• The Conduct of the Wei. • - .
There hasbeen, and 'doubtless will con
tinue to be a wide difference of opinion in
regard to the origin and the ;necessity of
the war in which the, country is now so
unhappily engaged, but - among sensible
and patriotic men there onght s to be but
one opinion as to the proper method of
conducting the conflict while it is to con.
tinue.
1. It should be prosecuted vigorously.
There is.-tto lack Of means ttattlfill eVery.
lawful obligation of the - GoVernMent.—
Congress, which is the proper authority,
has appropriated thb money and called
upon the people to furnish it.
But to,prosecuto the war vigorously
requires !tot :only money but soldiers, and
these shoiddldso be promptly furnished.
If drafting were resorted to, of course
those upon whom the lot. fell must go, or
provide substitutes; bid such compulsory
recruitiui is never very popular.. The
present system of erilistment is undoubt
edly 'wisest, and it is wrong for
any one to discourage suitable persons
from volunteering. In regard to the ex-.
act nature of this offmce there is, howev-
er, muat difference of opinion.: Some con
'tend that the regulations for the present ,
coinfort and control of the volunteers
shbuld not be criticised, and their s sho?t
comings exposed, lest on 'such grounds
many refuse to - go ; but
.. we are by no
means sere that such would be the result.
A sensible man might be' encouraged - to
volunteer by such thoughtfulness -fbr his
•comfort, as showing that watei.ful eyes
.were bent upon those to whose care lie is
intrusted; to see that 'he is not Wron4^ed
or neglected. There are others who think
that the means and resources of the op- I
poSing force should not be dwelt upon,
b lest those Who would otherwise volunteer,
might be disheartuued by the magnitUde
of-the task to be accomplished. There is
:some force in this objection, and yet it
may-be carried ton erroneous extre me. I
A careful enumeration of the perils of the
way, after a traveler' has actually under- ,
taken IVis journey, if he he faint-he.arted,
may give him less nery Tor 'the inevita
ble encountre; but on the other hand" it
wouldle worse than folly for him to shut
'his dyes to the actualprospect before him,
fOr fear that he shall nofhaVe the courage
o meet it. In our opinion, the great dis
crepancy between promise and perform
..ancehas been the , ehief cause for r•rumb-•
hug among the volunteers: The recruit
i
ing, sergeant is notorious in. drawing - a
long bow for the bewilderment of the
iireiMsed novitiate;. but aside froM
in nearly every company thus far sent to
the-war, the men have been soberly prom- l•
iced a great variety of comforts and priv
ileec.s which have never been realized:—
some of these may have-been- promised in
,good faith,.and only -placed beyond the
reach of the men by the force of circum
stances; .but the others were never de-
signed, and were - thrown out asinere lures
.to fill up the ranks, All such dazzling
plaits shbuld be avoided, for \ every
~nian
caught only by :16 glitter, will be worse
;than a nuisance. in the army. A caretbl ,
attention to the well-being of the soldier ;
in all circumstances, and a 'little more
self control on the part of the officers,
would remove one peat difficulty now
f e lt by thOse :cao are assisting to organ- -
lie additional forces. The great success
at Fort Hatteras without casualty on our
part, will doubtless stimulate the offering
of recruits. •
The war should be' conducted hu
manely. The shooting of pickets for mere
wantonness, said to have been practiced
.by the Confederate forces in Virginia,can
not be too strongly eon d emn ed,and should
not be imitated by our troops. To slag
gest that the wounded of either side
should be kindly cared for; as far as pos
sible, on the battle field or in the hospital,
can scarcely be needed, since this is the
instinct of every man fit to be called a sol
dier. The greatest difficulty is found in
the treatment of those prisoners captured
by our troops. 3'hey are • rebels in . the
ey,e.i of our law,tifui. many urge the Gov
ernment to treat them as such accordiii , g
to the strict letter of the :statute. We
believe thata recognition orthe ordinary
rules of warfare so far as to exchan!,e
these captives for thoseloyal men held in
. durance by the. Cotifederate authorities,
would be satisfactory to the . . great mass
--, 6f the - American 'people.
3. The war should be conducted eco
nomically. There should be -no waste_ - of
- men oh means. It'is the prevailing im
pression that both these conditions have '
-been violated. But whether the .lives
mid health of the men have been wanton
ly sacrificed or not, , the pecuniary resour
ces have been at- times Most lavishly
squandered.. A part of this' was•tefuiness
, has been the result of inexperience, and
a part has grown out, of , the selfishness
. and cupidity of those :through 'whose
hands the money has passed._ In both de
partments we are now prozni;ed a reform,
-lasi it will come none too soon to avert
the popular indignation.
The last point we propu.o. t,; notiee in
the conduct of the war is, that it- sh..uld
,not be carried on for the purpose of email-
cipaTing the slaves., There would have
• ibeen little fear of avowal of such a
purpose if East Tennessee, Kentucky and
?Missouri had remained firm in their devo
ties to - the - union., The overawing of',
some of these districts and the Mection
of others, have begotten a resentful feel
, - ing on the part of many which would be
gratified by a proclamation of a crusade
against African bondage. To inaugurate
such a policy would be to exasperate mid
coitsolidate the opposing force, and at the
same time to .weaken the unity of puipose
among the friends of the Government.=
The Administration,has distinctly disa
vowed the intention to engage in such a
crusade, and we trust will not yield to the
clamor of a faction, now intent upon its
auwmplishment-
Important Revelations.
The capture of Com. Barren and his
confederates at Fort 'Hatteras, has re-
vialed an itupohatif fact, which the Gov=
erinuent , shoulettot be slow in turning to
amount. We have it from - the inast un-
doubted authority that the officers who
surrendered admitted that they received
from Fortressafoitroe exact infortnation
in relation to the meparation of_the expe
dition, and its precise destination, so that
they were not taken by surprise. The
authorities at Richmond had, therefore,
dispatched these- important officers ,
s to
take command, and large reinforcements
were on the way. A most rigid investi
'gstion should at once be instituted to dis
cover the sources from - Whence the plans
oft& Government were .thus betrayed,
and to mete ont,tO the traitors theirprop
er reward. •It is no mitigation of the
crime that no eviFresulted limn such treas.
(m; there can be but One as to
the desert of itaanttior. Our ;officers am
.slipost disposed to regret that. the rele:
(Crcetneats were not-allowed to land, as
they would beve - matle a much larger haul
of prisoners. • .
From. 114 Nilo York World, (Republicao.)
The Independent of this week isbriinfull
of pestilent Abolitionism. • The most. oh
jeetionable part of it, to, helium is in at ,
ticks written by, cerreipondentg, -but Abe
prominence assigned them ail the make-up
of `the paper, and the strong. leaning in
the same direction in its editorial columns,
justify us in attrilmring .to the Intrepid
eat a deliberate riiirpose to make I itself a
vehicle of Abolition sentiments, It allows
Dr. Cheevor to'expatiate on "the irretriev 7
"able mischief produced by the Northern
Trovernment.and Administration in re
"fusing to dirtset the war against slavery,"
"and on the "infinite importanceiefimme
i
j "diately striking thatblow against slave
j "ry; and . ..which will ; retrieve our -- affairs
"anti our reputation, and save us from the
"dreadful disaster," tke.: It gives space
to along article by Charles 1,.-Brarcei en
titled "The Key to Victory, which opens
with 4,11 Z iuquiry, "Why will not. we pea
ple see that the 'only key to victery is a
"ptvlamation . of emancipaqon."-
' . - - It is plain to people of practical sense
I that a proclamation ofemancipation would
have no othereffect thaa to weaken and
break down the Administration: If .. it
should be stupid and foolhardy enough to'
venture in this experiment, it would not
only stultify itself by contradictingall the
pro . fessions it has heretofore made that
the. war is to hq . waged for the. attainment
of none but ecnistitutional objects, but it
would fatally divide the North, - and ren
der powerless all thelriends of the Union
'in the rebel States when the time shall
come for its -re-co n struction. But Mr.
-Brace sees so little -need of the coop-
eration of loyal, .slavelti - ilders in restor
ing the Union,lthat he admits that 'his
plan would result in-blotting them from
.the face of the earth. He wind; -up his
Article as folleWs :
"The slaveholding class in such a 'con
test would inevitably be almost ,extermi
nated; and if any class of men ever de
served punishMent fronithe Almighty for
countless wrongs done, to the innocent
and the weak, it is they. .IThe non-shire
holding class would, no doubt, after •a,
while see the utter uselessness and folly
of resistance, and settle down -under what,
for a time , will: probably be 'a, military
-rule. ;
'This is not the method We sheld' any
of liave chosen for matancipa tion. ant
Providence has forced it upon us. We
must choose bftween that and defeat." -
Instead of being shut up to. choose be
tween a proclamation of emaneipafion and
defeat, such a proclamation would bring
tore and irretnevable - defe4 from the day
on which it was.prenfulgated...Two thirds
of the army would refuse to march anoth
er step, or seni l e another day in Such a
crusade. Men would nolonger
cept a few aholitioniqs,) capitalists - n-oubl
no longer furnish means, for prosecuting
the war and We should immediately' have
a powerful revolUtionary party at the
North as well as the South. It would
plunge the country into general, anarchy,
{ - and destroy tW.hopes of the Union forev
er.
But would such a proclamation .eman
cipate the slaves? „Pray, how - would it
ever reach them? Who is t•!o tie this bell
to the secession cat? Who is .to carry,
copies of the proclamation to the planta
tions and distribute them there? If the
ag,eufs of distribution go singly or in small
squads, they Will swing from the, next
tree. If it is carried by armies, it. cannot
reach ihe slaves until the opposing armies
have first be - ezi . conquered.. But bow can
it be the means of victory if it can take
place .only- :after victory has been
achieved ?-
N.Y. Democratic State Convention
‘• •
This convention .assembled at Syracuse,
last week. The Tammany delegation
from the city was admitted to the exclns.
ion of 31ozartHall:'
The CoMmittee on Resolutions'report
ed a. series, in effect as follows: . • •
That the watchword which shoUld ani
mate the Democracy in the defence of our
imperilled country, is the sentiment of
Jackson, that., the "Union inust be pre- I
served:'- • *- • -
That•the claim to relinqUish the. State
allegianceis uuwarranted by the.,Con
-1 stitution, and at war with it-in letter.and
spirit, and ineompatible with good gov
ernment, and the democracy ever main
tained, as they still do, that' secession is
revolution. -
That the seizure of the forts ;and - prop
-erty of the Government followed by the
authorization of privateers, precipitated
the country into war. .
That it. is-the duty_ of the goxernment
to prosecute this war with all its poWer
and resources, and the duty of the people
to rally to its support until , the . struggle
eudg.with the triumph bf the constitution
• and the laws :mettle rest. - Jration of the
I 1 .
That we hold next in guilt to the fact
ion which has risen arms. awainst the
country, thepolitieians of the ICorth,who
for years have organize& and sustained a
system of agitation, tending and it.tended
to alienate the different sections -of the
count ry.;•and to-stir up between them an
irrepressible conflict based :upon theirl
doctrine institutions,' which it was de-'
elared could only terntinate.in the univer
sal
predeminance.,of . onasection over the
other. .
That. it was the du i ty. • a. Congress
have encouraged the loyal citizens of the
South by aniplaguarantees of their rights
' an.l by just iand honorable concessions;
and believe it to be the duty of the
Governinent, while patting down the re-
I hellion, to offer to the loyal people of the
disaffected States the remedy which the
constitution, itself prOvides, viz :—a Con
vention: of all the States for the, revision
and aniendruent ofthat instrument.
That ;the Demoeracy of this State re
gard any -attempt to pervert this conflict i
• into: a war for . the emancipation of slaves I
as iiital!to all hopes for the restoration of '
the rnion.
ThaVwe protest against the* doctrine
tluit any poWerescept the representatives
of the' people van suspend the writ of ha-
bens corpus,'.and protest against the pass-1
port, system; the government , es-'
tahlisliihg a State police; against' the as
suniptien ofthe' Government to repreks.
the diseussiOn of its policy by the refusal'
• to afford - kthe proper mail facilities; and
I finally protest ag,tunst the President's doc
trine that the States lerive their authority.
from the Federal Ooverrmient.. •
Th 6 last resolution concludes as follows i
—"Thai a -Detnecratic victot7 is this
State Will be hardlyless simpletons to the
cause of the Union than the triumph of
' Federal arms lathe field; and therefore.
•
we - hold, these whet are trying', to - create
' diissewifees ln.the.rankt of the - Tietnocre
' oy, as not only treseherous to its
plea but disloyal to their country. •
Ir4`The 4M postake stamps . * sll not he
taken it 114 office after Sept. 15th. '
THE moisrmosz DEMOCRAT,
mum -4140 PER warm is AMOR&
ar. cfraustals*mscmc,
DITOR, PUBLISHER, AND! PROPRIETOR.
szoNmon, MONDAY, =;l=Bl2i 1161
Committee met at Ibe,Keistone Hotel, in
Montrose, on Mbnday, August 26th. On
motion it was.agreed that.] a Democratic
Convention be held at they Court House
in'Aloutroso, on Monday s ;September. 16,
1861, to nominate a ticket to be presented
to the people at tbe coming, election. It
wait also Airedea that the usual delegate
erections be held at- the emit omary places,
on Saturday, September 114th, between
the bout* of s and o'cloctk,' a. tn.; and
that the following named persons are
hereby witthorized and requested to at
tend and superintend the same :
TOWNSHIP CORMITTEES. • 1
.
Auburn—E. J. Mowry, - K..Brundage,D:
Ross. • 1
Aral:it—L. 6. Baldwii, 18. 11. Dix, J.
IL Tooley. I
Apolncon—P. Welsh, - 3 .. . :Solan,P. Ry
an. • .
Bridgewater—Thomas - Johnson, 0: - S.
Beebe, F. M. Williams. I
Brooklyn—E. G. Willianis, R. 0. Miles,
.
Alvin Al'Mel). '
• Clifford—Jas. W. Low
I y, D. W.• Wil
liams, J. Bolton.
Clioconut--Jitcob Kitnlifle,.M. Hickey,
31. Stanley.
nand:di—B. Ayres; S. Phinney, E.
•
I)imock—l. A. Main, C. C: Mills, C. J.
Lathrop
Fraillin—J. Watson, i 2d, Henry L.
Smith, F. A. Smith. I
Forest Bi•ewster,W. Har
vey: J. Bradshaw. '
-Friendsville—M. C. Su ton,J. Mead,N.
Y. Leet.. - •
.Great Bend—N. S. Gribs, P. Thom
son, W. I). Lusk. -
Gibson—lLTuttle, .T.-"zintlrey, C. N. Mil
.
. Ihrford—E. T. Follet,i D. L. Hine, A.
O. ll::trnard.l .
.
Hbrrick—Abel Kent, lA. Tilden, H.
Lyn.
• 'Harmony—Wm. Tremkin, L. Norton,
J. w. Austin
-,Jackson.O. 11. Perry,.E,N.Tucker,D.
M.... Farrar.
;Jessup—W. C. Handrlck, I. E. Birell
ao‘, Albert. Kelsey. • , ; -
Lathrop—E. 111 . ..TewWutry,D. IL Pack
er, Lyman Saunders. , 1 !
Le.nom—A - . Titus, Al L. Jeffers, 11.
White.
Bailey, :L I B. Chalker, C.
Sarlford.
. Middletown—L. Curly, N. 'Camp, S.
Dodge. -
Montrose—C. L. BroWn,C. D. Lathrop,
11. C. Tyler.
New Milford—D. McMillan,E. Aldrich,
A. B. Smith. •
New Milford 80r0.4. C. Ward ; J - T.
Boyle, H.-Garratt.
Oakland—Levi Westfidl, o—Phelps, M.
Shutt.S. - I
Rush—J. W. Granger, Geo.Harvey,E.
Maynard.
Susquehanna—G. W. Row
ley, A. J. Seymour: •
'Sprinpille—Dr. I. B. Lathrop, W. B.
Hendrick, 11. N:Sliernian.
- Silver Lake—T. Snl J. 0. Day,
Jos. Want "
• Thomsom—C. Wrighter- R. V- - Whit
ney,, _
Chester Stoddard. - '• •
D. Bat ivs•rEn, Chairman.
C. S. GILBEThr t Seey.
The Law of Treason.
As there has been a ocid deal of talk
about " treason," of late, we reprint the
following from the Pensylvania law.---,
We bdlieve that this is the only existing
law that declares any words to be treason . ;
and the words here - referred .to really
anrdnnt to acts : 1 '
AN
. Supplementary to an act, entitle" Au
act to consolidate, revi l se and amend the
Penal Laws of this coinrnonwealth," ap
proved March, thirty-firit, one , thousand
eight hundred and sixty.
. SECTION 1. Be it enacted: 4., - That if
any person belonging .to or residing with- ;
in this state, and under) the protection of ,
its laws, shall take a commission, or corn
missions from an person, state or states,
pr other the.enemies ofithiS --- state, or of I I
the United States of .Ainerica,or who levy
war against this state or government
thereof, or knowingly and willingly 161 1 411 1
aid or assist any enemies in open war
against this state or tl4 United States by
joining_their armies, o by enlisting, or
persuading others-to enlist for that pur
pose, or by furnishingisuch enemies with 1
anus or, amunition, or luny- other - article
for their aid and.coinfert,'or by carrying
on a traitorous correspondence with them,
or` shall form, or be inlanywise concerned
in forming any combination or plot or eon
, spiracy, for betraying 'this or the, United
States - of:America- nitt4 the hands or pow
er of any foreign enemy, or any organized
or pretended . governthent engaged in re-:
silting the laws of the United States, or
shall give or send any intelligeriee to the
enernies'of this state or of the United
States of America . , orl shall, with intent
to opposO, prevent or subvert- the. ovvern
. men t of this state or Of the United States;
endeavor to persuade lany person or per-.
:sons froth entering the service of this
State:or the:United stutos, from joining
any volunteer. company or association of
state about being ninStered into service,
or shall use any* threats or persuasions Cr :
offer any bribe, oe.hcild out- any hope of.
reward,-with like intent - to induce . -any
. said . • - 1
person or - persons to abandon service,
or, withdraw froth anY volunteer company
or assiiciationalready l organiza under the
laws of this prinimonwealth; for that. pur
pose; every per Son se offending and . he- ,1
mg legally . convicted thereof, shall be gull
tx - Oa high misdemeanor; . and shall be',
sentenced to iniderg?l solitary • imprison
ment iirthe penitentiary,.at hard labor
fora term not exceeding - ten years, and
be fined in a stun not.szceedinF . five thee
sand. dollars ; or.hoth,lit: the discretion•o(
the - court :.Proeided,-That act shall
not prohibit any 'citizen fioni - - -.taking or
receiving civil
.conunissions, for- the . as
knowledge:Lent of deeds or other 'instil-t
-alents of writing: 1 -
•
POSTAGE STAMPS.
The old postage stamps - will 1343,-recog
nixed, or exchanged for the NEViNtamps
for the period of - SIX DAYS friiin the
date hereof; after which the ;old. stattips
will not be recognized at this office .
,
Per order of the Postmaster G en eral.
D. R. LATHROP; P. M.
Postofficer, lio trose, Sept. I.Oth, 1861.
rgir S undry"officials and mobs,claiming
to act under : the authority of, and to ; rep- , '
resent the standard of loyaltjr, as estab
lished by our administration, haverrecent
ly suppressed several newspapers by clos
ing the mails against them, deStroying or
burning their offices, upon till.. ground that
they are not "loyal." Among our ex
changes this week 'is a paper which' keeps
standing, in large letters, the motto
United States Constitution is- a covenant
.with ;leatiy and an agreement with hell,"
but' its loyllty is-pot questioned by the
new judgels. It' declarea ,that the war
now is irtually au • abolition war,, and
ought so to be, hence, perhaps, its escape
from proscription. It is the Boston Lib
erator.
''.An obnoxious free-love' preacher
named Myers, was arreated i in Rash - last
week, and sent to this place by P. Sher
wood, esq., for commitment to jail, on to
charge of having used' treasonable lan
guage against the laws of the
States.: Ho got pi writ of habcai "corpus'
from Judge Read . , who set him at, liberty
—the coinmitmCnt tiot, being sufficient in.
form or substance: •
This fellow is a simon \pure abolitionist ';
goes in folj abolishing all unions of gov
ernment, church, Marriage, partY:&,c.,and
advocates various licentious practices. The
wily wonder is that he "can get'. either
house or hearers, for he is most clearly a
nuisance in the extreme sense of the term.
Is there a community that can longer en
courage his presence..? We hope not. .Al
- his theories are-not indictable, yet
-if it can lie shown that he has so induced
Volunteers not to enlist,' as to conic with
in the statute we print to day, lie should
be got rid of.
-
Camp Meeting.
Thu Camp meeting on Wyahtsing dis
trict, commenced at Lynn in Springville,
August 2eth, and elo:sed September 4th.
To those acquainted with the ground and
ri(lnity, not a word need be said in their
praise. To others, we. have only to say
that the region is one of. loveliness, and
the ground one.of-the -very best. ( The
community are kind, intelligent, • religious
and accommodating; and with`respect;lo
meeting under consideration, scarcely
a circumstance occurred to mar the en
joyment of the occasion. The weather
was very-tine . with the exception of two
showers, but those upon the _around suf
fered bit little or no inconvenience, for
their tents- Were constructed fin• .such an
enimersteni.y.. • •
The Itev.`George H. Blakeslee managed
with a great deal of wisdom and firinneis,'
awl to the satisfaction, we believe, of all
present. Th,ere was a largo httendancel
during the whole meeting,but on Sablhttli
the people were there in mass, probably
not less than five thousand. There wercl
some thirty ministers in attendance, - and
took part 4n the'ex emit:" es ; a-number of:,
them from abroad, among whom were
Rev. W. He addy,:oftineida Conference;
Rev. M. French, of New York Rev. 13
Nelson, of Kingston, and otherS.
I meeting was-a decided success, about one
hundred or more -*ere converted, and
about seventy-five experienced the bless;
in“ . of entire consecration to God. The
15,
meeting commenced, continued, and en
' ded in the'spirit. , *
• *
IMPORTANT TO - LA DIES.- - SOOll Old
,por w will make us his,accustomed is
itatibii, and our lady friends will be devis
ing ways and means for the protection of
their forms from the penetrative assaults
of his chilling breath. Now every - lady
bear us out in the assertion .that nothing
is more conducive of the comfort andfme.
aPpearance °fa female in cold weather
than a substantial and fashionable set of
Furs.
This being an admitted filet, we direct
the attention of those interested to the
inducements offered by John Fareira,.the
favorite fia•rier of 718 Arch Street Phila
delphia. ,His eard appears in this issue.
A Desperate Expedient.
store is told of the Rebels which, if
true, displays a daring on the part of their
nien which can only arise front desperation. 1
The strict military discipline of the Fetle- I
ral camp On the Virginia side of the Poto
mac „has conipletely_" blocked " the usual
sources through which the Rebels have
heretofore obtained information. 'A few
nights-ago they determined, at alfhazards
to learn the pass ivord,in order that their
agent might enter our lines ' and \ reach
- WaAtingtork, To do this,they dressed two
of their -men -in dovernment ,uniforms.
which had been captured, and: succeeded
in placing them between our pickets', un
observed. The 'imposters and •the _ true
soldiers pursued the regular duty for a
considerable time, when finally the :Rob
els.challenged one of our men,!, who was
abOut to give the requisite! pass-word.
when he'discoverealte cheat, .and gave
'the - alarni„ but not in time to effect the. ar
restor death. f the daring but nonplussed.
'adventurers. - -
WUXI! ertu VT FIGHTING = I.llH?—The
N. V. 14delicident, so emphatiCally• reeog
nixed as exponent of Repnblicathsm,
that the:administration. selected it pub-
lish its Oficial edit twirnits to its e.olumns
the following bold declarationin favor of
emancipation or disunion as - the alterna
tifes of,the war: • - • - • :
• - "The truth of the matter is; .that the
only alternative left its arc either: a . -com
plete separation of 'the free and slave
States, or the desttnetiOn,'• of 2nlaveri it
self. hie the *oat- idler - -:niatter.' .the
world to talk of any other. coarse: - -We,
roust at)olie one of the. two ; grid the :soon-.
er we hegin'to_eontemplate this tact, and
eonsido till ha-hearings * and consegtietk;
CON the -bitten" , -
East _Haddam (Conn.) . Journal
speaks Of-the 'finding of a_skull on .EL s well
curb in the dooriard'ofone of tbe citizens
of that towti. - - •
47fMWM
The antiunion, ciffickers"cion
,
Ilentioti, mug-held:6st Monday
..itt pal . Or-
OMMunt7catioit wits presented by
.the Chair - Man •of tht:i. - XfamocrittMlltiunty.
cinuMittee4rpropouing that. no party tic*
'eta. be - Made;:hnktliat U'tiion_shines. con,
yetitiOn atieled _candidates .upiin
the basis of a vigorous prosecution of the
war for the. maintenance. of . the omistitu
&c. A' motion wakinstantiy.. bade
by a candidate to 444 on thetatide;Which
motion yea not adopted; but on a call for
the yeas andpays, George H. 'of
Gibeop;;ntade sours reMarks ; the. first
part appearing slightly favorable te . ..un •
tieCentanee;Weriiiiindly UPPlandidi - When
discovering, Probably, that he .was - over
kacting, he took . a turn and rviretted that
I •
if adopted, the .delegates would lose their
.
expenses incurred in getting up a conven
tiofil 'He had come here for the one put ,
pose,of two or three , Demo
crats ; but could not yield the party
chinery on account of tosirg the-expenses,
I John McCauley, a noisy delegate from
Susquehanna,,, made.... -an offensite and
abusive speech against the prepoiition;
saying that they came there to make a
ticket, and would do so; that they. were
against all compromise in politics as well
as war; that they could elect . any ticket
they might make, and Democrats may ap
pose it and Sympathise with treason, ,for
we can and will-carry the elections and
do the fighting with Out any help. He
would make a part or all of the, ticket
Democrats, but -would listen to no union
for the sake of Union. When lie had done
Icracking the whi!,, the officers rush into
the vote,.and, under the eye ofpoliOcians,
not a delegate dared' stick to hiss first
choice and vote, - and so. the propoSition
was tabled. •
Atter-a very long and severe :siege, a
ticket-was 'made up as follows : --Iklercur
fur Judge ; Read of Montrose and- I. P.
Baker of Dimock, for Associates; Amos
Nichols of Brooklyn tbr Treasurer; James
Leighton of Franklin, for commissioner.;
11.'1'. Ashley ot, Droollyn, tow Auditor,
D. D. \Varner of Ilridgewater,Assembly.,
`Veils and McCauley took no steps to
place .Democrats on the ticket„; for the
reason, perhaps„ that there were Ilepublia
cans, by ilozens, more than there was
room for; and perha beeauSe they did
not intend to. We have no room- for
details of the voting, &C.. Those Demo
crats who were in the dark, can..now
derstand what is meant by the Republican
cry of "no pally." Many of the rank and
file may be holiest in -it ;,but the mana
gers dont permi t t heir good intentions til
have Much influence. \ Hurrah for" no
party ." but ours!
We regret to learn that the barn
of John Jhckson in I.agratigb, with its
contents, consisting of- considerable old
„rain, with this yOr's crop of hay and
grain; was entirely destroyed by fire on
Monday morning, about co'clock.. how,
or by what means it took tire is a mystery.
—Wyoming hthlkiencer.
Plenty oflnysterions "things" happen
now-a-tlay•—only most ofthdin happen at
PropTiy is, destroyed or bul lied,
and men fire or dead. It
is easy to guess What is the matter ; and a
part of the cause of which such occurren
ces are the effect, max be found in the (2(117
.tunas of the Ity:llivencer. Mr. Mob' is
l Ert - nyeA REntrhs The recent
scandalous attacks upon several .newspa
pers, and their destruCtion by mobs, and
other assaults which have been made up
on individual liberty of thought and opin
ion, are of alarming import to those who
wishl to see our Constitutional freedom
-preserved. Forcible rebukes are being I
administered by portions who haveno po
litical svmpathy'with the suppressed pa
pers. T he Y. ecunmereictl says:
"We call upon good citizens every
where to iiip in the bud this evil, Which is
beginning to break out at the • North.—
It must not be allowed to make further
headway, no matter what the provocation
or the consequence will be More disas-.
trolls than a battle.: lost. Our :•great
strength lies in the possession of our lib
erties, and thaw pre-suppose the right of
every man to differ from his . neighbors,
and to give expression to his views, no
matter how obnoxious, so long: as they
do hot conflict with 'the statute iu that
ease -made and- provided.' In such •
case it.becomes the linty of those ehaged
with its execution to enforce it to the let
ter. Short of that no man can, with safe
ty to hiniself or the community, perniit
the freedom of theyress to;-be" abridged
for an instant."
.
PEACE' VS. WAn.—The Yew York 0-
servrr speaks as 116110%-.-s : - • . .
"We are among the most earnest. friends .
of peace. We would suffer wrong for the
sake of peace. But we see
_no possible
solution of the present complication of
our national troubles, except in the re?ad--
justment of the Union on .the basis -of :the
Constitution. •We deprecate , the war
spirit and desire to cultivate that feeling
which will the most casily restore frieUil- •
ly relations with those who have cast off
thehonds of allegiance to their-' law ul
government: But we cannot forget 'll at
the inen'who are now in arms against the
Government-initiated-h.causeless,unjustfi
able and awful war ;t I
hat the guilt of t •e
war is chiefly on their' heads, and - that .e
are solely seeking to uphold the .; UniCn
which our fathers formed, and on -whieli
• the future prosperity of the Country lie-
pends. As . religioukinen, - . - the duty of al
.
legiance to lawful - governments and. co'
suppress rebellion is as clear to us.. as. ;
the
duty of obedience to'the laWs of - God.
All we ask,.as the condition of that ale
lance, isthe fidelity of our
_riders to • t e
lawetliat, they_ are - hound to Obey•a.i WCII
as we. When they. ' disregard law tile
peCplc may justly call them' to aceoniit•H
Ana' ifwe - go through; the War withont
counter-revolutions, -and our • COuntijr
'conies out of thislife and death: strng I le-,
tie-established and' immortal , 4e - m St
stand:firmly and united by thw. Coned a- -
1
than iis'it lis, until it 'can be•consti . ttithm 1- •
1y - modified. -'• 'Our libertie.s' are , :all :, go e
,shetithisApstrainent is' traMpled iku - •: y
rulers and'peciple. •• • •-• : ' :•• , •-- :. •
"We • want peuee - :. ' "We peak : for:. • " .•
pc !
`Bat we must, have.order, .1aw,,.. g9ietn
. meat, first.: ;There is no- peace . , to • - the
wicked.. • TO' ailee for a moment. to` -'
terms that shalt reeUgniie the fir
part.of the . emmtry
.to,Tretire at
theliardeiiind•oblikaticinir that
on all, is to consent to stileideoi
future iif.oUr history.with oar,
leave to our children' a leg's* o)
.„ ion, anarchy and shaine,'.-
• ,
.4TS'ANNT,IAL -FAIR
- • -
•naamar aisksztruzermust
MECHAwICAL ASSOCIATION,
1101, 'ON TnE BAIR
"GROUNDS, AT . ILLEIPOID VILLAGE, ON
T H S DAY 0'07..3.
• •
Ansel:tit:Mints
. ,
The Seeretary Will have an office upon
he grOunds at which the judges are re
quested to meet at ten o'clock, when their
flames will be called #nd[vicancies'Alled.—
They will also be fitrnished With necessary
instructions and 'facilities - for making out
their reports; 4, ~. • .
EibibitortydesiOg tel'eompete for pre.
nittint furnished by the Secretary
twith a card, ' on entering the ;articles or•
gininials to be exhibited. .• - .• • .
.Superintendeuts; 'of different depart-,
!Meets wlll.have anunalsi,
Isysteimitically arranged. The officers of'
'the Society tuil; superintendents will be
known by . their official badges.. ,
. A sufficient police force will be on the,
ground during the day, to
_protect the
property of exhibitors.
Members of the Society only, are entit
led to premiums, but persons not belong , ,
ling to the Society may exhibit articles or
animals without-competing for premiunis3
The annual adt . . - ess will be delivered by,
J. - B McCollum Esq., of Montrose, at • 2
in.
The services of thellarford Brass Band
have. been- secured for the • occasion, . - and
they will be in attendene_e during the et
tire day,
•
raEM 3M LifiT • •
CLASS I—Horai. :
Best stallion over. 4 years and one of hiL
21 best: 1 ; best pair• matebeit
horses. 11, .9d best 1 ; best single horse or
mare 11, 21 best 1; best brood mare • will
volt 11, 241 best 1:.
Judges.-31ilbourn'Oakley, garford •
F.--Badger, New Milforil4- S._ G. St ile,
Gibson:
CLASS is and 1
Best pair fottr , srears okl colts 1, 2,1
; best pair three years old, colts A-, .2:d
best 1; bOt pair.two years old colts
be:4 1; bcst pair one year old colts ?t, zd
best best pair mules 1,2 d best .?;..
Judges—Wm. - Birdsall, Harfortf;
T. - Noxley, .;Cetw,slilford; Coe Wells,Gib
son._ • • •
CLASS IllGradeboas.
•Best hull over '2 years 01d.1,50, 2(1 best
1 ; best hull over •1 year 01t1_75,2(1be5t.50;
best bull calf' 1 . , 2d best . -1-; best cow. I, 2d
bestl; best 2 years old heifer x,. 2d' best
1 ; best 3 y-earlir - rs' 75, 2(1 best 50; best
3 calves 'l, 2,1 best - t. _
udges—lra, Carpenter, Robert 'Breed;
Brooklyn ; i ll. Marcy; Lenox. .1
CLASS IV—Grade Derons.
• Best bull dyer. two. years (Ad I},2d best
1; best bull Over one year-old 2d best, ?,..;
bckt bull calf . -1, 241 best 4 ;best two years
ohl heifer 1,2 a best -.1; bc;st 3 vearlings:
2,1 best 1; best 3 calves I, 2d best I.; best
heifer calf 5(,.2(1 25. -
Judges—D. A:chitney, Freeniai
Tingly, A. B. Tneker, Jackson.
,• j'•
• • CLASS S—Nolivea.
Best bull Ir, 2(1 best 1; best cow over
vears 50, 24• best 25; best two -years - l oh
heifer 50, 241 best 25; best 3 yearlings 50
best 3 calves 50. - .
• Judges—A. Adams, (.4eo. A. Lind
sew, Lenox. -
- CLASS Vl—Oxra and Steers.
!lest pair working oxen s over years 1,5 C
211 best 1; best pair 3years old steers 1; 2.
best 50; bast pair .2 years old; steers 1,! . 2(
best 50; best - pair one y.F.tr,old steers 175
2(1 best '
• • Judges—George Leach, A. .1. 2. many,
Brooklyn ; Oliver Lathrop New Milfotd..
CLASS Vll—Sheep Vogl,
Best buck fine wool 50, 2(lbest 25; best
3 ewes 50, 2(1 best 25; best tuck coarse
wool'so, 2d best 25;.1est - 3 ewes 50,1 2e
best 25; best 3 lambs 50, 24 be: `23; tes
boar 1,24 best 50; best breeding sow 3
24 best, 50; best two spring • pigs . 1, 2'
best 50. • ;
,T telges4. liotchkiss,G. P.,Jacksoi
J. W. White, I.enox. ---
CLASS VIII-Groin. oral Poufiry i r
Best peck winter wheat 5,0, 2d best 2;
best peek spring wheat 50, .'2(l bestl
best - peek rye s?i, 2d best -25; _best pee
'corn on the ear 50, 24 best 25; best I pal
T - ti.. l .:eys cock - and hen.so 24 best 25;ibw
4 fowls over one year'so, 2(1 best 25; be;
4 spring - chickens 50, 2d 1)64 25;.bestSot
'ducks 50, 2.1 best' 25. • '
Judges—B. N.'Carpeitter,N. G. l[rail
Urbane Th:gley, New Milford. ...
CLASS IN-L./I/Mei- rial•_ Chess:
Pest butter, tub or firkin 75, 24 lbe!
50;- best, roll batter not less than-5 pount
50, 24 best 25; best cheeSe 75; 2d bat 5
Judges—D. Z: Very, S. S.. In;
ails, Gibson.. .
. • . -
CLASS---Fruitand Vegetables,
'Bet, fall apples not - less than twelve ..
a kind 50, 2d best 25; bestsivinter , aPples
not less than twelve 50,- 2d' best 25 best
pea - is not less than twelve 25; best Ault).
ces - hot less than twelve 25; best and great
est variety effruit 50, 24 best -25; best.
and greatest. variety ef vegetables 50, 2d
best.2s. - • . •
• Judges—JoSeph Mdre„Anson Tiffany,
- Brooklyn; H.. Coutant, Lenox. • • •
CLASS XI- Vinegar,' Honey, : Wine and
Maple Sugai.
Best gall. ilnegar2s; best-five lbs honey
25; &est currant wine 25; best blackberry'
wine 25; best five pounds maple sugar 25.!
Judges-Shepard Carpenter,. INITtn,.
Brundage, Lewis- Brainard, -Gibson. •, !
CLASS Xl.l--Leaiherand its. Manufactures.
Best two sides harness, Sole and upper
leather, each 50; best-two Calf . skins 50;
best Pair fine boots - SO; best pair coarse
boots 50; best' carriage harness 50;1 best
team harneSs 50. ' s H •
All articles in this class Must beentered
in the name of the manufacturer.
- - Judges , —T.4. Carr, -W. ,Breed,
Brooklyn; Nelson
.I.lngar, New Milford.
CLASS •:X/IL, 7 , ;.Farnang . Utensils,' ek
ft.e. •. •
Best comtp 9 n ploW, side-hill pl):4 cul.
tivator,.corn . Owner, straw-cutter, 4orse
Rake,:mowinrrnachine;Areshing'poWer;
churning niaehine, and =churn, . cacti 50;
best lot aim toolti imit-sette: of horse,
shoes 50 ; best 10114 tin ware 50;'.best. let"
of stoles - :GO; blest sewing-machine 50. -
rJudgesChailes Tingley, 3. B. Gregg,.
Gibson; 1 Conrad, Lenox: .
„
CLASS iXlV7Cdt.bitiet work: and Cairiages. -
- ikEt eihibitiettOf cabinet work, 50 eta;
best sett chah's 50 cts ;'best rocking chair
25 itta ;beet carriage Singgle : or dou le 1 ,
best baggy 50, CF A;; bed Unbar' Wagon 40
I .
All, articles in thhi
.ctiss mast be entered
iu the name of the msuinfacturer. -
Judgeih-11. T., Farrar,
NA, Chas. r awards Gibson. ,
CLASS X V ---.Dcintidie GSods.
Best 6 yds; wool flannel 50j - cts; second
beSt 25 cts %best 5 yds. planl 1 flatineLso
ctsi'secend best =25 cts; beSt, 5 'yds. &ilea
Cloth 50 cts, second best 25 cts; best rag
carpet 50 eta, second.best 1-25 cts ; . best
yarn carpet 50 eta, seisornli lxist 25 cts ‘
lest 11 doz. 'Wool. -socks 50, second iiest
-5 cts; best . 2-46z. wool mittens 25 cts ;
'lied stocking yarn 25 eta.
i Judges-4.W. Tyler, Mrs. JaredTylei,
New Milford; BIN. JonaS Adams, Mrs .
Ira Carpenter,. 1
CLASS-.2c.Vl—Ornatitentti f t Needle Work,
Ems arts, 4hc., • • . •
Best patch work *quilt 50 'cts, second
best 25 eta ; best quilt of Uny ' other, kind
50 ets,Second best 25 etsi; best • worked
,t.prew 50 cts, second be t-2b
l i cti ; best.
I worked collar 50 cts, sec nd best , 2s •cts ;
best worked skirt 50 cts, ieocind best 2.5
cts; best bonnet 50.ets, -Second ' 25
; best ladies sacqiie 50! cts; second best
25 ets ; best oil - ,painting_ fon canvass 50
cts, • second betit 25 cts ; -est .drawing
cts, second best '25 Us ;4st picture frame
25 cts.; be;.it painting of any kind 25 cts ;
- Judges—W. B. Guile, Miss S. - A.' Ad- .
ams,Zßss U. A. Sweet, Miss Julia Car
penter.
'
CLASS XVll—Miscellantous Arti cle r. -
Premiums, diseretional7.
\ Brewster, I. Harding,-
George Sumner Gibson. I - -.-
General Superintendent Gen. A: Car:
penter ; of Cattle John -L v eslie ; sheep bogs
and poultry O. Q. Catigidain; dairy -Hall
Henry J. Tyler ; Mechaaics Hall A. G. _
Barnard ; Vegatable IlallJohn C. Adams;
Floral - Ball John .C. Snuffler, Mrs J. W.
Tyler, Miss A.- M. Streeter.•
A iiew building to be.: called . -Floral
Hall Will be couipleted• in time for the
•
far affording ample rooni • for' 'all articles.
exhibited in the ladies ;department. It
Will be appropriately decorated with ever- •
greens and it confidently. believed ; the
ladies willmake it one a tile most attract
ive featfires of the csliibition.,
,Price -of adiiiissiod, , liadges. of•membe r--
ship 50 - es; single admission TO etti.—
Badges of membership admit families to
tl.e exhibition. Clergymen and their fain-- •
ilies admitted
_free.
Excentiv . e,Omiinittee=-4, G. Babcock; . ,
S. E. Carreater, • l). L. Iliim,Fowler Peck,. '
Oliver Payne
.
• A Plowing Matkli will take place on.
the farm. of E. N. Carpi.titer about. one
mile west of llarfpril Village on Wednes- • '‘•
day &pt. 25th I Sin. All persons desir- •
ing to compete for preniiiims are request
ed: to be ori the gro:lnd7•-at, one o'clock
p. in.
pl4iving 63, second , -
be:A 2, third best 1, fourth best 50 cts.
Judges—Tra 11. PArish, E. Oakley,
; Horaee til..yinbur New, Milford.
Committee_ of; ArripigemetitsL-G, MON
"LEY, New Miltbril ;:' ALONZO' ABEL,
G. M. CAIWENTER; .ILartbril. . '
A Tale of a Shirt.
.
>; One of the.traitors or spies . - arrested in
Harrisburg, : a . lay or two ago, on his 0.-ay
front Virginia to New-York, was a man
named W. J. Ile and his two eon.-
rades were all thoroughly searched, and
evidence was Ibundcn each sufficient to
prove that they Aterii•proptiay• arrested:
Kelly's turn was the last , one,- and
Ins ease was: much the: most interesting:
He had taken off arrhis - clothes but Ins
shirt, and nailing -contraband. br treas
, sonable had been tbund on - hini. 114 stout!
- -
thus before the Mayor and An, • t;icainining
; officer, and under the ciretnnsta - nces- the
_
position was a very embatkassing one ;
. for,.to say nothing of ordinary . modes.ty,
which may
even exist among the
,rebels,
the owner of that. shirt kneW that it was
P. lined with treason. 'The raisin. , of that
garment would reveal his treason, and
( . 1 probably make his life forfeit.
• The 'tuomeut, of suspease, during 'which
Mr. Kelly stood thus before his curious,
captori, must have, beentrather an agoniz
ing one.. , But fancy his feelings when -the
oflieer remarked nniething peculiar in the
hangin g of the shirt, and fancy them:When
he waS ordered to take:it off. lie erembl-.
d e s d and turned.pale, ,and his bare knees.
st shoOk and knocked, together. lie. could,
I, not endure the:shock to his modesty ;- he.
:d called fur water ; lie Was on the point 'of
fainting.—But the officers were inexorable.,
In, The shirt was a marvel of ingalotis needle
work, halving various well - concealed • .
pockets, in which. were found numerous
'5; letterS frotn.the South some from mew - .
5 ; in the rebel army to their friends -in . Bal
thnore ; other tOnen New- York, and
Lir number for Europe. In addition to this,
Ls:t. there .were various bilhi Orsale, dated ut
st Richmond, lbr pork Land,other. articles,
ur and large packages of money, principally
in notes,in - the Confederate States. All
n- of these articles, says the 'reporter, were.
done up in neat packages
. and looked as..
if they find !veil subjected to the 'pressure.
st of an hydraulic pres.
Is.
Tho
- Must of our readirs have, doubtless,
read that affecting passage in.,the ;book of
Ruth it in which the beautiful Moabitess,
) f speaking toiler berea - veil [mother in-law;
exclaims: A' Whither ihonigoest, gp,
and whither . thou Icidesti lodge;','
aud the malediction. she called utxmi - her'.
head, if aught.tin.t death shoulcipart. them..
Arid it is thus every trueliatnot tow'
feels ioward the Union.. - And-why should.
not eVery.Aneriaan citizen, whether he be
native born "or naturalized, love it ? It
has been our bul work in war, and in peace:.
it, has made us the freest, and most prosper--
bus nation on the lure of- God's earth_
It has been a benevolent-and kind--parent
to.all, and has spreaar the mine panoply
of protection over the loWest as well as
the highest citizens It is the legacy of
Washington, Jelftirson - Madison , '
and, the
other illustrious reAblutionary patriots
and statesmen who have one to their re,.
ward, and" we should cherish it as a jewel,
beyond - 01,:price. Let" us, tbegefore,, with
one heart and one "sOul,. guard; protect
and,delend it. WWII it VC are, citizens
of a great and free Reptiblio—without,it,',-
we would be outcasts • upon - the' earth
and a hy-word and re'pro'ach to all nations,
It is controlled at the, ,preseot time, it is
true, by men Whoati.i" not equal .to the .
task confided to theiu • butthat . is not
reason_whywe should abandonl it, It is',
freighted with all, that' is; - dear td--us as
'man, and as -Ameriwl citizens we should;
prize it above all . earthly - . good,. The .
DemoorOoy have aim/Oboe* . truer to the
Union, aud thioirYtng hi . ttir, when the
earth - almost literally; rocks beneath our
feet, wo are ixbufidect the atilt be found
,carrying the , glorioui, old Sag of our -coin
'mon country; and . keeping step to the
music of the Union,!
rercoi. Watson, Democrat, Postmast
er at Lawrence, Who raised and
commanded a regiment of three months
volunteers, has been busted from;the Post,
mastership, and Geo, 8 lifernl,,a stay-at
home Republican, has been appointed in
his place. These are "no party" times
eb .• ' -