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, Attorney at Law,
KH A X ILEA'S V! (OL.M V, A
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Atfovnov at Law,
P'cNSION AND CLAIM AGENT
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J. B. CLARK,
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BUTLER, PEITO'A.
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iJII.N M. TJIuJJPjUN, 4UW SI M ' N
THOMPSON k LYON,
ATTORNEYS' AT LAW.
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Attorney at Law.
Oilios wit a Lewis 2, Mitchell, Esq.,
North Enul S!il« of Diamond.
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PHYICiANS AND SURGEONS
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MEW FIRM.
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HOOT mid SH'IK Muuuttciurinn I'IMIIII it,
. lilcck. two dm** SontbuT Wtx-krar A Troutm-ui'i* Si«»»o.
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out l>«*«t it ml s>lnt«» and do tli« licKt ji»l> work ««f any «thcr
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BCHIIIBEK NICHOLAS
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BLACK A* FLEEOEK,
ATTORNEYS' AT LAW, .
AND
CLAIM AGENTS.
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"Let us have Faith that Right makes Might J and in that Faith let us, ip the end,dare to do our 'Ay as we understand it"--*- VIISCOMI.
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ItOCIvVU.I.E, SVAD.MfcLAW tnLAN I), •
S. C. Augijut Z)i, I.SGO.
Mil. I'JDITOK 'D order to
predate the stereotype] exclamation of
if Miss Ophelia, in Uncle Tom's Cabin
ol How 'Shiftless," you ne"d only to
pay a vi-it to the Sea ']-lands and under
take to ride over (hem and visit each
plantation, r.nd I will wager that before
yHI are through with the ttis-k you will
not only have exclaimed with .Miss Oph
elia "How Shiftless," but you will, (un
l.:-Ci y ii are a very patient man), have
u-ed more emphatic. if nt m ire cxpre
sive la t,«»i ag!. "
Where can you find an mid settled dis
trier in the north, in which the inhabi
tants ha VOL yeir after year for two ceutu
Ics li.ldeu h'riilj four ill i.-s t> reach a
n lint tJiree miles distant.
hluii ii bridge if one hundred an I
titty feet at a cost of three or lour t Imu
ran I dollais would afford access to the
p.«nt by llm ,'liMiu.i line; or where
w iiSll yhi fin ! i farmer "a i h all incum
of froiu tilieeii othiily tluni i>ti • ilollar"
per year that would travel three miles in
reach a point of half a mi'o distant on
liis own pl-intati'in. when one thousand
dull its applied in the form of a bridge
would overcome the whole inconvenien
ce; yet both ril tho-ie situations onn be
nun l on th ' Islands frequently
\lt lion _ h the citiz'ns of these Island.-
aic near!) all educated men, many of
th in hav.tiix reeeived their eilueatii.n in
Northern (' illeg s, and tilth nigh thoy
are highly ace .mulish.d genticnum ; yet
■ hey laek that spirit df ptililie cutorpiiie
and iinpri.vem mt that makes a c tin try
ptosperotis.
A j.' l ntleiiiun informed ma a short lime
. inee. that, at a T -wn Meeting held s line
yi'.irs since on one of islands, n
pro; o-i! :■ n wa- mile t> e n't i w:: irl
thi- v IhtL-il t) u: ti 'lt ri .■ -a y ■ in?'_r
in i> lr" lii iii e MI-'. »' i i it- i ip
1 1... i' iH r b iln ll.t
"Io >1 tin:l ttfOUlip 111 a ft Ij.il', » U. .
|.rill,.' .S eiui ,-i in th. vi.lage, a.i t Sea
uivrs woiil i brieg liixui is, and the use
of [uxuiies w.iuU no ao nni -v.ii ill upmi
tlie time li .ti 'le 1 itt-aitiH," thai, • out
fotc lathers always traveled to Charles
tun ill lull boats, and the present gruel
at.mi aa. iud ougii t I" il" tit- S .IHC, !.-■
iimoi'titivM up-.ti established custonis
should te a in mi ait tnlera 01.
0 1 can re id tiy believe th it some.-u -ii
principle governed tlt J in tj ir part ot t.i
e li/.i. ijs dm in;; the las; two oenturics.—
IJ uf iniitnul iotitiu t tie last live years
have been forced upon them with ven
geance, aut they have just been aroused
• rum a Kip Van Wiuklj sleep to linil
themselves a hundred years behind the
ago, and utterly helpless livni iuibceiii
-1 "will however say, to the credit ol
many if the younger eitiiens, t hat l hoy
are taking hodol the new i.nler o. things
with an energy that makes the luiure oi
the State I o: n »pe ul.
Young men who never before did any
thing uscl'u , have thrown oil their coats
ji.tl ulnves. leased pi.nil at i.m.-t, lined hi
huieis, aUil taken personal supervision ol
their labor and give their pvrsoual atteu-
Uoii to all the details "I tlie plantation bu
liliess.
tint there is another e'.eiiieut here that
wil; u.t . uliienly oxeit a r. ai uilluenee
uj wu tliO tie tm:e- ot Liio "tie, eitli* 1*
lul gnnU or CVit a- l. lU.ij he j-. t ■ 11 j t'.
iniproj v: Ij U iit-cicii. I nieau lUe i.Mced
iik n, die men wlm pjssess ilio bone an i
'uuseio to boo the cottou, lic.v tue tiui—
bei, buiiil the bridges, aim construct the
Haiiroa ls, the class by whom the iabui
ina .t be out, a cias. that »mtt
be eiueate.l, an t elevate ! in the seaie ul
being before tliey cau be really proliiaoie
us Liiiic.'us. Vud uotwithstaudiii : all
i|.C bj.isted uaruaiid kin mess ol tlie for
mer uviaiers tof, and to th -i. uegr e>, i
entertain gave itoubts whether thoy will
evef take any active steps toward then
eilUOatloil Ulih ss ootlipelie t tJ do so t.y
the tniv nf euautuslaaces." Lli ne yet
to svo the ti. st instance of a eolureJ seiioui
taugtit by n southern teaetier, or suppm
ted by u 6 .uilieiu ei.-uniiauity, t ut L tie
hear SoUitiem geiitie
int u th .to tilueale the uegio is
to t'Uifi litem Ua iat'i-1 efs.
Many ui the li4.jsuiiM.-a liavo lcurucu
to road aud .\r.ic siueo they uocjuic iree,
and nil aie very anxious to have their
cliildreu educated, and Li* proper facili
ties fur schools are only furnished thcui,
a few \cars will give the Souih au iuiel
class of laborers, und until chis is
dnue, the iree labor system will not ba
.-aliofaeioiy. Nogieat i|ii|troveuieut tan
be made on those why have passed uiid
die age, tor the reason tli.it their habits
of thrift pssnens and iuipiovideoce from
BUTLER, BUTLER COUNTY; PA., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1806.
loop (rattling ha'c beco.. e 30 fixed that
nothing em change them, having cartt
e'i the r money tliey never think of ilc
nying themselves a coveted luxury, or
pleasure, for the sate of- saving it, but
sj-.cinl it at once for whatever trifle may
happen to strike tl.e r fancy. 1 here are,
however, instances of quite ag»d negroes
who me making am) saving money rap
idly.
Just ao long 98 lliey roiiiain in their
present ignorance they will lie a danger
(u- element in the c>>iti:nunity a j they
mayea-ily he made die dupes of un
principled men. and wielded to clleet
an* purpose whatever.
Notwithstanding; the many vices that
have 1-een entailed upon them, it is a re
iiitu liable . fact that very few violent,
crimes are ever ci mmitted by tlicm.—
I Hiring the pas't eight months,- but one
case of assault and battery, has come to
tho'iiotice if the officer in charge of the
District of lidislo, which contain a pop
ulation of ten thousand freed po iple. and
no offence of a tno.-e ferious character
lias be n committed in that time
Oi minse, there urc tinny pe ty th II
cotumifed by them—one of the natural
ic-nits of ill:; ►jstf'Ui under which ihey
were bred aa lis uliso, the liuht esteem in
whielub'-y h .Id tin' nmrri.i.e relation, —
and, the ease with which they can tell a
falsehood without blushing.
They nil- a veiy pious people, nearly
ill thf! adult* b thitiging to souie church
» hi-h tlioy attend regularlyeveiy Si b• t
and are cdilieu by the teachings of a
prMcbei ol' their o.vn eolir who eitlibi
11oni superior piety, or superior intelli
Ijeuee,. has becß prouioled to that pout,—
I listened to otic of thctn a few Sabbaths
:iiiico. '.v 11 j undertook to cnUghten his
audience oil history, but gut Kins I'll is -
i li's ll'il ind (!e:i. thinks lirtl lite
■r, ex| e-litii us, most feariully ui.xel.bu
.■» ti .no "I bis 11.■■ 1; knew tiny more ali'iut
i th in he, tt till ttittcd ilit s.rund o:■ 11 ii.c
v,tiim, i: i_ ■ n»f.i nt. they mi'very u
. - 1 *i ,ii .s c ;m> -lit "i- any -ulijir! ill
i. tn UH-r -1 :■ ti. (, i.lid who i they Ie
hi l . ,ii . u iio ..i'i'i • th.it have t.-.-c
,il i d hi 1 11-ill. and ho i ;_hi- iliat n, t
,e. Withheld, tliey eujpl y lngic anl el
pit iieu that i t.itesujaii need nut hi
a.--turned of.
The feeling belT.c ii the I'rccdnjon and
wl, te - it.l ■ i H'ti- n ban gieatly inij mv
e-l iriu;tl.e past six months, and if the
ji u:le: wili only sh i<v a disposition t t
..■ai thu-f'o ■ •in ii wi'ii jus ico af.ur the
' i.«roiu'' is di-.-niitiiiued', iliero wiil lu
ll • ill Hi iib.y i.hiteyer hi the, tuaiitmo
inent ul' ili-.' lab a - ml that lu inyot the
planters are disposed tn do so, there can
be tit doubt, but it is just as plain on ll i
ether hand that many will tafco every
possible nil van aiteol them. The remark
"as soon as the il—(I Bureau is remove;
wo vvi'l show tlie niggers ihat tlicy tin •1» 1
as well l>c slavis (-till," is licipi ml}
hoar I, .ml it is evident to any observe
that v.cf it ii"t I>r tliu I'le-i iKe of the
15uie.nl and military tho freed men woul i
as a geu'ral rule hive but u slight chance
iif receivmg justice.
As for loyalty to t he L*. S. Govern,
merit (hero is not an iota mure of it here
now than there was i.i I*ol and the ma
jurity nt the white* are just as li. to It- -
islate for the loyal American people now
as they wore in 'O3 and,'ol, when array
od iu arms against the government, <intl
no mnrr Jit Their power iu the fiel lis
conquered, but their hatred to the gov
ernment is is xtiong as ever. !Siuh aiv
the facts. J>ut as to what is the tic-t
policy ior the government to pursue to—
•var is them is lor wiser heads thau miio
co determine. J• b. C.
tit© Clti/.ea.
Mil. KtilTOR :—Thinking that it would
he interesting ty your readers to know
what is transpiring iu this end of our
county, 1 would inform you -that the
great event of a Sabbath school celebra
tion, an event so pleasing to all lovers of
good society, came off on the l-'th in>t
at the Rev >h.ifer's chu eh. There were
six soli >' 8 iu attendance. 1 hey were
promptly on the ground at the hour ap
pointed. They came with bands of mu
sic, and the flag of our country wavifig
jivor tlictu On at living on :ho ground
they marched into the church, aud heard
an address from a S. bbath-schu >1 agent.
Thev then proof ede 1 to the grove where
a table spread w.nh.tho go ; > i things ol
this Id'e awaited tl.eui. a here was iWout
six hundred chibirun at the tat.de Al
ter the children had done with the eat
ing | rocoss, all others wore invited to the
table, and helped themselves to a boun
tiful dinner At this time il cru was not
Irss than two thou atrl persons -,on the
grouud. A meeting w * then organized
by electing John of West Deer
t iwnslnp, I'roi'i'leut. wiih a number of
Viee l'resiucnfs.
! The ilev. Timmonds delivered an ex-
cellent address on the duties of Pafn's
to their children.- He was followed by
the Rev. Barnes in u'l address on the
statd of the ouuntry. « ffh-0 speaker took
the ground that pur country was in a per
itous state, from the fact that w_>h id Tailed
to do ju~tice to the oppressed Unionists
in the South, and also failed in punishing
t.uitors for their crimes Alter ho was
through speaking, three rouising cheer*
WCID given by tho meeting for ibesjeiker,
showing that the bents of the people re
sponded to the sentiments of the speaker.
1 lie Rev Hutchison liilloweJ iu an elo
quent address on the subject ol Bluou
tioti, tiltcr winch the meeting a Ij mined,
satisfied that they hail spent a day ia ad
vancing the interests of .Sabbath soli, »|.s,
and also the interests of the great priiiei
pies that aradear to every loyal man. —
; i'ini schools were aoout equally divided
Uetwoen A'leg'icny and i ur own county.
MiJdkt'x tp.. &-pf. 11. Ij. '
• Porths Clttßcn.
Mil EDITOR : —The mooting at Selio. 1
■House No. IJ, jl dd lea. x tp., was attended
by a largo crowd ot the ladies and citi
zlH of tho district. Prunois An'ersou,
E (j . was elected I'lesident, Johnson
Wdliamsnii, Vice Picsid.'iit, and Dr-
Mathrsin. SflffrtM'ry.
Clark, Fleeger an I Nixon nddlTsed
the crowd, but I was surpvised to (in 1
they no' hd nothing to awaken them.—
I bad not seen the crowd siii'-e l>iiO, but
the sttne detcriniiiod spirit prevailed
whiellMien brought us victory I missed
-omo I ruin the crowd who e bones bleach
in tho ia id of ''My Policy," but their
frien s st md ready to tike up their arms
.very Republican in Middlesex will an
s .vct' tor ill call on the 2d Tuesday of Oo
tiber, at 7 o'clock A M.
Arrangements were made for a grand
meeting at Stew .i d's Store on the fid of
October, und then the most enthusiastic
ui ctiti.. 1 ever sa\r i j aimed w th tlire
eiicers lor O-ii t.leary and our le-yn
on.;iO*s ' * iSf'Ei TATHR.
. - .■.»» . > »
Sabbath-School Celebration, Su .bury
aitt i-jlilio.t. flic iSaui'.ilh sch 'ol..
cmu Ctrl wall iho M. l'j Churches ol
iSuiib'uiy and North W.lsliingJ' :i met at
tuc M. J'J Churcbin Sit i ouiy, on I bui
day the loth inst., tin 1 oiai elied in pi »
ce.-.-ioti TJT he giove near the i I*. Church
vvl.oio they, wi li a large uuiuhoi ul t-| cct
a his, partook of an excellent tiinnor. pro
i eti by the citizens of Suu'.ury au I vi
cinity Alter dinucr, all assembled in
e Chinch and, on motion, Hun James
ivi rr «as called to the chair, and 11. A.
Miitliii apoinicd Secretary. Alter the
iiiging ol an appropriate unthctn, the
meeting wis opened with pruysi' by l!cv
iieunelt. Ho ports of the schools Were
tln ii itad liy Will M. Graham, Ksij.,
md A. 11. Khodos, (Superiuteudenis)
giving an in cresting aril gratifying ac
count of the progress of the schools.—
Prizes wore awirdod to five nienibers of
the ,-chuol for nierituriou* con
duce, each gilt being accompanied by ap
pro'priato remarks by Itev. William IV
Broaden and otljoi'3.
Able au I interesting addrcssci were de
livered by Kevs. Merchant and ISinghaiii
tithe children, and by Kcv. 'J'liou.as
Graham to the people. The exorcises
wore iiitcrspornod with vocal music, and
alter .sotno concluding remarks by Ilov.
Domcr, all marched back to the M. K
Church, mid were dismissed with the bou
cdiction by Rev. I homes Graham.
The day was pleasant, and the exercises
exceedingly interesting, and nil icturned
homo well pleased, and feeling deeply
i npro-sed wiili the importance of Sab
bath sclio-d in-rue! ion. >
J AS. IvKlllt Pres't.
A. M'Jitn, S r.!,.
NICKNAMES —Someb >iy hl3 online
fed ti>jrother tho billowing i.Ut "1 nick
names jjven to the cir 7 nj i,f the differ
cut S'ates:
.M riiuu, foxes; New Hampshire, gran
-Ito bojs ; Vermout, green mountain bo si
\lassachnaett*, bay staro boys, llhode
Island, guuflmts; Connecticut, wooden
nuircegs; New York, Kcickerbpckera;
New Jeisey, blues or clam catchers ,
Delaware, tliuskrats; Pennsylvania, POll
- or leather he.ids; Mnrylan 1,
clam huinpors ; Virginia blaglfes North
Carolina, tuckoes; Carolina, wea
ids t 1, liu;:z irds ; Alabama, liz
nro-; ,\|is-iss.|.|i . la Ip ilos; Florida, fly
u • .be ere ks ; iriiiUiaua. ct coles; Tex
as, litel'-na ils , Ark in? is. tooth-picks ;
Kentucky, eou crackers; Ohio, b tek
eyes; 1u > I tuna, hooeiere; ll'inoU, suck
ers; Wiscjusio, badgers,; Michigan,
wolverines; Minuossoi t. gophers; lowa,
bawkeyes; California, gold hunters; Ne
vada. sage heos; Oregon, hard cases;
.Nebraska, bug-caterd; Kaunas, jayhawk
cis; Colorado, rovers ; Dakota, squatters;
Utah, Brighauiitea.; New Mexico, Span
ish Indians; Idaho, fortune seekers, or
cutihroats; Nova Scotia, blue no.-cs; New
Hrunswick. fi-h heads | Canada, canuek/
lI'BOIIS.
OItAXD J.L'B'JUS, OR.VW.N filil SEI'TEMU 11
TERM, I>!GU.
Itobcrt llnys, Lancaster; John Gliee'e
lllan, Mu Idycreek ; Wtu Oisillier, Pann;
Por.cus Shin., Washington ; Alexander
Brown (of A), Mercer; John. M Buun,
Franklin ; Davi l Hoover, Buffalo; Chas
l)ielfenbaclß>r, Boiout'h Butler; Bryson
Black, Franklin ; 11. i'oung, FaJr.view ;
Andrew Crooksbauks, Wiufieldj Win
i'houi; sin, Coucord; James Kirkpat(ie't.
(Jeulte; .John Mahan, Middlesex ; it P.
Anderson, Allegheny ; Matthew Brown
iSlipperyroek ; Jacob Oloup, Butler; (i.
(.'hiifty, Cherry; Malcolm 'iraham, For
ward ; John llutuplirey, Worth; Fred.
Bellas, Jack-sou ; -Joseph"likas, Js-ll'eisoii;
James Urossmau, Brady; Dau'l Lirdin,
Clinton.
ritAV. its:-; JURORS, S::PT. TERM—FIRST
WEEK, l.HO'j.
Samuel B if iur. Adatns; John 11. \l
- Allegheny ; Matthew Grant, Buffdo;
11. J lie; J. Butler; Tho . MeClyn.oti Is,
B-iady; Jo.-c.ph Coulter, Ci litre ; Janes
lli >k. Cherry; William Beighley, Clay;
Isaac Shaffer, Cieailield; (Jeorge Mail.—
land, Clittton ; William flyers, Cimeord ;
Itobcrt iTilton, Coiiii-n|iien e.sing ; Will
Dil.clan I, Cr.inherry; Win Wollbrd,
I'oncgnl; Washington Campbell, Fair
view; William J. Urahaui, Forward -
Julius J. English,. Franklin ; Joseph
Covert, Jackron ; Joseph Bogan, Jeffer
son ; 'ic-orgc Km i-s. liineas:er; C ni'kd
lthodos Marion; William M.Bell, Mer
cer; Jacob Snyder, Mid.lie-ex; Bavi I
Fr.izicr, Muddycit-ek ; John II Nejnian,
Oakland; Wiiliim T. Scliviek, Pink r;
Jas M'sjaudic-s, Peon; Sylvanus Coop
er, Slij']K:rytoek ; l'r mcis llioti, SuiiHiitt;
Willi tin .'-> La m. \ unang i ; Saniuul Say,
Wasliingt in ; Wui. iiotsuliresser, Win
ueid ; NJVVCI* J. (ileun, Worth; Peter
Dully. Borou h Butler; J In A. Sh.da
tree. Borough Ceritreville; Dr. Joseph
Bask, Borough i.armouy; William P.
B.owu, Borough Harrisvillc; tJoorge
lio.su>, J,
IJry "ii, JSoiMimii Pr isjicut; 11. T. Maik
lo, rfuxonbufif j Ivivr.ird Itau
U ilpll, Hul'uiU'li /I>IICIII)]IIU ; Juhn Wiin
i.'M',-.\li iernt'.vii; Atiraui M -
CiiuUli .-.J, h iJullor; TlumiaH An
"ism. a lawn; iJ<>li■■ IL "iii'jcrry. Alio
-Ue.iy ; Au:u.-tu<'i .illiW.f. IJutlorj'Jiu.
I! i [in, t' :1111 ,-ini iie- iuu ; > ■ hulas 15au
•i Mil l.l\ Ti'. k , John li ham . ji |»•
prv. i.(i; ; Miiitltuw 1 . r i ;ui f.,y \V
Or in I'i'ry.
BI.CO.ND Wi.i.X.
John llasloit, IJ.affal'i; flolurt G>u
ham, Duller; David McJtiriktn Hraily;
John T. Urauuior, Coutio; Audrisvv .*!.
i iii i-ty. riiurry ; J.W. Allori, (,'iay ;11
>Siutur, Qluiriiohl ; ArciiihaM MII
I'l V, Clinton; Henry j>!I:N, C-muuril;
Henry lirnnamur,
Oifiil; ,'U;itllu".v ]J.ink.-i, Fairviisv ; A ex""
11 mi lor. Forward, >ttinuel Dav ; s, Frank
lin; John Parks, Jaik-on: Davi i L>
v, in, Jefferson; I're-'crick l)up;>, L.ni-.is
tor; George 11 iy, Marion ; Jouatha ; Mo
Miilitn, Middlesex; James Baruj-, Mcr
cer ; I iilo Covert, Adams ; Christian i!i
dor. Oakland; ll.iiui.toti il. Say, Parker;
J allies iii.-t, I 'tin n ; tTohustou liovard,
lv.j., Siijiperyr.ick ; M.iuh icl Tobin, Sum
mil; Samuel Sloan (of Sau>'l ), Venango;
JaUlO* St.mji.i, Washing!. I) ; Will. Don»
ny, Winiicld ; Uofoert llanips m, Wort i ;
George Mb i. ■) iliti 1 raz or, lloroiigh lint
lor; Win. A]eCarui'-, lJoroiigh Centre
villu ; Philip Noss, 1J >r>aigh Harmony;
U ihert Hut, 15 irough 11 ur.svillo ; Wii l .
11 unipljr 'V. liirougli 1* ir u/svillo; P. L
I'uv- ivant, Boiough Zolieofplo.
Comical SC:;ni: in a CiiL'tvit. —On
Sabbath las', in unc til' our |>l inuiuout
Broad street churches, tho closeness Of
the atmosphere produce! tin aim ist irre-
sislible lolling of' drowsiness among many
ol' the congregation. Of the nutnbei
who found it imp isiibls to deny the
drffivsy go 1 w is one of our must success
ful business men, whoso nonest efforts to
throw off the somnific influence he was
under were witnessed by several lookers
on. At last he succumbed; his eyet"
went shut an 1 failed to come open
and his head began to nod to tins and
that neighbor quite familiarly. Present
ly ihe sleeper's head tlowly bent toward
i.j owner's wife, and continued to sag.
gag, sasr in that direction, until a delica e
sprig on uiy lady's hat pointed directly
inm the ear of (ho snoozing husband.—
o<io tiiorc lurch < 112 the head oil "that
line" would cau-e the tampering sprig to
cuter, and peculiarly affect the sensitive
portion of that delicate organ, and sev
eral persons in tho gallery wore giving
breathless aitenti.m to tho seeuc, lully
anticipating an extra ordinary d'-iimtenient
when tho connection b ■; wucti th'l ear and
sprig should bo effected At la-tit
came, the heavy head made another sag
wifeward, a full inch, the sprig pns*od
iuto tho ear, as nicely as if it ha I been
pointed by roguish hands, and penetra
ting to the ncer and ino.-t sensitive por
tion; tickled the nodding gintlcman so
intensely that ho drew up his hand with
a jerk, aud striking out with his ri£ht
banil before ho wna fairly awake, dealt his
wife a blow upon her new bonnet, to tho
utter discomfiture of its flowers aud rib
bona, aud to the infinite amusement of
the lookers-on in tho gallery.— Setcurk
(A T . •/.) Courier.
—Mind yyur own businog# •
THE GREAT" CRISIS
Important Address of the National
U-iion Committee,
Sept. 18. TILC follow
ing is the address of the National Union
Committee to the American pe-iplj :
I'illuw Oiti-f'i.s: Very gravo differ
encos having arisen between your imuic
diale representatives in Congress and the
President, who owes his position to your
votes, we are impelled t> ask your atteu
tion there o nn 1 to suggest thoduties t>
your country which they render impera
tive Wo shall avoid the us >of bar
wilds; of these there have already been
too many, and that the matte's in issm
may be brought within the rurrowest
coinpasi, letii; first eliminate frtfm tin
c.nifrovcrsy a 1 that has alrea ly been set
tled or has been in dispute.
Tho republic has been dcsperalely a--
sailed fitm within and its very cxisteuci
seriously imperiled. Thirteen States wcri
claimed as having with Irawn from tin
Union, and wore represented for years in
i hostile Congr.ss meeting at Richmond
Teg of these States were for a time whol
ly in tho power of a hostile Confederacy.
the other three; partially so. The un
doubtcdly loyiri States were repeatedly
and formidably invaded by rebel armies
which were only cxpellol alter obst-uaU
and bloody ba'.tles through four j-ears ol
an arilu IUS, desperate civil war.
The hosts of Ilia re'ool Confederacy
witli-»toi> 1 thuso of the Union. Agent
ol'tho Confederacy traver.se 1 the civilize*
world, seeking allies in their war against
the Itepjblie, uil inciting the rapaeiou
an I unprinciple J ti> lit out armed eorsiir
to prey upon her oommerco by State au
thority, and in the perverted name ol
p itriiitisni an 1 loyalty hundred* of thous
arids of i nr countrymen were conscripted
in i the rol-ol armies, an 1 in i o to figh
■ . "lately for our national disruption
• >•! ro'n ; ind, though by the blessing ol
• ■ ! :n.d 'ho valor an ! constancy of om
loyal ]■ the rebellion was finally ami
ii • i ly crushed, it did not succeed until
i: hal camel th 3 destruction of more
linn hali" a million of prccioq* human
lives, n -ft to speak of proporty, to tho
value ol at least five billions of dollars.
At length the rebel armiessurrendered
an 1 the rebel p.,wer utterly collapsed and
vanished. What then ? The claim ol
The insurgents that they either now re»
acquired or h id never forfeited their con
iititioiial rights in th; Union, including
that of representation i iCi-ingic?-*. stands
in pointed antagonism alike to the re-,
(iiiironients of Con.'reN, and to thoso ol
I lie acting ('resident. It was the Exec
utive alone win. after the rebellion wa»
n i nun c. ii] pi.nited J'row..; nal U.-vciiiors
tor the II •«' U 11 Missive, uuarujivl.South
ern States, on the assumption that the
rebellion had been revolutionary, and de
prive 1 the people under its sway of all
oivil government, and wh > required the
a entitling of a convention e nip '.-el ol
delegates who are to be clioson b\ :ha
; .rtion o; the pe iple of »ail Htute, wh •
aro loyal to the United States, tmd DO
o hers, for the purpo-e of altering and
amending the Con-titution of .-aid .State.
It was I'tesident Johnson, who, so
late as last October, when all shadow ol
overt i. istuueo to the union had 1 )ng
since disiip; eared, insisted that It was
not cnnngli that a Hinte. which had revol
ted, must r°cognize her ordinances of so
cession as null and void from the begin
ning,and ratify the Constitutional Aweud
went prohibiting slavery evotmore, but
she must also repudiate every dollar ol
indel tcducss created to aid in carrying
on the rebellion. It wan be who ordered
the dispersion by military force, of any
Legislature chosen under the rebellion,
which should assume the power to make
laws al'ier iliSt rebellion had failed; ii
was ho who referred to Congress all the
j inquiries as to tho probability of repre
sentatives from the States lately iu revolt,
being ad.uiittod to scats in either li. u=o,
and suggested that thpy should present
their credentials, not at the organization
of Congress, but afterward; and, finally,
it was he, au 1 not Congress, who sug
gested to his, Gov. Shaikcy, of .Missis
sippi, that
•• It yen could estend tho elective
franchise te all persons of color whii ©an
road tho Constitution of tho Luit<9
States in English and write their names,
and to ail persons of color who own real
est at valued nt not less than two hund
red and fifty dollars, aud pay taxes there
on. y u w.uld completely disarm the ad
vei>ary and set an example that ethci
States will foil W."
if, then, there be any controversy as tc
the right of tho loyai States to cxacl
conditions and require guaranties of thuse
which plunged madly into secession aud
rebellion, tho yuppm-turs revp<>wiTe*y <ri
NUMBER 41.
Andrew Johnson, and of Congress cat.-
uot be antagonist parties to that contest
-iuoe their record plaecs them on the
anio side. , '
It being thus agreed that the condi
,'ions of restoration aiidguaran tees against
future rebellion, may be exacted of tße
States lately in revolt, the right of Con
gress to a voice in prescribing these con
litions and in shaping those guarantees,
is plainly incontestible. Whether it take
he shape of law. or a constitutional
intendment, the action of Congress is
• its!, even if they were ta bo tattled by
treaty. The ratification of.the Senate by.
two-thirds vole would be iudispcnsablo.
here is nothing in 4he Federal Consti
ution, mil'in tho nature of tfic case, that
untenances the f.xecutive monopoly of
his power.
\\ hat, then, is the ground of complaint
igainjt Congress? It is charged that
ho action of the two houses wts tardy
iiid hesitating ? Consider how momen
ous were the questions involved, the is
ues depending. Consider how novel
ml extraordinary was the situation.—
onAideiiug how utterly silent and blank,
s t ho Coder I constitution touching the,
rcafiiicnt of insurgent States, whether
uiing their fligrunt hostility to the
ll ion or alter thoir discomfiture. Con.
-ider with how many embarirassments
ind difficulties tlio problem is besot, and
y u will not wonder that months were re
(uiivd to devise, perfect and pass, by a
two thirds vote in cither House, a juss
nid safe plan of reconstruction.
Vet that plati has been matured. It
Ii Spa .cd the .Senate by liS to 11, and the
1011.-T. by 138 to ;iG. It is njv7 fairly
efore the country lnving already been
atified by the Legislatures of several
States and rejected by none. Under it
hi State of Tennessee lias been formally
i i .'.lt red to.ail thq privileges she forfeited
by rebellion, including representation in
■uhor House of CoLgresa, aud tho door
litis passed through still stands inviting
ly oj cn to all who still linger without.—
Arc the conditions thus prescribed iutol.
i rable, or even humiliating ? Thoy are
:n substance these:
Fir.iL All persons born or naturalized
n this country are henceforth citizens of
the tinted States, and shall enjoy all the
lights of'citizens evoi more, and no State
shall have power to controvene this most
righteous and necessary provision.
Scroml. — While the States claim and
exercise the power of denying the olee
ivo franchise to a part of their people,
he weight of er.eh Slate in tho Union
-hall be lucusm ed by, and bo based upon,
it- enfranchised population. If any State
-ball choose, fcr oo criui>', to deny polit
ieal rights to any race or caste, it must no
longir c. nut that race or caste as a basis
of political power in tho Union. 4
ThinJ. —llo who has once held office
oti ti e strength of bis solemn oath to sup.
port the Felaral Constitution, and has,
nevcrheless, Iprsw >rn himself and treas
onably plotted to subvert that Constitu
ti in, shall henceforth hold no political
ollico till Congress, by n two thirds vote,
shall remove or nudity tho disability.
Fourth. —Tho national debt shall be in
no wise repudiated nor invalidated, and
no debt incurred in support of tho rebel
lion shall ever be assumed or paid by any
State, nor shall payment be made for the
loss or emancipation of any slave.
Fijth. —Congress shall hav) power to
enforce these guarantees by appropriate
legislation. Such, fellow-citizens, aro
tho conditions of Reconstruction proposed
by Congress and already accepted by the
loyal Legislature of Tennessee. Are
they har.-h or degrading? Do you dis
cern therein a disposition to trample on
tile prostrate or push an advantage to the
I uttermost ? Do they embody aught of
vengeance or any confiscation but that of
slavery ? We solicit your candid and
impartial judgment. What is intended
by the third section is simply to give
loyalty a fair start in the reconstructed
States. Under the Johnson policy the
rebels monopolize [ ower and place.—
Even in communities where they are de
cidedly outnumbered their Generals are
(Joveinoro and members of Congress;
their Colonelß end Majors fill - the Logisr
latuies, aud officiate .as Sheriffs.*. Not
only are the steadfastly loyal proscribed
but even stay at home rebels have little
cliance in competing with those who
fought to subfert the Union. When
this rebel monopoly of offico shall have
been broken up aud loyalty to the Union
shall have beeomo general and hearty.
Congress may remove the disability, a_d
will doubtless make haste to Jo so.
We do tot perceive that the justice e*
fitness of the foutth section, prescribing
' that tho Union public debt shall be
1 promptly met, but that if the rebel
fedeiacy cevur, is seriously contested.—
S Th*re rWuai»», ftWD; Vut tVo ifctotfnd
r ' '