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DR. G.' Z. DDIOCK,f.. •
IHYSICIAN AtilYSUßGEON,4litontros'e, Pa. Hike
over Wilsons' Store:. Lodging! tt Searfe's Hotel.
DR. WILLIAM. W. WIIEATON,
ECLECTIC PHYSICIAN & ;SIEGES* ,DENTIST.
IVITH DR. MYRON WHAT N, •
Meclutalcal and Surgical Dentist, nirenfly of t Tlingitainton,
N. Y. tender their professional services to all who appre
ciate the "Reformed Practice of ;Physic ;,7 careful and
skillfhl operations on Teeth ; with She most St, cientific and
approved styles of platework. Teeth egtrscted without
pain and all work warranted. r • E
Jackson. June 14th, 1860. h I*.
DR. 33.. S3IITH y 6 sos,
SOM G ceTall E t . rpa l 'i s. neCb m al n dln4 e 'ot ,
the Bank. ' All Dental, operations will be ' • 1414....
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V T that they have entered Isnot' pirtnstraldp for the
Practice of MEDICINE & Surgery,
and are prepared to nttend'to all calls to th# line of their
profession. Oftlee 7 the one formerly occupied by Dr. J. C.
Olmstead, in DUNDAFF - & , tnyl7 dm.
DR. Y. LITT, ti
Physician and Surgron. Frinuisrille, Pa, kfte appositi
Ue Jackson Xouu. h ,
D R. LEFT glees t+articular attention to e treatment
of 'diseases of the Esn and Exit; and is fident that
his knowledge of, and exponent° in that bra ch ofprac
tice will enable him to e ff ect a core la the t difficult
cases. For treating disemes of these arming:no fed will
be charged unless the patient is Ininefiqed by the -treat
ment. t (Ituluse3Oth,
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ANDFACTURERS 'AND DEALER, and
IV American • Marble. for Monnments, aleadstonea,
Tomb-Tables, Mantles, Sinks and L.Centre 2 Ribles. Also
dealers in Marbleized Slime for Mantles, Cents-S . -Tables, Se.
• • Shop a few doors east of Searlb's Roterbn Turnpike
street, Montrose; Pa. - • °oily*
WM. A. SNOW
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.—Gr4a Rends Pa. Otittee
on Main street, cippot.ite the We erti IloOse. apt
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over I.„N. Mallard's Grocery, hn Main4atreet.
Thankful for past favors. he solicits a continuance
—pledging himself to do all work hatisfartorily. Cut
ting done on short notice. and warranted to tit.
Montrose, Pa„ Julycl2th, '
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.12 in Phcenii M 1 ick. over store of trona -
A Foster. An work warranted,- as to fit andlitnish.
Cutting dune on short notice,-In bee! style.
JUAN GROVES,
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1 near the Baptist Meeting Horise, on TrOnpike
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Cutting done on short notice, and .warranted:to tit. '
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shortest notlee.and on rrasonable tertosi All
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't../ of Main surer, Montrose, Pa. g &wit!
C. 0. FORDEIAM,
1111A1STFAeTCP.ER of d 511044, Xontrom,
Pa. Shop over Tyler's etore.:. All kipde of work
made to order, and repairing done neatly. jeZyl--
ABEL TirlißELl„
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Stuffs. Glass Ware. Paints, Oils; Varnish. Win
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JiEuicrslcs,—Montrosa, Pa. augl tt
'PROF. CHARLES qqoAttlS,
BBARBER and Hair Dresser. Montrose, Shop In
basement of Sesiq-'s Hotel.
PROF. W. WItJAMIS,
BARBER Heal r PRESSER. offers hi 4 lien - lees to
the public, with the guiranty that hie v:h4 shall be
done in the most skillful and artiitle matinee: i.s 'Shop
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July 26;1862,-0. .
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rpm undersizned having taken-the Ending formerly'
occupied by W. B. DEANS. Is ndw prepafed to furnish
all who may desire with - a good and!truthful ;Portrait.
Being wellported In the predoction of then harlot:a kinds
of Picutresof the day, I flatter royerfftliat mg work is not
excelled by auy in this t.ection of the country
Among the various kinds taken at my Ito Oms loathe
• AM BR f." 7 .11'1..; PE OTOGIVAPII,
JIEL --1 V f, , 7'}' I' E. X fILLOPRA•P H.
'tocket Pictures dowmto the K.mlnetct ElZ{,il miniature
Ring. Transferred Ambrotypes—the finest thing.out, for
sanding by Poet to any part r,f the World • w3tho.ut extra
postage. 'My Picture, are hold. vigOratt ,s arid exprest.ive
—not those taint, lifeless shadirwit often 4ld about the
country. Pictures taken In all kinds of wealtter/egually
well, except those of yor.ng childrdt. Ko *sure need be
taken unless perfect satistaction'isven. 5 .
In dresslng.for p *tare, avoid 'light cot irs,—stich as
blue. purple, scarlt, pink, etc. Mrist others,..take-well., eu
green, black, red, snuff, brown, orange, yelldw, etc.
Remember that the place to - get your': picture" Is
lathe Thick Block. over Read, Watrona b,; roster' a store.
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Montrose, Pa., Nos.pih, 1660 . . E - ,
NEW STOVESI : STOVES
tr 3ita. •
nAsi net received a large etaof nese Stoyen t for
- Cooking. Pattor. Offlce and bliop pupate, for Wood
or Coal, Wilk itorel'ipe. Zinc,
His assOrtragt is select and desfrable. inOsill be sold
one most farorable torms fort cas/4 or tO Prong iFix
Month; ;_ketter_s• •
New liffifird,43ellstb, 1860. - .
Mill -Propertk
FOR 15149.3r4A311.
THE undersigned offenkfor sold .his Mill Property:in
New Milford. two miles east from the.: borough. It
consists of a .GRIST MILL sad %kW witb anew
Stone Dam nearly completed-20 feet thick at bottom,
173 feet wide at ton. sad 12 feet blgh: TM, Is a very de
sirable location, both Is to %whim god 'Power , For
farther information inquire Of ANCTIMIALD HILL-
Ns, =toe, .ISCIT let 190.4110, , ‘.3 •
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We Join Ourselves- to no Party tl:at' Does not Casu the Flag itrid Ke e
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'UL. 18.
The War of 181..
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IMIM
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14iri before the Old S'oldierS.af the Warof
1812, and dial:en - Sof Susquehanna,conven,
ed on the Bth of January, 18 . 01, tovelebrate
the victory of Nei* Orleans.,and to memo
rialize Congress .in their behalf, and pub
. i listed in sompliance with their unanimous
request.
SE.LItLZ
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geniltmen, Fellow-citizens and Mb:pats-Oil :
- ArrEn the lapse of almost half 'a centu
ry, iVe meet together on this day—.l day
consecrated . to victory:and national eery—
tO re vi ew totether those trials 'mid depri- -
. individually
vations whic .we,'and col- -
lectively, endured in the war, of
.1812, in
repelling the wrongs, fhe insults,
,the ag
gressions and .outrages, committed and
offered by Gre a t 'Britain against these
United States. This day we feel an aug-
Mented . glow of the living and unquencha
ble fire, of , patriotism burning - in our
breasts; and iye altnost feel our years to
he renewed, and to be marching 'to the
tune of Yankee Dbodle, to repel aggress
ion .or invasion, at 'the call'of 'our' beloved
country. Yes, I know - full' well, from
what I See in you and feel myself, that if
" the eye had grown dim, and the natural,
force had - not *abated," it would be our
pride mod-our glory to meet that foe who
should dare invade or trespass l'on our - .
rights. But : domestic, cares and toils,
and the' pcinderouss weight pf 'three score
years and .ten,.have - consumed in us' the
vigor and endirrance of the -- soldier, leav
ing little , else of the man than the wreck,
with the fire - of patriotism, yet burning
bright, and pl'eaf, f.o warm us and to. illu
mine our.pathWay as We . march along to
the', close elite. I
We have not met,this day to_ display
theirophies ofvictory taken from a daring:
and Vanquished foe, 'amid seas of blood
and' carnage, neither -to sh6w ghastly
scars of wound's received in the lield of
battle, nor-to exhibit garments rolled in .
blood and pierced with balls and missiles
of an enemy. None Of these haves we
come out to shoW; but the fault 'is mine.
of ours. The enemy fled at our approach
andlook Shelter and security on board his
ships, to'avoid da c tiger and save his qUes
tionable honor for, some future day and
less dangerous occasion. Like the cow
ardly and (xirniverous wort; the enemy
prowled aloud our coast in search of some
vulnerable point, harbor or unprotected
place, where he could ravage . at will and
out of danger.'
Yes follow soldiers, we left our 'homes
and. every kindred tie beliiiid--- . you for
Danville,or!some other place, and I for
New London. - What you particularly
endured Ido not know, except, as you
were 'soldiers you were subjected
. to sol
dier's fare, Which is 'always • hard.. The
perfect recollection of what I endured will
!remain with
,tueunimn . aired while memory
shall remain ; - and ifyonrs was equally rig;
orous, as unquestionably-It was, it is im
possible-too for you to forget.
. • I will giVe you a sketch of - mine while
You, are taking a transient'xiew Of fours.
Some evacinited . dwelling, a barn or. open
shed was our quarters • the softest oak
board in' the floor which we could !select
was theliedstead, and the knapsack and
blanket constituted the bed. During one
rainy night, to Shelter me from the drerul
ing Storm, I:was forced 'to try for repose
and,rest on the'coarse ross-side ota'sheet
of chestnut bark laid over the stahlethe
.only place in the whole barn that was not_
'preViously occupied. I often changed
sides and - wished for sleep to conic °Ver
me, and in vain; and the next morning I
arc* to assume my duty with deep inden
tations in my flesh caused by the coarse
bark; ugly to the view and painful to feel.
rwas in no degree . refreshed or rested;
but nearer sick-than well, yet 'I complain
' ed -hot:—l was a soldier in the defence
of my Country's rightS- and honor ; Our
provisions were always coarse and not
always even. .tolerable in kind, and as we
often changed - place, our provisions were
consequently changeable in 'quantity !as
well as-in quality. Good wheat flour and
cold Water made awfully hard journey
cakes, hard outside and of a greenish hue
within, reqUiring a Herculean stomach to
digest them; to say nothing of what the
edge-of the 'stomach should have been to
wage a successful encounter on such hard
! looking bread. ' Our beef was generally
of the leanest and toughest
.kind, and as.
salt; I was about to say, as Lot's wife.-:
And, to cap the climax; it was not at all
times of the quadrnped that wears horns,
cheWs the and 'parts- the hoof! Twice,
fora, surety I know I ate, horse Mesh-not
I to the disparagement,of our government,
hat to the infamy and shame of base dem
.agogues. who had become national con
traCtorsAnd comissaries.
, An Irishman once!. said' the hardest
drinking that be could think of would be
to sit on a frozen rock in a cold morning
-and 'drink cold water and . methinks !had
he!dranlepotatoe whiskey, chemically pre
pared and poisoned, until his entire mouth
and throat were- Coated with canker, as
. many of ours were and have fed on our
Salt horse flesh to magnify his distress, he
could have, jndged- correctly! what hard:
living is•.• .
• For all this hardVare' the. government
allowed us' each ! 8.00 per month;. or
twenty-six cents and six mills by the'day
—hardly enough for washing Our clothes
-and keeping them m 'OO repair, saying
! nothing of tea andl coffee and other. -ne
cesSary condiments. -We did no( strike
for higher pay; asit vyk's called—we tho't
not / the least of doing so. We thought
not,at all of pay—the . sum was too trivial
Ito think 0f.. - 'To defend our- homes, our.
friends, our common;country from insult.
and invasion, englossed all ourlbouglita--:-
1 : alPour care; ! It was th"?.. Jove of country,
i its defence, - arid the.. spirit ' Of . patiioti
~,-
that called us- to. the camp, towards whieb .
pay was no additional incentive. -. !
-ant why,likeeincitniatits;did we leiVe
- -one fields !anCslibps and becom - O soldiers ?
I
During. the lapse of about:'thirtY' . years,
our
i ! ancient, merciless' and oppressive en
-1 einflialivieWed . our imparalelled prosper,
ity ; with; not merely an enrious:gate,. blit
i., of ciivetoas - n6S: Ertglaadsair the &vas
' tatimf her . ruthles Isands,aad . the waste
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BY B. A. NZWTON.
MOTT.R.QSIE,'PA; -THURSDAY, JANUARY: 31;1861.:
platies• she had made upon our soil to, - be
retina: Each headland and' harbor show
the- liiimistalceable . signs of increasing
wealth and'happiness.l Our vessels
gated.F,every sea--our sailors 'traded at
almoSt every port; and returned .1 with' the
honorable rewards of lone,St industry,—
All tlii time we had been- rapidly increas
ing in strength, numerically and financial
ly ; "and England seeing all this, and never
licruphlous about 'employing base and dis- .
honorablemeani for self-interest and:self
aggrandizethent, took every advantage of
our merchant-men that she any way nould,
and of an unjust, treaty, artfully and de
singed l - gotten up .toharras,s - our people
and to :blightour naticinarprosperity. - She
virtually_ nullified the spirit of her .own
constitution, which, in the - language of
.Curran,. proclaims "Universal Emancipa
tion;" by alleging that a man born on Eng
lish or Irish soil could not sever all those
ties that served to Connect him• with the
land of his birth, and connect himself with
some other country. Whose constitution
and laws are more Congenial with his Views%
and feelings without the danger of being
seized:, if away from home, as a fugitive;
and forced away frOm his family and eve
ry thing of earth for which man cares to
live,and without the niost distant proba
bility of a return. 'Peas" Wand. "horns"
were the shiboleth, and " all who could
not franie to pronounce" it In Yankee
--who pronounced " pais" and.
"'erns'.' were claimed as Irish and Eng
lish. men, and' were ordered ,unceremoni
ouslyrtO "goon board the bait" to fight
for the British king. • . - -
Many such cases had occured on board
of our - merchant-vessels, for which the,
stipulated right, by treaty, to' board our
ships and search for contraband geods,
gave the opportunity, if it was mit the di
rect pretext. Our' people beheld such'.
wanton cruelty and outrages with horror.
Their hearts dilated with mingled sympa
thy and indignation; 'and, if England' had
limited. her outrages of impressment to
those who gave the signs of-English and
Irish birth, the turpitude and baseness of
the act would not have appeared . as wan
tonly' and maliciously aggressive; And
might have been, and 'Vrobably would
have been, borne with mach less imps
deuce and 'national resentment. But in
solence, like other sins, is progressive. In-'
suit and outrage had been perpetrated So
often that the boldest kind of insolence
prevailed—so much so_ that • our own na
tive citizens were not safe at sea or in for
eign ports. Under fals'e pretences, the
protections of Our semen . were regarded
as being little. better, , nominniln-thark thin
marks of fugitives and 'vagabonds on the
high seas; . and they . had. been and often
were, without any pretext given, foribly
taken from them and destroyed on
ship:board and by press-gangs; in port,
and then pressed into British service:
And, to give outrage entire culmination
brother was compeled to fight against
his natural brother, and to .commit vie-
Fence and insult fipon our national flag,
TA GLORY OF' ANI) TIIEI SAlL
on's PRIOR, and by afhiat4iiis the ackno wl
et! passport . for the • seamen of free Amer
ica on every•ocean and sea. 'These law
'less inipressments and other outrages had
been committed until, it' I recollect cor
rectly, more than a tbOuiand of our sailors
had been impressed, and were. known to
be held to service on board British men
of-war.
.
It was against those :Os of-wanton ag
gression that we complained. Congress
and the constituted authorities had ex
.postuleto, entreated and forborne until
forbearance had ceased to be a virtue.
When nearly every expedient compatible
with national honer had been tried to ob
tain indemnity andredress, and in vain,
there remained but one act of two to be
consummated,_ viz ;—Either to wage open
war with the enemy, and thus sustain our
national dignity, honor and pride; or to
submit tamely to pvery aggression and in
sult.; and. let the tee bury tis in ignominy;
turpitude and time -enduring shame. - •
• Itwas on the 18th day - Of June,lBl2,
war Was-formally 'and absolutely eclared
against-Great Britain ; and it was in an
80er to our 'coentry's call that we assum
ed the - armour of the soldier-and endured
the hardships, of the camp, to,protect our
citizens from , insult ap . diOutrage—our
common 'country fromNyasinn and rapine
—and to. obtain an hone le redress for'
wrongS already committed. But war was
not declared with the vain hope of con
quering Britain-and of reducing hey to a
colony, or of annexing her as a State; nei
therctri
did'we expect to make conquest of
Canada to eplarg out territory—but it
was our design to ght for our honor and
li
' those rights whit we had received 'as a
' legacy from Hear n—to strike whensoev
er and wheresoev r we could reach the
foe; and to repea our blows and to. con
tinue the conflict t whatever 7 hazard or
sacrifice, until the enemy should - under
stand: and acknow edge-that 'we had rights
as well
.as.be,. and had valor and ability to
defend them. .
It was withlie •is and- with armies of
tried veterans, Britain came hovering o'er
our. coast, threatening invasion at access
ible p'oints—threitteuing, - as it were, to
ravage _oar country. and to destroy us
with one fell swodp ; unconscious of the
fact that thirty ye6es of peace had greatly
augmented our 'resources and national
strength; and 6t the, sacred fire,of pat
riotism had never ceased to burn, neither
1 ,
to grow dim, on t e altar consecrated to
freedom.- We m t the-audacious- and dar-
jog foe, with unshaken confidence- in the
rectitude of our cause& and 'proud, haugh
ty England Was ioim taught to under- 1
stand,.to her sorrow had . dismay, that I
nothing of the valor of our fathers had
been.lost in tut; 'and that as valiant• men
we neither dreadd no 'feared to, make
bare our bosoms to the shafts of battle in
the defense of cull- country, our.ilaws and
our rights—that with justice andthe Gpd
of the Universe arid of armies- on our side;
we feared not. to face the -most 'gigantic
fOe on_ caith.': --
, Mell, we -often :mkt the enemy, in vari
ous wayS UtictutuTer • various circumstaii
tes,-and, in, the, i anguage of the gallant,
Perry, "be-was- Ars." -- Each gale from
the-North and --I West bore to our grateful
ears the Cheeringaccess of our arms ;„ and
Ei.
the distant shore of Erie and Champlain.
OMM=SZ=Zi7A
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sent forth- the animating echos, dvietory;
Our '.'inusketo,flent," derisively so, Called
by.the. enemy,: spew. itself preeminently
valiant in many fr bloody engagement, and
always retired,froin.the Conflicttriumph
ant,over superior.force. '
I might condescend to .particularize if
irciiiiistarices _required' and time would
permit. . It, is 'enough to-say in, conclusion
on this tepic.that, on this day; 46 years
ago, at New Orleans, Great . Britain -re
ceived thOmolit humiliating. bloar that in
,nll her-wars she had before been doomed
to'feel. This day was then and there con
secrated, and .to -victory. dedicated, to
stand out prominent in our annals and also
those of. Britain, to our.-glory and pride,
but to her dismay and humiliation, till the.
pages of histortaful fame shall be reme
dissly buried, amid the -wreck . of fallen ern.
pines. Aye; each Americrin will remem
ber, on each return of this consecrated
day, for ages to come, and; Brit'n, too,
will remember as well how like .a . vuilty
.and Whipt spaniel her soldiery retire in
dinuaY from the.field of slaughter, (the
second,'-Yorktown of - America,) loaded,
with woe, guilt and shame, in the stead of
the unrighteous trophies of "'reality and
booty - ,7 - pronounced by her general who
'had fallen in the battle,..a sacrifice 'o prom
ised abomination. - That.. was -a, victory
without a . parallel daring that war, and it
was regarded as the harbinger-of peace.
A dire misfortune it was to England, as
to the sacrifice of property, life and hon
or, that -the olive , branch of peace, which
sooh after crossed the Atlantic, had not
arived in time .to pre - vent. . , ,
Having taken a transitory review of
the war of 1812, and the incidenta . and .
hardships of the soldiery,. allow me 'noric
if you please, to make an other review, by
way of comparison, to show more clearly.
and conclusively how we,soldiers of that
war, stand pecuniarily reated to our gov . -
eminent, and what we have an nnquestion,
able right, riot merely to ask, but to e . x-.
'pest as being-justly- due to us for hardships
borne and services • rendered. . .
It is recorded in Matthew 10-10, ' The
workman is worthy of his'mCat'—in 'Luke
10-7,.' The laborer is worthy Of his hire,
and in Ist Timothy, 5-18, ' The laborer
is worthy of his reward.' Now it is Mani
feSt froth these passages and their conte:l - .03,
that stipulated wares is not intended, but
a just and honorable reward for:services
to be rendered, in Connection with atten
ding hardships and, trials. G entleinen, as
sohliers in the defense of our country, we
Were prompt to attend ht every' „call, and
faithful iu. every duty; and we \ deeni it
neither, arroganeo nor otxoti.'m to ma v, -‘"‘"
deserve an appropriate reward. We sere
not hirelings—we did not serve for i . ;ay:.
it was a case of compulsion and not of h
greenient ; we were , cyphers in the eotri
pact ; and therefore there was no agree
ment If the love of country and latred
of cowardice had not drawn us out to face
the enemy, the -strong arm of national
poWer would Have ecmpeled us. Eight
dollars per month were given us—not by
agreement or hire Tor there bad' been none
—it was merely abounty by law held out
in advance and nothing more. A - reward
even then, we had a right to expect—we
NOW have and even More—TO CLAIM, as
that claim has not teen canceled. -•
'Supposing you-were now, fellow soldiers
in the prime. of life, mid n 9 enemy were
threatening invasion, Would any , of you
assume camp duty for 26 cents per day . ?
Let your answer be given. (Nct, by many
voices.] Would you for ten times That
' sum 82.061. [Answer, no,by many] Let
truth and justice decide the question,which
is most liontzrable, in the most honorable
employment, arid most deserves a just . re
ward,-he avho legislates for hid country in
the tithe of War, or he who hazards life,
his earthly all in. his connery'd t defence.—
The soldier,', by many voices.] Who
will take it upon himself to saw that the i
verriest musketer or drummer; s less hon
orable and his services lesS meritorious?
Height dollars' per diem is riot above ade
quacy—and I would not even insinuate
that it is—how stands' twenty-six cents
and six m'lls per day,-for ,the soldier, on
the scale of comparison ? If to be ss sol
dier
, is not a stigma—if it does not : corn
pro,* or fritter' away the dignity of the
freeman .- and citizen—if the life andilepri
vatiotis of the soldier merit the honors of
his country, and his services deserve,a: re
ward, can'the above trifle, with sincerity,
be regarded as sueh? - Can it •be either
honorable or 'commendable for any govern
ment that would requite the.soldier with
a reward so-trivial ? ,
Let us make another review of the pic
ture without invidiousness'of feeling; And
it will bear many, and often. Thelegisla:
tor attenthis to the duties assigned him in
full enjoyment of all the blessings of social
life. He is surrounded by his - family and
friends ;'his table furnished with:the
choicest roast-Meat and every: rain fruit'
and delicacy taut hissal requirei • and he
retires to enjoy the halm of sound sleep •
on hiir downy bed, without the fear of as
sault from. an invading foe in the daakness
of the night, or of being suddenly startled
from his (inlet iiiiinibers into . wakefulness
to listen to the watchman's cry of" ''Ati's
But - the soldier- is away from his
home, his thoughts are divided , ;between
the rights'and honors of his country, the
safety
. of his person, and the welfare of his
family and friends; a well-furnished table
he has not; his fare is ofthe coarser, ifnot
the coarsest, kind; he is in effect without
shelter ;"and his life - hi exposed to the is
' ging of the elements' and the ravages of
the enemy. And now, if toil, hardship,
deprivation, exposure, and danger -form
any, criterion for rewards, which of the
two is more deserving? jAnawer by set-:
era]; •
We arenot disPOsed to be censorious or
ungrateful towards - Otr government' for
reward's delayed.- It is - but ca few_years
since Congress did, by way of remem
brance, give its tinda: of the :western do-'
main, for which ;,Vie Were grateful ;' VIA
What col weAo*ith those Linda tontlike
them available ? The expense of obtaining
"Mir warraxitaand 16 cation, anditie low pri
eetve were, -of , necessity; -cOrapellea to
- take, of elosi3 ageninfors ancl.:byer.rkg4h-,
• i!ag landjobbers; redheedvor receipts
.to.
'value more than nominal. That:Coal;
gresi erred in in its judgment'- in giving
!emit:Tor a lionnty, penions, obvlAu s : •
. ,
That farina far Us allwere;cvntO n t-.
plated in the grant, tus9uestionable ; a
thing with us as ,imprmiticable and inex
pedient as imposSible. at. the end of the
war, or when, we Were one score and ten,
the grant hadleen ramie, we might then,
with propriety and Probably should have
emigrated to lands, and havn cut out arid
built up for ourselves, homes, and. been
at this day, if not atlluent,in circumstan
ces much surpassing whit the y_ now. are.
'But,"at three score and upwards, to com
mence anew,as it NV ere,in'a frpntier forest,
exposed to all the hardships ,of the &rest
life and the tomahawk, it would have been
the height of folly, of madiiess,:if not, in
sanity to have done. To leatre, ourpeace
ful yet humble- homes and till those kin
dred ties and,, endearments whiair an en - -
lightened and refined society eVer beetotis
for the prospeCtive, yet uncertain, if not
illusory, farm Of broad Wheat fields and
stately mansion to be peiseased and en
joyed in a yet unbroken foie - at, we could
not think of doing ; and hence the con-.
templated and intended good . reward,like
the old continental paper 'money 'of the
revelutieni, failed of . accomplishing what
Congiess calculated it would.. . .
There is now, comparatively, but a cor
poral's guned'rernainineef the. thousands
of the soldiers of that war; to the greater,
part of whom _if not_to all;
,an honorable
reward'would graeions benefit, and
with hearts of flowing, gratitude would
be accepted. The
_nation is 'abundantly
able ; and we would most`- respectfully.
solicit Congress to make a grant _of some
annual reward, conscientiously believing
that our labors and sacrifices, as soldiers;
deserves it.. And we would, with due
respect and humility, offer - the kindly and
friendly admonition, that,lf, our honorable
government sho'd, after due:consideration
deem it just, as, well is honorable,- to_cou
aider us, the sooner the better ; and as all
delays are 4au4orous, we may slip, thro'
their hands while engaged incool debate,.
and emigrate to that country where wars
are not known,Where widows de; not weep
for husbands sainin battle and orphans
do not 'cry for bread—where earthly boun 7
ties are nothing worth, and where labor
is not necessary to secure subsistence.
•
- A - WIFE'S REv.exon.—,The New. York
Express 'of Monday relates'the following
singular story : .
Some eight years ago 'a handsOme
yonng Polander wooed and won a. damsel
from his oWn.natii-e land. Everybody be;
lug willing; the nuptial rite was performed
and the happy couple took up their abode
dzoinc.wlttara tlaig
=----L—earned a comfortable subsistence.
Matters passed on as usual for. nearly
'eight years, two children being born in
the mean time. Smile three months ago
Mr. P. told his Wife that he had,a splendid
opportunity to engage in a Very lucrative
businss in Chicago, provided he started
immediately. 'ln .Complianec- with' her,
husband's ye on est, and like .a dutiful' wik, •
Mrs. P. peeked tip the wearing apparel of
- her liege lord, and all thiugs'were in read
iness for Mr. P 's departure. - A few
hiMrs'before Mr. P. was to start, a
lady'friend (!) called on Mrs.l 3, -------,and
communicated to her the. startling intelli
gence that, the business'that' Mr.
was going to engage in at rehicag,o was
neither more-nor lass than a matrimonial
engagement withit young lady .to whom
he hh.become attached and engaged a
few months before in this citv. Though
startled by the intelligence; - M"rs:P----.
kept"her own counsel, and determined-up
on revenge. °Mr. P----.took his depar;,
titre with - every indication Of intense affec
tion' on both . sides. i • -
•-• The train nett to del onein Which Mr.
-P. - was - seated, contained MM. P. and the
tWc.Childreir. In the course of-time .all
the parties arrived at ChiCago, Mrs. P,!
aravlng on - the morning of the day . that
her husband - was to 'be married. She at
'herself and her children in holiday
raiment,- and. went , to the' house- of the
bride a few Moments herore the ceremony
,tookplac - e. The porter at the . door sup
posed her to be an invited guest,- and ush:
ered-her into the parlor. As' soon as the
children saw Mr. P. they embraced .him
and.ealled him papa. An easelairiesement
followed.; Mr. P. grew , pale, while the
brother of the brideadmintstered a sound
chastisement tothe would- be bridegroom.
Stung by the-proof of her,lnisband's faith:
lessuess, Mrs. P. became so excited that,
in a %Et of passion, she 'rushed into Abe
- kitchen where the bridal feast .Was being
prepared, and seizing a vessel containing
hot soup, rushed into the Parlor, and 'he
fore a land could b'e raised to dissuade
her from her purpose; the entire contents •
were thrown over Mr. P. 'lscalditig him dreadfully. - Amid shrieks - of paht,.Mr.P.
was-taken to the hospitaVbis.skin utterly
peeling off on the way. AboUt two weeks
after hisadniission to the hoSpital'he.died
in great agony. An fnv . estigation was had,
but owing:to:the difficulty of 'procuring
witneeses - , Mrs. P. liras: released,: and:: re
'turned to , this City -a widow,! a; sadder, :t
-not a *leer- *Onion.- . •
OUR . BREECHES,
11ir. Spillman had just mai4iectn second
wife. ~On the day,after Ahe .i.Weilding Mr.
.7
,
I intend,. Mrs. Spillman to culargemy
dairy." ;
"You mean our.:dairy, My dear,r. , te r
plied Mrs. Spiliman.
".,N% quoth Mr. Spillmitu," " I intend
to cilia e..my ' I
,- " Sny,onr dairy, Mr, Spain:um . ." ,
' " m.l ; da l 7."- - -
Say .our. dairy, say, screamed
she; getZi tl,* the potter,
'Xi'datrY, mi. 41 44 Y'Plreci thChtia
" t, iie6he . ed the
'wife, eniPhasiziug .eich word ,with blow
on the back oflier Cringing'so - 0On:
Mr. Ski lniam retreated un - dei- the, bed.
In PPs!Tig...inderihel;eit`cicithes hat_
was btishea-4.3,6c:lte.'renii.ifiedwoei`-aqv.
i e y„ - ra t, ln i u ' u fo *ailing ter; it lull.. hi
"ths 'storm:. At length bia.wife:Sa*:'l4m
thrusting his ke4rt, eat: - at; th(Croii.o' .- Pt the
ii r
areare.yoiu Piokingroi'?" !e*etidra..
ed the lady.
" I am 100 our Itieeebei,
dear,".saysbe, I_ , .
1 • •
Curiosities of Justice.
. .
- .The penal, code' of England has ...always:
been remarkable for.its severity.. Rogues
in "that imintryure, 'pfeity'eurp of exerrip
•latT•punishrnent,-iforice convicted. Eng
lish notions of retribhtive justice -are •so
strong thatthe penalties affixed'lO • viola
tions. of
.law. , .nre : not only calculated .tO.
make - the culprit suffer inore.fbr his mss ,
deedi, but they: are Mere imPartially and
fallY excludes than in - any other • country
but the British. criinitiarcoder of today is
far.niore humane than ia days _of yore,.
wilen almost every chapter of it was
ten in the blood 'of mimerous , ,
deed; $ barbarous was it in some respects '
that but for the unimpeachable 'records of
history, the repbrts which have • come
down from those times would hardly be
credited, , -
• .•
One of the' barbarities.' : of the. ancient
system. of English justice miasthe praitiee
of" pressing to._ death" for : refusing
plead. The system _continued in' vomt . ),
says Chambers'Journal; till - 1772, when
au act was passed by which any one re-
Rising to 'plead in a court of law should.be
- deemed guilty; the same 'a . though ...by a
verdict, orthe jury. The PrOcess!of" Preis:
to death" was. not .unfreql4ently. res
orted to by ''the judges. .The criminals.
•whii.thus defied .the was _stretched
- flat oil his back upOn. the prison lloor,lis
arras. and feet drawn, apart at full stretch '
and aecured to staples; a piece of blanket
Was placed on his, body, 'and on that
number, Of heavy' *eights.. la*. di'.
rected that there, should :he . Placed -upon,
hiia ",iis mach iron. and _stone he can
hear and mare 'And:thergrsi, day ;after'
he shall have..three.' morseis ,of•barley.
bread; without any drink; and the 'second
day-be shall be allowed.to. drink as much
as
.he can et" three times of the water
that is next the prison door, except- run
ning water withoilt any breadt and, this
shall be his diet till he dies ;and he against
'Whom' this' judgment .shall be given shall'
forfeit his goods "to' the Thp.e
seems to have been .two kinds of criminals
who. at that
,period • refuied to plead to
their indictment; the one, men - of proper
ty, who by suffering death by Rressure
:instead of hanging, reserved their hind
ed estate to their children - or heirs, which
- would not have been the case had they
ple.fided
.arid been found gililtY by the j . nry
The other class were ignorant; determined
men, 'who foOlishly imagined that by:re•
fusing' to plesi.they should eventually es
cape punishment.
The last time thhi cruel punishment Was
inflicted was upon a shipmaster charged
prop
erty to his family, remained mute 'when
'required to plead. flemetimes the pris
•oners had not sufficient fortitude to ad
here to their resohitiOns; and . after bear
ing the weights - for awhile would beg. to
he allowed to plead, .which under the law
they *ere not, entitled to, but the privi:
lege was generally accorded to them.—
A highwayman once bore three hundred
and fifty poundsfor half an - , boor. before
his resolution failed. There' is one ''ease
on record - in Nottingham where a . dumb
man was ; actually pressed to death for
failing to plead. He was, arraigned ; for
murder, was: eamminonlyieputect toshave
been deaf and dumb - 'from
.pifaney, but
two 'witnesses---who were •subsequently
.known to,havcborne him ill will—swore
that they hid heard bite speak, and he Was
subjected to the horrid, tdst, which elicit
ed no word from his lips; .and of - coarse
caused his death.. • . - •
During the
,Whole of the eighteenth
century the-English gallows bore 'profuse
crops of awful fruit, and the:hangman had
incessant occupation. Sii; ten, _and even
twenty men were hanged at one time and
piace. On the 234 of April; 175,. nineteen
men were executed tegetherit Iretvgate,
and not one for murder Most were
hanged for robberies and,-burglaries; ami
no less than three for returning .frOm
transportation before their -time . had ex
pired. On the 10th of ' November, the
.same year, eighteen were hung it New
gate, and net one for, murder! And on
December Ist, nine more---all for offences
against property. It was an -ancient' cus
tom for the bellinan --of St.' Sepuloherreli
Church to go beneath the. walls of New
gate on the night prior to the execution
of the .condemned • convicts, - and , ringing
the bell, to recite'admenitotylines Urging
-them • ' •
- • . . . ,
—." In time repent, • • -
That yoFt may not t' clonal ameba sent."..
The same ceremony vas- repeated .on
the morning of execution, the cart -stop
ping before the churtilie.;hile the bellman
again did his office;': It was also Cuttoma
ry for the cart - to stop on its way to Ty
burnithat the malefactors might be pres
ented with a bowl of ale—their.. last .
draught earth.. saddleiriif Banity
lost. his - life :in consequencii. of :declining
this MitirishMeint , had he stopped, as
usital, - ; his reprieve,' .• which was -on -the
road, would have- arrh'eft, time, .enough. to
- % In tholie times nierelioyek,were hanged
for offences Which row f adityk 'would., be
pOishedby a few ..mcniths,-I..tmlirisonment
or seclusion in a refortnatery. , :E Teter Mc,'
Cloud; aged ifixteen, , ,wair ; hanged, at..Ty
burn,lditylf,-1773, fOrhei.lo.oroking.7 -
SaYi Ike its!ioe !Welt "We .gather
thes - e_facts:: - 1- • ,•
- - ;"Anotherboy,- - not'siii,6en; was-hanged
for milder at'Wisbeach,.: July '13,-. :1807,.
'and Wee notice his case . on account of-the.
tra dinarretpedientniatoicti
veiTer. OT •
der him penitent prior to - his _execution.
bathed' committed . most atrocions
Mtirder at WhittlesebiiitillineiC. child:
aged twelve'years,' revenge , -1.0r.= the
-child's - mother. having aceidentallyihrOwn
tionioiwatei - Oviej f , hardened
young wretch . threatenecl4o murder-the
clergyman whOittendelithijaik and
one' ellie Whodiuted toiippreaeh .Itint and
ea fenoaiiitias Winithis isonilnet rthat- - . it 'was.
riedessaryHtiithaltyltinilistrni:ltatkV.ond
focifjiti hit atingion,r and even then .I*.ike;
iniVeacinfif Wulf ; Manner. , will
"quote'what'foUnwed inlheirfordii - Of the
,narratiyebefore!tis• . ik -- "Atiength to pre
rentlbe 411
ld'sr-401s}iaitge;filuiletpedlint'Wes de
'vlee of ie,recitrin4o sibiiut'ifiersize
_45 - f.th4‘cine murdered aiia - swilarz
Middretis; Whom tivO - CleirgYmin
e Xiiect edlyledbetire them by the hands
" -,.•
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lam : At• "LIVE Jam UT /Are PLUM. •
Tas• office of the•Moiiiroee Democrat
hat recently been *lmplied with a new and choke void
of type, eta; and we are now prepared to print pamphlets
el rWara, ate.. ate.. ht the bolt style,an non
. Handbills, Posters, Progranuties, bad
altar kinds ot work In t6la pile, done according to order.
Business, Wedding, 'and . Ball CABDR.
Tickets, etc., with Radom sad deipstch. '
Justices' and Constables Blanks, Notes
Dada, and all ogler Blorkbi, oo NIA of printed to orde,.
fat" Joie work aniiikulko„ Otos paid faros deltray.
NO. 5.
into hii * Cell, where he lay, sulkily, clulin
to the ground; but, on their approa2h; he
started, and seemed se completely 'terri
fied that he trembled in every limb, cold •
drops of sweat profnsely falling from him - .
and—was, almost Momentarily in. ouch :a :
'dreadful State of egitation.tbat he entrest
ed the clergymen to continue with. him,
Said froui that instant became as "contrite .
aimnitentes . he had been before callous
and insensible."!, ' ,
'1 A housebreaker named Smith was hung
at Tyburn in 1705,and when he had hung
nearly fifteen minutes a
. reprieve -arrived
and. he was cut. down. When asked .
What his feelings .had been, he replied
that " when he was turned off, he for some ,
time was sensible of very great pain, oc
casioned by the weight of his body, and.
felt his spirits in a- strange comm otion,
violently pressing upward; that having ,
their way to ails head, he saw, as it were,
a' great blaze of-! glaring light, • w,hicit
seemed to go out of the eyes wit t b
and then he lost all,sense of palu;,. :That .
atter he was Cut down and bean to
cern° to himself, .the blood anffipirits for
cing themselves into their formerahannils, •
pat him, by a sort of pricking and:sheiot-- -
mg, to such intolerable pain, that he co'd
have wished them . hung who . cut bhu
down." Strange as it may seem, this taste
of the gallows did not lead the man to quit
his malPractices, and he twice afterward
narrowly escaped being hung. .
A FAIR PROPOSITION.—A sagacious
Correspondent of the New: York papers
proposes a method of adjusting our-:pa
litical difficulties which deseries more at
tention than it will receive. It is that
Massachusetts and South Carolina consti
tute themselves the_Champions of the reN
syiective sections, and fight it out.-
Their motto is to be °° "May the best Man
win," and both sections are to submit; as
soots as the contest is. decided. If South
-Carolina first throws np,the sponge; then
New Mexico is to be a free State, niggers;
can run away when they get a chance, sad:
those who follow them may look out for
More kicks than coppersin the free States
should Massachusetts; on the other hand,
get her head in chancery, then New 3ft:r
ico will be a slave State, - the undergfritind
railroad - will go into bankruptcy, and if_a•
'darky puts his foot over 3lason• and Dix - -
Ode line, he will be taken down- to New .
Orleans and sold before he knotvs wherse
he is. G.reeei and . Beecher, and their
•adthfrrirti will 0.0 into mourning ,and Gar
.rison, & Co. will emi
grant to Hayti. _
.....01not see why this is not a practi
able plan. . XnlcutarlG - Intrßeirwtil
whea the Romans had a quarrel the
Sabines, which was ended by a single
hand encounter between- the Messrs.
Ilorati and Curtin, in which the lattei get
• badly licked, whilst the former, for his
woad lack escaped- punishment fer the
commission if a very ugly homicide, as
many a bully - has in our own day: There
are people cruel enough to wish, the en
counter may mid as did. the famous battle :
of the Kilkenny-cats, were at the end all
the. combatants were missing.. Others,.
more sensible feel like the • woman. whose
husband was fighting a bear, so long as
there is fair play they do not , care who,
licks p roviding we thereupon Miry the po
liticaldarkey and smoke over his remains
the calumet of amity'and peace.—Brook ,
lyn Bay*.
• Ltotenous liffsrAkit P A TRANSLATITT.
=Miss" Cooper, daughter of the novelist, -
in - a lite work . entitled "Pages and Pio
fares," giv ii an -amusing account of the
blunder of the„transia - ter who first,render
ed'her father's novel,," The Spy," into the
"french langunke. Readers of the book
Will remember that the residence of the
Wharton family was called ' The Locusts.
The' translatog referred - to his dictionary,
and found the rendered the word to be Let
Sauterelles, ." The- Grasshoppers." Mit
when be found one of the dragoons repre
sented as eying his horse to one of thela.
custs (trees) on the lawn,it• wouldlappear
as if he, might. have been at fault. Noth
ing daunted, - however,hut takingloilgran
ted that American gr - asboPpers must:be of
gigantic dimensions, he gravely ',informs
his readers that the dragodn secured his
Chaiger by &Stelling the bridle to one, of
the grasshoppers before the,- door—appa
rently standing there for that purpose!
" (At .rorty )-
, Well, I can count ten thousand now—
, ' That's better ',than before- ,
And I may well lie satisfied'
When I've a little more:
(At...FT/ht.)
•Sonie-fifty t,housand—pretty,well--.
But I hAve earned it sore;
' HoweN'er, tis*tnot. complain` •
.
14IT'Wheo Lome,. Phillippo 'end his
qt . nten.w,ere in exile in- Clearmount; they
visited(be Conient: of the Sacred Coeur.
The min that'aiii•lneted them-through the
house imiarsolamiable and agreeable that •
the quo* QUAltkirtg her jeave expressed
her 13141sfaotion, "Perhaps," added her
tb ajeety, 4 . 4 yor(irill 2 beinterested to know
who itre4our visitors. This
. g,entlemertia
Unit Phdlippe; I am the Qiteen Antelle
The nun; bowing profoundly, replied with
a gentle smile, and lam 'lliad,eirTilelle
Bonaparte;'
._ \ .
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BY 'JAMES NAeK
(At Phirty.)
Five hundred dollars I have aaved—n,
A rather moderate store- ; --
"No matter; I shall be content
When I've a little more. . -
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OKkligudrwl thousand--,slekand 9111
41411 'life is,bit bore!, '
Yet:lean be content to Nils
•'R'heii I'Ce a little more.
He dies- 7 -and to his greedy, heirs -
Ho leates countiCigi tore; _ s
Isis wealth has purchased him a tomb
And very little mire.
?: • ylotaijouriai.