Year: 1861

tue HlehSuIts ChIIl Illuh on lu ouppVIb VI TUE
freedom and independence of the said
United States; every such person being
thereof legally convicted by the evidence
of two or more credible witnesses, in any
Court of General Quarter Sessions, shall be
adiudged guilty OF misprision of treason,
and shall suffer Imprisonment during the
present war, and forfeit to the Common.
wealth one half of his or her LANDS and ten
ements. goods and chattels."


This act having been passed for tempo.
rary purpose, expired by its ow o limitation
at the end Of the war.


! We notice tha: several of the newspa-
pers published in New York and else
here, which have rendered themselves
obnoxious 20 the people because OF their
alleged secession procliyilies, have been
brought TO the notice o: proper courts,
and we may therefore expect before long,
we shall be favored with an opinion on this
subject from the Circuit Court of the Uni
ted States. And the newspapers report
that the press, type and fixtures OF a
printing Office in Philadelphia, which was
alleged to be advocating the right Of se-
cession, was seized by the Mlrshal a day
or two ago. This lool as though the gov
ernment had determined to tiitle no Ions
ger with those who disregard its rights or
BID defiance to its authority We should
rejoice at every indication Of vigor and
strength in our government proceeding
from proper and prudent exercise of its
power il the suppression of the rebellion
and of any thing that affords it aid.


We have hitherto been speaking OF a
class of offences which lie beyond oar ju.
YisdictinI. Each State ! assesses the right,
however to pass laws regulating the con-
duct of its own citizens. The legislature
OF PENNSYLVANIA, at its last regular session,
passed an act to which tits our duty to
direct your attention. The first section
provides, "1hat il any person or persons
belonging to or residing within this State,
and under the protection of its laws, shall
take commission or commissions from
any person, State or States, or other the
enemies of this State OF of the United
States of America, or who shall levy war
again 4 this State or Government thereof,
or knowingly or willingly shall aid or as
sist any enemies in open war against this
State or the United States, by joining then
armies, or by enlisting or procuring Others
to enlist for that purpose, or 10y furnishing
such enemies with arms or ammunition
or any other articles for their aid and COM
fort, or 10y carrying on traitorous CORES
pondence with them, or shall form, or be
in anywise concerned IN forming any com
blnation or plot or conspiracy, for betray.
ing this State or the United States Of Am
erica into the hands or power of any for
eign enemy, or any organized or pretend,
ed government engaged in resisting the
laws of the United States, or shall give or
serd any intelligence 10 the enemies OF
this State or of the United States of Anne
rica, or shall, with intent to oppose, pre-
vent or subvert the government of this
State or the United States, endeaVor to
persuade any pc son or persons from en-
tering the service of this State or of the
United States, or from joining any Solun>
teer company or association of this State
about being mustered into service, or shall
use any threats or persuasions or offer any
bribe, or hold out any hope of reward,
with like intent to induce any person or
persons so abandon said service, or with
draw from any volunteer campany or as
ISOLATION already organized under the laws
OF this Commonwealth, for that purpose
every person so offending and being legal.
ly convicted thereof. shall be guilty of a
high misdemeanor, and shall be sentenced
to undergo solitary Imprisonment in the
penitentiary at hard labor, for a term not
exceeding ten years, and be fined in asum
not exceeding five thousand dollars, or
both, al the discretion of the court. Pro-
pided, That this act shall not prohibit any
citizen from taking or receiving civil COM
missions for the Acknowledgement of deeds
and other instruments OF writing"


This law is free from obsurity, and its
meaning and intention cannot be misun-
derstood. We have brought it to your
notice so that if any OF you know Of any
Of the offences therein mentioned having
been committed within this county, the
offender may be dealt with as the law di-
rects. ii any of you know Of the COM
mission of such offence, it will be your
duty TO make it known 10 your fellows 50
that the matter may be duly and formally
presented tc the Court. 1t is your duty
to present all violations o! tLis act, as well
as oil othe: known offences against the
| criminal law, but we should be careful that
no act that is done in this behalf should
spring merely from political differences,
from any selfish, sinister, or other unwor
thy motive, but that every such discharge
of what is always an unpleasant duty,
should he solely in vindication of the hons
or and authority of the State and the ma
ton.


sasnE Every man has in his own life fo!.
lies enough in his own mind troubles
enough in the performance OF his duties
deficiency enough-in his fortunes evils
enough-without minding other people s
business.


RaS-An Irish girl being inquired Of res
pecting her mistress, who had gone to q
water cure establishment, replied that she
had "gone TO soak"


BsgHA writer remarks with great trpth
that ''the great characteristic Of modern
life is Worry" That is true. Some peo
pie are so prone to it that that they worry
because they have no real griefs to worry
them