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DILINIOCRATIO
County Mass Meeting !
A MASS MEETING of the Democ
racy of Greene Coady K w 4 bvld at
WAYNESBURG'
as Thursday Ike lath u Au-
gust, 1 863.
lion. JACQB ZEIGLER, of Butler.
lion. S. A. GILMORE atd Co l T. B.
•
SEARIOII.2 of Fayette COI. WM
.J:J4II. HPEKINS and R. M.
.GIB
SOT, Est. of Washington, and other
distin g uished speakers will ,p9rtitive
ly present dad adOress the people.
Candid men, of all parties, are earn
.•: .• • • -
inyrited to attend.
T,URN OUT! TURN OUT One
and ALL!
By order of the County ;Commit
tee, p. C.BATFOBD (Jh'n.
Renlpgratio Township Meet,
jugs /
an accordatict6vith the usages of
the Deiticteiatie party, which OD all
occasions has boldly challenged free
discussion of its principles and claim
ed the right to criticise the conduct
of publiZ servants, public meetings
will be held — in this county at the
times and places mentioned below:
At CARMICHAELS on Saturday,
August 15th, at 1 o'clock.
At Mt MORRIS on Saturday, Au
gust 22d.
At BALLY'S STORE, in Wayne
township, on Tuesday, August 25th.
At ROGERSVILLE, in Centre tp.
otillinrsday the 27th of August
At NEW FREEPORT, in Spring
•bill tp., on Friday, August 28th.
' At JACKSONVILLE, in Richhill
tp., on Saturday, August 29th.
At DAY'S STORE, in Morris tp.,
on Monday, August 31st.
At SUTTON'S STORE, in Wash
ington tp., on Wednesday, Sept. 2d.
At J.P4F,F4RSWT on Saturday the
&tiled S4teinber.
At GREENSBORO on Tuesday,
Sept. Bth.
At TAYLORSTOWN on Thursday
the 10th of September.
At NEWTOWN on Saturday the
12th of September.
At JOLLEYTOWN on Tuesday,
%%pt. 15th.
At-CLARKSVILLE on Saturday,
fie t: 19th.
or Several Speakers will be in at
tendance at each of these meetings,
and itis confidently hoped there will
be' a large turn out of the people at
all of them. in these days that try
inea's souls, and when the great prin-
Ciples of popular liberty are endan
gered, it behooves every Democrat
to give one day to his country. The
Ballot 13oz is the only remedy for
• the ab 3 and evils now upon the coun
try„ stud no one can understand too
- weil . tho grave issues pending in the
'rbstrut contest.
By Order of the County Committee,
• • DAVID CRAWFORD, Ch'n
TIM MAST IN YANKEELAN D.
- -rrinwou......sesaJeara there will be but
test :Yankee conscripts in the ranks or the
30%4100 about to bs raised. The Aboli
eletient is 'very much in favor of War
as long as tile-hardships are endured and
the hattter fought by Democrats—but they
bate a eitdere affection for their own per
wiia indbees them to avoid voluti
teerigidr enlisting, and to run away from
bmateription or furnish substitutes. A
Connaeticat paper asserts that in that
State pot more than one-tenth of the quo
ta will' be forthcoming. In Boston, one
thousand. "loya I" wen (Abolitionists no
doubt) absconded in a- single day, and
thompapda tuote'lit New England in the
mune tray: They are opposed to peace,
but they inure no stomach for the tight.—
'the Boated Herald says:
" 1 01" the 54 - wen Prow Nantucket and the
Vineyard who have presented themselves
to the Board of Enrollment in New. Bed
ford,. 54 have recsived exemption papers,
two have paid $3OO, and one has passed."
• f)ut 01453 Conacripte- 7 51 exempts !
Benue Manchester (N. H.) American
sale: - • -
, elltow that it is settled no drafted men
wills be required from this city, or at most
not wore than 20 or 30, those cowards
-that ran away from their work and their
families to dodge tho, draft, Env as well
come back, • They iNsn tell their fries
that they merely went to the beach or to
Limners! districts to escape the hot season,
*tolegite supposing that it would rain all
aummar. Finding the weather cool and
-work abundant, and no draft, they can
Oafely . come back. It will not affect their
health now.", •
lir We have heard the story of a Qua-'
lier, Who, upiin being implored by a Re
publican to join the Loyal League, re
spoaded : Friend, thee changest thy name
too often ;. I have kriowii thee as a Whig,
as a Free Softer, as a Nativd'American,
Pa a Know Nothing, as a Republican, as
a sneerer at the Union, as . a'. Loyal
Leaguer, awl thou recollecteit how'inatiY
inovetipes;sid'l cannot trust thee. When
'brother'Obed 'fell from' grace' auk be.
, ine Aisne, he °banged his name, and
tiaiin found that whenever mei; design
h u Orpig:their living by dishozest means,
, *9l
likely to '4o ' 'same. 417 . 4 t a Y a e• •
ire *wp m cam name and het of
pga 9n p) them for fifty
yaaalkAis the IfAlinsiter
• ata have dans, I
. ..iaar ha& tolialle Oat.
lair Two :al ma* tanning theiriferses
afiCraCiitt re•Sigt*Mortalatik do ago,
rhen 'one ot them Rae'' was ` g tipoct- - the
**walk and hiTled, • ,
‘.`ool , PREBEitii. ,,
A day or tie() tollowing Vieksburg's fall,
a couple of well-known citizens of the
Republican porsua49.4l.in psssii,g through
the park, met &nailer' prominent citizen
—t o who his occasionally been applied
the amiable sobriquet of "Copperhead"—
when the following conversation ensued:
Republican—" You are juet the chap we
want to see. We are engaged in raising
money with which to buy powder for the
purpose of firing a salute in honor of the
glorious news. Now just put down five
or six dollars, and say no more about it!"
.CopperAead—"My friends, 1 do not feel
Like contributing money to encourage any
noisy demonstrations, but I'll tell you
what 1 will do. There ate thousands of
poor soldiers who are to-day suffering al
mot every agony that can torture human
nature, at Vicksburg, as well as in Penn
sylvania. Now, if you two s men will con
tribute each $5O toward buying comforts
and delicades for these poor fellows, I
will gi‘e $100."
The two patriotic Republicans—both
wealthy men—could not "see it in that
light," and walked oft:in disgust.—Creve
land Plain Dealer.
A TYPE.
The Rev. Samuel West was very severe
on Copperheads and Butternuts, and was
in favor of a general hanging as the best
means of getting clear of them.
This West, who preaches politics in
stead of the gospel, slander instead of
charity, hate instead of love, is a type at
once of the degraded secularized clergy
and churches, and of the spirit and pur
poses of abolition fanaticism. Nothing
but a wholesome tear of consequences re
strains them from putting k practice their
Atm)/ c threats.
Let them beware lest the patience and
forbearance of the denounced become ex
hausted and their charity be converted
into a hatred responsive to their own.
When that time shall arrive, and these
shall learn from them the lessons of dis
order and lawlessness which abolition
partizans have every where practiced,
they will hang higher that Haman upon
the gallows which they seek to erect for
others. Let them beware !—Syracuse (N.
Y.) Courier.
LFrom the Johnstown Democrat.]
MORE DISUNION.
We find the following disunion senti
ment in the Harrisburg Telegraph, one of
the most virulent and disgusting of the
negro and mob advocate organs in the
State. The sentiment is aSt accompani
ment to the one from the Disunion-Aboli
tion-Jacobin sheet of this place, which
will be found at the head of this page.—
Here is the treason from the mouth-piece
of the party which claims to be possessed
of alt the patriotism, all the loyalty, and
all the Unionism of the land. Read, pon
der, and—VOTE :
"The talk of establishing the Union as
it was is all moonshine. We are bold to
admit that such a Union will never ber
organized on this hemisphere."
Here is the same sentiment from oti
authorities well known to the country
"The Union is not worth support
with the South."— Horace Greely.
"I am willing, under a certain state
circumstances, to let the Union slide."
-Gen. N. P. Banks.
FORNEY'S PLAN.
In the course of a long review of ti
military situation, in the eJitorial et
umns of the Washington Chronicle of Li
24th, Forney inquires:
"What then remains for the relit
armies but to be cooped up-and starved?
We would respectfully suggest to tl
President, if this is all that remains to
done, to do it,. and d 3 it speedily—and
he wishes to per*. dia act that wit
"cover him all over" with glory, he hi
but to send Forney, Greeley, Philip,
Stanton, Halleck, Wade, Chandler, Sur
her, Lovejoy, and a few more score v
lians of the same stamp, who have bt
'instrumental in stirring up and prolot
ins this bloody war, beyond the Fedel
lines, to be '•cooped up and starved" ale
with the rebeis.—Pc trial & Union.
rEIIITS OF ABOLITION TEACH:
It is pretty well settled in the pa.
mind that the spirit of lawlessness wh
pervades the North, is owing to the n
lutionary and treasonable teachings of
Abolition party. For many years
the Abolitionists have advocated rest
tance to a law which was passed by Col
gress in conforu►ity with the Constituf
of the United States. They treated the
decision of the Supreme Court in the Dred
Scctt case with' sovereign contempt, and
they openly violated all statutes that in
terfered with the progress of their anti
slavery doctrines. The whole responsi
bility of the recent fearful riots is upon
them, and they will be compelled to meet
the issue at the ballot-box.—Philadelphia
Age.
=III
WHY 18 THIS?
We learn, from our western exchanges,
says the N. Y. World, that for the present
there will be no enforcement of the draft
in any of the States north and west of the
Ohio river. It will be noticed that Col.
Fry, in announcing the resumption of the
draft, mentioned the Middle and East
ern States as those in which the conscrip
tion was to be immediately enforced.—
There is, doubtless, same reason for this
discrimination, though we do not see its
justice.
A■ Emsperer Proclaimed over
Mexico.
NEW YORK, July '27.—Ths steam •
ship Roanoke from Hafanna on the
22d has arrived:' tin' airtial . from
Vera Cruz with data* to the l tb , at
litiVAtina, states that .lktekiSoW4us de
clared an empire on the *. l.oih; and
Maximillian;i3± pko, i rairned
Emipeior, f he w4i swept,
Napoleon is to select osid:
_.* sae
were fired in rera Cruz, hit ,honor of
the 'event. '
*tins gag..
Rebel Ragbag*les pa Fast Ten
nessee—lnstarent nen Hanged
—Children Shot and Women
Tortured to Death.
The editor of the Memphis Bulle
tin, who has been upon a visit to
Nashville, communicates the fallow
ing to his paper, in reference to reb
el rule in East Tennessee, Colonel
Crawford, from whom the facts are
obtained, bas a personal knowledge
of some of -the circumstances, hav
ing lett the scenes of their enact
ment quite recently, and ycliuches for
the truth of all of them. Last sum
mer three young men, brothers,
named Anderson, left their homes in
Hawkins county, and attempted to
make their way into Kentucky.—
They were arrested by a squad of
Confederate Cavalry on Clinch riv
er, about seventy-five miles from
Knoxville, shot, and thrown into the
river. Their bodies were found
floating in the stream, fifteen miles
from their own forsaken homes. In
the month of January, 1863, at
Laurel, N. C., near the Tennessee
border, all the salt was seized for
distribution by Confederate commis
sioners. Salt was selling at seventy
five to one hundred dollars a sack
The Commissioners declared that
"the tories should have none," and
positively refused to give Union men
their portion of the' quantity to be
distributed in that vicinity. This
palpable injustice roused the Union
men; they assembled together and
determined to seize their proportion
of the salt by force. They did so,
taking at Marshal, N. C., what they
deemed to be their just share. Im
mediately afterward, the 65th North
Carolina regiment, under command
of Lieutenant Colonel James-Keith,
was ordered to Laurel to arrest the
offenders.
Arrests and Executions for Selang Salt.
L. M. Allen- was Colonel of the
regiment, but had been suspended
for six months for crime and drunk
enness. Many of the men engaged
in the salt seizure left their homes.
Those who did not participate in it
became the sufferers. Among those
arrested were Joseph Wood, about
sixty years of age; David Shelton,
sixty ; James Shelton, fifty; Roddy
Shelton, forty-five ; Ellis King, forty;
Haien Moore, forty: Wade Moore,
thirty-five: Isaiah Shelton, fifteen ;
Wm• Shelton, twelve; James Metcalf,
ten; Jaspar Channel, fourteen; Sam
uel Shelton, nineteen and his brother
aged seventeen, sons of Litis Shelton
—in all, thirteen men and boys.—
Nearly all of them declared they
were innocent, and bad taken no
part in appropriating the. salt. They
begged for a trial, asserting that they
could prove their innocence. Colo
nel Allen, who was with his troy
letims shuddered convulsively,
the word was given to fire. ana the
five men fell pierced with rebel bul
lets. Old men Wood and Shelton
were shot in the head, their brain
scattered upon the ground; and they
died without a struggle. The other
three lived only a few minutes.
Murder of a Boy of Twelve Tsars
Five others were ordered to kneel,
among them Billy Shelton, a mere
child, only twelve years old. He em
plored the men not to shoot him in
the face. "You have killed my fath
er and brothers." said he, "you have
shot my father in the face; do not
shoot me in the face." He covered
his face with his hands. The soldiers
received the order to fire, and five
more fell. Poor little Billy was
wounded in both arms. He ran to
an officer, clasped him around the
legs, and besought him to spare his
life. "You have killed my father
and my three brothers; you have
shot me in both arms—l forgive you
all this—l can get well. Let me go
home to my mother and sisters."—
Wbat a heart of adamant a man must
have who could disregird such an
appeal. The little boy was dragged
back to the place of execution;
again the terrible warn "fire !" was
oven, and be DAL dead, eight balls
having entered ids body, Th e
i re
maining three were murdered n the
same manner. Those in whom life
was not entirely extinct the heartless
offieers despatebedeerith their pistols.
A bole a 4. 6 . the,* Aug, sitid thekAtir
teen bodies verb • itdbedrg it The
ss -I ;
Aoki - tbe ay 4 abase he
grOust A wrposh teu,ed Iliemesen
zl • AO, D. Jay, a Virginian, but at
tabbed to a Tennessee company of
the 65th North Carolina regiment,
jumped upon. the b*eding bodies,.
and said to acme ofthe'inam: "i'at
Juba for me, while I dariee tho damn.
ed scoundrels down to and throagh
hell." The grave was covered li.ght
ly with earth, and the next day,
wheil the wives and families of the
murdered men heard of their fate,
searched for and found their grave,
the hogs had rooted up one man's
body and eaten his head off.
Torititriag Defeiumelesa Weaus;
Captain Moorely, in charge of a
cavalry force, and Col.• Thomas, in
command of a number of Indians, ac
companied Keith's men. These pro
ceeded to Tennessee' Keith's men
returned to Laurel, and where in
structed to say that the cavalry had
taken the prisoners with them to be
tried, in accordance with the pledge
of Col Ailed. In their progress
through the country many Irnion
men were known to have been killed
and scalped by the Indians. Upon
the arrival of Keith and his men at
Laurel, they began systmatically to
torture the women of loyal men, to
force them to tell where their fath
ers and husband were, and what
part each had taken in the salt raid.
The women refused to divulge any
thing. They were then whipped
with hickory switches—many of
them till the blend coursed in streams
down their persons to the ground ;
and the men who did this were call
ed soldiers Mrs. Sarah Shelton,
wife of Esau Shelton, who escaped
from the town. and Mrs. Mary Shel
ton, wife of Lifus Shelton, were
whipped and hung by the neck till
they were almost dead, but would
give nu information. Martha White,
a 'poor idiotic girl, was beaten and
tied by the neck all day to a tree
Old Mrs. Riddle, aged eighty•five
years, was whipped, hung, and rob
bed of a considerable amount of mon
ey. Many others were treated with
the same barbarity, and the men
who did this were called soldiers:—
The daughters of W. Shelton, a man
of wealth and highly respectable,
were requested by some of the officers
to sing and play for them They
played and sang a few national airs.
Keith learned of it. and ordered that
the ladies be placed under arrest and
sent to the guard-house, where they
remained all night. Old Mrs. Sallie
Moore, seventy years of age, was
whipped with hickory rods till the
blood ran in streams down her back
to the ground ; and the perpetrators
of this deed were clothed in the ha
biliments of rebellion, and bore the
name of soldiers ! One woman, who
had an infant five or six weeks old,
was tied in the snow to a tree, her
child placed in the doorway in her
sight, and she was informed that if
she did not tell all she knew about
the seizure of the salt, herself and
child would be allowed to perish.—
Houses were burned and torn down.
All kinds of property was destroyed
or carried off •
Interference of General Donneloon.
All the women and children of the
Union men viho.were shot, and those
who escsiped, were ordered by Gen.
Alfred F. Jackson, headquarters at
inesboro, to be sent through the
lines by way of Knoxville. When
the first of them arrived at this place,
the officer in charge applied to Gen.
Don nelson thrinerly speaker of the
House of .Representrtives at Nash
ville to know by which route they
should be sent from there, whether
by Cumberland Gap, or Nashville.—
General Donnelson immediately di
rected them to be sent home, saying
that such a thing was unknown in
civilized countries. They were then
',lent home, and all the refugees met
upon the road werc also turned back.
Killing n Conscript.
On the 13th of February, 1863, a
squad of soldiers were sent to con
script James M.cCoilurn, of Greene
county, Tenn., a very respectable,
industrious man, thirty or thirty-five
years of age. They found him feed
ing his cattle. Wtien he saw some
of them he run back of nis barn ;
and, without hailing, or attempting
to arrest him, one of them shot him
through the neck, killing hinrinstant
ly. His three little children - who
saw it, ran to the house and . told
their mother; she came out wringing
hands in anguish, and screaming
,ith terror and dismay. The sol
diers were sitting upon the fence.—
They laughed at her agony, and said
they had only killed a "d—d tory."
The murdered man was highly es
teemed by his neighbors, and was a
firm Union man. .
In April last two rebel soldiers
named Wood and Ingole went -to
the house of Mrs. Ruth Ann Rhea,
living on the waters of Lick Creek,
Greens county, to conscript her Non.
The old lady was partially deranged;
she commanded the soldiers to leave
her house, and raised a stick to
strike one of them, He told her if
she struck him ho would run her
through with his bayonet ; she gave
the blow, and he shot her through
the breast.
An Old Man of Sixty Hanged.
In the same month , Jesse Price, an
old man of sixty years of age, two
sons and two nephews, were arrested
in Johnson county, Tenn., bordering
on Virginia, by Col. Foulke's cave'•
ry, composed of Tennessee and
North (Jarolina men. They were
taken to Ash county, North Carolina,
to be tried for disloyalty to Jefferson
Davis & Co, The old man had been
Previously arrested,. taken to Knox
ville, tried and acquitted. When the
five prisoners arrived in Ash County,
a grogery keeper proposed to treat
Foulke's man •to eight gallons of
brand if they would bang the old
min, his sons and nephews without
a trial. The b ar on was struck,
and the five uuhrialaste - area. wet*
" l bed irittkviit farther oereartear.
Thertrandroloas Ihrtohlhett, as - 4 same
at it drintrtedbre tke tirftedf, s l **
rei*SifitrWill4ll,
The Three Ifiluisdred Dollars
Clams..
The Secretary of War has decided
that a person who, .upon being
dratted; provides se autepleible 'sub
stitute, is •thereupon discharged from
further liability to be' mined - into
service; MK that if be pays the legal
commutation of three hundred dol
lars he is Messed only for the time
being, and his name remains upon
the enrollment list subject to the
draft as before. The New York
Tribune in alluding to this decision
says: -We are unable to percoive
the reason of this discriniination.
An examination of the law discloses
no authority for it. and whether
judged by the law of our common
sense, we deem it unjust. Inasmuch
as the same opinion has been declar
ed not only by the press and people
generally, but by the United States
Court, it seems to u that Mr. Stan
ton may reconsider and reverse his
decision without loss of dignity, and
with manifest advantage. if the
the money paid by the exempt is, as
Judge Cadwalader asserts, "for the
specifically defined purpose of procur
ing a substitute" in his place, and
cannot be used for any other pur
pose, and is moreover an "absolute
equivalent for a substitute," it must
be presumed that it does in fact
supply the Government with a sub
stitute. if so, and if thereafter, the
exempt who has supplied the substi
tute is 'again drafted, one man is
made to furnish the Government
with two soldiers, which clearly
was not the intent of the law. Or it,
be again pays the commutation,
with which the Gi - wernment gets
another substitute, he may again be
drafted, and so, before the war is
over Mr. Stanton may exact from
every citizen who is unable to enter
the service an indefinite number of
substitutes. It strikes us that such
a construcjon of the law is neither
politic nor just.
Carnage In the Night Ammon
The following is a letter from an
officer of the Chipnewe in Charles
ton harbor dated the 19th :—The
Chippewa has gained great credit
for going nearer than any of the
other gunboats and firing faster and
making the best shots, &c. Yester
day we were on the right of the
wooden sides next to the monitors.
The rebels gave us but very few
shots—giving most of their attention
to the monitors, New Ironsides and
the batteries. The gunboatS were
at work from 8 A. M. till after 7 P.
M. The iron-clads engaged the reb
els at a little after 12, but our work
was play compared with the charge
in the face of the fire from Fort
Wagner and &Intel. If the move
had been made two, or even one hour
than it was, Wagner would
have been ours at the present mo
ment. After they got in it was so
dark (so those say who lived to get
out again) that the rebels fired on
the rebel and Union troops, killing
as many rebels as it did our men,
and our batteries also killed as many
friends as foes. The carnage, for it
cannot be called anything else, was
awful. Our loss was from 700 to
1,000 killed, wounded and missing.
It is said that the Massachusetts
54th led the van, and all but six offi
cers were either killed, wounded or
taken prisoners. They fought very
hard. Our men were in the fort
about two hours, and it was nothing
but the confusion and darkness, not
being able to tell friend from foe,
that obliged them to get out. Wag
ner is destined to be ours. It will
be, for Gilmore is not the man to
give up.
A Warning to England—The
Prospects of a Foreign War.
NEW YORK, July 29.—The Her
ald's IVashington dispatch says, Earl
Russell has ere this been informed
that the United States will not per
mit the fitting out of vessels of war
in British ports to prey upon our
commerce, and that if it is allowed
to proceed we shall not hesitate to
go into British ports to capture such
vessels. If this be war England must
make the most of it. In a.little
while all the principal Rebel ports,
from Virginia to Texas, will be gar
risoned with Union troops, and our
whole navy, except what may be re
quired to keep open the navigation
of the Mississippi, will be at liberty
for operations against a foreign foe.
There are indications that the Brit
ish Government will take a sensiole
view of the course and avoid any
collision with us, but if we should
not, we shall unquestionably have a
foreign war upon our hand without
delay. . •
Position of the Armies in. Vir
ginia.
NEW YORK, July 30.—The Times
has the following :—ARMY OF THE
POTOMAC, July 27. This army to-day
occupies, practically, the same line
it did two months ago The recent
active movements wily he necessari
ly followed by a period of compara
tive inaction, during which it will be
recruited and recuperated. For the
next month the cavalry will do the
most of the fighting.
As I have . before stated Long
street's and Hill's commands, after
passing through Houston, not Ches
ter Gap, having encamped b9tween
Culpepper and Gordonsville, Gen.
Ewell's command covered their
flank by guarding the Blue Ridge
passes. The bulk of this corps is
now moving down the valley in de
tachments, and threaten our lines.—
Yesterday morning, about 2 o'clock,
our p'ekets were driven in near
Amisaville, and indications to-day
are that our outposts are liable to
be forced in at any moment by supe
rior detachments of rebels.
'Chore is but lit.Me sickness, and the
Men are more liberally supplied
WWI &SAWN than ores before. This,
takes .with the moot Union suc
cesses, &mates & geoesid good feel
=la onto bps of
*vs ream* Ibieen *Ambled
boiimpoooloo4atieo. , .
enisaintirationis,
following communication has
been on hand a couple o' weeks, but has
been crowded out:
MtBSRS. EDITORS had the pleasure of
visiting a Sabbath School celebration, on the
4th inst., at the M. E. Church in Jackson
township, generally known, I believe, as John
son's Meeting House, for the purpose of com
memorating the noble deeds of a noble race,--
to rejoice over the glories that were, and look
forward with bright hopes to the future. I did
not attend as a reporter or critic, but as a mere
spectator, and felt well repaid for my visit, in '
witnessing the performances of the different '
schools. After the usual marching and coun- I
ter•marching, customary on such occasions.
the several schools were marched out to the ;
grove, headed by a military band, where a well- •
spread table awaited their reception, which done
credit to the good citizens of that vicinity ; and
where all, if not united in politics, appeared
united at least in the good opinion of the "eat. %
ables." After the large assembly had done
ample justice to the delicious repast, the pro
cession
was again formed, and repaired to a '
more commodious situation in the grove where
they were addressed by the Rev. Wm. Wallace
in a very neat and appropriate-address. I have
neither time nor space to notice his speech at
length, suffice it to say, it was well received by
the large and respectable audience, who had the
good taste to stay end hear it. While the pre
litninary remarks of the speaker were being
made, I heard the sound of the bass drum, in
the bottom close below, and the command, as
if from a military officer, of "fall in, fall in," I
and a small crowd was drawn off to the Church
where quite a scene was enacted : a man who !
calls himseil a "minister of the gospel - took
upon himself the great honor of introducing
Mr. Buckingham, of Washington county, to
the devoted few, who followed them in.— '
Whether it was from the excitement or from
trying to attend both to his school and politics.
or from •"nigger on the brain," I am unable to
say ; but it appea-s the Rev. gentleman was
taken with a violent vomiting shortly atter. It '
is said that he expected to be called upon to
speak, and I suppose it had to come in some '
shape.
But hold, perhaps it is not fair,
Too heavy on this man to bear ;
He may reform ; I hope he will;
It so, forever t am still.
After the conclusion of Rev. Wallace s dis
course the procession was again funned, and
repaired to the Church, for the purpose of
hearing the "young folks" speak and sing.—
When we arrived there Mr. Buckingham• was
not through yet. A committee waited on the
President of the meeting, requesting them to
give way for the Sabbath School. Some one
in military clothes replied that they nad as
good a right to the house as the Sunday
School ; but by smooth words and fair reason
ing, they succeeded in clearing the house suf
ficient for the schools to crowd in. I succeed
ed in getting a positio.l where I could witness
the whole. The house was beautifully deco
rated. The perfOrmances by the "young
folks" was truly pleasing ; the M. P. School
especially showed great proficiency and en
livened the occasion with several patriotic
songs. The Holbrook school also acquitted
themselves with honor, In fact all the schools
did honor to themselves and teachers.
iVhile we were crowding io the church I
heard some one call out "0 yes ! we will hear
the balance of Buckingham's speech." Ac
cordingly he mounted an old sled, a few yards
from the church, where he Wowed it all out.—
Alter Buckingham had concluded, there was
an old Rev. gentleman who had crawled up
close, and who, most of the people thought,
should have been with his school, mounted the
sled, with as much pomposity as an execution
er would mount the scaffold, and dealt theta a
dish of Abolition trash, creating considerable
of disturbance near the doors by those who
wanted to see it all. The Reverend's voice,
commingled as it was with that of the youth
ful speakers on the stage, sounded like the
roaring ot a mighty bull contrasted with the
sweet sounds ot the rippling of pure waters.—
Now I ant a friend to freedom of speech. but
I think any man, no matter what his politics
are, who takes advantage of the assemblage of
ladies and gentlemen for another occasion, is
sadly out of place, and the minister who has so
far forgot his duty as to make a political har
angue in front of the house of God, is not only
setting a bad example, but is recreant to every
duty as a good law-abiding citizen. I suppose
they were well aware they could not get a re
spectable crowd together for an Abolition meet
ing, so they would take advantage of the Sab
bath School. assembly. Fortunately for them,
the house would not hold more than one-third
of the people, so they had a pretty respectable
audience outside, if many of them didn't pay
any attention to their clash.
I did not notice the Rev. gentleman's reply
to toy report oldie Holbrook school exam ina
tion, for the reason that his reply was sufficient
acknowledgement that he did make an Aboli
tion speech on that occasion, and I did hope he
would refrain from tampering any more ; but
I find he has again laid old Divinity on the
shelf, and taken up the cudgel of politics.
Ah, friend L.. you should beware,
And for your honor have a care ;
You're not too old to repent,
And front your folly you should relent,
and again don your clerical suit and try to hon
or your profession, and not wait for it to honor
you. It is the principle I wish to expose more
than the politics, and as I would like to treat an
erring fellow man as 1 would wish to be treat
ed under like circumstances. I merely give
him a gentle warning to keep constantly in
view "the straight and narrow path," and not
neglect his !atnbs for the purpose of making
political harangues.
And now, gents, when this demagogue you've
heard.
You'll join in the spirit if not in the word
Of this, my production, and believing it true,
I make you my bow and hid you adieu :
And should any ask they author from ye,
tat do them the favor to tell them 'tis me.
SAM SLICK".
TRIBUTE OF REVEOT
WEIF.REAS, It has pleased God to call
from time to eternity, M. B. WHITE and
\VLLIAM A. BROWN, former members
of the Philomathean Literary Society, of
Waynesburg College, whilst doing battle
for our once happy Union. Therefore,
Resolved, That we, as a Society, hereby
testily our unfeigned grief, that such tal
ented and brave young men should be
thus early lost to us. our country and our
cause: and that while we deeply lament
their death, we feel it to have been the
will of Slim "who doeth all things well."
2nd. That, in •thein, society loses two
of its moat worthy in -inhere, Liberty two
of her champions, and the nation two of/
her noble defenders.
3rd. That we kindly tender our wayln
eet sympathies to the parents aml--rela
tives of the deceased ones, in this their
sad bereavement ; and hope that, by this
affliction, we may all be led to honor the
names of the fallen heroes by emulating
their virtuea.
J. M. BALLY.
J. C. HERTIG.
P. A. KNOX, Corn
()Metal from Port Hudson
• Under date of the 10th, Gen.
BANKS reports as follows to the War
Department :"I have the honor to
inform you that with Port Hudson
there fell into our hands over 5,500
prisoners, including one Brigadier
General and one Major Uer.eral, atd
one hundred piece 4 of artilery, five
complete batteries, numbering thirty
one pieces field artillery, good sup
ply of projectiles for line and heavy
guns, 4,400 pounds of cannon pow
der, 5,000 stand of arms, • 50,000
rounds of smash amunition, besides a
small amoittkvor stores. of various
kinds. Wa oaptured also twosteasa
ors, one of who* Is vary valuable.
They V44illeiltaesvienat this
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llinstn9,4 lavasisna
ClNclisti*OCAAr 29 —The follow
ing information was received
headquarters last night :—Col. Peg
ram, with hetween 17600 and 2,000
men, crossed the Cumberland river
a day or two since, and moved north,
toward Richmond. He was in the
vicinity of that place at last accounts.
The prevailing opinion here in mili
tary circles is that when Pegram
started he wasn't aware of the cap
ture of Morgan, and contemplated
assisting him to escape. The dispo
sal of our forces in Kentucky is
such as will be impossible for him
to either advapue much further or es
cape.
Fight at Paris, Ky.--Morgans
Band,
NEW YORK, July SO.—Yesterday
morning Pegram's and Scott's forces,
numbering about twenty-five hun
dred, left Richmond, Icy., crossed
the Kentucky liver and marched to
Paris, where they arrived yester
day afternoon, and attacked our
forces there. After two hours of
sharp engagement, the rebels were
repulsed and driven away. It is
thought they will make a flank
movement on that place. A large
Union cavalry force is in the rear.
of the rebels. It is believed that
the movement against Paris is for
the purpose of destroying the bridge
there.
Squads or Morgan's men are still be
ing brongh t into Columbus by the cit
izens and military. chere are now
thirteen hundred of them at Camp
Chase. Morgan will be moved to
Columbus this morning, and confin
ed in the Penitentiary.
Retreat of regrow's Forces.
CINCINNATI, July 30. Pegratn 7 s
threes have reti eated toward Win
chester followed by our cavalry.—
Numbers of prisoners have been ta
ken.
THE LATEST NEWS.
A letter from a distinguished officer of the
army of the Potomac, dated Warrenton, July
:27th, says : The rebels are very much dis
couraged. Seven deserters came in day before
yesterday, and state that there was no use in
lighting ally more now that the Mississippi had
gone up. We ought to Lave Richmond by the
middle of September.
The correspondent of the Herald says, after
describing the late fight at Manassas Gap, that
Gen. Meade. by moving into Manassas Gap
and preparing for battle, in which he certainly
was justifiable, having such information to
guide him, lost two days and a half of time in
his southerly march, thus enabling Lee to
march to the south side of the Rappahannock
before Meade could possibly do so.
Gen. Burnside has issued an order declaring
the State of Kentucky invaded by a rebel force,
with the avowed intention of overawing the
Judges of elections, intimidating loyal voters,
keeping them from the polls, and forcing the
election of disloyal candidates at the election
on the 3d proximo. The military force of the
Government is the only force that can defeat
the attempt, and the State of Kentucky is there
torl placed under martial law, and all military
officers are commanded to aid the instituted
authbritt s of the State in support of the laws
and purity of suffrage. The legally appointed
judges at the polls will be held strictly respon
sible that no disloyal person be allowed to vote,
and to this end the military power is ordered to
give them its utmost support.
The following has been received at head
quarters : To LI. W. Halleek, ....11uj. Gen:—
Headquarters army, Department of the South,
in the field, Morris Island, July 23.—Sts : My
medical director in the field, reports an aggre
gate loss in killed and wounded in our hands of
635. I judge there are 350 missing. The
losses cover the three engagements of the 10th,
11th and 18th inst. - Many of the wounded will
return to duty in a week or ten days. The
health of the command is improving.
Respectfully, your obedient Servant,
Q. A. I :11,01.1E1E, Brig. Gen. Com'dg.
The New York Ezpress says :—We have
been au officer trout Gen. Grant's army who
left Vicksburg about ten days ago. The note
of preparation for a march on Mobile was then
heard on every side. The troops were in the
best spirits, and confident of success. The cal
culation was that the stars and stripes would
float over Mobile by the 15:h of August.
The steamer Belvidere, from Port Royal on
the' 9th, has arrived. She passed Charleston
bar at eleven a. m.,P on the 29th, and saw two
Monitors and the Ironsidea then engaging Fort
Wagner. Gen. Gillmore had succeeded in
erecting a long line of batteries within two
hundred and filty yards of Fort Wagner. He
had also mounted heavy seige guns within a
mile and a quarter of Sumter, which would
open on that fort on the 29th. When all
his seige guns are mounted. Gen. Gillmore
feels confident of his ability to reduce Sumter.
Our casualties continue small.
Th,, New Orieans Era of the 25th says thal
Brashear Lity surrendered on the 23d to the
gunboat Sachem. No particulars.
REBELS DRIVEN FROM KENTUCKY!
Capture of their Wagons, Clamp
Equipage, &c
CINCINNATI, August I.—Repulsed at Paris,
and driven back on Winchester, Col. Saunders
attacked and routed the rebels a: that place af•
ter an hour's hard fighting. driving them toward
Irvine.
Yesterday forenoon Saunders again came
up with and drove them to Lancaster, where a
yonsiderable tight ensued. At noon on the
same day a rebel detachment 5,000 strong occu
pied Sanford, bu: were immediately driven out
with considerable loss.
At last advices the rebels were hastily re
treating to Cumberland river, which :heyprob
ably crossed last night. In these skirmishes
the rebels lost most of their wagons and camp
equipage, a large number of small arms, and
over one hundred and fifty prisoners, and
about fifty killed and wounded. Our loss waq
trifling.
This invasion of Kentucky, feebler than . any
preceding it, is practically ended without ac
complishing anything military or political. Nq
news from below.
Great Consternation in Charles.
ton
NEW Yotm, July 30.—The Herald has
the following, dated Na4hvills, July 28.
We are permitted to send you following
facts collected Lere from a deserter just
from Bragg's army. In the fight on 'Mor
ris Islandlbe rebels sustained a very heavy
loss of killed and wounded—at first report!.
ed 500 and then redneed to 350. Among
the killed is Brig. Gen. Geo. Sinot, Co
L. Cheeves, C 01..). Bee and Maj Lote.—
l'he body of Col. Bee is in Union bands.
The other three had been brought hitt?
Charleston. Great consternation prevails
in Ate city, ai.d women and children are
leaving. All the free negroes are being
pressed into service, and the only hope of
Charle~tou, say its friends, is by the bay.
duet.
=Z==M
lerOne of the most shocking
tragedies that ever 'took place in
Northern Ohio, Occurred on the 2d
inst. Mr. Shube, a cattle dealer, re
siding at Mediaa.was thund murdered
in his house: His throat cut and
leis 14011,113 set on tire, His wife and
child- were Ow found murdered.-
3 f-r. Shube had some $1,200 in his
how, which, it is supposed, the
bliody wretches ~tied elf.