The Erie observer. (Erie, Pa.) 1859-1895, December 19, 1863, Image 2

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    erie hserher.
SATURDAY; DEC. 19T11, 1863.
tell:mu irtamascs ST TIM Pions IS TITS Paws or
MUMS LIM= —.darns JAeksmi.
No brut can resist the conchision, after
fully. reading and reflecting upon Mr.
Lincoln's Message, that the President is
one of the best politicians in the North,
and—one of the poorest statesmen.
Tait estimates of Government expenses
for the fiscal year commencing June 3003,
1864, and ending Juno 30th,„ 1865, are
fixed by Secretary Chase, at $793,421,374,
of which $85,387,676 are for interest on
' the public debt, $500,000,000 for the army
proper, and $42,000,000 for the naval es
tablishment.
Ws acknowledge no man as a Democrat
who is: not a firm and consistent friend of
the Union. Democricy means Union,
just as the Bible\ means love, the sun
light, the clouds rain. The perpetuation
t
of the Union is the . m and substance of
every Democratic rinciple, and the
sachings of all our great men. The first
thing that a true Democrat learns is to
love the Union and. the Constitution, and
_ when he deserts these noble' maxims, ha
has no further right to claim to be a Dem
ocrat. Jeff. Davis is no Democrat, any
more then
_pen Wade ox "Z." Chandler
are. Democracy embraces the whole
country, not a portion of it ; it teaches
• 'unity, nottctionalism ; it inspires res
pect for laws and constitutional liberty,
and knows no such despotic sentiments
as are contained in the delusive phrases
"military necessity," "war poWer," "no
right to oppose an Administration," and
other like opinages from the Abolition
disunion mint,
THE PREBIOBIIT AND FRED. DOUGLAS.
Fred. Douglas, the black man, made a
speech borer& the Anti-Slavery Society. in
Philadelphia,! on the sth inst.. which is
reporlid in the New York Tribune. In
the course of his remarks, he detailed a
Nina hi) had just paid to Mr. Lincoln. He
said: "Men had waited in the anti-cham
ber for days, hut the moment his card was
sent in the usher returned with an invita
tion to . walk up. Some office beggar near
by, remarked, ' I knew it would be so.
He's a nigger, that's enough.' Mr. Doug
las aaketP4he 'audienee to imagine how
the President received him, a colored
- man. 'Why, precisely,' said he, 'as one
gentleman receives another." Be closed
his speech with the assertion " that the
old Union as it was could never be re
called: Its canonized bones vrere. quietly
-inurned upon the battered walls of Fort
'Sumter, and the nation had come to
think that the dear old finger of John
Brown was worth all the slavaholders in
creation. There would, in future, be no
North, no South, no East, 'no West, but
Union everywhere ; every slave free, and
every freeman a voter."
NOIITLIBRN NEWS.
The Message of Jefferson Davis to the
rebel Congressis published in full in the
New York 41 - apers : It frankly acknow
ledges the discon r \ngements which hang
over the Confederacy, butaays tho people
of the South will never submit to any-
Wing but independence. Hci accuses
England .and France of hostility to the
South, and with having favored the Fed
eral caws. He recommends that no more
substitutes be received for drafted per
sons,, and that all between 15 and 45 be
placed into the army, while others above
the latter age, be detailed on special light
duty. He wants all white persons em
ployed in the army as cooks, teamsters,
Ac., to be thrown into the ranks,• and
their present duty performed by negroes.
He urges an increase of taxation to step
the depreciation of the currency. He
claims to regret the stoppage of exchang
es, places the blathe on our authorities,
and indignantly denies the statements
that the rebels have ill-treated our prison
ers.
Gov. Letcher's Message to the rebel
Legislature of Virginia says " Look at
the picture on all sides, and it presents
hopeful and encouraging features. If we
are only_ true to ourselves, to the cause,
and the country, we cannot be over
thrown." Ho 'claims that Virginia "'will
never.consent to a treaty of peace which
dismembers her own territory, nor will
she consent to a treaty which does not re
cognize fully the Southern Confederacy."
Gen. Charles Clark; recently elected,
was inaugurated Governor of Mississippi
on the 16th inst. He urges the vigorous
prosecuticin of measures for the defense
of the State, and says that sooner than
sulgnit to the_ foe, should the army be
come exhausted, the women, children,
and old men will, like the remnant of
Pascagoula, join hands and march into
the sea.
The Governor of Georgia is trying "to
devise means whereby the State can keep
up its manse resistance during the war.
He recommends that cotton planting be
restricted to one-fourth of an acre to the
hand, and that every energy be directed
to the production of food ; that $500,000
be appropriated to'support soldier fami
lies; $8,000,000 be appropriated as a mili
tary fund ; and $2,000,000 as a clothing
fluid ; that the -militia be re-organized so
as to include all between eighteen and
sixty ; and finally, he wants a day of hu
miliation and prayer, which these ex-
Oases would naturally bring a man to
who sees so little hope of their availing
anything in favor of the rebellion.
Colinown,—The grand fundamental'
principle of American Union is costrao-
MSC gen may ridicule it, hoot at it,
pass laws pronouncing it a crime, and de
nounce all who' uphold it; but it stands
orth u the solemn truth or our national
existence, that by compromise and only
by . compromise our Union was formed,
and by compromise only can it be pre
served.. Itassachusette and New York
could not make a union for government
without compromise. Rhode Island and
Pennsylvania , could never agree on a coin.
mon government without comproutise
Nor could thOse States by any amount of
compromise, or any bond, however strong,
so hind themselves together that the
changes oryears, the advance of arta and
civilisation; the development of new forms
an4l objects of labor and of commerce,
would not make now compromises 'nee:
cesauy to strengthen and preserve their
union. So with the whole United States.
The theory . of union is mutual aceoramoda
ice, mutual concession.
rummies afiTillt ITLIPIC
No- person who is an attendant upon
public_ worship, in any portion of the
United States, can have failed to oblerve,
and if he had a proper iippreeiaticin of
the duties of a clergyman', or a sincere
desire for the interests Of Aihristiardtf, to
deplore, the extent to which politics are
usurping the place of religion in the pul
pit. In fact, this sad truth is so nam
able, that matiy of our best and most
patriotic citizens of both parties, are often
heard tolremark that iii the cases of too
min/ pAsachers, their sermons have de
generateil into mean stump speeches, and
We are bpund injustice to say, that they
are the very weakest and purest of the sort.
A minister always makes the molt mis
erable politician, Pastas an unscrupulous,
brawling politician would make the *most
useless preacher. The clergy, and we say
it only because truth compels, not be
cause it is a pleasing duty, are taking a
more and more active part in politigal
movements. You will hardly fled a Poli
tical convention in which-one or more
the most active and noisy members are
not clergymen. If you enter church on
any Sunday in the year, the chances are
at least even that you will hear a political
harangue, which part of the audience will
be moved to applaud, and part to hiss.
The political opinions.which are enun
ciated from the pulpit, are generally ac
companied frith's mod offensive dogma
tism and positiveness. This is natural
enough. The clergyman is regarded with
peculiar deference; as a man removed
from secular struggles and secular stains,
and set apart to break the bread cif ,life to
the people. He is • rarely contradicted ;
he is treated by men as men treat women;
be is never subjected to - an intellectual
rough and tumble ; an atmosphere of re
spect surrounds him, which protects / him
as cotton protects disutonds. Upon sacred
and religioui , topics herhas a right to speak
with authority ; not only to soothe and
heal - and bless, but warn and rebuke and
admonish ;he is false - to his trust, if he
do not. But the habit of mind thus gen
erated is easily transferred to secular
themes. The priest's authoritative tone
is easily assumed when he speaks on topics
on which he and - his parishioners staled on
the same plane of observation, and where
their vision is quite as likely to be as good
as his. How common it is to see a young
chick, just hatched from a divinity school,
running about with the shell yet on. bile
head, who will undertake to settle any
question of administration or government
as easily as he will' pill off his glove V
The mistake is in supposing that in re
gard to these problems, you can come to
a satisfactory solution by some short cut
of • inspiration, by the intuitive • moral'
sense whereas the contrary i 4 notorious
'ty the fact. There is often a ludicroo
disproportion between the tone and Man
ner svith':, which dogmas are tittered from
the pulpit, and the substantial value of
the opinions themselves. To hear and
see the preacher, one would suppose that
he was enunciating* the oracles of God,
while What he is really uttering is some
'shallow, Sentimental or mischievous non•
sense, such as might have been picked up
at an infant's school, a milliner's shop, or
a lunatic asylum .
What we have been saying has particular
reference to. the subject of slavery, on
which this country has bee growing stark
mad for the last few year*. The clergy
men are all, or nearly all, antislavery in
sentiment and feeling. We don't object
to this : it needs no ghost from the grave
to tell us that slavery is a, great social and
economical evil, and that every patriot
and every Christian should be glad to see
it removed. But most clergymen are also
Republicans, and here the trouble begins.
Republicanism involves two very distinct
elementa: first, that -slavery is an evil,
wherein we are all agreed; and, second,
that the-Republican method of dealing
with slavery is the true one ; wherein we
are not all agreed by any means'. But the
Republican clergymen cannot or will not
see the distinction. In his view, the man
who bs not a Republican is not opposed to
slavery; is pro-slavery, in short.
A. religious congregation is not and
ought not to t be formed on the ground of
unity in political faith. The same reli
gious truths--the same warnings, expos
tulations, encouragements, consolations--
aretohe addressed to Whigs, Democrats,
RepUblicans or Native Americans. Be
fore the throne of God these distinctions
melt away like those of station, wealth or
dress. It is one of the most beautiful ele
ments in the Christian faith, that it briny
together men who on secular topics differ --
mod widely. In the congregation of the
over-sealous Republican clergymep there
will be, or may be, some persons who are
not Republicans. They are just as con
.scientious in their Anti-Republicanism as
he is in, his Republicanism . But they are
constantly exposed to the chances of bear
ing their con . ' ctions denounced, their
motives impu: ed, and having their blood
Iting insinuations. They
it still and hear a clerical
his vantage ground of the
stirred by ins
are obliged to
dogmitiat, fro.
pulpit, attack t • em with flinisy arguments,
whose fallacy . erhave long since detect
ed, and could easily show, if it were
proper place for discussion. They are
sent home in a frame of mind anything
but sabbatical, if not muttering half-sup-,
pressed curses between their teeth. The
-natural result follows ;-• they refuse to go
to church where they are visited by de-
nunciation and exasperated by abuse.
• Nor do we put the etieethin to political
preaching solely on the ground that such
preaching offends the earnest . political
convictions of a portier of the congrega
tion, and thus keeps them iway from
church. The objection Oxide in 'hardly
lees force as to that pat of the congrega
tion who may agree with the preacher in
his views. The preacher's duty is to poach
religion and not politico. The general
sentimentof the public would discoun
tenance a clergymen who, instead of ser
mons, should give essays on banking or
agriculture, on political, economy, on
dietetics, on the use and abuse of meth.
eines ; why should'auch pecittliar latitude
be given to partisan politica Laymen do
hot wislron Sunday to have their theitglits
disturbed and their tempers tried by the
heating discussions and jarring conflicts
of the past Liz days. They go into the
house of God to escape from them. -
amp, amp to .day, Ismeatifig 4 . 11111111.
Of moth se• kW, Wm"
/9 the heart's nataral tenons.. Oa Sun
day a Dun seiata to Otir the tioni . of
the dust and soil of earth, and to garnish
it with pure thoughts, tranquil aspirations,
ethereal hopes— flowers limit have, sucked
Übe dews of Heaven —anfl bow; can he
elb this if' his spiritual g4ide insists on
shootipg into it the rubbish of politics ?
Thieffect upon the cler , gy them i elves
of this habit of preaching polities is most
injurious. It acts upon tho mind in much
the same way as dram-tlinking acts upon
the body. It begets a craving for coarse,
vulgar excitements, utterly inconsistent
with a proper interest in=' the appointed
function; and appropriate , meditations of
the pastoral office. The more engaged
the clergyman becomes in political issues,
and the success of this or tbatpol Meal par ty ,
the more coldlyand languidly will he tarn
to religious themes and spiritual:contem
plations. 'Once upon a ;time, a worldly
man, who was wholly absorbed in the tie
&Mutation •of property,l was gently re
flaistrated with by his clergyman, and
reminded of the necessity of preparing
for another world. "Don't talk ,to me of
another world," was the reply, "one world
at a time is as much as I can attend to."
There is a frankness, a freedom hypo
cr,isy, in this answer which wei like. It
inch:Res an obvious truth. No man, be
be • clergyman or layman, can be wholly
absorbed in the interests and issues of this
world, anti leave duo space in his heart
for those of another. You cannot servo
God and politics, any more than you can
serve God and Mammon. •
- -
To general strictures like the above
there are, of course, reaitonable!qualifica
tions and excepans. They are; not. true
of every sect ; still lass !are they true o f
every clergyman in any peel. But we ap
peal to the great body of laytn in our
community—especially those who are no
longer soung—if there be not. tie much
truth in what we have said. That the
spirit of religion is decaying. and the in
fluence of the clergy . ys declining. aro
melancholy facts. We ',ire sorry for both;
as sorry for the latter is the !former.—
Beth facts are symptoms of the same dis
ease ; and the same reniody is needed for
both. •
Ozer. Iltintisoti,.. tinn i ng the memorable
campaign of 1840, whiCh elevated him to
the Presidential' chair, made a speech at
Fort Help, Ohio, of which the following
is an extract. If the noble sentiments to
which be gave Utterance were' justly ap
plicable to that period; how Much more
are they to these times, when corruption,
fanaticism, perjUry and lawlessness run
rampant :
"The old fashioned republin rule is
to watch the Government. See that the Gov
ernment does not acquire too much power.
Seep a check upon your rulers. Do this,
and liberty is safe. And if yciflr efforts
should result successfully, and I should
be placed in the Presidential chair, I shall
invite a recurrence to the old, republican
rule, to watch the Administration, and
condemn all its acts which are not in ac
cordance with the strictest mode of repub
licanism. Our rulerti, fellow citizens,
must be watched. Power is insinuating.
Few men are satisfied with' less pow
er than they_ can obtain. If, the ladies
whom I see around me were near enough
to hear me, and of sujilicient age to give
an experimental answer, they, would. tell
you that no lover is satisfied with the first
-
smile of hismistress. ' •
It is necessary, therefore, to watch, not
the political opponentii of an; administra
tion, but the administration itself, and see that
it keeps within the bounds of the Con
siltation and the laws of the land."
A aeon deal has been said about the
peace. resolutions which have been sub
mitted_to the North Carolina ,Legislatnre,
but the following abstract of them, which
we copy from the Ilichmond Enquirer,
shows that they do net amount to a "row
of pins" in suggesting a basie for a com
promise between the North and South ;
"They assert the right of the people .to
meet and consult for the good of the
country ; denounce mob violence and
military aggression upon the freedom of
the press ; pledge thejstate to a firm main
tenance ,of the decisions of the legal tri
bunals, ind applaud Governor Vance for
his manly defense of the State judiciary.
They further compliment the army for its
gallantry and heroism, and nrge a faith
ful discharge of dutyin vigorously prose
cuting the war for national Independence.
They further declare ;that formal negotia
tions for peace, on the basis of separation
from the United States, should be insti
tuted by the treatymaking power, and
urge our representatives IA Congress to
exert themselves to bring about such
negotiations. They further recommend
proposals from the confederate anthorities
to the federal Congress, Woking to the
holding of a convention for the ad
justment of (111:71rilties, whose action shall
be subject to the ratification 'of the peo
ple."
THE DEMOCRATIC CREED.
The Cleirfield Repicbliugn correctly says :
" Whether slavery is right ,or wrong, of
'divine' or evil origin, the Democratic
party have ever held, as they now hold,
that we_ of the North have no right to
meddle with it in the States where it ex
ists. There never was any controversy
ou . this point between the old Whig and
Democratic parties, nor between the Dem.
oiwatio and Republican parties until the
latter was baptised , into the Abolition
church by the present Jacobin adminis
tration: All we ask is for each State to
be left free' to manage this, with their
Other domestic institutions ; in their own
way, as sacredly guaranteed to them by
the Constitution ; and for .the general
government to kipp tirlX covenant in
good faith, 'in times of war,' as Webster
said, 'in times of peitee, and; at all , times'_"
USN. WOLIII.LIOI I B UMPQUA'.
General licClellan's report has been
transmitted to Coggress, and is now in
the hands of the printers at the govern
ment printing-office. It will be published
in a few weeks r —lri the meantime Secre
tary Stanton Probibita any manuscript
copy being made or that or any other re
port. Though some may fail to see his
jurisdiction over Matter already in the
hands of Congress, still he is obeyed by
the
. superintendent of public printing,
who has no discretion.
thmaium -Msana;-the New York World
says, is to retain his position as comman
der of the Army► pf the P.otomao. It io .
creditable to the administration that move•
manta to supersede him have not received
'any oountenance. j Ma is the best General
that army has had, with but one exception.
General Meade never makes mistakes. .
Tim Army of the Potomai has finally
gone Into winter i quarters, and under a
general order furloughs will from this
tithe forth be granted to offioers and men
who, by their good eonduot, bare deserved
them. This will Ibe good news to the
friends of the soldiers. Let them be
warmly welcomed Acme.
ragninDo rsuworow orr
MI X&
Hon. Fernando Wood, ofNew York
city, on Monday last, offend hi the foul.
Of Representallivea, One pnman
ble and resolution:'_ 7l ' •
~ ! Mime. The • Presidlont. in his me'. i
sage; deliveved - 4 this Rouse i on the 9th
inst., and in hia'regmbuneson to the
people' to assemble at their places of wor
ship to give thanks to God for recent vic
tories, claims that the Union cause has
gained important and substantial advan
tages ; and whereas, In view of these tri
umphs, it ia no looter beneath our dig
nity nor dangerous to our safety to evince
a generous magnanimity becoMing a gnat
and powerful people, by offering to the
insurgents an opportunity to return 'to .
the Union without iinposingi upon them
degrading or destructive
, Iconditihns ;
therefor* • I
Revolved. That the Preside nt, be re
quested to appoint Commis.' Imam. who
:hall be empowered to open i negotiationa
with the authorities at Richmond, to the
end . that this bloody, destructive and in
human war shall cease, and the Union 'be
restored upon terms of equity, fratarOty
and, equality, under the Constitution."
On motion of Mr.. Washburn, of Illi
nois, the proposition wan unceremoni
ously laid 'upon the table, by a vote,' of
98 yeas to 59 nays.
'rum Springfield Repsid&an i 4 one of the
few administration papers that is blessed
with a lew grain.' of ; mamba sense,' as
witness the following, which contains
more wisdom 'than Will be toned in nine
tenths of the Abolition press in the whole
year
"There is a general, jubilation in the
Republican papers over the assumed death
orthe Deinocratic Warty. They had bet
ter not take that• for granted. A pally
that has just cast more votes thaw ever
before in 'every State except Massachu
setts, * * * and has been beaten On
ly by the most extraordinary efforts, eau'
hardly be considered quite dead. * *; *
The moral of the political situation of the
Republican leaders is that they have no
such excess of strength as to make it safe
for them to be reckless or defiant as to
means and measures ; that they are still
on trial before the American people as ;to
their ability and integrity in the conduct
of the government ; and that they can
only hope to obtain a renewed lease lof
power, by demonstritAing that they can
avail and will use it for the general welfs'e,
rather than for private and partisan
ends. ,
?U VOUIWATIONO OF TOO PILIDOOSFT
. The President is complimented- by his
subsidized organs on Ae Jacksonian qual
ities lie is developing, and we are assured
that ho is demonstrating the strength
and power of the Government. Unless
the precedents of history fail in their ap
plication to this country, thee() licks-pit
ties of tfie Administration are mistaken.
Said President Jackson:
."Nor is our Government to he main
tained, or fur Union preserved, by in
vasion of the rights and powers of the
several States. lii thus attempting to
make our General Government strong, we
make it weak.' IN true' strength consists
in leaving individuals and States as much
nn possible to themselves; in making it
self felt, not in its power, burin its bene
ficence; not in its control, but in its pro-
tection ; not in binding the States more
closely to the center, but leaving each to
move unobstructed in its ',roper ;or
bit."—Jacklon's Veto Message, 1832.
Swim comment is occasioned. by the great
number of reeruite here from New York. while
other State: are muting
. very few. • Two hun
dred and eighty men were recruited , in ,
eight days for the Fifteenth New York
heavy artillery, one hundred and fifty of
Washington
reached here yesterday by steamer.
—Washington 'Akron. -
New York has probably sent more vol
unteers to the Army of the Potomac since
the Conscript act was passed, than all the
other States combined, leaving out New
Jeraey.--Erekvige. •
, New York and New Jersey hive Dem.
°erotic Governors ; none of the other
States have. Comment is needleas.
TUN COIVICKIIPTiON.
• The opinion in knowing circles at
Washington, says the Harrinkri Par 44
seems to be that the $3OO will not be re
pealed, but modified. The changes in
the law, it is surmised, will "look rather
to raising the commutation money to a
sum equal to the bounties necessary to be
Paid for volunteering—to reducing , the
;number of examptioni—and to throwing
the now existing two classes into one,
rather than to any more Indica' 'iter
ations."
A flarsaucam army officer, indignant at
the manner in which the war has seen
mangled, recently remarked : "if this
war had been Under the control of the
De:zits:rata, the Yebels would have been
driven into the \ Gulf of Mexico, long
ago !"
Lnscowes Lair Joza.—The story about
the small pox in the White House is said
to have,no foundation in fact. It is only
one of Honest Old Abe's jokes—his last
lake—a practical joke designed to frighten
off callers while he was writing hisinaii.
sage to Congress.. , .1-
Latest War Nows:
-At midnight on the 10th about thirty
guerrillas made a dash at our p icket line
three miles from the Chain Bridge and
five from Georgetown and captured one
man and six horses. ; The picket reserve
rallied and fired three volleys into them,
killing one and capturing another. ;
—The monitor Wrehruskeri sunk at her
moorings off Morris Island, 8. C., on Bun
day ilast, during the - prevalence of gale.
Thirty other crew per ished, anionipahont
1
were 'four of her engineers. The Captain
1 , , remainder of the ofikers are safe.
Thal other monitors rode out the storm.
—Richmond papers say that Longstree '
command is at Rutledge, 30 miles north
west of Knoxville, on the road to Bristol;
South-Western Virpnia, and ins Atom
-1 paratively safe position. His rear. .ms
skirmishing with our cavalry,, but ; : . •
mitt
1 pursuit is said not to have berms .
—There is no confirmation of .
:nor published in the daily_._paptirs the
effect Wet the pretended Vietyseekkok
Stephens and Ave other , Onnitlieeinin
were on their way to Washingtoe from
Richmond with propositions looking,to a
-peaceful reconstruction of the Union.
—A Louisville dispatch sayrtheguer•
rinse in Cumberland, Wayne, and Clinton
Counties are very übl ol and often
make raids across the Cumberland, de.
stroying property, stealing lnorser„._ and
conscripting citizens. They are generelly
believed to be rebel citizens, who take
this method of robbing Union ..men - ;
Four thousand and two hundred Chathe
villa
noogspriscasers have parsed through Lxilizi
—The rebels at length refuse to receive
further supplies for our prisoners at
Richmond, giving, as a reason for the re
fusal the unwarranted statements of cer
tain northern journals to the effect that
supplies were appropriated by the cat
federates. Letters from our
have already shown bow gratin=
accusations were, and it Is to be hoped
that this' misunderstanding will soon be
cleared, up. With regard to the' bed ma
dition of the prisoners returned 10 Anna.
I's
paha, it, is alarm' Gest they.wereextretise
cases of consumption ,' sad the rebel agent
thought it ii grave error of part .of
the authorities to have allowedthem to Fe-
I
..
-.;•GeM Banks enneuneest that forces
under Major Gen. Washburile have seized
theliwom tit , Matagorda.. Matagorda Toms.
The RAW i l ' ' 'of Fort Eimsninn.
. ..
containing 1,000 men, tied at,the lip
Frisch of our troops, first blowing up the
magazines. PA high gale prevented the
cooperstionrof the gunboatttl with the hind
farces, or the enemy wt'uld prohal,ly
have fallen; into our hands. Ten guns
ware. awls:net ranging tram 2 4 to 108-
pounders. The oommandlpf Matagorda
Bay "bgtatia ll Y gives 'lithe control of
Central an d Western Tides, and all the
int t *iota on the east coast except
triton. ii • I; 1 ;
--Gen. nutter has assumed , the onn
mend of the Snoops lately under Gen.
Burnside, and the latter hl gone to Cin
cinnati. AU was quiet in the vicinity at
Lnoxville ci?n the 14th. I
—There was a rebel raid to Mount Ster
ling, Kentuilky, on Tuesdei night, under
command of Major Cheneweth, of about
200 men. They burned the Court House,
took about? 50 horses; whit commissary
stores they *lulled. and left for Dixie in
haste. There 40th Kentucky Was camped
Shout a mile from the pleste, and by, the
time they sot, ready to (*sae the Rebels
had fled tegrard the Olyi . ppian Spring.
They took, ;Along the roes 4 all the horses
they couldlcatch. The,lrecords of , -the
Clerk's' dikes were partiOly destroyd:
—Col. West, with the 139th New York
Infantry, tied the New I York Mounted
Rifles,_ has captured 'the rebel camp at
Charles City Court Hoare, Inn the" James
River, 30 Miles from Richmond. The
139th marched 61 miles in 64 hours, thre'
a terrible storm, walkitiFi their shoes off
in the mudtl tr he affair ii described as a
brilliant one. Our loss,ls!Capt. Gregory,
severely, wounded ; one Corporal, and one
sergeant killed, and four Men wounded.
—A NewPrleans corresitondent or the
Boston • 21-atteller writes that the Unionists
' in Texas are rallying under ' the standard
of General Banks in greet, I numbers. Ho
has already two regiments, and
more are coming in to sore 1 his army.
•
1
Disimo Acv or Pusacy. r -The steamer
Chesapeake; of the Crontwell line, bound
from New York to Portland, on her regu
lar trip, with -a large Or, valued at
posse
$lBO,OOO, wits taken ion Of en Mon
day morning ,! about one:
o'clock, by a
party of rebels numberib about sixteen
who were apparently unarmed and inof
fensive passengers. The
. CaPtain was put
in, irons, , the second, etimneer shot dead,
and thrown overboard, and some others
of the officers wounded g tTha astonished
passengers were then notified that they
were prisoners of war - V the Confederate
States of America. his extraordinary
proceeding took place, about twenty-one
• miles northeast of Cape iCodi, The cap
tured o ffi cers and crew, tosether with the
passengers, were landed Lby the daring
pirates at Partridge Island, and the steam
er •then started off - tu, aea. • When last
seen she was lying alongside another ves
sel, apparently taking in coal, and it was
thought she would make for Wilmington,
N. C., and endeavor tont?) the blockade.
Quite a fleet of Union' iveasels, both from
Portland and from New, Yprk have started
off in pursuit of the Chesapeake, but thus
far met with no success. I
ngto
At Ids lealiSesee 1,11r. ‘ 0411,10 the Mamie or the
Wort. on the 12th of November, 1110114.4 C. ACERS,
aced St yests. . I
laisatiary Com. a r rirsible Diseise-1
C
TO caroling
Thy andowigned haring hers , r estorsd to twalib iq
• tear weehrOry every staple noody,atter hieing suffered
ewers' roue with • were lane affection, and that dread
diatom Oomosseptio•—te sodas make labors to his
telloarodienos the amass aim,
To all who desire It, he will egad • ropy of the pri
oniptios toed (free of sharp), with the directions for
psiortrot sad slag the sails, Witch they will Sad •
sew Ono tor Conisitrwor,i Arriouattoirostris, de.
The Nay ohjsw of the oivertiser yes seeding the Powerr
ilea is to berme the all*dsid, aa t ad siOwati information
Wash ooneetres to to taint e, aid he hopes every
=ow win try asremedy, ai it WM east them nothing,
nay prove • biesetne. .1 !
Patios iirtibiotL
. Ite prase will please address
Ur. NOW A WILSON,
Witlionstoryh,
oatlea-tin Wags *nasty. New teat
"APO/gMqt,
OR C.ONCETED-LYIZ !
FAMILY =OA MAKER.
WA R makes high races ; Saponifier
balsa to redoes Una 'takes Wasp for Ir•ar
mats a pound by 'Wag your lidtales gain.
alVetON. 'Al aparioaa Ilia are °Mired also,
be aired and oaly bay the Irataiattail arta& pat up
lerta caaa„ allot/an totag o•l7tartalta, .
PIXIOSTIVAXLIL SALT MAIM ACTLTRING CO.,
pbasaatouLairb. 127 Walnut Street.
Pittsburg—Pitt iltroo and Moamar Way.
aorITIM-3m. '
BILINDILIITIES ?ILL.&
You say mem yoat health by the use of other
temedlte. Toa may noon?out any ; but do 120 t
tenet that yOu may dly sod Itisadreue. PILL could
have saved you. Ter masether that the
ANNUL TBINCIPLE 107 DELT%
visa you hare It lira:one la your systems, is evident
to your ulna! lastinerts. Tour countenance tells your
Minds; your dist= sad your ohs heart toll you.
Now, at thew limo then is ail modirdne so deeming
of your eoaddersos as 1
ItitaNDIULTITS Miff/IDLE lUNITERIEML !ILLS
Is the oaly medicine kaolin that can certainly can, whoa
all tha wad Indisattoas tell p 1 11011111 i di*.
Nr.John Today, SpristOeld,l Holm Co., N. J., has
aced Braadroth's Ms for Mesa; years 121 his family, and
he all his hawk to whichpar
Um or &Moo dllectloaa, Fs:
ear sad Arros,Nasaisw, D/Wit/laiDeogh;iliNt / 1 411 a kg
has serer kaowa them to- foa l Akpatoral•Adre, 11911
Chaal Street, New Tort. 4
Bold by Dr. L. autos°, arid try all respectable ilea-
Janda ownekst. ,„ lbelll-hm.
• ' '
TAMA NO , • il6 - 1 f r ille -_, ,
,
aad Unsafe Illio germs.
1, 64 , ,• I' l ; - .'
• • diem* else
•:1 . I •. . . . gyr 'palm .
Whielk ba adtad the • • • •t of the most
PRO MTN • zIN TUX U. a,
Is sow ty ea a ear** ions for
the followhicAPZaptoias, oftinstlng from
diaesseissid rum U or Serail Organs :
Gam* Debility, ,
~,
Neste sail Phyried/bepivesioa, .
liabecigir, ,p ( ,
,0*••• , , gitermiastlios or Blood to the Head,
fr`.-t . : •., Coefuest Mesa, ,
k 1 polies. ,
ses, 1 .• Genand Debility.
asi itirsplassiese at Night, • ! AI;
ti •-• .:' Atom et Ilenalsr,..
. .Urea at_
.
L..,-...
Disorpshistion or Paralysis of the
1 Pslpltsticos of the Heart,
A svitli isiAdi the aossonilhistr or a Nervous and Dr
of the system. , • ~.,
1411 Ma as
l arri t ur =Lail eat.
_,' MIX. YON H BOWL : Tali NO 014111 R.
vales Georanteed.
brirsO+ At in, Mother
, perlafts Bee ociiinni.‘
• ' 5,“:".., " •
Al 8 I 11,
" that btai gni..MMus: la Ars
0
nassiii 2 •• z, . 44,-• OVII. --.,,
_404
What dames red hair le a rlsh sad etimptaoris brown 2
ORLVITADONAPII DIN.
•
.1 ftirliontalse' neither lisk leak nor nitrate of
T. 1."'" -
1 • ' 1 , e '• CalffrADOlto4l.' ,
What . Dye J as the had, triable tad Is mast qakkly
1 *POW ? - , i • /
cainrrlo• no*
What la the esbrme walled sad promised add
orturzumplitow ,
What predates the mest a Masessit dere
01111WrADO
by 1.1111MT14)01110, Na. li Astor Home.
New sob. Soli mrywhare, sad applied by all Hair
1 Dressers. Prise, $1,11,11k and 111 per eon, amebic to
1 lOW . : 1 1 disellhlin.
Oristadaro's Asir Preservative,
islaistrilis with hie Dy•;ae itiatrikt the staled oft'
rm. the sod beadlid eteaa and great vitality to the
_
Peas MI oak Si and Ni par, WU% aceordian to slat.
1 • whilbe,ly
MIZE
rzipursisiortis ai minumpion •
• . DP 4 IDUIVOUS INVALID,
for - the bawds Md ma ohattoa to young
iy amatkot ita hr ibeir wbo
b oteloom ai llortr .ga LkoMreoz i
araThatilown.. .14 , — T'lpilobao sand ' . /atior
Wag • tridha of akaddiamk Lk toodiail kw&
kw krul quokay. amioNag • postield *unto"
okiecaapiorarto hod id tholidllbs4 Warsaw= Mor
ro*, Wu iElap • . , a:WU& 1•3141.
. -
D;t. TOlll 10111CTI NLINI II KNIT.
/40 I TESTIMONY ! This le to certify that for
the last five rears 1 have used to my faintly Dr. Tobias'
celebrated Vrneelan Liniment, mid In envy
have foam! it folly Neal to Id s recommendatloni. I MI •
found It to give almost instsohineoue relief in 01/44
toothache, croup. Winne colic, sore throat. palm in lb,
chavlkandcback. sad rheumatism. and I cheerfully rev
°mastoid its Lid to every one alfs.cled with any of the
above named
Mouser. above WARNER.
flairrons. . Orl• IQr 3 k 61 .
Price :5 sad 500oty. field be all druggads. nice,
64 Cortlandt Attest, New Task decl9-In'.
go.ilat(s gtdvtrtiotalcitto.
For Rent
FROM APRILI, 1864, Two Final
Ciw SCOR44 c 4 ertetal OFFICR.I. In
quire of
a/x.19631f. URNJ AMIN GRANT.
rdiatrimonlal.
AYOITING DIAN of Fool plenty
of m mer and prep 'messing Man es a 21)esra of
is depiron I of opening a enrrseposlerres, with a viva
to , s tr i moal with wren' ,mlslide, well sane-Jed mad -
letlizeul loon whole ar I. etre.n 16 and 161
yeart , 0,, w h o thorough ka”srleclg• of
lum.okesph l c and musir prrferrad Address
FRANI!: It. Carr of Penny Post,
Corry, Pa
JectO lir •
=NEM
Stray Calves.
CAME to the farm of the eubieriber, in
Amity ip 0.0 the 71h lost, I Sp.ing Calves_ two
Steers out :w ;hit rs, oue er red"wltit whit. face,
the other rrd with tw, Oita to right earl Owe Helfer
salary color, the other red with a star la the forehead.
The owner is requested to come forint!. proireproirel
and tats them away. SILLS SNIO r.
e:9'63.
VALUABLE
Store Stand and Resldeate for Sale.
rrIIE undersigned offers for Sale his
X valuable property in the village of Beaver Dam,
F.rie Ca., Pa., eoneisting of an excellent Store Building
and Dwelling Hoare, with an sari or more of land at
tached. The Store has been used for the purpose a great
nember of yearn, end is well tilted, being large, conven
ient, and having a good cellar. A wing attached to the
building will accommodate a small fatally. The stand
le one of the.beette county. being situated In a
healthy, fertile and wealthy neighborhood. The residence
le a Two Story one, hating a large, dry cellar, and belog
boo, roomy and convenient. A good Cistern, Wall and
Barn are concerted with the house 1 will sell or es.
change for property tu Erie, on reasonable terms. Any
pampa wishing to purchase will address.
JOHN CUMMINS,
Erie City. Pa.
4ec19'64-3m,
Administrator's Notice'.
LE'rfELS of Administration have been
granted to the undendgnect, on the estate of Wm.
K. eanborn, late of Millerrek tp., deceased; All persons
indebted to said estate are hereby notified to maks Im
mediate payment, and those having claims against the
same will please present them. duly authenticated, for
'settlement, to the tic leralgoed
ROBB SANBORK,
Of Millereek Tp.,
Amlnistrattit.
nor; 3w
FOR THE
Holiday Trade
We aro now getting in a fine •Stock, o
Goode for the
HOLIDAYS!
Unusual care has been taken to select jus
the goods necessary,
IN DRESS GOODS,
WE •HAVE
MERINOS, REPS,
POPLINS,
EMPRESS CLOTH
4-4 EPINCLINES I
Embroidered French Poplin Robes,
PLAID 'POPLINS,
With a Complete Assortment of Medium Prised Goods.
FURS ! FURS;!
We have &Wad largely to onr Stock of
PRIME
Tr All of wLieli we are selling
inirD HE DL&IIKET.
YM
& CLOAKS
. „
On ,
. rwto : elittatl i e l l it s
___ani will be sold, at the
01hMtlISSION.
3 • ,
REAL' MBE AND AtE EMBROIDERED
HANDKERCHIEFS, -
SETTS, COLLARS WiiiIiEEVES,
We bare a Boor and better gueelitalieNAMbeiC •
OUR LARGE 873 CE Of -
Worsted Hoods Soi tagi t . NObot,
BREAKFAST• CAPS, &a.
WILL HE SOLD LOW for theNEIN TIMMY DAYS.
WM. P. HAYER
no. a Mu MOM.
dec191131.1.
PROPOti
FIIPAINNAMMO Pas's.
(ME ersigtlej.- uil4ng Committee
& of fit. Paula Church. Yrle loHU Proposahi of
Bids, up to the 15th of January mix Indian% for tarn
halm all materiel* and building an tabbing monplete,
• STONE CHURCH, in amordamm with the plans and
epeolacatious furnished by the Arelikeet.
The work to be comminuted than, of April ant and
areusonted with energy to oompbtioi. All materials la
the old or prevent church to helms ib the contractor.
The plans and specifications am berm tram this three
at the office of Wm. C. Kelso, sq ., 9ieretary or the Vim.
try. AU bids will he &meted toths Committee.
• WM. M. 111.11 M;
HENRY IaWL.Mi
WY. L. SOT?,
dect-der hilding Committee.
It A N- D P
WWII:SALE AND RETAIL
OYSTER lEPOT!
NO. IN RAILROAD Man; DAM RANT. PENN'A.
Preprkter. •
Parties 'applied with the bestiality of Oyster" at the
shortest - notice . The patronage f th• respect
fatty solicited. novIC63-Iy.
ERESERVED FRUIT; •
alba, Dawned Fruit, Iciss, Tem6 B6 3an k
*Nat myl‘lia. k
1 11 41:01%. MINIM
HOLIDAY TRADE!
A LA ROE SMCK OF
CONF ECTIONERIEs
TOYS, FANCY GOODS,
I
BAKES,
,AXVIIPMENTEI, ke,
ARRIVING AND IN BTOR6, Al
BENEIe& BURGESS .
• Variety Store,
A LARG E ASSORT3fEN
FINE yRENCiI CANDI,
CANDY TOYS,
GUM DROPS,
CHOCOLATE CA.
A'nd every Variety of
STAPLE CONFECTIONk
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIc'
PRESERVED FRU
CONSISTING OP
PRUNES,
FIGS,
CITRON,
TAMARINDS,
CURRANTS,
m7E.rI
! PRE3ERWFS t JE,LIt.4,
Brindled Peaches, Pickles, Sautes, ir
A Select Assortment of
Booking Horses, Drums,
Iron and Woo
Ladies* View tasliets, &Oak"
RCM*
Gentlemen' Dressing Cases,
Fanoy Boxes, Opera Glass
1
DOLLS AND DOLL HEAD
DRESSED DOLLS,
CHINA DOLLS: BISQUE DO
WAX DOLLS, CRYING Sr. KID
CHINA HEADS,
BISQUE HEADS, RUBBER
HEADS, DOLL BABIES, ETC.,
Embracing all the Nei Stylet.
TIN TOYS.
OYSIBIMSZEI, ILlPitlag WAGONS,
MONITORS, le MINNA B. R. TRAINS, ANI
TIWIICII,' SWORDS, GCNS, AC.
SUNDRY TOYS AND G
Grego Mops, Battledores. Chins Tea Setts,
Too Sotte;Billoweroya. Wooden Tom Cubic
ink Blocks, SoHair% Loto Bell sod Bar
Pldlosophar, Authors' GM% rannliar Qaol
• misty of Card Acmes and Antustpooste.
•
CHICQUER BOARDS,
0 BIQUER YEN, CHESS WAN,
DOMII4OES, WAIL
Ikrssitistiusis, Jetardetnes aad Masks, B
♦ LAWS STOCK OF /-
PERFUMERY,
Drub% Coles, Peitaestes,
ACI4DC:,LADIEW PURSES,
`stung rot
HOLIDAY CIFTII
.........
46 .7
- ♦ SMALL ASSORTMENT OY ,
Meanhim Pipes and Bot,
' ULM, GUYTTA PRIMA AND RO3SWOOD
PIPES, BOWLS and STEIS
AN ENDLESS
VARIETY OF' NOTIONS
lac Whig ortrithing u%u&Uy kept to s
VARIEI'Y -STORE..
I=
• Ws ask oar Mingo to examine our Stock, and 0 I r il '
rondo antinfactlop to quality and pricy ,
rer di p. 111.—Tb. Made supplird on Liberal Tank.
ye devote Paatteular Attention to Oa l'billi
• 4 SERER Si BURGESI.
11°72/.td• - NO. 1 wmors Roo
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