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31 7 3. 3. °VOLTZ
WEE TRPour; atIcEAN :.COUNTY, PA.
0!110ii1..4.001INKR OF 1 , 1711L10 EIQUAIM
...tilliNt -.....'''' 1 :. . ...: , .1 . 1i9 :in iidviaice:
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al7c.• 2000
• ignore of.l2llnaa or leu, 3 insertions;...:,....
Ea*Aube/quest insertion,",23'
IllusloStioards; with papar,.:.. 00
Sul* or inure work will bi double tlre .above rotes.
Tye we hues Brawler type, or eight' hues nonpareil, la
rated a sqsare.
..;17.• Moue Terme will ho atrial!, adhered to.,;,Ca
Buoineo9, o)irtitorp.
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a ..7 Racoon Proprietor: Ridgway, Ps. This Hotel' le
stew and tarainhed to madam style, has ample steam
: modatioaa; and ii, In all otepeets, a /fret chus Hotel.. . ' ;
• Ridgway, Elk Go . Pa. May 24, 1840 ' ... .
ELDRED HOTEL,
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Jilin WEIN Proprietor*. • phis' bonne ( ii situated ;bait,
„way between • Satatbport and Olean. -• 'A 'convenient
11 .'6 4 14=db:4a bone'', attentive; and obliging attend
..
:ants, and lovrOrloon• ' .. • • ' ' ,
• littred,Maylf IMO • '• • • ' ' ." • '
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.Serveyor, • Diiittontin 7 - . Conwegineer, and 'Beal .Estate
'Agent.. ilmethpoit,. IVlCean county. Pa
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. • i r P4LIAK WirriaN, •
Practical 'll&rebottle; .llllllrrighi 3 Orldge•toollier, :Lto.;
Port 41loghooi, WHirsa coast', Pa. ' •
3. L. =OWN;
SURVEYOR, DRAFTSMAN, CONVEYANCER sod Emil
• Eitikte Agent; oShle, WlManisville, Rik C 0.,. Ponies.
e====
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„.. allaginklinyle,' Reg , C, - • ' Ridgway, Pa
Boa. theiniedr fitnitheri,. ' - Warren, Pa
M.' I. •Rrownell; Rag,„1....'.....«.‘..; Basethoort, Pa
Mom A: 1. Wi1e50F,................. Linens Pieta, Pa
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OSWATO HOUSE,
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.8. Suess priterletnr.tleies tit.
This llensele fitted
up itreabstantial end nomfortible style, end every
tell** will be paid by.the proprietor to .the comfort
eseteet his guests, . . June 3.1861
FOBES
fronting • tke Public Squire, Olean, N.•. Y.. Janne' N.
• MIAMI. Proprietor, The Tokeelloneete entirely new
• and bolltnt brick, sod , fainlehed In. modern style.
The proprietor Bailer!' hlnmell.that his aceomtnoda.
Nona are , not ittrgiasaed.by any hotel In Wiatern New
York.' Carlin/gee ran to and (rem the New York' aid
Brie Nall Rand. • ;' • • . 38-tie •
ziraoir n. Immo,
.
&tinnier AT LAW; imethport; ll'Keen • County. Pe:,
Agent for Mourn. Keith' & Co's bande Attends
earnestly to the Collection: of Claims; &elimination/of
Land Titles; •Pareent•of Mem earl all hornless role-
Vag to Mal listote....otheeln,ifenilln Block-. : •
E.,BOUNITON: ELDRED;
. . . , .
',attorney and - Counitelloi at "Law, Smethport..)l , Opiin
'• Cowoty,'' Pa; 'flas'nees..entruited to hie - care for the
. " .Conatles or WKean, Potter arid, Rik will, be prOmptly,
sittsoded.ta. , • OLlce It the Court Inise,' second floor.
DR. tR,' WISNER,
Pkisligun and surgeon, Elmetbport,Ta,l will attend to
• uleprofesalonal cans arab, promptness:— Ogles in Sart
wel 1 Illooki second door, • •• ,
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• •-• ~ TRW).* KILLER, - • .. ' •
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whoosoi mirA Metal Dealer* . 'milliards sod 'Taney . Dip
• Goads; Carpeting, lardy Made •Olothtive, and ("animal
'Faemlamlntesods. Boota mod Shoes, Wall and Window
" • repsr,lioolring Ghillies d,o. At Olean. N. Y.
•
atalr c. BAczos,
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AlLttektney and CouieellOrnt Lew , Elittethport, MlRean Co
-141.- . - Will attend tei.alt bard nese In hie nu:1631,810n In the
. counties olltitHean, Potter and Elk.. °plea peer Cll.
'.. 800,611 St. Brothers , Store. .• .. . ' ' ' •' .
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HACKNEY HOUSE,'
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troller of Second and Liberty, streeta, Warren Pa. IR.
A. B•aisoit; Proprietor. Travelers will Cod good ae
cownuodlitione end reanonable eharges: .
LARAIIEVB,HOTEL,
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I...ktstllllll. .rroprletcir,kllexheny firidge, Ill'Kein
Ca. Pa. .This house , is situated about nine miles from
. linseth port. on the ' rod .to Olean, sad will, be found e
Convenient stepping-Owes r,.. . .., ' .. 1 '
•' • . ... rmutear VALLEY HOTEL,.
T. Gootiwte. .Thle house teeituated sbont five retie
front Sniethport oli.the road to Olean. Pleevere part{
eedottoeteeee be aecommodited oo the shoite It sotto
. ,
• W. S. nowNELL,...• • .•
peeler In Dry. Goode,. Groeseles,•Oroskeri, Qerdware,
Roots, Shoes;Dsts, Caps, Gissajialle. 011 e, ke..; Vic.
skde et the Pee ll e equare,-Dmekhporti.Pa.
MORI= HOUSE,
• Co:;.
IShlppeit,%Wftetin C Pa. N. L .DYItE. Proprietor'
• 'SLototoutodleits and tyell•tern!slitsi hoSse: Strange's
• lantl•trasolers 0.54 good seearantodatlnne.. • •
Pon 447a . oppt SE,
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M
siege 11, Witter Proprletot, et Purl . Allegany,' o.
Hui County , P a.' Tide Hotel lasiteeted et tha•june,
tion of the Smetbport ' end Allegany Rives toads, nine'
nines out of Aniethpoet:.. ' . . .• - • •' ' ' .-'
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To. Those Interested in Mining and
Mineral Lands:
tir..• • H; BARNES 'offers hie serefeei for the examine
VT it' than of Mineral Lands. in hir Kean 'and Elk 'em).
Oa. and will give •hill opinion 'ae to the VALUE OF
MINES, &a . Thoae enlaginn hie Rervices will receive
iseeernariand reliable information. Reeldenee at the
Banker Hill Mines. , . . , • .„
dergeant, C 0.,. June 30, 1830. - •
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B. D. HYDE,." .
Floitltpo,t, MAD CO., P%. • •
Collections promptly impended to. rely
BENNETT. NO1182;
gethport,M 2 Keiit C 0.,, Pa. I. 8. NABolg t Proprietor
—opposite the oourt House. - A new, large, consesotli
one end well furnished house. • •." •.
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Nit er In.elti*e4 Tielrate, Jaerianint:Weiei, _,&..0., west
side of the Patine' ditti.re, Hinethilottp . •Pa. Onetoto
tr .eh dons to order on the 'hottest •
notice, 'nod in the
• • most onhetantial . manner. . , ..• , . • ••• • •
Iht. l M: A:Bensons would respectfully announce to the
eitleens of. theethport 'sad ilelnltYi that he.. haa fitted
op an.offlce, and 4 . praparee to attend to all' buslneel
• In hie profession. .41rtleetal teeth, inserted upon ecl!
entitle prluelres.etdila as , to pale fee the natnral ea
• prissiest of o'fooc: , opsestioss !spent/180MM
'dose is a skillful miner
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A I. NOUR E,
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thieletto Btoies, *la 'Wets, litopened Ware, ko.j.wliet
end the. Public, Square, .111metbporte Pa. , Clattotlt
woik dna to °whir optlir .shortest skotioei and to the
most estatnottut manner, . • •
Y. irAO'Zi T.
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Att orn ey and Conceellor it Levi. ilitippes;re4 will at
tend the Ooncte "'Totter, Iffelteem, ead Mk ((aunties.
• '• Prompt attention pad, to Oolleetleuti.•' Office, EAst
',esti.llll•Blook.-110epad Proof. , - .
•• • W. a BAKES . -; •- • • _
imasn, Na . lif:l3lde of the Pubile fleophd Door
North of lite Densoorat.oMoe emethport. Dealer
Iw Wotehee °looks awl Jewellery: ..flepartnittleitely
• Bissated sod Warraostd. . •
• • AL W. Y. mot .
SOUTH-EAST Couto. MAIN STREET,
MMM=
. (For the Now York Wieldy Antic)
OLD-LINE DEMOCRACY•
We have bad in thin country, fcir several
years, 'a eery respectable and useful 'class of
pol it!cians Or • pat Hen, called Old• Line Whip.
ft sinewto us that, in the present
,emergeney;
•there is net urgent end imperative demand for
Old-Line c iieMocrats. Let is see what is the
nature of Old-Lin e Deenoeriey, and ,to what
. .
immediate : use•it ceer , be apptied.
,
. ,
Pir#, To asiertain the nature of this original
Pemotracy,"we needle examine it; prinCiples
and Its party management: • .
The ratzsateces of ...the Democratic party
were promulgated by President . Japriutsosr, in
- .
hie first IneugUral—Address, on the fourth of
/4erch,ll6ol, in tbe,very, morning of the nine
century, in the folloveing'.viords:
"Equal, and enact justice to all ;nen;of what
ever State or persuasion= - religious or Poliiieelt
the support of the . State •governoiants , in all
their rights, as the surest belwarkegainst anti=
republican
. teudincies4
‘ the preservation_ of the
General .Goverinnentin its whole constitutional
vigor, ai the shet.aneinir of our peace at home
and safety abroad'; a . jealous care Of. the
of election by the people; a mild :and stare cor
re'ctive :01. abuses, which are lopped by the .
sword of revoltiticin where peaceful remedies
are unpeovided t. abeolute acquiescenee in the
deCision of the 'iriajerity, the , vital principle of
republies, from which is no appeal to tost4, the
vital principle Ind inimediate print of despot.
ism;. . a' well. disciplined' militia, our best reli.
•ance in peace, and for thefirst moments of war,
till reenters may' rlieve them ; the supremacy
of the civil over the military autilority . ; eton
orray in the, public exPeneei, that.labor may be
lightly buthened ; the honest payment of our
debts, and sacre:ll preservation of public faith ;
encouragement of ogriculture; and of commerce
twits handmaid; the diffusion of information;
and the arraignment of all abuses at the bar of
public reason
.•, freedom of religion, freedom of
speech, freedom' of the press, and freedoin of
person under .the protection of the Magas, Co r.
pus, and trials by juries'. 'Selected."
The esientiekand distinctitte , peculiarity of
the party foUnderr upon this Platform,. its con:-
trasted.with its rival, the •Fetleral party, wee'
jealouti care of the rights of Privute citizens
In other, worde, it was the chatripiOn of such a'.
construction •the'Constitotioti as'would per
petuate, the; existence and rifteacy,of: that in
strument; and wotild'serve; not to: er,large the
poWere of the Federal qevernment,ot 'the ex
pense of the States and'Otingividii ifs,diut would
preserve State rights 'and civil' rights in. all
•their energy 'and Sanctity. - ' • . • .•
. . .
"The PARTY atitiAoamOlT o f the Diunocratic
,party was consistent With 'the spigiutigd tenor
Of its.principlei... - : tlendidates for p.o.
litieal.c4ce Were properly selected (rain, those
who' adhered' to Democratic princtpleS; yet
When. i t • had won success 'at :a Preside:mittl
election,' the' criterion of nualiffcation for
Pointment to executive and judiciifl ollicetvwas,
in .the 10vAtidge fS na 110.Ni*C
. . .
—IS BE cApitEL, .---1. , as VAITHVIU.. TO TOT: .CLIN
STITUTIOU ?". go. , e'rnrnerq.::w4o ad min is• .
rered thebenefitol the whole Peeptit'; wit h=
out distinction of .p . itity oraection ; -and men of
all tenths -,end.sectiont! were':etrifiloy'ed kn 'its
admipietration. Politics was, confined within
its prot4r spbereond was not thrust into local
find municipal 'affairs. While. there was• Borne
corresPondenie and conference among: mkn of
similar polities( views and purposes, there was
petnwient •oitanization,. eliher generalOr
local,: and eztensive•practice of drilling, cad,
Visaing and impressment;cinwituting a regular
systetn'of . party discipline. N
, ational, State Ind
town committees, at peimenent bodies, were
unknown: . . •
• With these political princiPles, and these
party tactics, the, Demneratic party achieved
brilliant;enccess. For a quarter of a century
it sutured the priceless blessings of a govern
ment evitninistration 'in aceordancewith: tht
Constitution.: It carriet the country through
the trials ond perils of a ,foreigri war, in which
our arms were crowned . with : the laurels of
victory by 'sea and land. The nation was con- ,
tinuilly 'rising in power and dignity, and' A mer.
icin,citliena; in an age Of disturbance and die_
cord, enjoyed security and the.. blessings of
liberty.
.
The par ty was ilwayi obliged to encounter
the' persistent and *malignant opposition: of 'a
portion of the clergy. Of thi:s respectable and
useful, class of men s 'there , were. some Who,
under the influence of :personal ambition ind
party rancor, were induced to pervert and pills
titufe their sacred office to necUlar and Pottiest
objects, end who transformed the temples of
God latO iron's of political strife and' agitation:
Their influence was'indeed , great;j but the
Osier of truiliand justice wits greater and all
the -Medico ind venom of the political pulpit
was 'Pit upon the party in' This nighty,'
fickle, fantastic and sensational portion - of the
,
priesthood were foiled in their worldly sad am
bitious plane. , . , • .
Second/5u The Democracy of aloore recent
period, differs from the Old-Line Dedocraey in
several very important ` . Particulars:. • •
Its prineildee have incleed always been the
same: /t bee always .stood laitliftillfby the
Constitution. it • has always .cherished the
rights of the States, and sacredly guarded the
liberties eif 3 toe citizen: ; 'lt hat always Upheld
. ; • en! .;itubitii”ed„ti3Oefdo.•
SMETHPORT, M'KEAN COUNTY,. PA., SATURDAY, MARCH. 22; , .1x62. ;
cision of the major ty, in •I ught to. secure to ,
the GovernMent s• .revenue adequate tat all it s
Wants, It has always: . maintained the sapient,
isey.of the - Owmilitary power; and
has cherished freedinn religion r freedom of
speech, freedom'olthe ire; the writ of /sleeps
corpus; and trial-by jury.' t the atumetinie,'
ithati continually peen ansOiledttl.ttt political
. cl ergy,
..and it' is partly bitbir means that the
friends of D emocracy, •in the complication of
party homes; and. the inconsiitenciet of party
practice, have been enabled to identify . the.oh.
ject of. their loegt . for that which . the political
clergy hated, whatever might be accompa
niments,-must be the isiviat . oll DemocriCy at
the:core.. The. sentiment of these men, Wheth.
sti I it' alienate - t out ward form of , bigber ! law
politics, Or'efitilwar , religion, or:' , uiervlieVrar
philenthrophy, .is still nothing but , * hatred of,
.11tentoeraey.' : The political .clergy, -in . every
country,...elweys prove `themselves; sooner or
later, the deadliest enemies of liberty. . Fariati
gftqn ilwaya . degefierates into despotism:
But in tits party `management; the Democrat=
is party has far well nigh thiityyearstbeen a •
very different thing Irmo' What it Was : in the
day's of old.' Ever since the Vigorous andsaig•
Lary' administration. of Ja.cmsos,' the' offices and ,
patronage or the .Government; whin the -Dern
°erode. party was • succeetful (ai well as at
Other 'times), have been ..distributed ',Pon the
unjust and pernicious principle that "the spo
' ile
belong to the
. victors; " Political •contesta
Gave thue-deggneratedinto a fight and Scramb l e.
for the mane); in the Treasury. , a nd , the bumbles .
in.the Hereld's office-for .lion'tir and gold,.
steadof political principles and the•welfare of
the country. The abuse of the caucus system .,
hes-grown up—su that getting into the'Dento,..
eratie party roe Much like getting: into a Ma
sonic lodge. These within the haltis,Wuri sub
ject to a watch and care , more:suited to insure .
Party success than te, cultivate,personalinde
penderuce. Insvery,Dtate an oligarchy sprung .
sometimes more than one in a State
read.men out' nf th.e rti, or into it, sic
cording to their. sovereign 'pleasue; and . who
controlled the distribution of •officet aid. con.
tracts' in their special locality.: .The . party
manngtiment haul thus the cOloring'of oligarchy,
'instead Deinocracy.. .Local and .municipel
tleirs were taken in hand by party .. catieuseS
land committees: Even' judgei;.whtither • con.,
s.tituted by appointment' or eleetion, Were
obliged to giv estitusfactory evidence ofloyelty
to the part y in power. We say •not these things
fiom anY disposition to, 'censure,. but because
they are glaringly true.; and while the saying
Of them can t. no individual, it may do good
toour country. oyeithruil'and salutary arethe
, wounds inflietecl by a friend.' . ' '
Thirdly The evili inevitably result irig•from
the modern system of pirtytna•nagemenr, are
great and Manifold . .. It . bas strongly and effect- .
.
(Lally tended to .
transmute patriotism and public
spirit into selfishness and avarice. , .. It bee aid.
ed in'tureing . P . olitics info a trede and traffic.—
has been Pt incipal Cause of the „wide
pl'evefuunce of corruption in all the'departmeits
unit operations of the Government.. ...Enjoin'
and municipal tfairs,.it'is a pereniaLfonntain
Of corruption in:counties cities, towns end - vil.
Ines. Periy bienpervaded by
a Miriienary, t r yranical, and iindietive
.spirit. ,Tire. bail : example of. theDemoeratic
party has been .to o faithfully followed hYthett .
opponents. The car/ has.now immeasurably
outdone' the' original: • The' political. clergy,
hawayer, utter no voice of Oproifor warning
7 -not because it is none of their business' (a
reason .which they would 'not' appreciate), • but
beeause.it would injure their party. ; The self"
ishness., amtsiti en,.eitraVigance; con
ruption and tyrainy of the party now in Powers
hive infinifelytiseeeded anything in the annals
of Demociacy r end will render the present sly
nestY i'moriument 'end beicrin "of infamy in all
l ruturertime... More' than :this, it is a s question
well 'Worthy the c a r ef ul. Conaineration of all
, • ,
thoughtful " mew,- Whether the•original_eause Of
... • . .
• . otir.Present mise ry end diShonor is not to be
fuiund in the feet ihet our Government, 'with its.
honors and emoluments, had become a mere
object and . prim) partisariatrife and conten.
thin? Had polities 'been guided,by the old rules
indanimated by the the.Re t t
publican party, with:it, criminal And . .lawless
platform. ever have had' an.. 'existence 7 If all
Parties bid heen awarded a • just share 'in the
honors and emoluments ot executive •Affieg;
would, a' powerfnl portion of the•politicians eyer'
• . • ••
have.. banded-jogetbei. to obtain 'plea. - and:
power', 'at 'the ohYious",risit,Of destroying
tlie'Con'tiitutton;endtha Nation/
.• l•
'Poor/My. The present natiOnel.triiis•Aternands.
the restoration of the Girl Line • HOMOcclic - Pl—
of the country depeadeAunder
Gicuoi upon. the Democratic party, its tocte 01
PrinCiples is peculiarly and completely 'adapted
-to , such a.saving and restoring . wOrk. The
spirit of, allegiance to the Constitntion . Which
peevadei - .0; is . justihe terruPei which thistimes
dethau . d. is eminently the constitutional
party ottbe countrY t antithe one thing which
tbe.r.Ountrymeede, is the, preservation of :the.
constitution: Wer•nony say, with almost llier
at .truth, Tpkx Ceas og Tea consihtictori s Aria
'Rai Uusekwax: Ties ()ARM OP /TSEILP. • The
anion into be , Permanently pieservedi not by
bayonets and.cannon., balls, but by the Strict,
ishaervenee- of the Constitution. To qualili
ut:i e'er t C rt, iforAbiS' iettworkr,,
Mations!: ialvetion, torineMlaa meet be
'weeded by the 'rine all controiling 'see (kneel
Of loyalty to - the Constitution; 'and Its petty
Manatement meet Min, hot , at the Wallet oi
trarrY or a section, but at the welfare of the
whole country, Including ail parties and ail rec.
The case floes not 'require the• orginigition
of a : Meth:in. - Factions are " a
&MUNI scieree:of
corruption and Intrigne; end elegirid be - regarded
with abhorrence. Not. would we enemies'', a
schismatic .spirit. This is the !nether of fac.
Bons, and it destroys the energy end ttiefulnete
of partici. Nor do: partieethemselvee need.td.
be. abandoned Their existence is natural,nn - •
avoidable 'and useful.- No..partyism is a delu•
sion and a cheer, tit ordinary titnee, even . the
federal ,parly - fulfile a usefuttniselon, In eery'.
ing as ti,checit upon t be . Democret lc party when
in power t, for iti power needs to be eurronided
by . ehecki and ; coenterpoises, degeriet•
ilea : into that correptioit , and tyranny which
always results , fromfirresponeible pewee. But
the principles of the .Federtil Party are not fit
ted,to be useful in the Meient Mortal peril of
the nation.: No dose the ease .require the' en.. ,
tire abandoriMenunf party organication or die
cipline. The evil ties, not in the` eiistence. of
organization,-bui in the ielfish, corrupt, narrow
and • tyrannical spirit which animates it. '
..It
needs tobe. perry adl' by a spirit of patriotism,
liberality anal freedom; and 'thee • it cart be, en
dured. public sentiment of a`new andsale.
tary tone need, to be created by Morel means:
The party needs to ba:made up chiefly of Old.
Line Democrats. This would he a, moral re•
fortnation, and the strength and integiity of-the ,
party•would he unimpaired.
Unless Democracy thus. purified:and ne• 1
tienal!zed in , its party tactics and party aim, it
will: not he fully qualified to be leader in the
sacred work of caving country. If the
* maxim; fito the victors belongs thespOils," is
still the basis and the .moving spring of party
operations, the people, as a mese, will *rally
to its standard. Tbe people will not aid the
Democracy recovering the sole - posseeilon
end enjoyment of the public revenue f but they
will assist in restoring , the Union and the Co
nstitution. They will. Cot 'assist in teiristating
an oligarchy in Power ; but they' will mkt in
restoring the legitiMatie benefioient sover
eignty ot the people. • .
Not only is :an uniefornie A Democracy un
suited to_
. save the country, , but if we should
•
survive our present perils,we'should, Cadet rte
baleful influence, soon become involied in. the
same' ealemities gain. Nothing. can. establish
the Union 'upon . a firm and immovable roek, but
the pairiotlsoi end thei justice of the Poriplet in
their political aims and'Measures. Jf the pelity
tor: the nation is eiiientially corrupt and base,'
the institutions of•the country will rest upon 'a
loose and Mist aide foundation, arid the floods
and victimsof party strife 'end discord Will ere
long sweep away the megnificent srtucture;
and it will dissolve and sink to rise no more 1.
Mee ne'Dialoortimio Pglicretiel your poli
tical faith' has etoed the test of time, and has
borne the chock of storms and tempests. Cling
to it with l ever -increasing tenacity and devo•
!ion. Renew your vows of fidelity to the Ccin
stittition and the Union. Cuit away every
maxim and every practiceiliA is adverse to .
the, welfare of the cotintry. Make ;he Delon
critic party worthy to be 'the atandlerd• bearer
in 'the great enterpriee aid struggle
Ansameiss l yoar cherished Union and ven•
erated Constitution 'rein ilettily peril Enm
s totes, withont would rend the Union by violence
end attendee in our midst Would I .destrtY the
Constitution . by insidious wiles I . Now the
time to'benish party prejddices and animositier
Now, is the time.for all the'friends of onr giu;
rious institutions to `unite With one heart and
mind for the salvation of our Constitution and
our freedom! Be generous—be braVe—be
earnest: and our efforts will be croerned with
complete, and permanent luccessi .
"Our help is in the'name of the Lortl, 'who
bitth made heaien and- earth." Withoet.His
'favor we caraot pro!per. May all our efforts
be.' direCted by the swirdom With which in.
spires His 'servant s let sus daily, invoke His
presence andldessing : then His:lrioly . and All•
mighty Arin will' give.us the victory, and to
Hltst alonerebill be the praise I A. 13. B.J.
New. Haven, February 12, 1862.
THE - ISTREAT PROM MOSCOW.
. The retreat of the- 'French army from :dos . .
cow, to Poland, through a. thousand miles 'of
snow and wilderness, of, battle and of blOod,
stands out in . the werld's , history as the sub. ,
dime of horror,•of passion, end devotion. .Not',`
. the slaughier or the innocents, nor ;the mass*,
ere of St. Bartholomew' s, . aortm
plague, air earth
titmice' nor . atighti sive the Wet ; tlooditeelti . so
Overwhelms the mind; 'With the burden ofitinG
. •
lerrors.and desSatione 'The legends of thattaar
'fel Path come ilawn froniiihotith ' to mouth .by
the firesides of Eittkiej and the
will . still he toldiWhen Xerxes sad Alexander,
and Atilliiind Charlemagne shall have sunk
out of tbe'earthe rethemberence. As if rebuh.
ing the sagest calculation of philosophy; snow
fel; twenty day, earlier . than bad
. heen known
'in twenty yearit—'—'-fell'in• vest qoantiqesi and
was attended with:Most'. inclement gales,' and
biting frosts. Ihe 'French, burned '
.' with the ,
On in the - sumthermonths,mve
had: thtt .. their
are ;clei in IV; thcdr
t
1,2c,'
: 7 ;
: 1; •
2; ; . . '
.• ,•, . ~•, .
,
went • Worn Oat .ith tvilserneAmseltie m .tneir
Provisions .site', ottbulteds NH*" t h .ll,
horse*, jaded and lean t ennttined tboo4. to
est. The iitiesienni, on the other hand well
clod. Inbred to the terrible clinietts, Sault in l et:
provisions end, monition of **to returnod t t sn
their path, like volteimpand lined the pstsee,ltt
front end titer, and on every Oda.
Such was even the hostelling of their 'tettilli
ever a rout on which the advance bed not left
even the bones and hooks of human soatettands.
There was no manifest Iloilo on the pert of
the Russians to give general botiloi but tOtbot
to barrass them to death. The newii.of
potion hovered over and protected the.'7,plemn
. .
ThirtV:o o u!litnit
. men . thot ttnentleet
Ney, the palletli,til of Bonaparte, end next • to
the heto or heraes,tormed heroni • guard
of this dt? , a4t . • •••••
'There was battle evety . day; in front rind 'rear.'
The unsleeping eye p 1 04,.Emperor.eotiored
overt' point of strategy. He could hot, ,k 4
bailed; he could net be kept beck; . CA1412141-
.
ion after celculStion, belted • upon the, siipPoie4.
. • , •
positions Of.. the other division of-,the. grand
army, still saved him, at at the .last.-moment,
from distruction, and Atilt the. straggling army
Made its way, faopiihing, freezing, perishing,.
But one in 'fourteen hell been able' to endUre,'
Their bddies strewed the 'wilderness.
,'An -t
squadron after Niue - 0m shad been sent .bacle.to
recruit the toiling, Link. of the- fighting .NorY.
At one lime there came a•rnmor that the rear
guard•wereleing overpowered I— , ln'amilrlettl,
immortal honor to his generous maintop I. ?la.
potion reversed his march with but.' 0,000..
smirch to retrace, the wilderness, sigalustAin
timesbis odds, and to. save his friend or perish
With him. , oriels are 8200,900,000 ht goldiin
the vault of the Tillie:ries," said he, viand . I
would give it all to know , the safety Of filar.
shal Ney"--4n4 again the fiery valor of :the
cheery shot, “Live the Emperor I" slung back:
tire 'bitter, and remorseless "irk ' Napoleon
himself on foot;likri the - rest, ,with beechen'
staff in his , bind, back to almOitidevitable deo- ,
truer ion, trudged through ; the bloody Moor:,
Whit a wssek'vris.bere or ill: tb slorloui
host! • Mildew! erosiedthiDnistpers o:.t
000 Isultrdii 0ut,0r33,000; *agent,' wititl,oo .
out of '2 . 1,000; 'and D:rvistiit i striptesei , . trl- hit
••shirt, led '4,Qop .. o9ollif.ind dying'
remSinsi• t'rurn euld;
,ruining,' Anil' lbe
Sword, of oi'ter:7o,olr men, .'
Ittit 12.000 of, the Grand. A'rinr, rim/lima!
.--.4t4 . 40t n .14')?,glq caulori. . •
. .
Yet, lit the wake Oft , te:te; thrire.camer* hal.
naked; famishing, 'murderous, throng of 30,600.
wretchet,.wirhout diselpline,•and wirhoia •reni.
orse. No man has dared—arodlew have lived
to tell Ofali the.hoitorir 'of !hot moving ,
demonluin: It .was forbidden. to . speak 'of it.
The more enduring' stripped roil the "elerliing
(runt the and the itiprig s 'dished,
oat' the in ehis of the Weak 'fur no 1 , 6, 01 f, influge=
meat that the hoof of a dead borrie, • - There
Were moaning sufferers vrhognaOterl , OtiiitAC ,
pe ration pi' the inii3Ote'niit
clutched corns fleshless benO•liki.k.mteerow.
leers assegai:troll:in 'for . hia gold; yea, t !neap
re b?..the meagre Where devouied--connihel
rienrls,- who fain .tenuld: see the Of
Fitt nee, , und the bright . eyes.of their.loved ones
Once more, concealed ondei• iheir ehrtinkin
trine the warm _ and
.4rosted_ deist'. of the new
fallen corpse,' • •
God forbid lhat , sgcb scother,iragedY should
blacken the annals of 'the world I
But.above in interest, and ; beyond. all. thesi s
stands the sublime devotion of Mirehal Ney.
Like the star that keet4 its orbit, ad,w'e)inow
not why, save for the-deep hit:eerily of its'
tore, he Could-not quit his post. With a men;
ger.band of ?Wawa, aitd a musket in his hand .
he held the bridge of Konnwointil,tbe oi
the grand irmy , had go?? over in safety, end
the. last grenadier fell enrme hisfeeri,
Scornilig io By, or even to turn 'his lace , ' from
the bridge, while bullets vrhistled all ground
him,-=and filing the last shot into the: Russian
ranks, be threw the e m pty piece into the river?
s •
• • On.the night ofthe i'dih of Decena•
a! Gen. Dumas was seated, i i
: a:moonlit/Von
with a phystician on.the. OPrniett.altle', of' : the
river; a gaunt, hairy, spectral lonkine min, in
a tattered military eioakontered the ittitititment
and said, witivaiseptilehral, voice; r•at last I ane
here' t" 1 9 11111 who ~re your said Da mai;
rising, haitily, and ,with suspicion. ""Do you
not, know mat, Goneralr :•Nof"`.:Folding
•
'his
rags' upon his Martial . breast, the apparition
"lam !he rearguard' of the grand ,
IrMy,—aiid ow'name is--)Warshal Nev I . have
fired the last.shot, and the Jaet• musket sleeps,
In : the mud , of the river!"
.•••,
y,o
Well might ibe urlt; Ned blond and : chive':
lry of Fiencie fought
: Syria; 'in...ltaly . , bow, their, consent ing :epee, _ ,
Napoleon. n
liimeoff übonneteds his royal; hand;
•
and hailed him pa the !eft/tweet of.the Weyer!.
How F. P
Bi,•A4i;ou'r owio.
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to•Weehlttelenria.le,w.',M9nl , 94 34 4 0' 01 '
to retest mit sthmititstilllY, m,lhof:hooiooirwtoth
wee evidently evorkler
fifty i`eMe into' etno4o; 4 lt'li , thf.AlPinkndlY,
*WI knOwn to be 1111 : 1 4 111, nPfrfret+4
ring one of,heeinittivietietwymolitgompty
Blur I, o ostimseter Getftetel;Fiettifit.f.i the ts.,
the* *RI itteintal• -,;4o*l lo tPliiliEntiliti been
tannin* et thlryOttnitoir Inilve4rAtitittsikittoes.
ead anjineeniehich';,Tltikt(oloY,bdtanii'',to
the daulhiet of Thetbeir,•ifefggenteitrkfonii4
4ite at a man whe,onitneimi very 01i :being
President; and the olti:Mittrittitt , ll thew , reithl
net stand it any.hm446Y: 'A , '
• tiMedami” soid.be, 4 titsitiltlffhle litintir tett+,
full height, and liitendinctolvither iike4inda.
eiouslittle woman by.rAiiit of hotel tom
41ye.»..4byadhtei ellow,meiteey. to "yets'thiti in
my indgment, your priktit piece; is et the'heod
of yenr i
hushaniew heuiehold'*stil.atilothd
this' inteimetiling teltbilei:, elite. ot :siolefto
say the iettitt of it is In very , nsi-':'s ite your
pent" Then, to Makilhe hiek's;;Ahdl end
crushing and to 'lmPly'Vtaithintlion•*lo the
spot where'the deitinieinVOtnerele a. WOII is
stetremen.were Anetly lobe decided, de lidded.
yott.to onderstendi titedetn4 that' here
in Washington la whern'we Men and
where we eportelethem!" • •
toNtri' geld' Jeseisw shrtinging brr
sionolders Otter a meaner that theta shirlearned in
Frinnei and casting h' wicked looh'oet of the.
corner of her oh, htiintsomeri;.-.641 hens
iron sower oleo of 'yottio'iNaLitig, Wed if eAit
ths bait ialf ORM dia woo to gide thi
. .
Thom • whO - knew 'the ~ weimen, and dried up
a miearatite of' hitnuelf*' end .
the decidedly, otiormiumotil - 1114 siq ser of hie eon*
may•lbrin Nonso..kife of AMP "trot of
huh !be.eloidst„,ol,:thi.omoko , from which
belie 11 1 4thirred:oir.hor,filitte,and • swePt out or •
the., momp-Irmolmc:.tho ramilr mood,
horm, footaud dritgaria., _ lid Toni himiodf, Ibe
hero of Ilerk !molted apleYtOttine•olll4l may he .
Proud, er the dined"! he hue left behind, if . Pe
has the rwleiley ; , fook K,nut: of. his , place of
retirenteut. on the Pennell' and Wilineloilneh•
bier,of the , •laud he we ,strode • over with so •
proud a ronerimieuma of personal
,diguit y.
,
Ittiteel.Atatire tor New Peet , :
•• WASHINGTON, lifaretil2, . •
The,iiMrlol Liet..Pl uder~nst, of
the Congiterotddreleo r 'd to Commander Mars
ton, has been , „terwitded ; to thi.Navo Deport'.
'tient . iprait dates ? . the t .OVVing
to . the••deatkof • ': the late..eonirnandirtr, officer,
James B. Smith; it becomrs mY, Painful ditty to
reeks &report felon of the .pitrt which . the V.
.s. trigete.coestetw, leek in. , :the *Netts net, our
v esielit et. Newport News, to' repel ~the attack
of the •rehad.elitille oristbeeth leaf.
The report-Stately that-.Whett the Merrimac,
With 'thy's , small gmtbosts,•was ir
. set steaming.
dewli.• OM Norio gad . ha a approached.: near •
enough todlieoVei•her,eharacter, the ship was
cleared for action, ten IrinntrA after • ten '
Clock. This &lento* 'opened 'with her ; how - .
One -with grape; parsing Minn the sturbonrd ' ':•
side * at ra datence of. aboirt ang, yards, writ:
ing'6ur htnedside,' e nd giving us one in return,
-After passing the: cengreis , she ran into,•and ,
sunk-the slopp'of war Cumberland.' • •
The smaller weetels then imitated, us, killing •
and wounding, ploy :of oortrew. ,:.Seeing the , •
fate of, the Cuottllsuid, we set the,ji.b and • top
saikan&with.lbe. , itssistince', of
ran .the - ressilaihore.. At half-pant two 07;1 9 0,
the .40 .0 11frise: , 000 - :ejlesitlefi PC , lll*,. , „Nt.'4l.di*. l
tanci' s ti(` l ooll,l-Ak'ifd:likkildliefOre o;J:skit
ilh.
W.114,11100q4'0 44;t:, 4iteapieis
.lePrY
xh,o.tritqopi.rroi
great .•
precision and doing nirgreat,dainece." Oor two , ,
stern • guns, were our only . menus, or doebc.
These were anon ditabled; one. !mini ! disriumu- -
ted nod ihnothet hiiving, its ,Muzile.',kniirkeit
away - The men were letioclied PwaY *roan,' •
them with great rapidity anti slinging! hy', the •
terrible.' fire ofthe 'enemy. Perplex- .
great first learned Of the digitied' Liitit: &With
at half•paaffout o'clock; lha.t!ealh hoPlullPd
teft'fllinUtpi previous, • • '''YEt
~ Seeing that our, men , Weie - being killed, with
out -thg - prospect 2 of any relief trellis: the
apta, Which vessel hal tuiteisheri. OtteMpt. '
Ingle - Wet op . to its (tepid 11.1nitiloit 'Roads;
ant being able to wet a'alngidgue td•tieir up , n ' ,
thrs itftinlYt and the ehip , heing On - fire in s.ever-•
'al 'Places,. Upon . tow altar w lib cOlninantit• r
Wirt: Smith, We'lleeined , it proper to haul down..
our colors Without.anr further - le*Of life.'en•
oil? part.. , Ww wire 'sting boarded by, nn nftirpr
Orli* 'Merrimac; Who 'said - twitilit' take •
:eheitiielf the 'shift: He'left shortly
gait •.email - tug' caine'slougtitle;' whoae captain •
:dettiniulod ihit sbrinhl . surreniter,- and
out of 'the, shipi as. he Intended burn •
• A sharp fire, with muskets, and artitlery,
Was maintained from our trine• ashnie, uptn
ihe tee. having the effect of Miring bier 011 A. ,
The 'Merrimac again- operikl . .jsri 'as;
ave 'had a , peek to she* we Wrreagt,iit)irtloo;
'Aftertiving fired-several shells . inte:Megiii
us and engaged. the Mintieseta 'gni/ '
'batteries altar which Lieut. P s endere'ret.t..
states, the wounded were '-'ttilten eefinie‘ ill •
briats, , the ship - ha vigg.lisen an fire.' from
the beginning cif the getisiiii: iroin the hot stint
fired hy the '
He'repetts the degtb of ilk . . toting :tog
Lieut.
at 'Moore, sodpilot • •
The falloveieof entrails kohl ,1 6.4 !'ll'Orit of
Commander 4 , tivviiileer, ot-thesth frigate
w
Sr. La ryeei t ie in.: '
~repaid In'ttieiitibin the:;
rebel Hathplon'itikels; eeillliyor4 in •
At haltletit'efgh 'w. , iof •
tear too/ of "the 'Carebtielee, #hen.
abreast eltheletiot ; battery at Sowelt * *.:: l4 , 4lll ,
the bit t •/7 Petimik 'fir onset the elkAllOit. l o 6- '
ding, tivitleir Iletlerli. l root 44-
dein* hireeier'ino
Was 'eta'ooo2 hflieved*Pl l , 4 die 4 ri ‘
o wl -t.;
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