THE MONTROSE DEMO T, IS PUBLISHED TIRTOwas, S I AL. T. G-erritej • xl.. OFFICE ON ramie TEIREE,DOOII.B ABOVE SEAFLLS'd • . ; ten - its.-41,50 per annhm m mayor:es ; otherwise, $2 will be charged—and fifty cents permanent added to ewes/nes, at the option dew Putjlisher,.to pey expense of collection, etc, NOVAWCS 1211311)M1 . 5 - AnvEnti4sustrre wilt be inserted, at the rate of 41 per square, of tint lines of less, tbr(th first three weeks,.and 23 cents for cub additianal wesS— Som. Merchants, and others *he atify - Ise by the year, will be charged st.the following Wien ,tin; For one square, or lou, one year, iota change/4 Ss Xach additional square. a 7 thera4 of t t { 6 Xo credit gIITI2 except to those otknown reapbnsibilitp. TTOTINEV'S and Counsellors si Lakv,—Mothrose,Th. 41 Mee in Lathrttps' new building, over the /Mak. , TIENRY B. MckEAN , I I .. & TTOILNEY and Co'uneellor ar,LBw: 1 -Towattra, Pa. ,LS. °Mee bathe Union Block. posBB tt • DR. *E..F. N 310 T, * . . I RADUATE of the AlliTothic Mul IlomccOriethic Col. 1.11" lone of Medicine.—Great Itegd, l'a. Ofl7 l , corner of Main at i Elizabeth - .L ~ pearly Oppoeite the ethodist Church: ' , sps6 if • DRS: RINGIIASI iLt AN Kt, I. nystclAss, AcD DENTlftS—Neir -Milford Boroozh, Ya, . G.-Z. DIIItOOK, = • PTITSICIAN AN - 111 SITItGEON,--31;introsS, lea. • OMlce °Ter Wilton,; Store; Lodginki at Searle's Motel. - DR.. WILLIAM. W.-WI-IR:1'110N ECLECTIC PHYSICIAN & SURGEON DENTIST. li7T7/ DR. MIR 0.1 - 111/EA MX, Mechanical and Surgical Dentist, ipeently of Illinghamton, •N, Y. tender their professional scrim» to all irbo *ppm elate the "Deformed Practice . et, Phystic;" ciarefld and Malik! operation» on Teeth: with!the most »erralllc and liPproVed Plyks of platework. Teeth extracttd without pain and all work warranted. 1 . I Jackson, June 14th, tacil I ' • ' . DR. 11. SMITH 1 ;ilt: SOS, , QrßospN DKNTTISTS.—Montrpae, Pa. ~....„.....,-,.. Or:Me - Fin Lathrope new building, over i ._. • -- ,'.7. the Dank_ All Dental operation% will be, `litsijiam performed in good kyle and warranted. I J. C. OLMSTEAD . - - Jl4 READ. DRS. OLMSTEAD & READ; WOULD ANNOUNCE to tI4 Public that They have: entered into a partnerehlp. for the Practice of MEDICINE Surgery. and arc prepared to attend to all ekla in the line of their. profee . sion. O: ten—the one formerly oec-apied, by Dr. J. C; Olmstend, in DUNDAFF. - • 1017 2m. DR. N. Y. LI:ET; .. rhyrician-and Surgeon; Friends* l iar, Pa. o,4ce cppotiLe the Judion House. , TVR. LEET gives particular attention to thfitreatrnent 1./ of diseases of the Eau and Eva; and if confident that ix his knowledge of, and penence in that bra of prac tice will enable him effictlkcnre in the in at didicult e* a. For treatin iacaaes of thefe organs o fee will be charged unless I c patient is benefitted hai the treat: ment: [..l.n;m4. th. 1860. • SOLITHWORTIT A...-.VADAIf.. IN, -itrANCTACTMERS AND DE A LERS In Italian and' AIL American Marble for Monuments.. Deadedones, Tomb-Tables, Mantles. Sinks and. Centre•Tables. Also _dealers in Marbleized Slate for Mantli4. Centre- ables,&e. ....Shop a fen. doors oast of Searle's Motet o Tanmike street, Montrose. Pa. °ea ly• WM. A. SNOW, - I JUSTICE OF TIIE •PEACE.—Great Bend, Ira. °Ake on Maio street, opposite tht,Westem Bopse. apt JOHN SAI:TTER,• E.: n SIIIONABLE TAlLOR .—M ontrose. Pa. bop over I.'\.' Bullard's Grocery. on ?daln-s r rect. kful for past Tavors; he aolicita a continuance —pledzing do all work satlsEtetor:lvi Cut tin" done on short notice, and warranted to AL Mectrose..Pa,. July Itlth. 1911/—tf. , . . -• P. LINES,'. 1, - . . FASTTIONABLE TAlLOR.—)tontrase. Pa. Shop in l'hccnix Mock, or, r st rm. of Mead. Watrous & Foster. All work warranted..aa to fit and tAnisti. entting done on hot notice, in best. style. lanl'6o JOILN" GROVES, • FASITIONATILE TATl.OR,—Monlrose, Pa. Shop near the Baptist Meeting Henke. on Turnpike street. All orders filled prompt le. ilr6t-ratentyle. Cutting done On short.nOtiee, and warranted to tit. L. B. ISBELL,I - REFITZ.S Clods,A - niche!. and Jewelry at.the A shorten notice. and on reasonable terms. All troll: warranted. • Shop in Chandler and Jess pa store, Moxtuost, Pa. ods f . hi WM. W. SMITH 47.C0.E1 CMIN= AND CHAIR MA SETACTUTIEILS,—Fnot %L. , of Main street, qntrose, I awl If C. 0. FOIIDIOI, ANUFACITRER of .Roors'& SHOE ." Pa. Shop over Tyler's. store. AU kir' matte to order., and repairing, done neally. ABEL TURRELL, TNEALER in Dm!, Medicines. ,Chernical. 'Dye Staffs, Class Wan. Paints. Oils, Varrash, Win. dow Glass:Groceries...Fancy Goods, Jewelry Peen mer"..tc..,—Agent for all the most popular PA ENT liEDICINES,—Montroaa. Ps. aught, PR6F. CHARLES MOR IS, ~ltli6Tt and Hair ' Dreeeer, moutr°le Sli°P IEI PROF. J. WI - 81411.8 ER- i HAIR DRESSER, offers hiJ services to the ppblie, with the guaranty, that his t fork shall be done in the most skillful and artistic manner OrShop in the north front of the, FRANKLIN lICIUSE, Mont rose. Pa. Open on Sundays from 6a. - m. until 2p. m. July 1860,—ff., • PORTRAITS, PORTRAI rEw ..411.V.ANGEICE.NTS .IN - - BRICK BLOICK •, • MRS undersigned having taken .tlie : Rc i a formerly II occupied by W. . BRANS. is now to famish all who may desire itrith a good and truth roman. Being well posted in the production of the twions kinds of Pictures of the day, I flatter Myself that-my work isnot excelled by any in this section of the country. Among the various kinds. takeout my Roqms are the AMBROTT PHOTOGIi'APH, arELA,LvoTYPE. NEILLOfrRAPH.- Locket Pictures down to the stimiiest sized tulniatare Ring. Tmusfernal drabrotypes—the finest thing out. for sanding br Post to any part of the World 'without extra postage. 'Mr Picturettare bold. vigorous. and expressive —not those taint, lifeless shadows often sold about the country. pictures taken in all kinds of weather, equally well, except those of young children. No picture need be taken unless perfect satisfaction is given. In %dressing for a picture, avoid light ea:lnk—such as Vac, purple, scarlet, pink, etc. Moat others' take well; as, green, black, red, snuff, brown, orange. yeßOw, etc. VP — Remember that the place to get yowl" picture" Is the Bricle Block:over Read. Watrons lc 'Foster's store. J. B. IILAZIRTOIS. Montrose, Pa., Nov. Mb, Idtitt 1 _ , • LADIES , ONE iroiticEi - 317 1 .69...NV71r SEPrPriati : JO FALIZEMA; _co. 7fB ARCH g_tj. between 7th and Bth eta. Philadelphia. )late of 818 31arket at.) Im. porter. Nannfacturer of and Dealer In all kftidi of Fan Having. remov( my :New, Store, Arch at. Thiladelplth being now engaged en in the Manufacture am or Fahey Furs, which. cordanee with the •one Principle. - I have r at the lowest possibh sotalstent vitha reap war, I wouldeolleit from those In want far either Ladies' oi ren's wear, & art inapt of mp selections of goods, satisfied, as I my ability to please' desired essentiaL pii — Pc;sons at a d 1 slant to call personally wish, together-with t tog. and forward the paoring—to insure wishes. NELSTAIES! _N[w st~rtsi twife, H ASihat.rectireC a largo . stock or .11 ; Stoves: for Calking. Parlor. Office and Shop p for Wood or Coal, 'with Sto cc Plat. Zinc. an.. , • .: • Ilia asaortmcnt ic aclat and dcalrable, an will :be sold 0 . 13 the moit faairable taroks for Coen, or to PfOMPI 4 514. , ifontqa le nem . • 7 ' .1 New Millen], Oct.. talk, 18601 • Mill • Property E. • TTE undersigned olfor sale his 1191 Property in New Milford. two mut e ease from the! borough. , - It consists of a GRIST MIL and SA.IF with a new Stone DAM nearly completed-20 feet thitik at bottom, I7X feet wide at top. and 19 feet high, This is a very de. citable location, both as to basineas and • . 'wet. For .further information inquireof - ARCM I 'LD HILL. Now Milford, Novlet • • • . - • . _, • • i i ' , . . , . . . . . ~ , . - . • . . . . . - - • . • .• .. . . . ' C i -..- , -'-.1 •,- ----•- '' .- - ...7., : , ,, ...: . . . 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I cannot tell you how it was that he came to be:known as Toni Rocket, and 1 - if I could, it would have nothing to dol with my story-... For six 'years he was' the most fantails_ thief in the Midland counties,- mid for six years no one knew what he Wag like. lie was a lazy fellow ; he never came out except when. there Was a- good prize to be picked up, and he had- his scouts and his spies all over. the place to . give hiin information about booty and warn him of danger. But to judge_by what people said, he was "on the road" at half a dozen different -places -at once • every day l of his life ; for, you see, when anyone was robbed of his property-, or tound it convenient to so account for it, why he laid it ..,upon Tom Rocket .as a sort, of an exense for giving it up easily, 'because, you see,-no one thought of re sisting-Toni. 'So it was that all sorts of conflicting descriptions of person got 'abroad. One said that-he was an awful tall .man, and had a voice like thunder; - another, that he was a mild,l , little man, with black eyes and light hair. - He was a fiery man, with bhie-eyes and ,black hair, with some; heshad re jolly red ,face—he was as.pale as death—his iiose - was Ro man One day, Grecian or a suub the next. His 'dress was all the colors of:„,thl rain ...bow, and as for his hoarse, that was. of every'shade and breed that . was ever ; heard of, and a good many More besides that, haVe yet 'to . be found out. - -He wore a black half mask, but somehow or other -he - was :always obliging enough to slip it ; off, so as to give each of his 'victims a full I vie*Ofhistlice, onlytio two of themeould ever agree as to wluit it was like. My hither was a Gloucestershire -man. He stood six feet three in his stockings, and measured thirty-six inches across the' chest. He could 'double up a half_ crown between his finger and thumb, and was as brave as a lion. So, many me ati and oft, .when any One talk ed of the'daners of the road, he would set his great teeth togeth- 1 erg shake his head, and 'say that he should like to.see the man that could rob hint on the highway;. and, as he said' before, he I did see. him, and it Was Tom Rocket, I My father was-a lawyer, and was - at the time Liiave mentioned engaged in a great tithe cause that w:ay to be tried at War- wick spring assizes: So, shortly before ChriStmas, he had gut to go over to'. "look up the evideace. There was no cross -country coach, and being„as I have said, a brave man, he -rode alone: I-k transac ted his business, and my poor mother be ing ill,' and not liking to leave her alone longer than he could help, he .. set out to ride home again about ball-past nine o'clock that same evening. It was as beautiful a winter's night as ever, you ,• Were out in. His nag was a first rate bun 'ter, as docile as a dog, and fit to carry even his weight over, or !last, anything. He had stbrace of excellent . ' pistols in his ' holsters; and h, jogged along, hamming a %err} , tuile;:neither thinking nor caring 'for any robber under the sun... All of a sudden, it struck' him that the pretty bar maid of an inn just out of Warwick tilwir, .where he. had, stomied to have a girth . 1 that had been broken , patched together, 1 had been very busy with those self-same pistols; and suspecting that she might hare been tampering - with. them, he drew 1 the charges and-reloaded them carefully. ' t his done, jogged on again as before. 'Montrose, do of work je2lyl He liad'ridden about =ten miles, when he iarne to a wooden bridge that there *as in those days over the Avon. Just beybnd rose a stiffish bill, at the top of which was . a sudden - bend in -the road. Just. es *my - father reached this turn, •a made a horseman suddenly wheeled round upotaiirkanfi bade him "Stand and • de lire!" It was Tom Rocket l In a second my.father'S pistols were out, cocked, and snapped within a . yard of the highway man's chest; - but, one 'after the other, they mused fire ! Tt.e• pretty barmaid— a special favorite . of Tom - 's—was too sharp to rely upon tho old dodge -of drawing the bills, or 'damping the charge; she thrust a pin into each touchhole and broke it short oft "Any-more ?" Toni inquired, as coolly as you please; when my father's, second pistol flashed in 'the pan. "Yes!" shouted my father,. in a- fury, "one ror your nob!"-and seizing the weapon last used by the muzzle, he hurled It with all-his might and main at Rockett's head.- Tom ducked, the pistol flew over I the hedge, and my father thrown out of 'balance by his exertion,-lost his seat, and fell heavily on the grass' by the roadside. Inless . .time than it takes to. say. so, Tom , dismounted, seized my . father by the col- lar:; and presenting a pistol-within an inch of his face as, he lay, bade him.be quiet, of i it would be the worse'for,him. "You're giving me a great: deal of I trouble," said Torn, " so. just hand over your purse without any further nslo, or I'll, seqd, a -bullet -through your skull— : just there ;", and he laid the cold . muzzle I. of his 'pistol-on my father's' forehead - just.l between his' eyes. - It is bad enough to haVe to look down' the barrel of loaded fire-arms upon full cock,-with a high lidyman'S finger upon the trigger; but to' have the cold muzzle • pressed slimly upon your.head=-ugh ! Lit makes Me.creep to think of it... - I . - My. father made a 'virtue of necessity; and quietly gave up his: pourie. • "Much good may it-do yon,". he. said ; :" for. there is only three .and sixpence in it." .. • " Now for your pocket.book," said Tom, not heeding him. - "Poeket-book ?" inquired my father, turning a i little pale. "Ay, peeketrbook," Toni repeated; - "a • - MONTROSE, PA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 24,1861. thick black one; t it is. in the right-hand pocket otyour ri ing-coat." • "Here it, is ' " my father; "you know so much about it, that you can tell me what its cont n trits are worth.", PH ' " see "'To' " replied; quietly taking out and un folding halfa dozen legal look-- ing documents. - "They are la* papers—not worth a rush to you or anione else," said my fa ther. "Then," Tom replied, " I may tear them up;" and he made a rush • as though he would do so. I- . "Hold ! on your life l" my father'shout ed struggling haro, but in vain, to rise.. 0, they arc *orth something, then?" said Tom ; with a•grin. "It would take a :.deal of trouble- to make them out again," said 'My father, somewhat: sulkily—thaes all. HOw much Irouhle?" Tom inquired, with a Meaning lOok. "Pell," said My father, -" I suppose I know what you are a driving it. Hand them back, and let Me go, and I promise to send you - a hundred pounds when and Where you please l" "You knout. v i ery well that these pa pers are worth more than ahundred," said 'Tom.. 1 • "A hundred and fifty, then," said My . father. • "Go On," sad 'Tom. .. • - "I tell-you what it is, you scoundrel," Cried my father, k' I'll Stake five , hundred cra ainst•themif YOU will loose your hold, and fight me fair y for lt." - • Tom only chu dded. • ' "-Why, what.a ninny you must take me for," he said. N li'y should I bother my self about what . can get without." ". "You're a cur that's- what you are," my father shouted, in a fury. "Don't be -cross ; it don't become. you, to look red in tliC face. Now attend . to me," he continued, in an altered tone. "Do you see that bridge ?. Well, there is ,a heap of stones in the, center, isn't there? Very - gOod I If you place five: ,hundred guineas.in gold;in a bag, amongst those stones at 0 o'clock at night, this day week, you-shall find your pocket-book and all its contents in the same place two hours afterward;" -"HoW am I to know that von will keep your word ?" my 'father, replied, a little softened by thehope of - regaining, even at so heat-y a prie, the papers- that were invaluable to him.• - - - - "Pm ToinOeket," replied the robber, securing.the pocket-book upon his person, "and what I say I mean ; and what I say, Pll stielcto. S'aw get up, and mind," he added, as my father sprang to " pistols don't miss fire." " I ,shall live to see - you - hanged," my father muttered adjusting his disordered dress. • I "Shall I help you to latch yourhorse?" Tom asked, politely. ". .. . I'll never rest till I lode you in jail," said thy fath - e - r - ,lsavageiy. ~ . "Give my compliments to your ,wife," • said T,om, mounting his horse. "Confound- your impudence," howled my father. 1 . w ".Good:night."'said Tom, with a ware ot s his - hand ; and turning- sharp around, he jump 4 his hOrse over the fence, and was oat of sight in a moment. 'lt was not quite fair of my father ' I ' own ;'but he deterniined to set a trap for Tonißocket, baited with the fivelundred guineas, at the ;bridge. He posted'up to I I London, saw Bradshaw, a famous- Bow street runner, and arrangid that. he and', his men should come down, and help to catch Tom; but just at the last moment', Bradshaw was detained upon some impor tant government trial," and so another runner, Fraser, a no less celebrited otfi: cer, took his place.; • It was settled that the runners should come by differelifroads, and all meet at a wayside inn about 'five miles from the, bridge, at eight), o'clock on the day . that my father's pociet-book was to be return ed. An hour afterward they were to join him on the road, three miles.•further on: Their object, ;you see, in taking this sound-about away, was to baffle Tom's spies and accomplices, and torget securely hid about the appointed spot long before the appointed time. My Father Was a little late at the place of meeting; but when he arrived. there, he could tee n 6 one about, except a lout ish-lookingssountry-rpen in a smock-frock, who was swinging on a gate hafd by. " Go'oti:ni(rht maister,' said the'yolk. • " Good-night to you," replied my father. "Can you tell me who this yer letter's for," said the yokel; producing a folded paper. • My father saiv in a moment that it was Iris own letter to Bradshaw. • " Where did you get that?" he asked quickly. A`h !" replied the yokel, replacing it in his pocket, "that ud be telling. -Be ye expecting' anYhody ?" "What's that to .you ?" said my father. "Oh naught," said the yokel; "only a gentleman from Lon - don— • " Ila!" cried my father; " what gentle- Man ?" " name begining with F. snit you? , asked the yokel. - " Fraser ?" The word fell involuntary from my father's lips. - "That's the name," replied the yokel,_ jumping down' from his seat;' and chang ing his tone and manner in, a moment.—• I'm Fraser; 'air, and you are Mr. San diger, as has been' robbed of a pocket- • book containing :valuable papers; and we're going to catch Tom Rocket, as got ' it, that'sour game, sir.. All right, sir; Land now to business. • 4‘ But where are your men ?" my father asked; when Fraser had' explained the reason for his disguise. " All riglit again, sir," said the runner; "they will join us. -We hiie not much time to lose, so please to lead the way ." So my father led the way followed.by Fraser, and by the time they came in sight of the. bridge, they had. been joined by four London officers, in different disguises and from different directions. One appear ed as a gentleman's servant leading. a horse, and the fourth as a soldier. None could have guessed that they had met be fore, much leis that they had.rnet togeth ,erin a preoencertedlicheine, -Tiff-father gave Fraser great credit for the' way. in -whith he had collected-Ms' force. . The midge upon which the money - was to be plated, consisted' - of two' arches across the river, and was joined on eithei side by a long soft of a causeway, built upon piles over meadows that in the win ter-time was generally coveretWith . Water. It so happened that the very neat morn ing after the robery a heavy rain set in, and soon , the flood was out, so. that there was no way of getting on the bridge but by going along the cause way, which extended a ilistance of'a hundred -yards, sloping down - gradually to the road on each side. of the rivet. At lime places 'the timbers were covered with dirt and stones, but at others the roadwiy had worn out and , they were bare; so that any 'one looking mr from underneath could see who was passing overhead. Mr: Fraser's sharp eye took in. - his po sition in" a moment.' He got two hurdles out of the field near by, and with a rope, that he had brought for another purpose, . fastened them to the piles, so that they hung like shelves between the roadway and the flood, ond on each side of the bridge, and-about twenty yards from it. This. was his plan ; two of his men were to be hidden on each hurdle; whilst he and my father, in a boat tat was_coudeah ed and • beneath the main arch . Lf the bridge, unseen themselves, could watch the heap of stones where the money was to be placed, and the 'stolen pocket-book left in exchange for it. As soon its Tom Rocket, or any of his friends, removed the bag in which the gold was packed.' Fraser was to whistle, and their men were to-climbs from their hiding-places and se cure whosoever it might be, if he leaped over the railing of the causeway, and took to the water; there was a boat in which to follow and capture him. Mr Fraser was very particular to practice his, allies in springing quickly from their places of con cealment, and impressing upon them and my father the necessity ofacting together,. keeping watch and strict silence. "And now, sir," he said to my father, as a dia . : tant clock chimed a' quarter of 'twelve, it is time to get to your places. and to bait the trap. Please to hand me the bag that I may , mark it, and. some of the coins, so as to be able to identify them at. the trial." lie had made up his mind you see, to nail master Tom this time. My Hither gave him the hag, saw hini write upon it, and make some scratches on about a dozen orthe guineas, mid then my father let himself down in a boat, in which he was immediately joined by the runner. "ICic .7,lllri t tict„."..acata . .cc Do you think he will. come?" whis pered my father.- " Certainly," repliOd'Fraser,," buthush! we, must not talk, sir; time's up." For three mortal hours did my father sit, in that boat and the runners, lay stretched out on the 'broad of their backs upon those hurdles watching for Tom Rocket to come for his .money ; and Tor three mortal hours not a soul approached . the bridge,'not a . stiund but the wash Of the swollen river was hoard. By the time that the clock. struck three, my father who had been nodding for the las't twen ty minutes, fell fast asleep ashe Fat cover ed up in his cloak, for it was a bitter cold night ; but was very speedily atoused by hearing Fraser . cry out that they were adrift. Adrift they were, sure enough. The rope that held them had been chafed against the sharp corner of a pile, (so 31r, fraser explained,) till it broke, and away went the boat, whirling round and round in the eddies of the river, fit to make any one gidy. So strong was .the - stream that they were carried a mile and a half down it, before they got ashore. My father was for returning directly to the bridge, and so was Fraser; but, soinehoW or other; they lost. each other in the dark and when my father arrived there, having run nearly all the way, he found, to, his great surprise, that the officers bad left, and he rushed to the heap of stones, and there the first thing that caught his eye Was his I;ocket-boOkthe money was gone. " • Determined to hate it out with the runners for deserting their post, he hur ried on to the inn where 'they . had met, and Were to pass the night.. He knocked at the door. No answer. He knocked again, louder.. No answer.- He was not . in, the very best of temper, as you may guess ; solie gave the door a big kick. In it flew ; and a sight met his view that fairly took away _his breath. Tied into five chairs, hand and foot, trussed up._ like so many Christmas ittakeys,Witb five gags in their five mouthi, and their five pair of eyes glaring at him owlishly, sat the real Mr. Fraser and.his four Bow-street run ners. Tom-Rocket had managed the busi ness at the bridge himself. How he man= aged to get scent of the plot, and to seize all the officers together, just, at the nick ' of time, my. father could not find' . ut and. .no one knows - to this day. . upon examining:, his pocket-book, my lather found •all his documents; and a paper on which was written these words: "By destroying theseiwritings I could . hate ruined 'you.: ln doing so I. should have injured your client, whom I respect. For his sake I keep my word, though you have played me false. Tom 110cak:r.." -. 7 . . Here'llfr. Jodi, paused, and smoked for. some time iri silence. , "And.what became of TOM r. asked one of, the company.: . • " Well," replied Mr Josh, "after hay i ing been tried three times, and getting. 1 off upon ,some law quibble on each occa sion, he—who, had robbed the Worth of thou Sands of pounds, and eseepedwas executed at Nottingham for -stealing •an old bridle!" - • . _ Vir The Hon. Mr. Graham, of North Carolina, though a strong Union roan, and a believer in the principle that. Lincoln's electionis no just cause for secession,and should be - acquiesced in, - neverthleiss sends woid tb'athe cannot honorably ac cept office under Mr.. Lincoln, with- his present understanding of , . his principles and political course. He appreciates the "honor," but denlines the ofhio. • WrMail for the 2[oatro4 Democrat. Save Pie Union. l , • BY 43, W. I,TON. • ; Is this the land—the hippy land= • - For which our Father nobly foisght, • • And with their lives—that little bend-. . • With more'than Spartan 'aloe bought I ' L this the land where once the tide . Of amine swept the fiery mass— ' . • - *here Ilberty—t nation's pride—' . Wept for her bleeding sons,' sire'? • -- Ie this the's:4*Sn* sleep the breve In death's embrice„ ell stark and add— v Where, when " our bleeding country save;7` Along the hills and valley/ironed, - Tbe stars and stripes so proudly redo Along their forms With fearless tread. Theirgnide in life, when battle glowed; ' • Their winding sheet when life had dee Is this the land, where, in the a i l - ' Of darkness, burst the dazinklight—, • The blazing star. of liberty, 1 , Dispelled the sombre gicsim of night 1— . • Where once the Sag of freedom Waved, Her imple folds above the buitie • Of Britain's eons, whose blood had laced '. Her virgin eon with crimson team'? Is this the UNION once the pride • . Of fair New England's gallant brave, . • - For which, to conflict side by side, . - Their preeloue blood in torrentS gave /. • • Is this the CONSTITUTION procid. For which the honored sons of Fame, . 'With joyful acclamations loud. Bout the heavens with one acclaim? , But bark t the deep response is heard, . .MdredlcM 'than theearthquake . a sound, . " Dissuive Abe Union I" quickly stirred • A nation' s pulse with sadness bound I The chilling words sweep o'er th i n land With fearful echo dread, profound, • • The gretd, in breithless silence stand, Whild.bieathes the dirge-like strain around. Shall Dean this Union whose bright bands, • A mitten's glory circle Sound, Be renttwaln, white yet expanids . . The 'eve, That tyranny hastened? ball . tlien - this fabric all so grand, . Immjrcal, yet of mortal mold, . •Go down, while the brave hand That fenied It moulders low and cold i Ifeavenl forbid that such shall bei The fate of glories all untold, •- • - The pricele?s boon of liberty,l - • Irou;sefed b v sterling hearts cif old Heavy forbid that aught shall niiir Our banner. to the breeze unfurled—. That, feil diennion'e flaming ear • Shall , I .dush an envied, throneless world I • - There l i nt the temple union reared, ' Our country end our union iwie, - And wisdom wield, by aught unfeared, • . . Her trident o'er the free and *are; Oh 1 ec'er let the cherished name . That I fired - Our sires with magic art, Burn with brighter, purer (Lune; Altioit the altar of our hearts. • .• Herrick, Nov. L,' - th, 1860. • t ketCh of Southernrife. Asa G. D imock, editor of. the Coshocton (Ohio,) Democrat, and former ly a re:atlent; prlst.ati of 1)r. Diniock, has been writing some sketches oil his observations ! while on a tour at the :sonth: 'From one :of his let ters dated at Canton, Mississippi, Dec.ls, .we make a few selections: . - I. am absolutely astonished at the •liber ty the slavt possess, the trust -reposed ni to.l em, ant the kindness extended to tltem. Notiohe free black in a thousand are as well icas the slaves in this town. , . They attend church —hear-preaching, get religio4—aud one slave actually gives twenty dollars-a year, to_ the, missionary cause; and altliongli cases of cruelty some- times occur; they are not more frequentl than wife-whipping in the Vorth. - - Lattende4 the Methodist church to-day and heard two sermons from Bishop Early, and One froin Rev. Camp to - the, slaves.— The meeting-for the slaves was at 3 o'-. clock p. nn—and the houie was filled with- as respectable looking, and letter clothed body . of negroes - ' of — both sexes than - I ever' saw before.. They Lail a slave foe a chorester, who sang most sVetidid ly, and a slave closed.the meeting with an `intelligent and fervent prayer.. There are no Tree negives in this place. The. slave women ivere as well dressed as . a large majority of lour northern village congrega tions. „And I was astonished at the small number of mulattoes in the large .number at church, :ind seen in the street: There were about' 300 slaves in the Church, and not more than -a dozen of mixed- color. And on the plantations 'the number still less in, pr4portion. •When the facilities, the northern abolitipnists possess of 'de• bauching the slave women, in - towns along the rail roads are considered, the mim ber, of mulattoes in the South is astonish ingly small' . In the afternoon, the weather cleared ,tift, the sun; came out, and , the . air was balmy and ;warm as April in Qhio—and in' the evening the . stars came out, and the glory of a Southern. night was displayed.. to my delighted eyes. . . On the !plantations,. in - the country, where the planter has a large .number of of slaves, he bads a church for the slaves; and sometimes a number of planters com bine and build a church, and on every Sab bath that 'the whites have preaching, a sermon is I preached exclusively to' the slave... This contradicts. a constant, and slandering lie of the Abolitionists that. the slaves die_ enied tire 'Gospel: - ' 'you frequently hear of-cases of mobing, hanging . off` in other words lynching nor thern menl in the South. Mnny.of the cases repo ed are mere fiction, and prob ably all.ex gerated. 'An instance - occur-. red in this village a fen' weeks-ago; which although smutty, I Must relate. - in .order '• that a full 'understanding of things may be had. • A young man from.the north ;was seen skulking about the negro quar ters, very ntimate with an unruly slave man, whom he . occasionally treated' to liquor. lin wati:arrested by the minute men and put on trial, and in order to. get 'cleaeof . greater criminality; swore that he ; treated tit:e negro slave in order , to have him arrange a - place of assignatien-with a 1 slave girl 1 - It is such conduct that exas i perates sciuthern feelings against northern 1 abolitionists, and such men; caught under a little stronger Criminal . , circumstances, in ibi a tinis of excitement, ar a . maltreated and home :.:. This is true! .•,- • .: WA man named Miirphy. at Indian, apolis wati blowing acme coals rto -light . a a fire, and his breath caught and communi cated-to his . faest, which was so: cmmpleta ly saturate d with whiskey that , it' burned like kindling wood. . httitiihy•Aella 'Abe story is shockingly burned, and may Yet-lose hiii eight. ICE Attack on the Star-of e West. The Captain of the Star or the West, makes the following statement of the at tack on his Vessel :-- " We arrived off Charleston bar at half past one a. in., on the etb,-bUt could find no guiding marks for the bar, as the lights were all'out. We proceeded with ,cau don, running very slow and sounding un til about 4 a. m., being then in four and a ; half fatbbms of water, when We discover-' •ed a light through the haze Which at that time covered the horizon. IConcluding _ _ that the light on Forts Sumte ting the bearings of it 'we at southwest for the main ship ch we hove to to await daylight having - been all ,pat out s o'clock, to avoid being seen. began, to break we discovere just in shore of us, who; as ' saw us, burned one blue li_ red lights as signals, -and steamed over the bar and in t channel. The soldiers were no* all and no one iillowed oti the our own crew. As soon light enough to see we• cros and proceeded - on up the cban er bar buoy having been tak steamer ahead of *us sendin!... and burnin . g lights until - afte broad day- „light, eonimuing on her co , rse up neat two miles ahead:cifus. • Wiwi!) We arrived ' at about two iniles - "from Fort Moultrie,. Fort Sumter being-about tl4 same dis tatice,wina.sked battery: on 3orris Island, 1 where there was a red Palm' tto flag fly ing, opened firewpon us, the f &stance being i about five-eighths of a mile.' We hadr th'b I American flying at our ,flag staff at the i ‘ time, andsoon after the first shot hoisted a large American ensign •at tefore. -We continued on under the fire o ' the battery for over ten minutes, several of the 'Shot I going clear over. us; one•jus .passed clear of the pilothouse;, another pa sed between 1 thesmoke stack and the walking heath of the 1 -engine; another str ck the ship just, abaft the fore rigging id • st•ovet•in • the planking; another, shot came within an ace of carrying away the rudder. At 1 the same time there was a, ovement 'of 1 two steamers from near F rt :Moultrie, I one of them towing a schoon r (I presume 1 an armed sfehooner); With th intention of I cutting us off. • . ' ' - . . • Our position now became rather critic al, as we had to approach rt 31oUltrie 1 to within three-quarters of mile before we could keep away for For Sumter, A I steamer approaching. us w th an arthed I ,s.chootierln. taw....4l4the . tent-an ;ha i island tiring at us an the time, and having ho cannon to protect ourselves from . the attacks of the vesselS; we concluded that to avoid certaintaptnre or dastruction we wauld endeavor to, get to 'ea: CoWse- - quently, we wore'round an stood down the channel, the battery fiing n , us is Until their shot fell short ; -it was now stron , v4l) tide, and the wat r heviiig fall en some three feet, we pr ceeded with -caution`and 'crossed the, bar safely at 'fifty Minutes \ pasti d. m., and - with:ie& -on our course ter ,7,-. Y., Ow ew-C• arrived this (aturdii),7) - morning, after l a bolster oils passage. A steamer frr- Charleston followed us for ebout three . lours, watch ing our movements- In nsticel to • the officers and crews . of'each department of the ship, I must ' add that' their behavior while under the fire of the b ttery reflect ed neat credit. on . thein\ _ ~ I, • - Very respect ully, . J. MCGOWAN. . - - Letter Flom Ka a . • According to promise, sa ` Ow the Owgo Gazette..we lay before our readers the:fol lowing extract from a lette;r tom 31r. H. S. Greno, written on the 12th of .Dec'em-* ber at Fort Scott,. Kansas Territory, to a member-of the family of onr friend and neighbor Mr..G. C. Greno, Of this Village, who is a brother of the writer " You wished me to write you some thing about Kansas. I will do so, and what I write yon can : depend upon as truth. It is' Prue onr crops] have entirely failed, and to such an extent is the failure that not one half of the people ofSontlieni Kansas have Provisions toilast their fam ilies one week. In fact pen cannot des cribe the amount of suffering than exists in this portion of Kansas in consequence of the drotth. People are 'actually starv ing to death. We have had rio rain here for 18 months to do any gOod. But star vation is not our only curse; we. have civil war prevailing- here to an alarming, ex tent. The abolitionists of;the East have sent an army of-iillians: here who keep the whole country in an uproar alk .the time, and during the lash ten days not less 'than seven good citizens have been taken out of their beds at night and either hung or shot, and for no other charge - save their beirig Detnecrats. Xo man is safe here unless he is an' abolitionist, and will help steal negroes from the South. My life has been threatened, and I was' Shot at five times in one day; , The villains have actually gone so far as to buy a tope ' to hang me with, 'and for tic) other reason only beeansel was a Democrat, and oft posed to their • operations r and spoke against - them.' - At least two-thirds - of all the money that has . been - raised East for the rind of Kansas, has been used to:buy Sharp's 'Rifles; or Colts Revolvers, to'arm the abolitionists with, which they use to drive out and plunder the property of. all, conservative men, and-all `the , 'provisions that have been shipped here have only' gone to Montgomery's men or abolition. ists, which are the same: Wetmore tow three companies oftlnited. States troops stationed at this plice—were it not for that I could tot live' here- two days, in fact two tlodrds of all the; people of. Fort Scott would either be killed or compelled to flee fortheir lives were...it not for • the soldiers that sire iitatioaed here for our protection. I volantered last week in a eompany: and *0 - .chased Montgornery, the leader of the abolitionists, silty miles but could not - 61MA* fight him. We took bliFOrebitt he ,had made Iris escapc All nave !aide 'since I came West lair been taken from me by this:kod of. outlaws. My horsei were stalerOixy, osttle'ren off, end raystoreplundered,-and I bees been i - JOB,SaMrOO.AI . ALERMk -D92l* Al TER mm 4 oFIIIIII 7ZPItI Mir. C 0 CO1 2 1.111.10! v . 1104.1ZY AIto.PRMGOTLT. AND AT 44 iXag 121 D LET LIVA" PI N 1216 TEM office of the Montrose 'Democrat recently ben supplied with %Wand dirks moiety of etc., and we me wow prepared to print pamphlets ete.. eta. WO* beat styli; on abort notice. Handbills, Pesters Piegnuxaneis;inid' caber /dads of work La this er as, dote aszecidlog Warder. Business, Wedding, and 13.11-Cizna ' Ttekata,htc., plated with aeattussecad despatch. y nion. lustices' and COnstabfes' Blanks, Notes Nob, sot all s 1 Steals, on bond, of printed to older: w • Job work and Masan, to be poll for on, compelled to fight for my life.- Tell Bro ther if he Las not given anything for the relief of Kansas, .for God'a sake do not give anything, fo r • what, he would give in good faith would be used to buy Sharpe's Bags with ) to send to the abolitionists Kansas, and the poor hero would never -see one cent .of it. Generil'Uckson on - Coercion. I In the crisis which now besets this ns; tion, the opinions and' declarations of the • wise and great statesmen of an earlier period of the republic are naturally look eckto as light for the guidance of the present generation. The opinions of no one have been o ft ener quoted than those hof Gen. Jackson. -It is approppate there-, fore, when we hear a 'Union of force advo cated in high places, and advocated - even in the - name of Jackson, to. quote from the Farewell Address of that great man a, pertinent passage, applying -directly on this point: "If such a struggle is once begun, and ' the citiiens of one section of the country lare arrayed in arms against those of ano ther, in doubtful conflict, let the battle re sult as it may, there will be an end of the VUnion, and - with it an end of the hopes of aftet get. .od to the onel, where • our lights nee twelve As the day a steamer oon as she it and two . , ortly, after o. the ship put below, • eck except There was 'ed the bar , el (the 'out aw.sy), the off rockets freedom. The victory of the injured would not secure to them the blessings of liberty; it.would.avenge their wrongs, but they would themselves share in,,the common ruin "But the Constitution cannot be main tained, nor the Union preserved, in oppo sition to public feeling by the mere exer tion of the coercive powers confided to the government. The 'foundation must be IBA in the affections of the people; in the security it,gives to life, liberty,. char acter, and property, in every quarter of the country; and' - thefratemal attach ments which the citizens of, the several States bear to one' another as members of one political family, Mutually ctmtributing to promote the happiness of each other., Hence the. citizens of .every 'State•shoultt • studiously avoid eveirliiii7; calculated' to . wound the sensibility, orrotiend .the ;just ••• pride of the, people of-other States;!_ and , • they should frown upon .any proceedings within their borders likely to disturb the • tranqudity.of their political brethren in .. other portions of the Union. -In a cowl.' try so extensive as the United StOtes and - with pursuits so varied, the internal rep-% lotions of theseveral States must frequent ly from one anothe - r in important particulars; and this difference is unavoid ably increased by the varying 'principles •• upon which the American colonies Were' originally planted ; the social relations be-. lattnevortitionrattuxtufetore, erne:- cessity, influencifig, their policry since-Ithey • became free and independent • States. - But - edeh State has the unquestionable • i right to regulate its own internal concerns . according to its-own pleasure; and while I it does not interfere with the rights Of the I people of other 'states, 'or the rights or' - the Union every State must 'be solo . ' judfge. of the measures Proper to securJ the safety of its citizens and prornote their - llnippiness; and all-efforts on' the part of the people' ot: otlwe States TO .CAST - I ODIUM.; UPON • THEIR INSTITU ITIONS, and all measures calculated -to DISTURB THEIR RIGHTS OF PROP ERTY, 'Or, to PUT IN JEOPARDY. - . THEIR PEACE- AND INTERNAL. TRANQUILITY; are in direct oppoltition to the spirit in which the Union was form ed, and'must endanger its safety. `Motives . of philanthropy maybe assigned — for this Unwarrantable interTerenge ' and wealt meat persuade themselves for a moment. Oat they-are laboring intlie cause Of hu manity, and asserting the „rights Of the human me° • but every one, upon 'sober -reflection; will see that nothing but ruis. : chief can come from the improper assaults . upon the feelings and the rights of others. 'test assured, that the men found basy . in `I this work of discord are not worthy of . yottroonfidence,and deserve yourstiOngest reprobation." • ..rThe above is a bill of indictment against the.. Republican . party ~Have they not" cast odium upon the histitn- • tions," etc.? ;'Reflect upon this subject. -„ Interesting 'HistoricalFacts: It is n little singular Oat the_states of the union which hate o'er been the most opposed to a war with any foreign nation are now themoet urgent to commence one with our own people. :Massachusetts, in 1812 interdicted her militia from leaving the state to defend ,, American soil 'from the ravages of the British invaders, and opposed our late war withe Mexico, after Mexican soldiers had 'slaughteled . can families on our own soil, and Mexican armies. threatened to march with fire and sword, from the Rio Grande to Washing ton. Yet Massachusetts is hastfto offer the servicciV her militia to, fightter own national brethren at the South ! Vermont, in 1813, ordered back the militia of her state, from the. common defence- on the; ground that the acts of our government - were wrong—thus leavng our' people to be butchered by the .enemy; but now the Vermonters are ready . to send ber militia south \to fight and punish any state that dares in 1861, to copy 'a part of her 1813 -example! Ohio,. through TOM Corwin— ' denounced our brave volunteersin Mexico and openly prayed-that,. while upholding I the honor.of the stars and stripes, they raight'alf meet with "blood y and inhospi table graves," from the bloodthirsty leans; but now Corwin, .the traitor to Wa, country is a shin ii light in the abolition war party. Even. Pima', the 'President elect of the irrepressibles, Corwin, proved a traitor to his country, espoused the cause of the enemy, giving them u aidl and comfort," as far as his vote•could do so, by declaring the war unjtust, and uncon stitutional. - • - We regret to note this readihess for civil war on thepart of those" who 'affected such 'scrupulous delicacy 'about endorsing a strife.with other nations to maintain our rights. There are occasions when' a war cannot he avoided without dishonor; but patriotism must necessarily shudder when war threatens to be a civil one mango. our national brethren ; and the prorO- Aude to rust} into itcomes with lit= from parties characteristically op wars of_every, other Zees:Apt:tom
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