Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1861-08-23
Tho New York Secession Journals


T. tie tirrltG tyRFt 1 tie H6"-' H''te'
t,r he Syw!rra Distri, Of Nr,e Ior.
. Tie Grand Iaqrcs, Of the United State.
of America for the Southern District Of
New York, beg leave to present the I'll!
lowing facts to the Court, aud ask its adgic.
thereon.
There arc certain newspapers, within
dis district, which axe ia toe freqcaa'
practice OF eut6urgg giug the Respia now ia
arms .aiust the Federal Government, bJ
expressing sympathy aui agreement wi'd
them, the duty Of aecoliug to their Dc
msuI5, aul d;sa2tisiactiou with the employ
meut 0! force to overcome them.
! These papegs axe the New York daily
and weekly J,"aai # Commerce, the dai-
/ ly and weekly Mars, the daily aud weekly
Day E,,L, the Frccmm's Jouraol, al
published in the city Of New York, and
,he daily aul weekly EIyls, published il
/ tho city of Brooklyn. The first named OF
these has just published list Of newspa-
pcrs il the Fleo States opposed to what II
calls 'thc present uuho!y war'-war in
defence Of our country aud its institutions
aaI our most sacred rights, aud carrie! on
salely for the restoration Of the authority
If the Government.
. The Grand Jury are aware that free G ~
ernmcnt allow liberty Of speech ard of The
press to their utmos! limit, but there is
nevertheless 4 limit. If person 10 for
trcss or an army, were to preach to the
soldiers Submission to the enemy, he would
be treated as an offender. Would he be
more culpable than the citizen who, in the
midst of the most formidable couspirac )
and rebellion, tells the couspirators aud
rebels that they are right, encourages them
to persevere 10 resistance, and condemns
the efforts CT loyal citizens to overcome
aul punish them as "an unLoly war Z!
If the utterance Of such language in the
streets or through the press is not crime,
then there is great defect in our laws, Oh
they were Lot made for such an emergeu-
cy.
The conduct Of these disloysl presses is,
OF course, condemned and abhOrred by all
loyal men tu, the Grand Jury will be
glad to learn from tie Court that it is also
subject to Indictment and condign punish
mCut.
All Of which is respectfully presented.
Signed by all the Grand Jurors.
CHARLES GOULD, Foreman.
New York, August lG, 1861.
ARMY ORDER the late order from
the War office, relative to the organization
of volunteers, the following important pas
sage occurs: If delay should occur in the
filing up Of any company or regiment to
the minimum standard to entitle it to be
mustered into the United States service,
tue Commauder-in-Chief will disband or
consolidate the incomplete organization,
or transfer companies, or accept new or
ganizitions, as circumstances may require.
The rebel Congress has resolved to ad-
journ on the 18th, Aug. to meet again in
November next
The Democrats of Clinton County nom
mated Charles y. Mayer for Senator, and
pbacon jarrett for Assembly.
The report of the Penn'a State Teach
crs Association in the Lancaster Eprcss,
says no people have treated them better
than did those of Lewisburg.
The Rebels recently had "panic" at
Fairfax, and hundreds of them run for
miles, equal to the Bull Run stampede.
They had report tina, M'Clellen was
close upon them, and took to their heels
At 3oalsburg, Pinegrove, aud Storms
town, dinners were prepared in honor of
the returned volunteers belonging 10 Capt.
NJ Farland's command.
The death, on the Goth inst, Of Col. Jo-
scph Paxton, of CattHWissa, is announced
in the Danville American. lie was one Of
the best and most beloved citizens of Cen
trail Pennsylvania, aud had reached his
10Th year.
The Richmond papers recommend that
the usual signs of mourning in dress ard
churches, be "dispensed with" for the
present.
The new Kentucky Legislature has 81
Unionists and l6 SecessioDists. They
should exrol their false Senators, Powell
ana Breckinriigo.
Not a soldier anywhere in America, IN
der Federal authority, went without his
pay on the ist Of the month, save those
whose pay-Folls were b!uuieringly iuaceu-
rate through the incomeptency Of oficcrs.
The gold was then AID is now ready for
every soldier in the scrvico.-TrijuHe.
Hon. Wm. H. Dimm;ck died in Homes
dale, 30 inst aged IS years, of the disease
contracted at the National Hotel, Wash
ington.
IR0YroN, No, Aug. IA messenger
brings information that Col Neckcr, who
left here on Thursday with his regiment,
surprised a body of rebels 400 strong,
near Frcderickstown, early yesterday
morning. tie captured ali their camp
equipage, aud his men ate the brcakfas;
which had just been prepared. Twelve
prisoners were also taken.
The loyal Legislature Of Virginia pro
pose tn fern a new State; 10 be called