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Year: 1863

A Chase,-A large hog snapped up ish
in front Of the Market House on Main street
this morning, and ran of with Il, followed by
a couple of scores of boys and dogs. The
excitement was great, and ii increased as the
hog chances grew desperate, aud the safety
Of his booty was imperiled For brief
time pedestrians halted, vehicles of every de-.
scription we're stopped in the street, and BUSH
ness was suspended The affair created a
greater sensation than the Wood Demonstra-
ton last Saturday But the hog could not
hold out very long sgainst the fearful odds


He was crowded about from one tight corner
to another until large bulltsrrier got hold
of one of his capacious ears, when he
squealed with pain, and tossed the mangled
fish far above his head A short but dsspe-
rate struggle with the dog, and the agony was
over the crowd SubSided the vehicles rolled
hiiher and yAn and business was resumed
Year: 1863

Fuel-Tbe Journal states that there will
be a wood demonstration here tomorrow
donation Of wood from the People, without
regard to political bias, TO the needy lami-
lies Of our brave soldiers and invites every
body to join in contributing something for
the poor to eat, and unite in entertaining the
clever farmers who donate the fuel A list
of Marshsds and Committeeman for the occa-
sion--headed by the Captain of the Wide
Awakes of the campaign Of '6O-is published,
but we looked through it in vain for the name
Of Democrat This has SAVIOR Of party
bias despite the disclaimer Had timely
and courteous notice of the demonstration
been given Democratic farmers, they would
have made common cause with their Repub.
liesn neighbors, and the poor would have
been the gamers. We may look for a pretty
fair turn out, as il is


Killed.-This morning Bernhardt Koch,
Editor Of the Crawford Comfy Democrat
German while attempting to get on the o
o'clock train for Cincinnati, fell between the
cars, and was killed. He had on heavy
shawl, and carried a bundle under his arm,
and while attempting to gain the foremost
platform of the last car when the train was
moving he swung around between the plat.
forms, and loosing his hold fell between the
cars, the wheels of the last car running over
and crushing his legs in dreadful manner
The unfortunate man died almost instantly.


An inquest was held by Justice stoppel-
man, acting Coroner and The above facts
were elicited He has family in Bucyrus,


Ice Cream. F Welty, United Breth.
ern Building, corner of Main and Fourth ST.,
will have Ice Cream to-morrow--first Of the
season.
Year: 1863

The dificultles incident TO a change OF the
REPURLlcLN from morning to an evening pa
per, prevented our getting the paper to our sub
Scribcrs at as early an hour last evening as we
and they desired. We shall soon syStemstlIc
our delivery, 50 that there will be no delay in
this particular, and the paper will be issued
and delivered as promptly ss is consistent with
furnishing to our readers the very latest news
Year: 1863

in that efficien. action which comes of faith
earnestness and unity of purpose.


We have made many awful sacrifices to
no.purPose. We follow up nothing SO that
1t tells substantially upon the final issue.
The fault is laid here and there and every
where, and there are none so positive in
their censure as those who know nothing
of the fact.


o that unity of the nation might be re-
stored in the bond of perpetual peace!-
We will sacrifice everything but principle
for this. Blow from the South, o
wines of God, ard bring US the tidings OF
reconciliation and love! Blow from the
North, o winds of God, and carry back
tf.e,message of fraternity and peace. Scat
ter the darkness, roll away the cloud, and
give unto us all once more the sunshine
of tranquil rest! Under the shadow OF thy
wings We make our refuge, O God give Us
Peace.
Year: 1863

Congress have set up Military Dicts-
rorship. They have put into the hands
Of the President almost unlimited control
of tho sword and the purse. The Con-
scription bill sets aside the authority Of the
States over the militia, makes every able
bodied citizen between the ages OF twent,
aud forty five years, with insignificant ex-
ceptions liable to the direct and arbitrary
call Of the President for military service
in the war. and subjects persons to summa-
nv arrest for underlined offences and the
Finance bill, in the shape in which it will
no doubt pass, strikes down the banking
institutions of the States AMI gives the
Federal government the monopoly of the
paper money circulation and authority TO
issue it in untold millions. These two
measures are designed to subjugate State
sovereignty and personal liberty. But one
more measure is needed to make the Pres
ident as absolute as the Gar Of Russia,
and that is power, which he has hereto
fore usurped to suspend the ha6eas corpus
and declare martial law every where.


We have said that tho Conscription bill
Year: 1863

Saturday night, July 4, 1868.


The battle of Gettysburg. ! am told
that it commenced Oh the 1st Of July, q
mile north of the town, between two weak
brigades of infantry and some doomed ar
tilIery and the whole force of the rebel al
my. Among other costs of this error was
the death Of Reynolds. Its value was
priceless, however, though priceless was
the young and the old blood with which it
was bought. The error put us Oh the de-
fensve, and gave US the chance OF posi-
ton From the moment that our artillery
and infantry rolled back throug h the main
street of Gettysburg and rolled out of the
town to the circle of the eminence south
of it, we were not to attack but to be at
tackled The risk, the difficulties and the
disadvantages of the coming battle were
the enemy's. Ours were the heights for
artillery ours the short inside lines for
Year: 1863

General Reynolds, it seems more and
more clear, fought rashly on Wednesday,
and very probably against the wishes Of
the commander OF the army yet his bat
tie, which lost Us many men, gave us full
information of the whereabouts OF the enc


my's main body, and committed the
enemy To the position north OF Gettysburg,
or perhaps led him TO believe that We had
q greater force in his front than We then
had, and 30 made him fear to make any
such considerable movement as would he
necessary to take up a new position in
presence Of this army. At Gettysburg all
the good roads III this part OF the country
converge. AZ the other "oads, except
these that meet here, are by-ways for the
neighborhood, narrow, ana Gu up, and
then rendered unfit for the movement OF
all army. Northward from Gettysburg
run roads to Harrisburg, and southward
from it run three good roads, the princi-
pal and best of which is the Baltimore
turnpike. For any movement toward its
own border, the possession of these roads
which run to the south was necessary to
the Southern army, and these roads once
Year: 1863

letter from the bockading squadron off Charleston
received in Boston, says that from observation with
powerful glasses and the statements Of deserter ev
dent that Charleston is strongly fortified There s no
doubt that Fort Moutrie, as well as Fort Sumter
oad and that the rebels have considerable number OF
very powerful guns in position STILL If no accidents hap
pen to our ironcads (aud number will be kept in re-
to meet emergencles the Admiral in command (Du-
pon confident that be hsl be able to capture the city
The land troops at Charleston consist manly Of conscrpts
who would not probably make very stout resistance to
our march inward, in the city should be captured y
At the time the letter was written it was not known when
the assault would be made,
Year: 1863

BY reference to the proceedings had yesterday
in the House OF Representatives, the reader viii
perceive that that body has concurred in the bill,
already passed by the Senate to provide national
currency secured by pledge Of United States stocks
This great measure therefore, awaits only the sig-
nature of the President to become law.


We sincerely hope that, in answering the expec-
tations Of its supporters, this system of National
Banking may confer equal benefits on the Govern
ment and on the people. We cherish this hope
with the more confidence because the system is to
be inaugurated under the conduct of the present
enlightened Secretary Of the Treasury, whose ma
nagement Of the national finances in this day of un-
equalled difficulty has SO justly won the admiration
of the country.
Year: 1863

lays them to fix the stamp of their own self-con-
domination in the arts by which they undermined
the Southern people, then in their alleged interests
and finally in the broad and deep foundations on
which it rested in the Constitution of the United
States
Year: 1863

DECISION OF CHIEF JUSTICE PEARsoS.-We find
in the Ashevbe Neos an important decision by the
Chief Justice in the of r. S. Finley. Mr. Fin
ley is Marylander came to this State in May, 1861


with no intention of changing his domici but of
staying in North Carolina until the war was over


He is SO years. of age, and was ordered out to do
military service in the Home Guard refused to
serve-was arrested and sued out the writ Of ha6eas
corpus. The Chief Justice decides that Finley is
not simply foreigner who is resident here like an
EngliShman or Frenchmsn, but he is an "alien ene-
my" here by permission of our government and
not liable to military service. According to his
construction Of the act establishing the Home Guard


he thinks an Englshman or Frenchman who had
resided here for thirty days would be bound to serve


but citizens like Finley who are alien enemies, ere


siding among US by permission Of our government,
cannot by any but direct and unequivocal words be
forced into armies to repe invasion and it is to
be presumed that whenever their presence is SUP
posed to endanger the public safety, the permission
to reside here will be Withdrawn, and the govern
ment will require them as alien enemies to depart."
Year: 1863

LETTER FROM JOHN MINOR BoTTs.-A letter from
John Minor Bolts to the Richmond Examiner, dated
October 1S, is published in the Yankee papers. He
dimes having proclaimed himself Union man with:
out any ifs or butts, and having said that he wished
the Federal generals knew half that ne knew OF the
rebels and their resources and intentions. He says
his earnest prayer is that the revolution may result
in whatever may contribute most to the permanent
peace and happiness, prosperity and free om, OF the
people of Virginia-ifb by the success Of the revou
ton then he prays God the revolution may succeed
but if by restoration of the Union then he hopes
the Union may be restored. The letter closes with
the following paragraph:


AZ cannot be induced to swerve one hairs breadth
from the line of conduct which my own judgement
and conscience may dictate which is to take no lot
part, or share, in the responsibility that rests upon
those who have brought this whirlpool of desolatlon
and war upon our unfortunate country but, II TO
adhere firmly and consistently to the opinions and
principles that have maintained for thirty years.
and if to prefer living 1 did before the war, to
living as 1 have done since the war, makes me a
traitor then traitors life let live or traitor
death let me die"
Year: 1863

With no other motive or thought than to ad vance
the public interest, would again respectfully sug
gest to the President the advantage of reconstruct
ing his Cabinet, and calling to his aid the very
ablest ntellects of the country. The burthens and
responsibilities of his post too great for any
man to bear He has use for all the assistance it is
possible to command If he could make Cabinet
Of Napoleons, Pitts, Richelieus, MachiavellIs AL
exander HamitonS, and men Of their mould, be
would have abundant employment for them all
The country may not contain such men, but it will
not be considered disparagement to the Cabinet as
it stands to say that abler be found to fill
it's departments. We have a Department of State,
that has not been able in nearly three years to estab
lish relations with any other State-a Treasury De-
partment that has tailed to keep its finances from
running to ruin--a War Department in the hands of
a chief whose whole studies and course of life have
been purely civIc-a Navy Department without a
navy-a Post Office Department with very shack
ling system of mails-a Department of Justice va
can't The business of each Department, separately,
shows the want of more mastery hand-and the
united powers of their chiefs in Cabinet cOunci-f
councils are ever held-fail to supply the quantum
of wisdom the country needs We are getting to
deep waters, and feeling of dread is shaking the
souls of the people. There is nothing the President
can do that will so reanmate their hearts and stim
ulate their confidence in and affection for him as the
calling to his side as his daily advisers, OF Cab
net of the wisest truest and most experienced men
in the country-regardless' of what may have been
their former political associations The time is pro-
pitiOus-the occasion urgent and the people anxi-
ously expectant For his own continuing capacity
for usefulness and future fame, we'll as on account
of the sorely nece9sitous and e1igent condition OF
the country, we earnestly press TINS recommends,
tion.-Rich WhIy
Year: 1863

SToNEwALL JACKsoN's RESIGNATION was mem
toned by DR.. White, the pastor of General Jackson
at his funeral, that when the unfortunate dltncuy
occurred in the Valley which led him to send on his
resignation to Richmond all his staff and other
officers gathered around him, urged him to go to
Richmond himself and set himself right with the
government-he positively refused, saying " have
but two things to DO to serve my God and my
country. If my country has not confidence IN me
here, let them put some one IN my place in whom
they haYh confidence"
Year: 1863

We learn that there will be an exhibition and
concert of the pupils Of the North Carolina Institu
ton for the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind, before
the members OF the Legislature this friday even
ing at o'clock The exercises will take place in
the Chapel Of the Institution.
Year: 1863

aUJ T. anu IIIsP. N6IIeTaI'


What we most need in the administration of pub
lie affairs at this time is the most rigid economy;
and if our leaders really properly in earnest
or if they equal to the crisis. we should have
it. Let every horse or mule not indispensable to
the public service be disposed of to aid in tling the
soil Let every pound of meat every grain of corn,
wheat rye, oats, every potato, and every yard of
cloth 0e saved and sparingly and properly used
Let our money, Indifferent as it is in value when
compared with gold, be judiciously expended Let
officers whose duties do not oblige them to ride learn
TO qoalk The common soldier walks, and nearly
all the people walk. Economy in men and means
is the road to independence.
Year: 1863

The two following anecdotes from
Mr.. Parton's forthcoming book on Gen
Buffers government in New Orleans
have painlal interest as recent and
authentic records by eye-witncsses Of
the shames which kind God is wip-
ing away from our nation.


THE OLD GENTLEMAN WHO THOUGHT


A MAN COULD DO WHAT lie LIKED


WITH HIS OWN SERVANT.


"A Lieutenant Searched a certain
house in New Orieaainiss;, in which con-
federate arms were reported to be con-
ccaled. Arms and tents were found
slowed in the garret, which vas remov-
ed to that grand repository Of contra
band articles, the Custom House. A
gentleman Of venerable aspect, with
long, white hair, aud form bent with
premature old age, was the occupant
cf the house from which the arms and
tents were taken.


In the twilight Of an evening soon
after the search, the most fearful
screams we're heard proceeding from
the yard Of the house, as if a human
being was suffering there the utmost
that . mortal can endure of agony. A
sentinel, who was pacing his beat near
by, ran into the yard, where he beheld
q hideous spectacle. A young mulatto
girl was stretched upon the ground on
her face, her feet tied to stake, her
hands held by q black man, her back
uncovered from neck to heels. The
venerable old gentleman with the flow
iug white hair was seated in an arm
chair by the side of the girl, at a dis.
tance convenient for his purpose. lie
held in his hand a powerful horse-whip
with which he was 1ashing the delicate
Sensitive flesh of the young girl. Her
back was covered with blood. Every
stroke of tho internal instrument of
torture tore up her flesh in long dark
ridges. The soldier, aghast at the
sight, rushed to the guard-houso, and
reported what he had seen to his SER
geant, aud the sergeant ran to head
Quarters and told tho General. Gen.
Butler sent him flying back to stop the
old miscreant, and ordered him to bring
the torturer and his victim to head
quarters tho next morning.


The sergeant hurried back and res
cued the girl from the LASH


About nine the same evening, the
sergeant came again to headquarters,
breathless, reporting that they were
torturiug the girl again, as tho most
heart-rendiug shrieks were heard COM
ing from an upper room Of the house
Year: 1863

John Randolph followed on the same
side. He said he should regard The bill
as establishing new era in the Govern
ment. when | was boy" said Ran
dolph, 81 recolect 10 have consulted such
chronological tables as could get access
to. recollect to have read that a certain
monarchy was abolished 10 Rome; little
while after the first Dictator, and believe
as in the case of apoplexy, she hardly go:
over the third fit, l believe suspension
of the writ habeas corpus might have here
the same effect as the establishment of the
first dictatorship at Rome. In what situa-
ton would it place yourselves and the cit
liens of this country! 1t would leave
them at the mercy not merely Of Juetice
of the Peace, but at the mercy of every
subaltern officer of the army and navy"
The debate was closed by Mr.. Dana, Of
Ct., who considered the form so muo h
above the semblsnce of liberty that under
no pretense, however plausible and spec
ious, would he consent to place the liber-
ties TO the nation, even for short specified
period. in the hands of the great apostle Ct
Americanism-T Thomas Jefferson.


1.-THE bill,' says Mr.. Daha, authorizes
the arrest OF persons, not merely by the
President or other high officers, but by
any person acting under him. l imagine
this to be wholly without precedent. If
treason was marching to force US from our
seats, | would not agree to do this, |
would not agree thus to destroy the fun
damental principles of the Constitution,
or TO commit such an act, either of despo-
tism or pusillanimity Under this view
of the subject l am disposed TO reject the
bill. as containing proposition upon
which | cannot deliberate" The bill was
at once rejected by vote of ll3 to 10.
This was the first and last attempt, up 10
the pro sent session of Congress, to place
the liberty of the citizen at the disposal of
a single individual


The writ of habeas corpus has now been
suspended indefinitely in all the States at
the pleasure of the President. What a
contrast between the Congress of 1907 and
that Of 1863 Courier.
Year: 1863

In 1907 during the administration of
President Thomas jefferson, in the Burr
conspiracy, bill was introduced into the
House Of Representatives authorizing the
President to suspend the writ of hsbeas
corpus for three months. Here is the way
the bill was received:


The opponents of the bill desired to
show their adherence Of it by refusing to
consider it after it had been read once in
the House. Mr.. Elliot, of Vermont, op-
posed the bill on the grounds far more
cogent now than they were fifty years ago.
"The bill gives" says Mr.. E. 1.-The power
of dispensing with the ordinary operations
OF law, to host Of these little great men,
who are attached TO every government un-
der Heaven. l wish not to reflect upon
any of these subordinate officers who may
be employed by the government of my
country. But no one can doubt that in
times of alarm and danger many will be
are incompetent to the discreet exercise
of such boundless discretion. l can new
er wish to see such persons iavested with
the means Of aiming at the heads of their
private enemies, or other innocent and un-
offending citizens. the thunderbolts OF pub
lie indignation, OF soorching them with the
lightnings of public suspicion. Says the
poet:


"Could great men thunder. Jove would


ne'er be quiet.


For every pretty pelting officer
Would use his heaven for thunder"
Year: 1863

In time like the present, wheD the life
of the nation is in imminent danger, and
the cause of civil liberty hangs rembling
in the balance, it is misfortune that the
people of the loyal States are not United
upon policy for the restoration of the ma
tional authority, and the re-establshment
of Constitutional Government


During the early period of the war, the
people of the loyal States, forgetting, or
placing in abeyance, for the time being all
partisan considerations, united in one
grand effoit to maintain the power and au-
thority Of the Federal Government. They
were lavish Of their means and of their
lives in support of cause sacred to all
true Americans, and responded to every
call of the proper authorities with a zeal
and alacrity which fully proved the patri-
oic fervor animating the people at large


Had the Administration accepted this
generous support in the spirit in which it
was profered-had the demand Of party
been subordinate to the call of patriotism
and had the management of the war been
placed upon a constitutional basis-the
maintenance Of the Constitution and the
restoration of the Union being the para
mount, and in fact the ouly objects to be
ccomplished-the same unanimity of sem
timeut would continue to animate the peo-
pie, the same patriotic fervor would yet fill
the ranks Of our decmated armies, and
give hope of glorious consummation Of
this unfortunate struggle between those
who should be brothers and friends.


But the dominant party has chosen to
inaugurate partisan policy, TO disregard
the teachings Of patriotism, and to turn the
war aud its management to political ac-
count. Ignoring the lessons which the
grand spectacle offs people, aroused as
one man in behalf Of the cause of civil lib
srty, presented for their instruction, they
have undertaken to make the war one of
personal and partisan advantage, and to
avail themselves of the services OF the
brave men enlisted for noble cause. TO
divert the war from its original and legiti.
mate object. for the purpose Of producing
radical change in the character of our in :
stitutions and our form of government. In
this violation of faith and honor; this trsa
sonable attempt to overthrow the Consti-
tuition and overrule the rights of the States
and the paople-they ask to be sustained
and supported. Themselves the violators
of the most sacred obligations which can
be imposed upon persons in official position
they dare TO charge with disloyally those
who decline to approve their acts, and
have the manliness to denounee their de-
parture from the line of official Guty im-
posed by the Constitution.


The issue before the country is no Ion
ger whether rebellion shall be put down
and civil liberty maintained, under the
forms and guarantees of the Constitution.
but whether, in addition to the rebellion in