e-mc i
yoiing damsel at the p
-- ' • last night, i The President .
And son. Fremont . . ,I,
w ho had been so studiously cold and re-1 ..• Th ose - eimpaperi t • Which ieerelso ready 1
serted Mivards him. • : . . •to applaud the proclamation of Gen. Fre-11
"
She .won't like m e," thought - e, "anti niont, confiscating ilare property in Mis-
I can't fur the life of me tell why. Well; ; izouri; notwithstanding it exceeded the - .au- 1 ,
ss I said before, women are unaceoutita- 1 thority' granted by the act!' of Congress,
ble concerns . ' '. - • 1-under the supposition that Gen.l.Pretnont
. , , was acting Oder orders fromWashitlgton,
" Amy," said ,Irs.. Brotrilleigla 'to her : and in conformity, with the _ new ddogma l
pretty-young cousin, "I wish you would 1 ilintit.iilthe part of the Pittrietikai to en
,Just- run over to Mrs. Mayfield's with+AOrse every - act - of the Adininiitratien . fOr ,
this note. The children are at school ' the enpyression of rebellion, whether' le- 1
and I have no one to send." - i gel _Or illegal, rational or irratienal, must 1
"Oh," said Army, while afresh tinge rueeessitrily shift their: ground -eitice the'
suffused her delicate .. cheek, „! ". I den% : President hasdirected General 'Fremont,
want to encounter -04 euperfine cone- 'to modify his proclamation so as to - bring
. . .
.
gial o :
' - tt, within the provlstons Of the act of Con- 1 , -
1 Nonsense, he isn't there—he is ^ Atay-1 } rms.
, . . . • :I
Mg with Harry Frankliti." • • . i The Pre :Anent doeS netpe'opose to ex-
• "o,h; then I will take the note," .---- 1 -4 , cruise any Power with reference to the
• Amy rising and, looking around for her ; c„„fig„tki,.of slaves, not - eienferred . upon
Coquettish little gipsey hat. Alia hylaWl• and that General -Fremont
"Yon are the strangest girl, Amy," said 1 has incurred his - Oiliapproval -by going
her cousin. " What van be the feasen, fitrther than the act of - Congreee .contem- ;
that you dislike Richard Mayfield ? Ile is ; plated.. Illy Wneral Fremont ventured
handsome arid talented," - : :
niportn • i
-: to tilke so, nt a step without first .
" I don't fancy These mere ornamental.; obtaining the santiotiof the , Administra- 1
'people," said Amy, demurely: -" My huts-' tion,..whetil! it would have _leen - easy to I
band must , be of some use he the world. i communiete with the - -Government on-1
i How o you know but that Mr. May- Th e subje ct, _ end bleu he.must have been.'
field is ?" . aware tha t pi'lelatitation would be ta
"Can't be possible," said Amy, archly ?ken as "hisethority," Is at present a.;
shaking - her curls. "Ms hands arc too :
• matter 1(4,- conje4t ure.l But, it looks _BB if
small
• - for anything lint lemon-colored ` . he intended to commit the President to - a 1
gloves.' I'll wager a new bonnet, that he !general plan of enuMeiriatien, Or else to
never did anything more laborious than to ! raise an tenbarraising issue with the Gov
carry a box of-cigars in his life !" : • iiernment kir som4 ulterior purpose; -
Ws. Ilrownleigh laughed, end •Am
y I The relations cif the Government, dttr
passed out of the vine wreathed porch,. ; in-. this rebellioni to elavery •is certainly
wondering within herself whetherMr.llteh-! An - enliarrits.4ing subject., -. The act - of Con
and Mayfield bad been very much vexed' tress limits the lontiseation of slaves, to
because she had refused to 4latied with latch ensekwheril they are required or
.him the evening before. i permitted by their masters to take up
Mrs. John Mayfield's !louse was at 110 ' arms agni Ist thellTnited States i . or id
.very great distance, :rnd Amy' i•a quite
1 -'••• . work or b 4 employed upoteany fort, en
intimate with that lady;, and 1 tentorstond : tre „ d „,,,, t i t,
itc. 1 And it also prescribes
the domestic saturnalia.that was at -Ares-: the legal froeeeding4 for the eondenina
ent teanspiring - within her d'ilmtins! she; t ion of slaVes. so inployed- by the United
did hot think tenuessary to knock,. -hut i Suites Cir!eilit, C urt.
opened the door and walked in witheet General: Frentlint's ..proelamation was
;
ceremony..- - much niorc gene at - and -sweeping t h an Thr ,d Diet -. -' • ---, duly de:l
uerestoo the apex of a pyr:l - -
mid& scaffolding of boards, . his broad
cloth raiment oliseured by a lime splaShed'
sheet; which was girded around his Waist
by a ponderous knot of rope, and- his
.black curls overshadowed by a coarse old
,straw hat working away for dear life.
Ills back towards the door, and Suppos
the step to be that of his sister, he said
Taily without-turning t his head :
What! is that carpet ready so soon.
' Bell? I'm most.thrdugh here,and come .
back and tack it down in one minute."
• Not receiving any answer, he threw
down the brush and turning round,—
Miss Brownlei: , ll !"
Ile had never looked so handsome in
his life, and that was the first thought
that rushed into Amy's mind, in the midst'
of all her embardssment, for . ; Pick had
. the advantage of the young lady in this'
= respect—'she was embarassed :9141 he Itt as
not!
lie sprang, laughingly to the. floor and
threw off his ghostly appearance
" You must think I have a curious taste
in costume," said he, archly, "but the
truth is Isabel has been disappointed in.
the work people, and my brother is away
from home, so I am telping her Cleatt
hawse."
"I aid nut know- I thoaght yon had
no take—stammered Amy, tutconsciiins
ly speaking out her thoughts.
"You suppoed that I was nothing but
an ornamental pie,ce of furs ittre. Ask
Isabel about that." said Dick, half smiling-.
44 But'can I be of: thy use to_yon now `,"
--iaa2 _
*shore her breath_
• " She has gone down Co the further. or
chard?" said Dick: nlt is some distance,
and not a very straight path. It' you
vait.until I 'remove a litttle of this lime,
I shall be happy
. to 'escort you down
there."
Half an honr ifigo Amy would have
- haughtily informed him. "it was 'quite
Unnecessary - for her to trouble him,"-now.
she stood still-atid waited.
It was a long walk. under the spread-
Mg shadow of noble applet rees, bending
with weight' of crimson and russet fruit,
and through meadows. ankle deeplu pur
ple and-bloom. and 'loading id tunes of
golden red, yet for all that. "'Amy was
'quite surprised when Mrs. Maytiela - came
m sight carrying a lit tie basket of rose
checked peaches from a 'pet. tree beyond.
-We believe it is one , - ;f woman's special
and incontrovertible privileges to change
her mina—therefore no one was much
astonished when three months •subse.
queutly there was.a rumor of the engage
menu of Mr.Mavfield to Miss Browtileisih!
Still, however. Dick always declared that
• it was an insoluble iiiistery to hint that;
when serenades and seottishes, poetry
and perfumes had failed to win an entrance
to the maiden's heart, a whitewash brush
should have been the unromantic weapon
which at last broni4.lit down the barrioades. ;
Battle at Lexington : No
• J.ErFI7. : E.SW: ( . 11)", Stilt IS.—Two. '•our
iers have just . arrived t'rom Lexington
with the following intelligence. : which is
believed Lathe eommaisilin : r otlie - er - here .
to be in the main reliable:—
. General Price commenced Ow. attack
'on Lexin:rton-on Monday. Colonel 31u1- .
ligan,the commander of the lrnitc,l States
troops. made a vipirons defenee. and the
tight all day was very severe, Through
opt the (hey General Price N.:ls:inked the
works, but was repulsed with great loss.
The fight was renewed on Tuasday morn
ing, ba the assault was feelily sustained
when the couriers left. General Lane
was atJohnstown. Bates county, with a
force from 2000 to :3006, marching to the
relief c;fLeington. •
The Rebel hiss on Minitla‘: is 'said to
be four thousand. apd that olthe Uniteq.
States troops'eight-hundred; both proba-:
bly J.-xkrerated.
itritt:a ru Luis
On afternoonilvaeraf Prim• seat
word to Colt.ael. f.tittili , , zah at Lexington,
again demanding a surrNigier.
. _
Colonel Mulligan's
- An 'attack was immediately mule •. by
the Rebels, by first opening with artillert•,
and then adt 7 hneing under its cover o n th e
town. .
. . . .
Price ANcIS reintlsed With heati•i loss.
General Lane, with an estimated force
of E% - e thotn4nol Kansas troops, is. report
ed to be within forte miles of Lexington,-
rapidly tidy:il:lag to reinforce Col. Mulli
gan.
Those rein forvestioht. 1311inher about si r
tliplicand eireetivt- tr ,, ops, and will reach,
Lexingtun tu.luorr,..)w morning. sheth . .19
- 1:637 nuntliouse Imre dux Col.
31ulligau will be aide so hula I,exliigGiu
until reinforcement s airl vv.
C==1:=11•11
—The feud that hug exiKted - fur R;ine
time past betireen Gov. C9rtin, awl Gen,
Cameron, flax florally been u.r9ieoil ) alljtj4-
- -
this, not Only deitlaring the absolute free-
dour of slaves, of rebel owners, but luau
! gurat ing 4 system ofemancipation -Which
mightlintle - resulted in freeing" all the
t slaves Without repect to the status 'of
their masters—and 'thus introducing a
new and; dangerous element into the
struggle. 1
-The object of this war as mmonnced
try Coligres and recognized by •the peo 7
pie, ex.chisive of fanatical abolitionists, is
the restoration of the Union. as it was,
I with all' the guarantees of the constitution
to the severatStates. • Anything: ealcula
ted to retard the' accomplishment of .this
purpose, or to extend the spirit of dissat
isfaction towards the Government ; must
necessarily postpone the restoration of
the Union: ..If our arinieS step' aside to
ineddld with. the domestic institutions of
the :itatesiin actual or quasi rebellion,tbeV
arOuseap blement of contention and mak - e
enemies of a class &persons who might
remain friends if their peculini interests
were not fismiled— . • for it is an' adthitted
fact, that the large slave owners, natural
ly conservative, are not the actite leaders
in rebelliOn, and are generally anxious for
the restoration of the Government with
the peace hod security it, is' sure to give
,
t
, At. the kune time where slaves' re se
-tn.:illy employed in - doingthe Work of rcZ
they becinne subjeet to contisca
,
iron like any othdr property contraband of
-war. When used as property, they be
:come amenable to the laws of governing .
. .
• •• • • -* •
On; subject to itS legitimate conclusion,
they beconw thelproperti of the Govern
ment to whose u4e they are confiscated.
yiewinir this war as one for the UniOn,
and. regarding, eierything calculated to
'Tread and intensify rebellion as postpon
ing a titvo i rable result, the president has
acted wistily in diselainiing General Fre
mont's pri)elamalien;
• i Another Railroad Massacre
"Cincinnati; September TB.—Last night
about half.paSt eight o'clock, a train -on
the Ohio mind MiiW.ssippi Railroad, ion
:
,taming - a porttow of .Colonel Rorchin's
' Nineteenth Illimnsßeginient, while pass
ing over ajhridge near Huron,lndiana,one
hundred and forty-three . miles west of
~ ...
tmemitati,i i fell throng, killing and wo-und
! in! , over one himllred soldiers. The news
' reached here late ; last night, when a spec
ial train was despatched to the assistance
of the survivors 4 . , •
i The -follhwing despatch has been re
ceived from the Operator at -Hudson, da
ted ten Minutes!' 'after o'clock this monting.
"The Bridge N - o;' 18 was broken in. two.
j It let fotWears tloivii into the bed . of tile
creek, and lone fell on the top of . them.—
The engine. and bite car passed over safe
ly. , Thertl are Omit one hundred woun
ded. and ten'Or fifteen killed. The Colon
el of the Regiment sacs there are about
that aunil'r killed, although nearly all
of one company mire Missing." It is tho't
time bridgeiwas weakenettby some malic- , ' ---- --.0-1110 .11.- -- ---
I
ious persons: . h.
, . I/S
I DANIEL WET:EIC ON T!rE BIGHT OF
nisi: SPEF:CII, is WAti TIDE.- It may be
,
' Ttpward and Onward. •.• well to calmly_ weigh, at! this present
The skY[ brigkens, The news front ~ tinte„the following words of Daniel W.ebst
each seat Of wa'r grows encouraging.—; er. They were tittered -in ';defence of a
Kentucky is deliberately casting aside the I great principle; - and the Tig,lit, to praCti
thinly 'disguised 3. secession principle .of cilly illustrate , that principle, within a
nentrality.[ The Legislative insurrection- reasonable bounds, at all times, will be
1.4 s . of Maryland, :disarmed by the vigor- found to be essential to the 'safety of our
oils action Of the 'igoventment,- are .now i free institutions. Websterisaid ; .
is tacti to transfer that State, "Imp:mita as I deem it to discuss on_
against h e r will, 0) the "Soitt !tern Con- • ' all proper :occasions, the :policy of, the
leder:icy." [ Disitnionit:m has received ' a ; measures at present pursued, it is, still
serious eli9ek in ilissoini. Rebellion on . I More important to maintain the right of
the 3lissi4sippi :::4,10ng indulged in with : - such dissussion' in its full :Ind just ,•extent.
impunity,leas fieen severely handled be- ! Sentiments lately- cprung tip, and now
low Cairo'. ROstileratiz has bestowed on l'growing popular, render it ', necessary- to
Floyd, in j Vesteift Virgiaia, a military ;be explicit on this point. It. is , the ;mei
less, in lielt i annotfail to- remetiXer. Mc- I ent and conititntioil right 1:)f this people
('lellau is Ikee_piti4 in Constant alarm the !to canvass
• Ttiblie. measures, and the
impatient; intdt itude of insurgents :thing 1 , merits of public men. It i 4 a- homebred
tbe.line of OM Pciimnac. , Both the sae-' right, a , fireside privilege. i It has ever
,- easeful pnVateen4of the enemy- are said I • . been sjoyed in every-- - hinise, cottage
to have unit anutifed fate at , the hands : and cabin in . the nation. .It, is not to. be
of a highe4 than :_ity human Power. The I drawn into controversy. It is as undoubt
blockade iti the .- 7,.'s'orth Carolina Coast Itai - i led as the right of breathing,`,-the air, and
been reintered alt4Ost!' complete by the I walking on the earth. . Belonging to
brilliant-exPloit of the Federal force at private !Wefts a right, it lidalgs to. public
Hatteras Inlet. r• life as a duty ; and it is the last duty
~
.. -• 11 it 4, :08,--7----L.-- 1 . ' which, those . whose representative lam
OW EN I.nyttncit's PAPER PRIISEIM4).-- I f
shall find - me to abandon.. This high con.
, The Ruremi con*: Republican, Ilowow- rstitutional privilege I shall defend and ex
en i
Iprejoyts papet , painted at 'Princeton, remise within this House, and in all places;
' 111, recently pnbOted. an offensive ':ago- lin time of war, in time of iieace, • and At
] lition article upon, toe, War, and :upon
. COI. fa ti mes ; Li v i ng , I will no4 e rt it ; dying,
'
Dickey, 03 - eni er 4 4) n ll ° la Kaising a r4v - . I I will assert it ;- and, should- I leave no
airy regiment . The grand jury of,flureAu other legacy to my childre4hy,the bless-: 1
county at once toolt notice of the . matter, ink of God I wilt leave them the inherit-.
and by , itaniindus vine reprobated "in no& of free principles ; and the example of I
article - published In the Iliireno county; a manly; independent, and . Iconstitutioual I
liepubliCaii on the 220 instant," and add - i defence of theta."• '-1 .-
ed that wedsAiev# said article unfounded i'' .. - i
in trutli,liqurious4o the public safety,and 1 i ''--- . --It is not Singular how a few yeariL- I
evidendy dpetatedi bv a•narrow * partisan i .ityc, even •mouths--will : change men's i
and proscriptive *flag rather than from i opinions ?. Last fall the - Ilepublicaus-- I
any worthy or patriett.c motive:' • ° -, A thought it the extreme of ridicule to call 1
.1 - --- - 40.- • - .8.-- -: • ~ ' 1 Democtuts "Union savers," and now many
. •
,- -0 x Taii!:-1111 relative Strength .I,fpn.' of then are claiming the title as the, ex-
!tin tic, and partican. sentiment.. . . . •' CI us;.l - :.' property- of their , own ' partV. : •
I - c 1 I.'. • '
. ',An Old Enemy at - Wor -
The President United:State:ll'mill
discover before he , grows ;much older,
that the Republicans With - abolition pro
clivlties'are the most unrelitittle clasS of
men itiihe couutry So long Ss :Weirs
are 'maned to snit their extreme notions,
and the Government Seems to be drifting;
into the policy- of negro 'emancipation;
they are very zealous and - enthusiastic in
support Of the Administration, and - ex
tremly busy in branding every man as a
traitor who :ventures to doubt the expedi
ency of every 'measure tending to the abo
lition of slavery; ' but.. the moment. the
President ventures to put a !check on , the
'illegal proceedings of any of his subordi
nates, as in the case, of - Gen. Fremont,
these abolitionists, forget their - affected
obedience to authority, and grumble at
and condemn the proceedings of the head
of the Nation. • This does, not surprise us.
It is-eminently chnracteristie. No class of '
men in the country' 'are more habitually.
lawless in their ideas than 411 e-abolitio
n• ists: Disregard tbr laW is a chronic - -final
lady with them. : Affection for the Union
is a new-born sentiment. They have so
1 long treated the Union as cif little value
in comparison with the .destruction of
slavery, and so- persistently disregarded
and violated the act of Congress •provid
ed for-the rendition of fugitiVes from labor,'
Vtlott the, first .symptom - of a idetermieation
on the part-of the President, to compel a
strict adherance to the lawS, causes a rev
ulsion of feeling,and exhibits the force of
their lawleis instincts • • ' 1
1 The Administration can place little de
pendencenpoßthe 'abolitionists to sus
,
' tain the Government in any measure
which does not tend.to the realization of
their-eXtreme ideas. This War is to them
the means of emancipation, and" their zeal
is proportioned 'to the apparent tendency
of events-in that direction. 'Let it once
I become clear that :negro I emancipation
cannot be the result of thiSi struggle for
the Union, and the abolitiOnists - will be .
opponents of war and enemies of the Gov
' eminent. It would not be imrprising:
fore three months to hear ,the whole crew
denouncing the policy: of the. Administra-
I tion with as notch violence hs they ' have
heretofore sustained it.
The Administration will learn .to fely
on the conservative men of the North—
the men -who have resvecte'd the laws in
the past and can be Ilepen,lol upon to do
so-in the future; who.fight fur the Union
i.as it was established by thei Fathers, and
not for a Union of coin - metiers and eon : -
qnered, based upon fancied !equality of ra-
These arc the men who are dying
the :lethal work-in suppresing rebellion,
and . .a broad and generous confidence ex-
I tended to them by 'the Administration
will more than repay the injurY inflicted
by the, opposition of the ex,reme and tau
abolitionists. ' .
• From Katma• •
' The Leavenworth paper of the II th
•,
instant, gives the foliowing l accounts of
the late engagement between Rains, and
Montgomery.. On the 2d instant a rebel
force of six hundred undtir Rains, aft- - 1
proached Fort Scott,. and . I t;,eized eighty
mules belonging to the Government, kill- I.
. ,
mg toe. teamster. A messenger was de- I
-
spatched-to Montgomery, it - ho- had five
hundred Men.
'lie pursued Rains for deVen miles, kill
' ing several of his men. when coining np
on- the main body of the e ph iny, • the bat-
commenced. Rains was Jkovided with
.
cannon, while Montgomery! had only one ,
! howitzer. The tight lasted two ttonrs.;
f rlrz - trp'l'rtinintig tight ,
We enemy was reporteil,by the prisoners
taken, to have numbered two or three
thousand.
Twenty three negroeS had • teen de
dared free tinder Frenimieti proclamation,
being the property of a Rebel leader.
--.11,4•10 -
Engagement -at Bonneville.
• The vorresprindent -of ithe St. Louis I
Democrat gives the following account of 1
an engagement with the 114bels at Boone- I
ville on the - lath, taken. front Captain •
I!;ppiteitt7s official report : •
„ •
The Captain says that, a ft er . .11 , 0 the tt
had' lasted about an hour! the' Rebels I
l'idiom he had taken as hosthgeS became I
so restless that they begged him to allow I
one of their number to go With a flag of
j truce and -ask -an armistice. The hostage
canna back soon afterwards While I let the
; men cease firing, with the request to know
llnv conditions.
ther demanded that theV should with
cdraw the Repel forces two iniles from the
ity, and not, molest any of iour fiunifies,
or any-other Union people, and to leave j
the •trins ofthts-killed and wounded on the
gromd ' where they fell, while I promised
to let the prisoners free whom 1 had to- '
keit, with the exception of reacher Pain- I .
rter, who, I informed them, would shoot }
in case they should not t[Moridy' keep
I their promise for seven day:}. ' They:left
toWn according to this agteement with i
me." -
!
•
.dJust and Good Meas . inv.
. - litereifid as just are-the steps now tak
ing to register the burial:spots it our
brave troops, expiring itiliospitals, or dr-1 . ,
lag outright on the field. of battle.- We -
would-suggest, firther, that a full record itOTORi" . PUBLISHEIyiNIKPROVRIETO,. II
be kept
,of their names and nativities, to be ' Ar.
properly arranged and published after the
war, m:a memento to posterity ; of the no-;
ble men 11711'9 . fell in this' fierce conflict
waged for us and them. Well-will they,
all deserve a place-on a memorial slab, tci
be hung high up in that great temple of
Freedom Which theirlathers builded -for
them, and Which they died to .'save •for
others. BO the former measure, in any
case, is due alike to the soldier 'and his
friends.' He-ought not to sacrifice his life
and they his love, only , that he inaY be
shovelled scarelessly away in some
unremembered spilt of'• the Boil he died
i for.
• .
Napoleon onßepublicanism.
Prince Napoleon, who has peen wri:
tinglettet*home to France,in speaking of
our political parties, thus gives his ideas
1 of what Republicanism is really designed
for : • 1 ,- —•. , -
4 4 The Rqubliam party, of later date,
without e x actly inscribing on its. banner
the principle of the abolition •of 'slavery,
has amilmirest tendency to seek that result.
The skillfid - men of the party are far front
acknowledging. that pretention; but its
I adventurous stud reckless members (les
Wastes teeribles) do not make any con
cealment Ofit. -11eweellie.horror which
the' Republicans inspire in the Sonar.;
.•
i hence, In tine, the present revolution, the
South having quite simply separated from
' the Uniooecause the nomination of a
Republican candidate, and the advent of
that partyko power have appeared to it
[to be the inaugration of a policy of which
the last wOrd is the abolition of slavery.
IC=l
• C'110 : : Dr. preeverreSumed his pas . -
toral dutiO at the Church of the Puritans
yesterilay:; The subject of his evening
discourse {vas," The Voice of Christian
England America for the EmanCipation
of the Slit‘','ps."—ATP Past.
This "W. Cheerer is one of the clerical
agitators Oho forgot, to preach Christian=
ity and turned his pulpit into a rostrum
for the diskmination of political
in the influence of this style of
preaching! his congregation, originally
Urge attd - Wealthy, dwindled down until
the church became bankrupt, and .the
ReveremtDoctor was compelled to go-to
En!dand add beg money from . British ab
olitionists. Li that country he untligned
the ,instioitions and people of the United
States,and of course succeeded in exciting
the srmpathy awl opening tile purses of
the British aristocracy. 'lle now comes
back to this country with the fruits of his
labOts,.tii' ' lvitnCss the troubles - which lie,
and other' like him, had considerable
agency iii produci s ng and by the aid o f
British 'gold,' to continne• an agitation
which the Letter part of his own - congre
gation had the good sense to turn from
with
.disgust: - ,
+- s
aturtateum. Sept. 20—The Cumberland
papers, reepived here state that Capt.
Kedd's rayalry from New Creek, mid a
company `'if intimtry from Fort Pendleton,
made a descent ppm' a camp of Rebels: in
Hardy connty, Virginia, on the l ttth inst.
One shot from their 1 . 2-pounder scattered
the Rebeh; like chaff: • Several were killed
and' wounded, and a number of prisoners
taken - , mid their camp wbh all its equip
afte captured and destrOved.
were also ; taken. -
The same !lay Col. Zeigler attacked
some two'bundred and fifty Rebels drill
ing near llarbourvill4 Vie Rebels fled
at the first lire. Their leader and- two
others were made prisoners. Several
were killed andwounded. •
I=l
1 :R,17 We have been shown a document
signed bylthe Mayors in office of the cit
ies of the Vnited States and Canada, cer
tifying to the superior excellence of Dr.
:Ayer's Compound Extract of Sarsaparilla
and to the value Mall his remedies.as ar
ticles ofgtfeat public utility. Stulh eviden
ces from sUch high sources bears us out
triumphantly in the position we have long
maintained with regard
,to boet. Ayer's
preparatiOns, or more particularly our ad
vertisements of them. No publisher need
bvn,ore opposed than lv , e are to the pro
mulgation of quackery in any. shape, but
we knew .When We began, that his •reme
dies' were above any suspicion of (keep:
tton—that they Were about the best it is
possible toy produce for-the cure of disease,
and-that they Inti-e the confidence of all
commnnit!es where they are known. Not
alone-beeause the Mayors of the whole
country believe them useful to their peo
-pfe, but bepause we know-from experience
that theyltre so to ours, we do - believe we
are rendering a substantial service to our
readers in making their virtues known . to
them.—roUrirr, Princeton,
r_ls AS a volunteer company were .ex
editing military movements 'at Benson,
Vermont, they dißeharged their guns
toward the crowd of people' witnessing
the parade. To their astonishment and
sorrow, -- eight persons dropped to the
groand,-,Wounded: Upon examination; it
was found ;that - some of the cartridges
contained 'tzltot and ball, While they sup
posed them to he free front .everything
but powder. •
MI — A Short time ago it , was treason
to object to the proclamation of General
Fremont . conliscating slave property in
Missouri, because dissent from any act of..
the - Administration for the suppression of
rebellion • 'is evidence of treasonable
propensitik Since the President has
disaVowed4oremont's proclantction, is it
not treason - to• defend it ? Is not every
paper thatitow finholds it, disloyal to -the
Governme)tt ? If not, how fitr may news
papers -goin opposition to the Adminis
triition without incurring the suspicion
of dislovaltiy ? We. hope those that en-1
dorsed "Fremont will lose no time. in recti.
lying theirtnistake, by approving
, of the
President's letter.,
"It is'our duty to oppose abolition :at
theNortli;fand secession • at. the South,
which are'' equally making war on our
goveilnenti . and tlireateniog to overthrOw
our institutions, and I exhort you, speak
ing from my heart, tolet us as men and
patriots, so. far as in us lies, endeavor to
consign them both to a common grave.—
NeVer: our pantry - leo peace unlesi
-we do." ;:j . • .
tV , Goi.3lagoffin has issued the foll
owing proelimation ; "In obedience to
the resolutions adopted by the General
Assenibly.ef the Ccunmoninealth of Ken
tuck-y, the Goi'ernment of the Confederate
,States, the State of Tennessee, And all
others concerned, are hereby infcrtned
that Kent9eky expects : the .Confederate
or Tennessee troops to be withdrawn
fron her soft• immediately.' "
TEE ,moNntosz_. DEMOCRAT:•
1281111-111:50 PER AIIIML INADVANCY:'
S C M2 = I, TaIMEDATAEPTUREEterISei
Union Mass Convention.
Pursuant to n call signed by-many.citi—
ztfits :bcitli - the 'old political parties,
the
people ofStisqueltanna county met,inMass*
Cdnvoition, at the Court Hossein Mont
rose, on Saturdiky, September . 21st, 1861,
to make a ticket, solely with reference to
Vie great issue forced upOn the country by
Abe men who have organized and armed
for the destruction of o it Government.
13. Richardson, M.' . D., 'was 'chosen
President; John 'Hancock and Calvin 1).
Cobb, Vice Presidents; Hyde Crocker
and Wesley Fanrot, Seicsetaries:
On motion the Chair appointed . a COm--
'nide° of nine to present :t ticket ftir the
consideration of the Convention.
The following gentlemen constituted
said committee: - •
N. 0. Passmore, W. K. Wells, E. F.
Loomis, ILtrvey Tyler, G. 8.11. Wade,
Byron Griffis, Ansel Steeling, Abel Casse
ay, G. L. Stone.
While the committee were out, tln au
dience listened to a speech by Hon. 11. R.
Wright, M. C., from the Luzerne district,
Who urged a union of all men. far'the.pur
pose Of crushing out this great and mho- .
ly rebellion ;.after id' the - committee
on nominatiims made the-following report :
For President Judge—l'. Mereur,
S C. V. Read,
t I. P. Baker, -
Representative—J. 13. M'Collttin;
Commissioner—A. 13. Stmth,
Treasurer—A. Nichols,
Auditor—R. T. Ashley.
The convention adopted the following
resolutions:— •
Associate Judges—
/?esaccd, That in the impending
of our cOuntry, it is•the first and high
est duty of every American citizen to ral
ly to the support of the Govirnment.,_
Resolved, That iii a crisis like the I
cut, when the very existence pfpur...Gov
eminent is at stake, party lines and - par
ty'striTg,les should he ignored . , and the
only rallying cry and watchword should
be—our country, our Const it ut ion and
our Ulikm,--tltey lutist and .shall he • 'pre; •
served.
Resolved. That it.is the duty of every
citizen to !rive hisreaenest null hearty snp
port to efforts of the Administration, 'in
the suppression of reitellion,'t he enforce-.
mint of the laws, anti the maintenance of
the eonstitnt ion; that we have no sympa
thy with Inv party , or men .who would: in
nnvwise embareass.t he Federal
tration in it;:efforts to preserve the coun
try ; that the Northern airier and abetter
•of the Southern rebellim, is at; guilty of
treason as the rebel in : arms, and should
be dealt with as such ; that the loyal peo
. • IL. Ivossg..•
ig n orward to support the Government,
demand from the.Atiministration a, hold
and vigorous prosecution of the war, un
til the unnatural rebellion now existing
shall he extinguished, anti the constitution
S and laws he enforced throughout. her
.whole domain, and the Stars 41- Striks,
'the emblem of her power and "ion. shall
,float over every portion of her territory.
Te‘achers' Fxaminatiort.
The examination of teachers for this'
.county, Will be - held in, accordance with
the following prog,rainme., In two or
three instances two townships have been
put together, in order that the examina
tions may all be held . before any of the
winter Schools comMetice. Examinations
will commence precisely at 10 'o'clock, "a.
in., and none will. be -examined who' do
not come iii bethre'l 1, unless the delay
.be unavoidable, Each teacher must bring
a fourth reader, the kind used in the MS
trict where the examination is held, as it- .
is expected that each teacher Will have a
,reader,tWo sheets foohi'mp,, paper, pen
and ink, and a.specitnen of their writing
in coarse and fine hand. All who intend
to teach. during the year, must Qom- for-:
ward and be 'exam ined. None will be
examined privately unleSs• attendance up- i
on the examination was, impossible, and
old certificates will licit he renewed.
- In connection. with the examinations al
Teachers institute will be held at the
Church in Auburn Centre, Oct. 15th and!
16th, and educational . meetings in the I
evening. (if the friends of our Schools de-
sire tn)as follows: Dimock, Oct 17th,
Clifloid Corners Oct 24th, Friendsville,.
Oct, 28th, Great Bend Nov. 4th, Ararat,
Nov. Bth,' Brooklyn, NQy, 15th, and
Teachers' county Institute-yin Jackson,
."Tov..2lst, 22d, and 2311. Directors and
others interested, are earnestly irited to
attend. , '
Oct. 14--,Jessup and ' Rush, Grangers
School Hods% m Kush. - •
Oct. •16—Auburn Chnrcli,Auburn Centre.
" 17—Springville, School House,
" 18—Dimock, Li
10 , --Montrose and Bridewater,Mont
trose. •
. ,
Oct. 21—Tinrforil, School House.- -
" 22—Gibson, School Horse Gibson
Hill.
Oct. 2 3—lierriek, Sclwol Ho me
,
Oct. 24—Clifioril and E Dundatr, .School
House, City. ' • •
Oct. 25 - -. T.criox, Schoi)l House, Glen
wood: . •
Oct. 26 —lathropi119o1 House, Mis
date. • ." .
,
Oct..2B—Fpret Lake and Chapiunn
Church, Joini S. Town:4.
Oct. , 29—)lhidletown,- Friendsville :)ntl•
Apo'neon Eriend§ville. •
Oct. 30--bhoconut t School Ifouse,Clark's
-" 31—Silver Lake,Schoollionse,Binck
.
Rey. •
Nov I—Liberty, School :House, Brook- .
dale.
Nov. 2—Franklin; South School Rouse.
" s—Great Bend,
.Sch House,
South side of the River.
Nov. 6—Harmony,' Susqa. Depot and
Oakland, Siiaga. Depot.
Nov. 7=—Thomson,School House,Cenire.
" B—Ararat; 'Church, Centre. ; -
" 16--Brookl,yn, School HOuse,centre.
" 19 -Now Milford, Borough, School
House, Borough. S
•
Nov. 20-7Jacksou,'Sehool House No. 2.: -.
A. N. BULLARD Superintendent.
Montrose. Sept. '2oth, I FN. . •
' qtariTtiltisui • •
••••-'11.014) 10 H -
'thee theißithi cent, -- -, c/178 we - learn
In Mentrietitco4l:l„.l7 are to 'assemble
to leVring:Spt;aZZr.daY)PreParatory
1 fri.44l ace ihaethe .-.)'' war . Let t h e
conveyance.•
.. vt , tar:o provided with
,- -.7A)watlnthout fail.
lar It liirliii/rtd:that V01 . ._ Mulligan
Of thaVnion Lexington, ill Mis
souri, has been obliged to surrender; but
the news hi doubtful. -Gen. Lane is said
to have routed this rebels at Blue Mills.—
Weibidl get reliable reports tieit Week,
'doubtless.
lfair_The Rifle companpnaa'organized
,
\Vednesday list, and the muster roll,
may be seen in CMS paper: - Alarge nu
dieace-aiseMbled and listened to . appro
priate Speechea.' , ..ln•the evening a 'social
tsuPp . er was partaken of by the officers
guests, - at Searle's: Remarks
Were made by a.number of the gnestsiand
hi an adniirible:respolise to, "three cheers
for the..,,captain',7-the energetic military
DoctoitOok oce•isioii — Vi rebuke those
who designed to turn the *ar into an ab
olition crusade: jl.le . wished it understood
that he Went to the tent to :attain the
Government:' His.remarks were decided
lY patriotic, and D - 0 Union man can - criti
cise thesis except :to approve.
Qom .- We have a stiggestien to (mike to
the 'election ()Steers. of , the respective
towns. Let them titaken list on election
(14,, of all vohnitevrs now . in' the field ;
also of all - three tit oaths volunt cern who f
have returned from service. Let every
niattlwho has a son or friend hi the army
give names, and, let the return ju4.lgcs
bring the list-to town ftir publication. In
this Way it can be knoWn Ivhat eaoh town I
and the whole county, has done for., the
war. See that eCory town . is reported.— I
.
Individuals May make the list, if the
ion officers cannut attend_ to it
I:===lo3
The news 'from Kentucky cont
nes . good; and now settled that she
cannot be forced Ont of the Union. The
neutrality policy . can no . longer be adhered
to since rebel troops: persist in int-ad:llg
her soil ; and it has-been determined:- to .
drive Olean out. S-The legislature ,has in
vited General Anderson to take command
Of the • State-Unita' volunteerS. The
true stand taken by Kentucky is owing
in a great measure to the firm and Patri
otic position assumed by the President in
opposition to Freinont'saboliiiun-order.
Let Lincoln standfi
rin and ' there need be
no doubt that the country. will sustain
Min and put . down the rebellion. Let
abolitionists condemn hitnit will show
-that he is right, mid:the Union men_ will
rally to his aid with greater vigor as fa
natics deiert or censure hint.
xlr l- "" We expect to, learn before our
nest issue whether' the'nominees . of the
Union Mass - Meeting accept the positiorks
assigned to them. In ease they do not,
no Union man ran be under obligations to
inem, _ • • •
Republican paper • 'printed in
Easton, says that thime v5 . ',114) draw strict
party lines just . now . , are ", tinctured a lit
tle with opposition.at heart, to the Gov
ernment, and consequently - a little. trea
sonable:' .If this 'be true the Republican
party of the three counties of the Wilmot
District 'are in a very unenviable position
—They having inn' party tickets,
though requested not to do so by the
Democrats, and many Republ lean Union
- 7 0 111. 46. 411.-
MUSTER ROLL
cF TUE
Susquehanna Co. RiflO..Company
.G. Z. Dinweli, Cap
.1. C. Foot, Ist Lici
B. R. Lyons, 2d, -2
- • I
E. M. IlOsencrants,
P. S. IVonson; -
E.
N.garding,
B. Rogers,
11. T. Piersmi; • ; •
-P. S. Williams,
G. N. Doolittle,'
David Cool,
E. S. Warner,
M. McKee!),
F; Goodwin,
L. M. Baldwin,
P. W. McFall,
W. IL Street,
N. W. Scott.
IL S. Bald witi,
D. C. Pierson ;
T.. F. Foster, • .
E. D. Spencer, ,
A. Quick;
W. S. Benjamin,
T. F. Warner, .
J. L. cornoi,
E, F. Baldwin,
A. J. Stephens,
E. J. Messenger,
G. A. Liedsley,.
11. Liridsley '
W. C. Bockwell,
Hervey.Manzer,'
C. IL panzer,
A.. Sutton, • -
E. L. Sutton,
IL C. Burgess,
John McKay,
Th69.lSinith,
H. A. ShaW;
F. A. Holbrook,
C. B. Potter,
'Abouttwenty more
accepted if applicatioi
ately.
•tat, .
ntenant,
A Lieutenant,
IS. A. Backus,
!J. A.'
!r. H. Waricer,
J. Vandemark,
D. W.".MOt t, .
A. B. Watkins,
!Martin,
'Charles Miller,
!Hugh Lenox,
jGeter Aney,
H. L. West,
111. M. Wells,-Jr.
T. G. L arratee, • •
IL Mitchell, • •
; M: B. Estes, -
I W. D. East erbrook,
F-I -T. L. ',Tc
!Jos. Kanairay,
Fordham,
I. H. Cross,
M. L. Spafibrd,
!Jordan Palmer,
W. L. Beebe,
Lyons, •
Palmer HAAT;
W. C. Fish ;
J. W. Dolloway,
J. H. Green,
!J. _
T. L. Aney,
C. Lung, ..
E. S. Howell,
A. Fordham,
Lewis, •
J. A. Beebe, •
T. W. Alberson,
,Chas. McKenzie,
L.- S. Illasdell,
iThomas Leo, ..
e- volunteers- - will .be
n is made Attuned'.
Off to the War !
.
will be glad to see all his old friend . o n
Wednesday and Tharpday, September 2Sth and nth.
esperlally all who are indebted to him. It is desirable
that his accounts be settled by hintseltind a little money
jails 110 W will be particularly convenient, '
(i. m
Ilontrosit, September Si. lea. Z. nnto•
•
Per rr Dows..--" Put down that pickle
said a gruitsergewit - to_ a hungry Krivate
who bad snatcted one on the sly. Perm the
" .An' why should gut down The pickle?
queries_ the privw • " Put down
that pickle-khat% all I want of you ?"
returned the s,emenit determinedly. Down
it goes then , eAed the soldier, and stuff.
big It ir s kig Ks mouth, it' quickly disap
- •
tiltaadeaUletendhuitettoed The Bioshaoston tom.,
m
maba! Cofte, can heat 'of soelethfug o!prartieat rate!,
h 7 calling at or addrereteg this Were. • •
4;; •
NEWS ITEMS.=
IL—The Goiernment has jest discovered
that a flourishing contraband 'exists be.
to Lien War - miter county; oti the Eastern
shore of Maryland, and Virginia. Large
euppliel artily stores hereby. that rout
been transported to the Rebels.' •
—A gentletian from Western Virginia;
states that at the Western end of the
9hio Railroad} near Cumberland;the des
truction 'of theirailroad ProPerty is very
extensive.. The rails have bien;torn np
in many placii, and the Rebels.-left no
means untried to harass the Giivernment.
as much as possible. - -
Newark; S,vt. 16.—The Repehlicans
here have concluded to abandon their par.
ty organization And' take' tip any good
sound 'Union Men in the coming election.
General Theodore Runyon, who was a
a Douglas eleetor, is the prominent candi
date for 31ayOr.
St. Louis, SePt, 14--On Monday, night
last, while a . government. steamer—name
unknown=—was conveiing a • number of
prisoners from' Lexington to Fort Luven
worth for their better security, she broke
her rudder when between Mill and Kan
sas city; and *as obliged to land. Short
ly after reaching shore,: a' company . of
Jacks - on conifty 'Secessionists- seized : the
'the boat, released the Hsoners, and se
cured some forty. Federal soldiers u . cap
tiv4,s• -
—LettersfrOm Richmond to the South
ern newspaperi , ,- dated witbiri the last
two or three Weeks; - expressly: declared
that'the - object, of all the recent move
ments of the Rebel army bas.been to de
',coy theUttion!forees from their strong
position into;nne wher'• the advantages
• would Le General
.appears to. hate u n derstood this thorough
ly, and controlled hi*: - operationi ac
cordingly. • •
—A party of the Thirty fourth New
York iiegiinent,ColOnel Lel)ne; crossed
the fotnutac,i,at Seneca . Creek,'.4m ...Mon
d-ay-night, and enconatered a .force of
three eompanies, losing two or tin cc Men
'out of !Free - 11.i' Oa the next " morning,
they shelled.tire Heidi vamp, - and- . drove
. the enemy Lai k.
- .
Frankfurt, Sept. 18.-Thc. Coiintnittee
on Federal Atelations In. the .Kentucky
!• legislature, report. the following:—
IVhcreat, The conretlerate troops have
invaded' lientiteky,-and insolently dictate
the tertns tipoit which . thi•y - will - retire.;
therefore ; '• i -. . .
. -- Rehnlre i l, That t . eneral'itobert Ander
sonc, Ite invited to t ke instant charge of
this Dtipartinent, n ti emit. out a-faree suffi:
eient to expel:the itiwier.4.•,
Th e abov e se: , as passitti ht: the llons - e and
concurred in by the Senate. • - . .. •
Th e s e n a t e , a l,,, pas,i.':(l, a concluding
.resolutioft wi(Jr but three negative 'vtes,
Which propoSes to confine-the war to The
two armies, :dui discountenances paaizan
quarrels as lel:tiling to civil War.
thk pervon of,eneof the Rebel
members :of the Maryland Legislature, ar- .
rested on Mond a y, in Balt:more,' was
found a copy 'or the SeceSsion. Ordinance,
whit: kit was intended shOuld be, passed
as soon ass practicable after , the opening
of the sessoni.
• Memphis, Sept,-17.—A special despatch
to the ilmkutfaays Gen.Braxton Brag.has
been appointed the Conlederate Secretary
of War, vire I'. Walker„ - resigned.
—A special !-despatch from Cannitex Ft;t.
ry ; on the Kanawha, 'dated the 14th
Says :—" Lee!:restuned the at tad: . along
our *huh? linp, at Cheat Mountain_ yes
terday. Atter a .ling elintest he was
fitirly repulsed by Reynolds-, with consid
erable Ilehel logs , mut no loss on
our side, owing to the Let that our tectops
fort h t 3nhind entrenchments. .
----Several North Carolinians, deny em
phaticaly, thitt an election .has recently
taken place in their - Sfate.. firr - Congress
men.. The suttement made by the eonfi-:
dence - nutn, I.).ster,that he hair been dit- .
tiled to tender the GovernMent a Brigade
from the Old North State, is alSe . dented.
Persons Atipensed to know,declare Foster
has , not-been-in North Carolina sine!! last
March or April:
.—On the
.12th inst.,- a detachtitert `Of
300 men, from the Fourteinth • Indiana
and Twenfy,fortrth find Twenty-fifih Ohio
Regiment's, .disperse . three Tennessee
regiments, under Gen. Anderson', on the
west.sitie of Cheat Mountain, completely
routinn• t hem 7 killing_ 80: and obtaining
most, of their :equipments. Our. loss -was
8 killed...
The eneinYlmade an advance on Elkwa
ter on the scone day, with n force suppo
ed to Lave been 15,00 but they . were
.driven back ;by. detachMents from the
Fifteenth Indiana, Third-:aid Sixth Ohio
Regiments, and shells fmin'"Loomis" bat
tery. They have retired some . eight. or
ten miles distant. . •
New York,lsept., 'l6—The British brig
Mystery was Seized by the Surveyor' of
the Port, veSterday, on the arrival from
Havana. ftistinetions to run the blockade
were tbm►d on board of her.. -
-- 2 l'he 'demand for the new Treasury
notes exc ced4 all belief. The pressure up
on the Treasayy Department for supplies
of these notes has become so urgent ;hat,
to exptklite-t4e issue, Secretary Chase has
ordered the employment of an additional
-clerical force. The clerks are all toiling.
incesSantly in ;signing-the notes...
fearfulLaccident occurred, .xt the
National Thcetter,Philadelphia, Itist
d:iy night. The dress erone of the bal
let girls- cau•, , ,dit fire, and before tbefiames
could be extinguished, sic of dip,' g,„ifla,
were burned So seriously 'that the) . c.
soon atter and a number Of others are not,.
expected to survive. • • -
Union State Convention of Demo-,
crats and Republicans was held at Cleave-.
land, Qhilo, oni the sth . inst. David, Tod,
I Democrat,- was- neminated for Governor
:and Benj. Stanton, Republican, for. Lieut.
Governor.. The remainder of the ticket
was diVidpil.hetween the. parties: •
Drank P.,Blair, Jr., was
.ar
rested at St. Louis yesteiday, by order of
General Fremont, for insubordination. in
commii4iAting with the authorities at
Washitk,oon,. „ and . making 'complaints
again 4 irkkul usingdieresilectlid
.language
towaNs General. Fremont, with the view
of . ellheting removal. It is statedthat.
lettori written'. by Colonel Blair are now.
,in posiiession of Gen. Fremont.. ~
—Tbe Richinend papers announce -that
the 'privateer b rig. AI; his • been"
wreekedeff the oast cfFlorlda ,
~ . The Jet
. Davis .was formerly known • as the
Washington, ty r Coast Survey, yeast; irelt
knciWn an the wittier,, of: the Clicitivake,''
:Ind was seized /Winter at 'New...or:
leans. When she wits attached to the .
Coast Survey, :in the yontelt3,44,:ktsistimt:
Secretary of the; Navy vas a Mid
shipman on-beard • •
' Since her seiiurely 'the: 'Rebels she . has;
enp_tured, s everal . of our iniochitnivesiek.' •
=The wife ofldi."John Stnith,:of Wash.
testitsidp,'Wa i r' teni
presented IherAusband 'last - - week . .vvitt
three fine healthy : dieibtersit 'One birth.
Mother and children are doing` well: