RATES OF ADVERTISING. nor linos or less constitute half a quire. Ten Uwe noes than four, COOltitate a square. eq.,one day.-- S 0 90 OEE sq., one day...». $0 00 one week. • 120 one week.... 2 00 • 4 one month.. 800 " ono month.. 800 . thre e 'aerat es 500 " three months 10 00 ‘.eixmonths.. 880 " lax months.. 1b 00 4 one year.--12 00 one year 20 00 e:r DuoineEl notices inserted in the Leg Ar. eemeant, De bet; ie marriages and deaths, Vie CUPS PER tans far eh imortion. To merchants and others adeerthdhil the year, liberal terms will be offered. fa" The number of insertions must be designated on he advertisement. Marriages and Deaths will be inserted at the saute iltea u regular advertisements. Bustneos cfarbs. ROBERT SNODGRASS, ATTORNEY Ar LAW, Oftce .North Third street, thrrd door above Mar ket, Harrisburg, Pa. N. B.—Penson. Bounty and Military claims of all kinds prosecut, d collected. New rio.a John Cl_ Kunkel, David Mumma, sr., and Lumberton_ lay-U-41mM WIVI. MILLER, AND IL E. FERGUSON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. OFFICE DI SIIGEMiLKEB'S BUILDINGS sEcoND STREET, BETWEEN WiLNIIr and MARKET SQUARE, ap-29wkd Nearly opposite the Buehler House THOS. MAcDOWELL, AA - TORNey AT LAW, MILITARY CLAIM AND PATENT AGENT. Office in the Exchange, Walnut st., (Up Stairs.) Having formed a connection with parties in Wash ington ORA wno are reliable business men, any busi ness connected. with any of the Departments will meet with immediate and careful attention. DB.. C. WE_ICHEL, SURGEON AND OCULIST, RESIDENCE THIRD NEAR NORTH STREET. ifels now faNy preprzexi to attend promptly to the duties of prOrelsOon in all its branches. A 1.020 LID TIIT ESUOUNBBIIIb jostiles him in promising full and sur.ple satisfootlon U all who may favor bimwith s aall,be the disease Obsords or any ether nature. inIS-d&Arly MILITARY CLAIMS AND PEN— SIONS. The undersigned hare entered into an association for tho eolleetion of Military Claims and the Occorbig of Pensions for wounded and disabled soldiers. Master-in and Muster-out Bolls, officers , Pay Bolls, Ordnance and Clothing returns, and all papers pertain ing to the military service will be made out properly and expeditiously Office in the Exchange Buildings, Walnut between Sadond and Third streets, near Oruit'e Hotel, Hands burg, Pa. THOS C MACDOWY.LL, je2s dtf THOMAS A. MAGI:CMS. SILAS WARD. NO- li t NORTH THUD BT., IbUtETSP I TAG. STEINWAY'S PIANOS, MELODEONS, VIOLINS, eIIITABS, Banjos, Flutes, Fifes, Drums, Accordeous, arstias, =s m. AND NOOK NEMO, &C., &e., PHOTOOILAPII FRAMES, ALBUMS, Large Pier sad Mantle Mirrors, Soarer awl Ovid Priuslw ofeverylleseripties made Winder. Reguildiagdoss Agency for liewe's Sewing Machines. Er Sheet Mule sent by Mail. octi-1 JOHN W. GLOVER, MERCHANT TAILOR Has just received from New York, an assort ment of SEASONABLE GOODS, which us otters to hie Gatemen and the pntrlio at nov22) MODERATE PRICES- dif SMITH& EWING, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, THIRD STREET, Harrisburg, rrimtio.,:r. the aessest Cearta of Dauphin county. Col lections made promptly. A. C. 81111 - Tll, B. WINE/. COOK, Merchant Tailor, , 27 CHESNUT ST., between Second and Front, Has just returned from the city with an assortment of CLOTHS, CASSTMEDES AND YESTINCIS, Which will be sold at moderate prices and made up to order; and, also, an assortment of READY MADE Clothing and Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods. no•21-1yd ENTISTR Y. B. N. GILDEA, D. D. E., =N 0 . 119 MARKET STREET, RBY Bc . KONIEBLV BUILDING, UP BPAIBIL fans-tf RELIGIOUS BOOK STORE, ?RACY AND SUNDAY SCHOOL DEPOSITORY, E. S. GERMAN. IT 8013111 ENCIOND STRIZT, ABM OHNSNIIT, Depot Tor tke solo of InoreodOpeilAterseasePlaVlows. Nude and Musical Instruments. AlsO, subscriptions taken for religions publications. no3O-dy JOHN G. W. MARTIN, FASHIONABLE CARD'WRITER, HERR'S HOTEL; HABRIBBURA*, Pd. Allmanner of VISITING, WEDDING' AND BUSI NESS CARDS executed in the most artistic styles and most reasonable terms_ decl4-dtf - UNION HOTEL, Ridge Avenue, corner of Broad street, HARRISBURG, PA. The undersigned informs the public that he has re cently reaoVated and refitted his well-known " Union Hotel" on Ridge avenue, near the hound Muse, and le prepared to accommodate citizen', strangers and travel era in the best style, at moderate rites. His table will be supplied with the best the muskets afford, and at his bar will be found superior brands of liquors and matt beverages. The very best accommo dations, fer railroaders employed at the shops in this vitataty.. dtf] ILVIRY BOBTEFEN. FRANKLIN HOUSE, BALTIMOR.II, MD. This pleasant, and COMMOIIIOII6 Hotel ham been no roughly re-fitted and re-furnished. It is pleasantly sirsatea an North-Wcat itoritai. of Howard and Franklin Arcata, a few doors west of the Northern Central HMl way Depot. livery attention paid to the comfort of his imam. G. LICHUINBING, Proprietor, isl 2-11 (Late of Saline Grove, Pa.) THEO. F. BOHEFFER, BOOK, CARD AND JOB PRINTER, NO 18 DIARHIST STREET, HARRISBURG. Partioniar attention paid to printing, /tiling and binding of Railroad Blanks, Manifests, Insurance Poll dee, Ohecka z... Bill-Heada, Er.c. Wedding, YlBl l 4 ll ll and garElaprinted et Tell low prim and in the teat style. jan2 TAILORING. Oar g. SLZT Og. - The subscriber le ready at NO. 94, inkRIENT ST., four doors below Poet % tittOt, to make MEN'S AND BOY'S CLOTHING In soy desired style, and with skill and promptness. Persons wishing cutting done can have it done at the shortest notice. ap27-any CHARLES F. VOLLMER, UPHOLSTERER, Chestnut street. four doors above Second, (Orem= Wasnurorost Hosi Hoen e ) le prepared to farninhto order, in the very best style of warlueanddo. Opringiind Hair liiettressee, Window Onk Woe, Lowness, and aid other articlea of Pbrilitilre in Ids line, on short notice end moderate terms. Having ez• . penenee in the business, he feels warranted in asldng a alum ofolio patronage, eenidentof his ability to give as p on. janl7-dtf SYNT-ITGHT GA.LLERY--The rooms ea the corner of Market square sad Market street, °Waits the Jones House, occupied as a Gallery for "" r reotYla, Photograph and Ambrotype purposes, see POE mom from the 9th of Beptembermeat. APPI3 , to JOHN WYETH jylB-dlawBw *. . . ‘ . _-_-_-'-, 1. •-•! .- ls , : - - - 1, -, :... - "= -- - , V -•• •••".ell _ • • ''''' : i•r".. ' • -._ lii T ' : : ''-' •-,,, . _ - ti, • _,t,.... :,„::,..„..... _ . __. .___,_, , , I CI 1 n u 111 1 . qi!, , ......„ , - .4 - i _ nton. ..., • VOL. 6.--NO. 295. iliebical. 12E301 DR. SWEET'S INFALLIBLE LINIMENT 110 GREAT EXTERNAL REMEDY, FOR RHEUMATISM, GOUT, NEURALGIA, LUMBAGO, STIFF NECK AND JOINTS, SPRAINS, 'BRUISES, curs & WOUNDS, PILES, HEADACHE, and ALL RHEU MATIC and NERVOUS DISORDERS. For all of which it is a speedy and certain remedy, and never fails. This Liniment is prepared from the recipe of Dr Stephen Sweet, of Connecticut, the fa mous bone setter, and has been used in his practice for more than twenty years with the most astonishing Emc ee/IL AS AN ALLEVIATOR OF PAIR; it is unrivaled by any preparation before the public, of which the most skeptical may be convinced by a single trial. This Liniment will cure rapidlyand radically, RHEU MATIC DISORDERS of every hind, and in thousands of cases where it has been used it has never been known SO fail, FOR 11 - EURALGIA, it will %and lintheAlAta relief in every case, however distressing. It will relieve the worst cues of HEADACHE in three minutes and is warranted to do it. TOOTHACHE saw will it cure instantly. FOR NERVOUS DEBILITY AND GENERAL LASSITUDE, arising from imprudence or excess, this Liniment is a most happy and unfailing remedy. Act ing dirgolly upon the nervous tissues, it strengthens revivifies the system, and restores it to elasticity aid vigor. FOR PILES.—As an external remedy, we claim that it is the best known, and we challenge the world to pro duce an equal. Every victim of this distressing com plaint should give it a trial, for it will not fail to afford immediate relief, and in a majority of cases will effect a radical care. QUINSY awl SORE THROAT are sometitalle ex tremely malignant and dangerous, but a timely applica tion of this Liniment will never fail to cure. SPRAINS are sometimes very obstinate, and enlarge ment of the joints is liable to occur if neglected. The worst case may be conquered by this Liniment in two or three day-s. DRui - ..s . ES. CUM WOUNDS, SORBS. VLOSRS, BURNS and SCALDS, yield readily to the wonderfu l healing properties of DR. SWEET'S INFALLIBLE LINIMENT when used according to directions. Also, CHILBLAINS. FROSTED FEET, and INSECT BITES and STINGS. &TEAT IXORSE OWNER should have this remedy at hand, for its timely use at the first appearance of Lameness will effectually pre vent those formidable diseases to which all horses are liable and which render so many otherwise valuable horses nearly worthless. Over four hundred voluntary testimonials to the won derful curative properties of this Liniment have been received within the Wit two mire. and many of them from persona in the highest ranks of mu. CAUTION. To avoid impositon, observe the Signature and Like ness of Dr. gtekhen Sweet on every label, and also " Stephen Sweet's Infallible Liniment ) 1 blown in the glass of each bottle, without which none are genuine. ItICHkRDSON & Pole Proprielore, Norwich, Ct, For sale by all dealers. aplleow-d&w Elpeiß. ALL WORK PROMISED it ONE WEEK! •‘ - fcr -7 . I' 4; :ej 4 tit!: S' ' 1 14) 1 1..A : All• ''-' ' '' ' '' ; , ol . e * '''''?" i , .It, .4 •:. ~ . -. i - ~ :. . , 1 . • ~.,. r.: - . -• '' L,-; ~... ----.....p...20- 1 a .46 . I'ENNBYLVANIA EtTE.A,M DYEING ESTABLISEIbIENT, 104 BEARZNT 5T8,3317, BETWEEN FOURTH AND FIFTH, HAP.BISBURG PA., Where every defiaription of Ladies , and Gentlemen's lament!, Piece Goode, &0., are Dyed, ()leaned, and Intahed in the bast wanner and at the ahorteet notice. non-a&wly DOBGIII Zr. 00.. Proprietors. T F. WATSON, MASTIC WORKER AND PRACTICAL CEMENTER, Is prepared to Cement the exterior of Buildings with he New York Improved Water-Proof Mastic Cement. This Material is different from all other Cements. It forms a solid, durable adhesiveness to any surface, imperishable by the action of water or frost. Even , good building should be coated with this Cement ; it is a perfect preserver to the walls, and makes a beautiful, line finish, equal to Eastern brown sandstone, or any color desired. Among others for whom I have applied the Mastic Cement, I refer to the following gentlemen J. Ilienel4 a-Wilda**, Penn street, Pittsburg, finished live years. J. H. Shoenberger 2 residence Lawrenceville, finished five years. James 31 , 0andlass, residence, Allegheny City,finished five years. Calvin Adams, residence, Third st . eet, finished four years. A. Hoevelei, reeldence i Lawrenceville, finished four years. L. D. M'Oord, Penn street, finished four years. Hon. Thomas Irwin, Diamond street, finished four years. St Charles Hotel and Girard House, finished fire years. Elnan,:dog Court House and Bank, for Barr ac Moser, Architects, Pittsburg, finished five years. Orders received at the Vffize of B M'Eldowney, Paint Shop, 20 Seventh street, or please address T. F. WATSON, maylft-tf P. 0. Box 1216. Pittsburg, Pa. MESSRS. OHIOKERIN4 & 00. RAM AGAIN OBTAINED THE GOLD . MEDAL! AT THE MECHANICS' PAIR, BOSTON, VELD THE PIEUBDIVIiI OVER SIXTY COMPETITORS! Wareroom for the CHICKENING PIANOS, at Harris burg, at 82 Market street, oc2B-tf W. KNOCHE'S MUSIC! STORM. I AWES 1 YOU KNOW WEEZ lOU can get fine Note Paper, Envelopes, Visiting and Wedding Cards ? At SCREPPER , S BOOKSTORE. SUPERIOR STOCK OF LIQUORS.— mud. DOCK, in., k co.. are now able to offer to WV customers and the public at large, a stock of the purest liquors ever imported into this market, compri sing in part the following varieties : WHISKX SCOTCH,OLD BOURBON. WINE—PORT, SHERRY, OLD MADEIRA. OTARD, DUPEY & CO. PALE BRANDY. JAMICA SPIRITS. PRIME NEW ENGLAND RUM. DRAKE'S PLANTATION PATTERS. These liquors can all be warranted; and in addition to these, Dock & Co. have on hand a large variety of Wines, Whisky and Brandy, to which they invite the particular attention of the public. WEBSTER'S ARMY AND NAVY POCKET DICTIONARY. lust received and for Bale at senzionsals BOOKEITORI. MEW ORLEANS SUGAR I—Finsr m mt. XIIIKR.!--Peor Ml 4 ' lass WM. no ok Ja., & 00. FOR SALE.-A TWO-STORY FRAM HOl7Oll In Short West. Inquire of sepBoll W. K. V. 111311001. HAktiOSBUItG, PA., FRIDA Y. AUGUST it, Isti3. THE Weekly "Patriot & Union," THE CHEAPEST PAPER PUBLISHED IN PENNSYLVANIA! AND THE ONLY DEMOCRATIC PAPER PUBLISHED AT TDB SEAT OF GOVERNMENT ! FORTY-FOUR COLUMNS OF READING MAT TER EACH WEEK 1 'DOLLAR AND THE LOW PRICE OF ONE 'DOLLAR AND FIFTY CENTS I WHEN SUBSCRIBED .FYI3R IN CLUBS OF NOT LESS THAN TEN COPIES 20 ONE ADDRESS! We have been compelled to raise the club subscription price to one dollar and fifty cents in order to Rave ens- Reyes from actual loss. Paper has risen, including 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 ulna at oge sonar a year. and must add fifty cents 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 our list in every county in the State. We have endeavored, and shall continue our efforts, to make the paper useful as a party organ, and welcome as a news Diettlafigol" 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 anxious desire to pro mote its interests, with some experience and a moderate degree of ability, can be made serviceable hereafter, the Weekly PATRIOT AND UNION 11 , 111 not be less useful to the party or leas 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 Supecription list Up IQ twenty or thirty thousand. Vie expense to each indi vidual is trifling, the benefit to the party may be great. Believing that the Democracy of the State feel the ne cessity of sustaining a fearless central organ, we make this appeal to them for assistance with the fullest confi dence of =MISS. Tim same reasons which induce us to raise the price of the Weekly, operate in regard to the Daily paper, the price of which is also increased. The additional cost to each subscriber will bo but trifling; and, while we can not persuade ourselves that the change nocosenVlV roads will result in any diminution of our daily circulation, yet, were we certain that such would be the conse quence, we should still be compelled to make it, or suf fer a rainous loss. Under these circumstances we must throw ourselves upon the generosity, or, rather, the justice o f th e p u klie, 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 same, 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 reading zooetet, embracing all the current news of the day, and * TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCHES from everywhere up to the moment the paper goes 'to press, political, miscellaneous, general and local news. market reports, is decidedly the CHEA.P.EST N_E` TIS:PA_P_E:R P UBLISHED IN GPIrMM There is scarcely a village. or town in the State in which a club cannot be raided if the proper exertion:be made, and surely there are few places in which one or mere energetic men cannot be found who are in favor of the dissemination of sound Democratic dootrinoo, Who would be willing to make the effort to raise a club. DEMOCRATS OE, THE INTERIOR Let ns hear from you. ,The existing war, and the ap• prosehing sessions of Congress and the state Legisia tore, are Invested with unnenal interest, and every man should have the news. TERMS. DAILY PATRIOT AND UNION. Single copy for one year, in advance. ... . ........$5 00 single oopyduring the session of the Legislature.. 2 00 City subscribers ten cents per week. Copies supplied to agents at the rate of $1 50 per hnn drat WEINIT PATRIOT AND UNION* Published every Thursday. Dingle copy one year, in advance 5200 Ten copies to one address 15 00 Bubscriptionsmay commence at any time. PAY AL. WAYS IN ADVANCE. We are obliged to make this Nagsgstive, .Ta sump ixstaace cash must accompany subscription. Any person sending us a club of twenty subscribers to the Weekly will be entitled to a copy for his services. The price, even at the advanced rate is so kw that we cannot offer greater inducements than this. Additions maybe made 14 any time to a club of subscribers by remitting one dollar and fifty cots for each additional name. It is not neceeeary to send us the names of those constituting a club, as we cannot undertake to address each paper to club subscriber. separately. Specimen copious of the Weekly will be sent to all who desire it. 0. BARRETT dr. 00., Harrisburg, Pa N. B.—The following law, wiled by Congress in 1860, defines the duty of postmaster', in relation to the de livery of newspapers to club eubseriberi: (See Little, Brown 4. Co.'s edition of the Lowe of 1860, pare 88, chapter 181, sectionl.) "provided, however, that where packages of now im pels 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 Postmaster to comply with this regula tion, it will Do necessary that be be furnished with the Hit 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 eheerfullyaooommooate club subscribers, and the latter alined take ears that the postage, which is but u VI" ea oh case, be paid in advance. Send on the (Aube A SPLENDID ASSORT M E N T OF LITHOGRAPHS, ' Formerly retailed at from $8 to $5, are now offered at 50 and 75 cents, and $1 and $1 50—gublished by the Ar Union, and formerly retailed by them. Splendid Photographic Album Pictures of all distin guished men and Generals of the army, at only 10 eta. For sale at SOFIEFFEIFS Bookstore, 18 NaViet street, Harrisburg. BASKETS! LADIEs TRAVELING, MARKET. SBHOOL, PAPER, KNIFE, CLOTHES, ROUND, CHILDREN'S, CAKE, For a low, by jel2 WHITE BRANDY I I I—Fog PnEssxv tinperior aruate, (siricaY pure } ) just received and for gale by yulyl WI!. DOCK, Jr.. & Co. MACKEREL! HAMMEL, N 04.1, 3503, in sized packages— ame, bad GSA, Wags searrasted. gust remand, mid for male low by wm. Dom Jr.. & 00. BLACKING ! !—MASON'S "CHALLasai Bx.sonnsa."-100 altos& assorted /he just r# naiTed and for sale, sitholoiale and retail. WM. DOCK. In., a 00. VrTDOW SHADES of linen, gilt raerea; and PAPER BLINDS of in sallow varlar of designs and ornaments ; also, CURTAIN PIXTURES and PASSIM at Tory low prima. Call at Sehefferft Bookstore. WM. DOCK, Jr., Jk; Co tiljt :latriot tt# FRIDAY MQRNINQ, AVOV#ST 14, 1868. TRIAL OF ABRAHAM LINCOLNBY TILE GREAT STATESMEN OF THE REPUB LIC. A council of the poet on the Tyranny of the PreBent. The Spirit of the Constitution on the Bench— Abraham Lincoln Prisoner at the Bar—His o wn Counsel. Iteported Expressly for the Metropolitan Record .It Wag reported 50fhe weeks since that the present unworthy successor of Washington, (the Abolition President, Abraham Lincoln) had become a convert to spiritualism, and that he had recently held a conversation in the White House with the departed spirits of cer tain great Men of the Raeelation, with whose opinions upon the ultimate issue of the war he desired to make himself acquainted. The par ticulars of that spiritualistic confab have not been published, nor have we been informed of the result of its deliberations. We hope, how ever, that the great rail splitter was satisfied with the interview. Since then it• was the good fortune of the editor of the Record to have been present at a most remarkable trial that took place not many nights ago in the principal apartment of the p r oidentialmansion at Washington. It is un necessaty that we should explain to our read ers how we managed to be present on that oc casion. It is sufficient to 'mow that we were there,. and that while there we were witness to a scene that will remain indellibly impressed upon our memory. The spacious apartment had been converted into a grand court room, and preparations were being made for a trial of more than ordinary importance. On looking around the court we beheld a number of distinguished historical characters —men whose faces - were rendeled familiar from the portraits which we has: seen in books and elsewhere. Prominent among them was one countenance which no man having ones seen could ever forget. It was that. of George Washington, the Father of the. American Union, who was surrounded by the . great statesmen of the Revolution, and by others of still later date. Never before in the history of the world had such an august council ever as sembled. What could have brought them to gether at each time and in such a place ? They had assembled for the trial of the present incumbent of the Presidential chair on charges of the gravest and most serious character.— These charges were numerous and were brought out in the course of the examination, which Was conducted before the spirit of the Consti tution, who occupied the Bench of Justice.— Immediately confronting the august assemblage was the figure of a man whose lineaments have become painfully familiar to the people. This figure was the representation of Abraham Lin coln, and from the expression Of conscious guilt, visible upon his countenance it was evident that he occupied the position of the criminal at the bar. He was allowed the services of a counsel to conduct his defence, but on intima ting his desire to act as his own counsel he was granted that privilege. The spirit of the Constitution announced that the trial of the culprit would now proceed, whereupon the venerable form of the Father of his Country arose in the midst of the spirits of the great men lhy whom he was surrounded, and proceeded to read the following indictment against his last and most unworthy successor. Abraham Lincoln is herein charged with treasonable intent, purposes and designs, in having committed the following unconstitution al acts in the course of his administration. 1. In having declared war against inde pendent and sovereign States under the pre tence of repossessing himself of certain forts and other property siezed and held by said States. 2. In having arrested citizens of the United et a tec, and incarcerated them in government bastiles, without process of law. 8. In having suppressed the liberty of speech, thereby denying to the citizen the constitu tional right of criticising the acts of his ad ministration. 4, In having prohibited and stopped the pub lication of certain newspapers for the exercise of the same right referred to in the preceding charge. 5. In having placed the military above the civil power, as shown in the establishment of martial law over portions of the country which were not embraced within the theatre of war. 6. In overthrowing State sovereignty as in the case of Virginia, the integrity of which was violated by the erection of the so-called State of Kanawha within its limits. 7. In having approved, endorsed and par tially carried into execution the unconstitu tional act of Congress known as the Confisca tion bill. 8. In having approved of the infamous law known as the Conscription act, which was not only subversive of the Constitution,but violative Live of State sovereignty. 9. In baying attempted to carry into execu tion the Emancipation act, thereby violating the most sacred guarantees of the C4nstita two. (The indictment embraced a great many other charges, but these we have enumerated were the most important.) After the reading of the foregoing, the Spirit of the Constitution, officiating as Supreme Judge in the case, notified the prisoner that the Court was prepared to hear' his defence, whereupon the prisoner, Abraham Lincoln, arose and addressed the court. We should remark, however, that at various points in the course of his defence he was fre quently interrupted by some one of the many great statesmen who had assembled to witness and take part in the trial. The following is a verbatim report of the proceedingsi Abraham Lincoln. I have been accused of violating the Constitution ; but if I have done so, it has been from the sole and earnest desire to restore the Union. Stephen A, Douglas. I don't understand how a man can claim to be a friend of the Union, and yet be in favor of making war upon ten millions of people in the Union. You can not lover it up much longer under the pretext of love for the Union. War is disunion, cer tain, inevitable, final, and irrepressible. Peace is the only policy that can save the country. (1) Abraham Lincoln. It was this desire to pre serve the integrity of the Republic that ren dered it a matter of absolute necessity to put a stop to the assaults that were being made upon the Government by certain parties whom I regarded as friendly to the rebels. Daniel Webster. Free speech is a home bred right, a fireside privilege. It has ever been enjoyed in evert house, cottage and cabin in the nation. It is not to be drawn into con troversy. It is as undoubted as the right of breathing the air and walking on the earth. It is a right to be maintained in peace and in war. It is a right which cannot be invaded without destroying constitutional liberty. Hence this PRICE TWO CENTS. right should be guarded and protected by the freemen of this country with a jealous care, unless they are prepared for chains 'and an archy. (2) Abraham Lincoln. The great cause of all our trouble is slavery, and we can never ex pect to have peace until that institution is abolished. Henry Clay. Abolitionism ! With Abolition ists the rights of property are nothing ; the deficiency of the powers of the general govern ment is nothing; the acknowledged and ineozz testible poirere of the States are uothing ; the dissolution of the Union and the overthrow of a government in which are concentrated the hopes of the civilized world are nothing ; a sin gle idea has taken possession of their minds. and onward they pursue it, overlooking all barriers, reckless and regardless of all conse quences. (3) Abraham Lincoln. If every man were al - loz - ed to express his opinions the prosecution of the war for the Union would be impossible. The government is obliged to have recourse to such measures if it would preserve fts own ex istence. John Hancock. It is to the last degree a vicious and infamous attempt to support a gov ernment which manifestly lends to render the persons and property of the governed insecure. Some boast of being friends to government; I am a friend to rtghteous government, to a government founded upon the principles of reason and justice ; but I glory in publicly avowing my eternal enmity to tyranny. (4) Abraham Lincoln. I found it necessary to suspend the operations of portions of the Con stitution to better enable me to carry on the war without embarrassment. I thought that the people would be willing to relinquish some of their constitutional rights for a time if their liberties could thereby be preserved in the fu ture. Patrick Henry. Is the relinquishment of the right of the trial by jury and the liberty of the press necessary for your liberty ? Will the abandonment of the most sacred rights tend to the security of your liberty ? Liberty the greatest of all earthly blessings! give us that precious jewel, and you may takeevery thing else. The first thing I have at heart is American liberty ; the second thing is Ameri can union. (5) Abraham Lincoln. I endeavored to get along in the prosecution of the war for the Union, but finding-that the Constitution inter fered with it,'l was obliged, as a military ne cessity, to suspend its action. Gouverneur Morris. I love the Constitu tion and I love it because I consider it as the bond of our Union; because in ray soul, I be lieve that on it depends our harmony and our peace; that without it .we should soon be plunged in the horrors of civil war; that this country would be deluged with the blood of its inhabitants, and a brother's hand raised against the bosom of a brother. (6) Abraham Lincoln. What was Itodo in the midst of a civil war ? I found my hands tied by the checks of the Constitution, and I was forced to disregard them. I could not rely altogether upon the people. Alexander Hamilton. The confidence of the people will easily be gained by a goad admini stration. This is the true touchstone. (7) Abraham Lincoln. I must insist, in my own defence, that without force the Union cannot be preserved. And every law such as the conscription act and the emancipation measure must be enforced. John C. Calhoun. The law must be en forced ! The imperial edict must be executed! It is under such sophistry, couched in general terms, without looking to the limitations which must ever exist in the practical exercise of power, that the most cruel and despotic acts ever have been covered. It was such sophis try as this that east Daniel into the lion's den, and the three innocents into the fiery furnace. Under the same sophistry the bloody edict Of Nero and Caligula were executed. The law must be enforced! Yes, the law imposing tea tax must be executed." This was the' very argument which impelled Lord North and his administration to that mad career which forever separated us frOm the British Crown. In the same spirit we are told the Union must be preserved, without regard to the means. And how is it proposed to preserve the Union? By force? Does any man in his senses believe that this beautiful structure, this harmonious aggregate of States, produced by the joint Consent of ail, can be preserved by force ? Its very introduction would be certain destruction of this Federal Union. No, no ! You cannot keep the States united in their constitutional and Federal bonds by force. Force may in deed hold the parte together, but such Union would be the bond between a master and slave, a Union of exaction on one side and of un qualified obedience on the other. Disguise it as you may, the contest is one between power and liberty. * * Never was there a controversy in which more important consequences were involved, not excepting that between Persia and Greece, decided by the bat tles of Marathon, Platina and Salamis, which gave ascendancy to the genius of Europe over that of Asia and which in its consequences has continued to affect the destiny of so large a portion of tba world, even to this day. In the great conflict between Greece and between Persia, European and Asiatic polity and civili zation, the very question between the federal and consolidated forma of government was in volved. The Asiatic governments from the remotest time, with some exceptions on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean, have been based on the principle of consolidation, which considers the whole community as but a unit, and consolidates its powers in a central point. The opposite principle has prevailed in Europe. Greece throughout all her States was based on a federal system—all were united in one com mon but loose bond, and the governments of the several States partook for the most part, of a.complea organization which distributed political power among different members of the community. * * * Has reason fled from our borders ? Have we ceased to reflect? It is madness to suppose the Union can be preserved by force. (8) James Madison. The more I reflect on the use of force, the more I doubt the practibility, the justice, and the efficacy of it when applied to a people collectively and not individually. A union of the States, containing such an in gredient, seems to provide for its own destruc tion. The use of fosse against a State would look more like a declaration of war than an infliction of puniihment; and would probably be considered by the party attacked as a disso lution of all previous compacts by which it might be bound. (9) Abraham Lincoln. Without force it is im possible to preserve the government. The military when necessary must sustain the civil power. Alexander Hamilton. How can this force be exerted on the States collectively ? It is possible. It amounts to a war between the parties. Foreign powers also will not be idle spectators. They will interpose; the confusion will increase, and a dissolution of the Union will entitle. (10) Colonel Mason. The moat jarring elements, fire and water, are not more incompatible than such a 'strange mixture of civil liberty and military execution. Will the militia march PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. SUNDAYS =MUD BY 0. BARRETT .1b 0.2 'YEA DAILY PATRIOT AND UNION will be wawa to nib* scribers residing in the Borough for Tut (mars ma wsilli t payable to the Carrier. Mail eutworibera, e'en NILLAia PIN Tax Wnstur PALDWS ADD UNION is published aL TWO DOLLARS PRI Alm% invariably in advance. Ten mg& to one address, fifteen doiCara Connected with this eetablfeldneni n entangles JOB OFFICE, containing a.variety of plain end fancy type, unequa ll ed by any establishment in the interior of the State, for which the patronage of the public ie so - Bolted. from One State to another for the purpose of coercion ? If they do, will not the citizens of invaded States assist one another, until they arise as one man, and shake off what they will denounce as the hated Union altogether? If you subjugate them, how are you to hold them under a Constitution that is to be imposed to insure domestic tranquility and promote the general welfare ? (II) Abraham Lincoln. Am I, then, to be irt ve3ted with no power for the suppression of rebellion ? Ethridge Gerry. lam ageing letting loose the myrmidons of the United States on a State without its own consent.. (12) Abraham Lincoln. There can be no Union unless the State governments sustain the gen eral government to the. fullest extent in putting down disohedieat awl refractory States. Elbrifge Gerry. Let us then at once de stroy the State governments, have an executive for life, Gr hereditary, and then there will be some consistency in giving full powers to the general government ; but, as the States must not be abolished, I wonder at the attempts that are made to give powers that are inconsistent with their existence. I warn you against pushing the experiment too far. Some people Will support a plan of vigorous government at every risk. Others, of a more democratic_ cast, will oppose it with equal determination, and a civil war will he produced by the con flint. (13) Abraham Lincoln. In my endeavors to sus tain the Constitution it is possible that I have transcended the powers with which that instru ment has invested me ; but I have done so to maintain both the Union and the Constitution. Andrew Jackson. But the Constitution can not be maintained nor the Union preserved in opposition to the public feeling, by the mere exertion of the coercive powers confided to the general government ; the foundations must be laid in the affections of the people, in the se curity it gives to life, liberty, character and. property in every quarter of the country, and in the fraternal attachment which the citizens. of the several States bear to one another, as. members of one political family mutually con tributing to promote the, happiness of each. other. (14) Abraham Lincoln. If the Union be the only bond by which the sovereignty of the States is to be preserved, then the States themselves must abandon temporarily a portion of their power—more than is granted even in the Call stitntion—to attain so desirable an end as the preservation of the republic. Andrew Jackson. The legitimate authority of the Government is abundantly sufficient for all the purposes for which it was created and its powers being expressly enumerated, tbere can be no justification for claiming anything beyond them. Every attempt to exercise power beyond these limits should be promptly, and firmly opposed ; for one evil example will lead to other measures still more mischievous; and if the principle of constructive powers, or sup posed advantages, or temporary circumstances shall ever be permitted to justify the assump tion of a power not given by the Constitution, the General Government will, before long, ab sorb all the powers of legislation, and you will have, in effect, but one consolidated Govern ment. From the extent of our country, its di versified interests, different pursuits, and dif ferent habits, it is too obvious for argument that a single consolidated Government would be wholly inadequate to watch Over and protect its interests ; and every friend of our free in stitutions should always prepare to maintain unimpaired and in full vigor, the rights and sovereignty of the States. (15 ) (1.) Donlas' last speech in the U 8 Senate. (124 Eireat oration of Daniel Webster ea free Beech in 1814 (3.) Speech of Henry Clay against the insidious policy of the Abolitionists. (4.) From the speech of John Hancock, delivered at Boston in 1774, on the occasion of the eels} ration of the anniversary of the Boston massacre of 1770. (5.) Speech of Patrick Henry on the Federal Consti tution. (6.) Speech of Governor Norris in the United States Se,ate, on the 14th or January, 1802, on an act to pro vide for the more convenient organization of the courts of the United States. (7.) Alexander Hamilton's speech in the New York convention in 1788. (8.) ;Speech of John 0. Calhoun in 1833 against the Force 10.11. - - (9) Speech of Madison in the Federal convention that framed the Constitution. 'See Madison papers, vol. II ~ p. 761. (10.) Speech of Hamilton in the same convention. See Madison Papers, v'l. 1I , p 592. (1 i ) Speech of Mr. Mason, of Virginia. in same con vention. Madison Papers, vol. 11.,pp. 9.4-15. 1S (12) See Madison Papers, vol. 11., from pp. 1349 to ((113) see Madison Papers, vol. TIT., from pp,1102. to 1408. (14 ) Jackson's Farewell Address, Washington, March 3, 1837. (15 ) The sane. THE g(RETALIATORr' Oia)ER. From the Boston Courier The War Department has issued a general order, under the signature of the President, directing "retaliation" upon Rebel soldiers for certain acts specified in the order. It is re markable that an order authorizing retaliation, which is not understood to be conformable either to Christianity or civilization, should complain of the acts in question as "a relapse into barbarism, and a crime against the civil ization of the age." The inconsistency is the more marked, that this retaliation is to take effect, without regard to the individual com plicity of those wi.o are to suffer the penalty. So far as appears by the terms of the order, any officer high or low, may direct soy rebel soldier in his hands to be executed, or to be placed at hard labor on the public works, as the case may be, if, in any part of the seceded territory, a negro is killed except in battle, or is sold into slavery. We need not say that all persons who have any practical sense of the nature and spirit of Christianity, or any just idea of the claims of civilization, will be shocked at the promulga tion of such an order as this. Whatever may have been the offences against the negroes committed by the Rebels, this is neither the way to check them, nor to promote any of the legitimate objects of the war. On the contra ry, ho wever revolting to us may be the thought that negroes, whom the Government of the United States, in its weakness and wickedne66 s has induced to engage personally in the war, upon some chimerical notion of equalizing them with white men, should be slaughtered if found in arms, or e lse sold into slavery, the idea that persons who have neither killed nor enslaved them -should, for this cause, be, exe cuted or subject to the penal labor imposed, is far more shocking. In fact, if one is murder, or a crime against justice and humanity, the other is at least equally such; and the only effect of it must be to set aside "the law of nations anti the usages and customs of war, as carried on by civilized powers," bringing about an entire "relapse into barbarism." We need scarcely suggest that the President has no lati= fill authority to put forth such an order as this; and that it is simply one more, and a most ag. gravated, instance of that eiterOlgo of despotic power to which the bad advisors about him have too often been able to persuade him. The kind of reasoning by which Mr. Lincoln has been led to institute this horrible system of retaliation, besides its total want of foresight of the natural consequence° of it, is of the most superficial and one-sided character. Mr. Lin coln argues that negroes, being soldiers of the