NEWS ITEMS.
Senior Wilson yesterday introduced a
substitute for the House bill to raise ad
ditional soldiers. It provides for the
mustering in, enrolling, and organizing,
by the oammanding officers in the several
Departments, of as many Africans, liber
ated by certain' laws, by the President's'
Proclamation, or by any other legal and
competent authority, exercised in sup
pressing the Rebellion, as the Preeideet
shall from time to time .deem necessary,
to be armed, equipped, and mustered into
the service of the United States, to servo
during the war. It contains a proviso
that no person of African descent shall
be appointed to - exercise authority over
white officers, soldiers, or men, in the ar
vy.nr- navy. - .
Once more we hear from Stafford Court
nouse—and good news. About noon on.
IV,Cdnesday some of Stuart's Rebel caval
ry attacked a part of our cavalry under
Aitirill, near Hartwood Church. A sharp
iikirinish ensued, and the Rebels were
do
feated. Our loss in killed and wounded
Wris about 40; the Rebels bad a Captain
and a Lieutenant' killed, and a Captain
add a number of privates taken pi isoners.
•We get conflicting statements from
Cincinnati about the Rebel raid into Ken
tucky; one story is sure that it was a fix
ate, and that the Bebs have skedaddled;
the other is that Judas Breekiaride is
tubbing down upon Lexington with 20,-
000 men. The first story is more likely
to be true than the last.
The Friends,
T
or Quakers, in Nework, ;
Peubsylvania,
Maryland and. Delaware!
have uminorializbdi Congress, asking ex-
enaptiou from the draft and the proeurb- I
went of substitutes, and from the fines:
which they deem a penalty iiiiposed for ! !
exercising "the right of conEcienee against
the shedding of blood."
' I —lf they do not bear arms they should
be made pay.
From late foreign papers we gather the
following:
-
.'The meetings in favor of the Emanci
pation Proclamation are still increasing
in'
nittuber. The partisans of the South
begiii to attend in order td oppose the
Emancipation resolutions, but remain
everywhere in ,an insignificant majority.
The aristocracy, on the other hand, is as
devoted as ever to the cause of disunion,
and therefore gave Mr. Mason a brilliant
reception at the recent banquet of -the
Lord Mayor itf London. The debates in
the. French Parliament respeeting the
United States were of no great impor
tance; An amendment to the proposed
address of ! the Corps Legislatif to the
.Iqmporor, deciaring the blockade ineffi
cient, was withdrawn. • Viscount Loamy
rier urged the Government to exert itself
in favor of a restoration of the linion, and
dhiarad Slaveiy to be the only cause of
the war.
'The Nev York State Anti-Slavery So
ciety are holding their annual meeting in
Albany. The followitig resolutions have
been ., adopted : That Freedom now stands
pledged to three millions of slaves; That
wt. will sustain the Emancipation Procla
mation of Abraham Lincoln ; That we
urge the entire abolition of Slavery, not
only as a Military net:G.9s4y, but as an act
or justice That we recommend the con
fiscated lands of the South to be given to
the freedmen, the legitimate proprietors.
:William Wright of Essex County, has
been nominated by the Nelv Jersey Detn
ow:atie Legislative caneus for United
States Senator fur six years, in place - of
Se'nator Wall, whose term will expire on
the.4th of March.
We have from our . special correspond
ent ut Port Royal the startling announce
ment. that a force of 5,000 uegroes, led
by whites and supported' by, regular
` troops; is just ready to enter one of the
most densely populated districts of the
Dopartnient of the South, in order to
summon its emancipated blacks to arms.
Communications •havo been astiiblished
with the negroes, and they wait only for
the appearance of the libeiating force to
spring to arms and , rally under the Na
tioual flag. Sudden, and irresistible as an
iivulauohe, this blow : will fall where prep
tiratiou and defense are alike impossible.
The Republic is at length about to strike
at the heart of the Rebellion,t and the
Proclamation of Freedom, hated and de
rided
by every enemy to the Nation, shall
bo beard in trumpet tones on the planta
tions of Carolina, and echoed on the bat
tle-field by the caution's opening roar.—
Tribune. • :
The modified "Peace" resolves be
fore the Now Jersey Legislatulro passed
the Senate by 12 to 8--Tnearly a party di-:
vision. The House postponed thew to
March 10—doubtless to take counsel of
the Democrats elected -to the next Con
gress, who aro to meet in this City on
the Bth. We judge that there te no
hurry.
Richmond papers are gruMbling still
over the great hoax about raising the
blockade at Charleston, which 'The New
York Herald HO eagerly published, (dab.
orating and magnifying it with all the ty
pottraphical resources of its establishment.
Vic Richmond haquirer learni with pain
and certainty "that no ship was sunk,
none disabled, and no damage, in short,.
was done to: the blockading squadron,
which, consisting of wooden ships only,
avoided a light with our iron-dads, and
most, judiciously, until they brought up
iron•clads of their own, which they im
mediately did. , "°
In Russia monks and bishops can not
marry,but simple priests may. Of course
nui.e but simple priests Would.
THE JOURNAL.
Coudersport. Pa.
Wednesday, Mai. 4, 1868.
M. W. MeALARNEi",;Earroa.
The Prospect and our Duty.
,In the prosecution of the present war
for the suppression of a - formidable rebel
lion, one great lack seems to have been
military generalship. The President has
I done his utmost to givei.us that, and pro
bably no other man occupying the Presi
dential chair could or would have succeed-
ed better than ho has. - We have nolbeen
until .now a military people, and great
Generals, like all other really great men,
are to be proved so only upon thorough
trial. We are in the 1 midst of trying
times, and leaders as well as people, Gen
erals as well as soldiers, are being tried.
Some
,will be found wanting, but time
land events ' will gradually develop the
'great loaderof the war, who will discover
and hew out the road to success with his
word and sword, aided by the courage and
devotion of the people of the loyal States
already so well developed.
There are certain preliminary conditions
which we `will briefly state. There must
be union and harmony between the gov
ernment and the people. There must
be full end implicit confidence in the
Army. 'llhere must be abiding trustful- )
nets, forbearance and patience in the pop
ular .heart where patience should never !
languish even for a moment, and where
courage should never waver. Clouds will
not always. envelop us. Yesterday it was
daidt and rainy and dreary and cheerless; 1
but to-day, how brightly and warmly the
sun shineri, - tind how clear is the sky above!
us:! . True, we have had no decisive vie-1
toyy ; but let us wait. The present aspect
of affairs .is encouraging. Victory will
come—must coine—ha.s come in several
instances, , ! recently. Let us wait and
keep• our hearts firm and our faith alive,
and our fists clenched only when thinking!
of 'the enemy who is slaying our brothers!
while fighting for their country and our
country i.ililitary success, so earnestly'
desired by President Lincoln, so eagerly
Hoped for by the people, and so necessary!
to the .tritimph of our cause, can ant be i
deferred forever. It wi I come in time.
We have waited for it 1 ng—not without
il
impatience, not without humiliation even
—but we can afford to trait much longer
if necessary, for the salce'of a Union which
mist be 'restored, a Government which
a?zzist be defended and perpetuated.
• ___ ._ . , - -
, QuksTiov.—The Iter'tublican party we
ass rt is aniAbOlition party. If we tell them
so, 'most of herti deny it. Now, if they are
not; Abolitifi , nists, we would ask them to point
'us out the word or 'paragraph of any Repub
lican paper, that ever opposed Abolition, or
that now condemns the lat of.Jannay Aboli
-60 Proelamation? Do they not to a man
a tis:Lin the l;resident in his negro policy,either
by open de4laration or by significant silence?
(1/4/lon lic4ocra.t.
, .
'The copperhead Democratic party -is a
traitor party. If we tell them so, some
of their/ deny it, and some of them admit
that they ;think it wrong to oppress the
South, and admit that they think the
Rebels arelfightifl . i n , for their rights. Now
if they are cot pledg,9d to Rebellion and
I Shivery, we would ask them to point us
I out one speech ech of any prominent Demo
crat,—who now holds first to that organ •
ization,--in favor of any measure for the
suppression of the Rebellion, or one of
the miserable tribe of locofoco papers that
over offered a word in favor of the Gov
ernment and against the Rebels. No,
every act of the copperheads evidence
their total submission to the Slave Oli
garchy. They are spat upon by every
Journal of any prominence in the South.
As the Richmond Examiner said a few
weeks ago "the South wouldspurn these
Northern peace men as slaves." No man •
is loyal who talks of any other peace than
a peace conquered, or a-peace secured by
the withdrawal of every rebel in arms
and a full return to Federal authority. A •
few questions for this copperhead Democ
racy to answeriare: Did you , ever bear ofl
an Atotftionist -being in the -larmy of the
South . ? Did you ever hear of an Aboii-1
moist opposing any measure!of the Gov- l
eminent, which might be in the least!
part beneficial to the cause ? Did you
ever boar of an Abolitionist opposing the
election of a Union Democrat ? Did you
ever hear ,an Abolitionist sneer at the
means the Government has found it neces
sary to employ in paying the soldiers; or;
did' you ever hear an abolitionist depre
ciating tite United States money ? Did
yon ever hear an abolitionist say he would
resist tho draft; or, did you ever hear of
thiS being done by abolitionists: To these
questions You must in truth answer, most
emphatically, No ! But, we can answer
for ;the copperhead partizans that they,
in the mouths of their Vallandighaws,
Coxes, Wciuds l and Seymours, have been
guilty of all these treasonable acts to em
barrass the government;l and further, if
it was worth the trouble, we could prove.
from the columns of the Clinton Demo
crat au. affirmative answer to all these
questions.
While dCerying the course pursued by
President Lincoln and his Cabinet, cop
perheadism bias never hinted at any course
they desire to see pursued, except a peace
policy, a total submission on the part of
twenty millions of freemen to the dictum
of eight millions,who very naturally claim
b i llloeiti as the fuundation of their govern-.
moot. Who over heard of such meanness,
of such total lack of manhood, of such
cringing servility ? Verily, these men
are either vile traitors or great fools. As
to the cry. of abolitionism, instead of be
ing considered a termi of inroad), the
wcrld will soon consider it the mark of a
man who has been born without the pale
of - bigotry, of prejudice, of ignotance.
There are very few earnest war men in
the North who care abouethis term. Of
one thing the Democracy of the copper
head stripe may be certain : Wherever
they find a man who is called an aboli
tionist they will find a loyal man !
The Tide of Disloyalty in the Free
States, seems to be turning. The Peace
resolves in Illinois were lost—two or
three Democrats being too patriotic 'of to
timid to go the whole Secesh game, which
is thereby defeated. The Indianasoldiers
are doom:in - ding their copperhead Legisla
ture in , a way that must make them think
--and so have the Ohio soldiers spoken.
In the Penn'a House, the leaders are evi
dently; nonplussed—they would show
their hatred of the Government, but they
dare not. In New Jersey, they are di
vided iu their course of action—the ultras
can not control their own men. In New
York, the Wood or Tory faction is down
in the Legislature. The suppression of
the Rebel Convention (under the garb of
Democracy) in Kentucky, shows a rising
Union tide in that State. Thus, every
where, it would seem that the storm of
Rebel sympathizing has spent its fury,
and the Government has only to be wise
and energetic to inaugurate success and ,a
glorious triumph over all its foes, open or
secret. So mote it be !—Lewisburg
Chronicle. •
OCR SICK AND WOUNDED.—Itt the
Senate, Harrisburg, Bth Jan., Mr. Lowry,
the warm-hearted, earnest Senator from
Erie, introduced the following joint, res
olutions, which, after remarks fronr him,
were adopted unanimously :
Resolved, That the unanimous thanks
of this Legislature be t-ndered to His
Excellency, Andrew G. Curtin, for the
foresight, energy and constancy manifest
ed in his efforts to privide proper
nursing and medical aid for the sick and
wounded Pennsylvania Volunteers in the
service of the United States.
Resolved, That we undoubtingly ap
' prove of the policy recommended by him
to the national authorities, that our dis
abied citizens should, whenever their
health and condition would permit, be
immediately moved to Hospitals within
our own State; and that we urge upon
the officers of the General Government
the importance of rendering their imme
diate and thoroUgh•co-operation in carry
ing out' the measures proposed by Gov.
Curtin for accomplishing this end, by the
adoption of. such regulations and orders
as will insure the regular transmission of
sick and wounded 'Pennsylvania volun
teers to the care of their families; or to
Hospitals within the State.
One of the Texans who boarded' the
Harriet Lane, immediately ou jumping
aboard, grasped a Federal by the collar,
exclaiming: "Surremier, or I will blow
your brains out !" The other replied :
"You had better look at me first !" Re
cognition was instantaneous; they were
brothers !.
Tho Louisville Democrat, the leading
Democratic paper of that State, says :
"There can be no true Democracy while
treason keeps its armies in the field, ex
cept war Democracy.. The office hunters
who, at a time like this, preach peace, in
the North, may be Democrats in name,
but in reality they are tories and, traitors,
who would be in arms against their Gov
ernment were they living in the :so-called
Confederacy." -
A grand
.Union meeting was held - in
Cincinnati on Monday night. Resolu
tions were adopted declaring that we give
renewed pledges to perpetuate thkUnion;
that we send the greetings of the Admin
istration to the Ohio soldiers; that we
will support a vigorous prosecution of the
war;
that the Mississippi must roll un
broken to the Gulf; that - submission to
the constituted laws and authorities is the
only basis of free, government; that we
will sustain those in power, whether they
please us or not,
.until others are put • in
their places.
Information is received from Corinth
that on the 22d instant' Col. Corwan,
with the 10th and 34th Missonri Regi
ments, surprised and routed a Rebel force
under Gen. Roddy at Tuseutnbia, Ala.
Two hundred prisoners, a number of can
non, and a wagon train were captured.
PRAYER FOR THE PRESIDENT.—That
earnest eccentric and blunt-spoken relig
ions,exhorter, Elder Knapp, who is now
holding forth every evening at the Wa.
bash avenue Baptist church in this city,
in a prayer the other evening used this
language : "0 Lord, wilt thou bless Pres
ident Lincoln ? Thou knowest that all
the Southern Aristocracy and all the rot
ton portion of the Northern Democracy
are down on him. Therefore will thou
bless him ?"—Chicago Journal.
. In the Illinois Legislature, a few days
ago, a Republican Senator was making a
war speech, and the Democrats interrupt
ed him, asking him why he was not in
the field. He answered that he was
"where danger was most imminent, and
where traitors were ming rancorous,"
which comes very near the truth.
The Savannah News says that the peace
propositions made at the North are "cow
ardly and ridioulous, and those who put
them forth know that the South will not
accept peace on any other terms than
unconditional independence."
Rebels, in noticing the number men
shot for the crime, reveal how extensive
aro the desertions from their ranks.
Some of 'onr eichangee having pub
lished 'what purported to be an extract
from-. a speech by Senator Buckalew,
which evinced a spirit of loyalty unex
pected of that eminent copperhead, the
Bloomsburg Democivt indignantly denies
IL It "is authorized to pronounce it a
mischievous fabrication, and infamous
falsehoOd." It is hardly necessary for
the Deptocrat to take up the cudgel in
defence] of its pet' politician ; no one ao
quainted with Mr. Buckalew's anteced
ents would . ever suppose him guilty of
speaking or writing one word in favor of
the Federal Government, or of anything
to hurt the feelingi of his brethren in
arms doWn South.—Letrisburg Citron.
' A Petinsylvania volunteer, writing from
Murfreesboro, 12th inst., says
"Many thanks to you for a copy of the
Governor's Annual Message. We are
right glad to' learn all it tells us cohcern
ing the prosperity of our stately old Com
monwealth. While we are here, behold
ing the !terrible workings of thoie pirnie
ious doctrines adopted by the Seceded
States, it strengthens our hearts and
hands to hear that the Administrative
Faculty, of our beloved Pennsylvania is
practicihg the principles of sound loyalty,
excellent political economy, and, a virtu
ous regard for the public welfare. How
well fol.' us that no hereditary right, or
political ftrickery, could place a at
the post of difficulty and 'danger, in Such
a time as this ! In your prayers for ,the
President, don't forget A.;G. Curtin." •
. One cause of the excitement against
the draft in Milwaukee ,was the fict that
the Germans had r been persuaded that
there would be no draft if they would
"vote the democratic ticket?! This was
such an'easy way to avoid the draft, that
the 9th ,ward, out of 927 votes, gave 693
democratic majority. , To their astonish
ment, no sooner had Milwaukee county
given nearly 5,000 majoritY for the ,'"reg
ular dethocratic ticket," than a draft came
upon them ! The 9th ward was drafted
for 169 soldieis ! That seems enormous,
to them; after voting the "regular demo
cratic ticket." Next year; some of those
honest Germa • s be heard from—"can
not fool ;the • again."
A oorres iondent of the Providence (R.
I.) Journal an officer in the army of the
Potoniad—c uses a fetter to the editor of
that paper as follorks: 1
"I am' no negro worshiper. I have al
ways believed that a l whitepan is a - s good
as a negro, if he behaves las well.• Ne
groes are as much interested in this war
as white men are ;limy amable and will
ing to fight—why not let them do so? I
would 83,8001:1 see black Men chair , ing on
hostile bayonets as white, men vlom I
call brothers. Their lives are no more
precious than ours. The , Rebels force
them to fight against us . ; whydo we not give
them au opportunity to fight for us ? If
there are i men in Rhode Island who are
unwilling negroes should fight for us, let
them come and fight themselves.': •
The Copperheads have; wasteil 4nucb
breath in circulating the 'falsehood that
the freed 'slaves 'employed by the Govern
ment at Port ROyal are worthless and a
vast expense to the country—that white
men are taxed to support lazy Degrees, &c:
An official report by the Secretary of the
Treasury sums up the receipts and ex
peuditures.on account of the freed slaves
thus :
Total Receipts 6726,984
" E4enditures 225,705
Bal. in fa7or of the negroes $501,279
It thus appears that more than half a
million cf dollars was Saved by these op
erations, ,and is in the hands of the As
sistant Treasu'rer at New York.
MICHIGAN'SOLDIERS.—The Detroit
Advertise;. (f.• 'Tribune says: "A vote for
Governor lwas taken among the members
of the 20th ;Michigan Regiment, as a
matter of political interest: Tho ballots
were counted, and the result has been
sent to us, ruthenticated by the Captain
of each Company. It agrees with the
soldiers' votes, everywhere else, in being
overwhelmingly Republican. ;nip result
was:
For Nustin Blair, Republican 563
For Byron G. Stout, Democrat 87
The sale of the New York 41'w-id (cop.
perhead newspaper) has been stopped
throughout the camps of the Army of
. the
'
Potomac by orders from the Provost-
Marshal General. The reason for this is
because it disseminated disloyal senti
ments prejudicial to the dimlipline of the
army.
arc There are signs of returning san
ity among the Rebels, on the matter of
retaliation. The Virginia Legislature it is
said, will repudiate drunken Letcher's
foolish attempt in that way, on the ground
that the disposition of prisoners of war be
longs exclusively to the confederate gov
erinent. It is also deemed eertdin that
the Confederate Congress will discoun
tenance the efforts of Jeff. Davis, inaugur-,
sting wholesale murder.
A short lime ago a fire broke suddenly.
at night, in the house of Mr. H. CI Poole
on 'Oil orddlc, Venango county, burning
it to the ground in a few minutes; and in
it the bodies of his wife and only dangh
ter,also the' wife of Mr. Geogales. All pos
sible exertions were made to, save the
house and rescue the bodies but in vain
It was nearly an, hour, before the bodies
wore recovered. They were then a black
and shapeless mass, and could only be
identified by fragments of their clothing
that lay beneath their bodies
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Just one thing more. The Judgments,notes
and book accounts which we have on band
must be settled and closed up immediately er
We fear they will be increased faster than the
usual rate of interest. 1 'Dee 11
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