RATES OF ADVERTISING.
Pour limes or less constitute half a square. Ten lines
or MOTS than fewt, esustltnte a Square.
Half sq., one day...... 30 BO One sq., one day. fm )
(i one week.... 140 *; one week..•• 200
;6 one month.. 800 " one month.. 800
" three months IS 00 6; thveemonths 10 00
m mails 800 i/ Six months._ 13 00
" one year...... 12 00 " one year —2O 00
1 ip - Business notices inserted In the Loom. clocrans,
Or before morasses mad deaths, TEM SBNTS PSR LISS for
each insertion. To merchants and others advertilling
by the year, liberal terms will be offered.
irr The number of insertions must be designated on
he advertisement.
Marriages and Deaths will be inserted at tios woo
lite' as regular advertisements.
Buoincos dads.
BonF ,RT SNODGRASS ;
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
(*cc with lion. David Mumma, jr_, Third sired,
above Market, Harrisburg, Pa.
B.—yension, Bounty and *Unary claims of all
kinds prosecnv d and eelleetod_
Refer to Rona 'Ulm C. Kunkel, David Mumma, jr.,
and R. A. Lamberton_ myli-ditwern
wM. IL MILLER,
AND
R. E. FERGIT.SON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
OFFICE IN
SHO EMAKEit'S BUILDINGS
SECOND STREET,
BETWEEN WALNUT and MARKET SQUARE.
ItD99-dkar Nearly !apposite the Buehler House.
THOS. C. MAcDOWELL ;
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, any busi
ness connected with any of the Departments will meet
with immediate and careful attention. mfi-y
D.R. 0. WEIGHEL,
SURGEON AND OCULIST,
REOIDRNOE THIRD NEAR NORTH STRIIRT.
He IS now folly prepareti to :Mewl promptly to the
duties of profession in all its branches.
A MOM I.IND TZILY SUOGEBSPVL MICDIGAL
jostilles him in promising full and ample satisfaction to
all who may favor bimw!itha es% be the dieting> Qhrortie
or any other nature. mlB4l/t.w/o
TAILORING.
GEO. .496 • MC 7-• TS lair YEE d
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. ap2l-dly
CHARLES F, VOLLMEB,
UPHOLSTERER,
Chestnut street, four doors above Second,
• (OPPOSITE WALSIIIIICIVON non itatnlZO
Is prepared to furnishto order, in the very best style of
workmanship. Spring and Usdr - Mattresses 7 Window Cur
tains, Lounges, and all other article. of Pnrrittnre in his
line, on short notice and moderate terms. Having es
parlance in the business, he feels warranted in asking a
share of public patronage, confident of hinabilityto give
satisfaction.
SI.LAS WARD.
NO. 11, NORTH THIRD ST., HARRIBBURG.
STEINWAY'S PIANOS,
DIELofIRONS, VIOLINS, GUITARS,
Banjos, Flutes, Fifes, Drums, Accordenns,
STRINGS, sneer AND noes Nowa, &C.,
PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES. ALBIIDISI"
Large Pier and Mantle Mirrors, Square and Oval Promo
of every description made to order. Regnilding done.
Agency ler Howe's Sewing Machines.
117" Sheet Music sent by Mail.
JOHN W. GLOVER,
MIERCEFANT TAILOIII
Has just received from New York, an assort
ment of
SEASONABLE GOODS,
whist lie offers to his customers and the public at
nod 22) MODERATE PRICES. dtf
NAT HARRY WITAII.ASIS,
v
CX.141.23E.
402 WALNUT STREET.
P HTL ADE LP HIA.
General Claims for Soldiers promptly collected, State
Claims adjusted, As., dee. mar2o-41.1m
& EWING,
ATTORNEYS-AT-L AW,
THIRD STRE ET, Harrisburg,
Practice in the aeveral Courts of Dauphin comity. Col.
sections made promptly. A.. C.
3. B. Ewnoa.
T COOK, Merchant Tailor,
27 CIUMINITT BT., between Second and rront,
Has just returned from the city with an assortment of
CLOTHS, CASSIMERES AND TBSTINGS,
Which will be sold at moderate prices and made up to
order; and s also, au assortrpent of BEADY MADE
Clothing and Gentlemen's 'furnishing Goods.
nov2l-Iyd
DENTISTRY.
B. 1L GILDEA, B. D. S.,
'4 4 417 N 0 . 1 19 MARKET STREET
EBY fr. KIMMEL'S BUILEINR,IIT STAIRS.
janB-tt
RELIGIOUS BOOK STORE,
TRACT AND SITNDAY SCROOI. DEPOSITORY,
E. S. GERMAN,
17 ROMS MOND OTILEIT, .11.130171 OHIEINIIT,
HSIP4SBVIG, PA.
De,Ot fortis/lode of Stereoscopes Atersoncopiclriews,
*Music and Musical Instruments. Also, subscriptions
token for religious publications. noBo4i
JOHN. G. W. MARTIN I
FASHIONABLE
CARD WRITER,
HERIPS HOTEL, HARRISBURG-, PA.
Ail manner of VISITING., WEDDING AND BI7SI
NESS CARDS executed in the moat *Abaft atylee sod
most reasonable terms. deel4-dtf
UNION HOTEL,
nillge Avenue, corner of Broad. street,
HARRISBURG, PA.
The undersigned informs the public that he has re
cently renovated and refitted hie well-known I , Union
Rotel" on Ridge avenue, sear the Round Rouse, and is
prepared to accommodate citizens, at-angers and travel
err in the best style, at moderate rates.
Rio table will be supplied with the best the mullets
afford, and at his bar will be found superior brands of
liquors and, matt beverages. The very beet eeeemme.
datieee for railroaders employed at the shops in this
Vicinity. fall dtri HENRY BOBTREN.
FRANKLIN HOUSE,
SALTIMORg, MD .
Mae pleasant and nonmedicas llatel ken been tho
roughly re-fitted and re-furnished. It is pleasantly
oituated OD liorth-West corner of Howard and Franklin
A ro m a, a few oars west of the 'Northern Central
Rail
way Depot. Avery attention paid to the comfort of his
gnats. G. LZISBNRING, Proprietor,
iel2-tf mate of Beim Grove. Pa.)
THEO. F. SOFIEFFER,
BOOK, CARD AND JOB PRINTER,
NO. 18 MARKET STREET, HABRIBBITILO. ,
.117.- Particular attention paid to printing, ruling and
binding of Railroad - Blanks, Manifests, Lamina Poll.
ides, Cheeks, Bill-Heads, &a.
Wedding, Visiting and Business Cards printed
j t yery
low prices and in the best style. an9l
MESSRS. CLINKERING & CO.
HAVE AGAIN OBTAINED THE
MEDAL Li
AT TITS
MRCHAIIICS' FAIR, BOSTON,
alum vim nenoxionta Wall,
OYER SIXTY COMP,STITORIP
GOLD
Wareroom for the counpuuma PIANOB, et Harris.
MK% at 92 Market street,
oen-tr W ILMOOS3 II MUSIC BTOBJI.
.4 it •
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VOL. 5.-NO. 239
lilisallantous.
pErTsioNs, BOUNTIES, BACK PAY,
War Claims and Claims for Indemnity.
STEWART, STEVENS, CLARK &
Attorneys and Counsellors-at-Law, and Solicitors
for all kinds of Military Claims,
450 PENNbYLVANIA AVENUE,
WASHINGTON, D. C.
This firm, having a thorough knowledge of the Pen
sion Business, anebeing familiar with the practice in
en the Departments of Government, believe that they
can afford greater facilities to Pension, Bounty, and
other Claimants, for the prompt and ouccessful accom
plishment of baslneBs entrusted to them, then any other
dren in Washington. They desire to secure each an
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 sueeesi in sack
case. For this purpose they will secure the services of
Law Firms in each prominent locality throughout the
States where such business may be had, furnish such
with ell 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.
117- Their charges will be ten dollars for officers and
06 dollars for privates, for each Pension or Bounty and
Back Pay obtained, and ten per cent. on amount of
Claims for Military Supplies or Claims for Indemnity.
1.17 - Soldiers enlisted since the let of March, 1861, in
any kind of servicetydilitary or Naval, who are disabled
by Mamie or wounds, are VAtitied to Pensions. All
soldiers who serve for two yearn, 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 $lO6 Bounty. _lf there be no widow,
then the minor children. And if no minor children,
then the father , mother, sisters or brothers are entl-
Jed as above to the $lOO Bounty and Back Pay.
JOSEPH B. STEWART,
RESTOS. b. STEVENS,
EDWARD CLARK,
OSCAR A. STEVENS,
WILLIS GAYLORD.
fraanistagow, D. 0.,1863
J Apply at our office, or to our Associate at
HARRISBURG, PA.-JOHN A. BIGLER, Attorney and
7onnElollol%
PITTSBURG, Pa.—ARTHIIRS Oz. RIDDELL, Att>t
aeys-at-Law.
PorYSTILiat, I)a.—WM. IL SMITH, Attorney an.:
Counsellor.
• PHILADELPHIA, PA.—J. G. MINNICHILD, 46 Alwood
street, WM. M. SMITH, Attorney and Counsellor.
W.intUNGTO2I, PA... . -BOMB CRUMBINO.E, Attorney
and Counsellor.
jyBl-dly
JACKSON & CO.'S
SHOE STORE,
No, 80x DapAltAIT 1111 , 11217,
HARRISBURG, PA.,
Where they ntend to devote their entire time to the
numfactoxe of
BOOTS AND SHOES
all kinds and varieties, in the neatest and most huh.
enable styles, and at satisfactory prices.
Their stock will consist, in part, of Gentlemen's Fins
Calf and pault# Leather Boots and Shoes, latest styles;
Ladies , and Misses' Gaiters, and otherAhose in gre•Lt
variety; and is fact everything connected with the
Shoe baeine@R•
CUSTOMER WORK will be particolsrly sttefided to,
and in all cases will satisfaction be warranted. Latta
itsted up by one of the hest makers in the country.
• the long practieal experience of thiundersigned„ end
their thorough knowledge of the business will, they
trust, be oullicient guarantee to the public that they
will do theta jeuntne, and fcruiell them an article that
viii reeerause--1 ft-1.?!° t.ber prie azl data
bility. Dan9l ,TACKSON & CO.
ATURINGER'S PATENT BEEF TEA,
in_ a solid, concentrated extract of
BEEF AND 'VEGETABLES,
Convertible immediately into a nourishing and deli
cious soup. Highly approved by a number of eminent
rhy in sieians.
Te admirable article eandeneed into a compact form,
all the substantial and nutritive properties or 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 accordieg 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
sick; while for those in health, it is a perfectsnbstitute
for fresh meat 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 accidental deprive
times of a comfortable meal, to which they are BO liable.
FOR INVALIDS, whose capricious appetite can thus
is satisfied in a moment.
FOR SPORTSMEN and EXCURSIONISTS. to whom,
both its compactness and easy preparation will recom
mend it. For sale by
sep24-tf WM. DOCK, la., & Co.
OHAR.TER OAK
FAMILY FLOUR!
ITNEXCELLED BY ANY IN THE U. .STATES !
AND SUPDFOR TO ANY
.431- MX c "Ir 1•T PS
OFFERED IN PENNSYLVANIA!
IT IS ukbli OP
CHOICE MISSOURI WHITE WHEAT.
113" Delivered any place. in the city free of ffirgo.
Terms cash, on delivery.
iyBO WX. DOOR, 7a., k 00.
A. . BOOK FOR THE TIMES I
American Annual Cyclopedia and Register. of
Important Events for the Year 1861. In 1 vol.
8 vo. over 760 pages. Cloth 0 8, Leather $8.60.
Published by D. Appleton cj• Co., Nem York.
The design of this work is to furnish a record of all
the important knowledge of the year. The evente of
the war, owing to their prominence, will, of adores, 00.
copy a conspicuous part, but all other branehets---gel
ence, Art, Literature, the Mechanic Arts, &c., will re
ceive due attention. The work will be published ex
clusively by subscription, and ready for delivery in June
nest.
Also, now complete :
Denton's Debates of Congress,l6 volumes, 13 and $.3 00
per volume.
Benton's Thirty Years in U. S. Senate,2 volumes, $2.00
and $3 per vol.
Cyclopedia of American Eloquence, containing the
speeches of the most ',lament Orators of Afflptca, 14
steel portraits, 2 vote. $2.50 each.
Parton's Life and Times of Audrey Tacksim, 3volumes,
E 2.50 each.
Addrea• J.F. STRAIMAI3I3H, Harrisburg, Pa.
General Agent for D. APPLETON dc Co.
For Oircalars descriptiveof Annual Uyelopedia.
april3-4Mwti.
•
DYOTTVILLE GLASS WORD,
PHILADELPHIA,
KA.NureaTuss
CARBOYS, DEMIJOHNS,
Mill, PORTER, MINERAL WATER, PICKLE AND
PRESERVE BOTTLES
Or LIMIT DZSONIPTION.
s,s,& O. W. BANNERS,
oolg-dly ET South grout storet, rhtladelphiit.
TAPANES'E TEA.—A choice lot of
J this celebrated Teajoet 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 a4alteration, coloring or mixture of any
kind.
It is the natural leaf of the Jap
WM.anee Tea Plant.
For sale by DOCK, 3r., & Co.
3,000 BUSHELS York State Potatoes 3
of differoot kinds, '
1,409 Bushels York State ANlei!,
A choice lot of York State B tter.
Also, a superior lot of Catawba Grapes, and 30 bushels
Shelibarka, just received and for sale low by
S. W.SIBLE dr. CO,
deel-dtf 10. 100 Market street.
MACKEREL!
MACKEREL, Non. 1 '
2 and a k in all shad Packages—
pew, and each Package warranted. Jost roe/dyed, ana
for ode low b 9 WM. DOCK, & CO.
QELF SEALING FRUIT JARS 1-
Befit and Cheapen% in the %whets Can and
examine them.
bra WM. DOOR, da., k 00.
HARRIS iU KG, PA., TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 1863.
p4otagrapip.
BURKHART & ROBBINS
(eonneaLV HITRICIART AND STitiNci
IMPROVED SKY-LIGHT
PHOTOGRAPH AND AMBROTYPE GALLERY.
Nash Third Street opposUe she "Patriot and Ifni"
Office, Hrrrisburg, Pa.
BURKHART & ROBBINS have fitted up a splend'd
new Gallery In Munima's building, on Third street,
where they are prepared Intake
PHOTOGRAPHS, CARTES DE VISITLI7 AND
AMBROTYPES,
In all the inittrered styles. Particular attention given
to CARD PHOTOGRAPHS. Aiqo on hand, a complete
assortment of GILT FRAMES, which they will sell at
very low prices Call and examine specimens.
Cartes de Visite $2 50 per dozen.
Vignettes '2 00...da.
Whole size Photographs in trainee from from $2 to $5
a piece.
BURKHART & ROBBINS,
mye-dlrn Photographers.
u, inf a .
***
DR. SWEET'S
INFALLIBLE LINIMENT,
THE
GREAT EXTERNAL REMEDY,
FOR RHEUMATISM, ROUT, NEURALGIA,
LUMBAGO, STIFF NECK AND JOINTS,
SPRAINS, DRUIsES, curs .4c WOUNDS,
PILES, HEADACHE, and ALL RHEU
MATIC and NERVOUS DISORDERS.
Dr. Stephen Sweet, of Cennecticut,
The great Natural Done better,
Dr. Stephen sweet, of Connecticut,
Is known all over the United States.
Dr. Stephen Sweet, of Connecticut,
Is the author of , c Dr, Sweet's Infallnle Liniment."
Dr. Sweet's Infallible Liniment
Cures Rheumatism f 1414 never fails.
Dr. Sweet's Infallible Liniment
Is a certain cure for Neuralgia.
Dr. Sweet's Infallible Liniment
Cures Burns and Scalds immediately.
The. Sweat's Infallible Liniment
Is the best known remedy for Sprains and Bruises.
Dr. Sweet's Infallible Liniment
Cures Hoosolm immediately and was never known
to fail.
Dr. Sweet's Infallible Liniment
Affords immediate relief for Mier, and seldom fails
to care.
Dr. Sweet's Infallible Liniment
Cures Toothache in one minute.
Dr. Sweet's Infallible Liniment
Cures Cuts and Woubds immediately and leaves no
scar.
Dr. Sweet's Infallible Liniment
Is the best remedy for Sores to the known world.
Dr. Sweet's Infallible Liniment
Hag been used by more than a million people ; and all
praise it.
Dr. Sweet's Infallible Liniment
IS truly a 4, friend in need," and every family should
have it at hand.
Dr. Sweet's Infallible Liniment
Is for sale by all Druggists. Puke 25 cents,
RICHARDSON & Co.,
Sole Proprietors, Norwich, Ct.
For sale by all Dealers. ai,2o eow-dkw
H UBB R D BROS.,
IMPORTERS OF WATCHES,
NEW YORK,
flare the pleasure of announcing . to their numerous
friends and patrons in the Army, that they are prepared
to fill orders and transmit parcels SY suit, with the ut
most care and promptitude. Watches so forwarded are
registered; we take upon ourselves all risks of transpor
tation, and anternnteet a safe delivery.
Improved Solid Sterling Silver Im• ENGLISH
LEVERS, in geed running order, and warranted ac
curate timepieces. This is an entire new pattern, made
expressly for American Army and Navy sale. They are
manufactured in a very handsome manner, Engliele
croon inzerk, certifying their genuineness all in all,
they are a most desirable Watch. Prank L•slie's Titus-
Meted Nees of Feb. 21st, :63, says :—"BIllIBARVS' Tins-
REEpIBB are beeoming proverbial for their reliability
and securary. They are particularly valuable for offi
cers in the army, and travelers." The price is SEVENTY
TWO DOLLARS ($72) per case of six, being about one
third the cost of ordinary Disrlish Levers, while they
will readily retail for a larger price. Postage.per case,
$1.84.
RAILWAY TIMEKEEPERS, for Army Speen
latl9lll,—The Army and easy 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." Superior in style and ;en ish
Decidedly the most taking novelties wet Should retail
at prices from $2O to sz,o each. Good Imitation of both
gold and silver, with fancy colored hands and beautiful
dials, with superior regulated movement. Bold only by
the case of six of assorted designs. Engraved and
superior electro-plated with gold, and silver-plated, per
Case of Pia, FORTY-EIGHT DOLLARS, (S4S.) By mail,
postage, $1.65 per case.
MAGIC TIME OBSERVERS, the Perfection
of Mechanism I—BEING A HUNTING AND OPSN OACR,
or LADY'S OR GENTLEMAN'S WATCH COMBINED, WITH PA
TENT SELF-WINDING IMPROVEMENT.—The /Veto York Il
lustrated News, the leading pictorial paper of the Uni
ted States, in its issue of Jan. 10th,1863, on page 147,
voluntarily says :—.-. 6 •We have been shown a most plena
ing novelty, of which the Mantuan BROS., of New York,
are the sole importers. It is called the Magic Time
Obstroer, and is a Ranting 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 key entirely unneceessary. The eases 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 iB warranted an accurate time
piece." Price, superbly engraved, per case of half
dozen, $204. Sample Watcte,s, in neat MO/ occo boxes,
for those proposing to buy at wholesale, VS. If sent
by mail the postage is 36 cents. Retails at $lOO and
upwards.
Kr We have no agents or circulars. Buyers must
deal with us direct, ordering from this advertisement.
Terms, Cash 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.
Address RIIRBAUD BitOd., IMPOR.T.ERS,
.East Car; Nassau and .Tohn streets,
epee d3iu New York.
HAMS!!! I
20 5 000, lbs. Composed of the following Brands
just received:
NEWBOLVS—Colebrated.
NEW JERSEY—SeIect.
EVANS & SWlFT'S—Superior.
MICIIINER'S EXCELSIOR—Convened.
MICIIINER'S EXCELSIOR—Not canvassed.
IRON ClTY—Canvassed.
PITY—Not canvassed.
PLAIN HAMS—Strictly prime.
ORDINARY RAMS—Very good.
ID" Every Ham sold Win be guaranteed u represen
ted. WM. DOOR, jr., & CO.
IFARI- WAR I —BRADY, No. 62
1F
maxkot street, below Third, has received a large
assortment of SWORDS, SABRZB and BELTS, whi`ch he
will yell very low. Oulo-dii
TJOIN 1 YOU KNOW WERE YOU
411 n get the Note Paper, Envelopes, Tisi+ing and
Wedding Cards At SCHREYER'S BOOKSTORE.
Cljt atriot itfr anion.
TUESDAY MORNING. JUNE 9 1863
SPIRIT OF THE STATE PRESS
The Pittsburg Post has the following, on
write Decline of Public Integrity :"
One of the sad and alarming signs of the
times is the rapidly decreasing regard for
honor and integrity in public servants. The
day was when honesty and capacity were the
only passports to official station under the gov
ernment; now, alas, their direct opposites are
usually attended with the most success. A
gentleman states that, when a boy, he was one
day in the office of his grandfather, who held a
position under the Federal Government, and
wishing to write, he was about taking a sheet
of letter paper from the desk. "What are you
about there ?" said the nld gentleman. "Get-
ting a sheet of paper," said he. "Put it back,
air, put it back," exclaimed the strictly honest
official—"that paper belongs to ;he Government of
the United States." How strangely does this
little incident contrast with the every day ex
hibitions we see in these times. Instead of
integrity being the lute at present, it is the
exception. Persons who are familiar with pub
lic life at Washington and Harrisburg, or any
other of our prominent cities, need not be told
how general and unblushing is the corruption
which fills every department. Men who have
grown rich through frauds and wickedness,
fill many of the conspicuous stations, and in
stead of being ashamed of their depravity make
open beasts of it. A prominent citizen once
remarked to us, that "if the people knew one•
tenth of the rascality that is perpetrated at
our State and National capitals, they would
level them all to the ground, and sow their
sites with salt." Strong as the expression is,
it was not made without sufficient justification.
The reins of almost every department of the
government are in the hands of men who have
not a morsel of regard for the publio intereeks;
whose whole ambition is to serve self, and who
are ready fur any shame that will minister to
their depraved ambition. It is time that the
people began to look at these things more
closely. Instead of being satisfied with any
candidate.whom the politicians put up for of•
flee, let them attend the political caucuses, and
take part in the nomination themselves. "The
people are mere machines ; they can be moved
about just as their corrupt leaders wish them,"
was the assertion of an eminent statesman.—
There is too much truth in the expression.—
We boast that we have a free government, that
the people select their public officers, but the
truth is that they are selected for them just as
much almost as they are in England or France.
The voters follow their parties, and the parties,
we care not which they are, are controlled in
every county, by a few men living generally at
the county seat. "There is reason to fear,"
said Jefferson, "that in this nation our libel.-
ties are more in danger from the supineness of
the people, their disregard of important issues,
and the blunder of entrusting their political
affairs entirely into the hands of their leaders,
than from any attacks from abroad." We gall
upon our citizens to give these matters their
closer attention. We must have better men in
office hereafter, no matter what party rules, or
the life of the republic is numbered.
On the Gubernatorial nomination the Carbon
Democrat says :
The Convention to nominate a State ticket
for the next general election will assemble at
Harrisburg on the 17th inst. The nomination
for Governor is being pretty thoroughly can
vasses] ; and it is proper that the names of
those fitted for the position should be brought
oat and made public. At the present time,
wit State rights are ignored, and the entire
legi titive, judicial and executive power of the
land is usurped by the Federal authorities—
the rights of the people trampled under foot,
and our State and National Constitutions sus
pended and declared void—it is a duty obliga
tory upon the Democratic party that they ele
vate to the Gubernatorial chair a man of un
doubted ability, unswerving integrit7, and
stamina sufficient to render him equal to any
exigency which may arise.
The last Luzern& Union, in an exceedingly
well written and sensible article upon the com
ing Convention, mentions the- name of Hon.
Geo. W. Woodward, of the Supreme Court.
IVe coincide with the Union in its estimate of
Judge Woodward's abilities and fitness.
We have read and cheerfully give the article
referred to the benefit of our columns:
THE urn OF JurzE.—The call of the State
Central Committee for the Democratic Conven
tion to meet at Harrisburg on the day above
named, appears at the bead of this column.
We need scarcely say to the readers of the
Union that we regard this event as fraught
with as momentous interest to the people of
this State and nation as any event in their past
history.
We are living in times of peril. The liber
ties of the people are passing through as &race
a trial as they did in the days of the Revolu
tion. All sorts of dogmas in governmental
polity are put forth by a party infatuated with
power, and the old landmarks of constitutional
security are treated as mere playthings to
gratify the caprice of imbecile experimenters.
The dangerous doctrine that States have no
rights—that a centralized dynasty at Washing
ton can with impunity override the State gov
ernments, and that every man who does not
bow down submissively to the new dictum is
disloyal," is advanced and attempted to be
enforced, it may be, at the point of the bayo
net•.
This may be a bold statement of the facts,"
but we ask the sturdy citizens of Pennsylvania,
if it is not true ? Do not the Abolition papers
daily tell us that the doctrine of State rights is
an exploded humbug ?
We repeat, therefore, that we are passing
through times of extreme peril. Hence we
look upon the assembling of the Democracy in
State Convention with deep solicitude. The
Democracy, and that alone, must right the old
ship of State, if we would save her from
wreck. Will the convention, then, that is
about to assemble, tise to the full measure of
Its duty ? This is the absorbing question; and
from the light before us, we can but entertain
a lively hope of an affirmative answer.
The Democracy demand of the convention to
nominate a man for Governor who will come
fully up to the requirements of the times—no
mere politician—but a sound, constitution
loving statesman; o ne who unites to a know
ledge of the entire 'structure of the government
the firmness to stand by and enforce the Con
stitution at all hazards. With such a candi
date the Democracy will enter the contest with
a fervor that will ensure success. This is no
time for second-rate men—no time for tempo
rizing or experimenting. The Republic is in
danger, and the ablest minds must be placed at
the helm. The State must be rescued from
Abolition rule, and rescued in such a manner
that the masses will feel a aortae of safely for
the future.
We would disparage no man who has been
named for that high position. But we cannot
PRICE TWO CENTS
divest our mind of the conviction that the Hon.
George W. Woodward, of the Supreme Court,
combines more of the requisites at this time
needed than any man yet named ; and with all
deference to the acknowledged ability of the
many distinguished Democrats in the State, we
doubt whether his superior can be found
within the limits of the old Keystone.
It is in the entite absence of any knowledge
as to whether Judge Woodward is himself a
candidate, that: we write this article. But we
know him to be a statesman of experienee, a
matt of irreproachable moral character, a
high-minded Judge, and (although he has never
mingled actively in politics) a Democrat in
whose hands every man in the State would feel
safe to entrust power. We hope the Conven
tion will act wisely in its deliberations and
thue rescue our imperilled Commonwealth.—
Luzerne Union.
The North Branch Democrat,on "Taking Pat
tern from the Rebels," says
The radicals every now and then ask the
Democracy to urge the administration to copy
after the rebels whom they hold in such su
preme contempt. If they murder a man in the
South in cold blood, we should do the same in
the North i if they imprison a man for the free
dom of speech, we should do the same; if they
subvert the principles of the Constitution, we
should, say these model Union men, discard
that sacred instrument and fight them outside
the written law; in a word, if they are rebels
against the government, we should become so
too, as a " military necessity." Democrats,
this is the class of men that denounce you as
"rebel sympathizers," because you will not
spit, upon the Constitution and call it a "league
with Hell," an instrument of secondary impor.
tauce. We feel satisfied the loyal heart of the,
nation will beat back this monstrous ideit and
master the situation. The Constitution must
be preserved or. the Union is not worth a straw.
Discard its teachings. set at nought its Heaven
born principles, and wepat, I i n t o a snare eo
complicated in its texture, that no human agen
cy could restore union and efficiency.
We firmly believe the hope of the nation de
pends upon the success of Democratic princi
ples, and laboring under that impression will
use our humble efforts to secure their triumph
in the pending elections. Having recently
visited the western and central portions of the
State, we can assure the friends of law and or
der the right spirit prevails in the conserva
tive ranks, and as sure as the second Tuesday
of October comes, so sure will they enter their
protest against all men-in nomination that
seek the overthrow of republican institutions,
or favor mob law or suppression of free
speech.
The Bedford. Gazette, in an article headed
"Stand by the Laws," says :
We conjure our Democratic friends through
out the country, by everything which they
hold dear, to submit to, stand by and uphold
the laws of the land. Let us keep strictly
within the limits of the law. It' we do this
the enemies of our liberty must always assail
US at a disadvantage, and must play the part
of law-breakers and wrong-doers. Be not the
aggressor, but stand on the defensive and fall
back on your rights as a citizen of the United
States and of Pennsylvania. Of Gonne we do
not mean to say that you shall suffer any one
grossly to insult you or deprive you of any
privilege which you possess under the Federal
or State Constitutions and the laws made in
conformity thereto. • Insist upon all those
privileges, nay, fight for them, if it becomes
necessary. But be temperate, be cool; adding
only to moderation and a quiet deportment,
firmness and resolution. Be net rash, but "be
sure you're right, then go ahead." Do nothing
until you have given it a second thought. Act
with caution and deliberation, but aot with a
will that cannot be overborne. Democrats, re
member the law. It is the rock upon which we
have builded. Unconstitutional laws 'must be
tested according to law, and when decided un
coaetitutional by the proper authority, they
are null and void. Let us remain behind the
impregnable fortress of the law and we shall
be able to hold our position.
The Monroe Democrat truly observes, in the
course of an article on the county convention,
held on Monday last;
It is high time for the friends of the Consti
tution and liberty to show .their strength.—
Each day brings the news of some fresh act of
military usurpation or administrative folly.
Rapidly and surely are our liberties slipping
from our grasp. The dearest rights of man s
%rung from reluctant Kings long ages ago, are
being,,day by day, undermined and we reduced
to a vassalage which even savage tribes have
shown themselves unwilling to bear. The
most solemnly enacted laws are daily ignored
and violated by those whom the people selected
to be their servants, but who arrogate to them
selves the authority of masters; each hour,
base fraud is draining away the life blood of
the nation. k
These are no idle words or unmeaning phra
ses. They are facts—atern, unwelcome facts
—and we must look them in the face and pre
pare to meet them. The time has come for
judicious consultation and united action.
The Milford Herald says:
We invite the attention of the Democratic
press of the , State to the above call, copied
from the Pittsburg Post, for a meeting of the
Democratic editors of Pennsylvania, at Harris
burg, on the 17th of Jane nest. A full attend
ance is desired, as business of great import
ance will be submitted,--Philadelphia Age, May
28.
In view of a thorough organization and the
certain triumph of the, party, this call for a
meeting of the partisan editors is one among
the (if not the) wisest measures the party could
adopt. We will not here fully give our rea
sons, good as we believe them to be, but who
so conversant with the position and wants of
the party as the editorial corps ? 'This is or
ganizing a new and valuable feature ; and we
hope it will be continued, and we hops, too,
the call for the 17th instant will be strictly
obeyed.
The Fulton County Democrat, on "Who Have
Aided Armed Treason ?" sensibly says
The enemies of the rebellion were the mode
rate conservative men of the nation, the men
who, under all circumstances, and at all times,
were for letting the negroes alone, and assuring
the people of the South that the war was waged
exclusively for the establishment of the supre
macy of the Constitution over the entire and
undivided territory of the nation. This was
the position of the entire De
in e ti
the oc r
land,atic party,Nortl
and of every true Union m
or South. While the administration pretended
to occupy this position, as it did for a short
time, there were no dissensions here at home,
and we had multitudes of enthusiastic and in
finential Mende throughout the entire South.
The rebels know well who aid them most in
the North. They dread the day of returning
reason among us, and most ardently hope that
there may be a continuation of extreme radical
policy while the war lasts. Occasionally we
get an inkling of this feeling from the papers
most devoted to the cause of the rebellion
Vallandigham is in the eyes of those now in
power a convicted traitor, and his intimate
friend and associate Hon: S. S. Cox, no better.
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THE NiZI;ELY PATRIOT .AND UNION is published strife ,
not.t.aus eat annum, invariably In advance. Ten apple
to one address, fifteen dollars.
Connected with this establishment is an exteneivlr
JOB OFFICE, containing a variety of plain and fancy
type, unequalled by any ectibliehment in the interior of
the State, for which the patronage of the public le no -
usite4
As such they are daily denounced in ell the
Abolition journals of the land. Extremes
sometimes meet, and it has been the fortune of
the Abolitionists and Secessionists to come
very near each other in treaeon more than once
since this war began. While Abolition jour
nals are denouncing Cox and Vallandigbam.as
traitors, the Richmond Enquirer, the bitterest
secession sheet, thus speaks of these self-same
men ; bear it :
wish from our heart, they (Vallandig
ham and Cox) were both safely chained up at
the present writing. They have done us more
harm, they and their like, than ten thousand
Sewards and Sumners. 0, Dictator Lincoln!
lock ye up those two peace Democrats in some
of your military prisons."
The Columbia Democrat, on Arbitrary Ar
rests, says:.
In the Constitution of government that our
fathers instituted they explicitly provided that
"the right of the people to be secure in their
persona, houses, papers and effects, against un•
reasonable searches and seizures shall not be
violated." For more than eighty years we
have enjoyed undisturbed that right, and it is
only when Jeff. Davis and his legions on the
one ride, and the Northern Abolitionists on
the other, are engaged in the overthrow of our
constitutional government, that its denial by
the Federal administration party, is established
as a precedent.
In the Declaration of Independence, our
fathers asserted as some of the causes which
induced them to avail themselves of the right
to institute a new government, the following:
" Ife," the king of Great Britain, " has ob
structed the administration of justice ; he has
affected to render the military independent of
and superior to the civil power; he has com
bined with others to subject us to a jurisdic
tion foreign to our Constitution, and unacknpw
ledged by our laws ; he has deprived us in
many cases of the benefits of trial by. jury,
abolishing the free system 'of English laws in
a neighboring province, establishing therein
an arbitrary government." The people of the
American Colonies engaged in a seven years'
bloody war against an English sovereign to
institute a form of government for themselves
and posterity, in which the evils they com
plained of should be forever provided against.
shall we now, without a word of defence of
the Constitution they adopted, admit that the
patriots of the revolution were in error and
that King George was right?
It is not necessary that we oppose these in
fractions of our rights in a factious or revolu
denary manner. Our voice is against such a
movement, for the form of our government
does not need to be changed. It is good
enough for all. But it is necessary that our
public servants shall be taught that it is es
sential to the existence of that government
that they pay some regard to the letter and
spirit of our Constitution, and that they must,
avoid the commission of acts of injustice simi
lar to those which caused tne revolution of
1770.
THE Reading Gazette copies from the Brook
ville Jefereonian the following:
HON. WESTER Cnvsax.—The Jlereonian,
published at Brookville, Jefferson county, Pa.,
comes to us this week with the name of Sena
tor Clymer at its head, as the first choice of
the Democracy of that county for Govereor,
accompanied with the following highly com
plimentary editorial article
HON. WESTER CLYMER.—We this day place
at our mast-head the name of Hon. Ifiester
Clymer, of Berks county, as a candidate for
Governor. We have thought much upon this
subject, and while we feel no disposition to un
dervalue the ability or popularity of others, we
cannot but express our convictions that he is
the man for the times. At this time we want
more than a stump speaker or politician. We
feel that the fate of the nation depends upon
the stand Pennsylvania takes this fall. We
can not afford to run any risk in the character
of the man we select. He must be true to the
Commonwealth—true to the Constitution, and
true to the Union. He must be fearless, hon
est, firm, capable and patriotic. such a man
is Hiester Clymer, and such our own people
believe him to he. We have carefully analyzed
public opinion on this subject, and find it as we
have stated. In putting his name at our mast
head we have but echoed the voice of she
peo
ple, uninfluenced as yet in this section by those
who make a trade of politics.
The Hollidaysburg Democraiic Standard, on
the exile South of citizens attainted with dis
loyalty, says :
• "ST. Louis, Tune I.—The second instalment
of persons ordered to be sent to the Southern
States took their departure to-night. The del
egation numbered sevente en, amon g whom were
Philip Coyne, James H. Kennett, W. K. Klight,
Dr. Wm. Golding, Mrs. Prestine Polk, wife of
Ex-Senator Polk."
Are our rulers mad ? Is it their intention to
strengthen the Southern Confederacy by in
creasing their numbers ? Will it weaken the
Confederate government to send them persons
Well posted in every military arrangement of
the Northern army ? Yet this seems to be a
favorite movement at present with the Federal
government. But even this measure has one
redeemable quality about it not easily found
ixt administration measures—economy. If this
course is pursued much longer it will have a
tendency to remove the Southern lines much
further north than at present, thus saving in
cost of transportation. The inquiry now be
comes pertinent, in what article or section of
the Constitution does the administration find
its authority for transporting citizens from the
country ? This is an exercise of ;power only
wielded by the greatest despots, such as the
Emperor of Russia, and entirely incompatible
with free government.
Recently, while the court was in session at
a certain town in New England, the sheriff
was startled by the following mandate froin,!
the bench : •'Mr. Sheriff, renovate the fire, as
The pedal digits of the court are becoming
frigid
Dissolve frigus ligno super foco
Lap reponens,"
" Yes, your honor," replied the official ad
dressed, adding, after a moment's reilection,"l
believe so."
The Yankees seem to be gaining a denim'
advantage over us in Lower Louisiana, if the
Yankee accounts are correct. We fear that, the
sugar region is lost to us.— Vicksburg Whig.
Well, what do you want of sugar ? You've
got no coffee or tea to sweeten with IL—Pren
tice.
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AN English engineer has invented a vita
ing press which will print •?:3,000 sheets of a
newspaper on both sides in an hour. The'pa
per from which it prints is in the web on the
reel, and after passing under the type is out in
sheets. The machine does without feeding,
and the reel of paper that it feeds from is un
wound by its own action.
HON. M. F. Conw AV, Republican member of
Congress from Kansas, says "the war for the
future becomes simply an instrument in the
hands of political managers to effect results
favorable to their own personal ends, and un
favorable to the cause of Freedom."