0 iCXftl' ilfl ''"Tins' P THE BLESSINGS OF GOVERNMENT, LIKE THE DEIVS OF. HEAVEN, SHOULD BE DISTRIBUTED ALIKE, UPON THE HIGH AND THE LOW, THE RICH AND THE POOR. V SERIES. EBENSBURG, PA. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1G, 1863. VOL. 10 NO. 41- 0 vjlOCRAT d- SEXT1XED is published every ednesday , if One Dollar and Fifty Cents '.-'a payable in advance ; One Dol o'skvestt Five C.:nt.., if not paid . 1 months ; and I wo .Dollar if " ; until the termination of the year. iabscnption vvui uo ntaveu ior a ..period than six mouths, and no will at liberty to discontinue until all arrfaragca are paid, ex .;.j,e option of the editor. Any per Vril'i'1? f'T six months wil be char Ons UoLLAr., unless the money lilvertlslii? Rates. One insert- n. Two do. Tliree do ve 12 lines $ 50 $ 75 $1,00 "4 line? j i uu l uu n w 36 lines ; 1 50 2 00 3 00 3 months. 6 do. 12 do j ,-,r less. $1 50 $3 00 $5 00 ar-, 1 12 lines 2 50 ire-i. 24 lines 4 00 re,oo lines 6 00 .equina, 10 00 v.:::n. 15 00 4 7 0 12 22 50 00 00 00 00 9 00 12 00 14 00 20 0C 35 01 tain the civil as against a military gov- Another Horrid Massacre by Xe- ticiuc-r we approve or uisap- efnnient prove the acta of those placed io author lty over us ior a brief season. And in order that we may approve or censure, en dorse or condemn the policy of the Ad- gro Soldiers. THE NATURAL EFFECT OF PUTTING ARMS IS THEIR 11ANDS. We have unquestionable authority for ministration, the ballot box must be kept the truth of the statement given below pure and undciiled: it must be free - and horrible as it may seem to those Who call accessible to all who have a right to vote, ours the age of Christianity and civiliza- Tbere must be no test oaths unknown to tion. "We give it in the words of the the Constitution and laws of the land, writer : No hired soldiery must invade its sacred On Tuesday night, the 25th ultimo, a precincts to interfere with or overawe free- party of thirty eight negro soldiers, mur- men in the exercise of their sacred duty. leied nine peaceable citizens in cold Vood. V are imt vrf t ,.... .r The facts are as follows, and were related to A Sad in rights, and knowing dare maintain them. Let Woodward an Lowrie be our watchwords. Let their names be the me by Mr. A. M. Gwin. a planter residing at Brunswick Point, Miss. lhe party of negroes cot to the Hill place about eleven o clock at night, and arrested battle cry of freemen, determined to res- Mr. Sims and Mr. Hill. They took them A Solemn ti:iy. . I ..... - rtrt, -UaViUIS, ju n;ne i uuij ivj .- ;i'luty imposed upon you by your lie ancestor?, a duty enjoined upon .v ;l.o sacred rights you have inheri ' :.;i:o!!' sires, a solemn duty which -iv.; t'.' God who hath given you a 1 tl.vin wiih milk and honey ivir inlif l itar.co. a duly to yourselves, x-ni -nuance of which the outraged ot God and man claim at your .'- Thnt duty is a nrain one, one c-mi.ot shirk and stand guiltless at the !iih Heaven. It is no more or no l,:in the perpetuation cf civil and re liberty. If you are brave bold you will" meet the issue now, fear . calmlv, regardless of the insane iwr of public plunderers and stay-at- pairiots, who, hke the .Scribes anu I , 1 .1 -. . trw-eMii o'.i'l. SIUIHI Oil lUBtiiraun- a Uatant tongue thank God it mLpv are not as other men are." member that ' eternal vigilance is the c of liberty," and resolve in your cue our government the lmou and the Constitution from the vandal hands that are now wasting its substance, dismant ling the temple of our liberty and under mining the verv foundations of free gov ernment in their vain attempt to clucth the glittering baubles of universal emanci pation and Negro eqcautv. Monitor: Effects of Abolitionism. MTUDER OF AS ENTIRE FAMILY BY bl.ACK U. S. SOLDIERS. a t of hearts that, come weal or come vuti iviil stand by the men who vA arraved on the side of law and or- un l against anarchy and mob law. . . . . . - i not vam babblers clothed in saceruo- :?. wiio, Sabbath after Sabbath (i.-xVs hl v temple, and pervert ; i-:v whim to tr.e base purpose oi i .i'iil' to orlii-e men who have neither -;y. integrity, morality nor brains to .i, iii ;i'l tlwra to vour supDort, mislead .. l!.-HH'tiiber that impostors have d the onward march of Christianity is die lay that -Adam fell from his . i r-tato until the present hour. St. i! exhorts us to In-ware of false teach . and he tells us in ulruost so many i tiirr doctrine than that of " the of Christ, and Him crucified." -J ii.uo Divine authority for pronoun j him who preaches any other than 'Wiriru-s of Christianit v a3 laid down tb' Ikx.)k of liooks. a mountebank and 'I 'IKt, posetising ncitlier honesty nor ; ":i:inity. 1 ' t not then, we exhort you, falee "s. who fatten on your substance !-t prostituting their high and sacred ? to the base and unholy purpose of ' ring up the decaj ing fortunes of as - a n of political tricksters as ever 1 any State or Nation, lead you from path of duty lie, true to yourselves, to your posterity and all will be What if you do find arrayed '-nt you and your privileges as guar t?il by the Constitution of your State ithat of your Nation, the whole influ . t!ie entire power, physical and 'al, of the Government as adminis "1 by those who misrepresent and v rnyou? What if the ministerial is trailing in the dirty pool of party '"s What if the JUDICIAL ERMINE, Ci pure and unknotted, is new reeking "h tho stench of nartizan rancor soiled J -midnight orgies and polluted for base ""al purposes We answer that each 1 all of the interrogatories here put -will of retarding our purpose to perform duty, are but so many incentives to l cs on in the nath we have marked ' 11 f'r OtlrsoU-na tlirt rotli rf 1lltv The r'!l ot ox is the palladium of our Liber- tt is the instrument by which we an '' gaily redress our many wrongs suf- at the hands of an imbecile admims - "Iion. Through the Itnllot lox. we on S-cond Tuestlay of October, must de the destinies of our State and Na W'p mnqt thpn and there declare lather we are in favor of the " Union 16 was and the Constitution as it is;" rather we are in earnest in our effort to 'tuatft oJvJl on.1 rl io-inus liberty : wtuer we are willing that our substance IOlir livoa clvnll K onnnfina,! nn ih nlt.ir , N u OUU nl,li"IA'l4 V . ' Ntco .'EvAxm whether we will sus A l.'tter trom a passenger on board the steamer Liberty, near Island No. 10, cues the louowinz account ot one ot the saddest and mo.-t shocking crimes re corded in the history of this war, as com municated to the passengers by eye wit nesses : IVckhani landing is twelve miles below Island No. 10, Obion county Tennessee, immediately south of the Kentucky State line. Abnit 10 o'clock, A. M., August 4th,-18(3,. eighteen black United States soldiers, direct from Island No. 10, their station, arrived at the home on the Iand ing fullv arrnccl with muskets, side-ami; and pi.-tols. anil murdered the whole of old Mr. Beckham's family then present on the place. The family consisted of lien jamin Hockham, aged seventy-nine years ; with them, and proceeded to Mr. Ford's, ar riving there about sunoap ; arrested him and started up Deer Creek. When a short dis tance above Mr, Jrore s place the prisoners were ordered to stand on the side of the road. When Mr. Fore saw they were to b3 shot, he sprang into the cane : at the same instant the prisoners were fired upon. Mr. hiriis and Mr. 11 ill fell dead. Mr. l ore was shot through the shoulder. They procee ded up the Creek to Mr. Clark's place and killed him at his house. They next went to Mr. Johnston's and killed him in the pres ence of his wife. Thev next shot Mr. Cha- ney. They then returned down the creek. Mr. lore made his way in great Fullering to the river. A negro woman from the Hunt plantation gave the in formation of what occurred alter Mr. Jrore made Lis es cape. Tne wives of the murdered men are at their homes unprotected. Four more were murdered by the same party before they ar rived at the Hill plantation, on the way up; their names I did not learn. AH tht neqrocs tccrc in full uniform and armed with mus kets and had pistols in their belts. Deer Creek l- in Isaoucna county Miss. and empties into the Yazx at Hainc's Bluff. St. Louis RejnOAican S'-p. 7 Here we have another warning of wiat may be expected cn a much more exten ded scale, when Mr. Lincoln shall have completed his great negro army. The proclamation is already spinning to bear its barbarous and bloody lruit. X he hor rible murder of the lieckham family, in cluding several small children, near Is land No. 10, by. some of Mr. Lincoln's pet lambs in Federal uniform, is still fresh Picture l'rotHIgacy Washington. The correspondent of the Boston Trav eller thus discourses of matters and things in Washington: " It 13 useless to deny that the war has, in a measure, polluted the taste of the peo ple, bing. as it has unmistakeably, a train of evils to the doors of Washington previ ously but little known, until it is sadden ing to behold the utter degeneracy of the peopIe,particularIy the middle classes, to day. ' The stranger cannot fail to observe the large number of jabbering foreign row dies who consrejrate at the comers of the different streets. Many of these fellows are. exiled vagabonds, who are here on the lookout for the first dishonest Govern ment official who has something to sell. It makes no difference whether the prop el ty be confiscated furniture, captured horses or quartermaster's or commissary stores, the purchaser has no principles to j lose, and why should he be scrupulous in ! making a bargain. Then there are- scores of professional gamblers here from New York, l'hiladel phia, Baltimore and Boston, plying their arts most dexterously to inveigle as many unsuspecting officers .and soldiers as possi ble into their meshes, after the paymaster has been around, and in which I am sorry to say they often succeed, robbing the foolish men of every cent of their hard earnings. Brsizen-faccd harlots prome nade the avenue, and dash through the streets in open barouches, dressed in the most flashy costum, their faded features covered with chalk and rouge. Half in toxicated rowdies roll through the s'.reets in open carriages, smoking their scgars, and shouting indecent language. In fact, gambling, licentiousness, drunkeness, and every species of evil, run riot through out the city, until now proffligacy reigns supreme. I would like to tell you a few facts in relation the 'illegant hotels' of this dusty place, and of the recherche style in which nothing is served. ' 'But enough of Sodom and Gomorra. Ulark. tlie Change. Mark the change. Instead of the rol licking, joj-ous, freehearted volunteers, clustering on the passing "trains and ma king the wilkin ring with laugh and song, what do we find ! We find the sad and sullen conscripts, with doors locked armed sentinels on guard to prevent the desper ate attempt to escape from the iron grasp of Provost Marshals and the crushing conscript act. Their names -have been drawn from the hateful wheel, in the ter rible lottery of life, and their children are I weeping and their wives have already the chillilng sense of the widow s weeds upon their hearts. The car loads of those ; men torn from their homes and guarded like we dare not make " comparison ! passed throug this place on the Erie Kail road yesterday - morning. We can esti mate the crushing .weight of misery bur dening those cars? How many souls darkened and oppressed with the crushing and Stirling sense of wrong were there, instead of noble, willing chivalric men anxious to do their utmost and wishing for life' only to save and serve their country. F.ut President Lincoln savs this is not the time for further experimenting in vol unteering, and, it is his will and his policy and such a policy ! to have the army filled with such men as those cars con tained yesterday morning guarded and cribbed like well, we have sympathised with black men on the slave deck, and From The Crtala. Abraham and the Devil. Satan's Visit to Abraham and Tod boob after the Vallaud Ig ham Convention of Jnu lllh) 1663. 'Twas niht. Old Abe 6at in hia arm chair ; Most horribly loud did he snore; When awaking and gazing around Lim he spied Old Satan peeping in at the door. " Good evening dear Devil ! How are you V he cried, " I am right glad to see you," quoth he ; , " Sit down, faithful servant," old Satan res plied. " As I prefer standing yoti see. " I have important business,' old Satan then Baid, So I thought to call up to Bee you. To see if you know what is now going on, And what course you've resolved to pur sue.' What's " What's happened, dear Devil 1 happened, pray tell f ' (And old Abe turned pale as a ghost,) " Oh say have you yet a fcly corner in h 11 That's "mpty ? If not I am lobt!" " Oh don't get excited pray Abram don't ; All depends on your courage and strength. You must turn out old Burnside, of that I'm quite sure, As I fear he has gone his full length. The people have called a' convention, you see. For Yallandigham Itrndly they cheer ; If allowed to go on in their now present course, They'll make him a Governor, I fear." Oh what ha"l I his son Frank, aged forty v-ears ; Laura aged fourteen ; Kate, ten ; Caroline, sev- in the minds of our readers, and now we en ; and little Kichard, aged two years, have tho above sickening picture to pre- Thc mother and one of the children were I sent to them. The murderers of the Beck- luckily absent on a visit, and escaped the ham's have not been punished, and proba ta te of their kindred. The negroes killed bly never will be, by authority, and this old father Beckham and his son Frank by I last great atrocity will not be likely to re- horribly mutilating their bodies by club-1 ceive any official notice, for Mr Lin biin', cutting, bayoneting, shooting, and coin, in his emancipation proclamation then wound up their fiendish work by I promised to make no effort to restrain the throwing the dead into the river. negroes who might seek to avail them They then drove the girls and boy into selves of its provisions, and it is not prob the river at the point of the bayonet, able that he will desire to punish his uni clubbing them with the but ends of their firmed agents for slaughtering white citi-mu.-kets whilst runninir. The body of zens of a Bebel State, though non-com- fathor Beckham, and the youngest boy, bafants, unoffending and defenceless. have been re-covered, and were seen bv Yes, the work of iho indiscriminate slauph the majority of passengers who went tor of the white men, women and chil- ashore to see the evidence of this diabol ical work. The black wretches fired several times at one of the neighbors who related us the different incidents, but he escaped un- dren of the South, by Mack brutes in Federal uniform, has commenced. The " honor of our flag" is to be upheld by these barbarians our liberties are to be maintained by arming these imbruted hurt. wretches, and allowing them to outrage A majority of the demons were ap- and slaughter helpless women and ehil- tirrbpnded bv some Federal cavalry fwhite) I d'-en and decrepid old men, whether 1 " ' J ' before they reached the island My informant further relates that some time ago a chaplain of one of the negro regiments on the island accompanied an armed band to the house of Mr. lieck- ham for the purpose of recovering the child of one of the women, the property of Mr. Beckham, and now a runaway on the island. He refused to deliver the child and this seems to be the warrant for this murder. The neighborhood, mainly mado up of old men, women and children, is fearfully alarmed for its safety. In the vicinity is one of those black colonies, where white men inspire "these fiends to -these hellish deeds. It is reported that one of the ne groes used the pistol of the same chaplain above spoken of. , Unionist or Secessionist, lor the negro knows no difference between them his enmity is against the superior race, re gardless of men s political proclivities. When Mr. Lincoln shall have raised Lincoln vs. Lincoln. " I have no purpose, directly or indi rectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe that I have no lawful right (o do so, and I have no inclination to do so." President Lincoln" s Inaugural Address, March 4th, 1861. " You dislike the Emancipation Proc lamation, and perhaps you want it re tracted. You say it is unconstitutional. I think differently. I think that the Con stitution invests its Commander-in-Chief with the laws of war in times of war. The most that can be said, if so much, is, that slaves are property." President Lincoln's b tter to lion. James C. ConUing, August 26li, 18G3-' Is it not enough to make every Ameri can blush, when he reflects that the man who now fills the Presidential chair has been so weak and vacillating as to put himself in such a humiliating position be fore the world ? In the first place he de clares that he has no intention to interfere with the institution of slavery, and that he believes that he has no lawful right to do so. In the second place he does ex actly what he declared he would not do, by issuing a proclamation declaring the slaves in the Southern States free, the third place writes a letter to wept for them, and the rude liberty they ; had been torn from in their native Africa. . " Oh Devil, dear Devil! They were human, and hail the bonds of do ? their affections rudely broken bv the slave j If State Rights are established I m lost ; Kt tt.oc mnn m.ruVd bv bavo- ! J Ust a-visu me klIld Parent, what course tv, nrts and looked un in the cars were white a . 1 11 men, American citizens, wno nan snouieu themselves hoarse on the anniversaries of American Independence, and who had been taught to believe they lived in the freest and noblest country on the globe. Patterson Guardian. Freedom for the Nehru. Tl ie New York Post, a Kepublican Journal, in des canting upon the probable effect of war upon slavery, very safely comes to the conclusion that it may still survive the "irrepressible conflict" which Lincoln & Co. are waging, and says : " IF SLAVEBY IS TO BE CON TINUED IN THIS COUNTRY, WE WANT THE IRISH AND CATHO LICS TO TAKE THE PLACE OF THE NEGROES, AND LET THE j Then Prtan turned around with a dignified MORE INTELLIGENT AND MORE j ."r viinTni'c nr (pir lrp r Tiiri? I picked up his pitchfork and rod. MRILOLS BLACKS lib l.im.KA- . . . van-, ut the door, ! To call on Old Renegade Tod ' lie found Old Dackbone in a terrible stew. pursue, And I'll do it, let what may be the cost. I have spilled the best blood of the nation, 1 know ; Widows and orphans I've made by the score ; But what matters that ? I can just order a draft. And bring hundreds and thousands more." Do it do it !" cried Satan ; " just make up a yarn That the rebels are close at your door ; Then send Trovost Marshals by hordes and great swarms. And ynn'll soon have an army." " I snore," Cried Old Abe; a capital plan; I'll do it as sure a3 I stand, IH soon have an army of blacks, too, you know, To squelch rebels by sea and by land. TED." The people of Ireland immortalized their -love of liberty by a long list of patri ots in the contest which freed us from the insolence and tyranny of England. With the first cry of liberty they aroused them selves for battle, and in every place whore ever and whenever the cry to arms has boon heard, either to win or save the independence of our country. Irishmen " Have pour'd their blood like ruby wine On Freedom's altar shrine." It is this people the Post proiwscs to Hot tears courted bis beautiful cheeks ; When Satan inquired for his health, he re plied He was sick that he felt very weak. Weak in what," cried the Devil, " in bdy or mind ?" " Weak in both " said poor Tod, with & sigh ; " Since the two last Conventions I've tailed very fast. And I feci that my en 1 draweth nigh. all In the in which he distinctly asserts that his interference " with the institution of slavery in the publicans are ! Hon. James C. Conklin; enslave in order that the negroes may be 1 T, ,rouen mv backbone and ra,.t free. What philanthropists these lie- ! me aside, My own party have sent me adrift. And Valiant3 igham men will soon nut on The following confession was made by ! the gbs Hon Air Diiur-s Renubllcaii member' Devil, dear! can't you give me a lift?" j of Congress from Massachusetts, on the! ,. 1 i ii , u ' r -i i-i 1 ' , 1 , " Give a lift ? tobe.surc; and I'll tell you 1 v:i 1 in whifMi u pvnowil tilt! I - ' his black army of 300,000 negroes, this ; State whore it existst," is lawful. A " carnival of murder and hist " will have ; man who can so tar lorgct what is due to attained its height ; then the Southern skj' j the position of Chief Magistrate of the will look luriedwith the light of burning United States, as to be changed alxrnt by homes, and the air will be rent with the ' every wind of doctrine, is phj sically, - in sbrieks of outraged women and half grown I tollectually and morally unfit for the office mrU and with the groans of gray haired ' he holds. Pottsnlle Democratic standard. men, tortured and massacred by Mr. Lin coln's new-born "citizens of African . de scent," and new fledged soldiers of free ilom ! Then such atrocious muruers as corruptness of Lincoln s Administration : " The gentlemen must remember that in the first year of a Republican Adminis tration, which came into power upon pro fessions of reform and retrenchment, there is undoubtable evidence abroad in the land that somebody has plundered the public Treasury well nigh in that single year as much as the entire current yearly expenses of the Government during the Administration which the people hurled from power because of its corruption." (Spin his special message declining re nomination for the Gubernatorial chair, Governor Curtin declared that : "The la- t m 1-1 T I ! 1. that of the Beckham's will be repeated 1 rs wnicn 1 nave necessarily unuergone the South the Stars and ! l've already impaired my health. I St "nes shall float and such scenes as - should have serious cause to apprehend j country arc in greater danger to-day from ----- 1 Cvp" I declare upon my responsibility as a Senator, that the liberties of this CSfA friend wishes to inquire if any of oil tho f.tllmvincr causes are sufficient ior f-if mntion ; 1 . Doesn't think an army life would nnrce with his constitution. . . ...! 2. Is making arrangements to enter me socond class. 3. Has two brothers who will be in the service &3 soon as they get commis sions. 4. Would cheerfully pay 300 if he had it. 5. Was tried for horse stealing several yeare ago, and unjustly acquitted ; is wil ling to try again if necessary. G. Is rapidly becoming a common drunkard. If none of these will answer he would like to inquire the fare to Canada. . . r - r nviiAh l.tnrr.i VAi.f innnn.k -1 f I . - - I iAfiiitdinC nml 4 rr rr . IiA t w iv" vt - " that pictured above by the rt. lanhs tic- ' u'" '""r" ... -i-i..i.c U1 .mm iimiuuuc, .... . .... luiiupinj f-.v- mllican will be enacted wherever Mr might so break it down as to unable me ticed in the various departments of the Hncoln's colored "pots in uniform are scaN m the dl,tipp of m7 position." Now i Government, than they are from the cn- will the cowardly and ma- 1,1 cuuui hui uc n.ium.u o : -nm. . . -, evv iianpsuirc. I now I'll t;d;e this long pitchfork and rod, i O'er the high walls of brimstone, deep j down in h 1!, j I'll boost you. Old Renegade To I. I have built a new one my old one is full It's walls are of brimston quite high ' When you've boiled long enough in the hot- toinless pit, You'll be be placed on its griddle to fry. "You'll n t want for companions Stanton, I Seward nnd Chase, i The whole phalanx rf Abrahams crew. And old llorance Grecly, the vilest of all. 1 intend shall help season the stew." Tod fainted. Old Nick gave a horrible grin As Oi l Renegade lay pr.le and still ; Chuckling, he said to bimsilf as he went. " Don't vou wish you had stay'd at Briar Bill!" 1 n n. thic roL-lrca rotn I h n f n Tine . n - ! no right to claim any man's services at tered ! Then lignant Abolitionists clap their bloody l.or.r)a .-.th iov. and then will our Puri- J . . . . t ; .i -i .u r tan pulpits resound with thanksgiving! sucu a pi ue as uns : anu u u.e oimT Then will Stanton issue bulletins of con- : nor's friends have no regard for his health, crratulation to the country, and Mr. Lin- P00!'10 shoulJ have. aml 86(5 to u that coin be "reminded of a little story," j lie not burdened with the crushing du v .n! tr-11 for the amusement of I ties of the Executive chair for another publican Senator from his Cabinet. Evening Journal. j three years. Governor Curtin mtist not j be permitted to destroy himself in his r0CK.u?!-s pamoilMii ; anu u, ui.uuui eo- " If these infernal fanatics and Aboli tionists ever get the power in their hands, they will over-ride the Constitution, set the Supreme Court at defiance, change and make laws to suit themselves, lay violent hand. on those who dijf- r tcith than in opinion, or dare question their fidelity, and finally bankrupt the country and del- " I have no purpose directly or indirect to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists, I believe I have no lawful right to do so." President Lincoln in his Inaugural 'AdZ tfT.S. . r-T TVrt TO THE CONSTITU . c rpjjj- SHIPWRECKED ! P'e snou"l d'ovv him to retire to the peace- j uge it with blood. Daniel HVtT. TION, A - j ful shadeg of private nfe and place the la- bors of the Executive office upon a pair of good broad shoulders, such as Judge Woodward carries about with him. Vallty Sjyirit. MARINER CLINGS TO THE LAST PLANK, WHEN NIGHT AND THE TEMPEST CLOSE AROUND HIM.'; ... Daniel Webster. "Neither the President nor Congress can emancipate slaves any more than they can grant bills of divorce." Governor Henry Dtitton. ' "I order and declare that all persons held as slaves in tho said designated States and parts of States arc and here after shall be free." Lincoln's Emancipa tion Proclamation. tT The most charitable of all animala the skunk he gives everybody ht meets a (s) cent.
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