grit Obstrinr.
THURSDAY, AUGUST, 25, 1864
tTXL!AL Vionarti nt len PICOPLII IN Tilt Pima or
Arttuoirr LINERTY —Attire* Ad:low-
PRESIDENT,
GEORGE B. McCLELLH, of Pensytnuela.
wee mecum:sir,
JIBES GUTHRIE, et Kentucky.
(Subject to the deelalon ed the Democratic Ipitional
Convention.)
The Crawford County kridatrito. •
The statements which we publish, in an:
other part of this week's paper, of pro:-
ceedings in connection with the substitute,
business at Meadville, will bring the blush"
of shame to every man's cheek who has a
regard for the credit of the people of
North Western Pennsylvania. If true,they
present a ream' of guilt, and deep-dyed
depravity, of `which, little respect as we
havd for flie•charaoter of certain men in
high official and social station, we did not
conceive:that even they were capable. The
paper from which we copy them, the
Meadville .Republican, is one of the recog
nized exponents of the dominant
party in Crawford county, and can
not be accused'of presenting theth to the
public through any partizan motives.—
They' bring vividly to mind the accusa
tions of the injustice and cruelty attend
ing slavery in the South, which have been
the staple topic of Abolition- appeals - to
popular support for the last thirty years ;
and lead us involuntarily to inquire wheth
er every instance of inhumanity which
has been'pictured to us as one of the sari-'
butes of-the "peculiar institutions" of car
neighbors, may not have its twin crime
here in the North. The Legrees and the
Marks's, the Uncle Toms and the Ha
lays, it is plain, are not confined to one
section of this once favored land. If all
the barbarity and the knavery, the decep
tion and immorality, which have taken
piece itx the single item alone •of negro
enlistments, were dragged to the light, we
strongly suspect that Mrs: Harriet Beecher
Stovie'Could find material for-. her caustic
pan, which would far exceed in credi
bility and exciting interest, all the other
productions which her gifted, but fanati
cal mind, have furnished to the public.
Mr. Brick, the individual whose arrest
in connection with thezie affidavits, was
last week announced to our readers, is the
Sheriff of Crawford county, and of course
is a Republican of the blackest and blood
iest dye. He is the warm friend of Mr.
Lowry. one of his chief supporters for the
Senatorial nomination, and is a dele
gate selected by that gentleman to ad
vance his interests in the conferee meet
ing. We sincerely trust, for his own sake,
and that of his favorite candidate, and es
pecially for that"of the honest, patriotic
and respectable people of Crawford coun
ty, that he may be nblo, as he claims to
be, to explain away these_ damaging charg
es to the satisfaction of all candid, unpre
judiced men.
THE following is an extract from a pri
vate letter to -the editor :
• "Do you believe the story about Old
Abe's having a nigger song sung on the
battle field of Antietam is trua? I think
very little of him, as you',know, but I hard
ly thirik,he possesses so small a regard for
honor, or that he is so perfect a buffoon
as that."
Unpleasant as it may be
. to think that
the.chief executive of this great people is
"so perfect a buffoon," we are forced to
-declare our belief in the story from be
ginning to end. It comes,to us from not
less than•half a dozen various sources,%and
we have been informed that one of the
reasons why Gen. McClellan was removed
from (command, and driven into an at
tempted disgrace, arose oat of this very
occurrence. His manly nature revolted at
the uhnatural act of having a ribald
per
formance.among the graves of his fallen
companietis, and - he took occasion to ad
minister a . reprimand to the President
which was the more cauetiO booms° it was
deserved; and so expressed-as to be with
in the bounds-of official propriety. Up to
that period Mr. Lincoln - had claimed to be
his personal friend, but immediately there
after a change took place in Ids disposi
tion, and- it was not long beforethe found an
opportunity to wreak his vengeance. The
story of the negro song his been printed
in nearly every Democratic journal in the
North. Has any one ever - seen a Repub
lican paper or speech-maker that denied
it ?
Bet °feral.
The New York News offers to place five
thousand dollars in. the hands of some re
sponsible person, to be donated to the des
titute widows -sad orphans of deceased
New York soldiers, in the events 4f
,Mr.
Luicol ' lection, upon Condition that
ejonrnal or citizen of responsibility
shall place an equal sum in the hands of
the same party, to be applied to
. the units
Purpoge, in the event ot. lir. Lincoln's de
feat. It says : "We confess that this pro
position is founded upon the perfect con
fidence.,that the' Democratic party will be
overwhelmingly triumphant at the polls
in NovemlSer 'next; ; and should our offer
be accepted, we are convinced that them
suit will simply be the appropriation of
five thousand dollars from the purse of an
Abolitionist to the relief of some of the
victims of an Abolition war."
Samos WITAON, of Massachusetts, pub
lishes a note , denying all the reports to the
effect that lie is mixed up with any prOpo-,
sition for an statistic° with the rebels He
says, '!No public tram connected with ; the
Administration is in favor of an aimbitice.
I personally know that President Li4oln
and all the members of his Cabinet bare
undoubted faith in 'the snecPss of out z.-
mies .and the complete triumph, of
cause, and With that belief they will 'Amir
sue the most - vigorous measures to rake
money and men to . carry on the war."-L.
Thutwe have a semi-official declaretion
that the Men_in paler are deteirmintid to
persevere in the course they have pursued
for neerj.tf9nr' years, and will make.no
efforts tuobiain peace in any other, way
than,through blood and death.
. Tam • New York Tribune acknoirl ges
tkat for Jim: Liboolnites . and Franopters
.each to run in electoral ticket "is tril)rave
cerptiw defeat," and therefore:prOPo#os to
compromise betwee n them by runnin* one
Mt of elector; who are to cast their b to
for the 'candidate receiving the -
support from the Republican
,n of .
the Mae;
11*-11101117 I.
Its aosa
In the Polar seas the great ice fields
often break up in a single night. The day
before they may have - seemed
-flan asi
solid, but when manthig come' nothingis
seen save jostling 'and crumbling frag
ments. The Repu!Akin party, Bays the
Philadelphia Age,ls,b,lling to pieces in
very much the same way. There is no
great breach in its ranks ; no sundering
into two or more hostile, yet compact fac
tions'; 'but there is a process of disorgani
zation; and deemaposition at mark. like
that seen in the ice-field, which-suddenly
loses its coherenee, and floating under
warmer skies soon melts away and disap
pears forever.. Every one has an experi
ence of his own to relate, and can tell how
his old friends, who have been meat thor
ough going in .their support of Mr. Lin
coln, have at last yielded to the "logic of
events," and are ready - to renounce the
President and all his woilts These than
, ges are not,' made at the beck of any lea
der. They are in no sense factious. They
are not produced by sympathy_ with any
popular excitement or passion. The sim
ple explanation is that the people—each
man for himself—find that no dependence
can be placed in the assurances of those
in office, and that having had all and
more than they asked for, they have done
and can do nothing to restore the Union.
The long suffering patience which ha% en
tlured one disappointment after another
is at last worn out, and the most hopeful
are giving away to despair..:lhe War is
apparently no nearer its enit than it was
three years ago ;_the people (:theSouth
are more deflantand desper* than ever;'
our fictitious prosperity is rapidly collaps
ing, while bankruptcy, anarchy and ruin
stare us . in the face. It is no wonder, then,
that men are everywhere emancipating
themselves from their prejudices, and anx
iously-searching far the truth. Those who
have been the most credulous, and have
blindly believed just what they were told
to believe, are becoming skeptical, and the
most thoughtless are beginning to• think.
These indications of mental activity are,
it seems to us, of visetly more importance
than any dissensions among the leaders of
the Republican party. Commanding such
an influence as this war puts in his hands,
Mr. Lincoln need not feel very much dis
couraged, although Mr. Sumner berates
him in private, or Senator Harris flies from
liis obscene jests, or though even Messrs.
Wade and Davis rend him with their pro
test ; but when the people begin to aban
don him of their own accord, his fate is
sealed. The same causes which began the
movement will continuo it ; and he will
soon be left with no supporters but office
holders and shoddy contractors. Such a"
spontaneous popular movement is one of
the revolutions that never go backwards;
and it has already advanced far enough to
ensure his defeat. Whatever other evils
the future may have in store for us, the
re-election of A. Lincoln is not one of
them.
11le Oily way to Oita Pease. .
History does not record a case, says the
Buffalo Cburier, in which a war between
parties so nearly balanced as to strength
as the North and South,' has terminated
by the abject submission of one to the ex
treme demand of the other. Compromise
—the finding of some middle ground 7t has
universally made peace, as conciliation
and reciprocal concession have preserved
it. Accordingly it is safe to predict that
the present war will last jusl, so long as
each of the contending parties holds to its
extreme position. The South professes to
be fighting for an independence, which,
if allowed, would displace the key-stone
of the national arch and result in - the
crumbling of the Union to fragments. The
North is fighting really to destroy slavery.
Its success in this quest might pessibl
emancipate the blacks, but it would e 4
slave the Southern whites, as it would als'o
involve the destruction of one of the car
dinal principles upon which the Union
was founded. The war can never end upon
.either the Northern or Southern u/tissatum,
as that is now presented. A platform be
tween the respective tr ace tda of the sec
tions must be found if is ever to be
obtained. It is plain, moreover, with what
basis peace must be made. In general terms,
the Union• and the Constitution furnish
it. The South must forego its indepen
dence in order .o the preservation intact
of the Union. The North must forego its
pixtject of subjugating or Northernizing
the South, and be guided instead by' the,
principles of Ale Constitution - in' its deal
ings with the rebellious people and their
States. We believe that to-day a vast ma
jority of the people, both loyal and rebel,
areowilling, nay_ eager. for peace on this
foundation. • Neither the loyal nor the
rebel government permits, by its attitude,
the expression of that willingness. We
do not doubt but that a formal abandon
ment by our administration of its avowed
purpose to destroy slavery'and the rights
of the Southern States end people, would
force the rebel goverment into's* agree
ment to the terms of peace above indica
ted, if, indeed, the chance were no gladly
embraced by the Confederate authorities.
On the other hand, al the St. Louis Repub.
am /ell says :
" Ut the South, through competent re
presentatives, propose peace on the basis
of the sovereignty of the States , under the
Union as originall y formed—that is, the right
of the States to order and control their
domestic institutions in their own may,
subject to no other restraint than those
Imposed by the Constitution—and we pro
mise that the 'Federal Administration re
lasing to accede shall be swept from pow
er by the mighty will of the people, upon
the occurrence of the first ; opportunity.
Whatever may be the motives or incen
tives of some, it is for this that the great
mass of the citizens of the North are sup
porting the war."
Tut, Senate of Pennsylvania, last week,
administered a severe rebuke to-Governor
Citrtin. When the House militia bill came
before it for action, Mr. Senator Lowry
offered a substitute for the entire bill,
Which. he gently informed the Senate,
had been prepared by the Governor, the
Attorney General, and Generals Russel
and Franklin. Whereupon that Aboli
tion body incontinently rejected it. Poor
Curtin I f•
Tun Chicago raw gives,, utterance to
thin forcible truth : "The continuance of
the war withoait an effort 7 to ascertain
whether it can be closed on honorable
terms. and by4aftbsing to listen to propo
sitions of pea* is simply yvholesale mur
der." •
11•1
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the Fresiowictao sitorivir*/
for the Sake K the Valeib - • •
5
The ultimatum oP Mr. Lincqlni is ' I no I
negotion without abolition precedont,and
no tifitioa with slaveholditikeltati*." ?his
ditiSturn is adapted by the Origin"
as the , real issue of the hour—the question
submitted to the people which thy ate to
answer at the election in November,
z and
by which the fate of the nation ia.t - bei
settled r Will you support this*Mattins?
The Woe is - plain. The war eti,ss 4opz-,
menced to compel obedience to lexil i t:ig
law. The proposition of MrAintln to
ecdopel\submissiou to what is not yrs what
is, in feet contrary to lair... The only the 7
ory upon which he can possibly Maintain
the right to establish such an Object of
war, and to fix such a period of parnitina
tion, is the theory that the Constitatiim is
already destroyed,and that we are empsged
in a free fight, in which the stronkest*uiy
impose any terms upon the conoitered. It
is" not worth while to argue the wrongful
ness• of this theory, which "placo tis al
ready. •in 'll condition of anarchy. ; The
people are not prepared to adopt the the
ory, and the hangers-on of the idrninis
tration, perceiving .that the pople are
against them, are endeavoring conceal
the fact that Mr. Lincoln has placed:him
self on this ultimatum, and stinds, firm
there. Mr. "Kirke," so-called, who :went
to Riehirtond.the other day, has published
a statement of the terms that lie was au
thorized to talk 'about, but did 'not. talk
about, since there was evidently no, use of
IL Re places abolition first and foremost,'
and it thus seems evident tha9St r
Lin
'coin himself, and not any of hii subordi
nates or advisors, is the inventor of the
ultimatum.
CH
It is by no means certain that negotia
tion may not fail, and terminate in re
newer' contest. But it is not probable. It
is vastly more likely-that negotintioO will
bring peace and Union. The issue -is,
plainly, shall we fight until Mr. Lincoln's
ultimatum is accepted, or shall t wenego
tiate if thereby we may restore ihet trni?q
The people must answer the question.
- • • 1 Meaty Letter.
Few Pennsylvanians have draw I. n and
used their swords in this war Mitt more
credit than Colonel McCandless, iof the
ReserVes, and few have left the s ervice
with higher. honor. His letter d t elining
a brigs iier'S commission sneaks the senti
ments of tlinusands of our most pittriotic
citizens, and is as follows : - i 1
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PITILADELPIIIA, July ° tl, ' 864.
Ste : I have the honor to acir.n sledge
the receipt of a communication fr in the
Secretary, of War, dated the 2lstcinst.,'
(tz,in
forming me of my promotion to t e posi
tion of brigadier general of volunt rs.
This appointment I decline, to accept.
In orderi that my motives foe sd doing
may be' clearly understood, I' will state
that when those who administer this Gov
ernment to-adopt the original intention of
prosecuting this war for the reatorittion:of
the Union, I. together with hundreds of
officiate and thousands of men, at ;present
out of service, will be found ready and
willing to 'return. Until such time I con
sider the post of honor to be thel private
station. ,
j am, sir, very resp'y, your ob't
Wm. Mee.
Brig. Gen. L. Thomas, A.G. U.:
GOVERNOR Ssysious has taken he da
Stateof the northern boundary of the
State of New York into his own hands.
lie ha-laced General John A. Green in
commander the counties along the from•
tier from the St. Lawrence riven to the
Vermont; border.-Exeliange. !
What Pennsyltantan can ccintrast . ,the
Gevernorof our State with the noble Gov
ernor of New York, without feeling a
blush of shame rising to his cheek 1' awl
'Andrew G. Curtin been Executive of New
York, and the rebels threatened any part
of her bordera,he would first havegot down
upon his knees before Lincoln and Stan
ton, and meekly begged their permission,
before taking any steps to defenci the peo
ple of his State. Can't we prevail upon
our New York neighbors to trade Gover
nors V. We would gladly give 1p Curtin
for Seyttiour, and throw in McClure, Slifer;
Lowry, Penney, and a host of ,th,e Gover
nor's other intimate advisers "to hoot."
Tim Louisville Journal, in quoting an ar
ticle from the Buffalo Onaier, showing the
unity of sentiment between: the Western
and Eastern Democracy, remarks forcibly
that "the conservative masses Of the coun
try are a , unit on the basis of th determi
nation not, merely to preserve the Union
and the Constitution, but to preserve it by
the exertion of no further force than may
be absolutely necessary, and of no further
force at all, if possible. They are unitedly
for peaCe the instant peace can Ibe estab
lished upon the deep foundations, of the
ConstOution. The Constitution ii the con
servative ultiinatnm.? '
Tim Albany Argas,noticing a report that
Gov. Seymour will be seriously canvassed
for the Presidency, says: "It is proper to
state ;hat Gov. Seymour is not a candidate
for nomination at Chicago, and Ihe is ut
terly opposed to the use •of his "name for
any public position.",
Poi. Democratic National 'Convention
meets' at Chicago on Idondiy, the 29th
inst. It will be the largestpolitidal gath
ering ever held in America.
Can Oahu eloserveri:
Fifty Cents for Three Month■.
In order to place the Caiman's • within
the reach of all who desire to reed sound
Union doctrines, we have decided to take
subscribers for the space of three months;
commencing with the 6th 9f August,. 44_
ending with the next issue after the Pres:
idential election. The price will be Firri
Calm, invariably in ads t. Eich subserip.
tion will be promptly discontinned at the
expirStion of the time, unless other dire°.
MOeOSpiper are given by the persons receiving
th. •
We earnestly urge the Democrabi of
Erie, Warren, Crawford and Ashtabula
counties to make a special effort to In
crease the circulation of the Oaltivas
during the exciting and important pOliti.
cal campaign so soon to open. Let. no
man wait urn his neighbor to aomm‘nce
the work o obtaining subscriptions.! but
enter upon it himself, with energy..deter
mination and persistency. The crstiii de
mands the services of all, and ski one can
excuse himself who fails to pinforni his
duty in this hour of his countros,danger.
We should have at least two thoustuid.
campaign sa bers on our books before
the close of August. .Let others dotheir'diay
and we will not fail to perform ours.
Donna= ECONONT.—No boueekeeper or
cook is fay prepared to eater saccessfully
'woe her ordinary duties withonytavini tho
Chemical klaferater on band. It Mimi the
mind of much of the ewe and anxiety expe
rienced by a skillful cook. For' sale by poet
soreisais asd grocers. 1 ,
11Itrbc~sa:
summates sexy.
The Confederates in the rear of Atlanta
have at lengthout the redrew' which sup
plies General Sheedian. On Sunday, eve.;
ning a force ,of ;abotit fifteen hundred
Confederates, under General Wheeler, at
tacked the Federal garrison at Dalton..
The railroad north and south of the town
Was cut, Sill the garrison summoned to
surrender. At once-all - communication_
with §lierman's.srmy ; was stopped. The
various railroad _ trains n'ear Daltotwere
hurried up. and down the , road- towards
Atlanta and Chattanooga. Seven hundred
cattle, en route for Sherman's camp, were
captured. The Federal garrison at Dalton
:numbered eight hundred.
The force of COnfederates under Gen.
Wheeler who attacked Dalton numbered
five thousand. They had six cannon.—
The Federal garrison, eight hundred
strong, held,out against them, and atter
slightly destroying
• the railroad in Dalton,
Wheeler marched off. Some Federal rein
forcements from Chattanooga have reach
ed :Dalton. Wheeler, when he left the
town, went a, short distance south ('along
the railroad.
'
General Wheeler, with the Confederate
cavalry, has left Milton: He has gone
northward towards Cleveland to destroy
the road leading to Knoxville. Guerrilla
-binds hive attacked this railroad north
of Chattanooga and fired upon the Federal
pickets. .
Secretary: Stanton reports having ieard
from Atlanta. Nothing had occurred -up
to Friday evening last. Telegraphiceom•
munication with Sherman's camp is thus
re-established. We have every reason to
believe, from the letters of correspon
dents, that Sherman's esstern flsnk has
been withdrawn so far from Atiania that
he can no longer throw shells at, the hou
ses. His western flank makes no progress
towards the Macon railroad. On Thurs
day last the first trains were sent south
from Chattanooga to Sherman's camp.—
Wheeler 'captured one of them north of
Dalton; bnt'did not injure the railroad.
At :daylight on Thursday, Warren's
corps was moved from its camp at City
Point. It marched toward the Weldon
Railroad;' found but a small. body of the
enemy, aird on Thursday evening cut
,the
railroad at Ream's Station;eight miles
South of 'Petersburg. • Warren then turned
north along the road, but did not go far
before he found the-enemy in strong force.
Ile halted for the night seven miles from
Petersburg. On Friday the destruction of
the railroad was continued, but in the af
ternoon the Confederates made a new at.
tack. They threw heavy bodies of troops
against Warren's corps, "turned his flank
and captured nearly two thousand prison
ers. The troops were completely surpris
ed, and before they could recover were
pushed back almost to the railroad. They
finally rallied and checked the advance, of
the enemy. Before dark the Confederates
retired with their
_prisoners, and Warren
recovered nearly, but not quite all, the
ground lost. The re-crossing of the James
by aancook's aims is new confirmed. Lee
has brought back all the troops sent to the
north side of the James last .week, and is
'now in force near the Weldon road between
our 'advance and Petersburg... •
Should Grant make another attempt to
drive the enemy .from .that position, a
more sanguinary fight will ; ensue. Our
'losses on both sides' of the James, since
the 14th inst., are eel it nine thou
laud. There wad no fighting at Petersburg
on Saturday, but light skirmishing contin
ued all day.-
I v , t,
nisas,
On Sunday a heavy column of Confed
erates made a dash uPOU the sth corps,
posted on the left of the railroad on the
battle ground of Friday. The enemy
rushed upon What they supposed to be our
flank, but found themselves in a trap with
batteries and muskets pouring in an
enfilading fire of the hottest description.
They quickly made signs of surrender,
and nearly 400 of them came in—as many
more, taking advantage of the cessation
of firing, to run the Other way.
L TROX Tin SIIIINANDOMI VALLIT
The Confederates are again advancing
northward through the Shenandoah Val
ley. Sheridan, who had been following
Early, oa Monday retreated from Middle
burg to Wineheetet. The Confederates
eloiely followed him. There was severe
skirmishing all the way. Sheridan has
three small 'corps—Wright'', the Eight
and the Nineteenth, with Crook's cavalry.
So sudden was the Confederate advince,
that on Monday they captured a Federal
signal station near Middleburg, and five
hundred Federal traps which.were after-,
wards sent to help the Signal' Corps have
not been heard front.
"General Sheridan, after remaining a
while at Winchester, has again abandoned
it, and Gen. Averell has abandoned Mar
tinsburg. The enemy have occupied both.
The Federal troops have retreated to the
line of the PotoMac. Sheridan is at Har
per's Ferry; Averell is at. Williamsport.,
The Confederites have again secured the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad. Early is re
ported to be coming in great force, and the
people of Harper's Ferry, Hagerstown and
the villages thereabout are running away.'
The Confederates appear to be masters in
the Shenandoah Valley, and Sheridan has
failed as completely as any of his prod&
WOWS . , .
There has for: some time• been a great
difference of opinion among telegraphic
dispatches as to how much of ,Sheridan's
wagon train was captured thb other day by
Moseby. Moseby has at, length set it at
rest by reporting that he Seized sii hun
dred holies and mules, two hundred cat
tle, over two hundred prisoners dnd'sev
enty-five loaded wagons. The telegraph
said also that Iffoseby's loss was "at least
three times ours." Moseby says he had
two killed and three wounded.
TIM artict ON NOBILN.
We have Federal advises from Mobile
to August 11th. end Confederate advioes
to A.uguirt 15th. On the 10th, Farragut
began an attack upon Fort Morgan. He
demanded its unconditional Surrender,
but its commander refused. He said he
had six mouths provisions and would hold
out. Farragut then began his operations.
A land force advanced along the penman-
la from the east side of the bay,• and cat
off communication with Mobile. • The
monitors and gunboats than engaged the
fort, On August 15114 the date. of our .
latest latalligaasse, ao isepimake mew
t i
GRANT'S ARMY.
EIRIRIDLIt'S Wan.
*hails been made on the fart, l .. _ nekiNetat4teeteeissitt f eisseeaansi.doode.thown
day Farragut sent two monitors a d five street I ismeekstle , and left ; ,
that we were going to prison
gtmlxiats towards Mobile. They Paned until we got into it.
the kiwer end of Dog river "barind ad- Ido bOiese Wet the persons named, togeth-
Meet/ to Within seven miles of e city. er with others ribose names are unknown to
'Hare Ihey 40 the Qonfederaie batte- me, conspired together to deprive me of my
personal liberty, and so did deprive mo of my
`ties. .
and gunboats, but after aro test of liberty - for the time mentioned in my state
three houri desisted.. No serious amage ment, and agailit my will.
i his
,
was dote by them. - - GIORGI . X BUSHANNAH.
1
i MIEICKLLAMCIIIS. 1 • • • ' mark.
- 1
Some time since it was reported that six
hundred Federal officers had 'bee I placed.
by the 'confederates under Fade " I fire in
Chit:W . lton harbor. Six hundred! Coded-.
erate officers have been collected! and are
to be sent to the Federal fleet to tr placed
under Confederate fire.
The report that the Confeder s have
captured, two Federal steame ron the
Yazoo river is confirmed. They lwere on
a cotton expedition/ . An unauciassflil at
tempt to blow up a 'Federal gunboat by a
torpedo linee been made near V icksburg,
on a bayo u falling into the Mi iitsippi.
; 1 i
In'Kentucky the guerrillas are yery ac
tive. the,Te are reports thisning of
mi l
various contests with them at ifferent
points in the western section of e State.
Nothing farthetr.has been sent i about.
F
the raid into Illinois. The invadi g party
has most probably withdrawn tai he south
bank of'the Ohio with his cattle nd plun
der.
It is alMost certain that ne ly every
Indian tribe on the western bo ris pre
paring fora war against the Uriit States.
Depredations ha've already beg44,as2l . .„llhe
military force in the territories "is far too
;small to fight the savages. I
Two Federal regiments have / been sent
from Philadelphia to Chicago, it is said, to
watch the Democratic Conventkir •
There are ten thousarrcl sick
ded Federal soldiers in hoe
Washington.
Shameful Proceedings in Cri
ABOLITION NEGRO TRA
MOW "LOVA LEMMAS" P
81TPUPW4 ,
Prom the Re i dville Republican ("Loyal ,
The better feelings of the goOl'
this distrilt have been outraged 'a l
legs of the substitute business, •u
id human flesh, around the Provo.,
office, in ?iletulville. Three or Co
recent occurrence are given to thit
which they can farm some idea of
'log on behind the scenes.
•
The Faille will rejoice to lea:
proceedings have been instituted
and that few of the operators
feel the force of the law appliro.
the 'hope is felt, that others witbi
may also be "brought to
.grief.i'
of some •Of; the victims' of this
proceedings are given, revealing
things that will startle even t 6
had their!attention turned to (h
business.;
On Thursday. last, two colored
ed before . Squire Lewis, in thi
made the following information'
saw and. heard their statenient,
straight manner in which it wiis
doubt that it contained the nnvMrit
Warrants have been issued, and ti
the hands, of those who will see! t
through. It may be proper here,
that the colored men whose oath
ded, were, at the breaking out jo
lion, slaves in Virginia, 'that th'ey,
way, some time since, into Penns'
Were found at Harrisburg by tin
humia flesh, ruts!ed :
Com. ve. S. G. Krick.—George
being duly sworn, says : Ile Wet
lin county, Pennsylvania. C. C.
came to Harrisburg and
come out and work for him in 4 1
said that the stable was eight mile!
Title ; said he would give me nini
week and board me ; this was on
If I came out, he said that I migl
months, and if I quit him before
would dock me. I left on Friday
m., got to Pittsburg Saturday in
at 8 o'clock. Took the train'a4
arrived at Meadville at 3 o'clock 1,
morning He said al Pittsburg,
sent 's dispatch to have ;It hack r
us out to his livery stable. Whei
Meadville, he said that they con
received. the dispatch, that the I
here. Ilesaid that he would hi
place for ns to stay all night, :an
get a machine to take us out in
after breakfast. He thin sent
place for us, and he staid with
in all three colored men and one
girl. Soon after he had sent th
with us and took us up to the jai
got up there, the man he sent w
the Sheriff, at the door. Maneel
Sheriff if we could stay till au
Sheriff mad that he thought he
room for them until morning, ant
room with- a Frenchman, who
murder, and the Sheriff locked tit
Sheriff brought up our'breakfast
ing. I asked him what we was
for. He said nothing, but to eta!
day morning, and the man wonld
take us;out: I asked the Sheriff
not go out.. He said that it Wat
law for strangers to stroll about
I aeked him if there was no col
He said there was one but that ti
.was not at home,
On Monday, the turnkey, s .. iddle aged
man, came to my cell and asked me if I did
not want something to, drink. (The Sheriff
brought us in a bottle of whiskey uncalled
for.) I told the turnkey that I did not want
any whiskey. He went sway and brought a
bottle full and gave it to the Frenchlnan, and
he shared it out among the prisoners. I did
not drink any of it, but I did drink some on
Sunday. The turnkey said to me,
because I
w il
'would not drink, that I must bets --d coward
or a rebel. I denied being s reb I. He told
me to bush or he would put me here I could
riot speak. Then he went out.
Monday afternoon a man came up to ns and
told withat he was the Provos Marshal of
the town. He had a whitish hat, bound
around with black, and a long 'nen coat ;
lookout a paper and, read fro it what he
called the law, first turning all o tof the room
except the colored persons ; and hat the Gov
ernment had called ont every pe on, and we
had yi go in MR Urdoß army or g back across
the line and fight for the rebels. .One of the
boys,,lky the name of Scott Btu lefield, who
had been drinking freely out o the Provost
Marshal's flask, (for he brought a flask with
- him,) I agreed to go into the nion army.
And when he found that the oth would not
go lath the army he Wins and to k Sod. Stub
blefield along with /dui, saying at he would
come hack again. He came b k again on
Tuesday evening about dusk . e went back
and forth in the jail, tint did not ome into the
cell .until Tuesday evening. , e were kept
locked 'tip dose all the time, not Hewed to go
out for water—it was brought to us. The
turnkey came with him and tol us to get up
and pat on our clothes . We had j t laid down.
I saws man in jail that they ed lawyer
Boles, and I spoke to him throng the grating;
whets the turnkey saw hime, g to me he
drove him away and fold him to attend to his
own btiudness; he then wanted know of me
what Boles wanted ; I did not sa what. (This
was on Monday evening.) OnTuesday even
ing,:when the turnkey told us get up, we
get up and went down stairs WI them; they
had i hack at the door ; this &I eely was in
It, and the Provost Marshal there at the
i t a
door; we, that is Charles Parke , myself and
the Provost Marshal, get into t e hack with
Muscly ; the Provost Marshal d the tura.
key both told us that we were !going to thi
brae they mkt it was ilailiod 1 about tidy*
Charles Stewart, another colored man,
made enbstantiaily the same statement as
Bushannali. He was entierd'ing4l going to,
fileedville„ under the itapraseion that. he was
to get work and good wages;'ilhen he arrived
there was plain jail with the rest, and, taken
away with Bushatinah into the country in a
carriage. What occurred afterwards we give
in his own words, as aworn,to before the civil,
officers : •
"I stayed all night—hearlt a good deal. In
the morning I asked the man that I stayed
with who those men were !hat came with me.
He said ho did not know, but knew where
they lived. I said to him that I did not like
the way these men were doing with me. He
said - that it was all right, that he had told
them to get him a hand to Waft. I told him
after breakfast that I would' go back to Mead
ville. He said that I had better dot, but go
with him to Conueautville, where these men
lived. I would not go. The old lsdyLold me
that I had better go back where I came from;
that she had heard the bargain between the
men that brought me and iher man, and did
not like It; that they werei going to put me
into the army. I said that 1 did not believe
that they could. She said that they had a way
to do it."
Charles W. Holland, being duly sworn,
says:
"I was in jail of Crawford'county, Penn ~
from the Ist to the I6th of Aug ust . The Grand
Jury found .Not'a true bill' , in my cue, the
day before I cams out. I Was informed that
I was discharged and saw the bill to that ef
fect the day before I came, out of jail. The
next morning about 8 o'click I saw the Sher
iff. Previous to that nothing had been said
to me by the Sheriff or hie deputy about my
diScluirge,- nor until the next morning at a
o'clock. The Sheriff then called me to one
side, and said he wished to see me alone. He
said the court had dlscheiged me the day
before ; no bill found against me ' • 'but I have
the papers here from the United States Mar
shal for your and. MoLeod's arrest.' He then
read over to me item letter or letters, pur
porting to come from the' United States Mar
shal or deputy. He also :showed me what
purported to be a warrant, I supposed it to
be one, being under seal, for my arrest. I
asked him it - he served that aterraat on me.
Ile said that Was a matter for future consider.
ration—that was all at that time. There was
1 a man in there at the time this conversation
closed. This man said , ' come along with me, ''
Holland.' I was then released from the jail
by the Sheriff, and went .with: the other man
to the Provost Marshal's office to be exam
ined. I had told the Sheriff that I would
rather enlist for - one year than to be taken to
Pittsburg on that warrant. He said that would•
be an honorable .way of 'getting out of it, end.
the whole thing, and in cue I enlisted, he
would want thirty or forty dollars out of me
for his expenses, county' cost and jail aspen-.
sec' After I was examined by the surgeon, I
enlisted - for one year lit' the United States
army as a volunteer, tied not as a substitute
for any one, but with the premium or local
bounty from Conneautiille, of $2OO, in addi. --
tion to the Government bounty.
" I saw, some colored' men in jail while
' was there ; two or -three of them in the cell
with the Frenchman confined on a charge of
murder, but was not allowed to speak to any'
.of the colored men. -Dougherty, the turnkey,
gave orders to have no ens speak to them, and
said if any of us talked to them he would lock
us up. I heard Dougherty talk to t
iered men in the Frenchman's room.
-one where he came ;from ? He said 'from
Georgia.' 'What tsaileyou leave your family
there, dependent on the rebels ? You are
either a traitor or a d--41 scoundrel, or you
would either enlist or stay and take care -of
them.' Dougherty said, 'I will keel!, you in
here until hell freezes; over, unless you en
list.' "'
Charles Stewart, beim duly sworn, says :
"I was dottunitted to Jail on the oth instant,
on the charge of assault and battery, &c. Soon
after I went in the Sheriff asked me if I would :
enlist. I told-him no, II would not. Ho said
I was in a d—ttbad scrape and would have to
enlist or go to the petdientiary. I said I would
rather go to prison fort a , year than enlist.—
The Sheriff said thatl the Judge would send
me at least five yearei and if I would enlist
and go as s snbstittitej for his son, I should
have this best - In thejad end all the whiskey I
wanted, and 'you will havee better chance to
run away from the tqmy than from prison ;'
that if I filled the letter of the law for his son,
that was all: he cared,: for. I still refused to
enliet.." He offered me $100; and' afterwards
raised. He gave me all the whiskey Wanted.
I was half drunk all the time I was there:
"I,eaw three collared mew in the jall, in the
cell'With the Fienclinien confined on a Charge
of murder. I saw the Sheriff, bring up whia.
key and give it to the Frenchman to give to
the boys.' He gave it to the negroes. I saw
man they called Robinson.r-a small man,
light, hat on, Nick bidding on hat, long linen
coat on—there five or six times, whispering
with the Sheriff aid Dougherty.. He told the
negroes that he (Robinson) was the Provost
Marshal. I heard Dougherty tell the Provost
Marshal that
• get the negroes to sign
the papers to go tol' work on the farm, and
then we will hold them. The Sheriff often
called on me, and talked about my enlisting.
I finally did enlist, end went as a substitute
for the Sheriff's son. He agreed to give me
$3OO. This man Robinson carried. the key
and had free scene to the jail.
"The negroes went away one evening with
Dougherty and this Robinson—l:think on last
Tuesday night abontiB o'clock. The French
man bad charge of tie jail, and at one time
used a club on two.of the prisoners. He had
the dealing out id the provisions, and would
keep back part of them for his own use, and
Created the prisoners badly—pour out :his
own coffee, sad then water , it for the rest of
us."
Charles Melvin is IS native of Virginia, who
escaped from slavery about 'e let of April.
He makes oath that he was employed at Gill
ton, Virginia, by C. C. Meneeley, of Con
neautville, to go to that place) and attend
livery stable. Instead of taking him to Con
neutrino, he was thrust into jail at Mead
ville and kept under look' in a room by him
self. Soon afterwaide.he was sworn into , the
United States service as a substitute for Frank
Mentor, of Cfmneatitville. The price to be
paid- was $700; but ; he had only scoured one
dollar at the time Off making oath.
sneerer tturit's Demme.
•
In reference to the above affidavit/ Sheriff
Krick publishes a Lengthy defence-in which
he denies meet of-the statement* given by the
aegraemaadasimtke pnblii Wisitkbold their
opinion until,the• ihalk _have been tried
before sAseurp pie itateteenk of Holland ,
and Stewart le pronotsbeee'sleblehoods and
falsehoods only."
d woun-
Is near
ford Co.
=I
131232
cid lens' of
the work . :
brokerage
Marshal's
r °alias of
•üblio from
what is ko
that lega:l
some eases
. likely to
them; and
the eircie,
The oaths
atrocious
a state of
l e who have
I
a infamous
en appear
place, and
No one who
the plain,
•• ade, could
ished truth.
• e'case is in
•• at it, is put
to observe,
• are appen
the rebel—
fo4nd their
Innis, and
• dealers in
Bushannah,
s in Frank
. aneely and
.ired me to
very stable;
Ifrom Mead.
dollars per
last Friday.
t stay three
that time he
last at 4 p.
he morning
p. m., and
On Sunday ,
hat he had
I
ady to take -
VI we got to
d not have
L. ask was not
ve to get , s
rd he would
he morning,
, to get
ns. He had
• half groin
man, he left
L ; when we
. talking to
y asked the
rning. The
could make
so put nein
Iru in for
e doors. The
n the morn
put in there
1. until Mon
be, there to
why I could
.tagainst the
lon Sunday.
I. red church.
I.a preacher
Tne Daarr.—The editor of the Albany
Journal writes, frent!Waahington that the draft
on the.fith of Septeiaber is $ fixed fact. Or
deni from the War Department 'direct that all
Provost Marshals :have everything in reedi—
nein to begin the draft immediately after the
expiration of the fifty days' notice already
given by the President, and direct that en—
rollment lists beelused wad forwarded to the
Provost. Marshal thimeral's Department on the
first of September; with corrections to that
date, so that the proper quotas may be assiga -
ed..
Verzis„ Rwrtitoirj-•-lieutentbeilltt every
vote east ((irate Republican comity ticket on
the 111 k dajer October, will be a vote for
Lincoln, perpetual; war, high taxes and s mil•
buy do" Mism. •
4ry despot •
On the other head, ettory rota cast for the
Candidates of the I Demooratio, party will he a
vote in favor of Pence, low taxes, and the lib
erty, luippiness sad
.prosperity of the people.
Let those who are inclined to support the Re
publican party in its ruinous measures, calm
ly and honestly Mink, and as free and lade
pendent men decide I. do their duty. One
more term of - Abolition sad Ike country
is lost. Zvi thst/—Ormitfor*
DIED. °
inUils city. July 364 MAlitI.A. 1(04 of e,
bulb; aged 60 pin; 4 matt ths 4E143 tiny!. „
Ailvvrtit:4lllcAt
Let It be Understood,
,
Ai I LLCIIEEK yOWICBIIII'
THUM{ lIUNDILKD 1301,11.A1ts
man enrolled In salt town, that will enl,t o r ' v l
YEAR In the NAV, and
Draft, raft, it etlistedbeforehethesrobtyeel•,e himsewptelr.
. cisußicn:utßtcKilJlf lxi
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IMPORTAINT
To Tnn •
Holders & Owners of Unpatented
UNDER THE PROVISIONS of• •11:
Act or A•sembly, approve d 11 . =J) - , ,
don and owners of trnpaterit.l
take out patent s /or such Irrie tetre he lit
November,ls64l. tin failure to take :et such
Surveyor General Is directed 'to ca/cutele the sag
per dun* elomey, interest did fees due on rid
tract," inch amount (together with otli , e fw.s) t,,
as aggropas sr= which shalt be setercdl 4 4 lit.
to be idad end kept for that purpose u,s4
daft hot isttrest at u per rut v Thb.e p, a a :7 at
to be proceeded upon by the Attorney (;..„ rc u ° ,4 4 : .•
iinfnieltlng public carers , under ho Act of Apr,: lel."'
The nridenticned sea givin; pl.- lenlir attea.;,V,
business arising under the Lunt Lsv,, an d
Ries for attending to such bsteinear,
care patents at once for parties rec e. ;., , •
from the seat of Government, ou the nr.stn ‘ ..
term,. Corresponds:ice solicited and prerns:l l ",,'
to. Address ROBERT sNODGR.Li z .,
WaLLACF: wr rT, •
Attorneys and Counsellors 1: 14T
Iterrig!,l%.;•
angl4-2to
Stray Colt.
CAME to the premises of din SI, T ,
1 , :t ,.,
In North East township, about oesni'et-.:
east of the Tillage, on Jnly 4th, a ' , mil Y# lr li,,,-;
Colt, with *tar on forehead. Any I r.,, / cr
claiming hid colt, will plate* corn, fnrwar.l,
piwty, pay charges ILIA tate It ewer, othetwlit
ale - polled of according to law.
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-ton Ia w0r..., about two per rent. per pnnnu,
to the rats of taxation in the verionwpiket:
try.
4is believed that no securities oit.r co rt., it
manta to leaden Nether,* issued by tne zoternme-•
alt other forms of indebtedness, the if I • -
private parties. Or stock remuenie,e,or •eptrate cot-,
nities only, is pledged for r .ezwni, antle the w.
property of the eouotry is b.:.1 to Enure tb o dxa 'ix
oral' the obligations of the United St st
While the government °En.; the r,o , t. liberal --
foe its loans, tt believes that the very et ronrest 1:-.
will be to the loyalty and pvttiottsm or the rveop:. ,
Duplicate eertitleates will be i=sr.i for nil d.rv-•
The party depositing must eado•se upon the
eortilisate the denomination of the notes re,uirre,t.
whether th,y are to be iame4 in Went or plrab'e
dir. When so endorsed it taunt be I-it with the
receiving the depollt, to be tomato. , I to the irvo.
Department-
81731301117210X11 WILL as R!CIIVSD by the I'm,.
the United. States, at Washington, the s-rerviAv,'
Treasurers` nd designated Depositaries, at,: by tL-
Firiit National Bank of Erie,
and by all National Banks which aro dqesitsnit
/le money, and
' ALL EESIECTABLE BANKS AND BANKER!
throughout the country will give further rotor_ ,
and
AFFORD STERY FACILITY TO SL'I3• I CP.WF,F ,
segllF64-4m.
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QUESTIONS,
That Concern Every On
to Answer !
are you bald
Dom your hair fall off ?
Etas your hair become thin ?
Does it feel harsh, and dry, - and fireriM'
thels it turning grey before time ?
e ?
yea troubl with h
itchingi, bunlior lev?'
whip
' Anu troubled with Dandruff ?
AM you troubled with what IN Wiwi. Scrotal' er
Rheum ?
ilars you had the Erysipelas, and bet your h+, -
Hare you had the Measles, and loot it ?
Dive you had the Typhoid Ferer, end lost it?
Hare you lost your hair by any *knout ?
Do you wish luxuriant hair ?
Do you wish soft and lustrous hair
Do you wish gray hair restored
Do you wish your whiskers glossy ?
De you wish them restored in color
Do you want It for your children?"
Do you want it tor younielf. for Wirer or 111 W °
brother, sister or friend ?
Do you want to mate a present ?
Do you want a perfume for your t011..t •
Do you wa4a Winton article ?
Do you want a pure article ?
Do you want a double distilled article •
Do you want a cleansing ?
=gm want the best : • heretic's t
Protectlnx, .tot mz the color, an I--
Lag eoft, ti 2ky and lustrous tile Haman Herr'
if so, we warrant
CLARK'S
DISTILLED RESTOR 1.11%
FOR THE - HAIR,
To BE UNEQUALLED' AND SUPERIOII 7
ANY PREPARATION
EVER COMPOUNDED,AND orFEREP,,
Satisfaction gal r.tni!w,l, or the mon.y.rr'u^
It eoeU bit $1 for one bottle, or 6 bat tie+ fa.
sold by Druggists and Dealers every w be,
C. U. CLAIM & Pr,r,'
S. BARNS 4 & CO., N. Y, Genera( AVnt'
.100,4_
A LARGE LOT
mail
AM. •Of Drina Vivii and gird fort:blot!,
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QUESTIM:
QUESTIONS
THE PUBLIC