THE MONTROSE DEMOCRAT I
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From the pretty. ,_. 1. istence., We should be glad to think that * 'bstraot • of*ews.
From the Times .•- - - : the i .- - . • . 1 the rapidity_of action so strongl.p. ! mam
of the 6 . , ' f tea. combied a speedy terrain tio of: -.! ‘l' • ' ! '.' h ''d ..1*
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How fist4 o 46 - nsiisfon:A•thi•Aand ex- i boatunses;lint the country is too large,
- +people too scattered, and too ignorant of I
tne • I the'Fire Zoiiiims, inder,Colonifillaworth
„ followed I)Y:the New. York Seeotid Fifth
' into:theses is, ive'lriets,. a vexed the .... ... ... , .. . .
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vtiects of civil war, and 'both - parttes
I ii • li • 'pa hichitutt4 • contradictory L ,-., ; ., ,;,
, eat.l° "-. '''' w • • are TOO exaneu to listen to neeful coon - 1 ' •
1 Twelfth beVenth; Twenty-efgbth , and
New suiliciritie3 may be cited ; how far that
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; minion may lie a dim Makin de jute, may ii . .Pe ..., , Seventy first Regiments ; the ett , Jean,
. Bele until one or the otherfear-IBrigades,R. iga egi .
-*l4frors • ' the - 51 ' h'' ii R 'Milt and the I
• City Rifles moved 't owar d
possibly admit of some ingenious argu- I f° v ' ' • !
The duration of the contest Will d
i ment.. The- question, howeVer, sugested I 'a; the W as hin g t o n
soil Of Virginia: The .Fire, Zoe:lves
on the power of the North to blockade
by Mr.Greoory , is probably the least prea. i .... ~I on their approach to Alexiindria in trank 1
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I effectually theSouthertrports. The South I
siig and the least doubthil of those which . ports were fired upon, but nod, one was
shot or wounded, and the city *as soon
lives by coMMeree,,and by commerce only. I • ' ! '
meat • now occupy the attention! of the in
Iso c lose the p o ilAl is to starve the pe op le; taken The Pawnee and other VeWtS 1
late and civilians whose ditty it is to ,
lint then an effectufil blockade, . %ilk) is were in sthe ' stream. . ,
The 'Aimed had I
advise the' Government, Much - more ;
• 1 t h e on ly way to terminate the contest, is been made •by the 'firmer on•the chi I
preheat results depend upon the Mesa s - ~- ~
also tue -ery lie which must toe.
bility • of enforcing a blockade- of all the . ,). •P ° •.,
authorities for a surrender, which, after '-% 1
aorestsoss upon ourselves. delay, . A .
y as not submitted to. The Fedc-1
Scinthern ports on the one side and of the
, This separation. of the North and fi ni al
rignt to issue letters ;of marque - on the .
i I ral force was engaged in hauling dowh 1
is,tio sudden thing extemporarily devised;
other. - It - appears to be thought' in ! Eng. ! .•. ,
the Confederate flags and placing the I
t.was forseen at' the foundation of the
land that the blockade is not impractica ' IT .b y . - . American ensign in the breeze, and 1
mon the founders of it. The exer
blle. • - ;, such measures as: seethed .adyisable .to I
• , - I tions of evety recent President ave been !
;Notwithstanding the enormous Lengt h
il . dra i! to'
iirecte rat ier stave . _ o . Ills ay et ,
ir d
~ 1 secure the peace
,of tho place.' At the I
Marshall House a secession flag was lit
of the line of coast,. both on the Atlantic* • evil thao , to cure the evil itself. M. De 1 ing, and Colonel Ellsworth took it dowt). I
mid on the Gulf, the Soilitherwpdris from Tocqeuville has shown that in the Ameri
which fro:ince van be shipped with ;any can Constitution itself there were the seed I The landlord Tames' W. Jackson, soon
'! oath almoSt
regularity are few in nailther.' There are lof disunion. He pointed out with Mk- I after fired neon ihe officer. D .
1 instantly ensued; Col. Ellsworth! falling 1
oil y five railways whiehlstrike this coast ;
sophic' clearness the weakness
it of t t he P Fed . - on his hum, exclaimed ‘My God," while 1
throughoot its entire extent. 'These ter
'er I GorernaMn_t whenever - nano in ;
/ the Coofederate flag way at his feet, ataffi-
initiate at New Orleans hint While in the I c a ~.
ammet with a • State Government, and I ed. with his heart's blood.. Mr. Jack+
Gulf, and Savannah.Chtirleston and 'Wit- :
- . • reckoning up the motives for con fl ict, he i
, nYington nu the Atlantie. It' the :United 1 •immedi a t e lyshotl •Francis
NV:IS ) P r iv a te
I infered. ten years since, that disunion was 1 E. Brownell of Troy, CoMpany A, wh;i,
-----.04.410.41.------ States can blockade these five ports effee-
The Great Outrage of the Day. I tuallv, they to - all wae - I spat : Inevitable. ,at the same time pierced the assailant Of I
J elea purposes.
(Rep.) :, l up the Southern totes. ] 01'course, they ;
The Philadelphia Inquirer say s‘l '..'
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-We' copy the following . from the 1 Colons} Ellsworth witlethe bayonet. The 1
! Sixty-ninth
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New York Zoulyes the Fourteenth and I
Nothing short ,of a' judicial , investiga- ! Must do this e ff ectively.' The validity, "of Washington Intelligencer,whiCh is gene- !
Rol:Time - 4s ai l the ..Ter . s . ' I
lion will appease the rightemts indignation mere paper llockadesbas long since been rally very careful and ' impartial in the troops, hold Alexandria. ,
of the people against - the parties engaged i disowned by every,PoWer. It is not the texpression of its . view's- on these sub- - I
iii defrauding the State, and plundering i ptoclaniation from IN:iishington—if ‘ the Jects: _. . • - ;; . -Governor Andrew, in his message !
the soldiers by imposing upon them the' IN'orthere proelamatioes are to. contin- FOREIGN RECOG-NITIoN, to the Massachusetts Legislature, Aays: l l
most worthle ss , supplies. Thi s i s d ue t to be dated from that capital—which , Much speculation has been indulged in : "This is no wan of sections ;ne war Of I
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alike to the brave men who have gone ; Will close,the ports, but; the presence I.y the contemporary press with respect i. the North on the South ;it is waged o
out to light our battles, -to the honest '• ships of war stationed at ports, and cepa- ; to the precise hearing and significance of , avenge no former wrongs, nor to perpetp-
merchants - who have been -compromised, .; hie of ; preventing the passage of trading 1 t h e remar kwhichLordJohnßussell is ate ancient 'griefs of memories of conflict; I
-, hate
Ito !
to the people of the Commonwealth,-and I vPs.'eis• :h ;
reporten to recently made in the but it is the struggle of the people
to the United States, as the General Gov-.; ; The United States Navy List claims •Ilouse of Commons on ' American affairs. vindicate their Own rightS, to retain 41 1
eminent will be called upon ultim ately to the possesion of forty ;teamers-of-war. • In the. absence of definite information invigorate the institutions of their fathers; I
foot some of the , bills. ' • . great and small, in. commission, besides a' on the subject, we presume that the latter the majestic eflbrt of a. national govern- I
No man at ordinary intelligenc , 1 large fleet ot sailing -ships which may ment to vimlicate its power an excel te
1 ; se:Nation implies a probable purpose on .I
be set aside as of no great value'i its finictions, for the wolf: . and hapi-
• makes a critical examination of Governor 1 Prohably ; th e part of the British Government to
Curtin's exhibit 'attic disbursement of the ;at the. present day. t. ..itgainst theie the' , treat the Southern Confederacy as a b e l: Hess of the peeple.l'
military fund Of .the State, '
can fi ll to , Confederacy of the•Sputh has •
nothing in , ' ligerant power,competent to grant letter's' That will do. That statement coy rs 1
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' detect on almost:every page suchOvidences ' the shape of navy to Oppose. If them-I- o f marque:. We are reminded by a South- I the whole ground, and we commend th is
'of jobbery and Malfeasance' as lawyers are r forty steamers could be; confined to `the' ern contemporary, the Oxford, (Miss.) Th . l fair exposition of the objects of this tutor
style .
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to all those rabid and mischievous repr
accustomed to " badges of frand." ! duty of blockading the Southern p orts , I telligencer, that in our Revolutionary-1
The prices2are-exorbitant ; some b ills. are
, i there would be no- doubt as to the efficien-
I war the Continental Congress granted - lean organs who would destroy the coen-
Iso made out as to conceal instead of to ey of theblockade. .These, however, are I letters of marque, which were held to he i sds of loyal men by preaching a crusade
exhibit 'the particulars of the purchase; •
; the only points in which the South is vul- I
i perfectly valid, two years before we were of extermination and confiscation agitiist, 1
She i the South. • I I
) petty bills are certified and sworn to with i nerable. has nothing to protect or to I recognized by any foreign pOwer. and tin
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great formality, while urge odes are lair; I fear for but her coast. l' She will gladly 4 der which oer privateers captured, during 1 A special dispatch in the Tribune says
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tied through the acconeting4 offices, and ' export in European bottom s, which will I
/ the first year five hundred and thirty- "there is no ground for' supposing that
I paid upon the bare certificate of irrespon- exempt her goods froth- seizure on the' British N easels, valued, with their cagoes there is .to be any • immediate aggressive
i sible and inexpert agents ; middlemen are 1 high seas. But ifthe North .can seal these we 'presume, at five millions of dollars.— I movement." Several days ago we wOre
' resorted to and- large - proportion of the ; ports up, then , under the congestion of The British Government will not treat the I assured by the Manic authorities - that there
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i - .Iher produce the Want of 'the e urva Southern •
supplies of clothing gold disgrace the ; and • -
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! common jails of the coun v as clothing ; testa she was acetistonied to, •r eceive for;
thus far recognize the competency of the ; ginia. The fact is that these wise Corr s-
for felons. We Merely re capitulate these it, the South must periSh or must yield. i Confederate States to issue letters of poedents who furnish sensation dispatch
points! here, as they have beeiNalreadv 1 I But then , would arise the question, how ; reargue. This appears to hi the purport' es to the New York papers have no better
Ireferred to at length. -, . . long can the'North throw all the strength ',of Lord John Russell's intimation, so far, means of obtainino information than tlhe
'The
t arties , Who seem to ..have ear
-1 - ' oldie United States N6yy into the single .
; las we can infer it from the imperfect - re- rest of the world. Gen. Scott will advance
work of blockading these five port's% The
rounded the Military fund of the State iu - 1 port we have of his viws, which it is to the army at the proper moment—and I of
' close, co lumn, will remi n d, a naturalist , o f! Confielerate . States havealready shown Ibe remembered, are held in some respects the time, place and circumstances of the
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a gigant ic molluic, • with unbou n ded ;an indinall't on to issue letters of marque. : subject to revision and modification in I first-attack upon the enemy, we will-. all
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' stomach for absorpticin,- and - with tett- ; 'Against the re far Navy of ..the North 1 accordance with the opinion 'which- the ; learn when it occurs, and not before:
tgr The Montrose Republican of 'last ''the South is ahem • i 'all forth the preda- '
I taculae , extended" in all.directions,'and ra- ; law officers of the British Government is I —A portion-of the artilery of theN
week boils over with pitiful frenzy. .AIII ; pidlv revolving in search of . prey. The I piety instinct of the . ole world. We I
, preparing for the advice and direction of 1 YOrk Eighth Regiment, ' • N ew
with a company
article in its editorial colinnes, directed at `disclosure would be humiliating at 'aim: have been-told that there •-e letters of i t h e Mi nist ry, ' of th e York Thirteenth, on Saterd'sy list
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• I inarque in London, and agents ve anti-
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us, betrays a degree of spleen rarely wit- I time ; but when we reflect that all, this i.• exchanged leaden 's a l u t at i ons of the .Wy
extortion, impetition and abuse have,beeii ! ved by thelast steamer to make c'elotr * acts - • Ti le spi r it of LawleEtineee. - • • Rit es
(Ammo They had been ordered to
nessed..smoug men Clahning to be re- I
practieed not otily upon the State, bill ; foi• Armstrong gens andboth ' parties wi 1 ,
In this . f theUnion , the
great conflict or
alio, a
spectable. The most unblushing false- ; , come into the Market:4 of Europe andwill .
i upon the gallant men who•hav • e -left.theirst on, the
ituti 'Government and the se- they were returning with her,parties Mam
boed, blackguardisre, and vile per - sc - rial worksho th "i. •
workshops, el business _ their.families , ; . .
I , bill-for men and ships So far as print- ! -
I prem -c..of the laws, the only enemies to - bush fired,and several bullets hit. the boat.-
abuse, are its raisin features. So far from ; and their homes, t fight tlre - 1' 1
oatt.es of 1 leering is concerned So
tbe uth will have
1 overeomemre not the Southern rebels. We -The Thirteenth poured several volleys to
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ruth and decency does the writer . wan- the Union, it is calculated to excite, as it, i the advantage. , , i - . - .
Ih • • ' h Northdill d•• •
me men at t e . y a % ocatmg
ward che gushes which bad the effect Ito
sier, that we must leave him self-impaled 'NO adventurer would, (-are to take set-
! has excited, a feeling...of intense indigna- I: .• : _ . ; d octr i nes the a d i nnof which would : still the fire On t he 'shore: General But
tiotrand disgust. -- -•- - I:vme with the North, because there would I . lers coast brigade fins cat 'off-the o *-
as surely destroy ourcenstitutional Gov-' . . .
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upon his ()In baseness ;referring to our , Ain .• '- ' • thathave !'be little or no 'prey. ,The 'South has no •
ong the man) inquiries leminent and substitute 'therefor the rule . lalny of N irginia receiving supplies bYthe
eolunana for a completc.refutal of - various !
been Sent to this office on .the sub' i sl'
ject, commerce, and its produce would be' car- I
;of anarchy and lawlessness ,;,ivonla i t ie river Rappahannock. This completes the
charges-against us, both as to matters o(! one . which :Mks :whether the soldier is ;Tied in neutral bottomS. The,North how- 1 . -, • . . ' blockadef V . •' •
• tnumpn bt - secession. shese a , to be , 0 0 g 00 : 1 .
Commission and omission. We under- I really victimized, as well - as the .State. ever, has ships upon eyery sea, tied is a 1 • -
guardedag,ainst. We are not pre ared —The Montgomery Congress on th e
- victim that will av el lunderer' There
We anawer, yes. : Upon him the imposit- i P • ~. P • .
stand the mcf‘e of Vie article, suspect its lI to icrnore all the reuirements of the C;',/}4 17th inst. admitted Arkansas into the
; ion, or plunder, or whatever it may ,be I. are silk cargoes to be intercepted even in i . .
origin, and' assure its author that we ;justly called, is direct: -.His clothing ' is
1 . the Eastern seas, and the
, treasures of Cal -1 stitution in or d er that Ymoretive passions , eittaieracy, organized a patent office,
i may be grati fi ed. The North has taken t'egm iced telegraph 'companies, „and. an
hare neither time nor disposition' to both - ' virtuattn.-a art of ; his s
I P. arty. - For i
g I earl ' if orn i ts area() he met, with afloat. To pro
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lup arms for the establishment of order, : ihorize issue oficao,ooo,6oo in bonds ,
er with aide -showa, et present. ; year of service be is al lowed a specified , _
. tea this 'commerce will re uire no 'small .
• -,- . I 9 - ;, and not for its overthrow. The New payable in 'cute Jeans, at an interest not
Our general course needs no %iudica- ' number of garments ; and if these, w h et • i portion of the - available United States nn- York T ribune,, •s%a s hort time a l „o
Lisa- ' • r - . Muni. In lien . of these,
•ber-from ill usage orhad• Iyy • and it is therefore I not I uite certain !
don. We condemn the party in power . • .• q uality , • are in- that ' - • • was opposed to any amendment Of the - -eKeiry polies in small
. • , su ffi cient, he must buy others out, of the fir. Lincoln can respoin . Ao the-melte- I . • •
, Constitution, now , makes- the following `-est ne.y be issued,
for pursuing a s tgorous course of political ! small pittance he is - •(1 • '
cash.' Thus - J . "'
aid in . ted demand of the Merchants of Neu
' lawless - suggestions:— i .the Mints at
proscription, in time of war, at the same :he is entitled in his first year to two -cap.; York to blockade all Ithe ports of the I ' ' -
time that it is alleging_ that "there are no I two coats ,
. three pairs of trowsers, four South.
i ' . i "If' punishment for treason can ever be
' invoked, the time to inflict it
party divisions now." We condemn .the• tiv
Lookinc , at these matters in a strictly
;Pairs of shops, itc. A pair of trowsers is, _
.. t.... , 4 righteously..
Millions acres in
therefore,'expected to give an average I English point of view; our interest is, 'is "" • upon u s .
piratical tone of man} Northern Journals. I rebellious ,States should he confiscated.
- wear-Of four months, and a pair of shoes iif possible, that this linelencholy repu te . _
which constantly clam); for a war of dew- i
to last three months—and - the excellent 'i should be repaired, and that either by re• their traitorous owners banished, and their
astation and confiscation' aided by servile ; work turned out by the General Govern- 1 minion or by amicable separation, peace. lands sold to Northern immigrants whose
bands, which spare neither age,• sex, nor ' meet is,fullv equal tO this service. But if:l should be restored. Ifithis is impossible, it I presence will carry loyalty with it. A
rfund liann - these should be raised to
innocence. We condemn the enormous ; the soldiers arc furnished with miserable:: becomes our next eb,Net that our cotton . • . sales raised
: indemnity the thousands whom slaye
' apologies for shoes and trowsers, . such as ,; , .. .
1 surly should not becut off or lithe the mar
fraiads that are being practised upon our ; I holdin Uremia • has driven awl • oth
braveat- toi our marinfactUrers in South , g _ • . - ••• 3'.•
have been cent from Camp . Scent to this, l ''
volunteers, the Treasury and theshould not be forcibly 'shift against us.— i ers, whose business has, been ruined by
office, which went all to pieces in two , .
people. These and any other wrongs we days' wear, the supply of clothing for :1 With this view we shall he compelled to
- • w s n should be indemni
the same la le. s es.,.
shall - continue to denounce; '''Mile,' ve . ar would .last but little more" . than a.; scrutinize the-leg:di' yla every blockade': fled from the same source. .Northern
.• upon the (26.4 ,- ; of the S eee .. Claitris on citizens Of Goorgia, confiscated
they exist, im a lam the time come . s ': week. In Such case, the soldier is - cum- :I, e stablished • -;- - - ,- . by the State as thes• have been, should be
f Cling States.
peo.iie I p elli.d to draw for further clothing out 0,. , ' I, I
paid • - confiscating theproperty G
we shall endeayer to advise the The Glavernment of Washington has . 0 Y - e°r-
I ' his pay, and if th e additional supplies are,'
how they can hest punish those who no better than the first, it iseas - I , itself relieved es - from what other- I
)to ca en- gin traitors. The leaders of the rebellion
, • t 'should be outlawed by Congress, and er.
wronged them. The vile charges of dis- ate hoW soon his eleven dollars a month wise have been a great danger of being .
„loyalty to our country, we ',efts with the :will be exhausted, and • his bad? left in; I s made the principal victim of this unhappy: cry man authorized to hunt them down.
same contempt that we did the insults at- rags' From this, the dullest mind can; 1. • •at the Treaty of Paris,En *land
quarrel, ... .
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itai , • (an . . lem.. The time for this
perceive how emphatically true is th e . sited P ranee proposed! that all - nations I
tempted to be heaped upon us front the • •retaliation will assuredly come.
should renounce the belligerent right of; crushing,' •
statement, that this wretched business i:,
.riaIDO and similar sources, when we con- , plunder dale soldier. - - : issuing letters of marque. The U. S. i The.natton demands it at the earliest me,
demned/Old Jan Brown's acts,and those We repeat that the manner 'in 'which ; then refused to join in this convention, and ' ieent•'' -
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of his sYmpathizers• Were. we dispo se d these supplies have been furnished, thenr: required for their men' ships an ini- . Now as the Constitution of the United
to reply to the article in the Republican , quality and price, and, the extraordieary I
Hinnity from the men-of-war as well as i Stat(ls expressly declares that "no attain
we might do so' in the "Pinornev of a co- ' agerl.l".es. which 1131-°. been brought intOlf America had them! der of ti eason shall work corruption of
from )privateers. . , . . . ,
forfeiture,
requisition, must be judicially exam i ne, d, I joined to make this paoposition an univer- ', blood, or except during.the life
temporary, which said: • . : The Meeting of the Legislature is too far sal law of nations, priyateers would now- iof the person attaiuted, -it offers some
`• The man who asserts that We -.ever off, and lisides that body is itself Corrupt, be considered pirates, •and the South I slight impediment to confiscating millions
published or uttered a treasonable word ' from centre tei circumference, There' is.
, would be at the mere} : of the North. - - ;of acres iit the rebellious States and selling
during our life, is a base and unprin- business here for grand juries and dihrict I That proposal had been L them to Northern emigrants. .
cipled scoundrel, a wilful iiiel malicious attorneys not alone of the State hut of ;rejected.the belligerent parties hold theh 1 When the seceded States are brought
calumniator; awl :a liar of the most inih- . the United States, fee-Governor Curtin in, I ancient rights, and pie commissions of ; back to their allegiance, we expect. that
mous character; let it be the editor of the ' forms the Legislature that "the .accounts I Mr. Presid.ent Davis are 000d,as those of 1 the Federal courts Will be re-established,
Lancaster Gazette, or an. ot hie. 'individu- ofthe CemmisSary and Quartekmaster'S I Mr. President Lincolh. 'AS to their reso- 1 their jurisdiction acknowledged and their
;al at home or abroad!" i Departments of tl;is:State will be mainly i lution-orthe New York merchants to treat ; processes,. 'respected. Every Notthern
But as we du not wish to say anvitiug i reimbursed by the United Staten:' wi„ 1 the privateers of the bnrecognized South I man (laying a claim upon . citizens, of
that could phice'us in the position of de- . urge it upon the attention 'of the grand ;as pirates, it connot 'be maintained. Eve- I Georgia or any other Southern State, can
inqueits of the count y and GenerarGoe., ! rye Jurist must
. hold that, so long as Mr. I appeal to the Courts for redress with per
basing ourself by in skins '*a fit l - •
rep ) to! President -Davis is Prlesident of a Confed- 'Sect confidence that, his rights will be en
- s. , ernment.,.. While there remains a spark Of
the it ' '
. epublman. we are. contented' with : the patriotism now - burning so brightlt er v ofSo ereign States, helms the. Same ifbreeil. There will, therefore, be no . .
what we have above written. throughout the,. a groSs Free States such right sue letters ofMarque which any I cessity for resorting to the violent and'
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caNiammutTamtior,,
EDITOR, PUBLISHER, AND PROPRIETOR..'
MONTROSE, TitIIRSDAY, NAY SO.IBBI
Aruct.t: 1." , -:-Congress *shall :make no
lave cespisk lag an tisfablisbment of religion •
or prOltilliting the free exercise thereof
OR ARRIDGING THE FREEDOM OF I
SPEECH, OR OF , THIS PRESS; or the
right xtf . the . people peaceably to assentille
and to &duo)) the Goventtni?nt tot .n re I
dress bf • grievaticeb.—ernbititutioa
,of
United ;Sloes. , /
tar Our readers At-ill ho pleased fo !
know that it is settled posiiicaty that the
Grave of Wasllington is orunotested. See
particulars, on fourth page.
E;-D' The IteptNic:m is requested :to
(ieny that Capt. - Dr. Dimock offered a
company (which did not exist) to'. the
Governor. Perhaps not; but why does
the Ste military ,officer bay in his official
capacity that said " company " was -offer.
ed? If the" Capt."did notmake ,the offer,
who took the unwarranted liberty of so
doing? It is a trifling matter; but it
now assumes the character of a question
of veracity between our local and Slate
autho4tics; and there we are content to
leave it.
:Ce — The various rumors about the
action of England and France, with refer
enco to our affairs have been unfounded—
they having
s taken no action. England
advises her subjects to keep clear of our
troubles, and has probably Fent veFFela
ord. to keep watch of. her interests; bui
edie meditates carefully and move's can.
*may. &lfiAhness will be her guide,
and TVC‘ Shall be surprised at nothing
which miy occur, whether it b 3 'their re
cognition of the Southern Confederacy,
or a'N‘-ar with the I7rlited States.
ilar At, the risk a being, called a
" Traitor" by wonld-bc conservators of
patriotism, we venture to print articles
•x'posing the gross corruptions that are
. now being practiced upoot‘the country,.
talitig care to select them from the high;
c4t Republican authorities. Mit here in
Montrose it is called "treason" to expose
such corruption. Well let it so be re;
corded. Which is moat guilty, he who
takes our forts, and meets our volunteers
in battle,. or he who follows our army to
rob the poor soldier of his food and clotb
lug, as the pine sae contractors, ,ke.,
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wrong should riot go unpunished. -
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Dr...qurrtuts.—When teen :agree td robin
are daily being made by the akrisitstra- 1
' teer tO &lit for their country, they should
tion, is that of Mrs. Sally
Bn g l eY: Post- ! Makei up c 'their . minds to let nothing titre
mistress at Brooklyn Centre, this coinity. i them from their purpose. lf sick, or .liS-
The, cause of remo - val is ofeourse the sametitudified by any bodi/y infirmity to•serve,
as others—she did not vote for Lincoln.', a Irian can hi:-honorably discharged, lint
h as di ret . t , . any one who discharge's himself wins ,a
&c. Conc , ressman Grow
~.
.‘ • mantle ofshante that wiliclincr to him like
c, •
cliarge of such -filfttteril.- - - -
the phisoned shirt' of Nessua. Here is an
"No party : " now! Of course not. , instariee ofthe Inmate rin whielia'desertCr
,-is reeeived at house,-copied froni the laSt
• Is'r' Post - .Brothers -William . I.: Poit, BerW,lek Gazette.
LaneL'Post, awl Jeer. Albert L. Post' J#ob POT.
_of Nescopeek. Lu,zerne
whb went - with : the
"camp
---4 this village have failed. Liabilities ! ePti'fiS.3%
from this ylaCe,.deserted. the camp and
saicl to be about $lOO,OO. The breaking
the , earrchome,One day last ` - week. 'He *4S
o? the bank was a tritlitio• matter to
waited upon by a,catutnittee at his home,-
_ .
comity, compared to this, - ' _ • ' , and Brought to ihis'boriigh - On Saturday
last.'l He-wits then cavriect•thrciugh the
- •
An Indian Show - comes off on , stree4s oti & rail, and egged.
Thumbs - vrv,jolimitror.e: For punka. ' '' 7. JL--:------- -
.
Wow* esuilll bilis: ' - :-'
—The l'ittiburg Pisp4tch advocates
the i:utployment of negroes' by the. Goy
• ernment." to -hems the weeded States hy
Frlt°'`..ri4s4l3B whisk, appeal t° , ° VI helping their slave, proiirty to loeomote."
sep-eApect., ii4onot CAnseut to continue ,
any lo.ngeriu,eciuneetion with - your Adsfairge v i A.. 0. Warren will preach in
mmistratior o S4oh as thelingunge of the BroOklynnext Sunday,at 10i o'clock. The
Attortitw-General of-the ,State, atnnel Univergalieit State Convention win meet
Ynrtjanc.e.l ,, Gm.rn ,, r (*nrtln • ~t tl .J‘lne sth and tlth.
• . Fitelatep i r
W
e take die ifollOising,. fro*the
last Northern Peuruiylrantik:- ••1-
FoUr buildirigk iwere luptied to 'the
.ground in Lantsboro yest*aY, . (Thurs
day.) The fire broke out' iu the Whip
Factory shOrtlYtder 12 o'clock,ii4,While
the workeien wereitt dinnir:- The flames
spread rapidly,. and.before they could be
stayect, conlmined the „Whip 4actery,
owned by Mr.S.!Lydia . widow, and
occupied:by" A,' Coburn & :MB' Good
rich; the'store owned by Whitcomb &
Newtnan; Green county, N. Y., and
occupied- by Beni: Comfort. ;.the
tug !mute, owned I>y Mrs. Lydia Stain,
ancia.blaiikswilth shop ; ownedby L. Non;
on, on; jr. They trek two 7 titory'buildings
with the exception of "the blacksmith
shop. There Was!tto insurance on any C:1
the property.
.TWo thousand dollars will
cover the entire loss::
—Our yoluriteer company . at Camp Cur
tin, were;well at last accounts, and rejoic
ing in the prospect of being speedily call
ed to . some miler post; yet it is doubtful
if they can find nfore agreeable quarters
1 than those they nbw occupy.
F, Clark hiiving received his
com
missidn as- postmaster, the office was re-
Mared on Wedneiday" morning last to
Faulkenbury's store.
. ,
chief magistrate of al . republic either "in
North or. South Au erica would kiVe.
A nrscouusn ! vso rim. .
From the Liverpool tourier,' Bth.
* * _* *- * That the North must
eventually overcome the South is morally,
'certain. But what 7a vast amount of
blood and treasure must be spent • in
vain! Is the North p epared to expel the
slaves from the South'? :Does Mr. Lincoln
designs that all Anierica shall be abolition
, has ona sudden. TWere are difficulties in
the way to this which no prudent man*
would willingly iineounter. If lie intends
1 .
to compel the seceding States 'merely to
remain in the Union, While they preserve
their own '• institutions,",'then the contest
will be - renewed everY, ten years.. If be
designs to hold the enary as subject to
the North, where aret
the troops?
Haifa million
: amen would' not suffice
to keep a country of so enormous-an es
tent. The secession is an accomplished
fact. • All Slave States are separated
froth the Free States' • There is absolute=
ly nothing to be - gained by sv.dontest but
loss. It is 'easy for thdse -.at a distance to
reason or to preach; tow seldomdo pm
dent counsels weigh. With the infuriated!
The North has reason to avenge itself up
son-the -
unconstitutional remedy of confiscation.
The only kind of ',confiscation" required
will be that conducted under the super
vision-of the sheriff or the marshal.
The punishment of treason is • death.
The leaders of the rebellion should . suffer
death. - The laws.affis that punishment to
their crimes. They should be tried, con
victed and . executes according to law.,
We are riot prepared to admit that they
are: beyond the , reach oflaw,. or that it is
first necessary to defy rind break over the
law to order to get at them. Such sugges.
tions aro of a piece with those emanating
from the same quarter, that the Govern
ment ought.to be superceded in case tt
does not prosecute the - -war with sufficient
vigor to suit the fancy, of the impatient;
mid that iddepordont guerilla bands
should be 'organized_ to make midi into
the Border. States, independent of the
'Government. They are the suggestions
of those who respect-the Constitution and"
constituted authorities so: long as it suits
their malign. purposes, and not a moment
longer..
• —The TorontqLeader, the organ of the
Camul ian Government, announces the arm
ing of the Canadas, to resist any invasion
~f thos.l'rovincPs that !bay be attempted.
over eight per, c 5.,, , ,.
$20,000,0011 in Tro:
sums, not hearing ill
The Congress lias abolishe .
New Orleans and Dalihmega.
=The Democratic City, Chili o
lug held a meeting last week, and an
other patriotic resolutions adopted th'
following:
. -
Resolved, That the history of the Demo
cratic party is identical with the 'history
of the American U'ilion and that wheth
er in peace or-in war, the motto of the
gallant Decatur—" my cowl try-i-God
bless her !—may she always he -right—
but right or
.wrong, my country,"—has
ever been its:rule of action and guide.
—Jefferson Davis is- a son-in-lan. of
Ex-Vresident Taylor. He is \ a native of
Kentucky and about 53 years of
graduated at west l'oint in the class of
182 S.
• .LSeth IL Briggs who was convicted
of murde.tat December sessions, in Tow
anda, has just had a new" trial. The prig:
over plead guilty. He was convicted of
murder-in the second degree, whereupon
the Court, sentenced him to undergo an
imprisonment of twelve years in the East
ern Penitentiary.
---A letter from' Virginia states that
there are between fitly and sixty thousand
men under arms in that State. They are"
chiefly posted at Richmond, Norfolk and
Harper's Ferry, or within hailing distance I
of those points..
•
It is also stated that private. advices
confirm the report of large arrivals of
arms at the South from abroad. These
were shipped from Europe early in April,' ;
and consist of over 200,090 muskets and
rifles, and ample supplies of powder and !
percussion caps, and machines, for making
the latter article.
—The- Harrisburg Telegraph contra
dibts,a rumor that Gov. Curtin is - addict
ed to too much Bad Whisky: The Pitts
burg Dispatch expresses a desire to have
the Telegraph contradict some "other
strongly fOunded rumors-in regard to the
Governor."
—A letter from a Volunteer dated Wash
ington, May lOth, published in the- Alba
ny Atlei and Argus; closes es follows:-
- "I would add that I liave two brothers
in the New York Eighth Regiment., and
that 1 belong to the -Jew Jersey Volun
teers all now in this city, and that I have
just learned that my a•Tedfather has been
turned out of the New York Custom
House, simply, I suppose because threqof
his sons, all, Democrats, are fighting the
battles of the Union .I ask for .information
the question, "Rave we but one Party?"
—The announcement of the occupation
of Alexandria his aroused the military
enthusiasm at New Orleans.. Mr. W. L.
Yancey is said to be prospering in his
mission.
The Pre - shyterian General Assembly
at Philadelphia,.
.when about to discuss
the condition of the :country, received a
telegram from the. Cabinet attWashiogton
to avoid .the suet and eserve the
unity of the Presbyterian C hurch. Rego.
lotions to this effect. Alive earnestly sup
ported by the Kentucky and other delega
,
—Majerikiietal Sandford has issued a
Pko ll arnatiinuielbn people: of -Fairfax
cOnnty p Ya. that all the inhabit . -
ants may return tiqheir peaceful occupat
ions, and be iniared, of . l,be protection of
the United States fermi wluch are "em
ployed for no Other : purpose than that of
suppressing unlawful combinations agaiat
the constituted authorities of the Union,
and. of cauein' the laws thereof to be'd illy
respected
,ang, ~ Xcciited.' • .
H--Alexandria is limier martial law.
The inhabitants are assured of protection,
but. are informed that they-must conform
to the law established. Property will be
respected, if ho attack -is made on -the
Federal troops. The Marshall House
where Colonel Elsworth was shot, wits
the headquarters of General Washington,
and the Colonel was shot nem' the door
leading to thesapartment originally occu
pied by the Father of his countip.
disttirlialaces at Newfoundland
have increased. .The house and.stables
of the Hon. M. Hoyle, the leader of - the
Government; have been burned. Troops
have been sent in the:war steamer lbydra
to re-enforce those already at the scene of
the riot.
—The editers, of the Doylestownintell
igencer and the gaston Free Press doubt
the sincerity of the Democratic papers,
in supporting the war. Both these fiAl
pwil put down• their names to vOl'unteer
and afterwards backed out; Pretty chaps
to talk of sincerity and loyalty !
' —We , understand' that a merchant of
this-city yesterday received two letters
frOm the Smith, -containing remittances
ler • the payment of debti. One letter
was from Charleston, and the other front
Georgia. • The writer of the latter letter
says that, notwithstanding the proclama
tion ofGov. Broivn,, he considers it .his
duty to pay his _honest debts,
and shall
continue to do so -as long as he has the ;
ebility. ' . • [Boston Traveller. j
—The - Kentucky Legislature has adjenr-1
ned sine die. -Th e Senate passed resole- '
fleas of neutrality, and- to arm for the•
preservation of peace—tendering the ser..s
vices of• the `State as mediator. The
House ameq‘led and, empowered a corn-
mittee to sit for thirty days to investigate
the cliarge against Gov. Magoffin.
~.
—Froth Europe we have intelligence
four days later, - received by the Etna . off
i Cape *Race. She' brings 0,500,000 in;
j specie. •The British Government's pro
clamatien on American affairs avows the
strictest impartial neutrality, and warns
1 British subjects, that. they will engage
with the combatants on either side. with
out hope of protection froM the Crown.
It warns them not - -to break, or endeavor
to break, any blockade lawfully- or actu
ally established, er.to carry any material,
contraband of wear, for either party.' It
does not touch the 'far more important
Point of ailowing the': Southern claim to
f belligerent rights,..in the matter of issuing
'letters of mar que.. , -
—The Charleston . papers, publish the
officild report of she Surgeon - General at
Charlestun,:which states that no B.n-ions
casually occurred. Four . trifling contu
-I"aions at Fort Moultrie only ;; none at
I"other posts." .
—The Detroit Free Press says that a
I,bill has been introduced in the 'Michigan!
! Legislature for reviving - and reenacting I AtrociousSentinients.
; the old John Ada mssedition law: of sixty! The Boston Atlas. and Bee of the 2.4 ti)
1 years ago, which would visit with the ; ult. makes the follo•Frin , >-' infamous smee•e_.,.
severest penalty any man
. who should ; tions to the - NatiioOal Adrninistratson.—
, write. or publish anything derogatory or 1 The Atlas - and Bee is edited by the Adje-
I in opposition to the Federal or State Gov- ; tent Generatof MaSsachesett s :
ernment.
-It puniihes with five years in- l"1 e s t the GoverMnierit s•_•ml a , ..rc e '
.. . ,m,
c.arceration in the • penitentiary, amo ng , ! forCe j at once into, eastern Virginia, ac
criminals, any
man who should even tarn l coninanied by sneh ;chaplains as Stella Rai--
!loon or ridicule-in any way whatever eith-1 tin,. Fredz-DonglasS, and Box Brown, with ~
er administration does. .No odds, What fel- I as many black volunteers as can 6 ! ; raised
lies or errors they may commit, the 'maw; in Cana da and the: Free States ; declare
who refuses a silent acquiescence will ;
incur the penalty prescribed. martial law, Si) that it shall override the. -
,f law of slavery as it„overrides - all other law,
—A eitiZerr Of Lamar, Miss!, writes t o taat -
a and declare freedern io every slavel
Northern merchant who dunned him as
.' will join; the federal army, furnishing arms
fellows : "After we have flogged you out ; and ammunition at' the same time.
,By
handsomely and et - algae-led a peace, if my:, prompt action of !this sort - sir army o:'
note Should not be put of date,l wil renew..; forty thousand men may 'be raised from .
it to you or. your administrator; and if: the-slaves and free negroes east - oft.lie•
my estate is not entirely exhausted, I will , Blue Ridge, that would take care of Nor-
pay it at nty earliest convenience."
-; folk and Richmot4betbre - the return o:
—The Massachusetts Legislature has I the sickly' season.' It is healthy., even in
pass i the resolution amending the Con-; the counties near the Chesapeke until ju
, stitutio - se that naturalized 'citizens may ; ly, and immediately below the blue ri.i_ e •
vote after'one year's residence.. lit is healthy all the year i•ound.. ..
—The ndrew Johnson is still I Put Stella Martin, and such inissiona• .
speakidg, in TenneSs •e for the Union. .He ; Ides as he may select,;ashore, each anitit;r
;is threatened atevery tep with mob. vi- 1 the protection' or.a biltallion, on either
olenee,•but he is enthusias c, in the cause , bank .of the Rappahannock, York' arol
of his country. , paines Rivers- I kt. 'them stump at the
`• • .
—The Earl - of Derby - , in the
use of ;"nearest Court llouse, and, Eastern Virgin
will be - a -free community—a strong
Lords, had warned British - subject 3, of ' a ": 1 .
to take part in American affhirs with an. , power,. with us . 'and of us, before the
- mascmated whitesof that region fairly
1 .%,,v
-that they are out of the Union. Do
hope of protection from tie Government ' 1
of Great Britain. A proclamation to this ea .. rn ; . '
; this, an away with -the nonsense abou t - .
effect Was to be issued. -- -
I abolition . , We Want - deeds', not offensive
As the volunteers were about leaving and - useless words; and ' we want deeds
Eiston for 'the war, a young mart, a mem- j That will save life4l , nd lead to freedom.—
ber of one of the companies, abed tears "The meaning-of this 'edit is the doom of
when he bid his mother "Good bye:"' They slavery, and the Boone the Government
~..
;old woman encouraged him, saying=-- , nets upon this itlea, the le s will he the
" Dry up. Joe, and show your spunk !" , '.carnage. . -We must buy into , • .e.dorn the Z- 1
—At Hampton Roads the Federal for-slaves of the - loyal States it' any eh re•
ces have taken ab0ut,4300,000 worth of i maid at the close 'pfthe war._
vessels and tobacco. .-• . - - . . i • •
—The President Of the Police at St,l ) - `'.A New Y o rk` ‘cr tells tl, -, follo•
~........ - i ,..._ paper _,is the .4...
Louis has prepared a proclamation stating 1 wing;. story, which, as a Pennsylvanian,
that no one is to be disturbed for `opinions - I
8 we.say emphatically, we don't believe it.
sake by the Administration. However, it will 'pear repeating::
-Another political riot has taken place When theßerlis county and other in -
at at St:Johns, N. F. The troops fired-upon teriek troops were on their way toward
the mob, and two persons were killed and Camp Curtin, thii officers had a confernce
four'were,wounded. , over the news offthe taking of Fort Slim.
---HTlie Bradford. Reporter. says there ter, , and the. fact. that, 'after thirty-sty
are now in Camp Curtin five companies / hours' cannonading, no life was lost.. One
from Bradford, imploring in vain to be honest Dutch officer could not understand
I
accepted for the war,that - other comps- hoW-this could be done ; but another ora
nies have been.organized here, and ready cm', better posted in modern warfare,
to march, which hai'e been disbanded, bed assured him that! it ire's all owing -to the
cause -it ire's officially announced that they , astonishing iinProVements in . moder,l
would not be accepted. science, which had made the' art of wus
perfect that forq might be
cal telegiaphbd do WE
Mondayoffices were sei, at 3 o'clockzed ' i all then
-the prim
and cities ban
ombarded, dyet attere not a singit
ip
Northern Stites, that the :Government individual killed;The honest Dutch son .
might. secure the information transmitted of Mars listened''
atteiitively and in sax--
for - months past to the South. The namesprise at such- remarkable results.. Sud
of those who have telegraphed in htistili- ' denly his face reddened, and With a blow
othis fist upon the table, which . soundedty to the Government are thus discovered:
The seizure was tirade under color of a
likc.the discharge of a Columbiad, he ex
law. passedat, the last ,session • of Con-
claimed, "Den, by tam, dey had potter not
gress.‘
pring town our butehmans, for' they' are
"
---,Good news comes from Missouri, be- so tam shtupid mit science, dat dey could
ton
tot:ening she advent. of• Peace 'in thay.quar- -no
ter. Major General of-'the State Pt' go into a fight mitout killing ste-
PriceY' ------....404 • -----.--- • '
forces has had MI inter view with . General
Ilarney, an& they hare agreed upon Incas
uites to' promote peace. The people are
urged to attend to their ordinary pariahs.
All unlawful combinations and turbulent
assemblages are to be suppressed.' This
is a sensible Moitinent. •
—The Kentucky State Guard take:the
oath to support the United States Consti
tution. An act to establish this has been
pissed. A union speech has-been made.
by Mr. Rosswel4 in the Senate of that
State. The Rouse bill to arm the State
has been rejected. A resolution in favor
of Governor Magoffm!s proclarpation was
rejected. •
-=-The 3fOntgotnert corresporufent o f
the Cohlin.bite!, Ga., Times says that c.;1.1 1 .
Beattregsird tatt been. prdered to NurfQlk,
i • -
—lt has-been sugg - 4.stell to Mr. -Lin
coln that he rejoinmenil 'to Congress tr,
order medals struck r 3;• a-11 . 3vh have vol.
unteeredi and that -those receiving sail
medal be enrolled at `f The Legion oi s the
Union."
have aritival from Europe -
trith`twel day later. lintelligenee. The
news -from. England fin interesting, but
not definite, as'to.theiviews in relation to
the affairs on this side'; of-the water. It is
announced that , great.; activity prevails at,
the ship,i'ards, and' that a pow.erful navy
Is in preparaticm to vi;it one waters. This
resolutions of . inquiry Parliathent, had
been postponed, and l lrd Palmerston de
clares that in the preietit condition - ofati
airs no dismission vanibe prolit - ably held.
—The American nag was .raised per
sonally by President Lincoln over the
'Central Post Office bitilding in 'Washing
ton, -on Wednesday. I Postmaster Blair
made a speech on thy oce:Oon, in which
he said that there are 'glom; of the old po
litical parties now. IE is ,n , 'very fincC the
ory, and when Mr. Blair ceases to turn
out Postmasters on pOtical grounds
will reduce his theory to practice, and
" t show that he means ivhat he says..
—Another. " swecP " has, just been.
made b y . the flo , -ton,, Collector in Itur
Custom House at that ., port. The Bpstor,
Post says that applicants -for office still
continue and are so innmerous that the
Collectors have been compelled to &vote
certain hours to thehi consideration. .
marts the New YOrle Express (Whig)
in referenee'to 'these , and other remo
vals
The changes in AO, at this time scarce,
ly confirm the sincerity of the prOfessions
that were recently made in high itepubli'
can quarters, that prty and party influ
ence must lie ,all" given. up for the'sake ¢f '
Ithe country.
—From Denver -We learn that a new
overland route has *.n diicovered west
of there. The. gold 'lmining" increases in
productiveness: •
—The surrender of the Federal Threes
in Texas under Capt. Reeve is confirmed.
—The brother of President Lincoln's
wife is'a commissioned officer in Preside*
Davis' arniy.
—Varsoil Brownlo l w.of Knox v ille, Tenn.
is a pyolatte p{atriot. Tn reply to an ins: -
talon front Gen.•Pii;low to become ; f:lmp
lain ot'a bfigade in ,the Southern army,
Mr. trownlpwsaid "When I shall make
up my mind to go to Hell, I will cat my
throat and go direct, and not travel rottnd
bp way of the Stmthern Confederacy." .
—A.number of Voters of the Pourth
Congressional district of Maryland. "who
arp.determined to be ioYal to the Union
as the first great- duty, oft he citizen," hay/•
addressed a memorihl to Hon. John Ken
nedy soliciting hint to becMhe candidate
for'Congress in opposition to Henry Win :
ter Davis, who obtained a nominatiori by'
the means so well known to him. Balti
more tia.s'idready: suffered so much 'dis°
grace from the PhigArgly machinations
of Davis that her loyal, citizens are deter:
mined' not to be mismpresent. , !‘.l
again.. ' -
.
tar dispatch from Washington in
Sunday's Tribune says that the: Putirlii
Pennsylvania Regiment a quarteryd iu
-
the Msernbly jßooms, They complain
bitterly of the maunerin whielt they have
been .treated. - They say Abell. uniforms
are-utterly worthless, and that the sitar•
pen in Philadelphia. who furnished • them
are alone resotinsible. They .say their
suits- posting 07, are not half as good ass
those. of Rhode bland . Regiments;
which cost only $B. Their State paid
.50 for shoes, Which eau be purchtised
even here for .cents. Col Harilran'
tells inr that tho - whole Begiltiew.
have to:be rd4r`nialiilii.