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ECLECTIC PHYSICIAN & SURGEON DENTIST.
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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
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QrßospN DKNTTISTS.—Montrpae, Pa. ~....„.....,-,..
Or:Me - Fin Lathrope new building, over i ._. • -- ,'.7.
the Dank_ All Dental operation% will be, `litsijiam
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WOULD ANNOUNCE to tI4 Public
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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;
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the Judion House. ,
TVR. LEET gives particular attention to thfitreatrnent
1./ of diseases of the Eau and Eva; and if confident that
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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•
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JUSTICE OF TIIE •PEACE.—Great Bend, Ira. °Ake
on Maio street, opposite tht,Westem Bopse. apt
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kful for past Tavors; he aolicita a continuance
—pledzing do all work satlsEtetor:lvi Cut
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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,
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July 1860,—ff., •
PORTRAITS, PORTRAI
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• MRS undersigned having taken .tlie : Rc i a formerly
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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
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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!
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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.
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Mill • Property
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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
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VOL. 18.}
T 4:km- R 0 C ET;
OR,. THE ENGLISH HIGHWAYMAN.
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'.• Tostßocirnr was a highwayman.. - NO
one ev er christened hint Tom, and his fa
ther'alname was not Rocket. When he
was tried for his life at Warwick' assizes .
he was arraigned as Charles liekson, and
they were partidular about names them.
If you indicted ti.man as Jim, and his,
true name was -Joe, La giittoff; and when
the laW Was altered—so that they could
set such errors-right at the trial—people,
least=wise lawyers,
said that,' the British
constitution was being pulled up, root
and branch. ' But that's neither here nor
there. 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
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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
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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
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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."
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" 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
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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.",
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" 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. ". ..
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I'll never rest till I lode you in jail,"
said thy fath - e - r - ,lsavageiy. ~
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"Give my compliments to your
,wife,"
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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
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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.
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" 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