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1,1911 ED BVERY'fiAIURDAY
By.J. .13:0VIATT,
SMETHPORT, 'l%1 5
.K.E4N CWINTY,'•PA
OFFiOEI 8.. t..001t1.31.p.:9P PUBLIC SQUIRE
,TERMS: -- = $l5O in Advance,
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Rates of Advertising
1 Co:10111:1 One year
• - eii menthe...-- 2000
One artitare of 12 lines Or less,:i insertions,— —;• 1 50 -
Esch subsequent insertion„.„-,... —. t . •
Business Cards, With . ... '5 00.
rtutun.r figure work will : be double the above vates.
.TwelVe lineS Hrevler: : type, or. eight . lines nonpareil, is
• rated a square. , .
d:T. These Terms will ho strictly adheredto..,[ll'',
Busineso /Directory.
. -. • DR. W. Y. lECCOY,
SO.UTR-EAST CORNER MAIN STREET
Sirie t )vriOr t:, l'a
'.. 4 - - • DR. L. R. WISNER,, '
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Thysicka . n . and Surgeon, Smoth . port. - ro., - will attend to
all . p.rolessloonl calls'wlth protnOtuone. Wilde ini4,art
- we'll Blooli.Oiedon4 floor. •: . • • ." . .
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• .., ~ .. • : LARLBEg'S .110TEL,' •.' • , :. -.
It; Lan tans, Proprietor,--Allegheny, Bridge, 7sl , llean
Co i I'a.• *.This houee is altuate4 about nine !allot frem
"• Smethpert on the roait-la Oleau, and n1)1 be found a
. convenient atopping-place - ::.., • - , ' •
LUI . M2W
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1.. J OSGOOD Proprietor. .Ridgway, Pa. .TIIIS HOW .: it!
. . new and furnished in modern style; has ample Afton'-
. inadationti, and in,in all respeets,:a First Class Motel.
' : Itidirwity, Elk o.'Plt. May di\ 1860.
'• ELDRED. HOTEL • • ••.
•Wera, PrOprietor•', This house is situated hal
. way between Emethporl and Olean. 'A conveuren•
as dommodious'hous attentive and obliging 'attend
ante, and low . priees.
Eldred, May . l7, 1660.'
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FARTiIEB;S' VALLEY . 1(01 ; Et; •
-This house itutituafe,dabotit RTC Miff
from Stnethpart mt thneoad to Olean. Pleasure part
and othe:n can be accommodated on the ettertesteotie,
EMPORIUM HOUSE,
~hlppen, l',l'Keith N. 1., DYKE, P • rofiriuicir
A enuiniolioU 4 utsl, well•furulshe , i house. grraugg rs
awl I/orelen; will ilutl•uoo.l accominoitithiris. •
PORT. ALVEGAN.Y HOUSE,
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~..oca El; Dut.Licr, Tropriotot., al Port '.Allogany..Me
.ivorl County, Pa. .This lintel Issitual,l at the juna
.. tioo of :lie 3mol.lipori and Allegany llil'er load s ; uiuj
n;les,PAAt 'of, Snretliriort. . •.. '' ~' . -, .
. • BENNETT HOUSE, , •
t. Nl'lteou Co.. S. MAs,is, Proprieto.
00.1"..11',No ~11.1111r0i
w eftforilk.b..!i cu
6S`4 l A '... (.3' ii.C. ',', ST:,,
1%) Those
AT. ;1 't,kl - 1.0.4 oft.. •li•ryl , •••• • •
• th.,5 ttin"e:tl 10,14 ;01 un
wilt; , ive , his etlinhci 'at '•,, the • V .11,1:r
I ve, 1 . 4111 , P . 1 13;4'.zinz "
ii-ees.etry .t-et - • 0 1:tble itiforetition. nesi fence at the
:tanker Mill Min.'s. • '
tot: 511Cottit - c :10. 1959.. ' . , '
' • ; W ILBAKER . • ..
B ELLph, East Side of thy. Publie.Squar9 Second, deer
Forth of the Perntie rat Office Snietlipart. Pe Realer.
• In vainvinn Cloaks nel Jewellery.. Repaving neately.
Eiecuted and Wirranetd: .
NOURSE
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Defiler in Stoves . , Tin Were, Japprineit'Ware,,k a., treio
end of • the' l'nblia 'Siiiinre, kinirithport,. Pa *- CIPOOTI•
work done to order iintkr shortest notice ,' and•in,the
'lllO4 4ubetittitittl initnnoi-: • . .
W. 8. BROWNELL,
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'Dealer in Dry 'Goods, Groceriea Preckery. Hardware
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Route, Shoes, Gate, Caps, Glass, Nails, Oils, it c.; dc.c
East side el the Public Square, Sinettiport,
THING & MILLER,
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Wholesale and Retal Dealers in Staple and Fancy' Pry
Goods, Carpeting, Ready Made Clothing, and General
Furniebing Gorda, Boots and Shoes, Wall and Window.
•' Paper, Loolting.Glasses Me. ,At Olean:N . . T. -• '
BYRON . D. HAMLIN,
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Arromier• AT 'L
AT; Smethpait, 'al'Kean Co'unty. Pa.,.
Agent for Messrs. Keating .&-.Co'4 Lands • Attends
especially to the Collection Of Clainii; Exanii nation of
'Land. Titleir,'. Payment of Taxes' ;:and all business rola,'
• ting to Real Estate, Office in Hamlin Block. . .
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• • 8. C. HYDA • , .
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ATTORVIZT- AT , LAW,' 81110thpOrt, .WKC81:1 CO., pa:
' Collections promptly attended to. . .. , Feb. 14,
• • . DENTISTRY. • ,
D.M.a , A. SPBAGInt would respectfully announce to the
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of Ednethport and vicinity, that ho has fitted
np anallion, and is prepared to attend to all Mildness
in his profession. Artificial' teeth inserted upon sei
.entido principles, and no as to preserve the natural ex
. presider' of the face All operations in Dental Surgeri
done in a akillfia manner. ' lOt
FOBES HOUSE,
Pron tiog the Public Squire, • Olean, N. Y. JAmas-M.
Bfil.Llß..PrOpriator , The Fobes fence is entirely new
and built of brick, and is furnished in modern. style.
-The proprietor Iladershimaelf 'that bis aceommoda-
Mona are not surpassed by any hotel in Western New
York. 'earrlngea run to and from the New York and
'Erie Rail Road. ' . . 38-tf.
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•' ' ' WILLIAM WILKIN, .. , ' , •
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PractiCal illeahanle, litlllwright, Bridga7builiter,
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Port Allegheny, M'Kean county, Pa. - ' ..
,',/,... B: ARMSTRONG,. ' : '." •
4IISTIOE OR, TUE:PEACE : Enid (lonveyaneer*: Alwe
Attorney 'and Couneelnr at Law. -Particular attention
.• given to,Ooilecting.' Office One DOor East. of the Ben
..nett•iloutre, Baletbport,ra.
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JOB PRINTING,
OF EVERY DESORIPTIOii,
NEATLY, CPEAPLY AND EXPEDITIOUSLY
EXECUTED AT THE
DEMOCRAT
A.. K . . JOHIN-SO,
COMMISSIONER FOR THE 4TATE OF , NEW • YORK
to take proofs and' acknowledgments or Deeds and
otherinstrumenta 16 be veal and recorded lu Raid State,
aul'to aiminlaternithe alllrmationa' pnrsuant .to the
laws of Raid State . , Conveyer!Cor, &a.' %Office in Laud Of '
lice of D Kingotiury; Bradford, McKean Co., Pa.
March 110.881,0 m. . .
The battle of Batonitouge . rnay b. , .charaeterriz,
ed as . one. of the most soldier like, :'s.killtully"
planned fights of the war., Williams, WlOl
his'well knewn . ability as a leader, scOrned
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to rally, behind houses and.taking in with one
glance the attack, made all . his prepartions,to
resist and 'oppose them. .•
TW . o.highwayi run out of. Baton Rouge E-one
above and one below, on each side of, the town
roads at right , anglee, .while .extending trim ,
road to road, is . a large. cemetery,' facing 'to-.
.wards the clty.andloOking directly. Into The
- camps of the Indiana, Massachusetts and 'Con :
nectieut regiment. .The-front of
_the. cemetery
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is feneed with :paling; 'while the cemetery , is
thiekly.strewn withlareldmbs,andovergrown
with'highrank• weeds. This was the-position
of :the rebel'eenter. Our center was composed
of the Indiana 21st, the Massachusetts, -and
Connectictit ittitpenis drawn up on the•oppos-
Reside. of the roads, artd , not more 'than 45
rodsf distant The rebel right approached,
through corn fields and over ! Trolling' country,
attacked with great impetuosity • the 14th
iVfainecaniP, and drove them - out, burning .and
pillaging the corms' io . rt fewminutes. • Thel4th
Maine rallied, , and, supported by - the.Massaih
useits and Nim's battery; returned on the at.
tack,and drove the enemy back with great slau
ghter.: The fiercest part of the conflict at this.
..tide of the battle occurred. before end within a
house which the rebels obitinately determined
to get possession 0f.." .
The Most COnSpicuOus of the , rebels at this
Made was.a huge negro,
.armed anti eqtlipped
with knapsack,. musket and uhilorm; he, led the.
rebels, and met his.death at the hands of'one of
otir men. Pressed back by our- left,
,and our
ground rega i ne d , the•bat il e, raged in front with
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desperate fiereness. SO silently did the rebels
approach, andsO well were they concealed, that
they were in the -cemetery and drawn uft in
battle array without our knowing. it.. With a
yell they, ruShed..up to the fence j dashed through
tend across the road,'bearing every thing be
fore.the-m. At one time the opposing foiees
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were hand, to hand, and our hand • fut of men
Ore driven out of their camps and back into
the town;. hot, raillied on every hand by their.
ctlir : .tis, and the roof daring -of
our I.s.bravely rushed' to the front amid down
• tte,n.iie rebel Aa...ent're, Lack across the' road
d . l tu.y •10 the c , motei y, from which they
, 1* li
Ode again ' to. .ruar .
IS.); t tu'vorne out-irom heh r?
each
ick,•urft in r''t
:tilt , v't
p;:::',: '•3:. .: ), ...1 - n,v;.r. n.e;! IN,.:10 . .!i,:,
mic
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j ds,sperate omit to tlailrk eta
was here tha the' actin . iraqe
ship bllVilliettni displaced itself.' kitticipati:ne,
r placed .
p 'Supporteil by the ;Viseans
; I , in ,1 Vein:cat the Tiehgan
a's ,Itront.ly posted 'at the' crossing
of tii . ; roads, and. con s itit , ipiling
,th'e.entire
praach.of the enemy's left. , .
lb!re the battle.:raeed fiercely, and afti4 the
rebels flank movement was repo's:ed and di,i'ven
back, not to return -here-it was that the cal.
lantGeneral Tell at: the head or the Indiana and
Michigan Regiments, hut , not befole:victOry
bad lightedtrii.thatfin, manly face, with. its
glow of triumph. -I am • coni/inced that had
Williams not fallen, he would' have. destr'oYed
the Sa6cll,e'Of the rebel force. .By 'lO- o'clock,
M, all firing had ceased and 'the enemy.
bud retired with,haste,.and left over 300 of his .
dead on the field' of battle..i Every one of his
dead were buried. by 'our tnen; except many
, who : died
,in the retreating or were killed hy:
the, long,reaChing shells of our gtinbodts.: ' The
fields .pfeentedevidguce'of the despeiation. of
.the combats at the crossings of:the roads Where
the enemy • bad. endeavored 'to hank us, and,
Where theY , were met by, the Indiapa and
chigan regiments:The men fought hard'Those
who'hadloit•their arms their . arms.tbre up the
rails,from the fences. :More than ode rebel
was foUnd dead Who had been-,killed in this
In one spot, behind a beautiful tomb, with
effigies of .intant children kneding, twelie
deadrebefs Were found in one heap. , Every.
where they streyred . the earth, and made ghas
tly the quiet grayeyard tinder - wh.ichthey soon
Tire Dri4F-r.--A. despatch from Harrisburg,
publishdd last week, announced: • .
“The Governor is authorized to'.divide the
States, for the purpose of drafting; into districts
'composed of counties orSubdivisionsot counties;
and each such districts shall be credited aglinst,
the draft with all'the volunteers enrolled from
that district at present in the serVice The Pro
wl ion of dratted men will thus be the greatest
in the. districts from Which the fewest volun
teers have gone since the three months levy,the
the whole quota of the State not being atrected
hi this arrangement." .
The foundation for this despatch is. in the
°Mei of .Secretary Stanton,: issued after Gover , .
nor Curtin's visit - to Washington: The orde r
in question has not,been:underatood, but ' with
this explanatton it will relieve the ; apprehen,
/dons of many perkods. The order .reads: •
, Ordered Eighth, That' in filling 'all %requisi,
Lions- for the quotas.of"the several
.SATETI3 . P . OIIT.,:. IVI'.K.I . EIAN' . ICO.thir.P.Y.; .14.,,. SA.i` IT Jp) A
. 1 -7 , • ' AUG.. 3.6,..;1.5702A-
Mittlle of fir!tionßonge
()a
States will :be Upportioned:.by the qovprnors
the'several countie,..a . dd, where firnet.!
among the subdiekions :of counties,, so
thUt atlowances shall•be !ohde.to suet counties
and subdiviiiOnslcir .all votunteeis • heretofore_
: turn ishedbylthero:nud:mtisterediolo the service
of the United - States.and'whose 'stipulated terin
of 'sefvice:sbalr"not have
M. - STANTON,
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(Signed)
Terrible Nassacr r, .by liidiDpi
ST. PA Minn., A u.gnsi.23
Parties from the. Minn'esuta
. River .reaehed .
lierelast night.. They state that sestits:.esti.
mate the 'number of whites already killed'.by
the Sitiux at. film hundred. ,
This opinion based.on the number orhodl
lee discovered strewed along the road . and by.
It is believed that all the nnissioneries have
been killed. '
The civilized Indians exceeded their savage
brethren'in attrocitiew. •
Mr. Frenier, an interpreter,.veho has Opent.
most of his life among the Intlians,'iolunteeied
to go alone among thent,:truSting to his,lanawi'
'edge of .them and his disguise .. .to escape detec..
.lion. He dressed himself in Iridlan,'costtime
and started on•his journey.. Heariived at: the
tipper agency at night.' ' .• - •• • •••
:The; plice "was' literalli the 'habitation of
..He.visitet6tll the houses.and.fotind their for-,
'mer Occupants, lying dead;some 'on the door
steps and sortie inside their habitations; ',othei
were'scatteeed in the yards and in the roads.:
He went. tothe House of lir:only:
and recognized :every 'Member or the family'
They numbered eighteen in all, and every One .
of them had been brutally murdered. • '
• The Si; Paul PreSS,-of 'the . 2ISt. insfanf; pay
that ',several loads of panic. stricken people
Cutrer and -Sibley counlies•• arrived in
town: last 'night, principally- •Women tind chi'.
:deer. - 'They are greatly exeited•and . give ex.
aeera,ted arcoutits 91. th e. Indians, .who.weie..
marching on Shasio County.
,They also say
that the towns of :Peter, Henderson and :
Glencoe kay . e.lren burned. ; • • • ,
A private fetter receivedln this" city
!Aim Si. Peal, the 2 0th initiint, says:
t it seems to be-thegine•ral opinion oritorde .
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the informed-of our eitiz.-mr.t.hat these
Indian troubles originated. With the cursed se.
cs-:ours , S of MiSf.ollri. -' • , •
G!braith was told, by one of the . It
. .F : 1 1 41 arms ton tbnusunil
besides 'other tribPs' 'Torr.
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Tut': ;\I Selair.,- , --The' tendency la • maly
be suppressed eve,ytvhere not only
ptits.,c :: : 'eutture - , , and 'Ornate. eflqrt, but' by
the.arin of the legal auttioritiCß. 11 . 1‘.4 the unit
versa! ten..tency of ipilicalisinrin all coon!, ice
white 'he people nave a voici in the' gOV.ern:.
rwat. - end we 'must not Jorge( that iailicalisin
is
~ q uallv ohjertionahl - , on one side of a gyeS
iiina a: on the . other...The Only safely of 'tbe
"ci'lzen ; tumily,. of his . property, is in
the strict adrfiiiiistration ' Of the law of '.the
Thebigher law ddetrine is the justifi
cation of mob law,, But it,has no other justi•
hcation, a'nd ibis rloctrine is now.an : exploded
idea, let us unit never tOhereprodueed in-pol
itics in our day:- •
We have befOre us an inflammatory - handbill
issued in New Providence,' New - Jersey, calling
on the 'citizens of that , place to "crush our
common foe," the object of "which, instead of
the public cause, seeins to be to excite pontillii.
'vengeanCe . against the.NezedrkJorrimi r which
papii is objectionable to the writer of the ve!'y,
improper and anti-American handbilL. The in.;
stance is not a solitary One.. The inure spirit is
evinceVelsewhere. 'The radical newspaper
coAcesin NAV York hay.e been within the past.
year visited by. excited croivils, moved by . sim,
Oar emotions ; In VariOus parts of the 'coun
try; neWspaper olfiees. and private individuals
have been from time to time .subjected to' - the
vLitations of excited men, evincing more (dry
than.pa triot isrp, on whichever side hey •Were
enlisted.: The .method of meeting this' spirit
is tile 'firm adniinistratioo,of the law.. Grand
jdries should indict publishers ot incendiary
'handbills as libellers,;' if there no other 'law
to leach them, .and the police' of every town
and city' shauld, enforce the.preservation of the
peace by arrests and the punishment of.. riot . -
ers'. There is no time now for playing at war
in our own•cities. We have a stern.v:'oik on '
hand,..and.vvoneed to keep'calm at home and
Ovoid all disturbstice.-Jdur. Com.'
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IVASIIINCITON,..KIPZUSt. 23.
RELEASE aP TIIR EDITORS AND PROITiETOII.S..OI:
. • ' TIIE HAREISDI/Iii,III.P.I ' TRIOT . . • •
Last - evening - O. Barrett, Thos, McDowell,
John M.. Foster and Driatt F. Tones.
Editors and PrOprietori of -Harrisburgh
Patriot and Union had a hearing before Brig-
Gen. NVadsworth and .Judge Advocate L. C.
Turner.' They were arrested on the Gtie. inst.
.on : the Charge of publishing a'handbiltcalculat_ .
ed to discourage enlistments, and on examina
tion-they 4ever . allymaiW oath, .with the excep.
don 'et - Mr:Jones, of. having no knowledge - of
the pablicattOn'or intended. p'ublication thereof,
having heen printed,by two apprentice 'boys
in: the offiCe. •' Mr.' joiteii, the local Editor,
made oath that he dratted the handbill for the
boys siniply.as a joke, 'and without• any inten
tion of discouraging enlistment: The 'parties
then . gave.their parole of hon6r to do no act or
deed 'hereafter. disloyal *tri*.the;goVernment, - ..
claiming, at the same time, that. they never
had.
, They Were then discharged from impri-
• ICENTu . dsv.—The; resignation of '.Onverniir
:MagoHim arranged 'by an . amicable agreeinent'
with the tr4.mbers of .thlr Legifliitire, • pia . c.
!Cent iiclry in a position of unquestionable loy
alty. • The history otibri aftiir is Stirnmed; up
by Lhe 'Louisville ! - Jou.inat ah .
:which ludicionS eOmiiiendatiort is :giveril to
;parties'-'concerned,..'not. excepting Gavernor.
'A1;1101011 hiinSeif, Who.licis at : least ;won the
errdit of voluntarily retiring Iron ft position in
whiciilie was '4lunit:early at - hostility. with file
expressed wishes of the 'great moss of Ale cit-,
izens of
. Kentucky." - The event has - evidently,
'taken the Kentuckinns:themsalveS. by surprise.
They had no previous intimeiiumof it so tar hs
We are inforrried,•and when. the • arrang.merit
began to be carried out by the. resigns flair 01
Mr. .Temple. - the President
_Of- the Military
hoard,' it •would Alyeal . that. ome noprehmisinii
was feltthat . s tlifliMdfy .Was: to occur in. the
conduct of• Military •atr.tirs. • ever.
was' removed when, the ressignation:of Mt.
Fisk, Speaker of the Senate; 'showed: -the
course Which events •were taking. 'Mr, Fisk
- addressed the Senate as follows: ~..•
sirarors:=l'arlse to pertorm what J• e.on
sider a high patriotic duty—a
. duty. to Ken
lucky. undtii the. •
coMeslome troll gentlemen fn whom.]
have the higliektconflence. thai it 1' Vacate
my . positicinsha , -Spealier of the Senate, '• it will
insult in• giving .toihe Chriiinbu wen It h. my F.x,
ecutive, who will lie able •to•iwt: harmommisly
and energetically With the loYal• aentirrient s of
the people.
-“I have but one role of. action, let •'ma lee
clearly that any couise'r.of condirci .a :duty
owe to, myself. 'my country,' -or. my•Gori, and , l
am clecicled•ui Surrrund-d a s: e v ,,
Will perils to nur•Ststte and nation, •I sacrifice
myself with pleasure,' bej ih g t r di,i
lerent a usPires, we'may seeiii•e internal ikomrP:
ye. ttp-Sto tr. unit wi re the listionulcause.•
We niiist teSc,tlE!.t Sin e - ant! nation ,croni tli"p
"pAre - ri of thiseirai • . . .
".Bstore 1 relire fromllre high position which
1 hold by your . !enrage, I ivish•to . ietarn io you
my , gratelul:thanlisfor the rePeat'ed •evidene'es.
yhu ve given me of. yhor• 'confidence Wild
Idridness. •These tokens of your ap•probatien I
shall 'cherish While 1.1ive... ••'. • • • •
retain thelrust. confided to me ; and now
.resign the position of - Spertlrer'oP this.body."
• i.Rri , olut ion. were then adopted in he - Irighe'!;
compliine'ntary to the parriotigrn of
Fmk; and rhe'Senite, having' elelled Hon. .I.
P. Robinatin Spaillori; adjourned to 31', M.,
' , When they received the realgniat ion . Cover-
Magoffia... Thai. Mr. Robinson bet ome!
acting GOv i rrior Of Kripiecicy. 0i his loyalty .
andjiatijotisin .
aOiirraces.
Ken' tiebynow
.qtaeol, airitiorr the torerno'st
the Onion 'ea I\'reSt a tri . caii.Pous; of. Ltre,n
,.er firmor olu inn, r,l fliorexa
-parriott-tri. .Ler the rnjArin..l o.. , ronists of
Abolition .tiindrinevi , st al,asi ed b. tore the
•spreterla ot. K . , mucky; 'cliff girfg nobly to. 'the
Union in ii ; pite.pi Lima and scorn ftom crowds •
of Noce fig.rn politierads, This in' loyalty.-
worth praising.. The I,laion hat Keji'ock p•
stands .by, the • 'Union for 'all Americans' to
.• . Pot:tricAt..Dn4.l . s . sioN,_4Mr.tieward's 'letter
to the Pennsylvi . tnin:gentlemPoi . patriotic,•itp - .
parpntly -siAcerely'.sp, but it' strikes 'us' that,
tilere.is'onF , grand-error in. it- , It - a•stpainPr.is
6 VE4! aken by' a tPippe,t on a Ine %bore, and
driVilig It?rcely; it would be tne'clutf.of atvise
coptaip to *place strong [nett at the - wheel' and
to have vha'tp eyes or?:,' tfie„..look:nur. : BO he
ywould never have the engineer leave the. en•
gine, nor `if the warns strained, and a teak bp-
g, an to ,
gaiii.Wold he . be,a prudentman to•
glect • that danger beciih.e•another, and 'terifel,,
rent!) , n greeter 'was demanding . his at ten; ietr,
.Evety ordinary'pteCantion'for .safety wt iild 11 !
kept, up with unusual vigilance, 'and the qt eat
danger would.butt - quieken • apprehension of
other dangers.. • In this idea we 4e.ea . corriple'e
•answer to those who'advacute . a . eessat ion of
politicitkiliscussion in the picsent, times; so
long as radical men continue it. ii rill pa s rtiec,
eonservative.ind would agree to sus-,
peed,all differeOces, and toe lay on the shelf !all
plans which are
,of .re rtizan • character,. then,
indeed,' it would be allvisahie to abandon every
form of political st!ife. • Bttr..when. . politician
of
,the'yarficat. sort take advantage oe.
f the ria - ••
Ilona! neti) to press'. their Schemes and polit
on the country, schemeS which iva
tilelo.the country; wise men sec. in them 'a
danger .which' .t hough for:the time less threat
,ening,; is in the end likely to be as fatal us the
more• Manifest danger against which we, are all
earnestly striving. If 'it is, the. firs' dtv y of
the : rintion to put dowtir the . , rebellion; 'CI the
necompanYilig duty to . save the .donslitution,
and to preserVe the high and•holli gift of the
fathers'.' : " Use every Weap en; iadical*Or
serVative," says an enthusiast. "as you only'
destroy. the rebellion." Be coo), oh rash Mao,.
and' the ship will be saved• But if becair . e the
fuel iegiving out, ;Mil the steamer drifts toward
) 110.10 elts,,IYOU seize an nite rind hew through
timber'and plank for wood to feed the fire, and
thus Open aLgreat. hole in the ship's bottom
through Which destruct ion .rushes in o•i you,
will the moment of your agony that
you believed in using "rin3.. , .means" to-avoid
danger thalcould and shOuldhave been avoided
by "wise means," while the ship was :saved
- from other perils as well.—foitrira? of Com.
rlllLA:6kum A, Aug. 27
U. S. Marshal.Millward took charge. of .
Charles'lngersoll td.day, arresting him on the
affidavit of alitionograPhic . peporter of the PIF?I'S,
Who'testifinti.to,the correctness of his report ol
Mr: Ingersoll's remarks in his Speeeh of hatrr.
'day, which make him says: ;;that
. the govern
ment has raised.the largest sums olrooney, and,
applietithem to the worst . purposes of . . any
government thatever :disgraced' power;" that.
"the whole object of the war' hitherto has been.
to free the negro;" and
.that a More, currupt
governMent than that which . now governs us
was never in the United States, and has
seldom seen in any European' part of the world;"
and that necessary .to go to .the. older
regiMis of Asia to find as much. cot ruptiOn as
exists in the government of Lincoln " " A writ
of hebels corpus has, been issued by Judge Cad:
wallader, returnable at noon to-morrow—,
tbe..f\rew York papers have
misteken this Ingersoll for•his father; 'Charles
Jared Ingersoll,: the veteran 'Statesman, who
died a few months ago. It ieCharleirlngersoll
who is under: erteetl.., '•
•
.I)EMOC' AT .
ApJOTANT GE . NEIIA 123' OFFICE,
• • Aug., 1.5 ! ' .
(G ,, ,eraioroers—Nii. 107.) '
.1.• Officer; ol the reenlar army will;ati,.a
.Ot absence to - ac,.
tbe rank. of 'Colonel :in -Volunteer :regi-,
ments,;:.but not - 14itier grades. :NOn-cptinnis
.slotted offieertiritut, prcvates will be - rlisthargetl .
on,
receiving eommisido"tis in . iolunteer r!gi•
;•2.' The oath of allegiance - will not ad
ministe • red . to any person igOinit, hie OWII . will..
It must in all..eases:he . a voluntary art On his ,
p:rr,t; 'nor will any Kompulsory • parole of• hono r
bereeeiverl; hut onths.talant and paroles given
to avoid atrestoletcntinn,itnprisonrnent or-ex
pulsion, are voftintary or free nets; Mid conncrt
be *regarded ascorripulsory. All persons guilty
of violating vueh oaths or paroles will be pun
ished a ccording .tmt he lows or usages of war: •
ws• of the
,United Suites and • tire
general.lorks of .
ivarautlinriies a
• - in certain. c .
§es' the seizure and ; ere ion of private pfork
ertY r.ailisisteirce, 'transportation . and
oriserUses of the army: but dna must 'be dia
lionmpillage, and the taking of• plop-_
err y for public pui poses . is very different IrOm
its conversion to privale;uses. All Property
lawfullOirkeri•froni the eneurifot from thein•- •
babitatits'in the Onemy'sreounts,Yin“aritly.be•
comes - ...Ptilllie:property 'arid .Inust.he used :and
must lie•iise'd and accounted tor nasuch.•.. Tho
fil.lrr ordain •ol 'war ;rut harises the ;penalty of
th'lllh tor pillage or-rilundertrig, and other, arti
cles authorize,severe plinishinents for an. otri••
ceSS or.soldiera `who-snail sell, • emb l rssle, m r s •
a pply, .or • Waste — military stores, or who ,shad.
permit. the waste or rriis . opplie-tion of:any 8111.11:
piublic''prop; rty. The rMnally is the . saint
' , limber, the offeriee • is. cornmittr.rl .ii. Our • oWn
Or in an enemy's territory: • •••
property, public or private, taken
frorMalleged enemies, must he •niventoried - and
duly•accounred for; •It the property itrky.ri he
chill - her: as private, , .receiPts most, he given .• fo
such claimants or their . agents. 011icer4,
be held strictly - accurintable for all property
`taken ltY them • nr by their
mast be returned for the, same as any' orlrirr
'public property. . • . •
•5. When foraging parties. are . se . tit out for
or other stoic's, the 'commanding
.
o gi r •p r piqty , will be•held acconotrib/r:;
•frit•the.Crindiret Or his command; and-will make .
a true *report of rill propertY , taken... - • • •.
• •ti..Noolliver or 4ol.liorwill Without authority
traye his rolors'oe rauhs to. •teke. pti Va te . prop,
erty, or to ewer a private house, for the pur
pose.. All such acts,tre punishable with death,
and othrer whri permits their! 'is - equally as
guilty-as the actual . pillagers. 7 .
7. eommantlinL, officers of 'armies and emps
dill he held responsible for the execution •1.
these orders in their srespeeiive,eoimminds..
4:l 4 comme4d of I‘l4,tior-Genecal:
GeNtrel in Chie('of the Army.
'(`l 4 - necl) D. TOWNSENp,
' • . • Aesistlint•Adfr General.
Pcexidelit Lincoln tollorni,.fireelcir.
F.xFprrwr M S . lO
21,
.1962: ,
• •
I-lon, lIAICACiE GREELKY: . • "
. .
• .IhAn.Sln...--4 . ..have just rend yours of the
19th instanil, addressed to myself through the
New York .Trib.une, • 1 . • ,
If there be , in Witty stafrmenti- or nseump•
ticins . -of fact which l.may kg° w to be'errOlieups
1.116 not limy and hear.co.ntroVert
~I/ there be any jnierPiw'es tvhieb I inhy' be-
Here, tr, be falsely 'tfrawil; . (Ili riot note and
arppo:agninit them:
. . f(.thete' be perneptiblein it an irttpatienf and
dietritbtint 'tleferenen .to nu
all friend .whoqii b..ntrt Iliavcttl , pys 'kupposed
to he right,. . • . •..
• A e to theynliry.l ''seem to be purinini , ,"os
Oil say, I baye . rat inemit to . le . oye . any. one in
onbt; Ftyould save 'he Union. .IwoOltl
t in the shortoot •ivay und4u.. the cOnstitu:
The snoriefrthe national authority-On he re
store!' thehear:er the Union will be—the Union
MEM
If there he those •whia would not save the
Unien unless they.enellf at the:ttatne time save
'slavery, I do not; agree with' thern.
If tliere'he:those Wh.n would not save 'the
Uniott.enloss they Collig at the . sametime de
stiny- syvel y;:f d o not. agree with them:
...Iklypar'arimota object is' to seVe th'. Union,
nail not eith(4.;.o Sav , ;',or tlestroy slavery.,
11. [mil:c .- save the UnionWifhout.freeing any
slave, 1 welly do it—Land ifleoofti save, it by
fo , eing ill thr. ;la it—and . if.'
onold do it by lieriogsorne.Ond leaving - othirs'
alone,'l..wonlitirl , c do that. •
What.
: 1 do do about 'slaver..v. and the
colored race, Ido because bolieve .it helps to
savt , this Union, and what I forbear I forbear
boOttuie I do'nut bi•lievr, it wini.d help to- alive
Ow
I shall do Tess whpoev.r . I shall belie ve
what I qm doing luiris . the reuse, Lind I shall
du two whejteVer I believe 'doing mon• ' Hill
help the cause. I • • •
I tweinrect . e.rrprs when- shi•evii tii
he error. , 11;111 adopt , ni.w stews so • I.lst
as they, sh.ali.appear •<?'1) • e true'views:— •
I. have hear stated my purpose aceririling to
toy views of ollicial.ditty, and I intend no moJ
ilka r of .iny 'oft expressed personal wish that
all 'men everywhere could be free. • Yours,
• ' • A. LINCOhN.
• .
. .
. .
• .The steamer A crarith ran on n S 110:, co miles
below MeMphis, at 1 c'efork Thursday morn- :
inz,, and sunk in a few minutes. She- had 130.
pa'scengris, six of whom wereNdiel.'
,She had
also a cargo of 75 tons of Suttler's'aeoda.. In
five minutes. affer.itrikinz she sanitized,' and
upper deck foaled off; many of the passeff
gers' who•rlung to• it ,were saved,' but full. half
were tn berths eslel, and were kist.' Most of
the passengers were soldiers wattling - to reg
iments. • A number of the survivors have,ar
rived at Helena. Not less.than seventy five or
eighty, persoris perished.. The Capfain'land
moat of the - crew were saved. The list of the
lost has not been received: • .
• Yor.rnore t
'ensnoninaif , t•Ctierriwrltii o ['flip reto it : and
La r of thelroll..filt 101 . 0 8.1 :T he !..Gap; ,
cut inn the .(Tutn4e!lp . tifigriilstains i .j.sSrAs4lSre
serrei.' Id
has - bi.!o'n nteat'tliorongidalo
-and• ntifek':posing . - .1 , 10.tth end • Sou tor more
than a century, • . :
On Thu l'lortheast Bide of the
tain is Oil ii*.precipttouS, 'hut eecesi,'Llit-hy its
south wes . :inti , l,South , ;#B44l9ooo:'• its I
top ionore than /;,200.tei.t tC.ol , o.the pleura at
. •
" . ..rills inviting 4 - iiit--sfrone by
hirdify.sirengthe reed by ri4re :hair ti 000 doio,
lei! vninries of.Snnthrrti . reb' la for more tban
a year: ifle:pits, bags of a mint,
all the' thralls, of offense and &lenge ileTe
thrown upind brought into IPiquhittion .
their •
The rebek hearing that an army
ging on both sidei; preetpitrt.ly . evacuated all
their..fortrelises.,-clestroyetl. tents end 'cooking
Utensils. They filled:deep tura, With.flOur i . ba ,- :'
con,s . uop And They hewed, to nieces ..
the wheel, .O 1.• guti .ca, lieges end threw their :
I..,tiins'oVerdherireCipic: a; and Pko . tirt•ldleo south .
at
. iheir highest. speed; .., The •stinteday our
army tOok.nie•C•iessinti jai Moir s I4alon.raf. a man,,.
a ittlfird a national stilute•froin:•the.heights of
coolbe . ri.o(h . , *tie s•iink•behinif the
Western hills. Tlitis on the 16(h•ol June' this ,
stronahold;wAs. po.si4ed. - • ••. •
Sinee..tben all :these . positiona . have. been
Thu .frifesta - . ory stroteietieal
points
niid totit'ee oi'mite beertareurriulaiing:
and I peesiiiiie the C tn br inane the base
o f operations tei,the•reeovery of East Terthes.'
.
GetiOrat..Spear,.Corter, and.Dreotioer
ecimMand brigades, whil,•:.Gsn.. : lC . 'W. , Morgan
IR yerrhiPl. regiment,* from Indiana,
Ohio. Kenturgyi , Governor.. Andy
Johnson n son a Caopelln one of tin, Ten..
nesitee regiment!. and One' 01 Poison . . BrOwiiii
l aw ' s iwnC.!ataill.' • .rVe have - also Fos- .
ter's rikndid.bi;rieries," and Wisconsin's stal•
evarCsons to vi:M.k thorn. • • '
toinaiirm parties gO•out in all directions far
.4tock.urdand forage,. and . occasionally 'they
have a•skirmish - : Last 'week 'theY :proceeded
more !llama 4zen miles.' 'south, and !pent
,so .
mud,. time near TazeWell; that the enemy
massed a toren. , too, nuMeroue for our' Infantry
to cone with-,-.that fcir.the infantry sent out
lo promet .the (ruins of. forage. .
:Out logs waSone.killed,filreen..weumied.Atrid
more than rpt isoneri., Two 'companies .of
the - Ana). Ohio guarding a 'piece of artillery,
were suddenly 'attacked by 'a large forCe 7 -,
henect he above result. The cannon, however
%vita ndt lost, bui•soonturned so 'effectually
upon the enemy, - so .effeetuelly theta'. large
rihinher Were:. killed, andlicut. Col. Gorden
taken. prisoner. '
• 'lt is now_reported that we are tobelnyested
'by s,large )(tree to retake the. Gap. • Twenty
;regiments are on ourfront;withiMseven miles
of cis. The. noted John Morgan, or - Kentucky
'guerrilla Mcitoriet y, is reported to •tie 'preparing
to tall on ourrear. ' 'Our troops are in' good
spirits,llllll:ll!.e getting.ieady to
. sally.forth . - to .
meet . theeneMy, if not' ore than' wo to" one,'
but howevernuinerous, 'never to.surrendor.onr
stionst' .fortresses,. or give ,up otrr . delighttul
camping valleys: • r
. . ...
• UnAnottitze.ris,PanVistossaltioancs. . /. .
•• • Wasn't Norms; A . rig...18i1.962:'
(General Orders—go:22 j •
~' . .•'.
1. The' attentiomor tlie,iroops . orthis.lcom
mond is called to the. followicg article of war,
110..5 f:—All officers and soldicrs il r e.l Cibehn . vti
'themselves . orderly in . (Ina' I t•re 01151 on 'their.
march, and whoe . y.er ;,hail- eptninit any .vtaste
'or spOil, either in walk , : of• ire , -1. parks;' war;
reint,- fish pounds, houses or gardens, cornfields
enclosures of . irwaelove, or - ..s.halt:melicionsly
destroy.any • property .wifittey , 4. belonging to
the inhabitants of the United StaiesOnd Pas by
order of the ;ben' commander 'in chief of the .
a r mi es o f the United. States, (besides such
penalties as they are liable to by law,) be pun . -
'shed accordingto the trattire and degree of the
Offense by the .jiidgmnnt of. a regimental or
general court martial.- : ...• •• . ..., .; , :
2'. ' The• tecent• Presidential nyder, directing
the - seizure of .the enemy's property .in , an or•
derly•manner,inno degree modifies the•meatijpg
of the fin egoing article of : war, but is-.directly
in accOrtlance that ewi . th.' •Marentlingi• intlis
criminate pillaze, mid arts 61 vbdence toward
miarm.: . (l n:ion, I;vtarnen f in,l'elilliiienore unwor
thy the chat acter•ot 11 nik soldiiira .es- injiiiious;
to tiie riollle"rimse lie;di.f!nds. • Such practices',
alike destrnet i ve ot .perrofini•h.i . nor andrhilitary•
dikeipline, are sti - ietly jorhidden. :.• . . .
:1,• The enforcement of the foregoing article
of istar is, pa iticulat ly . enjoined . . on
,r . eglineti:al.
commanders: ..- . - . :: ' .•
.. '
' ,By.order of Brig. Gen. SilasCasp'y.
•.: (Signed) E.. W ALTER WFBll', A. A: A.,13-
• • 'hrlicoSi Aug. 22.
. . .
The nn i , xtritet• itOm.a geheral
order issued which Order is
to govern th. mot ernunts bl the,
,trobjei, in this
. .
" .Apy otheer al.i,peimite his
command 'who Bun -ed or who Nhi.le,he ha
a. round • dnio sorienile.re. to, the
i : rwmy will ..be tried fa:e.lect ol,duty, and
nod if 1. rind guilty will be shit ue
:ecirdiog,:to Ow at ticks of ar." •
A' snrprist is neve . t. exotisOlo
. unit there
air never be: ally pal hition for 'lid offence . uo
grave
surrender is only-excusable When. there
Sre nb •longernoy deletolers or. menos:of tie
torise,• or when there . is-no .possible hype .or
,chance of euttingthrougli.tiio.onemy,lorid.theo
ihe . irue soldier will strike: one ii!ow.for-honor,
h o wever hopelesslthe'ehanceilm vtetory." •-• I
Ceruo, Aug. 21
' - -•- • ,
• ATLAN . Tra AND ORKAT
Tlie ,atlantic . "
and Great Western Railroad are
puehing their work fortitartl. with great - vigor
and are now I.lying iron, eV thn , rate of half .o .
mile Per day: RieWley,en , ef.th•dr
most energetic •foreniim,: has -erdriplked , hes
work, rear Vnion and
. talten'his teen, one..ben
'tired and' fluty in nuniber, :neer,Reartstoivn,
where he will g.O to Work-, and . put his portion
thrOugli'.with energy .end . credit.' Grotgela
Borne on ruilroads,rind we are pleased tci
of the successful discher. , e of his ttuty.t4Lr4s,
City Dispatpli,
EIE
NO. 21.
BC' lirrland.Gap.