and hereafter, in all godliness and hon esty, obediently walk in His holy command ments and in submission to the just and manifest authority of Republic, so that we, lending a quiet and peaceful life, may continually offer unto him our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving. [L. B.] Given under my hand and the great seal of the State at Harritburg, this sixteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one. and of the Com monwealth the eighty-sixth. By the Governor: A. G. CURTIN. ELI SLIVER, Secretary of the Commonwealth. jpSf Hoofland's Balsamic Cordial hos acquired a reputation that places it at the head of all rem dies for pulmonary diseases. Am advertisement 1H another ewluma. THE ECONOMY OP HEALTH. —Thi busy nation of Americans have 12,000,000 working people, whose service may be estimated at $2 a day, and th ir annual los? by sickness at an average of ten days each in the year. This is a total loss of $240,000,000 a sum three t : mes as large as the whole cost of General Government including the Army, Navy. Post Offices, Legislators, Foreign Ministers and all. The amount over six hundred tons in pure gold. A large portion of this costly suffering might he averted by the attention to diet cleanliness, and obove all, by the proper use of the right remedy in season. When a25 cent box of Ayer's Pills will aver; an attack of illness which it would take several days to recover from, or a dollar bottle of Ayer's Sarsnparilla, will expel a lurking disorder that would bring the sufferer to his backfor weens or months, does it take any figures to show the good economy of the investment'( When Favor and Ague is ranking in your veins and shaking your life out of you, it is worth the dollar it costs for his AGVK CVRK to have the villainous disorder expelled, which it does surely and quickly ? When you take a cold it is prudent to wait until it has settled on the lungs, v hen days or weeks or months be spent in trying to cure it, even if it can be cured at all, or it is cheaper to take Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, costing a few shillings, and re move the trouble before it is serious? It takes no wisdum to decide. -4 pure healthy tonic, and free from the de leterious and injurious effects to foliate those in or dinary use, has long been felt to be a desiteratum in the medical world. Such a tonio, and one so skilfully combined from the vegotabl J kingdom as to act in perfect accordance with the laws of na ture, and thus sooth the weakest stomach, and at the same time allay nervous and other irritations, and tone up all the organs of which the hum :n j body is composek, is offered in Prof. Wood's /Re storative Cordial and Blood ltenovator. Henco 'it is perfectly adapted to old and young. Reader, try it. Thousands have already done so, and the testimony is universal in its favor. Do not fail to read the advertisement in our paper. Jgf Call at your Driggist's, and get one of I " Everybody's Almanacs," —no charge. You will I find in it much useful matter, and more eviden e in favor of Hoofland's Balsamic Cordial 'bin era be produced by any other remedy for bun/ d ; s eases. See advertisement in another co.'rm? Neuralgia can be permanently cured by " Dr. Leland'a Antic Rheumatic Band." Se< au vcrtiseaient ef " Great Cure" ia another i-kms.
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