#'A£C -PRESS

IIVQE'rstow N,FRIbAV ' - t Feb. 27

ANDREW C. BIVO, ED TOR AND PUBI SHER.

JfirMr. liCvi M. Tlycrs, is our authorized 'Apent to take subscriptions, make collectionsand receipt for the same.

The Difficulties in the Way.?o?

J Host men of the Abolition school of pol-itics arc want to regard this rebellion in the ') ght ofa "small affair.'' Not so, however, with >the thinking and calculating portion of them. !Mr. Spanning one of tho latter class, and a 1member of the present Congress from the '

fcitnte of Now York, in a recent speech, takes 1A sensible view of the difficulties in tho way, !mid does not look for any termination of the jstruggle under three years, and has no very jstrong hopes ofa reconstruction even after the 1lapse of that time.

"I.ook" says he,-'at the immcse arn'.y in ,the field, their commissariat, supply trairts.am- jbalance corps, sutlers, teamsters, hangerson, idlers and assist mts of all kinds, extendingover, a line of military operations of morethan four thousand miles, and you willbo im-pressed with two important facts:'?

1. The enormous expenditures necessaryto their present support and the future boun-ties and pensions that must bo paid.

2. The number of men thht are withdrawn ifrom industrial pursuits, and tho consequentloss of productive industry which ought to beadded to the wealth of the country.

All tho immense army add nothing by theirlabor to tho wealth of tliO country, and theexpense of supporting such an army devolvesupon those who do labor, and those who havealready acquired property. What a mightydrain this war is upon the productive energiesand, resources of tho country. It is induedan exhnusting as well as bloody war. I can-no', shut my eves to tho formidable characterof the rebellion, nor to the difficulties in tho*r. The inherent difficulties of conqueringand subduing so large and intelligenta poople,extending over such a wide extent of terri-tory as is contained in tho revolted States,arc very great. It is very difficult to moveand supply largo armies. An advance in the

enemy's country for any considerable distancealways involves the difficulties ofkeeping thorear line open to the base of supplies. This hasbeen demonstrated in tho advances that haveboon made in attempting to take Richmond,liven tho armed occupation of a part of one oftho revolted States docs not make the peoplein the Stato loyal to tho genoral government.The hatred of tho people in the rebellions

States is deep-seated and abiding. They liaVea separate dt facto Confederate governmentand separate Stato govormcnts. As Statestlicy revolted from tho Unitod States govern-ment, and with their Stato governmentsremaining intact and in full force. They stillmaintain their separate State organizations,

with powcf toenfdfco their State laws. Thisinsurrection was commenced very differentlyfrom most other insurrections. It was notcommenced liydisorganized bodies of the peo-ple, but by tho constituted authority ofStates, in their capacity of independent sov-ereignties. Those Stato authorities had pow-er to suppress immediately the Union senti-ments of the people within their jurisdiction,and to enact as well as to enforce nnv newtneir wicked purpesbs. Hence tho formidablecharacter of tho rebellion at the outset. It willtaken long time to supplant tho present Statoorganizations in the revolted States, and toinstituro new Union Stato governments intheir stead. It can only bo accomplished byArmed force. It will require a large standingloyal army in the actual occupation of eachState. Until Union State governments areorganized and permanently maintained iti alltho Southern States you cannot hopd for alasting l>eace. Sir, it is proper for us to looktheso difficulties square in the face: All thopeople in the Northern States ought to look atthe formidable character of tills rebellion,and act up to the demands of tho hour. Itwill require the active services ofa unitedNorth to maintain tho integrity of tho Union.It is unwise?aye, criminal?for us, while in-curring a debt of $2,500,000, every day, todeceive oursolves as to the real situation.?The business men at a distance arc going onmaking mocy, speculating, buyingand sell-ing, almost unconscious of the dangers thatsurround us."

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The Ndtr Draft.?o?-

ryrhe new draft is something refreshingin monotonous times liko these. Our peoplehave been "spilen for a fight." They havebeen proaclcng for war, war, war, and at lasttheir time has comc. The old "exempts"must bo done over again, but on a widely dif-ferent principle.

"Honest Abe" has taken care to have thingsin his own hands, and no more "conscioutousscruples"?no more "general debility"?r.omore "fa'.so teeth" or "sprained ankles" willanswer as a "come-mlf," the exemptions de-pend now oh a different principle.

Xo more substitutes either. Uncle Abo hastaken care of that. It is a rtccnue hill as wellas a conscription. Whoever would csca[ omust pay down the round sum of three hundreddollars to tho Government. "Your money <ryour life"ye sprained ankle gentry. Your purseor your blood, ye toothless, debilitated patriots'.Mr. Chaso wants money. Do your flattervourslvcs that your sprained anklos, falseteeth, sofo fingers, stumped tocs.nnd "patenttrusses" willexctnptyou now? Your shallow,cowardly excuses willbo sharply looked afterby Honest Abe's oWn agents. Neither en-rollcrs or drafting officers, nor physicians,-Preachers, nor Clerks or Registers, nor Sheriffsor Magistrates, nor Constables, nor Mail Con-tractors or their securities, none, none are ex-empted. "Hit em again" Father Abraham.?they wanted it. Let them tasto tho "littlebreakfast-spell."

Fine tintes yo'll hard, yo sprained anklepatriots, trudging through tho "sacred soil."Hut when you do get three, do as you hhvodono hero. Mako war on the helpless andfriendless, oppress the unprotected and weak,mob and plunder houses, and when tho fooapproachcs-scr.l "the path to the patriots grace."Hut. alas? you willfind no rail roads to carryyou there then.

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March Term of Court.tf~Tho March term of Washington County

Court commences its session on Monday nextM e shall be pleased to make tho acquaintanceor "new old ones fof such "copper heads" asmay be drawn hither during its session.

What Party in it??..

gpn?Some of our worthy citrtens, who iti ;days past have denounced, mid priofessed to Iabhor Abolitionism, pretend to excuse tlieni- is;lvcs for their support of the party now in 1power, by saying that it is not an Abolitionparty. If it is not an Abolition party, jpray tell us, what party is it? Whendid Lincoln leave the party? When did !Sumner, Wade, Hale, and old Shad Stevens, jquit the Abolition party? When did Ciiase |turn? When did Seward go off? When was j

t! Fred Douglas converted? And arc not the80 jjthe leading spirits in the party now in power? ijThese worthy and "loyal" citizens of ours are !

| "hand in glove" to-dayj with the men whom ', they affected to abhor, only a few years ago? jj"check by jowl" with those who only a few j

j years since denounced the Constitution, set at 1defiance the Federal authority, and openly

1 proclaimed their purpose to dissolcc the Union, jj We never have, we never will support, sus- j

I tain or uphold such men, whether they be in

I power or out of power. They, and such asIhey, have kept the whole country in a fer-ment for yoni's. Thev have labored to dividethe North and South?they have sown discordand strife in the land for thirty years?theycast contempt 011 the Constitution 4>y settingup a "higher law" than the Constitution?theyrefused to make any sacrifices for the Union,"little or ruin" has been their motto for thirtyyears or more.

"Let the Union slide," was the open moutheddeclaration in the Congress of Hie UnitedStates, of one of their most cmbecile, incom-petent, but favored, petted and honored gen-erals, now high in command?General Bonks.

Their supporters, schooled and tutored bythem, murdered Southern men at Christianaand Carlisle, made war on peaceful homes godslumbering citizens at Harper's Ferry?andthese same leaders defended the murderers?-embalmed the bodies and deified the memoriesof John Brown andjiis followers.

We never had faith in such men we never

can have?we cannot support them?we can-not trust them. If this makes us "disloyal,"then we are "disloyal," indeed.

Days Past, and Days Present.?o

BfcT'Thcro was a time when it was not re-garded as "disloyal'' to oppose Abolitionism.In the days of Jackson, Clay and Webster, one

could tell the truth about Abolitionist withoutfear of having his liberties destroyed. In thosedays people did not commit "treason" whenthey exposed the wickedness, the treason andunholy purposes of this fanatical party.

Webster himself thundered against them?Clay's voice rang out clear, loud and emphat-ic against them?while old Jackson swore

"by the Eternal" that such a party shouldnot rule in his day and generation. All thegreat and honored men of the nation wereagainst them, and we had peace, domestictranquility, and national prosperity. Butnow? "nnf ced-."

n The Situation."?o?

"Sixty day's job" is draging itsbloody length along?the "ninety day's war"gives no evidence of terminating. The "arti-rcality. The "little knot" of disappointedpoliticians in the South, arc fighting "twentymillions of freemen," with the utmost despe-ration, and death and taxes begin to stalkabroad with fearful strides and fatal steps overthe land.

In the meantimo "vigorous measures forprosecuting the war" and "crushing out theRebellion," go on. The "Armiesare moving"?'"important results may he looked forsoon."The Rebels are starving and deserting as usual?Congress is in session?"Honest Abe" isjoking?Chase is making paper money?pub-lie thieves are growing rich on the distress ofthe country, and?here's the rub?the true"path to the Patriot's grave" has not yet beendiscovered by the Abolitionists;

'Copper-Heads" and "Woolly-Ileads"?the DilTcraiice.

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helievo that this countrywas made and this government instituted, forthe bonefit of white men. "Woolly-heads,"believe literally, that "all men are born./Veeand erjilnl," that this government was insti-tuted for the benefit of the black man, and inthe enactment of laws which guamtecs"pergonal librr'y" to the black while it is denied

to the white man."Copper-heads" helievo the Constitution

to ho the fundamental law of tho land, gov-erning and controllingall other law. "Wooly-licads" believe, and have a higher law "thantho Constitution?tho law of brute force and"military necessity."

"Copper-heads" believe in an exclusivemetallic currency?a currency that is worth

dollar for dollar tho wide world over. "Wooly-hoads" "hanker" after paper money having nometallic basis, or such as has no basis in lawo. - in fact, and is not recognizod as of anyr| value oven in the limits of the Corporation

J by which itprofesses to have boen issued.I Futhcr distinctions there are hut for the

| present wo leave the reader to draw tlienihimself. Who wouldn't ho a "Copperdiead.'

"Thsit same old Coon."?o

'r CP'Two years ago, and the Abolition partycould not muster trtcnty respectable men, inthis county.

Since then that party has obtained the con-trol of the Government, and it numbers itsthousands hero

In tho days of Its weakness, whilst it hadno power, 110 patronage, 110 oftico to confer

' the voico and hand of ovary man in this coun, ty was against it. Now that it has power, and ore* to gieffie, it can boast of its leading

>men, its presses, its journals, its open, undis-

j guised advocates, hero in our midst.lis principles are thesnmo to-day, that thev

' were two year's ago, Nothing has changed,but its power. It is the same party to-dayr that labored for years to riiisolre the Union?-

! the same to-day against which tho Patriotsand Statesmen, Clay, Jackson, Webster;Douglas, and others wurned Us in their day

r and generation.It is the same party to-day that labored for

2; years to sow the seeds of dissension between; the North and the Jmith,

j The-am- parly that sat at defiance the Con-

stitntion by refusing to tlie Southern people' their rights under the Constitution.

The same party that trampled the Con-

-1 stitution under their feet, by the personal| liberty hills of the Northern states.

The same party to-day, whose leaders open-ly counselled resistance to the laws and Con-stitution, and to Federal Authority in Boston,Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut.

It is the same party to-day that but n short| time since declared the Constitution "a cov-

, cnant with JIill,'1 and the Union a "league

I u il/i the T)eril."

| The samo party to-day, "Ngitinst which the

Democracy have o\cr warred?ever willwar,jand whose principles, men, and measures,| they have, never yet, nnd never Will, confide

; in or support.

Heat Estate Sale.

Valentine Keicltard, with the viewof removing to the "West, sold his farm of 175

i acres, lying near the College of St. JarArs. to

: his brother John Iteicliard, Esq., for the| sum of s7o per acre.

I Mcsscrs. Matter and McKee, Trustees for thej sale of real estate of the late Joseph Gabbyj dee'd, sold a farm of ICO acres lying oh tlia! Antietam near Leitersburg. for the sum ofi 870 per acre. Purchaser, Peter Middlekauff,

of this town.I The Hotel on the corner of Rottß Potomac1 and East Faanklin Streets in this town, the

I property ef the lato Mrs. Agnes Finnegan,was last week sold by her Executor, Mr.Abraham H. Momma, per It. Shcckles, Auc-tioneer, for the sum of S3IOO. ?Purchaser,Mr. Hoover, its present occupant.

A tract of land, containing 13 acres and 80

perches, lying adjacent to town on the Sharps-burg Turnpike, was sold by J. C. Miller to

Dr. J. A. AYroe, for the sum of $ 1000.

, Another IVaval Disaster.tryOur navy has met with another disaster

in the capture, by the Confederates, of thecrack iron clad boat, Queen of the West, on

the Red River. The officers of the Queen oftho West captured a rebel pilot, and puttinghim at the Wheel, witha file ofsot'dlofs aroundhiiri, compelled him to steer the hoat to theRebel batteries, which lie done but too effec-tually, taking her close under the guns.?

Amid the confusion aboard the boat the Pildtleaped overboard and escaped?the colors worestruck, and the boAt captured.

A Chance for a Speculation.?o?-

tv-A fino opportunity is offered W thoseopen for a speculation in prosecuting partiesguilty of taking the illegal issues of the Cor-poration. The penalty ii S2O; one half of

which gors to tho Infornier. The receiver isas liable a3 the party who pays it out. Thecomplaint hits Only to ho made before a Magis :

trate, and lie cannot refuse to take cogni-zance of the matter, although lie may behim-

. | self a violator of tho law which ho has sworn. to observo. A few of there notes are being

circulated and it afiords a tine Opportunity forsomo person to make a good operation in thesohard times.

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''Copper-bead" tjurrency.O

; ! tJfiguThc currency of the "Copper-heads"j ?Gold, is now selling at a premium of 74

.! cents on the dollar, and yet wc find theper currency system. Is there one amongthem sufficiently honest in his belief to risklaying by a few thousands of this paper mon-ey? We think not. Nor can nil their bols-tering up induct in the people that confidencethat is felt in tho ring ot the true metal.Printer's may take it, because they never haveanything to lay by, but farmers will alwaysconsider "wheat in the mill" as somethingmore reliable;

\u25a0.."Lcssof your t'ouAtssy, more dryour

Coin."

o hare had tho pleasure during the, past week of attaching our ugly autograph to

rccoipts for a large number of our friends,and found no disagrocablc consequences re-sulting therefrom, and consequently areready to renew the operation whenever de-sired so to do. We can nssura such as deallargely in the currency of compliments thatthis kind of svriting is an operation more

. agreable to perform than tile writing of edi-torials. A\o will do botlij if yononly give as a chance.

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rFTt is truly astonishing how many pa-triots have discovered that this is but "a war

i for freeing tlio nigger," since the prospect ofanother draft has become apparent. 'Tis sol-

! dom too late however, to tnrn from tho error ofour way and begin to do good.

Charles C. Wrcnslialli

JJSTMany of our readers wilt lifcar withdeep regret and pain of the death of the younggentleman whose name, heads this article.We have just learned that lie was killed re-

, ccntly in oue of the battles in Virginia. Al-

\u25a0 j tliough a native of Pittsburgh, lie early "es-poused the cause of the South, and passed

i through nearly all their hard fought battleswithout injury or loss of health, 'till now,

; fighting his way from tlie ranks of a private toI I that of a commissioned officer.

j He was a nephew of Judge Mason, and in: that way became a resident, for seme time, of! our county, where he made many warm and

\u25a0 | strongly attached friends by his noble and gen-i { crous qualities. Whether the catise to which

j lie attached himself was right or wrong, no

\u25a0 , brdver or more heroic soldier cVcr tvflS saeri--1 ficcd in its defence, than young Wren shall!I |

A Mikister Prefers a Nkoro Ilr.oiMEst; A New Orleans correspondent of the Traveler,

\u25a0 slates that Rev. Mr. Ilspworth, chaplain ofthe Forty-seventh Massachusetts, has resigned

: that position and accepted tho first lciutcnancyof tho Louisisana volunteers, a colored com-pany, and attached to General r.anks' staff.

DksL.Gex. McCleilajt was removed because

1 he was "too slow." The Portland Argus hopestho "progress since has been satisfactory tothe authors of his removal; wo may safely sayit has been to nobody else.

te&.Hew docs tho resident's emancipationproclamation conflict with the tariff;? The Ion? imposes a tax on wool, n bile the othermakes tec!free.

A chance for Patriots.?o

JJSTTIie Dill already passed iu tlie Senatr

for getting up the National forces by conscrrp- ,tion was expected to come fo a vote in tlie .House yesterday. Itis to lie 'hoped that our jRepresentative, Ex. Goveror Thdniaf, will not;do aught which might have a tendon ey to tie- |privc his "loyal"and patriotic constituency of

this county, of the long sought opportunity ofdying in the cause of their country and thecontrabands. It would he radically wrong to

encourage or countenance such inconsistencyns preaches war and leads others into it, andyet when it conies to the "pinch" pleads as

exemption "conscientious scruples." And yetworse would it he not to allow spread eaglepatriots at least one opportunity to travel the"path to the Patriot's grave."

No backing down now, gentlemen, you whohave preached from the pulpit,the hustings, thestreet-comers, nnd the Piar-rooms, your pug-nacious proclivities, ought to he the last men,now in your country's extremity, when shetruly needs your services, to sneak out underany plea whatever. You have induced othersto leave comfortable h'ohies, remunerative em-ployment, attached parents, dependent wivesand fond children, to risk their lives in yourdefence, arid now that they have gone to thatbourne lYobi Whence no traveler returns, whyslioUld you refuse to defend those thnt theyhaVc left \ieliind?to take their places in thejjjefcri'ce of tlie best government the world ever

saw?in defence of the institutions and prin-ciples, you have been wont to laud 'and extolto the skies; When it eotnes to tli'o test willyou acknowledge that yotthaVe been deceivers?that your patriotism has been of the rnockorder, bogus, counterfeit. Alas! we fear toomany of you will seek fame, glory nnd thePatriot's grave behind imagined infirmities,up the rail-road, or in some other wrong di-rection. The "Copper-heads" have an eye onyou.

For the Fi'ee Press.Winter.

"Winter clothed in her robes of snowywhiteness." There is nothing on this Earthof wonder and beauty, that upon the eye, liassuch a brilliant effect, as that of a beautiful,clear morning in tlie depth of winter, whenevery object is clothed in a robe of the purestwhiteness. Then there is the great Light ofthe day casting his bright rays down upon allwhich forms a scene of the most dazzling bril-liancy.

Every tree is hovered with diamond-likecrystals, and tlibv seem as though tliey wereplaced there for no other purpose than to havea plcdsing effect upon the eye.

A great many persons think winter a bleakand dreary season, hut it is just the reverse,for when does the joyful school-hoy feel mer-rier, than while lie is plodding around throughthe snow-drifts or building snow-forts?whylie greets the first full of snow with as muchdelight, as though it brought "good.news andglad tidings" from the region above. Sleigh-ing is another charm that belongs to winteralone, which during the last several days hasenlivened our town with the merry jingleoftl ebells. Itreminds us of the musical poem of

4 ry- ? 0T1... D OHear the sludge with tli< bulls?silver bells.

What a world ot merriment their melody foretlls.SC'aukky.

For the "Maryland Free Press'*Mr. Editor: Walking along Washington

Street, I saw three countrymen, listeningwith interest to an earnest and energeticdiscoureo of a gentleman, who from his ap-pearance, seem, d to he in prosperous circum-stances. As the well dressed gentleman wastalking in a loud tone, and seemed to desirean audience, Istopped and made one of hishearers. Ho was explaining to the country-men, the riUjccts of the war, and tho speedysubjugation of the £outli; ito told thoni thatby the Ist of May the whole South would hooverrun, the rebel unities dostroyed, and Jeff.Davis a prisoner. Ho told us further that thorebels were deserting constantly, sicknesswas thinning their ranks and starvation wasat every Southern homo. He said that afterour troops had killed off tho men in the South-ern army nnd imprisoned the rest, the South-ern people would then love the Northern peopie better than ever, and would cheerfully re-turn to their former political Union. Of thislast he gave ns tho most positive assurances,

lid said that the rebellion was nothing huttho outbreak of distempered politicians, wholiad lost office, and that the great power, ma.<S,aud population of the South were almost to aman opposed to these few politicians and whenthe rebel armies were once out of tho way,the unanimous mass and power of Southernpopulation Would he found close to tho Unionwith tlifc' old flag in their hduda.

He ives very loyal in his abuse of traitorsttnd rebels in our midst. lie was loud in hisdeclarations that they ought to ho hung andetflphitticin his opinion, that all persons whodid fltitagrco trrth the Administration, and approve of the course of tho Provident, oughtto ho imprisoned, and at the same time lie de-nounced tlioadministration for its mistakenleniency towards Democrats. lie touched ona variety of other topics connected with onrNational affairs, and explained a great manyperplexing questions to our entire satisfac-tion, and then left us.

After he left one of the countrymen turnedto me and asked what I thought of it. I toldhim thnt the gentleman seemed to he very lov-nlindeed, and was in possession of much val-uable information. And that it was very po-lite and condescending in him to take suchgreat pains to explain nil tlioso interestingquestions to us. Whereupon another spoketrttt aiid said, yes he is a siuart man and oughtto know all about the flintier, because ho wasone of the cxciso tax collectors, nnd had beenappointed by the administration to office.Tho third however was not so ready to do jus-tice to tho superior information, and conde-scending politeness of the exciseman. Reinga nicclirtrtiP, arid lirtvinga large family to sup-port and nothing to support them With buthis earnings, he had hilt lately been compelledto pay this exciseman some taxes, which wenthard with him, and he had tho hardihood tosuggest that perhaps tho loyal and polito ex-ciseman was talking more for his ofln pocket

| than for the Government, aud that as long asj ho (the exciseman) enjoyed the emolumentsof n fat office, he might well wish all oppo-nents to the power that appointed hint, injail '

|cr irons. I was disgusted this narrow and un- jenlightened view ot the case, and as soon us j

! 1 could do so, left the company.

IJ. K. PHAKT.

tFor the "Free Press.'

Disloyalty and its Reward.Shephsrdstown, Yet. Feb. 22nd 18G3.

j The place from which I write is somewhati a noted place. Its notoriety, in fact, dates be-

yond the first American Resolution. Ilistor- \: ical rcmincsc'eYices can be adduced as evidence.

Then, fts a mere ''local habitation," it was no- 1| ted fot its rebellions propensities; and it would !

| seem that with the rise and progress of our Ijcountry that propensity has not diminished; jjbut on the contrary the rebellious spirit tliYt jjcharacterized the inhabitants in '?old times," j

; seems to have grown with its growth, and j| strengthened with itsst-engtli; for in tliepros-I ent "affair" the town is notoriously disloya'. i

j This assertion is easily proved. A glar.ee n'tthe "old untcrrified" might be sufficient; butfor particulars we will "inquire within."

Nearly all the young men capable of 1 ear-

ingarms are to be found in the 2nd Virginia

jRegiment, Rebel Volunteers! The "old folks1 at home" are open and avowed, though inactive

rebels; and the women?l never write the wordbut a thrill penetrates my whole frame?areUnequivocally rebellious, and lose no oppor-

' tunity to exhibit their feelings. They havecontributed tio little to their favorite "cause"

I in sundry and divers ways. Early in the ac-

! j tion they organized a formidable Club knownj under the euphonious title of the "Ladies' I!e-

--' | ncvolent Soldter-clotlies association," and by

' jt'uir combined efforts ftdiiirhbtl considerable' j"aid and comfort" to Mr.Davis' ragged tater-

I I demalions. After the great battle of Antie-' j turn, Sheplierdstown became the receptacle o"

' | nearly all the rebel wollttdrd; every private' bouse was a hospital, aud then it was that the' \voinen displayed their zeal and devotion in

ministering to the wants of the suffering sol--1 diers. They were unremitting, untiring, in

their attentions; more so, by far, than tlicCor.-' federate Surgeons, who duly appreciated tbiir| assistance and rewarded young crinoHnity fob

? j her trouble by excessive gallantry and attcn-

i tion which should have been bestowed upon

s the patients. Indeed, it is said, bad it not

, j I cen for tbe women the poor, helpless soldiers,i i would have fared ill, as the rebel authoritiest 1 here teemed to care little for t'S'cm.

f Resides these facts, T sp'emt the truth wl.cn

1 j tell you that every bal>y horn within the last- year (and there are quite a nnmlicr?all hoys

?)is a Rebel baby ! Nearly every "milling,5 puking infant" in tow n is a Jeff. Davis; a

B Stonewall, or an Asliby baby, named in honorE of the mother's favorite. This is not only an

active and passive, but a crying disloyalilv.i And their is no help for it, unless Mr. Lincoln, enacts the part of tbe Jewish King and ordcis

- Hie dciitli 'of every male child, ?as a military

l necessity;"? Jeff. Davis once said that, if it( j was necessary, lie could carry on the war in

i ; Virginia for twenty years i art these rebelliousI mothM's acting oh that hint? Ifso, Mr. I.in-- | coin holds a constitutional right to choke tl e

r 1 life out of these precious little ones, as beings i "contraband of war."6 All the li t'e children are tautal'zii g'y dis-' | loyal; the girls sing scccssii n soncs and th

tioys lmvc innumerable military companies;and it is really divirting to witness tlieir sham-bat tie".

Rut they?lie ci i ens?li.v. erciily meritedtile reward of all lliese "disloyal practices."

II The Potomac lias been rigidly blockaded. Hi? J restrictions imposed on trade have annoyede | and deprived them of many of the necessaries.

| and all the nccuston cd luxuries of life. The

s j t j\vn has withstood several frightful, thoughj unauthorized, cannonades: it was oticc a vasteharnel-honso of dead and dying Gonfeds; andthe cit'zens were imposed upon by their friciuls

' ?the thotisMiilS hf half-starved stragglers iff; I Lee's army, who almost "at us out of "house' , and home." 'J'his was consideicd a right good

I "joke" on our women, who were so anxious to1 ! see "our men."

I Hie consequences of disloyalty, Hntl the ef-r | fects of the war arc plainly disccruable in tlio| aspect of local affairs. Once upon a time the) "old untcrrified" wis all life, bustle and busi-

ness. Now every thing is "flat, stale and un-j profitable." In short sho is "played out.'

. | Before the war six or eight stores were in fullj bloom, driving an extensive trade?all that

: | remains of that active capital is one establish-| ment unworthy the name of a well-furnished,j "first-class retail country store;"?lnstead of

! a flourishing confectionary, and the pride of1 ! the place, where "something good" could be

' i "taken," "Silly" has a substitute, and offersj for sale cakes and cider, tobacco and pipes?-j for Maryland n.oney 1 Only one apothecaryj survives, with "a beggarly account of empty

i j boxes;"

1 Instead of three Hotels, we how liave"naiy'! one," so it is almost a moral impossibility toob-

tain entertainment for man or beast; Imust re-

mark that there is very little traveling at pres-ent, except by northern men and they generally

| carry their commissary and quarter-mastersupplies with them. This noted place con-

! tains some five or six church edifices, and the! citizens are reputed a chucrli-going people; hut

' | only in three of thefn are services regularlyj held. The gospel, which is said to be "preacli-

I' cd for a dollar or two," is dispensed with at

I jthe other two places ofpublic worship, llow-

\u25a0 | ever, to make up in part for this deficient y,j the "American citizen of African descent rcg-I ularly hold nocturnal meetings at their privato

|. residences, where the services are conducted| with mere noiso and enthusiasm, than the| "spiritand the understanding."| 1 will add but one more to this incompletelist of punbliments, inflicted upon us for dis-loyalty. Without designing to impute to thisCommunity the sin of intemperance, I make

I bold to assert all are not "tc-totalcrs." And

I as Mr. Whis, was scarco and awful high, it| was regarded as quite an entcrprizo to get if.1(F speak of a few weeks hacks.) The modusoperandi of obtaining the "critter" is reallyamusing) To elucidate, l'our friends arc j

j awful dry, and arc anxious to raise a pint; a Ji pint! that Would not touch bottom?must have !

I a quart. Whiskey to be got only at two places: j| price £L, a quart, "Confed;" or £2. Maryland 'money?and much prefer the latter. After !

( considerable wire-working the 'vpcndulicks" !

[ arc raised. Now, who's to go for it? Some; fellow n.wst go, who is certain to "raise" if i

; It is too far to go ont to "llbclc Joc,s ?we aro! too dry to wait. So its decided to get it at tlio' nearest barrel. The three with become.

: ing patience. At length the "oh Ihe joyful"arrives; and then comes the syllabling who

j shall drink first and how much. The first1 round depletes a moiety of the bottle?thfc restidue is layed away for after while.

It is seldom that a fellow can get drunkunder such a pressure; but occasionly theymanage to reach that state?Here the cry is?l

i not for war?but for the age ofBar-rooms'.SPECTATOR;

For the "Free Press."Habeas Corpus and Gov. Thomas.

A person made ipdignaut by the oppres- a

| siou of an obscure person in the reign o,

Charles 2nd; wri h; from Parliament the writof "Habeas Corpus," and they have ever since

i protected It'as the strogest bulwark in 'defenceof their rights'. llVc 'AWeVican Colonies made

i it the corner-stone in the construction of theiri Temple of liberty". Washington, guarded it

Madison guarded it, Jackson guarded it. Butthe "foul deed" of t'tflVin-g it "out, lias been

i left to the Abolition Administration of Abra-i ham Lincolni Among the blotted records of

; tliat administration stands the name ofFrancis

J Thomas of Maryland, voting "aye" to a hillj that annihilates the powers of the Judiciaryiof his state, strikes a blow at the dearest lights

jof her citiz.ns, and arms an impotent Execu-| tivo with powers that Nero might have cn-

j vied. Disregarding the potency of the lated jmocratic victories, unmindful 1 of his onerous

debt of gratitude to that party?forgetful thathe is a Marylander, he permits his emanci-

i , pation prcdjudiccs to lead him into coalitions

i j and lie umres that will forever consign him to; liis cloistered liomc, shorn of all the proud lau-

\u25a0 j rots with which the democratic party l.aiI decked him.

\u25a0 j To blacken the dark deed, he accompanies' It with the assertion, (in answer to Mr. May)

' ?"a more foul assertion than that Maryland? w.is under the heels of tyranny, never was

i m ide."?I hire ho to tell his constituents of Frederick,

, Washington and Alleghany counties, that they

i have never felt the "oppressors wrong"?thatthey have never been arbitrarily deprived of

i their rights, when lie knows?that they knowt and Jeel that some < f their most distinguished

, friends and citizens have been seized and iit-careetiit'ed in loathsome cells of military has-

t tiles, at the mere arbitrary will of pompous

r Provost Marslialls. Will he tell his fcllow-, citizens of Hagcrstown that their rights are ful-

lyrespected, when their property is kept front, them at the will of subordinate revenue oili-

s cers. Can he tell citizens of Baltimore city. that they are iintraninuUed, when the}- aro

t | i'npliedly forbidden to listen to a distinguished, member of Congress whose speeches and scn-

-3 j timents were vehemently applauded in New. Jersey. Such liberties were bequeathed by, I our forefathers t > slaves, not to Free Anieri- 1

r cans, of Anglo American descent.llow have the rights of property licen re-

garded in Maryland V Is it not patent to theadministration, and to Fx. Gov. Thomas, thatlarge portions of the lands of this county, bor-deling upon the river, have been turned in tilcommons by the occupation ofFederal armies?

[ leaving many of the farmers unable to re-fencetheir lands without compensation for thattaken. \\ by is it, the K.v. Governor's clarion

] voice has not been heard in Congress, in isiingupon the redress of such wrongs ? If he can

3 sec "legal tenders" enough in the treasury to

i emancipate the slaves of Missouri, he ought

t i not be blind to "private property taken forj 1 public u-"" ifit is in the Constitution,

I FAIR PLAY;

IMPORTANT FROM VICKSBURG.

' The Bombardment Commenced.1 ( iircAoo, Feb. 22.?A special dispatch ?

from Memphis, dated on Saturday, furnishes? Rlvices frotn Vicksburg to the 18th inst.! Active hostilities agitilist Vieksburg com-

| minced on that day; The mortar boats were

j towed into position, and opened by firing' j briskly on the enemy's works,

j The eft'ect of their fire was not known. TheI rebols responded from three of their hatteriirjj when our positiion being found too much ex-

i posed for effective operations, it was changed.'1 He bombardment was then renewed.

ANOTHER CHANCE FOR OFFICE. ?The new

jconscription bill now before Congress (having

i already passed tlio Sfenafe) will open a newfield for profitable public service. A provost

jmarshal will bo needed in every congressional( district, to look itf.cr the business of cnrol -

j mint, and those who desire to serve in thatcipacity will not be long in commencing theiroperations to secure the priise.

| itlflvvicft.j On the 20tb, of January, at Avon dale in this

i County, by Rev. Mr. Moran, Mr. Win. Cushwa.toj Miss Margaret h. Kriegh, daughter of William

' Krrigli.! In Clenrspring, on the sth inst,? in the M. E."I Church, by Rev: J W. Smith, Dr. 11. M. Lancy to; Miss Kate C., daughter of Col. 11. W. Bellinger,

both of that place,On t e 9tli inst, at the Lutheran Pnrsonaie,

Williamsport, by Rev. C. Lcplcv, Mr. James A.Barneys to Miss Ann I. Ilcibacli, both of thiscounty.

I In Boonsbora', on ffic 17th inst., by Rev. Win.. R. Coursev, Mr. David W. Mverp, of St. Louis,

I Missouri, to Miss S. M, FagOc, daughter of Mr.j John Fague, of Boonsboro'.

JOicfc.I In Willinmsport, on the 9th inst., Andrew

j Friend, aged 04 years, 2 u.o* tint and 14 days.! At the residence of John E. McComaa, "of thistown, on Sunday, Bth inst., at 3 o'clock, P. M.,

j Mrs. Mary A. Davi r , aged 51 years, consort of thej late James Davis of this town, and a lady wellknown and highly esteemed in this community.

| In this town, on the 10th inst., Laura Virginia,' daughter of Charles and Magdalene Gross, aged 8years and 4 months.

In Smithsburg, at the residence of Charles Ilito-I shew,- on ftataraoy, December 20, 1862, Joseph| Barkdoll, aged 23 years, 1 inontl and 28 days.

Departed this life on the 18th ins.., near keedvs-ville, Barbara Ann, wife of Jaeob Cost, and bo-I loved daughter of Mr. IlcnryPiper, aged 33 years,

5 months and 20 days.In this town, on the 12th Instant, Mr. William IL

; Moxloy, aged 33 years, 9 months ant 25 days.

| PMALL SILVER hKIN OMONsT "BY the pint, quart, peck or verr prct-

tv article at BKLh A lli 0.Feb". 27. /fcpotliecsii ie*.