RATES OF ADVERTISING.
Four lilies or less constitute half a square. Ten lines
•er more than four, constitute a square.
Half sq., one day-- $0 30 One sq_, one go) 60
(
one week.... 120 " one week.... 200
• one month.. 300 " one month.. 600
" threemonthe 500 ,4 three months 10 00
is aim months.. Boe " six mouths.. 16 00
" one year.— —l2 00 " one year —2O 00
11:1" Business notices inserted in the LOCAL COLVMN,
or before marriages and deaths, TEE CENTS PER LINE for
each insertion. To merchants and others advertising
by the year, liberal ternie Will be offered.
E' The number of insertions must be designated on
he advertibement.
10— Marriages and Deaths willbe inserted at the same
atoll se regular advertisements.
•
Aistel!among.
FEN6IONS, BOUNTIES, BACK PAT,
War Claims and Claims far ludemnily.
sTEWART, STEVENS, CLARK & CO.,
Attcrocgs and Counsellors-at-Law, and Solicitors
for all kinds of Military Claim.,
450 PENNbYLVANIA. AVENUE,
WASHINGTON, D. C.
This firm, having a thorough knowledge of the Pen
r!on 2114111444, end being familiar with the practice in
ad the Departments of Government, believe that they
can afford greaser facilities to Pension, Bounty, and
other Claimants, for the prompt and successful accom
,elishment of basin ms entrusted to them, than any other
drat in Washingtep. They desire to secure inch en
-amount of this business as will enable them to execute
the business for each claimant very cheaply, and on the
basis of their pay contingent upon their success in each
'CiLls. Tor this purpose they will secure the services of
tesw Biting in each prominent locality thronghealt the
States where such business may be had, furnish such
with all the necessary blank forms or application and
*evidence : requisite printed pamphlet instructions, and
tdrerilars for distribution in their vicinity, with asso
ciates names inserted, and upon the dpe execution of
the papers and transmission of the same to them by
their local associates, they will promptly perform the
business here.
Er Their charges will be tea dollars for officers and
Boe dollars for privates, for each Pension or Bounty and
ack Pay obtained, and ten per cent, on amount of
Claims for Military Suppyis or Claims for indemnity.
-Tr Soldiers enlisted since the let of March, 1861, in
say kind of service, Military or Naval, who are disabled
by disease or wounds, are entitled to Pensions. All
soldiers who serve for two years, or during the war,
should it sooner close, will be entitled to $lOO Bounty.
Widows of soldiers who die or are killed, are entitled to
Pensions. and the $lOO Bounty. If there be no 'widow,
then the minor children. .And if no minor children,
;then the father, mother, sisters or brothers are mild
...ed as above to the $lOO Bounty and Back Pay.
JOSEPH B. STEWART,
MESTOR L. STEVENS,
EDWARD CLARK,
OSCAR A. STEVENS,
WILLIS R. GAYLORD,
Wientsemes.M. 0., a 862.
Ur' Apply as our•olfice, er to our Associate at
HARgisainte, Pa y7 -301IN A. BIGLER, Attorney and
'Counsellor.
'immune, Pc.—ARTHIIIIS & .11IDDBLL, Attor-
A.eys-at-Law.
Perrana-ms, PA.—WM. B. SMITH, Attorney and
tOounsellor.
ZEILADELPHIA, PA.—J. G. MINNIOHILD,46 Alwood
mitreet, WM. M. SMITH, Attorney and Counsellor.
iYessieuroc, PA.—BOYD ORIIMBIBTOB, Attorney
and Counsellor.
JACKSON & 00.'8
SHOE STORE,
&LP.. PAX MARKIT STRZZT,
IIEirABRISBURG,
'Mare they Intend to devote their entire time to the
‹nannfactare of
BOOTS AND SHOES
all kinds and varieties, in the neatest and most fish
,anable styles, and at Satisfactory prices.
Their stock will consist, in part, of Gentlemas , s Mae
&Wind patent Leallifr Boots and Shoes, latest stAesi
.Ladies' and Misses' Gaiters, and otheraphoes in gre at
-variety; and In fast everything connected with the
t3hoe bushiest:
CUSTOMER Waittilwill bepartlealerlyattendedto,
and in all asses will satisfaction be warranted. Lasts
listed sty by axe of the best makers in the country.
The long practical experience of the undersigned, and
;their thorough knowledge of the business will, they
trust : be audicleest. guarantee is the public that they
•will do them justice, and fttruish them an article that
will recommend itself for utility, cheapness and dnra•
OW] JACKSON & CO.
IiTURINGER'S PATENT BEEF TEA,
JIL a solid, concentrated extract of
BEEF AND VEGETABLES,
Convertible immediately into a nourishing and deli
cious soup. Highly approved by a number of eminent
.ICloiskians.
Tkin admirable article condensed into a compact form,
Allftba substantial and nntritive properties of a large
'intik of meat and vegetables. The readittesiwithwhich
dissolves into a rich and palatable Soup, which would
require -hours of preparation according to the usual
method, is an advantage in many situations of lifd,Vtoo
colivions to need urging. Its highly nourishing qualities
:combined with its delicacy, renders it invaluable for the
idea; while for these in health, ilia a perfect substitute
- for fresh meat and vegetables. It will keep good in any
Pamirs.
It is peculiarly well adapted FOR TRAVELERS, by
land or sea, who Cam Awl avoid those adeidentaldepriva
Lions of a comfortable meal, to which they are Bo liable.
/OR INVALIDS, whose capricious appetite can thus
se satisfied in a moment.
FOR SPORTSMEN and EXOUBSIONINES. to whom,
.both its compactness and easy preparation will MOM..
mend it. For sale by
sep24-tf
CIEARTER OAK
FAMILY FLOUR!
4NEXCEL4ED . BY ANY IN THE 11. STATES!
AND SUPE.RIOD. TO ANY
ggNCY ARAN
OFFERED IN PENNSYITAIIVIA!
IT MI MADE OF
CHOICE MISSOURI WHITE WHEAT.
Delivered any place in the city free of charge,
Tams ecah on delivery
.100
SOLDIER'S CAMP COMPANION.-
very convenient Writing Deak also, Portfolios ;
Mersoranduri Beoke,Portmonnales, Ica., at
SCHIRMER'S BOONBTORN
ITOTIONS.—Quite a variety of useful
and entertaining art:ldes—cheap—at
SOBWITSBM BOOKBTOWS.
HERMETICALLY SEALED
I Peaches, Tomatoes, Lobster, Salmon Oysters,
*iced Oysters , for sale by WI!. DOCK, jr!, & CO.
FRENCH MUSTARD, ENQLISH and
Domestic Pickles, (by the dozen or hundred,) Su
perior Salad Oil, Ketchup, Bannea and Condiments of
every description, for sale by
my 2,5 WM. DOCK, De., Co
WAR I WAR, I —BRADY, No. 62
Market street, below Third, has received a large
assortment of SWORDS, tiAtions and BKierS 3 which he
Mill sell very low. auf.lo-dtf
A BOOK FOR THE TIMES I
American Annual Cyclopedia and Register
Important Events forth, Yearl.B6l. In 1 vol.
8 ye. over 750 pages. Cloth 03, Leather $3.50.
Published by D. Appleton 4- Co., New York.
The design of this work is to furnish a record of all
the important knowledge of the year. The events of
the war, owing to their prominence, will, of course, oco
cuff a eonsrpionous part, but all other branches-28M
ence, Art, Literature, the Mechanic Arts, &c. w ill
re
ceive due attention. The work will be published ex
clusively by subscription, and ready for delivery in inns
neat.
Also, now complete:
Beaton's Debates of cong,ress,l6 volumes,s3 and V3,' 00
per volume.
Bestows Thirty Years in D. S. Senate, 2 volumes, ;3.50
and $3 per vol.
Cyclopedta of American Eloquence, containing the.
speeches of the most eminent Orators of America, 14
steel portraits, 2 Tots. $2.50 each.
Parton's Life and limes of Andrew Jackson, eolumes,
$2.50 each.
Address J. F. BTRASBAUGH, Harrisburg, Pa.
General Agent for D. APPLETON & Co.
For Circulars descriptive of Annual Cyclopedia.
april3-41&wtf.
UNION HOTEL
Ridge Avinue, corner of Broad street,
HARRISBURG, PA.
The undersigned informs the public that he has re
cently renovated and refitted his well-known "Union
Hotal:! on Ridge avenue, near the Round House, and is
prepared to accommodate citizens, strangers and travel
ers in the best style, at moderate rates.
His table will b j supp lied
. with the best the maskets
afford. and at his bar Ina be found superior brands of
liquors and malt beverages. The very best accommo
dations for railroaders employed at the shops in this
vicinity.fall dti) HENRY BOSTREN.
WM. DOOM, Jo., & Co.
WM. DOCK, 75., k CO
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NO. 214
Bushing (garb.
FRED. SCHNEIDER,
MEADOW LANE,
PRACTICAL DYER FROM GERMANY,
. Takes this mode to inform the public and his numer
ous friends that he has fitted up a DYEING ROOM,
In Meadow Lane, in the city of Harrisburg, Pa.
Where he is prepared to do anything ,in dyeing, as
Silk, Woolen, Cotton, etc., warranted for good.
ap2B43m
TAILORING.
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33. TA 'CT' H .
The subscriber is ready at NO. 94, MARKET ST.,
four doors below Fourth street, to make
MEN'S AND BOY'S CLOTHING
In any desired style, and with skill and promptness.
Persons wishing cutting done can have it done at the
shortest notice. , ' ap27-dly
VIM. H. MILLER,
AND
R. E. FERGUSON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
OFFICE IN
SHOEMAKER'S BUILDINGS
SECOND STREET,
BETWEEN WALNUT and MARKET SQUARE,
ap29-d&w Nearly opposite the Buehler House.
THOS. C. MAODOWELL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
MILITARY CLAIM AND PATENT AGENT.
Office in Burke's Row, Third street, (Up Stairs.)
Having formed a connection with parties in Wash
ington City, wno are reliable business men, au busi
ness connected with any of the Departments will meet
with immediate and careful attention. m6-y
1.0 )R . 0. WEIOHEL,'
SURGEON AND OCULIST,
RESIDENCE THIRD HAAR NORTH OTANDT,
He is now fully prepared to attend promptly to the
duties of profession in all its branches.
A LONG AND year 817001188FTIL UDIOAL 7er7111104.
JustllPS Wm in promising full and ample satisfaction to
all who mayfaTor him with a call, be the dimmed° Obronis
or any ether nature. ualel&wlY
CHARLES.F. VOLLMER,
UPHOLSTERER,
Chestnut street, four doors above Second,
(OPTOSITH WASHINGTON HOSE Hotraz,)
IN prepared to furnish to order, in the very beet style of
workmanship. Spring and Hair Mattresses, Window Our
tains, Lounges, and all other articles of Furniture in his
line, on abort notice end nrderate terms. Having ex
perience in the business, he feels warranted in asking a
share of public patronage, confident of his ability to give
satisfaction. jann-dtf
SILAS WARD.
NO. 11, NORTH THIRD ST., HAREM:MO.
STEINWAY'S PIANOS,
IeiRLOTMONN, VIOLINS, GUITARS,
Banjos, Flutes, Fifes, Drums, Accorcleons,
STRINGS, SHEET AND BOOK MUSIC, &C., MC.,
PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES, ALBUMS,
Large Pier and Mantle Mirrors, Square and Oval Frames
of every description made to order. Rewinding don*.
Agency for Howe's Sewing Machines.
irr Sheet Music sent OGEI-/ 6
JOHN W. GLOVEI,
MERCHANT TAILOR!
Has just received from New York, an assort
ment of
SEASONABLE GOODS,
which he offers to his cdstomers and the public co
nov22) MODERATE PRICES. dt!
HARRY WILLIAMS,
w •
CM-NBl7la gG NT,
402 WALNUT STRUT.
PHILADELPHIA.
General Claims for Soldiempromptly collected, State
Claims adjusted, &c. mar2o-dlm
SMITH & EWING,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
THIRD STREET, Harrisburg,
Practice in the several Courts of Dauphin county. Dol•
lectione made promptly. A B
A. C.
EWING. SMITH,
J. .
JCOOK, Merchant Tailor ,
. 27 CHESNUT BT., between Second and Front,
Has just returned from the city with an assortment of
CLOTHS, CASSIMERES AND VESTINGS,
Which will be sold at moderate prices and made up to
order; and, also, an assortment of BEADY MADII
Clothing and Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods.
nov2l-Iyd
DENTISTRY.
•
B. N. GILDER, B. D. •S;
4
N lie MARKET STREET ,
44 ,
SBY & KUNKEL'S BUILDING . , UP STAIRS.
jaug.tf
RELIGIOUS BOOK STORE,
TRACT AND SUNDAY SCHOOL DEPOSITORY,
E. S. GERMAN.
SOUTH S=CONDSTEEET,ABOVE 011ZONUT,
RABLIIII33IMG, PA.
Depot for the sale of Stereoscopesfitereoscopiefiews,
Music and Musical Instruments. Also, subscriptions
taken for religions publications. noBo-d1
JOHN G. W. MARTIN,
FASHIONABLE
CARD WRITER,
HEMS HOTEL, HARRISBURG. PA.
All manner of VISITING, WEDD ING"AND B USI
NESS CARDS executed in the most artistic atylea and
most reasonable terms. desl4-dtf
FRANKLIN HOUSE ,
•
BAITIMORI, MD.
This pleasant slid commodious Hotel has been Ws/
roughly re-fitted and re-furnished. It is pleasantly
situated on North-West corner of Howard and Franklin
streets, a few doors west of the Northern Central Rail
way Depot. limy attention paid to the comfort of his
striae. O. LBD3NNBINa, Proprietor,
lel2-tf (Late of Selina Wort. Pe.)
T HE O. P. SCHEFFER,
BOOK, CARD AND JOB PRINTER,
NO. 18 MARKET STREET, HARRISBURG.
tij". Particular attention paid to printing, ruling and
binding of Railroad Blanks, Manifests, Insurance Poli
cies, Checks, Bill-Heads, dm
Wedding, Visiting and Business Cards printed at very
low prices and in the best style. . jardl
DYOTTVILLR 0-LASS WORKS,
PHILADELPHIA ,
• awitureoruzz
-CARBOYS, DEMIJOHNS,
wINZ, PORTER, NaNEBAL WATER, PIOSLII AND
PRESERVE DOTTLRS
OP SMUT DPBOZIPTION.
H. B. & H. W. BANNERS,
oen-dly 27 South Front eteret, Philadelphia.
MUSIC STORM
NO. 93 MARKET STREET, HABSIBBUIter, PA.
SHEET MUSIC, PIANOS,
MELODEONS, GUITARS,
VIOLINS, BANJO STRINGS,
Of every description.
DRUMS, FIFES, FLUTES, AOOORDEONS, etc., at
the lowest CITY PRI CES, NO at
W. KOHPIWUSIO STORE,
No. 93 Iteswirr
Q,ELF SEALING FRUIT JARS !-
Best .and Cheapest in the markets! Call and
examine them.
j/31 •-• WM. DOOR, Js., & CO.
HARRISBURG, PA:, MONDAY. MAY 11. 1863
- 'T H E
Weekly "Patriot & Union,"
THE CHEAPEST PAPER PUBLISHED IN
PENNSYLVANIA!
AND
TB ONLY DEMOCRATIC PAPER PUBLISHED AT
THE BEAT OF OOVERNMENT !
FORTY-FOUR COLUMNS OF .READING MAT
TER EACH WEEK
AT THE LOW PRICE OF ONE DOLLAR
ANI) FIFTY CENTS:
i-HEN
SUBSCRIBED FOR IN CLUBS OF NOT LESS
THAN TEN COPIES TO ONE ADDRESS!
We have been compelled to ralsethe club subscription
price to one dollar and fifty cents in order to save Our
selves from actual lose. Paper has risen, loolnding
taxes, about twenty-five per cent., and is still rising;
and when we tell our Democratic friends, candidly, that
we can no longer afford to sell the Weekly PATRIOT AND
UNION at one dollar a year. and must add fifty Gents or
stop the publication, we trust they will appreciate our
position, and, instead of withdrawing their subscrip
tions, go to work with a will to increase onrlist in every
county in the State. We have endeavored, and shall
continue our efforts, to make the paper useful as a party
organ, and welcorie as a news messenger to every fam
ily. We flatter ourselves that it has not been without
some influence in producing the glorious revolution'in
the politics of the State achieved at the late election;
and if fearlessness in the discharge of duty, fidelity to
the principles of the party, and an anxiousdesire to pro
mote its interests, with some experience and a moderate
degree of ability, can he made serviceable hereafter, the
Weekly PATRIOT AND UNION will not be less useful to
the party or less 'welcome to the family circle in the fu
ture than it has been in the past. We confidently look
for increased encouragement in this great enterprise,
and appeal to every influential Democrat in the State to
lend us his aid in running our sapscription llat up to
twenty or thirty thousand. The expense to each indi
vidual is trifling, the benefit to the party may be great.
Believing that the Democracy of the State feel the 110-
oeggitY of sustaining a fearless central organ, we make
this appeal to them for assistance with the fullest cord
deuce of success.
The same reneens which include its to the gide
of the Weekly, operate in regard to the Daily the
price of which is also increased. The additional cost to
each subscriber will be but trifling; and, while we can
not persuade ourselves that the change necesearilymade
will result in any diminution of our daily circulation,
yet, were we certain thit such would be the conse
quence, we should still be compelled to make it, or mir
ror a ruinous lose. - Under these circumstances we must
throw ourselves upon the generosity, or, rather, the
justice of the public, and abide their verdict, whatever
it may be.
The period for which many of our subscribers have
paid for their paper being on the eve of expiring, we
take the liberty of issuing this notice, reminding them
of the came, in order that they may
RENEW THEIR CLUBS.
We shall also take it as an especial favor if our present
subscribers will urge upon their neighbors the fact that
the PATRIOT AND UNION is the only Democratic paper
printed in Harrisburg, and considering the large amount
of reacting matter, embracing all the current news of
the day, and
TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCHES
from everywhere rip to the moment ,the paper goes to
press, political, miscellaneous, general and local news
market reports, is decidedly the
CHEAPEST NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN
THE STATE!
There is scarcely a village or town in the State in
which a club cannot be raised if the proper exertion be
made, and surely there are few places in which one or
more energetic men cannot be found who are in favor of
the dissemination of sound Democratic doctrines, who
would be willing to mare the effort to rabid a slab.
DEMOCRATS OF THE INTERIOR!
Let us hear from you. The existing war, and the ap
preaching sessions of Congress and the State Legbile
tup, are invested with unusual interest, and every man
should have the news.
TERMS.
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Dingle copy for one year, in iolwance $5 00
Single copyduring the 18005i011 of the Legislature.. 2 00
City subscribers ten cents per week.
Copies supplied to agent's at the rate of $1 50 per hun•
dred.
WBENLY PATRIOT AND UNION,
Published every Thursday. ,
Single copy one year, in advance fa 00
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WAYS IN ADVANCE. We are obliged to make this
imperative. In every instance cash must accompany
subscription. Any person sending us a club of twenty
subscribers to the Weekly will be entitled to a copy for
hid detained. •The price, even at the advanced rate is
so low that we cannot offer greater inducements than
this. Additions maybe made at any time to a club of
subscribers by remitting one dollar and fifty cents
for each additional name. It is not necessary to send
as the names of those constituting a club, as we cannot
undertake to address each paper to club subscribers
separately. Specimen copies of the Weekly will be sent
to all who desire it!
0. SAM MY fit CO., Harrisburg, Ps.
N. B.—The following law, passed by Congress In MO,
defines the duty of Postmasters in relation to the de
livery of newspapers to club subscribers :
(See Little,
page Brown 4 hapter 1 Co.'s edition
secti of
on theh aws of 1880,
38,31,
"Provided, however, that where packages of new pa
pars or periodicals are received at any post office directed
to one address, and the names of the club subscribers to
which they belong, with the postage for a quarter in ad
vance, shall be handed -to the postmaster, he shall de
liver the same to their respective owners."
To enable the POstmaeter to comply with this regula
tion, it will be necessary that be be furnished with the
list of names composing the 'club, and paid a quarter's
(or year's) postage in advance. The uniform courtesy
of Postmasters, affords the assurance that they will
cheerfully cocommoaate cili, subscribers, and the latter
should take care that the postage, which is but a trifle
In each ease, be paid in advance. Send on the clubs.
TAPANESE TEA:—A choice lot of
0 this celebrated Tea just received. It is of the first
cargo ever imported, and is much superior to the Chi
nese Teas in quality, strength and fragrance, and is also
entirely free of adulteration, coloring or mixture of any
kind.
It is the natural leaf of the Japenese Tea Plant.
For sale by WM. DOCK., jr., & Co.
3,000 BUSHELS
ind Y ., ork State Potatoes,
0 1,400 Bushels York State Apples,
A choice lot of York State Butter.,
Also, a superior lot of Catawba Grapes, and 30 bushel'
abeilbarks, just received and for sale low by
SIBLE CO.,
decl-dtf No. 106 Market street.
- HAMS, DRIED BEEF, BOLOGNA
SMISAGES, TONGUES, &a.,
DOOR, J for sale
a., low, by
WU.
T ADM'S YOU kNOW,,WERE YOU
J can get; fine Note Paper, Envelopes, Visiting and
Wedding Cards ? At SCHUSTER'S BOOKSTORE.
FOR RENT—Two desirable OFFICE
ROOMS, second story front of Wyeth's Building,
o Truer of Market Sure and Market street. Apply at
his office 4 sepSBdtf
lkij ACK E EL!
DIAOKEREL, Nos. 1, 2 and 8, in all sized paekagne—
flaw, and midi Fatima warranted. Just received, and
for sale low by wM. DOOM, Jr.. hAniw.
VEW ORLEANS SUGAR I-FIRST IN .
I THE MARKET :—For bale by
j,12 WM. DOOK..Ti., le 00.
Ett Vatrint fc Rion.
MONDAY MORNING, MAY 11, 1863.
The Policy of Exasperation.
The policy of extermination urged against
the rebellious South (says the N. Y. World) is
rapidly enforcing its logical consequences in a
policy of exasperation adopted against the
loyal North. The administration at Washing
ton, having chosen deliberately to separate
itself from the declared and overwhelming
sentiment of the northern people in its prose
cution of the war, finds - itself compelled to
fall into the wake and to imitate the course of
all governments which despiee the popular
will. It must resort to intimidation as the al
ternative of imbecility, and seek from the cra
ven selfishness and disintegrating fears of the
people that abject acquiescence in its passion
ate caprices which a manly and honorable re
spect for the convictions and the feelings of
American °llama might so easily convert into
a frank and liberal "support of its legitimate
authority.
How far the system thus inaugurated, may
lead the men who have drifted into it, it is
neither easy to foresee nor agreeable to ima
gine. But it is ascertain as anything in the
domain of historical law can be that such a
system, if successful in its inception, will be
limited in eta results'only by the ambition and
the personal foroe of those who commit their
fortunes to its tide. The people .who permit
their liberties to be taken from them under the
pretense of zeal for the public service will
have no right to be surprised when that pre
tense comes to.be thrown aside as superfluous
and wearisome, and power boldly asserts itself
to be, like beauty, "its own excuse for being."
The events which are daily occurring in the
Northwest not only justify but compel the most
serious concern for the future of free institu
tions in America. There is no exaggeration
in this language, and it gives us no pleasure to
employ it. We have not the least disposition
to charge upon any man or body of men in
this country that deliberate design of subvert
ing the frame-iverk of our government through
an insidious abuse of its forms which Washing
ington sadly foresaw might one day be an in
evitable fruit of the unbridled strife of parties
in the republic.. Accusations of treason are
weapons of political warfare which we prefer
to leave to the thunderers of the radical prs.
But there are certain acts and series of acts
which enslave the actors, and drive them, like
a Greek Fate, blindly and irrevocably into a
course from which theirttilrwould have shrunk
in horror had they confronted it from the first
with open and intelligent eyes. The terrible
war which we are now waging is so near and
vivid an illustration of this truth as may well
dispense us from seeking others in the past.
The catastrophe of 1861 came upon us in de
spite of those whose policy had made it inevi
table. Neither the fanatical disturbers of the
North, Mr I the seditious misleaders of tile
South, had ever contemplated as possible the
relative attitudes3n which they find themselves
arrayed to-day. They fancied themselves mas
ters of avents till with remorseless logic events
had mastered them, and with them the inter
ests, the passions, and the hopes of millions
of their fellow men.
In like manner the men at Washington, who
have entered upon a course of policy at the
Northwest which can have but one inevitable
ending, doubtless imagine that it will be al
ways possible for them to rein in the rush of
things after it has driven them on to the criti
cal point at which they must make their elec
tion between personal ruin and the ruin of
their country's libertiis. They are precipita
ting themselves into a revolution of their own
making—it may well be unconsciously, so pro
found is their evident ignorance of the sequen
ces of cause and effect in politics ; but so
palpably and with such rapidity that the na
tion will prove itself to be as blind as its rulers
if it do not at once interfere to arrest them.—
Throughout the whole region of the North
western States the agents of the government,
the military subordinates who have been
charged with the task of enforcing martial law
beyond the limits of the war and by the
hearthstones of the people, are sedulously at
work to convert dissatisfaction with the admin
istration into disaffection toward the govern
ment, and to inflame political opinions into
personal and sectional passions. That there
should have been many people ' at the North
west who disapproved of the war at the out
set was natural and . to be expected. Soiree
parts of that region were largely settled from
the Southern States, and it would have been
contrary to all experience had the prejudices
and the sympathiei of their origin become to
tally obliterated from their,minds in the time
which has elapsed since the. territories of the
Ohio and the Mississippi grew to the rank of
Mighty States. Connections of commerce and
of intercourse as well as of blood between the
dwellers upon the upper and the ' lower Miss
issippi have tended to keep those prejudices
and those sympathies alive.' And the impar
tial student of the history which we are ma
king will be less amazed td find that a peace
party was possible in the Northwestern States
during our great civil war than ho will be to
learn how limited were its original proportions,
how rapidly it was absorbed by the palriotic
passion of those great communities, and how
easily it might have been reduced to utter
practical insignificance by a calm and conside
rate administration of the national authority.
A year ago the notion of danger to the cause of
the Union from the machinations of any con
ceivable organization of "peace men" at the
Northwest had already become chimerical. If
it should ever re-appear, a menacing cloud
upon the national horizon, it is to the policy
of exasperation that its resurrection will be
traced, and its reappearance will become the
signal of i new and more startling phase of
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public peril than any through which we have
yet passed. The pursuit of opinion by domi
ciliary inquisition and drumhead law—the
summary arrest and the unchallenged deporta
tation from their homes of scores of citizens
upon the faith of "notorious rumors".—the
identification of peace principles with overt
treason ; these are things which breed despot
ism by making despotism necessary to those
who do them. • No free people has ever long
endured them, for 1;1 o people can long endure
them and be free.
In his sketch of the steps by - which Louis
Napoleon rose to supreme power over France,
Mr. Kinglake thus describes the course pur
stied by the military representatives of the
President's government -in the provinces :
"Of these generals there were some who in
their fury went beyond all the bounds of what
could be dictated by anything like policy,
even though of the most ferocious kind. In
'the Department of the Allier it was decreed not
only that all who were known to hate taken
up arms against the government should be tried
by court martial, but that.those whose socialist
opinions were notorious should be transported
by the mere order of the administration and
have their property
. sequestrated." Of these
proceedings the historian indignantly observes
that " the bare mental act of holding a given
opinion was' thus put into the category of black
crimes, and either the prisoner was to have no
trial at all, or else he was to be, tried as it
were, by the hangman."
The telegraph, which daily brings us from
the West the history which General Burnside
and his subalterns are making, is an eloquent
commentator upon these pregnant words.—
Human madness, like human wisdom, forever
repeats itself. Let us at least find cause of
hope in the reflection that the administration
is attempting, in advance of a sudden and de
cisive blow, those measures which in France
were more sagaciously postponed till the blow
had been struck.
AFTER THE BATTLE.
it moms F, TOWNSEND
It was over at last. The sun, which bad
walked slow and calm through the long hours
of that terrible day, had gone down in a column
of fire beyond the western hills, and now the
stars were coming out swiftly, like golden pe
tals scattered all over an azure sky.
And the stars looked down on the battle-field,
as they have come out and looked down for
scores of years on the fair young land which
has arisen in her strength and beauty, until
amid all the nations there was none to compard
with her—on the great cities that were hung
like jewels on her green laosom—on the broad
harvest fields that waved - their tresses of joy
tlirougli tier ' golden summers—on the houses
where the dwellers thereof sat peaceful and
happy under their own vine and figtree—on all
this had the stars which came up night by night
to the watch-towers of the sky looked until at
last there came a change—and now where the
harvest had waved their locks in the summer
winds, was that most terrible sight which the
sun had ever beheld—the conflict had raged hot
and terrible that 'day.
The hearts of the distant mountains had
shuddered with the thunder of cannon, and the
earth had drank in blood as in autumn she
drinks the equinoctial rain; ,but at last the
day's awful work was done, and the night winds
lifted the gray banners of smoke from the bat
tle-field.
The air was full of heat and smell of pow
der; the dead lay thick together, with stark,
ghastly faces on the trampled grass; the
wounded ley thick also, filling the air with
moans—riderless horses rushed terrified over
the field ; and the dying daylight and the sol
emn stars watched over all.
A little way from the battle-field ran a small
stream, making a blue fold in the dark grass,
"nd two wounded men had crawled to its banks
to slake their thirst.
And when the two men orawling along the
banks looked up and met each other's faces
they knew they were enemies, and they knew,
too, that a few hours ago each had aimed his
rifle at the other, and that aim had made the
ghastly wound, a little way from the heart,
which bad drank the life-blood of each, and
each glared desperately on his adversary a
moment before he fell.
But there was no fierceness in the eyes of
•those men now, as they sat face to face on the
bank of the, stream: the strife and the anger
had all gone now, and they sat still, dying
men, who a few hours before had been deadly
foes, sat still and looked at each other. At
last one of them spoke :
"We . haven't either a chance to hold out
much longer, I judge."
6cNo," said the other with a little mixture of
sadness and recklessness. "You did that last
job of yours very well, as that bears witness;"
and he pointed to a wound a little above his
heart, from which the life-blood was slowly
oozing.
"Not better than you did yours," replied the
other, with a grim smile ; and he pointed to
a wound a little higher up—larger; more rag
ged—a deadly one.
And then the two men gazed on each other
again in the dim light, for the moon had come
over the hills now, and stood among the stars
like a pearl of great price. And as they looked,
a softer feeling stole over the heart of each
toward his fallen foe ; a feeling of pity for
the strong, manly life laid low; a feeling of
regret for that inexorable necessity of war
which made moll man the slayer of each other,
and at last one of them spoke :
"There's some folks in the world that'll feel
worse, I s'pose, because you've gone out of
it?"
' A spasm of pain was on the bronzed, ghastly
features.
"Yes," geld the man, in thick tones. "there's
one woman, with a little boy and girl, away
up among the New Hampshire mountains, that
it'll well-nigh kill to hear of this." And than
the man groaned out, in bitter anguish, "Oh
God, have pity. on my wife and children !"
And the other drew closer to him.
"And away among the cotton-fields of Geoz
gia there's a woman and a little girl whose
hearts will break when they hear what this
day has done." And then a cry wrung itself
sharply out of his heart : "Oh God, have pity
upon them !"
And from that moment the Northerner and
the Southerner ceased to be foes. The thought
of those distant homes on which the anguish
was soon to fall, drew them close together in
that last hour, and the two wept like children.
And at last the Northerner spoke, talking
more to himself than anything else, and he
did not know that the other was listening
greedily to every word.
"She used to come—my little girl, bless her
heart !—every night to meet me when I came
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home from the fields ; and she would stand
under the great plum tree that's just beyond
the back door at home, with the sunligtit, ma
king a yellow crown in her golden curls, and
the laugh dancing in her eyes when she heard
the click of the gate—l see her there now—and
I'd take her in,my arms, and she'd put up her
little red lips for a kiss. Bat my little girl
will never watch under the old plum tree by
the well for her father again. I shall never
hear the cry of joy as she catches a glimpse
of me at the gate ; I shall never see her little
feet running over the grass to spring .in my
arms again l"
"And," said the Southerndrt, "there's a little
brown-eyed, brown-haired girl, that used to
watch in the cool afternoons for her father;
when he rode in from his visit to the planta
tions—l can see her sweet little face shining
out now fiom the roses that:covered the pillars,
and her shout of joy as I bounded. from my •
horse and chased the little flying feet and the
loud laiigh up and down the verandah. But,
my darling, you will never watch again among
the roses for your father, and you and he will
never go laughing and romping up and down
the old verandah again !"
And the Northerner drew near to the South
erner, and the hot tears stood on his cold
cheeks, as he said :
"Friend, may God have pity on our father
less-children !"
"Amen !" said the Southerner, fervently.
And • the Nortimper spoke now in a husky.•
whisper, for theilies of the dying men were
glazing fast: .
"We have fought like brave men together.
We are going before God in a little while. Let
us forgive each other."
The Southerner tried to speak, but the sound
died away in a gurgle from his white lips ; but
he took the hand of the fallen foe , and the
stiffening fingers closed tight over it, and his
last look was a smile of forgiveness and peace.
And when the next morning's sun walked up
the gray stairs of the dawn touched with pink,
it looked down and saw the two foes lying dead,
with their hands clasped in each other, by the
stream which ran close to the battle field.
And, the little girl with golden hair that
watched under the plum tree among the hills
of New Hampshire ' and the little girl with
bright brown hair that waited by the roses
among the green plains of Georgia, were fa
therless.
ABOLITION NOB IN PHILADELPHIA
The Ruffians Tear Off the News Bulletin
and Threaten the Age Office--Cowardice
of.the Mayor and Police.
The Philadelphia Age of Saturday contains
the following account of a very gross outrage:
The excitement in the city of Philadelphia
has, as all know, been great during the last
few days, relative to an anxiety for obtaining
the latest and most reliable news from the meat
of war, and as a consequence, the offices of all
the leading newspapers have been continually
crowded, and every line placed upon their bul
letin boards read with intensified eagerness and
avidity.•
The office of the Age being situated upon the
most prominent part of Chestnut street, the
leading thoroughfare of the city, in conjunc
tion with the belief prevailing in the commu
nity, that the current events of the day would
be truthfully and without unnecessary display,
announced from hr door, kept around it front
early morn until late at night a constant throng
of anxious inquirers, most of whom felt con
cerned because of havi ng l dear and loved ones
away from their homes, fighting to maintain
the Constitution and the laws, and to perpetu
ate every privilege gained in days of yore—
one, and not the least of which was, to enjoy
freedom of the press—to publish to the people
all matters of fact and opinion which interest
and concern them.
The custom has long prevailed amongst the
newspapers of announcing upon their bulletin
boards, in placard form, the titles of the lead
ing articles of each edition, and also publishing
in like manner important telegraph new* as
soon as received. This practice has been con
formed to by the Age from the morning of its
first publication, and yesterday there appeared
upon the board placards with the following in
scriptions :
On the east side of the Board :1
"Another terrible disaster—Retreat of our
army—Rebel cavalry advancing on Falmouth—
Capture of Grand Gnlf-500 prisoners, arms,
Sze.
General Sigel snubbed.
The moral of the campaign.
The arbitrary arrest of Clement L. Vallan
digham."
On the west aide of the Board :
"From the seat of war.
Our army retreated to Falmouth.
Rebel cavalry advancing on Falmouth.
Capture of Grand Gulf, 500 prisoners, arms,
&c.
EDITORIAL.
General Sigel snubbed,
The moral of the campaign.
The arbitrary arrest of Clement L. Vallan
digham."
In the afternoon, a little before three o'clock,
a crowd collected around the board, and one of
them made a furious plunge at the placard on
the east side, and tore it into fragments. One
of the employees in the office, feeling outraged
at this wanton exhibiten of debased meanness,
stepped forward and remonstrated with the
ruffian. The young gentleman was immedi
ately set upon by a gang, one of whom flou
rished a knife, and it was fortunate for the
clerk that he was safely ensconced inside the
doors before.it could be used upon him.'
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A vast multitude soon gathered around the
doors and the police appeared in force, but the
party who made the premeditated and unpro
voked attack upon the premises were not ar
rested. Another placard was placed upon the
board bearing a similar inscription to the one
removed, but it was no sooner posted there
than again torn off -by the miscellaneous
crowd, who cheered exultingly as they saw no
disposition upon the part of the police to ar
rest the offending parties.
Mayor Henry shortly afterwards appeared
upon the ground, and obtained an interview
with one of the proprietors of The Age, The
Mayor suggested that the bulletin board had
better be removed, to which Mr. Glosbrenner,
representing the establishment, objected, sta
ting that it was the means 'of advancing a le
gitimate business in a legal manner, and he
desired to know if his Honor recommended a
dispensation with that well-established right,
to gratify a clamorous mob.
The Mayor replied that he did not reborn
mend it to conform to the wishes of the mob,
but he only gave it as the advice of a' private
m ei e ti n z d en alio a n nd as it c m hi n g
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Mr. Glossbrenner declined to act upon the
suggestion of. the Mayor, and the bulletin
board remained at the door.
By this time' nearly the entire police were
gathered around, and formed , into platoons.
The chief of police gave general orders, and
the guards extended in Chestnut street, from
Fourth to Fifth, on Fifth street to Library,
through Library street, upon portions of
Fourth street, and upon the Post-office avenue.