Raftsman's journal. (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, March 23, 1864, Image 1

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CLEARFIELD, PA. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 1864.
VOL. 10.NO. 30.
TERMS OF TI1E JOl'UNAL.
Th Rrii,s Jocrxai. is published ou Wed
nesday Bt l-a0 Pr ohdiih in advance Auvkr
"tismeuti inserted at SI. 00 per qure, for three
r lets insertion Twelve lines (or leas) counting a
square. For every additional insertion 2o cents.
A deduction will be made to yearly advertisers.
gusincsis givcctovii.
IRVIN BROTHERS. Dealers in Square A Sawed
Lumber, lrj Uooda, Groceries. Flour, Grain,
, Ao., Burniide Pa., Sept. 23, 1863.
I.1REDERICK LEITZINUER, Manufacturer of
; ill kinds of Stone-ware, Clearfield, Pa. Or
der solicited wholesale or retail. Jan. 1, 1SG3
RANS 4 BARRETT, Attorneys at Law. Clear
field, Pa. May 13. 1SB3.
i.. j. crans. : : : : : : Walter barkett.
ROBERT J. WALLACE. Attorney at Law. Clear
field, Pa Office in Shaw's new row. Market
street, opposite Naugle's jewelry store. May 25.
Hp. NAUGLE, Watch and Clock Maker, and
. dealer in Watches, Jewelry. 4o. Room in
irahanj"a row, Market street. Nov. 10.
TT EUCHER SWOOPE. Attorney at Law.Clear
Xl. field. Pa. Offec in Graham's Row, fourdoo s
west of Graham 4 Boyntons store. Nov. 10.
J.
P KRATZER Merchant. n4 !-r ic
Ronrii and bhinsrles. Grain and Produce.
V , u. .1.... ih.i.u.UnK flmrllvM Pi. f il 2
X I J LI V . L . bllU nlivui J , w . . - 1 .
"IT TALLAGE 4 II ALL, Attorneys at Law, Clear-
TT field. Pa. December 17. 1362.
willia a. wAi.LAm. :::::::: John o. hall.
T? A FLEMMIN'O, CurwensviJle, Pa., Nurpery-
A FLEMMIN'O, CurwensviJle, Pa., Xnrrery
. man and Dealer in all kind i of Fruit and
L'. man and Dealer in all Kinds ot trim ; ana
Ornamental Trees, Plant and Shrubbery All or
ders by mail promptly attended to- May 13.
xriLLIAM F.luwi-.arRetstrect,tiearneia,
! TILLIAM F- IRWIX. Market atreot, Clearfield,
U 'eaierm foreign ana V -
Pa., Dealer in Foreign and Domestic .Mer
chandise. Hardware. Queensware, Uroceriea, ana
family 8rticli generally. Nov. 10.
J
OHN GUELICII, Manufacturer of all kinds ol
Cabinet-ware. Market street, ClearhelJ, l a.
He aluotnakes to order Cuffins. on short notice, and
Httends funerals with a hearse. AprlO. oD.
Div.. ji. mwi.t. i .. .
Examining Surgeon for 1 cusions
.R. M. WOODS. rACTici5 Physiciav, and
T IITtikn' " , -r- - lr v u Ti t V tnit
t'tSce. South-west corne of 660011(1 ana
.S;rect, Clearfield, Pa. January 21.
Cherry
lati3.
rplIOMAS J. M'CULLOUGH, Attorney at Law.
X Clearfield. Pa. Office, eat or the ' Clearfield
co. Batik. Leeds and other legal instruments pre
pared with promptness and accuracy. July 3.
T V1 Eo ALT'Y' Vi'i , i - iSJinlnJ:
O P- in Clearfield and a, jo ning
B M'EX ALLY, Attorney t Law. Clearfield,
Pa. Practices in Clearfield and adjoining
eounties. Oftee :n new brick bousing 01 j. uoyn-
ton. 2d street, one door south of Lanicn s Hotel.
R ICHARD MOSSOF, Dealer in foreign ana vo-
mest.o Dry Goods, Groceries F oui '.Bacon
i ICHARD MOSS0P, Dealer in Foreign and Do
Lintiors. 4c. Room, on Market street, a few doors
we-t of Journal OJice, Clearfield, Pa. Apr27.
rnilOMPSON, 4 WATSON. Dealers in Timber
L Saw Logs, Boards and Shingles, Marysville,
Cfcarfield county, Penn'a August 11, 1363.
s. w. tdokpsux : : : : : jas. r.. watsox.
I ARRIMER A TEST, Attorneys at tw.t-iear-
J field. Pa. Will attend promptly to all legal
A R RIMER A TEST, Attorneys at Law.Clear-
and other bnsineas entrusted to tneir care in iiear
field and adjoining counties. August 6, 18od.
DR. WM. CAMPBELL, offers his professional
services to the citizens of Moshannon and vi-
LR. W.M. CAMPBELL, offers his professional
cinity, lie can be consulted at his residence at
all times, unless absent on professional business.
Mobsannon, Centre co., Pa., May 13, lSfi-3.
Til. ALBERT 4 BROS, Dealers in Dry Goods,
7-M. ALBERT 4 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, shingles, and square timber. Orders solici
ted. Woodland, Aug. 19th, 163.
"OK.L.ITCIl'S 3IEDJCI.M EN. A fre?h sup
XJ ply of these invaluable Family Medicines
ar for sale by M. A. Frank. Clearfiald, consisting
ct Pain Curer ; Restorative, a great cure for colds
and cough ; and Auti-Ritiott Phytic. Tbey have
been thoroughly tested in this community, and
are highly approved. Try the
4UCT10N. The undersigned having beenLi-
cen.ed an auctioneer would inform the citi- I
UCTION. The undersigned having beenLi-
tens of Clearfield County, that he will attend to
calliiig sales in any part of the Coanty whenever
called upon. Charges Moderate.
Address J M. SMITH.
Ilegartys X Roads, Clearfield Co., Pa
February 3d lh64 '
ivwWATCIl & J EWELKY STOItE.--
1 1 The undersigned having located in the bor
oueh of Clearfield, at the shop formerly occupied
by R Welch as a jewelry shop.) is prepared to
lo work of all kinds on the most reasonable terms.
The cash will positively b expected when the
work is delivered. He is confident that he can
not be excelled by any workmen in town orcounty.
Come one ! tome all to the Sign of the Biir Watch.
April 3. 62-ly-pd. S. H. LAUCHLIX. j
4 UCTIOXEER. The undersigned having
jA. been Li"ersed an Auctioneer, would inform
the citizens of Clearfield county that he will at
tend to calling sales, in any part of the county,
herever called upon. Charges moderate
. Address, JOHN M'QUILKIN.
May 13. Bower Po., Clearfield co., Pa.
N. B. Persons calling sales without a proper li
cense are subject to a penalty of S60, which jro
ruion wi!l be enforced against those who may vi-ol-tt'i
the mo.
inVs r pkr'h e aVf dste am Te.ier
BY SUPERHEATED STEAM. The nnder-
?;ned re-pcctfully informs the people of Clear
ffld and adjoining counties that he has the agen
rJ of the abor? patent and will sell individual,
r township rights for its use. The lum
r Jried by this process is stronger, finishes bet
r. is easier on tools, and requires less time in
drying than any other process knewn. drying 1
lech lumber perfectly in 33 hours better than
n"uy inor.;lis under the old system using the
"m? stiiDunt of fuel per day that a common, kiln
consumes. The certificate of a number of resi
dent mechanics well known in this community is
amply sufficient to convince the most scepticol of
otihty. Persons desirous of purchasing rights
address JOHN L. CUTTLE,
June 21, 19S3 . Cearfield. Penn'a. '
MILLINERY & FANCY STORE.
mrs.ed.otTsh,
RESPECTFULLY ANNOUNCES TO THE LA
DIES of Clearfield and -vicinity that she trees and seiiarate the lree irom the slave
(jpj has opened a Millinery. Notion and Trim republic Thev kindly gave to the twenty
mil;g store, on Second Street, next door to thirty millions of mnr.ixcd white popula
. Mrs. Lannh s Hotel, where she will be ; .. J . i;u , vv rr,l.,U tl,
kfppy to receive orders for either work or goods, i t ton the sterile hiUs of New England, the
'id bnnneti m.ri. ii.t th ii,t v.b-1 hi pal- Khnrps oi the lakes, and the heaa-
fbiladelphia styles, on short notice. . By pur- !
enasmg often she will al w&vshave on hand the
"ry latest styles of Dress Trimmings, Hats, Nq
Hoods, Collars, Sleeves, 4c, which she will
'J at the marie:tt possible profit for
cah.
GOD SAVE THE UNION.
God save the Union of the States !
And brighter make those stars which shone
Around the hallowed glory day :
Of freedom's birth at Lexington.
For all the blood which has been shed
For all the patriotic dead
For all the hearts that for us bled
O, save the Union of the States
God save the Union by it stand
Ye true men who revere its laws !
And O, remember Washington
Who crushed oppression's cause
Be faithful to those men who gave
To Freedom life to wrong a grave!
Be faithful mow, if ye would save
The sacred Union of the States.
God save the Union by it stand
Ye men whose love is Union's might
Ye men wboe bands and hearts upheld
The omnipotence of right
l!e faithful to one cause the just
The Constitution is your trust
Would yebehold dragged in the dust
The flag of the United States ?
Shall the Eepublic be Divided ?
SPEECH OF H0JT 6. W. SC0FIELD,
OF PESSSYLVASIA,
Iii the House of Representatives, Feb. 24th, 1804.
The House being in the Committee of the
Whole on the State of the Union .ur.
ScoFLTJ.l) said :
M ( .,,;,., . nllollft rfr TW-
sonj who addressed the House this morning
informed us that it was just eight years
since Jie had spoken here before. " I knew
that, not Localise I have followed his i.er-
sonal history, hut I knew it by the tenor of
his speech. He must have turned down a
leaf iut eight years ago, and begun to-day
where he left oil' then. The speech might
have tRU'n appropriately made during the
earlier years of the administration of Gen.
1 IT I T , 1 I" -1- .1
i-ierce. i wisn to remnni nun mat. rue
(1MoStion involved in the stnitrde now fur
nishing so many sad pages for history is a
mietioii of division : "Shall the irreat Jle-
rnihiic be divided into two small oues
That is the i!iestion now before the country.
Those who took the affirmative of this ques
tion, in the first place, took up arms with
whic-li to defend it. They knew thev could
,., :, A(ihutJ Thn L- thv
could nevtr satisfy the American peojjlc that
a (jrovemnienfc alwavs so tender of the inter-
o- ks p)(orest citizen, and m Strong to
. . , . . , , , . , , a .
ded into two nationalities not more thaa half
as strong, territorially ill-.shaped, and polit
ically hostile. They did not-try,but haught
ily said to the country :
'Think of division as thou wilt,
M e try the uuestion. hilt to bilt."
- .
I hey gave but one reason tor it. Ihey
sam mat some people l Deneve tuey saia
a great many people had spoken unkindly
.i, aw. a
defy anj' gentleman V point out any other
reason given ty tnem ior tne position taten.
13 ut do not misunderstand me. I do not
mean to say that so large a number of gen-
.1 1 . I 1
uemen, laie.neo as we Know, nonesc a,s we
formerly thought, were moved to esponse
disunion from a trivial motive. 1 heir mo
tive was as I have stated it to lie. liut, in
my judgment, it was very far from being a
trivial one. They wished to preserve that
system of labor, why? Because they had
$2,000,000,000 in it-. They kad more than
that, for L believe they were never distin
guished as an avaricious people. Their ar
istocracv, family pride, political power, (a
great item. ) their habits of life, and, what
is as valuable to thcTu as anything eLse.their
hrriv,!iwl viws ta anil i,ll,imK nil wnrn
in it. Of course they wanted to preserve
it. Ihey knew, however, that the institu
tion was founded in wrong, and could not
Lear to be talked against. In a free forum
it must go under. Allow me to use a figure.
An iceberg breaking away from the pole and
floating down into warmer lattitudes gradu
.ally loses its frigiditv, and dissolves in the
warmer elements around it. feo slavery,
originating in the barbaric periods of the
world, and floating down to this benigner
age, was beginning to melt away in the
warm breath of debate. To preserve sla
very, therefore, debate must cease or slavery
be taken out of hearing silence or seces
sion seemed their only alternative. When
silence could not be obtained they chose se
cession. I know some other things were said. I
know they said that the North would not
turn out with constitutional alacrity to catch
and return their fugitive bondsmen ; but
they, like other similar complaints, were rath-
ti . ttto fli.-s -iii i tj f r.ti Vila tViin nrionnnl
causesof dissatisfaction. . They were thrown
out only to catch the minnows found in the
great ocean of northern politics. The great
leaders cared nothing for this small percent
age of loss, smaller than in many other kinds
of investment. They cared nothing for the
few leaves that were here and there detached
and lo in the ordinary breeze ; it was the
little streams of thought that were slowly
washing the soil away from the root of the
tree that alarmed them. Therefore, while
of the North talked about walling sla
very in, lest freedom should be contamina
ted, they were considering how to wall free
dom out, that slavery might remain pure.
They decided upon disunion. They stated
their purpose clearly, and took a name that
indicated it hontly., They called.themselves
disunionists. They even poinced out the
line whers the surveyor should blaze the
streams and flatboat navigation of the Mis
sissippi. The tody of the Mississippi, with
its stream of commercial wealth, unfailing
as its own waters, the long Atlantic and
i'rulf coat the vast vmntry lying Wow
Pennsylvania," Ohio, and Iowa, and stretch
ing westward without limit, embracing the
soft climate and warm .soil of the South
ail this, said they, we will take for the mas
ter and his slave.
Thus the issue was made up on the one
side. There was no alternative left for the
other. Those opposed to division were com
pelled you will remember how unwillingly
to take up arms and submit the cause of the
Union to the chances of battle. They
organized under the appropriate name of
the Union party. The old flag was hoisted,
the long roll beaten, and the opponents of
division everywhere called upon to "fall in."
Straight way, then, began some to make ex
cuses. Says one "I am opposed to divis
ion; but coercion is unconstitutional; I
pray you have me excused."' James Bu
chanan said that in his last annual message.
Says another, "I am opposed to division,
aud I think coercion is constitutional ; but
I believe it is impracticable. I think the
United States is not strong enough to put
down a rebellion so extensive, and led by
men oi so much ability, pride, and courage.
I cannot, therefore, join you to trv. I prav
you nave me excuseu. oays a tnira, J
am opposed to division, and T believe that
coercion is both constitutional and practica
ble ; but there is an eaaier and better way.
You can compromise. They only ask you
to cease talking against slavery, and if you
will not agree to do that, I too shall ask to
be excused. ' ' And so these three classes,
each for a different reason, moved off by
themselves, a ud formed the nucleus of what
subsequently became a great party of neu
trality, observation, and criticism. It was
iwiid the other day by the gentleman from
Kentucky Mr. Smith that there were but
two parties in this countrypatriots and trai
tors. I beg leave to differ from my friend.
I think there are three, patriots, traitors,
and neutrals. lut I will not quarrel with
him if he should say, as I think a high
spirited Kentuekian would, that. he had
more admiration for the mad courage of
treason than for the mean cowardice of neu
trality. Let nie pause here to answer the question
sometimes yet a;;ked, "Why did you not
compromise ? If they only wanted you to
agree to cease talking about their .system of
labor, why did you not agree ?" It was not
lack of dough we had, I am ashamed to ac
knowledge, dough enough to make a whole
oven-full of compromises. It was not be
cause the Unionists were not pliant, but be
cause the disunion leaders were not fools.
Ihey knew that a contract for silence
could never be enforced unless vonr re
publican Government was converted into an
absolute monarchy. v hat is a republic
except the right to think and to express your
thoughts by your voter The rrenchman
trades, travels, and seeks his pleasure as
treeiy as an American. I he hmperor takes
no note of these. It is the free thought or
the insurgent conscience that wears the im
perial chain in France. These leaders knew
that talk would go on in spite of contract.
and therefore they did not ask and would
not accept your worthless parchment. Thev
had tried it. Thev had the Atherton casr
and the Democratic and AVhig resolutions
of 132 forbidding discussion, and the whole
power of the Pierce and Buchanan Admin
istrations to enforce their views. Former
Administrations, although much devoted to
the interests of slavery, fcund time to at
tend to some other matters. Polk, I think
it was, explored the "Dead Sea" of the
Old YV orld. and Fillmore sounded the denths
of a deader sea at home for himself and his
party ; but Pierce and Buchanan devoted
themselves entirely to this sinsrle nurDose,
They put on the master's collar and wore it
as a thing ot honor, and never seemed
prouder than when they saw their southern
friends spelling out the inscription, "This is
(rerth, the boudman of Cedric the Saxon."
These influences were ably wielded by an
experienced corps of slave P.epresentatives
in these flails and around this Capitol.
They were men that combined the opposite
qualities of gentleness and severity so fitting
to a leader. They knew how to win the
bold and overawe the timid. They were
gentlemen among bullies and bullies among
gentlemen. But with all these powers com
bined they could not close the mouth will
it pleaje you any better if I say fanatical
mouth ? of Wendell Phillips alone. Aud
so they spurned your too pliant offer.
Three years have passed years fraught,
as it seems to us at a distance, with great
ruin to the South, with loss and heavy sor
row, as we know, to the North. How stand
the three parties now ? The disunion em
blem is still upborne, less firmly than at
first ; and the area on which its hateful
shadow falls is two thirds less than iu the
beginning. Still it flies its signal word
"division." .All the proclamations and
messages of Jeff Davis, his governors and
generals, all the laws and resolutions of his
Congress and State Legislatures talk of noth-
ing but division. W7ill the gentleman from
New York,
i, L-ur. Vood,J who talks to us so
much about peace, take notice that in all
those official documents, if they can be call
ed official, division is the only aim and end
proposed?
How stands the Union party ? Well, sir,
n I L-l .,1 , . 1 u
our nag, 1 Deneve, is siui noaung, neiu
more firmly than in the beginning, suetain
ed by the courage no, sir, that is not the
word I mean exactly ; by the patriotism ot
the American people and that is not the
word I want to express my particular shade
of meaning ; it is upheld, 1 believe, by a
stronger sentiment than courage or patriot
ism by the sense of duty and stern con
iriicR of the American people. And if
you want to find which is strongest, pride
and courage on the one hand, or conscience
and sense of duty on the other, read ththis
tory of the Cromwellian war, and you will
Urn thnt. the nroud Cavalier had to yield
in the end to the conscientious Roundhead.
Aud so it will be now. The motto ot the
Uuiou party , ia the same as it was in. the im
ginning. We unite the language of Jack
son, lhe Union must and shall be preser
ved, and the language of Webster, "Lib
erty and Union, now and forever, one and
inseperable.
But where stands the neutral party ; the
party of "it's," "ands," and excuses ? Ilave
you been here tor three months now, occa
sionally presiding over this House, and do
not know that there they stand (pointing
to uie lemorcratie side ot the llali as
they stood three years ago, occupying the
same position of bloodless neutrality ? They
nave not changed their ground, though they
give a different reason for holding it. They
do not now say that coercion is unconstitu
tional. They do not now generally say that
u is impossible, nor mat anything you can
give to the rebels bv wav of comnromisp
will make their condition any better than it
was before they rebelled. Ihev erenerallv
means to effect what they now see, though
they did not at first, is a constitutional pur
pose. And so they remain spectators ; in a
war wnicn involves the hie ot this nation
and the fortunes of forty millions of people
whose interests are associated with it. More
than that ; it involves the fortunes of the
oppressed and middle classes all over the
world ; tor ours is the world's representa
tive Jiepuhlic. But to do them iustiee. I
must say, they are not indifferent spectators.
There they stand, glass in hand, or "nose
all spectacle betrid, ' looking anxiously tor
some fortunate mistake in council or some
cheering disaster in the field, which will ful
fil! their evil predictions and justify their
position ox neutrality before the world
i heir mn.--ic is a line of 1 ankee Doodle and
a half line of Dixie, fiiicd out with the
rub-a-dub-dub of complaint and evil
prophecy.
But, although neutral, thev are not idle
J.1H..V 11. a. n-aii uum m ui. jl fit'v nave
to see that this war is conducted with Chris
twn tenderness on our part, though met
with savage atrocity on the other. Thev
have to see that treason-tainted, slave-earned
wealth escapes confiscation, though it
impose a heavier burden on the honester
earnings ot loyal men. They have to see
that your credit is decried, and the taxes ne
cessary to support it denounced, and then to
complain to the country that legal tenders
i 1 x 11 mi T
are not equal 10 gom. j.ney nave to see
that a favorite general has an unlimited and
untannmeled command, and that he is not
held responsible for opportunities neglected
ui uauica iuni. xncy nave to see mat an
'I'l 1 -a - L - . Ill
possible, at least all constitutional objections
are tnrown in the way of the exercise of the
elective franchise by the Cmon soldiers in
me neiu, anu mat me ireest elections are
secured to the unpardoned secessionist in
the rebel and border States. They have to
see that practical amalgamation goes ou un
disturbed by any unconstitutional interfer
enc-e with the slave system of the South.
while they falsely charge theoretical amal
ganiation on the virtuous people of the
North. They have, too, to see that that
portion of their followers who pverestimate
their own, or perhaps have a proper appre
ciation of both, are held to party vassalage
by constant dread of negro emulation. They
have to see that their weaker brcthern are
educated into the belief that the negro is
only fit for a slave and can never be anvthin
else ; and then to distress them with appre
hensions that they may yet be compelled to
compete with him in the industrial and pro
fessional pursuits of life, where brains, not
color, will ascribe to each his just measure
ot success.
These are only specimens of the multitu
dinous labors of this neutral oganization. If
I were to sro on with a full cataloiriii T wmiM
exhaust your patience and my, strength. I
want, however, to call the attention of the
committee to one thing more.
The main allegation, the one always reli
ed upon to justify their neutrality before the
world, is that the war is conducted with a
view of overthrowm? slavery as well as the
rebellion. It this, allegation were true.
what a position ror a statesman to take
what a position for any man to take who
expects to leave a name that will be remem
bered when he is rone, and a posterity con
demned to bear it ! It might do for James
Buchanan for God in his infinite mercv
1 '11
nas provided tnac no cnud siiail wear
through life a nam&of such deendishouoi-
but for nobody else. But. sir, it is not true
in the sense in which it is alleged. It is
not true that the war is carried on for the
purpose of abolishing slavery. Those who
believe it mistake an incident for the pur
pose of the war the mean employed for
the end desired. You might as well say
when we battered down Pulaski and Sumter
that that was the object of the war.
. The President's great proclamation is
urged in evidence of this allegation. The
President saw that Great Britain was furn
ishing arms to the rebels. He invited that na
tion todesist,aud accompanied his invitation
with some promises and some threats. Great
Britain desisted. The President saw that
the slave was furnishing the rebels with
food, clothing, labor, and fortifications ; and
he invited the slave to desist, accompanying
that invitation with . no threats, but with
a single promise, the proinise of freedom.
That is all there is in the proclamation.
Mr. Wadswortil The gentleman states
that the object of the proclamation of e
inancipation was to disturb the labor which
supplied the rebels with food, &c. I know
that tl e President has given that as the ob
ject of the proclamation ; but I ask the
gentleman if that can be so, in view of the
fact which he recollects, that the proclama
tion itself advises the slave to remain quiet
and confine to labor for icages t
Mr. Scofield. I do not now recollect the
language of the proclamation, but I do not
understand that he advised them to work
for the rebels. The advice given as; dc-
coiiccue tnac tne rebellion must be suppres- Jt you carry the next election will you violate
sed by torce of arms or the Union be divid- the Present's promise to the slave? AVill
ed. But they say the President is always you say to the negro soldier, "'Leave the
1 . 1 .1 , ,,. . T ' !
so umortunate as to select unconstitutional battle-helds of our count
signed to avoid apprehended insurrections.
Ihe purpose of the President was to dimin
ish the support furnished to the rebel cause
by the slave. This purpose might have
beeu strengthened in the honest heart of the
x ju&iueiib vy some Kinaer sentiment than a
cold military policy, and if so I will leave it
to others to see that he is properly denoun
ced. It is enough for me to know that it
was a master-stroke ot muitary stratecv
which no general has to my knowledge as
yet pumiciy condemned. As tar as possible,
the slave has since brought us not only his
labor, but an army of one or two hundred
thousand men. W ho wants this promise
recalled ? If not recalled, who wants it vio
lated in the tuture f W ho wants the color
ed army disbanded and sent back to their
rebel masters and white men drafted in their
stead t V ill 3-ou of the neutral party dare
to answer these questions in the aflirmativc?
rv and seek acain the
coni-iiwus oi your reoei master, lour
. ..11 , -
blood has stained; though not dishonored
the one, the unpaid sweat of your brow shall
nearatrer moisten and enrich the other i
Again, the President saw, or rather the
people saw for our cautious President, I
am glad to say, does not attempt to do the
people s thinking, and sometimes hardly
Keeps out 01 tne way ot the wheels or rap
idly advancine popular sentiment that
every State redeemed from this unrepubli-
can system of labor was thus placed bevond
confederate desire. Such a State was con
sidered by the rebel builders unlit for an ed
ifice whose corner-stone was slavery. Thev
wanted no free State in their confederacy to
preach antt-slavery by a prosperous example.
x ney cam mis at -uontgomery wnen they
made their constitution, and have always
said it since. e knew it was true if thev
had not said it at all. If the border States
become free they do not want them in the
confederacy, while without them their terri-
lnsignmcant thev do not
want a confederacy.
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iie -i.uministrauon, tnerctore. encoura
ged emancipation in the loyal slave States
as me ue.-i nioue 01 inncinff tne war to a
successful issue. L nder that encouragement
slavery has been abolished in the District of
Columbia and three or four States. The
neutrals have opposed aud denounced this
progress step by step. I f intrusted with the
power at the next election they are pledged
to undo all that has been so wisely done.
They will re-establish slavery in the District
of Columbia, and, so far as their influence
vm to, iu an me boruer states, j tiev
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must, to be consistent, re-enact the slave
code and rebuild the slave prison, and hav
ing got all things in readiness, they must
call upon their party friends, and armed with
lassoes and handcuffs, start out upon a grand
hunt for the emancipated and scattered
bondsmen.
On the other hand, the Union party have
resolved that, with the blessing of God. this
country shall not only remain an undivi
ded country, but, now that the necessities of
the war and the humanity of the age require
it, it shall become a free country. The
f-hadow of your flag shall never grow less.
nor snail it darken the lite of the humblest
man beneath it. The Union shall be restor
ed, and the United States, the simple name
mat asnington gave us, snail be the name
and indicate the character of this country
for all time to come. And it shall be a name
that the boor will love and the. nrmul fear
all over the world.
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The School House.
j-eaeners anu parents snouid mate it a
duty to see that the circumstances under
which children study are such as shall leave
a happy impression upon their minds.
j. ounsr scnoiars win gradually ana uncon
sciously become like what thev most look
upon. Little children are wonderfully sus-
ceptible for good or evil.
Shabby school-houses induce slovenly hab
its, unswept floors indicate cob-webbv
brains. Ill-made benches not only warn
and awan the body, but, by reflux influence,
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tne mind as well. Why are children so oi
ten discouraged and even disgusted at
school i Because the school house seems as
a prison, and the furniture as.instruments of
of torture.
ao matter how old or unfashionable vour
school house keep it clean. Hide its som
bre walls with pictures, embower its weath
er-beaten exterior with flower vines, and de
corate its yard wit h shrubbery. Then the
Dirus win come singing welcomes to your
emidren. anen the vouner linniorta that.
enter its door will be won bv love and lean-
ty. They will be enchained as if by sweet
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magic, ano tneir minds will be awakened to
learning and virtuous instruction, with links
of gold brightening and strengthening for
ever and ever.
Samuel tJousons. ot Aewton, Mass.. to
gether with five of his sons all of them in j
good circumstances, have enlisted for three j
years or the war. Is 0 Copperheads in that
iaimiy.
The lawyers of Adrian. Michigan, are on
a strike. The people are debating whether
to give them bigger wages or to live quietly
and starve them out.
Every dewdrop. every raindrop, has a
whole heaven within it, ami so has every
pure and high human heart.
The only chance for some men's hats ever
to obtain anything valuable is to bass them
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around for pennies.
Why do copperheads hate Methodists ?
Because the latter set their, heels on the ser
pent s head. .
Twenty million gallons of sorghum molas-
se! were manufactured in the United States
GEEAT 0UTBAGE. ,
A correspondent of the Cincinnati Com
mercial with the army of the Cumberland,
narrates the following incident ;
A certain wealthy old planter, who used
to govern a precinct in Alabama, in a re
cent skirmish, was taken prisoner, and at a
late hour brought into camp, where a guard
was placed over him. The aristocratic reb
el supposing everything was all right that
he was secure enough anyway as a prisoner
of war as a committee of the whole resol
ved himself into "sleep's dead slumber."
Awakening about midnight, to find the nioou
shining full into his face, he chanced to "in
spect his guard," when, horror of horrors,
that soldiey was a negro ! And, worse than
all, he recognized in that towering form,
slowly and steadily walking a beat, one of
his own stares !
Human nature could not stand that, the
prisoner was enraged, furious, and swore he
would not. Addressing the guard, through
clenched teeth, foaming at the mouth, he
yelled out :
"Sambo!"
;Well masa."
. "Send for the Colonel to come here im
mediately. My own slave can never stand
guard over me ; it's a outrage ; no gen
tleman would submit to it."
Laughing in his sleeve, the dark-faend sol
dier promptly called out,"corp'l de guard!"
lhat dignity appeared, and presently the
colonel followed.
After listening to the southerner's impas
sioned harranguc, which was full of invec
tives, the colonel turned to the negro with
"Sam!"
"Yes, colonel !"
"You know this gentleman, do you?"
"Ob course ; he's massa B., and has big
plantation in Alabam."
"Weil, Sam, just take care of him to"
night!" and the officer walked away.
As the sentinel again paced his beat, thrf
geutleman from Alabama appealed to him
111 an argument
'.Listen, bambo !
"You hush, dar ; it's done gone talk in' to
you now. Hush, rebel : was the negro s
emphatic command, bringing down his mus
ket to a charge bayonet position, bv wav of
enforcing silence.
lhe.se, says the Commonwealth, are very
sad occurrences, and they are increasing ev
ery day. War is a terrible leveller. The
man who has lieen hardening his muscles bv
hard work for twenty or thirty years, will
be pretty sure when lie gets a fair chance
an open field and fair play to get the up
per hand of the man who never did any
thing more like Work than "larruppirrg nig
gers.
How Tecumseh was Killed,
The Western Christian Advocate of last
week contains an obituary notice of Isaac
Hamblin, Sr. , who died at his residence near
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about 86 years. 'Mr. Hamblin was a man
01 aeep pietj' and unquestionable veracity.
He was in the battle of the Thames, and
the writer gives the following as. his state
ment in regard to the manner in which Te-
cumseh was killed ;
He says he was standing but a few feet
from Colonel Johnson when he fell, and in
full view, and saw the whole of that part of
the battle. He was well acquainted with
Tccumseh, having seen him before the war,
anil haying been a prisoner seventeen days,
and received many a cursing from him.
He thinks that Tecumseh thought Johnson
was Harrison, as he often heard the chief
swear he would have Harrison's scalp, and
seemed to have a special hatred toward liim.
Johnson's horse fell under him. himself
being also deeply wounded : in the fall ho
lost his sword, his large pistols were empty,
and he was entangled with his horse on the
ground. Tecumseh had fired his rifle at
him, and when he saw him fall he threw
down his gun and bounded forward like a
tiger, sure of his prey. - Johnson had only
a side pistol ready for use. He aimed at
the chief over the head of his horse, and
shot near the centre of his forehead.
When the ball struck, it seemed to him that
the Indian jumped with his head full fifteen
feet into the air. As soon as he struck tho
ground a little Frenchman ran his bayonet
through mm, and pinned him fast to th
ground.
A Toron Stort. A Morraan nriest.
named Nicholas,, made a nerve and bone all
healing salve, and thought he would expe
riment a little with it. . lie first cut off hi
dog's tail and applied some of the salve to
the stump. "A new tail grew out immedi
ately. He then applied some to the piece
of tail which be cut off, and a new dog grow
out. lie did not know which dog was
which.
Lieut, Col. Sanderson, one of nur nffl-
cers recently released from Richmond, has
been put under arrest at Washington on
charges preferred by Col. Streight that 'ho
had informed the rebels of a plan for the es
cape 01 some 01 our officers. . , :
It became necessary, on Frldav. to amnn-
tate the leg of Senator Hicks to save his hfe,
as mortification was about to take nlace. re
sulting from a remarkable case of crvsirjela.
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The Indian Bureau is taking preliminary
measures for the return to their own country
of $000 Indian refagess now in Kansas,
.One of the greatest robbers is temper-
ance, for it robs the poor bouse and the pris-
on ot tneir victims.
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Andrews, the New York rioter of July.
has been indicted for arson and otlier crimes.
The law, depriving colored persons of the
right to settle in Iowa has been repealed.
Longsf rect's force is set down at 20.00:
Johnson V&MXK) and llee's 45,0O-. ' - -,
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