The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-08-30
SIGNS OF TIN TINS.

SAsuGe III too GRIZZLY C9uAtBy
RKyuLsIor CT FanLIH0 II PKHxsYLvASIA.
A correspondent or tn. B sltim0rs Exchange
writes from Norristown, PennsylvaniA, Ap-
gust 20, as follows
A great excitement exists In Inherent paris
of Penusylvania just now, ana jon need mot
be surprised TO hear Of stirring scenes before
STATE rhould pattern after Missouri And
ret Ihavs heard Republicans and Democrats
freely suggest the idea. Hitherto Democrats
have furnished the majority, II not two. thirds,
corseq usnce is that soldiers are hard to get
Officers are plenty, but men are scarce. The
reason II, that the Republican journals nave
taken high ground In denouncing democrats
as disunionists, until many goo. Union men
have almost been driven into the Secsssion
idea. .-.
Rut the great operating cause now is the
&C ton OF the authorities ~ WasnihG ION IN
publican ranks, under the cry OF mo party"
This will not be submitted 70. and In every
county where the Democrats strike for the
old Democratic doctrine. the saics mas gone
cans must be "conflscated." several papers,
I understand, have already been seized BY
the Marshal.
stloysd on nj onday last, and the result in old
Northampton is a terrible state of bad feeling.
The Jensrscnian, West Chester, was also
destroyed by secretly organized mob atmid-
UlgOL OH Inc 1HIllS Ouys IN lilo AcAb Jay i
passed through, or rather in to the village, and
the excitement ran very high. This is State
camping ground, and parts Of two companies
organizing to make mp regiment were al
most broken 6y the ATTACK on the esIso
Lieutenant and 60 men withdrew their names,
declaring that If such was to be the order, the
Republicans might fight their own BATTLES
1hs feeling ran so high that an immense pa.
troll, armed with rifles and musksts, has been
kept up to prevent an attack upon the
borough, while dep0sitors have Withdrawn
their LANES from the bank. Since, under
stand, the Marshal has closed the Office Of the
Jeffers0nian, though the materials were de.
stroyed. This has increased the excitement
through the county to g nigh fever. II this
gees on, you may take 1t for granted that
Uncle Sam can GET no more Democratic SOL
diers, or in fac any kind, for they viii be
needed at home.
This is blind policy. Ths Admins tration
had better not rain mischief in Pennsy lvania.
The Democrats there are Union men to a man;
but many-very manJ-are anxious for a res
toration of peace on any terms that will ss-
cure Union and honor to the nation.
FRYgDOA OF THE PRESS,
From the New York DAILY News.I
The copies of the Daily News in the charge
of the American Express Com pany were seized
on Yesterday by the u. s. Marshal in this
citv, It is impossible to conceive by what
authority Government official can confis-
cate without legal process private property
which a business firm has received 10 trust
for the use OF Others. As well might the same
officer lay violent hands upon citizens
watch. his purse, or any article which he has
paid tor and which belongs exclusively to
him. The Government, if 1T has authonzed
this illegal seizure, has gone one step too far,
even TO answer its own purposes. Reaching
for q shield to cover its own weakness, it
has "o'er-leaped itself and fallen on the other
side" If the Administration will persist
in gathering information only from the
columns OF The war press, it will never be
awakened to a sense OF the danger it lis pro-
voking until it is too late. or every hundred
voters in the city Of New York, seventy five
are antagonistic to the harsh and unconstitu-
tioIal measures adopted by Mr.. Lincoln and
his advisers, and an ual proportion are alb.
solutely friends Of the Peace party. The city
is quiet now-calm as tropical sea when not
a breath stirs the Tapping sail; but 1t ia the
calmness that precedes tbs hurricane. We
are like men here sleeping within q maya zine,
where the train is laid and the blazing torch
is at hand; one spark may spread ruin and
desolation around II the Administration
win bat pause, look about, take note of what
is the true feeling, and ponder, much
that is terrible may be avoided.
Such wanton ontrages upon right and lib
erty as have been witnessed lately in our
MIDST, would have been sufficient to ''stir the
stones of Rome to rise and mutiny." The
wrongs that precipitated the French Revo-
luton were innocent in comparison. Oiti-
zsns cast into dungeons withon public charge
against them and without hope Of trial; pri-
vate property confiscated at the beck OF those
in power; the press BUNDLED, threatened and
Suppressed, or prostitu ted TO serve the ends
of fanatscism. What ever did Louis XVI.
so tyrannical and dangerous and yet be lost st
his head. What ever did Great Britain 10
unjust 10 provoke the Indignation of her colo
nissf and yet she alienated them from her for.
ever.
The people here have been unaccustomad
to such wrongs; they can yet scarcely realize
them. They are stunned for thu time being
with the quick succession OF outraxes that
have been hurled at them, and they stand
silent and Inotionless like men startled by an
unexpected blow. But when they do awaken
TO q sense Of ipjnry-to a full conception of
what they have lost and what they are
losing-to an understanding that they are
gliding oy rapid steps from freedom to bon
dage, they will not lack the impulsive action
of the Partisan at his barricades, or the reso-
luton of their forefathers at Lexington and
Bunker Hill.
A New York letter Of the 9th says:
The proprtetors of The ID lilly News, fearing
an attack upon their establishment, yesterday
applied to the police superintendent for pro-
lection. A force Of 400 police was held tn re-.
O'Clock this morning their services had not
been called into req uisition. 1t was reported
that forty men armed with revolvers, were
retained Dy the prcprietors of the News, to
meet anv emergency. The Journal or Com-
merce flee was also guarded.
from the Baltimore Exchange. of Wednesday i
At tina head OF the leading editorial column
| of the New York Daily News of yesterday,
we ind the following manly and outspoksn
notice from its proprietor. No man who has
any genuine sense Of right or appreciation OF
public freedom, can fail to respond, with his
whole heart, to the fearless and inde-
| pendent spirit with which 1t Is animated
In the madness which il upon us, such q
spirit, it Is true, may be bent, but it can never
be broken. No Government, since the free
| dom of the press began, ever entered into q
contest with free speech without being over.
come. History has no record Of any other re-
suit. II the Government of Mr.. Lincoln is
insersihle to the lessons Of the past, as surely
as truth Is invincible it will BE- awakened BY
| the teachings Of the future.
" TO THE suBscRJB7Rs OF TIE raw YORK NEWS
9Th, subscribers to the New York Daily
and Weekly News who reside beyond the Ii.
| naits Of the city of New York will take notice
that their copies, should they have failed te
receive them, have been conflscated, by order
Of the Federal 0ovsrnment. This has beer
done without form Of law, and by more usur.
| patton OF power. This ONCE IL impo.ent
therefore, to fulfill its obligations toward it,
patrons; but subscribers may rest assured
that every means VIII be taken to protec
their interests. andathat. until prevented by
| physical force, the New York News will dis
| seminate its views freely and fearlessly, sand
will continue to oppose the present fratrici.
| erty, personal liberty, and life.
"BssJAx1s wooD."
DIsLoY Atty OF TRRE srRHoH.
IFrom the New York Day Book, Aug. 2o.1
But 1t is said we are /" disloyal." "Disloy
| atty !"-what is itf To be "loyal" must W.
| believe in "the irreprsssible condict'' Of Sew
| ard, "the negro equality Of Chase, the ssplti
| mate extinction" theory OF Lincoln, and tina
| the Helper book is q "valaable political docu
ment3 '' Must we believe TINT S,ward 10 q,
| great a statesman a. Jefferson, that Cameron
| is az incorruptible al Diogenes, and that Lin
| coin is as learned as Macchiavellil Must W.
| believe that black 10 whits, that two and two
| Iectual suicide Does MIR. Lincoln's Admin