RATES OF ADVERTISING.
Tour lines or less constitute half a equate. Ten lines
e more than four, constitute IL square.
Half eq., one day.-- VI 30 Ono sq., one day. 30 00
one week.-- 120 " one week.... 200
one month.. 300 one month— 600
three monttus 500
SiXmmthe.. 800 mtibxrmeeorontoilth..s 00
00
" one year..... 12 00 one year -- 20 00
1.17 - Business noticesinserted in the Local, COLUMN,
or before marriages and deaths, TEN CENTS pelt LINE for
each insertion. To merchants and °there advertising
by the year, liberal terms will be offered
1 The number of insertions intuit be designated on
ha advertisement.
Marriages and venthe trill be Inserted at the Same
aloe as regular advertisements.
•
eniiintses ilarbe.
ROBERT SNODGRASS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
os k , with Hon. David Mamma, fr., Third street,
a bove Market, Harrisburg, Pa.
N., B.—Pension, Bounty and Military claims of all
kinds prosecatt d and collected.
Refer to 121000 Jail 0_ Kunkel, David Mumma. Jr. )
a nd IL A. Lumberton_ myll-d&wdm
WM. H. MILLER,
Attb
R. E. FERGUSON,'
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
OFFICE IN
SHO EMAKER'S BUILDINGS
SEco.ND STREET,
BETWEEN WALNUT and MARKET elltrA"s
ap29-41Arw Nearly opposite the Buehler House
Tubs
MA gDOWELL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
MILITARY maim - AND PATENT AGENT.
Office in Burke's Row, Third street, (Up Stairs.).
Haying formed a connection with parties in Wash
ington City, woo are reliable business men, any busi
ness ...netted with any of the Departments will meet
with immediate amt eareful attention. m 6 y
O. WEICHEL,
SURGEON AND OCULIST,
RESIDENCE THIRD NEAR NORTH BMW
D' -
He is now folly prepared to attend promptly to tat
duties of profeasicm In all its braucbea.
LOSN AND TINT nuaossarvia DINDINAL l ir ll / 1100
jostlina him in promising fall and ample satisfaction to
all who may&nror him with a eall, be the Mamie Ohronh
or any ether nature. mlB-d&wlr
TA ILORING_
GEO. 8. SLVGrx3.
The subscriber is ready at NO. 94, ISIALRIIIM BT.,
four doors belovr 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 noties. ap27-dly
CHARLES F. VOLLMER,
UPHOLSTERER,
Chestnut street, four doors above Second,
(OPPOSITE WASHINGTON HOSE ROUSE,)
IS prepared to furniatto order, in the very beet etyle of
worksminsbip.Spring and Hair Mattresses, Window Car.
tains, Lounges, and all other articles of Furniture in his
liac . , on short notice snd moderate terms. Having ex
perience in the business, he feels warranted in asking a
share of priblic patronage, confident of hisabilityto give
satisfaction. janl7-dtf
SILAS WARD.
vv. 11, SORTIE , LEMED ST., HARBIBIII7B4.
STEINWAY'S PIANOS,
MELODEONS, VIOLINS, GUITARS,
Banjos, Flutes, Fifes, Drums, Accordeona,
mimes, eirinrr AND ROOK MONO, k.e., &0.,
PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES. ALBUMS,
Large Pier and Mantle Mirrors, Square and Oval Prongs
af ere/7.lercriptiontrado to order. Regailding dons.
Agency for Howe's Sewing, Machines.
I Sheet Music sent by Mail. . oetl-1
JOHN W. GLOVER,
MERCHANT TAILOR .!
Has just received from New York, an assort
ment of
SEASONABLE GOODS,
which he offers to his customers and the public at
nov - 22) MODERATE PRICER. dtt
W HARRY WILLIAMS,
Y •
Cia.4l-30111
402 WALNUT STRUT,
PHILADELPHIA.
general Claims for Soldiers promptly collected, State
Claimaadinated, &c., &c. mar2o-dlrn
SMITH & EWING,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
THIRD STREET, Harrisburg,
Bradlee in the several Courts of Dauphin county. Cot
leCtiOtL4 made promptly - . A_ C. WITH,
1. B. EWING.
T COOK, Merchant Tailor,
2T OKESMIT 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, able, an assortment of BEADY MADE
Clothing and Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods.
n0v.21-Iyd
D
B. 111. GILDEA, D. D. S.,
If 0 9 MARKET STREET,
& RUNNEL'S BUILDING. UP STAIRS.
janB-tf
RELIGIOUS BOOK STORE ]
TRACT AND SUNDAY SCHOOL DEPOSITORY,
E. S_ GERMAN,
• sr 80 1 3TH MOND STItMET, ABOVII ORIMPTUT,
MARZISHIIEG,
Depot for the sale of Stereoscopes i StereoscopicViews,
Music and Musical Instruments. Also, subscriptions
WWII for zoligioca pnbliestiens. nO5O-dl.
JOHN G. W. MARTIN,
FASHIONABLE
CARD WRITER,
HRRIVS HOTAL, HARRISBURG, PA.
All manner of VISITING, WEDDING AND BUSI
NESS CARDS exeented in the molt artistic styles and
most reasonable terms. neokkiltf
UNION HOTEL,
Ridge Avenue, corner of Broad street,
HARRISBURG,
•
The undersigned informs the public that he has re
cently renovated and refitted his well-known it littion
Hotel" 'Ridge avenue, near the sound House, and is
prepared to accommodate citizens, strangers and t ravel
ers in the heat style, at moderate rates.
His table will be supplied with the best the maskets
afford, and at his bar will be fauna superior brands of
liquors and malt beverages. The very best accommo
dations for railroader' employed at the shops in this
vicinity. [alt HENRY BOSTEIEN.
F RANKLIN HOUSE,
BALTIMORD, MD.
Vila pleasant and commodious Hotel has been tho
Toughly ro-fitted and .76- famished_ It ie pleasantly
situated on North-West corner of notrard. and Nrattklin
atreete, a few doors west of the Northern Central Rail
way Depot. asery attention paid to the comfort of his
suede_ U isnoixßlNG, Proprietor,
jen-tf (Lateo! Belicsl26-eve, Pa.)
THEO. F. BOHEFFER ;
BOOK, CARD AND JOB PRINTER,
• NO. 18 MARKET STRIEHP, HARRISBURG.
Particular attention paid to printing, ruling and
finding of Railroad Blanks, Manifests, Insurance Po-B
eam, &c.
Wohiing, Visiting and Business Cards printed at Tory
low prices and in the best style, loan
ESSRS. CHICKERING it 0 0.
H&VE AGAIN OBTAINED THE
la OLD
AT rall MEDA.L!
MECHANics, FAIR. BOSTON,
szLD TES PZIONDING WRZZ.,
vigil AiLZ:er cromrinuroßsz
lifareroom for the antoKsanre PIANOS, Itt Kerrie
burg at et Market street,
mew W. 100011.113 1078.10 BTOIIII.
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VOL. 5.-NO. 235
Attlioceßaucous.
PENNONS, BOUNTIES, BACK PAY,
War Claims and Claims for Indemnity.
STRWA_RT, STEVENS, CLARK & CO.,
Attorneys and Counsellors-at-Lam, and Solicitors
for all kinds of Military Claims,
450 PENNbTLVAIIIA. AVENUE,
WASHINGTON, D. C.
This firm, having a thorough knowledge of the Pen
sion Business, and being familiar with the practice ill
all the Departments of Government, believe that they
can afford greater facilities to Pension, Bounty, and
other Claimants, for the prompt and successful accom
plishment of basinees entrusted to them, than any other
firm in Washington. They desire to secure such an
amount of this business as will enable them to execute
the business for each claimant very cheaply, and on the
bailie of their pay contingent upon their success in each
case. For this purpose they will secure the AGPVICOS of
Law Firms in each prominent locality throughout the
States where each business maybe had, furnish such
with all the necessary blank forms of application and
evidence, requisite printed pamphlet instructions, and
circulars for distribution in their vicinity, with asso
ciates names inserted, and upon the due execution of
the papers and transmission of the same to them by
their local associates, they will promptly perform the
business here.
ljj" Their charges will be ten dollars for officers and
Jive dollars for privates, for each Pension or Bounty and
Back Pay obtained, and ten per cent. on amount of
Olainle for Military Supplies or Claims for Indemnity,
I' Soldiers enlisted since the let of March, 1861, in
any 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 enti
_ed as above to the $ lOO Bounty and Back Pay.
JOSEPH B. STEWART;
RRSTOR L. STEVENS,
EDWARD CLARK,
OSOAR A. STEVENS,
WILLIS B. GAYLORD.
Weennearon, D. 0.,1862.
RApply at our office or to our Associate at
serraG, Pa.—JO HN A. BIGLER, Attorney and
Pyromania, PA.—ARTRIIREI & RIDDELL, Atbr
seys-at-Law.
POTTSTILLI, Ps..—WM. R. SMITH, Attorney mot
Counsellor_
PHILAMELPIIIA, G. MINNIOBILD, hO Alwood
street, WM. M. SMITH, Attorney and Counsellor. '
Wasnmerots, PA.—BOYD ORIIMRINCB, Attorney
and Counsellor.
jyalAly
JACKSON & CO.'S
SHOE STORE,
NO. oeg MANIENT STRINT,
HARRIWPTIRG, PA.,
Where they ntend to devote their entire time to the
manufacture or
BOOTS AND SHOES
all kinds and varieties, in the neatest and moat fish,
enable stylea and at satisfactory prises.
Their stock will consist, in part, of Sestkonefes Ana
&Wand Patent Lsatisar Boots and Shoes, latest styles;
i„adies' and Misses' Gaiters, and otherphoes in great
variety; and in met OTOryilabas coisnanted witk the
Shoe business.
CUSTOMER WORK will be part' Wetly attended to,
Ala in all easel will setisfactioa be Warranted. Lasts
Anal up by one of the best makers in the country.
The long practical experience of the undersigned, and
their thorough knowledge of the business will, they
trout, be ..maatit guarantee to the public that they
Will do them justice, and furnish them an *Aide that
will recommend itself for utility, cheapness and aura.
bility. (Jane] JACKSON & CO-.
uIIRINGER'S PATENT BEEF TEA,
1)1_ a solid, concentrated extract of
BEEF A.ND VEGETABLES,
COllfertible immediately into a nourishing and deli
along soup. llighiy approved by a cumber of eminent
Physicians.
This admirable article condensed into a compact form,
all the substantial and nutritive properties of a large
bulk of meat and vegetables. The readiness with which
It 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 life,' too
obvious to need urging. Its highly nourishing qualities
combined with its delicacy, renders it invaluable for the
eick; mobile for those la health, it is a perfect substitute
for fresh moat and vegetables. It will keep good in any
climate.
It is peculiarly well adapted FOR TRAVELERS, by
land or sea, who can thus avoid those seeldentaldepriva
tions of a comfortable meal, to wtit. , :b they are so liable.
FOR INVALIDS, wh,e. •:aprioi^•li appetite can thus
le satisfied in a moment.
FOR SPORTSMEN and EXCURSIONISTS. to whom,
both its compactness and easy preparstiou will recom
mend it. For sale by
sep24-tf. WM. DOOR., klk .
CHARTER OAK
FAMILY FLOUR!
UNEXCELLED BY ANY IN THE U. STATES !
AND STIFEKIOR TO ANY
3ff• Tt7' , C "Se $l3. 31Rt.A INT
OFFERED IN PENNSYLVANIA!
IT IS MADE OF
CHOICE MISSOURI WHITE WHEAT.
f.1:7- Delivered any place in the city free of charge.
Terms cash on delivery.
300 WM. DOCK, In., Sr. CO.
A BOOK FOR THE TIMES I
Ameriean Annual Cyclopedia and Register of
Important Events for the Year 1861. In 1 voi.
8 vo. over 750 pages. Cloth .p 3, Leather $8.50.
Published by D. Appleton 41. 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 eounie, oc
cupy a conspicuous part, but all other branches-80i
ence, Art, Literature, the Mechanic Arts, &a., will re
ceive due attention. The work will be published ex
clusively by subscription, and ready fur delivery inJwie
nest.
Also, now complete
,Rentoses Debates of Congress 16 vo/umes,l3 and $3 00
per Toixono.
Bfinton'a Thirty Years in U. S. Senate,2tidumes, $3.00
and Pa par roof.
Cysiopedsa of American Blopeence, containing the
speeches of the most eminent Orators of America, 14
Mei portraits, 2 note. .22.50 each.
Parton's Life and Times of Andrew Jackson,o volumes,
$2.60 each.
Address IP. STRAISBAIIGII, Harrisburg, Pa.
Oaueral Agent for D. A PP ETO N & Co.
For Circulars delicriplareof Anneal Cyclopedia.
aprilld&wtf.
DYOTTVILLE GLASS WORKS,
PHILADELPHIA,.
11A1117FAOIINS
CARBOYS, DEMIJOHNS,
WINE, PORTER, MINERAL WATER, PICKLE ANA
PRESERVE BOTTLES
OP 11113111 r DEBOZIPTION.
H. B.& G. W. DINNERS
9 40-aly RI south Front steret, Philadelphia.
1 - APANESE TEA.—A choice l o t o f
J this celebrated Tea just received. It is of the first
cum ever imported, and is much Superior to the Chi
nese Tea!! in quality, strength sad fregrenee, and is also
entirely free of adulteration, coloring or mixture of any
kind.
It is the natural leaf of the japenese Tea Plan.
For eal.s WM. DOCK, jr., & Co.
31000 B f U di S ff HEtLkS.
kinds, State Potatoes,
o rAso BuslieLlt York State Apple!,
A. choice lot of York State Butter.
Also, a superior lot of Catawba grapes, and 80 bushels
Shellbarks, just received and for gale low by
H. W. BIBLE & CO.,
decl-dtf No. 108 Market street.
AOKEREL!
IVILOKYIKEL, Noy.9 rind S. in all deed packages—
new) spa each Preekags 1 warranted. JUL reoetres2, aou
for sale low by WM. DOCK, Jr., & 00.
ORLY SEALING FRUIT JARS I
-0 Bent and Cheapest in the markets I OW wad
examine them
101
BURKHART & ROBBINS
(VORMHRUir DDRIMART AND STROM]
IMPROVED SKY-LIGHT
PHOTOGRAPH AND AMBROTYPE GALLERY.
Ncrth. Third street, opposite the "Patriot and Ural"
Office, Hrrrisburg, Fa.
BURKHART & ROBBINS have fitted up a spiend'd
new Gallery in Mumina , a building, on Third street,
-where they are prepared to take
PHOTOGRAPHS, CARTES DE VISITS" AND
AMOR °TYPES,
In all the improved styles. Particular attention gi ven
to CARD PHOTOGRAPHS. Alen on hand, a complete
assortment of GILT FRASIBS. which they will sail at
very low prices Call and examine specimens.
Cartes de Visite $2 50 per dozen.
Vignettes 2 00— do.
Whole size Photographs in frames from from $2 to $5
a piece
INFALLIBLE LINIMENT,
THE
GREAT EXTERNAL REMEDY,
FOR RHEUMATISM, GOUT, NEURALGIA,
LUMBAGO, STIFF NECK AND JOINTS,
SPRAINS, BRUISES, CUTS & WOUNDS,
PILES, HEADACHE, and ALL RHEU-
Dr. Stephen Sweet, of Connootiont,
The great Natural Bone Setter.
Dr. Stephen Sweet, of Connecticut,
Ie known all over the Milted State&
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Is truly a c , friend in need,) , and every family should
have it at hand.
Dr. Sweet's Infallible Liniment
Is for sale by all Druggists. Price 25 cents.
RICHARDSON & Co.,
Sole Proprietors, Norwich, Ct.
For sale by all Dealers. ap2o eow-dsr.w
WM. DOOK t JR., # CO
HARRLS BURG, PA:, THURSDAY. JUNE 4 1863.
pliotograpi ) s.
BURRRART & ROBBING,
Photographers
my6•dlm
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DR. SWEET'S
AIATIO and NERVOUS DISORDERS
Dr. Sweet's Infallible Liniment
Is the best remedy for Sores in the known world.
H UBB AR D BROS.,
IMPORTERS OF WATCHES,
NEW
Have the pleasure of announcing to their moneroue
friends and patrons in the Army, that they are prepared
to fill orders and transmit parcels BY MAIL, with the ut
most care and promptitude. Watches so forwarded are
registered; we take upon ourselves all risks of transpor
tation, and guarantee a safe delivery.
Improved Solid Sterling Silver Im. ENGLISH
LEVERS, in good running order, and warranted ac
curate timepieces. This is an entire new pattern, made
expressly for American Army and Navy sale. They are
ii„,,,ufsetured in a very handsome manner, with Engleele,
c ~w., marl:, certifying their genuineness; all in all,
inty rot desirable Watch. Frank Leslie's Blas
t rat•el Nu , . of Peb. 21st, '63, says :—"lluseeßD'S Tlns
g:>r e , a ...e ist , e , aging proverbial for their reliability
aid aralera:y. They are particularly valuable for OM.
4 , 4'3 i n t army, and travelers .)) The price is BRVENTY-
Tiro POLL IRS ($72) per case of six, being about one
third the cost of ordinary English Levers, while they
will readily retail for a larger price. Postage, per case,
$1.64,
RAILWAY TIMEKEEPERS, for Arnly Speen
lation.—The Army and Pars( Gazette, of Philadel
phia, in its February number, says This importa
tion of the HUBBARD BROS ,Of New York, fills a long
felt want, being a handsome and serviceable Watch at
an extremely low figure . 2 ) Superior in style and ish
Decidedly the most taking novelties out; Should retail
at prices from $2O to $:3O each. Good imitation of both
geld and sheer, with fancy colored hands and beautiful
dials; with superior regulated movement. Sold only by
the case of six of assorted designs. Engraved and
superior electro-plated with gold, and silver-plated, per
Mae of six, FORTY-EIGHT DOLLARS, ($48.) By mail,
postage, SIM per ease.
MAGIC TIME OBSERVERS, the Perfection
of Mechanism I—BEING A. HUNTING AND OPEN LACE,
Or LADY'S OR GEATLEMAN'S WATCH COMBINED, WITH PA
TENT SELF-WINDING IMPROVEMENT.—The New York Il
lustrated News, the leading pictorial paper of the Uni
ted States, in itS issue of JAB, /oth, 1603, on rage 147,
voluntarily says I- 4 We have been shown a most pleas
ing novelty, of which the HUBBARD BROS., of New York,
are the sole importers. It is called the Magic Time
Observer, and is a Hunting and Open Face Watch com
bined. One of the prettiest, most convenient, and de
cidedly the best and cheapest timepiece for general and
reliable use ever offered. It has within it and connec
ted with its machinery, its own winding attachment,
rendering a hey entirely unneeepesary. The Cases of
this Watch are composed of two metals, the outer one
being fine 16 carat gold. It has the improved ruby ac
tion lever movement, and is warranted an accuratetime
piece.” Price, superbly engraved, per case of half
descry roi. Sample Watches, in neat mm occo boxes,
for those proposing to buy at wholesale, Po. If sent
by mail the postage is 36 cents. Retails at $lOO and
upwards.
irr We have no agents or circulars. Buyers must
deal with us direct, ordering from this adrertleenient.
Terms, Cask in advance. Remittances may be made in
United States money, or draft payable to our order in
this city. If you wish goods sent by mail, enclose the
amount of the postage with your order. Write your
address in full. Registered Letters only at our risk.
AddressHUBBARD BRO a., IMPORTERS,
East Cor. Nassau and John streets,
ap29 d3m New York.
II A MS!!1I
20,000,1b5. Composed of the following Brands
just received :
NEWBOLD'S—Celebrated.
NEW JERSEY—SeIect.
EVANS & SWlFT'S—Superior.
MICHINER'S EXCELSlOR—Canvassed.
MICIIINER'S EXCELSIOR—Not canvassed.
IRON ClTY—Canvassed.
IRON CITY—Not =nosed. .
PLAIN HAMS—Strictly prime.
ORDINARY HAMS—Very good.
Irr Every Ham sold will be guaranteed as reprOgell
ted. WM. DOCK. jr., & CO.
WAR I WAR I —BRADY, No. 62
Market moo, W9w Third, has resolved slugs
assortment of &WORDS, Sseass and, BELTS, which he
will sell very low. su!4o-dtt
ADINS 1 YOU KNOW WERE YOU
J een g et thie Note Paper, Envelopes, - Visiting and
Wedding Cards ? At 130HILYEIVS BOOSSTORE.
YORK,
20 - lit frtiatnot 4fr dui it
+
THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 4 1863
THE GREAT DEMOCRATIC MASS AIEET
ING IN PIIILADELPAIA.
SPF.ECII Or lION. CHARLES J. DIDDLE
FELLOW CITIZENS :—We are assembled here
to-night to utter a solemn and emphatic protest
against an outrage perpetrated upon an-Ame
rican citizen. Redress for this outrage is
rightly sought in a peaceful appeal to the peo
ple; for it was perpetrated, not by a foreign
enemy, not by rebels in arms, but by the ser
vants of the people trusted with the execution
of the known laws of a free country, and an
swerable to the people for the abuse of this
high trust. Let us hope that even those who
now exult in this great wrong may, on reflec
tion, see that in times of public danger and
excitement, with frequent alternations of po
litical power, their own liberty and their own
safety must depend upon the maintenance of
the laws. In the State of Ohio, whose soil no
hostile foot has trod, and where all the courts
of law are open, a private citizen has been
abducted at midnight, arraigned upon political
c harges before a military tribunal, and, after
a mock trial, has been delivered over to the
public enemy. Ido not think you can find a
precedent for a case like this, unless it be in
the annals of that petty despotism ax Naples,
which Garibaldi lately overthrew amid the
acclamations of the civilized world. I think
this is the first instance known of the trial of
a citizen, before a court-martial, for a political
speech to a public meeting in his own country.
Such a trial is a compendious violation of all
the great principles of English and American
liberty. "Magna Charts" forbids it; and "the
Petition of Right," which was the first warning
to a tyrant, afterwards beheaded, declares
"that hereafter no commission for proceedings
by martial law may issue forth to any person
or persons 'whatsoever, lest by color of them
any of your Mojesty's subjeote be destroyed or
put to death contrary to the laws and franchise
of the land." You do not need to be told how
the men of the American Revolution cherished
and fortified civil liberty. The whole spirit
of the Constitution of the United States, and
the express provisions of the fifth amendment,
restrict military law to "cases arising in the
land or naval forces, or the militia, when in
actual service, in time of war or public dan
ger." Nor does the trial of Mr. Vallandigham
off en d on ly th e time honored principles of jus
tice ; it violates the new law, passed at the last
session of the last Congress to 'meet the re
quirements of these very times. Certainly the
Thirty-seventh Congress' ehowed no want of
deference to Executive power; but I beg you
to believe that neither that Congress nor any
other American Congress ever passed a law that
lends the least countenance to such proceed
ings as that which you are assembled to repro
bate and denounce. On the contrary, the act
of 3d March, 1863, by which Congress gave
authority to the Executive to delay the sum
mary discharge of prisoners upon writs of ha
beas corpus, prescribes that each case shall be
referred to the 'United Staten court of the dis
trict where the offence is charged to have been
committed, and if the grand jury do not find a
true bill against the prisoner,
he shall be set
at liberty on giving surety of the peace, if re
quired to do so. Heavy penalties are provided
by this act against any officer refusing to re
lease a prisoner upon the order of the court.
It is the crowning infamy Of the proceedings
against Mr. Vallandigham, that he was hurried
beyond the jurisdiction of the courts of the
United States, to deprive him of the remedy
provided by this act, which, before it is three
months old, is thus evaded and violated by the
Executive, whose duty is, in the words of the
Constitution, "to take care that the laws be
faithfully executed."
I do not believe that the American people
have so degenerated from their forefathers
that acts like these can escape swift and sig
nal c o n d em nation. The highest official wil
fully violating the law is a malefactor, like
any humble and less dangerous criminal ; his
acts rest on force, not right, and have no mo
ral or legal sanction. To eupport him in such
acts is but to become an accomplice in wrongs,
which, if practiced by one party to-day, may
be retorted upon it to-morrow.
Daily we see new evidence of a design to per
vent the military force of the country to par
tisan purposes. To the last elections in New
Hampshire and Connecticut soldiers were sent
home to vote, not as free citizens, according to
their unbiased judgments, but under orders to
vote a party ticket. And. when an officer ex
ercised his right as a freeman, and voted with
the larger portion of the people of his State,
he was ignominiously dismissed, and they were
insolently stigmatized in an order issued, from
Washington. The trial of citizens upon po.
litical charges before military courts is a part
of this design, which, for a temporary, parti
san advantage, sacrifices the interests of the
country, the true character of the soldier, and
the most sacred rights of the citizen.
Let us inquire now, fellow-citizens, whether
there is no remedy fur such invasions of your
rights. Ido not pause to consider mere per
sonal remedies. The lawful force with which
the citizen may repel lawless violence may
prove too feeble against organized aggression.
The remedy by suit at law has been taken
away by act of Congress in cases of "trespasses
or wrongs done or committed by virtue or un
der color of any authority derived from,
or
exercised by or under the President of the
United States, or any act of Congress." But
did the founders of our institutions know so
little of history and human nature as to rest
their rights on mere paper declarations, with
no political remedy for their infraction ? No,
fellow-citizens, the Constitution of our govern
ment is not the mere fair weather chart that
its enemies call it, to be cast aside at the first
rising of the storm. It wee framed by states
men and soldiers fresh in experience of seven
years of revolutionary war ; it was meant for
all weathers. Never was its wisdom clearer
than in thin clay of trial. The pre-scienue of
its framers provided for the case before us. It
is for the people, through their State govern
ments, to uphold civil liberty. I will borrow
the words of Alexander Hamilton, because he,
of all the framers of the Constitution, has been
deemed the most indulgent to Federal power.
He Bays ; "Power being almost always the rival
of power, the general government will at all
times stand ready to check the usurpations of
the State governments, and these will have the
same disposition towards the general govern
ment. The people, by throwing themselves in
either scale, will make it preponderate. If their
rights are invaded by either,they can make use
of the other as an instrument of redress.—
How wise will it be in them, by cherishing
the Union, to preserve to themselves an advan
tage which can never be too highly prized. It
may be safely received as an axiom in our po
litical system that the State governments will,
In all possible contingencies, afford complete
security against invasions of the public liberty
by the national authority." To the just appli
cation of these principles is due the difference
in condition, at this day, beim - glen a freeman of
PRICE TWO CENTS
New Jersey or New York and a citizen of Ohio.
Let Pennsylvanians profit by the lesson. Civil
liberty is a rare and priceless boon, not given
to all the world, but, at long intervals, vouch
safed to the most favored races; it is preserved
only through constant vigilance, intelligence,
and virtue, Our forefathers, after painful
efforts often frustrated and long delayed, at
tained the glorious prize. But we are dealing
with it as spendthrift heirs deal with some rich
inheritance that cost them nothing. The Abo
litionists of our day do not wish to hear of
safeguards and defences, and constant vigi
lance ; with them liberty is a thing by no means
necessary for white men, though very good for
negroes. They clamored for habeas corpus and
trial by jury for every fugitive slave, because
the Constitution did not accord them to him ;
but those for whom the Constitution does pro
vide those rights must not have them. Not
many weeks ago I stood by the venerable
statesman of Kentucky when he addressed an
assemblage in this city. I heard him say,
" We must fight this war in obedience to a just
instinct to sustain the liberties our fathers left
us. Never fail to protest against any violation
of the Constitution, nor let any member of the
government transgress it. People are very
easily habituated to encroachments upon their
liberties, The Syron song was fatal to the
listeners."
Such was the counsel of almost the last sur
vivor of the Statesmen born with the Constitu
tion, who raised their country to the highest
pinnacle of prosperity and honor. Statesmen,
indeed ! who knew the arts that make a nation
happy and keep it SO. They have left CO suc
cessors who can tempt us to willingly resign
to them the rights of thought and action that
belong to freemen. • A brilliant despot, like
Napoleon, may dazzle the people, for a while,
to believe that he is wiser than all the ivorld ;
but I must say—even at the risk of being called
disloyal—that we have no one at the helm of
government whose caprice or judgment is bet
ter than the wisdom of centuries, better than
the Constitution and laws. To write, to speak,
to assemble peaceably to discuss the proceed
ings of every branch of the government, are
rights doubly guaranteed to you by the Con
stitution of the United States and the Consti
tution of Pennsylvania. Do not yield nor in
termit these rights ; a popular government
rests op truth -and free discussion. Give no
heed to the senseless cry that a time of war is
no time for the people to speak or to think
about the conduct of it. Systematic menda
city may lull you into false security, while a
hap-hazard policy, looking always for " peace
in ninety days," and leaving commerce with
out protection and armies without reserves,
may again expose your firesides to the inroads
of the enemy. Maintain, at every cost, the
freedom of elections ; remember that, last Oc
tober, under pretense of a draft that was never
made, deputy U. S. marshals were posted over
the ballot box in every precinct in this city.
The eleceve franchise is the life of our institu
tions, and an assault on it is the beginning of
anarchy and revolution.
I will not turn to other topics at a meeting
called to consider a special violation of civil
liberty. It has been to me, especially, a duty
and a pleasure to accept the invitation to be
here to-night ; for I served with Mr. Vallan
digham in the last Congress. Our several re
cords show the points on which we differed.
But I stand here now to say, of an outraged
and banished man, that I always regarded
him—and I have learned nothing yet to alter
my opinion—as an upright, honorable, patri
otic citizen, who cherished views which he .
sincerely deemed to be the best for his country,
and who sought to advance them, not by any
secret, illicit, or disloyal means, but by open
argument before the people of the Northern
States.
Ills peace doetrines may be now impracti
stble,. but in the Quaker City, the Capital of the
Commonwealth that Penn founded, they will
not seem so strange and dangerous as to war
rant their suppression by lawless violence.
We may safely infer the innocence of his ac
tions, sines he was dragged beyond the reach
of civil justice,. because no. charge could be
ventured against him, even before a grand
jury to be summoned by his political enemies.
But thoughtful men will not consider this
as merely the case of Clement Laird Vallandig
ham. They will recognise the truth uttered
by the great Earl of Chatham—the champion
of English and American liberty. He said,
"the character of Mr. Wilkes has nothing to
do with the question. .11 consider him, as an
Englishman, possessed of rights which the
laws have given him, and which the laws alone
can take from him. In his person, though he
were the worst of men, I contend for the se
curity of the best; and Cod forbid that there .
should be a power in this country capable of viea
curing, the civil rights of the subject by any other
rule but the fixed laws of the land!"
OU.T'FOURING OF THE DEMOCRACY OF
HUNTINGDON COUNTY.
A large and enthusiastic gathering of the
Democratic masses of Old Huntingdon was
held at the court house, in the borough of
Huntingdon, on Friday, the 2Nh inst., for the
purpose of considering the late outrage upon
the Monitor newspaper, and to assert the right
of free speech and the freedom of the press,—
It was the largest political meeting ever held
in Huntingdon, the court house being too.small
to admit the vast numbers present.
The assemblage was called to order by the
selectSion of Islajor Geo. W. Speer, of Mount
Union, as President, who, upon taking the
chair, announced the object of the meeting, and
in an eloquent and forcible manner described
the present unhappy and distracted condition
of our country, and showed the imperative ne
cessity of adhering to the time-honored• land
marks of the Democratic party. Having served
his country in the present war against the
Southern rebellion as long as declining health
would permit, he scorned the imputation that
Democrats were disloyal to the Constitution
and the Union, and administered a withering
rebuke to the "stay-at-home patriots," who
manifest their patriotism by destroying prin
ting offices, and find employment in "smelling
treason."
The fellowittg named persons were then se
lected as
VICE PRESIDENTS
Nicholas Cresswell, Carus Patterson, Daniel
Massey, Thomas Stewart, John A. Campbell,
John K. Metz, John M. Stoneroad, Lewis Ste
ver. David Hamilton, Caleb Greenland, John
S. Gehrett, Daniel J. Logan, Edward M'Hugh,
Samuel Brooks, Thomas Maher, Thomas H.
Fagan, Dennis M'Hugh, Capt. Win. Riley,
Maj. John Zentmyre, James Higgins, J. Mur
ray simpson, Adam Rupert, Sr., Jas. Wilson,
Adam Speck, Geo. Jackson. Win. H. Harper,
James Johnson, Samuel Miller, 11. F. Haslett,
Alex. M'Caslin, Job Plympton, Doug Myers,
Jr., Charles Porter, N. Isenberg, Abm. Cress
well, H. Helfright, David M'Carvey, John Lu
kens, Dr. Wm. P. M'Nite, A. M. Shoop, Robert
Gooshorn, Thomas Irvin, John Morley, John
Nail, Mordecai Henry, Jacob Porter, Geo. W.
Patterson,' Thomas K. Henderson.
RECRII"nkRIER
David Caldwell, A. D. Criat, Dr. Geo. Mears,
Mordecai B. Massey, John H. Lightner, H.
HGlizapple, James il. M'Clure, Dr. David P.
PUBLISHED EVERY bIORNING,
SUNDAYS EXCEPTED,
BY 0. BARRETT & CO
Tag DAILY PATRIOT AND URrON Will be served to sub.
acribera reel d ng in the Borough for Tarr 0 /MTN rex lIMMi t
payshie to the Carrier. Mail aubaeribere, F ITN DoLLAaa
PER ANNUM.
. •
THE "WEEKLY PATRIOT AND UNION is published elver°
DOLLARS PER ANDOH, invariably in advance. TRH copie
to one address,pl een dollars. •
Connected with this establishment is an esttensive
JOB OFFICE , containing a variety of plain and fancy
type, unequalled by any establishment in the interior of
the State, for aohlela tket f the public. is ISO
pa ronage o
Miller, Gen. R. C. M'Gill, Dr. A. F. Neely, J4l
- Hanger, George ArGlaughlin,
Henry L.
Harvey, David Wilson, Georg e Noss,
George
11PCrum, Wm, 141*Cartney, Jola Miller, Johu
M'Grath, Alex. Norris, J. G. Jones, Samuel G.
Simpson, David P. Henderson.
On motion, the Chair was authorized to ap
point a committee of twenty•five to draft and
report resolutions expressive of the sense of
the meeting. The following persons were
named as said Committee;
B. Bruce Peiriken, Albert Owen, IL Milton
Speer,
J. Simpson Africa, Frans B. Wallace,
A. J. Postlethwalt, Miles M'Hugh. Matthew
Murray, David C. Gates, 'Mahlon T. Stryker,
Peter Piper, Jr., John Henderson, Jesse
Henry, James Ewing, Thou, Jell, J. nodding,
George Wilson, Jacob Longenecker, Thomas
Turner, A. P. Wilson, William Colon, Samuel
Henderson, John B. Frazier, Wm. AAtephens,
Thomas P. M'Nite.
The assemblage was then ably and eloquently
addressed by Hon. Robert L. Johnson, of Cam
bria, Hon. George Sanderson, of Lancaster,
.1; ohn li. Orvis, Esq., of Centre, S. M. Wood
kok, Esq., of Blair, and others.
The speeches were all distinguished for their
coolness, clearness and power. For fourtours
the hall of the court-htstse was densely pack
ed by the Democratic yeomanry of the county.
Cheer after cheer greeted the speakers, as words
of eloquence fell from their lips. It was a
scene rarely witnessed here,. and it gladdened
the hearts and strengthened the faith of the
u n terrified Democracy.
The committee made a report, which was
rend and unanimously adopted, as follows, viz:
Mammas, The Constitution of the United
States declares: "That Congress shall make
no law abridging the freedom of speech or of
the pretty or the right of the people passably
to assemble and to petition the government
for a redress of grievances :'
And whereas, The Constitution. of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania declares : H That
the printing presses shall be free•to very per
son who undertakes to examine the proceed
ings of the Legislature or ti,dy branch of gov
ernment, and no law shall ever be made to
restrain the right thereof. The• free commu
nication of thoughts and opinionsisbne of the
invaluable. rights of man ; andr every citizen
may freely speak, write and print on any sub
ject, being responsible for the abuse of that
liberty :"
And whereas, "The Monitor'? newspaper,
the organ of the Demooratic party of Hunting
don county, in and for the exercise of these
rights, was, on Wednesday, the 20th inst., en,
tirely destroyed by a lawless mob, excited by
partisan prejudices; therefore,.
Resolved, That this flagrant outrage upon the
dearest rights of the American eitimen merits
and receives- our fullest condemnation, and
should receive the stern disapproval of every
man who loves order and values liberty.
Resolved, That, relying, as heretofore, on
the virtue, intelligence and patriotism of the
people, and believing that the thickening
emergencies of the crisis and the, perpetuation
of the government require the triumph of cor
rect constitutional principles, we will immedi
ately reestablish the Monitor upon a firm and
permanent betas, and yield it a genercais sup
port as the organ of our political faith.
Resolved, That the people are the- source of
-all power; that their will is expressed in their
state and National Constitutions, and that
those who have been chosen to administer the
government are the servants and not the 'mas
ters of the people.
Resolved r That the Constitution of the United
States and the laws made in pursuance thereof
are the supreme law or the land; that they
furnish the rule of political action to every
citizen, and- that we repudiate, as a monstrous
heresy, the doctrine that in times of war the
Constitution is abolished.
Resolved, That the attempt to suppress the
freedom of speech and of the press—to close
the voice of honest criticism upon the mea
sures and conduct of the party in power—to
cover up the faithlessness and corruption of
our public servants by arresting every man
who dares to express them, iSagross violation
of every principle of constitutional liberty,
and an alarming invasion of the dearest rights
of the citizen.
Resolved, That it is our duty to obey the
Constitution and the laws, and it is our right,
solemnly guaranteed to us by our great Char
ter of Freedom, fairly, freely and fully to dis
cuss the measures and•policyt of the adminis
tration., and to approve them when just and to
condemn them when unjust; and Ilia sacred
right no freeman will ever surrender.
Resolved, That we are for a vigorous prose
cution of the war for the suppression of the
rebellion—for the reasserting of the supre
macy of the Constitution, and for the restora
tion of the Union in its original integrity;
that we are unalterably opposed to a dissolu
tion of the goveziment or a division of the na
tional territory, and that we will use every
constitutional means in our power to avert so
dire a catastrophe.
Resolved,,. That this - war should be in defence
of the Constitution and not for its overthrow,
and, therefore, we denounce the arbitrary ar
rests of citizens and their trial by courts-mar—
tial in States were all the civil tribunals are ,
open and the course of justice unobstructed,.
as palpable violations of law and. startling ; ,
usurpations of power.
Resolved, That in the latter of the lion..tteo,
Taylor, President Judge of this district, ac
cepting the nominatin 'of the people fcr the•
reeponeable position he new holds, we find in.
•the following language it proper condemnation
of his late course: "A Teludge Should not , he
a politician. That it is grating to our sense of
propriety to observe one whose office it is to adminis
terjustice with a steady and impartial handbetween.
persons of all parties and classes, deseendinpinto
the arena of local partisan strife; nor car,, it, in.
the nature of things, ever happen without impairing
public confidence in, his entire independence and. im r
partiality as a Judge."
Resolved, That the proceedings of this meet
ing be published in the Democratic papers of
our Senatorial ant Congressional districts, in
the PATRIOT MID UNION, and the Philadelphia
Age.
Resolved, That we endorse the course of the
PATRIOT AND - UNION and the Philadelphia Age,
and commend them to the eonfidanee and sup
port of the Democracy.
Letters front the following named gentlemen,
approving the object of the meeting, and ex
pressing regret that they could not be present,
were read: Hon. Wm. Bigler, Hon. Wm. A.
Stokes, Hon. C. L. Pershing, , WilliamOverfield,
Jr., and B. F. Meyers, Esq.
• The meeting then adjourned with "three
times three" for the. Union, the Constitution,
General WClellan and the army. '
RECENT foreign papers give the particulars
of a severe earthquake experienced at the Is
land of Rhodes in April last. A number of
anoient buildings were badly damaged. Sev
eral hundred lives were lost, including nearly
the entire population of one town, who were
buried alive.
A duel was fought near Falmouth, Virginia,
on 'Saturday last, between Captain Faller, of
the 108th New York, and .Lieutenant Porter,
of the same regiment. Neither of the comba
tants was injured'.