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BY S. X BOW.
CLEARFIELD, PA.. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 1804.
VOL. 10.-NO. 42.
" a: Hi 3 m m wars? ,
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THE MODEL
SEWINGMACHINE !
THE I'll li A PEST IN THE WOULD!
BECAUSE THE BEST!
At Greatly Reduced Price s !
Till: WKKD SKWINii MACHINE COMPAXY,
;'.Ou Uiioakwav, New Yokk.
.Manlii. iure the mott perfect Machine for Sewing,
'if all kinds, ever presented to the American pub-I-.;.
hiiJ challenge comparison with any Sewing
Mtichine umdo in the United Slates.
J he WEE1 Machines, with all their valuable
Improvement. entirely overcome all im perfections
Tlu-v art- Superior to all others, for
Family tthil Manufacturing purposes.
simple in construction. durable in all their parts.
;,,m i;tAl)U-Y I NDKIISTOOU. They have cer
f.iinty ol" stitch on all kinds of fabrics, and are 11
.hiti'.ed to a wide range of work without change
..r adjustment. I'sing al 1 kinds of thread. Will
H,,:i. l'rl. Hind. Cither, li.aid. Tuck. (Juitt,
. and iu fact do all kinds of work required
iv families, or Manufacturers. They make the
J:,ri,ri til,, m!, Slilrh, which cannot be exeelcd
lur tiiiniiess, elasticity, durability and elegance
I' tiiiish.
They have Received the highest Pre
miums! in every instance, where they have been
hibited in competition with other machines
We invite all persons in search of an instrument
in execute uny kind of Sewing now done by Ma
i iiincry, to inspect thein, and uwl sure, they se
. tnr lit, hrsl . by proving the WEED before pur
chasing. The Company being duly licensed, the
.Machines are protected against infringements or
li:igation.
"'T Persons at a distance can order 1 y mail
Willi a perfect confidence th:vt the Mirmre will
iiuch tuciu safely, Jind that they will be able to
miniate it to thoir entire satisfaction, with no o
tLtr aid than the printed instructions aecompa
i.uii,; uch Machine. Every e.pluuatiou will bo
iitcrlully given to all. whether they wish to pur
. -HH.W -T not. IesTijiti ve rircul.nrs. together with
Spe.-ime.Ms f Work, will bo furnished to ail who
ieire them, by mail or otherwise.
7"ir""l;e!i.b!e Agents Wanted, in al! localities
.v. ilic 1 nitcd States. Canada--, Hritish Provinces,
i t.lia. Mt-xico, Central ami South America. West
iiiJia islands and the llahamu Islands, to whom
a coffer err i,i.i-ei,f,ii.. Kiu-rgetic men will
Jin. I it a paying business, as reliabU Sewing .Ma-i-aine.-
have become a necessity in every family
Vs't in.iiiiii'ai-tuie a p rent vaiictyof styles, from
wLich wo give f.-.v price : No" 2, Family. Sod ;
No. Extra. : .No J. Hall' case. 37U and SaO;
. ,. A 4. Matiuluettiritiv. S.-0 and
WFhli SKHIN'i; MACHINE CO..
J- x 2.011 P.O.) .. - iiMJ Uroadway, N.Y.
Now York. May 'Ja. Wt.-ly
I boinas Mills. Clearfield. Pi. is a regularly
au:lori.el agent tor the sale of the Weed Sow ing
Machine. Call and see the Machine.
F. N. S. GatB. & S's.
head: k'kad:: jseai:::
l!U YA'T 0j & SHOWERS
CI.KAIU-liCl.H, PA.,
Jlavo received their fii.-t -i:'p!y of Seasonable
1 J li Ul !-. bi' li f hey are now onermg for sale at the
LOWEST CASH I'UICES.
1 heir -lo.-k consists of a general variety Oi
l-rv-iiouds. (iroccries, llard-wart, tiueens-ware,
''."i.i ware. Willow-ware. Wooden-ware, Provisions,
il i? Cap. Boots, Shoes, and Clothing, Ac.
For the Ladies.
1 hey would call especial attention to the large
ni J oo.l assortment of new styles and patterns of
LADIES DRESS GOODS
!. opciiiiig. consisting of Plain and Fancy Silks,
tifiaints. Alpacas, liinghains, Ducals. Prints, Me.
mm? Ca.-liinercs, Plaids, Brilliants, Poplins. Se-r-f
-. Eawus. Nankins. Linen, Lace, Edgings, Col-
ri tti-s. llraids. Helta. Veils, Nets. Corsetts. Xu
l..o.ls. Coats. Mantels. Balmoral skirts, JIo
ivry. (iioves Uonuets, Flowers. Plumes. Uibbona,
tiu... Triuiiniiigs. Buttons, Combs. Shawls, Braid,
V..-:it,, Irish i.i neiis. Cambrics, Victoria Lawns,
iiotmiets, Mulls, Linen Handkerchiefs etc.
Of Men's Wear
1 1 v have also received a large and well select
! Mm-!, consisting at Cloths, Plain and Fancy
t :iiii-ris. Cashmerets. Tweeds. Jeans. Cordu
'. l:-er-Tecii, Linens, Handkerchiefs. Ncck
ucs, llosiciy.tiloves, Hats, Caps, Scarfs, etc., etc.
Ue:i'lv-Male Clothing
'lie latest styles and of the best material,
riir of Coats, Pants. Vests, Shawls. Over-
l)raeis. Cashmere and Linen Shirts, etc.
Of IViots and Shoes,
'": have a large assortment for Ladlesand Gen-i-.,!isistii:g
if Top Boots, Brogans, Pumps,
''jiivr-. iSalmoral Boots, Slippers, Monroes, etc
i i nct i ii-s ami Provisions
u us Coflee. Syrups, Sugar, Kice. Crackers,
Miirar. Candles. Cheese, Flour. Meal, Bucon,
'i t. coarse and fiiie Salt, Teas, Mustard, etc.
Coal Oil Lamps,
,J' "il Lamp chimneys. Tinware a great varie
v -iapumv.ire. Egg betters. Spiee boxes, Wire
-j lvU. it.-ves. Ousting pans. Lanterns, etc . et.
Carpets, Oil-cloth,
! ' u:ii-. lirushcs. Baskets. Washboards. Buckets,
Clmrns Wall-paper, Candle wick. Cotton
"'"I lUiting. Work baskets. Umbrellas, etc.
llafting Hopes,
- Asc Chisels. Saws. File?, Hammers,
lu'-Uti. N'.its. Spike?, tiri-d stones, Stoneware.
iri-s. Carpet bags. Powder, Shot, Lead, etc.
School Books,
ri::-e and LeUer paper. Fancy note and com
' r',iai paper, pens, pencils and ink. copy books,
'$. ink tands, fancy and common envelopes.
.t Carriage Trimmings,
'"- ''Mings, tllass and Putty. Flat irons and
uf mills. Ued cords and Bed screws, Matches,
vt Hacking. Washing soda and Soap, etc.
Flavoring Extracts,
't't Medicines, PeHumery of various kinds,
t J!'7 'aps. oiis. Paints. Varnishes, and in fact
r. 'hitig usually kept in a first class Store.
Vic"? 'nv',e B" P""" tocall and examine their
ti hope to give entire satisfaction.
,., BOYNTOS 4 SHOWERS.
.".VjM'a.. May 13th. 1864.
f I'TTERS of a superior make
,. , ;r a!e at reasonable prices, at ME Kit ELL
'-l-UK S, Clearfield, Pa.
SlUOK OF GLASS, paints, oils,
t!t etc . j, A IKVIN'S
ff'XKCllTOUS KOTICE. Letters Testa
SJ mentaryon the Estate of Jeremiah Smeal
late of BoggsTp., deceased havi'ig been, granted
to the undersigned ; all persons indebted to said
estate are requested to make immediate payment,
and those having claims against the same will
present them duly authenticated for settlement.
.NANCY SMEAL Ex'rx.
April 27. 1S84
(ill'.EOX SMEAL, Ex'r.
DENTISTRY ! DENTISTRY ! ! Dr. F.
M. M'Kiernan having located at Smith's
Mills. (.lancsvilie.) Clearfield Co., Pa., informs the
ci'i .ens of that place and vicinity, that he will
endeavor to render satisfaction to all who may
favor him with their pat-onage. I'rofessional
calls to any part of the country promptly attend
ed to. Work done on Vulcanite. Terms moderate.
May 1 1. lSU.-3m. Ir. F. M. McK'LEitN'AN.
CLEARFIELD ACADKUV.-D. W. Mo
Curdy'A.B. Principal. The next quarter will
open on Monday the 4th of April, 1S('4.
TKUWS OP TUITION AS FOLLOWS :
Common English. Comprising those branches not
hiirhcr than. Keadina. Writing. Arithmetic,
Geography, English tirammar and History, per
oua
arter. ' ,MJ
Higher Ensrlish Branches,
50
I.an'i.iages-.
10 I'll
C"i A R I'KT I M.S. 0Ow instore.a large stock of
J Velvet. Bnusels. Three-Ply t Ingrain Car
pctings. Oil cloths. Window Shades, etc.. etc., all
of the latest patterns and best fabrics ; wkich w ill
be Mild at the lowest priecs for cash.
2s. i!. Some patterns of my old stock still on
hand : will be sold at a bargain.
J. T. liELACROIX
No. ?"t South Second Street, ubovs Chestnut.
March 'J. 1-lW ihHadelphia.
VD.llIXISTRATOR'M AOTICE. Letters
of Administration on the estate of Lansoii
Boot, late of Woodward tp . Clearfield county,
IVnn'a, dee d, having been granted to the un Icr
signed. all persons indebted to said estate are re
quested to make immediate payment, and tlioss
having claims against the same i!l present them
duly authenticated for settlement
ISAAC McNEAL.
May 11. 1 '! t . Administrator.
h tt RKWARI) I Some unknown person
JpXvJvJ' or persons having feloniously broke in
to the house of the undei signed abut t!ie J.ith of
April, 1 S" ii-l , and stolen therefrom three webt of
muslin, several blankets, pillowcases, tablecloth.
Uro Coats, oue bonnet, a lot of sugar, so.ip. and
other articles, the above reward will be paid for
the apprehension and conviction of the thief r
thieves, or for tuch information that will lead to
their conviction. MAUTIN O. STIUK.
New Miilpcrt. May 11. 1 rto-l.-L'm pd.
LGISTFU'S NOTICi:. Notice is hereby
.A given, that the following accounts have been
examined and passed by me, and remain tiled of
record in this office for the inspection of heirs,
legatees. creditors. and all others in any other way
iiucreslcd, and will be presented to the next Or
phans' Court of Clearfield county, to be held at
the C'r lions?, in the Borough of Clearfield,
commencing on 4he Third Monday of June. IS-.14.
The final account of II. iiose, Executor of the
last Will of John M Woirzell. lateof the township
of lU-il, in the county of Clearfield. Pa., dee'd.
The final account of S. P. Wilson, administrator
of all and singular the goods and chattels, rights
au.l credits which were of Jainc? C. Graham, late
of Bradford township. Clearfield county. dccd.
The partial accouiit of John 1) Thompson and
Josinh W. Thompson, Kxecutors of the last Will
and testament of I gnatius Th jiupson. dea"d .
The account of Francis Peareeand Jacob Pcarcc.
Executors of the last Will and testament of Absa
lom IVarce. sr., of Bradford township, dee'd.
The account of Samuel Sebring. Admini'Tator
.f a'.i and singular the goods and chattels, right?
and credits which were of John Young, lato of
Biirnside township, deceased
The account of Win. L. Shaw and Mary Ann
Shaw, administrators of all and singular the
goods and chattels, rights and credits which were
of Kob't C Shaw, late of Goshen tp.. dee'd.
The account of Jeremiah Smeal and Valentine
Flegal, administrators of the est a to of David ITe
gal. late of Morris township, dee d.
The account of Josiah Evans, administrator of
the estate of Asher Cochran, late of Penn town
ship, deceased.
ISAIAH G. BAUGEIt. Kcgister.
Register's Office May IS, 18G4
A JOINT RESOLUTION PROPOSING
CKR'J AIN AMENDMENTS TO THE
CONSTITUTION.
li' it r&'cli'ert hy the Sriiatr and House of Rep
rexeyital,,; of the. Commmiwe.altlt of Prnixy va
unt in lieiieral Assemhly nut, That the following
amendments be proposed to the Constitution of
the Commonwealth, iu accordance with the pro
visions of the tenth article thereof :
There shall be an additional section to the
third article of the Constitution, to be designated
as section four, as follows :
-Suction 4 Whenever any of the qualified e
lectors of this Commonwealth shall be in any ac
tual military service, under a requisition fiom the
President of the United States, or by the author
ity of thi3 Commonwealth, such electors may ex
ercise the right of suffrage in all elections by the
citizens, under such regulations as are, or shall
be, pre-cribed by law, as fully as if they were
present at their usual place of election." .
Section 2. There shall be two additional sec
tions to the eleventh article of the Constitution,
to be designated as sections eight, and nine, as follows-:
"Section S. No bill shall be passed by the Leg
islature, containing more than one subject, whieh
shall be clearly expressed in the title, except ap
propriation bills "
"Skction 9. So bill shall be passed by the Leg
islature granting nny powers, or pivileges. in
any case, where the authority to grant such pow
ers, or privileges, has been, or may hereafter be,
conferred upon the Courts of this Commonwelath."
HENRY' C JOHNSON,
Sprinter of the Hon of Representatives.
JOHN P PENNEY,
SjieaZer of the Senate.
Office of the Secretauy of the Common-we.v.th
IlARRisnf-RG. April 25. 1864
Pennsylvania, sr : I do hereby certify that the
foregoing is a full, true and correct copy
(sHAli , w I the original Joint Resolution cf the
Vj-yGeneral Assembly, entitled "A Joint
Resolution proposing certain amendments to the
Constitution," as the same remains on file in this
office.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my
hand and caused the seal of the Secretary's oflice
to be affixed, the day and year above written.
ELISLIFER,
Secretary of the. Commonwealth.
The above Resolution having been agreed to by
ne tka mumhora of tflch House, at two
a iiij"iijr v " ... ... ....... ,
.;,M,a nf tha (ronernf Assemblv of
SUCCCr'SI c rcciviij v ...w
.u:. r..,nAnuiili rb nroriosed amendments
IUI3 "lllllivii --- - 1 " I V .
will be submitteii to me peopic, mr mcir ioy-
. u r C . . ,. .1 .. .i ' i
I IV 11 VI IVJVVI4UU '
Ai'Z'tt, in the year of our Lord one thousand
. .. Miiuinnn fin ine . t j ' r . iv i
eight hundred ana sixty-iour, iu ncwm .m
the provisions of the tenth article of the Consti
tution, and the act. entitled 'An Act prescribing
the time and manner of submitting to the people,
for their approval and ratification or rejection,
.u- .i ..nonrlmftnt to the Constit u t ion .'
approved the twenty-third day of April, ene
thousand eignt nunureu auu e,47'i"";,D
ELI &LIFEK.
May 4, 1864. Sec"y of Commonwealth.
Original goctvtu
For the Raftsman's Journal.
ABEAHAM LINCOLN, THE EULWAEK
OF LIEEETY.
Beneath the, name, of Wahinsrtnn ,
To make in in blush there rises but one Bvnox.
Staj', dearest Bard, nor say "but one ;':
Brave Washington has now a son.
And Lincoln is his name.
No conp-ile-,tat did he perform
When launched upon the fiery storm
True, honest was his aim.
Poets shall sing, brave Lincoln:
Seers shall shout his praise anon ;
May Heaven guard his life.
So empire with a tyrant blended.
But the great Republic, still defended
'Mid anarchy and strife.
A merica. great still through art,
Men look to thee from every part.
And wish thy strife hid ceased;
Numbers would then flock to thy bowers ;
Freedom unfurled in all thy towers.
And Mars himself be appeased.
John Williams, Bryngwyn,
May 1st, 1S04. Monmouth, England.
EADICALISM.
"NVchstor ilefiues radicalism to lie "the
! doctrine or principles of' making nniical re
form in government, hy ovci turning ami
changing the present state of things! ' In
this country the term had been made to ap
ply since tlie commencement of the war to
u political sentiment which favors the mo.-t
extreme measures in dealing with .Southern
shivery. At the outlet of the war it advo
cated ihe policy of immediate emancipation
of the slaves of loyal and rebel masters as a
means of crushing out the rebellion, and be
eauso :d.-o of an assumed moral obligation
resting upon thetioverniiient to "do justice"'
to four millions of slaves. This policy, it
will bo observed, was bused partiy upon the
I demands or military necessity and partiy
! upon the teachings of old style Abolitionism.
in itiiiij tne (joveniiuc-nt decreed emancipa
tion, bur only in the States then in rebel
lion, an 1 to apply only to the slaves of rebel
masters. The emancipation proclamation
was also exclusively upon military neces.-ity.
It was decreed solely as a means of nacinf
the I'ii ion.
A portion of the radicals were not satis
fied. They condemned the I 'resident for his
alleged haif-way policy as severely as they
previously condemned him for his hesitation
to proclaim emancipation at all. They
charged that Ids proclamation did not take
high moral ground, and that he should have
declared all slaves everywhere to be free.
These men apparent!.7 did not consider that
Mr. Lincoln had done all that the Constitu
tion would permit him to do, and all that
the public sentiment of the country, upon
which he depended for moral and physi
cal support iu subduing the llebellicn, would
indorse. They apparently did net consider
that it is one thing to decree and another
thing to enforce what is decreed. They saw
only the end desirable to be attained without
considering that that end could only be at
tained under Providence, by a patient exer
cise of means, and that one of the means
necessary was a gradual education of the
peoplo up to t lie mark of general emanci
pation. They acted, or rather talked with
as little show of sagacity as the impulsive
Frenchman in the davs of the Revolution,
who rose in the 2s"ational Convention and
exclaimed at, the top of his voice, "'.Mr.
President, I move teat nil the knaves and
dastards be arrested" the very thing that
all the people wanted dene, but the difficul
ty was how to do it. And that difficulty the
author of the motion had not considered.
Time has roiled on, and we have witness
ed these men who had once been the pro
fessed friends of President Lincoln become
his deadliest foes. They have attempted to
defeat his nomination for a second term,
and, failing in that, they are now attempt
ing to defeat his re-election. In other words,
to prove once more that extremes meet, they
are moving Heaven aud earth to divide and
distract the Union party, knowing, if they
know anything, that the tendency of their
efforts is to make the party of McClellan and
Vallandigham successful next fall in gaining
control of the Government. And Fremont
the once honored leader of the Republican
party, is their chosen standard-bearer in
this most treacherous, most selfish and most
uncalled for of all political movements.
It is well for the people to understand that
elements other and even less creditable than
those we have enumerated have entered in
to the composition of the party that now
styles itself Radical. First, we may mention
certain disappointnl men, whose inordinate
self-esteem ha.s led them to believe that the
Administration did not rate their services or
their abilities as highly as they deserved.
Of thi.s class are John C. Fremont and John
Cochrane. The former without renderimr
any service, has been receiving t he-pay of
a Major General for eighteen months because
he was unwilling to serve his country in any
other than a first class position. for which the
Government and the country did not think
him competent : the latter resigned his
commission as a Brigadier General after the
gallant Rurnside had lecommended his dis
missal from the service for insubordination
at Fredericksburg. Another class, now for
mally embraced in the Radical party, as or
ganized the other day at Cleveland, is com
posed of men w ho never were Republicans,
but who, for thirty years, have called them
selves Abolitionists. Generally, these men
did not vote for Fremont in ISofi or Lincoln
in 1 8t"., because the Republican party did
not proose to carry out the principles which
thev professed. They advocated direct in
terference by the General Government with
slavery in the Southern States ; it proposed
to let "it alone in the States, but to keep it
out of the territories. They advocated the
social and political enuality of the negro
with the white man ; the Republican party
contemplated nothing of the kind. Rut the
war. and the prospect of abolishing slavery
hy the war, swept these men for a time into
the: cou"sels of the Cnion party. Now,
failing to use that party ami to pervert it
from its one high and holy mission ol wring
the Cnion, they deliberately join hands with
others as its enemies and set about to de
stroy it. Wendell Philips and George 11.
Cheever are the ablest leaders of thisdass.
Such is the radicalism which rallies around
r remont to-day. That it is pernicious, fa
natical and suicidal in all its tendencies, we
think no sane man who is a loyal citizen can
deny. It is, in fact, a false radicalism.
Iherc is a better and truer radicalism the
radicalism which invites all true men to as
sistinsavingtheCnion of our fathers from de
struction by domestic traitors; which re
gards slavery as the chief cause of t he war,
and therefore a foe to be destroyed by every
constitutional means; which judiciously
keeps pace with the unfoldings of public o
piuion, neither lagging behind nor rushing
ahead of it ; which heeds the wishes of the
people and regards the welfare of the coun
try, and is not guided by a fanaticism which
is as blind as it is revolutionary and selfish.
This is the radicalism of Abraham Lincoln
and those wro hold fasttothellnion party; it
is the radicalism that was represented at Ra!
timore ; it is the rad iealism now arrayed wit h
Grant under the walls of Rkhmond; audit
is the radicalism that will carry this country
through its present trials and once more re
store to it peace, prosperity, and a united na
tionality. It will do more than this ; it will
in the eud give freedom to all who are now
in chains, as an act of naked justice to those
who have assisted to save the Uni'jn, as a
intuited punishment to tho: e who in their
mtidness and folly attempted to destroy if,
and to remove forever a cause of discussion,
disunion and civil war. l'ittsliurg Guzi tte.
Earbarisra of the Eehels.
Ye have from time to time puplUhcd
the details of the Fort Pillow massacre, and
the treatment ot L nion prisoners in South
ern prisons. Tin; Committee on the Con
duct of the War, have just issued from the
Government printing-house, bound together
in a small volume, two reports of that com
mittee, one relating to the Fort Pillow mas
sacre, and the other to the condition and
treatment of Cnion soldiers while held as
prisoners of war. They show, if any fur
ther evidence was needed, the cruelty, the
brutatlify, the fiendish hate which slavery
has generated and fostered in the Southern
heart. We have here not only a record of
the atrocities of Fort Pillow presented in a
permanent form, but also the first instance
of a Government deliberately undertaking to
starve to death thousands of prisoners of
war, and from pure love of erueifv, bv at
tenuating the lives of the victims, by un
wholesome food, such as dugs would not eat, in
cold, filthy, crowded prisons, without fire
or clothing. They seemed to have been em
ulous of making the starvation of prisoners
a fine art, and conducting in it a scale which
would put to blush the tyrants and mon
sters of mankind. One witness in reply to
the oomniittcc, who impured if he was all
the time hungry said :
'fTungry ! I could eat anything in the
wo; I that came before us : some of the
bo- utd.l get boxes from the North with
me, ' jf different kinds in them ; and, after
they had picked the meat off", they would
throw the lones away into the spit-boxes
and we would picic the liones out ot the spit
boxes and gnaw them over again."
The report of the committee is illustrated
by lithographs from photographs of several
of the prisoners who seem to lie living skel
etons, lather than men of flesh and blood.
Go TO Wokk. The idea of 'respectable
employment' is the rock upon which thou
sands split, aud shipwreck themselves and
all who depend upon them. All employ
ments are respectable that bring honest
gains. The laborer who is willing to do any
thing, is as respectable as the clerk or dap
per store tender. Indeed, the man who is
ready to work whenever wo k offers, what
ever it nii:y be, rather thnn lay idle and
beg, is a far more respectable man than one
who turns up his nose at hard labor, wearies
his friends with his complaints that lie can
get nothing respectable to do, pockets their
benefactions with thankfulness, and goes on
from day to day, a. useless, lazy grumbler!
A Pat DEXT Amknd.mknt. Gen. Wash
ington seldom indulged in a joke or a sar
casm, but when he did he always made a
decided hit. It is related that he was present
in Congress during the debate on the estab
lishment of the Federal tinny, when a mem
ber present offered a resolution limiting the
army to three thousand men, upon which
Washington suggested to a memljer an a
mendment, providing that no enemy should
crcr inrarfe the country icitfi more than a
thousand soldiers. The laughter which en
sued smothered it.
A Lazy boy makes a lazy man, just as a
crooked sapling makes a crooked tree.
Whoever yet saw a boy grow Up in idleness
that did not make a shiftless vagabond
when he became a man, unless he had a for
tune left him to keep up appearance ? The
great mass of thieves, paupers, and crimi
nals have come to what they are by leing
brought up in idleness. Those who consti
tute the business part of the community
those who make our great and useful men
were taught to be industrious.
It is to "laboring men" that the world
owes all its progress, the earth its culture,
society its comforts, and cities their glories
of architecture and wealth ot art. Frank
lin was a laboring man ; Fulton was a labor
ing man ; General Greene was a labaring
man ; and hundreds of others we might
name, who have shed luster upon learning
and glory upon the country.
It is said a dog in Boston has been nam
ed Quota, becanse he never seems to be full.
I The Atlantic Monthly on the Presidential j
j The Atlantic Monthly for May, a litcra -I
ry magazine, concludes an article on the
! next Presidential Flection as follows, whieh
will tx read with much interest at the pres
ent time, as Mr. Lincoln has been re-nomi-nated
for the Presidency:
'"As there should be nochange made in the
political character of the Government, so
there should b e none iu the men who com
pose it. To place power in new hands, at a
time like the present, would le as unwise as
it would be to raise a new army for the pur
pose of fighting the numerous, well-trained,
and zealous forces which the rebels have or
ganized with the intention of making a des
perate effort to re-establish their "affairs.
1 here is no reason for supposing that a
change would give us wiser or better men,
and it is"ccrtain that they w ould be inexperien
ced men, should they all be asmany Solomons
or Solons. As we are situated, it is men of
experience that we require to administer the
Government ; and out of the present Ad
ministration it is imposible to find men of
the kind of experience that is needed at this
crisis of the nation's career. The emirs in
to which we tell in the emir days of thecon
test were the effect of want of experience ;
and it would be but to provide lor their re
petition, were we to call a new Administra
tion into existence. The people understand
this, and hence the very general expression
of opinion in favor of there-elect ion of Pres
ident Lincoln, whose training through four
most terrible years years such as no other
President every knew will have qualified
him to cany on the Government during a
second term tothe satisfaction of till unselfish
men. 3Ir. Lincoln's honesty is beyond ques
tion, and we need an honest man at the head
of the nation now more than ever. That the
rebels object to him is u recommendation in
the eyes of loyal men. The substitution of a
new man would not dispose them to submis
sion, and they would expect to profit from
that inevitable change of policy which would
follow from a change of men. As, to the
"one-term principle," we never held it, iu
much regard ; and we are less disposed to
approve it now than we should have been
had peace been maintained. Were the
1 'resident elected for six or eight years, it
might be wise to amend the Constitution so
as to prevent the re-election of any man ;
but while the present arrangement shall ex
ist, it would not be wise to insist non a
complete change of government ecry four
years. To hold out the Presidency as a prize
to be struggled for by new men at every na
tional election is to increase the troubles of
the country. Among the causes of the civil
war, the ambition to be made President
must be rcckened. Every politician has
carried a term at the White House in Ids
portfolio, as every French conscript carries
a Marshal's baton in his knapsack ; and the
disappointments ofso many aspirants swelled
the number of the disaffected to the propor
tions of an army, counting all who expected
office as the consequence of this man's or
that man's elevation to the Presidency.
AVcre there no other reason tor desiring the
re-eleetionof PresidcntLincoln.thc fact that
it would be the first step toward a return to
the rule that obtained during the first half
century of our national existence under t he
existing Constitution should suffice to make
us all advocates of his re-nomination for a
second term. The popular voice designates
him as the man of the time and the occasion,
and that he will be re-elected admits of no
doubt.
PCTTINC it Pat. The Nashville Union
brings the negro question right home to the
copperheads thus :
"We are for the negro where he is," say
Copperheads. Very well, Copperheads let
us see where the negro is. He is at work
on rebel forts and entrenchments ; he is on
the plantation raising meat and breadstuff
for the rebel army; he is in the f acton
weaving butternut jeans for the rebel sol
diers ; he is in the foundries casting rebel
cannon ; he is in the shop making shoes,
hats, sabres, boots bridles and saddles ; he
is in camp waiting on rebel officers ; he is
in the forts working rebel guns, and he is
in guerrilla bands to murder Union men.
Had we better not take the negroes into
our hands, Copperheads, or do you prefer
to let the negro stay where he is aiding
powerfully in destroying this Government?
Some "rebel sympathizers,"
the
other
day, attacked the house of Capt. rpearv, of
the lith Cavalry, at Ramsey, Fayette county,
Illinois. During their attack, they shot the
Captain's wife, wounded her in the face
badly. The reason for this outrage was that
the Captain had hired a negro to work for
him. What a curious conalomeration lat
terday Democracy is. The party at the
North, hates negroes but endorses slavery.
The Northern Democrat is awfully opposed
to amalgamation. Tho Southern Democrat
has amalgamated so Ireery that the orirmal
.sable ot the African is reduced down to all
the various shades between charcoal and
milk-white humanity. And 3"et, when elec
tion day conies round, Northern and South
ern Democrats vote the same ticket Fun
ny, isn't it?
Lafayette During lhe Revolution,
Lafayette being in Baltimore, was invited to
a ban. lie went, but instead of joining the
amusement, as might be expetcedof a young
Frenchman, addressed the ladies thus:
"Ladies you are very pretty, j our ball is very
fine hut my soldiers have no shirts!" The
ball ceased; the ladies went home, and the
next day shirts were prepared for the gal
lant defenders of their country.
A German infidel, at his death, passing
hy all his old associates, selected, as lilt ex
ecutor, a Christian, with whom he had but
a very slight acquaintance, thus giving
the highest possible testimony to the
principles of Christianity, by the renfVWor
lie rejosed in it.
As the FnJ Approaches .
The nearer the Army of the Potomac ap
proaches Richmond, the more angry and
resentful become the copperhead sympa
thizers with treason. The capture of Rich
mond will be the conquest of the citadel of
eopperhcadisni. When the rebel Govern
ment is destroyed the rule of modern De
mocracy will be at an end. As soon as the
political death of slavery is achieved, there
will be no moro pretexts afforded the leaders
of the copperhead' faction in the Noith to
encourage the conspiracies of the miserable
aristocracies in the : South who have been
living on the breeding of negroes for the
slave pens. With the rebellion crushed out;
with the hallucination of Southern military
superiority dispelled by the valor of the
North, with slavery shorn of all its political
franchises; with the authority of tne ' Na
tional Government fully enforced in all the
States, the '"Democratic" party must cease
to exist. Hence, the rancor and the resent
ment with which the national authorities
are assailed. Just aiiout this time a crimi
nal with a rope about his neck, could have
no greater horror of hemp, than a modern
Democrat has for the action of the 'soldiers
in the field and tbecivil authorities at home.
The nearer our soldiersapproach Richmond,
the sterner the authorities enforce the laws
of the land, so in proportion dwindle all that
pertains to the present and the future liojies
of traitors. These are significant facts.
It seems to have been arranged by the stern
est rules of justice, that slavery, rebellion
and modern Democracy should go down in--to
the grave together should perish in the
identical "hist ditch." The fraud which
animates one, invigorates the other. The
object which induced the adherents of one
to imbrue their hands in the blood of their
countrymen, implied the other to aid in
the sanguinary work. Nearer and nearer,
then approaches their common doom. They
have forfeited all claims to pity by having
disregarded ail the' principles of justice.
They have placed themselves beyond the
pale of mercy by violating all the attributes
of charity. Invoking war as the means of
inci easing and justifying their crimes, desti
ny and the God of war are sternly bringing
both to an expiation iu the worst horrors of
the battle field Nearer and nearer comes
the end. As it approaches, the rage of the
i-.opporhead treason sympathizers illustrates
the dismay of his armed allies. Let us all
rejoice, then, while we despise and utterly
condemn this rage, that the end of reliellion
is here, and that the rule of corrupt Democ
racy is about to be brokt n with the chains
that have long enslaved a whole nation !
Grant and victory are death to copperhead
ism, slavery and rebellion ! Tihyrah.
Our Ability to Meet a Heavy Debt.
The census returns are instnetive on this
joint. In ISVJ the value of .the sawed and
planed lumber of this country was $.,;-l,-'.7(;
in lSnO, i:'J".'l"J."JSt; l"iig an increase
of o I per cent. The product of the flour
and grist mills in JSoOwas valued at $13.",
K7,si'u; in lHiO, at !3,141,3ti9, being an
increase, also of ti 1.2 per cent; Tho rahie of
the annual product of the machine shops,
&c., was. iu ls.-, $27,018.334 ; in 1860,
$ 17, 1 1 S, .")", or an increase of fS.2percent.
Of coal; th? annual value iu .s."0 was $7,
-f'.fl.I'.M, against .f 1 '.). olio, 705 in 1800, or an
increase ot If-0.9 per cent. And so we
might go on showing by indisputable facts
and figures the marvellous increase of the
national wealth. The cash vhIim of the
farms was niorfi than double, Ijeing $3,207,-
Hil,2lo in InjO, and 0.038,414.221 in
I Sod, and the value of the real estate and
personal property was also more than doub
led, being 7,1. i.",7K0,228 against $16,159,
010,008. The value of the productive in
dustry of the naf ion lor 1800 was $1,900,
oiHi.obo. Admit that before the war closes
the public debt will amount to $.3,000,000,
OOO ; on "iOO.ODO.OOO of this there will be no
interest to pay, and a people that is daily
growing richer can afford to pay $150,000,
000 per annum in interest, since that is less
than one percent on its capital wealth, and
considerably Jess than one per cent of the
value of its annual production.
"Hans," said a Dutchman to his urchin
son, whom he had just been thrashing for
swearing at his mother, "vat's dat you're
thinking so vicked Ixiut out in the corner
dere?" "I ain't thinkin' not'n" " Vou lie,
you little vagabond you; you dinks by
dam and now I'll whip you for dat."
The Stuvvesant pear tree.in New Vork.is
in bloom. This tree was brought from Hol
land, so runs the story, by Governor Petrus
Stuvvesant, in 1647, and is, therefore, 217
years oi l by far the oldest object placed
by man on New York island that can now
be recognized.
The clastic tissue packed within each hoof
of a horse is so folded backward and for
ward, that it would present a surface of four
feet square were it spread out. Thus his
limbs and the entire weight of his body
rest on spring cushions packed in boxes.
"Isaac can you descril-e a bat ?" "Yes
sir ; he's a flying insect, alout the size of a
stopple, has india rubber wings, and a shoe
string tail ; he sees with his eyes shut and
bites like the devil." "Goto your seat, I
will give you the devil after school." ':
The Bcsy-Body He laltors without
thanks, talks without credit, lives without
tears,dies without pity save that some say,
"It was a pity he died no sooner."
A minister, putting his hand on a young
urchin's shoulder, exclaimed "My son,
I believe the devil has got hold of you."
"I believe so, too" was the reply.
Difficult tihxc.s. Nothing h more
easy than to do mischief ; nothing more
difficult thin to suffer without cnmplain-insr.
!