THE MONTROSE DEMOCRAT
TICRIU-Sl4O PSS /17411 X, IN AMIE&
A. J . ca-anme-tignikwar,
EDITOR, PUBLISHER, -AND PROPRIETOR.
HOWITIOSE, THURSDAY, APRIL 18th, 1861.
C-NT'Since the Republicans have 'plung
.ed the country into its present deplorable
condition, they are charging that the Dem
ocrats have caused all the evils! Never
Was a charge more desiguedly,, wickedly,
and apparently false. It was the friends
and bit - mediate. adherents of the present
sectional' Administration (it is not a. Na.
tional Administration), that began and
• persisted in promoting the fanatical war
that has forced our country into its pres
ent 'state. Many years ago, a few fanat
ics, such alSeward, Chase, lisle, and Gi&
dings, began a fierce war upon.the South.
The people laughed nt them; called them
"abolitionists," and occasioually tarred
and feathen,A some of their obnOxions
followers. They persevered in their eff
orts, and graditall* attracted numbers of
• •
weak-minded pi - 41e to . their, ranks. Fi
nally they stalked, into Congress and ask
ed for a dissolution of the ." slavery.{:ni's.
• edUnion," sag they.calledit. This disease,.
like some others of the worst form, became
• contagious, and inany caught it—some in
a lighter form, :it first. It at leugth be;
. came apparent to a certain class of un
worthy
bipeds, than they-, could • best,',
reach the public crib by a course of dirty
abuse of the 'South, and as it takes but
little brains to enable, a Villain to pour
forth huge volleys of .binekg,uardism, a
number of demagogues found that :the
'thing would pay. No sooner was the
-discovery.Lmade than a numerous crew of
rejected office seekers made baste to-claim
that„ they were among the pioneer -A. of
"Northern sentiment." At,.first the do
'ses of sectional hate were comparatively
light. It wai falsely- argued that slavery . .
would starve a people to death, and there
' foie its spread should be prevented. This'
conclusion seemed correct, and many
swalloWealt without reflection. Step by
step the Northern demagogues plunged
deeper and deeper into their false and ru
inous course, until a party was arrayed
which sought control of the government.
By this time the line between the old ;lb
' Olitionistiandthe Republicans had been
lost—the former being absorbed by the
latter. But the abiorption had not been
. ,allowed to take place without an acknOwl-•
• • edgment of value received, and the new
party was found ready to nioderately dis
approve, wink at, oc endorse the odious
acts of abolitionists, as circumstances
seemed to dictate. Piersonal Liberty hills,
•• anti-fugitive slave law riots, etc-, became
the order of the day, accompanied with
all the rile aliuse and threats that bad men
could utter, until the vilest abolition book
- ever printed, received a - special endorse
ment from the representativekof Repub
licanism, and was made a prominent cam
paign doctirnent; A raid upon a Southern
,State was made by a band of foolish men,
who dreamed that their brethren at the
North would sustain them. • At once the
South looked Northward to see how such
news would be received. They hopc - 41 to
gee a universal condemnation of the mad
scheme, but were disappointed. The lle
publican party, then large and
••
refused to condemn it. Many prominent
organs of the party fully endorsed Brown„
still more apologized for him, while :`or
ONE -unqualifiedly declared it, wrong.—
'hilt"; were tolled, meetings, were, held,
-sermons were preached, prayers were of
fered, and collections were taken , up all
over the No . rth, to express a hearty ap
probation of Brown's raid. Books 'and
portraits by the 'hundred-thousand were
sold, to glace John Brown upop the rec
ords of the world as a patriot., hero, and
martir, in a just cause. The South cared'
Much less for the raid than for the North.
ern synipathy- for its perpetrators, and they - 1
torrectly reasoned thus:—lf twenty men ;
- who failed. at the outset, receive so very_ .
large an amount of sympathy from the
*Nerd:, a more extensive and powerful fo
, ray would receive a•degree of sympathy
and support that would sender it. formid
able, if not irresistible. In Texas, too,, an
. extensive :plan of devastation • was laid,
but the l• Northern fanatics taught their
Proselytes to think that because-Sonie•of
the villitins , ,v(ore caught and hanged that
a great ontrage had been committed ppon
Northern men !-, The South at length he
• same satisfied that there-was little safety
for them under *a government that was ii
able to_ fall into the hands-of such fanatics,
and they cast about them for.. means of
self protection; in or out of the Union; Sc
cession was the result of their, delibera
• tions. This: however unwise, wrong; -.or
treasonable we may consider it, is Only the
effect or the threatening words and . acts
of Northern fanatics. half of the South-;'
ern States seceded, the -others - - linier to
plead for guarantees of safety. What de
they get from the. administration To
begin, with, the cabinet, and otherofficial 1
departments of the government are given
tap to the control of a large proportion of
• the most violent _abolitionists and -Union;
cursors in the land. "All attempts to' sub
mit plans of compromise to the:vote of
•the people
. are indignantly .rejected, lest
there be virtue enough left at the North
to giVe the South her just rights and put
. further troubles out of the'question. And
f wally £ war of extermination is clamored
for at the North, and tire. fear each hour
• ,
to "Bear that it has been begun—drat is to
when and how it shall had we shudder to .
inquitv. If fighting comes, it will have
• been caused by the quarrel, in which acne.
at the North but those Who sustained
Lincoln, have mingled ;and all Northern
resi)opaikitity,:thereforls.,- rests uPen them,
• The world must hold Abolitionism, and
abolitiOnized Republicanism responsible
.tqW what has or may eorite-upon its head
•be the blood that may be abed. •
• Is Democracy responsible? ;No ! the
allegation is 'I*IFAVOUSIX ; and
these who nmlte it commit moral perjury;
or they haVe been wrongly deceived
_by
bad men. Democrat's can their
hands of all participation in our country's
Misfortunes. They have iiOt ,quarreled
with the Soutltkhave waged no War upon
her interests; have not mlYised . violence;
do not desire.stiife. -• • On the contrary,
they have - advdentedequity, justice, peace,
and fraternal harmony. They have al
ways endeavoreilto preyent•sectioiial dif ;
ferences, and Inliore;.l to settle those which
lia:Yearisen, peapeably--.at the ballot-box.
In every respeetc then,is Democracy inno
cent, while lt,epublicanistu is guilty
GUILTY!! Olt tYrY-! !!- •
• —Since penning the' nboie,. we hear
that the war Itniibeguii. We have noth
ing to unsay. • •
The Congigiiiional Apportionmint
The proposed apportionment which we
publish to da)li the most unfair, and un
eqnal in al!,yetiPpetii of any on record . . To
show wh - af hoil4st Republicans think of
so Base an act by their party, we-copy the
following; from the Philadelphia Inquirer,
the leading ReP t i nblicau paper in i'ennsyl
-
au . .
It is utifortiautely no- longer possible, .•
for the pebple ott this city, or of the' State
to be surprised 1)y the-scandalous conduct
of the-Lep;islattite or this bill would aston
ish them - by its utterly Shamelesseharacter.
Indeed, it would be hard to
.114 -in the
annals of. free iroVCl.lllliClit a %%lora, in
stance orunntiti,g,ated party despotism.l—
subserve thelinbst censurable purposes
the populbus coinity Of
.31ontgOnlei'y •has
been obliterateifroni the Congitqsional
map '• 'a n4w Ward - has, been erceted in
Philadelphia in Order to, hitch I the old
Distriet•tif Iticlithond like a bobtail to
Bucks county; the most dissimilar ele
ments of bur population have been thrown
together ;Districts have been erected .of
a shape tq givoah admirer of geog•raphical
fitness thb horr4irs to look atethein; the
grossest ihequ4 . ties have been coMmitted
in respect to population, and the Voice of
lar g ea p*rtion of the citizein; of the State
has b een absolniely stiflod
Let us . 4 ..4 , ive ai few instances. In the
Eleventh Distridt, the Counties of Li zerne
Wayne aiid Susipiehatina are brought to
get er,.wit a, population of •159,281;
while in ithe Sikteenth Distriet,
Blair, I-Iyhtingdon and,CAmbria, are allow
ed a merti))er with only 101,427 ; and in
the Fourteenth,!Unice:4 Snyder, Juniata,
;Perry and Cumberhuld are given a mem
ber for 1d9,028 inhabitants. The" Seventh,
Tenth, Vet-end' and Twelfth Districts,
having *aggregate •Popidation Of 572,902
are allowo but four members, while the
Sixth, Eighth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth
and Sixteenth, with a population of but.
557,504, tl ace
. been awarded -five mem
bers. ;: •
These are specimens of the " jerryinan
dering" in relation to-nuMbers ; but the
same pro Bess has been carried on in defi
ance of geographialLfitness in an eqUally
outrageous manner. The Eighteenth Dis
trict-extends from just below Dunkirk on
Lake Erie, by the most , iigzag and Eon=
totted lines, almost to Tyrone, on the
Central Railroad, in the very heart of the
State, Two 'other Distrits,- the TWelfth
and
_Thirteenth, by a series ofraggo and
jaggbd.lines that look like a piece of bro
ken pottery, span ;the whole .State from.
Chem ung county * New York to Baltimore
county,
,Maryland.-
Among. the cases Of utter andishameless
despotism Which characteriiii the proceed
ings of the present Legislatre this Appor
tionment bill will stind out in ir.famons
The Governor's_ _Message.
The special message of Gov.. Curtin to
the Legislature, advising an immediate ap
propriatien to :tint and equip the milita
ry of the State, although couched in tem
perate and even conciliatory language, is
significant - of the purpose of the Federal
Administration to spread the. flames of
civil war over the whole country. This
wartnoVement has an object as that
object cannot be the defence of the lives
or the property of citizens of Pennsylva
nia,..Whieh are not threatened with assault
I from any quarter, it must be to cosperate
with the Federal _Government in its war
measures. Indeed we have an intimation
that as soon as.the military of'the State
are. placed upon a proper 'War footing; the.
Governor intends to offer the services of
the State to the Federal authorities for
the purpose of assisting in maintaining its ;
power. It is 'supposed that the Leol•sla
ture will act immediately upon the sag
gestion ofthe Governor, and appropriate
icsoo,noo by way of a beginning: As this
will ho .only a beginning, and as the N-
Isources of the Treasury are inadequate to
meet'lan extraordinary demand, it will, be
necessary to authorize a-loan. War is an
expefisive amusement,. As soon as; it, is
fairrVinaug,urated under the auspices of
ourliepublican rulers, the demand for a
few )nindred thousands of dollars 'will be
sucdeeded by demands for. million upon
Million. 'Loan «rill follow loan, and when
the account comes to be settled tip, tax
will be hmped upon tax, until the people
gr e oan under the heavy burden and lvalize
the criniinaLfolly of the . rulers who plung
ed them into a wicked and uunecessaiy
war.
Let it •be clearly mideritood that this
war.is Commenced in the name of the Un
ion for its destruction: Those who are so
infatuted-as to believe that the Union can
,be maintained by•l force, compose but a,
small minority. - A
.civil conflict is .the
nmrest.road to disunion. In the existing
temper•of the Border States there is every_
.reason to appreheriolthat they will secede
at the beginning of the the conflict; aOd,
if they remairi'noMinally in the Union,
; - their,efforts _.and . -sympathies may be
4gainst the -Federal "- Governinent. The
Administration could adopt no measures
more likely to consolidate. the slavehold
ing States than to' attempt coercion upon
the.Southern.COnfederacyorhile inducing
the Northern Statei to'assuthe a threat
ening -attitude. •
.•
A
TILE • ALA= WltsnrwomiN.—lionest
Old Abe's Administration is evidebtly im
pressed with the idea that the. SOuthern
revolutionists have, not abandoned their
grand projeCt of the seizure of . WashinDtr
ton. The local mltnry
_companies tint
at -a time, are undergoing the 'ordeal- of
inspectionlor active service, and areto be
strengthened by reinforcementi. With
these tiniely precautions '
• it' is .Probable
that:honest Old 'Abe - willnOt: be required,
at least for some time yet,. to leave Wash=
inzon as heuame-into it—to wit, in that
famous swat r4,ip and kung Militayy
cloak: •
Aonsr.—Geo; Ashley, of.
Btooklyn, baa been . appointed One of the
314 agents on thin D.
Posr B;Gates hal -been
appointed Posiniaster "Dintock, and
Attics Williams at . Spr4igyil;e. - : •.
*G oori.—Tl rumor that-G. G. Hemp=
stead would not accept a clerkship at
Washington is incorreet. He had better
keep a copy of Gen. Jackson!s i Farewell
Address in his .coat pocket, as a safeguard,
in case the South invades the Capital.
KILLING CROIVIL.B: 13. Butterfield
killed sOVCII crows at one .abot, in • South
Bridgewater, about two weeks sinee.L:
They were • clustered together on Ile
ground at the moment: Mr. B. is a young
man—Son of the late 8.. A. Butterfield.
Can any old hunt: beat this ?
AlNcivn; \VAR.—While tho country is
filled with of civil war at the.
South; 'a fientLyet_blopeli , ss war is *Zing
Waged inithis country over the little Post
offices. In some •eases zwhere we halo
been Confidentially posted,..there • appears
to have been (piestionable means used to
gain trivial ends. It is best to let these
irrepressibles fight out these little matters
in their own way. Presently, there will
be larger - game, and hotter battles—in
which outsiders May have a fair chance to
fire a shot% now and then. Should the
chains of tyranny be "bound too tight, they
may •burst.
pek . 'sona holding money
raised on subscription, :to pay ftir the
momuncht to the memory of B. F. Tewks
bury, arc requested to forvard the same
by mail to W. Faurot, Montrose.. The
monument is nearly completed, and th 4
Money will have to be paid in it short
time. 130 sinv to collect and send all the
money . in, if possible, between' this and
the 12th of May;next.
W. F.tuuoT, Chair. Con.
Court Procebdings.
Conftli Vs, Nm. orth,How John Con
nell, James Higgins, Dennis tasey.
dictments, selling liquor :without • licene.
Each plead guilty and fined 420 and costs.
In the matter of the petition for chang,
ing the place of holding elections-in Rush,
Court order that the will of the voters be
ascertained at an election to be held - on
the 26th inst., of which Constable_ is to
give due notice.'
Com'th vs. Isaac Griggis. Indictment,
selling liquor on Sunday. .Ten days jail
and tine of *2O.
Com'th vs. Philip Wall.. Rape. Sen
tenced to solitary confinement in State
Prison for period , of fifteen months, and
• Com'th vs. U. and )1. %cannon. Ma
licious assault. • Rach.fined sl'6, and LT. to
three monthsjail.
Com'th vs. D. F. Brundage. - Perjury.
Bill ignored ; and . D.-R. Russell, prosecutor
)3,V costs.
o.„Cannalt vs. Arley and Sullivan.
Verdict for clefts.: ,
Wm. N. Bunnell vs. John McAvoy and
Jacob Deride. Ejectment. Verdict for
plaintiff.
•
Geo. Strupler vs. B.*/liilden and Wm.
I3uffum. - Ejectment. Verdict for' Osin
tiff. - • -
Jo. Hall ys. Wm. Nelson. In case. Ver.
dict for deft.'
Isaac Z. Babcock vs. C. C. Hollister and
•llinkleys. - Trespass. • Damages given
plaintiff' to amount of 371 i - ent,s, and costs.
J. E. Webster vs. J. 'Ross., In case:
No cause of action:
E. 3ieNulty vs - . O. Ross and Wm.l3oyd.
Ejectment. • Verdict for filiintiff.
Decrees for divorces were granted in
the following eases:. Sarah Marshall vs.
Wm. Mar'hall, Isabella C. Hoiner vs.
Adam Bayou, N. A. Eggleston vs. JaneA. Eggleston, Ann 13.. Miller vs. IL 'C.
Miller, and Button vs.f Button. , ' '
SABBATH SCHOOL.Coxvzs - noN.—There
will 'be an'adjourned meeting of the Simla.
Co. Sabbath School Convention on • Wed
nesday the ist, day of May, 1861, at. one
O',clocli . P. M.., at the Baptist Church in
Montrose, whore the Constitution for the
S.S. - association will :be presented for
adoption. • •
•It is earnestly hoped that all the riends
and patrons 'of Sabbath 'Schools will 'be
present on that occasion, and titat each
Schdul . in the county will at least be rep
reented by - its Superintendent • and • two*
delegatot %Y. 11. - JEssur,•Pres. •
(*: C. lialseY, Sec.
Teachers' Examinatioru3.
Meetings for the examinations of the
Teachers of Sustfa•Co.; for the • Spinner
Schools ofi IS6t, will be held 'in the difer,
en!, Townships as follows.
bimock, SAI. Apr. 15, 9 a. in.
Auburn, 4: Corners, S. H. " 16, 9 "
Springville, S. H. " 17, 9 "
Lathrop,. H illsd ale, S. IL " 18, 9 "
Brooklyn,-Centre, S. 11. " 19, 9 "
Ilasford, Village,: S. II; -" 20 i 9 "
Jessup, Bolles, S. II: " '22; 9" •
Rush, Granger, S: 11. " 22, 2p. m.
Forest Lake and Chapman, Church near
J. 'S. Townes, April, 23, 9 a. in
Middletown, Friendsville, and 'Apolacon,. -
FriendsvillelLApril 24, 9 a. m.
Montrose and Bridgewater, Montrose,
School House, - April 27; 9a. in.
Lenox, Glenwood, S. H. April 29, 10 "
Clifford and Dundaff, City, •
• ' S. H. April 30; 9 "
Herrick,F.llollow S. H. May - 1, 9 "
Ararat, Church, • , " 2, 9 "
C.ibson, Gib. Ilill, S. H. " :3, 9 '",
New Milford add Borough, Graded
S. H. " 4; 8 "
Cifoconut,Chuit's S. H. " 6, 1 . p, m.
~.Lake, BrackneyS.,ll. " 7, •9 a. in.
Liberty,Brookdale, S. H. " 8, 9' "
Franklin,South • - * S. H. " 9, 9 "
Beri, S. S. Riv. S. IL " 14, 8 -
Oakland, Susq'a Depot, 'and Harmony,
S'us‘fa Depot, S. H. " 15, 9, "
Thompson, Centre, S. II. , " 16, - 9 "
Jackson, No. 2 S. H. " . 17,'.9 "
- It is. expected that the examinations
will commence promptly at the time ap
pointed. Private examinations will in no
cases be granted except ill accordance
with the provisions of the School' law as
found en page 51. Each teacher wilt
. bring a reader,Guilt as used In the school,
two or three.heets fool . s-cap Taper, pen
„nd; ink, and also a specimen ortneir wri
tn* in both Coirsfrand. fine hand.
'The people generally and especially the
School Directors,' are earnestly invited to
be present: at the examinations in their
' respective townships. •
A. N: Buu,Aitn; Co. Sup't.
Dissmarrlow &c:—.-. l 3lr,Derinaul having
ret,iredirnm the-firm, and entered-op bu :
singes for bhuhOf at 'Elmira, iflie Brotherh•
Illiselimann continue thZir, busineiis nt
Bingliainteii, which by a siiecestfut &urea
(if indUstry alike titer priae, they tad. buijt
nphinffirinlyei tablished.—Eing. R. •
Teachers' Association:—
The members of the Susga. County
Teachers' Association, and all others that:
feel interested in the cause- of education,
in the county,of are ? -mvited,,
convene at the AeAdeinfl tall iu the tor
ough of Montrose, (according to :Opium
mumt,) on Thursay,- and Friday the *th,
20th, of April at 9 O cloaCeneh day: •
The Roil. 'rho. 11. Burro Wes, State Supt..
has promised to be present, and it is ex
pected that he will lecture before the .As;
sociationThttridayevening the 25th.
The 'exercises will he class drills in the
usual bran'ehes taught in our .cmittnon
SchoolS, and discussion upon various •sult
jects 'relating to Teachers,Pupils, Dares
tors, Parents, Text-books&43 in which all
present Mn particillate: ,
Will not all the l'eaeherikin the county,
and the friends of good ;Schools everywhere
come forward and assist ?
. .
'The School Directors that were present
at our last meeting •(provided any one can
distinctly recollect of being present.) j
haVe.the hearty, thanks of die association 1
„ 1
/or their aid and encouragement, and we
. i •
once more invite Lts many ofthem 10 be
present as can make it convenient at pity
future meetings of the ASsociation. -
INVe had a very interestim , time .at our
la 4t meeting and we hope to have - a far
better time at our next.
J ..A:1103: IC ENT,'. . . .
1 • A.N.But.t.xito, Corn.
1
- i B. O...CANIP, . ,
Montrose April. Stli r 1861.
I
LOST, STUATED, Ott. SToL r llook
containing the constitution and minutes of
1 the" Susquehanna County Teachers' As
-1 sp ;.istion: Any persott haVing. knowledge
oflits whereabouts, will confer a greatfa
vor upon the committee appointed to look
it up, by it at the Book Store of
Alll. Smith, or , with the subscriber
_in
31Onteose. • A. N. 1313..ukED.
-.11.
A 1111tmsTim cosirt.istEsTno.—At St.
l'auf,tteently, Otev.. W. Fisk deelarea
" ihat John Brown was a see.ond Jesus
ChriSt." Some sensible men asseinbleil
tolconsider certaiii political 'natters con- .
ccrning the domestic interests of Minnes
ota,-and in view of the above, adopted the
following:
Whereas,-The Rev. Mr. Fisk, of Sf. Paul
has declared from the pulpit "that John
Bon was a second Jesus Christ, - there
fore, ,
Resolved, That Mr.' Fisk, of Sr. Paul,'
has
_made himself a sccand Bala ant's ass ;
priwided, lio*ever, nothing herein con
tained is intended to slander the ontatsm,
asi by intimating that Mr. 'Fisk is his
lie peal descendant.
The attention of certain John Brown
treason:preachers in this community is call
edltci the above.
itOOTS FOR FEEDING.—One • thing is
pretty certain—mettle are exceedingly .
fond: of-roots of all kinds. They are great
prilinoters of health, and as we treat our
selves,to various kinds of delicacies, I see
nd reason why their palates should not be
gratified. I estimate roots for feeding,
something like this—ituta.Bagas 10 cents
a 'bushel—beets 12 cents--earrids2o cts.,
and potatoes 25 cents: And then six cts:
a bushel may be added for the gratifica
tion of 'seeing with what gusto they -are
caten. [Country Gentleman.'
,An Abolitionist Rebuked.
•
Some-time hack, one of the chief agita
tors of Abolitionism, now Black `Repub
licanism, Mr. Lewis Tappan, of New
York, addreSsed a • letter 'through the
New York Tribune, to Gen., John
COcke of Virginia, in which With inuch
impertinence and unblushing hypotiacy,
he proposed to the Virginian to manumit
in; conjunction with his son-in-law, the
thousand slaves owned by theni• in order
that they might g i ve substantial proof of
their' christianity and " eause'the apolo
giSt of slavery in the free States to brush."
We =not do better-than quote the an
sWer of Philip St. George Cocke, to Mr;
Tappari's modest propositions:—
Now, Sir, as it is, well understood—at
least in the o°lll=ll4y - in which I, live—.
that I am the person alluded to by you,
under the designation of tfie `son-in-law'
of Gen. Cocke, I shall take the_ liberty of,
expressing to , you, through a channel
public, the contempt I feel for
the fil;brisaiad, canting and ungentleman-
Irtone and tenor of your whole letter, and
of:saying, sir, fuithur to. you, that. when
you, together with your whole fraternity
of Abolitionists; shall have clothed, hous
ed; fed and otherwise cared for, and
prove - 4 4 one thousand' of the wretched
•free -negroes in your own midst ; or shall
have-done the same thing - for 'one thou
sand' -of the white slavi'S and paupers '
among the tens of thous:MAU of such who
arc allowed to experience, every whiter
in-your great, cities, all the miseries of .:m
utter physical and moral-destitution, and
when you shall have placed your 'one
' thousand' free negroes or white patipers
in circumstances of as much physical cOm
tbrt, social and moral irriprosemerkt, as are
.now enjoyed by Gen Coeke's - slaVes and
my; own, - you; sir, will have - given to the
world a better proof of yoUrr own Christian
itv, than you. can ever .hope to do, altho'
You should, spend a long life of imperti
nent and ranting interineddlipg with the
affairs of southern gentlemen. • !
"I remain; sir ,
with due respect,
PIIiLIP ST. GEORGE COeKE. " -
g4rA correspondent of the Sieele
I'arie,.the governinent organ of France
writes from Tnnis,Al ers as follows
"Our College of philosophers at bothe,
may; and probably do accomplish a great
_deal for the cause of science; hut •-the
Arnerfcans are the people to turn their dis
coveries to practical account.—Many' of
'the . modern-inventions in vise here are
Amerivm, and one American Chemist, Dr
.l. C. Ayer of Lowell, supplies much or thd,
medicine.constkmod iii 'this country.
Cherry Pectoral, .1)914,, Satrap:lrina. nig
Ague Cure constitute the staple remedies
here, because they are:of easy application,,
sure m their resrolti, and hate the confi
dence of the people. While the 'scienee.
of-Medieine is carried to a higher PerfectiOn
in our own country (France)
,thao
other; It strikes 'a Frenchman - as a 'little'
singular that Americin- Phys:iCian,
should furnish .the medieal l ill and'renie.
dies for,,our Principal Prol::ince,
We . are happy to infSnn our readeri
that these superior medicines 'which the
Emperor's principal . Province, ,is _ obliged
to get from America may be had' by our
neighbors, at all the:dituts.
:-. - 0 - Our State Logishiturc; lias voted
to Spend-f.4500,000.t0 arm the State. ! •
Message from the Governor
The following message - was .41eliVereil
io the Xegis4ture.,nlythe9th.'.After - '
I'4o.
~, e 0 in liotislOnses,entnmittetall of cone
-ferenwert.iippoilited insesuCtions.,
to r,eo4ibklyill q0.130*, bjectiitTarly a*
praetibAhle
're thr, Scyiate and Hoita of
_4epresentdr
tiers of the Conpfnontrealtrif Pennsylvvnia :
GENTLEMEN: As the period fixed for
the adjournment of the Legislature is rap.
arroaellitio., I feel constrained .by a
aemie oftlutVto7pall:ioar attention to the
condition pt the military :orgaiizatiou of
the State. •
Jt iiiseateely-necessary to say more Luau
that - the niilitia'syStein a the State,• du
rinvi.long period distinguished by -the
i
ursuit of peaceful industry exclusively,
p
has beCome , whelly haeflilatint, and the, n •
terterence of the Legislature is required
to reinovelts defects, and to tender it .
useful and, available to the • public service.
ManY -Of our volunteer companies do
not possess the n'timber of men required
by our militia law, and, steps - should bO
forthwith taken to supply these deficien
cies: Thereare numerous companies, too
that arc without the necessary arms; and
ofrthe arms that are distributed, .but few
are provided with the more Modern ap
pliances' to render diem serviceable. '
I reconimend;therefore, that the Legis
lature make immediate provision for . the
remoyal of these - capital defects; that arms
be procured and distributed to those- of
our citizens who may entef into the mill:
tart' service of the State ;-mul that steps
be taken to change the guns already dis
tributed; by 'the adoption of such well
known and tried improvements as will
render them effective hi the event of their
employMent in actual service..
Iu this connection I recommend - the
establishment of a Military Bureau at the
Capitol ; and that'tlielmilitia laws of the
.Commonwealth be soinodifid and amend
ed. LISA() impart to the military organiza
tion 'of the State, the Vitality • and ene gy
essential to its practical value and use ill
ness. . .
• Precautions, such as "have suggest d,
are wise and proper at.all times, in a Gin.-
ernment like ours ;hut special and mown
•tuous. 'considerations arising from the
limits, j'et of incalculable consequence to
the people, and demanding the gravest at
tention .of the Legislature of Pennsylvania,,
invest the subject , to which your .ac 7 ,•
tion is invited by this communication,!
with extraordinary interest, and impor-!
twice. We cannot be insensible to thel
fact that serious jealousies and divisions
distract the public mind, and that, iu pori
tions of the Union, the peace of the corn-I
try, ilnot . the safety of the Govertnnent l
itself; g endangered. Military organics-1
tions L of a formidable character, and. which
seem not to be demanded by ..any exist-,
Mg public exigency, haVe been formed in!
certain of the States. On whatever pre-!
• text these extraordinary military preps
' rations may: have been made, no purpose
that may ' ! contemplate resistance to
l
the enforcement of the laws, _ still meet!
sympathy and- encouragement front the!
people 61 this Commonwealth. Pennsyl4
vaunt yields to uo State in her respect:for,'
and her willingness-, to protect, by .all
needful guarantees, the
_Constitutionalf
'indepeudence of.her sister States ? 'nor in'
fidelity to that constitutional Uuicin whose
'unexampled benefits have _been showered .
I alike upon herself and them.
The most exalted public policy, and thd
.learest obligations of true ftattiotismi
therefore, admonished us, in the - existini
deplorable and dangerous. crisis 'of Old*
than ourmilitia. system s4euld! receive
'from the Legislature that prompt attention
which public exigencies, colter of the
State or Nation, may appear to de l
mind, and which may seem in your wiel
dom, best adapted to preserve and secure,
to the people of Pennsylvania . and the
Union the blessing of k beace, and the in.'
tegrityand stability of our unrivalled eon,
constitutional government. .. I
The Government of this great State was,
established by its illustrious founders" in
deeds of peace;"_ our people have been
trained and disciplined in those arta
which lead to the promotion of their own
Moral and physical development and prog
ress, and with the highest regard forth
rights of others, have always cultivated'
fraternal relations with the 'people •of al; •
the States devoted to the Constitutioi
and the Union, and always recogniz
Mg the spirit of concession and comprorml
ise that underlies the foundation of the
Government, Pennsylvania offers no wan] ;
sel, and takes,no action in the nature, a
a menace ; hesidesire is for peace, and hot.
object, the-preservation of - the true sovi
ereignty of States, and the . supremacy of
law and. order. • -I
Animated by these sentiments, and-in l
dulling an earnest hope of the speedY
restoration Of those harmonious any •
friendly.' relations 'between , the varion
members of this Confederacy 'which have
brought - our beloved country to a condi-,
tion of unequaled power amid. prosperity,
I commit the grave- subject 'of this coiml
munication'to your deliberation:
A.G. CURTIN.
Harrisburg, April 9th, 1-131:.
CAusg'tin 'll:FFEur.—Ncarly thirty
Tears ago Messrs. - Tappan, llale and
Ilal
lock set up an anti-slivery nciwspaper iii
the city of New York. Instead of pub;
lishingthe news, they devoted their .colt
umns to details of alleged cruelties praci
ticed by slaveholders uon.their chattlesl
A baser attempt at political _deruorelizei
tion was never attempted, and the, worst
publications of - French sausculottes
tors are innocuous compared 'with thesj
recard.i. The establishment of this
,pestii,
lent sheet was the commencement of thd
anti-slav-ery crusade which has now rei
suited in the dissolution of the Union, the
overthrow of this hitteito • great nation;
this superb govermnental fabric, the world
Washington and the patriots and sages
wholighted the torch Ofliberty. at Lexl,
ington and saiv itis full blaze, •at Yorki
town.
• This .was a cause, of which secession ond
civil' war are but 'a portion of tlie effects. ..
ll•inEcgirrlL TE.H The conduct. of cer;
tam politicians in theCongressional.diStric
recently represenitediby Colonel Scranton
has been eoriimented on here, as not ihowi
ing much respect foehis memory,, -Before,
'he vas buried, they were at the Post'Offiee
I)epartment,4lavang scoured , the , `aid of
other Congressmen by representing them 4
selves. as the political . executorti of their;
deceased friend, and were disputing the
officei.- 7 Phi/ad'als'quirii(Repubricen..)
Such zonduct . ias the above I.epresents
should meet the condeinnation of inen of
every party. ;Marge portion of the above'
rebuke, is due' the county. , Columbia.!
Shame on you
. gent.lemen.—Bertpirk Ga
zette.
- During service in a Atwell at Tr,oy,N.Y.,,
recently, the pocketti of no less tban, six o
the (long ee,gationvere rifled by sonic adroit
&Lief.
What Caused Piaanionl
The North American eve that the
"controls ng i*'ority of,t,he Democratic
party . areflistiOeniste," and labors to hold
Oat parti reeked,* for.the secession of
lltel4outhem *t45..;". 4 is an old story
. repeated:ivitkniany4aiiitions - both be
fore and smirqic.Ahe',;,•Presidential
.clection,
and May. be dispoe6d or in a Very ,few
words.
In the first place, itisneceissry to have
a clear understanding of what constitut to
esa
Alisunionist..''.We-sepposertb.". ternr
Mean themail'or the party w ho. facers
disunion. as in itself a desirable thing, or .
who has pUriued such a coursetp_oliticid
ly, as tecausedisunion. ' •
Thu Deinociatic.party did neither.
did not desire : Asunion, da .anytliing
to promote it.; TOM contrary it strove
rn
most eaestlyito vert the calaMity- of
disunion: Had its warning been followed
and its counsels heeded, the seiession of
seven StnteN formatiOn of - a
Southern:Ciinfederacy out of p*Fts of the
ivotild :not now be s diSagreeable
truth; and instead ola feeble and irretio;'
lute Admintst,ration at Washington; hesi 7
toting- what :policy "to r urspe , towards
States defying:its. :authority, .we- should
new hpve. an. AdministmtionA Eliot] con- ,
ducting the affairs of an unbroke n and
prosperous .nation.'' It cannot be, denied
that this would have been the betit:rn re
sult% of )einoetat c• success at the i re si
ept election, for . .. the obvious reason
, .
that the principles of the Democratic : par
ty were national'; therefore, it iktiot any
thing contained in Democratic .principles
that has wused disunion..
Where thetisball we seek for cause but
in the-disregard *of those national princi
ples—adherando to which WOld have
spared nS . the evil and mortification of dis
union? Where but,in the Republican
,bandonment Of, the great
' d whoie . sererance of the
States principles, produc
ce- in fact? The success
fi s tite - true cause of disun
is patent, disunion- could
I no other way.than by its
Kchnsed triumph at a.price
~i warned in advance ; and
part. ,- whose
national idea,',
slave and free .
ed their seVera
of this part• w
ion. The fact
have occured i
success: p
of which n. w
yet did i noti hesitate. Now, when held
accountable for the •consequence of Its
nets, it socks to shift the responsibility
upon those who would have maintained
the .Union int4et, had their advice been
heeded.
There is jus one Other point to be dis
posed of. Secession was not carried in
the South-by the Democratic party as a
political organization. It was not a patty
movement, but was effected, without re-
gard to previoiis divisions, by the life-long
enemies as well atitho 'former friends •of•
the - DemocratiC party. • Disuni i tri was the
uprising of one section, to throw Off the
evils—real .ore. imaginary—apprehended
from the domination of - another section.
It was' not the:work of a party, accom
plished-under # party name and organi
zation. • The Movement has, obliterated
party distinctions in the seceded 'States;
-where the Democratic - organization
_is
practically dead, bdcause its vitality con
sisted in its nationality.
•
The Republican War - Party. ....
The Republipans are fierce for civil war,
and no longer Care to conceal their bloody
purposes. 6+. Curtin of this State ;
Gcv. Dennison; of Ohio ; Gov. Morgan, of
New York ; Gov. Andrews, of Massachu
setts.; and some of the other Governors
of the " irrepressible party," have appeal
ed officially tottheir party friends to 'pre
pare to cut the throats ofas many . of the
Southerners 4 possible. They recom
mend that millions of the. people's money .
be appropriated. for . munitions of war,
and that thouishinds of the citizen soldiers
be summoned to the fatal battle field. - .
In other, tines, these, men were' for
peace. ' When heir country waist ' war
with foreign enemies, they took sidea
against her,_ an enconraged the British,
and•then the Mexicans, to strike down
the American ) Army. Now these anti
war men have ) changed- entirely around ;
and for the,sak t of 0 f., ..
ffice, and to be re
venged upon the Southern politiCians
they , declafed pr -war.
.. ,
t ,
How shockin' is the decree. _How ter
rible will be th result. The thousands
of widows and
,rphans, left to weep over
the sacrifices, will bear witness before the
greatArbitcr ef all human events, against
the wicked rulers - of ;these times.. .The
consequencesla civil war- none can fully
fathom. Prop rtY liberty,- religion,
.and
life, will be-sacrificed fora military spirit
and trampled under foot by mighty 'ar
mies. Allthat it dear and near to n chil
i
ized arid Christ an people will be lost for
ever. The Id sin„ ,, s pf political and i-elig
ious liberty, wi I be no more, and a crush;
ing military de potism will raise vp to
sway in 0 e land.
Every man of peace . should-protest
against - the. wil l ; and every' man opposed
to. axesort to arms to adjust political iiis
pine's, should raise his voice against it.—
I
An enlighten° and self governed 4reople
should settleal internal questions wheth ,
er obout Forts, Territories; sece,:sion;.or
division lines, Without bloodshed. It is
- barbarous and,l,savago-like to resort 'to
force to settle 10ivil matters.. May the
God of Peace protect this country from
the demon of .War—and perpetuate . the
civil liberty,4clueithed to a free rople
by their patrioic fore-fathers.7/onesdnie
Herald. I
.' ' '
Avinng.Uu)Milita.
The project started early in ihe'session
of the Leg islature, and temporarily aban- .
doned, -
of-,appropriating a large sum of
money for the purpose of arming the
tia of the State; is about to • be revived ; 1
and there is realm to believe that GOV
ernbr Curtin, in accordance with instruc
tions received atWashington, will send'a.
special, message to`the Legislature reco:ra
mending immediate preparation;and that.
the Legislature, which misses no opportu
nity of plunging its hands into the Thai.
nry, will act• accordingly. Not. eOntent
with dispatching - a large-Jon* "to.-the.
South to initiate chil war' the Federal
Administratioureseettis determined to in
woke the Nortlusru States in the ssime s ixt:
lamity. Pennityleania is not :menaced
with in attack from any quarter: .There'
is not thcreighteett dapger , ;• , -it. isiset pro;
tended that there is the most emote ay:
preltemion, that n hoitilts'arirly witl taloa&
any portion of our territory. What the
is the meaning Of Ms military preprithitif
Is it -partoof the'Republiesucecins tO t
'drive the Border-States Cut 'of tin:Mame',
While the Federal army Is ':_opetating
aglunat-the seeediaAstatee, lire; NiasylL
, yards and Ohio to maugnrate eieirw'ar
' urn the border, Sad thusfairdah ari addi-
Wad provocation to impell:Virginie
Maryland into the secession mofeMent?
We put thesis quedtioria Seriously 'fol . '
there is no , other purpose, in the entire ab.
sense of danger ofinvaiion, to which
armed force could bi " applied .- 1i rria=
burg . Fqtriot
• ,4 r Fattita"....Apptortionitibitt... - •
The oorturunittee oppOinted. by the Lcg.
islature to prepare and, report. a...bi1l up,
pertiaing • the Stite into - Con ~teseional
districts lAre'agreed upon the following.
TheState.is- entitled t 0 4 ,3 members of
Congress;the total population. is. '2,90u,.
370, 'arid he ratio 126,351
•
- 1. The 2d, 3tl;4th,-pth,6th,
• 14th wards of , Phil'a.. :130,000
. TIM .Ist, 7th, Bth, 9th, '
"lock wards of An., 129,353
'lll. 'The 12th,' 13t1il l 16th,
17thil8th,19th; wards
„ 1 125,843'
IV. The. 14th, 15th{ 20th, .
-211 t, -24th - wards. of
427,864
ry. Bneks,• MontiOniery, • •
. part,) and the 25th, • •
.23d, and 22t1 w irds of
.•
• Philadelphia 129,9513
VI. Delaware - 130,597 ' . •
Cheater • 1 74,578. •
• Montgomery, :
of Schuylkill., .10,500' 1 . -
, 115,675
VII. perk 5........ 03,819
*nitgoniery, • in
ft 3,g 19
, •
V11j,1;466:64er ..... . ; ... ... '116,315
TX. Kaitivlkill
.89,51Fi•
, '; Lebanon ' •31 Q^l
X:. 14.1ligh
: . ' 1,155
i• Mon Fop 10,739
Carbou 7.1,033
A ortluunpton . 47,90.1
. .
Xf.'Sus9oohathia. 36,30 1 .
Wayne3n 0
- .79
Luzerne. 90,•443
XII. Nortiouuberlanil;2s,92
• Mintour • - 113,Q, - ,3
- . . Columbia 1 2ii,065
• ! Wyonthro !12,540
Bradford !•18,7a4 ......
i
Hulliran , -. ti,037 •
XJII. Dauphin*
1-113;751
68,9:00
14,145
Snyder 0.5,095 .
—.; juninta !16,984
Perry • '22,794
Cumberl4nd.,-.40,098
xy. Somerset
Bedford.
F'ulton:.
• Franklin
Adams.—
XVI, Cambria 29,156
- I Ilunting_don
!.. Mifflin 16,341
XVII. Tioga
Potter
' Lycoming..
Clinton
Centre .
XVlll.Jefrersou 4 18,269
- --. 1 Erie...... :.... 19,1:11
. 'Warren ''l9 190
,
11I'Kean • 8,859
--.EI . : 5;915
Forest ' . ! 898
, . Clearfield . ' 18,7.5.8
XIX. Crawfurd....,...48,755,
• ,
.31ereer ',36,857
Venango • '25,044
Clarion • , 24,994
• . :33,647
Westmorelatifl-53,736
Fayette 39,009 '
---'.12.1,33.2
XXI. Allegheny Co:, Sonth of
the .Ohio and illeghe
ny rivers . ...... .
XXII.' Butler "
I Armstrong... .-.3:1,707
• Allegheny; part ; b2;f74
123,867
XXIV. "Lawrence :22,999
. Beaver...... '...29,144
• Washington .; .: , 46,804
Greene ... ... 1.. 44,31;
*Lower Mahannv township IS taken from ,Nottbarn
berland enmity in7tlteilltimlistrict and attethed to thin
district. ; • • ,• •
Gieeleyiam at a Discount.
permitted a friend, says the
CRego Gaiette; to niul d ' the following
extract Wont a private letter from a dis
tinguished Republican in the interior of
Pennsylvania ; and take pleasure in,
directing attention to the; patriotic tone.
and sentiments which
contradistinction t? th(;lliigettid,
• Union-liating apiriv of t i lie•Greeley
. . '
"None butdonageglies will hold on tc,',
platforms created Merely for party parpo— _
ses Honorable neon, , ftio, matter to',
Which pAitical party allied, will kick from-,•
under them every plaiik4-bo they many
or few=if such planks- kliotild prove ' •
ten or insecure! ,Our beloved Union is
the happy . theme that all true- Americana .
williyevere - Fire-eaters and,
filtky aliolitiOnists, those rabid- creatures
of impidse;.governeil s teo by prqiudice;and
passion ; not a tittle Air . jut or . -ceinlnon.-..
sense governs their actions! ItePubi
I am, but alivaVs conservative, as most of •
the party- are,
.though branded with a war-.
like proclivitV.
.Lettia *via*
• Seuttern brethren ; us!teiider the ()l
ive branch, and peace with :all its grand,
and joyeits reatilti Wfir.iinen brighten up
the present • dark. and ; !sullen ,era!, ',Ehe ;
Soutlihds had great Nason for complaint;
but she hus gone ton 'far lin her lanail . ca- --
reer ! Let. wt,-riotwithstandino,l)anish
-the very; idea of coercion ; let us kill - the
fatted lamb mid invite the South. to enjoy,
• to partake of it, and thui be. again united
in our-Wonted pateriiiiklsind. • Dissolve •
the Union, forbid-it heaven! 0, never
; Jet us sled a brether'S blond _ 'War un
der any circumstances a terrible evil ;
:but an internecine .-wait. a', war '.amongst
.ourseliees',.the good.totd only can foresee '
-the direful . eniiiiegdences.
• Asti*tit .or sorrtormrs . ?sty, •
*seven s f kalledllepribliean reprer.eutatiVers .
`and twelve senatentvoted against - 'a reso- •
„lutiOn that .Congress shnulk neiier 'inter
fere with slavery ht thetates. 'Yet, when
' t we 'charge it upon these . men. that they
'mean to intefferec.with Savory: in the
States, they :opeit•theirrifigates of .
liagWgate, and dielaia wo uisrepre,
"sent them to the South! i.
.
Curckoci, " April . B.—rhu!' 'hundred and
leflAltift! city htStjniglit .
for Canada, via. the'...tichigan. Southerh
Railreait.' It is'estianated‘ ' that over one
thousand fugitives haik arrived in .
'city Sineelist fait, most; of :ivinatii;haveAelt.
since the recent arrest of five by the Uni
• led States Marshal. : .
POPULATION'
.10,000
121,3-46
-13,751
1:16,60:,
158,789
132,912
114,95:4
109,0:Al.
:0,784
26,7:17
•' '9,131-
' 11,128
,28,012
1.32,7142
101,4'27
31,045
-.11,470
.37,398
117,7.23
i 24,736
1210213
I 3 5,051.1
126;364
123,290