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BY S. J. EOW.
CLEARFIELD, PA.. WEDNESDAY, ' SEPTEMBER 9 1863.
VOL. 10.-NO. 2.
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rnHOMPSON t WATSON, Dealers in Timber,
JL Saw Logs, Boards and Shingles, Marysville,
i Irarfield county, Penn'a August 11, 1863.
i. w. Thompson : : : : : jab. b. watson.
JM ALBERT A BRO'S, Dealers in Dry Goods,
Groceries, Hardware, Queensware, Flour,
Bacon, etc.. Woodlan-, Clearfield county. Penn'a.
Also, extensive dealers in all kinds of sawed lum
ber. h ingles, and square timber. Orders sol ici
ted. Woodland, Aug. 19th, 1863.
CAlTTIO. All persons are hereby caution
ed against purchasing or in any way med
dling with the following property, now in the
possession of James Evans, of Graham tw'p. viz:
one bay mare, one iron gray horse, one two year
old colt, and four cows, as the same was purchas
ed by uie at Sheriff Sale, and have only been left
with the said Evans on loan, and are subjeft to
my order. JOS. C. BRENNER
Morrisdale. Aug. 19. 1803.
SHERIFF'S SALES. By virtue of sundry
writs of Venditioni Erponas, issued out of the
Cowrt of Common Pleas of Clearfield county, and
tome directed, there will be exposed to Public
a!e. at the Court House, in the borough of Clear
field, on the Fourth Monday of September next,
A. I) 1863. at 1 o'clock, P. M., the following de
scribed Heal Estate vis:
A certain tract of land situate in Chest town
chip, Clearfield county Penn'a, bounded as fol
lows: Beginning at a post corner, thence north
hi deg west one hundred and fifty perches to a , heart is also in that cause at home which will
tiost, thence by land of Anthony MeGarvey and ! v, ,. ,,, , - . , . ...
Lawrence Killiam two hundred and four perches ; he!P lhe arm-v' 1 no not 1 Mnnot aSree w,,n
to a post, thence along the line ot Aaron Pierce to , the Di-mocrats with whom I hive slways act
a white pine, thence by land of Isatic Kirk to ; t.(, tJ , o( he d d ,
place of beginning, containing one hundred and ' '
seventy-one acres more of less, being part of a j with sorrow. Localise it cuts me loosefor the
larger Survey in the name of George .Musser with ' time Irom all rnv political associates but I
1nin (hereon erected and about seventy-five acres
cleared with a young bearing orchard. Seized,
tsiken in execution, and to be told as the ptoperty
of Robert McPhcrran.
Also a certain tract of land, situate in West
Liberty, in Clearfield county, Penn'a. and bound
ed on the west by lot No. 19, on the north by tbe
Krie Turnpike, on tbe east by an alley, and on
tl.e ou;h by lacdiMtf Jacob fleberling. being each
i'ii feet in front and running back 120 feet.known
in plot of said town as No. 13 and 15 with two
ptory frame bouso erected thereon Seiied. ta-k-p
in execution, and to be sold as the property
of Joseph Risbell.
Also a certain tract of land situate in Fergu
son township. Clearfield county. Penn'a. bounded
hy linds of Win. lieed. Joseph Alooro, Wm. Moore.
Alexander and John Ferguson and Thomas Hen
ry, containing two hundred acres more or less a
bout forty acres cleared thereon, and a large
i'auk Barn erected thereon. S.ized taken in ex
ecution, and to be sold as the property of Benj.
Hartshorn and Thomas Henry, Administrator of
Thomas McCracken. dee'd.
Also a certain tract of land situate in Chest
township. Clearfield county. Penn'a, bounded by
Undsof Simon Korabaugh. Andrew and Solomon
Toiler and lands late of Moses Pierce and others,
ei.niaining eighty-two acres, about an acre cleared
thereon. Seized, taken in execution, and to be
s.-ild us the property of Aaron fierce and Austin
Ciary.
Also By virtue ot
Snnrlrv writs r.f 7-..s.
l Wt(JS. the following described real estate
i.,rt!v in Decatur township. Clearfield countv. i
M'(i partly extending into Centre county, State
it I'eiiiipy ivama. orijrinn.'iy ynrveyea upon war
rant il..u.-d July 1st 178-1 respectively granted to
... .(jiiel Fletcher. Elizabeth Harrison, and John
liarri.-wn. adjoining lands conveyed to Joseph
ilnrri-wn. Th"in is Islington. Francis Lathropaud
lii rs -md f alentea April IOjU to the said Lien
i; i iluniitoii. containing in the aggregate eleven
hui-lred and eighty-seven acres and twenty two
; ei lii: ot" I-ind with the allowance, excepting
;iitre mit and therefrom two lots, one of 200 acres
nr.'! iiUuwtuiL-e agreed to be sold and conveyed to
.' Lr. ilu.-.- aiid Abraham (loss, their heirs and As
Mi:.aiid the other in the possession of the heirs
it ;isii:os of Abraham Goss now dee'd, and con
:.ii.in2 one hundred and fifty four acres and one
I -:ilr.'il nmi fi ft v-fnii r TtrriVi niifr.t i n.r tr. u i
t:ur, furvey by Thomas iloss of Clearfield county ! are U'6al v'r- nd in their names at once
Surveyor, being-together thre hundred and fifty nnd be assessed that they may vote in camp,
fnur aetcs and one hundred and twenty-four ,. ,. . . "j...-
jerchM. thus excepted from the original tracts ! If Section should he raised to Una, we trust
:i- 1 leaving eight hundred and thirty-two acres that the Government will permit them to come
ael fitty-for perches with theailowance now con- hom(, to exercise- a right of which none but a
ri ved tv the sume. more or less, together with all
ai.ii .-ir.gular ways, waters, water courses, rights, Copperhead Judge would attempt to deprive
liberties privileges and improvements. Seized, them. The matter is important, as contrary
Tnkfii iu execution, and to be sold as the proner- . . . , . . ,,
ty of David I Pruner, A.G. Curtin, John M. Hall fo propriety, Woodward, the Democratic can
ami J. J. Lingle. didate tor Governor, retails his seat in the
Also all that certain twostory house or build- fcupreme Court, and may construe acts bear
ing situate in the township of Woodward and i . . . .... . .... ,
ciunty ef Clea, field or lot on south side of road ln? on tn 13 r,Sht to be conMifnlional r un-i-ailing
from Alexanders Fording to Philipsburg ' constitutional to suit his prospects. By all
n. the village of Puseyville bounded on the west i means , t the sodit.,9 T0te at the coming e
ly lot owned by Ileury Peters, east by land of
fc'jbtrt Alexander, said house being in size six- j lection.
teen feet by twenty feet, and the lot or piece of We repeat the recommendation, that tbe
ground and curtilage appurtenent to said build- ! , .
it,', the sum of forty dollais and fiftv oents. bei-tr 1 "oldiera from this State, in every case possi-
adibt coutracted for work and labor done by'
said Constantine Bonktnmyer. Seized, taken in j
execution, and to be sold as the property of Geo.
V. Miles.
Also By virtue of sundry writs of Fieri Facias,
tbe fullcwing real estate, to wit :
Two certain tracts of land situate in Brady tp ,
Clearfield county, Penn'a, one beginning at a Lin
corner, thence extending by improvement of Levi
I'nle south sixteen degrees west 85 perches to a
Hst. thence along the turnpike road sooth eighty
fix degrees west ICO perches to a post, thence
rorih one degree west 72 7-tenth perches to a
fut. asi thence north eighty nine degrees east
!-4o-tentb perches to the Lin and place of be
gisi.ing. containing fifty-one acres and forty one
perches, being part of a larger tract of land sur
tyeJ on warrant to Henry Whyroff, about forty
acres cleared with a two story frame dwelling
boue 32 by2 feet and log stable erected thereon
All defendants interest in a certain tract of
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hing allottment No. 5 of tract No. 34. bounded ' changed, and his election will of coarse be se
on the south by the above named tract.on the west ; d b the practical disfranchisement of the
"7 Unds of fe. R. Lobaugb. on the north by Long-. .; t r
ndonihe east bv Wm. Garr's heirs eontaininir ! soldier. Hence, we urge, let the soldier be
acres more or lets, about 12 acres clearer with
'." story plank frame house erected thereon.
Seized taken in execution, aad to be sold as the
property of Tolbert Dale.
Also all that certain tract of land situate in
LprtiMde township, Clearfield eounty, Penn'a be-
. , . , . i . , ,t.
n-umK ai b mxnia corner. inence dv ana oi i xii.
iirothe. ,1.7:X:1'X"a Ii: .:"SJZ ';JZ. ;
vow uuo u u uvt i crva, suu aiij wvvu pvivi
n fn a maple, thence north fifty-five degrees west
Zr"' e? ,
rr-d aud sixty-two perches to a post, thence !
".i?LIIi.ace!i0hinJ,1rti!,t fortJ-wo !
k- hundred and eighty perches to a
vte pice, thence by land of Jaoob Tingling and
J-.ber? touth foor hnndred and nine perches to j
ibilCOr?erJand Place of beginning, containing ;
y hundred and nine acreicore or less survey-i
,(1 the third day of October, A. D. 1834. on war-
dated 18th December, A. D. 1793, granted to ,
ttnel Bartley with log bouse, log barn, and!
mill greeted thereon with about fifty acres !
i'dr'4' s"iied- taken in execution, and to be
a the property of Benjamin Yingling, dee'd. !
Office, aeaffield,?. lf,Rl!?3 Sh'ff-"
TEUST IN GOD.
In this world of sin and care,
Sorrow, pain and dark despair,
Friends the truest earliest die,
Hopes the londest soonest fly ;
But when cherished dreams depart,
And tears unto our eyelids start;
When friends and kindred pass away
Like snow before the breath of May;
Trust in God, and lie shall be
Worth all the world beside to thee.
Trust in God. and when to death
Yieldeth thou at last thy breath,
Angel. pinioned, thou shalt fly
To His mansions in the sky;
There thy long lost friends shall meet thee,
There thy Saviour-Hod shall greet thee;
There thou shalt be ever blest
On thy dear Redeemer's breast.
NOBLE SPEECH FROM A UNION DEMOCRAT.
The Republican Convention of Wisconsin
nominated Lucius Firchild, of the Iron brig
ade, who has led the old Second Wisconsin
through many a storm of shot and shell, and
lost an arm at Gettysburg, as Secretary of
State, in accepting the nomination he said:
'I have no political aspirations, I ask no
f ffice. My heart is in the army. And my
cannot believe they are right now. I cannot
believe any discouragement to the Govern
ment can help to put down rebellion, and not
believing it, I cann t go with them in sup
port of any policy which is not in favor of the
Administration.
Whether I liie this Administration or not
whether I like what it has done or not I
am bound to support it, because under it we
are to live or die. This country either live9
or dies in the next two years, and we cannot
change the Administration, unless we doit
by rebellion, and that is what we are trying to
put down. Personally 1 would not turn over
uiy hand foi any office in the State. I entered
the army simply as a matter of duty, and my
earnest wish is to stay thrre. I have been
told by some friends that they thought it my
duty to accept this nomination as I am. I ac
cept it as an invalid and cripple.. But I ac
cept it.
I accept it with lhe understanding that par
ty lines have been kicked dofcti and we are all
Union men. Applause I do not care whom
T fr.lin n-tfh rtr a-hdt tltii- fwklint- i. t.,s.tf?..l
they are for putting down this rebellion in the
shortest possible time
I aecept the nomina-
tion. I accrpt it as a Union Democrat as a
Union man supporting the G vernmt-nt thro'
thick and thin, through everything. That is
the only platform I have in the world."
The speech was received with cheers upon
cheers for the gallant Colonel with the empty
sleeve and his brave comrades.
THE SOLDIERS' VOTE.
The press of the State should urge that sol
diers belonging to this State, who tmve been
in the service over two years, and who at home
ble or guaranteed by the exigencies of the
service, should be permitted to come home to
exercise the right of suSiage at the election
for Governor. If any set of men are interest
ed in that election, they are the, soldiers.
Tbonsands of men went into the service, be
cause they knew that Gov. Curtin would care
lor their interests and 'the weltare of their
families. These men went forth to battle be
lieving that the policy of the State Govern
ment would be such as to warrant the safety
of all that they hold dear as men, as fathers
and as freemen. In all this, they can only be
deceived by being disfranchised. If George
W. Woodward is elected Governor of the
State of Pennsylvania, that policy will be
brought bonte to vote, iiis vote is as essen
tial for the safety of the Union as can be a
bullet from his sure rifle or musket. His vote
for Andrew G. Curtrn is necessary not only
for this safety, but is demanded by the soldier
to Drove his steady devotion to the Constitu-
w
tionandthe Laws. Let ample piovision,
then, be made, for tbe return of the so.dier to
Tote at the coming election for Governor and
other State officersTefgrapA.
mtm .
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Beatiso Liscoi,n's Pboclamation. An ar-
. , f m Korti, Carolina says that tbe rebel
r' . . . .
papef 8 received at Moorhead city say that
jeff Davis has decided.aiter a conference with
. ,h r.i.jOMi States to
the Governors of the Confederate Mates , to
call out flvt hnndred thousand black troops,
who aro to receive their freedom and fifty
-cres of land at tbe end of the war.
A PEACE DEMOCRAT,
Is one who believes in tbe docrtine of State
Rights, as interpreted by the South that is
that the Southern States have rights, while
Northern States have none. South Carolina
has a right to imprison citizens of Massachu
setts, but Massachusetts has no right to re
monstrate. A Southern State has a right
to array her citizens in arms against the Gov
ernment of the United States, but the North
ern States may not call upon her sons to de
fend if. He believes in tbe rights of men,
but the most sacred of tbesp rights indeed,
tbe od ly one worth mentioning is the right
to take from other men their rights. He be
lieves in maintaining the Constitution as it is
interpreted by the rebels in arms to destroy it.
He believe all men to be equal before the
law especially he believes the poor man to
be the equal of the rich man, the laborer to
be as good as the capitalist ; yet he actively
and cordially sympathizes with those who
deluge his country in blood because they are
too good gentlemen to submit to the election
of a rail splitter,
He believes the Democratic parly to have
a divine right to govern the country, whether
it has n majority of votes or not. and he is
convinced that the question, which is the
'Democratic" party of the country at the
present cricis, is absolutely determined by
the name which itself has assumed; call a
horse Spry" and you can safely bet upon
bini for speed. He calls it lair play to go to
an election, and refuse to abide by its clear
result. He likes the views of a two-fisted
countryman ol Rob Koy, who played cards
with some Hebrews, and lost his money ; he
at once seized th -pile," and shook his fist
at his fellow-gamblers, saying, "Dorn me, ye
are enemies of our Lord !" He thinks tho
United States have a right to Cuba, and no
right to prevent Kentucky from being stolen
from us. These several points of belief show
on what a solid basis of consistency and in
telligence the faith of the peace Democrat
rests. Boson Transscript.
WOODWARD AND THE SOLDIERS
The American Soldier was first disfranchis
ed by tbe act on of a Democratic Supreme"
Court, of which Geo. W. Woodward was and
still is one of the Judges. It is not strange,
then, that the copperhead journals ol the State
should extol Judge Woodward for this act.
Finding that they could not aid the rebel
cause, and discovering that the sympathizers
with rebellion were too cowardly to take up
arms in defense of a cause which they adored,
si'.ch men as -Woodward were determined to
give rebellion what aid they could, and hence
the great blow of disfranchisement was struck
at the soldier. The soldier in the Mexican war
were allowed to vole, because that war was waged
to benefit slavery. Thk soldiers in thb war
AGAINST RF.OKLLIOS IS CARRIED OS Foil THE
benefit of slavery. These are the distinc
tions which such men as Judge Woodward
make in the exercise of the franchise when
the power is to be wielded by the American
soldier. While this is the position of Wood
wjrd, on the question ol the right of the fran
chise being exercised by the soldier in the
field bat tling for his country, the attitude of
Gov.-Curtin, in comparison, is at once just
nnd honorable. Gov. Curtin has ever advo
cated the. right of the soldier to all the privi
leges of participating in the government, the
same as those exercised by the citizen at
home, in the enjoyment ot his peace and Lis
ease. Hence, Andrew G. Curtin is regarded
as the friend, and George W. Woodward as
the enemy of the American soldier.
DISLOYALTY WHAT IS ITT
There are hundreds of ways in which a man
may be disloyal. He may speak against the
Government, he may write against the Gov
ernment i he may inculcate resistance toils
authority by precept and example; he may en
deavor to depreciate its 6nancial credit ; he
may screen and protect its enemies: he may
be disloyal by silence as well as by speech .
be may occupy a responsible public position,
and, by refusing or neglecting to throw the
weight of that position in favor of the Gov
ernment, may be as truly disloyal as though
he should openly contend that tbe dissolution
of the Union is proper, and that the States
should be allowed to go peaceably ; he may
be disloyal by sustaining partisan organiza
tions at a time when the country needs the
services of all its citizens ; be may be disloyal
by endeavoring to disfranchise the soldiers,
or by endeavoring to create a feeling of pre
judice against citizens of foreign birth. These
are a few of the many ways in which a man
can show himself to be disloyal. There is
but one way in which a man can show himself
to be loyal by supporting unconditionally
the Government which protects him, and
maintaining the supremacy of the laws enact
ed tor his preservation.
The Bell Everett ticket was thus defined by
Parson Brownlow," a few days since, while
making ajspeech in Frank lin,Tennessee,"My
ticket in 1860 was th Bell-Eveiett ticket, a
sort of Kangaroo affair, with all its virtue in
its hind legs.," - ... .
Additional rolls ol rebels taken at Vicks
burg, received at the War Department, swell
the list to 83,0005,000 in excow of publish,
ed reports.
HOW THE RELATIONSHIP RXTKS.
THE MARRIAGE.
Married, soma time bout the year J856, by
bis Satanic Majesty, King Beelzebub, Esq.,
Mr. Copperhead Democracy and Miss Rattle
snake Slavery, both of the United States.
Slices of the Wedding Cake were sent to
most of the Locofoco Editors, in consequence
of which they have never ceased to puff the (a
bove) Union.
THE FIRST BORN.
Born, in the Summer of 1856. Mr. Lecomp
ton Border Ruffian, son of Mr. Copperhead
Democracy.
This unsightly child, born six months after
the above marriage,, alter a few month of sick
ly existance died from a peculiar disease cal
led Free State.
THE SECOND BORN.
Born, at Charleston, S. C, in the year.of
Grace, 1860, Mr. Secession Pro-Slavery Re
bellion, true son of Mr. C. and Mrs. R. S. De
mocracy. Dr. Jim Buchanan acting accoucher.
This child, which "looks so much like its
daddy," is now going on three years old. Its
infancy was marked by so ranch precocity, that
it is universally believed that it is "too smart
to live." Its back bone was lately broken by
the fall of Vicksburg, its face horribly burned
in the fire at Gettysburg, and one of its feet
was amputated in Ohio. It has been a source
of great trouble all its days. Its death, how
ever, is now looked for soon. The "old man,'
they say, is "raving mad" through fear that
his dear son will die. The old lady is also
in a "dreadful pucker;" aud some of her
' Friends" have got the "sympathetic fits."
THB THIRD BORN.
Bom, in Nv York City, iu Jn'y, 1863, Mr.
Patrick Kiot, third son of Mr. C. and Mrs. R.
S. Democracy.
This monster baby came very nearly being
still-born, but by the aid of Doctor Seymour
and his "Friends" it lived three days. Tbe
fatality which has attended these children,
shows that no child of these parents can ever
live. And yet they survive long enough -to
cause, great trouble ; and so long as the old
folks live, there is danger of 'an increase in
the family." It is proposed, therefore, to be
head the aid woman to prevent her from gen
erating any further trouble ; and to "hang"
the old man to keep him from marrying else
where. The second Tuesday of October is
the day fixed for this latter performance ; aid
Gov. A. G. Curtin has been appointed chief
"executioner." the "death" sentence was
pronounced on the old won-an on the first of
last January. The people will rejoice and cry
Amen ! at the extinction of the whole race.
FARE VS REBEL PRISONS.
Some sutlers who were captured by Mosby
and have been released, complain bitterly ol
their -treatment in the Libby Prison. Over
200 prisoners were confined in one room forty
feet broad by seventy long, arid only eight feet
high. Of the eating arrangements one of the
sutlers says : "Our breakfast in tbe moining,
between nine and ten o'clock, consisted of
four ounces of bread and one of beef inclu
ding bone, which stunk so badl7 and was so
lull of mi ergot s, that we, as new beginners
on such fare, turned from it in utter disgust
and threw it away." What we abandoned
was greedily devoured by others. At sun
down we were called to dinner, which we ate
standing. It consisted of fonr ounces of bread
and a pint of swill, composed offish oil, black
beans, maggots and dirt. We abandoned our
soup on the first taste of it. Immediately the
men rushed from the table like a pack of hun
gry wolves, crowding arround us, and begging
us for what our stomachs, as yet unaccustomed
to such cirrion food, utterly refused."
SOUTHERN ELECTIONEERING TRICK.
curious revelation has come to light in
the General Land Othco, showing how the law
preventing all but freeholders from voting in
the State of Louisiana was evaded by the pil
lars of the Confederacy. In October and No
vember, 1840, John Slidell purchased eight
several parcels of land from the Governmect,
and deeded them in small allotments to poor
degraded Southern wretches, thus making
tbem freeholders and entitling them to a vote.
Tbe total number of acres so purchased was
only 288, and yet, according to tbe law of
Louisiana, this sufficed to qualify 4,808 of the
most degraded of the white people of that
State to vote. This affords a notable illustra
tion of the facility with which a "property
qualification" may be used by men like John
Slidell. All of one Congressional district in
the city of New Orleans not allowed to vcfe,
went out to Plaquemine and voted, thus elect
ing John Slidell to Congress.
Billiards with Cassom Balls. The gun
ners on the Ironsides have a neat way of ex
ploding their shells within Fort Wagner. It
is impossible to drive them through tbe sand
and cotton of which the work is made, nor
can the guns b i so elevated as to toss them in
as from a mortar. So tbe pieces are depres
sed, and tbe shot, striking tbe water about
fifty yards from the beach, jump in. In near
ly every instance this manner of making the
missiles effective is successful. "Those are
what I call billiards," said tbe captain, watch
ing the firing. "They carom on the bay and
beach and pocket the ball in the fort every
time."
ANOTHER COKSPIRATOR CONVICTED.
Time is rapidly exposing the secret history
of the secession conspiracy, and the names of
those who were prominent in it. Already, from
evidence furnished in tbe correspondence ot
Jeff. Davis, captured by our soldiers in Mis
sissippi, we have Buchanan, Brodhead,. Rey
nolds, Larmon, Hackley and Treat, pilloried
as sympathizing with tbe Southern cause, or
engaged in the plot for the overthrow or the
Government. TheCb'cago Tribune publish
es a letter found in the residence of Joe Davis,
at Jackson, which adds another name to the
list of conspirators, namely, that of Davtd R.
Atchison, who in 1856 led the border ruf
fians in their attack upon Lawrance, where e
nortnities were perpetrated wbicb the recent
sacking of that ill-fated city no more than
paralleled. Ten years ago this man wrote to
Jeff. Davis as follows :
"Platte city. May 29, 1853.
"Hon. Jeff. Davis : Premit me to intro
duce my friend Judge Samuel Treat, of St.
Louis, in this State. Judge Treat is a Gentle
man of Talent and a politician of the Nnllifi.
cafio7i, Secession and High Treason School to
which I belong. He understands the trne posj.
tion of ptrties and men in this State. I desire
that you wll! receive him with kindness and
courtesy, listen to him and act as you think
best. Tours truly, D. R. Atchison."
In due time, 5f we but exercise patience,
we shall have, no doubt, other mines to add
to the list of Northern traitors, who aided in
engineering the secession movement to mi-
turtty ; and it would be well for them, if like
Yancey and others of their Southern allies,
.they could die before the final exposure comes,
bringing a swift retribution with it.
SOUTHERN RIGHTS.
When Mr. Justice Woodward snid that the
slaveholders might "fall back on ttieir natu
ral rights, and employ in defence of their
property whatever means they possess or can
command," he was not as explicit as he might
have been. He was disloyal enough as far as
he went, but he did not go far enough. He
should have told us what the "natural rights"
of the slaveholders consist in. We are curi
ous to know whether they include the right to
hang and shoot Union citizens in East Ten
nessee ; the right to hunt Union refugees in
Louisiana with blood hounds ; the right to
manufacture drinking-cups of dead Yankees'
skulls; tbe right to shoot Union prisoners at
the tobacco warehouse in Richmond, for look
ing out of tbe window ; the right to burn the
town ot Lawrence, Kansas, and massacre the
helpless women and children. Are these a
mong the natural rights referred to by Mr.
Justice Woodward ?
A REPORTED OPINION.
The Rochester (N. Y.) Express claims to
have private information that oneof the Judg
es of the United States Supreme Court, sup
posed to be Justice Nelson, had written an o
pinion on the legal condition of the revolted
States on the conclusion of the war for the
suppression of the rebellion, and this opinion
is concurred in by the whole bench, including
Chief Justice Taney. The opinion is said to
maintain that the States in rebellion have lost
their rights as States, and must come into tbe
Union simply as territories subject to tbe
General Government and eutitled to its pro
tection. .Yew State organizations may be
formed by the people, under the Constitution
and laws of Congress, as in tbe case of other
territories, but the old States cannot come in
to thc'Union with their present organizations
and officers still reeking with the horrible crime
they have committed against the national life-
The Greek Fire. The Greek fire which
is so distasteful to the fire-eaters ol Charleston
is the invention of Mr. Short, who was for a
long time a suitor to the Government to use
this projectile, but did not succeed until it
was recommended by Admiral Porter by bis
experience at Vicksburg. Meantime repre
sentatives of foreign governments have applied
for the invention without avail. The fire mis
sives, forty or fifty in number, are enclosed
in a shell which is itself enclosed in one ofihe
ordinary shells of the service and explodes.
A gigantic Copperhead scheme of coloniza
tion to elect Vallandigham Governor ot Ohio
has beet discovered. The plan is to contract
with and pay Copperheads in Indiana, who
have no families, to come to Ohio, ostensibly
for the purpose of laboring, who are to re
ceive part payment in advance, and take an
oath that they will vote for Vallandigham.
Tbe desperate scheme will be nipped in the bud
Tails in Rebeldon. The Chattanooga Rebel
say : "We verily believe there are some men
in this confederacy who, if they "had tails,
would tuck them between their legs every
time they heard that . the. AjanktJes were ad
vancing." - ' '- ' :
Make it the rule of yonr life to do one thing
at a time. Get done slandering your neigh
bors, then say your prayers. -
Tbey are going, if they- possibly can, to
breech Sumter, in-m Charleston, and then
sack the whole.concern.
It is said that the pig ran away from tbe
butcher because be bad beard that prevention
is better than core.
If a man has but one eye, let him get a wife,
aud she will be bis other I.
A NOVEL SCENE IN ST. LOUIS.
A strange scene was presented in St, Louis
on Thursday last. J ust as the merchants were
closing their stores, there ni arc bed down to
the warf four companies of colored soldirrs
going to the field 330 black men, in fed
eral uniforms, carrying federal muskets, un
der the federal flag, marching to the music of
Yankee Doodle. Som e of the timid ones of
.the city had -suggested that it would be safer
to march these troops from their barracks af
ter night fall, as thus tbe peace of the city
would not be endangered. But the officer in
command did not view the matter in that light;
he thought the open day was as good a time
as any to march loyal men through the streets
of a loyal city to the defence of the nation;
and so, just at sunset, without auy molesta
tion whatever, he led the first regiment of
colored soldiers from Missouri through tbo
streets of St. Louis One year ago this would
have been impossible; but Providence and the
events He orders are stronger than human pre
judices, stronger even than Luman hates ; and,
spite of all these, Freedom goes marching on.
gathering new triumphs with every advanc
ing step.
GETTING PEPPERED.
Some of our country exchanges are showing
up the antecedents ol Judge Woodward in a
manner which makes it a very awkward busi
ness for his adherents to defend him. His
"south side" views and expressions of senti
ments, once popular with tbe deluded "De
mocracy," but now generally repudiated in
the free States, makes up a record not calcu
lated to increase his popularity nnder existing
circumstances. It is reported that he desires
to decline ; but those who were his rivals be
fore the nominations were made, perceiving
the desperate condition ot their party, are
bent on keeping him "up to the rack, fodder
or no fodder." Poor George! He will have
a sorry time of it.
A COPPERHEAD'S MEDITATION.
Imagine a venerable Copperhead, when this
war is over, and these stirring times are for
gotten, sitting at bis home with bis children
around him.- He may tell them of the wars,
and the sacrifices men made and bow. people
rejoiced when fhe news of each victory came
from tbe army. What will he say of bis own
part in that stiuggle ? "My children, in that
sad time, when the country was in danger, I
was against the country my heart was with
the rebel when he triumphed I was glad
when he was defeated my heart was Bore and
heavy. My children, when I am gone, do not
curse the traitor. Be silent. It is the only
respect yon can pay toyour father's memory."
The Indiana Messenger, an independent pa
per, places the Union ticket at the head of its
columns, and in doing so, says : "In placing
the names of the Union ticket at the bead of
our paper, we do not chacge our position wo
n erely avow it more emphatically and une
quivocally. We still- maintain our indepen
dence in political, and all other matters. We
intend, now and at all times, to do what we
believe to be right, to support such candidates
as are honest, most capable, and most unequiv
ocally loyal, unawed by demagogues, uninflu
enced by passion, unswayed by prejudice."
A Valuable Well. The great Farrell well,
struck on Oil Creek some lime since, is val
ued by its owners at $1,000,000, and is said
to have cleared over $300,000 since it began to
flow. A diamond mine, if productive, might
appioximate in value to a 2,000 barrel well, at
the present time. But the mining stock of
Golconda and "the gorgeous wealth of Ortnua
and of Ind," are about "played out" and e
clipsed by the oil mines at Venango. Only a
shoddy contractor has any business at compe
ting with such "rivers of oil."
Never make a poor mouth, for if you are
wjso you will always effect independence,
though you maybe really as poor as Job's
turkey. If you are poor don't let folks know
it, or they will discover in you a thousand
blemishes a host of defects which would nev
er be discovered or at least never talked about
if you kept a stiff upper lip and carried your
self as if you had ten thousand dollars instead
of ten cents. It is a natural for tbe world to
hold poor folks in contempt, as it ik for rats
to eat cheese.
Few people realize tbe extent ot the Terri
tories of the West. It is said that Idaho em
braces an area of 326,000 square miles e
nough to make eleven States like New York:
and her extensive gold fields are attracting
a large emmigration.
The following is deceptively promulgated
under the head of zoological information :
"The Black Tapir is found in many districts of
Sumatra, but tbe Red Taper chiefly in tbe Dis
trict of Columbia."
Tbe Southern Confederacy is called by some
writers a Golgotha, or "place of skulls." Of
numskulls, certainly.
Tbe lady who lost her eyesight by reading
a borrowed paper, has recovered it since sbe
became a subscriber.
Innocence is no security against temptation ;
it is exactly what temptation conquers. -
A lazy farmer is virtually dead, and Lis farm
wears weeds in mourning for him. '