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IXXGIIT OR WBOXfi.
T1IEX RIGHT, TO BE KEI'T KIGHT,
W H K X W R O N , TO BE P I'T KIGHT.
TIIU11SDAY::::::::::::::::::::::M A1ICI1 13.
T2ic President's rIssajre.
Iu another column we publish a mes
sage transmitted by President Lincoln to
Congress, on Thursday last, and we ask
those of our readers who have not already
done so, to give it a careful perusal. As
indicating the policy of the Administra
tion, at this grave emergency, on the Sla
very question, it is a significant and im
portant document.
It will be observed, that the President
recommends the gradual abolition of Sla
very, but not without giving adequate
compensation to the loyal owners. The
resolution which he proposes for adoption
by Cougress, is carefully worded, and
couched in language which cannot be of
fensive even to the most ardent admirer
of the peculiar institution. "That the
United States ought to co-operate with
any State which may adopt gradual abol
ishment of Slavery, giving to such State
pecuniary aid, to be used by such State
in its discretion, to compensate for the in
conveniences, public and private, produ
ced by such change of system." We can
not see how objection can be well taken
to the terms of this resolution. The prop
osition is in the nature of an offer only,
and the President especially so states in
hia message. Congress is not urged or
even asked to pass a law lor the emanci
pation of the Slaves of any State, until
that State has itself taken the initiatory
steps for that purpose. It is recommen
ded only "that the United States ought
to co-operate with any State," which
takes of its own accord euch steps as may
be calculated to relieve itself of Sla
very. "We are well aware that there are many
Radicals in the land, who desire to sec
immediate and universal emancipation,
and" this, too, without affording any com
pensation whatever "for the inconvenien
ces, public and private, produced by such
change of system." It is clear, therefore,
that this ela?3 will object to the proposi
tion of the President, inasmuch as it docs
not go far enough towards the accom
plishment of the object which they have
bo much at heart. But euch gentlemen
should remember that, by a measure gush
us they would have, the innocent and loy
al would suffer equally with the most rab
id Slaveholder and Secessionist who has
taker, part in the Rebellion. This cer
tainly would not harmonize with that old
and beautiful saying, that "it is better
that ninety and nine guilty should escape,
than that one innocent man should suffer"
yes, even if that innocent man should
be a Slaveholder. "Ve wish to sec the
rights of loyalists everywhere respected,
and whatever exigency may arise in the
future, or whatever stringent measure
luay become cveutually necessary tc put
down the Rebellion and preserve the
Union, we would have the Government
be magnanimous "in its policy ,5ecause we
think it can now afford to be so.
It would be difficult indeed to foresee
what action Corgrcss will take upon this
proposition, as there seems to be a great
diversity of opinion and sentiment" there
in regard to the question of emancipation.
Rut the proposition is one which should
command the earliest and most serious
attention of that LoJy, and the President
predicts that if it be substantially adap
ted, the most beucGeial results will flow
from it.
Tlac 1'cJoiiinc Opened.
(Jcneral IInoi;:;n, reports that all the
rebel batteries in front of his line are en
tirely abandoned and their cruris spiked.
Their stronghold at Aequia Creek and all
the other nests cf traitors along the south
bank of the Potomac, which have Wen
for month a standing reproach to the
national arms, arc cleared out ; and the
river is relieved of the 'blockad-' which
has so long the same as closed it airaitist
navigation. The mere opening of the Po
tomac, however, i bat the index on the
clock pointing to the hour that is about
to strike. The rebel fne th::t they avo
threatened in the rear; that an attack ou
their great stronghold is imminent; and
arc prcpaliug for a d'vpciuLc resistance.
Bcauresard.
What a dear old, queer old creature,
poor old 31 r. Rkauklgakd must be. W e
have had a great many reports concerning
him since the Rebellion began. The
difficulty has always been to tell whether
thet-e reports were true or false. First,
the old customer turned up in a crusty
way down at New Orleans; then he went
to Charleston, and successfully drubbed
the Federal garrison at Fort Sumter, when
they were on the point of starvation ; then
lie went to Virginia, whero he issued a
great big proclamation, and finally succeed
ed in ruuuing the Federal troops, from
Bull Run, but forgot to follow them to
Washington ; then he got to fighting in
the newspapers ; then he went to Bow
ling Green j then to New Orleans ; then
to Columbus ; theu to , and so ou ad
infinitum. Meanwhile, reports have had
the "old cuss" dead, some three or four
times at least, if not more.
But "the latest and most approved"
account that we have seen of old Peter,
we recently read in the lxittslurj Chroni
cle. We copyfor the benefit of our "nu
merous readers."
A despatch says that the story of Beaure
gard's being sick is false. We know that it
was true. We had a loug and interesting
interview- la&t night with a perfectly reliable
1'ittaburger, who was in Columbus, Ky., on
rast Tuesday week, after the battle of Donel
soa, and Beauregard was there. This gen
tleman kuows and conversed there with CJen3.
1'olk, Cheatham, nnd Beauregard's stuff offi
cers, and says that Beauregard ha3beeu quite
9ick, but not dangerously so nothing worse
than a very severe cold, which had, however,
quite enfeebled him. After his arrival he
mounted a horse, and rode around for two
hours, carefully surveying the natural and
artificial defences of the place, aud Lis report
was, iu short ; "You must evacuate. You
have a wonderful amount of guns here, but
no casemates. You couldn't hold the place
two hours, aud as for that trap down yonder,"
pointing to the water battery placed on the
level of the Mississippi, and iu posterior flat,
"it's a perfect slaughter-pen. Every gunner
there would be killed in twenty minutes."
. So it seems, then, that "old Boregar"
was at Columbu3. And that he wag sick.
And that he had an evacuation of the
fortifications at that point. And then
he probably got better and
ran away,
To live aud tight some other day.
Senator Johnson.
Hon. Rf.verdy Jonxsox, of Baltimore,
W3S, on the 5th inst., elected a United
States Senator, by the Maryland Legisla
ture, for a term of six years. This is a
most gratifying a3 well as a most sugges
tive event. It clearly demonstrates that
Maryland has been regenerated, and that
the course which the President pursued
towards that State in the early stages of
the Rebellion, was right. The people
there could give no better evidence of
their love for and devotion to the Union,
than by sending to represent them in the
Senate of the United States, a man like
Revekdy Johnson. Though differing
from Mr. Lincoln in politics, and living
in a Slave State, he was one of the first
to publicly proclaim himself on the" side
of the Union, and by tho weight cf his
great name and influence he not only as
sisted the Administration mightily in
crushing Rebellion in Maryland, but in
foiling the plan3 of Rebels elsewhere.
He is an experienced statesman, a man of
the finest abilities, and his patri&tisin has
the true jingle.
Tlie Ieiisyl vaiiia. Zteaerve.
The Washington Sunday Chronicle says
the ambulances on Saturday last brought
a large proportion of the sick in the camps
to this city. Some of them will be placed
in the hospitals here, and others will be
sent to Philadelphia and other northern
cities. The general health of the troops
is very good. Some regiments have
scarcely a man on the sick list, and others,
after beiig five or fiix months in the ser
vice, have not lost by death, a single man.
No better proof of the admirable condition
of the fil'teen Pennsylvania Reserve Corps
could be given than the simple fact, that
exclusive of the soldiers connected with
their batteries of artillery, they number
io,4S4r effective men. The desire lor a
forward movement among the soldiers is
uuiversul. Any intelligence indicative of
such a purpose is uniformly hailed with
wild demonstrations of joy. Their train
ing has not only served to impart to them
much practical military knowledge, but
t"'mprove their phisique and to enable them
to endure the privations aud fatigue of a
long march.
CSJTh rebel War Department has
perpetrated a huge joke in calling on
Tennessee for thirty-two more regiments.
liven had thy men, they have no more
arm.. Harris scraped the State long ago
f r u'.i the oM flint-locks and squirrel rifles
and shot guns. Most of those were left
at Logan ' Cross Roads, aud Forts Henry
and Donolson. The call is a loud one,
and shows the agony of anxiety that tor
ments the conspirators.
-
Andrew Johnson has been ap
pointed Governor of Tennessee. To "ivc
him tho requisite military rank, he will
be made a Origadici -General.
QUILL-DRIVES.
jgj"" Juicy our streets at present.
Melodious the neighing of the Iron
Horse o' mornings.
Easter Sunday occurs this year on the
20th of April.
Eg, A pity that ourtxcelleut sleighing is
done for. It snow more !
ft- A tip-top hotel Randolph's Cambria
House, at Wilmore.
iSf Attention ia directed to the "Cular
by the Governor and Speakers of thAjOate
and Ilouie," on the outside of to-day's paper.
yThe lates't advices from the, seat of
warindicato that all is quiet along the Black
lick, and no forward movement anticipated!
gg, Tennessee was the last State to Be
cede, and she seems to be the first to come
back.
feST'The Confederate army hag been utter
ly shattered, and it will not be easy to "save
the pieces." '
rJ- Ferhaps the rebels were more recon
ciled to leaving Kentucky and Missouri, be
cause they are hemp States.
Zg We advise the rebels to eteer their
craft as soon as possible into tho port of Sub
mission. It isn't blockaded 1
It is said that, in Richmond, they are
distressed for tallow to make candles. Hum
phrey Marshall wouldn't be safe there.
2?" It is reported that Beauregard 13 suf
fering from sore throat. He isn't the only
rebel that is beginning to feel bad about the
neck.
yThe Southern Confederacy is on its
lft3t pair of leg3, and it has the infiamatory
rheumatism, gout, dropsy, and many other
maladies in them.
An Oregon editor promises to "tear
the mantle of bypocracy from the shoulders
of U. S. Senator Starke." Would the edi
tor leave the Senator Starks naked ?
Seauregard has one to Fort Ran
dolph. Th trenches of the Fort ar said to
have been made by Pillow. The creole will
have to retrtnth!
EgThe receipts and expenses of the rail
roads in Pennsylvania for the year 1S61 were
respectively $l,975,Cr.5 21 and $8,954,508,
85, making a profit ef $11,021,146 36.
A South Carolina paper threatens
that the whole United States ';shall be a seat
of war." Then the war will bavo a tremen
dous seat bigger, eveu, thaa Humphrey
Marshall's.
Our soldiers at Port Royal and Tybee
are having fresh shad and green peas, bro't
in to them by the negroe3. It is as warm
as summer, and corn and grass are from C
inches to a feot high.
The President'sEmancipetion Message
wag received with the utmost enthusiasm in
Washington, and the spirits of all loyal men
roue as they have not yet risen since the out
break of the Rebellion.
fijgu General Ulysses S. Grant, the hero cf
Fort Oonelson, has just been unanimously
confirmed by the Senate as a Major General
an honor conferred in testimony of hia gal
lant conduct in battle.
The rebel organs are desperate. They
call not only upon the oli men and boys to
take p arms, but even upon the vomcn.
The rebellion mujt be in a bad way when it
seeks petticoat protection.
JtiF The rebel leaders still appeal to the
people of the South to fight on, but the tones
in which tho appeal is made, sound like the
shrieks of mortal despair, or the waitings of
the damned.
JESS"" The Ohio State Senate ha3 under
consideration a bill inliicting a penalty of not
more than $5, nor less than $1, on all per
sons over fourteen years of age, who shall be
guilty of using obscene language or pryane
swearing.
The Rebels fled from Fort Henry to
Fort Douelson, from Fort Donelson and Row
ling Green to Chirksville, from Clark3ville to
Nashville, from Nashville. to Murfreesboro,
and from Murfreesboro to the Tennessee Riv
er. Keep them moving 1
r3iInthe House of Representatives, on
the 27th ult., Mr. Alexander introduced nn
act entitled "a supplement to an act to auth
orize the managers of the Indiana and Ebens
burg turnpike to collect tolls for certain pur
poses," approved the 17th day of April,
18G1. f'-'f
KgGen. MTlellan, not long since, re
plied to some question about the future that,
"when tho storm began the people would
hear the thunder all around the eky." The
phrase was graphic and prophetic. The
whole horizon is lighted with the flash, and
echoes with the thunder of artillery, with
which mingle the acclamations of the victo
rious armies aud exultant people of the
Union.
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Jenkins & Smith, Pittsburg, Pa.
PiaJ- Lieut. YVorden, who handled the Mon
itor so skillfully in the engagement with the
Merrimac, was wounded in that action, lie
was in the pilot house of the Monitor when
he was struck and dangerously wounded bv
a flying splinter. He asked "Have I saved
the Minnesota ?" The reply was, "Yes, and
whipped the Merrimac." Ho responded in
an almost inaudible whisper, "Then I don't
care what becomes of me !"'
JLatest War IVevrs.
We have official and definite intelli
gence of the reported evacuation of Co
lumbus, Ky., the (iibralter of the West.
The direct information is contained in the
following dispatch to Secretary Welles
from Commodore Foote, dated Columbus,
Ky., March 4, 1SG2 :
"Sia: Columbus is in our possession.
My armed reconnoisance ou the 2d inst.,
caused a hasty evacuation, the rebels lea
ving qVite a number of guns aud carria
ges, ammunition and stores, a large quan
tity of shot and shell, a considerable num
ber of anchors, aud the remnant of the
chain lately stretched across the river, to
gether with a large number of torpedoes.
31ost of the huts, tents and quarters were
destroyed. The works ars of very great
strength, consisting of formidable tiers of
batteries on the water side, and on the
land side surrounded by a ditch and abat
tis." Our forces reached Nashville on Satur
day, Alarch 1, and occupied the city with
out opposition a body of rebel cavalry
leaving tho city at owe side while our for
ces entered it at tha other. They were
joyfully received by Hundred of Union
citizens, who reported the jraiest exces
ses and outrages by th rebels. The city
had been in tho wildest terror for a week,
and millions of dollars worth of property
was destroyed by rebel citizens who were
in daily expectation of the arrival of the
Federal army, while the rebel soldiery
were permitted to do just as their passions
prompted them. Governor Harris and
the Legislature fled tha city and havo ta
ken refuge in Memphis, to which place
the rebel army retreated.
We have glorious news from General
Bank's division. Col. Geary has taken
Leesburg, and driven Gen. Hill, with his
whole command from the towu and sur
rounding forta. The Stars and Stripes
now wave over all the hills. Col. Geary
left Lovetsville with hia command, and
marched through Wheatland and Water
ford, taking prisoners at both places, and
putting the enemy to fight. The rebel
troops, who had considered this as one of
their strongholds, could be discovered,
through a glass, in full retreat. The
command took a large quantity of army
stores, and are in possession of the bank,
post office, and public buildings. Forts
Reauregard and Evans are also taken.'
This brilliant achievement, accompanied
by a well timed blow, is of vast impor
tance. A detachment of the First Mich
igan cavalry did much service under the
direction of Col. Geary in this movement.
From Arkansas we have the official in
telligence of a most glorious aud decisive
victory, couched in the following lan
guage, from General Halleck to Gen. Mc
Clellan: "Sir : The army of the South
west, under Gen Curtis, after three days
hard fighting, has gained a most glorious
victory over the combined forces of Van
Dorn, Price, McCulloch and Mcintosh.
Our loss in killed and wounded is esti
mated at one thousand, and that of the
enemy still larger. Guns, flags, provis
ions, &e., were captured in large quanti
ties. Our cavalry are in pursuit of the
flying enemy."
I5y telegraph from Fortress Monroe we
learn of a mos-t severe and disastrous en
gagement in Hampton lloads between the
Federal and Ilebel fieets. Early Satur
day afternoon the rebel iron-plated steam
er Merrimac came out of Norfolk harbor,
moved slowly down the channel, leading
to Newport News, and steamed direct for
the United States sailing frigates Cumber
land and Congress, which were lying at
the month of the James Itiver. As soon
as she came within range of the Cumber
land, the latter opened tire on htr, but
the balls had no more tect on her than
peas from a pop-gun. In the meantime,
the rebel steamers, Yorktown and James
town came down the James lliver and
joined in the engagement. The Merri
mac kept on her course and ran against
the Cumberland, striking her about mid
ships and laying open her sides. This
movement was repeated aud then the
steamer started for the Congress. The
latter having had a sham engagement
with the Yorktown and Jamestown, and
having no regular crew on board of her,
at once surrendered. The officers were
taken off by the Jamestown, but the crew
were allowed to escape. The vessel was
then fired. The Minnesota attempted to
engage in the conflict, but ran aground
not far from Newport News. The St.
Lawrence fired a uumber of shots but was
unable to get near the rebel steamers.
After the surrender of the Congress, the
Merrimac shelled our encampments at
Newport News, but without doing much
damage. Most fortunately the new Eric
sou iron-clad battery, the Monitor, arrived
in the roads at 10 o'clock in. the evening,
aud at once went to the protection of the
Minnesota. She was immediately attack
ed by the Merrimac, Yorktown, James
town, and several tug boats. After a
brief engagement alPthe rebel steamers
retired. The contest was renewed early
on Suuday morning, aud from 8 o'clock
to 12 o'clock the two iron clad monsters
fought, most of the time touching each
other. At last the Merrimac was towed
oil, having sustained serious injuries.
The Monitor was uninjured, and is ready
to repel another attack at any moment.
A severe battle occurred near Fort
Craig, New Mexico, on the 21st ult., be
tween the Kebel forces under Gen. Sib
ley and the National troops under Col.
Canby, without a decisive result. The
battU was to be renewed the next day,
when tho Nationals expected to be rein
forced by Kit Carson with additional
troops, ft was reported that all our artil
lerists were killed at their guua.
I President Lincoln on the Abol-
isliment of Slavery;
Washixotox, March 5. The Presi
dent to day transmitted to Congress the
following message :
"Fellow Ciitizens of the Senate and
House of Representatives 1 recommend
the adoption of a joint resolution by your
honorable bodies, which shall be substan
tially as follows :
liesohed, That the United States ought
to co operate with any State winch may
adopt gradual abolishment of slavery, giv
ing any such State pecuniary aid to be
used by such State, iu its discretion, to
compensate for the inconveniences, public
and private, produced by such change of
system.
If the proposition contained in the res
olution doe.- not meet the approval of
Congress and the country, there is the
end ; but if it does commeud .such appro
val, I deem it of importance that the States
aud people immediately interested, should
be at once distinctly notified of the fact,
so that they may begin to consider wheth
er to accept or reject it. The Federal
Government would find its highest inter
est in such measure as one of the most
eiiicieut means of self preservation.
The leader of the existing insurrection
entertain the hope that the Government
will ultimately be forced to acknowledge
the independence of some part of the dis
affected regiou,.aud that all the Slave
States north of such parts will then say,
the Union for which we have struggled
being already gone, we now choose to go
with the 80utlern section. To deprive
them of this hope, substantially ends Uie
rebellion, aud the initiation of emancipa
tion completely deprives them of it, as to
all States initiating it.
That point is, not that all the States
tolerating slavery would..very soon, if at
all,' initiate emancipation, but that while
the offer is equally made to all, the more
Northern shall, by such initiation, make
it certain to the more Southern, that in
no event will the former ever join the
latter in their proposed Confederacy. I
say initiation, because, in my judgment,
gradual, not sudden emancipation k better
for all.
In the mere financial or pecuniary view,
any member of Congress, with the census
tables aud treasury reports before him,
can readily see fur himself how very soon
the current expenditures of this war wo'd
purchase, at fair valuation, all the slaves
m-any named State. Such a proposition
on the part of the General Government,
sets up no claim of a right, by Federal au
thority, to interfere with slavery within
State limit?, referring, as it do;s, to the
absolute control of th subject in each
case to the State and the people immedi
ately interested. It is proposed as a mat
ter of perfectly free choice with them.
In the annual message, last December,
I thought Ijt to say the Union must be
preserved, and hence all indispensable
means must be employed. 1 said this
not hastily, but deliberately. War has
been made and continues to be an indis
pensable mean3 to this end. A practical
acknowledgment of the national authority
would render the war unnecessary, aud it
would at once cease. If, however, resis
tance continues, the war must also contin
ue, and it is impossible to for. all the
incidents which may attend, and all the
ruin which may follow it. Such as may
seem indispensable or may obviously
promise great efficiency towards ending
the struggle must aud will come. The
proposition now made is an offer only.
1 hope it may be esteemed no oh'ence
to ask whether the pecuniary considera
tion tendered would not be or more value
to the States and private persons und
property on it, iu the present aspect of
affairs. While it is true that the adop
tion of the proposed resolution would be
merely iuitiatory, and not within itself a
practical measure, it is recommended in
the hope that it would soou lead to im
portant practical results. In full view of
my great responsibility to my God and to
my country, 1 earnestly beg the attention
of Congress and the people to the subject.
AiiKAiiAM Lincoln.
Gen. I2iicliiier's Opinion.
We see it stated that Geu. Ruckuer,
now incarcerated iu Fort Warren, recent
ly observed to a gentleman of Albany,
while speaking with refereuce to the bat
tle of Rull Run : "That battle was a nnt
unfortunate thing for the South, and a
most fortunate thing &r the North."
"Nothing," said the rebel officer, "has
more vexed me than the apathy of the
Southern people. The e fleet of the battle
referred to was to inspire the Southern
ers with a blind confidence, and lull them
into a false security. The effect upon the
Northerners, on the uther hand, was to
arrouse, madden, and exasperate."
This is a truthful, .significant, and
prophetic admission, whatever may have
been the purpo&c of its author iu giving
it utterance. Its truth is the truth that
lias inspired us with unanimity without
enforcement ; courage to meet the dangers
that have menaced us at home and abioad
without recklessness ur rashness, and con
fidence in our national vitality, power, and
resources, without any lack cf enthusiasm
in the work that has devolved upon us as
a sacred duty.
It is significant as showing that nekhcr
unanimity, courage, nor confidence in
spires the deluded Southern people as
showing that the novelty of their position
before the world having worn away (and
the certainty of that position, equivocal as
it is, being untenable much longer Laviu
impressed them with dread forebodings
for the future"), they hava settled down
beneath a pall of apathy, that U denn,
to be their treason's fnner.Ut, ,1 . TUu
tin Wfla l-nrwr tr ... 1 -I
that the South -mihl 1 ' kUe;r
Wc
"--. jc a unit wLiU
i'wi wiiina its tcrr:f
ries. and the love of thr
sti.l lingered unquenchable iu ,,'
T-ol-illiiiiia Iinanni W .1 ' J S
. v,v,..-v. "v.... fi c ikutw mat cour-
in the cause of treason was a i.ietar.h
ical impossibility. Vft knew that i,'
passed for courage, behind marked iT"
teries, was but a momentary frenzy, I'
more likely still, a vain boast cau-Lt u
by lying journals to strengthen thdroo,1'
ing faction until affairs shonlj take
providential turn ; until LancanV
ghoul break the blockade, for instance
until Great Rritain fchouhl make a c'!
Ldli of an act of courteous forlcaran"
and international comity. And we kne"
that confidence in the one resourop or,
1 t 1 cotton
whose power lias been paralyzed,
fond delusion worthy a race of haslet
were known t,i
u, just as they were known to Jcfer?01
Davis, who, in the first sentence of LUrV
cent inaugural, confessed that the South
had undertakcu more than it Lai tL
power to accomplish. Nevertheless
words of Mr. Ruckner, though on'ly"a
confirmation of our previous knw!t.j..e
are a confirmation that we had little casL
to hope for or expect, and therefore we
esteem them significant.
We readily agree that the battle of
Rail Run, even admitting it to have been
a defeat "to the Federal Arms, is far from
settled as having been a. disaster to tie
Federal cause. And such was precisely
the view of it taken by every Northern
journal of any influence, when the fuli
intelligence was received. Its effect in.
deed, was to "arouse, madden, and ess
perate" us ; but our madness has a won
derful method iu it, (see i'ou llfyal, Ky.
anoke, Donelsou, Nashville, Clarksviile
Columbus, etc.,) and all our exasperation
is consecrated to avenge the memory cf
Sumter :
'Sweet nre the u?cs .f m'.vpraitv,
Which, like a load, ujfly a-j.l v"euonioi:,
Wears yet a precious jew tl on its Ltnu.'
"Ueliuluu of the South."
The Southern musses Ere Invr
rh lent-
rous and intelligent the $mU of howr
and the. embodiments of patriotuni. Sue!:
were the clamors of those whj were ia
political alliance with the South, and win
were dependant on the slave power t r
political success. Then the masses cf th
South were incapable cf LVing deceive.
Thy were the only real governing it,a
euee in this nation, and as such ever
claimed the prerogative and prtbtige of
government, until the impresfien seized
the southern mind tfcat the Union
constructed for their exclusive leuefit, ij
be preserved while it suited their pleas
ure and contributed to their protit, to le
destroyed when it could no lunger le uiel
for such purposes. Those rho oiky
claimed all these matily virtues and ja
triotic attributes for the people of tho
South, have suddenly changed their esti
mation of the same masses, and noTV ap
pear to be moved with unbounded soliri
tuue for the confiding, unsophisticated,
and reseutless people who have been s.
wickedly and outrageously deluded. Bu:
this discovery seems to havo been ttsue
when most people believe tin t the dtd'oAa
of the people of theSeuta is due to their
phreuzy and infatuation. They wore nut
deluded in their own mad revive to de
stroy the Union. They were not deluded
when they swore to usurp the authority
and powers of the Federal Government.
They were not deluded when they aiuiel
to iuvade and overrun the free State?, in
toxicated with the idea that they could
despoil their temples, drench thfir cM
munitics in blood, and rear the black fhir
of Slavery on every mcuntsin and in ev
ery valley of the great fice coiuiu jinveJth
of the Union.
They only discover their delusion wacn
they discovered defeat was certain. 'J he a
the deluriou became the excuse for their
cowardice and imbecility, and uuw it w
seized upon by those who are ernuious
only in apologies for traitors, and evir
ready to afford any excuse that wiil frus
trate the ends of j'lstiec iu its administra
tion against trcaon. It makes us hlusa
for the integrity as well as intelligence o
the American character, to listen to twest;
excuses and apologies for traitors and tref
oil. They are leading us into more ma
cultics than even the armed traitors thew
selve.s could da, and if we are not carc.u.
we will be betrayed into precedent? tlut
will render the escape of common crimin
als cue of the easiest tricks of the law-,
The "delusion" of the southern masses i
oneof the last cries of the northern aor&
face. It is as dangerous as it is di'-Cl
ful, thus to afford a band cf ccuiim'U
traitors with arguments of justiiicaum
and excuses fur palliation, when the stern
arm of the law is about to mate an exam
ple that will guard the government atr1
treason.
The rebel soldiers before leavm?
Nashville plundered many J011
business houses, aud excited great a
among the people. Several were shot i)
the citizens whom thev were duu-'k
T 1CKNSF NOTICE
JLi The followinp named person? Mve
their Petitions for License tlie L ,
, of
Quarter Sessions of Cambria County,
he presented for the action
Thursday, 3d of April in-xt. To wit
Tar mi Licft-'f-
Samuel Holes, While Tin.)d : -"JB"',
James, Millrille lioron-h ; 1-'V"' ',ri", ' n'arj,
wind, Johnstow n ; tSeorge K. llcki "
Johnstown. ,.
JOSKIMt M TONALIN -UlK
Office Clerk of yunrter Scs'ieii?.
Ehcnsburir, March lis,