Raftsman's journal. (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, November 04, 1863, Image 1
J BY s. j. now. CLEARFIELD, PA.. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER - 4, 1863. VOL. 10. NO. 10. TWILIGHT THOUGHTS. Sittioz Id the gathering shadows Of the twilight's tender glow. Well known fur ins come flitting by me, Of the happy Jong ago; Shadows that looked dim and vacant, Into loved forms stem to glide ; Old age. manhood, blithesome childhood, Now again are by my side. Thro' the time past faintly ringing, Steals a mucio sweet and clear; Startling up the olden echoes, With their notes or merry cheer. One by one the links of memory 'ienll? glide to place again, Till io harmony completed, Forms once more the golden chain. Listen to the song that's swelling, Faintly first, then clear and sweet; TIIs of sorrows past forever. Sings of happiness complete ; 5or shall cease the joyous measure. Till with the bright throng abors, Load the authain is repeated On tii'U land where all is love. OUK CLIMATE AND SACK. In the recently-published volume of the Trausactiou of the British Ethnological Soci ety tbe question, '-Hu far Man is Cosmopoli tu," is discussed by several writer!!, but ruor particularly by .Mr. Hunt. White the animals must useful to man have spread all 'er the habitable world, ethnologists are forced to confess that the different varieties or races of mankind are by no means capable of the wnie diffusion. The power of acclimati sation is limited in man. Captain II nil's Es qditnaux sudercd intolerably from aNew York summer, and could not endure permanent transplanting to this temperate region ; and whoever has had the ill luck to double the Capo ot Good Hope with a crew of Hindoo or Lascar sailors knows, to his sorrow, that the Professor Draper has an ingenious specula tion regarding the influence of climate on government, in his recently published work on the lotelectual Development of Europe. II remarks that it is much more difficult to form and to govern an empire extending over many degrees o latitude than one of equal magnl tudc whose greatest width is from east to west. The variety of climates, lie thinks must engender great differences In bodily and inte- lectual habits; and indeed he gives some ex aw pies which seem to prove the truth of his position. But these are all taken from ancient history, and are examples rather of the ex treme difficulty of keeping nnder one joke uations of J liferent races ud religions. It is not impossible that, if slavery could have been perpetuated in our Southern States, there might have arisen in -the course of the next hundred years a race ot men in those States essentially dirferent from those of the free States. But slavery was already, before the war begun, doomed to a slow but sure destruc tion ; und.a the Southern States became free, their people would have become in all needful respects homogeneous with those of the North. Immigration from Europe, which has so pow erfully a.-fected the character of the Northern and Western people. will have its effect in the South also, the moment that region is opened to white laborers; and, aside from this, in our case, the geographical formation of the continent, the courses of our great rivers, and the trend ot our great valleys circumstauces which so greatly control political divisions point nther to the formation of seaboard, central and western empires, than to separa tion into north and south. Mason and Dixon's is the most thoroughly arbitrary liue ever drawn across our country. But when, with the destruction of slavery, the southern states are thrown open to all the influences which have made and modified first touch of cool weather turns thesi brava northern society. then all will be readv for the and nimble fellows info ssvery cowardsasa pack of helpless curs. Let the Esquimaux and liie Hindoos change places, ami neither would long survive the transportation. Nor are Europeans climate-proof. Captain Kane was of opinion that he could have lived with the natives in the Arctic regions ; but it '. well kuown that Europeans and Americans are subject to dysentery in the hot climate of India; and the number of European children raised ju British India is so small that the J'iest English regiment In that country, the Bombay Toughs," notwithstanding that mar riages with British women are encouraged, have rever been able, from the lime ot Charles 11, to this day, to raise boys enough to supply diuoiini-i nod filers tor the regiment. Mr. Hunt mentions the testimony ot Sir Ranald Martin, thut a third generation of unmixed Eurcpeaus is nowhere to be found in Bengal ; from which fact It would appear that if the -instant recruiting of adults from Great Liitr.in were to cease, the English dominance Ji India would quickly come to an end. I he Jes, the gypsies and the Chine"? are those among mankind who have shown tiiem ?i res possessed of the greatest pocrof ac climatization, and Mr. Hunt ascribes thi3 to tiieir leiiig what he Calls pure races." All pure race support the influence of change better than mixed races, he says ; and he cites unotig other interesting examples the fact t:iuf the s!atasticof disease and death among ttie Jews aud other colonists in Algeria show t.'nt the former are less injuriously influenced ly the climate than any other strangers. It :t curious that the Spaniards and Italians suf-t-red less in the great iiussian expedition of .Napoleon, than any other contingents of his lull It i furious army. Mr. Hunt tiiiuKs that the Anglo Saxon race his a tendency to die out :n America, but he Kives thi opinion upon invi.'ficieiit date. In tiiose lew pails of New Englaud where there lias been the least addition by immigration s, for instance, ou Cape Cod, where a vranger" was a rarifv until within the last Lalt dt zen years, and the race was kept pure the people did not deteriorate either in mental or bodily vigor. The Yankee ot such d Mricts as '-the C ipe" has developed pecu liar traits of character; these are the results of his manner of life, the products of his ne ecsities ; but no one who is familiar with these people doubts that they are as hardy, enter I'.'istng and prolific as their English ancestors. New England, wh'ch contains the only un mixed English blood in this country, is, in tiie true sense, our mother of States. The New Eiglander is our Scotchman: he is found everywhere away from home. South, "est and Northwest ; and the Yaukees have fore strongly developed than any Americans "e colonizing" spirit for which the English and Scutch are so notable. In almost every free state there is a "New England Associa tiwi;"'and one ol Mr. Douglas's sayings, ' V ermont is a good Slate to come froro,"had higher significance than the author intended. A or does the Yankee deteriorate when fie "ves his New England home. He has great 'power of acclimatization," as Mr. Hunt c3's it ; and the descendants of New Eng Urders ir, the Western States maintain to a arK extent the vigor and peculiar viitues of i 'ir Miners. i,ven id lie Sooth, while they 'e their virtues too often, they keep their energy and thrift ; and not a few of the rebel '"drrs are Yankees, or the decendants of "nkt-es. It is true that in the Southern States the Anglo Saxon race seems to have deteriorated, "e nd toilers and clay-eaters of Georgia ail I the Carolinas are degenerate descendants '"Z'ish, Scotch and Irish colonists, and it 'ay b aid that here is a proof of Mr. Hnnt's ertion. But we believe the real cause of .v Mj deterioration to be the deprivation of ' The Anglo-Saxon race seems to re tire the widest liberty in oer to maintain original stamina. As people of weak og'peiisb quickly in close rooms, for Ihe f't Ot the frtttth nnn air an n. ur f rwtt.la formation of an American race. What that race will be like is yet a matter of speculation ; but we believe that in the western middle States in the centre of the great Mississippi valley some of its peculiar features are al ready cropping out from the older layers aud deposits. the trash" of peasantry of Massa- lies extlire nniler tihrfiifut anrt aniial ra im is seen if we compare SnB7K "' callea " poor "white varouna with the neither State has immigration h Vi "ecl 'he race, but in that one !' 'n lbC ,rUe BeD8e has never ' dtte f,oorer c,a!, weak in body auri from .Krated iw n,i"d.hiie iothocther.where C7M,,llMl days equality has been ac he.,'I ged Dj ,he wid,l ty obtained, iod t j M is " T'Soroua 'n body and o u ';dy a the parent stock, If not more Crotin'e no,her MBl,achusetts of South nta .'a a hI' century the desceo 'JesmJ ,b"",0r bte trash" will be re- S.thZ; . ma9 to tholr northern SECBZTARY S P. CHASE. Secretary Chase, in a speech at Cincinnati on Monday evening Oct. 12th, in referring to the cause 6od nature of our great contest with treason and rebellion, said : We are engaged in a great strnggle.bro light upon in by no fault of the people of the Uni ted States; and when I say by no fault of the people of the United States,' I mean precisely e laooring masses, lite me chanics of the 'North have had no part In (ringing on this war. The non-slaveholders of the South have had no part in bringing on this strife. It is a strife brought on by a con spiracy of the few to rule the niany ; and it is simply because they were not willing to trust the people with iheir cause that they flew to arms for the purpose of establishing a domin ion where they could rule blacks ahd whites separately from the Federal Government. That is ail there is of the Rebellion. Now, this conspiracy is not a recent affair. Wher ever you find an aristocracy in any country, and that aristocracy finds itself opposed by the -people, it goea to war with the people. The difference between our ritocracy and the ar istocracias thut have warred upon the people in oiucr couuiries is, mat cor aristocracy happened to be established in certain portions oi me country, l ney occupied certain States ; and therefore it was that, when th- time came for the aristocracy to reliel against the de ino;ra- , iney succeeded tirst in carrying out of the Union the most aristocratic of all the Males namely. South Carolina; and then isouth C troliua was followed by the other aris iwi.iuc oiaies in succession, until we became involved in this terrible war. Now, when an aristocracy thus wars on the democracy, espe cially if that aristocracy be a local aristocra cy, like ours, there is nothing for it but to meet the challenge which they throw dowu,or suomn to aismemoerment. lhfs is the chal lenge presented to ns and you. The question in the West was, shall the aristocracy rule the Mississippi? The question in the East was, shall the aristocracy have the whole rea-coast down to the Gulf? and the whole country piononncea unanimously : 1 his shall not be. And when they went to war to establish a sepa rate aristocratic government, like the mon. archial Institutions of the Old World, then we went to war too. Now, then, the simple question btfore-us is, is this country worth a war? Are the hopes depending upon the prosperity of Atuericrn institutions worth enough to justify us in going to war for the nation's lite l Is the life ot the nation worth enough to justify us in goyig to war 1 Look through the history of man, and tell me where yon can find a people involved in a struggle for a more noble object than that cf preserving a nation's life. We mean to preserve the life of this nation, too ; we mean to make it thoroughly impossible, in times to come, that a dissatfected faction fn any part of the country can strike a deadly blow at the vitality of the country. Cheers." THE TENDEB MERCIES OF SLAVEEY. An Incident of Life in Washington. The following reminiscence of Washington life, during the dark sad days when the Na tional capital owned the usurpation of the Slave-power, we find in the correspondence ot the N. Y. Evening Post : "Forty years ago, a wealthy planter came from Florida or Lousiana, to reside in Wash i ngton for a time, biinging with him a son, a fine manly boy of thirteen or fourteen. At the levees of his father, which were then fash ionable, be received the caresses of the ladies and the encouragement of the gentlemen that bis age, intelligence and his father's position naturally elicited. Of his .family, none ac companied his father besides this son, in his visits to Washington. In due course of time the boy, on whom his father's affections were evidently centered, was sent North, and was there educated, graduating at U irvard or Yale with an honorable standing in his class. On his return to this city he avowed a love for the North, acquired during his college life, which was not restrained in its expression by his father, who fostered and encouraged it jealously , and readily consented to his per manent residence there. He desired, howev er, that tusson should remain with him here during his owu -stay. An appointment was procured for him as a clerk in the War De partment, and be entered upon its duties. Among the acquaintances formed at this time was a gentleman from Pennsylvania, aud the chief clerk of a bureau, who was the fath er ol a girl yet in her teens,- lovable i i charac ter, as well as very beautiful. Intimacy be gat friendship, and it was hardly a matter of wonder that love should follow. With the blessings ol all they were married at St. John's Church, In this city, it happened to be about the first marriage that ever took place there : and even now the long rows of carriaees. the fair dunies and rich:altire, the music, the crowded parlors, the splendor and joy which crowned the wedding, are vividly depicted by those who treasure the chronicles ol society in those days. The young man's father had bought and furnished an elegant house for his children, and they removed at once to their owu estab lishment. Not long after the marriage, and while in the full tide of happiness, the father was called home, and left his son and daugh ter, intending soon to return. They received no intelligence from him for week after week, which caused them anxiety, daily .increasing to alarm. At last, one day, when the son had just decided to go in search of his father, a cut riage dashed up to the door, a young man stepped out, and, followed bv the kheritf of tbedismct, walked into the War Depart futui, ana oeiore all bis companions, in th uroaa iignt ot uoon, arrested the son as the slave ol his father ! liie son solemnly declared that his father had manumitted him, and that he had seen the will long since in which it had been done Ibis outrage shocked the sensibility of eve an etleto slave community Mr. Mouroe !. :.j ... j i ... iieu x ieiueiii, ana o'neis Men in tiower, used all the argument, all the entreaty tongue woum uner, ouereu money wiiliout stint, for the ransom ol one whom all loved and esteem ed, and whose condition, to that hour, no one nad dreamed. But the young man, possesed oi an power in itie case, and the son of an en raged family, mocked them, told them that money was no object, aizunient and treatv anse unavailing. What he had now obtained was revenge, cf which nothing should foil nun. l ne i..tner tiad met with sudden death, the wi II had been either coiicealed or destroved and Ins pet son, in all appearance of Saxorr birtli, with the exception ol a slight swarthi uess common to all natives of the extreme aoutn, was taken, chained as a slave, his house and furniture sold, and accompanied by uis oeauiinil, lieart-broken wife, faithful and uuiaiteriog in this living doath, from the fashionable circles of Washington societv. carried to the "plantation," to toil in slavery, oeneain me luiuriated lash of a vindictive family. Mr. Monroe assured him that a situation should be given him if be ever could his manumission or escape. He never afterwards was heard from in this district, for, as Napoleon said of convents- the terrible mysteries or slave prisons per ish unrevealed." prove Copperhead Arguments. Those opposed to tne present Administration of the Govern ment, make use ol the tears, the orphanage and the widowed following in the train of war, as arguments to advance their sensless peace measures. 1 ney unblushingly overlook the fact, which the world knows, that the rebels fired the first gun in the war, and have, as yet, ottered no indications or returning to loyalty. They forget to name the fact that the great pro Slavery Democratic party in the nation inaugurated the war, without any adequate cause, and that pro-ilavery Democratic bay- i . .. . . . oueis nave pui to aeatu monsands of our brave sons. Let this be borne in mind, and let no one be deceived by these self styled "peacemakers," these rebels io disguise. a lo every respect, Those kind gentleman who have attempted the ungrateful task of showing why Mr Jus tice Woodward was not elected, and how be ought to have been, are not very ingenious. Can we not bave something profound and phil osophical, instead of the pitiful old story of I false returns, and fearful bribery, and intimi dation of voters by an armed and ferocious soldiery at the polls? If Copperheads were candid It would easily account for its defeat by its own disloyalty. The Union victory in Pennsylvania is not anomalous ; it bet repeats the triumph in Maine. Vermont, California, O- bio, Indiana, and low. Getttsboro Bounded at Philadelphia. Yesterday, says Saturday's Phiiadelnhia Press, a very interesting scene took place at the Soldiers' Reading Room. Since the re opening of the room, the ladies in charge have been treating the inmates of the various hospitals, who were able to spend a few hours witn tnem, to icecream, and cke. and uinner, wnere it was desired. Within a week, seventeen u una red wounded soldier har partaken of their hospitality. Yesterday a uoui iwo nunun a and ntty were gathered into their rooms, the lame and blind, and maimed n was a sorrowiai sight' to see so many stal wart men crippled for life. One could not but remark bow large a proportion went unon crutches. At one time twentv-four soldiers sat around the dinmg-table, each with onlv one leg; and all these were our Gettysburg boys these were the brave shield that stood between the rebel invaders and our fair citv. About one o'clock Rev. Dr. Newton addressed them for ten minutes or so. He spoke good stirring words of thanks and praise to the men who had saved us by shedding their blood and then all joined in singing the doxology; and then be lifted up bis hands blessing-wise and said: "God bless you, soldiers of Gettys burg!" I saw one rough old six-footer fur tively draw bis sleeve across his eyes; there were tears there; surely they bad watered bis heart, and he was blessed. After this the ice-cream and cake were served. The ladies, with their dainty caps and aprons, tripping hither and thither among the bine-coats, the faces of the boys shining cheerilv as they passed the saucer, and the joke made a picture that did one s heatt good. A Recent spirited buut in Ashtabula Coun ty, Ohio, in which eighteen men weie engaged on each side, resulted in the slaying of fifteen hundred friskey little fellows on one side and fifteen hundred and one on the other. A close match and a big dav's work but it re flects little credit on the prowess of the hun ter. The fellows engaged in such a useless and wholesale slaughter of game, are fairly entitled to be rationed for a time on bread nd water at the public expeoce. EABBI MEIR'S WIFE. The renowned teacher and exponder of the law, Rabbi Meir, once sat a whole Sabbath in the synagogue instructing the people. In the meanwhile, bis two sons, both of unusual beauty, and deeply versed in the law, died in his house. His wife took tberu into her bed room, laid them on her nuptial-bed, and cov ered them with a white cloth. Toward eve ning Rabbi Meir, on returning home .asked her : n nere are my sons, that I may give them iu uiessiDg " They tiave gone to God's house," she an swered. "I looked round for them rrprl t!ma .n uia not see them," said the Rabbi. .ueanwnile me wife had brought th i i- i . ... . . --- o-- j ngni ana me goblet with wine ; he blessed the iignt and the wine; and drank from the goblbt i urn ue asitea again : "Where are my sons, that they may drink irom the consecrated cup ?" "They cannot be far off," answered bis wife anasne brought up his supper. v nen ne had finished the meal, and cheer iu ny said grace, bis wife said : "Rabbi, with jour prcmission, I will put a question to you." "Do, my dear wife,"said he. "some time since, oue of our neighbors gae me some jewels to take care of; now he claims them back shall I give them nt ?" "How could you put such a question to me?" exclaimed liie Kabul. "Am I to teach you the commonest rule of probity ? Not only must you give the property back, but you iuutgive ii wiiungiy and cheerfully." i morgiu so loo," she said ; and opening the door to the bedroom.she added : "Rabbi, a inena nan connaed to us two jewels, and ho uas aeinanaed them back." Thsn she took off the cloth that hid the two cead bodies. "My sons my sons .'" cried the Rabbi ; he wept and wailed. she, turning her bead away, cried bitterly too. But then, taking the hand of her hus- baud. she said : "Rabbi, did you not tell rno that property connded to us we must restore willingly, nay. cneeriuny. uncerluliy, e cannot and the owner will forgive us but willingly, Rabbi L,et us both say : "Blessed be the name of tho Lord ! blessed be be who giveth and tak ewi away I" "Blessed be the name of the Lord!" re peated the Rabbi ; "blessed be he who sriveth and taketh away! But blessed be he also for having given thee to ran. O merciful Lord ! without that gift of thine to me, without this blessed woman, I should at this hour feel oir slf alone on earth, and doubting even heaven Bin she witu one hand presses mine, nd with the other opens the gate that leads into thy realm, so that I behold thee and my lost sons. iiay sne be blessed forever and anon 1 And Messed and praised be thou, my Father, my rving, ruier oi tne universe f Amen." REBEL TEEMS OF PEACE. The Richmond Enquirer, of the 16th inst in an editorial upon "Peace," says ; --oc on our own terms, we car accept no peace whatever, and roust fight till doomsday lamei inau yieiu an ioia oi mem ; and our terms are : Recognition by the enemy of the indepen- ueuce oi me loniederate States. If : . I. J I . r M 1 1 no ra win oi lannee iorces irom every loot or oorneuerate ground, including Ken tucky and Missouri. Withdrawal ot Yankee soldiers from Mary- ana until that Mate shall decide, by a free vote, whether she shall remain in the old Union, or ask permission in the Confederacy. Consent, on tho part of the Federal Govern ment to give up to the Confederacy its brooor- tion of the navy as it stood at tbe time of Se cession, or to pay for the same. i lelding up all pretensions on the part of the Federal Government to that nor t ion of th old territories which lies west of the Confed erate Stales. An equitable settlement, on the basis of our absolute independence and equal rights.of all accounts ol the public debt and public lands and ot the advantages accruing from foreign treaties. These provisions, we apprehend, comnrise the minimum of what we must reauire before we lay down our arms. That is to sar. the North must yield all; we nothing. The whole pretension of that country to prevent by force the separation of the States must be abandon ed, which will be equivalent to an avowal that our enemies were wrong from the first ; and, ofcouise, as they waced a causeless and wift. ed war upon ns, they ought, in strict justice, io oe required, according to usage in such cases, to reimburse to us the whole of our ex penses and losses in tbe course of that war. Whether this last proviso is to be insisted npon or not, certain we are that we cannot have any peace at all until we shall be in a position, not only to demand and exact, but also to enforce and collect the treasure lor our own reimbursement out of the wealthy cities n the enemy's country. Iu other words, nn. less we can destroy or scatter their armies and break up their Government, we can bave no peace, and it we can do that, then we can, and ougni not only to extort from them our own run terms, and ample acknowledgment of their wrong, but also a handsome idemnitv for tbe trouble and expense caused to us by theircrime." THANKSGIVING PKOCLAMATI0K Bt the President of the United States or AMERICA : me year that is drawiug towards Its close has been filled with the blessings of fruitful neids and bealthrul skies. To these bounties, which are so constantly enjoyed that we are prone io iorget tne source from which they come, others have been added, which are of such extraordinary nature that they cannnot fail to penetrate and soften the heart which is naouiiaiiy insensible to the ever watchful providence of Almighty God. in the midst of a civil war of nneonalled magnitude and severity, which has sometimes seeroea to provoke the aggression of foreign oia.es, peace uas been preserved with all na lions, order has been maintained, the laws nave oeen respected and obeyed, and harmd ny bas prevailed everywhere except in the meaire oi our military conflict, while that ineatre has been greatly contracted bv the ad vancing armies and navies of th Hninn Nuedful diversionsof wealth and ot strength from the fields of peaceful labor to tbe nation al defence have not arrested the plough, tbe shuttle, or the ship. The axe has enlarged the borders of our settlements, and the mines are in u oi iron and coal, and of tbe precious nielals, and have yielded even more abundant ly than heretofore. Population has steadily increased, notwith standing the waste that has been made in the siege, and tho battle field ; and the country, rejoicing in tbe consciousness ol augmented strength and vigor, is permitted to exo ct a continuance of years, with a large increase of ii eeuom. No human council hath devised, nor bath any mortal hand worked out.these great things. They are the gracious gifts of the Most High God, who,' while dealing with us in anger lor our sins, bas, nevertheless, remembered mer cy. It has seemed to mo fit and Kroner that they should be solerunlv. reverent !v. and grate fully acknowledged by the whole American people. I do, therefore, invite my fellow citizens in i every part of the United States, and also those wno are at sea and those who are sojourning in loreign countries, to set soart and observe the last Thursday of November next aa a dav of thanksgiving and braver and nraisn to our beneficent Father, who dwelleth in the Heav- ens; and I recommend that. hil nfffl-inr up the ascriptions justly due to Him for such singular deliverances and blessings, thev do also, with humble penitence for our perverse ness and disobedience. commend to his tender care all those who have become widows, or. phans, mourners, or sufferers in the lamenta ble civil strife in which we are unavoidably engaged, and fervently imolore the interoosi- tion of tbe Almighty band to heal the wounds of the nation,and to restore if, as soon as may be consistent with the Divine onrnoses. to the full enjoyment of peaci, harmony, tranquili ty, and union. L. S.j In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and caused the seal ol the United States to be affixed. Done at the citv Pf Washington, this third dav of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eiirht hun dred and sixty-three, and of tbe Independence ! of tbe United States the eighty-eighth. Abraham Lincoln. By the President. Wm. H. Seward, Secretary of State. gtefts man's . Uowmat, ar- The War Department has at length made a sensible modification of the President's Proc lamation suspending the habeas cornns act. and hereafter the civil courts will be allowed to take cognizance as heretofore of all mui for the discharge of minors improperly enlist ed, and illegally detained by the military au thorities. This announcement is made by tbe Adjutant General in a disDatch to Mr. Simnn Stern, a lawyer of New York, in relation to the case of a minor in which he was interest ed. This decision will afford uniihu ra. lief to the community and Ieal nmfp union and relieves from the President's Proclama tion a feature that has rendered it difficult, if not impossible to obtain redress for those who cannot legally be detained in the army. They havj sweet ladies down South. Thev ars snnff-dippers, and tbey chew. A Tennes see writer was helping play one of the "kiss ing games" at a house warming, and be says : After a lively chase I cangbt ber. and when. just aa I was drawing the little angel into my arms, preparatory to embracing her, she said, uoia on minute watt till I take my tobac- cer out of nv month." DR. BSOWNSON OS THE N. Y. EIOTS. In the October number of Brownson' a Review, we find among the articles one on "Catholics and the Anti-Draft Riots." An article on this subject from such a Bourse is eminently worthy of perusal. Dr. Brownson undoubt edly wields an abler pen than any other Cath olic writer in this country, and his r, rod nr. Hons always find readers among thinkers, whether they agree with him or not. He seems to write what he thinks, no matter whether or not it suits the church authorities. In bis Re view he has taken a most decided stand in fa vor of tbe Union, from the time the rebellion broke out. In bis article on the July riots he endeavors to clear tbe Catholic Church as such from tho responsibility. He admits that tbe rioters almost exclusively were Irishmen and Catholics, but charges tbe responsibility mainly on the Democratic party for arousing them to do as tbev did. We here give a brief extract from the tide : "these things they did not as Catholics or Irishmen, but as adherents of the Demo cratic party, as partisans of Horatio Seymour, r ernando v ood, James Brooks, Clement L Vallancjigham.and others, by their incendia ry speeches, and by leading articles in tbe Democratic journals, had for months been ex citing them against the Government, against tne conscription, against tbe war, and bad worked them np to uncontrollable fury. The shouts of the mob tell ns what was ItsffNimus, under what influence or inspiration it acted, and these were hurrahs for Governor Sey mour, Fernando Wood, General McClellan and Jeff. Davis. A Catholic layman or an Irishman known to be a Republican or a sup porter of the Administration was in no less o auger irom me moD man a frotestaot, a na tive American, or even a negro. "Colonel O.Brien, so savagely murdered, was an Irishman and a Catholic ; and one of the best friends of the Irish emigrants in this city a Catholic and an Irishman himself escaped tbe fury ot the mob only by keeping himself concealed. 'On the other band, Cath olic Irish men volunteered to aid tbe author ities in suppressing the riot, and were among tbe bravest and most efficient in protecting the lives and property of our citizens. No, the mob was literally a Democratic mob, got np at the instigation of the Democratic lead ers, and led on by men in sympathy with tbe enemies of tbe United States a simply pro slavery Democratic mob. Not a Catholic nor an Irishman, not a German nor an Amer ican, who was not a partisan of the Seymours, the Woods and tbe Vallandighams.not even a Democrat not hostile to tbe war aud to negro emancipation, had, any part in ii, either as in stigator or actor." t Robbert. The banking . office of Benson fc "Wast, Waterford, Erie county, wti entered on tbenightot tbe 8th Inst-,, and $25,000 stolen in notes, bank bills, drafts, checks, to.' No clo 1 na hen obtained- t the bnrgUrs. , -, ; CORRESPONDENCE OF THE "JOURNAL.' Letter from Fort Reno, Va.' Fort Keno, Va, Oct. 28rd, 18M. Dear Row j Yesterday everything, was thrown into considerable excitement, conse quent upon the occasion of the execution of Dr. David M. Wright for the mnrder of Liaat. Sanborn, of the JJd D. C. colored volunteers, and who was respited one week from the 16th, the original time appointed for tbe execution. The excitement "SPaa somewhat intensified by a bold attempt on the evening ot tbe 21st. of the eldest daughter of thj prisoner to Cheat tbe gallows of its victim, and defeat the ends of justice, which were never to be exercised upou a culprit more deserving of the halter. Ever since tbe incarceration of the Doctor, bis family have been permitted to visit him. and by their presence alleviate tbe rigor of his confinement. Upon the , evening of the 21st in quesliou,' Miss Wright, tbe eldest daogtuer came as usual to visit her Father, who was so soon to answer for his crime against the laws of humanity. A short time after her arrival, the lights ot the cell were extinguish ed, a circumstance altogether unusual for tbe Doctor while bis family, or any member of It was with him after dark. This, together with the fact that bis daughter had entered and had not departed, created suspicion at once, and the Lieutenant in charge took tbe precaution to place an additional sentinel in front of tbe cell door to watch the movements. But not withstanding this precaution.the artful scheme of the female was bound to triumph, and she sncceeded ia attiring the father in one of ber own dresses.after which she drew on hi boots and retired to his bed and covered up all ex cept the feet, which were left protruding aa was his custom. All things being completed, tho bold attempt ot carrying the plan into ex ecution remained. This was only too near being successful. Tbe Doctor passed the sen tinel at the cell door without suspicion, and It was only after be had passed the double sen tries at tbe outer door, that one of them casu ally remarked that tbe figure that had just pas sed was very tall for Miss Wright, and It It was her she must hare grown very fast since she entered. This awakened suspicion In tbs mind of tbe Lieutenant in charge, aud to make assurance doubly sure, be determined to fol low the retreating figure and satisfy bis sus picions. He came up with tbe figure about fifty paces from tbe jail, and upon lifting tn heavy veil which concealed tbe features, be discovered that it was no less a person than Dr. Wright. The Doctor finding bis scheme bad fatted, expressed no surprise, simply remarking that desperate circumstances required desperate attempts." Upon returning to bis cell, tb daughter was found in, who, on learning that the artifice bad failed, was very much over come and gave vent to her feelings in despair. The Doctor commended ber to tbe care of tbe Lientenant, who immediately escorted ber t her residence. Yesterday at half past ten A. M., tbe unfortunate man was launched into - ternity. By good fortune I succeeded in get ting a pass for Norfolk with , the determina tion of witnessing the performances. , I arri ved on the grouud.one and a balf miles south or the city just as the last clerical rites were being performed on tbe scaffold. This done, the hands of the culprit were pinioned behind him, after which be kneeled down and odered up a short prayer in his own behalf. Upon rising to his feet, the noose was adjusted, the cap was drawn over bis lace, and in two min utes thereafter the drop fell. Owing to the length of the fall, which was about six feet, there was not a struggle or tho movement of a limb. After hanging forty five minutes be was cut down, and taken io charge of bis friends. To insure good order, a considerable force of the military were pres ent, consisting of five regiments of Infantry, one battery and one squadron of cavalry. ,,Ev- . cry thing passed off quietly, there being no' at tempt at disturbance. Previous to being swung oS the Doctor addressed tbe crowd briefly, but I could oat hear distinct enough, to get the drift of bis remarks. Being a mao cf wealth, many stories are circulated as to the stupendous influences brought to bear to procure his release. One to the eSect, that bis son-io-law (who was married In tbe Jail few days ago) offered $40,000 is gold for bla ransom. But this availed nothing. The laws of justice and humanity bad been outraged. and the blood of a martyred hero called aloud for vengeance. Had tbe escape been success ful, so lar as tbe military authorities of tbs cily were concerned, it Is stated that It ws ' the intention to run the guantlet through tbe lines, wnicn failing, gold was to be attain brought into requisition to bribe the pickets. ' But he has now gone to bis account, and in his death the Government bas got rid of art . implacable enemy, which, though it does not atone for tbe loss of a loyal brave, may stand as an imperishable warning to all those wbo think that Liberty will be subverted by covert ly striking down its defenders. Military news Is very scarce here at Present. An expedition bas been sent out towards E- lizabeth to support a small force we have a!- ready there, as it Is rumored that tbe rebels are concentrating some force thereabouts. The weather has been pleasant for a long timn back, but to-day the rain is falling freely. The health of the men bure Is comparatively good. Sergt. Reece of Clearfield County has Leen discharged from this battery for Dhvslcal disability. No braver soldier bas been in tbe service. Tours truly. w. A gentleman at St. Paul. Minnesota, hmm produced, after long labor, alx antnmillA figures, three of each sex. life size, and so closely resembling living persons as te deceive an out we closest observers. . Tbey play upon musical instruments and mind their own business a good deal better tfcan some Irvss people we know of. - i : . A district bas been discovered io Rnsa'av of similar formation to that of tbe oil produ cing region of Pennsylvania, and other parts' oi America. -Go!. UOwax, tbe Yankee officer wbo bas been, raising the .Russian fleet at Sebastopol, bas obtsined a grant, of 60,000 acres, upon which be is to carry , oo his explorations. - - A six months. intsnVdlsturbed and Irritated an audience at. Washington .Theatre for so enure evening, and its parents at the elo added the appreciative consolation that "Ham' let wax h II of a play fo ebarg fty eesta for." nr T