M'KEA\ VOL. 4. 111%can eount,u, 'lo:ntocrat PU teLLSILED EVERY SAT UR DAY MORNINO, By J. B. OVIATT, SMETHPORT, WKEAN COUNTY, PA OFFICE, :B. E. CORNER OF PUBLIC SQUARE TERM: - 181 50 in Advance. Rates of Adveilising. tqco la inn 'one A it rt ' 1- r t ' .• Illx montbM» .. One square (1(12 lines OC feBB , 3 • insertfoos,,.... Nadi Yubiequent Cards, wit.fiyiip9r,. Rabe oe.igur . e.work' will be, double the above .ratss. TWerie lines - Ilrevief tylie; or'elght lines. nonpareil, is iAted a vnare:. '.' .r. • . . .j 7" T11 . 098 ' Terms Will,bo strictly aahereat.c;:_al iii6iitcs,i'.:l3icttc! . xt. HYPE HOUSE, . . (Marion PrHprletoi:ltidgwny,.Pn. 'Aids • Hotel Dew and to Walled 'in. modern style, has ample acenro noidarioni, and in. ni ail respects, a First Clasanoted.: • • F.iiixway, Qe. Pa. May 24, IEBO • •••. •• ELDREH HOTEL, 3onB . .WErii Proprietcl This house Is situated hal .way between 91nelbp:ort and °Leath" A .enneenien • - an e Im o bons!, attentiia.and obliging, attend ants, and.low inlet's. • • ~ , .. • •' • ' „Eldred, May li, 1800.. . „ . . , .. _ . . - • • • . . A. D..FLAMUN ? Syrreyoy, Draftmilan Coiveyoncer,• and 'Reid Ratite • Agent: Stnetliport,Nl 7 Ketio - coutity, Pa. .. • WILLIAM WILKIM, - Practical Mechanic.'Millwrigkit; Oridge-buiLler; . &c' • . Port Alle4heny,.Nt , licttFi'cmlnty,•Pa. •• ' • . J. L. BROWN,, SURVEYOR,DRAYTSM iN, CONVEYANCEIIiod Rent Eqate Agorit; 141 k Cu., PearOn ehROIL& ilnyle, .1I oh Thotna+ Strut'ter?, W. .9, !Lun..A.. I. Wi1c0x;..... osWAYo' ..,• . . . II • t : fl litnr•ta. P rno - Tiotor. Coro+ P . l. 'Phis [rouge is filfe• oar ti :oh., taht , ,al •phl.comfortahle style': :tn•l•evory at ' taatom 3vtl) he loti•I toi•ti,io .proprietor to the cOnlf,ii .ao I 11,410 of his-guasta. . • : .• ~. June 3.1861 .. . , FOBES 11.011 BE, F r tli ttgoara.•. M 3i11:1, Probri r. Tun Fotles lLluse is ant rely new nn l b I ill (1f runt is furnished in modern style: - .The • prdpriet . or flatters himself that Ina aecunnodn . 1 n.ns Are net: surrnt•l by• any Itbiel 'in Western: N •w York.' lt irri'itrea run to and ;rem the New;York and Frie Road: • ' • . .3'9stf, fitT(ifri -- b7 . , .AT 1,,W; Smatliport, M'Kean Cminty. Pa. for Hesaiq. Heath) & Enle..l.ands Attend e,pocielly to - the Collentinn of Clainnn Examination .hand Tither , Paymnnt-nf Taxes, an.l all hu'aineas rola to Real Emote. entree iii Ilmolin Mock: E. BOUDHTON ,ELDRED, A t'or . nej.and Coupselhir •at haus, 9rtiethpnrt, Itl'Kenn Coooty,-. rir,• 'nits nu'a entrusted to libi_ care fiir the • . ie , :inivies of M'ltoto,,Potter and Elk will ,be promptly atternAii tu Oflice in the Court .. 11.ouir$1, arcond floor. DR. L. R. Nt'INER, . . . rhygleie.n and Sufgeon, Binethimrt., Pa, will attend to . I.ll.lworesAiocal cells,willi, promptness. - Office in :isle • well Block, second. Boor. . . . . . THING it HILL E R, Wholesale. and !total ,Dealern In flearde and' Fanny •Dry . floods, alipeting'; Read 3 , Madd . plothine; and. General Alurnieriing Goode, Boole and Shorie, Wall arid, Window. Paper, Lookirig Glieaea dec, At.Olean. N. Y. • . JOHN C. • BACKUS, .. . . A ttnrney end Counsellor at Lirir,.Snietlipnrt;ikfiffesn Co . Pa.... Will , stte'nii to nil business in his profession in the. eoliiities ofThf!Kfian, Potter and Elk. Office overU, K. lisrtmeil Sr Itrothera'StOre. .. - '.. • • • ••• HACKNEY HOUSE, . . Co rne nor Secan , l anti Liberty .Streete r Warren, U . • A. Ilatraon,"Prripiletar.. Travelers Aral goog Rc. eouriodatiotin aqd.reasanable charges. • LARMIEE'S HOTEL, R.. Lintase, P.roprietor,,-Allegheity Bridge; 'ld'Enari 'Co, 'Pa. This'bonee eitunted'about'nlne guiles from • Smeth port on the road to Oraani and will .bo.found a ' convenient stopping-plane . . • . ' FARMERS' VALLEY HOTEL, Dy T, 6ooowtti... Thin houne.la eitunted'abont five mile front ginettiport on the road to Olean. ; Pleasure part' . , and otlme can beaccommOdateil on , the shorfeet Retie: W. 8. BROWNELL, Daeler ,to Dry Goods; Groceries', Crockery,' Bardwire Boots, Shoes, Hate, Caps,-Glass, Nalle, 011 s, &c., Bast side of the.Publie Square, Snipthport, Pa. ' ' EMPORIUM ginsz, /Shipped; M'Kean P.. N. b. DYKE, Proprietor A commodiOus and well-furaiehed house. Strangers and Liavelera will dad good accommodations. • • ' • POET ALLEGANY HOUSE, at Port Allegany, Mc- Kean County l'a. Title Hotel Iseitusted at the June . tinn of the Smethnort andAllegany River loatle,aine tulleileast Stuetlaport.' . „ • To Those Interested in Mining and Mineral Lands:. It. BARNES offers his pervicen fertile 'exaniina • • tion of Dlinerul Lend,' to fil'Kean and Elk •coan tine, •rtnil will give lils 'opinion as to the VALUE OF MINEd, &c., Those engaging. hie services will receive all necimsaryand reliable information, Residence at the .pucker Rill filfdes.. ' • • Sergeant, hUKenn On.; June 30, 3859. . . .. • .S.C.HYDE,• ' . . .... . ArT.IIt!Orr , AT...LAIi: Slriallparl, WICOIIIE CO.) Pt. Colloctionit promptly attended.to, . ' . . Feb. 14, . BENNETT HOUSE, • • . . . 'fintethportiMlKean .C0., - .Pa." 'A . A. Ailksox,' Ttnprietor • . —opposite the Court !louse. A new, large, connnedi- one and well -furntehed home. • - . . DEO. R. •MASON, . • Deal fir nAtoeit, Tin Ware, Ja peened Mare, 'Bco.oiest ~side or the Public Squa re, , Eirnethport,• l'a. Custom • w.,rkdono to ardor on the shortest antic° , - and In the ' moat Hutnittlutial manner. . ' DENTISTE.Y. m!t:m. A. SPRAGUR wenl,l respaMtfully antmancd.to the eiltTions or Smethport and vicinity, Dint ho has • fitted up nn efface, end Is peopnrel to attend. to: all. businesi he hii profession. ArtiflCiul teeth Inserted upon entitle principled, and so as to proservo the naturall ex pression of the lace All operations in Dental Surgery done in a skillful manner:- " .10t A. .T..ZI:OIIREM . . • . . . Pallor in Stovrii. 'rin •Wilre, Japponed Nome, ho., wen t end of the :Publio Spi tro', Sinethport,'. Pa.. Custom work done to order molly , shortevt notice, and In the 'molt ,ahem ntial nvinnee. • . , • , B. E. HACKETT Attorney and Owl neellor atFuw; SI ppen, Pa.; will. at tetrlAllo Uourte o( Potter, - McKean. eel. Elk entultiem. Prom& Minn:lon paid to Collectlone. • Office, Cant: end le:lll.lllocic—Second Floor.. • " • W. H. BAKER r..r01.t.0n, 'Ewa Side of the. Public Sgooro, • Sicowl Dnnr . North of the Democrat Offlee Saieti!port. Pa', .Denior I o Wool ellee Olnakm and - Jewellery. :4eparing imatelY Execute.' and Worranektl. . DR. W.Y. M'COY, SQUTH-EAST CORNER MAIN STREET, '74.l,letpor . t, 'Pa. • ' IIiADQUARTE . R.S.DI . STRiCT OF TENNEBIS6F. t• PrrTanuno,.April 9, 1862. ToCapt: N. 1-1.. Meta:ye;A. A • .GemerOl; partmeqof the.ll2l,Bsissin4' St. Loius..' .CArrAiil:—lttricornes my duty again to re 'port another battle, fought - between two great armies'—one contending for the maintenance of -the best Governmen t ever devised, - and :the' other for:lts. destruction. It is . pleasant to record the.suCcess of the:ariny contending, for the former principle. • -On Sunday morning our Pickets were attack-. ed and driven in by ,the enemy.'lmmediately the five Jfivisiena stationed at thii place were drawn' up in , lines of nettle-to meet them,. The battle Soon' waxed warn on the left and centre, . . varying at times to all parts of the line.. The. .most continuous firing ofinusketry and artillery heard on this continent . . was kept up in ; :til nightfall, the enemy haying forced- the- entire line to tall, back nearly half. Way from their carnps.to the landing* At a . lat r e. hour . in 'the afternoon.a desperate effort was% - made by' the . enemy to turn our left, 'and get pos4ession .of the.landing; transports, &c... n • Vl5 . - Ob • .20 20 •• • 1100 This point. yvae 'guarded.. by.. rthe gunhoats . Tyler. and Lexington, Captains.' Gwynn ,and commending, fotir 20 - pounder pariatt guns and. a hatiery of rifled guns. As .there is' : a•deep and 'irripasieble ra. vine jar aitille,y or, cavalry, and 'very diffieutti for; infantrY;nt this point,'no, troops' were 'eta- rionedi vireept•the neceosary and 8 V'nail infantry fOrce for their support.. .:first at this moment the advance of ;Vidor General filiell'Scolainn, a; part of the division of generni 'Nelson, arrived, and -the two Generals named both being 'present, an odlionse.wosimmedi - , 4telfrnade upon . the point of attack, and the enemy. soon driven back. • , • RW;whir, :Pa MEICI . It Dort,'PH ":..'lluetia Vista. Pa In this repulse muck. j:S• doe. to the presence of the•etinin9ts Tyleyand Lecing . too, a ' n ,l t h e ir able comfiriantiers.CaptninSlG,xynn apd••Shirk. United.S.tiitcs.nalq... During the . nigh! the.di . — visiens'under Generals Crittenden and McCook 'arrived:: Gerieral et Cromit lartili4.,•siN mil 7 ; belOw; was nrderetl:nt ‘ 'ea,t tl)e ritorning'to held • his di% ision in readiness .te . . be moyed in. any diection to which it might be•ordered, • .At about eleyen o'clock, an order wa•s*de- jeered ro Move'-it up to Pktiburg., hilt owing . to iis . being•le,Lby a cireiiirous route did. not a rri Va . in time Sund.,Y's action. Dunn the' night all . -Was quiet,. and .feeling; that.a:great .moral.advantage would be wined by beeoming'the attacking part-y, and, advanc e was ordert.d 'all soon.as day.dawned; reaUll. was .a gradual repulse of . the •'eOnrily . at points of the line, from . n ineo.'clocklint id pro iably five in' the afternoon; When it beca eyident. that, the enemy The advance OF General T:J...Wootl'a:rlivision aiTit;etdidtime to take:Tiart in the aciirin:• ..Afy 'brie was. too much fatigried. from two days'. hard fighting; and exposure in open air to drenebing'rain during the: intervening oight;io pursue imrmediately. :The night closed :in' ' . cloittly'and with heavy rain;inakingthe-roads imprictixablefortirtiker.V.'.''Lly the next- mgr- -ping Gen. Sherman, however, foll6Wed th 4 en• erriy, finding the the main part—of . the arniyr . had retreated in good order. the, hoipitals of the enemy, filled w4h:wounded, were found alt. along tko road as tar as the pursuit -was-made. Dead' bodies of the enemy - and many graves vi•ere"also-found:' • • enelose herewith the ieport'd General Sherman, which will explain.mnre fully.the .stilt of. the pursuit,. and of:the..par: taken by each sepatate Conitntnd; r cannot tike special notice in all; renoet,. but will do so rnere.fully when the retiorts commanders, are General .Buell, commanding in the field with a distinct army, long tinder his command, end which did much efficient service, commanded by himself, in per Son, Will be much better able to notice those'of his command who particu 7 iarlY distinguished themselves than I possibly - I 'fed it n duty; however, tort gallant and able otfiCer;•Brigadier General W. T. Sher Ma n ., to 'make special mention that he not only,wae with hie command during the.entire twci days' action, but displayed.greatiudgerrient and Skill and management of his:met,.. : Although' he was severely' wounded in the hand. on the first day,' his place was, never vacant.. ;He was . . again wounded 'and • had three horses horses killed under In making this .retention. of a gallant officer no disparagement is intended. to the tither di• . vision commanders,. Major- Generals John A. "IcCleiriend and. Lew. Wallace, 'arid Brigadier Generals.`s. A. Hnlburt; 1,1/. H. L. Wallace,. all .of whOm maintained their places with.etedit . to thernielves 'and . the •G..neral .Prentiss wan taken prisone r in.the . .iirst'days, action, and . general W. H. L. %Vallance ivas: severely' and probably. mortally. wounded. : His Assistant... Adjutant General, cant: WM. McMichael,, is missing, and was piobably, taken prisOper. My personal staff are all deserving of par icular. mention—they, having .b.eeri engaged luring the entire .tvvo days in carrying . orders o every part of the field. It consists of. Col. Webster, Chief of the Staff ; Lieutenant SMTOpORT.,.- N'KE AN.. COUNTY, ' "P A . : l ' . SATURDAY,: ..APA4. 4 ::6 1 .:: IS Q2,' ;',. ILILTTL.E OF SILTLOH, OFFICIAL REPOItI: • . • . ... . . . . . ~ ... . . . . . . . . . . . . .-,.. . . . , ~ DE .. CRAW, . . . . . . . . :•.: ~, . .. . , ...... .. ....... . ,. . ~ . ... . . ... .. . . ... .. . . Colonel J. Et . .:. .M'Pherson, Chiptiof . Engineers, assisted by W.. L. 8.% Jeremy , and` W. Kessee ; crt. 4. A, Itnyliogs, -, Gemiral ; W: W. R. Hawley and 'B. B. LagOvr,. Aid., de ,Campli;..Col. G. Pride; Volunteer Aid and Capt...f. P. Hawkins, Chief of the Commissary, ' whe: accompanied 'ate ..upon 'the . 'field: The , Medical, Delisrtmedt, under the, direction of : Surgeon Hewitt,'-.Medical . Directer, .sifoWed great energy inproviding for the wounded and in . getting them from - the . Geld; regarillesa of . • •Col.'Webster 'was placed in special charge, of all the artillery, and than constantly upon the field. He displayed,Xs he always has hereto fore done,.bOthiskill and bravery. At lealt in one instance: -he was the means . of placing an entire regithent in Ipolitioti for doing the most valuable Service, and :where it could not have. been but for his:exertions. : Lieutenant Colonel McPite'rsors;attathed to' my staff - . as chief.of engineers, deserves more than a. passing notice for his aCtivity.and courage. - All The zrounds ,beyond our camp for miles, has been reconnoi 7 tered by him, and plans have been.careftilly prepared,under hisaupervision,giving'accUrate information ,of the nature of the apProaChes to our lines. .During the two clayl; battle he was constantly in the saddle, leading the troopi as they arrived,' to points 'where they were.re quired.: During .the. engagement he had • one •. 'horse - shot under him,. The. country will 'have tomourn the loss of many brSve meo.who fell . at the battle Of Pittsburg, Dr' Shiloh more pro, peily. The exa't I,es in . killed and wounded will he known in a day or two.: At- pre<ent l can only give it SpproXimattly at: 1.,500 killed arill,t3oo wrundod. • • being.diiabled by-the eit-rny's Shot's,. 4n d losing horse and many 111en'—n'ot )es than :60 horses '‘yere The -htss - 61 tlte . enemy in killed it . tt up - ,n-t he Add was greater -thdrroOrS; the estimate cannot he made,as rnat.Y of tit- - .. - r..inos-have . been sent to•Coritilik sod other r,o'n's.', The enemy feted terribly froti, - ‘ - ',•::tor.::-z,:,!ten hod desert . A flag of truce sent from Ge.n: 13 ,, Uut - egard... I enc;oge'bete . o.iii II ropy of the correAtoodeoce, Ynu 4iely.se!vant, 111,:inr . (;drieral Comdcg' CATKJAR:TCR, OF 111E' DCPAp.TMr..NT OF THE ':%II,SSI§SIPPI, .14 ONTEILEV, 'A pro ' 8. • SIR :-At'the . cl6se the conflict gf Yesier •day;. my forces hein.q.ex`.aucretl'hy 'the. titre .ordinti4length of time dnTiMi, which•they w re . . , engaged , with yo•irs 6a t h at 'spit :the preceditig, . • .. flay, and ic.licing.apiiareni!hat you had receiv'- ed, and were still receiving, reilifntcemuts, I felt it my duty to withili . aw'my troapi (ruin the immediate scene of the . conflict.: . Under these cirrumi..tances,and.in acc'ord'ance with th?..itsagis or war, I — .ool •fraric.a:lit...fhri. undel'a Ilagmf;lrtice, to ask p.: mission to send a monnted patty to the battle field of Shilohler the.purposeof giving a decent interment to my •Ilead . . Certain gentlemen to 'avail themselves of this 'opportnnity . to remove the remains of eons and : friends, 1. must request 'for theno•the privilege of.arcompanying th‘ bullet party and in this connection I deem it propor to say, that .1 am asking only what I have ex• tended to your own' country men' under similar cirrumstanaes., • . . Respeetfully,,G.eneral, your obedient servant, •. • . P. G.:T. BEAURF.GARD. " liestiquAnTsait OF TUE A E3IY . I* THE. FIELD ) j ...Pittsburg, April' 9. . ' .• Gederaf T. Beaitregarl, Com matid.i9g the . Confederaieorni:v 91: Te 1016 3 ,48 6. ..:Your dispatch or yesterday is just received . owing to the watrath'of the Weate.r, I deemed it advisable to the d'ad of '.,both patties buried immediately, heaVy 'were 'made for this purpose and it is now accomplished : there cannot, therefore',.be any • necessity of admitting' within'our lines the parties you de sired to send on the grounds. asked. I ilia! al ways be glad'to extind any courtesy consistent with duty, and especially so when dictated by humanity. (tin, — General,.. respectfully, •your obedient. servant, •. • U. S. GRANT, Major General Commanding. . , .71141.RSIELL NEV .1)11 . 1 . SCE . NE.—The yen• geance of the 'allied. powers .demanded some victim; end the intrepid . Ney,• . who had . well nigh again put•the crown'onl3rintiParte's bead at. Waterloo,: w4s. one of them compelled to be Shot: . He was led to the garden of the Lux-• umberg,.:en the 6th of Deceinber, and Paced in front of tP'e olsoldiers, drawn up, to. kill up.to bandage his' eyes, buthe. re,atisml . hirn,- saying- c‘A re' you ignorant that Jar t wen'y five years I have been accustomed to face both steel a . nd.bulletr : ' . . He ,then lifted-his hal'above his , head and with the same th:t hadsteadiett. his columns . so frequently to 't.h. roar. and turetult .or battle, sa id- before:God and man, that I, never. betrayed my countryttply'my . •death.. 'tender her ha pro . 'Viva lc Fiance!" . he then' turned to the soldiers and •stri . king hem! on hi.breast, gave the'oriler, “Soldiers• fire!" A eimultuneous (11.charite lollowed f anq the bra vest of bib. bra've stink to rise no more: ' HP. who had fnu2ht five hundred battles for France, not ono against her,.was shot as a traitor. As 1, looked on . spli' Where befell, I could•noi. but sigh over flys: fate; broke, his oath of allegitioce—'so.did others carried away. by their attachment to Napoleon and the .en thusiasm that hailed approach to:paris— ,hut'still he istin no traitor: • - • THE. HORRORS OF WAR. , , • During succeeding generations theca/41nd 701 clays of April; in.tbeleir, of our Lord 1862, will be referred toie deg's' of blood and slaugh ter:. Hundreds orthousands areeeen now; be-• fore one-tenth 'of the : elaip are deposited in their rude,•earthli tenements v mourning 'over. their; lost: . lathers, brot hcsbande I* Indeed it . may be said the entire New World is in Mourn. hie; for,before these line's are reed, the news. Of terrible elaughter will Save'. been Sent to ell. quarters of the American :continent, and.'reau by millions of people:. And how large.a per- I tionof the many 'milliOnis'of readers and.- list eners will instinstiliely curse that.'arbarous code of nations. which ,legalizei trinrder, and presumes, to decide queStions aright and Wrong by the sword, instead of by the light of reason . with which,our Creator has endowed us: , Our heert.bleede te : think.Of the poor mothers who are crying for their childern; for. the . Wife who,. while:the prattling infant .looks : into. her face With'Wonderment and affright; while:the little daughter stand's by her side'not half conscious of her loss, yet knowing from,her mother's tears that.a terrible calamity had befallen the family; , while the gay and, thoughtleis boy suddenly etopshiek'play to nail in bis mother's counten ance the cause of he'grief; ws grieve .for the wife who looks.down upon. her dear little:ones, and, presses the babe More closelylO her bosom , as if to prevent her heart from breaking.' Oh! the Inotister demon of war! For the doer sister who has hitherto borne,with courage, supported by hope, the absence of her brother exposed to 'the'dangers of the fiatilefiebl; she must now 's'. most give herself.tip to ilespair—tp;r • tender naturebeing Overpowered.by such heard-rend ing•senes.: And..tben th . e Mindredi of friends andnssocrates", among whom Will be found.ons. who, though not yet feels herself a 7 widow; for she has : lost, one on Whom her affec%. tions were bestowed, on whom her hopssof fir tuie'linppineis were placed...., . :We are not endea'voring to paint a scent for the rich or the ponr,,-the great trisster.spiritof .the 'times Will not lie more larni.nted than 6 the humblest private iii the,'iatilcs in his own particular sphere. Look into ".the 'house of mourning; and whether it be the lordly mnpsion or an bumble cot,,.there yotr will witness 5 . scene of woe and hear cries orerief forthe .de- Pirted llowever poor, each, is loafed 'by autos One; and t/i , ;t one —Oh I that one feels , ' double grief, for she has:dost all! We Milst'smirn, end. ;Weep with the ntllicted--it. is `!itting shaUld 'do.sot hnmanity demands it.. Having &Ma Fd, wecan•tlie.more readily console thein,'end,'nt h proin;CriMei . cause t6 . ,M,to' 'rejoice with 0. God grant ihat . w e rna . Y , torin all ha.ve rgas-on•ta Three othe poWerfill.battles have . aotthrless :yet . .. • to take placei--rrhapa'more . ; one at Corinth, °nein Virginia, One .on theMissi-ssippi, and rierhrips one at New Orleans. If. they Innis !like place; tWere well they . be done.quieltly.-- Ns.sh Br; wier •' . , . . THE ,CONNECTICUT ELECTION. There' has been considerable ,:boaating in 'R-publican circles, and ,perhapa some ..diaap poiniment among Democreta; over the remit of . the,Connecticut election, •We do not think , • the feet's; when properlyunderstood, wet rant either 'one 1r the.other. . .Last year Gov. Buckingham's majority over Loomis. was . 2,025, Buckingham receiving. 43,. 011 and Loomis 40,986.'.This year. [one town tn . hear from) •Buckifigham his 59,685, Loomis 50,633: Ein . cltingham's loss therefore is 3,328, while Loomis' 1a5e5•10,353. Flow , did this oe .cur 1 Let us see. ... • . .The agiregate vote is some 1 , 1,000 less than. last year, caused by the large number of voters in the army; and apathy growing out of the fact that the. Democrats, under existing circuni, stances, bad' no expectation of carrying i!i election, and therefore 'failed to bring out their full strenith. What were these unpropitious circumstances • -, • First, although by no mean'smost important, the voters gone to war.were beyond question a large. majoritY:of theni pemocrat's;.but.ol this we make but little account. There .wai'no Republican ticket, as such, in the' •field. The mpartfgarne was played connectient, in the sarnelnanner as.at the fall.election in this State.,.. - A Union Convention of those 'opposed to.parly nominations was called, and a ticket ) composed, of One-half Republicans and one-hall Pemberats, put in . nomination. This was a movement 'initiated by Democrats—unwisely and factiously,.it is true',. but nevertheless de signed to draw MT from the.. Democratic vote enough to ~defeat •thet ticket, and give to the so:called Union ticket 'the prestige of success; The Republicans edopted the ticket thirs.nom. inated,rand the result is' that by thie/force` of their own.party strength,unit el with Several thousanitpemociats who gave their , votes to the Mixedticket . ; that. ticket Was elected.= The result . , therefore, is a R.publican Covernor, a Demecratic.Lieutenaht-Governor, and a half- and-halfticket - thronitiont.• That is what the Republicans are crowing,overasa par . ty:victory although before election they assured ue it svas. a union end note partiian ticket, . . Now if the Republicans of Connecticut have been compelled to sOrrender: half Of their State ticice.t . , 'to tiro w off from the•p : tinocrats some three or four thousand canvass v,:bo no Pr.c ia I effort mi . pirt forth', and at bent balm , . received for the II Moe ':ticket , 3,000 . leas thin . the RepUblicans alone had jest *ear, and 4,100 leas then . l.Aucolateceived in 1880,; we submit that the victory is a barren one, and that the Democracy of Connecticut was never' in better or. bounder condition than at the pewit mei* It is doubtful whether General Pratt, the orl-: ginator of the fusion in Connecticut—Mr. Av. . 'erill, of. Danbury, who is . elected Lieutenant. GoVernor-ror, indeed; either of the . DeMocratic candidatea on the fusion ticket; Won'd consent to be.classed with or admit that the successful candidates were elected as Republicene. The truth is, the Republican vote propsr;' deducting the Democrats who voted the fusion ticket, was' probably lees than half the vote of the" State. If there la any glory , to he got out of such a vie. thentory, let the make the •most of Y. . . . COWAN.--.-This...gentlentan is . incur;. rink the,ill-willof the rallicalsi . bui at-the same time winning.the esteem 'of 'Conservative;Men; by!his•esident learinglowards *sound Constitu tional principles, and hisfreediaMfrom fanatical . lObbies- On the resolution:for the expulsion Of Mr: Idnuitrr he made' an aigument,in. which he Wrested the:question from *the grasp of par,. tisan 'prejudices,. and Seught to procure.' decis-. ion would accord With Well-grounded , rincipla of reason and law. . Again,. on.the question of of confiScating property in the, rebelliouiStatee he took his•stand upon 'the. Constitution, and endeavored to restrain the' reckless hisite o .0 radicals, • who merely_ desired to 'accomplish their objects . of revenge, without :regard. to censtitutional or other restrictions. ' to the position he has assumed In . the •Senite' • I the Chatubersburg, Times' Any ss • has more than realized the predictions of his,. Republican friends; and • vet, strange . •to say; their, with hot ' few honorable except ione, condemn him... Why 1 bus . condemn. him?, lie has proven himself •a •schollar; a. lawyer, - and en honest; fearless and.conServativestatesionn: Ah. here. is the, clue. ' Re has proven far 'too e. ,, nservative for the:radical 'fanatical. wing ,of' his parry..flels apposed . to the impractiCable and darigerons schemes of the' al rditionists. 7 - Ile wishes •the*war to he waged, in the spirit in which it was inatiguraled, leaving the rights of the Sta:es and their citizens rinimpaired, and preserving both the Constitution and the Union, het eying that 'the restoratiOn . of the latter would be butts :prior roronmence for' ell 'the blood. and ..f . easure. 'expended, •if the former were riot preserVed, • inviolate in' apirit,and- in truth... .4 few '.days 011CP; •Whell the "Cof , fisca , tion . bill" Was 'before' the Senate,: Mr. ''Cownn . `made ISblre *Very ' , IMO remarlcti,whirhsitipenroh amither pace. "They breathe the true•spirit of justice arid conieryatism, by which' he generally 'seems to . he netanteit, and which'all reasonable .men .will readily , endorse, an matter how fiercely he may. he . .assalleir by. every publican seraibler. hi the Slate, who must tweet: Partly-304,i in; he howl i . 'aise.4 Ity'aome of t 'chief wol ves. in .ihe•pAck. CONiEAVATIVE VIEWS' We are indebted to Senator Carlile of Vir7 giniA for A cop' of hi's speeciion. thn conti4 ca. non bill introduced, by Senitor TruMbull Illinois r and .we . haceread :it with great sulk- . faction s R is.a calm cirodid, eble'preientetion of the' ov'etsvhelMing obiectioni :to Ibis • pet scheme of the abolitiOn radie . all. • He shosys unanswerably, the ranliinjoitice; the. clear un ermstitut ionality end the Manifest Inexpediency; of the scheme. The "Wonder. is, that any per son-, who has taken an oath trsaupoort the•con. stitution of his ertuntry; anyone who professes to have the Skighteer claims to rank as a states man; "could ne found Willing to, irepose gotta& "eocate such a misuse; We hive occasion to make liberal extrectstrom'bis . speech • here: . 'after. To.day, can present only the follaw ing, to which. We ask the candtd attention .of irrielligenieitizens all .parties:-- • • HI hive read from thespeech of the member froM Of 111111• Arr:Coniovay.,)• because. In My. opinion . ; it is Ey:representative ipeech; and• be. cause be has the. baldness , to avow what I be- Heve are the real-views of his party, but what his party associates, less bold thanhimself, for prddenlial reasons du net avow, If a memhei' from a slave State had uttered•such sentiments as . those I have , read from, the speech of the Member of Kansas, the . eh: would have been filled with the cry' ot disloyalty , and his expulsion demanded. - . The presi that de:inured so loudly for the ex - puliion althe late Senator Iron: Indiana and the , rejection of the - Senator from Oregon, is:engaged in . npplauding.the eon. !intents of the member .from Kansas. These sentiments'ate, ae 1 have shown you, that, tie. less the Confederate States are recognizedas au independent, power and war- is' waged upon them for the abolition of slavery; not another man or dollar Of .money will the - member.from Kansas inie. Let a member from aSlaye State of either House declare..tiutt he. wOuld—unless the so.calledt:Confederate Statesa . re recognized and 'we'r allowed, not to conquer the Northern Sfates end hold them as .suhject provinces . , .hut only to secure constitutional guarantees for slavery in:the Union—not vote another.mati or another dollar . ; how lOng,.thiplc you, would he or.ought he, to retain his seat' in Censtress?— : And yet what wouldhe the'differenee Whos• utterance would .be most disloyal, or, tf you please, most treasonable 1' • . • ;inn. more than twenty-five yeers,lVlr. Pres. Ideal . ; the representatives 'of tfinebel)tionist s and of the secessionists have pulled the'sanie string at difrirent ' eilds,eretclicire sitting to gather in tee same Congress afickacknewledging the same country.,. They are 'still' pulling the mime string , it 'dilrerenrendi of - the string , enil each in his , own end of the countiy. 'Both . Waitt the eacalled confederate government: recog - 'Judi troth went the rebellion dignified by the. ham °twirl both wait their. rights. The one'. wants: you to acknowledge =his `rightto:like ; his elivelnto the Territories,' riot that , he,wilL slier take itlut 'tberei the ether wentsyou to aeknowledge bie right to liber44 the 'slave in! the slave States, not that be.' wonid it;..ter tie would not let the free negro live In hied at. and he kaows that they will - not: bipertiO'', to live in : the alive States., The sicesSitin4F-':3 lighting for' his' rights!' the abolitionist won.EP have you , fight for his. Both‘eontend that thsi Union 'ls dissolved. nail* fathom. Peo ple of AmeSica, look at thane! 'Behold a'Pals of noble' brothers.:—abolition and secession t— twins they ere • ; spawned it the 'same, dine in the.came muddy stream. . '••• • • • "The Senate will pardon meter a moment while allude to .1 am not in the hishii ofspeaking . .of myself. do : poi ... thinkiit in good faste, and look•upon it as a custom„ more , honored in , the lireaCh' thin the observance'. but there ere occasions wheti it becomes' necessary . to . do Inamationaluestiiming niy loyalty have been Made by , those. Ole :tootitil• it , - oil open ;be eoltotiyi dal to be it-is neriisO4 to Ge no abolitionist. T-he'Senate will therbfOre pardon.me fur: saying that I . 'hive. periled all, life.itself, in. defense . of the Constitution and 'Union,of my country, 11 have' been erigaged *1 to fight actively. since Decernbar, 1 9 3 9 : I saw.the storm coming,• and sought to prepare the people of my own moutitaio borne for it, so that When it , did . eorne : wri shoudd be able; to resist it.' I' itood in the”-capitol of• my own State fighting the battles of 'the 'Constitution and the Union'amitithe jeers anitatnts, hiSiee and threats Of the mot'.' FIVITViite it.dairof. to"the 18th 'day of April,: in:the .ciii•of Richmond . , the assassins sCinght my life, : On Saturday the 19th day . of • Aprillast, a rioWd . of „ not . leis 'then one Intridred men, call •them,.cante to my lodginks'about midnight with drum and life and 'rope •hang me: colleague in. the House (Mr. _ ' Brown) witnessed the seette.' tor weeks alter my return to My otvti licnn . e in my own town my life wart threat:7 once... When I would leave fold to a neiih horhig, eennty tn"addiess thepeople my 'friends would follow to: golirti me on the toed Witltiut informitui'tho or it. 1 led the movement and i. dr'4 the tesolution'ldript,tl by 'the people iny.own county of ilqrrison, to , Whom belongs the honor:of 'mange rat ing the trieerneet WOO . reseited in organizing an/hoot ing eltoctive the; Union Sentirnerit of not thwisterri . yirainia: I stand het e to,illty in the ,not ion's Copitol, 'es:l . torid in th e capitol of rriY•State,lu'defouil frdni ess.,uft. the Constiturion and-Irnien of any eoun; try,. Come fien) I quiirter is may,.:hei r defense I am prepared to 'eneritiqe all—lit ii: Self. sinkl:oitott. the plntiorai of, the Pres!.: dentin his 4nm:total; reitera t edto his Measei« . to Congree:, in Juty.last, arntagain in his mes sage to Congress at Ihe commencement of thi , . Cession. I stanch upon the inlemn•declaritieu of the last Congress and of this.. 'maintain, as the Uninn was formed so it sh'nnid continue arid intlure forever; an everlasting knorturneint. of the Wisdom and patriotisin,ol its auridera. Mr: Callan thus tinswers the aspirsions of t.those.who tioiild impresauponthesconntiy,that lobe.loyal it necessary to become : an aboti. tionist. fiThe same . clais . prist hernanttin the same way like vile,serpents hiss Similar slanders against.as loyal • men. is' ever •breathed. 4re there, cap them be worse enemies of the country than such 1 - gi Let us Mr. President, in . the language Of a ' distinguished statesman and former SentatOr on this floor, di Ong to• the Constitution as the mariner clings-in the 'alt plank: when night • and the tempest chile . around him.—Porelasid Emancipation and Compensation. . . The subject of the emancipation . and colMni iation of slaves, 'by States . under system ' national'• assistance in the way of ..ciimpensa.. Lion; is no new matter. before abolitionism had drivel the Men of the Soul h,intri a strong pro-slavery Position; various schemes had discussedie nearly all the Southern-Stoteai,.and many of the most.. eminent statesmen of the slate States had devoted laborious investigation to the subject. Their position 'wag - peculiar, and the Insfiturion was telt to be' a hied Which could 'not -he at onee removed. It was sat ,of their ewn•leeliing.' history . of the ot i igin of slavery in.,Americai and .. esPeCially itt ,tie Southern States,•is history of,great.npprosi-: sion and wrong on*the part-of Englarid-tovVerii. the colonies. In spite of the most:earneerpro-- efts 01 . the colonists; the mother country not • only forced slaver'y en them, but also in' some instances revoked charters and re4ssued Them. or granted. new. charters for' the express par . pose of compelling:the. the colonists to, p..rthit ho slave trade, and accept . the which they eUrneitly.desireif to .evoi!V : ,OOCP; PStatlitahe6'it becamenet only a part :of.their' . prOpertyinterests, , on which-the most of the i r investments depended',- but as .tbMr,:chillfatt - Igre'w upit became an essential. , pisition of <ibSit . suc lel sister-rt. - da ti t erga par t Asethev , The tra'nt,fq . of Nortliera- NO. 10.
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