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North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1862-12-31
Cannot Escape History.
PORTER CARPENTER.

The Carbon Democrat, in discussing the
Presidents assertion that he and his admin
istration cannot escape history. makes the
following severe reply -" No! You cannot
scape history you will be remembered as
long as mankind shall survive You will be
remembered as the men who ruined YOUR
country, destroyed the last best hope of
earth in base attempt to make the negro
the equal Of the white man. You will surely
be lighted down to the latest generation by
the memory Of the burning cities and towns
of America, whose fires We're kindled by the
torch you supplied. You will be lighted
down to your last home, by the flames of a
civil war which was the offspring of your am
bItion, and which was needlessly prolonged
by your fanatacism, and your greed of pub
lie spoil You cannot escape story but
future ages will point to you in the same
spirit that they now point tn the Jacobins of
France, or the tyrants of the House Haps-
burg.
The Bastiles of America will cry out against
you. The blood of a quarter of million of
deceived but honest patriots viii dye your
hands SO red that eternity will not cleanse
them. The mutlated remains of the great
charter of liberty, like the ghost of murdered
Banquo, will hunt you at every turn, and
shake its CORY locks IN your very faces
Liberty, with her garments trailing in blood
and dust, will raise her beseeching face to
Heaven and pray for vengeance upon her de-
spoilers. A hampered, tax-ridden and op-
pressed posterity will cry out against you,
and inscrbe upon the page of history that re-
cords your acts, dshonor."
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1862-12-31
TUNKHANNoCK, PA.
Wednesday, Dec. 81. 1862.
Summary of News.

The news from the army of the Potomac
since the late massacre at Fredericksburg, has
been comparatively unimportant. The army
since the retreat, has remained in statu quo.
Gen. Banks has arrived al New Orleans and
has superseded Gen. Butler in the command
Of that department
The difficulty in the Cabinet has, to all ap-
pearances, been settled. Seward, and others
who rendered their designations, have resum-
ed their duties Gen. Burnside's resignation
was not accepted. BY his attempts to save
the authorities at Washington from the odi-
um which justly attaches to their incompe-
tence and criminal negligence, he has placed
his own former. good character as General,
in no very enviable light.
The developments made from day to day
in the Mcdowell and Porter cases, disclose
the corruption and imbecility of Stanton,
1Ialleck and otner officials at Washington,
and the forbearance of their intended victim
Gen. Mcclellan, who to- day stands higher in
the confidence of the army and the estimation
of all right thinking men than ever before.
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1862-12-31
THE NEW YORK WEEKLY CAITCA.
SIAN.

The Democratic paper, issued by the pro-
prietorS Of the Day Book, and for the pre-.
sent taking the place of that paper, is once
more before US. 1t has been deprived the
use Cfthe mails by the Administration at
Washington for over year, yet it has never
suspended publication, or changed or modi-
fled is course a particle. The ban is now re-
moved, the receE. Democratic victories have
produced change of policy at Washington
already. All our readers who desire a ster
ling Democratic sheet from New York CITY,
should send for specimen copy of the eau
casian or white mans paper, before subscrib-
ing for another. Its terms are as follows -
Single copies, 81 so per year. Four copies,
So. Ten copies, $l2, an extra one to the
getter up of the club. Twenty copies to one
address, $50, and one to the getter up of the
club, 1t is good sized folio sheet, well filed
with condensed reading matter, and belongs
to the unterifed" school of Democracy
Send for q copy.
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1862-12-31
Worthy of Notice.

1t is worthy of notice, as exemplifying the
difference between the two parties, that
on the first days OF the session, Messrs. Cox
and Valandigham introduced bills of inquiry
into the legality of denying mail facilities to
the press, and imprisoning citizens on the or.
der of Secretary.
On the other hand Thad. Stevens, and his
co-conspirator, are just as busy in procuring
the passage of acts to indemnify the minions
of despotlsm for their lawless and Infamous
acts of oppression. Let them indemnify to
their hearts, content. No law that they can
enact for this purpose. will have more than
the shadow of validity. The wrongs of the
people must and will be redressed. The
outrages of the last year and half must be
atoned for.
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1862-12-31
ARMY OF THE PoToMAC. ]
132nd Regt. Pa. Vols, Co. B, :
Dec. 2lst, 1861. J
DEAR FATHER /:

1t is with pleasure that
| state to you that l am WELL | received the
things sent by you, and was very glad to get
them. [ was about bare(ooted and naked
too, when they arrived. | will send you
my money as soon as [ get it. have not
received any money since that you sent me,
which was very acceptable.
They talked about our driving the Rebels
from the city of Fredericksburg. was over
there week ago yesterday and to-day -
We were led up to the slaughter pen on the
18th inst. | had heard of these pens before.
but | never thought of being led into one.
cannot begin to tell you what situation We
were placed in +; but tell you we had to fight
cannons with muskcts. 1t was terrible, the
way they drove the men on to the very can
mons mouth, which poured into their ranks
grape and canister, until they were obliged to
fee for the town. The Rebels had three
rows of batteries, one right behind the ether.
They say it IS not cold down here in Virgin
Ia, but the ground has been frozen from six
to ten inches deep We have nothing but
shelter tents, and they are made out of Fac.
tory cloth, so you can see We are not very
well provided for, but do not worry abou,
me, for am as tough as bear. | shall
come home if live, when my time is out. |
will tell you of hard times when [ get there
| will send you my money, icI ever draw
any. Keep my colt till come home am
sorry that Ella has got the sore throat.
Good bye, for tho present.
From you son,
PORTER CARPENTER.
To Samuel Carpenter.
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1862-12-31
DEPARTMENT OF COMMON SCHOOLS,
HARRISBURG, December IL. Is


w HEREAS, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES of
w the Mansfield Classical Seminary located at
Mansfield, in Toga county by resolution adopted at
meeting of the Board Oh the twenty fourth day Of
October 1902 on file in this Department. made for
NAL application to the State Superintendent for the
privileges of {" An act to provide for the training
ofteachers for the Common Schools of the State"
approved the oath day of May, 1857, and the supple
ment thereto, approved the l4th day of April 1859
and
WHEREAS, In pursuance of said application, the
State Superintendent of Common Schools together
with Hon. Geo Smith, of the county of Delaware
Hon. A l.. Hays, of the county of Blair and DR..
c. Bliss, of the county of Bradford" competent
and dlsinterestcd persons" appointed by him, with
the consent of the Governor rs Inspectt rs and c.
Coburn, Superintendent of Bradford county A n
Bullard, Superintendent of Susquehanna county
Hugh Castles Superintendent of Lycomng county,
and IL c. Johns, Superintendent of Tioga county did,
on Thursday, the eleventh day of December, 1862,
personally, and at the time, vsi- and inspect
said School, nj after thorough examination there
of and of its bylaws rules and regulations, and Of
its general arrangement and facilities for instruction
by written report on file, in this Department. approve
the same, and find that they fully come up to the
provisions of said act, and its supplement, and did
certify the same to the Department of Common
Schools with their opinion that said school has fully
complied with the provisions of said act, and its sup
plement as far as can be done before going into op-
GRAFTON under them.
<Nolc, therefore, in pursuance of the requirements
of tha f+I,o 7 IL
by give public notice, that have officially recogniz
ed the Mansfield Classical Seminary, as a State Nor
NAL School, for the fifth Normal School District COM
posed of the counties of Bradford, Susquehanna Wy
omng, Sullivan Lycoming and Tioga. and that said
school shall henccforh enjoy all the privileges and
immunities, and be subject to all the liabilities and
restrictions contained in said act and supplement.
In testim ony whereof, 1 have hereunto set my
hand, H. s.. and affixed the seal of the Department
of Common Schools, at Harrisburg this llth day Of
December 1862, THOS. H. BURROWES.
Sup't Common Schools
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1862-12-31
Objects of AbOiitiOnists.

That the Aboitionists would destroy the
Constitution and introduce despotsm, is no
empty charge. The following extracts will
show the temper of that party, The n. Y.
Times says:
"a man Of firm and rcsolute will, with a
million of men in his arms to support him,
can do pretty much as he pleases. They
have to learn that Constitutions however con-
venient they may be, can be laid aside or sus-
pended when necessary"
The Rev. DR.. Bellows in late sermon on
the proclamation, said:
'The policy of the utter destruction of
slavery and the slave power once avowed
the next is to cashier every General who dare
to ques ton or disregard it, to dismiss every
Cabinet officer who disputes it, and to silence
every press that lifts its guilty columns against
it'
And again DR.. Bellows said:
"This is war of exterminaton-a war to
get rid of slavery and shareholders, whether
1t is constitutional or not"
E. c. Ingersoll, Abolition candidate at large
in Illinois for Congress, safe IN one of his
speech es
eff the President should determine that in
order to crush this rebellion, the Constitution
should be suspended during the rebellion.
believe he has the right to do so.''
Ro8ette, a candidate for the Illinois Legis-
lature, gave utterance to the following
Il am not Constitutional man / am for
carrying on this war under the Constitution,
over the Constitution, through, the Consttu-
ton, around the Constitution, cr against the
Constitution. Any way whatever, so as to
put down the rcbellon.''
The abolition party is done for. The last
election did the business. The nigger shock
Like the animal in "Mother Gcose's Melo-
dies:
"While it lives it lives in clover.
! Ard who diaS ii oil
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1862-12-31

EE Lincoln, in his message, saws "i( the
slaves leave their old places they leave them
open to white Iaborers." They surely may
go down South and take the places vacated
by the slaves. In plain words, if the negroes
come North and take the white laborers'
places, can't the latter go down South and
take the negroes places The President
says so, and laboriug men should all feel glad
that the subject has thus been plainly eluci-
dated.
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1862-12-31

IL Our subscribers who are in arrears
are again notified that between this and
Court Week, we expect them to pay up at
our advance rates-$l,50 per year. After
that date, We shall adhere strictly to our
published terms and charge two dollars. The
advance in the cost of paper, which Is now
$50 per cent. higher than two months ago,
makes this course necessary. We shall ad-
here to it nfexibly.
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1862-12-31

Follow Law AS FAR AS CoNvENIENT."-
The following extraordinary paragraph ap-
pears in recent letters from President Lincoln
to Gen. Grant, Governor johnson and others
exercising authority in Tennessee, in which
he recommends to their consideration one
Thomas r. Smith, who goes to that State
for the purpose of securing the election Of re-
representatives. to the next Congress. Mr..
Lincoln says:
1" shall be glad for you and each Of you,
to aid him, and all others acting for this OBJ
ject, as much as possible. IL all available
ways give the people chance to express
their wishes at these elections. Follow law
and forms Of law as far as convenient, but at
all all events get the expression of the larg-
est number of the people possible. All see
how much such action will connect with and
after the proclamation of September o. OF
course the men elected should be gentlemen
of character, willing to swear to support the
Constitution as of old, and known to be
above reasonable suspicion Of ddplicity.
=" Yours, very Respectfully.
tSignedl {" a. LINCOLN"
Mark the expression, Follow law and
forms of law as far as convenient" In the
estimation of the President, whenever law is
inconvenient it should not he followed
What beautiful doctrine to be preached by
a man whose duty it is to execute the laws
Surely the President cannot be serious when
he advises his officers to obey the laws only
when il is conrenient" to them. A nice
man the President is to compel others to
0 hey laws, when he only regards them when
they are convenient.
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1862-12-31

IL We learn through the Pittston
Gazette, that over Forty of Capt Bradley's
Company, of she l42nd, were killed and
wounded at the battle near Fredericksburg
Among the names Of the wounded we notice
that Of Capt (now Maj) Bradley whose leg
has been amputated. Lieut. Cyrus X. Camp
bell, in calf of leg, and Serg't. G. w. Brink.
in foot.
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1862-12-31

ESa The delay in getting out our paper
week before last, induced US to adopt the
custom of the fraternity in omitting one issue
during the holidays, in order that We might
catch up with our work. We hope to avoid
recurrence of this state of things hereafter.
and to issue our paper regularly as hereto
fore.
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1862-12-31
The New York Weekly Caucasian.
THE WHITE MANS PAPER.

The proprietors of the Caucasian are hap
py TO announce that, "the press being once
more iree," they can now send their paper
by mail. The Caucasian is issued by the
publishers of the Day Book, the place of
which paper it will take for the present
Through the long and dreary "reign of ter
ror" it has been regularly issued, though at
great loss. During that period its proprie-
tors have received multitude Of inquiries
for it which they could not supply. That
time, however, is now passed, and they will
be glad to furnish all with the paper who de-
sire it. Subjected as the Caucasian has been
to the persecution of the misguided men in
office, until its business is nearly ruined it
confidently appeals to all friends of a "free
press" and request that earnest efforts be
made in every locality to extend its circula-
tion.
TERMS:
Single copies, $780, Four copies, S. .
Ten copies, and an extra one to the getter up
Of the club, $l2; Twenty to one address,
and one to the getter up of the club, 800
The Caucasian will contain reports of mar-
kets, news, &c. ~ Send for specimen
copies.
Address
VAN EYRE, HORTON & Co.
1G2 Nassau street.
New York.
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1862-12-31

il We tender to our readers the salu-
tatons Of the season; hoping that all had a
" Merry Christmas" we now wish them a
Happy New Year"
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1862-12-31

BUTLER's SPEcuLATIoNs.-It is said that
Gen. Butler and his brother have made five
millions OF dollars, in cotton and sugar specu.
latlons, in New Orleans, and invested the
money in British securities.
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1862-12-31
KOLL0CK'S DAIDILIOU COFFEB.

This preparation, made from the best Java Coffee,
is recommended by physicians as n superior NJ TRI1
TlOUS BEVERAGE for General Debility, DySpep-
sia, and all bilious disorders. Thousands who have
been compelled to abandon the use of coffee will usa
this without injurious effects One can contains the
strength of two pounds of ordinary coffee Price .
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1862-12-31
PROTEST AGAINST THE BILL IDEM-
NIFYiNG the PRESIDENT AGAINST
PROSECUTION FOR ARBITRARY AR.
REST

PROTEST AGAINST THE BILL IDEM-
NIFYlNG the PRESIDENT AGAINST
PROSECUTION FOR ARBITRARY AR
REST.
In the House of Representatives, on Mon
day, Mr., Pendleton, of Ohio, asked permission
of the House to put upon the Journal pro-
test, signed by thirty-six members of the
House, against the passage of the bill to in
d"mnify the President for arrests made under
suspension of the writ of habeas corpus.
After stating the circumstances under
which the bill was passed, they conclude as
follows:
They protest against the refusal cf the
House to permit the consideration and dis
cussion of the bill as an arbitrary exercise Of
power by the majority; unjust to the nem-
bers, unjust to their constituents, and dero-
gatory to its character as a legislative body.
They protest against the passage of the bill.
First-Because it purpOrts to deprive the
citizens of all existing peaceful legal modes of
redress for admitted wrongs, and thus COM
pels him tamely to submit to the injury in
tiicted or to seek illegal and forc bic remedies.
Second-Because it purports to indemnify
the President and all acting under his au-
thority for acts admitted to be wrongful, at
the expense of the citizen against whom the
wrongful acts have been perpetrated, in viola
tion of the planest principles of justice and
the just and familiar precepts of constitu-
tional law.
Third-Because it purports to confirm
and make valid, by act of Congress-, arrests
and imprsonments which were not only not
warranted by the Constitution of the United
States, but were in palpable violation of its
express prohibitions.
Fourth Because it purports to authorize
the President, during this rebellion, at any
time to arrest any person, and anywhere,
throughout the limits of the United States,
to suspend the privileges of the writ of habe-
as corpus, whereas by the Constitution the
power to suspend the privilege of that writ
is Confided to the discretion of Congress
alone, and is limited to the places threatened
oy the dangers of invasion or insurrection.
Fifth-Because, for these and other rea- |
IONS, it is unwise and unjust-an invasion of
private rights-an encouragement to violence,
md precedent full of hope to all who would
lsurp despotic power and perpetuate 1t by !
he arbitrary arrest and Imprisonment of all |
Who oppose them.
Sixth and finaly-Bccause in both its sec
ions it is deliberate, palpable and danger
'us violation of the Constitution, according
% the plain sense and intention of that in
and is therefore utterly null and |
7oid
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1862-12-31
ABOLITION TREASON,

Thaddeus Stephens, in the debate on the
admission of the proposed new State of Kama
wha, made very extraordina ry speech of
which the following paragraph is specimen
brick
" [ say, then, that we may admit West
Virginia as new state, not by Uirtue Of dny
prorisiOn Of the Constitution, but under our
absolute power which the laws of war give us
in the circumstances in which we are placed.
| shall vote for this bill upon that theory, and
upon that alone for L 1DW not tultity my
self by supposing that ee hare any aoarrant
m the Constitution for this proceeding.
g This talk Of restoring the Union us it
10Gs and The Consultation as 1t is, is one of
the absurdities lchich hnre heard repeated
untH hare become about sick of it. This
Union can never be restored as it was There
are many things which render such an event
impossible. This Union shall nerer wth ma
consent be restored under the Constitution as
IL IS, a0th sLarery to be protected by IT,"
This frank admission of the unconstitution-
ality of the Western Virginia scheme is cred
liable, but the treason which it masks is gross.
BY Mr.. Stevens own confession he is as
much traitor as any man in arms against
the government. On taking his seat in the
present Congress he swore that he would sup
port the Constitution Of the United States,
and nc expects to repeat that oath in the next
congress, to which he has been elected Yet
here we find him deliberately announcing
that he is governed in votes, not by the
Constitution, but by his notion of the laws of
war, even when these are in conflict with the
supreme law of the land.-N. Y. World
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1862-12-31
Illegal Arrests.


Recorder Hoffman, of New York, in his
charge to the grand jury last Monday, said !:
The removal of any person from this State
into any other State Or territory, to answer
to any charge of having committed here an
offence against the laws of either the United
States or the State, is without the authority
of law. And every person, whether he be
an officer or private individual, who shall
thus seize and confine any person whomso-
ever with intent either secretly to confine or
lmprison him here, or to remove HIM out of
the State, acts in rioldtion of lie statute and
renders hinseLtiable 10 indictment and i'm
priS0nment. Upon the trial Of such indic.-
ment, the fact that such seizure, confinement
and removal lcas by order Of the President
Of Tie United States, or any member of his
cabinet, or any other officer OfMe qorern
ment, 1riH constitute no legal defence. Nei,
ther the President nor any member of the
cabinet, or other officer, (not judicial,) has
any lawful authority to order the seizure, or
imprisonment, or removal from the State. of
any citizen of the State, forany offence what
ever, committed, within its borders.
And again:
That in State, not being the scene of ac-
tual military operations, not having even an
army within its borders, not even any SOL
dIery, excepting such as may be on their
way to fight the battles of the Constitution
and the Union, whose laws ale not obstruct-
ed or defied, where no form OF the L" law mar
tial" can, by any construction, be made ap-
plcabIe to any person not mustered into mil
itary service, it is my duty as Judge to de
clare to you that tie seizure Of her citizens.
their secret imprisonment against their will,
their removal from her borders without au-
thority Of law to answer to criminal or other
charges, their confinement in places be, opd
the reach of legal process, is in violation of
the rights secured to them bv the Constitu-
ton and by the laws, and it is the right ard
solemn duty of the grand jury to indct any
person or persons who have in these respects
offended against the law.
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1862-12-31

Geo. II. Pendleton, Chas. A. Wicklife,
VIM. A. Richardson, Chas. J. Biddle, Pa,
James c. Robinson, James A. Crayens,
Philip B. Fouke, Elijah Ward,
JAS. r. Morris, Philip johnson, Pa.
Anthony L, Knapp, John D. Stiles, Pa,
c. L. Taandigham, George w. Dunlop,
Chiffon A White (O) IIend'k B. Wright, Pa.
Warren P. Noble, Wm. A Wadsworth,
VIM. Allen, CO., Aaron Harding,
Samuel s. Cox, Henry Crider,
Elijah H. Norton, Chas. B. Calvert,
George l.. Shiel, James E. Kerrigan,
S. Z. Ancona, Pa, Henry May,
Jesse Lazear, Pa, Robert H. Nugent,
Nehemiah Perry, George H. Yeaman,
Chauncy Hibbard, Bradley F. Granger,
John Law,
The resolution and protest, on motion Of
Thad. Stevens, Of Buckshot War notoriety.
were laid on the table by vote of IS to 40
Democrats do not seem to enjoy any rights
in the present Congress.
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1862-12-31
KOLLOCK'S LEVAIN,

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North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1862-12-31

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North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1862-12-31

"While it lives, it lives in clover.
Aud when it dies, it dies all over"
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-06-14

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- WESTERN CORN, Rye, Oats Barley and Buck
Wheat, for sale BY W ID. HOLBROnK & co,
mchl7 distf 307 Main street.