THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 18CC
Announcement.
One number after the present will
complete the seventh year of tho existence
ol The Alletjhanian. During five of
these seven years, I have been its propri
etor and editOT, and humbly, and I trust
faithfully, h ave sought through its col
umn!! to defend and establish . the aims
end principles of tho Republican Union
party, believing that by so doing I was
serving the interest of the entire country.
From this faith, it is perhaps unnecessary
for me to pay, I have not departed. Nor
shall I. The AUerjhaniar,, though thus
advocating the teachings of the party of
itd choice, has never been a mere party
organ, ana niuc.i less the mouth-piccc ol
a clique or faction, uring the five
years it has been under my control, it has
never asked, nor has it ever received, a
dollar of patronage from aoy political
source whatever. Its advocacy of princi
ples and candidates, whether Federal or
State, County or District, has never been
to it a source of gain. It3 entire income,
from the printing ot suffrage tickets and
political handbills during the past five
years, has not amounted to one hundred
dollars. I do bot utter these statements
ty way of complaint. Far from it. I
desire only to show that The AUetjhanian
bos been an independent paper, and that
its editor has never sought to make his
purso fat by mean 3 of his political" prin
ciples. Since the day I first put on the
editorial garb, I have not had a moiety of
sufficient leisure in which to discharge an
editor's duties. Many a time my edito
rials have been written during an hour
fctolen from the cares of a mercantile life.
Now, more perhaps than at any former
period, is all my attention required ty
my mercantile affairs. I propose, thers
fore, to relinquish at the close of the pres
ent volumokthe publication of The AUe
tjhanian. Wbi!e such is my design, I
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wouia oo sorry to seo me county seat ot
Cambria destitute of a Republican Union
organ". The absctco of euch an orran
wpuld bo a loss to the larger portion of
the county. Regularly has The AUeyha
nian gone forth to the people of this sec
tion, esplaning and maintaining the prin
ciples ever dear to it, and exerting its
autuw iuiiuiu iuc caiuuiijsumvni iu ine
heart of the people of this section those
principles that bid fair soon to triumph
in every part of the Union. I deem it no
vanity to say that the interests of the
Republican organization willsuffer in the
absence of a paper here to advocate its
claims. I therefore propose to yant free
of rent, interest or charge, for a term of
vi nixii & Tfcurs, me antra xueyruiniun
establishment, valued at about a thousand
dollars, to any uorthy person of Ebcnsburrj
or vicinity, or to any association of persons,
of xchom I am urilling to he one, who ucill
undcrtaJce to continue the publication of the
paper, for the time named in tlie interest oj
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the Republican Ln ion party.
Judging from experience, I entertain
no doubt thaFxinder judicious management
the paper could be made a profitable
investment. But for the reasons named,
I wish to withdraw from its publication;
and-desiring that the county seat shall
not be without a Union newspaper, I make
the foregoing offer. A. A. Barker.
Close or the Mexican Empire.
The cause of Imperial Mexico, says the
Philadelphia 1'reis, is utterly ruined in
Kurope. Maximilian's credit is among
the things of the past. lie cannot main
tain himself in Mexico without money,
and this he cannot borrow, because no
'one will lend to one who does not pay tho
interest upon former debts. Notice has
been duly given, in Paris and London, to
the holders of Mexican bonds and stocks,
that no deposit having been made, in the
proper quarters, by the Mexican Govern
ment, for payment of arrearages and
coupons due on the 1st of October, this
pajmcut will be postponed. The notice
might have added, sine die. Out of the
two Mexican loans raised in Paris since
Maximilian was bajonc'tcd into the situ
ation of successor to Montezuma, about
7,000,000 remain invested in Govern
ment securities in that city, which will
afford a dividend on the obligations held
by the creditors. The greater portion of
what they lent U irretrievably goat,
and Napoleon, by putting an attach
ment upon the customs' dues receiv
able in Mexican ports, virtually shuts
out the creditors, from further receipts cf
interest. There remains the diimaest
sort of a hope that tho French Govern
ment," which in a manner guaranteed the
Mexican -debt, will help the creditors,
come-way or oihar. A -for the confisca
tion by France, of Mexican customs'
rcTcnup, that will scarcely hold good after
the - Empire falls. to.pec'tsJ like a castle
which children 'inaybVlJv witbT cards,
unon a parlor-table, to be destroyed by. a
totrh or a breath- When the Empire
slides, there will possibly be a contest for
the Presidency of Mexico, the rival can
didates Toeing Juarez and Ortega. Un
happy country !
VICTORY!!
THE GREVT BATTLE OF THE WAR!
UNION V 8. DISUNION!
TlIE TEOPLE DECLARE THAT THE WAR
WAS NOT A FAILURE, AND THAT
LOYAL MEN MUST GOVERN, AND
TRAITORS BE GOVERNED I
"My Policy" Repudiated!
THE TOLICY OF CONGRESS SUSTAINED I
fififflfiUMUl
HOW ABE YOU, MOSES JOIIN80N !
TIET-niXO CP THE OTHER CHEEK,
DROPPING HCMBLT ON THE KNEES,
CLOSJJfO HPS WHEW DARED TO SPEAK,
WILX SOT DO IN TIMES X1KE THESE.
Tlie State.
We have met the enemy and he is
ours ! Tho victory worked out by the
Union army on Tuesday is the most glo
rious and most decisive ever achieved.
Notwithstanding the open and avowed
apostasy of the successor of Abraham
Lincoln to our cause, the defection of a
limited number of bread-and-butter Re
publicans, and all the appliances which
venality and corruption could bring into
the field againEt us, wo have gained a
triumphant victory. Geary is elected by
20,000 majority, we hav secured as many
members in the XLth Congress as we
hava in the present one, and have proba
bly gained one in tho Schuylkill district,
one in the Westmoreland district, and one
in the Somerset district. "My policy"
was on trial. The People have written
over against it, "Jlene, mcne, te7celt vphar
sin." Let the President be warned.
XTIItb Congressional District.
Our success in the Congressional Dis
trict is most signal, Morrell, Union, is
elected by over 1,000 majority. The
following are the approximate majorities
in the several counties :
Johnston D.
300
1...150
Morrell, U.
Catnbria.
Mifflin
31air.....
Huntingdon ..........
700
800
1,500
Total ..450
Ohio, Indiana and Iowa.
The returns from these threo great
States show that, although tho same
efforts were made to bury them under
an avalanche of corruption that were
tried so desperately upon. Pennsylvania,
they have, because of these efforts, risen
to a nobler height and spoken with a
grander majesty against the Washington
conspirators.
Ohio gives 50,000 Uoion majority,
Indiana 20,000, and Iowa 30,000.
The County. .
Following is the unofficial vote of "the
county : n.
Governor. Congress.
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Allegheny tp "27 230 29 231
Rlacklick tp .. 69 - 39 69 41
Cambria tp 170 . 44 173. 41
Carroll tp 43 3,01 13 313
Carxolltown 7 89 1 93
Chest 16 124 7 133
Chest Springs 3G 21
CJearfield............... 27 239 . 25 243
EUo&bure:. E. Y 87 13 82 19
n W. ' .. 5G 70 48 70
Gullitzin 53 118 52 119
Jnrkaon.. -- 92 66" 93 65
Lorelto.:..'. 8 40 7 49
Minister 11 U6
Richland. -1 ' C2 m.
Susquehanna '73. "113
Summitville 6 31 C 3C
White .Y. 90 m. .
Wilmore ' 19 m.
Washington 47. 215. 32 230
The southern end of the county gives
about 900 .Union majority- Johnston's
probable : majority- in the. county, S00 a
Democrat ii loss" of 50'ti from last fall's
vote. The Dem. county ticVet is elected.
Political Reveries.
'We surrender inlthis week's issue a
gTeat portion of the space usually occupied
with editorial matter; to Vuch election
returns as have come to hand at the hour
of our going to press.. There is scarcely
room to doubt that the Republican-Union.
party has achieved all the success for
which it hoped. . But while out of mere
caution we will not too positively declare
the result of Tuesday's voting, at will
not ; be amiss to Bean the effect of th
triumph of tho supporters of Congress.
1st. It will undoubtedly cause at no
distant day the adoption of the Constitu
tional amendments by three-fourths of
the States, and thus brine about the
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full participation by the lately rebellious
States in all the affairs of the Union. For
it is hardly within the. limits of probable
supposition that the people of the South
will refuse to 6ecure to themselves all
their former honors and privileges in the
Union after the people of the North shall
have given their endorsement to the policy
of Congress and shall have virtually
declared that no easier terms can be
granted.
2d. It will decide, at least for this gen
eration, that while the Republican Union
party conducts the business of the country
with ordinary prudence and wisdom, it
can have the control of tho Government
in all its parts, to the exclusion of the
so-called Democratio paity.
3d. It will make clearly manifest that
the day of mere party leaders has departed,
never, perhaps, to return.. It will show
tho increasing intelligence and discern
ment of the people, and their fitness for
self-government. The defection of such
men as Johnson and Seward, and their
M.
failure to effect any change among those
whom they have been feupposed to lead,
should teach a lesson to all young politi
cians.
4th. Supposing the adoption of the
amendments to be a consequenco of Tues
day's elections, the question of citizen
ship will be put forever at rest. Previous
to the adoption ot the anti-slavery amend
ment, the personal liberty, as indeed the
citizenship itself, of each person rested
with the State. Since its adoption, how
ever, the personal liberty of each human
creature has been entrusted to the nation.
3y the amendment proposed, not only the
status of citizenship, bat cecurity in all
personal rights and equality in such, rights,
(civil rights, not political,") are entrusted
to and guaranteed hythe nation at large'.
The case stands thus : Heretofore, Per
sonal Liberty, Personal Civil Rights,
Equality io such Rights, Security in such
Rights, have been guaranteed and secured
by each State separately. Hereafter all
theso will be guaranteed and secured by.
the United States.
5th. The basis of representation will be
changed ; and while the nation will leave
to each State the privilege of declaring
whoi shall be endowed , with, the elective
franchise, it will also point to impartial
suffrage as being the true and just method.
Thus the finger of the nation will forever
point; to the equality of all men in all
things before the lam aa the foundation of
popular government. .
6th. It will declare to tho world that
our Republic means to keep faith with all
its debtors, and means also that such as
trusted their wealth to aid rebellion need
never expect to be reimbursed by loyalty.
A Painful Surprise. On Saturday
evening, says the Rochester Union, a box
containing a human body came to this
city by the United States express. It
arrived late in the evening, and bore an
address it being the name of a lady in
this city, but did not bear the name of
the deceased. The express agent did not
desire to retain the body over Sunday,
particulaily as it bore evidences of decom
position, and he therefore sought for the.
party to whom it was addressed, and in
quired among the undertakers, but could
get no information. Indeed, he failed
that uight to find . the party addressed.
The body was -placed in the dead-house
and on Sunday the lady was found. She
knew nothing- of a death among her
friends, not having been apprised by let
ter or otherwise of such an occurrence.
She went to the dead-house, the box was
opened in her presence, when lo ! a coffin
was revealed, which contained the body
of her mother !
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Stamped Envelopes. The Post Office
Department at Washington is now pre
pared to supply the public with stamped
envelopes at the reduced rate of 32.80
per thousand; or 3.28 per hundred, and
in this proportion for smaller quantities.
Instructions for the. letters to be returned
to any business house which may be des
ignated, it not called for within ten days,
will be gratuitously, printed on the envel
opes when the latter are ordered in
amounts not below. five hundred. Many
of the letters returned to tie Dead Letter
Office ehow that the fact is not generally
known that Revenue stamps are not rec
ognized for Tjostaee- .' The stamped envel
opes will, on this account, serve to render
more certain the conveyance of all letters.
' T The celobrated horse tamer, Proh. J:
S. Itareyi died suddenly at Cleveland on"
Thursday alternoon last.
1 Democratic Electioneering.
'A As an indicatibn'of tho" way in which
the-Democrats conducted the late canvass,
we subjoin tho following circular from
the Chairman of- the Democratic State
Central Committee to a Chairman of a
subordinate Committee. The lessons of
fraud and dishonesty which it inculcates
are unparalleled in political history
. CIRCULAR, 4 PRIVATE.
. Democratic State Committee Rooms,
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. 623 Waxnut Stbxet. Philadelphia
September 12, 1866.
To J. IS. Sansom, .Chairman of County
Uommittee of Indiana County :
Dear Sir The subject of the desert
ers' list requires prompt and thorough
attention. These lists are being furnished
by the Adjutant General to the several
Clerks of Quarter Sessions, and it will be
attempted to reject the votes of all those
whose names are found upon them.
Tho cate of Huber vs. Reilly settled the
question in this State, and unless a man
has been convicted of desertion and failure
to return to service or to report to a Pro
vost Marshal, he is entitled to vote. This
is the fixed opinion of the Supreme Court,
and they stand firmly by it.
The only evidence of desertion 13 the
record of conviction. The Act of Assem
bly known aa the M'Conaughy law is
totally void as regards all other cases, and
I desire to impress it upon you and our
friends, that the law U with us in this
matter, and -that we .will be sustained in
receiving these votes in every case, and
will be justified in resorting to almost
every means to poll them.
Noneof the penalties imposed by that
law can ever be enforced ; I have the
very highest'authority for declaring this
to you.
I have made every effort to bring the
Act of Assembly directly before the Court,
but up to this time have not succeeded.
I shall not-relax my efforts in that and
another direction.
In the necessity for immediate action I
have to give the following general direc
tions. I trust you will see them attended
to, and also use all other means that you
and our friends deem viss in the emer
gency. I shall within a week furnish you with
complete lists of all the alleged deserters
and non-reporting drafted men so far as I
have been ablo to get them, and as I ob
tain others will also furnish them to you.
One copy of this list will be furnished to
you for each election district. "Fore
warned is forearmed. Iho law makes
the certificate of tho Clerk of Quarter
Sessions the evidence of desertion, and it
is probable that the enemy will get cer
tificates to use against our men, and not
produce the evidence against their own.
With these lists you can learn which of
their men are also on, and be provided
with the weapon against them, if it be
necessary.
The first thing to be done is to keep
our election officers fully up to the mark,
and Sustain them in receiving these votes.
I advise that a circular signed by the
District Attorney and tho Democratic
members of the bar, distinctly pointing
out their duty under the law, and giving
the point decided in Huber vs. lleilly, and
assuring tnein mat tne penalties in tne
act of Assembly cannot and shall not be
enforced against them, bo placed m each
of their hands.
A circular from yourself, accompanied
by the list, should also go to tho Vigilance
Committee, or the most reliable Democrats
in each election district, for private use
by them.
I also wish to furnish to every election
officer a copy of the decision ot the Su
preme Court. -Forward me their names
and Post Office address.
Where we have the President Judge,
trre District Attorney and reliable Juries,
the case is a very plain one. The votes
must be polled, and you must threaten the
Republican officers and frlfill your
threats. This will dispose of the matter
in' the Democratio counties. In those
counties in which the Republicans have
the Judge, Juries and District Attorney,
we must be specially active in sustaining
and upholding our election officers, and if
we can succeed in getting them right, the
whole trouble is reduced to Republican
Districts in their counties. Here the
lists again become useful, and I adviss
that our friends change the voter (if it
can be done) into a Democratic District
over 10 days before the election, and also
provide themselves with certificates to
strike their men in return. If .we can
carry thi3 out we will neutralize their
great game, and whip them with their own
weapons.
Please require our friends to keep ac
curate lists of ail voters who may pe re
jected on election day.
Courage, firmnops and clear instructions
as to dutv and we will easilv win the
fis;ht. '
V ery respecuully, yours,
WILLIAM A. WALLACE,
Chairman
A Mistake in a Barber's Shop.-
A laughable mistake occurred in a Balti
more barber's shop on Thursday. Two
prentlemen hunrr ut their coats and sat
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down to be shaved at about the same time.
One of them for whom the operation was
completed first arose, and by mistake
donned the other one's, coat, in the pocket
of which was a wallet containing 2,500
Off he walked, but a policeman soon
overtook hira. Whon the charge against
him wa3 explained he became greatly
alarmed about the safety of his own coat,
in the pocket of which was the Bum of
5,000. - Explanations followed, coats
were exchanged, and e auh found his
money safe. : . . . . .
v-7rnANKSGiviNG. Tho President ..has
issued a' proclamation -appointing Thurs
dav. "November 29, proximo, a .day of
National tbanksgivihfr . and praise " to
Almighty God:
Artlllery Experiments in Eng
land. .About the middle of last month some
experiments were made at Shoeburynossj
in England, for 'the purpose of testing
both targets and projectiles, which have
some interest in connection with the
recent trial of the Rodman guns at Fort
ress Monroe. The London Times of the
13th of September, contains the following
account : In the first instance, one part
of the target was made with no less than
eight-inch iron, with the warrior backings
of eighteen inches of teak, with an inner
skin of wrought iron three-quarters of an
inch thick, the whole.mass being strength
ened with girder ribs of wrought iron of
the most powerful description. To this
target were two wings, each of which,
though nearly veitical in position, sloped
off sideways at an angle of about sixty
degrees. All the plates were of the best
quality of rolled iron, and were fastened
with double the usual number of the Pal
liser bolts. A stronger target, with tho
exception of that of Mr. Chalmbers, has
probably never been tried at Shoebury.
There is, in fact, no vessel in the British
service now carrying eight-inch armor
plate, and the built up twelve-inch plates
of the Americau Monitors are weaker be
yond all comparison than the resistance
which a single solid eight-inch plate will
offer; The experiments were made to
ascertain the best form of shell for pene
trating and destructive effect, and also
the relativo value for such results of steel
as compared with the Palliser chilled
metal. All were fired from the nine inch
muzzle loading wrought iron Woolwich
rifle gun. The first tried were Mr. Firth's
steel shot, but the damage done by these
wa3 not of any great effect, the shots
barely burying themselves, or indenting
it slightly. With the Palliser, ' model
shell, constructed of chilled metal, the
most surprising results were obtained.
One of tbee. the last of the kind fired.
went clean through everything plate,
backing, and inner skin, and lodged itself,
after exploding in some timber, about
twenty feet behind the target. Anything
ioro crushing than the shock of this
projectile it would be difficult to conceive,
tor it struck full upon one of the strongest
vertical parts of the target, and tore its
way through a3 if only oppoeed by a tim
ber screen. Another penetrated no less
than nineteen i aches and a half, bulging
and injuring the backing most seriously,
while a third fired at the inclined wing of
the target penetrated nearly seven inches
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ana a nail, malting a hole la the iron
thirteen inohes loner by ten wide. A
fourth went nearly through, and remained
imbedded to a depth of twelve inches and
a half, and some time was consumed be
fore this last could be worked out with a
crowbar. The chilled shot was equally
successful with the shell. The first aim
ed at the incline of the -target struck upon
its vertical part and penetrated complete
ly through the eight-inch plate, smashing
one of the powerful ribs - behind it. A
second on the incline, and just near the
comparatively slight mark made by Mr.
h irth, tore through the plate to the depth
of seven inches and a half. Some shot
designed by the Ordnance Select Commit
tee, having a screwed on base, and made
of Mr. Firth's steel, were tried, but
their results, though good, were compara
tively insignificant to those achieved" by
the Palliser shot and shell. No one suc
ceeded in getting iu as deeply as the chil
led metal, and not one of the kind what
ever went even half way through the tar
get. In fact, tho importance of Major
Palliser s invention can scarcely be over
rated. The target tried yesterday was, a3
we have said, stronger than the broadside
of any ship afloat, yet it was piereed and
broken, up by these projectiles when all
others failed. The strongest built armour
ship in the British navy is tho Bellerophon,
yet a month ago, Major Palliser sent bis
shot and shell through the section repre
senting her broadside at Shoebury with a3
much ease as it broke through tho pou-
derous defences yesterday. -
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Ilonor to TTliom Honor Is Due.
The New York Tribune embodies the
following well timed suggestions relative
to the bestowal of national honors upon
the leaders in the great Atlantic Cable
enterprise : It Is expected in England
that both Mr. Glass and Mr. Canning will
be knighted for the part they have taken
in carrrying out the Atlantic Telegraph
Cable enterprise; and it is suggested by
the English press thatCapt. Anderson, of
the Great Eastern, ought also to receive
some honorary mark of distinction for the
services rendered by him in the good
work. This is as it should be ; lor cer
tainly the men who have been iustrumen
tal in completeiug one ot the greatest
undertakings ot the age are worthy ot all
honor, and deserve more substantial re
wards i than" any mere title implies. But
what of Mr. Cyrus W. Field, to whom the
enterprise is moro larcely indebted for its
success than to any other individual ? If
the sovereign of Great Britain is about to
confer distinction upon the xunghshmen
who took a leading part in that enterprise,
what ought the people of the United
States lo do in the case of Mr. Field ?
Surely, there ought to bo some public
some national recognition of the in
valuable services rendered by this gentle
man to an enterprise so pregnant with
benefits to the country, and what promises
to bo 80 useful an agent in furthering the
cause of civilization. We honor and re
ward the soldier whose victories subserve
our national interests, illustrate our great
ness, and adorn our annals, liet us not
be unmindful of the claims of men whose
genius renders splendid service to civiliz
ation on those bloodless fields where every
victory acuievcn 15 a puaiuvo gam to HU
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Gold sold in New York, on Monday
at iyf.
Jefferson Davis.
The Hon. O. M. Miller. aAu.. .
Natcher Courier, visited Jeff Tw H
Sept. 7, and has published an aI?
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the interview. We quote what he
of the prisoner's physical condition.'
"It would be difficult for aa old I
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ot air. Davis to recognize him wer i
not presented to him as the creat
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Trisoner I Emaciated' to the exWi
almost a walking skeleton ; little khi
fivftn Ufa and thi-mcr? f r J 'i.
o o - uauua in i
nhdimmed, and full of the fire of iatefl2";
he yet might pass upon, our
unknown to former friends. fli3 pj, f
condition is such that in walkic t
obliged to us a cane, and the e,
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friend or attendant. The writer
know what a skeleton weighs. A.'y
pounds to any medical man's report out
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man's wrists, and the prisoner's tJ
totter as he waits ! Tin v :
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on his own integrity and on the God tk
lavui auu murcy, wiiu oeauuiui Simplif's
he asks at more hours than tho iapra-
ianiei aia it
"Mr. Davis, confiaed as be is, will v
live long. . Emaciated in the extrr-
without appstite and without hope, J
gradually going down to tho Ion' no
where a milnon of manly and wotnsc
tears will lollow hira. The first chill t
nrsi anacic 01 any snarp disease will car
him away to the great Judge who ruV.
over all. Tempered may be the ti:
that blows over Fortress Monroe! )i
her breathings bo seet and her w
soft!
"Mr. Davis is yet denied the useope
ink or paper. He violates tho rsroe th
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allows him a walk inside the Fottreu :
be even gives his autograph. Dur;t
the day he has little, except as prisjjr
to complain of. During tho night bits'
grated doors, guards and an officer,
watch every time he turns over in bcl;;
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intellect is as brilliant as ever. Unal
to write, and until recently to talk ,
others, it seems that the rich stores :
his gifted mind are -only now allowed f;
expression. He is hopeless far Limie!
He sees not, nor can any friend see f.
huu, why he is kept in the anoxalo
condition of a State prisoner. He is tl
first, and for God's sake may he U th
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last, tho country ever knew ! AraY.!
quarters know him not : ho cannot
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reacnea Dy anyoraeruen. urantcan
lhe civil tribunals know him not, i
cannot be reached by any process
habeas corpus ! . And jet law and ci
authorities are said to pervade the Ian
What a mockery !.
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.-"In all probability Mr. Davis will cer.i
soe our people again, lie 13 an Individ
victim, whose life by confinement TrSJJi.
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sacrificed to solve a great polvtical e-ii)i:
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rassmeut. .ui&o me man wno urew iw
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ft'o'hant in a lnltnrv. tho (1nvfrnm'f
knows not what to do with him phciJ
not Death, less remorseless than pom"
consign him to a tomo which wnl l
hallowed for ages as that of a martyr .
rificcd for a people '" -A
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Gen. Dlx's IJlspatcb.
We published August 3lst, sakt
Philadelphia Bulletin, a statement lav
the authorship of the famous disp
"If any man hauls down the Auiericr
flag, shoot him on the gpot," belonged 'J
right to Judgo Holt,-and not to Gener.-,
Dix. The statement was made , in pjea
faith, as a matter of historical inters
and was based upon .authority so circci
stantial, positive and respectable that t
doubt remained ot its truth. From :
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letter received to day irom General Dir
t:
it is evident tha the statement wasiacor
rect. Ho transmits a letter from Jad:
Holt which is conclusive upon the poi:
and which .we cheerfully pubabh be.i
General Dix, in enclosing, his letter, r
marks : "I now say to you that tne or
in 1 a tf riff on instonHw ttithmr nnvsn:
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tion from any living being, and wa3
without the alteration of a word-
The following is Judge Holt's letter-
It is -valuable, not only as settling
mooted question in history, but for
noble seutitnent with which it conjlafe
and which is. so much at variance
those now: expressed by many of t
former colleagues and lvasoeiate? of t
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tried and true patriot, Joseph Holt :
"Washington, Sept. 20, 1SC6. J
Dear General: I hasten to reply 'fa J
note of yesterday, calling my attention
an article in the Daily veninj BvUi
(-Philadelphia, of the 3lst of kugust,s
wMh thf OffhTntpA nrflrr. 'If anV D3-
hauls down tho American flag, shoot M
on tho snot.' is refprrad to as having
suggested by myself. I know Dot
what information this etatement has t
made, but it is duo to you ana
truth of history, to say that I have
regarded you as the author, ana j
author, of this patriotic declaration.--first
appeared, if I mistako not, b
your official communications while t ;
liirv ot me xrcaaurv, auu i ,.
t'u vr i was eietiuucu au t,
tne woraa wncn mey ku u-u" jy. ,
j 1 f t ta tn .rourse1 '
auvi uuvr tiiBcAi j-
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their utterance at a time when si
hearts were failing, and ' so. many
nrrann! to tlQW tO tnO UBPeuuis
lion
f tr o , -
"The sentiment of the declaration j
true lueu, huu u m ,
, .1 : .1 r,f those
. .1 .3 i r . A-.. a nMv fin
01 me criujua auu baiuQW -
t. ,l Ann tha A&cu:
flajj, the sentiment is even more pn
to me at this moment, tnan
so bravely and so grandly gave
6ion. '. ' 'u r?f
"Very respectfully, and. "d"ij
friend, ' . - ..
"M.j.'Gen. John A. Pix, rk"
- iviui, a gray f.
covering that peculiar style of f3
auu ui liiuuin, wnieu m other
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