"T NO K T If : $2 50 to Adrancr, per Annus IV. II. JlCOSr, J'uMIsberV Truth and Right God and our Country. BLOOTMSBURG. COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA.. WEDNESDAY, FEBIU-ARY 15, 1865. NUMBER .17. VOLUME 16. ! 1. i I mportant - ' , TO ILL ' ' ' ' ' ; IRON IN THE BLOOD.v . . . It i well known to the medical profes "sion thai Iron is the viral Principle or Life - Element s of the blood. . This is-derived Thiefly from the food we eat ; bnt if the focd is not 'properly digested, or if, from , any cause whatever, the necessary quan tity of iron is not taken into the circulation or becomeS reduced the whole system suf fers. The bad blood will irritate the hear:, will clog op the lungs, will stupefy the brain, wilt obstruct the liver, and will send it disease producing element to all part of the system-,-and every one w'll suffer in whatever organ may be predisposed to di 'ease. The great valne of IRON AS A MEDICINE Is welT known and acknowledged by all medical men. The difficnl'y has beer, to obtain och a preparation of it a will en : ter the circulation and assimilate at once with the blood. This point, says Dr Hayes, Massachusetts State Chemist, ha been at tained in the Peruvian Syrup, by combina tion in a wav before unknown.' . TH E PRRUVl A N SYRUP Is a protected'foluiion of the Proloxid oflron. A new discovery in medicine that strikes at the Root ot Disease by supply ing the blood wiih it Vital Principle "or Life Element Iror. THE PERUVIAN SYRUP "Cure Dipepsia, Liver. Corip!anii, Drnpspy Fever and Ague, Los of eaergy, Low, . 'Spirit. - THE PERUVIAN SYRUP infuses strength, viuor, and new lite into the system, anu builds up an 'Iron Const i tutiou." THE PERUVIAN SYRUP. Cures Nervous Affections Female , Com plaint, and all disej-ei of ihe Kidneys and Bladder. THE PERUVIAN SYRUP I a Spetific for all di-eaes originating itv bad sate of lb Mcod, or accompanied by Oebilitj or a low stale of tt.e sy;em. Pamphlet remaining certificate of rurea and recommendation from some o Ihe most eminent Phsicnn. Cien;ymin and others, will be tent FRKC to any ad dress. - We eliCt a fw of ihe names o- show the character ol the teiimoiiaU John E. Williams E-q , President of the Metropolian Bank, N Y. Rev AbeM ?iever,, late Editor Christian Advocate & Journal. Rev P. Lhnrch, E.tiior N Y. O'.fn.ide. Kev. John Pierrwit, Rv.Wirrerr Biirons Rev. Arthor B. Fuller Rev. Gordon Rnb "bitij, kev. Slvann Ci.bb, Rev. T. Starr .K'ng, Kev. Ep'irsini Ni"e. Jr., Iev. Joseh p II Clinch, Rev Henry r.itiam. R-vt P. C Headley, R-'v. Jo'in V. OimMet. Lewi J hnson, M. D. Ro-well K'mnev, It. D K Keiutall, M I)., V R Ch-'hoIri-.M I Francis Dna, Al. I) , J-reroinh Stone. M Dr Jo-e Antonio Stnch. M. I), A. A. Slaves. M. D., Abraham Wendell, M. D. J. K. Chilton. At. P., H. E. Kinney, At. D Piepared bv N L tlnk & Co. exelo lively lor J. P. I)INSMORE,.r. 49l Broad way, Now York. Sold by all Druggist. Kci!dinss tiui.i Salve ! KJUTV YEAUS EXPEUIKNCE ba Jul 1y ee'ahhheil n fciH"r!'T or BEDDING'S RUStA SALVE Over 1I itrpr healioa prep.ra inns l cnreva'.l kit.ds ot Siren, Coti, Scald, tonrns. BoiN, Ulcer, St!i Rneam. Erj rip elas, Sis, Piles, Cor, S.-re Lips Sot. Kves, ,'emovini t.je pm at once, -a'k1 reducing the most anry looking eweling and inflsmation as if by mgie. ONLY 25 CENTS A BOX. For sale by J. P. DINSMORE, No. 4 91 Broadway, New York, S W. FOW LE &. Co No. 18 Tremont St. Bobton, and by all Drus2it. Augnct 2, 164. Tr - JYEW GOOBH'. 12 E VOL UTION IX I1IG II PRICE S! SEW AKliIVAL ,OF WINTER GOODS AT PE'fEft ENTS STORK INT LIGHT STREET, COL. CO. ,.-,; . ITAS jost received from '.he easte-n cities and is now opening at the old stand' a splendid assortment of ... , . which will be sol't ch?ap for CASH OR COUNTRY PRODUCE ! His stock eonsi-ta of Ladies Dre.s Good, choicest styles and latest fashion. CALICOES.' . MUSLINS. GINGHAMS FLANNELS. " HOSIERY SILKS, SHAWLS, CARPETS. &C. IScadyTlacIc Clothing -SATIN iiTS, " : . ' CSSIMERES, COTTON A PES, KENTUCKY JEANS -THREAD, &,C. QUEENS WARE,' a"-."-' CEDARW AtlE, V HARDWARE. MEDICINES. DRUGS', SOOTS AND fcilOES, HATS and CAES, In short everything usually kept in a country stor. - - , , . The patroaage of his old . friends," and he public generally, is respectfully so licited. Tuc highest market jrice paid for conn try produce. PETER EKT. Light Sireet, Jan. 18, 1865. " ' CHARLES G.; DARKLE Y, Attorney at airr, ELco::ssrnc; colu.iicia co.,rA. ""c7'ILL practice in the several Coirt of Co'ombiacounty. All legal business intrt3ied to his cara ehalJ raceive prompt g;ontioi. . ' - - THE STAR OF THE NORTH ' 19 PUBLISHED tVtRT WEDNESDAY BT j .WM. II. JACOBY, : Office on Main St., 3rd Square below Market. TERMS: Two Dollars and Fiftl Cents . in advance. If not paid till th end of the , year, Three DoJlars will be charged No subscriptions. taken for a period less than six months ; no dUcominuance permit- ted until all arrearages are paid unless at the- opunn oi me eauor 3 hi terms of advertising will be as follow: One square, eight Hoes one time, SI 00 Every subsequent insertion, 25 One square, three months, 4 SO One year. lo 00 TIIE S0.G OP THE SWORD. PARODV OJI THtcJ'VONQ OF THK SHIRT." ' ' ' Weary, and wounded, and worn, Wounded, and ready to die, A soldier they left -all alone and forlorn, On the field of ihe battle to lie The dead and the dying alone Could their presence and pity affjrd; WhiUt. with a sad and a terrible to-ie, He sang the song ol the sword. v Fight figh'fijht ! Fhoowli a ihoj-atid fathers die ! Fight fiaht fight, ! Though thousands of children cry ; ' ' Fight fih; fiht ! Whilst iii'-1 hers and wie lament ; ' And fiih' fight fiht I Whilst millions ol money are spent. Fight fig'it fight ! Should the cause be foul or fair, Though all that's gained is an empty name, And a tan too great to bear ; An empty name and a paltry fame, And thouands lying dead ; Whilst every glorious victory ' Must raisd the pr.ee of bread. War war war ! Fire, ami limine, and sword ; DesoUte fields.-and desolate towns, And thousands scattered abroad, With never a home and never a shed ; Wbdsi kingdom ptrish and tall, Ami hundreds of thousands are lying dead , And all for nothing at all. War war war! Mu-ket, and powder, and ball ; Ah ! what do we fight so for ? Ah I why have we battles a! all ? Ti- jnstrce rnut be done, (hey. say, The nation' honor to keep ; Ata ! thai iuMce i o deaf, 1 And human li'e fo cheap. . War war war ! t Mtery, murder. a"d crime,. Are all the b esii g l've seen in thee From my ynmh to the present time, Misery, murder, and crime , Cric;e, misery, murder, and wo ; Ah! wonld I had known in my younger days A tenth ot what now I know ! Ah ! had I but. known in my happier days, In my hours of teyish jr'ee, A lentil of the horror a' d crime of war A ntheot ii miery ! . . I now h'd been joininj; a hapy banJ ' Oi and children dear, . And I had died in my native lad, Instead ot dying here., Ar.d many a Inns, Ionj day of wo, And sleepless nights untold, And drenching rain, and drilling snow, And weariness, famine, and cold ; And worn out limbs, and aching heart, And trie! too great to tell, And bleeding wound, and piercing smart, Had I etcaped toll well.. Weary, and wounded, and worn, . Wounded, and ready to die . A soldier they left, all alone and forlorn On the field of battle to lie. The dead and the dj ing alone Could their presence and pity afTird, Whilst thus, ni h a sad apt terrible tone, (O, would that these troths were more per fectly .known !) He sang the song of the sword. The Conscription laws, ; Letter Jrtm ike Governor of Pennsylvania to the President of the tjnitei Slates. , Exfcctivr Chamber. ) Harnisbckg, 2"6(h January, Ifi&d. J To THki President : Sir : .The act o.f the 3d of ftlarch 1963, rommonly called the en rollment act, provided (section 4) that for the purposes of the act, each Congressional district of the respective Slate should form a district, and (section ll) that. ail persons enrolled should be subject to be called into the military service pf the United States, and to continue in service during the pres ent rebellion, not however exceeding the term of three years, and further (section 12) that Irf assigning to. the districts the number ol men to be furnished therefrom, the Pres ident should ' take into consideration the number of volunteers and militia by and from the seera States in which said dis trict were situated, and the period of iheir service since the'eommencement of the re beI!ion and should'so make said assign meats as to equalize the numbers among the dittricls of the several States, consider ing and allowing for' the" numbers already furnished as aforesaid, and the time of their service.. .; ; ; ;..;.' The time of actual service which by this act you were directed to consider and allow for, co4d not, without impracticable labor, (or indeed at all) be fixed 'wiih exactitude 'h district, hot it coald eaify have for bee i done. The commencement of the third year of the war was close at hand ai the time ol the passage"of the act. It would not have been difficult to- ascertain, of one thousand men enlisted for three years, what was the average number tbt remained ac- ; tually in the service at the end ol the first and econd years respectively, and thus the , coul(t na?B een substantially complied Mth. For instance, suppose it to have ' been found that of one thousand men en- listed (or three .ear;, there remained in the n a.ernpeof fortv ner rem at the close ol the first year, and twenty per cent , at the clo?e of the second year The re- ! ; suit would have been under the provisions such call, then the President shall immeai i of the act, tha: rixteen hundred one-year's i dtaiely oraer such a dralt foj one year to men would have been taken as the fqniva- . fill-snch quota. lent of one thousand hree years' men. j These are the causes which now regu Hiifortonately the head of bureaus, to ! Jate the subj-ct. It is not for me or you, whom ihe matter seems to" have been en- ! sir, to discuss the question of their propri- ; trusted, began by falling into a strange mis- ety. They are to be obeyed. construction of the act. They did in effect It would be easy to show that they form I strike from the 12ih section the phrases ; reasonable and intelligible system. For i 'period of tbeir service" and "time of iheir ; merly when calls were made ol men for - ... . .. : ; servire, ani insert in lieu tnereot j phrase "term of their enlistment," 1 then proceeded lo apportion credit multiplying the number of men furnished from a district by the number of years for ! which ttiey were enlisted. Calculations made on this basis were of couwe mot ex-- travagaitt, and the people everywhere felt ' that somehov injustice was being done. I ln thA otiomni in nrn ihi.' nnin.rnna anH i contradictory orders have been issued irom own accord engaged themselves in anv the Provost .Alarshal General's office, and other lawlul employment. The system long essays by himself and others have : however, of raising very large bodies oi been in vain published to explain and jus- men as volunteers, under the -act of Con tify Iheir action. . ! gresof 1861, had drawn upon the military In fact, as soon as thev get beyond the ! population ol the respective States and lo mnrally cer ain limit of the actnal service ; calities very heavily, and not quite equably ol the man, their calculation has no' longer ! and therefore when the enrollment act of a practical basis. Its principle, carried to j 'S53 was passed, it was thought be-t to a legitimate extreme, would justify the en- ! provide for equalizing the exhaustion, by al listment of one man for fOdOO years, and lowing credits to localities for the volun creditin2him as the whole qooU ol the ! teers furnished by thern But the govern- State with a small excess. s; i.. . , ki n fnr himself whether he has found that getting ! one pair of boots for three years is pr.cti- ! caHy equivalent to getting three pairs o i a.i ooots mr one year . The vicionary character of the system on ! 1 which they have, proceeded cannot better be illustrated tha-n by the result at which the'- have arrived on the present occasion. The quota of Pennsylvania on the lat call was announced to be 61 700. Her quota to ! make np deficiencies under that call was artfouured to be P6 999 men Oil the 24;rr instant it was announce-1 that tbe quota ol the Western di-trict had. on revision, been ' fived at 22.5J2, which would make that of .L L . c. . i .... i i i n 0 vnn.F a p aiiriiii -a 4 in t mtiii iaier irti i the same day it was further announced tha: jct of. 1863. That is ,o say, the govern the quota of the, Western district was i nt annoonces that it wit! take by its au 25.512. a'ndjhat of the whole State 49 5S2. !.Hority a cerain number of men from a lo Allof thee chancer being caused by no !' or military service for one year - . I .1 .1 I Ix .V ". . I A .1 intervening changes itiat I am aware ili I am iiiira nf I In fact, our quota on the last call was? filled, and there can be no deficiency to be now "supplied. Their plan is onjnst to the districts and lo the government. It wholly ignores the lose of men by desertion, sickness, death and casualties. Tbe losses from most 6f these canses are grea'er during the firt year of service than alterwards. ,A town which ha furnihed three thoo,,and mn for one year, has probably lost tbne-fi!ths of them from these cau-es before the evpi I ration of the term. Another equal town which has furnished one lhouand' men j for three years may befor the expiration ot that term have lost seventeen -twentieths of them. The first town will have thus given sixteen hundred men to the country the second but eiiiht hundred and filtv There' I is no equality in this. THe exhaustion of j the indos'rial population ol the two town. is in very oneqal proportions As to the government the government has in the ; first case the actual servtce during the ; whole year of fourteen hundred men in the second case the actual service ol say j four hundred men during the whole firt ; year, of probably not more than two hun dred men during the whole second year, and say one hundred and fifty men at most daring the whole third year. Besides, the amount of service that may be required promptly is to be considered, and not mere ly the agreed term of service. At the late slorm ol Fort Fher, one at least of the Pennsylvania one year regiment was en gaged, and behaved most eallanily who will say that if one third of their number had been enlisted for three years.it would on that account have been able to perform as much servire as the whi le number did in lhat unurpassed exploit? But there Is eve,n more serious error than has been above exposed. The claus ol this act of 3d of March 1863, undr which your. officers profess to be acting, has not been in force since ; the 24ti bt February, 1864 . . . . , . Whether induced thereto by the strange nes ot the system which has been adopted ontfer it, or for whatever reasons, Coi thought fit to pass the acl of 24 h of Febru ary, 1864 (entitled, "An act to amend the act ol 3d March, 1863") which provides, (section 2, ) that the, qob'a ot each ward of a city . town. &c, shall be nearly as possi ble in proportion to the number of men resident therein liable to render military service, taking into account as far as prac ticable the number which had been previ- ocsly turni-bed therefrom y lu.u.-u, .o.0.,v. I Thus the former- act was amended. by', ?''n5 credits, not to districts but to smaller service in estimating credits; they were directed.in future to be gien as far as prac ticable on the basis of the number of men previously furnished, without reference to the time ot service. And thi. was followed np by the act of 4th July 1864 (parsed at the same session) which provides (section i;that the Prei- .lent mv alhis discretion, call lor any ! number of volunteers for the respective terms of one, two and tnree years, wnn bounties regulated according to their term , ol enlis.ment, and (sectioh 2) that in case ! the quota ol any town, &e , shall pot be j filled within tha space of sixty days after the , military service, iney were maue vy requi and sitions on ihe Governors of tt e respective by States, who then proceeded to dralt the re- quired number to hH the quota ot the Mate. In this draft, men from any locality who had volnnturily entered the service of tr.e Uniied States, by enlisting in the army or otherwise, were not taken into account. No credits were given for them on the quota ov more than lor men who had of their men! bad accepted vofunteers Icr terms of service, and hence the various effort to r.der the equalization more perfect y considering and allowing for the time o. ,h'r 6tfrvice a weU as lhe ""m" of mPfl- lie: nuis w uu,vvt..v.. . . . - . . , - ified this system, by fixing a definite term of service (one year; tor which. men are to be, drafted. Volunteers for not less than that term are to be credited to their locali ties on the quota and receive a- certain ". . ... : u l.k.,.n : co,,,'y 'rom ine goerumem. .-uin i ic. j as cnoose to enti-i lor longer lenni recei.o , mrtner oounitss irom ine goeriniicni. "i ,a' cri,a.ua . - . one year, are not to be cred.ted.on the quo- ; bul are to .bff lefl on ,he eame tooUn ihat all volunteers were On before the inai IS IIIB lawiUI UPIIIclllu "ii.iii n c.. 1 lorce. It pays bounties in case of locali ties to facilitate them in complying with this demand without a compulsory draft. But it has .made no demand for men to serve tor two or inree years. The govern ment receives and pay additional bounties to voijjn teers lor these terms, but, in that, deals with men only, and, as the increased term of service beyond one year is not 0f very regular habits." ' but we should agreed to be rendered in compliance with hkg to Know, if yon please," pursued the any demand of the government, it gives the questioner, 'something in particular, re localtty no credit on ihe quota for it. The g4vdina his mode of life ; how. for m stance government requires 100,000 men for 'one n beyan and passed and ended the day." year, not a less nu. Tiber ot men for a longer "Well sir. when he firt rose in the mom term. For a deficiency in the number of jng. he took about a ha!t a glass ol pure volunteers lor that term i: makes a dratt for one year. This ik to fi'l the quota not more nor less when the dralt has beti ef tee'ed the quota is full there is neither ex cess or deficiency. You see that the system thus established by law is not wiihou; foundation in reason, and can be readily understood. . Sir, you may have been beretoTore ap prised of the fact that your subordinates are wholly disregarding the act of 24th Febru ary, 1864 They are proceeding in open and direct viola'ton of it, and are thus cre ating naturally, great confusion and un certainty among'the people. They an nounce on the one hand that although three-years' man counts only as a one year man towards the quota on which he volun teers, yet that he shall be counted as three one-year's men, towards the quota on a fn lure call. This is directly in the teeth of the law. On the other hand, thef are cy phering out a deficiency on the lat call, by counting three one-year's men as only equivalent to one three-years' man, which is equally against law. Thcs te quota of Fennsy Jvsr.ia under the cJI of 18th July last was filled in ac-i cordance with the law bv men to serve for 1 not les than one year. Trie term of ser vice ol these men is'fiot yet half expired, and yet your subordinates are threatening a drali to fill an alleged deficiency on that 'very call, the existence of which Ihey at I tentat to make out bv persisting in their a a" unlawful aoci aasubetanlial theories atid ; caiculations I when not engageu proiessmnany. na um Our people know that the government " ?k bed ' - Surely - v r n- 1 used looaceo in no other way f rnggeted requires more- men. They.are willing to ne iri,erro;,a,or. "Mv er-ndfatnei, every ft rnish litem heavy as ihe burden has be- j Saturday afternoon, gentleeien, purchased come on tbe industrial population Let the ; a certain .quantity ol oigtail tobacco, say requirement be made in the clear and defi- j from twenty-one to iwentythree inches ,r, . , . , . , .. . .'length; this he cut ajp. into seven ditlarent nite shape which the law provides for, and i poruoni,t OIlP ol wbica per day, and no it will be cheerfully complied with. mpre, he used for chewing in thecoure But it is hardly to be tolerated that your j of ihe seven days ol the week. My grand ..,v.. h. nurmnia.i innor in I father's habi's. as I have observed" Oh, - pursue tbe system of substituting, for .he law, an eccentric plan of their own a cheerful and hearty support to your gov- ernment Jn the prosecution of ihia war, i- is my duty to insist and Ida insist that yoo enforce upon your subordinates tha; obedience to the law, which yoo owe, as well as they and all of us. It m of evil example it tends to enfeeble uay to de- s:roy ihe jnst power of the government that jou should suffer your officers to treat with open contempt any acts ol Congress, ana esppc.-y u,u00 . - self approved, and which regulates a mut er of such deep and delicate moment as the enforcing a draft for the military service. Refying heartily j on your wisdom aed justice to set right what ha thus been go ing wrons, and to compel henceforth on the part ol all, a proper respect for and obedience to the laws of the land. . 1 am, s';r, very respectfully, A. G. Cdrtin. "31? Cran dfather wai a Ptrson of V ry Brgu'lar Habits.'' Some twenty-five years ago, or perhaps a little more', an asjed and highly rejected J phys.c.an oepaneu in,, counties oi M assachuse-.ts. In fact, the Worthy gentleman had reached at the , time traordinarv use ot one I hundred and five yes . No lit.! imer-st j could have taken the initiatory if they had as may be imagined, had hovered aroan I j chosen, and could have compelled CoB his slowly declining days, and this was gress, even in opposition to Congressional nat'uraliy awakened to fresher concern at ( genfiment,to call a convention for proposing the period of his long deferred death. He j amendments to the Con.stiution. It re had always enjoyed the .full esteem ol h's ' raa;n3 wilb tbe Slateg to decide whether fellow citizens and the medical protean, d amcDdment 6hall be adopted,and wtiich naturally looked up to bun as its r r ., . i i,;. An,h it is a question whether, of their number, .tk.( onl mil Ho The nariod ot his drain " , - I tht most important lessons for the benefit ol the c-use couldbe derived from en in ; ves'igation of the ordinary habits of a gen- , r I 1 " - -i anianlifln 'T ! ' 2 i '1 - . V. naa ti(A hart been protracsed to ,inh.iP, owins g punun .ur.uu,,,., - was one ol great extitement in rerard to rrqtnsne mree-iourtus wiu consent to bearing down the barriers of State eofer theiemperar.ee question, and it was fe t be recorded as having tampered with a eienty. The domestic institutions of't to the ritrons adherences to the law of ikq an oracte, trie veratci or me sover eucu .uc vunrniutiu vcao v -health, as promulgated and enforced by the eignties one all, that are to prnounoe upon ' promise between sovereignties. The par total abstinence advoca.e of the day. the question. Thus : it sets down lS"w ; amount and only only remaining sover Accordinaly, after the Upe of a due Jersey, Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana, eignty may then govern the whole as on season, a committee was deputed on the Virginia and West Virginia as sure to vote in fact and interest. New England con part ol the temperance, societies, to wait for the amf-ndmeBt, wheo it is probable ' trolling the sonsolidation, holding tha upon some near relative ofjhe old gentle- New jesev wi;j vote a,&;Qt jtj an(j : powerif win pT0Cced to tnrn her morals man deceased, in order to learn positively ,jt u ceTtain that tbe other s,ate9 enamer. and humanit ioto money. The taxation what had beer, the'eourse of his lite, and ..,nu .. . ... t I r .u. tt.: i k ha, m..n he had so Hn2 preserved Ln .vi.tPnoR .in the possesion ol mental the possession ol mental ... .... .t. :.i i and pnyPlcai viaor, nn it ai letigtn u ymm- ed ,n ,he H0(JOIute ilecay ot Doony powers, wjihoui the intervention ot any acme i esk. The deputation bavin? proceeded to the aficinl PhT"Cia'.'s late place of residence waited ot,on the . centlman who wa his grandon, to obtain Irom him all the partic ular ror.eerrwntr his asad relatives. Alter dnesentiments of condolement had teen expressed, the snita&le inqu.ries were pro- pounded' DooMiess," said the . chief in- terlocutor, '-your grat.d'ather. et j y.ng such a remarkable span of exigence, w-a rr s.f . rnlfd of temoerance. .. . we need not express our connaence inai he indulged in no excess in the us- of hurt- f(J kinds of drink. pr-on inquired of, Oh no sir," said the "i nn mat be nili'.e j " j i ure of that. My urandlather was a person. Jamaica rum ; my grandfather wasji person v of very regular habits ; this was his oni- form co-torn." "This, 1 suppose, ' -am me inquirer, "wa to give a sort ol fi lip lo his system, aiter the lethargy ol lengthened re pose, made requisite, as an escep-iornl ca-e, bj his very advanced period ol life. ' Please teii us what ins prac ice w during the rest ol day.'" My'.uraudtather, gentlemen, was a per son of very regular tiaon. and to k no hing Use of Mm s:m until 11 o'clock, and the-i j only a glass ol Jamaica ram " Indeed ; j d:d hedrmk anything with his nie.ils ?' j "Not exacily with his' meals ; knout hii an hour betore dinner, he drank a mixture to which he was partial, consisting of hall and nail o! cider and rum Bat att-r drink ing that, it was his custom to go out tor a short alk and return to dinner., When dinner was about half through, he would then drink, say a lass ol mm, or whisks. s the case misihl be, ar.d another when dinner was over. Dinner, wa nl ways punctually on the table at I o'c ock , he took no more until tour o'clock, and at- ter the small quan:i:y in his tea. His pfc tice was not to drink anything e!-e near bed time, which was always until nine ; o'cloik, when he had a glass -or two o 1 whikv or rum : iin4ess, indeed, snrne neighbor or friend came in ti join him. He was very hospital always, and as 1 have remarked, extremely regular in hi haOit." I I be Committee lOOHOU l UIIC aau.urr. ana hPsiiHieii about Dursuins the ifKioirv any further It occurred to them, howevei, that il would be well to save thern-elves, possibly, in regard to the use of tobacco. 'Did Dr. ever etnoKe l ' afKti tn ehairmao. Thai." said their ho-t, "wi i mm ol In a most reaular habits. He was not otten without a pipe :n his momf, a . I Hi. I I I con.ound your grandfather and hi. habits,1 brokjj jn q,ieiUrtaer oul of an patience ''I be vour pardon, sir, but it is not neces- r. . , - ' .l -. I The Amendment of the Constitu tion. Tbe New York News, says, it cannot be dented that the Abolitionists are very earnest and preserving in the pursuit of their object, but they are also oyer aan guine, and are apt to count the spoils be lore the field is won. The action of the Fcdtral Congress in regard ro the amend mcnt of the Constitution" prohibitory of slavery, has been accepted by our Black Repulilican cotemporaries as a fulfillment I of tbeir purpose of emancipation, and their cry of ' tandern tr'umphans'iesoixtula with all the erophasu that is due to, congratula tion over a work that is accomplished. We do not wonder that they are thus pre mature in their jubilation, for they have long since ceased to attach any importance to the attributes of the States in their in dividual capacities, and it is therefore na tural that they should regard the will of the central Government as conclusive. jfeverthflea s the Federal Congress hsa ;.done no mortf than to exnresa its dwire in ! reference to flavery,arjd to invite the States to take action on the subject The States . I - .. r . ii . fundamental of the Rpublio.during aeon, dition of civil strife. ' The Times forces a conclusion favora- h f in fhe nilnntinn nr Iho monrlmont Kir ' " 1 J the convention of States, and anticipates, , , tj , ., J be uttered by a m im irttv nrlrl f ha - uiwn. j ""- wc vu- Irn! nf flip milirarv orrollln nf llio A A mintj. . -0 i a.iun. usi uoi-o uur cuicuipuraiy mean vy cuing tiginta as wuri "very lit- tie doubt," in favor of abolition, when her soil is guarded to day by a powerful army that holds at bay the utmost power of the Federal armies! The voico of Western Virginia would have no constitutional force, lor she has no constitutional exts- tance as a State. Tennessee, Arkansas aB(1 Louisiana would, if left to their own iition emDbaticaIlv reiect the nroDOsed amendment, and it is only an extreme recklessness of lusting and an utter nisre- gard for the virtue of our system of Gov- ernment that would count those fctate as nmmirr tfir tnnnnrfprj nf a nmvomont thai 0 r '. . w.v.v.wua $ directly iu intaonism with the present action of he groat majority of their peo pie. We fear, however, that there is very little doubt," that the Administration pro. poses to give a phantom ex'stence to just ro many of the seceded States as may be r mjuimc iu iuo amendment. The whole proceeding at the best is a fraud upon the slaveholding Stales, supposing a probability of their return to the Union ; and tbe circumstance tnai cue counierim presentments or one or two of Uie slave-holding States should be mide to flay a part iu the mockery, .1.1 r j I serves but to cap the oli nax of wrong and absurdity. The members of the IIoue who profess to be Democrats, and who voted for tha amendment, have betrayed their con.-titu-enciei. Their action has been undemo cratic' They have violated the cretd of tCeir party, and have assisted the progress ol centralization. They have recorded themselves as the enetuies of the principle of State nights, and as unch they will te remembered. Consolation for Democrats,. Wendell Phillips is reported' to have; sai( '-It U an nnfaiiing rule of nation all iife that the party that carried you through a war always vica;es office hen it is ended and the ober parly comes in, Irt 18G3 the Democracy is to preside at the White Ilouse.' This, from so prominent an Abolitionist and &hrew8ra politic1 an as he is, should be takon as a warning- by tbe now dominant party, and their acts and policy bhould be shaded in accordance therewith. Of the many fahe and crude things said by Phil lips the above is not among them. In this utterance he but quotes history. He will ge,t uo thanka from the leaders of his party and yet he deserves their most regards for pointing out to tbem the invetiab'e course of events. If they are wise they will prefit by acting in the belief that a brief period will hraatr flint rata a n ft that their nla.ee , , , . , t. ff. norn of tn" rrverT,Tnerjt are to bo Baidaonthe Constitution. The architects of ruin having dissolved the Union and trampled on our liberties," are now planning a eyatem of raids . upon , the Constitution. Whe t their work of destruction shall have been completed on that fair charter of the Union, they will have left it as different from the original as Sheridan's torch has left the Valley of the Shenandoah. One amendment to the Constitution eon templates an express recognition in that instrument of the existence of. a deity.- . The devil may be satl-Bed with that ad dition, but we see no repson why the Tet erential spirit, by which it is proposed might not, with equal propriety, seak to incorporate in the Constitution all the ar ticles of the Christian religion. Slavery constitutes another point of , attack in the raids on the Constitution. 1 he religionists and moralists who urg9 that proposition will, we presume, push out tbeir views to the full extent by de- ' manding an amendment abolishing for ev er, within the jurisdiction of .the United StateSjthe system of saintly villainy which reigns in Utah- lleligion and morality are,however,not the only hobbies of the men engaged in I the Constitutional patch-work. '1 hey have an excellent instinct for putting money in Iheir constituents' purse6. Their amenr7 ments of philanthropy and Christian etbies are excellent precursors to that end by " . ttate overridden by actual practice in a clause of the Constttutionjthe Genera Got- ernmer.t becomes thenceforth not th ,.an K..f th. urM , -ua - The States practically disentiironeii, ai u -u- n U , I""'clll" uuuicu u. iu Wu.v,u . ! 1 1 1 l L 1 1 M A 2H J , win, lutreiure, uu an owupi sway iu urucr . A - . U H rtli......liii.1 , m piumvio iuo iuk.cbh mcciisuMi concoctors OI tna new sovereignty or rdr itania. Already an amendment to the Constitution has been prepared wfth the view of taxing internal interchange by the Congress of the proposed centralization. ' Another lias just been offered in tbe Sen : are. That amendment asks power for th Legislature of the "new nation" to lay tak upon exports I The raw material may ba thereby shut out by competition from for- Ut,. Km .WWnr ni iU .,;nti of New England are determined to have a monopoly of its manufacture. 1'uri'a'nia ii moving on rapidly toward its fall development. Harsh ethics and 1 .J...... ..nt:t. ita m.l Bovcrc guJiiuc? win tvusutuis no UIUHI foundation. , The domination of New En gland will work its centralized power; and, as tihown in the last proposed addition to the Constitutional patch-work, "Will d so I by supplementing its protective tariffs, by : heavy duties on certain exports. Wooden j nutmeg will, onder that hsppy regime; auperside foreign nutmegs and warm tho toddies of the tariff-victims who break the Maine L'q ior Law on frosty morning to the Far.West. - The West will buy from Nw England, because it will be prohibited by t4protect- ivo"tanff3 from buying anywhere else,and j tb(J West will also sell to New England, inarxiuch as it jwill be restricted in its j saie9 to other countries by duties and ei- ports. And the cant of what the Boston iaos call philosophy will those halcyon daps for tbe new Jerusalem of Puritania declare Amenoa for Americans that it to say for those of them who live in the hajpy land erst of tbe Connecticut. Meadville Bank Tnief Arrested Mr. Dyer, the Teller of the Bulk of Crawford County, Pa , was arrested yes terday, while getting on the cars at Mead ville, on snspiciau of being the perpetratof of the theft at the bank on Thursday ev ening. Upon befBg searched the sum of abo.it '827 ,000 was found sewed up in tha seat of his pantaloons. lie is now confin j ed in the Crawford county jail to await trial. . TrtE Last Hour. A man was dying. He bad a frieid an author. Tbe lrtend came to him. To comfort him T No ! to read manuscript. He produced a peket, and drew bin chair to the bedside of the Jytng man. ''Only a few chapters;' he said, insinuatingly. "But. my dear friend," urged tbe faint voice of the departing one : 'the doctor says I've only an hoar to live." . What was the reply ? nYes,yes, I know all that ; but this will only take you twerf ty minutes.' A Happy Prospect -The Boston Cbst-m-Tfial Rvlhzin, of the 7th inst., remarks wtth a great ileal of wdemtty "It id pretty evident that if he pre .t , national debt we are now aru'iiult'r ever to be paid, the ioveroment mn rc.lf on some extraordinary source of rcrenu
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