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Wftlnesday, Jan. G, 18G4.
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IMI RIIWHI , _ rmmj.iiuM
The Lehialatit.e of this state convened
on Tuesday, the sth insr. In the House the
Abolitionists have a clear working majority.
In the Senate ow ing to the absence of a Mr.
White there is a tie. This gentleman it ,
seems ventured too far into the count:v of
tho rebels who di-. c-gariling hi- high official j
position took h: n prisoner, and now hold !
liiui in durance vile, in K ohm >nd, therefore
the tie—lt is untie.j a ted that in tin* state < ;
affair* these will :i t be a very speedy orgfitfl- :
zation of that body, doe wo-d;*- are in a |
terrible straight at this state of affairs and in
anticipation of d.flieultks. are coaxing threat
ening ai d bullying. The duty ot Democrat
ic Senator, is p'ain. T: cv will select a good
man from their number for lh- Speaker and
cote Jot him. If the v.. . liidesire a speedy j
settlement of the difficulty, and consequent
organization ; ft! I ■■ iv, tl.ey can vote lor
l.ini too. Let ly all mean"- let the Demo
crats Vote for i.i :i- and if none of the nigg- r ,
heads can see the iuci-aity of a speedy or
ganizaiion, let the D m c; :.ts do all they
can to effect it, by vott g i r him, and if tiny
are threatened, .•-.bused, and offered bribe-.,
a* doubtless they wbi bo h-t them take in- J
threats and abuse, but not the bribes, nod i
vote for bun. If by so doing we haven")
legislation for a.few weeks, we shall be per- '
fecliy satisfied if the Di-:n cra'ic r
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still continue lo vote Jar him
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A 5c sib'e Propos.itloi:.
We notice that some C agrts-man, we do
not now remember L - name, b,<- proposed j
an amendment to the com-cripti- n bill, mak
mg it the duty of the Board < I eXuir.irta ion
to examine lh -e drafted in each c unty, at .
the county seat. If this law is to be forced
upon the people—and it seems that it will be |
* —we hope that our rulers will concede this
much at least, to their patient 1.-rig suffering '
and forbearing suljects. The law is harsh, '
unjust, and cruel, even whin ad t in:-tired in i
its mildest form. But it bee trn-s an outrage '
l
opon humanity itself, to obi.g* its p.. r sick. !
lame, maiuied and crippled vi tims r<> take a
journey—many from sheer p >verty—rn foot I
and all at their own exp.-nso— -o.- me remote !
corner of a dietticl, l<> establish the fact of |
incapacity f>r military duty. Iu inar.v cases. I
too witnesses ere required to pr.. ve the facts j
in relation to tin* ra-t ; these too, hive to I
take this pilgrimage Irom "Da ito Beet.-h a.'' i
We used to think, thai nun acting in "illrial
capacity executive < rjudic a'—a I win. were j
paid by the p-" p'e—w e.'a tie servants ot the {
people and consult*d ti .r in or -ts—bin !
this idea ui d.-i the pi -ei.t oiJ<t "I things, i
seems to be an nntiq; . ltd on* .t I otdy en
tertaintd by old I g - s.
TheC<minu DiiAr r I' ;s i . I, by those '
who are instho the rig c. d presume! to
know that ibe d'-ft litis bo-en p<>-*p >nt-d to c \
time not liter than the 15th in-t. Both
daest-s vt .il io ih übt be dtaftcd fr* m and i* ,
the r< uirnutath n cliinfe is I < t strb hen om ;
entirely, it will propsbly be put ,t §5.00. in
stead of three. 'ibo<e who w* re <b<cii-irged '
i
on acc tint of ply - ice.! dis.ibilitv in rr.anv
cases w;h be suiprit-i to fin I themselves I
drafted nud i bliged '•> take p. rt ag lin iu a
"Model artist exhibiti- n."
Jacksoniau Firmness.
Our Abel il!c-n friend- bare a great deal to '
say about the J .cksoni.in iinmn-.,, <r Pre<i- !
dent Lincoln. We have carefully complied
I the proof. (
LCOS ON THIS FIUTt'KE
T have no pur; ■ s<- d n ct'd or in Brectly. .
to interfere with rhc r. Mitutiori of* alp.vprv in \
the slates where it exists. I believe I have
no lawful right tc. do so, aud I have no i
inclination to do so ''—President Lincoln in
his Inaugural Address.
THEN ON THI3. I
l I order and declare that all persons held )
as slaves in the s;.id designated States and •
parts of Stages are and hereafter shall be free/ i
" —Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.
AND THEN ON THIS.
,- I may add at (his point, that while I j
remain in my pr*sent position I snail not ait
cmpt to refract or modify the Emancipation
.Proclamation, nor slial! I return to slavery
any person who is free by the terms of that -
Prockmatinu, or bj' any of the acts ot Con- i
press.I*—President 1 * —President Lincoln s third annual | ,
Message.
Co.NOF.rSB resumed its deliberations yes
terday. Among the first fruits of its labors I
will probably be important cliaugcs m the | '
conscription law.
The Army or the Potomac seems to have
gone iuto winter-quarters. All active opera- '
tiocs are probably suspended i'er the winter 1
c nz.xrz!m:jrr-rjr:xarzxt ■ n~: i V r oamosarS*
The Source ol Poiitial Power—the Revo
lution Silent but tsurc.
The aubtle schema adopted by the Ad
miristiation to work a revolution in our sys
tem of government has, we fear, not been
dulv appreciated bv the tnas of the people;
or, possibly, in the rapidity with which one
extraordinary event succeeds another, has
' c-caped observation. io this point we desire
! to call csx )<!C i a ' attention.
The great and cardinal distinction between
a Monarchical and a K-publican system
consists in this, namely : that in the former
1 the Moi arch is the source of power; in the
i latter, the |e<p-e. In the < tic, all hones,
jail i in-.'uinents, all titles, all dign'ties, are
centred; 'n the crown; in the other, ai. thv-e
belong to, and flow irom, t-.-o people- In
Ei gland, f r example, ail liilc to real proper
;\ cvtftt is derived, either in ' tcr or in theo
ry, from the crown; and when, by the opera
Hon of anv cause known io the iaw, iniltvid
i ual title to an estate is defeated, that titio
i immediately rcvirta io tiie crown. i his
system, upon which the world had s<> long
oc'ed, in* totally rev luti nuze l by our
iathers. For the kinc. substituted the poo
- plr, thus in-ikmg "-.ir (1 iverninent p'p d.,i
in tor-n and practically pqviiur in ail its
operation". Instead of the people being the
subjects of servants of a kmg, the c vil
officer is made the servau ot the people; ami
the military is held to be strlct'j sub irdmate
; to the civil |>owcr.
| Such is, we think, a clear and succinct
i statement of the radical distinction between
the two systems. Our lathers saw, wi at ail
| history attests, that the lodxin nt ot such
i vast puwi-rs and patronage in the hamis oi
' one man, had been the source whence 11 e.vi -1
I the chief evils which l ave afH c'ed in.tiikim!,
in their political and scial cajiac.tv : and
I thev reasoned thai, as govt rnmi-ni cnn liy
concerned tin>se upon ub -m it was too.e
' rate, so thev siioiild be intrusted with the
i cust'-dv of its powers ; that gov. rament was
made f- r the people, and not the peoj !•.-
the goven ment; that instead ol uii L-i•• r'• -
i i.g taxed t*> rgpiam ize < i i u.r.n <t a t c* '
men.it- r vvaids right tuily belong to tin-e
who endure its burthens ; and that s ,he hi -
bnr of the people, in all their van u-avoca
tion*, is the sustaining ; wver of all expi-n ii
. lure, so tl.ey shod 1 retain the right t-> b-v
; all taxes, slid might justly demand a i .;id
i economy at the hands ol tLc.r < ,nc it m r
! va nt <s.
N" \v it is bv nr. artful and era ft V abu-c > ,
I ..
the pewrs winch me I onsiituii u c :i ■i -
1 upon 'he chief Executive, t.iat Mr. Lincoln
! is grtTdually, lm f r* volutioniZii g all
'these estabiijhed pr ncipAs, '• i> tna'/n;:
! himself the source d povwr, pan mag- ,
emolument, d-.rni'v and < fiicial st... ''D. an i
• is a!-o making tlie civil power d the i. • J"'
' subordina'c to the military an 1 in or h-r i:. t I
! he may accomplish his purpose the in re cer
' tainly, he c- n-tantlv :. ••■s out the deitisive
i idea that the Co.i-titu ion is inadc-q iste to
' meet the crisis which has been 1 rought upon
' by the wicked conduct of hiuised aiiti los
i part zans.
J And so he entraps the unw.iry, vv'tio I!e the
J credulous, purchases the c> rrupt—the er el\
he allures by the hope of gain from coniisca
I tions and contracts, the ambitious he secures
| bv the distribution of . ffic s both civil and
: military, lie has bv the most crafty n-urpa
! tio s, made himself the fountain whence
tti >w* all the m. st flattering hop f wealth.
' all official emolument and distinction. And
' hence all, whose patri 'ti-tn is not prod
ag-.uist such allurements, whose integrity is
; not s orn enouiah to resist su-. ii tempt.; itions,
! whose pf>!'-'ration is not kten e:,.>"gii to m-o
i ti rough such F'ltnle riispuiscs, are read, to
I sanction his lavv.e.-s ueuroativii-a to ahi-ut
'
1 praisi-8 to his acts and to lend their ail i
| tuith'-ring hi? .schemes. The p; :!o are fast
I becoming nothing but .ppres-cd tax pavci ;
the President is becoming everything except
, the s'-:v ut of the people. Tne revoluii :i,
• thus far, fi.as been silent, bill sure ; its j>rog
: ieH ate.ililiy, but ab-o'.u e; its awn covert, but
I dett-rinmed. Not long deuce wii the people
[-di.scovt-rtii.it under pretence oi crushing the
rein Hum, the Pr> -id. Nt in- ba n destroying
, the Coustiiuti m ; and w ! en the i.'i-coVi ry i
. made, sluml 1 the peoj 'e uu h r'-.ko to ri-m ii
; strate, they woli i c mfr mted bv half a irrl!
| ion bayonets. Sucli has been the history of
the downfall of liberty in other e nri'iie-, in
' other ages. The world moves in a circle,
i c
| I.et no man be guilty of the follv. of suppos
: i::e that Constitutional libertv is a thing
. .
which may be kicke 1 about like a font bill'—
that it may be resigned to-day and resumed
to morrow. On the contrary all historv
shows, that when power is centred in the
hands of one n an, it is r.orer resigned with
out reluctance; and thai to wrench it thence
has caused many of those convulsions which
have to fearfully shaken human s ciety.— Age
Thk Cuime Of Silence —"The man who
statu!,, by and says nothing when the peril of
his government is diecussed cannot be mis
understood".—Lincoln.
"The government is now in peril, and we trut
no one will be guiiiv of the crime <-f silence-
Mr. Lincoln condemns r. Let us ail there! ue
cry aioud am! spare not. i he? grand and glo
r ous heritage of our t/tiier-. tne product of
their blood, their fears, an ! their sufferings
through seven long years of doubtful struggle,
is now about to be 1.-st. Tiie President of the
United States has uo desire to save it. lie
sets aside tiie Constitution. If your neighbors
house was on fire, you would run and cry
"fire.Cie," until! you bad awakened the in
mates. But our Constitution is on fire
the Abolitionists are burning it up, and
should we not cry aloud until the people -ee
the danger that threatens them?—— Let n
one hereafter be found guilty of the crime
silence."
" When a feller gits a goi'n' down
hill, H dues seem as tho' everything had been
giuastd for the ockaeh'jn."
;g;.a-ua.r-jr- ".v. gap-ur-r.-L-m x n
Death of Archbijh-tp Hughes.
John Hughe-, H g'u Reverend Archbishop
of New YoU, .i tiio Roman Catholic church,
d t'd u V is residence, l'-)8 M olison avenue, in
this city. II" had been sick for some days
previous, his illness appearing t<> result from
his extreme age and feeble state of body
rather than from any acute attack of sudden
1 disease, and his dejnise had been momentari
ly expected fo more than forty hours, lie
was apparently in full possession of Ids men
(A faculties at the moment of his death,
hut Was verv weak an 1 quite unable to speak.
, Besides his physicians there were present at
his beds} R: Bishops McLaughlin and c!u>key '
. Fathers Mooney, McMahan, Nelligan, Mc-
Carthy, Starrs, and some others. His great
, age, some s.-remy eight years had brought
with it a ft ebleness of his physical strength i
that appeared to be increasing (or some time
1 past, and destroyed the vigor ofhisbdilv
system so that it was unable t rally from
, this last attack. The illness of the venerable ;
prelate was referred to i:1 the Catholic
churches yesterday morning, when the
, priests, tntny of t lie n with teirs tl lwing
'copiously, requested the prayers of the
church m" his behalf, fr recovery, if such
should be the Divine wiil. Tnere was an
unusual solemnity in the services, as it was
generally nr.dermoid that the Archbishop
# 1
i was m >st dangerously ill. The arran e
nients f>r the funeral services will be made
t o-dfiJK The death of Archbishop Hughes
! will he deplored beyond the limit- of his
church government. His hearty ift>rts to
' prom what he believed to be the best in
terest s of humanity in America his warm u*-
' terest in the welfare of iiio count: y, evinced
by his labors and precepts at home and
abroad, will be lemembered and reverenced
by a wiiole people, without regard to theo
1 gie.il lii-iineti ns, while in the church of
which he was here a zealous and dignified
j prelaie, the news of his death wili be rtceiv- j
' t-i with I e deepest - and most heartfelt re-
Jotul Hughe.', D-D , Archbishop of New
Y rk, was ? rii in the norsh <■{ Ireland in :
I7UB, an I was e n-equently about sixty five
y< ar -oi l. He was the son of a respectable 1
' farißi i - , an 1 on emigrating to this country in j
\ 1817 was placed with a flourish to kirn the ,
i art of gardening. 11 ing of a studious ami
j ambitious turn ot mind he did not rein on in
. s employ meet, but entered the the dog cal.
i
seminary if Mi u:t St Mary's, Einmettsburg
Md. , where be was - ion em Imcd as a tech
j er. He was ordained priest i,i 1825, an 1 was
s.-rtied i i a p irish in P iii i k-'q-o •. In 1832
: lie ( uiiidt 1 Sr. J .hn's C ureh m t-:i- cm ,
' ar. l bee ..-ne its r.-ct' r. I i 1837 he was ap
; ini:I•• •! e a juror •.f t>i-'•:> 1) ibi •<, in th
d e.-e of Ne -v-Y-rk, and in the folio -ving .
v. ar Hi-'- > Dolm s being .it ac- ed will.
i !\ -s. w.a- ap >i .- i id a 11-lri> >r l
i '
j • d;. The gvrn ii -ir of the ciuir. h
ui t'u ' dl' c—e w,a- h-' <-ei' rrh in his ha ti
rh ;-h he J ; 'l not become ac u.i! bishop uit'il i
1812. when His e. UnboiA died. The c -adjut <r
j bad already become
( the f under of Sr J -hn's "olh-ge at Fordham i
j Subsequently he established the' theological <
at r:i nary of St, Joseph, at I' rdiiarrt. lu 184-1
i he was sohcted by President Polk to accm* j
! a sf.ee a! mission to Mexico, but declined. In ,
j 1850 X' w Yoik was raised toth • dignity of j
I an arc'.iepisc >jnl see, arid Bi-lmp Hughes was i
j invested with the sacred office at the bands
: of die Pope at Rome.
Archbishop Hughes has been frequently
engaged in public Controversies in defense of j
. i relic on, and distinguished himself alike !
by k:s i,hi Lies aid tie good temper winch i
■he preserved in a!! bis discussions. He was
a prci re of groat influence, which In- IIM d fo i
- j l ie b f , ai i .since tin; civ.l disturbances in J
America has employed the gr<-a uVight of '
his ai acicr earnestly in behalf of the cause !
i •' I
I of the Union.
i 1 -
THE F? :t TAT PRIZE FIGHT. —The Asia. brings |
an account ot tlie great fight f r .£I,OOO a '
! side, between lle*na.s and King, which look !
! p!ie, on the imunine of the 10'h, at Tun- 1
, j bridge, in England. King won in twenty-j
. i five roqpds, the fight haviug lasted thii ty one j
' minutes.
i The Londen Times devotes a leader to the
affair and also pnblidies a graphic special ac
; cunt. It editorially says:
•j Heenan was game tlmmght, fr un the begin
ning to the clone nf (he tight, and he put the i
'hug' on sous to crush his antagonist by da.-h j
InS him to the irround. King's tactici- were i
i different and more creditable lo a pi >fe-ser
ot pwgili-m. They consisted simj.lv of sledge- j
haunn.'i blows on tee most piominv.it and |
sensitive parts of Human's physiognomy, un - j
I till the latter collapsed from exnau->ti-ui. The I
affair was over in twenty four rounds and I
! thirty-five minutes. There appears to have j
j nevertheless, a fair stand up fight, without j
a check, and ended in a decisive victory foi l
King.
The Times concluded its article by assorting
that "prize lighting is more revolting than
> bull fighting and ought to be discouraged."
MICWAELCORCORAN died on the I
22 im-1, of ijnnriea received by a fall from
! his horse* he was a native of Ireland, and j
emigrated to thisc mntry in JB4O making the j
city of New York his residence. lie enteted j
" tiio service of his adopted country on the
breaking out of the rebellion, as Colonel of J
i tiie New York COili The gallant fighting of I
this Regiment, at the battle of Bull Run, i
where Colonel Corcoran was wounded and j
taken prisoner, has become matter of history,
and will be remembered as among the bravest j
incidents of the war. Up on his release from j
the I.ibby Prison, he was promoted to a
Brigadier General's commission ,and soon re- j
cruitcd a Brigade, at the head of which he
was in active service up to the time Of his !
dea th.
(
&"2T* The New York Tribune says that '
the circumstances in which Mr. Lincoln is j
placed are unprecedented. We have no doubt I
that Lo himself will soon be unpresideutod-!
T* T' VtJF 3e ~~— 1- Xl.Xlg*V £ S2m -L~ TJiTI JtMfJKH
Gen Jl'Clcllau's licp -rt of IDs Opcratios in 1
Virginia
Washington, Dec 23.—General McCM'an'a !
report was transmitted to the House to-day.
It consists o! seven hundred and sixty five ;
tools c ip pages, and is divided into four parts- |
lie concludes as follows:
u I sliall not. nor can I. while living, forget
that when I was ordered t<> '.he command of
the troops for the defence of the Capitol, the
soldiers with whom I had shared so much of
the anxiety and pain ann suffering of the war,
had not I 'st their confidenc • in me as their 1
commander. They sprang to lay call with all i
the ancient vigor, disipline and courage. I led
them into Maryland. F:fien days after they
bad fallen back, defeated, before Washington,
tiiey vanquished the enemy on the rugged
heights of South Mountrin, persued him to
the hard fought field of Antietam, and drove
him broken and diipirited down the Po'oiuac
'
onto Virginia. The army had need of the
rest, after the terrible experience of battles
and marches, with scarcely an interval of re
pose, which they had gone through from the
time of their leaving for the Peninsula—the:
return to Washington, the defeat in Virginia,
the victory al S.uih Mountain, and again at |
Antietaui—i' was not stirpii-ing that tkey
were in a large degree destitute of the ab.-o
lute necessaries o effective duty.
"Their shoe were worn out; their blankets
were lost, and their clothing was in rags. In |
short, the men were unfit P>r active*service,
and en interval for rest and equipment was !
necessary. When the slowly forwarded sun
pii.s came to u, I ted the artny across the -
river, reii Wed, reft* shed.and in good order j
and discipline, and followed the retreating ;
foe to a position where I was confident of do.
: ci-ive victov; when in 'he midst of the move
ment, wh le my advance guard was actually !
1 in contact with the enemy, I was removed
' from inv c unin ind.
"I am devoutlv grateful to G 1 that rnv last
campaign with this brave army was crowned
with a victory which saved a nation from the !
i
gr rites' peril it had then undergone.
"I h ve not accomplished mv purpose if by I
this report the Army of Potmac not placed '
hig ' on the roll of the hisforie armies of the
wr! 1. lis deeds ennoble the nation to
i :
which it be! ings. Always r idv lor ha'tie
; alwavs finn. steadfast and trn-tworthy. I
ner. r called on if in vain nor will the nation ;
ever have can-e to a"ri' ut ■ its wan. of sue
1 ee-s under myself or un ler o'her commanders
to any fiiiure of patriotism or brav-ry in tliat ,
noble body of Anu i ican soldiers.
"No man can ju-:!y cli.arge upon any portion •
of that arm*.*, fro-n 'he c .mnvt *ding g*nera! to .
the pr:vate,*'nnv lack of d'*voti .n to the sor ,
; vice oi tie United S'ates G- vernrrent. and j
■ t' 'h<' cnne 'f tie Uonsti'nfion and the
Union Ti-ey bav-- proved them fenr'v in
tnoeh sorrow, suff. ring and danger, and
through the ve-v s a low of death. Their cot a i
r.idi s dead on all the fi-lds where *.ve f.uig!|f, .
. have scarcely more claim to the honor of a '
: ati"n's reverance. than the survivors to the i
i justice of a nation's gratitude."
The report c vers the period from the ;
, 2Gth of Julv. to N lyemborTth, 18G2.
"
Abolition Loyalty Reduce 5 to Practice
' A report recently went the rounds of the I
! paj-l'S, that a c-rtain New England Senator
| , r; is of taking n hrihe to secure the
discharge >f C v f pr sonerfs confined in tiie
old Capitol prison i" Washington, on the |
charge of treason, and placed there by the ,
fiat of Secri'tary Stanton. Immediately \
] Senator II de <>f New Hainpshi re, rose in f:> j
place in the U. ,S. Senate, to make persona! i
, explanation. After allu I; ng to this repor;cd ;
cise of hridery, he went on to relate tlie facts |
; in tw > ras'-s in which he had been employed :
i as a lawyer, by two of Stanton's prisoners j
j in he old Capitol, from one of which he re- !
j ceived one thousand dollars, and from the
! other two thousand dollars; and then appeal
j ed to Senator Johnston of Maryland, ta know
jif he had clone anything amiss. Mr. Johns
| ton, without hesitation, replied that he
| could see nothing wrong in it, ash* 1 <>d
j dune the same thing himself. T'n was as j
; clear as mud. But Mr. Ilile seems to have
thought this not quite sufficient, and moved
the appointment of a committee to investi
gate and report on the subject.
Now, we don't pretend to b*ci;>ibleof
deciding so important a p >int as is here rais
, ed—nor would it make much difference it we i
I were. But we cannot fail to see that Senator •
Hale, and Senator Johnston, and Senator j
anybody else, could not fail to make a Very ;
I "nice thing" in this way. All they would |
require would be to have Stanton as a part- !
I ner. Let Stanton' catch the birds. Then i
Hale Co, could pluck them. Next to
Mr. Chase's mill for grinding out "greenbacks
this would he our plan for replenishing an j
, exchequer. Mr. Stanton would need to be
I only a little particular as to the kind of bird j
he was to cage. Those who are most i
wealthy, and could shell out the biggest pile, j
would be the most disloyal in his e-timation; j
and forthwith these sympathizing, patriotic
■ high-minded, honorable Senators Hale, Johns- j
i ton <fc Co., would represent their crses in the ;
darkest light possible; that innumerable diffi
j culties had to be overcome, and that nothing ,
but money (simply a lawyer's lee) would ;
■ save them. The report of the commit tec is j
1 anxiously looked for. It will no doubt be a
j curiosity.— Clearjieldßepublican.
| GENERAL SCOTT AND OUR CIVIL MAR.
\ The Herald says that Genaral Scott, in a re ,
' cent conversation on the developemon ts Oj
the war remarked that the fighting couiuieitc. i
' ed, and ihat the real hard fighting was yet to j
take place. He also added that the auminis- .
i (ration had tooled away nearly every golden j
opportunity, and thus, instead of ending the ,
| rebellion, as they could have d ine, long since j
1 have extended it ty the distant future.
;—
j
1 £"2£TD is said that President Lincoln has
tfit* small pox or the varioloid.—lf it should
L happen to be the former, will th e Govern- j
' meat of the Vo"e<l States be pock-marked? '
Tg*AC S.T t ,Wt? -9\r^:tUUC^.Z^JKJ3SJE- -!'ffi" —--yn
Tar ENROLLMEUT ACT.—Several amend- |
mems to the Enrollment Act have already j
; been introduced in the Senate and llmst.
From wha' cm be gathered of the disposition
! of member's, there appears to be a probabili
; ty that the exemption on payment of a com
i in 11 ration will be retained, although the MHO
be raised to five hundred d itiars. Tiie im
press ton now is. that the classes will be abol
: islied, and a!! able bodied citizens from twen
| ty t ' forty-five years of age will be included
! in the next draft, should one be necessary;
Letter to a Conscript.
1 The folbnvn g amusing letter to a gentleman
! of wealth who was drafted, was writtvn by a
|" veteran" who was in Washington at the
time. The letter was addressed as ndlowa: "
To Ransford P. C—, Private in the cn.te i
States Army, Fayetteviile, Onondagr|County j
I New York "
" WILLAKD'S HOTEL, IYASHINGTON )
August 20, 1863. $
" Lovely Conscript : Permit me to cmi
! gratulate you on the lucky circumstance
i which gives you the salary of thirteen dollars
per month and three dollars fifty lor cloth
! tig . a chance to study geography in a man
| ner at once sound and certain ; a chance to i
!go up the ladder of Fame and becetr 0 itn |
! 'tiorlal ; a chance to eat mule meat and hard '
tack, and to drink commissary whiskey j
: worth thirty seven ai d a half cents per gal
-1 lon. I also congratulate my country. I
i know you can do all these things and more. j
! There may be some things, lovely conscript,
I regarding the mighty pomp and circumstance :
of war' on which you wonld des re a frit n :ly
posting. A few of these lam happy to
i
ito n t'Ct' and would a-k your distinguished
consideration to all mv rem irks.
"In the first place, sleep. Repose is a great
study—the ancients r dated this IO a sci
ence, and the example of Socrates is one
showing how a gt.o I thing may be carried too
fir. IPs last sleep was to much for him
j I am Certain you can excel the famous
! philosopher, for I know yen can stand any
| amount of repose. Do not sleep in hem!' ek
sw.imp, o- on picket, or on a iate sup' r
I would advise preparation for sleep. Tie up
j your clothes and hide them secure in the •
-nelter of a tent, or the fro-lorn of som- we!! I
ngulated s'iaw sack, and after u teriug
t your now 1 lay me,' incline yourself wit! '
a gentle slope calculated to induce water to j
seek your feet.
• '"Second- Eat—This X' robe is designed j
Ito iii11 rove vonr muscle a; do> the uuiiei-ai i
I
! requc- Iran the Or-at Commissar Sub-I
| sistence, 'Owe u> ih> div our dai'v bread,'j
i \on uay add such sao pes of retieshme it i- |
: may < ccur to you, and steal a chicken or a !
-p E Tins KII -mid e joy the warm attention >
•'fa fire composed of equal proportions oi -,
g r leu t. nee and old doors.
"3d. Mmey. Go' it. Fir-t from the Pay- j
master, never lettiig anv vile sutler have ;
chance at y.-ur hard tarniLg. 2d. By;
| method of speculation. After pay day, amuse
i yourself with a quiet game of draw,' and !
should you hold lour kings and cue ace, !
j invest your pile, and see how your energy j
i will be rewarded. I\ S. Don't bold four
laces too often. Hiving your sleep and foob,
and money, you inai compare yourseif favora
dlv to the Hotel Flunkev Bov. ami all you i
1 - Ml"' 1
; mat now of ie will be sou e assistance ::i
march rug; on a long march straggle; ak
; adv ti < t Surgeon ot.lns assistant, get in or
, behind an ambulance; borrow a stray h TST.
land confiscate him for your own condor'; j
I c t)l off the tails of your cat and say you are j
! mounted cavalry ; creep under a hc-lcc. an 1 ,
n mem M vour deep—you int lit ting a lew ;
j lines: i
" There is rest for the Weary."
i " Now, my b.'axe hero. I congratulate you'
1 shake your hands and say f amnus things
for you. I see you through the thiclt'sim-ke
of battle and of meerschaum pipes. And;
when that mild, fair evnirg of pence shall |
come, we will sit under the shade of our own I
vice and fig tree,' or ' John II dees' stoop, j
■ aud swap lies about this creel war—"i- j
! stoaies will be chased—of tnen who chased j
us and whom we chased. on si ail fhen be ;
a Congressman.. I will be a contract. :
Under thut partnership onr country will i • |
nowhere. I hpnr the roll of the drum, and I
| hear the orderly as he calls your name.—
T hear the sob that, follow your departure,
and the thanksgiving that heralds your |
i return. Who would not be a conscript?—
1 Don't all speak at once. Poetry, prudence ■
and principle might urge that I request you .
to remember the girl you leave behind you. |
I Return to her and to us, covered, not with !
fleas but with glorv. Be prudent, he active,
he gallns. Forget not our llag, and remem.
her my kind interest.
"Yours, powder' percussion and patriot- j
ism. 300 DOLLAR VETERAN." j
The Enrollment Act.
WASHINGTON Doc. 18. —Senator "Wilson ;
' to-day reported hack the bill amendatory of
tiie Enrollment Act, adding a new clause
abolishing the $"00 commutation feature o' i
1 the presant law. It includes in the enroll
ment any person arriving at the ago of 20 I
i years, and any one who has not been in th 0 1
'service two years and honorably discharged .
It exempts a person who may attain his 43th .
| birth day between the errollment and the j
draft, but abolishes trie exemption of felons,
and exempts none in cases where relatives j
are wholly dependent upon their labor fori
support unlees actualy supported by their la* j
bor.
Senator Dixon,s amendmen'exempt* al per
sons reconized as clergymen bv the Eccle-j
! s i,istical authority of their denomination.
Mr. ITendrick's amendment proposes two i
classes of enrolled persons as in the existing;
law, the second class not being liable to be !
called out till the first is exhausted.
"ONLY ONE"— One hour lost in the morn. J
ing by lying in bed, will put back and may J
'• frustrate all the buine?s of the day.
ryr.r M£3ux~*r .nc i —i WBMUMMMMPjI
LOCAL AND _P£2&O2ML'
Wanteil, o/i subscription, at this of.lee.
Wheat, C>rr>, Kyc, Oats, Buekwb-it and grain of ail
kinds. Also, corn :n the ear, buy, straw good winter
pples, potatoes, butler, lard, cbeesn and produce of
' most all kinds. Money never refused.
Ageuttor the Democrat— AlllßA GAY, E<O
,
| his consented to net as our Agent in receiving and
j receipting subscriptions for the North Brunch Lietn
; ocrat. All monies paid him either on subscription,
I or for advertising will be duly accounted for and
| credited the same c , if paid to us.
Tile Saturday livening l*om.—The Publish
erof tiiis old and valuable Literary weekly jour
: na!, have entered ujon their forty-third y egr
i under tha inos' favorable auspices. .Mrs. Wood the
celebrated English anth'>rc?s commence* in tbe firt
number of tho y< :r, one of bor charming novels en
• titled " Oswald Cray." Marion ilarland. Virgii-U
| F. Townjcnd. and various oiler excelb nt writers
1 will contribute to its columns some of their beat sto
! ties. In addition to these it will contain weekly r
! ports of the Markets, Agricultural reading—tho
; I i'i -t news items etc , making a must valuable fatui
j ly, fiterarv, r.n 1 news paper.
0n of Wheeler A Wilson's ce'coreted Sewing ma
> chines, worth 845, is off red bv the pub'-Uhers to anv
! one who will get up a Club of thirty, sending tin m
j tco.
t The terms of tiie IV.st :ire i' 2, per rem- f,-, p single
| copy—two copies 83, Four copies —Eight copies
' (one to geftrr upof clu ) 812, eepy of the Post
; and one of the Lady's Friend —Specimen nmn
; bers sent free on appli •ation.
Address, Prri'.nsov,
Xo. 319 Walnut h't., I'hilad'a,
Thel.adlos f. riotul Is the till *- of a magaiine
j the first number of vfhieh wo have received. Its
name in lica-es itsohara-ter, and jalgiug fro-n the
! book before a-", it is well bestowed. It will take iU"
; lace in ti.e literary mal Fa.-hionable world along
, side o: (rodey and o;!.er ■ 1 i es-tab ished nagizn-s
' It is a! ly edited by Mrs. Ilenry I etrrson, and offer
tad to single ends Tibers at the Iw price of Q2.00 per
annum, fw i copies for 53.00 speJiiiep numbers sent
free • n a plication.
Ad iree ( LEACOS A I'rTziisox,
N •■. 319 Wotnut St Pbitad'a.
The EleeUoii lor Judges Itisprrlors and
other Fown-ship officers *si!i be heldin this Countv,
on the 12th iust. (Tue <}v.y i.est) Ihe imjortanco of
attending ml voting at this elect;') I is often over
iooked. Ath >rough, r.! if - u ing - and refirmation
in the Siiii-.in..-tr:it. >n of the laws • i the ciunttj i. j
i imperatively Pemnn • 1 3l"nshou'i t>e oloteo who
r••• g iz> in their civil 'd s l.'g cr law tlum civil
i 1 iv. T a >se sv la o icoar.gc. and pi active infvftiot •
'vi it inter any pre t w !it • ver, -,-•• ut 5". in nto
I'U.M, even in the lowest < faci ! capacity, The wore
of s.ringin ''# • k tit: t i- n the • .1! or far of things
wlt.n a m Mi's I. use wis hi- •<;! •, .;.,t tube invaded
i wi'h impunity, by any. ev-• tfi- higliest in the land
: must leg: iin the Towns'ii • E••i >i- oir ••irl
! right* love been 'ran ;!el und r foot bv the party
| row i:i o..v.We •' if iuiv tue right to vote! Let
1 us i-ier "so TFJ.IT : : 'll W!JV IT.- may r-y voting for
j ''• "i 1 wi.oarr to fnv.r of ' oatinaiug th
r ail', wit'i-.u r.- r- str''tions o- tcit o<ths. other
'
' than 'hr ;..:vc-i ty the constitution n i laws.
A *ati' :;ul siniik->l'tidi*r the Law of the Inst
' Cmgr.- , - u'idcrstaui is to ! *tarte-i hi
j this pi ice. <duite a large portion of the st..k bus ai
! re Jy '• o :ri; ie ice i bv tho tra.r,'e 1 men of this Con v.
I The issue* oi th.-.s baa!;*, it is thought, will almost,
if n >t '-ati.vij super- •Je tboao under our ttate law...
ADati aiaii Vis't—Ti-.re i!| he a. donation
v -it it the house of Ir. 11. ?. Cooper at Newt- n
j Center for the 1 crt.fi: of the lUv G. W. Seofieid on
I Thursday ,)an -Ist. af >.rr-oon and evening. ' Lie
t'oat irivvth to t!ie p-.or len ieih to the Lord" If you
i liis.c the e inity firing on your green-btu-kv
COMMITTEE CF AP.iIAJ.'GMENT.S.
John Hi. e Mr* John Hire,
John l> tl!atn " ?o!iti Pollau,
Charles lvcin " Charle* Kern,
John Cooper " John Cimper,
L. li I'.escn-rants " L. II Ibm net ant*.
IJorr.ce Lifts •' Horace Lifts,
J. Rolosop " J. lb.lt- soli,
Amos Beemcr " Aoios Bectuer,
Miss J. Fioscncranti " A Fuller,
" Eliza Litts " C SLerwuotl,
.Mrs. J. B -scckc..
j Lead the ur'i le in to-days paper cntit'- !
: "The Ilevolir on aijent ditt stuc". No e tn-ti-1 :a oi
I can din! to ,-ce the truthfulness of its conclusions
Court Wee! —which is wv r.-ar at hand " if
be ft go.i i time for cut delicqu-.-ut subscribers to sen!
in what they may owe us. V.'e are in need of in ni
cy and must have it from onr subscribers. Cur p.i
--j per and ink a;-- about double M<* old price, an t our
J expenses in every way haveahn-st doubeled aotwith
; all this we sti!! furtii*h o.ir piper at t!:c o! i price.
; Jn looking over our b.aiks we fi.i 1 a large nuuil-cr
l who have never p.i il us trim ii" b- gitiing. To su a
Iwe would say that patie.ice like our coat Is emir
j worn threadbare; and in order to restore both, ui
i rend the Democrat they must pay up.
AsoTiirn MURDER. —On Friday ttenir.-'
' last, a s<>!dier en'ored the saloon of Charles
Cchs. on Cedar street, and on being denied
soui? latrcr, drew out a pistol and threatened
to shoot the bar keeper.—Mr Ochs, to prr
vent trouble, took the pistol from the intox
eated sol diet*, and told him to call for it in
i morning, The indignant soldier repairel t"
the camp about a mile distant, and mustered
about a dozen men, armed to the teeth, an ere
turned for the purpose of cleaning out the >a
loon .Mr. Ochs, seeing pistols pointed at him
retreated fmm a tear window* for the purpose
i of procuring assitance to prevent tiie destruc
tion of his property. He returned with a
large torce and the marauders thought it be
to make a hasty retreat. As they had fled
; few feet fr< m the door of Mr. Cobs, a slwt
1 was fired which took effect in the head <•:
Thomas McChntock, a member of one of the
, cavalry companies s ationed lu-rc. Mr. Och
! and his brother Peter were speedily arre> ted
by the military. Dr. J\Y Gibbs, Coroner c;
; tti® county, becoming acquainted with tin
| facts, summoned an inquest for the purpose
'< of ascertaining the cause of the death of the
j deceased. The jury after a patient hearing
: rendered a verdict that the deceased came
I his death by a pistol shot, fired by some per
■ son to them unknown. Both the Mr. Och
.were discharged at once, and received the
! warm congratulations of numerous friend'
Much as we would desire the arrest and en-
Ticuon of ths guilty party, we are heart'!:
1 glad that the stain <f taking the life of a !>"
' man being is i">t to rest upon either of ti"'
| Mr. Or.hes.
It is believed that the shot was fired by
' of the soldieas,"from the fact that a flash *
j report was seen and heard froiu the vicing
!of the rotrr iting soldiers, and the lit •
S McClintock was observed at the same
! by a person standing near.— Scranton AG '
' ftt.