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CLEARFIELD, PA.. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1863.
VOL. 9.-WO. 51.
OPENING OF TJIE GUBERNATORIAL
CAMPAIGN.
SEBENADE TO JUDGE SHANNOfl-HTS AD-
DEESS ON THE OCCASION.
Hon. P. C. Shannon, of Pittsburgh, was
serenaded, on Monday evening, August 10th,
at the Continental Hotel in Philadelphia, by
BirgeSeld's Band. A large crowd assembled
in the street, and there were large cries for a
speech. After the performance of a number
,f patriotic airs Judge Shannon appeared op
n the balcony and spoke as follows ;
8PEECH OP JCDOE SHANNON.
J feel grateful, citizen of Philadelphia, for
the kindness you have bestowed upon me this
evening.
A western Pennsylvanian,I am not much ac
customed to the grace of rhetoric which clus
ters around your eastern people. From the
western slopes of the Alleghanies I hail you, i
and only those men who are loyal in these
Times of peril to our country. Applause.
I uould not have the plaudits, for any consid
eration on earth, ol those persons who, ihilc
they have the word Democracy upon their lips,
assail and stab the administration of my coun
try. Long Applause. 1 b ive read the his
tory of my country as carefully as any mod
ern Democrat has read it. I am acquainted
with the writings of Jefferson and the maxims
of J.tcksn. And, with my eyes open and my
ears awake, I shall never submit to the teach
ings and heresies of a Fcruando Wood, u Val
l.imligliam.or a Wm. B.'Keed. Deafening ap
plause. j 11 is amiosi nestowinr, Honor upon
a person of our own State the worst traitor
am. ngst them all to mention the name of
the pnssillanimons wretch who hails from
Pottsville, Schuylkill county. Derisive
laughter and cheers. It is perhaps distaste
lul to refer to myself personally. But in or
der that this company may know my political
status, I crave leave to say that, from the first
vote that I gave until the time when our so-
called Democratic brethren fired upon our flag
at Sumter, I was ever a Democrat of the
sir. -xilitest sect, standing up upon all occa
sions for the rights of the Southern people,
under the American constitution. Applause.
J was willing, with every young Whig, and
every young American, and every Republican,
tost md by the constitutional tights of the
Smith, as long as the South fought the battle
of the Union inside of the Union, loud cheer
ing, peacefully and legitimately. But wheu
tliacardirig the precepts of oar revolutionary
lathers, and disdaining the maxims of the
Constitution, the Democrats of the South uu
h rto!i not only to break up the aucient Deni
ocr..tic party, but to destroy the very Const i
t.iliou and (lie fundamental piinciples of our
(lorernoient, it became time for every man
-M na! heart and upright conscience no long
er to follow the miserable teachings of the
Sotithrrn oligarchy, but to assrrt the origin
al principles upr.n which Thomas Jefferson
inuiidcd the Democratic party. Loud ap
plause There is no use in disguising the fact that
the modern so-called Democracy, adjuring
the tnasims of the founders of their party;
have been crawling into the slimy arms of a
Nmthern oligarchy. The primrose path of
ambition, in modern days, has been tor Dem
ocratic leaders to bow their kn. es to the au
t.'crats of the Souths Voices That's so !
Witness, for instance, the case of that miser
able old man, James Buchanan, of Wheatland,
laughter. for whom in the North there was
no secret society like that which environed
him from the baroidal seats of Virginia and
South Carolina. "A favorite son of Pennsyl
vania" the son of poor and humble Irish pa
rents, fluttered by the aristocracy of the South
r:ik headed and lame hearted, aping an ar
Wucrary which with all its faults he could
never reach laught.r elected by the
f'r.est Democracy and the old line Whigs, he
lived long enough to betray his country, to
nothing of the destruction of a venerable
puty to which he never earnestly belongtd.
It is said by many a flippant tongue, and many
a hrazcM pen, that the abolitionists of the
N"r;h hive brought this rebellion upon the
i.untry. In the name of all that is veracious
in history, I assert without the fear of contra
diction, that this cruel war has been brought
"pon us by the machinations of Democrats
ko called. Voices That's so. What, I
sk you, Has the condition of the country af
irr the November election ol 1860 ? We had
Democratic President and a Democratic
Cabinet selected by Democrats. Every hon
tst Democrat in the laud expected that the
chosen pilot and his selected crew should
and steadily and faithfully by the ship of
State, am idst whatever tempests might arise
-r surges might beat. lie was a Democrat,
and his Cabinet were selected from the cbiv
'ry of the southern Democracy. The storm
the winds came, and, untrue to his feal.
lv to bis party and his country, with bis mis
erable Cabinet, he deserted the ship, and ran
"'erfoui Up0n the breakers. Groans. He as
vrted that secession was wroug ; put yet he
ated that ir a sovereign State should choose
t0 feed" from the Union, there was no pow
er m the Executive no force even in Con
greuto coerco tDat geceding State to return
- le union it bad deserted. Through the
"IC
oi member of bis Cabinet, the shins
1 Q&r thea little navy were sect to remote
and distant seas ; so that when the conspiracy
should culminate, onr gallant tars, renowned
upon many an heroic occasion, should not be
in place to respond to the ell of their coun
try. Through him and his Cabinet the arsenals
of the North were stripped of the arms and
munitions of war; so that when the conspi
racy broke forth at Sumter, the loyalists of
the North bad neither implements nor appur
tenances of war to assail the rebellion.
Groans. We had to wait, almost paralyzed,
until guns conld reach us from the Continent
or Europe. You know that the union of the
sword and the purse is considered essential
to successful wr. And what did the Demo
cratic Secretary of the Treasury He beg
gared the purse of the nation in order to play
into the hands of the Democratic conspirators.
We were left in the deplorable absence . of
army, navy and treasury.
And who did this foul and most miserable
work Who accomplished it ? Voices,
'The copperheads!" Was any abolitionist
then in power, or any opponent of the ancient
Democratic party ? We Democrats then had
it all our own way. We wete entrusted with
the sacred heritage of our fathers ; we wero
responsible to men and to angels; and how
did we act ? Upon the accursed altar of South
ern oligarchy we sacrificed everything that
was democratic, everything that was manly
ana everything that was honorable. Long
continued applause. Tour light fingered
leaders may say that the abolitionists began
the war. I, as a humble Pennsylvania Dem
oerai, assert mat the charge is false. Ap
plause. I unhesitatingly assert that this re
bellion was begotten in the secret places of
the so-called but false Democracy- that it was
nurtured by Bnchnnan and his Cabinet, who
were the slaves and dupes ot the Yancevs.th
Slidells, the D.tvises and the Breckinridges o
the South. Applause. I but assert wha
the iron pen of history shall record, that there
never nas a party so betrayed, nor a country
so slaughtered as by the so-called leaders o
the modern Democracy
What did we do, we young men of the Whig
the American, and the Democratic parties
To our eternal honor it shall be recorded that
we stood fast and firm for all the rights of our
Sontlern brethren, so far as acknowledged by
the American Constitution. We faltered not
We wearied not. From every mountain top
oi uie isorth, and from every valley, we de
dared our unswerving attachment to the Con
stitutlon of our fathers. Immense cheers.
. - .ivuu ii.-auiiiiijr, as unrisuan men never
stood before, by every principle of the Fugi
tire Slave law. So that when Alexander II.
Stephens made his speech, in reply to Toombs,
of Georgia, he was obliged to confess that nev
er was Christian civil law more faithfnllv nn.
man was uie f ugitive Slave law by the
men of the North. He further admitted that
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the rebellion had no justification hatever ;
that the general Government had never been
' uuiy to tue ijouth ; that none of
its statutes bad ever interfered with the fran
cuises or the privileges ol the slaveholder.
And reluctantly and lingeringly Alexander II
Stephens, with bis bead turned back to the
glories and brilliant memories of the country
with his averted eye upon Mount Vernon
and MonticeIIo,slowly and tardily did he leave
the clustered records of the greatest republic
upon which the sun has ever shown. Long
cneering.J
No warrior, but a thin, attenuated, intel
lectual man. he may be compared to the Sybil
of Rome, who offered her volumes to a cor
luptedgovernment. When history shall come
to correctly record this rebellion, the auguries
of Stephens shall stand as an everlasting blot
of infamy npon the men who created this re
bellion and are carrying it out.
I have not time, on an occasion of this sort,
to enter into full detail of the history of this
most nefarious transaction. The leaders of
the modern Democratic party say to me that
they alone can restore peace to the country
and integrity to the Union. I reply that an
other such Democratic administration as the
last one would send my country into the jaws
of inevitable dissolution. What! restore such
another Administration into power ? Think
of it. Think of its perfidy, its treason, its
corruption, its weakness. Restore to power
your Buchanans, and your Fernando Woods,
and your Vallandigbams, and your Hugbeses?
Give them the reins of power! May Heaven
defend us from such a calamity.
I have confidence in the masses the honest
masses, I mean of the Democratic party, but
I have ncne whatever in the miserable preten
deis who attempt to teach in the sacred names
of Jefferson and Jackson. I should be recre
ant to my manhood if I should fail to ac
knowledge the heroism and the bravery of the
good, honest Democrats who have fought in
this war. Many of them have given their
lives, martyrs on the field of battle, cheers
like the gallant Colonel Samuel W. Black.and
the gallant William G. Murray. May God
bless their memories, and those ot the brave
men of the old party who have fallen in the
figbt. Cheers.
But there is one cry which echoes from the
lips of Andrew Gregg, Cnrtin, vociferous
cheering, the father and gnardian of the
Pennsylvania soldier renewed cheering
there is one cry which comes from tb rery
: bosom of Pennsylvania, and that is, ''standby
our country, whether it be right or whether it
be wrong." It is a Democratic maxim.which
rung from the brilliant fields of Mexico, and
which, if true then, must be trebly true now.
Nine cheers from the crowd for Andy Cnrtin.
Let me say to you, in conclusion, fellow
citizens, that there is but one course ror loyal
men to pursue. There cannot oe, and there
must not be, any side issues. We must make
this State loyal in'October next, cries "we
wi II rit is," and we can only do so by sup
porting Andrew G. Cnrtin and Daniel Agnew.
This point is inevitable. The man who says
he is loyal and refuses to rote this ticket.had
better do what is honest, viz: go down and
bow bis knee at the shrine cf that miserable
rebel Jeff Davis. Applause and laughter.
The Judge now retired amid renewed ap
plause. Calls were made for other gentlemen
present, bnt the speaking terminated here.
"HANG THE ABOLITIONISTS "
This is one ot the principal specifics, rec
ommended by the so-called Democracy, fur
saving the country, ending the Rebellion, nd
restoriug the Union ! Instead ot ''hanging
Jeff" Davis on a sonr-apple tree," these con
servative, peace-advocates propose to swing up
all the Abolitionists" in the land- And why
not? Why should they live? What claims
have they npon the humanity of their fellow
men ? An "Abolitionist" is such a despica
ble creature that no one runs any risk in abu
sing him, or threatening to make him "stretch
hemp!" He is made responsible for all the
tronble that ev-r has, or ever will come upo
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our ueioveu country. it is true, we neve
heard that any one of this unfortunate class
were amongst those who assailed Fort Sump
ter. We bave yet to learn that any f them
have been in "the armed bands of Lee.Pember
ton, Bragg, Morgan and oth.-r Rebel leaders
VYe have not seen it stated as yet that any
"abolitionist" took part in the New Vork Ri
ots, or attempted to throw any obstacles in the
way of carrying out the conscription act. Bu
then they have been known to make speeche
in favor of Freedom, and against Rebellion
They have been eveu found in the Federa
Army, musket in hand, shooting down "our
dearly beloved brethren" of the South, and
more recently have been aiding the officers to
carry out the "draft." paying taxes, and do
ing other "offensive" and irritatiug" things
n Hat right, then, have they to live ? And as
all mutt now be convinced that the only way
to save the country is to hang the' "abolition
ists," it is high time that all "true meu" set
about the work with as little delay as possible !
The Draft and Government Works. It
is said that the operation of the conscription
is likely to embarrass both the military and
naval branches of the government service, by
taking skilled laborers from positions where
their work is of great value, and putting them
in the ranks, whme an ordinary laborer would
be as efficient. From Colt's aimory, at Hart
ford, one hundred and' eighty men have been
drafted. These works are running night and
day on government work. From the Spring
field armory, and from the thousands employ
ed in armories, navy-yards,&c, large numbers
must, of course, be taken ; ami it will be dif
ficult, if not impossible, to fill their places;
and much delay and interruption to work im-
peritively necessary to be done must be expe
rienced. There is a clause in the Conscrip
tion act under which these dratted men might
be retained in their places, a::d still be liable
to service in the army whenever they should
cease to be employed on government work.
Gem. IIalleck on the Draft. A Wash
ington correspondent of the Timet writes : On
the subject of the di aft, I learn that General
IIalleck is very emphatic: "Sir, we must
either raise two hundred thousand men this
Fall for victory and peace, or eight hundred
thousaud next Spring to prevent all we have
won being wrung from us." Most of the "two
years' men" and "nine months men," it
should not be forgotten, were placed in the
Army T the Potomac; and while those journ
als which oppose the draft are blaming the
Army of the Potomac for its alleged "inactiv-
ty," these facts should be borne in mind, and
the proper responsibility should be attached
to all who oppose the draft.
Morgan and his Contraband. There is an
old negro, James Morgan, who was a slave to
the guerrilla Morgan's father. At Cincinnati
he went to see bis "young mar's:" "The
General treated him warmly, shook hands
with him, and congratulated him upon bis
having his freedom. "Yes, Massa John,"
broke in Jim, "you tnout hab yourn too, if
you hadn't gwine into broke up de Union ;
but yon is in.a tight place now, Massa John ;
you is in a tight place now !" and Jim swung
away at his usual limpiDg gait.
The news of the late rebel reverses bad
reached England, and its effect was consider
ed so favorable for the Union that the rebel
loan stock had declined 18 and 20 percent
discount, and a perfect panic ensued in that
escription of stock.
It is not all the world that can pall an hum
ble man down, because God will exhalt bim.
Nor. is it all the world that can keep a proud
man up because God will debase bim.
THE DKAFT IK NEW Y0KK.
Letter from Governor Seymour Eeply of Presi
dent Lincoln.
Washington, August 9. Gov. Seymour,
under date of August 3d, writes to the Presi
dent in relation to the draft in New Vork and
Brooklyn. He condemns the provost marshal
tor commencing the draft without consultation
with the city or State officers, at a time when
the militia was absent at the seat of war, and
while there were not even soldiers enough in
New York to man the fortifications in the
harbor.
The Governor complains of the unfairness
of the enrolment, and thinks that in this lot
tery for human life.as he terms it, there should
be a strict impartiality. In the rural districts
the draft had been executed with justice, and
the conscripts accepted their fate without
murmuring, and sometimrs joyfully. In the
distrctsof New Tork city, however,'with a
population much less, the number to be draft
ed is in some cases double that in the former.
The attack upon the enrolling officers, which
subsequently grew into the most destructive
riot knowri in the history of the couniry, h
pronounces unjustifiable. Speaking further
of the riots in New York, he savs the disre
gard for law and the disrespect for the judi
cial tr bunals produced tlieir natural resul's.
Robbery and arson, accompanied by murder
ous outrages upon a helpless race, and for the
time the very existence of the commercial
metropolis of OUT COlinft V U'fltt f hlwjruiiiti1 ft
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is gratifying that the citizen or New Vork
were able without mateiial aid from the State
or Union to put down this dangerous insur
rection, for at the time the nation had not the
means to protect its own arsenals and navy
yard. A thousand men could have seized
them all, and then used their armaments lor
the- destruction of the shipping and the city
itself, to say nothing of the vessels which at
'that time were engaged in burning our mer
chant ships almost within sight of our coast
Ihe Governor also complains that no crcdi
has been given to the city for the number of
volunteers sent, and the noble exertions of th
militia in times of peril. lie, therefore, ask
lor a suspension at least of the draft till its
constitutionality is tested.
The President in reply, under date of Au
gust 4, says that he cannot suspend the draft
in New Fork, because time is too important
He admits the disparity ot the quotas in the
different sections, and accounts for it by the
fact that so many more persons fit for soldiers
are in the city th in in the country, who have
too recently arrived from Europe to be incln
aed in the census of I860. Still he would not
cousider that reason sufficient. He would di
rect the draft to proceed.drawing onljr theav
erage quota or all the districts. After thus
drawing, the city districts shall be carefully
re enrolled, and the Governor's agents might
witness every step of the process. Due credit
will be given for all volunteers. The Presi
dent would not object to abiile the decision of
ihe Supreme Court. He would be willing to
facilitate it, but could not consent to lose time.
The Democrats of Iowa met to nominate a
Governor, and, not daring either to take up
ar democrat or a Copperhead, they tried
the Polk game, and nominated a new "un
commuted" man, named Fisher. But he
"don't bite" he declines, and they are with
out a candidate, which is just as well, as the
Soldier's vote in Iowa.
Confiscation The Mobile jJdvertistr an
nounces the sale of '25 confiscated slates, the
property of Lydia and Richard . S. Johnson,
alien enemies.' Over 1.200 acres of valuable
land, 20 bales of cotton, and a large amount
of other property of the same parties are also
confiscated. So much for confiscation in
Dixie.
By the great conflagration at Havana no less
than $1,500,000 worth of cotton, sugar, and
other goods belonging to British blockade run
ners, was destroyed. A cavalry raid into reb-
eldom itself could not bave doue more damage
to the enemy than this fire has accomplished
A New Orleans letter says: "On Saturday,
the 4th nit., General Emory issued a call for
three or four regiments of men to serve for
sixty days in the defence of the city. In just
3 days four full negro regiments were raised,
organized, clothed, armed, and equipped."
One of the incidents of the late battlo was
the shelling oi a farm house by a rebel bat
tery, commanded by the son of the occupant.
During a charge of the Union troops the son
was killed, but the father refused to look up
on the remains of bis ungrateful child.
Obeying merely the letter of the law and not
the spirit, is like flattering yourself that you
are following the injunction, "Look not up
on the wine when it is red," by useing liqnor
of some other color Jersey lightening, for
nstance, which is a dirty yellow.
Official statements show tbat the total pub
lic debt of the United Slates on the 1st of
July inst was $1,097,274,366 less by over
$25,000,000 than anticipated by the Secreta
ry of tbe Treasury last December.
You can depend on no man, on do friend,
who cannot depend upon bimself. Be only
wbo acts conscientiously toward bimself will
ct so toward others.
A COINCIDENCE. THE PRESIDENT JUSTIFIED.
George W. Woodward, when a member ofj When three citizens of Louisiana recently
the Convention to revise and amend the Con- j waited on the President, and under the pre
station of Pennsylvania, boldly proposed and fence that they represented the people of tbat
warmly advocated a measure to disfranchise all
foreign tom adopted citizens. His doctrine
was, tbat the enfranchisement of the foreigner,
however long be might reside in the land and
whatever his devotion to tbe Government,
would breed discord, danger and destruction
in and to tbe country. This monstrous pro
position, notwithstanding Woodward ably,
zealously advocated its adoption as a portion of
the Constitution ot the State of Pennsylvania,
was repudiated and rejected with scorn, as an
insult to the memory ot the dead ; as a wrong
to the descendants of the fathers of the Gov
ernment, and a stay to the progress and de
velopment which emigration was hoped to
impart to the nation. But tbe idea of dis
franchising the masses was never abandoued by
Woodward. The lawyer who sat in the Reform
Convention, and there proposed to disfanchise
the foreign born American citizen, clung to
bis notion, cherished it as a dream of justice,
cogitated it as a statesmanlike enterprise,
determined some day to put his theory into
successful operation. And who ev.-r dreamed
that he would bo sucessful t Who ever im
agined that George W. Woodward would suc
ceed in disfrachising any portion of the A
mencan people ? No one, surely, but himself
and yet he has succeeded. And what is
worse those thus disfanchised arc the very
men who are evt;n now engaged in fighting to
maintain the Government. The soldier who
bare their bosoms to the bullets oj the enemies of
the Government, are the .Imerican citizens whom
George IV. Wool ward has declared should
not vute. Herein is the coincidence in the
conrsu of the copperhead candidate for Gov- i
cnior of Pennsylvania. He started in his ca
reer as a public man, by attempting to dis
franchise the American citizens, in which he
failed. But he persisted in cherishing the
notion of disfranchisement until he succeeded
in disfrachising the soldiers. Is such a man
fit to administer tbe affairs of a Government
composed of freemen ? This is a question
which the freemen of Pennsylvania mtist de
cide in a very few weeks. Telegraph.
CONDITION OF SOUTHERN RAILROADS.
A practical machines! and locomotive en
gineer, formerly employed no the Bellefon-
taine Railway, and who has for the last two
years been employed in tbe South, lately es
caped through the rebel lines at the capture of
Jackson, Mississippi, and has reached Clove-
land, Ohio. The Cleveland Herald says he is
a man entitled to perfect confidence, and en
tirely able to speak of the statu of tbe rail
way lines in the South. He says that tbe roll
ing stock on tbe southern railroads is in
wretched condition, and there are neither me
chanics, nor shops, nor suitable tools to repair
the machinery. The engines and cars have
been kept on the move constantly, t,nd a train
cannot now, with safety, make over four miles
an hour on most of tbe tracks. There were
seven locomotives .captured a Jackson, but
ouly two were fit to haul a train of five cars.
The tracks, too, are in a sad plight ; the sid-
ings have been taken up to patch out the main
tracks, and trains are compelled to switch off
on timbers at the turnouts. There is no way
to remedy these things; there is no iron;
there are few mechanics competent to repair
tbe macainery ; there are no suitable tools
even were there men to handle them, and
the trouble is daily becoming more serious.
United States Lottery! Great Induce
ments I Brilliant Schemes ! ! 811 Prizes and
no Blanks. TicKets for this lottery, for either
Classes I or II, distributed gratis 1
No Internal Revenue Stan. ps required.
The drawing of a prize number will entitle
the fortunate individual to
1 new, highly finished musket;
1 bran new suit of clothes;
I pair shoes and stockings;
1 elegant blanket ;
1 nice haversack and knapsack ;
1 nice cartridge-box with 60 rounds of am
munition ;
1 nice tin plate, tin cup, knife, fork spoon
In addition to this, the bolder of the lueky
number will have a regular income of $13 per
month, and "when this cruel war is over,
will receive a capital prize of $100.
Witb such liberal inducements the manager
hopes to be largely patronized by an appre
elating public. Tbis is no humbug, catch
penny institution, om a genuine lonery, in
which the managers will fulfill all they promise.
Legalized by act ol Congress, approved
March d, ieoJ.
AH prizes cisbed by the Provost marshal of
tbe different districts. I
Time of tbe drawing will be duly announced I
and any one drawing a prize will be immedi
ately notified of tbe fact.
An Incident. A Colonel of a Texas regi
ment, wbo was mortally wounded at Gettys
burg stated in bis last moments to Major
Cross of tbe New Hampshire Fifth, that their I
regiments were opposed to eacb otbernd tbat I
Colonel Cross, of tbe New Hampshire regi-
ment,was an old friend and companion in Mexi
co and Texas life and tbat be ordered bis men
not to sboot at bim ; but both were wounded I
at about tbe same rime, aad died oo tbe bat
tle field.
asked him to take certain measures
proposed by them as the best means of bring
ing the State back into the Union, Mr. Lin
coln told them that tie desired a further and
fuller expression of the sentiments of the peo
ple before be thought it proper to act. For
this caution he was blamed, at the time, but
it now appears that he refrained wisely. When
the "Uuion Association of New Orlear.s"
heard of the affair, its memlvers met and pas
sed resolutions denying tbe authority of the
gentlemen in question to speak for the peo
ple of the State.
Here, then, is a division of sentiment ; and
every one must own that the President is fully
justifed by the event, for the prudence of his
course. It appears that the three gentlemen
who visited Mr. Lincoln claim to represent the
"planting interest ;" and the correspondent
of a morning journal sneers that the "Union
Association" of New Orleans has among ifs
men-hers none but paltry working men. Now,
to our mind, the working men should have the
preference. We have bad enough of the
"planting interest." It was that which con
spired against the Union ; it was tbat which
abolished free speech in the cotton states; it
is that interest whose representatives, Davis.
Memming. r, tho Rhetts,Tootnbs,Slidel', Ben
jamin, Bishop Polk, and Beauregard, bead the
southern insurrection ; and it was the unjust
predominance of that "planting interest"
which tied tbe hands of the southern people,
and enabled a comparatively small number of
cotton and sugar planters to revolutionize tbo
South aud pluuge tbe country into a costly
and bloody war. The people of this country
have had enough of the "planting interest."
The phrase is nauseous. Let us bear tbe voice
of the working men of Louisiana and other
Southern States. They are the majority;they
were not conspirators against tbe Union ; tbey
have a right to be beard, and when tbey come
to the President and express their wishes, no
doubt tbey will be received with the attention
aud regard which our republican Chief Mag
istrate always pays to tbe just wishes of "tho.
piainpeople." N. Y. Etening Post.
Defaced U. S. CiaRENCT.-Our peop le sbou Id
know that tbe U. S. currency depreciates in
value when pieces are torn from notes, large
or small, in proportion to tbe size of tbe pie
ces so torn off. For instance, a teu cent note
with halt torn off, is worth five cents, and so
on. This is a matter tbat will be of interest
in a short time, as tbe notes in circulation are
fast wearing out, and, so far as we know, there
has been no provision made for their exchange
for new ones.
A Disinfectant. Green copperas dissolved
in water will effectually concentrate and de
stroy the foulest smells, and if placed under
a bed in hospitals and sick rooms will render
the atmosphere free and pure. For butchers'
stalls, fish markets, sinks, and wherever tbere
are offensive gasses,dissolved copperas sprink-
,ed bout w" in day or two, purify the at-
mospbere, and an application once a week
will keep it sweet and healthy.
It is stated tbat a number of treasury notes,
altered from low to high denominations, are
in circulation. Among these, twos altered to
fifties are tbe best calculated to deceive. A
close inspection will enable Dearly any one to
detect the base character of any bill suspected.
Gallant Conduct. It isstated that in tbe re-
cect siege of Charleston, S. C. the Mbntauk,
one of the Monitor batteries, ran in to within
100 feet of Fort Wagner, reconnoitering leis
urely, and then returned without injury. Ad
miral Dahlgren was on board. ,
When you bear a Copperhead talking a-
bout President Lincoln's unconstitutional acts,
just ask bim to point out a single instance
where a Uuited States court, or any judge au
thorized to give an opinion, bas decided such
act to be unconstitutional.
Parson Brownlow says tbat when General
Rosecrans moves into East Tennessee, he,
parson as be iswisbes to accompany tbe ad
vance in command of a wagon filled, witb rope
to be used on tbe necks of traitors whom be
will be happy to designate.
Tbe Southern Confederacy newspaper bas
raised its price to thirty-six dollar a year.
This, saya an Atlanta paper, "is not as bigh
the articlet of subsistence and nrice of na-
per would aathorize. An tbc Atlanta Dauera
haTe adoDted these rates."
10 Athens, Ohio, tbe Democrats could not
agree on tbe Vallandigham questioned tbeir
papers therefore discontinued. Tbe editor
says be will melt bis type before be will sup
port Val., and would as soon sboot them et
bim as at Jeff. Davis.
Mayor Opedyke bas offered a reward of $500
for tbe arrest and conviction of eacb of tbe
rioters wbo committed murder or arson daring
tbe recent riots Id New Tork.
A Western editor was lately shot in ao af
fray. Luckily tbe ball came against some un
pad accooDta fa bis pocket. Gunpowder
couldn't get through tbat.
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