The Franklin repository. (Chambersburg, Pa.) 1863-1931, September 30, 1863, Image 2

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While manly hearts and strong nett stinfii , -; -
Fight for our Country's flag:and laars;
While patriot blood like water flown, •
. From brother's veins to aid out Causo,
Shall women sit with folded hands, • '4 -
And in the strife find naught to do?
„Is there no - work for loyal hands
. Of sisters, wives, and mothers too?
at ,
• hile.treason lurks eicrYttreet,
And walks abroad in thin disguise - i•
While craven hearts with poison-tonstues,
loudly "Peace and Compromise."'
J., Shall woman's voice he hushed and still, •
And offer no rebuke to those ,
Who lack the power, not the will—
To sell teir conittry to their foes. tj • '
whilaoar 'soil with blood is red,l
And dying her , ies ask relief— 1
While orphaned children cry for fond,
And widows', hearts arc filled with grief 7
r 'Tit woman's right to bear a part, 1
Though not on fields Of battle gory!;
. /Int through the richnen of her - hert#
•
She may obtain a wreath of glory.
'Tis brave to stand where deadly sho.
And bursting shell like hailstones
courage not less true is her's '
Whosoheta responds to duty's call,
Who gives a biothei, father, son.
.... - To die for Union's seared name- -
• **'>''' 'ihat all our States may be ;is one,
- ' --And freedom-everywhere thee=o.
Then hand jointiand in Loyal LeagUe.
_-0 -• And soul unitewith loyal sonl ;-`• • -
4 . ' Like Spiirtan mothers, bring good • per •
.... For those who stand on Honor's - 011.
'Christ-like go forth with deeds of Ile,
'' - And-make the soldier's burden li ht;
l- -- • -Point out the camp of rest above
For loyal men who win the fight. 1 .
'• 0! loyal hearts, unite, unitgl 1 :
f- • •
Give to the cause your moral stre4gth,
- fr Help, I'M. your country's honor, help!
1 . • •-: And God shall crown your work 4t length,
' When peace shall bless our land egOn* .
And over all our native soil
Justice and truth in triumph reign s
Thep shall ye have reward for toil.
AFTEIZ . MANY
,
- ' l 't '"Cast thy bread'upon the water, for thou
, ' - .shalt-find it after many day." 1 : -
r ,. "I wonder whatzthat v means ?", !said Ham-
1 ' ilton Brent, half aloud, as he,sat otking .n-
1 -- lo the bright anthracite, blazing l with such
qv pleasant light before him. "rniz quite sure
that 1- understand what that man means
Iwhen, after he stopped me, aske4 fur work,
. and lolbkina at his rags, 1 gave i hina t:ome
-1 - ' "'thing to dci'in the more for hu
._
• inanit's sake than for work ; lie took trey
' l l
1 . v„warnil;,. - gloved hand in his cold one. and N.-
petite(' the Scripture proverb that my Moth- i
r - 'er had so often taught me. l'ini sure I was
1•• '
=not_ casting bread, in the sense .1 baYe al ways
- Thought of it. Had'l given a Poor child •• a
• -;- quarter, or a poor man some nies.t i it -would
II ! ,
have been i
been a parallel case to thi4 one. ' Both
• might have remembered me for "a while; but I
, -, with numberless changes, the mercy of my, 1
charity might never have returned to ble,•s 1
me. The roan may not &meld work, or if
M does, only stay until he gets 4 little Money
and then go tolls friends if hepaas any, and
that may end any relation we-May at pies
. • ent or - for any time sustain to each other."
Thus in the heart of the emplbyer the mat
, - ter was laid to rest; but in a *air. of other
• ones, the promise of work boding, of. many
, good tf4ngs yet , in - store, ket hope from
growing feeble and sick, and then dying in
despair. From the house of Giles Davis—a
,
home rendered cheerless now by 'want and
' - -.suffering—went up many blessings' for him
• who in the darkest hour had boiifriended them
- "-and I doubt whether the intelligence pi
,;' great fOrtune'Would have madh that - young
-wife's heart lighter than did the announc -
p - at - exit of her husband. /
"To-morrow; Ellen, I will have work 4-A
....
'if to 7 morrow, were but:heron / -
- • - Dreams, pleasanter than- those ,that for
• ' - weeks haLl v Lsited.their pillo*f, cage to them
.that night, and before half c.t' yls fellow la
, borers were thinking of the daily teak,
„ 1 4friles presented himself at flab office door of
' Hamilton Brent,'to reeive'ills share 'of 'the
- duties that fell to the lot f the lumber deal
.
t.er._
' I
1, Brent met him at / tr . e door. His punetu
- - ality; or rather extra
,punctuality, very
pleasantly impressed his eniploycr, himself,
E.-a man of-hard ork, ;always -first. -and in
,- variably last, °Mid the yard and the office.
"Ah, my lan, I'm glad yhu .have come,
- I'didn't know but yonwourdSOrgetthe:nurn
v her or sozhething of the - sorti - What is yOur
' name?/ - ' '' •
"Giles Davis." - , ,
,•
a moment it stood on the day dook.and
' V ,- ledger, in 'the great round IPtters for which
Hamilton had - been praised when a school
i ~
..
V "Now, go With me:" f 1 -
i v At this Juncture, Porter game in, foreman
. -,, ; "hand of the hands,", and. to his less tender
- mercies the new coiner --as', given,. over.
- - . After the two hid. gone in 'the yard,. Giles
'set at his - task assigned him; and Porter bad
returned to .tlae office,+ Mr,Brent said to
, „him : . , - - • .;
t : 1
. "Do not , allow Davis ,to work bard ; I
-.guess the poor fellow has sten =hard times.".•
"I shouldn't wonder," *as the reply, "but
, , • .- he works, as though he men tto do his duty."
"I hope -he will; Ilike man thoroughly
in earnest in whatever h: undertakes,and
,
- there , is•an expression in. +Davis' eye tat I
' . liker••,l believel cilia rely on a man who
- aims' inch a pair of eyes s he does," and,
es abint to Porter to li -,• himself, 'Brent
- ' "-: _turned to his booki. •:-, - - '
During the day his min ,, •did not revert to.
to the tharity;hand" as the foreman called
' 'Davis, but WisCri at nigh the went to look
,' abont.the yard, he found 'him hard at work
_
. ' ,fling some oak timber' which he had prom
_,'•U id to haVe measured- and 'delivered early
- -iiext morning. • ' i ' .
• _ "Roy/ ii this ?" said thi careful merchant
tiihimeelf ; "should he NI waiting to steal
or burn, r mustlee the hist of him before I
' 'lade," 'and so he came up to his new hand,
•,. with distrust in the heart her Confidence
. had reigfied'in the morning. Thus quickly
ild.the hour and the impalse make sad havoc
sometinies• of 'Our nature' highest and holi
" est!qiudities. i '
"Why have :you net quit, Davis? The
' " other' men 'have, gone home a 'long time."
J • "Mr. 'Niter.Wished me topile this timber
and T staid'to'do it sir.'
*" . "I•believel hired Sou
; .. until• six, didn't I, ?''
"" 4 :Yes, sir."
"Then - yoU'lnive no bui
hour, unless I bid 'you. 1
'46 impose upon 'you' mo
'' libor. ' • '
'' ' "He offered - me a' shil ing for doing this
. job, at4--1,0H : " turn n's voice grew very
' - hbari6; "times hive beer Very,hard With me
"--sickness and n. 6 work itive'keptme'pretty
"., lOw, and I ntri glad•to: el rn an honest penny
" . .'wlifiever I can, sir.," ' -'- '
" '''''"lllats'all right; ha I 'want to Shutup,
anyity," and tian't
wait titilyouget throrigh.
Toirlimirgo homusnovq" _ - •
'"But then—""and del man stopped. his
mice could not trustitsilf in words. •
'But th4l., whits'?`'-:said Brent, beginning
tit4r9w agitzid.fin' pit**.
"Xlvas gon g to - •
baud nothibg to eat unti,ltii-tnotrow
to gi) Porter's louse* my wai:hottiesand
get, the shilling, and rivoidd-not go and ask"
for it before my work was done."
"Do you do this for money to' buy some
thing to eat ?" , 1
• "That is all, sir."
"Here is your day'si
,earnings," handing
laiur as-he,spoke,-,a. . t,l,et the lumber,
go. I will see to that in the .corning."
".All
this for me? ,Yarn working, sir, not
-13Tging;" there was alfiash of .independent
dignity in his eyes that Brent liked-to see.
, "I hired : you,'Wastile cool business an=
sive'', "to pay yeu,as Ildo other men whoml
have to Work. I Would-ive syea more if I
could 'afford it; liwould `certainly, be a ilea
then to giVe amen vli.6 has a family to sup-i
port in a city like Bostim, anything less than
slx:dollars,a?, week. I; like you—l believe I
can trust you. Thil is to be your place, and
II your master,' _Until lyou get a, better one
' somewhere' .But, -I must' lock up, and
must go home."
.
Who shall desCribe that; home - made glad
by a feW comforts to Which it had been long
-a stranger? Alt the way to - Beacon street;
Hamilton Brent thought of it, and after he
sat down to, his own dinner, pictured the
supper table in Davis': moth, the centre-piece.
of the altar bflthankfulness. Tcrhis mat
ronly houSekeeper, tvhose heart was ever
open to deeds of charity, he told the sad sto
.ry, and promised to find the next day where
they lived, that from- the bounties itp had
been blesSed With Gies Davis' homeffnight
'be yet happier 'endt pleasanter. The neat
morning-he did not forget to ask Giles - where
he lived, and after dark the housekeeper and
her son paid a St, Nicholas visit to the rCiern .
'designated, leaving their basket upon the
platforin in front of the dour, with nothing
to show' fron,whenee it came, but I the two
letters
,"11. B." burned upon the handle.
Early and late
_was Giles Davis at work,
and the ragged "Charity hand," that at first
the men in the yard! laid shunned, grew to
be respected by all, from•his doWn
to, Tip, the little fellow who made fires and
lid the errands of the office. The old liouSe
'keeper, after being caught in her second vis
it a 1a St.-Nicholas,, used to go in and chat
with the little woman, whose hand and life
grew nutrvellOusly strong us the better time
coming gleamed updn her.
The Winter Went ,by, and March came—
the month of winds and snow, of hails and
rains—of days that. are eheprless and nights
that. are gloomy even to the gayest 'heart,
and Still master and man stood as firm
duel
as high in _each other's confidence as ever. ,
Often, as he Vat alone, Hamilton Brent:een
ceived an imperfect knowledge of his. prd,
shining upon him, in the kind effort pfGlles
Davis; but the fulljtime„had not vet . come
for him to see, "after many days,'2tlie
of its promise.
Upon one ofthose.stormyda'y-s you and I.
have seen in March, came nit order for. ship
timber, which Brent inustenttend to himgelf.
Ail day long he staid in / that drenching and
storm. - That night' his walk home
seeined'longerl, than trrial, the house colder,
matronly: hot' ekeeper "crusty." His
great visions were sad ones—his dreams
more like spirittial! v isitations than like yis
ions-we-love
. t.d'thitilt linger around and above
us in our sleeping Moments. -
The next day' falls office passed'sadly and
drearily/until it...grew nearly night, when
heart l and flesh failed him, and he fell faint
' ing to the floor. In the hour of excitement
flut / t 'followed, ,Giles Davis • stepped into the
osition of - counselor and nurse. Every' one
in'and around the office gladly' followed his
directions or asked his - advice, He it; was
who they agreed Should support Brent home
and stay with him., During thu; illneSs of
1 many weeksthat followed this rash exposure,
Giles strong arm was the one oni•whieli the
old housekeeper leaned for help and guid
ance. The quiet little woman was hi-Ought'
from her humble home tp the grander one of
her husband's employer, to assist in the one
rous duties of nurse. The sick man, whose
friends (vtith - the exception-of ',an invalid
I aunt, who lived With•her daughter in Maine, ) •
had all gone to the "spirit land," looked,_ in
moments of conseiousness, the gratitude he
could notnot speak, ',every' day, as Giles ivould
go' to the Office to consult with Porter and
report favorably to his employer.
It was not Until "April Showers" had
brought !!May flowers" that Hamilton ,Brent
took his-old seat in the office, and Giles his
accustorried - plaCe in the lumberyard. But
the strongest tie that can bind hurnamity to-.
tether united their hearts, •and Hamilton
'never forgot that, .under God, he owed his
after prosperity to'the "charity hand." Du
ring the Summer evenings, when his 'bache
lor home!grew silent, he would think, with
a lingering regret, - of a pleasanter one in a
(inlet street, and devise some plan to •insure
that - one xis a part of his.own. It was pot
until Christmas that his plan was perfected.
Then', when the other hands redelved the sup
of paper with "A Merry Christmas" 'Written.
on , it, aria a' dollar' note pinned to it, Giles
received a little package, and opening it 'in
his pleasant home,- - found it to contain the°.
gift of one-ronrth interest in -the lumber
yard, provided Mrs. Davis would consent to .
occupy the home in Beacon street, in com
pany with her husband, Hamilton . Brent,
and her old friends the matronl o y housekeeper
and her son. Mrs, Davis wasnot unrctison
able. She went, carrying with her but the
sweet smiles that had made her humble home
apa -noise for her husband ; and as Hamil
ton Brent enjOyed the pletiOntness of the
group that lingered in the moonlight of his
tory of his ancestral mansion,,his heart Un
• derstood -at length the blessedness off the
•command, "Cast thy-bread upon - the waters,
.for thou shalt find it after ninny days.".
V ALI.A.NDIDIIAM AND TD.E ; INTASION
LEE. The following letter, which speaks
for itself, we copy from the N. Y. ,Times
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 1, 1868. --
Having just returned from the - city, of Rich
mond, Va.., where I have been Over onoyear,
I wish. you Ivo:41d give,the following publica
tion in your valuable journal
I have, during my stay in Richmond, made
the intimate acquaintance of J.. Lane, cap
tain, Confederate army, son of General Joe
Lane, of Oregon, who is well informed, and
who assured me that the late invasion of the
North by Gens. Lee and Morgan was made
upon the earnest and undoubted reprlsenta
tions of that ' 4 true Southern man," Vallan
digham, who assured - President Davis and
Ins Cabinet that :the North was ripe for a
revolution, and only awaited the appearance
of the. Southern army to proclaim for Jeff.
Davis,
- and forsake Lincoln. Mr. Vallandig-,
ham's representations were corroborated by
the tone of the majority of th &Nor ther n j o urn - -
als, who surely would not denounce the Ad
ministration so boldly except by. the assurance,
of having the masse strongly in their, favor.
I have sent 'a copy of this note to the Cin
cinnati Inquirer. Xespectfully yours,,
ilrfraY ItErtins.
to work'from seven
bless here after that
Porter had no right
e ihan ten hour's
- ,
"Hope on her - its heavenly radiance shed
And waved its silvfir pinions o'er her head."
elje Vapositorv, ilyanbersburg, pa.
* , ,TE ,LANGITAIM4M., 'A STATESMA N
Ain) A ..AltitlfoT.
„ .
the- - :following from Governbr
(14rtin's!gtea(ispeeli at Pittsburg. It is
tiVideritly imPvifeelly'reported, but ,it ; still.
.oiveys a grand idea ofjthe principles_ and
Alio - men we are advocating in this great
;' struggle. In contrast with- the utterances of
Watlwar,d---Or riit,beT iwith. - ',tbose; cif, his
friends,ashe has_voluntarily., closed-his Ups,
except for the purpose pf whispering in pri
vate the foulest detractions 4:)! WS 1 Govern
ment and his country—the ettract below,
from a speech of Governor Curtiii;- -e,x
hibit the feelings and sentiments of 'the two
candidates for Executive position in Penn.
sylvania:
`4FELLow-citizEws';—l remember -well
the last time 'I stood in the presence of a
multitude of people on _this plain. It, was
in July, 1862, at a timkwhen our: army had'
suffered disaster ; it wtit,the darkeSt hour in
the history, of our country, and the purpoSe
of my ViSittorAllegbeny county then was , to
ask the patriotic ,people in the valley of the
Ohio to stand by their country., I - remember
well that,,ohthe occasion to which; I refer,
eloquent s'peeches were made, and words fill
ed .With patriotic 'fire thrilled the hearts••of
the people ; and I also remember equally
well that the proceedings of that .daY were
hallowed by, appeals to God. asked fOr
soldiers' then ; and,' mV_felloW-citizens, sol
diers came.by thousands. They came from
Allegheny county, and they have been at
Gettysburg, Antietam, and upon other-battle
fields. Thousands of them have been slain
in the ranks, and thousands still ;reniaiii to
'Uphold constitutional authority. /
•i remember, too, equally well; that three
,years ago I had the_honor of speaking to -a
multitude assembled here. I, v,-itsiben a can
didate for the highest office, Which subse
quently a generous people were pleased' to
confer upon.the. I was anilous, then, my
friends, to be elected. I-had an ambition to
Ini,Governor of this great State ; that am
bition has been fully gratified. I have given
to rily office all that / I:possessed of heart and
head. I have suffered much in health, and
the premature appearance of gray hairs upon
my head admonish me that it is now too late
to attempt, further -to climb the dangerous
heights of Jrsonal ambition. lam an*ious
now to be,i elected . for graver and nobler
reasons./Neither the distinguished Candi
date oVthe Democratic party nor I have any
special claims to this high honor. _ I address
toll'aylmndreds of men as well t'Galificd for
that position as that gentleman or myself._
He and 1'4411 soon pass away. The little re
cord we make tvili die within us. • [Cries of
"never."' '
"A single paragraph in history will dispose
of Geo. W. Woodward and myself / but, my
friends,, the 'Government must never die.
am now ambitious to be elected because I
stand upon the eternal principles of right and
truth. Under whatever infirmities I may
suffer, my fellow-citizens, and am I Mortal, I
know I have them, I flatter myself that I
'have at least one virtue, I am for my court=
try and my Government: '[Great applause.]
I cannot understand, neither do I favor, but
I treat with unutterable contempt that as
sumed loyalty which separates itself from a
constant, active support of the President of
the United States, the visible head of ' that
Government.
"I cannot understand the principles of that
man, who, in the hour of its peril, when it is
bleeding at every pore, when thousands of
our people have taken their lives in their
hands' and gone forth in its defence ; and when
they stand around it now, in face of °battle
fields—aye, when flood men pay for the
safety and success of those militant soldiers ;
when, from the fanilly altar. morning and
evening, there ascend to God, from ail this
beautiful Stay, prayers .for the stability of
our Government and the safety of our sol
diers—l cannot understand that so-called
loyalty which claims to be faithful to ,the
Government, and yet attacks the' 'Presidi nt
and his soldiers. EA voice—"Tou're no Cop
,
Prhaud:") Na, A. am no Copperhead, but
a man. _
" I have read the written Constitution of
our country, and. L there (I . : Ls - cover that the
time for which he is elected, the President of
the Unitbd States commands the army and
the navy; that our is n National. Govern
ment, and contains within it all the powers
of a - great and independent nationality. The
first power of a nationality is to repel Inva
sion and suppress domestic insurrection, and
the President, is fully vented with that power.
'He has wielded it like a patriot and an hon
est Man, and for .its support two hundred
thogsand Pennsylvanians have borne arms.
Therich, free blood of Pennsylvania-halsiieen
poured forth upon thee'soil of every State in
rebellion. The boneg of our people lie
whitening on Southern fields. and let usswear
by that bloody covenant that we will 'stand
by our Governthent, and that our 'people
shall not die unhonared upon a.foreign soil."
[Great applause.]
A FALSEHOOD EXPOSED.
A number of the Democratic newspapers.
advocating the election,of Judge 'Woodward
for Governor, publish falsehoods in regard to .
the official action's of Gov. Curtin. They ac
cuse him of complicity or responsibility in
the early imposition of "shoddy and paper
soled shoes" ~on our (three months) soldiers.-
This fraud has long since been -exposed, and
this fact these journals very well
They know, or they ought to know, that Gov.
Curtin has been twice cleared of all guilt in
this matter. Those papers and small prat
tlers -who make this charge, are bound to
prove it, but this they never attempt to do.
"It is," iays the Lewisburg Chronicle, "some
times hard work to prove a neptive, but in
this case it may he tried. Our readers re
member, that:when those wrongi first became
known, Gov. Cu7tiii hastened to stop pay
rrient until the matters were straightened.
He also appoiiited a committee to look into
the same.. One of this committee - was Hon.
Jacob Fry, late- the .Democratic Auditor
General, That Committee entirely exoner
ated Gdv. Curtin. In the Legislature follow
ing, Hon. WM. Hopkins hoping, for party's
sake, to ferret out sonaething—had a commit
tee appointed to overhaul the same transac
tions. That committee consisted of Messrs.
Greepbank and Rex (Breckinridge Demo
crats,) Smith (Uhion Dem.) and Vincent
and Sell's (Republicans.) They made a
unarnitrrous rerott; from which we take-the ,
followin&elttract
"There is no evidence, which in any way,
involves any officer of the Government in im
proper conduct in the disbursement of the
funds of the Commonwealth, or in providing
for the soldiers. On the contrary, the evi=
dence satisfied the committee, that,
3n every
instance where any wrong was brought to
the, knowledge of the Executive, promt
measures were taken for its correction. The
committee-feel it their, 4uty, as well in jus
tice tii the Executive, as in honor to our -no
ble Commonwealth, to state, that, notwith
standing she has placed more men in the field
than any other State in the Union, she has
pat them there more promptly, and at less ex
BEM
pense per frran, t either 4e National Gov
•
etsment,sl*any*idifulual: State;_of - - Whose'
e'cpenditu=etheyhaveany inforicontio4; and
Otte eiStntr4tee hesitate' not: to express - their.
elearjudginent that the thanks - of 'the cit.,.
.izeris:_of-..the Commonwealth- 'are - due to -her:
Executive - officers for theii self-denying and
persevering efforts to maintain her honor;
and from thecitizens of the United States,
that, by such efforts, the Capital-of the coun
sayd front eitptute - by traitors,*.
the,wfroje. cpUntryfronKdisgrapeL'7,
The whole report s.in the Legi.sqiztir:e, Rec
ord for 186. • Our eitittet ls.onlipage 009.
ITiPt bo*;T**o.oDve',4.,l4Eslt,t?
•
>, • When, the, einoeratieState Convention of
Terinsylvania'nonainated one - of •the - Judges
of the Supreme Court
,of the ComtiiOnWetillth
as its candidate for Governor, the politicians
1 composing that Cohymition evidently felt
that-they were taking a step which, if 'they
-were unsuccessful, mightloso thenka member
of .the Suprsike Bench. -It would be bad
_enough to lose a' GoVernor, without sacrific
ing
a position lasting for a , term of fifteen
years: so they.ingeniouslydetei•mined not tb
take the risk of Woodward!s resignation, and
therefore Reseed a, resolution-requestinghitii
not to resign / the office of Judge, unless 'fie
_should be elected Governor. ' In 'the. butter
caselie would be able to appoint some
oerat or/ Copperhead • to fill the vacancy-or,
casioned by his own -resignation, until -the
next ensuing general - election, which, - being
the-year of the great Presidential campaign,
When they hoped to.be successful, they might
stand a chalice of electing a Judge 'of their
own. By this disgraceful arrangement,- a
judicial officer of 'the highest court in the
State :stands before the people atone and the
same` titne as a candidate for Governor irY the
interest of the rebellion, and, as Judge , of
our rights, .iinterests and p_roperty. While
his feelings and thoughts must- of necessity
be all involved in the , momentous issues of
the_pendino• 6 canvass, find he' cannot' avoid
being biassed in favor of those who are'stri
ring to elect him 'Governor, and against
those who are tryint , to defeat hint, he ask 4
people to presume that 'he is still competent
to act as an impartial and disinterested Judge,
and fit to he trusted With deeiAons' of the
gravest character. -, Were Judge Woodward
ever E 0 much a fair man, it is not-in--human
nature to occupy two positions. like this.
But his past record affords no 'evidence what:
ever that he is any more disinterested or un
prejudiced than any other person. Certaii
ly his published speeches convey the impres
sion that he is very far from being free from
prejUdice or biaS.
--- The feet of the Convention deliberatelym
questing him not to resign his position on
the bench, seems to us a- plain conleSsion that
there was little chant° for his success, and
surely if -he himself felt an abiding confidence
in his election, and had any regard for his
own personal character and his record as a
judge, he would retire from the Court-of
which he ceased to tie in any degree a proper
member the moment he became a political
candidates , IVe do not'hesitate for moment
to say of Judge Woodward, that we regard
his continuance in - the office -as a' weakness
wholly ,unworthy of
_the Supreme Court,
which' tribunal the people desire to see kept
free from the suspicion of partisanship or
improper influences. He cannot hope to es
cape from just and severe censure for his
course in this matter, since it,must inevitably
have the effect of tainting with the odor of
the politician the persopality - of the highest
court of the State. Why should such a man
be permitted. to cast an unjust suspicion upon
his colleagues for the remainder of a long
term. for us he cannot be elected Governor,
his continuance on the bench will render his
subsequent decisions unpalatable. —Ph i la.
North, America n,
THE PRESIDENTI4 PROCLAMATION
HOW IT WORKS,
3- -
The New loik Tribune, ofSatiffday, shows
us in a brief article, Wow good a work the
President has done for the army and the na
tion, by his timely interposition between the
Copperheads and their cherished object, ;of
defeating the draft' and so preventing the re
infocement of the army, when he issued jlis
recent prOClamation suspendinl_rthe privileges
of the.writ of habeas curling in certain cases.
The Tribune's article, , showing how the
schemes • of the conspirators of copperhead
\ism have been brought to naught, is as fol.-
i‘ows :
The President's proclamation suspending
the writ of habeiti; corpus has created a sen
sation throughout the entire country. Con
scripts who indulged the hope that 'dishi3, , al
Judges would provide a way of escape for
them have determined to pay' the, commuta
tion fee; furnish substitutes, or respond in
person to the summons of the Provost Mar
shal, Deserters who have been playing-thel
hide-and-seek, or staying away fr9m the
army under the cover of forged, furloughs,
realize - the fact that the - Government is in}
earnest, and are hastening them{
to
cmps. Every train of cars that comes tti
the city, and eatery steamer that 4topi apolui
_wharves brings men wholave out stayed
their furloughs or who have left the artn:tf.
without permission. Stalwart and symmei
trice' men front different parts of thecountrM
are coming hero constantly to offer themf
selves as substitutes for drafted men who can
obtain for them the fee of three hundred
In the mean time, volunteer entistrhents dott,
tinue to acid brave fellows to our trciops
Thus the work goes on.. Several thousand
conscripts and subAitutesfromdifferent parts
of the State have been sent frskrt Riker s Is
land to the - artny,itrl - from Nev Dorpalarge
force of volunteers have gone in the seine di
rection, Just before the issuing of the proi
clamation, some of thit courts commenced the
work of liberating the conscripts. In Buffa
lo, Rochester, Syracuse.• Albany, New York
and elsewhere, the arrangements had been
made to embarrass the Government by with
holding"men from the army ; but the suspen
sion of the writ has spoiled all their. planS.
Since the commencement of the rebellion,
one disloyal man, by the use of the' power
given him in the writ of 'habeas corpus. has
taken from the ranks of our volunteers 'a
large number of men. A few such'eopper-•
heeds scattered over the States could in a`few
weeks, undo, the work accomplished by the
draft, and secure-Wh at they so devoutly. do
sire—the delay coveted by the Confederates;
Gov. ANDREW Jun *SON, of Tennessee, is
to be numbered among the glorious hand of
true patriots. At a meeting called at Islttsh.
ville; on the 29th ult., to rejoiceover the Fed
eral successes before Charleston, he uttered
the following bold and noble sentiments: ,
"Slavery was a cancer on our society, and
the scalpel of the statesmen should be Used
not simply to 'pare away- the exteribr.and
leave the roots to propagate the discasaanew„
but to
_remove it altogether. Lot us destrby
the cause of our domestic dissensions and this
- bloody civil war.; It is neither wise nbrjUst
to compromise with an evil_ sogigantie. Ho•
avowed himielf unequivocally for ftlealetrioV
ISM
al of sl.,.ver - 11*sooner it can be effected the
better , .2Mne•:-.lncoi ivenienee might, nut
likeDi - ' Old, ..folliktemporarily. butt b c o-e.
iiould l*. morilhin. compensated .by tbe .
grind iinPulse:Oti to all our interests by
the substitution ,tif / free for slave labor. lb
w
was fqr ifnmedinte - ' • ~ • cipa i tion, if he could`
get it ',. if this cciiite. s p . " be obtained. - he was
,for gradual emancipation; but emancipation
at s allkrents. . \ •. - -'
, "Ha invoked the' people to cast off the
slav,,is`i fear which had hithertosealed their
lips qn - thi - i question; .. and ----- sireak-anA -eel
helledfOrth as freemen Rhollid. .. The; slave;
aristccruey had long, held its foot upon their
neckand• exacted heavy tribute from thein,
even 1
. 1.,0 robbing them of free.ipcech. - . - Let.
the eta of freedom be henceforth:proclaimed
to th non-sla.velioldera,ef Tennessee." deep
and
sis . plain language,. redolent of deep
and arnest convictions, o•htin thetaind
NiTOl.l,
of a man of rare independence of actin n\ and.
vigot: of thought. It will come home to the'
inmqsf soul of,every genuine-patriot. , - I;.t,
the rebellion continue but a few months lon
ger, and the whole country will be prepared'
to pit il, per etual end to the.occasioncfpres
cat ...r• 'futur . dispute.
T: i '', VA.E. A - OrEtoi orisi: Basmiatiit. 1
L-="E the preface - U:6i late - Work on politics,
M: aboulaye, the Frehch philosopher, 'says:
'"--!.. s -to the Americans, our , -anciezit and
faithful allies ,
_ they hre;the.people who
bests have" soli-cd ; the questions; tha t agitate us,—
Fort the last 'seventy years - . w e' have beep e.x
hamiting ourieh , e&in theconquest of liberty;
for the last seventy Vara America has been
rk
liv'higbyjot ; that is her fortune and her glory
Th sad "conv'ulsiOns of her civil war have
sh, en=feeble souls; they charge. Liberty
wi 11 what is the crime
-of Slavery. - For onr
sel -es, old friends of;America, these trials so
no ly inettavc had noother effect than to
render more dear to us the country of Wasb
intott,,
All our aspirations are for a g'r'eat,
str 14p -united free America. We'need her
to Counterbalance England. and to maintain
thk freedom of the seas; we need her, to give
to
i
the "world an example of a rich, peaceful,
in ral and enlightened democracy; _ fi nally,
w need her, so that in the midst of all our
st rms, there may be beyond the ocean a
.saa shelter, where, liberty shall shit* like an
In , xtingtiishable beacon, and cast, - .back its
rays on the old continent."
- Such words from a foreigner are refresh
irk. "While popperheads right here attiong
tt charge the responsibility of the rebellion
o
i
the North, M. Laboulaye, without any-,
- ti in„ like the opportunity they have to learn
.t e truth, declares thatslavery is the crilni
n 1 and that the loyal North has 'nobly met'
t e trials of civil war.' Theeopperhetuls are
s anxious to help Slavery, that the desire
dlr'ewns out both their Philosophy and their
t atriotism—if they have any. .
.. .
JUDGE. LeWRI E'S HEARTLESSNESS AND
bISLOYALTY.—At the Union meeting in the
'hind Ward, Allegheny, on the'l4l inst., ,
he Hon. Thomas J. Bigharn-related the fol.,
wing incident., on the authority of Mr.
rozier, and a number of citizens of itt. Troy:
- "On the morning of the 4th of July lust,
wo Union soldiers called at Judge I . .owrie's
esidenee, - and =toted that they "Were hungry,
ithout money, and asked , for breakfast.
'he Judge appearing at the door, ordered
hem, in a sullen, peremptory manner, to
eave his premises, Some altercation of Words
m-ued, when the Judge added, 4 that he zpould
prefer giving bread to _Rebels ,rather than
Union soldiers!' ,
Mr. 13. said he made this statementat the
request of the parties; whOverb present and
ready to vouch for its truthfulness. -
Could human beings vote for such a man
as that ? Shortly before hislast election. the
public were favored with a:" Veantiful criti
cism" on the word JELIOTAII. by Walter H.
Lowrie. We arc looking anxiously. for
"Lowrie's Campaign CoMmentary"- on.the
present occasion. It the,Ertnined Expositor
has not commenced his labors, 'we woUld re
commend him to give us n" beautiful -aria
cisal" on Matthew xxv, v. 42, 43, "Fat' I
was hungered, and ye gave me no _meat4, - I
was thirsty, and.. e gave me to drink," &c.:
Shotild the learned Judge in 'his-•.dogged
stupidity s-ce fit not to issue his ; campaign
commentary, the legal voters of Pennsyly,a
nia will'reinernber on election day that his
conduct has furnished a . living ccei'iMentary
on the pas4age. ;
, .
WonDs OF A SOUTEIERN LOYALIST. -Gen.
A. J. Hamilton, late a refugee-from Texas,
has lately written to the President a letter
wlnekeontains the tollowing: -
"The nation las" had enough ofSlavery
Conservatism. It now demands not only a
change, but a radhial. change. The. future
security of the nation depends upon the poli-_
cy which shall be now appted. Its strength
results froth civil liberty and free government;
its only weakness has' been the institution of
/Slavery; which thwarted • the -development
of those ideas. The great South, eMbracing,
more than 11,000,000 of human beings,ali,
under - proper guidance, an effective element
of National strength,. has one' 'enernyortlY,_
that is Slavery Conservatism. The .20,01) { -
000 of people in the North have had one in
sidious, mercenary, and atrocious enemy-- 7 -
Slavery -- ConscrvatiSm I The example. - in our
Country is only a repetition of what has been
witnessed in alI others. The process of free
ing nations of the barbarisms of Slavery has
generally been slow, owing to the "weakbess
of the antl-slavery forces. We have one ad
vantage. The 20,000,000 of people-devoted
to free labor have it now in their power to
Make. short work of American Slavery. We
shall soon know whether conservatism will
-make chronic the National disease, or wheth
er a-rapid and radical cure shall be effpctell•
In the convalescence of this nation the: Open
traitors may not prove to be its worst en;•
emirs.
GUILTY ?—in December, 1 360 ;
Judge Woodward, now seeking to be Gov..
ernor of Penniylvenia,' Public meeting
in Philadelphia, said"lt-
'seema to me that there must tie. a time
when the slaveholders may fall-back on tinit
natyral rights, and employ,, in ,defenen of
their slave property, Whatever Means of ii4o
icer;ion they possess or can - command.' •
One month afterwards, Alexhindr H.
Suipliens, now Vice:President of the. "rehel
government, .uttered these words :(beforp' a
Georgia State Convention
• • "•.!•.::
"What right has theNorthaisciilett? What
interest of the. South has been invaded !
What justice has been denied and what .
claim, founded in justie - O and right',, has been
withheld? Can either of you te-•dar nanie
one governmental gct of wrong,-deliberately
and purposely done by the government :at
Washington, of , which the South has a right
to complain ? I challenge the answer."
.r.ho'Northern Judge, counseling rebellion
—the southern 'flre-eator, counseling submis
sion to the laiv—could anything more.elearlY I
indicate. who are the . trtie author 'of•iall the
caltunitiu, that 'have-come upon.otlt pcNapi,
it* ,notices.
1124xtriblizas, psp4stxmala Int !=tsctrEntays. A.)
t, I'l Chant bersitOrg, Septentber 18th, 1563.
NERALORDERS, NO, FL
.Pri'a:ailtition. by the President of
the United States. is titttallifttal for the infonnation and
government of the Coutmanders of Troops, and all can
rented :in this Department: -
„
WAR T.A.PART3III:cr, \Vlt3hillgto/1 City, iitiptelltOrrTlOlLl-
F . 9 8-=- GLICERA.I..: I enclose te, yaws, certintil copy pt
Pi r sid ent ' aProciamation.Anspending tho!Writ Of 4stberas
Corpus.. Yon hill please see that it is executed in ' ypur
Departraent. ; Tour obeilhni se
or; - -
(Signed.), EDWIN :W. STA 'TON S-c'y of
cur (alneral DARKS N. Col.ltlt, -
attittuanfait Deportment ni Ana to.
(ThantbmiNtry,
/lUD QOARTEREI, DEPAItMEZiIt OVIEIESMIAIt&S.LI,I
Chambersbarg, Pa.. September IS.
official :—.D.,31.-CMDIP, Nufar D'enceaf contra ainkko.
'UNITED STA'II.4 ortAW.s.vcs, DE7AVDIENT OP Sr ATE.
To alt to whom these presents shall ctdue, Greeting ;
I certify, that the , locumentlterennto annexed is tartst
copy, duly examined and compared with: theoriginal, tar
tile in ibis Department.
Tn tottredny whereof, I, Willinnt SoWaril. Seam
to, ,f state of the United States, have hereunto sub
ptrthed my name. and Caused the seal of the Department
of Sfate to bo affixed. ,
Done at the pity'of Washington, this sixteenth thti of
STpteniber. And of the Indoperidenct, of lei
United - States of America, tftteighty-etgilth.
{Signed.) WILLIAM It. SSWAD.b..
Alilhe I' -- reii:" dent
0: t . he, gaited Blida Qf America_America_ A
~ . .
PROCL-411,ATION. '
. . , , -
Witratz, The i.loustitution of the United State; or
• Ameritat ha ordained that the privilege of the win et
habeas e4r) shall notlui suspended unlesn.wilen incase*.
of.ftebellara ohMeasion, the public safety may- regains
-,it l end whereas:\ a Rebeiiien was existing on the 3d (15J;
,of 1t1arch.186.3.• which liebelllon M. still existing Cond.
'whereas; bi-asfatii e, which .was atsproved on that iday,
.it was eusratell-by th Seraste and' lipase vif ftepretruhr
%,,
tiyesin congrais asse etk.
bled that, during the present in
surteetimi. the Presidetit,of the United States, whemvar
liAis judgment the public iestbty may regnire, is iiiithili
ized to suspend the writ Jf habeas corpus in any , Cass
throughout the United Staten or any part thereof; eyed
whereas, , in the judgment of the President of the United
States the plildie :lately does rewire that the priviliige 4., C
-the said writ shall now be suspended threuglatatt the.
United States, in the cases where hy the autliority Of the:
President of the United States, the Military, nasal, and
civil officers of the United. States, or \ any of hold
persons under their commander in their custody, e Übe:t
-its prisoners el war, spies, or alders of;abetters ,ot Ule.
enemy, or oftleurs,.soldiers, or seamen, enrol* drafted.
or mustered or enlisted in, or belonging tevt land ( .r
naval oftleers of the United States • or as dthlerters there
from, or otherwise answerable to military -Mir, or the
ralo . and artielesof war, or the rules or re b id:lN . :v.:spit.
scritted for • tho military pr naval service, hy autherity of
the President bf the United States,- or fer :resisting a
draft, or tor any other Offenses against the znilitaiy, , or
naval service: 4.' , - -
New. thereto - 0, I Abraliant idncoln, President of t
United States, do berehy proclaim and make known tu\
all ahem it nosy concern. that the privilege of the writ
of lthetts mrpoes is suspended throughout the -United
Stattsi hp - the severaLcasea before mentioned, and that
tins suspension hill continue thrOtigliont the duratioli
or the sand Rebellion, or until this Proclamation. will,
by a.sultequent one, to be issued by the President of this
United States, be modpled or revoked. And Ido hereby
require all magistratd, attorneys and other civitilflicent
within the United States, and all otliceed and collets th -
the military and moat services of she United Stides, to
take distinct notice of.tbissuspension and to give it full
effect, and all eltizens'of the United States to tduiluct
lend ,west theareelsres aceordingly, and in e •Mlirmity
with the Cdriatittaion cf the United States and the taws
of Congre.ss Xn SIIOI-CRBPt made and presided,
In testimony whcre,,f, I het minty set my hand and
canned the seal of the United States to..lie aft tl, eke
fifty, nth day of September. in the year ou - rti,n4 ono
thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. and ol
dependence of the United States of Ames kat the eighty
eighth. , • ABRAU All LINCOLN.
the President: WrtuAn H. SEWARD, SAC:y Of Matt.
Ry command of -Major General Couerit
sept 23-tf.) JNO, S. SCHULTZE. Asst .Ijl
ATILITARY NOTICE.-Th
lowiug appointment has Iwo made , .lt: Major
UaucratConn, vi 2:
r HececiTtartrrs Department Su"sipieJinattra.,
Chambersburg, September 1563.
' “SPECIAL - OItDERS NO. 90.-.4.l.yreAci.—Pertons -*-
siding in. Frzulltlin. Cumberland and Perry comities Pa..
having jest claims against the United r_AtntB+ cinvetn
meat. ror Quarter Mestere' Sin - if - dies - and transportation
the United States (urns during the recent
.rebel invasiutiVill present tirent tee- pt. A. Denny, Abet.
Qum ter . .laster U.P. N"...15., at etch time and place as br
- may tlesjpiat. to Circular hereunto attached with a 'dere
to their Anal mettlement; -
"Command of Ilejor General Coven.
-"Jso. 8, SClll7llfilt
"Assistant Adjutant General."
, • ,
- CIRCULAR.—In pursuance of the above order; the Un
dersigned williremnin in Charubershttrg,„Pn.. tor the nest
two weeks, to hear and adjust all claims, embraced in
the hbot'e instructions. for parties in Preitlilin' - conety
and that:portiou of Cumberland county, in and, about'
Shipponsbura.All persona having ancli claims_ Wilt pre
dent them tintliwith, duly authentic:AO Blank• forms
will be furnished. Capt. & DENNY,
. .
sept ' • Aset:44,r.t la. U. S. 'Vote.
2F. 11,---Notiee will be given of the time of bearing, in
Cutaberlanil anitTerry.
euttiO i lertija Gpotcng.
R.DOIIING Ready to mail iforml,
JeucePlNG. more deerlible. than Tin. i
RO9PLVG at kallf the caste Tin. -
- R 00FLISTU Ins 'Strepor Plat &rolls-
READY A 0-0 F I .154.• G,
FOR lIOt:FES,
.
Poit - criIIII.CIIFS. . . .
. FOR PAM:OWLS— • , i
, ....
.. .
FOR Dit.NF,
' •'' - -- FOR 'ALL BUILDINGS ! , -,
This Rooting it made of the heaviest woven fil.wig:weer
used fOr the purpose.-31atufacture1 solely be cursor**,
and smuteilliy Potent.
Put up in rolls nod shipped to all parts of tha countm
and ttually_tm• Ntle by hardware merchants nod baild4s.
It am boalmlieti by any,eommOn workman. •
abloruartufiCt are.
' LiIQP.D . GETTA PERCTIA CEVEN:7, I '
- - FOR IMP/LH/LI G
LEIS..RYI -N . ROOFS'!
CHEAPER' - PEA S" OVINT4
-_HEAVIER DO &CY OIL PAINT.
MORE D ABLE MAY OIL Y'AIX7',
fortnwic pernirtnetly adhesive. 611.4t1c ettatitel, trcer
the whole serrate or the tin. filling np all the entailer
- RUST 1:14)LE8.- ' -
- . - -
Arid often srtvini the expense of n now Ivor.
OUR COMPOUND
, •
OrTTA PEItcIIA CEMEXT
ie espeddly adapted iltepairing
4EAKY SHI.NOLE .11001 S,
SKIL/OMA
Thiele a thick, teoacione coinpound, applied with 1,
trowel or similar instrument; and duce not dry tip latl..
crack, as all other articles used fer this parpoie.
CIRCULARS AND SAMPLioi--
Of the Rawly goofing sent by mail whoa Ileekred
- Liberal aeraugements made with Agents.
"READY liOol l ll‘o CO.,
Ta Maiden Lane. Yew 'York.
aug. 26-ly
Vainting, elating, &c.
BARNARD T. FELLOWS,
MUSK AND SIGN PAINTEtt
• - GLAZIER, AND ..r.A.PER
HANGER, SHOP
In the •Old Armory Building, (up .afair.l
next door to "Old Jail," Pciffer Fott 'a
Carriage Manufactory, opposite
Brcten'e Hotel, and
CORNER OF SECONDAND MAIF.KET STS.,
I respectfully take this metuod of tistaklag-the.citi
spns of Chambersburg and -vicinity for the very liberal
patronage I hire ref at their hands for the , pit
year, (rug first year in this place,) and flattering myself
that I. have done. and and am still preps: 43410 do, the
very best work in my line ; I solicit acontintatnce of put
favor. B. T. gELLOII S.
P. S. I respectfully refer to any of my patrOns—Jantre
hipster, Wm. Magnalian, Col. A. K. McClure,. Ker. Mr.
Nicholls, Presbyterian church, Dr. Richards, Mr. Fisher,
of M. Kieffer d• Co:, Getman Ref 'd 3lessenger, J.
Eyster, Win. C. Eyster, and any others for whom thwart
done work—Air character of work done, And' expedition!
J one 17,
iI . ARPEPINGS AND BEDDING..
BEMOVA L.--11. L. KNIGHT 4th SON ha**
removed front 262 S. Second street, to SO; CHESTNUT
Street, above Eighth, where they hare opened s well
,selected stock of -
CARPETS, OIL CLOTIIB AND MAT--
TINGb,
Bed ding and Mattrasses of Every : Deseription,
READY•.I(ADE OS ILID2 7 - 0 ORDER
YEA rirsit S. OP VA It 79 vaiOuAirTIEN,
ALW.Ilye-OX •
-
The, uttlat2tketure and sato of Bedding W4l, elm) be
continued at 2i3 ti . Second 'street. •
June 17 !6234.P1,
TOR PRINTING, in every kttylts
ffi &meat then liceeftheißAßAßTOßT
Chainhersbui4. 4)8.
itzrvz -TZANicarr.
ftAILTLEY 4N,ItiIIT