• - PATRIOT_I CIE •
TTE - Rl4 e - blitioii f ih
e Nertli Mid i]]e
I Secessio fists of the South—reduced again / s.
, .-
.Col. Charles, J. Biddle, tire member of, to the li!Wass - insigniflea - nee in which ,De-
wocrae , y, long held. theni : , A_nd.- if the
.:„Ctityrress from the 2d.distriet of Philadel-:,
event natpes - these hopes,the tiovernment
. - phiit,.iiini.
ii-zi elealea. last 'June while in I that onfrraces the crretif,ii . I d - ; ;
. i ,te i an - popu
the army,' was lately tendered a public-, lar Statkof ilieNol - th;:iiiiiist sink: to'_ no
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dinner by a - Committee of . distin'guishe'd I hundfiej lino degrafieft placoAntimg 'the ;
citizens. We make the. - •followilig -
ex . I nations4' l .National . Prosperity I.,*to g nearr.
I I' allied to national dignity t 1 - suffer us
traets from his letter declining the honor: I Y ' . 4. 6 •
to stand hi the relation of the vanquished
• To the Honorable George M. Dallas, totilos ' ,
kvlio never can secede freer 'get):
Charles J. Ingersoll,Peter M'Call,John I graphi IT-connection ; with whom close
- - Cadwaldder, Peorge Sharswood, A. V.
I relation 1 - warlike .or amliable, 'Must Con
- - Parons, Frederick Fraley, Henry M. ! time a ti v ,: iye. . • 1
• Phillips, E.sqs., and others I . - Tlie iSOlocratic *party Sonebt, to keep
entienzen' :--I irlye had t ) e.pledsttre to ! t h e
1.% tea among the States With honer to
• - receive, to,day, your" colionte cation, and I them al4lint while the war_ lasts, :into
beg you to accept my thanks f r the- flat- I
, which t to Abolitionists of the Northi and .
tering terms in which ycilkhavelespressed! the "prpeipitationists" of the SOuth have
• .yoar views upon what has been, to Me, a ; hurried*,.let us demand that a firm and .
sueeet.of anxious reflection. .• • i
I,wise adininistration of "the , GovernMent
II has been My,earnest desie, :it this I sluill evoke and honestly apply Our ieili
great juneturein• our National afiliirs, to Lary res . ourceS,in which the nations Most
' g m
ive my humble services where they may 1 fatuous till arms have not surpassed nor
'bd. most useful to my country: 'With . opa ll e d , Is. t
this purpose I took the field; aril huhling, I_ In col
storing tlie period of thd Extra Session,
r a i that lal
• seorale and importnnt command, did
re r'ese't
, i.tot f.el at liberty "to quit it to ttike the is the ,
seat in Congress to which you bad in my loved.
m
absence, elected e.
-,. As v
I have, come, foie day or two, from the the Vigil
grOt camp in front ofWashington where t „ ma ie;
:I command a regiment.that has betni to the enj4
.me a source of the highest pride and sat- liberty
isfaction, and I shall it with feelings
. • •
of reeiet that. I will not attempt to ex,
press here. lint, I yield to the rept-es-en
tationa of the wishes of my co - Mit:meets,
conveyed:to me in your letter and in oth7
er forms. I shall,therefore,tender,through
thin proper authorities, the resignation - of
my military commis;ion from , the -State,
-and, as-your representative, will return to
',. Washington: • '
• -It fs true that, according to . high au-
thoritios, I might, at once hold to tyro po
sitions.; but it is plain that I eotuti .not 1
perfokn the dut:cs of both, And, waiving . ,
the bare legal' questhM, it seems to.me in
compatible with the-character efa repre
sentative and a legislator to be paid ofli
cer,'subjeet to the orders of the Excel:- I
'tire, and present in his place unit by-the
-revocable leave of a military superior. I
. have, therefore, reached the conclusion
that your representative must not now be
thuS trammelled; yet should the tide or a l
- - war, indeed, roll round the National Cap-
- ;ial, IltoPe that my brethren in -Firms will
find rod iin their ranks for One r.oldier i
.inent.,• -
3li-
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iiolitical opinions are What tAey
have al ways been. I - ani . r
a Democ
at—
never more than at this hour. 1 rejoice
that - it crap with my mune upon your han ,
nets that you overthrow the 14-pelican ,
party in.this city. .. . .
_
When I say i :nu 3 Democrat, Lilo not
mean that 1 J.lOOl/g to any knot of poli
ticians. 'When I ,Fayl art a Democrat, I
.
::can that I have ever maintained those
&Itional princioles whielaunde.: (.;o:linuide I
• :ind pre , ervedre, a nation ; • those ,s't'oat,
national principlesof justice Mel- equality: I
- for all the States whieh, so long as they
Were practiced, made our various institu- I .
tions and interchangeable commodities;
bonds of streng hand-union rather titan -
..g ronn kl s . for strife.
This. at least. we may say for the Dem
ocratic party—it rated at their true , J•altie
the fantastic theories, the whimsies; the ,
"isms," the questions of mere pltraseolo- 1
gy, that men (-idling themselves states : ,
. men, hate pret•erred to peace, to union, to]
thegendeel progress and development of i
`each Section, And all races in title relation I
to natural causes. Tbis, too, we may
say fur the Deniocratic; party,,---while it I
. a •
w
Maintained its sway, -Seetston---- as a
littk,bdilled clique : as the - Ifepublicatcpar
ty . rose, "Scee'ssion - became "an army
with banners.'
Nor was the foresight of the Repel) -. 1.
cut leaders lyider -thee theiii patriotism.
Th e litisii pr,Thets of the pailt4: prafeised . ,
tin : ir f6llOwers that' three months shenl ,
see the end of all the trouble; and when, ,,, ?
war vane: upon them even then they \Vali. 4
tel only three mouths volunteers to tiiikri)
it. They evened and fostered that int 4y
icating sell-confideuee that was the cause_
of out earlier reverses. They had so per
-si,tently-abused that part di the Ameri
can oeople that-lived across a geographj
.cal line, that they. had come, at' last, to
• underrate anti despise them, and Republi
can oratory summoned its hearers, not to
. stern enconet et S, but only to - priys and
pillage, - , ‘•
.
• - When ,thc , national flag was struck down
at Charleston, and the national Clipitah
}Fits threatened by ;Secession, the North
rose like ono num., The world saw wiOt
astimishmert the gre't uprising of the
•peeiple_;•Eui•ope projtby,ed the issue •in
our -iitvor ; yet,'as it smitten With blind
nese, the Republican leaders seemed stm : t.-
ice! to waste and dissipate, instead of to
seize and Use the noble materiabfor great
armies Which was, with scarcely ally limit
placed at their disposal: The soldier who
- ;•;frered himself for the public service found
that he intist - ear-wi ,- ;• some politician 1;Q
-. fore he could be :tlluWed,the privilegAto
:fit:lit or die for his country. Men began
to say - that the war was to be made
B - lackhtepublican jot)." •
• Politicians were put at the bead of
t:oops—politicians who thought that to.
4%zear lace - and feathers, and to locket
'pay, was the whole duty - of the -officer_
feastino• and frolieing and speeclunaking,
• took the place of training and discipline;
and while the aflieets-spouted and revell
ed* the rank andTde were robbed of their
• first 'right—the tight to skiilful gtudade:er
and instraetion.• The reins were nominal
ly put Into! the hands of a venerable chief
tain ; but every politician, every "able cd
- itor," took, a pull at them, till they ttpiet
t ha coach.
- Amid sb out A r h of "on to Itichutond,” the
orth, with its teeming, population,fbund Ynews
itself outnumbered at every . point of con-1 captUr&
Met, and the Baffle' of Pon proved after th
that - the.Adminisfration had knOwn ncith- ti:essel
fix ifs oivi) strength nor the enemy's.— seemed
"Where the,: Were Our legions ?" we'may t te , fiturs
well as k of it. Jiur the battle of Bull i take g
Run was not without, its fruits for 1 some el
P;inic-gtrickett selffiffines.7 seeking self struck -
preservation, lighted on those who ceuld 1 our cit.):
.saveit. The- direction ofthe arm passed eoustp
into the hands of soldiers. A. i.7,ew'rali unloadi
born here ainongus,restored to their fag the
supremacy the martial virtues 6:li -issue
stuicess in war; trained and. competent :lltlnt l je
officers second his efforts, scores of imbe- ployed'i
edits have been pusheitout ofservice ; andl.on nigh
• this good work still progresses. • I. must- *
The L./ . ernocratic party will sustain, the I for t ht ln .
!me - ti 7 4 .4 ALCCIeIIauS, the Dulionts—.Who t Ode"
iniKe in charge the honor of. our flag on fafi• w6a
land and -sea. Let, everywhere, the peo- . •! did; bee
Tie put l in dice men who xih not Fee the rknow.*
4 . 24 i n. become "a. party job;" let the been- Fro .Adatititstration: of the Government,lag. metes wer
such as to attract,-not repel the doubtful' for two
'States: . 'Then the,ciEmtest may be 01101- der the'
ued'icith success and ended with honor. I Th e y wo;
We may yet sec the lnthors Of our national i weather
trotiblea, those twin famegt . i 3 lT . of discord I 'while'
ISO
itOuSion, gentlemen, lot'' me say-
Nn deeply serfsilde of the lioncTr of
id Mg this old city ; for our district
city that our fathers knewlaml
!tn . representative, I will exercise
free speeech, and : will strive
'tin for all, the' cherished
yinent of which 'constitute 'civil
;
lima -1 '1)1(4
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- - I:An QuA, wtans, E. g.,. ? •
... - jot. nead,s..c. N0v.1,2 , 6i.s
DuAl 4 f'mt:Nns : 2 —Yon Milthai - eleatlied
ere this! teaches you of i.he SucceSsltd!..re
-1 suit of tis g reat Naval Expedition, and
1
i nr . snit landitig upon the sacred'
soil of Spnth Carolina. I have not learned
I hoW tlai good people of this part of Se
t ecssiondOmJiked our sudden 1 descentnp
.their shbres, but inasmuch as they fled in
, rei,it Ini4e and s have been rather ..;by of us
ever siOe' , I, take it they, have seen enongli
I 'of the "Yankees," as they call us,- and are
;
not neati as desirous of scraping - adtjaain
lance ilOw . as they seemed to be b.efore
the bom ardment. Ithinkthe.ysiiw More
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I t)
of us du a they wished ou that day. Last
i 7 Saturda jI again-found myself on . terra
i firma atw jagt three weeks of dull, miser
•„
:tow . , eriplipeo anti very disagreeable life
on -shiptioard. r- -I need not say I . was
gli'td to . l get ashore, ,eyen if I did find 'my
:self on alit island Where I w.as :obliged - to
' trade tlfreugh sand shoe deep and Make
use of the wholbay as a waSb.basin- r -do
my own! ivashing,and ironing (very little
a the laticr do I a 6 though,) and ! were
I .Was o liged to he my own tailor, chain
li ctinaid Mid waiter
. genetally. To say I
il
\l':l,' SIPII W0111(111 . t begin to express..imy
'pike linli-s' on-that occasion. But I had
very Hale time to reit - iice or culebrate:t he
event 1,4 was immediately set. to Work
and slietit (not willingly, • howeVer,) :the
whole 4f that bright and beautiful r:fah-
b a th !I:14 in hard work-, N . N`riting letters,or-
.Cc;; i e., for the:General. ! It. Was
;l ap-bi n .; b u t 6: u ,: . v ,frest tome—indeed ! ,
since Il' ft Brooklyn I have not knout/ a
Joliet Sa bath; -in fact, titer:: ;seems to be '
inoi.e the i usual to do on that:til2.l"!
I
,st thin,* I waS-set about on N) 111-
1.0 was taking, down the names,
occupation; &c.. of a tot of
.ncif,' whose masters having !ran
havin..- theta destitute, - now
eking in. they eprinnon]y bad
:IMO, and often queer ones too
Pete, Moses, Mingo, Pope,
toby , and Lytmis were ..,141 preset,iampsOn, March, Febini t wy and
ers whose names I daimot iiow
lhe
lug Ip.hel
ages, ht
Tenn.:lL
-a) 1.
Caine `PM
but one I
Joe, Toil
liars, nt
besidos
inane ut
;corally they were a deraded
et, hardly able in many cases to
I lieniselves intelligibly, but . few
bove the•brnte creation in intel
mlling boys of twelve or four :
i•sj ot,.age holy. old they -were, on'e
liat he Was a yemr old, another,
recall. .
looking
deLTrces
lea, 0
teen yea
retdieil t
. .
that he tlione:ht'ke *as three
in reality he was at least
husw e
, t•ear's oh
twelve y
able silt
k•e2,
—util
•ars old ; thus showing a lament
-of ighoramt9 on their part. -
re now furnishyl with food and
at t .work about Ilead Quarters
itifi the ships,. waiting on the 'offi-
Thu are quartered at present
ylil house jus,t back of our Head
;'and while-I have_ been writing
,
intr, I have heard their voici , s
d female) united iii singing some
: - hyMns- 7 they;seetit to be :'hold
d ormeetipg. , . •
-have Vbeetythat- I Inive not
-te - to event visit; the Fort only,a
distant, :and only. time to get my
d hurry back-again to my labors.
sl hurry 1611 be over again in a
luul then I !lope to get a chance
rant, iome. 3lany- soldiers and
the pastfew days •have • been
!ail: about the island, shooting
and ...hofy, - 4---pillaging and
eltt.y much as`they pleased. Stos,
ft-se depre4atilms came to the
eu.-Sherinan, and annoyed him
ably, and he has in cot:sequence
,S y strict orders in.re7ard..t eret
nst all men and officers • found
)1' the line of .pickets. say;
, 'of are di.4,rraceful to
Lir,.3vhose first duty should be 1.6_
he .-citizetr. He has issued
dion to the people of South Car
no d4ubt wilrbe published in'
.rs, therefore I will not makeany
'from it now.
dsday eve., Nov.- 13.—T0-day
:Mother busy day with me. I
ry 116i4ers and several ..more of
iTtf otir CIO - nip:my this morning—
y to. bear Led. Slack -.was quite
kill try and •visit him to-tpor:
ht
cers, ti::<,
in an
()mule
this eve
(male a,
good of
oz a
. , I
p night we .rece - l - ved. the
had
i
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nit Mason and Slidell- had been .. ' A.NeW T1M13.::
l 4:iff' the Island of St. Thomas just 1 —The abolitionists, who a few mouths
V • had embarked - on an English ,I . ago were the most ferocious
. against the
tilud fuV'Europb. Alhbe offieers;
the freedom of the Press, Mid denied the
tinchrejoiced thiti, these, two err , / I riy,ittS of any
1.
body to criticise the acts'of
ad been .secured. Could ybul the Administration, are - now clarnorons•
Mice of our eheampthent from 'I for a little Free Speech, and go in for a
Vated - ,--positien you would: be Free - Fight against - Lincoln. A large rimet.
with - the littsificss appearance . of ing of the friends of Preinonte was held in
hundreds of meware employed Cincinnati, at which .it :was proclaimed
ly at work building, store-houses„ il n it. . '..;% • . - . .
g.the ships,repairing and inereas: . , "It is the duty of a free people' never
irength, of the- Forts; I . Making- ender any,- ciri.nstances to 'relinquiSli the
tifications,.cutting timber, &C.— . right' of critiCising it's Adridnistratibn." ' •
!Vet horSes - and Carts arc 'etn- ' That is,a noble declaration-one which
:this ' - work. - ,••also - which is carried' every DeMocrat will approve—lint. hots
am? day—every one that is able Many demoCratic presSeis. and individuals
l'.l:;tln.;:'e is 116 place here _now 'were mobbed for
,sittiply . - diSapproiing
4: - •' . 1 Lincoln's acts ?.; ' - .
~..-
;mtg. in onr. faysN' has been. ',the,.: . BR, the following - situ s a, Jule. of
Iher, which, so fax . , nce•!l've jan 7 treason-f '-. ' - ' . •
I truly delightful and I hardly • 9.10 - Covviti•illy and un Worthy... Means by
at Ave should Itave done ;;:Id it which:the • Geyerninent..,effected..,the ve
=rand cold; for many of:. thy: , ineval of. Fremont, jnstifies the worst
obliged to lay Out on The - ground j fers.Of the deSigns and qualiAattions of
r three nights in , succession r itn4l the A4:-1-ii riistration.",.-± ' : - . ..
toad Canopy of the,bluc sky,and •lf a' dem - ceratic meeting has - thus deno
iii
d hatle suffered much had- the , mice . d the. Presi4ent, itwonld havo..been
.
een.more tinfatorable.:l :.. ' : I dispersed by..atnot ; And its ,officers: ar-.
the r gOoilfolks iu a; arepkiateet- j rested for.treason, - . -.,
ing themselves by thick clothes front the THE. MON . TROSE DEMOCRAT
chilly winds and storing - of approaelking., Tatliti—Shso PER alatifpfc IN ADVANCE: ,
,
winter, many - 1101v are'.complaining of*
"Leah and all dayl hate sat frith( tlic
1 •
01‘ s . aufkdocirOif Our roOnt , Open, to web
conie'the gentlo"hreezes that !etuneTt*sli
front'off the. water .." -; • '
I:hellcat' is imthuraernionid, loweve,
and the evenings. are indeed benatiful. - -
Sweet potatoes and oranges abound on
the island,- and 'before tire pickets were
stationed,men brought bushels of them
into camp and naturally fare sumptuously
every day, eren if they Were' not elothe4
in seal:let and line linen like a certain rich
man of old Whom. I have heard tell Of.—
'But alas, a certain gentleman issued. a
(ew orders one fin•L!,day which materially
checked their roving.dispositien and as it
.
consequence they were obliged to 0111 C.
down:to their accustomed style of living.
I- visited oar . company on Thursday
night, found all glad to •see 'me: Led.
Mack had recovered so as.to be around
again: Many of the boys had not yet re-
Covered from the ..severe exertions and
hardships of the two days storm they ex
perienced, and looked poor and slim.—
Mum Baldwin' and his brother were
about, looking tough and rugged and
both acting, as cooks. .Many of tge boys
threw their clothes . (which were in their
knapsacks) overboard as well. as their.
guns aria accoutrements. I slionld like to
make them a visit every day but cannot .
get the opportunity. I was in hopes we
Should have a day of rest to-day. All the
officers were desirous of being relieved
for one day, but; Gen. Sherman said that
though lie.would like to observe the day
they were 8o situated he did not see how
lie could suspend the work. I think,how
•e-ver, in the long rim it , will prove very
bad policy and that the men would do
more by having.a day of rest.
Truly, your friend,-
We lnive other letters from South Car
olina, but as they relate mainly to the
sea voyage, we presume that at this late
day they would not prove interesting to
'our readers, who are already quite welt
posted on that subject. We _give dfew
extracts.
1.11. Cross says: . •
.
,We 'bare 'fall possession of the Island,
and scouting parties have every part of it
under .g,uard, and our boys- are taking
possession . of other Islauti4 and points
near uti. We find plenty of horsesonules,
cat tle,4,sheep, 'hogs, ttirkeys, chickens, cot
ton, corn, rice, sweet potatoes-, oranges,
turnip pct nuts, darkies,
4.te. The staple
produetunis oftlie Island aro cotton,corn,
and i ice. 7
•..T. A: Cornwall says: •
Nye w s orked ati r ho . urs for dear life_ with
out ehtingthat is,many of us did. Oth
ers were crying ttm praying. As for me,
Jrßift ()tithe eryiitg, but to tell the truth
I did pray some, and swore a good deal .
to sea men st and \around and groan,. and
not raise a hand to help save themselves
when ‘ee expected to sink every minute.
We a.ut now on-South Carolina soil,and
the Winfield Scott is lyiug in the fty, a
perfect wJeck. f.4he looks mole like an old
: canal scow than anything else. When we
sailed she AV:ki a very pretty boat but not
tit for theca. When welanded, Up went
the stars and stripes for the:first time in a
year; and the cheers they: received thirly
tho water in the ocean- boil. The
enemy t-kime most of their killed
an d wo undec i. There were pieces of jaws,
arms. mud legs pickeii no all araund, Jnit
as we landed in small Inoo.s, unr regiment
did not get ashore until next morr:.ing., sq
that. I did not see , the-sight, but I saw a::
I wished to. TWO inen were bUried, ono
shot through the breast, and•ene with his
legs shot off. •
I•write, not only from 'the 4.6 t-boil of
'secession, but on secession r,_ as it is
some we captured iiere. We eat. sweet
pptntoes, pea nuts,.orailges, oysters, tur
keys, chickens, fresh pcirk and beef, which
are produced here in ÜbundatiA •
- Capt are -of the "Beauregard."
Acting Volunteer Lioutenart - W. C.
Rodgers, otthebaripm W. G. Anderson,
reports to the Navy Dilnirtmen.t that on
the 12th instant, in latitude 20 40, longi
tUde 76 42, he, captured the, RAO priva
teer schooner Beauregard, Ibl tons,
maimed by a,captain, two Lientenants,
Purser and twenty-three seanien, and car
rying a rifled, pivot gun, throwing a twen,
ty-four pound projectile: She. was- first
seen abbot dayli!*ht, running before' the
wind towards the W. G. Anderson. •
Lieutenant It. says !--L
On approaching within four miles,- he
suddsmly hauled by . the 'wind, and rs we
noticed many men on: his decks; immedi
ately made sail, in chase, and .in 'two
hours - brought - her under our lee, and or
dered the Captain on board with his pa
pers. ,
Ho brought a letter Of
.marque .from
Jefferson Davis, which he surrendered
with his vessel.. •
sWe put a.prize master and-'crew on
board and transferred the prisoners to
our ship, placing them in double
On boarding her the Crew were found
in a drunken state, committing all the de
stfuction they could, throWing overboard
the anus and amthunitiop, spiking_ the
gun and-cutting the salls - and rigging to
pieces. She was otherwise in bad order,
and poorlY found, andhaving but a short,
supply.of water,. of which
_we having
none to spare, was,innO,' condition to
sraidto Boston..
Having twenty-seven prisoners, and no
room for; them on - board the W. G. An
derson, I decided as we were in three
days sail of,li.vey ;West, to take them and,
the vessel into that
.pOrt and deliver them
to the' proper authorities.
416.4. ca-ExtattxTapow, .2 ;
EDITOR, PUBLISHER, ',AhID PROPRIETOR:
sth,
PITRPOSES-OF THE WAR!
Congress by a vote nearly uuani loons, passed the fol
lowing fesolut ion :
-..-That the prerentdeptorabi s
o aril war has been forced
upon the country by the disunionists of the Southern
States, now in arms agidast the Constitutional Govern
ment, anti in arms areand the Capiml that in this Na
tional emergency, Congress, baniahnlg all•feeling of lucre
passion or reseutmeitt. - will recollect only it 'duty tic ho
whole country .• that this war is not raged on their part
In any spirit of Oppression,or for any purpose of conquest
or sit hi option. or purpose of overthrowing or interfer r ,
log with the rights or established Institutions , of those
States. bat to defend and maintain the Supremacy of the
Constitution, and Id preserve the reran, with all the
dignity, equality, and rights - of the several Slates intim
paired t.and that ne scion tut these objects aro accom
plished the . war ought to ceik.."
etieerprisingdty paper • stats
that G. A. Orow arrived at Washington
last week, with his family! •As Galusba
is a baaelor, it will be of interest. to know
miter° he raised tbe " family.' ,Eithci•.he
has been .very sly-or unusually smart, or
the city papers, as usual, have _tdd more
than the truth. •
'XiSwone should fitil to read the' ar
tick on first page headed Cameron Re
vicwedz'a Tieing - an editorial from •the pen
of that 'staunch Unionist,-Geo. D. Prentice
of the : Lotfi'sville Journal. It annihilates
the abolitiMr doarine entirely, and im
pales poor Cameron, finely. • •
GEoRGE N. 1)
.-27 . Cold weather admonishes people
to make due preparation for Win ter ;
and a great in:My-do so at the -Stores of
Gattenburg,.. Rosenbaum Co., and
thseir way " suited" and contented.
A movetnenMbeintnnade to soi'd
a quantity of mitlefts,4soek-s; &e., to the
volunteers in Capt. Ditnock!s company—
the articles to beleft at Savre'i's' Store, in
time tolbe sent Mr before Christmas. We
liope Capt. Gates! men, and others, will be
kindly remembered, also. Mittens sho'd
be knit tritli the fore-tinger glove thshion.
Court ProOeedno, •
Com. vs Tsatte 1,...NA for' ppropriating
properiv with intent to defraud.. A true
bill. One like bill i!rno.red.
. . s ..
Com. Isaac L. Post for obtaining prop
erty under false pretences. True bill.
Same vs do for larcenN'. No bill.
. .
• Datil. B. Smith A . s.:Sartmotha Smith.—
dourt decree divorce from the Lomr§ of
matrimorvt -
.Commonwealth vs .Tohn D. Choi; and
Ezekiel Coo': Surety of the Peace.—
Court sentence Ezekil Cook to give se
carityin the sum of 200 forbis good be
havior for one year toward all the citizens
of this Comiminwerilth, and especially' to
tards George o,tis.and'family, and to fiat
the-costs of prosecution, and to stand
committed till sentence be complied with.
John D. Cook discharged:
' On motion °fit.' B. -Little, Esq., W. T.
sworn 'and whnitted to,„prne
tice as ,uttotnt.D and counsellml at l:Fe in
the' 'several Courts Of Susfre!'-"nna
comit
Commnp cal h vs. Win. Roinnls:
dictincrt for canning death bfattempting
to procure4bortion,- Verdict, not I.:;tilty
oir first count, guilty OIL second con nt, -of
theinclictnient., 'kv trjai'ranttd.
cum. vs Elijah W. Pish, for:mem pt to
Commit rope. hill ignored,and Elizabeth
11. Herbert, the prosecutor, pay costs.
C6m. vs Clias C. Payne for keeping tip
pling houiie. Plead guilty, fined
Coin. vs Wm D. Bishop for liorse steal
ing:- Plead guilty, lined *2O, to restore
the horse or its value, and Is- months in
penitentiary.
Coin. vs v aeman Willard, .Tas I:, Bullet'
H, boudpex . ,.S. Dinimore,- H. Sterling,- G.
Newman rand F. Bunnell for riot, assault
and battery. All found. gullty--but Dun
more- Francisc Bunnuel and :Newman
on second count only, and they were
fucsi s 5 each. - .Doudney nnl Sterling,
's2o each.; Willard Bunnell $11:1 each:
Gobi. i's . .S.Catup for reduction and bas
tardy, c1 . .. - J,Gary-proseeutrix. Plead guil
ty, dined 45 to the 'use of Middletown, to
pays2s to tlte mother for exPenses,, and
60e per Week until the child is 5 years old
aria, 75e per week for next 4 years. Paid
quarterly in advance ; and to be secured
in the - sum of" $5OO to Silver Lake.•
- Traiq vs. "Oritnet Brown. Jn lg
merit opened as to Brown, and verdict
fOr aefeoaatit. -
ConpuMl44tlLvs.Alanson B. Edwards -
Indictment, kepiug tippling house. De
fendant plead guilty. Sentenced to pay
a fine of $20 . , and costs.
Lydia Maria Post vs.
-M. S. Wilson et
•al. Court 'directs judgment to - be entered
in favor Of plaintiffas to horse, tt buggy
and in favor of defendants as to harness:
Vaac 7. Post vs. lf. S, Wilson et al..
Feigned Issue. Verdict for plaintiff.
Commonwealth Vs.. Stephen Lake.—
Judges eCrtifY to the Managers*and - In
spectors of the House of Reftwe-in!Phila
delphia, that Stephen Lake, Convicted of
larceny', iS a proper,-ohjeet forthellouse of
Refuge. i -
Collins Peek vs W. Wilmartll.. A
swarm of bee§in dispute. Peek recovers
$3,50. •
- 11. C. Conklin -vs ,Diniock township--
Veidict for deft,
.but to pay cost.. , -
The Republicans are - not all aboliV
ionists. . As an evidence of this fact, teed
hONV, the Chicago. J ournti4 a-Republican
paper, depot - it:es the Tribune. 'The Jour
nal, says 1: •
. The.Cbicazo Tribune and similar'papers
are doing more, by their crazy Abolition
ravings, to . retard the, progress of \ .
Union eause in the South, where these
things are eagerly quoted, than the (tov
eminent- with - . all its armies is . doing to
-re establish its authority there.
• ---13ostcin Nov. 0 7 . L-The eleven.. Ken
tnekiarx. who were` - released,. from Fort
arien, a feWdays since, being destitute
Ofmoney,. were Sent borne to-day. by the
city authorities. 7.
' —Last year there were 'buts two men
opposed to aectionalltepahlicans the .
Senate of MaSenchnietts'and only sixteen
-in the Ifouse.of „Representatives.
are now tWelveinthe Senate to .the .11e
.publicana twenty-eight, - and eightrin'the
House.
• Latest From Washington; .
Dec. r.--The
heConio.tirefilof Wasting aininniu
*ion upon th e ', smil . oraft:narigliting the
-Potomac, and- sloops and 'ichnoners load
. with stores findlwobd, now. run the
blockade with lituptnit.y.
, Considernble opposition_ has sprung up
agnihst Senator WilOn's anticipated bill
to abolish, StitlershirOnd funds are being
raided Among the stale-is to defeat it in
the House.
* •
It is two years to-day. since the
ia seldiertf'marched through Washington
to• attend the, executiOn-of Mtn Brown..
anartwo years to-morrow since-he was
hung. , A Committee are around to-night,
arranging for a John Ifrown -meeting to
rmospow Ennvved in it -fire more
14 1 m -one Congressman.
Authentic information has been re
ceived here .that a small light draft Cana
dian-steather has beenl Seized off the coast
of Maine by a United States rovetitio cut
ter.. The steamer had on board about
I
ten. thousand Springfield muskets, c!oth
ing, boots, brtiikpappr, caps and muni
tions of war. She web cleared front Can
ada, and the cargo was consigned to pa.r 7
ties in the Sot there
_States, ,
• It is currently reported that Th - addens
Stevens will openthelbali to 7 morroW, by
introducing a bill for lemaßcipating . and
.arming stes ' and will then-attempt to .
push it through or get a test vote upon
it.' Senator Sumner has not -coma yet,
but will be here to-morrow,- - and will put i
the subject in the: Senate: .
• _ •
Beaufort StiillVnoccgpied.
.New York, N0v:26,--- 1 -The steamerlll
inoiS, from Port Royal 911 Monday after
floor, the 2511 a inst. arrived at this port to
day, bringing a mail and seventr , fottr
passengers. l Among ;the passengers are
Captain Yard; of the sloop-Of-War Dale,
who bringS.,fourteen ;prisoners captured
thci schooner Specie and Mabel. ' ' •
The U.S. steamer Mal , arrived. at Port'
Royal om the* 24th, ! and reported that,
Tybee,bland, after being - slightly shelled
by the U. S. gun -boats Pocahontas Seneca
Augusta and the Flag, to Which attack
there was no response, was taken possess
ion of-by the'hoisting crf the American flag
by a force of marines -. who mere sent on,
shore and.sfeund the Rebel works evactutt
ed,
Tybee'lsland is at the mouth of the
!Savannah •
•
Codrabands continued to arrive at
Port Royal in large ntinibers.
Gen. Sherman ha built entrenchments
across the whole island.
Sore tliroat Aiseasea prevailed, among
the troops.
Large cpmntitie:i of cotton, uninjured,
were still found. in the storehouses and
barns. •.
Another expedition, consisting of-two
brigades, tinder Gen. Veile; _was to sail
soon tl:orn Port Royal tin. some port on
the Southern coast. . •
The steamer - Empire City, •Call'awbn,
Marion, McClellan, Matanzrv, Oriental,
and all the light gun boats were to be
umpfoyerj in the new expedition.
lleautbrt was still unoccupied by Our
troops, but tiro gun bdats were anchored
off the town.
. Engagement a,t Port- Pickens
The steanici Peabody, from Fort Pick--
ens and Key West, arOyed at New York
on Monday.-She repOrts that - the rebels.,
have landed between three and four thou
sand troops on Dee;- Nita, about six-miles
from Fort Pickens,, andtta mile and a • half
from Santa Rosa sland, and were prepar-•
ing. to attack the Fort. I t
- Later TeportS, t, receiyed limo - ugh t rebel
sources on Tuesday- sthte that-an engage
ment was actually in iwogress—that the
Niagara and the Colorado .had engaged
FortMeßea —that tho had been some
wliat damaged and had to retirethat
Fort Pickens was vigormtsly bombarding
the Navy Yard and FPrt fiarraticas, and
that the rebels were spiritedly ' returninn o , '
,
her tire. i t - • I, • • ,
Baltimore, Nov. •34—The Old Point :
boat has arrived, and the pasgengters
-furnish atvarietv of rMnors of the most I
contradictory CharactO, in relation to the
fight at- Pensacola. Dim- reports that
Fort Pickens had be 41 tala.n, another
that the Fe - deral - force. had been victor
ious,t4.
and -that General Bragg was killed,
-while-a third report i., < that, after
.two',
days lighting, a *.grea storm -came on
which rimdered a cess• don of hestillities
necessary.
- -
Stud: LITEM.The-11 ichmond Dispatch
s:tys - thatiarldflicial despatch,. received on
Tuesday night from Glen. 13tagg; states
that everything is (piley, about - Pensacola,
and that, the United States ff6"et WepS at
a safe diStaure from hi: g uns. He is fully
prepared for a renewal of the, fight:l
-a, the Capital.
A number of improliements have lately
been . made at the . Capr, In- the Senate
Chamber a new clock, f beautiful work,.
manship. has taken Plape of the - old one.
New carpets : have been laid upon, the
floors j and numerous oiler improveibents
tending to the comfort and , noire Onience
of the members,' made. The old Senate.
Chamber, now used as the Supreme Court
room, has also been renovated and Im
proved, and presents very - neat appear- -
mice. The,Honse Chamber ImslikewiSe
undergone the procesS of renovation,, and
a number of changes calcidated to increase
the convenience ofthe members have been
effected; The walls of the rotunda have
beeq - ainted a beautiful lilac color. The
bas're.liefs, On the walls of this part ofthe
building, which for some time pa.st, flare
presented a dingy appearance, .InlVe been
repainted. The largepainting, sepresen
thug Washington ofir horseback, which
formerly hung above - t to cast door of the
rotunda,lms been taken down, and is to
be placed against the' Seaffoldhig facing
, the eetrance.to the of House Chamber.
Ear "This the Wor of .many a dark
hour and of many a pr tYer •to bring the
heart hack from an i rant . gone."-And
yet; how many atnoth , r bits had occasion
to reprove herself fot 1 acing iigle - cted to
employ . those •means which
. inight .have
saved her darling front a premature death.
Thanks to the timely,ai 1 of Afti.Winglow's
Soothing Syrup the fi arts
,of many par
eats' have,been made • lad ty witnessing
the beneficial effects )liielt , this remedy
.
never fails' to produce during the critical
period of - teething.. ' y its. timely.tise
'the lives of thousands hare- been - saied i
and mothers have., ate ted its Value. in•ex-•
pressions of gratittid€ nd -delighL pits]
pleasant to the taste, and':prefectly safe
for •the feeble infant. , Let_uot prejudiced
stand in tho way,-but try, . it,, mothersl-H
ono and 'all.' • i• • • • -.- -.1
i .. . ,:
-,-A lithographedfil smile, oftho Or
dinanCeof Secession passed in ! the South
Caiolitia Convention,nd take*. at Port
Royal, is new framed and suspended At
the Navy.Departmen i -. It iii;three -feet!
in - lenkth and two .an 'a half in .breadth.
NEWS - ITEMS.
• •
latent ',invention .of which we
haVe heard is a claiiiins machine—in
'or wordS,,li Mild mill intended fOr tooth:
less; people - and those .4 , 110 cannot_proper
ly Masticate tliciV'fooct tieli.an article is
advertised in the - London. Lancet. • It is
fastened to. the.tiiiineriahle, goes, with 'a
crank, and is said to mince the foial very
nicely. •
. • .
• . -:---.The Prairid i Farmer estimates that
2500 barrelsof SorglinnverChinesie sugar
cane syiup have been ;tunic in - La Salle
county, Illinois, this year, or enough i to.
i supply every tinnily in . the. county with
! sWeets. for t weNe months to , come, - saying
the fartners*:3sMo in this one itein.—
The yield iS, (190 -- • to 250 gallons per.
*hero.
e li
, —An Alder f Mg . 's - - 'standing .and' of
[ unquestionable ti'eracity, in the One hun-
F li dred and Fourtl,S 'Regiment Pennsylvania
t Volunteers, not .ist camp at Kalo . ranta,
!-..
com plain's. that S i Oniiciefithc article's intend
ed for the siekl-siAtliers in hospital, ' tin.-
Warded Tiy;kind ihearted 'people in .licsrks
.county,lsave been consumed by these
to whose keeping they were intrusted.
—The ParrotiGith, which was 'tested
j a few 'days - since at West Point, • has M.-
rived . in 'New York, en rouse for Fortress
Monroe. The gun throws a one hundred
' pound shot lire miles, iI": - •• '
' - —The Rebel Oonvention at Rusielville,
iiKeittitcky; has Made a Declaration of In
lidepeutience' pasised an Ordinance of Se,
!cession. ant' the laws and Coststi
tution of Icentu4ky,ywhere not inconsTBi 7
ent 'with the,acti of 'the Rebel 'Governs ,
i ntent • . .
.
I i —lt is stated -. at some the. beef . .
con
tractors, a fen , dayS before the cattle are
I weighed, feed tb i em With
. as much hay. as
they can possibly eat; they nest . furnish
I there With as mach:salt •as they Will eat,
. and•thett give th e m . as much water as.
! they can possibly drink. Cattle "fatted"
in thiS way will. Weigh nearly two bun-
I died pounds linqe 'than they
,otharWise
would. i i .
—Mrs. Capt IXaryeritas returned froM,
-
nichmond,'wher'e,she went to look fur her.
husband, who was suppose to be wound
ed, but alive. Ile was Adjutant to Da
ker's.Brigade. She learned he was dead.
She was treated k . indly, and saw 'many of
our prisoners,
' , She sari- Col. Cogswell, of the Tatum:t
iny, who is doing{ well, being eared ror by
(sonic of his' old .cllasstnateS of Weit Point,
now in 6(l . P:chi:ll army. She says they
all are"badly off for clothes.
—The Dernoeratie press of the _North,
i without Mt exelaion, sustains President,
Lincoln in. his th i termination to maintain
the constitution,' and preVent this war for
rthe.union,. from degenerating into iii abo
crnsade against slavery . ; ..and -it is
an equally signifiCant.. fact, Alm . a very
; large propOrtionlof the opposition. news
papers susthin 'Fretnont, and - condemn the
President. •
I. :=The notorioits - Itelper, author of the
',vilest Abolition book ever printed, - which
book . do so milk to exasperate the South
l'and,to induce the rebellion; and in which
it is declared that, a Republican bears the
Fame relation to [ an . Abolitionist that a
'l 4 :iiii-)61,d0 - os tolt Bullfrog, has been ap-.
pointed:Consul to Buenos lyres by Pres.'
Went Lincoltil - I , -
—The flag Of the. Union again floats the soil ofanother of the . rebellious
Cotton Staten..{ . Tybee Islan, - -on the
coast bf Georgia, at the mouth. of the Sa
vannalrriver, is in posseSsitnr of a Federal
force landed front tbegun-bOat's Pocahon
tas, , Seneca, Augtista and Flag.• Thus the
proud (Ad symbol of the I:lthili is step by
step reeovering t' i lle soil front‘Vldeli it
was temporarily exeltided" by . treachery
and surprise, 'A 7 6 fuiVe lodgments now
in Virgniia;'Nortl 1
Carolina, South , .'Caroli,
Mar Georgia, Florida, and Mississippi. ‘ ,
1
•We understand that. the members of
ithe bar in our ffistriet, without distinction
i
lof party, are n favOr of the appointment'
of Willianr,Elwell, Esq., .of Towituda, as
Jude, and that hear!): ail of them reeom
iniend'hhh to thelGovernor for (he phiee.
Me is a gooißawlyer, and a man` of high
sobaracter„ and pl6sant address.. If ',the
GovernOr complies With the wishes of the
l idistrictin appoiliting . Mr. Elwell, we can
congr . atitlate otnielves:upon the•.continu. ,
ctl possessionofi an excelent President 1
..1 . 1-idge.----C01ung. , , , / Democrat.
' 7 --The last mail l'roin Porf Royal brought
eighteen thotnimid letters.. ' —
I —L- - John:Slidelll.theitebel Minister, and 1
I : Rigs, the banker, bought, in . 1857, ten
thousand'aeres oiland in Minnesota.
—Henry Gricq, the United States Dis 7
U rict Marshal forktah, has reigned, on
;the ground that the: business of the. office
,i s pot cOmperisattve, owing'tO the creation.
'lathe neW territbriil Governmeut of Ne
vada.- ' . -
l.
.! . Po•itmaster-Gilneral . Blair is - sited _an
!order, passed - tip,bn-en• old act of 1825,:
baking post roads of streets in various
!cities, and layin i i them ofl in districtsond
',ordered the stipi)reSslon of 'BLOW§ Des:
. patelies.in l'hiladelphia, and all other let=
ter carriers or e4presseS in other cities. '
—lt has been. reported that sonic, of thq:
Postmasters ba!ve declined .. to receive,
United States - t•easury Notes, . payable:
on 'demand, Whei •
, presented to -them' in,
: payment, of post:ge stamps and - stamped .
'envelopes, ' . - •. s - .
—Postmaster: are, ,therefore inibrnied'
that these notes arc to" be
.reeeived and:
!disbursed by them as an aquivalent in all
respects to coin.l
—The first. tuirt of, the "History of
iJulins Ciesar,7 b!y. Louis .
soon be looked•fpr,the final execution of
,the maps,. by which the workis • to : be en ,
ricked, being il+only delay to its iinine
diate -publication.. •: •' '
—At a recelit concert 'in ritris,
Rogers, the gret' French tenor, sang !in
five langnage-s— HFrench - ,:Gerinan,-Entzlish
Italian' and Spanish. , :" When.- other .
hearts,and -other lips," by , Haire, was the,
AnfilaistOtosen for ihe occasion..
• governincnt has - taken'
,steps to'
'make the blOckide - Of-CharlestOn and S*.
Vannalf - perl'eet, i3o that nothing but, light
ters can get One or - in.. Twenty-live- , old,
whalers hlive been purchased` "mid laden'
with stone, and both' vessels "and 'cargo
are to be sunk-iri_the channels, and thus
pit - A . m . ! Surniquntable - barrier in" the way
of- rebel cofilluerce.. ' '
'Gapt Wilkes' ' certainly ciaiiiiiitted'
great blntider_!hen he jillowed the faini
lies of the traitor amluuisadors to escape
to England oil the - Tr'ent. They, un
doubtedly, took the iniportant doeunients
to Europe. On Uz s atnunng thd baggage
ofthe , rebel einbassadors, not' a doeinnent
: Nits to be found. t
—The steamer Irerettlea arrived at Bal!
timore Friday riorning;frinrt'Pengoteague
anti reported tile., utmost: quiet "prevailing
in both Aimminae and 'Xorthatnton coun
ties, Virginia.,
-The-troops eentin .to. be well re.
eeived,-" mid tlielpeople were:entlnisiastio
it their protepion,of loyalty, to the
,Ggv
emplent, r. ' •'•
It2ICMZMM
-4.)Fe i - pucTfoN
GREAT 0101VDTXPECTED,
AT THE STORES OF •
Outtobergelloscittiaunt,
Montrose, Susq'a County, Pa s
Elmira New-Yea,
Susquehanna 'Depot, Pa.. --
WE proclaim to our friends and the public In general
that hi consequence. of the present pressure' in tin.,
moneyaffairs In the cities we can purchaso
GOODS FOR CASH,
FR031 . 10 TO 20 FELL CT. LOWER TgAN.FaTnerly
Therefore Nye are. determined to offer Lhe•public our
gene:4:4ot*. of
`READY MADE CLOTHING
DRY GOODS,
nhich Fumpri,i,d, the
largest and I;esi
STOCK;(I-001
Kept in ANY COUNTRY Store
• this side of Neu York City,
At Prices which Defy Competiion
rre *ill sell. Apr 40.46.1511 EC at the small adralir,,
of ten per cent above the whulenale cu,t. We will ncit
the rollutri g GOODS at the nunexed prices, ea.:
Black Frock Coat worth 9 for $6,00
Black Frock Coat worth 10 for •
,7,5(1
Black Frock Coat worth 12 for -9,57)
Coat Inorth 6 for 4,00
Over. Coat word) for *4,00
Over' Coat worth .7 for
.547 i
Over (7 oat ,l() for 7;50 .
Over Coat- worth' io" for, J 1 , 50
Over Coat worth 2 \ o for 13,00
plaa' Pants wGrtft - fur tizT,no
i3lack Pants worth .5 for :t,75
. rthiiS " for . .4‘,50
Fancy CaSsinter.e . Pani.s . worth *4- f0r.*2.1
Fancy CaSsiinere Pints, Avorth s•co.r
Fancy Cas . sintere Pants wort!' 4,Y
-i3lack Satin Vest 'wortitl for $2,25
Black Satin Vest Avofth 4 for - 3,00
Mae!: Sittin Vest worth. 5 fir '3,50
OVERSIIIRTS 4; OVERALLS only
UND'R GAINENTS EQUALLY LOW
A. It'iltkr.hat far.l2(.appearect, lye iaviii. th - eattent ion ...,(
4 C
T. ...7 ' ' V • 50_ it."';')
...._„, .
Aliti-.GEN TS who taavall ill ' etn#efre:4 r !iv nppor
tuttlty to make b9sne Fair One a liiee
•
Christmas -or Now7Yeari,•-k-Ir
z 4 -.;•• 12.-11mWkArr,
, ..•••"7
to our largo assortment of
T:s_l- PT! TT
C LOAIiS;S 11 A L S
• la 0 NW'
OUR .ASSORTII ENT OF
DR155...,, : Goops,
A N I)
TRIMMINGS
IS A. l .l*.Ays LAi*.kc634.
CO3II'IZISING
Piu and
. SILTS
TIEYO.Si, \, • -
11 all colpia and shades.
11111111.1141E.5, C.. lOC. lt
OUR sTook. or
'DOWS'.I7ICTC.B,
Mt C " ANNOT BE•• El.
QUAttE D
C
I
ITY• 1 . • PRI:I -
•
•
Goed.Heavy.Sheetings, i
. to Sets. per y'd
Best HeaiT:Sheetings, 7 to Bias. pr y'd
DEN MSS frinn -8 , 10 141 cents per yard
TICKING, front' 10 to 15 cents NA- yard
GINGHAM'S, rrom 10 tir.ls .cts, per yard
CALICOES, fast uilore, 12I.j•ards Only *1
• .Best 3leriiinfiello yards . only A4l
Pest. Steel Spring. SkiAtig,
A nice lot selling at .4 ets: per spring.
Ladies' Sa.ionti Wool-Vests awl
- • • Drawers. 7 r
. ~•
Of the „Latest Stiles, &c.
Thankful to then nme'rono mtstomersfof
their generous patronage the'pa4 year,
We. respectfully , - colicit, a . .inintiimanee of
the same."
Outtenbtrg 7 Alostlibttunt
• .
yontrate, tiqqser, 1 • Wit t , • ,