The Montrose Democrat. (Montrose, Pa.) 1849-1876, August 22, 1861, Image 2

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    True Patriotisin;
- From the Presbyterian.
• there - are two classes of persons iimon
gat us at present• who claim to be true I
patriots; and warmly attached to the Con
stitution and the Union, hot-they show
their regard for the country in very (BC
' ferent. wayri.
The first,class are influenced by reason
-and religion ;.they have deliberately made
up their minds that our Goieruthent is a
good one, and that it is our solemn duty
to do . all iu our power to perpdtuate and
transmit it unimpaired to coming generat
ions. 1
Our own voluntary engagements,'the
• welfare Oldie people,' the prosperity of
the country, the interests of civil and re
ligious liberty 'throughout the world;
all coming time, and the glory of God, all
- require this. This class rof persons are
cool,- deliberate and firm but kirAtey
• do not makOnany violent and enunciat
ory speeches, nop write many inflammat
ory articles for the press. But they are
- either in the war themselves, or their sons
are there, and' their property, time, influ
ence, are at the disposal of 'the Govern!,
menu. They are greatly: grieved at the .
present state of affairs, and bear their
country, their whole country on -their
hearts to the mercy-seat daily and hourlvl
The burden of their - prayers,,is, that Go . d
would perpetuate our glorious Union; and
grant us a speedy and honorable peace.
These are the true friends of the country';
they are those on -whom she relies
the most implicit confidence this the
•
hour of peril..
•• The second class are very zealous, noisy
blustering, and tumultuous. . ,On all occa
titans they are ready to makii -bitter and
grid denunciatory speeches, write intiam-'
=tory articles for the press, or preach .
Warlike. sermons.- They denounce the
President, the Cabinet, And all who do not
agree 'with themos tardy in their move
ments, vacilliating and timid in! their
policy.; they seek to establish• their own
patriotism by denying the loyalty of
- others. Pretty much all they do for their
-country is done_ with the tongue, or with
• the pen. They are not to be found in the
army- them selves, nor any of those who
• are nearly allied to them; and so far, from(
devoting their time and property ,to the
service of the . Government, they are
eagerly watellin - g every opportumity for
promoting their own aggrandizement, and
till their pqckefs by plundering the "ruit
ion. • hist:inces of . this kind Of patriotism
• Might easily be Mentioned,' but this is not
I recefitly heard a minister, after he had
- preached a flaming sermon_ on the state
-of 06 country, 'when speaking of the South
say, the devils 1 kill . the - devils!"
This, seemed to.me, was very unlike .the
Spirit of Christ and his Apostles, and the
• entire gospel. These persons are govern
•ed - by a bitter denunciatory, wildly fanati
.cal and malignant spirit-rather than an
enlightened, Christiar patriotisn. Nut
they are very far from .being the best
friends to the country, on whoM she can
rely - with the greatest confidence in this
thettime of her danger. This. she very
wen 'understands, and appreciates them
:,xtecordin gl v.
•
CZ=I
Trouble with Foreign -Powers.
I telegraphed to you last night that
Lord Lyons bad laid before the president
a written statement 6f the number and
names of the vessels that had passed the
blockade of the Southern axe
declaration that England could not regard
as effectual a blockade conducted in such
a manner. I now learn that the Freneh
'inister joined with Lord Lyons in
. the
communicntiori ; and that it was, indeed,
a joint paper, in the nature of a protest,
..on the part of the representatives of
- France and England, against such an
effectual attempt to blockade the "South
ern ports. It cannot be denied, that this
matter has now assumed a very grave' as
pect. The presence on our coast of a pow
ful English and French fleet,.shows that
these nations are in earnest in the matter;
and is in itself an insult that we would
mot submit to in ordinary times. It is ,idle
to-doubt any longer the hostile intentions
of these two powers. England sees in
the present condition of the country, the
•
opportunity she .bas long waited for to
-humble our national pride ; and the French
Emperor will join bands with her in the
attempt for the - reasons indicated bi a for ,
merictter. ,
The facts contained in ,the cemmunica
tion.of the English Minister, cannot be
-denied. The blockade_ has been notorious
-71'y ineffective, and therefore no blockade
at all. In my letter of July 8d and sth,
stated what I had learned to be the
signs - of the English and French Govern
ments in the premises; and , the event
Shows that these statements were cor
rect: But you are aware that within a
few days past new life and : energy has
'beeit infused ihto the Navy
_Department
- by the promotion of captain Fox to be
Assistant SecretarV of tne Navy. I sin
informed to-day that it is his intention to
make the blockade effective, if he has to
charter a thousand vessels to do it with.
So says the War correspondent of the
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Motherg, read - this.
The following is an extract from a letter
wriiten - by the pastor of a Baptist Church
to - the "Journal and Mess:enger," Cincin
nati; Oliio, and speaks volumes in favor of
that world renowned medicine.—Mrs.
Winslow'i Soothing Syrup for Children
Teething:
' "We see an advertisement in your col
umns of !grs„Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup.
Noiv:we never said a word in 'favor of a
pat.'nt medicine before in our life, but we
feelcompelled to say to your readers, that
this is, no humbug—ive have tried it, and
know it tobe all it claims. It is, probably
one attic mok successful medicines of
the day, because it is one, of the best.
And those of your - readers who have bab
ies can't do better than to lay in a supply:"
KENTypliY.—Tl!is -gallant State still
remains true to the Union. At an elect
ion held on the sth inst, for members of
- the Legislature, a very large majority of
Union candidates a-de ekcted- through.
out the State and the popular voice is
-overwhelmingly - against Secession.—This
noble Commonwealth, we take it, is more
reliable than either Maryland or Missouri,
mid its influence Will. not be ,•vithout its
proper effect in the other Southern States.
There continues to be evidence that the
Co` federate fames are turriing . toward
n' New Mexico and Lower .. Califor nia with
theintention ofsecniing them. ' It ispven
..stated that the Mexican revolutionary
chiefs are sought as allies to effect the
• The Department of the - Interior 'are
without official information that any of
the Indian tribes have, joined the Southern
a,rmy,.though it is believed that roving
bends of savages may have done so.
Nittitade 1. - of /the • Bernal:ratio
' • Party..
1 Time always vindicates the ' wisdom of',
the policy of the Democratic party and of '
its administration. It has done so. in con
nection with • recent events; with more
than usual emphasis. For years and years
it ;yawed . the country that-this eternal ag.:
itatioifof the slavery question if :not. stop
ped, would bring the greatest calamities
upon us; that it would 'lead to a divided -
Lnion and Civil' war between the sections;
to national and individual bankruptcy ; to
pers,onal and - political ruin.:- . :lt plead With
its politiealiopponi3nti Ninth, with dui.
mad-fanaties of the South, to forbear, to
stay their hands, to stopivhat they called
their " irrepressible conflict," for the good
of their country;, Their appeals were
spurned. -- Their warnings were disregard
ed:. We were, told .by the Republican
Statesmen 'Oat the agitation should go
on r th at it did not endanger the Union ;
that a sectional triumph wouid do no
mischief; that in case they were' success
fuloill would go on as gaily al a " mar
riage-bell." The people for once listened
to their iitYren-soothing voice, and install-.
ed'them in', power. We would like to,
have seen the Democratic prediction prof
ven false—twe bad a million tithes rather
that they would have had the name of
false prophets, than to have seen our coun
try in its prtsei* lamentable condition.—
'But-all the 1.,0i-st fears. of, the Democrats,
alt their vrorit predictions; haVe been
more than Vealized. Look at, the condition
of the conatry—look at the present—sur
vey its futere- For all the evils, present
:mil prOspectiverthe Democratic party is
guiltless, as it lifted up its voice and warn
,ed the people of them. Had the Demo
cratie policy not been departed, from, - its
1 wise counsel . been listened to, we should
have beente day a happy and united pea
pie; and prosperity would have smiled up
oni our land. The ' Democrats advised
that the slavery question be let alone ;
that the compromises of the Constitution
in favor of the institution be adhered to
with strict fidelity. . Its strong common
sense enabledit to perceive that this great
country could Only be saved by- - a com
promise and conciliation of all the various
interests, and that as long as nearly half -
of the States were slaveholding, it was
egregions folly to suppose that our Gene
ral Govertnuciit could pursue an anti
slavery Course, withoutthe , - greatest'
troubls and disastersto the wholo,social
fabric.' Our opponents belie - ed 'other
wise. We give them credit; at least the
masses, for honesty . : but; oh ! how teal
bly have they been misled by donagognes
and politieal idiots to the brink of des
truction
- -.
l I
The 0.1(1 stereotyped charge of corrup
tion was also instrumental in causing the
people to •cote down Democratic men and
Democratic policy. What.haVe we seen?
Why in lesstlian three months it is an
admitted fact that those purists Who sup
port the . I dininistration of Linebln have
stolen m e
.. e. from the Government, from
the hrave soldieFs ,
,than all the money
that has been . abstracted from the. Treasu- 1
ry for half a -century...,Since the 4th 'of
!Civeli—qcpablican papers thentselves
being the' Witnessestliere has been a'
regular carniVal of corruption, that . puts
to shame everything we have seen in that '
line. The conduct of the Democrats in
the war is also another evidence of their
warm an ardent patriotism, that has ex
torted pr aise trim even their political 'op-'
vonents. While onripsing the policy
which ha.. led to it, believing it unneces
sary and injudicious, they were the first
to resptind to the call to arms, when' they
Were left ho other recourse. A Jarge ma
jority- of the officers and soldiers who are
now in tile front of the enemy are Demo
crat?, While those who have instigated the
war, prefemed that way: f' settling our
ditlicultick to a peaceful ' compromise, re
main
.cofitfortably at home,assailing other
Democrats and Union men, who have ev
er beet' and-are now for their country, as
traitor S. I These leaves, drawn from the
'great book of - the past, indicate the policy
to be pursued by the people i.tt the future.
.Turn ou t the politicians of the Lin coln
stripe as quick as possible. They 'hive
Shown tlientselies incompetent.to govern
the;cOun ry. !Film them out at the elec
tions as fa st as you have the opportunity,
and rest ore to power that organization
which wbnld have, if it: had been permit
ted, avqted all our present evils, and
Irb.nes i1.4n.,10 •pert cepereklitC 411 t/ -oda
gate then.—Cincinnati Inquirer. - • •
•DElwri.vric MEthiNGs.—The :minter:-
ous nu..4ngs held by the Democracy of,
.the rural districts of Luzerne and -adjoin-.
ing counties, 'now-a-days-, would -indicate
that thepeople-are thoroughly : aroused
i c
to the n .essity of preserving with unusu
al care tie Democratic organization, at
this critical juncture. They feel that the
only !lON .er that can extricate oun.bleed-,
ing coiftry;from its troubles, and re tore
the hies MO of-the Union 'to , the p6ple;
z i .
5s ;hero ec r.f . Democratic principles and.
Diquoc tic rule: Four 'short months of
section. AbolitiOn rule have been- sufil-
atisfy the masses; and they meet
/•
in
some ouncil, at every opportunity,
. soe means of shuffling it, Off:—
we, from peace and prosperity to
ing civil ear, is more than they
d for; and they are already _anx
ping for the time when one sia9re
mi be made. We need only say
'molt to
toc,rethe
to - clesis
The rha
e vas ta
bargain;
ions!): h
change
felloVde, mocrats; be of good cheer. If
our goverinnelvt i can only safely recover
from the struggle it is, now passing
through, every succeeding election 'day'
will - wit4.ss-this change until the last ves
tige of eiTeetn al
ly wiped out, or laid in the =ninon grave
with itS twin brother Secession.--:Luzerne
•Union.
Oakford's (Luzerne county)
inen are -expected back daily. But there
is somelfatalit,y connected with the pay
ment of our troops; The 14th and 15th
regiments have been laying atCarlisle for
two weeks awaiting their pay. The men,
we fearifrom all accounts,_are no little de
moralized. The 146. indeed, has- be s .en
neglected by its Quartermaster, and left
Without rations for several days—depend
etit on 'the charity of the town. Iltit lit
tle discipline is maintained or attempted,
and irregular habits and mental annoy
ance added to•the heatare sending not a
feWto the hospital. Several deaths have
occurred." It seems to us that if we were
an officr'in either ..of those-regiinents we
would the men paid off and dis
charged, or: put the responsibility where
it 4elot?ged. The delay is infamous:—
_Scranton Brpu,b/icari. • t;, -
47arReturns from the Tennessee eleet
ion shOr a majortiy for the Rebel Coo.
siltation of 52000, and for. Harris for
Governor of about 30000.
In the first district, -Nelsdn was elected
to bothlthe Federatand Rebel Congressee
by a large majority. • •
•--The New York Herald . publishes I
list of Wounded prisoners atßiebmond and
Total- 510, . • .
TEE. MONTROSE -DEMOCRAT.
imuts-swo ns minx ur ADVANCE.
a. J.
EDITOR, - PUBLISHER,. AND ^PROPRIETOR.
101ITIMZ, Tinneo+7 . , /MOM.IIII, tesi
• PrWe are alike opposed to any war or peace meas.
tire that looks to a separation of the States, or to a 'do.
lation of the letter or spirit of the Constitution.
OM:dents designing' to attend the Blnghamtch Coin,
mercial College, can hear of aomething df practical value,
by calling at or addressing this office. •
•
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A large and , choice stria:or Deeds—the beet ever
used in the Union — on Pa rchment Paper, Plat printed,
. and' for sale at this aloe. •
•
Everybody's Duty.
' People there are.who have Money on
band, and yet they Will not pay "little
'debts. Tunes" are doUbtful, and they may
wanttheiehoard for a day of want and
scarcity. Let us tell:them that, if such a
day come, it will be in part their . own
bringing.' By.paying smalldebts, money
is kept moving ►n a liYely way,doing good
all around ;- confidence is. kept • 'in good
health, and enterprise is tiiiiitilated. - Any
man who is a man ought to feel . this, and
do his dutyinthe prcmises'at once. You
owe a ifebt- 7 perhaps long - past due,—for
your newspaper or a job: pay it to 'day
like a Man with an upright soul. Your
grocer, your shoemaker, your tailor, your
washerwoman; has a bill against you. Li=
quidate it before the sutisets, and keep a
good conscience. GO,do some good thing,
even though its merit Is SC) small as the
payment: of a debt. If you wish your
country well, do it; if you wish yourself
well, 4 - it quickly. Go.— Typographic
Ativertiser:
rigl"The wicked'fanatics, Istorth and !
South, seem to be working together in a
coMmon i chuse—the.destructionof Ameri 7 1
can Liberty. 3folut are their favorite
' time. Citizens who are, hated by the
mobs or individuahi, are marked for via-
Jence, as were Frenchmen - in the days of
1792. The slontrose Republican coiftinu
ally "urges on the guilty work; thinking
perhaps, lat the Senior Judg - e-editor can 1
shield its dupes through his official posi- •
tion ; and'he announces that he keeps, a
list of name( to which falsehood or mat
ice may add vietimg—apparently intend
ing their execution to take place by ngen
cy of his mob-court, without.eVen a hear.
ing. Does he wish to be a second bloody
Mallard of Parisian Infinity ? Beware!
TlMguillotine has sometimes received the
head of the wicked builder. The people
will bpar much insult,wrong, and outrage,
but when mob violence shall have been
deliberately carried tool:1r, the ebbing of
the tide may engulph the-authors. '
===3
• gO-',The Democrats of Ohio have nom-,
inated IL J. Jewett for Governor, mll.
Scott thirrison (a son of . old Tippecanoe) .
for Lieut. Gov. One resolution says that
the President has no Constitutional right
to suspend the writ of habeas corpus; anti
this the lincolnitea call treason'. But it
happens that Senator Shefman of that
th^tc, iethl in the Zenme, that rnnhu n lr.-
pension was illegal, as was also the in
ciease of the army' for three and five years
—vet Lincolnites do not call his words
treason.
CAR SoLnizas,- . —The managers of
the Northern Central Railroad are earn?
ing.the curses of the volunteers and the
contempt of the community by. the. • dis
graceful provision they made for the trams-
.porting the soldiery. Some of the cars in
which the eighth 'returned were • cattle
cars, with the dung several inches on 'the
floor, and'many Of them were unprovided
with seats. Such ',conduct is disgraceful,
and cannot be extenuated. Had the sol
diers utterly. destroyed them, we should
hard had smll. - wOrdc . if rebuke for then),
anti,lprovided with such-conveyance,there
is hale wonder that they refusecr-to pay
their fare:Scranion Republican..
It‘is proper thatour cotemporary should
find f,.nit. with cn infamous an-outraze as
the above ; but we:suggest that advocat
ing mob-law is not the way to correct
abuses. This is getting to be the first im
pulse of Republicanism,; but it is to be
remembered that mob-law and free gov
ernment cannot exist together. Let all
good citizens chaise between them—one
must be exreiMinated. Which shall it
he?
;07 The EnickerbocketbfAugust is a
number of much interest; among its con
tents, is an instructive sketch of the road
to Pike's Peak and Penver, and of those
modern El Doradol; ; Mr. Brown and his
courtship of Sarah Evans, under diffieul,
ties, is an, interesting article. 'tllave we
a principle.among us ?" has much point
and humor. "Revelatioui.of IVall street,"
abounding with dramatic interest, is con
tinued., The i:T4Ossip," orcoursc sparkles
as usual with Clail'S best.
TEACHERS' INSticrs.- - - The next meet
ing of the Susquehanna county Teachers'
Institute will be held in we . Borough of
New Milford on Thursday and Friday,
August 22d and 23d, 1861. It is-very de
sirablc that every teacher in the County
be present, fully deterrgigod to assist in
making this meeting of tbe Institute one
of interest and profit to all. Two or three
lecturers will probably be present. _ It is
expected that arrangeinents will be made
for boarding those ,who attend free of
charge. Comfrrrms.
&moot, Dritscrous, TAKE Norzcs.—
The School Directors ofSusquehanna CO.
are hereby - notified that . the blinks for
Teachers monthly reports are now in book
'form; (one fOr each school,) for preserva
tion and easy reference, *sal, intended to
record the proceedings of the School for
fire years. Said blanks are now ready for
distribution, and the President or Secre
tary of each Board' will please call or send
to A. H. Smith's Book Store _ and News
Office (Post Office building) and receive
them. ' , A. N. Bumszni Co. Supt.
• lifoptrose, August 13, 1861.-r-w3
Qom '
L Post returned to town last
Saturday night was arrested on Monday
morning be.fore daylight, (Or alleged
fiands,olitain ing money on false pretences,
dm. die waived a hearing, and gave bail
to appear_ at November Court, in the sum
of $1,000.. • ' .;
"SPOT 'Ex.—We are informed from a
reliable source' that meetings are being
held in an old SchOol Rouse, near Charles
B.•Titua's in Lenox, called " Peace- Mee
tings." • 'The design of said meetings • is
net generally known. They are conduct=
ed secretly and by, the leaders of the Dem
ocratinparty in Lenox, who are known to
be in sympathy with Jeff. Davis & Co.,
and opposed to our gevernment.".
.- The above extract is taken from a pa
per printo in Montrose, called the "Inde
pendent Republican." Now any paper
that willput)lish such trash as the above,
cannot,' think, hive a great deal of honor,
,or jnstice r left,•or are we away back in
the dark ages, where Human Progress is
not known ; -where Civilizatali has no
followers; where all. is blindness and
ig
norance,:•and people have no sympathy
with, and do not regard the rights of oth
ers; where Mob-Law is the titling passion?
Seems. to mo that any article of this 'des
cription, could not come from an ;Editor
of these enlightened timea. In regard to
all points the ." Republican " is mistaken.
(I iiippose its nothing new though.) Our
holding - peacerneetings wo don't attempt
to deny that. That they are conducted
secretly we.do deny.
We have had two peace meetings. They
were not held at the old school house, but
in tho.now one. They were not itt 'secret
either, for the doors were thrown open,
and the public invited. Does the Repnt
-40:16 think that because the Wide Arrakes.
hold secret meetings, there can be no oth
ers coodunted . only in secret? The Un
ion Peacetarty wish to be at peace With
every body. We know, that the Son of
Man was reviled, because he was a peace
Man. His doctrine was peace and Good
Will to men. If the doctrines of our Sav
iour were more clearly.retealed to our
fellow men, . methinks it would in a _great
'degree lessdn the use of Sharpe's Rifles.-
We also think that it Would hasten on the
happy time, which orators have so elo
quently portrayed, of which poets have
sting ; the time when, swords shall be
beaten into plough-shares and spears into
pruning hooksVand Nations- learn war
no more tbrever. Now Editor- of the
Republican, on designs are generally
.known. It is known we are for.peace.
It is knOwn that we are for the Constitu
tion,-and that, that Instrument should he
meld sacred by every individual, be his
station high or low. It is known we are
forthe union of these States, and that
these States can remain together onlron
ternis of friendly relations: We, are op
posed to Secession and to Coercion. If
the.former is Unconstitutional, so is the
latter. It is known that olit" love is
strong for the Union, and your • party
ialled us the " Union. Savers."
While-you are determined to split tlic
Union, we go.foe peace, and with a deter
mination to save tbe Union.
" WAIL IS IiISUNION," so it is easily
seen who are the _llisiinionists. Greeley
BEMMI3:!=I
right to secede when they could not • have
their rights which were guaranteed to
them by the Constitution. Now if the
Tribune Was their Bible, and Greeley their .
God, it is, Plain to be seen who were the
DisunionistS, and who were" opposed to
pur Government, and in favor of Jeff.
Davis & Cd." I would ask the Republi
can,- if-the Constitution does not uphold
free speech,
,free press, and the right of
Petition ?, 1 . Also whether or no it upholds
a mob collecting, and mobbing individu.
ale, because they believe different from
their - neighbors• We believe in free
press,free speech, and 'right of - Petition.
But 'n-e don't believe" in Mob Law, -nor
G.A.G, law, we believe inPeate law. And
last of all where does; the RepUblican get
its inforniation ? Or has it secret agents
I out in every. township, Apyit;g out what, is
going on ? Come' Independent, Repub.
lican, be honest and own up where yon
got so much news ;' as some who _take
your paper here would like toknow.
UNION PEACE MAN.
, Lenox, August sth, 1861.
For the Matron Democrat.
• Another Pioneer Settler Gone.
DIED—In Brooklyn, Pa., on Thurs
day, August Ist, after a painful and pro
tracted illness,. Robert Eldridge, aged 80
years.
Mr. Eldt idge .was born in Groton, New
London county,Connecticut in 1780. He
remained at home . until 'twenty-one years
of age, when he went on b.oard a Mer
chant vessel for the West Indies, and for
sip years endured the toils 'and hardships
°fa sailors life. In 1807 he went.to Den
matk, Lewis county, N. Y., and was there
married to Miss Sally -Sylvester. In the
war of 1812 he was drafted into service
and went to Sackets harbor under Capt.
Sanders, arriving there one day'after the
battle at that point. In-1815 he emigrat
ed to this County, and located on a farm
Bridgewater,three miles south of Mont
rose.. The country was yet new, and the
smoke of the Pioneers tog cabin had but
afew years curled upward among the
trees ; but the den se wilderness was fast
giving away to the sunlight of civilization.
Mr. Ndridge, like all those early settlers,
soon had his land ander:a. good state of
cultivation.. He lived to enjoy the trait
or his labors andsee "the wildern4ss blos
som as the rose. In 18:30he linked with
the Methodist Church of whiCh he was a
member at the time of his death. In 1832
Lis wife died leaving, five - children. In
1833 be was again married to Miss Daro
.the. Canard, and soon after moiled to his
'late residence in Brooklyn' Pa. Declin
ing years compelled him to abandon the
active labors of life, and.he seemed very
much to enjoy the society Of !Heyde and
neighbors about him. During his last
sickness he often expressed,his heart felt
gratitude for the kindness shown bim by
those neighbors, who were ever ready to
do all iti their power to relieve and com
fort him in his afflictions.
On Saturday August, 4th, after relig
°us services at the Methodist Church In
Brooklyn his mortal remains.were intere4
in the south Bridgewater cemetery..
Thus the veteran pioneers of our -coun
try are becoming nearly extinct.
It is said the .Adtainistration wilt
maintain ita right to class tho Southern
ports in' he flee of all guropean opposi
tion.
Important from MissoUri
LYON BILLET.
St. Lonis, Augast 13.—Remorii are
current on the. street, in which some *H
ance is plaeed,that Gen. Lyon's eonimand
has been routed by the Rebels, Gen. Ly
on killed and Gen. Siegel in retreat With
the . remaant . of the Federal troops.., This
information is said to have been rev:Aired
by the SeCeseloriists last evening. I ,
The.arrival of the train to night Will
probably bring something
TnE NEWS CENFIREED.
-Washington, August 13.—The War
Department to-day received * despatch
from Major General Fremont, saying,
-among'othtr things, that one of General
Lyon'e other thing
arrived, with the infor--
mation that an engagement bad taken
place with severe .loss on. both sideii.—
General Lyon was among the killed. I
• General Siegel, in command, was! re.
tiring in good order from Springfield. to
wardeßolla. -- - ‘
. Washington,, August 13—The follow
ing official report was received to-nigbt by
General Scott, from . Maj. Gen. Fremont :
General Lyon, in three columns,,uoder
command of himself, Siegel,and Sturgess,
attacked the enemy . at six. and a Ihalf
o'clock .on the 'morning-of the 10 hist:,
about nine miles southeast of Sprbigfield.
The engagement was 'severe-. Ouloss
,was about 500 killed and wounded. •
1
Gen. Lyon was killed in a charge a the
'head of his column. - I
Our force; was 8000, including . 2000
Home Guards. -
)c. :.
The'muster-roll reported to have 1 n
taken from the enemy givei The force at
23,000, including Regiments from Louis
iana, Tennessee, and Mississippi, with the
Texan Rangers and Cherokee - half brL.eds.
This Statement is corroborated .by' the
prisoners taken. ...
- . I
Their loss is reported to be heavy,
eluding Generals McCulloch and Pril
Their tents and wagons weredest
in the action
General Siegel lost one gun on th tl
and retreated to Springfied; when
three o'clock on the morning of the
he continued , his retreat upon I
bringing off his baggage tlainsand l
000 in specie from the Springfield ba
, • Later Details of die great battle
Springfield, Mo., shows that. enera
on-fell early in the action. The C.
of a Kansas regiment having been dis i
the men called the General to lead
As he was doing so he was struck
ball•in the breast. In replptO a qu ,
MS to his being hurt said, No, not
but soon expired without a strug
General Siegel was severely press
was obliged to. leave three of hi'
guns on the liojd. The harness o
horses was disabled and an inefreet
tempt having been made to mak
prisoners draw the guns front the
they were spiked and the carriages
ken uir. It is said that the seck!
force destroyed their own provision trains.
It appears that neither General McCull
och nor General Price Were killed, as - at .
first reported.' The Federal loss, 4 estl-:
mated in killed at from - 150 to 300, and
several hundred were wounded. The loss
of the Secession troops is reported to be
2,000, but it IS mere coniecture.r The
party that returned to the field tai bury
n... 2 Inky. nu - ay '22.12 WptlllaCa
were kindly treated, Every respeclt bad I
been paid to
-the rentailis of Gen. Lyon.—
-The engagement appears to be retarded
as a drawn battle by the Federal
_roops.
Released Prisoners at. 'Washing
ton.
Id, Sr
,ewart, senior Stagdon of
.the First Minnesot a Regiment, who was
captured by the Rel r sekt at the battle of.
'Storni Bridge, arrived in Washinmon on
the 13th, in company. with, twenty-five
other prisoners, who have been - released.
by the enemy on• parole. Amin* the
• number are five Surgeons. -They I bring
more than a thousand letters. from prison
ers still confined at Richmond. The sto
ries about the bayoneting of the wounded
,are base fabricationS. They bkiught a
petition. to the President, from dui pris
oners, urging that measures-be - takiin for
their immediate release; but.0140.1,-W•in
der, of the Rebel forces, stoppedthe do l t
meat, and will send it to Jef. Davis, and
if he approved, it will be . forwarded to
President Lincoln. These SnrgeOns • re
mained at Bndley Church and the stone
building after the 'battle attending to the
wounded, and were taken- prisoners.
'They • retuaitidd, some at . Run
and others •at Manassas JunctiOn; at
tending to the wounded, for two. weeks
after the battle, and then were sent to
Richmond. Finally, they wifiriereNsed
on parole, and sent within. our
Norfolk. They have been ,courl.eonsl y .
and kindly treated by th'e military author
-ides of the Confederate States, and give
a most unqualified denial to all thelstories
of the killing or ill-treatment • of thd worn-
ded. I. • •
Mrs. Curtis, of New York, who went out
a day or two atter the battle, and Was ta
ken prisoner, is nis? released. I
Ten of the different regiments were re
leased and sent home, for kind treatment
on the field of battle to Col. - - Gardner,
Georgia, and other wounded soldiers.--
These men were at first confined at Rich.'
mond, but when the circumstances l- under
which they were made prisoners became
known they were released and hoiirdedat
the hotels.
Their release is unconditional, And in
accordance with a promise made b C9l.
Gardiner on, the field of battle. The Sur
geons estimate the number. of Federal
prisoners at Richmond, includiag the
wounded, at from ten to twelve, hundred.
They have full lists of the wounded .pris
oners and of the wounded who died _at
the hospitals after the battle. .
Col. Corcoran is well.
Congressinpt Ely sends a letter to Pre&
ident Lincoln lit is understood to! be de
cidedly in. favor of recognizing the; South-.
ern Confederacy, so far as an exchange of
prisoners iz concerned. • I
The Harrisburg Tele_ .h, the
home organ pf Secretary of war,( Came
ron, also the State Republican orfan,--4ts
editor Postmaster under Linco 14 says;
rqr- There cannot and , there never will,
be peace again in what •once formed. the
United States, as long akslavery Masts in
the South. This is the decree of God
himself, wbo has declared' an etei,tud an
tagonism between right and wrong!"
"To tA a peace therefore, as long,aa
slavery exists an thin continent, in con
junction with freedom, is both foolish and
impsatiable •
If we intend to be free,. the '0440 we
go to work to overthrow an 4 big ) h 036
institution of slavety,the longer QOr Vree
dom will last and the nobler itbe
-come," • • I
NEWS ITEMS.
_
--Senator Bker, Of Oregon, has
,de
clined the - appointment. of Bngadier-Gen
era], that wee tendered to him, prefer
' ring to retains his seat in the Senate. SO
ator Lane, of Kansas, for the same reason
hal alai) declined a brigadiership.
A letter from - a Boston merchant,.
dated New Orleans .on the 31st ult.,states
that the pirate steamer Mcßea, ran the
blockade on the 30th.
--- A company OTHciine Guards, under
command of Captain Montgomery, of
Pettis county, Missouri,, marched to War
saw last week and captured 153 kegs of
powder, together with a large quantity, of
lead. 1.
—A farmer took his dinner at Chica
go, for which he paid fifty cents, remark
ing "There goes five bushels of corn, at
ten cents per bushel.
A German soldier writing from the
army to a friend; says—"Wewant offic ers.
who will stay with their regiments on the
battle field; and-not run away on horse
back if a'retreat should commence."
-- , The New Haven Journal says - that
the. 2d Corioecticut regiment brought
home with them twenty-five negroes from
Virginia. i -_'
One year of this civil war,' will Bost
as much as the seven years' war of the
Revolution,l the three years' war with
Great. Britain, and the two years war
.
with Mem?, combined; - add should it
continue kir two or three years, what
then? -We leave our readers to make' the
calculation Or themselves. '
. •
The pOblio k getting anxious to
hear the report of Gov. Curtin's Cum
mittee,sappointed to investigate the army
frauds ' whieh have now been sitting three
months, and ought to be able by this time
to gii-e us tomething,ofiteial and authen
tic:
ti•-'' if St,-.
Atorninittee of clergvinen of Spring
field, Ohio, I was appointed at a prayer
.meeting, the otherolay, to draw up a pro
test against attacks being made 'by , the
Federal troOps on Sunday.
—The New Orlcani Delta says that ! the
New YorkiMarinansttrance policies rov
er hisses bY piratesond not by privateers.
Therefore, if the northern courts condemn
southern privateers as pirates,.the Insur
ance companies will be liable. .. !
Aug. 11—The Spanish minister ! an
nounced to the Secretary of State yester
day, that the seven American vessels-cap
tured by the Confederate priVateer . qa.it!--
ter,and carried into the port of Cienfuegos,
as prizes, have 'been discharged -Ity orders
front his government.
• The great . Garibaldi has tendered
hi s tervices to the-Federal Government.
The correspondence in' which the !Offer.
Was made and-.necepted took place! be
tween the American Consul at Genoa and
Secretary Seward. The offer, of course,
was accepted, and the rank of Major-gen
eral tendqed to the noble Italian.._ . I
If this war lasts, long ettoinf,W= we
shall learn !Otte important" principle from
our enemy which at present we do! not
appear to understand at all, namely not
to put ignirant civilians in responsible
commands. . •
The lion. Charles .1. Faulkner, late
minister t 4 Franee, has had an_ in ter r vie*
with the President and Secretary ofState.
It is -said that in private conVersatiOn, he
has expre4sed his settled conviction! that
the Empellor Napoleon is determined to
woofgniao .01+o 041mi/born ',Couilidortves- -an
the first pOssible pretext. . =.I
. The Navalconstrtictor charged with
partienhir duty, reports that lie has twice.
.examined the Commodore.- Vandelbilt'S
steamers, nd considers= them !tutfii for
the servie .requiretiontmely, for blOckad
ing pttrpO es, and the Navy Departinent,
in view of - tile facts ..presented, concurs
with him n the opinion,.
1 •
Gen: McDowell in his official report
plattesthe.number of Killed at Bull i Run
at 481, anti the .nunther 'Of wounded at
1,011, !Vie the numbering of missing and
taken prisoners, he thinks it impossible to
estimate,. . I
— , Two l of the nicinbers of the I New
Nork•a2d were - arrffisted at Alexandria on
Tuesday,
,dressed as Fire Zouaves. ..They •
were.eode,Lsvoring, in that disguise, to es
cape with Ithe returning Zounves to'lNew
York. For this they
_will be courl-fnar
tiale4._. 1 . • i
, at
11th
olla,
$25,
llCat
Ly
.lonel
Itbled
hem.
:by a
four
f the
hal at
e
l the
field,
, —Thu banks of New York, •
ai..l Philadelphia, have agreed to take fie 1
ty millkinS of the war.loan, they to be
the sole recipienta oftbe Treasury- notes.
= Western Virginia, is not vet aKlniet
as it Was reported to be - some 'days'i ago,
' when it Warrannouneed that the ser
vice vas likely-to be resumed. •-A Isharp
skirmish has taken ‘plaee on the .Fairmount
and Western- road, in which the Foderal
troops aresaid; with a force ofso men, to
!Ave attacked 200; killing 21, and losing
none. 'Ttie_report must he accepted as it
is received ; • lint- further informatikm, as
is other eases, maY give scone
tionlirilifica
•
to th - 0 - I=torw. ' ' ' -
The c.thayeislion called •by the Dem
ocratic State COitrizitteeatilingor,*aine,
has not been held. !lilt:Mayor was • as
sured that; it shmild not. be 'held, a
procession of hostile citizens, — spetzhe.s
and the -like seems to have been
te.d for the. perfectly legal assemblage
that was ejeterred from holding its meet
ing. Su is the result of the fanaticism
of the time.. The liberty of free speech is
denied in Maine to its own citizens. I f
_
—Fite isncient cities , deierted and for
gotten, have been discovered in the Great
Desert beyond. Jordan, by ,)Ir, .Graham,
an Englishman. —They:werall.en4 is-per
fect as it the inhatiltztits had jest left them ,
the housesi retaining their massive stone
doers. -
—NraliVille, Tenn. lu g 12. Judge Cat
ion, of the U. S. Supreme Court, hai been
expelled from this city by a • Vigilance
Com in ittee, for refusing to resign the
Judgeship. lie recently, arrivedheici
and has.been obliged to leave hisl wife
here on el count of . er illness. -
• •
. _ . • r
MTh % abolition press of the North
entaged in the treasonable business of
giving aid and viinfort to , the enemy in
two ways.i First,'by endeavoring to per
vert this War for the Constitution and the,
Union into is crusade against slivery, and
thereby utterly destro ying the remaining
Union sentiment in the Southern Ststes.
Second byi wickedly and rnali6ionslY rep
resenting the Democrats of the North as
secret sympathizers with' rebellion, ;ready
to revolt against the Government upon
the first favorable opportunity, and there•
by encouraging the Southern people •to
perrieverein rebellion with the hopopf ul-
timately Obtaining: assitanco from the
Northern iDernoentey:
liar The Treasury Department announces
.that the States of Newyork lad Penney!.
vania will be reimbursed for the sums of
Money edianeed for the equipmint ofregi.
!neut. for the -war. The money will bo
paid in drafts on Newlrork and
• •
phia. , I , • .
LIST or Ours, -
Drawn to serve it August Court—com
mencing on_Mondayi the 19th inst.
TRAVERSE .nruass-2n WEEK; '
Apolacon--H. H. , ',Deuell. -
Bridgewater—George Backus, M. M.
Mott, A. H. Patrick! . •
Brooklyn—Jaines:E. Howe. '
Cliffoid—Ellery Crandall, jr., Harrison
Finn. .
Ch.oconut—Silas Light, Henry Porter.
• •
Dundaff--Charleit Norton, George
Rogers.
Franklin—Asa Brundage.
Great Bend—A. G. Bush; George Bur
ley, Henry Gunn. t
Gibson—L. o:Tiffany.
"Harmony--BenjaMin Comfort, Seth A.
Lyons.
Harford-,-Homeri Tingley. •
Jackson-LPhilander Hall.
i• Lenox—William Barber, John C. Deck
er,
Loren -Miller. -
Lathrop—Ansel Sterling.
'Montrose-4V. M. • Jackson, A. 'N.
Bullard. •
MiddletOwn—La47etice Curley.
'New Milford-4osiah Moss, -Jacobt.
Stoddard. .. I • -
• . Oaklato ml Wood.
Sus 9 t mono d ward Cailisle.
• Spr gvilie onikthan. -Nutt, Giles G.
Rog• •. .
L e—George North, Thomas
Sw eney.
Thorns i
~-S.
W, Pickering.
mr The 11 ei. Ji 0; Fletcher •gaye us.
last evening a brilliant lecture on the re
ligion,. custom; and, I) cople-of Brazil. Scl
dc have we relished anything more than
the picture he laid before his audience of
that exuberant garlcn of the tropic laden
.with its. "strange Lvariety of fruits
s and
'
I flowers, teeming witch perpetual harvest .-
1 for the hand '.of man: .Surely country
muet.be the garden of the world, and Wits
people had the 'enterprise which moves
this - Yankee nation; imagination could not
set a hound to 661 result ti, would pro
t duce there.. As relevant to this compari
! son the Reverend Igentlethan. stated ;that
the best iteinetlieSlemployed -there for the
diseases to whiellicy arc invented and
supplied to them *, • our own well known
countryman, Dr. Ay, of Lowell,
Mass and that invite pvii!e- only . but
the priesthriod ant ,the court of the Em- \
peror now' have' constant recourse in
I,stelmes sto the Ittmedie of this widely
celebrated Anieritlan — .Chemist.—[Ledger,
Boston.
=MI
JTlge lietriekson of Erie,has pro.
flounced the stay law unconstitutional.—
He declared it uncOnstitutionnliu that part
which impairs contracts _ previotis to its
passage. y - I
"Dyspeptici-persons, would you be
cured of this dt+adtul 'disease;,, and all
others arising froUt the use of coninflin
Saleritus ? AlsiNhave
.white, light and
healthy Bread anliltiseut ? Do iiut fail
to prOeure a paper of Herrick Allen's
Gold Medal Snlerittus, after which you will
river use.attfotlier. It is the best in the
wiled. Try it. 'on -your Grocer for
it. At wholesale; by all Dealers.
• WgeklY Market Reports.
MIZIESSE
. . , .
NEW-YORK !wt0t...rt5.11. , . plucks.
Wheat Flpttr, - 1 : 114 bbl., *4,50(057,00 •
ItycYlnur, ' i "f.) bbl., 2,80@ _3,85
Corti' Meal;.- 1 t) . bbl., 2,80(2 2,85 .
AVlle . at, -1 , 1 1)0.., . ' ,90V 1,25
Rye, I) bi
I L.. • •0;60, , ir 0,62
~ -
Oats, ! .1 , 1 u4., - .(321) o,noQt. 6,2.5
Ooni, 1.) bti., ; 0,60(1: 0,50 -
Batter, ').11, •.- . - 0,06(4 0,14
lliieesic,, t) lb 0,06(4. 0,07
Talhiw . , 19 Ibl • . . 0,01 , i6,40,14 - 1
Lard, .') IV ' 0,092@.0,06
.1, • . •
EIMI=Z=IN
Wheat bushel. $l, ost
'Rye 66 cents
.Coca 56Lnte
Beekvrheat
40
rael
Oats..
Best's—
Potatoes
•
hoard of N. gfee-is hereby !, hair. that the
Board Ofßellef. et,. 4-tin“Aseoeisto Jru%.re and
County Crnisaloriers , will meet et the eammisiloners'
Omer. in °strum. o$ Monday, Jury Ist, 1861. at tr,..
o'clock. p. m., and on t the flrat Monday of each mnhth
thereafter.to receive aptientiorMand make appropriations
foe ttutrelief of Volunteer* and their families. under the
sorovialeate ratan net, vatfiled An Aet -to create tt Loan
and to provide . for arming the fitate.approved May 15.1tc1
11r gnu= or Molina or Mauer
' areal Iblizeoved t 7 Virtutess,botar 17a/Ar ;sir
Miasma and th em! a ; lunar- dranernwted the
great value of Prot Di 13 *III.IIcTRIC. QLW ter
the relief and elm oft pain. Sit the people thtat?cb c.
are rendering their verdict Ina nuurner both tmealtto
and astinfaotory. Mont than virentett ; ,--, i! . J ., :mb i,4,, h0v
been raid in a y.C.17 Arch% time-a kr:eat pmportion In WA.
who heard other* recommend it. who had tried It. That
ite a splendid dlaeoveryle everywhere ackylorriellged.ane.
nothing like It was ever before prepared.
The only Genuine =CMG" OIL la Prof. De Grath'.
which le to /*bidet all the respectable Druggiata in tho
and at wholesale, and retail, at the proprietor'.
preca of the agent. deej advertiremenia. da 3rn
Fo'r sale in thb town by ADT4 T.l7a
allotbersollitembill ta.-The following Is an extract
front a letter written by the pastor of a Baptist Church la
the •lonnaal and litesipengex." CtneinnalthOblo. It sass'.
volumes in favor of that worldn•enowned medicine—Mar.: -
WIESLOW . E BOOTEDIG STROP iron Cmuntaut TEETHING :
•••• We see an advertitiiment in your nolumno-of lira. Win
slow's Soothing Syrup. Now wo never said a word in
favor of any•patent mOdielno In oar lin% but we feel com•
pelted to say to your ?Coders that this Is no humbug—wit
nave TRIED IT, AND KNOW TO RE ALL IT ELME It
probably one of the most succolt m'dlcinte Ortho 44 , Y.
bemtute It is ono of thd best. Those who ban habl niCant:
do bettor than to lay inn supply. • • dot= y
NAM ARRANOZIONTS—IFONTBOIIB P. O.
MAILS ARRIVE—'DaIIy (sundaY • exerted,) from th,.
But and South, by Railroad at 1M P. M.
Daily. (utuday excepted,) from the Weal, by Railroad.
at 9,‘ a. in. t '
Prom Binghamton direct, every Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday. at 11‘ p. m.l - • -
From Tunkhannock direct;" every Tuesday. Thursday
and Saturday, at 1p m. • -
From Towanda dived, every Tumulay; and Saturday et
,stly from Friend/Iv'BC- (=ad.., ,", - „,7,:i - pi e d) at ox p. t o.
Pomdaya excepted) for the east .
Bu south, by railroad; at 3 a. in.
ally (eunday excepted) for the west, by railroad, at
p.m. - 1 •
For Binghamton direct, every Monday, Wednesday and
Friday. at 7_ tn. -
For Tunkbannoelt direct, every Monday, Wednesday 35
Friday. at 6 a. at.
For 'Towanda direct. every Monday and - Friday at 71.)n.
Daily forFriendsvilie (sundry ex.) at 7M a. in.
For Laceyville (tintragh Anben)—leaves Monday. at 9
a. tri.--ergiveaW.Wnesday at 5 p. in..
ItegiOtier's Notice.
.-euvuome NOTlClebbereby given to ail - persons cons
centei In the Estates which- aro named below.
that the accountant' lhare settled their accounts In the
Register's Office, in and fur , the county of Susquehanna,
and that the aanieWill be resented to the Judges of the
O ci thane Conn Of said County , on Friday, August ffid,
I I, for confirsiatlon; and allowance: .•
• Eatate'or Timothy McCarty, deceased, Bridget McCarty
adtninlatrurix. • ; • -
I. V. Whitford, dec'd, S, S. Mott adm ' r de bonis non.
Dennis McDonald. deed. Margaret McDonald, adnez. •.
S. D. Totopicins, deed, 11. It , . Kent, executor.
Clarinda Fuller dee : R. L. Reebe,Ominlstntor.
Montrose; Jolt It. NEWELL,
Register
NEW I%IILFORD
NORMAL SCHOOL
TEACUEICB-310113141 4 DRPART2dENT.
Z. a:HAWLEY...4 - , Prof. X. L. HAWLEY.
PRINAEAR T . 11111110 ox nix°.
min Y. DIC AI, I Miu NARY UAPP
•
THITION—NOMMAI., DEPARTMENT.
•
Elba branoheak—ememon,.. ' '
Ul sr, " atermatheromies, 4 ,
0 inca rtmluding Win and French, -
Prinuuy ent,
Instrumental and rocs/ music. extra: • •
The next term of thlembool will commence on Wedem
day. August leth, and continue eleven week.. One primal
object will be to render an pinnate , asaletance to them
who srepeet to Math. Board can be bad for $1,75
Perweek;amei for stadentato board themselves on
reasonable tenni. Lectares will be delivered during the
term, For full puticilare inquire of E. B. Hawley, Gib.
lon. or the eltreetore.tNew Milford.
By order of the Picard. H. OARRAIT. Pree
1 , , BOYLE, RI.
rNew.Milford, July VAtt
•
Wheat floor i 2 bblcrJß.s7.oNY
Rye dont evrt...sq , ,
Corn meal V ewtl.so iL 1 . 13
Pork pit) EL
eork irlb • 12ern:,
Lard 1411$ • 12 rent.
Batter A... 12 fr. 10 cents
doz 'lO rents