Mt. Vernon Democratic banner (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1853), 1863-03-21

              " - ' -IJ n - .K ?5v-a WiVUviX -.4- W li M f ,p. J 1 J I j 3 I 'ill 1' H J-J ; ,,: i:t t--f- volume xxyi. MARCH '21, 1863 1 1 1 - KI7MBEii49J a ;-.. it. Jt gtmotratit JBanntr if rtriusacB iTr lArvsoAT vobvixs bt L. HABPEB. -' ' Oaee In tVoodtraMI Block, 3d Storj. TERMS. Two Dollar per aanvm, pymilt in a Vnc ; $2.50 within six monUii ; $3.UU after the zpi-. Tation of the jrnr. . . EDITED BY L. HARPER. The Conscription an Insult to the Americans as a Self-Governing People ! "The men die rapidly of the measles which is a fatal disease in that State. The people generally are sick of the war, ad emr mot kow it it tettUd." Those w"bo Lave attentively- watched the progress of events, mnet confess, if candid, that aroejjg all peoples there never was euch a heart-ek desire for peace as now exists. Eu- Tope (through the Cear of Russia and Em peir r of France, more particularly,) has expressed I her horror at thirty million of relatives drenching tlrerr own soil in each other's blood ; and yet, forsooth, we have been wont to hail our broad nation as the champion of civilization, the alma mater of Christian principles! to boastingly claim that in our care rests the last Tfcope and the full responsibility of popular hap piness and freedom ! - The Democratic Party of the North consti-. , tutes the People of the North, because it constitutes the majority; according to the equity of the case, and the essential spirit of our institutions, the opponents of the existing Administration, and not that Administration, constitute what is termed the Government. AVould hot the Ministry Of Monarchical England have been not only hurled from from their seats but , even overwhelmed beneath one-quarter of the opposition that has met every measure of the Chief Magistrate and his Cabinet f- But with Austrian effrontery the creators are coolly informed by the creatures that the masters must unhesitatingly hear and obev, not advise and control ! At the last elections, the Demot:ra tic party, then, demanded peace a chance for the triumph of that divine axiom : Vox Popvli Vox Di ! - By petition and the voice of the press, by our few but fearless leaders in the Federal Congress, by mass-meetings and reeo-.lutions, by trade disordered and-churches rent, by the manifest unsuitableness of war to the solution of difficulties of a constitutional mv turn purely, by the danger of an unending Mexican-like anarchy, consequent upon a vio lent attempt to amalgamate those whom God has put assunder, by the tears of three hundred thousaod broken househoMn. the ruling powers cry to their agents at Washington and elsewhere for peace I And now, to complete the Unanimity, if accents be true, the South sends an unswervii g apjbeal As forcibly set frth by our grenteet statesman, Clevext L. Vallaxdigham, the prompt, the immediate cessation of hostilities will commence under Democratic auspices, the germination of solter and more catholic feelings, perhaps to be even more lasting and deep-rooted, because our country has been watered in' crimson' thicker than water.; The human passions, rash and corrupt as they nr, cannot alxoayi cry to already deploted homes " Give, giva your husbands, sons and brothers, give the property now your sole support, "without being met by a finally victorious reaction from the wise, the good and the unfottunate. No! better connselsmnst at length prevail, we had ' almost said were beginning to prevail, when, just as the widow was expecting the return of her boy, the sister of the brother, and the.. mother of the son still spared, just as the South, somewhat yielding, half .turns to grasp the Jong-proffered hand of reconciliation and obli-yion, the marplots, the fiends, the unrepre eentative representatives at our Capitol, freshly and again and again rejected although they have been by the constituencies that two years ego chose and hired them, - step between the extended hands, : trample the tendered olive- branches and shriek: "The war must go on !" They cruelly demand more riot amidst the plundered resources of the once proud and uui ted States, more nameless graves ! We need but make one effort to conquer ona- nipoience, lor me very rnnceoi rece piomis- ed to aid as. The lessons of history, if pre-, cioiu for nothing else, teach us, at least, to hnn the miseries and errors of other tiroes.- To th thoughtful, experience is a light in the past.J.h rowing is beams into the future. Indeed, the Cincinnati Commercial rejoices in the war. for the sole reason that it will give the young ' Republic" experience! If this boast or slaughter be of aught, it has even now fulfilled ha purpose. Can we not trace the fiery path'jsf "fc Conscript Act (the red tinge of the rising sun as it mounts the crest of the horizon and shed its bodthg glower tipbn the cloud piled high in the Western sky) in the smoking ruins, the wasting and desolated plantations and new-' made graves of Arkansas, Alabama, Georgia - rsd North Carolina f Do we not know that a aockty, unless (unlike oars) almost unanimously ;t riIIinlo undergo the hardships- proposed to if. gala some definite and much desired end, in- . MiaetivIy revolt against its own diain. Uoa beneath the rode touch of military author- a sa Ta 'i ' 4 a fl w n Jf aown-wwoen Poland can teach such jsf aa Aoiericaas not utterly lost to ail remem-ferance of the Americaa's birthrights, a bitter iceaon 01 lingering manqooa. ine hapDilv az plred the ooljtjeoropliment ii can claim) Con- - s5tsa was thf alien, oottnctny pf the people. W asked $read and they gave na a stone, i: W asked a fish anvd they called into being a - serpent We demand peace, v Test, from des-tructibn and mnrder ; they -give us an fnter- iunuie, iniemeciDe war, neigo DorTy.dJstrae- . won, ruin and desolation.' Tha BWhntu s r.: shyattashiogtonhear no 'pTayer,eiara wmiBg. ivThsy elect the. sword'; and the word they-nasi have.' - -Th abov, U fonadedVpoa the eonelasion of a lengthy report of the distracted condition of Arkansas, aod was taken from the columns of the PhiladelDhia Prcsa. The anthor asserts himself to have been an eye-witness of the hor rors enumarated, he being a refugee from the conscription. .' " , , ubsiTatxc.' An Atrocions Proposition. A writer in the St. LonU Democrat despairs of seeing slavery in that State done away, now that the compensation scheme has failed, for want of the needful appropriation by Congress. To be sure, there is some talk of a convention to amend the State.Constitution, so as to permit gradual 'emancipation, but that don't suit. The great embarrassment, however, in at? tempting to devise a new "plan, consists in the fact that slavery in Missouri is protected by the President's proclamation. Under such circumstances what shall be done ? : It will srarcely be believed that, this writer, living in a Christian land, and under -free republican government, suggests the atrocions idea of encouraging revolution in Missouri, by tempora- rily withdrawing the Federal forces, in order that a pretext mavbe afforded for extirpating the peculiar institution with bayonets. The language is this : " . , "As the Democrats and many of the Clay-banks insist that this is a loyal State, would it not be well for the General Government to withdraw all protection not accorded to a loyal State, and thus determine bow loyal this State really is ? I t is quite certain that another conflict would arise between the loyal and the disloyal, which would again require the intervention of Federal bayonets. This would bring slavery under the operation of the proclamation, and down the institution would tumble, without either an appropriation or an amendment to the Constitution 1 This is not seriously proposed, though policy might dictate the wisdom of taking the Democrats and certain Clay banks at their word, as a short method of answering all constitutional objections, and also ot disposing of their $50,000,000 worth of slaves. If innocent men, women and children should again le slaughtered to effect these endd, the opposition to the Administration would alone be responsible for it." No matter that thousand of white men are destroyed, so long as abolition is successful. There are some men so infuriated as to wish the war everywhere might be carried on in this spirit. The President and the Constitution. President Lincoln, on assuming the duties -f the President of the United States took the following -' oath: " I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the bet of my ability, protect ant defend the Constitution of the United States." ' " ; ' " ' " " r This same Constitution says. art. 4, tec 3. No new State shall be lormed or erected within the jurisdiction of any other State, nor any State be formed by the junction of two or mf re States, without the consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned, as well as of th'e Congress." A new State has been formed bv the act of Congress within the jurisdiction of Virginia without the consent of the Legislature of the State concerned, and President Lincoln has signed the bill.; Article 4 of the Constitution savs : "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects. agAinst unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated." The searches and seizures of telegraphic despatches by authority of the President, were in violation of this clause of the Consti tution. ' ' Art. 5 of the Constitution says : " Nor shall any person be deprived . of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law." The President has deprived many peaceable citizens of their liberty, without due process of law; and by his proclamation, for' which there is no authority, he proposes ' fo deprive the citizens of ten States, whether they are Union or Rebel, of their property. It is an Abolition War. The Toledo Commercial, the acknowledged organ of lion. J axes Ashlkt, and which in contadistinction to the Blade, is not a fawning, cringing, appologizing republican sheet, advan ces boldly to the object for which the war is conducted. It says: ' ' ' .'" "This war, when first forced upon the.Gov-ernment, and for nearly a year afterwards, was not a war of emancipation, bat with the ',. passage of the emancipation and confiscation acts, and the issuance ofthe President's proclamation, it became such. Let us not seek bv un worthy evasions to disguise the fact. Bv these as emancipation was made the policy of the . 1 . . 1 r.. 1 - ... . govern meni, ana 11 men - oecarae an .object though a secondary object of the war. . This being undents bly true, and emancipation and Abolition being convertable terms. - we shall not do such violence to our sense of troth as to dispute that this is now an abolition war. Thank you , for nothing, .Mr Commercial. The people generally are now pretty well aware that this is an abolition war, and hence their opposition to it. They propose to let the Ab olitionists fight it out. What "We Are Uving TJnder. We are Hiring in a republic just now. ' in form. xet us see what ofthe reality remains The President:! authorized to suspend the napeas corpus act ; consequently. He can im prison any man, woman or child. he pleases, He is antbonzed to proclaim martial la and, consequently, can aeise any property, and. according to hi view, confiscate it without re- lie can draft all . the ; able bodied men be tween theges of eighteen and forty-five, and mane tnera oear arms on penalty ox deatij. - He caa forbid free speech-;-X He can otuzale a free press.ii . . 1 -: ' i ' ' , ue has ibeen furnished with two billions pf anlt " "f?iontl7. kaa both the parse 1, , . a iaaoa.- w :; t '' Ail thia ia to MMmu n.Tl v : .v 1.11 ing Of (Jongresa. Tmitvill tEtuU, - ;. tr.Ser,l ito of' lUpreseatsv 8tat Hall to EaOTeraorvJowswr; of Tex vcBBrt a ix fawTsniw. W ncbfL Of .Indiana. todeliver political adiresses. - ' th " HOIT. C. 1. YALLABDIOHAII- I , : , IN PIIILADEL?HIA. ' ; ' In Satqrday's'Philadelphia Public ledger. a paper that is independent in j-olitica, we find the following: , . Serenade to Democratic Congressmen- Congressmen Vallandighain and Pendleton, of Ohio, arrived in thia eity yesterday, and pot an at the Girard House, and last niirht thev were serenaded bv their Democratic frienifa. A larse nnmber of persons assembled in front of the hotel, and after a band bf music - had played the national airs, and there was a handsome display of fireworks; which lasted for several minutes, Mr." Charles Carrigan appeared on the balcony, and was received with cheers and groans alternately. -Order having been restored, Mr. Carrigan spoke as follows; My fellow citizens: We have assembled to-night to do honor to white American citi zens applause who stood up boldly in an American 00 n gre ia aeienu lae riguia 01 ine American people. Renewed applause mingled with groans from parties on the south side of the street. I eay to the crowd on the opposite side that it will be the last hoo they will ever give. Great cheering.!. If they have assembled for the purpose 01 crushing the freedom of speech, let them say so like men. Applause and groans for the abolition party. The men assembled her to-night are not afraid of them, nor the President of the United States that belongs to them. Great applause and groans for Lincoln. We speak our sentiments. 1 now introduce to you, my fellow-citizens, the Hon. Clement L. Vallandighain, of Ohio. ; 1 For some minutes after Mr, Vallandigham' appeared, the applause greeting him was such as to preclude -his attempting to speak. Cheers rent the air, hats were waved and canes were flourished. , The sbeaker motioneil with his hand for order, which was eventually restored. He said he was present more to acknowledge this most nnexoected and most enthusi astic greeting than to discuss public quest ion sH He thanked his audience most cordially Tor the reception ; undisturbed, because it was the will of freemen to be present, and to exercise their rights. It was Philadelphia as eighty years ago ; it signalized the restoration of tree speech within her limits, and bore testimony that, though the Bell of Independence may be cracked in the Hall of Iile;ei lenoe, its echoes yet resound through the streets of Philadelphia, cheers, a city distingniihel for its order, its obedience to law. and its acknowledgement of the courtesies of life. He felt confident that nbne of thee would be vio lated by her citizens on the occasion. Applause. He desired that they should near him for his cause, and be silent that they might hear. A citizen ofthe United Stale-", born in the Unised States, he was present under the protection of the Constitution of the United Stat?s and of the Constitution and laws of Pennsylvania. Cheers. He was a true Union man ; renewed cheering he always was. .and ever would be. True, tliis was not what had been said of him by a mendacious and acurrilloua preaa. He had alwavs. leen devouteilly attached to the Union, and to the itmsiuuuon mat maie ana maintains 11. , iie had nevet differed from the party in power except as to the mde of preserving the ; Union ; he never had differed from them except in his support of the Constitution. He had b worn to maintain that instrument, and more than that, had kept his oath. Could Abraham Lincoln say as much ? Shouts of No! No! ami three groans for Lincoln. Nor could the Republican Senate of the United States say as much, neither the Republican House ot Representatives; By the blessing of Gud ibis Administration would be taught that there are two Union parties in the United States, if in deed thfey really are for the Constitution as it is and the Union as it was. The only true, original, ancient, determined, alsolute and unconditional.Union party of the United States was the Democratic party. 1 1 remendous ap plause. It had defended and maintainei the Union fbr more than sixty years, its dangers often ; threatened with dissolution first by New England and afterwards by South Caro lina. - This Administration must learn that men have a right to differ In their opinions as to the mode in which the Union shall be maintained. The members of the Abolition party had a right to defend their doctrine by. argu ment, if they can argne upon the subject, and the Democratic party had an equal right to meet them with logic, and if at the ba,IIotrlo'x, the silent weapon of freemen, they were de feated, they t would submit. .A Voice Did you do ltlj .The bpeaker -Yes; we will submit, as joa of this Abolition partv did not in Illinois, where we beat you by eighteen thousand, and you broke up the Illinois Senate to keep the will of the people from being "carried into law. . We beat you by ten thousand in Indianatand you absquatulated skedaddled to prevent the voice of the people ' from be being emboiiied in the legislation - of -Indiana. We never counsel, nor will we tolerate the yi- olation of the law. But,' though after ' debating this question through the medium f the press and other instr umentahues of freemen state secured to them. The Federal Govern raent was aapreme within the limits ofib power, and should be obeyed within those, limits ; the State Governments are supreme . within the limits of their power, ' and 'must : likewise be obeyed to that extent. ' The State Governments were supreme within their limits and the Federal Government dared ' t.ot go within them. ' Applause ahd groans. The speaker repeated that he was now' as he had ever -been . . ; 2. . 1 ; . , - .... : . tor maintaining u union, ana ne inanRed God that the hoar was come when in their own persons he and his colleagues ' could speak their sentiments in Philadelphia and be judged byf what they aaid. Cheers. : He fteliev-ed in what some Democrats scarcely dkL and in what tens of thousands of Republicans did not, and which their leaders did not desire- he believed in the restoration of the Union of the Mate 1 Lgreat applause and , cheers. Whether the war should go on or not depend-ed upon the , Administration but one thing they might lay to- heart," ihey1 would not be permitted by the people to make a separation ofthe Union ofese States. " Cheers. I The people ,would not consent that they should en ter intoany treaty v recognizing, a dissolution of the Union. Here some one proposed three cheers for Lincoln, which' was "followed by Off years before the Democratic party should asx same the control ot,ihe ' tJOvernroeritJ which they ' would ' npoo the 4tfr of March.: 18812 tcheersl'6nethrg-waa certain, to wit: that k. .l. L.J ,!.. 'i . -It t - . m en taluiea possible' for the reitcrratioq' ofths Union. ! The Speaker doubted not that Penn sylvania would concur in the part alreadj taken by th'Pemocracy;6f 'the Northwe.in the movement t$ ' call -eoayenUoir ofjthe tfn'vrtn.fwaf Ma rilt atlhmiti. if .iba JafAn -a.. "k t t lu- .u j dare to excuse the revolt or the American bv Va FPvon ahal JJI f Th?lLlhBal .hn.tP - Ap- Ly which they were moved, something might fl mLl llSS .0 E to DVnilC PV be pardoihed ; and I, in this republic.Uh.t fmt Ihti thirnViifT' r,ght vestenlay was free, in the city" where Wash- which the LronstUution of the U. 3. or of any - vi - , i - t. - , . . groans. j 1 can inose groans instead ofcueen. Laughter. VWhateyer tfiijjht be lh8 policy of . the 'Adtniflistration tinnn? the next two States to extend an ntU.i ion. to all of them thirty-four, and as many oiore as; may Jaw-fullv and constitutionally ki ime into thia great sisterhood of States. (A iiee Leave New England out.' The Spe xer No ! let New England purge and purify! iterself; let her cast awAy the false . gods she lias :been worship-oine: let her set up: the (X of Abraham (not A. Lincoln) Isaac. Judaic and the union of ; . aa . -il ' .1 . TT white men ana let ner swti in uir- union. k( Apnlaase. ; The Speakerjfc.iocateili calling a convention of the States she wftl pre- jsented in 4befnsUtuiKni;as a mean n 01 .set tling all coiitroerHies. Tfi -Lnion .was formed in a spirit ot amity. at- couciliatiou. and onr Constitution wonld (Sever be maintainel until we have returned ifff the spirit of the fathers who made it. fh Administration party would no longer ba permitted to denounce as traitors thoewho differed witht them as to the mode of restoring the Union. This had been borne bag enough. Applause. The Democratfthad been calletl butternuts, -The speaker w.ak.a luittennit; but if those who lined the word Hsew its signification, they would le nshameil tOltse it.s a term of reproach. Ae for the ephet "copper head," the speaker ,neer knew?,of any one's leing hurt by it, but he would fen times rather be a copper bead than a niggetibeai. Prolonged cheering. In conclusion the sieakt-r advo-cated the principles of tl 'Democratic partv as those on which depene;! a restoration of the Union and a niaiuten liuteikiuce of peace, taa Pigitin tie Poor 2Ien to do tb.3 the Bich . to Stay atiHome. We rememler a speeck. that was made by an ardent advocate of war, 4at a " war meeting" last summer, in whjeb the speaker (who has much goods in this world) told 'he poor men to enlist or ele be drafted, whilst " we rich men," was the expression, "can buy substitutes." r K Tin new Conscription Jaw is based on the saine principle. The ridhaman can purchase exetniption from mil tary efvice; but the poor man will be dragged frpilj is home to waste his lift in Whalt of abolition, whilst his wile and children will be driven to the poorhouse for support. i. The cases are. not rareP-e have them I in' our town where thefifuiflies- of volunteers now in the ariny haye ai"?! theinelves from ctarvation only, by gonigftOs the poorhouse. Others have Wen pinched by. hunger and cold, and oh ly. kept from utter jiesti tut ion fy the charitien of poor ineh, whtwt the wealthr who had promifed of their flldJiHlnnce to relieve the. wants of these very flijnilies, have not given them a thought, mncii Jens any aid. Gov. liuckinghain wa. author of the infa-utous advice to the rich inantifacturers ot tiiio Sta te - - ' -silUT UP YOURAfcTORJES AND YOUR WOKIvSnOPS, AND MAKE Til EM (the work iiigiueii) GO TO Til E W A R !" And. we telieve. onlyjpelove of gain the profit therse maiiulacturerj ait getting out of the lalor of the working: pien prevehtin-r them from roni ply ing with this detestable gubernatorial dictation. '7.-' Let the workingmen aid laborers remember thtt if thix war; longer ;jjntinueJ9.they ' wili have to do' all the fig'.itingion this wide ; -they will be Torced away rron-eir--hoines, their wives and their children, to face death in a thousand shapes on Southern Battle-fields and in Sou hern f wain pa. .The' provisions of the bill enacted by Congress for this very purpose, may 'lie read iii another column ; and it is intimated from Washington that a draft under thin law will soon be maile for 600,000 men. Now let the people reineniber that only peace will nave them from being torn froni their fire-fciJ bv a jiiercile.-s conscription. Bucking hum, if electel, will do his utmost to have this conscription enforced to the extreme limit ofthe law: for his deterinbatioti is to "make the workingmen iro to the war' JfidJUtoicn Conn.,) Sentinel. A Pointed Extract. fFrom the speech of Rieaard O'OormoB, in Phila- In the year 1775, when the struggle between Great Bntain and her revolted colonies was iust commencins. when from end to end of England ran one cry of indignation at the audacity of their treeson, one voice, even in" the British Senate, was raise! in their lehalf. That - voice . was an Irishman's Elmiind Burke. Others were hotjlbr' war; subjugation, anl devastation. He connseletl coiiciltatibn, redress pf grievance.-, concession, forgtvenes!, 1eace. vil is voice wai then uhheeled Great Britain in her arrogance would listen to no concession, and drew the sword. Th colonies resisted. Perpetually defeated, broken up by the British arms at one time their whole army did t.ot number 8000 men their final subjugation was -promised from month to month, and seemed only a question . ot time. Yet they were not subdued. A hundred opportunities for conciliation were wasted. They became free States, and all were lost to Britain forever, :'."' -.- And conld EImund Burke, under the eye of a haughty and insulted monarch, ' stemming the, fierce current of popular prejudice, with .the fr ovn of angry England upon - him, could ' ' r f. j where the, declaration !0f American ' Independence was sigiicl-is it unbecoming in me to entreat' tle 'American people to think of their own history,' tbeirowii' origin. frbtrii successful revolt to take warning by the errors of their fornrier rulers, to-euir -that' it; was -the passion and obstinapcy of Great Britain that fixed and hardened the wavering, policy Of their forefathers intOaunity of resistance that no power W earth coukl break,'' and to beware least by following the same "fatal ; path- thev. too, create and 'confirm among the people, of the southern ritates the powefrol cohesion, which1 am pursUadet. evert still 'ibe1 lack, and so. render thejr retarrt .fo;1he: arneTeot kn-federacy kn iHyHerms aodeeirable or impossible; 'f Appla'ase'.i 4 hv. '. XIatzimoniai; Infelicity M PlontJ Ia. ' At Plymouth4, Indiana; thai "marriage t ion" does wot appear to beaa firmly establish ed as it showld t;--Xast waeki they had three riafeliettieata. that towa aa ablloVsF, Mrs. womer loved riot wisely bat Hwo'Vweil, .and leaving Iter basband'a bed and ; bdard eloped with one ofthe numerous Smith family!: Next iusiuii irniiciiniiuin bikuv at viic ruviu tami4AH k.my.. usr- .Mr..i fclvlamihaticHU and find thenUidtea w-orthv. eat yeng ladn nH 4itb ber aped away, ea in? Mm.i4taieraad five. litU.ltillera WQf a nusoandand parents This was too much for Mri ,MilIer and, deteitained.bot to be left to the sol td the andlrith of HoosierdonwThe ia orphana." Great alarm rprerai atobng: the married folks of Plymoula, and" home guards are now in Treat request in that usually qoTet Jillage.iA Xtdanj ilmdidnal , Lasers Feb, itude oT gmss MotehooA.v ahelTielded 2 ; - bKndishroentebfnwmsanimed SVrieht I he door being, then . cioseuv we Wj" htai Hed toaonWhavr land bats de I PPCDachitrJ 0119 usaaiwy. whenhe, U , r4aMmMarloiMiWiJr' Si OF THE tEAGUE! , . ., v Tae Secret Operationa of tlie Oatnbound Conspiracy UnriTaled ! "HCKDER WI1.L OUT r Sam. Medary-( brave old man, let as not mention your, name without the triltute of honor. They have '"mobbed" your office at the hour of midnight when they knew you were absent and your friends unsuspecting-but what of that Assassins may stab, conspirators may plot vengeance; but it ia not yours to cower. It is not a lie that Justice is eternal,' it is not a lie that Retribution is inevitable; so, then, it must bey ours to triumph ) Sam Medary, we were about to say, has had a vigilant eye upon the new organization of destructiqniEts. He baa at last fairlv ferreted them out. . He presents in . the copy of the Crisis, of the 4th instant, a complete expose of , the organization, which without further comment we transfer to our columns:. RITUAI.. roan : or a -co unci u Officers and their Stations. .- The President occupies the principal station. ';.- -- . - Vice President opposite, and in front of tlie President. ' . Treasurer at the left hand of the President. .' - ' Marshal near the Vice President. Herald within ihelnner door. Sentinel within the outer door. ' Fi-a.viTcaa. Altar, Uoly Bible, Declaration, U stitution,: Flag of Liberty, Censer. S. Con-and In cense, bword, Gavel and Ballot Box. OPENIXG OF TUB COCXCIL. The P. assnmes the chair, and gives three raps with the gavil, P. 1 Bin n'.w about to open this Council. I f there are any persons present not qua lified to sit with us, tlwy will. please retire to theante-room. Mr. M., you will please examine, and satisfy yourself that all here are duly qualified and report. The M., hiakes careful examination and reports. - . '. - P. The officers will take their respective stations. Si. secure" Che door. The door ia closed. M.-7 By the authoriiy ofthe P. I proclaim this Council open . for the transaction of such businefa as may be lawfully brought before it. : --: - '" r' ; " ' ';; - . ' Members respond "So be it." OEDEft OF BCSI.NKSS. - 1. Calling the roll of officers. 2. Reading minutes of preceding meeting, and approval of the same. - 3. Examination of elected candidates inante-room, by M,' and V; P. Initiation. ' 4.Projosition8 for: membership received and referred.. ' 5. Reports of Investigating' CmnviUee. on applicatioutf for lueuibership, and balloting tor candidates.' 6. Reorts of Committee ( 1) Committee ton the stateof the Order; (2) Counnitteeon Finance; (3) Sfecial .Coiiimitleea 7. .Unfinished business. 8... New business and the good of the Or- ler. -.'.".- , . .. ' ; ' .-- . - . - '. INITIATION'. .- The Marshal announces the names of the candidate present ii the Rui-rooiii. The M. ami V. P. shall retire to the ante-room, and there propound to candidates present the fol-loiving questions " ;::;M.' tietlamen, ju your names are read you will please rise to your feet. Should there be any present whos names are not read, they will retire. .'..''. ' - M. Mr. V. P.. I present these candidates to vou for examination. V. P. Gentlemen it is with pleasure that you are now received as candidates for admission into our organization. Its purpose' is purely national. Among its members are thousands of the most sterling and ardent patriots of our country. Do yOtt desire to be connected with them ? - - ' The candidate shall answer, " I do." V. P. Inconsequence of this desire, and in order that the workings ofthe organization may be fully disclosed to you, it becomes my duty to propound to you several important questions. :i ;' ' v':''-.V '"- ' These each of you will answer in a clear, but distinct, tone. . 1. - Do you ; declare upon your honor that vou will keep secret whatever; may t transpire In your presence, and what yon may. Jearn at your initiation ? - Aaswen . ." I do." ; 2. Are you sincerely . opposed - to secession and disnnion ? "Answer;-" I am," ' - 3. Do you cheerfully subscribe to the principles set forth in the Declaration of Independence: "That all men are created equal, that they are endowed by ther Creator with certain inalienable rights, that among . these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness V Answer"! do." . . 4. Do ou - declare n pon . yoar honor as a man and a patriot, that . Union ; and liberty should be maintained and "defended, even unto the sacrifice, of life ? 'Answer : ' . 1 do." j 5i Do yon acknowledge that your first and highest allegiance; under God, is due to the government of the -United States t Answer: J'ldV , -t ' - X ;6V Are you willing to take such an 'oath of allegiance to'the United States oT America ? Answers' "l am." "" -- -' V' ; . - : T.iAre you.willing to pleIge yourself. to resist, to the utmost extent of your power, ,-all a t-tempts U sobvert or overthrow the Constita-tion and Gorernmeut of the' United States? AtisweRIm';' riv-- . , SDo ybn pledge yoar honor that, you will obey all the laww-and order of the U. L. which shall aot conflict with you lawful rights and privileges aa a eitjxen,;jan4 keep;r inviolate all secrets, and ceremonies of tlie li., when com-mnnicated ta yoa' as 'such t ' Answer: i. ! iV'P.lienUenien; yonr answers have been ftati6factorj:Tfae &ct-.wll be reported, to onr President, who," I doubt not, wilL,direct your further admisejn.tq the plans and secrets of wr4Jrderr .X l,r'7r- - I : aafol U0? toe canaiuates to our council, . t - will ihtrodoce the candidates'' ifiiuj ouf council Who comes "here under Jhs" trtrate si- J ,,, j i ..t ' .4 - .jr-. - t .r "T The if of bftort tola kindled 4 the; Alter ef Xaeeaa U eoasposea oi gnm. a, o4 VKjnh, t M rMd at anvdrar eierar -v -. - . -. . KXPfl IThtT 'TfW.uI then report to theTV -'Vt4; PI haetaadethe nwDer' ex- t -7 ? .: m . . . . . .. it5'T!Tr,date?LJ,h,0t. haTin W duly elerteJ aad examined, desire admission to our ): Hrhe loyal and worthi are alwTs -eU come. ;tThe;door is opened, and the1 candidates preceded by"tbe M., enter and passing around the altar, are presented in frort of the P.'a chair, the P. giving two raps-with his gavel, callinjr up tbCmembers. ".'.'--- ..-J M. iMr. P4 I have the pleasure of presenting thes candidates for membership in our U. L. - :.'- , - : V P. Gentlemen, (or sir:) .- ; -: '-. It ia said "in Union there is strength. In view of this truth, we reioice t that you have come forward to associate with os. . -; -- - ' - - - .' :: . ' -"-Rising above every sordid consideration, the sole purpose of our organization is the defense ami preservation ofthe liberties and institutions won and established by ", the blood, wisdom, anil prayers ol our fathers. Strange and sad 'is'-the necessitv which requires American citizens thus to associate. out ; that necessity exists. , The Govern? men t under which we live"is thieatened witlr destruction; the Union which has ever con ferred upon - us prosperity and happiness, is fisreely assailed. It is therefore, our solemn duty to defend the one that we may . preserve the other, containing as ' it does the hallowe! memories ot the past, and unfoldiug all our hope.-tof the future. This duty is one which, it is expected you will rememlier and perforin, at all tiutesTunder all circumstances, atvl in all places. .Neither domestic traitors, uor foreign foes must be' permitted t6 destroy this nsuuu iiTiniig i uiaiHiHin iHe- puriiy 01 oarorganizaiion and to render it as efficient as possible, we ask none to unite with us who have not the'tioble sentiments of patriotism deeplv implanted in their hear s; for such on- lv are capable of-discarding "from their minds the low aims and selfish. . spirits or mere par-tizans, and of cUimingaiid defending the boon of freedom for inlrinKift value. " That your ef forts may oe ftilly joinel with ours in the ac-. com pi is h men t of our purpose; you are now requested to take a solemn obligation, which, I assure you, does not in any way . conflict with 4 those, sacred duties vou owe to your Uod. your conn try, your family, or jronrgelf. With this assurance, are voii willing- to take such obligations? . . . - .. The candidate will answer. "I am." P. The C. will invoke the blessing of . Almighty God on our undertaking. '' ; C. Let us pray 1 " Eternal Gd 1 Supreme A rchif ect a nd Ru ler of the Universe ! We humbly . beseech Thee to protect the people of these United states and especially the members of this- organization. Wilt Thou be pleased to direct and prosper all oar consultations to the advancement of Thy glory, the honor and welfare of Thy people; and may all things be settle! by the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of our Government, so that peace and happiness, trnth and justice, may be es tablished amongst us for all generations. "Save us, we pray Thee, frnin foreign foea and domestic traitors, and make us all faithful to the noble cause of Constitutional-liberty, which Thou hast committed to our care. "Be pleased to guide and direct us as Thou dkUt: our , fathers in the Revolution. .WJtli the strength of Thine Almighty Arm, Thou didst uphold and sustain them through all their trials, and . at last crowned them, with victory,.: -, ": . "May we be united in, love for our co.-nmon country, in reference to Thy Holy Law, and may Th v Good Spirit, guide,: strengthen, and comfort us now and forever. Amen."-" .' , : The P. continues aaoIlowsV.. ; Now place your "left hand 'on the National flag and raise your Hght- toward heaven, repeating after me the following obligation: Here the M, lights the.Altar of Incense, to burn during the administration of the obligation, when the members will be callol up by two raps of the gavel, and join -hands in, the circle around the candidates and the AltaF. - ' ;:".'. OBLIOATIOX. : '-'":'. ... , i ; I (with your name) do solemnly swear, in the presence of God, and these witnesses, to support, protect and def-nd the Constitution of the Government of the United -states, and the flag thereofand aid in maintaining the laws of the United States, and to defend this State or District againat any invasion, -insurrection, or rebellion, to the best of my ability, without any mental reservation or evasion whatever. Furthermore that I will aid and assist in electing true ami reliable Union men, and none others, to all offices of pi o fit and trust, from the lowest to the highest,, in town, countv, State and General Government. And should I ever be cailed to fill any office, I wUI then and there faithfully carry out the objects Snd principles of this L., and further.! that L will protect, akt. and defend all true memliers of the U.JLt., and will never make known in any way or manner to any person or persona not members ofthe U. L., any of the signs, passwords, proceedings, purposes, debates or plans of this or any other Council under this organ ization, except when engaged in admitting new members into this organization: place your hand on the Holy Bible, etc., and with ny nana upon the Holy Jiible, declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United 3 tat es of America, under, the seal of my sacred honor, I. acknowledge myself firm ly bound and pledged to the faithful perfor mance of this my solemn obligation." oo Uclt Me, God.' " ' -' Response by the-metnbers : ,y -.-.-: "To.thiswe pledge Ourselves : . T l The P. will then deliver the following ad dress to the candidates. ' V' !''' ; The oath which von have now taken is ren dered doubly . aacrel by yoar solemn appeal to the Supreme Kalerot the Universe, and the symbols:of the Govrmmentand Union, f; ,-. : ; Kiier rem em oer a t it can not ; tie vioiatea without dishonor to yourselves, and Injury to your coontry. . : : ' '. ' 'V; ''; ' f ; " The Bible, : Declaration independence, ana Constitution ofthe United States, contain the charter of our religious and eivi; rights.' .At the .same time, they . inculcate oar various da-ties. Yoa , were, therefore, obligated upon tbem:; encircled as ther . were by the" glorious flag' of oar v Union, -the cherkned embJeia of oar privUegesu , ; ; . vr.jy 5 -rs :,,, '. ,iiy jtheae . we sbouW.alwsys . Jive:, and, if it must be, in the. defense of these we sbpaJd die." The enlrit arid rta of peace, renUettfenlare essential to National prosperity. -Thesehoold be .aaloaa1y;-taaht-aTn i Bat 'should foreign foes or traitiirooe haads attempt u ro s oi itl m ucnuince. xev cverr neart be raovedaerT arm be. nerved,, and (ettniP uoni-vi woru lcufi irvni vfcir rvsis; ana.' aura everr way tq' guard iliV great - tern pie 'of. oar mXAi llU ,4st3 if deoUeinrir, aromid yon is aband b(reernen who. are pledged to defend our glorious .Union. Th ey have ra ade a high resol re a ndwm Ipeep it or die',Thui circle ia'bever to he 'broken by TaticMaarv : iV-hy.'-i-: "-- Response by membefsij irj :i j a n J f ' P. 'ifsbar rif the 1.7 wiH Von enlarr yoar circle to admit new members T 4'" n TRpoose'byTnettiber4i31 ww-i-' . . a j P.--Prepare for accession to vourraoksvv (The circle will' here,.te ouened, the . new members admit tea, ana with clasped ana uplifted bauds, repeat all, the following :::;:"! T-:- To defe'nll and perbetQale Ireedora and the Union, 1 pledge mv life, my fortune, and my acted honor.- Se HBLr,M,GoD I Here give the signs, etc- applicable to the secret work. ' ' Tlie,IndiaTiQla. and ner .Capture With regard to the destruction of tne cap tured gunboat Indianola., which the MiseissipV pi papers declared had been blown np by, the rebel, we. now have the official report of the rebel Gen. Stephenson to Gen. Cooper, which states that she has dot been . destroyed, bqt that on March 5th they, were then raising her; toat one eleven inch gun was burst, bat that the others were uninjured.; .-. - It appears from the statement of one. man who escaped from the Indiamla and succeeded ' in reaching our fleet, . that - on Feb. 24th she was preparing to go up .the Big Black river for the purpose of destroying a battery at a bridge. when the rams Queen of the WestawXihe W&b were discovered coming tip the river.- The struggle which followed is thus described : The Webb; being the foremost of the rebel-boats, was the first to receive the shot from the eleven inch guns of the Indianola. One of these struck her upper works, and. though causing considerable injury, did not, interfere seriously with her speed 1 At the eatiie tirpe v-v - - i - arm .- . a . a - the vjueen ot tne est came up. with the evident design of Striking the Indianola on the larboard side, opposite to the point where the Webb was spproaching. A shot from the Id- diauola .penetrated this boat in such a way as to stop the action ot her machinery for a time. A second shot-striking the -Webb turned her from her course, and in coining around io give her blow upon' the Indianola she lost much of her momentum.. ... - ; ; , the saocK.: 6r iii collIhox. The-.Webb struck the Indianola on thestar- board sftJe, just aft . the turret, causing her timbers -to crack ' fearfully;1 Had the blow; been 'delivered with full force there is little doubt that the Iridianolt would - have been so crushed in that she would have, sunk immediately. . - , ' As t h e . Webb fel 1 a wa y fro m th e I h'dianola the latter threw one of her elevett-ihch sheila directly through the upper wotks Ofthe Webb. I he shell exploded in the. water a, , hundred yards Oom the boat, after passing through the rabin of the rebel Ixbaaud causing much havoc on its wayrat tlie same time the Webb brought her, forward, thirty-two -pounder to lear upon the IixiUiMla's turret. but the balls glanced off without any effect: . . , . THE QUEB.V.aJtTUaSSTO THI CHAKQXi ' Aa soon as ,.the; Weldi; had. delivered her blow and fallen back."the Queen of the West . came up again on the-otlier side, endeavoring : to imitate ttie peffolfrnTmces"'"Of hef consort. The Inliaiioraproght her guTis to bear upon, the Queen, and one of her shot passed directly through the after part oT the cabin, demolish ' ing it Vb: a -considerable , extent. ' Another' struck the pilot house, knocking a large portion of its top completely away; and evidently disconcerting those within.. . . t -r . . : As soon as these shots struck the Queen she steeretlyerv widely, and instead of dealings vigorous blow at the Indianola. passed directly astern of her. ranging up alongside the Webb, as if desirous ot obtaining the protection of the latter. In passing the Indianola the Queen made use of her light guns, which had no effect iion the heavy, armor of the iron-clad.- One of liie twenty-four pound shot passed th roue h the light cabins, between -the turret of the boat and her wheels. This work was originally constructed to serve merely aa quarter of the crew when not in action, and is of -very light- material A shot pasting through finds little to resist it, and therefore causes but small damage. , THE WXBB VAXES aXOTIfia PASS. .. As soon as the Queen of tiie.Westiwas lit such position as not to be endanger by the motions of the Webb, the latter made preparations for again nsiog her prow. Once more, she came up on the starboard side of the. Indianola. in spit? of the storm of elevennch shot and shell that was poured upon her. The" Indianola manceuvered to avoid the blow, but was unable to do so, though she did .succeed in materially .checking the speed, and force of the Webb. ; ; ; ; . The blow of the latter was delivereil jnstaft ofthe place where the firsts shock Yell.- The Indianola had been making water constantly from the moment of the first contact, and, her pomps had lecn barely able to keep her clear. The se o id blow caused fresh aeams to open and the water camein quite .rapidly.--The great stiength and thickness of the sides prevented her leaking so seriously as would have leen.the case with weaker, boats.- Several other.collisions took place, Until the Indianola became;exeeedingly badly damaged.' J-r- .; By this time the' iarious niovements had brought the boats quite near the. .Louisiana shore, and the Indianola, being in a sinking condition, made signal for enrrendering. The instant bet flag waa bung out the wtW and Queen came alongside, and an officer from the former took possession. Orders were fiven for running the captured boat on the snore, as it was feared that her pomps won Id riot be' able to- keep h'r; utk.; She was acoordingly. ran aground. The (Seers and: crew, became speedily prisoaera of war. . . - TTbj (ho attack na Fredttickifc&g xrii .. .Suspended.., ,. , : . . :. .- Mti Carlile of Virginia in a late, speech tU the Senate, stated that (Jen. Barncide. U hl teeUmtfny: UforeMC...VCQminittee said, con cerning hie attack .on: Fiedericksborg; Hhat when he had lost aa many tnen m, hb prder repaired, hecaspended the, attack,; yf '. Mr. Howard interrupted Mr. Carlile, .aajr that Gen, -Hookeav.and - not '.Gen. - Burnsidei madeethe stateaientj It ia. ire material which General so'fefified-The Tacf-is'all injpoftant The nation then, echoea Mr.' Carlile'a inqnirr , 4wh6 was it "that 'gave orders how iasny tb'ea ' should be killed in an. attack? r:u-..i t . Zt'liif-Kii-l."'j!'' u.-i," .sssaaa-. i ii -' The "jiepnMicaitXroTcaest lihiv Peac TheTVayae Coaaty (Q.) iDemietat gfrwthe fWldwiag eottraet frOnt a private letter receivei InVfooiUi OhiewtX,i.:ir-ta - r ;.-v aru . t- -'.i a . to twbrk.vsd .eettle this ccHc - .4 ion. 5 BT army, was'.an extreESc' 'rzl z3 Democrats wboentertiiaed Lli t lonirtTslfTtmeaniireri; $ tara opened hiVeyee.' ' " '..;- Ij,, - WHICH CAN.2SEVEQ BE, C- . WAHi : r- -' Tours tm1 , ;. -" SV- : Opn'.:iitowBipiff.oefor :T L .