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North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1863-03-25
Thu Emancfpatfon Proclamation.

The Metropolitan Record, the organ
the Roman Catholic church in New York
makes the following statement of the effects
of the proclamation, which seems to be o
document entirely retroactive in its opera
ton:
WHAT THE PRESIDENTS PROCLAMATION HA'
DONE.
It has divided the North.
It has created discomfort among the sol
diers of the Union army. FL
1t has raised the premium on gold to ovel
l60 per cent.
1t has strengthened the Southern Confed
eracy by proving to the loyal people ofthe
South that this is war not for the Unior
but for emancipation.
1t has placed two of the Western States
in an attitude of determined hostility to the
Administration.
1t has rendered foreign Powers still more
unfriendly to the Union.
1t has falsifed the repeated pledges given
by the President that the institution of sla-
very should not be interfered with, on the
ground that he, the President, had no au.
thority in the matter.
1t has reduced the Constitution to nulli.
ty, by direct violation of its provisions re-
garding slavery.
1t has put premium of20 per cent. upon
the lowest coin in the country.
1t has made the Administration contempt
ible in the eyes of all sensible men by the
very fact that it is imperative.
1t has rendered the organization OF anoth-
er army utterly impossible, unless the Abo-
litionists can be induced to fight.
1t has established the precedent that on
the plea of military exigencies" the su-
preme law of the land can be suspended.
1t has proved the Administration to have
been guilty of the most cruel deception in
enlisting men to fight for the Union, and in
sacrificing them to the emancipation theory
1t has rendered useless the immense
amount of treasure and the seas of blood that
have flowed since the war began.
1t has proved to the people that their pub
lie servants at Washington are determined
to act in defiance of their clearly expressed
desires.
1t has established the fact that the aboli
tion of slavery is of more consequence in the
eyes of" our rulers" than the interests and
liberties of the white man.
And whilst it has done all this, we defy
even its most strenuous advocates to prove
that single benefit to the cause Of the Tn,
ion has resulted from its PRONUNCIATION. But
there is one thing more it has done, and
which should not be omitted. 1t has so far
estranged the people from the Administra
tion as to render all laws for conscription or
draft utterly imperative.
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1863-03-25

Co. Fl. 52nd Regt. Pa. Vols. End D..
NAGLEE's Division, Isle st. HELENlSss
DEAR MOTHER:
that am well. 1t is very hot at this =, '@
The sun beats down upon the sandy -.
Sc that we are driven out from our d.
tents. As there is nothing to shade thu
or tents we have to stand and take IL. ,T
like dumb brutes. Now and then an o,..
ly breeze sweeps along from the sea o.
the island, which almost makes mo,
for joy.
Last night on dress parade, an ords,.
read that the Regiment must be undo, =.
a. 8 o'clock to-day. This morning On, =
tain came and said that we mus, bl..
our boots and brighten our brasses And
ready for review. At 9 o'clock thew y,
and raced us up and down till about >.
O'Clock and after that drilled US an hon, =,
half longer. began to think, like q
UniverSalists that there was no HI =
that man got his punishments herr :;
earth, and that mine had come all at on..
| thought of the night left my home =,
friends, and Did farewell to old Wyomin,
the little farm upon which had laborsd
many days, trying to make home fl, -.
parents in their old age. Farewell to :.
brothers and sisters and school-mates ts,,
had spent SO many happy days with, and :,
all that | held near and dear tho1rbt b.
of the gaze took Of my home the pieh
left it, to take the cars at pittston for u.
risbarg. shall long remember ths. l,.l
gaze and the thought that then came in N,
mind. How the tears came to nv ewes a,
thought of you, mother, tried to keen -On
crying, but it was enough to break be,,
Of stone. Yes, all this came to my mind Al
thought of my mother which | left 50 M,
ny hundred miles behind me, to 90 and f,b
TO fight for what? The id nigger
should like to write more, but h,,.
not time.
The boys in Co. B. are all well, with iev|
exceptions.
There was very heavy cannonading hesrt
here to-day. 1t is supposed to be near Char
lesion.
| hear that they are going to consolidate
the 52nd with the l04th Regt. because thsrs
are but few of US. We car only turn m,|
2G0 men, any more. lfthey undertake tas
there will be rebellion, for not man vii
go.
hope I shall soon return home to my IL
ther and mother, for the more | think u
them the better love them.
Give my best respects to all the folks q
the creek. My love to you and father u,
all the rest of the family. Write as sOaa
you get this.
Good bye.
S. S. PEwTERBAuGR +
To Mrs. Susan Pewterbaugh.
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1863-03-25

L. The news from the Seat of War
during the past week, has been mostly made
up of rumors which need confirmation. If
we may believe these, "active operations are
about to be commenced," in various locali-
ties.
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1863-03-25

T. The exultant growing of the Repub-
lican, over the New Hampshire election,
turns out to have been premature. The
state has clear majority against the Abo-
titionists, of several thousand there being
three candidates in the field, neither were
elected. The so-called "copperherds" beat
the "wooles" by about three thousand.
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1863-03-25

A PLAN TO END THE WAR.-Jane r..
Thurston offers, through Portland (Mainel
journal, >" to furnish for the sum of $500
(Which sum shall be given for the relief Of
the sick and wounded soldiers) plan which
will close up the rebellian and unite all the
States in six months, or refund the money"
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1863-03-25

e. Billy Button recommends the form
alton of Loyal League" in our town, to
purify the atmosphere of dsloyaty." Rather
queer disinteeting agent this abolition trail
or Billy would prove as Lacquer"
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1863-03-25

". wi. Pettengiil s. Co.--No. 81 PARK Row.
NEW York, STATE ST. BosToN, are our Agents
for the NJ B. Democrat in those Cities and are author
lied to take Advertisements and Subscriptions for
us at our lowest Rates
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1863-03-25

Co. H. 52nd Regt. Pa. Vols. End Ri =
NAeLEE's Division, Isle St. HElESAS +
DEAR MOTHER:
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1863-01-23
common asncng. a. considerable. class in this
city.-N y. Tribune.
New England Left Ont"

The Chicago Tribune in an able article
upon the secession talk Of "leaving New
England out in the cold," when the Union
is reconstructed, shows what would be
/" left out" ic such reconstruction the
slavery savers desire were possible, -
follows:-
Ut is, we say, to late to quarrel shout
the character Of the Puritans. because,
were history dumb. there stand the six
States of New England, everlasting monu-
men,s for the per2etuaiion Of the memory
Of the great qualities Of the men who built
on Puritan basis. And in spite Of the
old story by which the pioneers Of the May
flower have been assailed-in spite of that
kind Of criticism which, in sneering at long
prayers, forgets the godliness Of the men
who made them, and that, in estimating
characters, takes account of the blemishes
only, and converts the peculiarities Of an
era into the special vices of the individuals
who fourished therein in spite Of despotic
reaction against what New England has
fought and lived, the fact remains, and il
now confessed by all the world
Tat no where does Gods sun shine upon
any political community, containing an
equal number Of people, among whom lib
erty is SO secure
Among whom property is so well guard
ed;
Among whom education is SO universally
diffused
| Among whom there is such care for the
growth and development Of the religious
sentiment
Among whom there are so few poor;
Among whom there is such untiring,
comprehensive. and healthy philanthropyi
Among whom there is such an amount Of
wealth so equally distributed;
Among whom there is such promise Of
physical progress among whom the own
ership Of land in fee simple is so universal
Among whom labor is so much respected
and so well rewarded
Among whom progress, in all that puri-
fes and ennobles mankind, is 50 rapid;
Among whom women are so honored or
so virtuous
Among whom government bears SO easily,
and is SO cheaply administered;
Among whom happiness in the State, in
the family, and in the individual is SO firm
ly founded on an indestructible basis.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1863-01-23
HE Tim q -.
BELLows FALLS, JAN. %, 1868.
From the Sixteenth.
Midnight Reverie of a Sentinel.

Before the Coloneps tent walk slowly
back and forth. Silence broods over the
camp of the "a bloody Sixteenth" Nor
plte,ts Is officer of the day" now, and moth
ing breaks the Stiffness of the midnight
hour, save now and then hoarse cough or
the nasal frampetisgs of some sleeper in a
neisaboriag tent.
Down through the still, cold, night air,
come myriads cf tiny snow fakes, covering
the pine trees with soft white rsiment and
sc eming like lost spirits itom the purer re-
gions above, too pare indeed for earth with
it's stains.
Thoughts. one after neither. rise and iii
through nav mnd whi,e l stsad here on
guard. Now il rests on the busy scenes OF
the past day again fancy pictures home
bright and joyous on the active brain
Home! What thoughts and wishes fill The
mind of the weary, worn soldier as imagln
alton paints in vivid eolors that dearest
spot on earth"
Then again think of the future, at times
SO bright, but oftener dark. Like man
awakening out of siumber, the North Is
still too drowsy to act. Emolument seek
ing is still the order of the day. Red
tape" still reigns. Where is the iron
hand " that was TO acrush the rebellion =:
Was it put forth at Fredericksburg? No
it never yet has been ungloved. When the
North shall rise, like as one man, in mighty
power when Samuel" shall in his wrath
draw the sword, and not only throw aside
the scabbard but also his big mittens and
stock of redtape, and shall throttle the sian
with barred hand then, and l fear not I'll
then, will there be significance in the ex
preston i" All quiet on tie Potomac" Fo
then there will be no quiet till final and last
ing one. (l wonder why in the world tha
relief don't come aiong)
Never will the North succeed, never vii
she conquer, till she throws aside ever,
trammel and "goes in as the rebels dc
with fearful earnestness. As cavalry mai
said TO me the other day, one who had seer
much service, :" Oh! but won't they fight
Won't they fight like the devill"
Ualloo! here comes the relief My TIM
4 is up, on guard, at least for four hours.
A. ID. l.. H., Co. h.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1863-01-23

LOYAL LANGuAGE.-Shortly after the
arrival of Col. A. j. Hamilton in this city,
as refugee from Texas, he called on cli-
ent, where he met and was introduced to a
well-known Chambers street dry goods job
ber, who has lost the savings Of his life by
his Southern debtors, but who has ever
bowed low to the shrine of slavery and now,
it is said, labors under the delusion that, by
his abuse of the Government and the Re-
publicans generally, he will be a favored
creditor, and collect what he has due to him.
Mistaking Hamilton's true loyalty, he
thought he would be pleased with his sta
pie slang, and said g @the abolitionists had
brought about the war that Lincoln and
Stanton were incompetent, etc, when Ham,
ilton interrupted him and gently pairing
his hand upon his shoulder, asked, my
friend, are you true, loyal MANI" The
merchant, little put back, replied, " / be-
lieve / am" "Then," quickly responded
Hamilton, " use loyal language" and turn
ing 10 his client and friend, changed tn
conversation, 6.ly rebukins language too
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1863-01-23
Vermont News.

A new post office has been established at
East Elmore, VT, and Moses Pierson has
been appointed postmaster.
TALL FIsHING.-Two men were fishing
for longe in @Maidstone Lake." and setting
their hooks at night where the water was
Twelve fee, deep, they returned in the NOR
ming and found they had caught an otter
that weighed 16 pounds, and the skin
measures FIVE feet from the end of nose to
the tip Of the tail. We consider this the
greatest fish story on record here Caledo-
nian.
BOUND Ur.-An ignorant, simple
Frenchman, named "Joe Hill," was exam
ined before Justice Chadwick at Lyndon
last week, on charge Of firing Geo. lde's
barn last fall. We learn that although the
evidence was all circumstantial it was con-
siderd surlcient to hold him 10 answer At the
County Court in the sum of s400.
THE SUPPOSED WIFE MuRDER AaArN.
We noticed in our paper last week the
arrest Of one John Smith, Of Concord, VT,
for the supposed murder of his wife. The
Caledonian from whose columns we took the
item, says that judicial examination not
only fails to criminate the husband, but pretty
nearly establishes the fact that the wife's
death was wholly accidental, and occurred
during the husbands absence.
FIRE IN NEwBuRr.-The schoolhousc
in district 81, Newbury. (the Edwards
neighborhood,) was destroyed by fire, to-
getber with all the furniture and school
books, on the night of Wednesday the 7th
i,,st., at some hour between P. NJ. and
A. M. No one witnessed the conhagration.
1t probably originated from the careless
ness of lad, who after dismissal Of school
removed large brand from the stove to
take tllerefrorn roasted apple, and in re-
placing the wood, must have let fall coal
or spark sufficient to result in fame in .
few hours. The loss falls heavily on the
district, there being NO insurance, and The
school being in full momentum Of prospsri-
ty, under charge Of Miss c. Colburn.
On the lst Of January. thA 81. Ahaqn
Bank declared dividend Of six per csue<
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1863-01-23

"No RIGurs."-A Chicago police mag
istrate has discharged thief who attempt
ed to steal the watch of colored man. al
legirg that the latter could not testify. -
The colored man is an old and well known
citizen, universally respected as honest.
But the highwayman who attempted TO rob
him escapes by the freak of magistrate
who would not allow him to testify!
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1863-01-23

ARMY CHANGEs-In the editorial cor
respondence of the Burlington Times, we
find it stated that Lieut. G. W. Hooker,
4th Vermont Volunteers who has been act
ing A. A. G., is to be succeeded by Capt.
Tyler. Co. c, I'd VT. Lieut.. James u
Henry. Acting Commissary of Subsistence
to the Brigade has been relieved by Capt.
Rathbone of the Regular Army.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1863-01-23


common consent. He would, il he had the
power, reduce both armies to reasonable
peace establishment. Laughter on the
Republican side. He would have re-
union through the ballot box, and by this
freeman's weapon bring about the result
But you say this can be done only by
fighting. You have been fighting for 20
months, and what has been the result
Mr.. WRIoHr, resuming observed what
the gentleman had just said surprised him
more than what he had previously uttered.
The idea Of laying down our arms would
be most monstrous proposition. He be-
lieved even il we sent Committee Of this
House, or Of the two Houses, to wait upon
Jefferson Davis, the gentleman would not
be received by him. He understood that
certain gsn.tsmsa Of New-Jersy made an
attempt Of this kind, and that the delegation
were not received by the Richmond officials.
MIR. PERRY said thexe was not one word
of truth in the report.
Mr. WRIGHT was glad to here il was not
true. He had a better opinion of the State
being half Jerseyman himself. Laugh-
ter. After further remarks he said: As
to the rssults of the recent election, those
in his own State were not hostile to Wig
orous prosecution of the war. And as to
New York, he presumed that Gov. Sey-
mour spoke of an unqualified and vigorous
prosecution of the war. Never was war
so bunglingly conducted from Alexander,
the Great to Nepoleon. He would not dis
cuss the question of who was to blame.
Perhaps it was wrong to remove Mcclellan
or hundred other things; but because blum
ders had been committed, should we stand
up and say we would abandon the war and
surrender our liberties The men who
now stood up for the war would be dear to
the country, and their names would live
forever, while the Tories who opposed it
| would be as infamous and detestable as the
Cow Boys of the Revolution.
i Mr.. VALLANDIGHAM said Amen.
i Mr.. WRIGHr-Why the gentleman
ought to have straight jacket. Laughter.
4 Mr.. VALLADIGHAM-Send me yours
which you have been wearing for the last
twenty months.
j Mr.. WRIGHr-1f you were to get my
jacket you would be better Democra,
than you ever were in your life. Laugh
ter.
i MIR. VALLAND1GHAM-Ha the kind.
ness to loan it to me.
Mr.. WRIGHT, resuming, said: Our men
have the power and the courage, and will
put down the Rebellion. Cries of "Good !"]
The Internal devils at the South are trying
to destroy our Government, and men at the
North are aiding and abetIing them. Loy-
al men only are my brothers. Let the
Rebels alone Where was there ever q
rogue bnt wanted to be let alone !?
II mo rogue felt the halter drawn
\ With good opinion Of the lawn
And yet their Rebel necks itch for the hal.
ter. They are not only attempting to slay
the North, but to destroy the best Govern.
ment ever made ty God or man. W.
had better make another sacrifice Of lives
than dishonorable peace. In conclusion
he said we must fight to secure the Stars
and Stripes for the Constitution and the
I Union of our fathers.
i The House then adjourned.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1863-01-23

PENNSYLVANIA SENAToR.--The new
svua,or elected by the pennsylvania Leg
islature, Charles r. Buckalew, was orig
inally Wing, but has Of late years be en- a
leading Democrat. Under Mr.. Buchanan's
administration he was Minister to Ecuado r
South America.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1863-01-23

4 prominent Senator told the President,
few days since, that Gen. Butler had
shown more brains in the service than all
the rest OF the three hundred generals be
had made.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1863-01-23
PO EFT r Y
What Is Hen,e }

Homes not made of palace walls,
Though with pictures hung anu gildcdi
Home L where affection calls
FILLED with shriDes the heart hath buiided I
Home To which the ssithfri dove,
Sails beneath the heavens above us,
Hon. l. where there's one TO love-
Home Is where there's one TO love uss
Homes not merely roof and roum
Home needs something TO endcar II,
Home Is where the heart can blvom,
Where there's some kind lip 10 cheer i'll
What IL home with pone to meet,
None 70 welcome, none to greet us
Home Is sweet-and only sweet
Where there's one We love 10 meet Us.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1863-01-23

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Evening star., 1863-04-21
TFLH4RAPHIO NEWS,
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES
AR MY ORDERS.

HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF rHR PoToMAc,
ApIli 2c.-The following orders are published
General Orders No A-In order that no mis-
understanding may exist as to the course to be
pursued with regard to regiments whose term
OF service are about expiring, the folio ogiur
oers and others IN the matter:
ISL Where companies and regiments re.ea-
lst al"r tne expIrat on of their present term
OF service, in accordance with the provisions
ci denerai Order Ne. s5, Of April ed, 1861
from the Var Department, the regimentai
ana company officers will be retained, and the
regiment viii have furiough for the time
specified in the order, and will be allowed t.
proct ed at the public xpense with their arms
and eauiI m. nts, to the place of their enroll
meEt the date Of the furlough being two yaars
or nine months, as the case may be, from the
date Of the original muster into the service of
the Uni, States.
i I'd. WhtIe tho regiments in. a body decline to
re enlist, the officers and men will be mustered
out at the expiration OF tSo years or nine
months nom the date of their actual muster
into the service of the United Statps Their
arms and equipments will ., turned over to
The ordnance OF the division to whi II tha
trGors belong, and transportation and sub
sistence 10 the place Of their enrolment fur
nlshed by the quartermaster and subsistence
by the department
Sd. In cases where less than one half OF the
men re-enlist, the proportion OF officers to be
ttaned and the selec ton of those to be retained
III Inc service, will be determined by corps
III dCCOT udHCf win the DIOviSlDug
OF Paragraph 3ofgenera lorders Ne. 81, of prii
20, 1>63, from the War Department The RANK,
proportion and number of officers to be re-
tained with tie regiments where re-enlist.
mt nts are partial, is left to the discretion of
corps commanders.
4ih. The portion OF the bounty prescribed in
general Oh ders No. IS, April I'd, 1863, from the
War Berarim ment, for re-enlistment, will be
entered On the muster-rolls, to be paid at the
first payment after the return of them from
furlough.
5th IN regiments where two years. men en-.
listed for three years or the war are associated
together, special recommendations may be
made to these headquarters for furloughs to the
latter, wheu the number of two years men re-
enl.ting may, in the opinion OF the corps com.
mander, Justify the ind ulgence.
9Th. Where the two years regiments do not
reenlis', as above provided for corps comman.
ders will direct the transfer OF men enlisted
for three years or the war in such regiments to
three years regiments from the same State, or
if their numbers are sufficient these men NAV at
the discretion of corps commanders, be formed
into battalions.
1th. This order as well a. the following orders
from the War Department, will be read at the
head of each company of the two years and
nine mt nths regiments serving in this army
BY CON mand of Major General Hooker.
- s. WILLIAMS, A. A .G.
Evening star., 1863-04-21
Outrage in Indi8n8

INDIANAPoLIs, April ia, Union meeting
in Brown county, Indiana, was broken up
yesterday by party OF the K. G.. C's, under the
leadership of Lewis Prosser, ex-member of the
Legislature, anc man named Snyder. These
two came aimed with rifles aud re yoivers, and
threatened TO shoot two sergeants who were
there for The PURPOSE of arresting soldiers. o..
Sergeant Daniels took Prossers gun from him
when the latter drew pistol and shot Daniels
dead. Prosser was in turn shot and danger.
oEsly wCunded. Capt. Cummings. who was
addressing the meeting, was wounded. Sny der
also fired at the other sergeant, but missed him
Sny der has been arrested and brought here
Sufficient force has been sent by the military
authorities 10 arrest all the parties concerned.
Another difficulty occurred at Dan Vile, Ind 4,
yesterday, between party of the K. G. C's and
Union TeI, in which five persons were
woundedLone 1nortally ' -
he General commanding has issued orders
deela1ing The K. q. C's to be public enemies,
ind to be dealt with as such. He also cautions
people against the nse Of "Butternut'' and
sCopperhead' badges.
StrOut, The Geselter, who killed an officer
while attempting bis arrest, Will be tried by
court t.martiai This week.