Country Meetin Talk.
A down east editor, who sometimes Ims
"an attack of phonography," recently at
tended a "country meeting," where he
took down the different topics of conver
sation : "Vote for Horatio Seymour . 'ex
cclaimed a polite aspirant, indignantly.
"I'd as soon vote for Jeff. Davis himself,
loaded down as he is with—'
"Two of the fattest beef critters you
ever set your eyes on, interrupted a deal
er in cattle, "that I sold for —"
"That horrid yellow dress again ex- j
claimed Miss what might have
sounded like a whisper if she had been at
the other side of the room, pointed too, j
and half an inch thick, and wares —"
"Teeth and toe-nails to get the office" i
broke in another politician, "but people ,
will not trust him again; besides he is
somewhat —"
"Spavined in both hind legs, wind bro- j
ken and foundered to boot, as I told Mr.
Jarvisat the time—"
"One teacupfull of butter, two of su- !
gar, three of flour,and a sprinkling of nut
meg makes—"
"Both ends meet, when the year comes j
round," poor woman! for she's got six \
children, the oldest one blind, and—"
"No saddle or bridle to ride him ; some
body stole it while I was gone to York
alter—"
"The long promised millenial day,which
we have no doubt is to be brought out j
through the ministration'of—"
"Two Dutchmen, a monkey, and a
handorgan ; and oh, ma, it made the fun
niest music, and the little figures danced
about like—"
"Five thousand miles of railroad track, j
and this too, at an estimated cost of-—"
"Ten cents a dozen. I sold four hens
to Mrs. Wilson, and the hawks carried off
three, besides any number of chickens
and—"
"Such a handsomfe young man ; and he j
dances so beautifully. Did you ever see j
a handsomer pair of whiskers, or a more |
insinuating—"
"Handle to my new teapot, and Tom
declared he had not touched it at all, and
knew Emily hadn't for she had been all
the time—
"Running at the rate of twenty-five !
miles an hour, with no head-lights, and
around a curve at that when the locomo
tive broke the bridge over —"
"That young Miss Brown that had the !
small-pox last spring. They do say she's I
going to marry —"
"Mrs. Jink's poodle dog. with the little !
and beautiful ears. Really, it is quite I
wounerful, but they do tfiy the animal
had—"
"The scarlet fever and the whooping
cough, and I don't know what she hasn't
had, poor darling. This is the first time i
I've had him out since—"
"The Mexican war, whicli I consider I
perfectly unjustifiable, unless it is on the
ground that—"
"The depredations of the Indians upon !
the Western frontier arc becoming entire- ,
ly unbearable. Perhaps this is owing in
part, if not wholly, to the simple fact
that—"
"The devil appears in many forms to |
man, but the most common and dangerous j
is in form of—"
"The preacher," exclaimed a little boy
"is coming," and depositing my reports in
my pocket, I proceeded into the school ;
house, to muse upon the utility of pho- ;
nograpny.
OFN. BURNSIDE'S NEW EXPEDITION, J
—An Annapolis letter of the 19th inst., j
says:
" Ihave it from reliable military author
ity that Burnside's second expedition will
be organized here. Capt. French, one of
the General's staff, who has been in this ]
city several days, has caused to be survey- !
cd and laid out sufficient ground for the j
encampment, on thelandsof Judge Brew
er, Dr. Alfred G. Welch and Elisha C.
Taylor, about two miles from the city and
near Camp Parole.
" I learn there will be at least 50,000
troops here in the course of a few weeks.
The 48th Pennsylvania volunteers have j
just arrived in the steamer Georgia. The !
19th and 21st Massachusetts are expect- ]
ed to-merrow. Our little city is again
quite lively. Merchants, boarding hous
es, hucksters, &c., have replenished their ,
stock in trade, ready to embrace the oppor- '
tunity to make moi^y."
LABOR ANDlDLENESS. —Notwithstand- 1
ing that mechanical labor in Washington :
city commands from three to four dollars j
per day, the city is overrun by a set of
stout-armed and sturdy aspirants for place,
who will take a low grade clerkship worth
?liOo]icr annum, oreven a wutchman'ssit
uation, rather than earn more money by
honest toil. The Government should
make it a necessary recommendation toap
poiutments to civil office, that the appli- |
icant should serve at least three years in
the army. That would empty Washington ]
of office-beggars, if it did not fill the ranks
of the army.
INTERESTING FROM KENTUCKY.—
A -dispatch from Lexington, Ky., to
the Cincinnati Gazette, dated Tues
day, says that Gov. Bramlette, Hon.
Archie Dixon and A. G. Hodges had
ieft for Washington to assure the
President that there will be no oppo
sition to the enrollment or drafting
of slaves in Kentucky. We have also
the gratifying intelligence, that these
gentlemen 'do not represent the Gi»-
tKrie-PrentioMJopperhead party of
Kentucky.— Exchange.
NEW YORK city has a church for
every three thousand inhabitants; a
groggcry for every one hundred.
NEWFOUNDLAND is said to be a coun
try without a reptile, and the Chat
tanooga Gazette says Yallandigham
is a reptile without a country; he:
ought to "move" to Newfoundland. I
Condition of the Rebel Mate*.
We have received a correct copy of the
resolutions on the above subject recently
introduced in the House of Representa
tives by Hon. Thomas Williams, member
of Congress from the 23d district of this
State. They are as follows:
Resolfd, That the existing rebellion
between tlfe~Union and tlip rebel States
constitutes a condition of public war, with
all the consequences attaching thereto un
der the law of nature and of nations.
Resolved, That the appeal of the rebel
j States fi-om the jurisdiction of the ordina
ry tribunals established by the Constitu
tion to the arbitrament of the sword has
not, however, withdrawn the case beyond
the purview of the Constitution, which,
I in conferring the war power on the Gen
| cral Government, has made the law of war
| the rule of conduct in the prosecution and
! adjustment of the pending controversy.
Resolved, That while the rebel States
! are by that law and by the solemn recog-
J nition thereof in the proclamation made
! bv the President of the United States on
j the l'itli day of August, A. D., 1801, un-
I der and in pursuance of the authority
conferred on him by the act ofCongross
! of the 13th of July of the same year, in-
I terdicting all commercial intercourse be
! tween their citizens and those of the loy
jal States in the attitude of belligerents,
| and outside of the Union as States by
| construction of law as well as in point of
fact, and have thereby either abdicated or
forfeited their rights to membership there
in, the jurisdiction and powers of the
Government over their territory and citi
zeus continue unimpaired, and the latter
j are still amenable to the law and the ju
dicial tribunals of the United States for
j their treason and other crimes against the
same.
Resolved, That so- long as those States
j continue under the armed occupation of
| the forces of the United States employed
! in suppressing the rebellion against its au
j tliority, the local laws are necessarily sub
j ordiuated, and the functions of the civil
authorities so far suspended therein as to
prevent the exercise of all the rights ari
sing out of their relations to this Govcrn
! ment. and to disable them from electing
| members of either branch of Congress, or
■ electors for the choice oik a President of
! the United States.
[ Resolved, That the occupation of these
States by the armed forces of the United
States, either under military commanders
! or provisional governors appointed by the
: Executive, resting for its lawfulness upon
I the condition of insurrection existing
! therein, is a purely military one, and
: ought to determine with the necessity
which produced it.
|*• Resolved, That as soon as the rebellion
| is suppressed in any of the revolting States
j by the leconquest and occupation thereof
j by the armies of the United States, and
| the same are so tranquilized as to furnish
| adequate assurance against the recurrence
j of disturbance therein, it will become the
| duty of the President to communicate the
! fact to < 'ongress in order that it may take
! the proper measures for the reorganization
j of the civil governments and there-estab-
I lishinent of the civil functionaries therein,
| and prescribe, such terms as it may deem
j wise and proper and consistent with the
I public safety for the readmission of those
j districts as States of this Union.
Resolved, That it is the exclusive right
j of the legislative power of the Govern
ment to say upon what terms those Tcrri
| tories shall be allowed to return to the
! I'nion ; and that in the adjustment of the
j existing controversy in the government
j ad interim of the reconquered territory,
and in the arragement of the terms of re
organization and readmission, it will be
| within their competency to punish trea
| son of individuals a id provide indemnity
I for the expenses of the war and security
against any future outbreak of the like
j kind by removing the causes and confis
j eating absolutely the property and estate
I of the guilty authors aud abetters thereof.
Mr. Williams proposes to debate these
resolutions, they went over under the rules,
j From the great care with which they are
] drawn, and the well known ability of Mr.
j Williams, we anticipate a political sensa
tion when the speech in their defense is
delivered.— Pittsburgh Gazette.
AN INDIAN ON THE STAFF. —The
Captain E. S. Parker, Assistant Ad
jutant General on the staff of Licu
i tenant General Grant, is Ely Parker,
iof this State, the Hfcad Chief of the
; Six Nations, and so long and favora
bly known as a promising engineer on
! the public works in this State. He
; has spent several years past in Gale
| na.tltc residence of General Grant,
I where lie had charge of buildings in
i process of erection by the Federal gov
j eminent. —iY. Y. Commercial.
WM. LLOYD GARRISON recommends
| the renomination of President Lin-.
| coin, lie says there should be one
| candidate, and that one should be Mr.
; Lincoln. Fremont's supporter.be says,
ought to give way. Not an ounce of
j strength can be spared in rivalry or
disunion. Moreover, we should learn
; something from our enemy, and they
want some one other than Mr. Lin
coln. Such arc Mr. Garrison's views
as expressed in the Liberator.
The late rise iu the Cumberland
river has been used witn the utmost activ
ity in laying down immense supplies of
Government stores at Nashville. Eighty
three steam ere, carrying forty thousand
tons of public storey have are
en route to that city to discharge their
cargoes. By the termination of high-wa
ter season the enormous amount of tico
hundred thousand tons will have been dis
charged at the Nashville wharves.
S®" A new style of shell, invented by
Capt. Wm. S. W illiaws, of Ohio, has re
cently been successfully experimented with
at Vicksburg, in a 20-pound Parrott gun.
One shell, weighing twenty pouuds, was
by his means of explosion, broken into
one hundred aud twenty-seven pieces,
which surpasses any of a similar kind now
iu use.
HSf There is a Copperhead bill before
the New Jersey Senate, fining auy one
. S.'JOO who enlists black soldiers for theNa-
I tional service.
(The gtmcricaw Cittecw.
1 THOMAS ROBINSON, 1 I
- CYRTO E. ANDERSON, PAUORS
-71. \V. SI*IMII. Publisher.
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BUTLER FA.
It V::MAIt. :t» ISO I.
I t
th"" Liberty and Union, Now and Forever, One
and Inseparable."—D. Webster.
FOR PRESIDENT IN' 1804:
ABRAHAM 1,1X4 01.*.
Oeneriil MeCIeUM.
The Herald says : " We will give our
, readers a single sentence ♦from a private
letter written by a soldier in the Army of
i the Potomac. "It is the almost unanim
ous and anxious prayer of this wtire ar
• 1113% that General McClellan may be nom
inated for the Presidency by the Demo
cratic party."
Of course it is their unanimous wish
that he should be the nominee of the
Democratic party, because they want to
•see him badly beaten, and they know that
'is the sure way to do it. But surely no
I one conversant with the sentiment of the
1 army will dare to say Wiat it wishes to see
[ j Little Mac elected President ? If so, let
. us have the name.
As a proof of the unanimity and anx
' \ ious prayer of the Army of the Potomac,
iu favor of Little Mac, our readers are re
. ferred to a letter in the last issue of the
; Citizen, from the 102 d, (old 13th Regt.,)
from which it will be seen, that there
|is considerable unanimity, but it liap
, pens to be in favor of Old Abe, instead
I of Little Mac.
lietnliulion.
, The Editor of the Herald would feign
; frighten us by threatening, that should his
I establishment be injured by the indignant
Union soldiers, our property would share
( the same fate at the hands of his Deiuo
, cratic friends. To this we have only to
I' say, that empty threats have no effect in
I frightening us. We have entire coufi
' deuce in the community in which we live,
[ as also, in our brave army. We don't be
, lievc that any loyal Democrat wishes us
; any harm. And ns for the disloyal, (or
1 genuine copperheads) wo have neither
respect nor fear for them. Were they not
j cowards, they would have been in the
, rebel army long since—they will hurt uo
-1 body unless, when in overwhelming force,
and that cannot occur in this locality.
' Shoidd any difficulty ever occur, we
will not secretly call 011 our Republican
. friends, but will rely on our friends gen
■ orally for support. But why borrow trou
-1 ble ? We are loyal to our government—
we are in favor of the Union and the Con
stitution, and the enforcement of the laws.
From the very bottom of our hearts we
revere the gallant Union army. We are
rejoiced at all its successes, and feel sad
at its misfortunes. Our hopes of politi-
I cal successes don't hang on its destruction.
Why then should we not
" Plwp iu lid (v'nijrlit* ?"
Keep cool Mr. Herald, nobody's hurt.
Just previous to going to press, a
letter was received from 11. 11. Adams,
Co. E, 78th Pa. regiment, now at Look
Out Mountain, Tennessee, from which wo
make the following extract:
"Col. Sirwell, has resumed command of
) the forces at Look Out Mountain. Long
- did we look for our good old commander
. to take command. He arrived at last and
took command under the cheers of 700
, men. He met with some opposition—not
from the private soldiers, but from some of
( J the tyranieal officers of the regiment.—
We feel confident that the system "of ty
ranny practised towards private soldiers in
this regiment for some time past, if* now at
1 an end."— Herald.
1 Can the Herald give its readers a de
tailed, or rather specific account of the
tyranny practiced by those Regimental of
> ficers. Or can any one inform the public
" who this man Adams is, who would have
us believe that they have been so badly
treated ? . '
We cannot imagine why all these com
. written to the llerald, unless
1 it isperliaps,theirknowledge of itschron
' ic desire to publish complaints rather than
■ eulogy.
The. Citizen.
I The first number of the American Cit
■ izen was issued Dec. 6th, 1863, when, in
the language of our Salutatory " lie flung
I our Banner to the breeze," having an abid
. ing faith and confidence in the intelligence
r and patriotism of our people that they
" would patronize and sustain us in our new
' enterprise. . Our expectations have thus
far been fully realized. We have met
with a response which is truly cheering;
and we will endeavor to supply the read
, ing community with a paper, in some de
. grec at least, worthy of their patronage.
> When we issued the first number of the
' Citizen we had no list of names that we
| could call subscribers, and now, at our 16th
number, ye have a permanent subscrip
tion and circulation of seven hundred, and
increasing daily. This success is attrib
. utable in a great measure to our patrons. !
to whom wc return our thanks, and pledge '
our best exertion? to make the Citizen a
welcome visitor to.every family. We do
not expect nor promise to please everybo
dy. but we intend " to do our duty as we
understand it," feeling fully satisfied that
if we publish a good Newspaper the pub
lic will sustain and patronize the same.
We flutter ourselves that we have as
gooil if not the hest printing establishment
that ever was in the county, and we are
prepared to do all kinds of printing, such
as plain, fancy, card, book, posters etc.—
Those wishing printing done with neat
ness and dispatch, will please give us a
call.
The Editor of the Herald is mis
taken in assuming that we ever proposed
I publishing a small paper for his exclusive
benefit—it was for the benefit qf the
public that we proposed the new enter
prise.
But it seemed necessary for him to as
sume the fact stated by him, in order to
get an opportunity to avow his courage;
and for the purpose of illustrating it the
more fully, he refers to an incident that
occurred last season. He might have
given us a more recent example of his
courage, Tor rather the want of it.) by re
ferring to the fright ho got when the vet
erans returned. Had even the shadow of
a soldier's coat fallen upon him, when he
was writing that article, we would have
heard no more of courage for a fortnight
at least.
But the Editor of the//■ »•«/'/seems de
termined to carry on a general assault on
the private character of all with whom he
comes in Contact. He seems unable to
rise above personalities in the discussion
of political principles. Hence every one
who feels disposed to growl or defame,
finds a place in his paper for their wanton
complaints and defamations—in this he
is only limited, as we believe by fear of
the consequences which might befall him
if he went further. In short, he seems to
be one of those
44 Who, Imt of fear knows no control,
Became hi* conscience, set-red nn-l foul.
1-Veh not the Import of hltnleed;
One, win>4o brute-feeling ne'er aspiros
Beyond his own more brute desires."
The President*}'.
The Democracy; driven to th# wall,
seem to be becoming desperate in their
" stragctic" efforts to .find on available
candidate for the Presidency, and in de
fault of such an individual in their own
party, tlicy are looking to our party to
furnish the candidate for them. They
have gone so far,- even, as to name Fre
mont. Should such a course be decided
' upon by a majority of the party, the first
j plank in their platform would, of necessi
ty, be universal freedom—a strange plank
in the platform of that party which for
the last twenty years of its existence, has
spent its best efforts in fastening slavery
on the nation. But should they ever go
this far, (for they would do anything for
power,) they would, before obtaining Fre
mont's consent, have to allow him the
same privilege in chopsinghis constitution
al advisors, which they exercised in choos
ing their candidate—the privilege of seek
ing them outside the Democratic party.—
Nor is it likely that eveu then, he would
allow them the usq of his name.
We have noticed the suggestion from
an unexpected quarter, that it might be
better for the Republicans to let Fremont
go into this new alliance—that it would in
all probability, rid our party of " the ul
tras"—that their places would be filkd
with conservative deluocrats. We must
confess to some astonishment, at this con
servative thought. We had thought that
the days of conscrvatisism were passed, at
least in the Republican party; nor do we
feel like reversing that opinion now.
Certainly we could not afford to lose the
influence of Gen. Fremont's friends-at this
time. Their withdrawal would destroy
that equilibrium which has been so use
ful in properly directing the action of our
party. In short, should those who sym
pathzic with the radical sentiments of
Fremont, be ejected from the Republican
party the party would be unable to
j sustain the policy of Lincoln's adminis
| fraticn for a single day. The truth is,
j their principles are identical. Fremont,
; it is true, may have adopted his radical
views in advance of Lincoln, but the lat
! tcr, following public sentiment, has al
| ways been close behind him. Fremont,
| as our standard bearer, in 1856, was the
j representative of the non-extension of sla
! very. As early as 1858 Lincoln declared
that the agitation of the slavery question
would not ccasc, until the public mind was
satisfied that it w.as in a state of " ulti
mate extinction." Since then, he has
earnestly appealed to the border States to
adopt compensated emancipation.—has
! signed the bill .abolishing Slavery in the
| District of Columbia —has signed bills
prohibiting Slavery in all the Territories
of the United States—has issued a Proc
lamation freeing over three million of
slaves, and has declared that those slaves
shall forever remain free. In addition to
all this, he is now using the influence of
his Administration for the procurement
of free Btate Constitutions in all the re
volted States.. A singular man indeed for
would bo conservatives to rally round !
Did we believe for a moment, that Mr.
Lincoln was more conservative than Gen.
Fremont, we would not have his name at
the head of our column. We believe that
| this is the time to strike at the root of
! whatever wc find wrong. We favor the
' rc-election of Mr. Lincoln, because upon
him has fallen the responsibility of crush
ing treason and restoring the Union.—
\\ e beliove that in the disoharge of his
high duty—this great responsibility/ he
has acquitted himself as a patriot and a
statesman. We are. apprehensive that
any change* in the Executive department
of the government, before tltb termini
tion of the war, would have an injurious
effect upon its prosecution. For all these
reasons, as also, for the additional one, of
justice to him who has endured so much
anxiety for the nation's good, we are op
posed to a change now.
But on the other hand, we have quite i
too distinct a recollection of the valuable !
services tendered the cause of Constitu- j
tional Liberty b_v Gen. Fremont, not only
as our candidate in 1856, when he rallied j
to his standard men of progress from all i
parties, and iu all conditions of life ; but j
on every fitting occasion, from that day to
this, both iu military and civil life, to ev
er withdraw our sympathy from him.
Than Fremont, no man stands higher
in the estimation of tlyj loyal masses. If:
there are still any who claim to be Re
publican,who wish to see him and hisfriends
take their exit from our party, we can
say to them, in all kindness, that they have
no representative man in our party, since
the formal withdrawal of Thurlow Weed,
unless it might be Senator Cowan of this
State.
No, Fremont and his friends will never
leave the party of their own building, but
will in the future, as in the past, .contin
ue to constitute its vital part, by which it
will go into'the next canvas* with Lincoln
for its standard bearer, and out of which
it shall come, victorious.-
Modern Democracy.
The proceedings of the Democratic Con
vention of this county, which was held
in this place, on Monday, the 7th inst.,
will be found in our paper of to-day. We
give it as found in their own organ, the
Herald.
As usual, all their spleen is wasted on
the Loyal Administration now struggling
for the life of the nation, while not a word
of censure is uttered against Davis and
company. But after all, this is natural
enough. Davis and company arc classed
among '-their southern friends." They
complain bitterly too of military arrests
made by our government allowing that
they have fallen exclusively upon Demo
crats. To us however, it seems reasona
ble that they should thus fall—certainly
this copperhead convention could not
have forgotten the fact that the Rebellion
(hell born and hell bound as it is) is a
Democratic measure. It was first concoct
ed by that party while yet in power, but
conscious of the great change going on
in the popular mind by which it was to
be displaced. Davis himself, an active
rebel for at least eight years previous, was
one of their leading candidates for nomi
nation for the Presidency, in 1860, and
was supported for that position Jay the yotc
of the gentleman whom the convention,
which met here so lately, honored, or rather
disgraced, by placing him as chairman of
their committee on resolutions. Breckeu
ridge, another of their favorites as also
their nominee for the Presidency in 1860,
is also in the rebel army, although a citi
zen of the loyal State of Kentucky.—
Add to this the names of Mason, Hunter,
Slide), Hammond, AVisc, Wigfall, and a
host of others in tho South, with the
Seymours, Woods, Woodwards, Vallan
dighams, and a host of others in the North,
and wo have tho sum total of the men
who led that party onto victory, but who
have at last led it headlong to infamy—'to
destruction—to political death.
Not only are the leaders disloyal, but
unfortunately for them, the rank and file
have too often given way under their in
fluence and indulged in treasonable feel
ings and sometimes even actions, when
not intimidated by loyal influences around
them. A short time after the last elec
tion we me t a former citizen of this place
—one who had been all through the Mex
ican war, who has also taken an active
part in tho present struggle—he was a
life-Sng Democrat, (and for anything we
know is still a member of that party.)—
He told mo that he never had so much '
trouble to make up his mind as to how he
should vote in all his life—said ho was
strongly attached to the Democratic par
ty, but said he, " I was out in the six
months service, we were through Fayette,
Washington, and Greene counties, and
there wo found the majority of the De
mocracy open/'/ sccesh." Ho assured me
that with his prejudices in favor of De
mocracy and McClcllan on the one hand,
and the unquestionable disloyalty of a
large portion of the party on the other,
he hardly knew what to do. But why re
fer to testimony of this kind to prove a
fact known to the civilized "world ? If
loyal men found themselves thus in poli
tical alliance with treason, it is their mis
fortune, but if they remain longer associ
ated with them, wc can not regard it oth
er than a crime, unless it is possible that
they arc blind to all that is transpiring
around them.
But when wo observe the list of names
which figure as the representative men of
that convention, we are not much surpris
ed at tho character of the resolutions.—
The gentleman who was called upon to
'entertain them with a speech—was the
same who, soma time ago, had the misfor
tune to thrust upon the public a letter in
which, while the nation was struggling
for life, he declared himself in favor of—
a vigorous prosecution of— l tact !
The chairiufch of their committee on
resolutions, is he who stood so firmly by
Davis and Co. at Charleston ! Sympathy
for their ''southern brefhren'' was not
! unusual however at that time, but it was
not every southern sympathiser could raise
courage enough, as did he, to burn the
first poster issued in favor of volunteers,
| under the President's call for seventy-five
thousand men to protect Washington city '
Hut those are the representative men of
I the party, and we like to see them ocou
! py their representative position.
| But, we have said more tjian we had in
j tended on his subject at present. In
conclusion we recommend these resolutions
to our bravo soldiers—in them you will
see tlio strong sympathy which these men
| possess for you, and the cause for which
| you are sacrificing so much:
Ih'iiiocralic Coil vent ton.
I " According to previous notice, the del
egates elected by the different townships
of Butler co, met at the Court House, in
Butler, 011 Monday, the 7th of March,
and organized by electing the Hon. Sam
uel Marshall, President, and Q! W. Cro
zfer, Secretary.
John T. Hard, was elected Senatorial
delegate; Jacob Ziegler, Alternate; "A.
J. Simpson and William Ilea, Bepresen
tative delegates, to the State Convention,
to be held in Philadelphia on the 24th of
March.
James Dunlap, 11. J. Berg, Abraham
,Moyer, Harvey Osborne and Joseph John
ston, were appointed a Committee to draft
resolutions.
In the absence of the Committee, the
Convention was addressed by James 1 ire
din, Esq.
The Committee reported the following
resolutions which were unanimously adopt
ed : •
Resolved, That we renew and reaffirm
the platforms and protests heretofore adopt
ed in the Democratic conventions of this
county since the present unhappy.strife
was forced upon the country by the- se
cessionists and disunionists of the South
and the Abolitionists of the North—that
every day proves the wisdom of those
who by timely concession and compro
mise, would have averted the present diffi
culties and future dangers threatening our
beloved country.
Resolved, That in George B. McClel
lati; we recognize a true patriot, a states
man of rare ability, and a military chief
tain who has no superior—that we would
look upon his elevation to the Presidency,
as a happy omen—the prestige of a re
united and prosperous people.
Resolved, That the numerous arbitrary
arrests, together with the suppression of
the newspaper presses—the suspension of
the right of trial by juTy—imprisonment
and banishment for the exercise of the
right of free speech, should meet with the
disapprobation of every patriot. The im
prisonment of prominent citizens, with
out accusation and without trial, having
been visited exclusively upon members of
the Democratic party, arc evidentjy acts
of partisan animosity and faults of parti
zau bigotry, under the false plea of mili
tary necessity, seeking to fasten the stig
ma of treason and disloyalty upon the on
ly party that contends for the preserva
tion of the Constitution jmd the restora
tion of the Union. This is characteristic
, of evil doers, and evidence of conscious
guilt in tho&e who seek to fasten the evil
results of their own works upon the in
nocent. These things demand the un
qualified resentment of the Democratic
party throughout tho Union. We would
be guilty of unpardonable'degeneracy, if.
in a crisis like this, we should refuse to
pledge our our fortunes and our
112 suered honors," to our brethren through
out the Union, to resist any further en
croachments upon our chartered rights,
come from whatever source it may.
Resolved , That the Union Ileratd, is a
true exponent of the principles and plat
• form of the Conservative, Constitutional
Democracy of liutlcr county; and wo
hereby pledge its editor, Clark Wilson,
our support pecuniarily—and if needs bo,
| will defend his property from unlawful
attacks, as we would our own in like cases.
G. W. Crozier, was elected Chairman of
the Democratic County Committee for the
j ensuing year, with power to appoint one
| person in each township as a member of
| said Committee.
SAMUEL MARSHALL, Prest.
I G. W. CROZIER, Secretary.
| THE FIGHT AT YAZOO CITY. —An of
! ficerwlio was in the recent, fight at Yazoo
City, says it was one of the best contested
i and most desperate of the war. The I n ion
force consisted of the 11th Illinois, Col.
| Schoefiold, Col. Coates' Eighth Louisiana
i (colored), and 200 of the First Mississip
; [ii cavalry, Col. Edward Osband (colored),
j The enemy hnd eight regiments, under
command of Boss and Richardson. The
; fight commenced at 8 a. m., and lasted till
darlf, when the enemy retired. Three
■ hundred of the 11th Illinois were sur
! rounded in a small fort on the bluff out
| siTly the town. A storm of shot and shell
I was poured upon them all day, when a
I summons was sent to them to surrender,
j They replied that they didn't know what
I surrender meant. The remainder of the
| Union force was in town, where they were
j met by the enemy, who had gained cover
of some of the buildings. The contest
! raged for three hours, when the eneiffy re
tired. The gunboats were in the river,
| but could render but little assistance.—
I The colored soldiers fought bravely, and
sometimes with desperation.
The Washington Star says:—
"Hereafter deserters from the rebel
army coming within our lines are not
to be committed to prison if they
1 prove to be bona fide deserters, but
will be dismissed the oath,
and furnished with transportation
north, or employment on tho various
fortifications. Within a week past
some three or four hundred have been
released from the old Capitol, and
sent to Philadelphia and New York."
COMMUNICATIONS.
For the Cltiieo.-
Could'nt Sen 11.
Once on a time I well remember, it wasr
in the bleak December, after my days work
was done, just at the setting of the sun, 1
went to court, no one knows where, wily'
we who formed n pair. Well'as I ffalketl
down by the mill, just at the foot of clover'
hill, two savage dogs with shaggv hair,,
flew out as I was passing there, pitched at
me like a thousand bricks, I knew that
they were up to tricks, so off 1 ran as fast
you see, as my legs could cany me, one of
them caught I shan't tell how sirs, and tore'
a lio'e in my new trousers; their master
called, they went back gladly, after using
me so sadly; I told Sal when L got there,
how my trousers they did tear, asked if
she had stuff to match 'em. and if she'
would please to patch'em. If sheeould'nt
match so be it. but she said she could'nt
see it; I staid a while and soon 1 said Ufl
off to home and goto bed; Sal asked in
very sober strain, if I was coming back
again. I clappedmy tliinub upon my snout r
or nose, so be it, my fingers wriggled and
and I said Miss Salty I can't see it, nor
could'nt then, nordid'nt there, nor wouldn't
ever after, so I told dad, and he burst out
in awful peals of laughter, said I was
11 punkens," "up to suits," that I was
11 deuced clever," said that I wag my " Dad
, dy's boy," and should be so forever, so any
gal may be a fool, if she will only be it,
and many a beau tho gals have lost, be
cause they could'nt see it.
11. QUACKKNBUSH.
FItOCI,tMATIO.\.
WASHINGTON, March 20.—Whereas,
it has become necessary to define the cases
in which insurgent enemies are entitled to
the benefits of the proclamation of tho
| President of the United States which was
made on the Bth day of December,''] 8(1;!,
and in the manner in which they shall
proceed to avail themselves of these bene
fits; and whereas, the object of the proc-
tarnation was to suppress the Insurrection
I and to restore the authorityof the United
States; and whereas, tho amnesty therein
proposed by tho President was offered
with reference totheseobjectsalotie; now
therefore, 1, Abraham Lincoln, President
of the United States, do hereby proclaim
that the said proclamation does not apply
to tho cases of persons who, at tho time
when they seek toobtain tne benefit therc-
I of by taking the oath, thereby prescribed,
are in military, naval or civil confinement
' or custody, or under bonds or on parole of
the civil, military or naval authorities as
agents of the United States, as prisoners
j. of war or persons detained for offences of
j. any kind either before or after conviction
j and that, on tho contrary, it does apply
only to those persons who, being at largo
and free from any arrest or confinement,
shall voluntarily come forward take
the said oath with tho purpose of resto
ring peace and establishing tho national
j. authority. Prisoners excluded from the
amnesty offered in the said proclamation
may apply to the President for clemency,
like all offenders, and their application
will receive due consideration. Ido fur
ther declare and proclaim that the oath
prescribed in tho aforesaid proclamation of
the Bth of December, 18(j;i, may bo ta
ken and subscribed to before any oomtnan
, ding officer, civil, military or naval, in
I the service of the U. S., or any civil or
military officer of a State or Territory not
in insurrection, who by tho laws thereof
may lie qualified to administer oat lis.
All officers who receive such oaths arc
hereby authorized to give certificates there
on to the persons respectively !>y whom
they are made, and such officers are here
by required to transmit the Original rec
ords of such oaths, at as early a day as
may le convenient, to the Department of
State, where they will be deposited and
remain in thoarchives of the Government.
The Secretary of State will keep a register
thereof, and will on application in proper
cotes, issue certificates of such records in
the customary form of official certificates.
In testimony whereof, I havo hereunto
set my hand and coused the seal of tho
United States to be affixed.
Done at the City of Washington, tho
2Gth day of March, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-fonr, and of the Independence of tho
United States the eighty-eighth. .
Ami AHA Vi LINCOLN.
75y the President:
W.M. H. SEWARD, Sec'J of State.
CAIRO, March 27, —A dispatch from
Columbus, Ky.j says that Forrest and
Faulkner arc between that place ami
Mayfield. Their forces arc in a crip
pled condition, and their strength is
much greater than at first estimated.
May field is filled with rebel wounded
from Paducah. Twelve to fifteen hun
dred are said to have arrived there.
One regiment lost one hundred and
one company fifty, killed. The rebels
were marching toward Clinton at last
accounts. Should they attack Colum
bus they will receive still a warmer
reception than at Paducah.
The steamer Perry was fired into
while passing Hickman yesterd'ay.
There was a large number of rebels
in the town. There was a large num
ber of shots fired, but no body was
hurt. The steamer Graham brought
up six hundred men from New Madrid,
who charged through the town, but
the rebels had fled. They oelonged
to Faulkner's command. Three hun
dred rebels were killed at Paducah,
and over one thousand were woupded,
several of the citizens of that place
were murdered, and the city nearly
laid in ruins.
John Kelly was arrested yesterday
for passing counterfeit one hundred
dollar Trersury notes.
A dispatch from Paducah says that
the home guards surprised and cap
tured Col. Croslan and seven of hid
1 guerrillas near Mayfield, Ky.