5. xltmocrat nnb Sentinel. J. S. TOBD, Editor & Publisher. Wfm JULY 22. 18E3. S. M. Ietteirill A. t'o.. Advertising Aents, 37 Park Kow New York, and 10 State street, Boston, uto the authorized Agents for the "Dem ocrat V Sentisei-," and the most influen tial and largest circulating Newspapers in the United States and Oanadas. They are empowered to contract for us at om LOWEST TEKMS. lemocralic TIcIicl. Governor, GEO. V. WOODWARD of Luzerne Co. Judge i f tlie Supreme Court, WALTKR II. LOWRIK, of Allegheny Co- Asseiitbly , . CYRUS L. rERSIIIXG.of Joiut..wn. Register ami Hecordcr, JAMES GIIJFFIX, of Johnstown. Treasurer, ISAAC WIRE, ofWilnn.ro. Comm issioncr. E. GLASS, of Etensburg. Coroner, W.M. FLAT f EI Y, of .l,,;ntnn. A 'bit tor. F. I". TIERNF.V. of Can hri i ! Ixr lluse Director. GEO. M'CULLOl'GII, of Minister Tp. COtXTY COM3J X TTLK. WILLIAM K ITT ELL, Ch.iirm.in. M. M'Guirc. Jnhn Smith. J i!m IVi -gusor., John M'liiide, Thomas M Keririn. Win. P. Buck, Jjscuh Cjle. Motitgorucrr Dou-.'l.i.-s, .Joseph Gill, E. R. Duimean, John Camp bell. Michael Berry, Uiehard .Sanderson, William Murray, William Kittcll, Thomas M'Dreen, Irvin Riitledo. William M'Kie. J"hn A. Harps. James F. Campbell, A. Kennedy. V. II. Shiels. James M'Cnv. J -hn Stull, Petrr Dougherty. George W. Stall.. Joseph A. Dimond, William M'(ru -h,' George Walters, John M'Colgrm, George Wasburn. TIic Drafl. The frroat human lottery, under the late conscription act, tor this county, is about to take place. " Military necessity " is about to take the place of the Constitu tion. The act in itself is revolutionary ; for once we have thrown the Constitution aside, we have lost the compass by which to steer the great object for which we are contending. Having discarded the Constitution, where is the joliiical policy of this Administration to end ? The loin I of the Union being broken and consigned to the shades of oblivion, (he argument against secession fulls to the ground, and wo become equally culpable with the rebels them Kes. The Constitution being now obsolete, to whom are we required to be " loyal ?" I treason and usurpation in the sanctimonious Abe Lineo'n, any more tolerable or justifiable than in detl. Davis? These are cptestions jvr liaps easily answered ; but w hen will the Ieop!e gt their eyes. opo to their impor tance ? Although the question hasl-n irequently asked, we doubt whether the ivople see cle.uly " whither we are drift ing." Those who seek war as a means f restoring tranquility to a discordant and relKllions people, rf.aH realize, their mistake in a nation's treasure exhausted and the Iest men of the land exterminated. " Whom the gmls wonld destroy '11 i ot . t i We already seem to be slrugghng under the curse ; grappling with the mist steer ing without a rudder or . compass through the great m:uUnm of fanaticism ; nor Mopping to seek a secure destination or to contemplate the fearful vortex into which we are whirling. Oh! when will the eober second thought of the people return, or has the pestiferous Administration of Abe Lincoln so contaminated the public mind, as to prevent the realization of such a hone ? Although there are Lords' of shoddy contractors, ,oliticians, fanatics and government thieves, who fur the gratification of their own selfish and ava ricious propensities, wish to see this san guinary strife prolonged; although the overweening vanity of Abo Lincoln be flattered, and the dazzle of greenbacks j lacquer the consciences of weak men, we do not believe the great masses ot the people have yet become corrupted; but yet there is a general passivencss an apathy from which the jeople must arouse, if they desire again to taste the blessings of free government. Conscripting men and leading them to slaughter will never restore peace to the country ; and until reason " and common sense get the upper hand of fanaticism, we will sink deeper into anarchy ; and the fancied hope of the patriot, like will-with-a-wisp, will recede from his approaches. What has been our experience since the commencement of hos tilities? Instead of conquering a peace with the sword, have we not retrojrraded in the scale of civilization ? Facts and history an swer in the affirmative. Two years ago we were told, that to crush out relelhon was a small matter a job to be done before breakfast ; and that seventy-five thousand men would wipe out the stain of treason. Men were given, volunteers willingly re sponded to the call of Abraham ; but re bellion grew and the number proved in sufficient. Seven hundred thousand men were then called into the field, but rebel lion undaunted, assumed still greater pro lortions; and these too, were unequal to the task. IJesides the many subsequent volunteers, a draft of three hundred thou sand more was taken into the service, and yet rebellion continues, while two-thirds of that great army sleep in a w.arrior's grave. Have we any assurance, nay even hope, that our decimated armies reinforced by the present conscription, will be any more successful? No! If we would have pence, we must throw down the sword and restore the Union as our lathers built it ; not by threats and coercion, but by concession and compromise'. Dut if we persist in the policy of coercion, this draft will share the same fate, in the uncertain ties of war ; and another draft will be required ; and another and another, until the bone ami sinew of the country, " their nations pride," shall have been exhausted. What then will lie the result? Iet his tory teach. Weak and impoverished, we then ntut submit to the tyrant's dictates ; or perhaps we mag have the alternative, despotism and slavery or compromise and taxation. "We cannot fight always." Where then is the end ? Let us stop and con sider. If we compromise, peace will fol low. If we light yet for ten years to i come, peace will uot follow : it will be compromise still "the same questions will still be upon us." Tlie natural Turn of Abolition ism. Any person who will take trouble to read, what is called the religious press of the country, or the enunciations of those "Keverend ' jrentlemen w ho have figured so conspicuously in our country's ruin, will startle at the rising spume of Aboli tion fanaticism. These frenzied bi"ots, thinking the time has already come, have thrown of the mask and are coming out O publicly in favor of the grand ultimatum of their despotic designs. Having already secured the annihilation of civil liberty they now seek to strike a death blow at religious liberty. Abolitionism has been the cause of all the calamities and inter nal troubles which have lately befallen our unfortunate country : it grew out of puritanism and the New Kngland pulpit ; and it is most natural it should cm! there, or in the attempt to establish a govern mental religion, such as Massachusetts fanatics have dreamed of, by which every man who will not think as they do, or who exercises the liljcrty of his own con science, shall be ostracized or bastiled by the " luuch of a bell," or the mere will of such an abortion as now occupies the chair of Washington. Those who clamor for war and sustain this Administration in all its madness and unconstitutional acts, in the hope that peace and liberty will be restored, as it was once under the old Constitution, will yet awake from a morbid hallucination to witness the fear ful realities which are now being forshad dowed by the diabolical spirit so wanton ly manifested by those uppermost in pow er, ostensibly for the restoration of the Union, but in truth, for purposes, the thoughts of which, make christian hu manity blush, and the finer feelings of civilized man to revolt. AVe speak not idly, but refer in sorrow, to the many midnight meetings and secret conclaves connived for purposes similar to those at which we have just hinted; all of which are now tending publicly to develope into one great effort to crush the last vestige of American liberty, so dearly established on this continent. The Philadelphia Journal speaking of one of these demon strations, lately manifested at Pittsburg, says : " A convention of ministers of several Protestant denominations h;is Iten-n in ranee and self-conceit. Having, as they believe, disposed of slavery, or put it "in the course of ultimate extinction," they will next attempt to do away with all re ligion that did not come over in the Muy flower. They will begin on the Jews and Heathens, and then make a dead set at Catholics, for, in their estimation, or, rather, according to their base prejudices, Catholicism is worse than even slavery. About two years ago, the New York Times declared that so soon as slavery should (by means of this war) be disposed of, the Catholic? jbould be taken care of, and, shortly after, General Phelps, at Ship Island, issued a military proclama tion., in which Catholicism and Slavery were coupled together as the co-operating causes of all the trouble in the human family. That the next New England crusade will be directed against " Pope ry " there is little if any room to doubt. This movement to undermine general reli gious liberty by altering the Constitution is but the forerunner of attempts, which may prove successful, to so amend it as to abridge the rights of even professing Christians. Nous ferrous." A Aegro as Good as Alan. a White with a vie w to have FalrneK of ihc Draft. The only way to satisfy the people that the drawing is conducted fairly, is by fol lowing the suggestion of the Sumhtg Iniwijit, that after the conscripts are drawn and their names read ofF to the people, the names remaining in the wheel, be taken out and also read in presence of the ieopIe. This would enable every body intere sted, to safety himself of the fairness of such lottery, liut will the suggestion be heeded? We fear not. Jus. the Constitution of ihe United amended by inserting in it some clause recogniziii" " the being and attributes of Almighty God, the Divine authority of the Holy Scriptures, the law of God as a paramount rule, and Jesus the Messiah, the Saviour and the Lord of all." They have just ad journed nine die, after appointing a com mittee, with vrt-y large powers, to agitate the subject by :u!dresses to the people, and to call a national convention of persons friendly to the object, whenever and wherever, in their opinion, the end sought will be pronioted-hcrcby. The present Constitution of the Unncd States recognizes no particular religion, but protects all. Christian and Jev,1Ia homedan, and Mormon, Protestant and i agan, m the tree exercise of their rcli"i- Ilotv do You Like If, Rreetli crn I" We modestly inquire of our political opponents who prate so much about negro equality, how they like amalgamation", in its literal and broadest sense, as now advocated by their leaders. The follow ing extract from Wendell Philips' speec h made on the " Glorious Fourth," needs no comments. Those in favor of mixinir the colors, will please read and chime in by lilting the popular Abolition ballad, ' Glory to the nigger, The big buck nigger," Sec. "Now, lam going to say something that I know will make the" New York Herald use its small capitals and notes of admiration (Laughter,) and yet, no well informed man this side of China, but be lieves it in the very core of his heart. That is, " an)dniiatiuii"--a word that the Northern ajxiloist for slavery has always used so glibly, but which you never heard from a Southerner, Amalgamation ! Po mcmlier this, the youngest of you ; that on the 4th day'of July, 1803, you heard a man say, that in the light of all history, in virtue of every pace he ever read, he was an Amaljauuttiouint, to the utmost j called from this staae of "existence on the Abolitionists are now beginning pub licly to proclaim that the nigger is as good as a white man. The following seech of the old "rail splitter" delivered on the Fourth of July last, fully defines the Republican policy to be negro equality and actual amalgamation. Mr. Lincoln at first only ventured to call-the sable biped by his proper name, negro. -Meeting with no opposition in this, he ad vanced a step and termed him a " colored gentleman." Gaining encouragement from the approbation cf bis Alolition brethern, he made a bold step, and in the face and against the decisions of the Su preme Court, declared the negro to be a " citizen of African decent." lieing fur ther encouraged by his fanatical advisers, he now asserts the equality of the negro with the white man. A little while and we shall hear,, no doubt, from the same authority, that the negro is letter than a white man, and that we should, more over, do homage to him. Fdlou; Citizens : I am very glad indeed to see you to-night, and yet I will not say I thank you for this call, but I do most sincerely thank Almighty God for the occasion on which you have called. (Cheers.) How long is it eighty tdd years since on the Fourth of July for the first time in the history of the world a nation by its representatives assembled and declared, as a self-evident truth, that ''all men are created equal. ?" (Cheers.) That was the birth-day of the L'niu-d Slates of America. Since then the Fourth of July has had several very je culiar recognitions. The two must dis tinguished men in the framing and sup jort of the Declaration were Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, the one hav ing penned it and the other sustained it the most forcibly in debute the only two of the fifty-five who sustained it beinr elected President of the Unitied StatesT Precisely fifty years after they put their hands to the paper, it pleased Almighty God to take both from this stage of ac tion. This was indeed an extraordinary and remarkable event in our history. U1U"'L1 lesiueiu nve vears ai'er was extent. I have no hoie for the future, as 7 this country has no past, and Europe has uo past, but in that sublime mingling of races, which is God's own method of civilizing and elevating the world. (Loud applause.) Is it Fa In this Porouph" where same day and month of the year ; and now in this last Fourth of'july just passed, when we have a gjp'tie rebellion, at the bottom of which is an effort to overthrow L'ic principles t?u.it ull men trrre creahil eqiud we have the surrender of a most powerful posiu. n and army on inai very nay. a heers.) And not onlv there are few men liable to the " first ! w, but in a succession of battles in Pe-on- draft," and a large quota to be drawn, ' s)'lvaniia "ar tl S through three davs, We. find fraud upon a small scale to have been practiced. Several married men we know of, (and no doubt there are others) who arc not over thirty-two and three years of age, have leen enrolled so as to escape the " first draft " altogether ; their ages being set down at thirty-six, thus, making the liability to fall upon the few, much greater. ous opinions and in the worst. in ,ua tice and fairn-ss, however, towards those ' .Supreme lieing, according to their belief. interested, demand this; and if the offi- I 7 is right an,l alteration of the unnuiuimii in uus respeci snoult ever be cers in charge of the drawing, fail or re fuse to act upon the suggestion, they must bear with the. suspicions of the public. Although the drawing, being done public ly, may seem fair enough, yet the public have no assurance, whatever, that favored on -s' names are not left out of the wheel, or "cheese-box," if you please. Pkospi.ct of Starving the Kkuki.s. Those who believe in the "starvation" Iolicy with the rebels, are directed to a Icrusal of the following summary of the Southern crops, published in late Rich mond papers made. Any alteration 'would be an en croachment upon religious liberty. An amendment recognizing the Christian reli gion would be unjust to the Jews, and would lead to endless controversy and troubles such as have prevailed In Eng land where legislation has so long been directed against the Jews; and If the Constitution may, at the instance of a few Protestant parsons and fanatics, be alter ed so as to ignore or ostracize Jews, it is fair to presume that their next step would le to have inserted a clause defining Christianity to be anti-Catholicism. This class of fanatics are ever restless and moddliQrm-ifk H'Wl . w 1 . .... ? . . . Ti,n ,,.i, ,, ... . . """U"IU pe-opie s matters ot itie wheat mm which is nmsi. ini ori i . i , .- i .v. , ,,t BL-jviiig oy legislative immense, is safely gathered. Flour has ! (r military) means to coerce people into a way lumuie. Wheat has been . lM It,lliur vvay ot thinking and believ Siilil ! s;- i.... t.-i i .. ... i lnir. The IMninf T nr -r . . C3 " Full examination has resulted in a most thorough conviction of the superi ority of Wheeler fc Wilson's Machines, and of their perfect adaptation to family sewing in all its varieties. The speed averages about twelve hundred stitches per minute, though they may run at double this Fifty dozen of shirt collars or six dozen shirt bosoms arc a day's work. Their efficiency is equal to at least twelve seamstresses. Sewing is rendered a pleas ing and healthful employment." Golden Prise. The above Machines arc for sale by 11. A. O. Kerr, Altoona, Pa. It is now secretly rumored from mouth to car among the confidential ones. .,..,,, -'on"iass, me nejrro orator wi that the late "emergency men " are to be announced toVak to the color- men of u.nu.uuwuaiuuiigaTOin counties, tully ' cuy at 1- ulton Hull, on Wednesday so rapidly fought that they mi-ht "b caueu one great battle on toe firs. sec ond, and third of the m nth of July ; and on the fourth, the cn'inrfs n t ',- v-!,o opposed the declaration f,at all men are cre ated equal, " turned tail" and run." Tktl'I.f. in Lanvast::!?. A :( rifle man who ai rived here at eight o'clock last evening informs us that at ten o'clock yes terday a crowd of women, numberi;: from one to two hundred, entered the Court House, where the draft was in pro gress. They were -armed with knives, heavy spoons and other kitchen imple ments. --The buy who was turnint; the wheel was rapped over the headland knuckles, and driven from his jost. When Provost Marshal Polenius remonstraud wnn me intruders, he was somewhat roughly handled by the Amazons, and beat a retreat from the room. The wheel was overturned by the women, but no papers destroyed. Toward noon the women were joined by large numbers. of men, and a general not seemed imminent. Several fights oc curred, in one of which officer Haker w,v severely beaten. The Muvor read the not act, and the Sheriff enrolled a possee of two hundred to permit the resumption of the draft at that hour. Fred. Douglas?, the negro orator, was Important Order ItelaUiTT Oraft. War DEPAimiFvr Pkovost Marshal Gkm;i:u's(', Woxanffton, Juhj "tX ClKCfl-AR No. 47. ' Mret. Drafted men become v , the service of the United State fact of their names King drawn 'V draft. The notification served ur,1 by the Prov.-t Marshal, is men-lV nouncement of the fact, and an or,i them to rejxM-t for duty at a time and place. Second. The following opinio Hon. Mr. Whiting, solicitor of t!ie y Department, is published for the u -tion of all concerned : When a person has been drafted in J suance of the enrolment act of Ma;i' 1803, notice of such draft must within ten days thereafter by a nri'itc printed notice, to be served on him sonally or by leaving a copy at hi : place of residence, requiring h;m , " pear at a designated rendezvous to r for duty after. Any person failin tj port for duty after notice has birr, at his lat place of residence, or rci him personally, without furnisliina stitute or paying three hundred uj; is pronounced by law a dosordr. mtiy be arrested and h- Id fl.r trial court martial and, sentenced it If a person after b-.;ing drafted ar.d fore rec iving notice deserts, i!ir may still be served by l-vivin-j at 1.;. place of residence, and if h d.' ap pear in accordance with the n.'i, furnish the substitute, or pay the" he will be in law a deserter, a:: 1 m-,; i treated accordingly. There is no way or mane, -r in w!,j jerson once enrolled can csea;- l.isp,! duties, and when drafted, wh-th-r i cut or absent, whether he chanT-fe: dence or absconds the riu!.: of : United States against him a c s,; and it is only bv the pel fiiiin ricv ,,f duty to the country that he will t--. liability to be treated as a erruriai (Siied.) WM. WIiniN'i;. Solicitor of the War D.-j.artm-:;:. JAMES 11. FRY. Provost Marshal (i-neri War DuMiniiar, Provost Mvrsiiai. Gt;xkrai."; Omer Washington, July f s ,?, Ciia t t.ar No. "1 . The f-Mirth pararay-h of (':';-;:': 44, issued from this oil'av J::!v VI. is hereby modified, so as t "cm-: "with the following oiaion of tin- 1' Wm. Whiting, Solicitor of the War ; partment, which will hr:-af:er ; all cases in which it is applicable : o--:::.v. ' A yvei-son drafted into tit.' m :! :' service of th I nited Stat-, asil-rr provisions f the act of March :i. b chapter T-". fr 'enrolling ; :i!:d -.i!iiu the nationul forces, and o:i. 'r y ses," c!u'.ui:-ig ex. 'mpti- .n tV-im r.i': I reason of anv disabilitv s:!'". and j :i-s. d i!j;i by the T i: 1 ,, I'..;. uk nt, whose decisi n th iv-.a r:' If the Ikiard shall be d- JV d a: ' claimant is liable to serve, 1..- riht, aLr such decision a..e"::X ' pav his commutation iuo ie, . r t ni.di his substitute, widim -.n-ii :-:.i time as may be tix.'d bv ih .r! r lloard of K.irolui. hi for hi- " !' fo- duty. . (Signed.) WM. Wii: HNVi. "Solicitor of th War I1 p-i-ii.i JAMF.S 1', KliV, Provost Marshal TIic Ki Jicaf of fivii. !x-e. OUii CAVALIIV IN 11; VI l'l iIT e,: ' I: armed and equipped, for the purpose of ! rrllt but a Iarge crowd of Germans and - I Ifirl. O . . .. 1 . 11 1 . imi ouiruunueu me building early in the evening, and Frederick did not " come to ww ai c-' XJr hu.sliel, and the highest price named is $2,50. It will not be sold to speculators, but to consumers and the government. Should speculators get hold of. any, the government officers will take change of it at once, and put a i quietus to all such work. The prospect for corn is beyond belief. Many think it will not bring over 25 cents a bushel. Of sweet iKHatoes and peas a very large crop has been planted. I s.m a".'1 anti-Masonry, all found their piia diiiuu uus class oi Uloivrymen enforcing the draft, it being now consid ered the most important emergency. 3- Hon. Clement L. Vallandigham has made another address trf the people of Ohio, in which he praises their heroic courage and love of liberty, defines his po rtion and gratefully accepts the nomina tion for Governor, conferred upon him by uw peopie oi mat Mate, His address was generally. New England bl-ots and ig noramuses; and, now that they see a general disposition on the t.nrt nfti... i - . - v v me men j at the head of public affairs to disregard me sacred obligations of the Constitution as to cn liberty, they have concluded the time to be favorable for striking a blow at religious liberty, that they may eventually be enabled to bring the country complete ly under the rule of New England to make the country swallow Yankee religion as well as Yankee philosophy and politics. They have appointed a committee to " agi tate the subject by addresses to the peo ple," and, we venture to predict, nine tenths of the men. women and negroes who constitute the Kepublican party "will prove favorable to the movement. As a mass, they never cemnrehpnd! o i " i mint; written at the Falls of Niagara, on the ' Pn"Ple m either religion or politics, but 17 th Instant. - j ha a!ws governe.1 by passion I and prejudice, the usual offspring of iTu b C3- Godey's Ltidy's llook for August is now on our table. Its embellishments, designs and literature are equal to any of the past numbers. This magazire, deci dedly the most popular, is the cheapest, (considering size etc.,) fashion book now published. Three cents paid for Rags. We will pay for woolen rags, old or new, three cents per pound, in merchandize at our store on Main street. Persons wishing to avail themselves of this chance will" do well to bring their rags in soon. We have now on liands a complete as sortment of all kinds of goods ; such as calicoes, delaines, silks, muslins, cloths, ready made clothing, hats, caps, boots shoes, groceries &c, &c E. J. MILLS &Co. T The conscripts for this eou.,iv .;n likely be drawn next week. time." Patriot and Union. I he Men Thoi oht They Were I- iohting Under McCleixan. Wound ed men, returned from the late battle say that the rank and file of the army 'were made to believe that McClellan had been appointed to succeed Hooker. The im pression seems to have been general amon the men that they were lighting under "Little Mac." The Getburcc't pondent of the Age gives the following on this point : "Apropos to the battle and the com mander there is a queer state of affairs here. If a private soldier is asked who commanded him in the late battle, he will tel you McClellan; and a contradiction will meet with an earnest rebuke. If Meade's appointment be mentioned, they will say he declined. It is the universal idea in the armv. tbnt vfr.r't..u i i m the battle of Gettysburg, and many of1 c i. tt v nercel7 t made them J light. How thfi stnrw . - j ....a.itvj 13 nol known ; but no officer was heard to con tradict it while the battle was raging lt nerved the army to renewed strcnlh" New York. July 17. A si patch from Washington sa Sr; Gen. Hammond has gone to Geto. '' About 5000 Union and r.ool wounded are there, who are beiiur j! sent to the Northern Hospitals. Gen. Lee's Headquarters en t'' 1 ' were reported to be at Hunker 11 i!- iv twecn Winchester and Martini" The rebel advance had reached Wi:: ! ter. The rebel officer? sav that Lv w-!'.r make another stand this side et' '; mond. His trains have all b en s -Culpepper. Our cavalry aiv :;f:er U1 trains. A later dispatch to the Time? .w? cavaliy crossed yesterday and had occ all the passes as far south as Chester ( Hie advance of the reU 1 army Front lioyal, and the entire force movinsr down the vallev as W: c . , iK)Ssiblc. TTieir tT-iiiw o.jva'rv. and artillerj' were in confusion, aio cavalry weie harrassing them, c.i;'tJ'" hundreds-of priscnicrs. State Soverejgnty mist ik 1N1ll1. tei. We will venture to assort Governor Seymour will protect every i- zen of .the State from constrained 'n. in the Federal army, at least u,,:1 ConstitntioTolWtr r.f li. net sll'lll r- been finally- tested by the tribunals ot ii.7..i.i V.i-.i-al Goverr.m attempt to enforce such sen ice i of a iudicial decision, then there OUC LKTll-H 11. .... - . an issue erai powers. Sivniour the State. They who insist upon tW forcement of the draft may di-aw own conclusions. A. Y. l'ty aii
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