fist Democrat.
HARVEY SICKLER, Editor.
TUNiLBANNOZK, PA
Wednesday* June 8, 1864.
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The Draft for this district wag commenced
at Troy on the 2d inat. We have been in
formed that the drawing for this County, was
to be made yesterday. We have not yet ob
tained a list of the victims. "Vote for Cur
tin, and avoid the draft," said the shoddy
itea. last Fall.
Ttu War.
The news from the seat of war indicates no
very great progress in the "on to Richmond"
movement. Though several severe engage
ments have taken place, with much loss on
both aides, Gen. Grant's advance is contested
Inch by inch. II ia now on the Chickahvtni
ny, almost in the exact position occupied hv
McClelian and his army two years ago this
month.
4s
The second abolition pow wow, the shoddy
wing, met at Baltimore yesterday to nomi
nate a candidate for President. As yet noth
ing Jof their proceedings has reached us. The
Rail alias Union splitter is said to have the
thing all cooked up in his own way ; and will
doubtless be nominated on the first ballot.
Gen. Dix, Daniel S. Dickinson or some rene
gade Democrat will be put on the ticket for
▼ice President, with the hope that a few
Democrats may be gulled into the support ef
the ticket. In order t> throw cold water on
the Frement ticket, it is predicted that the
platform will contain all the uigger planks
except that of miscegenation; the abolition
preachers, not yet having fully educated the
masses to accept the nigger into their conju
gal embraces.
JEST The Baltimore Convention will be a
highly flavored concern if ail the delegates
who are chosen to sit injit arc allowed seats.
In addition tc the darkies who will claim ad
mittance from South Caroliua, there wiil also
be a delegation of negroes from Florida
These last were chosen at a meeting held in
St. Johps, which were presided over by a
person named SNOWBAI L, who has also been
sent as a delegate. This may read i>iic a ;o!:c
but is a veritable fact. Notwithstanding tho
love of the shoddy people for the negro, wp
fear that if the Snowball delegation is admit
ted to the eonvi-ntion and the weather should
prove warm, they will be crying "Seme emu
goog apothecary.''
A New COIN. —The two cent coin author
ised by a recent act of Congress is now in
escalation in the cities. It is twice the s'ze
of the cent, and is composed of ninety five
parts pure copper and five parts tin and zinc.
The obverse bears a shield testing upon two
crossed arrows, and surrounded by a wreath
of laurel. At the top is a scroll containing
the words, "In God we trust," and at the
bottom the year of coinaga. 1604. The re
terse contains the figure 11 2'' encircled b/ a
•heal of wbeat, and in the margin are the
words "United States of America." The
piece is neatly executed, but its value should
have been more clearly expressed.
•
The tax on matches by the new
bill, is one cent per box. Mr. Carlton has
three establishments in Boston. p*yi p & the
government 81,400 taxes per day.
The consumer ot course, has it to pay in
the end. We are now tax>-d on nearly every
thing, and in so many ways, that we pay tax
when we do not know ft.
rar John M. B -ttssars: Prom the
portico of my house, I and my family have
seen nine battles fought on my own fields,
and just before my own door, between hos
tile troops, who but yesterday, as it were
boasted of a common history, a common na
tionality, and a common destiny.
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Easily Embarrassed.
The way this administration gets '•embar
rassed" is a caution to all grannies.
If you vote as Christianity and common
sense dictates against Old Abe you "era
baras*" the administration.
If you disapprove of despotism and de
nounce the monstrous stealing aud c irruption
in the land, you "embarrass" the administra
tion.
If you don't make a blackguard of your
•olf and aing copperhead, as Old Abe and his
oilco holders do you "embarrass" the adtnin
ist ration.
If you speak lightly of the negro, and
don*t go in for equality, an 1 advocate nepro
suffrage you " embarrass" the administra
tion.
If you defend free press, free speech, and
the Constitutional rights of freemen, you
"embarrass" the administration.
If you are in favor of the Constitution and
the Union of our fathers, you "embarrass "
the administration.
So vu King George "embarrassed" when
he attempted to fasten tho fetters of despot,
tern upon our fathers, and so are all tyrants
" embarrassed" when lb'rty ilroj;gles with
! The Lincoln Administration * Photo
graphed by its Friend*.
Tba Democratic preaa throughout the 1
| country are denounced with great virulence 1
' for even hinting that the Administration of
; Mr. Lincoln la not the very mod&i of parity !
J and honesty. Por one, we hare been very
1 much inclined to deny it, and not wishing to !
J incur the wrathful displeasure of & few who
' believe it to be treason to " oppose the ad- j
ministration/' we have t ;ken the trouble to j
insert what may be regarded a most faithful
photograph, produced by its own friends
l lt is true te life, but the half baa not been
. told. I
The New Nation, a radical paper just I
stalled in New York, says ;
" After having rashly and prematurely
launched the country into the dissensions
; inseparable from a Presidential nomination,'
the friends of Mr, Lincoln, who believed that
by proceeding thus, they would gain the ad
! vantage of an early trial, and who in this
j hope have employed the immense patronage
!at their disposal to draw the people in the
| wake of Certain over-complaisant Legisla
tures. now perceive that they have taken the
wrong road."
The Commercial Advertiser, another New I
I
York sheet, says t
" The original legal tender bill was a gross '
and shameful violation of justice and equity. !
as it interfered with the pro exisiiug co
tracts between individuals ; and it greailr
injured the industrial and commercial classes I
by depriving them nf the oniy recognized '
standard of value. For this act, no real nec
esaity has ever been shown except the mere
naked assertion ot its partisans that it was
necessary as a war measure."
The Harrisburg Telegraph, one of the moat
1 rabid ar.d bloody t-f that stripe, is entitled
to some credit for telling the truth con
tained in an article a few days since.—.
Among many things it says:
j "We believe that the great crisis of the 1
war is now upon us. All things seem to i
: tend to this belief. And yet strange as it j
may appear, those raot interested in the |
• business of providing against the w>>rst that
may happen, are doing the least. indeed, if
j the ruin of the public should cine upon us- '
• if the capna's of the srate.% north and ut the
nation, should fall into the hands of the one- j
: my, it will be while the representatives of
the people are engaged in vain struggles po- !
'liticallyor projects concerning themselves)
pecuniarily ; while Congress is frittering
away its lime in exhibitions of black-guard .
ism, while one half of its members are pur
suing its own interests to the neglect of the j
public business—while the speculators '
i are oppressing and almost starving labor
and while licientioiisness and riot fi.l the
i land Rome to fi Idling Nero did not pre
sent a more frightful pic:ore, than do the
states that are loyal as well as the states
that are rebellious, exhibit to the world. j
When all this will end or how it will end, i
God only knows, and we can only say, God
, save the Republic '.
The Now York Tribune, in Speaking of
• Congress, says :
j '• We are now in the grandest crisis of our
National history , we choose dwaifs to ilu
the work which may well employ angel*
i There may be forty men in b th H lusea who
I richly deserve to be there ; but there are at
! least a hundred who would he in business
j fully up to their capacity if one half of them
were trying twenty dollar suits as justices of
the peace, with the other half pettifogging
befora thein."
' l)r. Orestes Brownson, * strong abolition
:t and very able mm, expressts the follow- i
tng opinions of I*resident Lincoln :
" The President's intasuivs are generally
j wrong measures, or right measures at a
• wrong lime or in a wrong place. IBs soul
seems ina l? of leather, aid m -apable of any
| grand or noble emotion. You leave his pres- i
! race with your enthusiasm damped, your 1
better feeiings crushed and your hopes cast
|to the winds. Every wisdom srom bun ;
seems but folly.
"We believe him s'rong enough, with his i
patronage and his demagogic and selfish sup I
j porters, to prevent any other man from get- ,
j ting the nomination, or, if tic geis it, to pre- ,
; vent him from being eiected, and we believe
• hi:n just the man to do so * * ♦ i
' Cm we doubt that all the patronage of the 1
1 government will be wielded ii his favor, and J
against the man who dares to opp >se bun ?" ,
I "We have been imposed upon long. The i
ruin which you have been unable to accom
plish in four years w >uld certainly be fully !
consummated were you to remain in power
I four years longer. Your military Govern-,
i ors and their Provost Marshals override the
I 'aws, and the echo of th iron heel rings
i forth a* clearly now in America as in France j
'or Kustria. Yon hare en reached upon our :
; liberty without securing victory, and we j
must have both."
Mr. Van Wyck, member of Con.re.ss from j
■ New York, said in a speech in the II use :
" With a single exception, when his one '
| of these men (the plunderers of the treasury) '
! been court-martialed >r puuishe I ? To-day, j
' they have injured the Republic more than
the south in arms ! Ifvl they been arrested
and placed under the gallows or i:i Fort Lv
! favette, our army would have been stronger, !
| and our people at home more united. No
' wonder 'hat our soldiers ami their friends at
home are dissatisfied. They cannot appre
ciate the pa'ri'ltism of stealing."
The New Haven (Conn.) Courier, a devot
! Ed Republican paper, says :
" Contractors hive carried on the war.—
The blood of our men, the iraves of our ki ll
i ed, the tears of our orphans and widows. 1
have been coined into money. Tliev have
swindled the government out of hundreds j
•of millions. They have piled fortune upon :
( fortune. Asa distinguished officer at Wash
! ington said, " All the operations of this war '
; are managed by txditical swindlers."
The Indiana Fee Press, a German Repub
; lican paper, thus raises the atandard of re
; volt against Lincoln :
| ' Lincoln's Administration has undermin
ed the basis of our Republication institutions
and accustomed tbe people to the idea of a
despotical government, by violating their
| rights and liberties tinder circumstances
: which formed no adequate pretext. We do
j solemnly condemn the arbitrary arrest <>f
citizens of states not in insurrection or nn
| der martial law, and its infringing upon the
. rights of free speech and free press."
| Mr Browns in. in the April number of his
1 IJuarterly Review, says :
" No branch of the administration has been
; wrll and faithfully administered tinder hirn.
Its spirit anl tone have been loose, fluctu
ating, unsystematic, weak and inefficient, in
all save expenditure of men aud rsmnev. It
has lacked promptness, energy and economy.
Its expenditures enormous and little to show
for them.
i Its yearly expenses, when all accounts are
audited, will be found lo be double those of;
i Great Britain in her gigantie ware with the
Emperor Napolean, when he subsidized near- !
ly all Europe, while our resources re far !
less than hers were at the time. During '
four years it will hare run up a natnnal debt
| above that of Great Brittain, and equal to
. ore third of the assessed valuo of the whole
; Union, according to the census of 1800.—
And no small portion of this enormous suin
lias been literally wasted
i The administration has not known how to |
inspire its own agents with a sense of duty, 1
jor to hold them to a rig'd accountability.—
It has not known how to husband its re
: sources, or to inannge its finances with econ
i ojny, with advantage to public service. The
| people gave generously, Congress voted lib—
i eraliy ample supplied of men and money,
but nothing has come of it but an army of
suddenly enrichen contractors, who are us- j
! ing.all their influence to prolong the war. *
1
Suppose the thousands of contractors, specu-
. latois and swindlers do fatten on the spoil*
| df the treasury, are they not sure to be loyal i
supporters of the administration and iho ,
war 7
Mr. Lincoln's military operations have
, shown an equal want of administrative ea- j
pacity. The responsibility is not to be shift
ed from him to the Generals commanding in
the field, or to the General-in chief.
" Thirty Years Ago.'*
The Carlisle Volunteer cop : es the follow
lowing advertisement from the Philadelphia.
Ledger , and then comments as follows :
GEORGE THOMPSON—ANOTHER MEETING-.
; —Thirty years ago Gen. Thompson deliver
jed his first Lecture ih the city in the Cov
enantors Church, Che: ry St., below E'ev
en'h. Ho is now invited by members of
the same Church to deliver another address
in the same building, which he consents to
, do. The meeting will take place next Fri
day Evening, the 6th of May, at 8 o'clock
Subject—" The Unionists and Copperheads
I of England and America."
It appears, theref re, that this foreign em
issary (who is the employee of the Loyal
J Thieves League.) had the impudence to de
l'ver a lecture, in which he denounced as
I " Copperheads" one half, if not a majority
of ihe people of" the Norih.
" Thirty years ago" he delivered his first
lecture in (he same Cnurch. Exactly !
That was the very time the Abolitionists of
this country commenced their assaults upon
j the Union. For twenty years they were a
despised faction, and were regarded and
spoken of as traitors by both Whigs and
Democrats. Ilenry Clay, I) miel Webster,
Jackson and other ligh's, denounced them
as traitors. Their object, boldly avowed,
was the dissolution of the Utii >n, and Thomp
son (.lie same Englishman who new laciurcs 1
for tnem.) then "aid, 'n his aaeech, that "the
dissolution of the American Union must be
constantly kept in view, fir tills wn (,p
grand object,''' Fir uttering this sentiment
I " thirty years ago" in Philadelphia, he was :
rotton egged and compelled to lear c t| ie c ;ty
! in disguise.
After escaping from Philadelphia he pro j
; ceeded to Boston, when he attempted a-aiu ■
to advocate a dissolution of the Union, but !
Daniel Webster " still lived." and the Eug i
li-sh Abolutionist an I Disunionist soon found
• even Boston too hot for him, and he was
' glad to escape to England.
But now he returns to see his cherished
| hope realised. He sees our country reeling '
and staggering like a drunken giant- He '
seea our people cutting each others throats—
fathor against son. brother against brother, 1
; cousin against cousin ; he sees the Abolition- !
ists whom he addressed " thirty vears ao" '
in power and doing the very work he then
i recommended'hem to do.
And this man Thompson—this English ;
' disunionist—-is the same who, quite recently j
I delivered a speech in the II ill of the House. :
' i
at the invitation of the Abolition members
of Congress ! He was introduced to the au
1 dinnce by Vice President Hamlin, and Presi
dent Lincoln " had a scat near the distin
' guished rascal, who had to leave the country
I thirty years ag"."
Now he is applauded and countenanced
i by the President and members of Congrsss <
i for his treasonable sayings; and now. in
stead of being kicked from one city to anoth
er. he dines at the Executive Mansion !
TIE FLORIDAY ROTTEN BOROUGH.— Mr.
Lincoln's plan for getting the rot ten-borough
vote from the Southern States, by the one
tenth system. >s beginning to crop out in
| Florida. A f w hundreds of the army hang
ers-on, less than a full regiment tri n ruber,
1 met the other day at Jacksonville ; votod
themselves a state, and entitled to seats in
the Baltimore Convention ; vowed shut their
loyalty had cot swerved, and was not likely
to, and finished up. of c. >ure, by indorsing
Mr. LINCOLN'S re-election.
The O'u.stec massacre was incurred direct
ly by Mr. LLiohi's eirrt t > secure tms ille
gibuiate vote—his effort with the ballots of
a handful of nun to counteract three electo
r*l votes of a northern slate, possibly to
counteract the vote of the wnole E agire
State itself in case of thu election going iuto
the House.
The Biltun >re C invention will havo the
opportunity next w.-ok to encourage Mr.
LINCOLN in this roiten barjugh swinib by
admitting the Jie<*onville qul to seats in
the Front-street Taeater, and Mr. LINCOLN
in that case, will have a better chance th.n '
ho lias yet had of stirring up a fatal civil
war at the North . World.
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A M is TAKE,—AN Exchange says :
"Charles to the altar ltd the lovely j 4 de,
and to her father's home returned again,
where, to convey them on their wedding tour.
already stood a bbfUiant coach and four
When lo ! the gathering shower* at once do
seended, clouds roWed on clouds and war
ring winds contended ; tb's moves him net
but in he hand* his bride, and seats himself
enraptured, by her aide, when thu*, to cheer
the fair one, I hope we soon
shall have a little sun." But she, to whom
the weather gave no pain, who heeded not
the blast, ncr pattering rain, but most about
her future state bethought her, replied, My
dear, Fd rother hate a daughter r "
Howard the Forger.
The Eaglt has a letter supposed to have
been written by A ward in the interior of
Fort Lafayette. As a specimen of the "dead
beat" style, it will excite the riaibies and
furnish food for reflection to all who raav be !
i
preparing for a trip to the sand atone fort in
the harbor :
CELL 5,311 SECOND TIER, I
FOKT LVI ATKTTE, May 24 1863. $
DEAR EAGLE: —In the languago of the
"magnificent." Vcstvali "I am here." I'
think I shall stay here, at least till I get out. :
Perhaps you were surprised at my audden j
de, arture. So was I. But I received a press- j
ing invitation from Gen. Dix to come down \
here, which I didn't feel at liberty to decline
—so I didn't. Bob Murray brought the in
vitation. Bob Murray is United States Mar
shal, and he marshaled me the way I nhould
go, so I thought it best to go it. Bob is a
nice man ; lis has a very taking way with \
him, but I Wouldn't recomend you to culti— |
vate his acquaintance. You may have heard j
of Fort Lafayette ; it is a great resort of the I
friends of the admininistration—over the
left.
The location of Fort Lafayette is in the
water between the Atlantic Ocean and West
Point. It is a good site for a marine resi
dence, but I havn't seen any marines here
It is inaccessible on all s> ies, except the in
side. Its out -accessibility is what I most,
object to. fB
Thejvay you get in is carious, and "may ,
interest \our reader* who haven't beet. here.
You Can't go by a railroad or steamboat,or i
horse and buggy. The entrance is effected
ina highly military manner, invented I be
liere by Gen. D:x, or " some other man "
The way of getting nut I have't discovered
ye'. When I io, I'd let you know. The
people who keep the fort are of the military
persuasion ;it is the r f >rte Tuey in >*tly
near guns <<r sword*, and do everything in a
military way, which is not a civil way. tho'
they have been vt rv c'vd to mc. The fort is
a substantial budding; there is no appre
hension of burgUtb.- .Sensible people would
rather break out than break isto it. As a
hotel it is not equal to the Mansion House,
though the terms', are more reasonable.—
They don't charge' any bard. The only
charge military people are given, is to charge
bayonets
The bill of fare is wholesome, but lacks va-
riety. There i* to much pork. The bdl of
f;.re, however, is va-icd We have pork and
rtackers for breakfast, er.vk"•* and nirk
i . *
f.r dinner, and pork ic th crackers for tea.—
I th.tik wt shall have a change next week, a
, the commandant has sent .an order to New
York for a barrel of Pork. When you write
to me, enclose a bunch of rudbhes in the
i letter.
i
Somebody may inquire why I came here.
I I'll tell you confidentially. The Government
' '8 making extent ions to its mansion at Fort
Hamilton, likewise at Fort Richmond, on
Staten Island. Thev wanted a reliable per
son to look after the architects' to see that
they didn't pocket the bricks. Fort Lafay
ette is half way between, and so situated
that you can see both forts a? once, and is
jut the p'aoe to see what is going on. A
' meeting of the cabinet was called a' the
| White House. Secretary Stantoa introduced
| the subject. The cabinet saw the point at
| once, and laughed so loud that they woke up
; Secretary Welles. Secretary Seward rang
j his little bell, and sent for general Dix
i " General," said William 11., " Hour is Fort
Lafayette " Our flag is there," said the
General, with military promptness. Is there
a reliable man to be found in the I) -part
tnent of the East? said Win. 11. "If thers
ian't,, thundered the General, I'll shoot him
|on the spot. '• Who is he 7" asked the S.-c
j relary. " His name is Dead Beat," said the
• General. " Send him 'o F -rt Lafayette."
!So I eame. lam still here/ Yours' in re
! tirement,
!
DEAD BEAT.
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i AN UPRIGHT AND FEARLESS JUDGE —One
U. S. Judge at least has indicated his opin
j ion that the creation of the State of West
Virginia by Congress was an unwarranted
and unconstitutional act. In the United
; Statf* Circuit Court, now in session at nash
: ville, Judge Catron presiding, an attorney on
Thursday last read a declaration wherein
: certain pirtics declared themselves to he citi
j zena of the Sta'e of West Virginia, and cer
j tain oth-r parties, citizens of Tennessee.—
Judge Ca'ron interrupted the reading of tic
| diclarrtion, and directed the attorney to
< atrike out. the word "West," so as to have
' the name the State of Virginia ; lie ad led
las his reason for so ordering, that he knew
| no such State a* "West Virginia,
i Thad S'rvens admitted the unconstitu
j tionality of the acr in Congress—and vet, al
{ though he had sw<.m to support the caistitu
! tion, voted for tt. Judge Catron "knows no
sur.h State," and if \!iolitionism went out of
power to morrow, no such State would be
; known in Congress.
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TH* OSCAR SANITART FAIR .The prices
! f| f admission to the Sanitary Eair, to he
j held at Phih driphia. it is officially announc
ed, will he as follows : for the inaugrnl cere
monies an! private view on June 7, 82.
Seas in tickets on and after June 8, to all
parts of the fair, excepting exhibitions for
children, Jss. Single almissions on and after
June 8, 50 cents ; chi'dren tinder 13 years
25 cents. To active members and aids to
. csinmittees. season tickets, on the requisition
; of the chairman of the several cmim it tees $3
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t*sr The N Y Independent, of a recent
1 date, savs "We have reached tha point in
1 our affairs when we arc willing to greet the
black man as a soldier. We must advance
to thai inequitable goal mhen ice shall meet
him as i.n officer, a general, a ruler, when
tee shall be as unmindful of color as we. are
! oj language."
The Cleveland Convention.
That portion of the Republican party who
are opposed to the re nomination of Lincoln
for President and continuing the present in
competent administration in power, met at
Cleveland, Ohio, on Tuesday. The conven
tion was a very large one—every Middle and
Western and some ef the Eastern States be
ing represented. Ex G vernor Johnaon, of
this Siate. was temporary chairman of the
Convention and Gen. John Cochrane, of New
Fork, was its permanent President. A num
ber of the hangers-on of the administration
got into liie Convention, who tried every
means to get it to aj.urn, without making a
nomination, but to no effect. The Conven
tion made tha following nominations, almost
unanimously.
President.— JOHN C. FREMONT.
Vice President.—John Cochrane, of New
York.
The following is a synopsis of tha Platforai
adopted :
First. —That the federal Union shall be
preserved.
Second —That the constitution and laws of
the United States must be observed and
obeved.
laird. —That the rebellion must be sup
pressed by force of arms, and without com
promise.
Fourth.— That the right of froo speech,
free press and the habeas corpus bo held in
violate, s*ve in districts 'here martis' law
La* been proclaimed.
Fifth —That the rebellion has destroyed
slavery, and the federal constitution should
be amended to prohibit Us re establishment
and to secure to all men absolute equality
b> fore the law.
Sixth. —That integrity and economy are
demanded at all tunes in the adininiatration
of the government, and that in tune of war
the want of them is criminal.
Seventh —That the right of asylum, except
for crime and subject to law, is a recogn zed
} nnciple of American libel ly ; that any vm,*
(ion of it cannot be overlooked and uuiai not
go unreoiiked.
Eighth —That the national policy known
as the ''Monroe Doctrine." has become a re
cognized princtp'e, and that ihe establish
me it ot an ami republican government on
this continent by any foreign Power cannot
be tolerated.
Mnth —'Tint the gratitude and support of
the nation are due to the !aith£ul soldier*
and the earnest leaders of the Lnion artnv
and navy for their h roic achievements and
deathless valor in defence of our imperilled
country and of civil liberty.
Tenth —Thai the one term po'icv for the
Presidency, adopted by the people, is strength
ened by the force of the existing crisis, and
should be maintained by constitutional amend
ments.
Elecenlh. —That the constitution should
be so amended that the President and Vice
President shall be elected by a direct Tote oi
tin* people.
Twelfth. —That the question of the recon
struction of the rebellion* -date* belong to
the people through lln-ir Representatives in
Congress and hot the Executive.
Thirteenth —That the confiscation of the
lands of the rebels and their distribution
among the soldiers and actual settlers is a
measure of injustice,
A Gloomy Picture.
Notwithstanding the admiuistration and
some of its organs have attacked the papers
and telegraph linn, that published the R jgus
Proclamation, the following article from the
New York Times, a Republican Alrninistra
tion journal, gives veni to as great e'espon
dency in the cause of tlie Federal armies, as
was indicated by the bogus Proclamation.—
"1 his article certainly does not present a very
glowing picture of suec ss :
TWL FEKLISU IN THE SOUTH While it
W"ti!d Lie presumptuous jet to affirm that
Gen. Grant will soon con.pier h?s road to
Richmond, it is certain that the present cam
paign will leave one of the great armies ter
ribly wot 6ted. The spirit of the two lead
er-, arid of the two armies, will make it im
possible for Richmond to be either taken or
not taken, this summer, without a blow that
shall absolutely disable either ths one army
or (he othwr. Knowing that this blow must
fall, we have a right to inquire which side is
best prepared to c dure it. Would it be
alike damaging, or alike fatal, in either case '?
A great deal has been said by some well
meaning sad our sanguine journals about
the growing discouragement of thy RubeU.
We ar-.- bound to say that we have seen no
evidence of it. On the contrary, we do not
recollect a time for the last two vears when
the Rebel papers, generally, have evinced so •
much satisfaction with the spirit of their i
people, and such steady coufi fence that thei* '
cause would triumph, as sinoc this year has j
opened. Nor has tiila been entirely without
reason. The fact that the Southern people
have so calmly submitted to the uuprece- I
dented measures of the last Rebel Congress
the levy en masse, the conversion, or rather j
annihilation of the currency, the appropria- >
(ion of all crops, present and future, for the ;
u-e of the army, say what we may of it, i
shows great staunchness, ft is weakness to j
call it theeffectof intimidation. N > G >r
eminent that tvt-r existed could eTer cow a
people, once free, into an absolutely silent
submission t( such measures. Wera the*"
serious n'scontent, it would be si""o to Qnd
expression in some manner, The fsct that ,
Southern opiniou s-jstains the extraordinary
action at Richmond, indicates determination
and not despondency.
The military events of the last four months
" I
the ' warting of all attempts on Charleston, |
the overthrow of Seymour in Florida, the '
of Ranks in Lous'ana. the bloody
stroke at Fort Pillow, the successes on the
North Carolina coast, the discomfiture of
Steele—have all been calculated to strength- !
en confidence. Ths fact that gold was rising
n the North was taken as n proof that our j
financial system was breaking down, an l the
noise made by our copperheads about division '
in the Union party,and about the brightening '
prospects of the election of McClellan to the '
presidency, also operated as a stimulus.—
We are satisfied when this month of May
opened, the Southern people generally be
leved quite as strongly that 4< the Confeder
acy'' would prevail, as we believed it would
be broke* df>w.
| LOCAL AND ..PERSONAL.
AGI-nt for the Democrat— AHIUA GAT, T*J'
j has consented to act as our Agent in receiving a<l
J receipting subscriptions for the North Brooch Dem
ocrat. AH monies paid htia either on subscription
| or for advertising will be duly accounted for and
! relited the same AS if paid to us.
Peter Coon .formerly a resident of this Borough,
but late!/ "f Athens, Bradford Co - , we learn, was
found dead in the rivor, at that place. From marks
j upon the bod* ami other indications, it was suppus
| ed that he had eea murdered and thrown from the
j bridge. No clue has been found to the supposed
murderer. .
*
j Hail storm A violent and destructiveh*il-st&r;a
i passed over this place on Wedueslay last. Grata
1 erope fruit, and vegetation of all kinds were either
entire!/ dealro/ed, or greatl/ iajured / A few more
eucb storms would add aaother te the list tf evils
j with which we ere aSicted. WE already have wsr
1 pesiilenee sad conscription. GOD save as from he
| ins.
It seeius to be accorded by the aniversal coa- -
sent of mankiad that Dr. J- C. Ayer A Co.'s Sorsa
j psrilla, Tectorial and 1111s are the greatest reme.
j dies yet disco sored for the treatment of disease
• ti.'-tt Aver s Sarsaparilla is the great Elixir of Life,
; which Philosophers have sought for purifying the
j blood. Try it and judge for yourselves.
, Hope."Thsie is yet hope for tbedyspeptic ' l)o
1 aot despair, if you have been unai io to find relief.—
Uoojlr.nd'* 'Servian Bitters will cure any and every
i esse ot Dyspepsia It will cure every case of Liver
Complaint, It will remove the yellow and sallow
appearance from the skin end eyes. It will restore
tho uervoui system to its original vigor, and give en
tire health to the i.ody. For sale by all druggists
• and dsal'jrt in medicines at 75 cents per bottle.
Cape May—the great Summer resort for inva
' lids and pleasure seekers, I ids tair to be thronged
the present season. '• l'he Culumbia House " we
, Icirn by a late Washington paper, has been lately
j re-fitted and furnished by Mr. Geo. J. Bolton, of
the Dueler House, 11.-irri.-burg. George is one,
among the very few men in the country, who knows
j'• how to keep a Hotel." We wish him abuudant
succ ss with the gay pleasure seekers of the ss:f
beaten cape.
A New Drug Store his just been opened at
1 Nicholson Depot, by II I. Ht.-diux A Co. An e<-
! Übluhment of the kind has long been neede-i in
. : that vicinity ; an! this one under its present man
agement cannot fail to receive its full share of the
public p itronage. In ndditicn to the drugs and
tncdi n'.s - which we understand will be under the
exclusive su peri vision of Dr. A. C. Blakealee— they
htiTt? Taint., 0:1s, Dye-stuffs Books, Ststloncrv,
\ rinkce-notioij", and in-lee 1 every thing usualiv
kept in establish nents of the ki d.
Mr. Stiles It a Id will bumerly of this plaee
! but recently fr-uu Wilmington N (.' — w ienrn by a
1 iat ; circular sent us, is established at his old busi
ness in New York city, as a manufacturer of La-
I die.-*. Gent's an 1 Chil-irsu's Furnish ng g-. is, and
an importer of Hosiery I n lerwear X". Mr. Ba'd
win s escape trout the lan 1 of pitch, tar, turpentine
and rebvls; and Lis t>acces' r u! est.iblishvnt in bu-1-
ncss nt N. 1 ~ is * matter of ain;e rc congratulation
•lb It's numerous friend- an 1 acquaintances in this
I vicinity. .Merchants, aid others, visiting the Jcitv,
j should not fail io drop in and see him. He will be
| foot 1 at 505 Broadway—"M Nicholas" Block.
Marrie d.
ROSS — EVANS. —OB the 6th i*at, at M*. Mit
Bimmli'i, by Re v. Luther Peck, Mr. T. L.
to Miss Minnie K\an*.
Accompanying the above notice WAD a "green
back,'' showing '.hat the '.hippy Bride gr„uni—evea
while basking in the sweet rays ot the honey-moon,
ar.d sweeter sm.les i f his newly made Biide —WM
not forg tful of the "small, sweet courtesies of life,"
toother* lie even remembered the Printer!— And
in away, too, that the printer loves to he remember
ed. For which the printer can do no le-s than uiake
his most profound bow ; and from the very depths
of hi* heart, wish Mr. T. L. Itoss d C'o,(he now speaks
of the new firm ) a prosperous, psaccful, and per
petual partnership.
CORTRIGHT—In Meshuppen, May 31st ISO 4. Har
riet t.'. youngest daughter of S. J, and S. C. Corv
right, aged 2 years, 3 months, and I day.
This little bud had scar'ely bloomed,
Death laid her in the sileEt tomb
J.Slice on the I)-ath ef Jacob D. Plua
erfelt who died In Meshoppeu May
6th 14.
Darkness broods e'er the home circle now.
And oar hearts are filled with gloom ;
F-r one whom we loved and cherished here,
Has passed to the silent tomb-
Stern dire disease with sadden grasp,
His manly form laid low
And all the aid of human skill,
Could not its power forgo.
Ashe hade fond friends a last farewell,
lie ielt that he must dia;
But ere he entered deaths dim vale,
Ha fsls his Savior nigh.
In sorrow we mourn f >r our brother now,
And parents will miss their son ;
While the wife with lonely aching heart,
Weeps with her little one.
Yet we hope ere long to meet again,
In a far off world of light ;
Secure from parting care, a id pain ;
And son's polluting blight
Then we'll not murmur aor ootapUia,
Death's shaft* none may re; si ;
But meekly bow to his behest.
Who doeth all things we'd.
S. J. S.
ITiTTt lIIKIL Ml.
rN ODUOE
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
330 GREENWICH STREET,
New l'oik.
G. S. Maiding, h *
I, llaiuinel, v
L. Harding. j
Fanners having butter and other produce to sell
i will receive from this firm the highest mark e
pri.-e and prompt returns.
Mr. L. Harding, one of the members, who reside*
i at Nicholson Depot, will receive and atteud to
' shipment of all articles, and if desired will raako
1 advancements of one half market vale at time of
j delivery to him.
I LADIES ! LARIRS I 1 LADIES u\
i Don't fail to read the advertisement in tais paper, 1
head"! '
IMPORTANT TO FEMALES.
I)R. CHE tsSSMAN. of New York; has devyted
I the laatthirty years of practice to Female com
l plaints His Pills act like a charm. iAey are
\ reliable and iaf.
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