Maryland free press. [volume], October 31, 1862, Image 2

About Maryland free press. [volume] (Hagerstown [Md.]) 1862-18??

Image provided by: University of Maryland, College Park, MD

                
.OJI<T JFRKE PJIMISS
BAOEKBTOWU,
VBIDAT, - * - . Oct. 31.
ANOiUW G. B I*o, to TQH Alio puat SHEA.
CIBCOLATIO 1 1006—WORK OB LESS.
MtocumtnCs for the People.
Oungress shall mike no law respecting an es
tablishment of religion, or prohibiting the free
•xerciie thereof; Oil ABRIDGING THE FREE
DOM Of SPEECH, OK OF THE PRESS ; nr
t he right of tbe people peaceably to assemble,
and to petition }he Government for a redress of
grievances.—A avion I. Amendm-nts Con. U.S.
A well regulated Aiiirtis, being necessary to
the security of a free State, THE RIGHT OF
THE PEOPLE TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS,
SHALL NOT BE- INFUIXQED.—ARTIOLB 2,
Amendments Con. U. 8.
THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE TO BR SE
CURE IN THERE PERSONS, HOUSES PA.
PERS, AND EFFECTS, AGAINST UNREA
SONABLE BEABCHES AND SEIZURES,
SHALL NOT BE VIOLATED, AND NO WAR
RANTS SHALL ISSUE, BUT UPON PROBA
BLE CAUSE, SUPPORTED BY OATH OR
AFFIRMATION. AND PARTICULARLY" DE
SCRIBING THE PLACE TO BE SEARCHED,
AND THE PERSONS OR THINGS TO BE
SEIZED.— AUTICLB A, Amendments Con. U. 8.
No person shall be held te answer for a capital,
or otherwise tnrameos crime, unless on a present
ment or iudiotment ot a Grand Jury, except in
cases arising in tbe land or naval forces, or In tbe
Militia, when In actnal service in time of War or
publio danger; nor shall any person be subject
for the same oflenoe to be twice put in jeopardy
Of lira or limb; nor shall be compelled in any
Criminal Case to baa witness against himself,
NOR BE DEPRIVED OK LIFE, LIBERTY OR
PROPERTY, WITHOUT DUE PROCESS OF
LAW; nor shall private property be taken for
pnblie use, without just compensation.—AßTlCl.B
, Amendments Con. U. S
In til criminal prosecations, the accused iball
tr.jiy the right to a tpetdyandpublic trial, by an
impartial Jury of the State and diatrict therein
the crime (ball bare been committed, which dia
trict ahall hare been previously ascertained by
law, and /O he informed of the nature and cauet of
the accueation; to 6$ confronted tcitk the uilntetci
agmn,t him; to bare Compulaory jroceaa for
obtaining Witneaaea in hia faror, and to hare the
au'atance of Counsel for bia defence.—Auriots C,
Amendmenta Con. Pa.
Th,t no man ought to be token, or feipri.oned,
or di.a-i.jd of bia freehold, liberties or pririlegea,
or outlawed, or exiled, or in any manner de
stroyed, or deprired of life, liberty, or property,
bat by the judgment of ble peers, or by the law
of the land.-Declaration of Rights of the People
of Maryland, Art. 21.
INTIiOUUCTOHY.
Half a score, or more, of years have now
el ipsod, since we, as the conductor of a pnblic
Jonrnal in this place, bade, as we then thought,
a final adieu to tur patrons, the public, and
the press. The separation was not made, on
our part, without some feeling of regret It
was from a community endeared to us by many
associations and ties—the associations of child
hood and of manhood; from patrons who had
encouraged our early struggles—by whose fa
vor we had prospored and triumphed. Allured,
however, by high bopes forth into the world
we went " wool gathering, " but alas, wo re
turn and find oursclf sadly shorn. And BOW.
after years of worse than fruitless toil and
anxiety, we anew commence the airif* Uft>.
in so doing, we introduce to the reader the in
itial number of the " Mart/land Frcr Pritt, "
and through its columns, with him hope to
hold familiar intercourse, for many and better
days to come.
To the and that ne one may ba induced to
afford us "-aid and comfort, " under a misap
prehension, we deem it but the " fair thing "
to proolaim, in the outset, our intentions and
the principles which shall govern us in the
publication of the "Free Press. "
It is intended that in its tone tbs " Free
Press ' shall be Independent and Impudent,
Fearless and Free,
11 Free as air,
To blow on whom w- please,"
At the seme time, wo shall strive to avoid run
ning into licentiousness; presenting such a
sheet as cannot, by the most timid be deemed
" dangerous," and whose suppression can nev
er bo regarded as a " Military necessity."
We shall deem it a duty, as well as a pleas
ure to advocate the cause of" The Coiulitution
or it if, aid he Union at it mat." Claiming, as
we do, a wide distinction between tho Gov
ernment and tho Administration, we shall ex- '
ercise the freedom guaranteed us by tho Con
stitution, of criticising the acts of thie, or any
other administration, regardless of forts, ropes
or bayonets, lawless mobs, or private malice.
We believo a Government may be, like our
own, " the best tho world ever saw; " all that
could bo aslced or desired, and yet the admin
istration of that government be miserably cor
rupt and intoleiably tyranical. Treason tothe
constitution and laws is a luxury, we liavo
reason to think, as extensively indulged in by
those in high places, as by the masses, and
wo shall be far from sanctioning it in the one
and condemning it in the other.
Jn alluding to or discussing the exciting
topics of the day, our efforts shall be steadily
devoted to allaying the bitterness of feeling
at present alienating neighbors, friends and
families ; to pouring 611 upon the troubled wa
ters, to conciliation and peace.
We shall devote a considerable portion of
our space to the interests of those " who wield
the plough and spade " —the Farmer; nor shall
we be unmindful of the wants of those " sons
of toil "-stbe mechanic and working man. .In
short, we shall seek to render this paper a wel
come visitor at every fireside; to fairly reprs
sent all clases and shades of opinion, some
few of theisms of the day excopted, aholitioniem
particularly.
The Elections.
Elections beld in the States of Penn
syl sole, Ohio, Indians, aud lows, this month;
have resulted in the complete success of tbe Dem
ocratic tickets in tbs three first, and of the llsdi
eal Republicans in ths lstter. Occurring is they
have, so close on tbe beels of tbe President's
Emancipation Proclamation, the result cannot be
rerarded In any other light than as a signal re
buke to tbe policy therein indicated, particularly,
when it 1s known that it was made an issue in tbe
oontest.
Eleotions will be beld in tbe States of New York
New Jersey, and Masiachusitts during next week]
tbe probable result of wbicb we hope to be able to
give in our next sa ne— Secretary Stanton and
tbe mob permitting.
Thanks Due.
f>gr"foT various acta of kindness in getting ont
our first number w are Indebted to our neighbor*
if tho "Ff-'i "
"The Constitution aa It la,"
May be found on tbe first page of this day'a
iaaue, in a correct and reliable form. Let ev
ery one who is not already familiar with its
principles, provisions and limitations, give it
cr.uiiions perusal and consideration, and then
lay it by for fntnre reference, provided, they
have it not in a more convenient form.
It it a document plain and simple—address
ed to the common sense of the people, and
teaches them their t'ghts as well ua their du
t es. 'Tia true, demagogues,
"Who'd torn the whol* world rpalde down,
To pa', tbe T se' ve at p,"
frequently do, by the exercise of a diabolical
ingenuity, torture a construction of it as will
best conceal or justify their own base designs,
while others, yet more d-eply sunk in deprav
ity, boldly set at defiance its plainest provis
ions,. pleading iu extenuation, " a higher law "
or a " ililitary ntceivty. "
The Constitution is the ftn.damental law of
the land,—the law control ing all oth rs —" the
Bond and the only B -lid of the Union; " —it is
"all that gives ns a National character, " and
the safety of ourselves and our free institutions
depends greatly upon its strict construction. —
It standa as a monument to the patriotism and
wisdom—to the spirit of concession and com
promise which actuated onr " rebel " Hires,
and " if thereover was a period in the history
of our country, which called upon us to look
back up l n the blessings which it has brought,
it is now "—now when it is sneered at. tram
pled upon, denounced as " a league with bell
and a covenant with death "
A Woid wlilt the Header.
■Without the preliminaries which usually
herald the-advent of a new publication, audi
as the is>ning of a prospectus and the solicit
ing of subscribers, we present the first num
ber of the " free Frees, " for the approval or
disapproval of the public. Those to whom
this number may be sent for inspection, and
who, from any cause, do not feel disposed to
encourage our enterprise, will please return
it, in order that their names may be expunged
from our list. Those who do not return this
numbor will be deemed as desiring to become
sub.seri v ers, and may expect to have the paper
mailed or delivered regularly hereafter, as also
in proper time, to he called upon for something
substantial to eqtta'ize exchanges.
Oat Penstonrrs.
There is, we find, an opinion prevalent a
mong the people that a gross abuse exists in
the matter of Out Pensioners. There are in
stances, it is arid, of persons pensioned upon
tbe counHu who have no just claim to be so;
and of pCTaions being paid where the party
for whose benefit they were granted has lor.g
since deceased. Wo have no knowledge of
the correctness of these complaints, but it
might he productive of good results if the
board of County Commissioners would call for
'' persons and papers." The taxes now legal ly
and illegally imposed upon the people are dis
tresingly heavy, and frauds of this kind, if thoy
exist, should ba guarded against.
The Local News.
One of the departments of the " Fret Press,"
to which it is our purpose to pay particular
attention, is the Local News of the town and
county. It is a department which adds great
ly to the interest of a paper, and in making it
complete, we can he substantially aided by
our iriends if they will communicate to us
such items of interest, as may, from time to
time, transpire in their several neighborhoods.
In thllr cnrrstr'-.ilo"''" tin...o.a, • ' '
not have them invade the privacy of the family
circle, or dabble in the, fi thy pools of neigh
borhood squabbles and scandal, hut to furnish
audi Hems as will bo of substantial interest
and information, at home and abroad-
Despise not the tiny of Pninil Things.
The proportions of the " Free Press, " it is
true, are not of the magniGcent order, never
theless, the quantity of fading matter con
tained in Its columns will be found large.—
We hope, ere Ion?, to see it greatly grow in
strength and stature, but the realisation of
this hope will depend much on its patrons
If they will but rememberthat deeds are fruits,
and words but leaves—will pay in coin in
stead of compliments, it will materially aid
and encourage the design we entertain of en
larging and otherwise improving the paper, at
no very distant day.
A Useful Institution.
j £Sir*The presence hereabouts of the Army of
the Potomac, and our close proximity to tbe bs'-
tle fields of South Mountain apd Antietam, cau es
a great influx of strangers, and with them, cur
rency of every conceivable species—gold end
silver excepted. Much of it being on the hogut
order, end buiinees men find a Counterfeit Detec
tor a most useful institution for reference. 'I he
best policy is to refuse, when offered by strangers,
ail notes with wbioh you are not perlectly famil
iar.
THANKSGIVING DAY.
Excellency A. W. Bradford, by virtue
at Federal bayonets, Governor of the State of.
Maryland, bas ireoid bis proclamation setting;
apart Thursday, tbe 27ih day of November, to be ,
observed by ths people of tbe State as a day of
general thauksgivirg and prayer. Tbia is in ac 1
curdance with the usual custom for many years '
past, and no doubt will be very generally observ
ed. „
Prepare tor Execution,
tbe awoid or any other violent;
prooess, but by the strong arm of civil law, all;
ye against whom judgment! are standing unpaid, ;
or wbo have not complied witb the provisions of
tbe slay law, wbicb expires on to morrow.— j
These provisions require payment of one fiftb of,
tbe claim, with tbe costs and interest in full, j
whiob entitles tbe debtor to another stay of four
montba.
"On to Itlchmoml."
JOB*From wbat we can gather from tbe North
ern papers, and from our own observations here,
tvt are induced to believe that an onward move
ment of tbe Army is in p:ogress. Ibis will be
gratifying intelligence to the whole country, but
particularly to the Farmers ot tbls county, who
having already suffered greatly, began to have dim
visions of an Army in winter quarters in their
midst. We shall watch and chronicle their move
ment as faithfully and impartially as circumstan
ces will permit.
I ( , -e
Ice—The Ptret of the Season.
Tho copious and much needed showers of
rain, which commenced falling on Sunday
morning, and continued throughout the day
and a portion of the night, was succeeded by
a cold snap, producing, on Monday morning,
in exposed situations, a thin coat of ice. The
nights and moruings still continue cool, but
the noou-day sun still gives evidence of great
power
* rrora A xceptrd.
consequence of the hurlj burlr atfendant
upon the iieue of our flrst number errors may be
•xpeeted, typographical and otherwise. We hope
to mend err long In appearance end manner*.
"PtopU In Cttaa* Iloni •/' •&.
" We should Iblnk lit of the 0 >n fe lento* If on
any terns whatever they omeeuted to aoecpt as
fellow countrynoea the mercenary horde i of ruffi* i
■DP by whom their country has bean desolated J
And the aecptaoca of Northern submission
would bo a eontrtry to sound ptliey 11 to right
feeling and patriotio instincts. The Union o\n
only be rvoeg'r acted by givng certain powers,
however Hm I ltd, to the federal government, and
binding over the Northern Sutes to observe oer
taln conditions of tbe federal compact. They can
not be excluded from all share in tbe federal pow.
er; eoonc or later, probably within ten years,
they m>t recover by force of wealth and numbeaa,
their ascendancy at Washington ; and then the
work of tbe two last years would have to be done
over again. If any paper constitution, if any j
guarantees, if any oaths, could bind tbe Northern <
Slates to the observance of their federal duties |
and preclude them from interfering inibe internal .
affairs of tbeir neighbors, the old conitUu'ion
would have e"fficed. That constitution they viola
ted habitually and ijystemmaticalfy. Their pretch
ers inculcated the duty of perjury ; tbeir law
yers defended tieasoo ; their statesman formed
political parlies to override the law • their citi
zens assembled to resist it by armed force; nay,
armed murderers from the North invaded Virgin
is, sssassinated sleeping citizens in tbeir beds, scu
when hanged for their ciimes, were honored as
martyrs in New England. What guarantees can
be given by such a people which won d be worth
more than the psper on which it was *r t'en ? -
What worse folly could there be than to tbrodF
away tbe fruits of eighteen mintbs of tndn aice, I
of bloodshed, of glorious achievmjnts, by reuni- i
ting wltb a race by which no obligation, however !
solemn, bas ever bean respected a dav aftar It had
the power and tbe temptation to vi >luie itT Of
such madness wa cann >t believe that the able ntatee } '
men who guide the destioUl of the Coufederatß
States will ever be guilty.
above is from the London Herald;
ar.d wbilo it contains many palpable truths, comes, i
we conceive, with ill grace from an K iglisb Jour- :
nal ; particularly that portion which alludes to j
tbe want of faith to be expected from the North I
in any stipulations msde with tbe South in the!
event of a settlement of tbeir differences. The
North could not porsibly be more rtckless of
solemn treaties than England has ever been, for j
she bas held none sacred an hour longer than her j
interests demanded. A people who are as pro- j
verbially 'regardless of the law of nations—as '
peifiiious in their policy and who keep faith as j
poorly as they do, should not be continually pra
ting about a lack of good faith on tbe part of!
others:
Breaking out In a Fresh Place.
jEST'The Pottsville correspondent of tbe Phila- ■
ddphi a Enquirer, shows an alarming s*ate of at'
fairs to exist in the "loyal" state of Pennsylva
nia. He says: "Tbe disturbance in the c a'.
region, relative to the draft, is more ic the form
of a conspiracy than a riot. A general under
standing ex sts among tbe miners, and they are
determined not to become conscripts. Tbe disaf
fected have sent oommittees to almost every col
liery, and the league cannot probably be dissolv
ed by any m litary foroe which the Governor can
send to tbe uv%' regions.
No outrages uave been committed upon private
property. Tbe miners have not assembled in
large bodies except on one or two occasions. At
Tremont, on Wednesday, they stopped a railroad
trail, oonveyiug drafted meo to Marrisburg, and
appointed a committee to enter the cars aud as
sure those who did not wish to become conscripts
that tbay would be protected. The offer was ac
cepted by a few, and tbe train thep proceeded on
its way. At that time more thaa five thousand
men were ranged in a lino, beaded by drum, fi'e
and liig, aud carrying clubs, loaded liffes and
shot guns. 'They marched to a church on a billj
e Tremont. and * #mi4|
lulUtiou. Their leaders were evidently iutelli I
gent aud well informed. Toe aaseinbl g<* wa* j
composed of gmgi from various miriee in tin !
qouatyi"
The Pittsburg papers of Saturday contain the i
following item:
Tnere is a "speck of war" on the horizon. —
The drafted militia of Saltlick and Bullckin town
ship, Fayette county, hare determined to resist
the conscription, and bare set at dsfitnce the
orders of the commissioner to report themselrea
to Camp Howe. Uader these circamttances Col.
Collins, of Coiontown, was dispatobed to this
city, with authority to obtain the aerrioes of a
sufficient number of troops to enforce tbo law, i
and compel obedience to the orders of the draft I
commissioner. He arrired here last evening by j
railroad, and we presume that an arm-d foro j
will be aeot up to capturcaod subdue the "rebels," !
if thiy do not yield; and it is to be hoped that I
they will Bea their folly before the bloody acenas I
which were witnessed in Luzerne county arc re !
enacted in Fayette.
The townships of Bullskin and Saltlick are
mountain districts, and it is said that a log fort
baa been constructed in an eligible position, and
that the men are determined to fight rather thao
surrender. The dilfi.'olty is said to haTe origins
ted in the fact that tbeae districts did not get
proper credit for the rolunteera that they hare
furnished, and hence the draft is pronounced un
fair and illegal. Uraating this to bo t-as, they
are taking a wrong coarse to secure their righti.
and they bad better de ist in time.
A letter from Treinont, Schuylkill county, of
the 25th, says :
There is reaaon to be ieve that some of the
complaints in regard to ths enrollment in Sctauyl
kill county are wellTonnded. A committee was
appointed by the citizens, an I was sent to Frank
Hushes and Mr. Bncktlew for 1-gal adrico, who
adrised them not to reist the draft on aooount of
the alleged inf rroalities, but to teat its conetitu
tionality afterwards on a writ of habeai eorput. —
This course will be pursued. Other parties bars
consulted Governor Curtin, who dues not appWir
to b) certain whether the drafted men cin be
to it out of the State. .
The quota of Schuylkill county was six'een
hundred. It is an undeniable feet that, in town
ihips where the draft has already taken place,
the victims immediately absconded, and it is ex
tremvly doubtful whether the sixteen hundred
will all be obtained.
Sltll a Prisoner.
the spoils carried off. during Stew
art's recent rebel raid into Pennsylvania, was
JOHN J. THOMAS, E-q , a resident of Hancock, and
one of t a members returned as eiretrd from thia
county to the Maryland ilouae of Delegates. lie
has been beard from, we understand, and is still
held a prisoner at Winchester.
When Mr. Thomas, a year since, called into
aid, and justified the use of Military Power to
disfanchisa bis neighbors and friends end to se
cure his return to the Legislature, he should have
kuownthatit wss a tan-edged sword be was
using, and capable of cutting both ways. Our
ambition or Intensity frequently lead ns to a
o urse at which our heart revolts; whioh we be
lieve to have been the case with our friend Thorn
as. We wish him a time both "Oay and Happy"
during his sojourn in rebe'd >m.
County Commissioners.
The Board of Commissioners for this Coun
ty, meet on Tuesday next, at their office, for
the transaction of ihe ordinary business of the
board. Persons having business with them
will do woll to bear this in jnind.
Tlukerlngwilh the Flnancti.
£~&'T\us New Y rk hoard of 8.-okars decided
last week to banish from tba llat of eecuritiea to
be aold at the II >ard, dutisbla treasury note* aud
sold. This action, it i said, has betn taken at tba
instance of tbe -ecretary of the Treasury who ap
pears to be of the opinion that speculation ia tha
precious metals is losterid bj the recognition ol
gold as a legitimise commodity of purcbasa and
sale. By this means Mr Obase and hie advisers
hope not only h reafter to reduce the premium on
gold, but also to obeck aoy very extended specu
lation in It.—
The New York World, commenting on this ac
tion of the brokers, remarks, tbat if every owner
of gold in the country were to agree not to sell or
in any way deal in tbat commodity, it in tbe end
would not make an appreciable d ff trance in its
value. How vaiu, then, the hope tbat banishing
gold from the stock list and preventing the banks
from lending on it will in any way check tbe de
preciation in Uuited States currency.
" Tbe effect of this attempted upon spec
ulation in gold will, as is well known on tbe
istreet/ make tbe premium higher. The more im
pediments there are t the sale of gold the less will
be offered, and the deficiency in the aupply will
cau*e ihe price to advance. There will be more
boarding, and if thero arf-no quotations permitted
the incrta e will be shown and clearly maikad by
tbe rise in exchange."
Horse Tlilevea About.
Eevry section of the county, at this time,
seems to be infested with thieves, who ap
pear to havo a particular passion for (food
horses, and scarcely a day passes that we do
not hear of thoir depredations in some quarter.
Frequently thay assume the garb of a soldier,
and carry off horses under the pretence that
they ara>required for government service. On
Saturday night last a fine one was st len from
Dr. Samuel Good, of Leiiershurg. We are
conscientiously opposo_d to the code of Judge
Lynch, but think it near time that some steps
should be taken that will put an end to the
opcrntions'of these gentry. Associations or
ganized and offering sufficiently tempting re
wards for their detection and conviction, would
have, we think, a very salutary effect.
'I He Kverl.stlnj Nlger.
A curious case came up before Judge Barbour
io th ; Superior Court of Now York City, a few
dryasioce in the rbape of a suit to compel the
traoefer of a pew in I fashionable church. The
facts ol the case are briefly these A Mr. Ilow.
ell had taken an assignment from Mr. Voik li.
Nibes, who had built the church and taken a pew
valued at 51,000 in pirt payment, butasbe seated
two negroes in said pew, he bad greatly elfaadel
the congregation, who brought this suit against
h 112. The Judge has reserved his decision until
Saturday next. '
,®ST"Thb EaaoLi-urNt.— We have received from
Co!. Isaac Xs ntrr, the Commissioner of Eoroll
ment and Draft for this County, an official state
mint of the number exempted, the number ef vol
unteers, and the number of effective militia. The
following are the totals of each, and in our next
we shall publish the entire elaUmeut:
Whole No. Enrolled, 0251
do do Exempted, 938
do do Volunteers, 83S 1772
Whole No. of effective Militia, 3179
It will be perceived th.t the number of voiy.-
teers, as above given, is two hundred Use tban/the
number reported to the O >vernor by
military authorities, but this is upon
the hypotheels that the Knrollere failed to obia'n
the names of ail the volunteere io their reepec ire
D istric t.— lit raid.
(■ovemmeut Finances.
The f? TPA.tsrj of the Treasury will shortly dis
continue the receipts ot deposits of gold. It is as
certained that ne will not, as has been proposed,
offer,the twenties at any discount from the
maiket ratesj or in other words, to public compe
tition, but will endeavor to expedite their conver
sion ts rapidly as possible.
'lhe representation made in aome quarters that
the public debt has reached tieo tkouiani miUiom,
is a gross exaggeration. Oa the l*t day of the
present month it was only The
amount includes the satire circulation an 1 every
species of notes, and between seventy and eighty
millions of the debt of the late Administration.—
But, except claims for which no requisitions hsve
yet been made, the claims, adjusted and unadjusted,
cannot exceed twenty millions of dollars.
RETURNED.—WILLIAM H. PRBTZUAN and
JAMES DuirfiV, who were captured by the R brls
in May last whsn General BANKS retreated from
titr.isburg, returned to their homes io this town
on Monday evening last, having been released after
an imprisonment of six months. We welcome them
bick.— Htrald.
DKATH OF A NOTED SrzcoLAToa.—The death of
John B. Steinberger, at St. Louis, recalls to mind
bis former career in this part of the country,
where be must bo remembered as oosof the bold
eit operators and moat hospitable of man. At
one time be j lined Nicholas BidJ e in a cotton
speculation, in which thuy cleared $5,000,010. —
Afterwards be attempted to bay up all the beet
in the country and monopolize ths market, but
wss defeated by New Yoik and Philadelphia
dealers, and be was ruined. He thou went to
California, and, after experiencing tbs various
fortunes of * large speculator, he became reduced,
and went to St. Louis at tbo tithe Fremont arri
ved, being a ant by a party of bsef contractors at
s'2oo per month. In a abort time be was abandon
ed, and ha died in extreme indigence. At one
time he owned a large Interest in Bid He's bank,
and could check for SIOO,OOO at a time. He was
a man of noble character, stately mein, and elc
gaat bearing.—JVew York Sun.
Exro'STOX OF A SHELL.—TWO young men,
Daniel M'Pheraon and Adam Wolf, living in the
vicinity of New Franklin, Franjplincounty, l'ann ,
were trying to open a percussion shell, on Sunday
week, when it exploded, killing M'Pbsraou and
w; undicg Wolf in the thigh and left baud. Us
is doing wall. M'Pheraou'a left hand was blown
off. but the fatal wound waa in tba abdomen. He
lived about eight hours after the accident. The
shell waa brought from the battle-field of Antia
tam.
THE COFFBPEEATE STEAMER ALABAMA.— It baa
generally been understood that the Confederate
steamer Alabama was the steamer first known as
the "290," but it seems there ars now some doubt
as to her identity at that vessel. The New Yotk
Times says :
Capt. U. R. Giffird, late of the bark Elisha
Dunbar, is firmly of the opinion that the Alabama
and "290 " are not theaame vessel, aa be frequent
ly hesrd the crew or the Alabama speaking of
tba "290." and of the Oreto. Some of the news
papers taken from the Kmily Farnhata contained
an account of the "290," ruaniag the blockade
into Mobile, and on hearing it' read the crew of
the Alabama gave three cheers for the "290."
I SO it aAait or MILITABT I CASADA —The milita
ry force in Canada is about to. be increased by
some batteries of artillery, and a brigade of iutan
trv. Large additions bavs been reoently made
to the stores of arms, ammunition, and material
in military depots which are now equal to rqulping
and maintaining in the field a force of 250,000
men, should the necessity arise for it dqring the
' season when navigation ii closed.
Jfr. tiladston- * SpttcH on
ff'jr.
W And til tie New York pefwra a full report
„f the speech of Mr. Gladstone, of the British
Cabinet, on the Anerioan war, from wbieh we
extraot the most interesting paragraphs.
"It i ual for a mlniattr, while holding offiea
and tddrriai Dg a public a*pinhij, to treat opo®,
•objects of fo r eigo poller, n<| there li oo* qua
tioo of each eoof*queooee at thia moment and o
deeply and intimately eonoeoted wih that touch
ing matter to which I hare laat referred, that I
caunot aroid aayiog a faw wotd* upon it. I
mean that deplorable—but in my opinion apt
doubtful—struggle now proceeding in America.
ENGLAND MAI JAYOEID THE MOETII.
"There is aud there can be no doubt that, with
two parties engaged in strife, it is not at all una
sual that be who obserres a strict neutrality of
fenda both, because, n fact, the stage of uiiud In
which his conduct may be judged i not a state of
mind from which cin be expected an impsrtial
conclusion. Hut what we insy expect is ibis,
that the influence of a course of neutrali ir will
be recogniz id—that course, I mean, which we
hare pursued ojA to this day will be recognls-fd
after this atruggie ••tall hate passed
away, and when the circuiuaiauces shall hi oalualy
viewed. Hut I must coufsas It appears, to me
that if either party could hare a right to fijd
fault with us, it woulJ;be the Conlederate party
rather than the Fvderal parly,-b.-cau a theeourae
we bare taken is thil—tie hare drviatrd from
onr neutrality against ihetu rather than in their
favoc. We bare obaerred a neutrality, hut we
bare permitted the export of warlike arini and
stores. We hare permitted tbi to both part ea,
bat while the ports of the South were blockaded
the porta or the North were open, end its citiaana
free to Import whatever tbev pie aed. 1 beliere
that oourae baa been the right and juat courae,
buterery atatemabt of the fact proaea we bare
bad no biaa to influence the policy of Ihia coan
try unfairly against the Northern Stater."
Kit GLAND AND Till CHITED STATSS.
"I wnald for a moment make an appeal to yon
in behalf of tbe pegpl* of the Northern Stat#*, in
■0 far a< regarda our appreciation of thei- pnal
too Great allowance should be made fir thorn,
and sti l greater alio ance for any beat or exag
geration in tbe public opinion of that country
than could be claimed for any other nation.—
Gentlemen, ooly consider their previous history.
Tbey never drank of tbe bitter cup of misfortune,
of disappointment and of mortifi sation. They
have ha t but to will that a thing should be dons
aid it wasdone. Tbey have eoj tyed a course of
prnaperi y aud advancement without example and
without a single break. Wall, geotlemeu, it i*
not in human nature that a people aubj-cted to
an experience en flattering aod so soothing to
human self-love aa that should at once learu with
a perfectly good grace to accommodate and sub
mit itaelf to tbe necessities of our human coudi
t o t.
"It it easy for us when we suff r. We have
suffered ef.ire. We have gone through tha vary
injuriea of this dismemberment against which the
Northern people of the United States are now
struggling. We have gone through it; we know
it was not a bid tbihg after all. Hut tb'-y have
not gone through it before, and all I say is, let us
bear with them all we can ; let us keep towaid
tbem a kindly temper; let us not aliow ourselves
to feel tbe smallest irritation whan w# see our-r
selves adveraely criticisaA on that side of the
water, and, gentlemen, let us also bj very cau
tious about adverse criticisms upon them upon
this side of the water. Depend upon it that that
onurse .teadily purtued witl brirg ita teward.
and it ia a course tbev have a right, upon every
ground of good wi)l, aud courtesy, and Christian
feeling, to ixpcet we should pursue towards
them. Why, gentlemen, they are our kin; they
were, at any rate, if they are not now, our cua
turners, and wo hope they will be our customers
again. ,
I think trg are pretty mojh of one mind tl to j
what ie to come. We k-tow quite well that the!
people, 1 me tn the people of the Northern State*,
have not yet druuk of the cap ; tbey are *tiU en
deavoring to bold it far from their tip* ; they
have not yet drunk of the cup which, notwlthatan.
ding, ail the reit of the world ee tbey mu*t drink
of."
THE FTL'TH i RATIOS.
"We may have our own opinion* about alavery
we may be fur the 8 uth or agalnct the Si iutb,
but there i* no doubt, 1 think, about this—J.ffar
son Davis and the other leader* of the 8 u'b have
made an army—tbey are making, it appear*, a
nary—and tbey have made a nation. I cannot
*ay that 1, lor one, have Tiewed with any regret
their lailure to e-tabliah tbemaelve* ib~MarvUnd
It appears to tnt' too probable that, if they bad
been able to establish tbemaelve* in Maryleud, the
conaeq ience* of their military success* in any *g
groaaive movement would hare been the a politi
cil party favorable to them would hare been
formed In that Slate—that they would bare coo
tracted actual or virtual engagement* with that
political party, and that the existence of theae en
gagement*, hampering them in their negotiation!
with the Northern State*, might have lormtd u
new obstacle to peace.
"Gentlemen, ftoui the bottom of our hearts we
should desire that no new obstacle' to peace may
befoimod. We my anticipate with certainty
tbe success ot the Southern States, so far at re
gards effecting their separation from,tbe North,—
I, for my own part, cAouot but believe that that
event is aa certain as any event yet future and
Contingent can be. But it is from feeling that that
great event is likely to arise, and that the North
will have to sutler that mortification, that I earn
estly hopselhai BegUud will do ao'.ning t> inflict
additional shame, sorrow or pain upop thoao who
have already suffered much, and wb* will proba
bly have to aulfer more. It may bd that a time
might arrive when it would be the duty of finrop
to oiler a word of expostalation or ot Irismdly aid
towards composing the quarrel. If it be even
possible that such a time as that may ar-ire, how
important it is that when that word ootnes itshould
address Itself to mind* which are Dot embittered
by the recollection that unkind things have been
■ lid and done towards them in Europe, and shore
all in England, tbe country wh on, however, tbey
m*y tind fault with it from time til time, we know
holds the highest plaoe in their admiration and
respect." ,
Tns M ivßiinsTS run BKOoeutriov.
Grsat importaooe was attaced in England fo the
speech o( Mr. Gladstone, and it ia reportud that
tbe "Southern Association" in Live-pool had
agreed to a proposition to memoral xe thn British
government for the recognition of tbe rebel States.
This mnvem -nt was chiefly caused by tbe remarks
of Mr. Gladstone. It was also sai l that tbe mem
bers ol the Liverpool Clamber or Commerce were
aoout to petition gnvorum-jnt on tbe necessity of
reoign zing the South.
Sir John Pakinglnu asserted, in Worcestershire*
that the time had arrived when her Maj-sty's gov"
ernment, ia O H, junction with tbi governments of
other countries, ought to offii. to mediate between
he Northern sad Southern States of America, on
tee b isis of a separation of the coutending sections
of the republic, and with a clear' understanding
that the nan-.-uccost of such aneffirt to stay the
horrors of the civil war would be followed tinme
dietely by tbe recognition of the Southern Con'
federtoy.
Equally strong views have been expressed by
Mr. Locke King and Mr. Atcock, members for
East Surrey.
Sir 8. Bulwar Lytton, In tha coarse of bie
ypeeco said:—"No dispafsionata bystander can
bailie* that the CoinwwiM br r-rtore*,ajd > Ur
eighty pafittlaa aw IP|N M-at lb*coro.F
si irwt wHHog awrelrt th* nepara-i.m of wMch
iit la the oa* oatenaiWe, thagh it ie oertl er tha
dalr nor peats p th* moat powerfal eao.*."
f>( M.W Or!,.i
~air.| If* lar a rrr-to ata r,lam|l
■latatrr.
Oer/rat Bailer baa been sbl'hvg Nermaenfs end
Fort Mke. nteklrgen fraprclicn r the wort,.
Tie ha# also undertaken to art tbr Clo'ch In orrtr r
In Nw Orlrana, by arvva'ing an Eplecpal clever,
■ran for avowing bimaelf # era-elontt, and refa
air, 'o prat for tbi Pr -eldentof the United States.
General NeaT Dow baa been appointed to thvecr
mand of Pet aacnlt.
The difficulty with Uir E-.-tr Mr. Goodrich h
thua rjrpleloed by the corrcapondent of the New
Turk Ihrn d t
List Sunday morrlng, M jtr B'vneg, Chief of
General Butler's ataff, feeling the aplrit mnvMm„
determined to attend service at the Second Kpie.
copal ohnrcb, eitneti d dlrteily oppoaite resld-nt
headquarters. Hia aole motive in attending
chnreh waakha'. of worrhip, and be wa not In th,
slightest actuated by any deaire or intention to
int rfe'e wjtb tbe proceedings; but when the ree.
tor omittk'd'the prayer Bar the Pr eldrnt, aud
prayed with particular unctioo and empbaaif that
bif people might ba spared from their eeatniee,,
tbe M jnr'a Ire waa raay yuitly excited. Braolr.d
to give the miuieter f*ll opportunity to read tha
prayer if he would, be waited until tbe Li.tauy
waa finished end a byip aououi.o at, when he roe.,
and, enjlining eilrnoe on the minister, be turned
to the congregation aud elated that he-had visited
tbe eliureh for the sole purpoae of wor.hipping
Gad, hut aa tbe reottrhad seen fit to sat th.
prayer Tor tha president of the U titei States, b-.
|0 the Dims and by tbe authority of the comman
der of the Department of tbo Gulf, declared the
rerrices cloeed.
Of courae tbe frmate portien of tbe eongrrgatinn
waa inatantly on a huge "ram age," a anrne
began to aoh and aorcam, while others gnashed
their teeth and made themselves othe wiae con.
epicu >ua by their conduct. A* the Major (an!
thoat who know him will readily one-ivs how
dia greeable waa the duty he had been obliged to
perform) pasted out of the chq-cb, the lediea, who
had collected In quite a cowd by tbe
lim with n blw that would have dittip* td lb,
ambitiou* dreams of many a young and uiodeat as
pirant to bistriont' boaors; hnl he pee*f quietly
through with the air of one who knows he le iu
tbe right. A'tertbe chtroh war eloeed, the Gvn
ernal sent for the rector. K tr. Mr. G
bad a loug interview with btm. Mr. Goodrich
declared,bitnielf an uioim'ona'iiog aaoaaiooiet,
said ha had prayed for J IT. Davis up to tha pre.
viona Sunday, and reflated decidedly to obsy th*
order to pray for tbe Preeidtnt of the United
I States. The General dismissed him on bit parole,
[ ( report at headquarter* to day, and he will
' probably be sent North at a prisoner.
A Pevs.VLvaxia Nawarara* M xattD.— A enr-
I respondent of the Phil idelpliin Pre , writing from
! Carlisle, undtr date of OJI. Jd. aeya that eoniidtr
' able excitement waa occaaiauad tber* that evenieg.
hy the demolishmeat of the Am<riea Volunutr
j printing offi te. itappeaia that the previous day'a
; issue o mtained an • aito'ial from tha pen of John.
; li. liratton, containiug th* following Hntenet:— -
"They bare, in the fata of hie threa * apd per-
I aecntione, dashed their clenched Bete in hie very
I eyes, aid brandisded him and his trurkling,
| thieving, rotten Administration with tha taal of
I their c indemuation. 'Ctmi out of thai Chair,
| Attißiu the demand nf th people of
| this St etc made on Tuesday of last week." .Thn-i.s
I oitixme, and th#"Anderto . Troop, stationed there,.
) having tiwir ludignatiou aroaed at this, after a ,
i eenaaliation, atabont'da k repaired to the pfGie,
| about one buudred bi number, wbera, ueetiog
t with no resistance, th#y wen' quietly to wot k and
; knocked tha often into "pi," raining the "fonts"
' with bi:cbets, and pitching lb# typo into thaatraat, ,
j ai d burning tha remaining numbers of the is-a*.
s ,
i Gar. Dia DaCLi*a,-t-' ha following la a latter., r
\ from Maj .r Uenaral John A. Dx, dcaliaing ta be {
j a candidate for Governor of New Toik t
Fornax a Monaoa, Oct 31, ISA!,
J ... .; My same, 1 see, is again asvd la ton. .
i nactiou with apolitical offioe, without my knoul- :
i edga or couaant. 1 shall remain at my post, do.
: irg all I can to iuataia tbo goverumvut in putting 1
i down tha rsbellion, and at a ■ <■>, when tha
I exiatet.ee of tbe nation le kanging hy a thread, 1
cannot leave my duties hare to be drawn into any
| party strife. Neither wii> 1 ever aaeeut ta any ad
1 justment of tba contest with the insurgent Siat.t
which thall aeknoul.dg* their saccess. %
Th* rebellicm began in fraud, dishonor and vln
' lance, A must end in submission to tba ennui- ulioo
! and tha laws. The accession Is at era have pat the
: content on ground* Which would makeiueeeseoa
their pert indelible disgrace to us.
lo my sphere of duty my intention la to carry
! on tbe war without either violence to tke eonsii
' lution or to th* principles of Justice and humanity .p
! and to contend to the last to-avert a triumph ovr
' all that is stable iu gowmaavut or honorable iu
! political aompanionabip.
' My whole sours* through life baa proved my
' devotion to democracy aud consarvattvt prinel-
I plea. No assurance should ba needed that this
| faith la unchanged. But at a moment like this,
unless all parties will rally round tba governuiaal
i in putting down this rebellion, leavirg questions
1 among ourselves to be settled wbeu the notional
i honor la vindicated aud our ex'atauce aa a nation ,
j secured, there can be nothing for us la the /u<ua
! but disaster and disgrace. Jona.A. Dt*. <t
Ai Oeauß rim TRI ADKIRIBTRATIOR. —The
Washlngtou city eorreapondent of tbe New York
llerald, aaye:
"The friend* of Secretary Seward and tba Pretl- i
dent, hrabed by Tbarlow Weed, the apostle yf re
publicanism ia tbe United State*, have beea urging
lor some time the neoeseity of having en orgen her*
t o give forth tbe ever-chenging policy of lb* ad
ministratis in both civil and military capacities.
Mr. Lincoln'* administration is tbe only on* far
many year* that ba* net had a newapaper organ.
But the obj-ctiona to Kbave at laat been removed, j
and it is now announced that the old N ttiooal In
telligencer bns been purchased by Thurlow Weed,
and will soon appear aa an oAeial organ of tb#
administration. !. ■ L' -i. * i J e .
GRKCRAL VAR DJR Jltroarrß KttLin.—k
special dispatch to tbe Cincinnati Qattil* dated
Louisville, Ky., Get. 11, says :
"A report has reached this oltv, of a reliable
eSarao'er, to the *8 ct that tbe It, brl Van Dorn
was killed by a ete(Tofficer of tit* Rtbel Prtcn.—
Van D im aud Prion had ome dl(flculty ! V*n
Uorn drew a pistol to shoot him, bat Prion's staff
officer killed Ten Ilorn before be coald Ore."
John Vtn Bursa h*a lclgraphtd to tba Demo
crets at Rome, N. Y., a* follows:
"NEW Yoag, Oat. Id
"I will attend meeting at Itome on Friday, at I
o' look—if not in Fort Lafayette,
"Jons VAR BURRS."
Ha anisic so, Oot. H.—The Rtr. Charles A.
Hay, pastor of tbe Lutheran ehnrch of tbia elty,
has been arrested and taken to Baltimore, by
oider of Gen. Wool. The cause of thl* arrest tl
supposed to be the communication, signed by
Rev. Mr. Hay, pnbliahod in the Telegraph, aen
soring the military authority nt Baltimore.
, An Ixuißia HoTiia—Parties contemplate erect
iug en immense hotel in Washington. Eight
hundred and fifty thonsnnd dollars espitel, it !<
(aid, has been ar?diate<J foV tbe finrpoK !