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4. J. GEHATEION, • Editor._
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DEllocnaTre CosvErrrroN.--iAt a meet.
ing of the National Democratic -Com
lattice, held in New York Jan.' 12th.it
,rigs'Unanimously voted that the_ next:
'National Democratic Convention, for the
-Presidency
of nominating - candidates - for the
-Presidency and Vice Presidency-of the
'United States, be held at Chicage,Bljnois
on Monday, July 4,.1864. ,
By a vote of the Committee; at a meet
ing held September 7, 1863, the number
of delegates for 'each State was fixed' at
double the number of its electoral votes.
Auntisi,BEtatorr, Chairman.
F. 0. PP.IICE, Secretary.
By :a resolution of the State Committee
irtich has been heretofore published, the
11entoaratic State Convention will meet
in Philadelphia on the 24th day of March
tie*, to elect delegates to 'the Chicago
Convention, and nominate an Electoral
Ticket.
We publish today for a meeting
°four County Committee, for, the Aleetion
of Delegatis—Sermorial and Repraken
tative—to attend the State Convention.
Atair'Lincoln's office-holders have held
• meeting at Wishiugton to raise money
and men to carry the New Hampshire
election in March. Last year Mr Lincoln
dissmissed Lieut. Edgerto(from his peal.
bon for only voting to' snit himself in that
State. Such is Lincoln Liberty. •
cThe reference to the N.Y. Herald,
by, the Montrose Republican, - as a Demo
cratic journal, is a notorious falsehood, as
all know. Few papers hare been as bitter
revilers of Democracy as the Herald ; and
it has never claimed to be, or considered
A party paper.
'There is no chance to doubt that
the manager at the War Department is a
very mean fellow. Re kept McClellan's
Report from the public fora long time,
and when finally making it public the prin
ter was not allowed to use the original s
bat must take a copy made oat by an ab
olition satrap ; and now the copy printed
by " authority" is reported to contain got
loss than fifty errors and omissions of im
portance, and in one 'instance a page and
a half of the-inanuscript Report has been,
left ont. Could all these have been acci
dent
Or When it, was announced that the
siege of Charleston had been abandoned,
the public were grieved to bear that so
great a waste of time and money had re
sulted in nothing ; but as it, was under
stood that the place could not be taken,
the country was consoled by the idea that
the troops who bad vainly striven to re
liege the city, would be sent to some point
where they could strike a, telling blow at
the rebel army. In this, however, a dis
appointment has been met. The troops,
insta.t..l of being used to fight rebels,have
been sent under the charge of a private
Secretary of Lincoln, to take possession of
points in Florida-and make arrangements
for -holding an election under the Presi
dent's self-retilecting scheme. The Tri
bune frankly admits this, and publishes an
official order relating to the affair. As
there is no rebel army in Florida to be
whipped, the allegation of the Tribune
that the:troops aro sent there for "the
simple purpose" of carrying out Lincoln's
election game is clearly evident.
Iloir many of the coming 506,000 are
wanted, not to fight rebels, but to coo:
duct election* fur Old Abe's benefit?
rarty
The action of the Republican members
iaheeping the State Senate so long - uner 7
gasified has brought down upon them the
J.,trriapproval of several republican journals.
7 `The Montrose organ quotes a very mean
. *sanit upon the conduct of its party ; the
abolition organ at Honesdale after arguing
1116'o:ideation' sums . %) with the Plain charge
that the Republican Senators are. clearly
aird'inezeniably :wrong, and responsible
for the delay ourd .t h e
.ParbOndale Ad
.
, .
WIPP% a rePuhlicatii)aper,under the cap.
lion above, says: . • • •
Kite are tint of patience witliVoliticirins.
book akthe Senate of our' State;,-Ton
vaned On the first Tuesday of January : for
purpose of legislating for the mtereSta
of the Commonwealth; and still mitorgan4
izedl - An adverse fortune of - War threw
Maj. 'Whiteionerif the Republican Sena.
tore, lute the hands of jet Davis,ried the
!repining thirty-two, sixteen 'of each par
. ay, cannot, on that account,ilect a Speak
ene,,,,.ThePe:Mocraticlialf of the Senate;a
IV& shrewder than their, opponents,.-.on
first,' week' o ff ered through ..Senator I
Clymer : of Berke, to :.divide the . ofEzes
"nalkyi.oxinithe Republicans the. Ant,.
they ; lug thl ) . o fo l 4;l 2 nrithes alterna,
ihrthutil Thi s .
iraaalair and! should -have
be en
accepted.. was rejected loving
the= mace a nd . blatia:. - Of ',Oa Nat delay at.
1 1 0.0.11*. RVatilleanit. ecou id._
Brit's a Atipipitifinalt.7l,
Ogroce.ttew6o-eatiir -- .ndnut
ofthoTribune s ,with *gam chanOtter
istie Hof tlitipakilslui'4l 3- atisotutisiii under
popular fornnq in speaking:l the propose d
inftitary !".e.lection" In Loni4tana, says :
"Nhijilention wil - be in senile respects
Est ez:, pork affair ; those Wha aro opposed
Vo the policy of the administration having
little or nothing to de 13 WO."
Later advises show _that' Greeley's hire=
not quite accurate in his theory,
although his statement will prove to be
practinallytrue. W hen Lincoln pioclitino
that none shoul d vote Unles3 they swore
to an approval of negro Schemes, . past
present and ifuture, although -such a test
was infamotis beyond parallel, it was sup
posed tyranny had gene . to its .limit, and
could reach no further." But , the infamy
of abolitionism is bOundless, and there:hi
still a lower depth into which -to plunge.
It was thought that- good citizens could
quietly remain at home'on "election" day
and await the good Lime comieg,, when
treason and tyranny 'being dead, the bal•
lot-box would again be regulated only by .
law. Vain hope : Lincoln directs his par
tisan. satraps to order that citizens lutrer
V•ovs; . that "indifference is crime, and
faCtion is treason." SO, to decline; voting
is punishable as criminal, while to vote
aught but Lincoln's tickets, is treason I
One man who imagined that. ho was free ;
expressed a feeling of indifference as to
the election, remarking 'that should'nt
vote. For this he was arrested and fined
fifteen dollars.
And this is Lincoln Liberty I Nope can
vote till they swear fealty to a new party
platform--but all shall vote, and vote for
whom Lincoln &c. dictate. Odious as it
might be, such tests are yet to be made
at the North, if the dominant party deem
it necessary to retain power, just as soon
as they can be enforced. But if North.
ern men deserve to be not slaves, no such
step can be . attempted by any administra
tien except the expensenf its head.
But a sure prevelitive for future abuses
is to turn out the men who usurp powers,
and fill their places with better men. This
is now the pending duty of Freemen, and
they should prepare for the contest.
nrritse l!ilontrose Republican says , that
those who were Willing to let the South
go out of the Union in I am, are now also
opposed to the Union. 'No .doubt this is
generally true., They were abolitionist's
who wanted the South. to leave us—and
the organ of the Republican Party led the
old disunionists are now as much against
the Union as ever; but some of them are
willing to let the Union be restored 'or
preserved, if the South can be induced to
adopt the republican or abolition party
platform for their law r Greeley, in the
Tribune in 1860-61, led the disunion
party, and leads it now ; and his disunion
ideas were never repudiated by his party.
Let quote specimens from the Republi
can party organ:
Nov. 9, 1860, it said :
"If the cotton States shall become sat
isfied that they can do better out of the
Union than in it, : we insist on letting them
gel,: peace. The right to secede may be 'a
revolutionary one ; but it exists neverthe:
less. Whenever* considerable section of
our Uriion deliheintely Teselve to go out,
we shall resist all coercive measures de
' signed to keep it in. We hope never to
live in a republic where ono section is
pinned to another by bayonets."4'
Nov.-26, it said :
"If the cotton States unitedly and Arn.
estly wish to withdraw peacefully froni
the ;Union,, we think they should and
would be allowed to do so. Any attempt
to compel them by forie to remain would
be contrary to tho principles enunciated
in the immortal Declaration of Indepen
dence—contrary to the fundamental ideas
on which human liberty is based."
Dec. 17, it said : •
"If it Peelaratiotil of Indepetidence)
justified ; the secession• from the British
empire of three milli* colonists in 1776,
we do not see - why itAioald not justify
the secession of five millions of southern
ers froth the :Union in' 7860."
Feb. $O, 1861, if,said : •
61 Wdhare repeatedly, said, and we
once more insist, that 'the great principle
imbodied. by Jefferson in' the tleclatition
Of Independence, that governments derive
their just power frein the consent of the
governed, is sound and just; if, the slave
States, the 'cotton' States, Or the Gulf
'States only, 'choose to term ; indepen
dent nation, they have a clesi 'moral nght
tn - an * * * • Whenever
it shall ttetlear, that ,the great hodyof the
Southern people !laic become conclusive
ly alienated from the Union, and anxious
to escape: tram ire Will do our best to
forward their
the PAnole Party beeps,
1" G tr "ea- Isoet The 'election
•
feu: Mayor in the Clay nctie erc,on
Tuesday, resulted In the" tritnnik cf.the,
Democracy:. liou r - Sanderson, - the
fearleas and lridependtlit editor or," The,
Intelligeqr,"e the Democratic :Orion - Or
Lancpter, cOuntY, MOB elected :Mayor:by
maidritY of3 27 ; ll 7tain Of, 78 over: - the.
October :election. ,
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__ - -=TheleitH'hy, the tee tit .4 3101061(0;
Atigoos'eptiiiiste4 4te3Bo,ooo`otiMifeh:
of$P 3 M OO .:
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:We,.-epperai an abstract otthe *rpm',
:-. 4 ,
•tentAatuiea of the amended flonsorltt act
:--: Infilliniiature drafts thequittaefeach
teviei dr.e., shall be priportion le the,
t
.number liable to draft, ere4iti g .for all
`erti.linvOien fiwnislied, :mil r ellwbo
enlist - befiire.the day of the draft, - --• .
If the quota of a town is not filled by I
tiny draft, - further drafts aro to be - made'
till it is filled.
'Any :e v
irolledVereet` in's`y furn, WI a sub-'
;dint° (not liable to dmfl). before the
draft, nod he exempted far intelrtime as
the substitute .be accepted.; and drafted
men ipay, furnish sahstitutes% but Shall be
liable on future calls wheo the, enrollment
is esliiiisted if the substitute :is liable_ to.
draft: ) -
11.1,..,; -
Payment,_of ,il3OO col:mutation shall
hereafter cinly relieve conscripts from that
call, and their names are retained on the
roll to fill that. quota, and future quotas.;
and in. no case shall it , exempt theta from
draft more"than one year. •
All _are niosr:io, he enrolled who may
have been heretofore einitted,,all who ar
rive at the ago 0f.20 before the day-of the
draft, all svho declare their' intention to
become citizens, of who may be discharg
ed from Oct army or navy who have not
served 6io,,yeate :and all:who were ex
empted, under AIL second seetion of the
old ict,4ucluding eons of widows and
aged and infirm parents, Zee.
All who reach the age of 45, before the
day of draft are free. ..
. No persons are now exempt from draft
except those mentally or • physically unfit,
those now in service, and those who have
served two years and been honorably dis•
chated.
Both classes, or alt between the ages of
20 and 45, are now, put into the wheel.
Those -who are from religious scruples
itc., opposed to wars, are• to be detaileci
to duty in hospitals, or to take care of ne
grocs„ or they may pay money for the ben
efit of sick and wounded soldiers.
Foreigners who have voted or held of
fice, shall* liable to draft, though aliens.
Drafted, Men who,get. exempt by fraud
Or lying shll.be deemed deserters, and ar
rested and held to service, ,
Any person attempting to procure a
falsel report of the physical condition of a
conscript,, shall be fined and imprisoned
for the period of the draft. •
. No attorney or agent shall accept from
any claimant for exemption a greater fee
than $5 • and no person connected with
the Board shall take fees from a conscript
under penalty of fine and imprisonment.
No,one connected with the Board shall
be in arty WaY engaged in procuring sub
stitutes. • .
fficalethaiile lU4oit
The publisher of the Constitutiona/ Un
ion, Washington, D. C., in view of the
great demand for it, has determined to
edition of Gen...Mc:Ciellan's Report, At the
following rates : Single copies, (sent free
of postage,) 50 cents; ten copies in one
package, $4,50 ; fitly copies, in one pack
age, $2O; 'one hundred copies, in one
package, $37 50 ; five hundred copies,
$175, ad larger quantities at proportion
ate rates. One hundred thousand copies
will be • printed, and orders are solicited
at the earliest possible day. Address
THOMAS a FLOItENCE, 330 E street,
Washington, D. C.
War is Europe.
The late foreign news is important.—
The Schleswig-Holstein war has com
mence?. An engagement lateng six
-hours had taken place at Missunde. The
Danish outposts were driven in by the I
Germans, but the Danes repulsed their as
sault. The Prussianajost three hundred
men in their attack, and the Danes from
onelundred and fifty to two hundred.—
A later telegram says the Austrians at
tacked Bistore, on mile south of Schles
wig, on the 3d, and that the Danes held
their own. It is asserted that England
has offered to guarantee all that Austria
and Prussia have demanded from Den
mark. The rebel steamer Alabama was
On the watch for Vessels fifty miles south
of Rangoon, on the sth ofJanuary. This
explodes the report of her being blockad
ed at Amov,China.
Severe ghting had biengoing 'on in
Dehmark ; but the transmiss ion of details
had probably been prohibited by the
Prussians. It is .stated- that Schleswig'
has been evaenated"bk the Danes, and bad
been occupied by the alliod forces. '
In a debate in the:MTH:ill s Parliament
the idea of British responsibility to Ainer
iea for the damageainflieted; by , the Ala
barna was rep u diated .' `Eari Derby, in his'
speech; trusted that' stteh'a reply had been
ibiwarded to Washington as would for- .
ever put an end to such demands.
R&rs IY TUE WHITE Boost.—The
Commissioner of the Building! re-
Eorts, that "The baseinent of the-White
Honse is left untonaited, iitoept . by rats,
and they bate undisputed -possessiote— ,
(Their pos,sessiou, it is believed, is no •in.
thebasetuent alone, but in
,otherstories•
"The Ratigkabound now in every depOt-,
runt of Of/Government.) The Commis-'
stoner addle: - •"•Doring the latter part ref
the past4tuinter l the effluvia from dead ,
rite WM offensive - in nil the passages!".
- • -
The Cincintintilikulte, ib ! ,..lending ad-,
tuinistration paperin Ohio, in referemeto
recent, expOsures.foorruptioliAtt ;Wash
ington, remarks „
..1
•.0 3 It disheartens the. people .in .support
of the var. far the •preservation. of, the
government, when they see the, publio of
iceiltiruing it twat, and, rapidly Are
cumulating. fortunes 'lout of , it:: .. , Extravik
tattiZr - -Ana mutation,: end sudden),
qtdrod . lreattivin - the.goYertseut aim*,
aziikortidepriissiat to the patylotio:Pe.o-
*Vim -the 4 00111 ,tboltitity-ofAhol*/
egent7.,•ir!
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patusalisuctitrai*rpt, 77if., I
Feb: 38 1 1864. V 9,
- FRO= GitiMriseir:--4,be army of the
Potomac is %gain A ft erlhe last
watoirluded - by reports that came:
that"-the .Tonnies - of - the Ilapidad
were about played oat, as we bad , captur
ed two brigades, two regiments.had
giv
en;ltemselvea up, 'and the•balaneeleawe.
ed over the whole of rebeldetn, like' the
winds - bribe sea, never to be ga th ered, up.
'Buitherepert tumed'ont . as theY - geier!
ally do at the time of battle. Our eqnadi ,
the'
was out on picket and .had-ntipartin
the' affray; but the balance of the regi:
merit' were tni and 'with- tie Bth N. did
the most efficient part done by the divitu
100 at the point the cavalry occupied.--
They were ordered • to' charge a ford;
whielt,if the order had not - been counter-
Mended must. have resulted In greatlossi
as the opposite bank was swarining with
Grey-backs.
No one knoirs but those Who are eon-
Emoted with the cavalry branch et - the - ger:
vice, how expensive it is. • Gen.-Halleek's
report' states that the waste of horse-flesh
is at the rate of a borso for each man ev
ery two mouths. At this -rate 435,000
horses will be required this season. But
as the cavalry is the safety to an army,
the expenses, though very great, are una
voidable. There are some who will use pp
ten horses to another's one. I know one
man who used up, last summer, 81,200
worth.
There seems to be a great variance at
the present time between the tWo, papers
published. at Montrose. Just Wait till
this quarrel is over, and then-yeti:Will
have friends in both partiet We look
with interest for a county-pap', but sel
dom get a copy of the. Democrat, Our
Company is from Susquehanna County,
and we are anxious' to, learn . the news
from home. The Company are' in good
health, generally speaking. We number
about forty ; 16 months ago it, was, near
one hundred strong ; but they are strum
along now from Suspichtinna 'to Rich
mond. There haie been but few deaths.
I am in hope this season will end this
war. It tan ba done, fur there is the ma
terial in the North to do it with. The
question is, Idly is it not 'done ? - Why
not finish it up and have done with it, sb
that thousands of us can go home to our
friends, who are as anxious about us as
we are about them. The army is well
provided this winter to what it was last.
We are in shape to march on the enemy
at all points, by marching frown One. to
three days. If thirrebelndon% catch
this season,
with all our advantages, we
had better fall 'back within the strong
holds of Washington, and stay there. The
armyris in good health, generally ; there
have been a few cases of small-pox, but I
have heard nothing about it of late. Hard
tv_e_dav_niicxem- hnt •roixpl dwierters.orsxm_,
scripts come into our Ines ; sometimes as
high as six in a squad.
iVe all feel anxious for a permanent
peace, and we will fight. till doomsday to
bring it about ; but it is not necessary—
it can be done this' season, and it must be.
My former letter' was perhaps too se
vere (and personal,) but it was no more
than the truth.
Yours for Peace and MgClellan,
M. D. J.
k4:14 Nip 4:i I:10 N:11
WASHINGTON, Febimary 17
Twenty-seven of the escaped Union
officers from Libby Prison have arrived
bore, and are nearly all from the west. and
northwest.
BALTIMORE, February 17.
The escaped Union officers reached
here this morning and - go to- Washington
this afternoon. The account of their es
cape is full of thrilling interest., but for
prudential reasons.niany particulars arc
withheld fi on] publication at present.—
They were fifty-one days making a tune!.
Having managed to find access to the
cellar they commenced work, relieving
one another as opportunity offered.—
Their instruments were case-knives,, pock
et- knives, chisels, and files. Twice they
had to abandon their, work and commence
anew on account of the obstructions
which they could not pass. They had
hoped to have av'ailed themselves of a
culvert, but found it impracticable. ,
After getting through the wall : . they
disposed of the excavated soil by dmwing
it. out in .a spittoon,which they attached.
to a cord.., This -would be filled ,by the
party. at work in the tuencl,..and pulled
out into the cellar. by, their companions;
who disposed of it _by, spreading it in.
shallow layers over thelfloor,concealing it ,
beneath the straw.. . The work .ivas
necessarily very slow.
So elbse was tho' atmosphere in the"
tunnel that . thoy could remain in it but .8
few minutes at, a, time, and their candles`
Would go out,. At one time they.,:gpt to'
- near the , strect that :a timall,liole,. about
the,-size of a, stove - pipe, - broke Abrough,-
but fortunatly this . was not discovered-by
the guardond. *as a great.. servibe, ' ads:
mittingsur, enabling them to.priisecut&
their work more rapidly. The,- ttinel,
when completed', :was about sixty feet
10ng,., and ..opefied into an old • tobairte
shed berindthe line Or guards.. Alisoon ,
lag they,found the way clear theY.i4meig
ed slowly, iu:smitli squads - of two or! three,
and,sanntered off, Until. they: got iletirr
thequards, making theirmay tovrard.tbe
Williamsburg road by the shortesteyoute..
--Guilt, only, dreadefroedom of speeob.l
The. ruler or the pprty:*hielt atteropts. to
punish. it, 'publishes Mit : -. ocvn'r villainy• to
the world, Me man Abet onswers aluaies
atsonientit with aritutik) acknotiledges
thip teiutOrel iiitichlte, aconeed
Of being.
. ~ .. .
Tha nein, from Om Woatta of great
in4ifirtaritio. AreneriliSheAMo has own-
Pied Jaetkon*4 WWI, CIO; Mississippi
,bii t h ` . t, , ,je tin ' ti* ' pOrnanently, as
:depots qiinppt. Gin. Orieison is-push
?
- lug ao' utliwa ' iy ifinnYthe vicinity of
Corinih withils atutGem - Smith's cavahly
corps. General , Logan, with the Fifteenth
- corps, hatteft - Chattatiotigalo co-operate
with General - Sherman's movement, and
Gen. Grant's army is in motifilr. - ..lir - - Tun;
nel hill and Dalton, Ga. This indicates
that-llTC"sprftitel - etiMphigifirepanitirin
the West. f—Bpit -- ,.littlec Apposition shat at
tendell - We' MoVciiients of din: Sherman.
t hus far, ho having overcome the, enemy.
at Black ItiVer9itl4o,4*, on thestreini of
thar ninteomd at iflotoria; on the-Yazoo
riv.er.
A dispatch from Admiral Leeannonnces
the desAnytion .of font., bloaado.rtinners
the We.i=t;fieTkoit bYttetlisiens
the Dec, Oa the sth;)by'llidlembbridge ;
and the. Emily' tind,FatiO and .the Jenny;
on the loth, Itygtbe.Elorida...
General Slierman's army passed through
Jackson, /111114s:is:WI two: , coldminc. , each
pver : fourteen mileslong, and drove the
enemy-before them u:ith such precipitancy
as to comp,el him to leave his pontoon
bridge on which he 'crosied to the' other
side: of Pearlititer: ' °Refugees report that
great fear is' entertained 'for 'the safety , of
Mobile,
.-where ;there is a., garrison of
about Ortleen thousanil mett„, The rebel
Geneial Price has returned to lilexico - on
a ,contiTionit furlough„ • which would in
diPate that; be has 'abandoned the con
fedrate 'rho : rebel Colonel
son's command 'ICUs been surprised in
Wayne 'county, W. V., and sixty prison
ers taken, -four of whom were commission
ed officers._ Ferguson is the same per
recently captnied Gen. Sdammon
on the •Ilie report' states
that 600 Union pristniers"were released
by the Union soldiers'.
kle:rigrill \MiClellan:iiii -, pi'cient:*at the
reception to the First New-York cavalry
at Jeffirsorr Market. on Thursday, and
was received with the most enthusiastic
demonstrations of•applan:i. Ile address
ed the soldiers briefly as follows
" My Famins Counitnn : I came
here not to make a speech to you, but to
welcome. you home, and express -to -you
the pride I always felt iu watching yOur
career, not only when you were with me,
but since I left the Army of the Potomac,
while yon have'been fighting battles un
der others, and your old commander.—
I can tell you now, conscientiously and
truly, - I am proud of-you in, every. res.;
Peet: ThereAs not '4,no page of your
record—nee a
,line of lt—of you,
your state, and your country may not be
proud. I congratulate you on the patriot
ism that so many of you have evinced in
your desire to re-enter the service. I
hope, I pray, and I know that your future
taree.r will lie as.tdoious 45 _your , past.—
t nave ono hope, j that that we may
yet serve together some 'day again.
CONFESSED AT LAST—That Herrick
Allen's:Gold i Medal Saleratus is the - best
article known for making nicelight Bread
Biscuit, Pies„, Puddings, •te.- Baseless
imitators are trying to palm off to the
public their article, , saying it is Gold
Medal, or -,es good; therefore, all who
would preserie their stomachs and.healtb,
look and see that the name of Herrick
Allen is on. the wrappe4 and be _ not put
off with the spurious because the Merch
ant, tells you that it is asgood: Hare
n4ing but the genuine Gold Medal.—
Dyipepticacan : use it, and it will do, them
go.ild. Try it. '
—li. is worth bearing in mind.that the
men who have recently been detected- in
connivance with the blockade runners, to
furniih the-rebels with 46 aid and comfort"
in the shape of arms - quid smmunition,
were employees of the Administration,
and• ' , prominent Leaguers. Among the
noisiest in charging others with disloy
alty, these abolition-republieans were at
the same time helping to -furnish the
rebel armies with bullets`to !shbot Union
soldiers. - • f:4-' , ,
—qen,.. - ,Reseerans has signalized hie
adVelit to power in - MiSsonii by , removing
the restrietidn 'Which • bed 'been imposed,
upon the circulation of,pep the Chicago pines
and Other‘Pentberittrio - 'efs
,by'
__his pre
de.',6e36o4.
'''ll.s4',ll)flvtila4riiw.!;l3q4ilFeil.dayi the
siege of. Charleston has been in progress,
end, thus , far it has been little more than
an entitle? ice l ,to,_ Charlerit,onians, and a
source ofecormens eßensp to . '
the; gay
qrh,rnatitr.---/Ir. T. comment d (Republi-,
eau). . .
--Peraans from
,Idaho Territory allege
that at. this, time AO less Oen, fifteen mill
iona ofdollani Wortlt Pf• gold f in•dust and
nuggets, isin tha ilamis of :miners ;and
atkora• at ~ lianitOok•-, and . City,
awaiting,sbipalOat., ~.I; • -••
:.The total number of. ordersi received at
the , governirient printing Moo foriMe.
C l o lll4 ' o •n'Part • atriounts •, to' just- thirty
thousand coPiei4l being is greater number
'thew/ever ordered of any' zother
doctundritw •
44c414-A::CofreAljigted Stlitoedis;
ttiei littotney; - • or Mit*!phis; 'died 'on'
Saturday afternoon in that` 'city , of pant
,Ben Butlei ithit4fididikti eiiaidatni
atitty. they l nre.'ot 4 , 011,0,
skulking behi,d, 4 l:4 - ongOni% rebel
WO hear Orsoma'atealing
el Vand'Airid#
—=fail exposi res.of ,Bol ;leioCthel,M o 4 -
goaiouefrantittip offieen„iaid in
PcAiWßitht , the I:o l2o s9lv*i.Pre qk
tractiugAttfnClOctut Mnothers.
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Is * . imiti* thing. kis - feognprioa of
many pkil
otit rui?the rainbow;: and • as
a s
changWile rui alhanideon.
Onei nine opt scri" - be* for a newspap er
and parfait:in advance ; berme - home
and readifit with the- proud satisfaction
that it - is' his Own. 3ite hands 'in an ad.
vertisement, asks ihe price, and pays f ar
it. This is newspaper patronage.
t . ; Another, man-saye, please to put my
nemaon your-list of imbioribers ; and he
gees eff ytithout as much as having said
pay mile. patience is
exhausted and you. him. He flies
into a passion", _perhaps' pays, perhaps
not.
Another man lian,been a .subscriber
long . time. He becomes tired of ye s ,
and Wants ai chaigie: Thinks he wants s
city paper. Tells ; the postmaster to dis•
continue, sm4 one Of, ' hie papers is retuns
ed marked "refused." Paying up for it
is amongslitilseti of his thoughts ; beside,.
he-wii}ifehitirrnOt tit send iO4l city pub ,
Esker: ". _
Aftern time: on look over his account
and - see a hill .of ".balance due." But
does hepay it Olfeerfully ? We leave him
to answer,;:.; This, too, is newspaper pat ,
ronage.
Another man lives near you, never
took your iiaper 7 :zc iin
it s'too;sale—don't
like the editor 77 dont like the polities
too Democratic or too something else--
yet,gnes cegularly to his neighbor, reads
his by a'good firefinds fault with it,.
diputes its positions, and quarrels with ,
its type. Occasionally sees an article he
likes—gives lialendime and begs a Tun.
her. 'this; too, , is newspaper patronage,.
Another sports atiie horse, or perhaps'
a pair of thein—isnlways seen with whip ,
ibitand 'anti:quit' footaingle man—
no use for him to take a newsrapers—
knows enough. Finally he conclude to
get married : -rdoes, sir—sends a notice of
fact with. a" , please send me a half dozen
copies." This . done does be ever pay for
notice.:. or paper ? No. " But, surely,
you don't .eharge for such things !" This,
too,, is newspaper patfonag . e.
Another man (bless you it does us good
to see such inen) conies and says, " the
year for which I paid is about to expire,
I want to pay for another." Ile does so
and retires.
Reader 1 isn't newspaper patronage a
curious thing ? And in that great day
honest men get the reward due to their
honesty, which, say you, of those *enum
erated above, will obtain that reward ?
Now it will be seen that while certain
kinds of patronage are the very life and
existence of a newspaper, there are cert-
ain other kinds that will kill a paper stone
dead.
—A few days ago G. A. Henderson,
chief clerk of the ' Warrant Bureau,
Treasury Department, was arrested for
fraud, or something worse. The Albany
Statesman, (adtiainistration,) in its notice
of the arrest, remarks : Aka matter
of course he will be liberated to:snorrow.
Mr. Chase never goes bock on a friend.
—A movement is on foot among the
Methodists in various sections of the
North to kick; politics and all politic
preachers eat_ of the church. This we
regard as a very sensible movement, and
one that niight be glangurated every
where, with great spiritual benefit to the
churches.
—The American Board has resolved to
rt&e, the current year, five hundred thous
and dollars for missionary purpose.. which
is one bundled thousand nay e Jinn la..t
Tar.
ALBANY, Feb. ls.—Governor Seymour
to-day signed the bill perfecting the
amendment to the• .Constitution which
enables soldiers to vote, and -appointing
the second Tuesday in March for submitt
ing the question to the people.
The present Legislature has obtained
the first official statment of the canals in
Pennsylvania. Although not complete
the Jeceril is of importance. It shows
that there are about 1,200 miles of canal
in:the State, having no less than 750 looks;
and ~ittiPloyinfg the :aggregate about
6,000 boats, tho greater : portion of which
are owned' by private individuals.
Ohlw,
intoxicated a set of soldiers and then
instigated them to deatic4 'the office of
the Qbio Eagle. A counter, riot occurred,
homesand the abolition . leaders were
gutted.
—Gen. Grant's - turn to be Maligned has
now come. 'Efifints'dianii his country ser
vice, and deserves' well of his fellow-chi-
Zeus.' That is enough for the sleuth
hounds of tho - Administratiey::They now
open,ott him With: Al 'the , vii ibcnce ea
nybdered by' 4 ! anticipation of rewards
—Gen. tfittleKbiother- who was with
him lit i (New- Orteansi , lin; recently died.
The lir:TO:6i. of the”viiis, currently rated
at from :welt) seven million_ dollars.—
Thiiintiney-making opportunities at Fort
reia Monroe! are Very Plight: compared,
with those at Nel-Orleans.
Tho Albany ;4Slotesines' t a;llepnblieso
piper;• thiiik r ujitierf Winehi. f Giore.ek,
merit seems, to hoseekluf eorrsodork,
what is . stilt` Wettlec"prey!egl hypocrite'.
are Pireaehing expedug I k ea
rasealides ' lest it may,' "
hurt the: mar - -
That joke.is also played out.- ' •
—4lTew ;York nary have been 44
b2soiSch e for, *knot in si(*erdieek of
"Wes Agrgo; ilimpee•!_ Adost
4130 . suggested the - verdict :to' theformnin
of the jury, Acoote AWL endi: suipeed•
'ad, from but Pay. sunt d uties -unil' the fur.
then order of the, ogr,
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