Daily patriot and union. (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1858-1868, March 13, 1863, Image 2

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FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 13, 1868.
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!erten; in either House, the evening previous.
Ilkstuphin County. Democratic Committee.
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'The Democratic County Committee for the
county of Dauphin will meet at the public
1- 'house of James Raymond, (White Hall), in the
city of Harrisburg, on SATURDAY, MARCH
28th, at 2 o'clock r. at., for the purpose of
a day for the election of delegates to the
• Demodratic Connty Convention, and also a
r time for the meeting of 'said convention.
By order of the Chairman.
FRANK SMITH, Secretary."
Gov. Cum= preeidal at a dark-lantern
-U 'idea League meeting in Philadelphia, on
Wednesday'Toni% last, and considered it a
'c'high,privilege to be I permitted" to du so.—
*ore tie Constitution and the Union are en
titelribstioyed despotism. permanently
established by the ruling party, some of its
meliberii may enjoy stil-higher, though perhaps
net so.greatly coyetek‘ "piivileges."
The Freshlentls Dom
. .
I Vciroey, alwaysi andacietis and always ri
dictdene in what he says and what he *does, is
growing more so every day; as age advances
open-him - end his libations increase. Always
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mercenary 'and of low instincts, he attaches
himself to power, regardless of principle, and
"brooks the pliant hinges of the knee" where
thrift is sure to "follow fawning." He has
been servant to many men, a button-hole; a
sycophant, a beggar and a pimp—he is now
lir...Lincoln's dog, the hungriest whelp in the
kitchen, the loudest howler in the Abolition
pack. He has . his reward—he is fat, sleek and
mincy—he is satisfied—and, apparently, his
....
owner and his owner's Mends are satisfied
wttit him. To this, perhaps, we should take
no - exception. They- own the dog and have a
right•to do with him as they please, and So long
as he pleases to obey them, it is a matter be
t Ween. , thema nnoy . a , •
with-i his howling and
lekis t hie teeth at a safe distance from our
legs, .. We cannot fail . however to . notice,
and at times even take an interest in his antics
as %e gambols in public and exhibits his pa
cutler points and inclinations. The field in
which he most delights to show himself off,
and in which he certainly appears to the best
adventage, gnawing his bones and shaking
copieiheads, alternately, is the Washington
C/urtiek, one of Father Abrahm'a pastures.
Here-the dog Forney is allowed the largest
liberty, here, he swells himself to immense pro
portions, here he lets out his loudest barks,
and b ristles his shaggy coat at every passer-by
who -hin.the ban of his master upon him. His
genitki, Ali a' Mir, is Wonderful,--never at fault.
Whill4ll
lie whole . household of the ew-maiie
Dicta ter ; were at fault for some test of loyalty,
by which thefriends of His Excellency could
be diOingoished from his foes, and the Kitchen
as *W ....as the . Cabinet might kntiw who to
trust .and who to. hang, the ingenVity of the
dog solved the problein and relieved the intense
anxiity'ot . the bewildered family.. . His test is
a Vilietr oath, to be . administered 'to every
man,oreman and child in• the country—an
oath that every-sboundi el attached to the ad
minishittlim will tale at the risk of perjuring
his nosh Which every one of them holding
office tiMi swerato " support," or to "protect, ,
defend": and prefierv6 . the ..Constitution," has
already One,. "Why,"
. he asks, "should not
some - ledge of fide li ty to the :Union - like this
be talOn by every.' , loyal man and ' woman
in the" land?" .Tinly, Why 'not ? The dog
is ready; once foresworn, to foreswear him
self aOhi—so is his master—so are all the
AdolitiOn ..coadjutors: of the rebels, All the
plunderers of the - Treasury, `every mother's
son of them who can. pOke his hands into - the
strong box of the nation; or: sieeure an office,
,
- civil oronilitary, - with salary, perquisites and
goslings', attached. Why not, indeed—why
not all men...and women when :these honest
fellows Ve.no willing? . " What better way,"
Forney icks, " to alien' or donoluile a Sabbath
sermon than by ouch an ippeal—such a cove
nant between - the Being present and the
.ever
living Otkunpresent 1" He wants everyolergy-
MU "to labor, with.l the same spirit" in the
cause of the administratien—rwhich ~ . he calls
the cause'' ° of - tie . " oonntry"-;—that "he feels
fOr his 13147-- 7 for, by so. doing, the preacher
is told ":416 will. render. a service ,that ,will .
strengtheh) and consolidate' civilization and
, . .
Christianity;" , Such Appeals . might be made
successfully; perhaps, to Beecher and Cheever,.
and au sh-Wprotaners of the word of God,
'rho are initheirriiatesgglOry When revelling
in blasphe: rind' shobting tresson—but the
true man 0 44; ihe,follower in spirit and in
truth of the meek and lo , ly, Jesus , will turn
with horror'frosi-thelpr' ' Sidon, and shrink
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from contact with a pa rt y At, Itt•the - name , of .
God and title : Saviour, - . 5 *Ai laid' blood
shed and ifeeolation the ,' deib'ef" !lig civilize-
*NV and hypocrisy and 'iilll,sp)itir, and tree
t -Y. - .1
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son the pillars and strengtheners of " Chris
tianity."
But we cannot, with patience, pursue this I
subject further at present. We shall refer to 1
it again. The oath proposed every villain 'of
the Abolition party would, no doubt, take.
The Union of which they speak is not the
Union of the Fathers—the Union of the Con
stitution, but an Abolition I,lnion to be perfec.
fed hereafter—a veritable "league with hell
and comant.withifeath." ,-. '. , k-',.- ,s ,•
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.I,T o .ii r gpiiipre Mtn. I ,
Wh tiVef may ihe the as reblt Of, the
New ampeddre et - caftan, i'lli very Clear that
the Democrats have gained largely on the pop
ular vote. They have not carried the Legis
lature, on noront of the unfair Gerrymander
ing of the State,by.the.lbolitionhste, but they'
have possibly elected Judge Eastman Gover
nor. or at Worst , only failed by a few hundreds,
while Lincoln's majority was npWarde ofeleien
thousand., The New 'York 'Tribtine thinks; the
full: vote for Governor Vail /not 'rip 31000 for
Gilmore, Abolitionist; 35,000,P0r Eaatnnon,
reiular, Democrat. and 4,500 for Harriman, ir
regular War 'Democrat. Tbii would ' defeat
Eastman by 500 i' but 'the tritune, irate Atio•i
Mien zeal, is qnite as likely to , err in favor of,
its party as against it, and we should not,
therefore, be surprised if the official returns
elected Eastman. , But if the. Tribune's state
ment shoald prove coriect, it will show a pop
ular majority against thokbolitionists of 8,560,
a Democratic gain of about 20,000 since Lin
coln's election. This, in so small a State as
'New Vampshire, and one so thoroughly ' Abo
litionized as it has been for some years' past,
is a tremendous gain—enotigh to satisfy. us
that the delusion which has so deeply cursed
the country is being rapidly dispelled,
that the march of mind, of free ;min
ciples and Constittitional Liberty is onward.
With this, for the present, if this were all; we
could be well satisfied. Bat , this is net all,
The Tribune conceded the , election of Mercy,
Democrat, to Congress, . in the . First District,
while it only claims the elaetion of Rollins and
Patterson, Abolitionists, .in the Second and
Third Districts no probable, "by plose.votes in
each." , While we do ' not gill up the Second
and Third Distric%. in which it may yet turn
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out that we have elected one' or both of the
,
Democratic candidates—atill, we have
ample
cause to rejoice at . what is conceded to us'
where we had no expectation of carrying any
thing, least: of all a member of Congress,'
against the prodigious power andextraordi-•
nary efforts of the administration, who, in ad-
dition to money, patronage, and paid Orators, :
sent home an Abolition regiment of five hun-;
dzed voters to make the result certain. In '
consideration of all this we have a right to
shout, Victory! and to hail New Hampshire as
another State redeemed from Abolition rule—
another brand snatched from the burning.
Suet the above was written we have re
ceived an Associated Press telegraphic dispatch
which elects the Demociatie Congressman,
Mercy, in the First district by 150 majority, .
Rollins, Abolitionist, in the Second district by
300, and Patterson, Abolitionist, in the Third
district, by MO. The House is said to be
largely Abolition, and nine of the twelve Sena
tors elected of the same complexion. The
Governor's Council, it is said, will probably
stand three Abolitionists to two Democrats.
It puts down the probable vote for Governor
at 32,036 for Eastman, 28,760 for Gilmore, and
4,369.f0r Harriman. We give the dispatch, in
substance, as we reee k e dit_ik_..... 2 -1... lacor•
—....--..;*- - 131Itlf it should prove to be cor
rect it will not in the slightest degree detract
from the victory which we have claimed above,
and which is decided and satisfactory.
Abolition lawleesnes has reached its anima
aide. We breathe freer when we make the
announcement—freer because the anxious in
quiry in the minds of all men who have watched
the progress of the unhallowed schemes of the
last Congress, and the various propositions
afloat in Abolition circles, has been, for the
past year, what next? The inquiry is an
swered. The Evening Post, in its issue of a few
days since, plays the last card, We are bound
to believe, in' the game the Abolitionists intend
to play on southern soil. Giving the credit of
the origin of the idea to no less a person than
John C. Freinont, that, paper explains and
urges at length a plan for the "occupation" of
the South by distributing the subjugated ter
ritory among the Union soldiers to have and
,possess, their heirs and assigns forever. Sec-
rotary Stanton, in his. last report, indicated a
'like policy, substituting negroes for Soldiers in
the distribution of the .conquered domain.
This last method of " restoring the Union"
develoPeS what is but• the legitimate end of
Abolition madness.
We have heard of shrines desecrated, hearth
stones defiled by the ruthless Vandalism of some
of our:military commanders; of whole sections
of country, towns and villages laid waste and
" Blenkerized ;" we have heard of robbery and
rapine openly practiced in southern homes—
homes of the shelterless' and suffering who
have been driven out by the ravages of war ;
we have heard and pitied and deplored, but the
cool, deliberate malignity of such a proposal
as our humane cotemporary offers is by far
more desperately wicked in design than we
might, have supposed could even be permitted
to insult the ear of a Christian nation. Do
these men propose by such means to 4, restore
the Union ?" In forgetting all the traditions
of the past, have we forgotten too our own
Manhood ? Thank God, no such schemes as
these can ever be suffered to succeed—thank
God' the end is not yet
In permitting , their desires to run so far
ahead, of possible accomplishment, in, the hot
haste of• revolution, the Abolitionists have
made their own shrouds and , dug their olra
graves. They may stalk the earth in ghostly
and imagined orgies a brief 'space , longer, un-.
til the voice of the'People bids them down
forever.
No, Mr. Evening Pets 4 however much figures
are against you, however difficult to destroy
the entire economy of a peopie of eight mil
lion souls, however bad and impracticable all
these acheme me quarrel only with the /kit
Which could actuate a contest waged for exter
mination, even if waged in vain. The declared
object of such'a war must react upon , those
who attempt to carry it on; it must deetray
and eat out ita own vitals. Why such ka r t
Why project such schemes ? We can conceive.
of but one kind of political sagacity in .stialar
t;",v ...
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" Occupatien."
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utterances—a desire to destroy all the justice
of a war for the Union, and pave the way for
permanent dissolution.
Traitors Among Us.—
It becomes a somewhat serious Anestion, saYs
the Journal of Cantraeck whether the conser
vative majority of the people in this' Country .
are authorized in accepting the belief thal the
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principles of the railiiel_pakty-rerei - Correctly
represented. by the nowepapers And public
eiealoire'twho profesh to enunciate their.: do4l .
trines For if these public eximients of vditi:
eel doctrine and pinsice are Weed correct
exemplars of the party they speak for, then
indeed that party is not only the most cot*tfPt
but the most treasonable and dangerous.WV
ever-organized in this or any 'country.
The expression is strong, but
.the truth re
quires strong expresnions. No form of hos
tility to country, constitution, law or liberty
can be named which these men and newspapers
do'not c ounsel and urgaon. their deluded fol
.. ...
lowers. ,And this they do inlanguage designed
to inflame to violence, and sometimes in phrases
that would disgrace the purlieus of. vice and
shame.
The underlying : principle on which they are
now conducting their campaign is this : : That
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Wis treason to oppose thein, their plans of
wholesale robbery and fraud, their debaseinent
of the country to the vilest purposes of plunder..
They declare that any one who finds fault with
themanner in which priblic affairs are conduc
ted is a traitor. They propose, in moments of
paasion, s to inagurate mob law, and proceed at
once to hang all the loyal .men who dare to
think that " supporting the government" is
not synonymeus with plunging the hand deep
into the, Treasury, and filling. the pockets of
contractors and newspaper editors with gold
coined frqm the people's blood. The leading
newspaper offices in the interest:Of the radical
party are notoriously involved - in government
gun contracts, navy agencies, and other meth
ode of "supporting the government," and the
streets ring with histories of transactions in
which leadiag radical politicians are involved,
in which they have grossly defrauded the ge-v
-ernment, and yet these very men have the au
dacity to pretend , to be members of " Union
Leagues," loyal men, patriotic citizens, and
propose to seize and bang their fellow-citizens
who believe that they are in "league" with the
SoutNern rebellion and hourly aiding it to the
best of their ability.
Is our national character gone 7 Will New
Hampshire, will Connectiaut, by their votes ap
proveof the rule of a party widch is not only;
concerned in'these Vast frauas, theme infamous
robberies, but a party whose 'principles declare
that they will punish as , a .traitni any man who
finds fault with their management ? •
How long must the patienne of the true pa
trio& permit OMB curses of our land, these
radical plunderers of the Treasury, to continue
to hold up their heads among us ? Ras the
new doctrine which they inculcate gained a hold
on the people ? Do we indeed believe that it is
treason in Ame,rica for men to think and talk,
but no treason for men to rob the government
and prey on its very Vitality ? Our ears have
been deafened with' heir loud outcry of treason,
treason, directed against men no one of, whom
they pretend has done a solitary ad of treason.
They shout traitor till breath fails, against
men who have spoken or thought of doctrines
distasteful to them. But they are silent against
their 'allies, their companions,
acatig trees - en from day to day,
and the worst of treason, because insidious,
wily and deadly.
It is a 'prominent plan of radicalism to take
up lists of conservative men who attend public
meetings and abuse them personally, with all
the bitterness of radical mare. The tempta
tion is almost irresistib4 to retort by taking
the lists of radical men ai d publishing against
name after name the frauds and robberies
which are known, to be chargeable against
them. Why, these men are rolling in wealth
extorted from the purse of the nation. They
ride in carriages built from the very sweat of
our boys toiling and perishing in the Rappa
hannock and Mississippi mud. The deck their
wives with diamonds that spring from the tears
of widows and orphans, rubies that are red
with the blood of our young and brave. The
music and dancing in their palaces are fear
fully suggestive of the moans of the dying
the march to the grave on the storm-beaten
banks of some 'distant river—the agony that ,
they; less than the rebel armies, have caused,
and out of which they have made their wealth.
We cculd.tell histories that ought to blanch
-the cheeks of some New York 'radical politi4-
cians,,and send them shivering into dark pia-
ces to hide their shame. Is it treason to tell
them ? Must a man to be loyal consent to
plunder the government, plunder the enemy,
plunder the widow and orphan ? Must he ap
prove of the conduct of Butler afNew Orleans,
of M'Niell in Missouri? Must he rejoice in
the hideous barbarism of negro insurrections
with the New York Tribune gun-eontractore,
or recommend hanging loyal citizens who are
for some reason 'obnoxious to the Evening Poet
navy agents
. Vortunately, we are not lef t. to, the teaohings
, .
of these contractors and agent s on the subject
of loyalty, and everywhere the people are
awake to the enormity of their crimes, and the
crimes of the men they associate with. If
possible, the'people man to rescue the Presi
dent of the United States from the unfortunate
position of resting on such men for support
If possible they mean to save
,the country,
and save it in spite 'of Northein radicals who
are 6, alders and abetters," by act, Word and
wish, of , the, enemies of their country. Nor
will any man hereafter be decayed by the spa
pions and wily doctrine,that it is treason to find
fault with the administration of our affairs, a
dootrine sustained by those radical men to con
ceal their own:crimes. -
A San Francisco dispatch. of the al.th quotes
legal tender notes at 60 a 68. The decision irk
the Almaden case by the' Seprenie 'Court in
favor of the U. 8., was exciting much discus
sion. It ivit's considered bad policy on the part
of the Government to Bet on , foot litigation to
oust the company after bag in possession.
nineteen years, and aftiii
r their 'capital liaa tte
'veloped and madeqniatiilve ; 'mining Valuable.
'They think therelddinger that the California,
and Willthoe ' gold ied:ellyernaining cOmpanies
inflY be turned' 'ut of theirleads whenever
, :developedinto value enough to, excite.vupidi
'ty.
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THE ABOLITION MOB AT COLUMBUS.
The Attack on the Offices of the Crisis and
Statesman.
INREAT DEMOCRATIC MEETING.
SPEECHES AND RESOLUTIONS:
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In consequence SAthe attack upt tke , Cri.,
sis and Matesman;; , DS otirtitilibtig 011
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by, an armed mot t o s f Mlitc , , m Camp
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Chase, and Aboliti , nisei dliluiced 14$
iOlitary„na the nig ht of ihi-foth instant, kali
:was made for an assembling of the Democracy
'of Franklin county, at Columbus, on the 7th,
to coneider what, maaa
Law uree,
ebould be adopted
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to maintain -aud:Urder and to preserve . alid
protect the Life, ` Liberty and Property of the
people. The meeting was a ,monster, The
court house waslincapable of holding the one.
third, and the vast assemblage was .called 'to
order in the open air. Thrilling speeches Were
made by Gipir. Medary, Colonel Manypenny,
Senator Kenny, Judge Thurman and others.
' The following preamble and resolutions, re.;
ported by Judge Thurman,irom the committee
appointed for that puTpoce, were adopted
unanimously and with loud cheers:
11116AII/ILI.
On the night , of the sth instant a mob of
about one hundred persons, composed of sob ,
diers and citizens disguised as soldiers, armed
with sWords and revolvers, broke into the edi
tor's rooms of the Crisis newspaper and de
stroyed whatever property they could lay their
bands upon, and in varioue woys injured the
building; they afterward repaired to and at
tacked the office Of the Ohio Statesman, and
only desisted upon the police and some citizens
rallying to its defense. They also, as we are
Wormed, threatened the destruction of the
Westbote. They, manifestly, intended to sup
press, by illegal violence, the entire Democra
tic press of this city. These acts were planned
and executed with such secrecy and 'despatch,
that the Crisis rooms were sacked and the • at
tack upon the Statesman office begun before the
existence of the mob was known to any consi
derable number of our law-abiding citizens ;
and thus a defense of the Crisis rooms was pre
vented. That these deeds were instigated by
persons who dared not take an open hand in
their commission, we have good reason to be
lieve; but until we shall have further end ac
curate information upon this point, we forbear
to mention names, lest we should wrong any
one Who may be unjustly suspected. These
outrages are the natural consequence of that
fatal disregard of the Constitution and. the laws
that has marked the course of our adminietra-
Lions, Federal and State, ever since the war,
began, and of the false and flagrant assaults
upon the patriotism, motives and purposes of
the Democratic party, daily indulged in by. the
Republican press and Republican politicians.
When the public authorities, sworn to support
the Constitution; set the example of violating
its most sacred 'pis:Melons ; when citizens
guilty of no mimeo igainst the law'were ille
gally arrested, transported and imprisoned ;
when the writ of Habeas corpus was practically
suppressed; whet' a censorship over speech
and 'the press was assumed and frequently
practiced ; When the terrible doctrine (utterly
destructive of freedom and free institutions)
that the Government, in times like these, may
do whatever it deems necessary, however, in so
doing, it may violate the Constitution, was
boldly proclaimed; when rights of property
guaranteed by the Constitution were openly
invaded and 'sought to be , overthrown by an
executive proclamation; when these and like
examples of disregard of our laws and consti
tutions, of our rights and liberties, were set
by the officers of:government themselves, it is
not singular that rash and unthinking men
should be found ready to follow such examples.
And when, in 'addition to all this, the Republi
can preen and politicians, in yiobitimi viuts,
decency,
_totioy awl mitnettsro, and for tire
..est - und basest partisan purposes, We're
daily charging dile-half, if not more, of the
northern people, iiith treason or sympathy
with treason; - when even Governorssf States,
in public speeches, cast'Such imputations upon
a majority of their own `constituents; when
every artifice that maliceeould invent and in
dustry apply was being fesorted to, in order
to mislead and prejudice the army against the
Democratic party ; when, 'for that purpose,
Democratic newspaperh 'were excluded from
its lines and camps, While . Abolition -newspa
pers were freely admitted; when secret, irre
sponsible, oath-bound and armed societies were
forming to suppress the voice of Democracy
and trample upon the public will ; when all the
machinery to produce a reign of terror was
being-prepared and set in :motion, it is not
wonderful that ignorance, passion and preju
dice should bid defiance to the laws.
We note these things, not to -excite wrath,
but to warn every man who desires to preserve
the peace of society, the liberties and property
of the people, the laws and constitutions of the
land, that it behooves him to set his face
againtit all 'aggressions upon either. • Consti
tutions and law make free government, respect
for them preserves it, disregard of them brings
despOtism or anarchy. The Demo - credo party
has ever been, a nd yet is, slaw - abiding party,
It asks nothin g but its, rights under the Con
stitution and the laws. -It resorts to no viola
'tion of either; it countenances no violation of
either. It has a right.to all the guarantees of
public and private liberty, and of property,
contained in our fundamental laws, and it will
surrender not , one of, them.. It has the right
to' discuss public measures, and will discuss
them. It has the right , to propose and advo
cate that policy which it deems best for the
nation, and it will exercise thilright. It has
a right to have its policy paSftd upon by the
people at peaceable and untrammelled elec
tions, and it will maintain that right. If found
in a minority it yields obedience to all lawful
rule of the majority; if it be the majority itself
it claims that its lawful will be respected.—
Whether in a majority, or minority, it obeys
all laws , that are in force. Those that it dis
likes, it seeks to overthrow, not by violence,
but ,by a legitimate repeal, Those Unit it pro
, poses, it seeks carry, not by force, but by legal
enactment. And what it does in all these're
spects it demands, and has a rightto demand,
that a ll others shall do.. They oive the same
obedience the Constitution ateithe laws di g t,
Democrats, owe. •They have the Mini interest,
to maintain freegovernment,, to protebt liberty, -
to-be`• sebum . in their houses, persons and pro
perty, that' Democrats! have. % It is neither
their interest nor ours that despotism or.an
aechy should' pie Vail ;, and if, they Wish to avert
both, let them see to it in time that theYgive
no occasion for either. We will do our duty,
let them - remember to do theirs.
In view "of the circumstances that have brougt
us together; We hereby rebotve : • •
That the will of the people isthafoundlOon
of alllree governarent. That to give effoot te
this will, free thought, free spiech• and a free
Press are absolutely 'indispensable. Wit3folat
free discussion; there is no certainty of 'sound.
judgment; without sound judgnxent i there can
be no lase government. •
'tht4 it is an inherent and - elaastitutiorial
right of the people to discuss 'alt measures of
`their government, and to approve or disapprove'
es to their best judgment seems right.
,That t
they have a like right to propose and•adiocate
that policy which in their jUdgmerit is best,
and to argue and votetigainst whatever policy
seerns to them to violate the Constitution, to
impair their liberties, or , to be detrimental to
their welfare. '
That these and all other rights, guaranteed
to them by their•constitutions, are their rights
in time of war, its well as in time of-peaces; aid
of far more vaclue arm' neceseity, in war than in
peace. For to peadMiberty, security and pro.
ti211./k.l
i
perry are seldom endangered; in war, they are
ever in peril.
That we now say to all whom it may con
cern, not by way of threat, but calmly 'Ziff
firmly,
firmly, that we will not surrender these rights,
nor submit to their forcible violation. wr will
obey the laws ourselves, and all others ;must'
obey them.
, That the attempt*ecitekin the pream to
suppress by force4eliMocratic newsp pees
Orthis city, was , ari ciiitrage that deman s‘the
exemplary mishnient of flie guilty, an 'the
emideninittionl oft all men,.;l And we call pon
the 'and ildlitoiauthOrities to ferre out
timi.of4delatin oider'tthal; 'they may be }pro
ceeded against according:l4 law. I
GeneraA News.
By telegraph We het fe ll owhig •
orhErsteiniehip Errickson arrived at Balti
more:yesterday from pert Royal, S. C., with
datea th.tbiBth. Chief Engineer Stihimers came
.
ptAsengere He Was one beard the ` iron-clad
Passaic in the repent attack
.open• Fort
resultad, aftera terrific bembard--,
ment in no particular, .injury to the fort, and
the Withdrawal of the •attacking veasels. A
10-inch mortar flail 'struck the Passaic on
deck, but did not go through. . A torpedo was
exploded beneath the Montauk which, although
itlifted her a foot out of the water did no .
damige, .Thee . b'ombrirdment - lasted twenty
hours, but the distance at which the monitors
were,l9oo yards, was too,great to enable them
to deniblisfi'lhe Werke: They were all back at
Port Royal oh-the Bth. 7ho English steamer
Queen of the 'Wave was on shore near Charles
ton The crew had escaped, , and Admiral Du
,
pont was trying to save the vessel. The gun
boat Quaker City left Port Royal on the Bth
for' Philadelphia. , The Erricson passed her
off Wilmington, N. C., in chase of an English
propellor. Sbe'boarded her as the Erricson
passed, and the y‘essel , was supposed to be a
prize. The movement On Charleston had not
commenced. A rebel , Lieutenant captured
near Charleston says that secret negotiations
'for peace have been progressing at Richmond
for , three *weeks past: The , iapersi are not al
lOirved to allude to yarkiculars. •• •
A tdisriatCh fro& Toronto, Canada West,
March 12; says a deputation of Chicago mei
'Chants is expected to arrive this week, to press
. upon the Government the expediency of the en
largement of the present canals and the con.
- struction of the Georoian Bey canal.
DispatoVes icom Admiral Dupont advises the
Navy' Department - of ‘ the capture of the
schooner Belle, of Nassau, by the Ii S..steam
-or Potomeky, in LaPelO Squad, Georgia. Her
cargo consisted of coffee and salt.
The latest from the army in Tennessee is ;a
dispatch from Rutherford Creek, March 11,
four miles north of eolumbia turnpike. Gen
eral 'Granger came up with the enemy to this
place yesterday afternoon., The advance guard
*ere skirthishing yesterday and lost two killed
and snore' Wonnded, butl captured several
rebels. One of them reports that Colonel
Coburn, with two thousand men, escaped and
were' making their way to our lines.
A Washington dispatch saps: Owing to
terrible corruption of Republican officials in
the San Francisco Customhouse and mint,
Secretary Chase has determined to remove all
present officeholders and appoint new tines in
their places. The selections have been already
made, and will soon be sent to the Senate.
What is &little singular and somewhat suspi
nions is that in then--- -- aPtwhicakalta - he has
%lumen entitery the Views of the Pacific con
gressional delegation. The collectorship and
office of superintendent of the mint are highly
lucrative positions.
A resolution has been offered in the Senate
of Missouri that the two houses go into joint
session, for the election of U. S. Senators on
the 16th of March, and only dissolve by:the"
discharge of the duties for which it was called,
or by concurrent resolutions of the two houses
—no recess to be taken beyond the present
sitting of the two houses.
The Legislature of New Jersey, on the 11th,
re-elected R. M. Smith, Democrat, State Trea
surer, and Joseph B. Walker, Democrat, prison
Keeper. -
A Washington letter sets forth that the grand
attack upon Charleston will be 'made the pre
sent week. The assault will be Opened by the
iron -clads, which are in perfect readiness, at
the head of which will'be the lkTew Ironsideft
It is proposed to steam direct , for the city, re
plying to the tire'frOnt'thi3 tort's and fortifi
cations as the .vessels pass up, and if thii is
successful the city be at our mercy. But
if not successful...what then, Has Secretary
Wellea thought of this ?
The Senate has confirmed the nomination of
Hangman Clay as Minister to Russia. A very
foolish and disgraceful act. He is more fit to
take charge of 'a . gitillotine than a mission:
The nomination was said to have ,been con
firmed only, af . the earnest solicitation of Se
cretary Seward. T i f so, all we have to say is,
he might have been better emplOyed.
The Senate hive - also confirmed D. R". Car
ter, of Ohio, Abraham R. Olin, of New .±York,
and-George P. Fisher, of. Delaware—the de
footed Abolition candidate for Congress---as
itudges of the Supreme Court of the District
of Columbia, created by the recent act of Con
gress. The nomination of, Andrew Wylie, of
Virginia, as a Judge of the same Court, was
laid over. - •
/Rm.@
, _
.
uP.s A .L. E .
1, - I - C S .
the 2/Bt. (1137'0'f
In pursuance of as order of the Or :"......t ._
n we tir.t of
Dauphin county, will be exposed to ._if.''""
On 'SATURDAY, , MARCH
. t
Next, at the Court Houee, a % et of tirentid,.situate on
and Cranberry alleY i
Third street, bet Ween Pine eti ,, bet
and bounded by tropert‘••
of o f Robtert W. &Velure on
theoast, and by T hom 1 0..-IZ I 3/orrell on the west, the
genie boil% twenty legd 'Roar inches in front, mitre or
leas. by one hand a s five feet deep, tii.proparty late
of Peter Reller,'decoased, on-which is erected a 2 1 :im
Story Brick Dweillarg, House, itc., late - the estate of
Andrew Marraylitoceased.
.. Bale to eiMr.renci at 2 &dock, p. in. of - said. day,
when attendante will be given and conlitiobla et Sale
made known 'by . A. R. PAHNESTOCK,
,;-• ! Administrators de bonus, nos.
,ornr 1 4 3 101.Alin,,Clork, 0. C. • -
:.. Harrieburg;Peb: 24, liitS-feb2Edeawts
VOAL ' NOTICE:--AWE HAVE THIS
ti • day completed an tirrangement with Henry Thomas,
Req., :for the
Cal. PORE
entire amount of L 'MEWS
TALLEY and Siieltr MOUNTAIN COAL, mined
by him-, to be detivered at Millersburg. haye this day
aPpointed E. BREHM Sole - Agora for the State of Penn.
sylvania, except Philadelphia.
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car this celebrated Tealust received. ,It isnf this it;
go evaiciMpoited, and is Mich/ enperiof to the Chi
, nese Tees in quality, strength and fragrance, andie also
entirely free .of adulteration, coloring or mixture of any
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irk* ii.4lllslllltE ELECTION.
, •-• . C 0116616; N. EL, March 12.
Returns from several towns in the 21 Congres.
oda *diatTrdt bring "lonia majority down,,
so small a figure that it may require the 0 5.
'dial rewrite to decide.
APPOINTMENTS CONFIRMED.
lirasarnioroa, March 1.4
To be Brigadier Generale of Volunteers, CoL
F. P, Blair, Ist Mo. .Artillery, Aug. 22d, 1362
Capt. George W. Getty, 5 1 Artillery, Sep t ;
25th, 1862 ; Col, Geo. -Beatty, 3d Ohio, Nov.
29th, 1862 •
To be Major Generals of Volunteers, Brig.
GemeralsSethralWiiiro O. - Weald:m.lle, s.
Vole:, Nov. 29th, 1562; pes t Gen. M. Fret',
ties. • -
..LATEW.ntbat EgitoPE.
Poaxidan, Marcti e.
The steamship, Anglo Saxon has-arrived,
•with .one ayts later-intelligence from Europe.
The London Globe Abinits that a contradie
tion-enisrlebetweeti Mr. - ward and IL:Mer
cier, and that one of the governments wilthave
to demand a aubstential apology.
The London Times believes that Mr. Seward
did listen to M. Meroier's counsels.
The Times considers that the movements in
Illinois and other States are a proof that peace
wad wanted.
The American Minister was at the Prince of
Wales' levee.
The Mpyor of Liverpool has given a banquet
to the captain of the Aniefican relief ship. ,
'The Russians have. been put to flight. after
eight hours fight, at Hawk, 'by the rebels. It
is reported that the people drove off The Cos
sacks, who pursued fugitive Poles into the
Austrian territory.
The latest intelligence states that the Span
ish Minister has resigned.
COMBIEROIAL.--LIVERPOOL, Feb. 27.--Rates.
of cotton for the week 24,006 bales; the mar
ket closing with an avance of teo f tid, on the
week for American ; other kinds were declin
ing. Flour has a downward tendency. Wheat
has declined 2d. Corn is 3e6d. lower. Pro
visions flat.
LONDON, Feb. 27.—Coneole 92/092f...
MONETARY AFFAIRS.
DOESZOTED DAILY nom RBI PICIDADDLPHIL nat.
GOVERNMENT BROURITIES.
New York Pricet,
13.13. 86, due 1881, Coupon ]O2 IC3
D 0.... due 1881 i Registered Int. off. 10111 1oz• .
U. 8.7 8.10 Treasury Notes 103 n 106,g
One year B,per cent. certificates 99 108•
11. E. Demand Notes, old issue; 68 59 pr
Market steady.
SPIWIE QITOTATIONIL
a AAAAAAAA 011/141 : Agi STANSARD.
GOLD. SILVER.
Alierioan, prior to
1852 $1555154)
" Do Ctuart's..,.l 55 s 1 60
Do Dimes and
Half Dimes. 145 a 155
Do Halves and
' • • Qrtis(new) 1:47 a 151
IDollars, Aar. and
Mexican.— 154 a....
American .... .583(a59 ) (pr
Do (dated prior
to 1884) 66 a 67 pr
Bov.,Victoriatt. 7 50 a 7 56
Sor., old . ". . 7 45 a 7 60
Napoleon, if 65 a 5 69
10 trance 276a285
Pres. Drab. Fr.
Wore.. a • .
DonblooPe, 4..23_00 a 24 60
Do. Mexican-22 00 a 24 00
Do. Coati 8i0a.20 00 a 22 00
Bars 900 fine... .. pia
•California, $5O
and $2O pieces. 55% pry/
California, $lO
and $5 pieces.. 58%
10 Gtilder Pie
-5 7065751
Ten Thalers 000
20 Mille Bela,
11 25 all 85
*A heavy Sovereign wel
lINOUREBNT MO
Discount.
New Nngland
New York City.. g
Now York State X
Jereey—large ...... .... ji
Jersey—small X
Pennsylvania Currency. j(
Delaware par
Delaware—small........ ji
Baltimore X
Maryland_ . .‘ • 0
Die. of Columbia X
Yll'illnlit 36 a 40
RATES OP DOME
Discount.
Boston— par a .1-10prm
New York... 1-10prm
Albany X a g
Baltimore— Xa X
Waehingt'n,D.o % a %
Pittsburg
Detroit, Xieh.. %a %
Letington, Ky.. 2 a
Itilwaukie,Wis. % a %
PENNSYLVANIA COONTRY BANK BOMBS
♦! PM& IN PIULADELPNLI.
NAYS OF BANKS. WRENN REDIZIEND.
Allentown Bank, Allentown Mane. & Mech. B'k.
Bank of Catasanqua Farm. .k Mech. Bank.
Bank of Chester County Farut.'Bc Mech. Bank-
Bank of Danville Bank N. Liberties.
Bank of Delaware County. Bank of North Amer.
Bank of Germantown Farm. & Mech. Bank.
Bank of Montgomery County... ...Western Bank.
Baok of Phoenixville.. Manuf. & Mech. B'k.
Doylestown Bank, Doylestown... —Philadelphia Bank.
Easton Bank, _Easton Bank of North Amer.
Farm • Wit Of Backe Co,, & Mech. Bank.
Farm, & Mech. Bank, Easton . Girard Bank.
Farmers' Bank, Limonites ' Mechanics' Bank.
Lancaster County Bank Western Bank.
Manch Chink Bank.. :... .Girard Bank.
Miners' Bank, - .POtts;dlll/..• Batik of North Airier.
PENNSYLVANIA 001
AT DISCOUNT IN
Allegheny 8ank....,.... X
Anthraciteln,Tainaquit- X
. Bank of Beaver C 0..... X
Bank of Chambersburg. 3
Bank of Chester Fallen
Coatesville
Bank of Crilwford Coml.
ty, Meadville
Bank of Fayette C 0..... x
Bank of Gettysburg
Bank of Lawrence Co.l '
Bank of Middletown.... X
Bank of- New Castle. , "1
Bank of NorthumberPd, m
Bank of Pittsbu , g,prilm. 50
Bank of Pottstown_ .. X
Citizens Blic, Pittsburg, X
Clearfield County Bank..
Columbia B'k, Columbia X
Dow - ningtown Bank, ,
Ex alt/ 10 rePittsh , g. x
l'armerell B'k, ' Pottsville x I
Farmers': Wk. Reading.. 3(
Farmers' & Drovers' B'k,.
Waynesburg • x
Franklin B'k,Washing..
Harriabttrg ,
llonesdafe B auk X
Iron City T;ok. Pittsburg. if
sets tabluttioartento.
C A. ; DAVIS;
Circulars, &e., carefully and`promptly distributed.
, Ea- Residence, South above Second street:
MILLINERY AND' STRAW - GOODS!:
, ;, , u
. . .
~ .• ,
1.0 We here the pleasure of informincyott that
we are now prepared to offer, at .our. Old Stand,
No. 103, 105 and 107 North - SPOON.P . : St., Phila
delphia, a well Waked Stock of ^ -
MILLINERY AND Stibitr GOODS
in every variety; of tho lateht importations, add of the
neiteet and mostfaslifonable styles.. • ; •
. .
ME
will
ituß STRAW DEPARTMENT
eiirriPrise everyttarietytif Boiinets, lists and Trim
mings to be found in that line, of, the latest - and most
approved shapestind'idyles'.- loliditing an early call, I
remain yours, respootfolly, .: H. WARD.
intl3 2wd • - - '
001K.L.NG., (LASSES.—.A Splendid
deseitment of New Looking Glasses, just. received,
at W. KNOCHE'S Milaic Atm*, 93 . Miirket atie s et,,here
they will he sold cheap. Call and examine,
E . BsTEws ARMY NAVY
- -POCKET DICOOII . ITOL_
Anti received and for gala at
Sdrfailn% BOOKSTORE.:
A ,. SPLENDID A;SSORrP`IILNT
Lit Hjo qr,RAPHS •
Formerly r etailed At. fiom`ts io $5, are nom offered at
50 and 75 ante, and $1 and $1 50—nbliakted• by the Art
lliaina• and farlallabPlvelaitedl 3 % them.
Opiendid,Photog rapie Album Pictures of all distin
guished men Arad (6; erals of the arab", at only 10 eta.
Por sae it- • BcBIIBPBR,B Bookstore,
18 Market streeg. _
tql-rt BARRELS..- 1 . A large imiber
sole by' 1 ~..W ine , -F 4 tg.ag,..ivitskysititteri l f or ,
•E l '°fexa tY B A '
li r
, wal DOCK jr & 0 -
Do Sp.,perfect 1 54 a....
Do earshot .. 164 a
Do S. Amer... 1545....
Do Norwegian ... a ....
Ftve France.... ..... . 1 46
Francs 2St
Guilders.. 34
ibtutsian T113a1er5...... 80
fiermanOrowns, 117 a
French.— d 0.... 1 14 a
Ing. 1., 700a716
' Spanish and Mom, sm.
silver, per oz 170
Bare, II .5. assay, p. oz. 189
hs 5 dwts. 2}i grains.
ZY QUOTATIONS.
Disaster)
Wheeling A%
Ohio par
Indiana par
Indiana--Pree 1%
Kentucky. par
Tennessee 10
Missouri 2 to 20
Illinois .... 2to 60
Wisconsin 2 to no
Michigan 1%
lowa -1%
,Canada prm au
BTIO =CHANGE.
Diseount
St. Louie 3i
Louisville x a ..-
Cincinnati „. 36 a,
Cleveland.— X. a)[
Chicago }(a Par
Dubuque, lowa . , 1a ..
Davenport, do.. 1 a
Bt. Paul, Bin.. 1a ..
Montreal, Can., a..
xrxY RANK NOT IS
PHILADELPNIA.
Jerany Shore Bank'
Kittanning Bank • X
Lewhitarg Bank ji
Lebanon Irk, Lebanon..
Lebanon 'Val. B'k, Leb.. X
Lock Raven Bank
Mach's B'k, Pittsburg.. X,
Mechanicsburg B'k, Me
ehanicsbOxg
Merchants' & Manufact.
' Bank, Pittsburg
Mithin County irk, Lew
istown
Milton tank, Milton....
Monongahela Bank
' Brcrnsville.. ....
Meant .Toyßank
• • ye
riorthumberiand r„e iu ,
Bank, Shaanok', l3 .-
Ostoraro Bank, Oxford...
[Pittston Ban 1, pitri g t on.
Stroudsbury; B an k •
Piogti Cotroty 8ank.....
ignion Beak, Reading— 3t
West Branch Bank, Wil
liamsport, • M
Wyoming Bri. - .Wilkesbki 3i
York Bank:York 3i
York County 13 , 1 c, York. ~v
- I),g4;:.:,:'P.dtEit.