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Peace.

Now would be very appropriate time
for both North and South to try what
could be done towards making a peace.
The most sanguine among the Southern
people must observe that their cause looks
more gloomy than at any time since the
commencement Of the war. They have
no further hope of foreign intervention,
Maximilian will send minister to Wash
ington who will be received, and that
will be sufficient TO satisfy Louis Napo-
leon. England never showed much dis
position 10 interfere. So that hope for
the South is inevitably gone. Their ar
my Is thinned by desertion and what they
had of a navy, destroyed Their cities
on The saaboard are out of their posses
sion and all their foreign trade by block
ade running is entirely gone. They have
not ful! confidence in their own Presi-
dent Lee Is the only man row that has
the entire confidence of the people, and
we don't think lie is sanguinc of sue
cess. Under these circumstances II
would seem to US folly for them to fight
on TO entire exhaustion rs from present
appearances ii must come TO that They
have not soldiers enough in their army,
nor have they population enough from
which 10 increase ii, except from the col
"rcd race, and they seem shy in putting
them into their army.
This being the case an honorable peace
to the South ought TO be very welcome
news Ia them
Now would be the time for The North
10 show their magnanimity and offer them
such terms of peace as would or could
be accepted by an honorable, hiahminded
and warlikc people. such peace as
Horace GreeIy suggested TO the President
~ line i'ule ut Tie Peace meeting at Mag
ARA Falls Ills letter i nov published in
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Criminal Justice In Missouri.

Gen. John Pope, of Bull Run fame,
discharges the duties of military satrap in
Missouri. He appears to be as ignorant
OF the Constitution of his country, as he
is notoTiously incompetent to conduct a
military campaign The .jails of that
State are full of men, charged with nearly
every offence in the criminal calendar,
whose cases were TO be disposed of by
military Commission, species of Court,
which Is O'yanized TO c0nu7ct Gen. Pope
has issued an order requiring all military
officers IN the interior counties whose civil
courts have been reopened, to turn over to
such courts, all prisoners in their hands,
against whom there is evidence sufficient
to convict of murder, arson or robbery.
and in case of conviction to assist the civil
authorities in executing the punishment
pronounced by the courts. He makes
this important reservation, however Hsat
~Aenere' any 'nd'rtdual is tried and acqoit-
ted, then he shall be re-nrested and heid to,.
trial By tie Military Commission
We would like to know how any man
can escape a conviction, between this
grinding of the upper and neither judicial
millstone. This is refinement of Justice
in criminal proceedings worthy the capa-
cious mind of General John Pope He
has shown himself to be mightier with
the pen than the sword and the fate of all
criminals in Missouri, is as certainly pre-
Judged, as was that of the doomed crowd
who passed beneath Dante's inscription
over the gates of the Internal regions.
Gen. Pope has evidently never read the
ttM article Of the amendments TO the
Constitution.
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the afternoon, Lincoln visited the battle
field. We will let the army correspon-
dent of leading Republican paper, tell
what he said on that occasion:
"The President is here to be thrilled
with our glory. This afternoon he was
with General Meade on the ground of the
fierce contest in the morning, and felt no
disappointment whatever, that the events
prevented him from witnessing a grand
review. In answer to some remark, he
said: This rs better than q retlcr'
When Lincoln visited the bloody field
of Antietam, yet red with human gore
and when the awful destruction of life
was so well calculated to excite feelings of
the deepest pity and commiseration, the
country will not soon forget, how he
shocked all the finer sensibilities of our
nature, by calling on Marshal Lamon to
enliven the scene of death, by singing that
classical negro melody, 90 Ptcdyuae But
Ter" The custom of visiting fresh battle
fields, although mere matter of taste, is
honored in the breach than in the obser-
vance. What manner of man, whether
President or "plc6siaa,' must he be, who
can complaccntly ride over a battle field,
where but a few hours before, the unerr-
ing messengers of death flew fast and
thick and where the dreadful evidences of
the deadly conflict meet him on every side
and give utterance 10 SO cruel IN express
sion as, "hiis is better tia,. a rc,le,o :"
What consolation will rot such h1nane
sentiment as that, convey to the widows
and orphans, whose husbands and fathers
fall on that fatal field of strife. No word
of pity for the dead and the dying escaped
from his lips on him, the sad and sick
ening sight only excited the most pleasur-
able emotions; from him it extorted no
expression of sympathy or sorrow to
him it was " bitter tlan re,ae,c." What
cared he for the brave men who slept the
sleep of death,
- Butcher'd to make a Lincoln holiday
When nature, in one of her freaks.
made Abraham Lincoln, she threw away
the mould. But he had his prototype.
for, Nero fddlcd while Rome was burn
ing
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Lincoln Oh Another Battlefield.

1t Will be remembered, that about two
weeks ago, President Lincoln, Mrs Lin
coin, Thaddeus (not him of Warsaw and
several other distinguished and intellectual
boat at Washington city, to make visit
to the headquarters of General Grant.
The reason assigned for this sudden flight
of Abraham from the perplexing cares of
office, was the terrible pressure brought
TO bear upon him by his Abolition sup
porters, who are just now afflicted with a
chronic thirst for office. That interesting
portion of the party, " founded on great
moral IDEAS" is said to swarm the ave-
nues of the capital, in numbers far sur
passing the beggars of Shanghai and in
their appeals for political aims, more
clamorous than the Lazzaroni of Naples.
The unbiushing impudence with which
they besiege the portals of the White
House, and throng its halls, has so seri-
ously alarmed Horace Greely, in view of
its damaging effect upon the Presidents
health, that he implores them to be mer-
ciful and warns them, that if they sue
ceed in compelling Lincoln to shuttle off
this mortal coil, they will not be held
gulltless for the deep damnation of his
taking off When this Presidential party
arrived at City Point. it was determined
that the ''grand army" Of Gen. Grant
should pass in review before the Presi-
dent, Mrs. Lincoln and Thaddeus. But
as Burns says p: "The best laid plans of
mice and men gang aft agIee,' for Just
about that time, General Gordon of the
rebel army, not having the fear of the
aforesaid Presidential party before his
eyes, made furious assault upon Grants
lines an captured Fort Steadman with a
large number of prisoners. The fort was
retaken the same day by the Northern
troops. after stubborn and dreadful fight
ing, in which the loss in killed and wound
ed on both sides was very severe. This
military episode, of course prevented the
contemplated review OF the army and in
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been arbitrarily arrested, to the civil
courts, and to stop such arrests for the
future. Messrs. LINCOLN, SEWARD, and
STANTON pronounced the word, and their
followers and tools in Congress defeat the
resolution not hesitating one instant at
paying as the price of its defeat the loss
oi an important appropriation bill.
To the blind and foolish partisans
whose anti-slavery zeal has eaten up their
common sense, this series of events may
seem nothing but an g extraordinary coin
cldence :" but TO every hberty-loying
American, be he Democrat or be he Re
publicen, they disclose policy and
purpose which, ere many years are over,
he who runs may read.
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Where has Lee Gone :--vy here
EsGICPi
t.. NJ. STANTON,
Sec'y Of War.

Two objects Of military character
have been demonstrated by military op-
erations within the last two weeks Who
has been fooled? Was it Lees object to
get out of Richmond, Or Gen Grants
desire 10 keep him there, AMI who
Grant or Iee-was beaten al this game
of strategy. General Grant has Peters
burg and Richmond, but where is Lee?
Can any one tell? l. he at Lyrchburg,
in the Shenandoah valley, OF throwing
his veterans Of u four years war, on Sher-
man and Schofcld, near Golisooro. One
of these contingencies we must accept. in
the view that Lees army is not captured,
and with its munitions and artillery got
ont of Richmond-the very thing that
for twenty days General Grant has been
employing his own army, as commander
in-chicf, and that of Generals Schofield
Sherman, Ord, and Sheridan, TO prevent
With all our jubiiation, is there not a
disaster in this seeming victory?
Where is Lee Is there to be another
Chambersburg or Carlisle raid is he
III the Shenandoah valley? Is he hurl-
ing his forces on Sherman and Schofcld
Where, in the midst of this universal
jolifcation, where is General Lee ? But
is not fool as Scott, Mcclellan, Nc
Dowell, Hooker, and Burnsides, Meade
and Halleck, have testified. But where
has he gone?
We accept as cheerfully as our friends
of radical Abolition theories, the capture
of Richmond II rs great t'1a0ph. 1t
is the centre of rebel executive, and lcgis
lative authority. 1t Is regarded by them
as sacred as Mahomedan thinks of
Mecca, a Catholic of Rome, French
man of Paris, Russian of Moscow, an
Englishman of the Tower Of London.
We say again IT Is A TIdCNirH. One
which Democrats accept as checrfully as
their Northern opponents, IN politics.
Shall we make proper use OF this success,
or sink our nation TO the scale of the bar
barians of a thousand years ago? Shall,
we, assuming the religion of nineteen
hundred years after the Sermon on the
Mount, welcome the brutality of an At
tilla and Alaric as our rule of action, in
regard TO men and women who cheerfully
endured the hardships of three wars for
our benefit, as it was of theirs.
We think it is happy augury, for the
future, that President Lincoln, Mr.. Sew
ard, and, we hear it from private sources,
M,llard Fillmore are now with General
Grant. We believe they are there ~
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COUNTY COMMITTEES.

7. 5. MUM, Chairman,
George Delany. j. S. Mardis. George C..
X. Zahm. Peter Huber, Philip Miller, John
r. Mckenzie, Joseph Behe, John Durbin,
David Farmer, Henry Fredthoof. John
Slough, Elisha Plummer. Lewis Rodgers,
George Gurlcy. John McDermit, Simon
Dunmger, w a. Krise. Thos. f. McGough
Jacob Fronhcser. J. F. Conden. John Ham
i!ton, +. O'Friel, Michael Bohlin, Wm. c.,
Diver, John White. Henry Topper, Nicho
las Cannan. NJ !. Plott. j. w. Condor.
Daniel C1nfair. VIM. McC'oskey. Daniel Ii
Donneliy, Anthony Long, John Marsh,
! lhn Ryan.
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ORIG AL FOE Il RY Z.
4 II H L l.
BY c + c + l. l A

April has come, capricious and sweet,
Flowers spring up meath her fairy feet,
Her smile is sunshine, her tears soft rain,
Coquettish April has come again.
The warm south wind is her balmy breath,
She breathcs, and nature awakes from death,
Forest and mountain, valley and PLAN,
Wear her soft mantle of green again.
She speaks by the voice If wa' bling birds,
And gushing brooks, and | know the
words ?
The same from each in the noisy train,
Beautiful April has come again.
Changing each hour, now smiling through
tears.
Now like flash the smile disappears,
As for the weather, twill be in vain
You guess for tomorrow tits April again.
April has come in the arms Of Spring.
With her sweet anthems the forests ring,
The hills re-e echo the glad refrain,
Bright happy April has come again.
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an English paper for the first time; but
how 1t got out of the possession of Mr.
Lincoln and over to England to be pub
lished, we can't tell 1t is some sharp
dodge, probably to beat Greely. The
following is the basis of his letter:
/. The Union is restored and declared
perpetual.
2. Slavery is utterly and forever abol-
ished throughout the same.
{. A complete amnesty for all politi-
cal offenses, with restoration of all the
inhabitants of each State to all the privi-
leges of citizens of the United States.
4. The Union to pay four hundred
million dollars (s4OO, 600, ,OOO) in five per
cent. United States stock to the late
slave states, loyal and secession alike, to
be apportioned pro rata, according to
their slave population respectively, by the
census of 1860, in compensation for the
losses of their loyal citizens by the aboli-
ton of slavery. Each State to be enti
titled TO its quota upon the ratification by
its Legislature of this adjustment. The
bonds to be at the absolute disposal of the
Legislature aforesaid.
). The said slave States to be entitled
hencctorth to representation in the House
on the basis of their total, instead of their
federal, population, the whole now being
free.
6. a national convention, to be as
semb!ed SO soon as may be, to ratify this
adjustment, and make such changes in
the Constitution as may be deemed advi-
sable
Had this been offered by the President
at that time, the country might have saved
one thousand million of dollars. and at
least one hundred thousand lives and any
amount of heartrending sorrow and mour-
ming. There may be an opportunity yet
of restoring the country, if this admins
tration was not so prodigal of human life
There suureiy could have been peace long
since if Mr.. Lincoln had not refused the
South the common rights that belonged
to all the States. The democratic party
want no conquered provinces attached to
this government. If il be a republic as
heretofore, then there could be no such
thing as conquered provinces attached TO
it, but if it be a consolidation with a
chieftain at its head, then the North and
the South are all conquered provinces,
and must abide by that cheftains dicta-
ton. A few short weeks will tell the
tale; if our government is determined to
annihilate them, that seems to us sad
mistake. Gen. Lee will fight one or two
hard battles yet, and then if he is defeat
ed he will retire with his army into the
interior, and prolong the war. The war
will not end unless the South surrender.
Their territory is too extensive to be held
as Poland is held by Russia, or Venetia
by Austria, or Ireland by England
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eS A new locomotive has been patent

q A new locomotive has been patent
ed IN England. 1t is so constructed as to
run either way without turning, requires
no tender, and is capable of passing the
shortest curves without difficulty or dan
ger an The wheels, eight in number, are
or''ing wheels. and arranged in two dis
ohc' sets OF Tour with two cylinders to
each SET lhe engine is arranged to carry
'he necessary Quantity of water, say 1900
or 1000 gallons, and fuel for long distan-
ces, without stopping for either, being en-
abied to do so by employing more wheels,
which, while it allows sufficient of the
above to be carried beside the weight of
the machine itself, does not overload them,
and therefore reduces the wear and tear of
Inc permanent way and wheel-tires, to q
minimum.
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Arbitrary Arrests.

During the last days of Congress there
was great effort made TO abolish Mr..
Lincoln's arbitrary arrests which we are
sorry to say has failed. This last Con-
gress refused TO abolish the system of
arbitrarily arresting civilians for civil of
| fenses where courts of law are in full
force and vigor. 1t is not party ques-
tiUn nor was il made one
Many of the republicans joined the
democrats in cndeavoring to get rid of this
odious system which has disgraced not
only our country but civil liberty for the
last few years.
Among the most eloquent speeches
made against it was that of Henry Win
ter Davis, a republican of Maryland In
the course of the winter a resolution was
offered by Mr. Ganson, democratic
member from Buffalo New York, man
OF influence and talent instructinC the
committee on military affairs to ascertain
and report TO the House whether there
were any prisoners TN the old capitol pris-
on or In Carroll prison, without charges
made against them, and whether there
were any civilians among them. This
resolution passed by large majority
The committee made pretty thorough
investigation, and finding the most shock
ing abuses, and outrages that they had no
idea of, omitted to report immediately
The administration getting alarmed at the
expose and wishing to keep matters from
the public, got the committee no, to re-
port, and they began to change prisoners
from one prison to another and discharged
some of them. To prevent abuses of
this kind in future, Mr. Davis on consul
tation with others, attached an amend
ment to the miscellaneous appropriation
bill, for bidding the arrests and trial by
courts martial of any civilians in future.
This passed the House by decided ma
jority, and was struck out in the Senate.
The democrats in the House assisted and
led on by liberal republicans were deter
mined that this bill should not pass with
out this clause in it, SO the Lincoln re-
publicans let the appropriation bill 60 by
the board rather than do without the ar
rests.
The debate was participated in by Davis,
Pendleton, Keenan,, Schenk, Stevens and
Farnsworih, but the strict followers
thought it was best for them to lose the
appropriation bill rather than be abridged
of any of their powers. The Uorld
says:
Finally, n resolution is debated in Con-
gress TO turn over prisoners who have
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81 The New York Je,5sr of Anr;

- The New York Leader of April
ls;, has information, which is claimed as
auihentic, thai warrant is to be issued
IN St Catharlnes, charging the St. Albans
raiders with a breach of the neutrality
act, when they will be Brought to St.
Catharines. This charge will be then
dropped, and the prisoners will be brought
before the Toronto judges on a demand
tor extradition, with the expectation that
they will reverse the decision lately given
by Judge Smith, of Montreal.
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NJ. uAssON, Editor & Publisher
Wednesday APRIL s, 1855,
8. NJ. Pettengill & Co.

Advertising Agents, 81 PAKK Row
New York, and 10 State street, Boston,
sre the authorized Agents for the "DEM
scRAT & SENTISEL," and the most infuen-
tial and largest circulating Newspapers in
the United States and Canadas. They
are empowered to contract for us at our
LOWEST TERMS.
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eS You will see from our advertising
columns that f. p. Tierney, Esq has
put out his shingle for the practice of the
la" IN our county. If energy, industry
and ability will ensure success. we have
no doubt he will succeed well, he has our
best wishes.
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peace men; and if Mr. jeff Dayi. NIL
waive formalities, there will be peace, And
Gen. Lee, whom we regard as a Soutbarn
man with Northern proclivities, will io;n
with Gen. Grant in putting up the Whit
flag, but above that the starry banno,
viii wave for untold generations, over H.,
restored, but reconstructed, and IN
OLD CNION.-Pmsbry Post
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GREAT REDUCTION IN GOODSr
GOLD BROUGHT DOWN! DOWvr
DOWN!li
DKY GO0DS FOLLOWING GOLn

bCh y
DRY GOODS FOLLOWING GOIp
Goods brought down to cid prices. P,
sons wishing any goods at the present tim.
viii do well To caD AMI see E. J MiITSI
CO. as tLey have just returned from Il.
east with large stock of goods which .I-v
are offering. Gas we'll as all their old c.9l
at greatly reduced prices. Now is the i'm.
TO buy. Look what reductions have be-,
made.
Calicocs reduced from 40 to % cents,
Deia'ns 60 tC 3Oa371 "
Musins 30 to 25a45
Notions greatly reduced
Sugar reduced from 35 to 2Oa25
Blking Molasses 10
Clothing reduced.
And all kin! f goods at very low fsyr.
Those wishing 10 save money will DO well
TO buy now. as there is a good chance n,
bargains and srel u!atons. Don't forge,.,
place, Of E. j. Mills & Co.
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uSiioi's oGice.

y The uD6e7s-nc3
Aulito~. appointed IL II. Orphans' I'm.
ot Camo''a Cvuarv. toIeFur; Distribute q
thp funds in the lands f Ca;hariue M'Giaie.
date tatharine easily. } Executrix Of Lewis
Cassidy, dcceasc. hereby notifies all reis1f,
interested that he will attend TO the duti,
of his sand 4 l,"irtment, al his office in tie
Borough of Eb"n~' urg on TUESDAY tie
l6:h day If May at one o'clock, T. NJ. a.
which time, an persons interested are 70.
quired % present their claims OF be declared
from coming in far n share Of the said fun.
join Z SEAMAN,
April 3, 1861. Auditor.
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ca Mansfeld's Dispensatory says that
most of the Sarsaparilla of the shops is
inert and worthless. DR. Aver in his
writings on this drug states that not only
is it inert as found in the shops, but so
also are most Of the preparations from it,
bearing its name. He shows, however,
tha. this fact arises from the use of worth
less varieties, or unskilful preparations by
incompetent men that the true Medicinal
Sarsaparilla (Sarza Snulax Off of the
tropics, when freshly gathered in the bud,
is one of the most effectual alternatives we
possess. Combined with other substances
OF great Alternative power, like Iodine,
Stiilingia, Dock, &c, it makes Ayers
Comp. Ext. of Sarsp., which we have
reason to believe is one of the most etfee-
tual remedies for humors, skin diseases
and for purifying the blood which has ever
yet been found by anybody. Bangor
(Me.) Mercury.
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g. 4 bill was introduced into the loo
islature 70 fix the standard weight Of no
tatoes at titty-six pounds per bushel.
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April 3. 1868. AuIitI
ESTATE OF ELlZA O'DONNELL, DE.

: CEASED.
The undcrs med Auditor. arpoirtcd by
the Oruhars' Cvuir + Cambria county, 10
report distribution e ;he funds in th, hands
Of Wm. kitell. F. q. Adu:nistratov Of -
estate oi Eliza O'DouLell. late # MuDs'.-
township. deceased. upon the account # 5t-
said Aamiristra ~ filed, hereby notifies al
persons interested hat he viii in >ai3 lun',
that he will attend +" the du1ics f his ss.7
appointments at his of.icc Ia the Torou-h #
Ebensburg, on Thui s,lay the 9th day II
April, instant. at one o'clock. p. NJ
WM. Il SECHLER.
April 8, 1868. 81. Auditor.
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T II E W A r II E W 8.
Petersburg and sssCslnln:sf.

New YORK, April 3.-President Lin
coin reports that Petersburg is evacuated,
and Gen Grant thinks Richmond is also.
He is rushing on to cut the rebels retreat
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L. N. STANTON,
Scc'y OF ~ ar.


CITY poINr, Virginia, April 81 u.
Stanton, Secretary of War: Gen. Welt
eel telegraphs rs follows: We took Rich
mond AT $50 this morning, and captured
many guns. The enemy iyit in great
haste. The city is on fire III one place,
and we are making every effort to puI
Ii out.
The people received us with en;husias-
tic expressions of JOY. Gen. Grant started
early this morning with the army towards
the Danville road to cut off Lees retreat
ing army, if possible. President Lincoln
has gone TO the front.
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, april
3.-Maj. Gen. Dix: L appears from Il
dispatch of General Weitzel, just received
by this Department tl.at our forces under
his command are in Richmond, having
taken it at fifteen minutes past eight
O'Clock, this morning
T.. N. SFANToN,
Sec'y Of War.