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VOLUME XTV.--NUEIBER 29.
VITE
POTTER JOURNAL
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Propriefmr.
$l.OO PE Y.E.S.R 7 ' INVARIABIX PI ADVAN4.
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IV Devoted to the caure of Republicaism,
the interests of Agriculture, the advancement
of Education, and the best good of Potter
county. Owning no guide except that of
Principle. it will - endeavor to aid in the 'work
of more fully Freedomizing our Country.
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reference. ' _
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tended to nrOmptli. hnd flitbrnilv
BUSINESS CARDS:
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STATED MeOug3 on the '2.nd and 4th Wednes
days of each month. Also Masoniegather
ings on every Wednesday Eve , ,iag. for, 'work
and practice, at their Ilan in Conder4port.
TIMOTHY IVES. W. M..
AMU ST. HAvFs, S6c'y.
JOHN S. MANN
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
Coudersport, Pa., will attend the several
Courts in Potter and Allican.Counties. All
• business entrusted in his tare will receive
prompt attention. Ottice corner of West
and Third streets.
ARTHUR G.
.O.LMSTED,
ATTORNEY It COUNSELLOR AT LAW
Coudersport, Pa., will attend wall t:u•iue--
,tntrnsted to his care, with proluptues, kmt
'fidt'ity. Office on Soth-west corner of ';lain
and Fourth streets.
ISAAC BENSON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, Coudersport, Pa.,. will
attend to all business entrusted to him. with
care and promptness. Office on Second
k: fear the Allegheny Bridge.
F. W. lINOX.
ATTORNEY AT LAW, Coudersport ; Pa.; win
regularly attend the Courts iu Potter, And
the adjoining Counties.
0. T. ELLISON,
PRACTICING PHYSICIAN, Conderspoit i Pa.
respectfully informs the citizens of the vil
lage and vicinity that he will promidy re
spond to all calls, foil professional services.
Office on Main st„ in ',lading formerly oc
cupied by C. W. Ellis, EST
C. S. & E. A. JONES,
DEALERS IN DRUGS, MEDICINES, PAINT:?
Oils, Fancy Articles, Stationery, Dry GOod:
Groceries, &c., 3fairi et., Coudersport, Pa.
.D. E. OLMSTED.
DEALER IN DRY GOODS, READY,MADr•
Clothing, Crockery, Groceries, ac., Itain St..
Coudersport, Pa.
COLLINS SMITH.
DEALER in Dry Goods,Groceries.Proviiions.
Hardware, Queensware, Cutlery, andl ail
Goods usually found in a country Store.—
Coudersport, Nor. 27, 1861.
•, W. MANN,
DEALER EqBOOES'k STATIONERY, MAG
AZINESI'4Id Music, N. W. corner of Bair.
and Third - sti.;.CoudersPort, . ' ,
COUDERSPORT•HOTEL,.
D. F. GLASSMIRE, Proprietor, Corner
and Second Streets, Coudersport, 'pot
ter Co. Pa..
A!Livery Stable is also kept in connect
tion with this 'Hotel. • • 1 I
.MARK GILLON,'
,
TAILOR,-nearly opposite the Couit House—
will make all clothea intrusted tip him'in
the, latest
,e.ncl best
. styles --Pric'es to suit
the times. - =—Gi've'llim g call. -13.41
-ANDREW SANBERG & BRO'S
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TANNERS AND . CURRIERS.—IIides tanned
• pa.-the shares;.dn: the best- manner.. Tan
my on the east side of •Alleguay river.
Coudersport, Potter county, Pa 17,'6
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'OLIsISTED .- & KELLY,
DEALER DI STOVES,. TIN ,k SHEET IRON
WARE; st., nearly opposite the Court
Rouse, Coudersport, Pa. Tin and Sheet
Iron Wares made to cirdet. in good style,'on
short notice .• . . ,
Ulysses Academy
Still retains as Pcinqiyal.Mr.E. R. CA MPBE LL ,
es
Precepirs / Mrs. NETTIE . JONES GUIDLEY j As
sistant, Miss A. Osurtistt The expenses
per-Term - urn,: Tuition; from $5 to $6 t - Board,
froni,tl 50 to $1.75 ;.Rooms for self-boarding.
from $2.t0.54. Each term commences upon
14 etinesd term.
continues Fourteen wseks .
FnQ , Ank.'26th,1862 ; Winter term,Dec
10th, 1862; and s'prin,g terns. March 25th, '63.
:..0. R. BASSETT, President.
W. W. GRIDLEY, Sect'y. •
Lewisville, July 9, 1862.-
UNION' HOTEL,
Coiiimitsiopm; PDTTEB COIIETY, PENN.,
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A. S. ARMSTRONG ' •
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LATTER-DAY- DEMOCRACY.
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AE there is no organ of the .sol!catled
Demi eracy in this county we pnblih the
Resolutions of the late Convention (ff Poli
tical hacks and breken : dOwn office-sdekers,
assembled at Harrisburg on the 4th inst.
We tuake.no comments. but Only ive as
an explanatory, preface one of the r soli].
tionS adopted. by thC same clique in 11.861-.
We leave it to the'people to judge if the
Rebels had not cause to believe in assis
tance being offered them from the North,
when men are permitted to meet and pass
resolutions asull of trea=on as'tho l se we
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: give below. /
Read carefully thefoliHing
/ f
resolution, passed at a woe whdu the Na
tion ;was just beginding to realize; some
of the lt , uoies of civil war : ;
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10 00
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-Bth. That they will, by all itroper 'and
legitimate Jmeans, oppose, disehmt
tenanee 'and prevent any at
tempt on the part oft he tteintb-;
!leans ;n power to mike any iirmed
aggression upon the Southern States,. espee
ially so long as lawsi.ont ravening theirj ra;yhts
shal. remain unrepealed•on the statute books
Of Northern State:.. and so long as tlie just
.d.emands the South shall continue, to be
'unreogniied by the Republican ;ra.tjurities
in these States, and unsecured by ;proper
';anietititory explanations of the Constittition."
[Says the report: -The reading of thr Res
eallA forth much appl.inse. and when
th t declaring the DM ERNIINE 0p.13091 - -
Tri OF THE DEMOCRACY OF I'ENsyL
VANJA To AN ARMED AGGRESSWN I'PON
THE SECEDING STATES was read, the
WllOl, E CON I' EN e 10Aros , , en ings.ll,.a nd,
WITII, lOU WAVING OF RATS AND THE VIOLENT
sniwrs GF nsTilc;!!Asm : .hook the eery
the !wilding tintt held thew. 11:71 . 11E1"
WERE ADOi'IED B 1 ACCLAMATION!" 0 ,0
ItEsOLU'riONS op 186'2.:
1' u , uuier. Cliiirintin'ot,
the C,'l.mtwittee oulnt:ions, tolescuttill
to the Cobvtintiou the following':
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Ante:it-an Constiti tio*
ord.t:ucd and i•:;t.:bli.lied by our fat 1 . ers. in
order to fortis I.:•Ti . eet estfolisit
itt,tice;
f‘a• conioion deren-se. proin..te tII
..z,cyterni wet
!!"art• ar.:l s cure the hle,stogsilibee:y to
rte.terity • therefore r
;!
I. t the only ”lijeet of the pe!o
or ra tie parry i= the re,tordlion of tit( Union Ks
it wa_Q, and' the roe.iervi.tion of the.
tion an i?•1. .
.1:,...,•0!eed. 2: Tinet. - t.. the end that the Union
may be restored, and the tNin,ttUtion and
La W, torongeout its whole extent.
tee pletiz.• our hn,riy 11:,q11.111ilea lipi• , l/
to trm Ftmer 'I Go% nment iu the ptlosettutioli
of,the exi-tin war.
3• The: the trite and ,miy object
of the wer is to rt,tore the Union an., enforce
the laws; szieli a pap alum., is Worthy the
ikwfol sac:ince whim' it makes: of life end
treasure: with sash a purpose ,almie. can we
hope tier ShreeS,: . ; .1 lid those who, froM sec
tional feelinzs of party' or .pri‘ate motives.
Would wire ally other direction to the efforts
hf otir armies, are unjust, and unworthy- to be
inirnsted with p.lwer, and would cause all
exertions. extraordinary and unparalleled
as they are. to prove. futile in the end.
j ReSOiped. 4. That welustiy view withdilarm
the reckless extravagance which.; pervades
'some Orthe Departments of the Federal Gov
erment, and that a return to rigid economy
rid Accountability is indipensable to arrest
the systematic pitinur of the Treasury try
favored partisans; And. that in view the
'recent startling .developments of frauds and
corruptions nt the Federal metropolis and
throUghont the country, .we hold an entire ,
change of the AdminLstrafion to he imperra
iively'dcindnded.
Resolved, 5. That the party fanaticiSm, or
crime, whichever it may be celled, that seeks
to turn the sieves of the Southern States
loose to overrun the North, and enter into
competition with the while laboring Messes.
thus degrading and instilling their manhoed
by Placing them on an equality with negroes
iv:their occupation, is insulting to our race,
endimerits our most emphatic and unquall
fled i condemn4tion
/emitted, G. , That we denounce Northern Ab
olitionism and .Sonthern Secession as the eo-op
er:ating sources of our present eel:unities,
alike treasonable to the Constitution and in
imical to the Union. The only way; tole res..
tored Union and a respected Cmustitution.with
returning peace and prosperity, is! through
the overthrow of torn.
Resoled, 7. That the Democracy of Penn
sylvania is equally opposed to all sectional
legislation and geographical parties which
base their hope for continued partisan success
I on the Agrarianism of emancipation and hyp
ocritical philanthropy Abolition, because
neither is known to the Constitution, and
both are intended to aid disttnion and sub
vert the Constitution and prevent the rest tr
ation of amity, peace, and concoril among
States and people.
Resolved, 8. That the Constituton and the
laws are sufficient for any emergeney, and
that the suppression of the freedom Of speech
and of the press, and' the! uniawful!ariest of
eitzens,. and the suspension of the writ of
habeas corpus in violation of the Constitution
in States where the civil autitoritie4 are un
impeded, is most dangerous to civil liberty,
and should be resisted at the ballot-box by
'every - freeinitti - of the : land.
I?.esolv,d, 9 That this .is a Government of
white men, and was established exclusively
for the' white. race; that the negro: race are
not entitled to, and ! Ought not tobe.4dMitted
to political or social equality with the white
itace, but that it is our duty to treat them with .
ltindness -and consideration, as ail inferior
Mind dependent race;* that the right of the
several States to determine the positiOn and
duties of the' race is a sovereign right! and
the pledges of the. Constitution require' us ; as
loyal 'citizens, not to interfere thereiritli.
.1 Re ol6ed, '10.! That Congress has ho power
to de.prive . ,atly man of his _property .for any
criminal offense, unless that perpa t litiii;heep
Snit duly convicted of the offense* this Ter.;
S. D. KELLY
oboteDl tile. ?hiliciples of DIN; kliqOchoti, - file tuyi qqa
coephaspoßT; POTTER- coOTTir, WEDNESDAY, ; JULY
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diet of ti jury, and - that all - acts of Congress
like,tnoselately-passed by thelHouse•of Rep
reientittlves, Which assume to; forfeit-or con ! •
fisetttc the estates of men for Offences of v hick
they hate not been convicted upon dice trial
by ju7Oire unconstitutional dud lead to op=
pre: stop and tyranny. It is - per justification
for su'en acts that the crimes committed in
the prosecution fo the Rebellion are of unex!.
atitpled ittrocit : , •; nor is there any such justi•-
fication ,as State necessity known to our gor'r
ernmeht` or laws. • - i
- Itescitz.;ed, 11.. That the Constitution and
IJnionl ard the laws, must be !preserved anti
maintiined in all their proper, and rightfol
supremacy, and that • the Rebellion now in
arias alf,ainst them must be suppressed, and
that • t is our duty to use all constitutional
measures necessary to that end. . . 1
/Zomhverl. 12: That the soldiers clamposmg
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our :armiesmV-the warmest! thanks of the
nationl i Their country called. and nobly did
they respond. Liying...tlrey 'shall know a
nationislgratitude ; wounded: alnatiou's care;
and dyl47„ they shall* live in our memories.
and mOriuments shall he reared to 'teach nos ! .
terityo!honor the patriots and heroes who
offered.their lives at' their country's altar:
Theiryidows and orphans stall be adopted
by thel nation, to be watched Over and cared
for as til?jects truly worthy a nation's•guar
dianslqp.
builui , the reading of the resoltitionlS the
uttimsthithusiasm was manifested. and the
wildest Upplause• characterized Chair ttani;
MOUS a loptiom .
The Convention of 1862 was called to
order y placing. Arnold Plismer in the
Chair ;They then proceeded to balibt
for P esident when F: W. Hughs of
Schuylkill, the vilest, of Breckinridge .
Democrats. Was elected over Iticlt'd Vaux,
a frieLd of the late lamented Douglas.
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The fo l llbwing candidates were then placed
rn i nation, both being men w".lo have
111 voi
litkial reputation outside of. their
Icrigtessional Distriets, and who are
weak ntilk•and•water kind, ready
illing at :ill tittles to be moulded
iris to the will of the more prae•
no pu
own •
of the
Ad 1.,
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ailitical villains. •
Slen!ier,of union, for Auditor General.
or i llleglinv, fvr Suryeyor Geueral.,
The following ?tecoantyof -a , Pro
ry meetinc in New York is a fit-
I nion to the fotegoing:
ant the time the rebels' were ready
itek the Union army before Rich
knot of outiterit sympathizers
New;York to organize opposition
Administration and to the war:
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ter there was any secret under
tug between Ben and Fernandy
Hon. Mr. Wieldeff4of, Kentucky,
8r0i1: ,, , and the rebel Generals,
:ne'tnust determine f. r iiilnself. At
ate: the meeting eatne otF in Cooper
u l te Hall un Tuesday evening, abont
itte it wit:- supposed by the rebels .we
d bear they had defeated Meelelan
each
au}• r
luatit
the n
+huul
ur army t heir progia‘nine
uz4ing to be defeate. . The (4113 1,
played upon was "nigger" and
But 1
by re l
stri , fi
•••tbolitio'u," while pretending to depre
eate agit l ation on the subject Mr. Rick,
; —lt was nut •slavery which
brpught on disunion, but abolition." The
old 'Oen knew better; at (east, every
school-buy at the Ninth knoWs Vetter.
floit 'Junes Brooks, a, violent Know
Nothing leader. was another speaker.
Hon. i Fernando Wood advised that
they should openly contend .or the down
fall of the Adminh.tration, and even re
commended that Congress sh:ruld be got
rid of as Oliver (_Yromwell sent home the
Itirmfi l'artiantent, BY WAKING INTO
PARLIA,iIENT AND SCATTERING 1.0 TO
THE WINDS "
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Henry Grinnel, Moses Taylor and
.Jante.i. Gordon Bennett iYere Vice Presi
dents of !this meeting, cold we suppOse .
appro edlof this advice to Gen. MeClet,
lan to!ma'rch in and drive out the Peoplo's
Repr+ntatives, because they will put
down rebellion.
Richard' Busteed, E-q , late democratic
Corpotation Counsel of New York city,
and
. One of the Vice Presidents, does nut
agree ith the meeting.
Wh t do honest democrats of Potter
think of Such a propo4tion ? .!
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Calhoun Benham was Judge Terry's
aid in he murder of Broderick, and one
of tho4b sent to . Fort Lafayette as a traitor.
He tvM3 released, by his Union friends,
and no,w turns up as Aid to 13eauregard
at the battle of Shiloh or Pittsburg. Land
int,. Of course it was very t'unconstitu.
clonal", to cage the rkeal, but all lawful
for him to fight in the Rebel army I
One of the Louisiana' "Tigers" cap
tured by i?remont, was sent into Pennsyl
vdnia, wide his slave Whep the latter
found 'that he was- really free, he "em
braeedlthe opportunity" to give his old
mastbr n flogging, in return for •the many
lie bad before received. The by-standers
, I
looseu nu mcmposedly, until they-thought
the tamed'..Tiger" had enough, when the
contraiM3d was ordered to stop and "call
it evenc
Flavel said that if men sh c ocild rise from
the dea'd 4nd read their epitaphs, some of
theni think 'they had got into the
wrong grave.
. ' THE . isepY. PA'IIItIOT. I -
In the year 17170 Philadelphia w . s tn
the hands of Helve and hi's inhumati sei
diery; while:the field of Brandywine ave,
Anieriean peoP elan evidence of BilliSl,
inituanity. , Tile, inhabitants of Petinsvl
vania and Dela,Vare: were at the mercy 'of
their:foes. Bands of Hessian dragoons
scouted the vieinity of :Philatielphiti for
Miles' around, .aln4 committed acts Which
would disgrace t(vandat
. • lbá the evening Of a deltghtful Anq
daY, a group of I:livs, tanging in age ! ,
twelve to seveotEjen years, Were ffatNi
together no the! stet's Of a tenan c y
storebouse in the, little villat.3e of New
Delaware. 'fhb iewn seemed ltmeig,.l .
!with the excepion.of the!.youthfullh
!referred to, not a hunian being met
eve. All the , Men. capableof 'be I.
1 .. pi
I aitUS:had left their hoMes to join thea,
is I'l
of Washington, on the Eichuyikilf,l
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youth of sixteen!, mounted on a bar
wa giving an 'aceount of the disastl!
battle ,of Brat dywitiii James Wil
the orator,. wa. :4 bold boy. enthus4
lin his loVe for,t he AMerican cause il
I posse'ssed of m little intelligence.
'blue eyes and flaxen itair rave him
effeminate appearance ; brit beneath;
plain homespun jacket throbbed a I
that never, shranit beftire any obstach
His father Wasiclatiroander of the l
ware troops mitt his 'mother was
Thq boy concluded hisi narrative, and
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deeply lamentitig that' he could not
the army. - "I iup not!oldlenowrh,";11
he, " but had [ l niuske i t I Would not St
idle here, With 1 1 My hands l useless by
side "
4Are.there tiorunslof any decerie in the village ?'l' 'asked .1 a libtening
. I bate R.:ear:nearly a
trying to find One, but my .effolts. I
been', of no zrt'ail stronaly sus
that the Tory .I]diVingstone has Sever. i
hiS house, bit as he permits .110 'on .
trespass' on his,. land Law! unable td
positively." •
"Why partake a party ;and search
dwelling-house ?"•, asked Vrank note
"he has no tine-tisk :assist him excep,
eoivardly son George land I can Ili;
hitn as easy: as 'tliat,7 and the boy
ped his fingers to itnplyl, the readil
with 'which :he Could tiounee old
stdn's son.'
James Wllsoo's eyes sparkled with
"If there are arii ti:ree boys in this c
paby who will help we; ll%vill search
.I.4Mnizsteri's Ito ?e thiS night. • All ii
are willing to L'i r ) just stepl, forward t ,
paces. Every •I?ciy iu Filo:crowd stet;
forwaid %rid - 1041a incxinent's hesitat
iJaMes' eyes;fins:iied Hale stars. - "•Noi
I'tlie dead of Bunker bill FIII gill sea
old Livingston's i•esidence I though (.1,
istands in my path." I .
With a firm tread. and With the utit
Silence, the young; beries took up Iti
' little of oitti•ch for old Livingston's. 'I
ingsion had long (been I su.4pect ed. of.
boring British spies, land scone of
former laborers had reported that lieL
•1• , •
up a regular correspondence with
British, cirinnatilder. At all events!
[was generally , regarded by! the Whig.
m
Id dangerous an, ,Ili's :IMuse wasl sii
kited t; • short distance from; White .t.I
(Creek, on; the side °flit' sieep hill
,
1 rounded on all 'sides by trill tree* r it
was just Such a place as ')ne tniglitl sup
pose suitable for; die plotting Of . •trcia on.
Ai the' time James I Wilson our • his
little band left :he desertodstorehous in
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the village of :Newarli . dusk had 'given
place:to the darkler shades Of night I Still
it Was not dark; the • I gas
new moon
shining.brightly 1911.614:h tlie clouds, an
every object was; perfectly distinguish
'able. ` The baysi Walked filmly fortvtirtl
1 maintaining suieinn silence. At leni4t
they gained the bend of the creek,! in
_slowly hillow,ing Idle. witling, path-, IsOt
came' to.a little liAv. bridge which cria+
a shallow' rivulk leading into 1%, 7 1ii
Clay . creek, and; James ordered th,,l
-to halt. ; II
,
”Let Frank finisle lici ; ward and;
myself rec
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poitte the•pres first, to see whet
any danger may Ibe apprehended.
the rest stand liern-till we return. I.V.i•
no ; noise, and keep ascolisaht watch-1'
James andPr4uk silently departl i ,
and were; Soon loit in the , thick typo
IthriSglt which • the path ;run. Scat
' hadithey gone frciin their companions' O
the quick ear of Wilson Idetected antl
itiSt I said hel to Frank; as he pug i
liiru.-tichtnd a: gigantic 4ech tree.. Pr
entlyprew*e Liv i t i ngFtoh came in Big i
James Wilson.darted from his cover 4 ,
, tigiitly grasped thb boy i 4 y 0 e neck. 11l
cowardly youth trembled-like a recd.!
"Speak one weird," whispered his oal
tor, 'and.rll tosslYou into the creekt i
'1 The Tory's sdn, struck {.dumb wilt
fright; found himself in ;the! midst of It
Whole group of bly heroi:s, With,.the -ii
lit;-3 grasp of James and;lFraiak-on eitlk
arm.'; • . I • i '
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"Now'," : said I : Janie, 'answer q
,
.promptly and truly, or 1.1.11 make yoi
position uncomfortable, ; : Do ,you heat
WhO ire 'in Youil4litherts I louse t 4
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1862: '
"I+4,eatinot tell," stammered the half
dead 4py.
"Yeti shall .tell, or"—
‘•Spare, me, and 4 . 11 tell you e;verything.
Wheal. left the house there was no one
there' hitt our family pod 1%14j0r Brad-
Stale.
.Thp is he?" asked James', .
"1 dun't•know-1 don't indeed."
' "Tell?" threatened Frank..:.
"Ile is Captain of the :Yorkshire
diactoons.
, .
• • The blue eyes of James glieteried with
'joy, dbe soon gained 'from !the Tory's
son a revelation which stamped his father
trattp'r of the most aoriailingi character.
fie &Covered that old Livingston' not
only kept op ~as 'correspoodende with the
IBritialilcommander, but • lie - had so plot
ted traitorous design that. the little
villa . gi: , !of Newark was: to be; burned to
ashes and its - women and children left
exposed to the, pitiless foe. !The old'
'Tory!was to' receive asla compensation,
the laid , irliereon the village stood, and
Inn annual pen.4ion- frcut - British
Government.,
I
I But.:Stranger than' all; the plot was to
Ibe mlnSuniated on . the,! very Inight the
Tory's on had been caPturedy while he
was going on: an errand to s neighbor
two tnijes distant. The" little 'baud o a f
heroeS!.learned tt,o, that the British troops
had secured their
. horsesi in Livingston's
I stable, an'd intended to descend ,the: creek
lin a large boat. There ',were ',twenty of
; them besides theit. captain.
llaj is Bradstone, though the leader of
I the baod t was in temper and henna t
tough *ion, and scrupled not In his cru
city to:destroy the •slutuerine infant. or
Ithe sick wife. Not a feW in that youth
ful band trembled for a widoWdd mother
or a dniebeeless sister. Some were for
departing, immediately, but James .
!son, Still retaining, his. grasp en the Tory's
,son, 'Ordered all to be 'stlent: The pris
oner Wits bound hand -and - foot, atltick•
handkerchief bound over his= mouth to
prevent! him-from calling assistance, and
a stmit!cord fastened to! his breast and
wound 'about a tree. All hope of escape
forsooklGeorge LivingstMt. - Wilson tam
' tioned'bis little band :to follosil - hiut, and
in a feW moments they stood on the sum;
mit of d high precipice which, overhung',
White lay Oreek. - I • '
"Novi boys," said Wilson, "Abe: narra
tive witieh we have just heart] is.true,
and as We have
. no muskets . atnumub
lion, we must make the best of the occa
sion: • The British ham] pass this
spot in' their boat, and !as we have an
limr.tiit work let us buoy oniselves in
Foiling otile of those larg o rocks. to the
edge 'of the precipnic--- and whc:n the red
coats nags below„let 'us sink diem to the
bottom:"'l
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old
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liree
Dec]
4ion.
by
.tab
Eaehibpy itnmediately et tOyork, and
in an linedible short space of .tine nine
huge rocks, each a half Iton in weight
were balanced Upon the edge of theraiant
precipiee.: The , creek al l this point was
not inere it ban twenty feet wide, and tsar
directly',
our
by the' inass red: on
wilier our heroes stood. j tf- the British
descended the creek they iwould certainly
past thiit spot ;_ 'and if they pass it then
death !was their 'certain fate. lln about
an houri the (Flick ear ofWilson.detected
the tneaSured beat of muffled oars.
=1
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iar
hi,
ept
the
be
UT-
"Their are coming," IMlwhisPered;let
no one drop his rock till t giveithe word,
aad the all at on ce.''
Peepina. cautiously Over 'll - (3 cliffs
James Wilson saw the Tory beat slowly
but surely approaching. Au Aker stood
on the bew guiding the Oarstn i en by his
orders, hind the epaulets on his!shoulders
betrayed; to them that he was the identi
cal fiend; Major Bradstone.
'Don't drop till giVe tife order,"
a pair , Whispered Wilson j • When the
bllat wasiabout twelve feet from Ethe rock,
the burl reader fell securely 'bOlinci his
stone defence and shouted : "Who goet ,
there?"
In a Moment the 'oarsmen ceased row
ing and' razed with astonishment .about
diem. The impetus which the' boat had
acquired,' caused it to drift'slowi;y - beneath
the rock,' and just as it was fairly below,
came for li the loud doou..(id words : •
"Cui'l ose in the name :nflibertv I"
Each , oy pushed his rock at 'that in.
• 1
stant,
,and as if with one impulse tL
gigantic' stones fell. A lohd shriek from
the dark waters told how , well ;the plan
halt succeeded, and as the exultant boys
again looked over the rocks, nothing was
seen btrtl a few pieces of wood: The'
boat was burst .in pieces, and the occu
pants found a grave at
,the. Vottoni • of
White Clay Creek. 1 • cry .of victory
burst
,froin the joyous lips Of the!youthful
patriots, prid it was echoed along in sol
einn grarideur.. 4 *. • '• i •- •
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"Now, for our nrisoner!7 cried Frank
Howard, bdundioz, ahead; ;but What ins
the astoni'shuient of the boys ton that
in his eildrts to get free' GeorLte;l g iving.
ston had. seen caught - by the 'final cord,
and choked to_, death! Thereh was: no
titue (cit. repining; the traitor and his,son
had inek:their descryed_dop!n, arid there
was rio:olie to mourn their iose,
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TERDIS. 7 SI.OO PER'ANNIFII.I.:
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"Such he the end-of Areeriealfcies,
forever !" eitid James
Old Livinitston'e house was mearehed,
and to the surprise of...eiery• one; :sot
merely guns, but threebraes field pieces,
several barrels of ponlier r And
,at-abitn
dance of balls, were .found eMicitdedin
the Tory's cellar. The 'Military stores
found here , were given over to the Atner
lean troops; and found a joyous welcome
at the head-quarters. Had.noktbe,lkit
ish party been so signally defeated along
the banks Of the - White Clay, the town of
Newark, and the whole northern past of
the State. of Delaware would-have been
overruniby predatory - bands of , Brilleh
soldiers. \ _ .. • .
Jatu es ilson and Frank )ElowaTd both
..
joined tl, e army of. preen; sod , served
with dietfretion .in the Southern
.cam
pai,rn. ~Prank fell in the memorable bat
tle of Eritaw Springs,-bewailed bi all
who knew him. James lost a leg at the
siege of YAtown, and retired to his na
tive village, but mortification ensued, and
lie expired with the, eveoo.like-remetn
hered words on his 'Cut loose in
the name of Liberty.," ' ' •
The village of Newark still,stands,and
has beeomet tcwn of some celebrity.,.- 7 --
The scenes iof the defeat of the British
by the boy patriots ) is still pointed , out,
and is a sacred spot in the ample of
Newark.. '
From the N. Tribune. -
THE MILLS Of GOD.;
"Die Ifitchlcn Gotta malalen schr •
Those mills of God ! those tireless mills l;
I hear their ceaseless throbs and thrills :
I see their!dreadful stones go round,.
And all the realms beneath them .ground
And lives of then , and souls of States"
'Flung .out, like chaff, beyond their gates.;
And we, 0 LORD! with impinus will, .•
chive made these NEGTLOES turn Thy
Their iiiiman limbs with chains we bound,
And bade them whirl Thy mill-itonet retmd:
With nranded brow and fettered - wrist,
.We bade timid grind this Nation's. grist!:
And sq. like Samson--blind'and
Our Nation's griit this Negro ground;'•
And all the strengthof Freedom' toil,•' ••
And all the fruits of Freedom's soil. ,
And all her hopes, and all 1:11 , r trust, •
From Slavery's gates were lung, like daoel
With servile souls this mill Nye fed,
That ground the grain for Slavery' bread :
With crin g ing men, and groveling deeds,
We dwarfe d our land io Slavery's needs ;
Till all the seornful . na.tions -
To see us ground ,witir Slavery's
The mill grinds on I From Slavery's plain,
We reap great crops of blood-red grain;
the Negro's strength we urge , i -
With Slavery's gyve and Slavery's scourge_
And still we crape—rm Freedom's sod—
Tina shires shall turn the mills of God I
The mill grin'cis on 1--:-GOD lets it grind ! .
We sow the seed—the sheaves we bind:,
The mill-stones at irl as AVE ordain:
Our cultrinEN's DREAD shall test the mint t
Wittle Samson still in chains we bind,
The mill grinds on !—God LETS it grind
June 12, '1,862. A. J. H. Dmearn.
Proclamation. of Gov. Curtin.
/
lIARRISBURO, July 4, 1862.
f The following, proclamation was issued
by the Governor t • t r
Pennsylvania is n the name and by
the authority. of the Commonwealth of
Penos)lvatin, ANDREW J. CURTIN,
Governor of the Said Comminwealtb,
A riOCLAAIATION:
- Men arc
,required for the suppression.
of the Rebellion. Our regiments in the.
field are .ta be_recruited to their origiorl
strength; and inaddition, new regiments
are to be formed.
Pennsylvania has hitherto done her
duty to the country. Her, freemen are
gain called 'on to volun•eer in her de-,
tense, .that the
may
of her sons Who have
already fallenmay not have been shed in
rain, and that we may - hand down to our .
posterity .the blessings of Union, and civil
1 and political liberty, which we derived
from our fathers. . . . .
1 • The miniber of men now required, and
the regulations for enlistments, will be '
made known forthwith in general orders. •
Meanwhile, the men of -Pennsylvania
will. hOld. themselves in readiness for a
ii
f irompt compliance with the necessary ,
demand- upon! their 'gallant and patritrtio
.
spirit. - - - . 1 •
! ,
Our noble Commonwealth has never
yet faltered,. and must stand firm now,
when her honor and everything that is p.
..."
dear to her are, at stake. , -.-
Given under my band and the greta.'"
seal of the State at Harrisburg, this fourth
day ofJUly, in the year of oar tordiang,
thousand ' eight hundred and siktpttio,
and - , - of the Couriaonwealtit: the eighty
seventh.: - - - - 1 '
By the Governor. ELI STA PFR '; •
-Sec'y of theComniciOweaith.- .
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- Gen. Strineinan says that he, asked a.
squad of prisoners who fell into . iiiS hands,
a few days since, what they were Eghtinr,-
for. They. replied:-"To suppert - the=
gentlemen who- got us into it " Atir
hour's speech ionic] not better hit're
ex—
plained thigensrul motive of file
the SJutheru army. •
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