The Record, 1863-09-08, vol. 03, no. 45

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1 Aids
VOL. III. NO. 45.
UPabliihtd every Ta«dij- morning Tor thl Proprietor,
JOHN DUFFY,
GEORGE JAMES HOGSETT,
(From the Royal Gazette, Sept. I.)
Sto. 3, Agreement of 15th of July, 1663.
Galway, Boston and New York
CONTRACT BETWEEN THE POST-
MASTER GENERAL AND THE ATLANTIC ROYAL BIAIL STEAM NAVIGATION COBIPANY, FOR MAIL
* SERVICE BETWEEN GALWAY
AND AMERICA.
Advert-t.in.nt. iiw-t— on th* mo.t-mo.erat*ttrml
Printing ol every de_criplion done .1 ihe mo_t rouoo
._,!» chuRi. and io Ihe neateit and moll efficient mm.
:b the nolle. it to bt ooatinu
Notices.
The following Rate* of PASSAGE and
FREIGHT, per Steamer Ariel, have been
approved of by 11- Excellency the Governor
in Council:
Frelfcht
Steerage   BU I I'm
is. Sd.
is. Gd.lOs
7s. Od.
Is. 9d,10s
2s.     llSe .:<!
21.      J 12i 6ei
2s.      :12s 6.
is. Cd 12! 6d
From St. John'i to
Trent-wry
Su Mary't
Lamaline
Harbor Breton
LaPoile
__. Sd. I
271. Udl.".!. II*
JO*.     ijO*. '■
Fo?0   * »-_ed*."2_. Sd. |
Twillingal
Children under 14 years half price.    Under
4 years, with n parent or scr.iini, rree.
Meals included, bul no wine or liquor.
Good* deliverable from Vessel'! tackle.
No freight taken for less ilinn la.
All freight* payable in Si. John'*.
Vessel not accountable for leakage, or breakage, or damage by fire or water.
For Passage or Freight, apply  to  Copt.
PHiLir C_.ej.bt, on bor.id, or lu
BAINE, JOHNSTON & Co.
St. John'*, June 3,18G3.
MR
Eitate ol (be lot* Br.us.
ed ihot oil portiet mdebied
forth.
said K-i.n.
_ _,_intt die Eitate will be pa
of Iheir account*, al BinVs
ICEW VOKK. !trEWFOl"l*D_A.*<-. ASD
LOXDM TEIEGR-UMI COMPANY
1 AVISO   T-legmphle
ST.  JOHN'S,   NEWFOUNDLAND,  TUESDAY,   SEPTEMBER  8,   1863.
■W
PRICE SIXPENCE.
Uwrpos
Orr.c-i
Orac*,
Ship* report-sl
Jehn'i or Htrlwr One*, 91SH
Putin wiihing their Engll
eaOfeHtlutoi by tdvUIeg their tgaat* lo forward
B. SrOABT, tttt., 10 Exchange Street, Eut
L
A. M. MACKAT.
K. B—T_* Bookkeeper of
MR. PLIMPTON,
Dentist
Articles of Agreement mode this fifteenth  day
of July in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-three  between the
Right Honorable Ed word John Lord Stanley
of Alderley Her Majetty'* Postmaster General for the time being for nnd on behalf of
Her Majesty of the one part and the Atlantic Royal Moil Steam Navigation Company
(Limited) of the other part.
1.    Witness that the taTd  Company doth
hereby covenant promise and  agree   with the
said  Postmaster, General  his Executor* Administrators Successors nnd Assigns for and on
behalf of her Majesty that the  laid Company
in Consideration of tho   payments   hcrinaftcr
stipuUtedto be made tball and will nt the sole
cost and charge of lhc   said   Company nt  nil
times during the continuance of this Contract
diligently faithfully ond to the satisfaction of
Ibe said Postraaster-Gencral for the time being
provide maintain keep seaworthy aad in complete repair  and readiness   for the purpose of
conveying  as   hereinafter   provided  all   Her
Blnjesty's moils in which  all despatches  and
bngi of lellcrt are agreed to be comprehended
-hich ihall at any time or limes or from lim"
> time by the said Postmaster-General or an
f the ollir—rs or agents oflhe said Postmastei
General be required to be  conveyed between
Galway in tbat part of tlie Uniled Kingdom of
Great Britian and Ireland called Irelund and
Boston in tl.e Uniled Slate* of  America and
between Galwny aforesaid  and New York
llie said United Slates that is to sny fortnightly
from Galwny lo   Boston ond from Bosion   lo
Galwny and forihnighily from Gnltvay lo New
York and  Irom New York   lo   Galway alternately nnJ sucli mails shall be so conveyed by
means ol a siilliric.il number of good substantial and efficient steam-tcssels cacti and
of sucli vessels to be c>rnol lesi than 2,000 tons
builder's measurement and always supplied
appropriate steam-engines of nol
le.as than 450 liorsc power dial nil the vessels
■inployed under this Contract ihall be alwayi
■upplieil and furnished ot the cost of tbo said
Company with all nei'essary and proper machinery engines npparel furniture slores (nckle
boat! fuel oil lollow provisions anchors cable
lire-pump, nnd all oilier proper and requi.il
for extinguishing (Ire lightning conduc
Sir Snow Harris's or olher approved
principle cl._u-l.-i chronomcleit proper nautical
nstriitnrnls medicine* m. dieameni! and what-,
oever'vh.e may be requisite and necosaary tot
•quiping Ihe aoid vessel! and rcn.h.ri.ig ih.-iii
constantly efficient lor Iho service hereby con-
(meted lo be performed and ul.-e) manned and
provided will, competent officers wilh appropriate certifienles granted pursuant *
Act 17 and 18 Victoria chapter 104 .
Act or Actt in force for the time being
to the granting certificate* to officers in ihe
merchant service and also a medical officer lo
be approved of by ibe said Postmaster-General
ond who shall give medical attendance medicine* and medicament* gratis to all persons
conveyed under or by virtue ol this agreement
or whose passage money may hc paid for"in
whole or in part by the public mid wilh a sufficient number of efficient engineers and a sutfi-
crow of able seamen and otlicr men lo
be in all respect* as to vessels engines ecu.ip-
nenls engineers officers and crew subject in
he first instance and from lime to lime and
it all limes afterwards lo the approval of the
said Poitmasler-General and of iuch other
persons as shall at any lime or limes or from
lime lo time have authority under the laid
Postmailer-Gener*r lo inspect and examine
and the said Company shall previously to any vessel being built for or which ia
intended lo be employed in the performance
of thi* Contract submit ihe entire designs plans
and sections of each and every cf such vessels
wilh proper specifications as to engine! and
otber Siting! lo the toid Postmaiter-Generol
and be bound to adopt such design* plant sec-
* specifications nnd iuch fittings scanl-
luch dispositions of hatchways as the
said Postmaster-General thall declare in
writing to be necessary and ihe taid Pott-
.master-General .halt be at liberty and have
power to have ell iuch veosels and engines
tried in whatever manner he may at any time
or time* think fit aad (o take whotever (tept
bs may deem expedient (o satisfy himtelf of
tbe fitness of each vewel in every respect for
the nid service before the vi
CAN be consulted from 10 A. «., lo 4 r.
in his Office, at Mr. Las cm kad's, Watch
Maker,  Water   Street.    The   regulation  of
-» Teeth particularly attended to.
POSTAGE  STAMPS
Con be obtained by making application at (he
General Port Office during office hour* (except the
JOHN DELANET,
Acting P.M. O.
J. W. JACKSON,
CLOCK WD WATCH MAKER,
WATER STREET.
A. & R. BIiACKWOOD,
H_.tr Dreeeere and Perflunere,
enter the port of St. John's it moy U, lawful
for tho laid Company to Und all telegraphic
 by a hran^ iteamer or odver veitel
to be provided.by arid at the *x pens*
■>r the taid Company. Such, (learner or othor
vessel or means being previously approved
of by the said Poi minster-General. Bul
—ren when iuch branch vesseLT^ 'mean*
made use of the telegraphic message* shall
nevertheless be delivered at that-port within
iuch iix days aa a'ore-aid.
And ihe laid Company doth hereby
further agree that all the taid vessel! craploy-
ed in ihe conveyance of Her Majesty's. mail*
shall bolh on the outward and homeward vo'
I at  St. John'* Newfoundland or
t of any of ilia vessels being prove
ing St. John's to tbe satisfaction of .H
Naval or other officer io charge ot Her BL-j*
ils by sires* of  weather or other unavoidable cause lh((i and in iuch case the —"
sel shall caH at  HolifVx No     "
said Cbmpany (ball convey
lo and from and  cause to be delivered und rel I
ceived at each of the port* or place* at whicl ■
lho said vessels ore to proceed call or touch id
performance of Ihii contract all  such of  Her
Majesty's   mails   passengers  and   telcgrnphia
messages as ihall have to be delivered or received ol such places 'respectively a* regard*
the places mentioned in the timetable A here-
.to annexed within tho times therein reipec
fely specified  bul should  the said Company
fail from whatever cnuie ariiing lo deliver the
same at the laid places within  the respective
period* Hereinbefore mentioned or referred to
then nnd in every such case the said Company
snail forfeit and pay to Her Majeaty her beir^
and successor* tlio turn of £ a for every hour's
delay  beyond the itipuUied periods for the
first 24  hour* ond a further sum of -10 fo
every  successive  hour consumed on the rei
.voyogei beyond the time mentioned
table A after the expiration of die laid
first 24 hours but the full amount of such pe-
■* on any one voyage shall  in no. single'
exceed the amount to be paid for such
voyage.
That the (aid Postmaster General
any of his officer* or agents shall be at liberty
and have full power at any tim* during the*
continuance of this Contract to direct dial any
one or more of such vessels so conveying iter
Majesty's mails Irom any of the said port* or
places shall dehty  her or iheir departure for
From the Correspondent ofthe Lonsitm Tablet.
THE CONSCRIPTION'ACT.
-hi: l-otVEi.
General on appeal bv the said Company lhal!
ihink proper to deeMo otherwise but it ia understood the nbove expression   " to determine
very question" thall  not  confer  upon tuch
itrlcer or other person as aforesaid the power
of Compulsion in such caso.
12. Tbat If the said Postmnsler-Gcnernl
at any time or time* think fit 1 e ahall be at liberty in any cese or case* to appoint in addition
lo tbe taid naval officer a civil officer in his
tcrvico to bave ctiarge of llio mid mails and in
iuch case or cases'any such Ipsl-mentioned
'officer and nlso a servant ot the said officer if
required shall bo received and be allowed (o
remain on board ench of the taid ve**el*«s is
herein provided witb respect lo any each naval
officer and hit servant but when any civil
officer in the service of Her Majesty's Post
Office ha* tbe charge of the laid mails his du-
'    (hall be confined (o  tbo Poet OfBoe busj-
3.   That the said Company ihall provide
n is literary and   suitable accommodation lo
nuufnction of Ihe Postmaster-General for
*    il.tjgifir.he ate ot the Govemniee*
1_N--or the purpose of sortTfigand
up  sucb mail! on board  of »ueh vet-
Is with all necessary and suitable lining.-up
Ihe" performance of iuch duties.
14. That a suitable first-class cabin wilb
appropriate bedding and furniture shall at thi
coet of the said Company be provided slid appropriated b« them fir and lo the exclusive
use nnd for the tole accommodation of
inch officer or otber persons and also
per and convenient place of deposit on board
wiih secure lock and key for .Her Majesty'
aiails and Ihot each and every of the said
officers or other persons shall be victualled by
the said Company as n chief-cabin passenger
without any charge being mnde cither for his
passage or victualling and lhat should all' or
any of such officer* or other persons requi
servant such aervant shall be also provided
wilh a prope; and suitable berth and be duly
victualled by and at the cost of the said Company without any charge being made for the
**"**• over Ibeir   own militia. ' Over  tbe   regular
15. That Her Majesty's mails hereby army the Government of the United Slates
agreed to be conveyed ihall bo delivered and have aa unlimiied power. They nay u.e it
received at each of Uie phices lo which Iho said in nil cases where military force is needed, in
vessels are lo proceed in Ihe performance of «ny part of the world, under lucli officers, and
this Contract and that each port or pUce where  for iuch period! «t they please. There always
The Abolitidn   pnrly justify the  Comcrip-
>n Act on^lhal clause of the Conitilulion
which empower! Congress to "raise and I
~rt armies."   The assumption is dispose.
the following cxlrnct from o tpeec'i deliv.
cred by the Hon. Jeremiah Mnton, of New
Iliunpihire,  in   Congress, in 1814.    Mr.  M.
n one of tbe ablest lawyers of his day.   He
The authority given lo Congress •*•* to raiie
and tupport armies," comprises their whole
power on the .lubject. Thi*, and the authority of calling forth tho mililia under certain
circumstances nre, the means by which I he
common defence U to te provided for. C»n
tbe Legislature, by Virtue of thii grant of
power, adopt tho proposed plan of conscrip-
and place by forco such pert of Ibe po-
ion of the United Sutet, and for tbch
period* at ihall be deemed expedient, in the
rank* of the regular army? A power so
transcendent and dangerous mast, to justify
tbe exercise of it, be derived from plain principle's, nnd depend on nodoubtful construction
Th«__po ver to raise nnd support armies must
be construed according to the intentions and
understanding of the people of tbe United
Stales, w-i,o mode the Constitution, consistently with all the known and ettabliihod right*
of the Slates and of the people, and consis-
tcnily with all tbe general principles of civil
liberty.
In three specified cases only, and also for
service within the limits of the United Slates,
and onder Uio command of tbeir own  State
officer*, and,  as   I think, for »hort period* ot
aerviee, can ihis Government call on the States
for tbeir militia.    From these restrictions
apparent the power of the United Stnlei
a very limited nature, and that the State* W\U
retain by far tbe greatest portion of authority
  Ibeir   own militia.    "
THE    CONSCRIPTION-LETTER   OF
GOVERNOR   SEYMOUR   TO   THE
PRESIDENT ASKING FOR A SUSPENSION OF THE DRAFT. AND A
TRIAL OF ITS CONSTITUTIONALITY—HIS REQUEST REFUSED.
On the 3d of August, the Governor ef Ne*r
York wrote'to the President, setting forth tbe
[_*".  injustice and inequality of tho d(aft, *: '
01   ed mi ..In.   Suit.. „f \'„. v_,.i       ri,..
be delivered and received
tbe snid officer or olher persons having charge
or Her Majesty's muils shall whenever and at
,  ,     often as by bim deemed practicable or ncces-
any period not exceeding 24 hours beyond the „ry be conveyed on ilmre and  also from  ihe
ve been fixed for the dc-   JBL, l0  „,e  vegle,   CInpioye%
then
And it ii hereby agreed that the service
hereby contracted to be performed shall be
divided into a winter and summer service and
lhat ibe winter lervice tholl include (he months
of November December January February
and March end (he remaining seven mouth-
shall constitute the summer service.
And the said Company hereby agree
with the said Postmaster-General that the uid
diligently faithfully end to Ibe satisfaction of Ihe said Postmaster-General and with all possible speed
convey Her Majesty** mail* on board ihe taid.
veetel* respectively a* hereinafter mentioned.
That inch vessels so approved of and equipped
and manned o* aforesaid and wiih Her Majes-
ly'emaiU on board shall on iuch dayi and at
ineB hoers as the said Postmaster-General
maj at any lime or times appoint immediate).
nfter Hrr Majesty's moils ere embarked from
lime (o time put lo tea from the several ports
nnd nt tbe limes mentioned in Ihe time table
marked A hereunto annexed and shall perform
the several voyage* out and borne at mentioned io ihe taid table and thall Und tbe moil* al
or by tbe timet therein sel forth.
4. That the taid Company will at all times
during die coniinuonce oflhii Contract deliver
inch telegraphic messages at the said Po*I-
masler-General mar at any lime or times
direct at St. John's Newfoundland within the
slayi from the lime of tha vessel carrying tbem
period whicli may
pnrlure of sucli vcos-*! or vesseU nnd a letter
idilressed lo Ihe Commander or 'officer in
charge of the vessel so lo he deloyed shall be a
.ufficient authority fur such detention.   >•    i
7. That if nny vessel having Her Majesty's moil* on board shall stop linger or deviate from the direct course on tier voynge or
shall delay Starling at exact time or shall put
bock imo port oftcr starting wilhoul the snnc-
each and every case of U.e officer or
olhcr person authorised tu Ulve the cliargc of
'the said mnils or when so sanctioned to pat
bark imo port shall nol slart again nnd proceed direct in performance of the service
hereby coiilracieel 'or when and so soon as required by the said officer or other person nu.
ihorisrd lo have the charge or the said mails
then and in each Ami every ol such cases and
ni often as the some shall happen die snid
Company shnll and will pay unlo Her Bla-
jesty her heirs and successors the sum of £100
nnd dial if n vessel which ought to leave Galway Boston or New York in die oerfonnnnce
of tliis Contraci ihall not proceed on her voynge for 12 hours after the propcr'and appointed timo ihe snid Company shall and will
so often as any soch omission limit happen
pny unto Her Blnjesty her heirs nnd successors Ihe sum of i.300 and also lha further sum
of £500 for cvory successive period of 12
hour* which shall elapse until such vessel shall
teed on her voyage iu tbe performance of
Contract.
. That Ihe said Company shall ond will
from lime to time and at all limes during the
of tbis Contract make iuch nlter-
iiprovcineiifs in ihe construction
equipments or machinery of eoch and every
ofthe said vessels wliich shall be used by tbem
in tbe performance of ihis Contract at the advanced state of science may suggest and the
said Postmaster-General may direct.
Provided always that tbe said Company shnll nol be liable lo any penalties for di
loy in proceeding to sea on the day and at th
hour fixed or for excess of (ime in performing
nny voyage if sucb deUy be proveil lo the satisfaction of the said Postmaster-General lo
hnve arisen from circumstances over wbich the
said Company and their servants bad not and
could not have any control.
.nd tho aaid Company do hereby further agree thot die said Company shall at all
lime* during Ihe continuance of this Contract
hove  in conila.it readiness for the du*
of tbe »ervice hereby contracted to be performed the number of vessels eqnol in tonnage ond efficiency to those hereinbefore stipulated lo be provided and shall in every eaie
of ony of the said vesseU becoming disabled
immediately at their own cost and charge
replace the same by good and efficient vessels
of similar tonnage obtained by   hire o      "
11. That the said Company shall
ond allow to remain on board each of the said
vessels so to be and while employed in the
performance of this Contract and nlso while remaining at each or eilber of the port* or place! for return mails and with or without moils
in charge an officer in Her Majesty's Nnvy or
any.other person to be appointed by the said
Postmaster-General to take charge of Ihe said
mailt and alto a tervanl of the said officer or
other person at aforesaid if required and thai
every tuch officer or person shnll be recognised and considered by the mid Company
and their officer* agents end seamen as the
agent of the said Postmaster-General in charge
of Her Blnjesty'* mail* and at having fall ee.
iboriiy in all cases to require n due ond Uriel
execution of thit Conlraot on tbe part of Ihe
.aid Company tbeir officers servants and agent!
nnd lo determine every question whenever
arising relative lo proceeding to tea or patting
inlo hiii-Hiur or to tha nece*sily ot Hopping
a.iiit ony vrisel in dislrest or lo save humnn
liie and thot die decision of sueh
other person a* aforesaid shall in each and
every inch c**ei be final ond binding on the
aaid   Company  unleu the laid Foitmatter-
iployea for Ihe
being In the performance of this Contract
together with or (il such officer consider
requisite for Ihe purposes or Uiis Contract)
without Her Majesty's mails ia a suitable and
seaworthy boat of not less Ihan four oars to be
fornistied wilh effectual covering for the mail
bags and properly provided manned and
equipped hy the void Company and lhal the
directions of the said officer'or other persons
shall in otl cases bo oheyed tm lo thu mode
tmtto and pines, of receiving and delivering Her
Majesty'* Mails.
IC. Thai if Ihe inid Poslmruler-General
all drring die coiiii-iiuinee or this Coitract
or ony"l*ttrt thereof think fit lu intrust the
charge und custody ot" the mails to the masters
of nil 0/- ony of the vesseU to he employed in
the performance or (bis Contract nnd in nl!
enses when tlie officer orolher person appointed lo have charge or Her Blajeity't mails shall
be absent the Bluslcrs of nil orony of such vessels shnll wilhoul nny charge lo die public take
care of aud shall be responsible for Iho
ipt safe custody ond delivery of (he said
mails and each of sucli masters shall make the
usual oalh or decfarntion or decUralions required or whicli moy hcrenftcr be required by
Her Majesty's Po.s(maslor-Goneml in iuch
nnd similar case* and furnish such journal^ re-
lurm nnd information to and perform such
services as the snid Posimasier-General or any
of hi* agents may require nnd every such
master having the charge ol such mails ihall
himseirimmediately on the arrival ot any of
the laid ports or places of any vessels to conveying the same himself deliver all her Blnjesty's mail! for such port or place into tbe hands
■f the Postmoiter of iho port or plaeaj where
iuch mails nre to be delivered or iplo the
bonds of tuch oilier person as the said Post-
laiter-General shall direct and authorize tc
:ccive the some receiving in like manner al
the return and other mails to he forwarded ir
. That the said Company shall not no
any ot the masters of any of the vessel
employed or to be employed under this Con
Met receive or permit to be received on board
sny of the vessels employed under ihis Coi
sny tellers for conveyance .other than those
duty in charge ofthe said navnl officer or other
perton authorised (o havo charge of (he sai,
moils under or by virtue of tiii« Contract o
which ore or may be privileged by Inw and th
laid naval officer or ether person shall report
(o Ihe iuid Pottmaiter-Genernl any default in
ihii respect and in case of any sucb default the
said Company shull be liable to be proceeded
against a breach of thia 'Contract
18. That every nnval officer authorized ._
have (be charge of tbe said Mails shall eilher
alone or wiih inch other persons as be may
consider necessary have full power and authority whenever aaa as often as he may deem tl
requisite lo examine and survey in *uch manner and wilh the asaistanee of sacb persona as
be may think proper all and every tr any ol
Ihe vesseU employed or to be> employed in the
performance of this Contract and the hull*
engine! machinery equipments and crews
(hereof on hit giving reasonable notice in
writing to the mailer or commander for the
lime being cf lho vessel about lo be examined
or to Ihe person acting as such af such hii
Intention ond if any defect or deficiency be
aseermined and notice thereof in writing be
given (o such master or person and if tbe said
master or person shall not immediately
soon as possible thereupon remedy replt
effectively repair or nuike good every sqeh
defect or deficiency the said Company shall
in every such case forfeit and pay to Her
Mrjesly ber bein and snsscssori the turn of
£100 but the payment of tuch penalty tball
not in any-wise release or discharge the laid
Company from remedying replaciag or effectively repairing or making good iuch deficiency
or defect onfrum being coitsidered lo bare
committed a breach of thii Conlrac'..
(To*
havo been in ihii country important dislinclion* between the mililia ond (he reguUrarmy.
These distinctions were always kept up, and
in various instapecs, as exemplified in the wnr
of (ho Revolution, and were well understood
by the people ofthe Uniled Sialcs at the tii
of forming the Constitution.
Ifany inch power as ihat contended for could
ive been  conceived  to be granled by (he
Consiiluiion, it would have been delected nnd
pointed oot by those so much alarmed -, yet
believed  tbat  such  construction was jiot
sn suggested, in  any of the Conventions,
alihough ihe lubject was there most ably du-
The power claimed is doubtless vastly great-
nnd more dangerous than my olhair possessed by ibo Government. Il subjects Ih
personal freedom of every citizon, in compari
fon with whicli die riglus of properly are in
significant, (o arbUrary discretion.
All ihe rrcruiis wanted for (he nrmy mighl
"if the Government sliould so please, bo taken
from one section of die Union.
"'"ere  Iho   Government at liberty   to
ies hy forcibty Inking men at their di
il might, by  n similar construction of the
( ...i-iifufion. support ihem hy taking property
a   like manner.    Tho armies when raised,
iglit live nt free quarters on the people.    I.
similar way a novy might be provided, by
seizing the ships of individual-!. The right '
both cases is tho same : the injury and disiec
in taking property Iho least. k
Has die Government a simiUr power
.press men for tho Navy } '
The   States  stilt  retaining   tho   principal
.wer over (ho mililia, hns been shown, the
power given this Government lo raise armies
must not be so construed as to destroy tbot
power of die States. This surely annihilates
,11 Stnte power over tlieir militit. The whole
r in part may. at die pleasure or this Government, bo converted intj u regular army, and
llie pro'vuion of tho Constitution in this, particular, together wilh Iho rights of the States,
be destroyed.
'To that part of the Secretary's plan which
•commends o tax lo bo levied on all property
'ithin the precinct of .the class, in order lo
raise Iho bounty for tho recruits, objections occur, which, in ordinary limes, would soem in-
surmo-rtilnble. Tlie lax proposed is a violation o( ihe Constitution loo plain and obvious
io require any reason to demonstrate. Il Ls,
however, in my opinion, of less importance
than the other, which affects the rights of
personal liberty as tliis does the rights of properly. Heduco the peoplo to slavery, and
you may take their property when and ns you
please. AH wilhin the prescribed ages, whatever may be their pursuits or condition jn life,
muit submit to the iron yoke; priests must be
taken from the allar, nnd judges rrom tho
bench. The highest officers, both civil nnd
military, must be ignominiouily forced into tbt
ranks of the army. Tho seminaries of learning are to be roblvd of Iheir professors anc
scholars. Neither literalnnr'nor science, ex
cept what is subservient lo the mililary art
wilt be held in estimation. The counlry wii
become mililary, and be involved in perpetual
ware, often waged to gratify the ambition of
rulers. History evinces that wars of ambition are not less tbe pest* of Republic* than
Monarchies.
Sueh a measure cannot, it ought not,
submitted to. If it could in. no other way be
averted, I not only believe, but I bo'pe it
would ly resisted. The most odion
cruel slavery would be tbe inevitable
quences of submission. On a former day,
when Ihii measure was mentioned by an honourable member,'I called it week, violent
ond wicked. On mature reflection, I see no
reason lo ehar my opinion of iu character. Il
it weak, for it 1* ill-calculated to effect its object j violent, for it attempts to uio force witlioul right i and wicked, for if sueceniul it will
destroy the* Constitution and liberties of the
counlry.
•the State of New York. The letter of
Mr. Seymour ii very moderate in iti tone, in
■net wo think too moderate, for the emergency
. which he it placed. It u more in the form
"a request or petition than in lha character of
demand on the part of the chief magistrate
ofa great ilnle, numbering four million! of in.
habitants. Ho ask* that the operation ofthe
Conscription act shall be suspended till such
lime ui iis constitutionality can be tested, and
then he adds in tbe enforcement of this re-
confident yoa will foe) tbot acouiexene*
__ pie* wili bo but o imall couccswon for our
Uovermaca. lo make to our people, and partietvtar-
If lhat it .held o»ore ittntf ood them ot (be tc-,
corelance of ils subordinate Iowa with Ui* luprem*
Uw orthe Und. It wilTUi bul a IillU price to pay
for the peace tsfAhe, public mind. It will abate
noihing from tho dignity, nothing from the wvep^
reijnity ol tbe nalion to thaw a just rec.nl for ther-
mnjetty or Unlaw, tnd a paternal interest in ibe
'shot and welfare ot our ciluea*."
To Ihis request, presented in such moderate
nguage as to assume llie character of a petition, tlie President lays he " cannot con-tent
suspend -—e draft in New York, because
ong other reason*, time is too important.-*
so lhat tbo moderate request of Governor
Seymour is flatly denied. The President,
bowever, states that he does " not object to
abide a decision ofthe United Stale* Supremo
Court, or tho Judges thereof, on constitutionality of tbe Draft-law; bul," he proceeds, ■ /
cannot content to los* the time while it it being
obtained." The President's reply ends with
thu following remarkable statement:
14 We oro contending with an enemy who, oe I
undentand, drives every able-bodied mon be con
—** "nto bii rtuki, very much u a butcher drive*
s into a ilaughter pen. V '
jumc.it it uied. Phi* p
whicb will soon turn upon our i
diert already in tbe field, if ihey tball not be «u-
toiaed by recruit* a* they ihould be. It produce*
in army wilb a rapidity not to be matched on oir'
lide, if we Snt'waste lime lo re-experimoot wilh
the volunteer system, already deemed by Coogreo,
and palpably, in fact, u far exhausted,ai to be
inadequate, aod then more timo to obtain a Court
decision aa to whether a It* ii conaituiionol which
require! a part of those not now in tbe _erv.ee to
go to tbe aid'of those who ore already in it; and
still more time t* determine with absolute certainly
tbot we get thaw who are to go, in the pnciiely
legal proportion to tbote wbo are not to go. My
purpose is to bo in my action just and constitutional, and yet practical, in performing lho iinporunt
duty with which I am chirked of maintaining lho
ity   and  tbo fireo principle! of our common
t produce* aa ■
BIr. Lineoln informs- us that the enemy
" drives every able-bodied mad he can reach
in o his ranks, very much as a butcher driree
bullocks into a slaughter pen," In ihis respect,
wo must eonfe."**, thore ii no difference between
Abraham Lincoln nnd Jt^rrson Davis. In foci,
we thing the former ha^rather the advantage of the latter in this matter, for although
lie set out with ihe declaration that nobody
was hurt, he tins contrived by his policy to do
n pretty extensive butchering business.
The whole correspondence, bowever, resolves itsctl into (his one fact, Ibat Abraham Lincoln cannot afford lo wait until-tlie constitutionality of Ihe Omscription Act can be tested,
and he will therefore proceed despite tho
moderate request of Governor Seymour to its
enforcement nt pnoe. Now, the question is,
will Ihe Cnief Executive of tbis State submit
to be treated as n cypher or as a mere lieutenant of the "Washington .despotism, er will he
on the contrary,place thk State of New Tori
at once upon a war footing, and, changing hi*
request into a demand, insist that Ihe constitutionality of the law muit bo submitted to the
lest oflhe Constitution. It now remains to be
seen  whether fbis Slato is to preserve; R*
•er-ignty inviolate or to be converted into »
province which ihnll be ruled direct IromN,
Washington. If Governor Seymour is the
man for tho emergency, the Empire State may
pass safely through the present crisis—if ho
fait his name will become a reproach among
the people of Now York. We hopo ho may
be equal lo tho trial (o wbich he wilt soon be
ibjecled ty (he despotism in Washington.
As for ourselves, we ask no more than that lie
act up the spirit of hii letter la Iho Val-
lundigham meeting held some months ago at
Albany.
* A poet was walking wilh Talleyrand in
the street, antl nt the tame lima reciting
some of his own verse*. Talleyrand, perceiving at a ibort distance a man yawning,
pointing liim out to bi* friend, laying. '" "*
io loud 1 be heart yoa I"
SllOCKlMO TttAOEOT   KBAU    CO-ISTAWTt-
irte.—We rend in Uio 44 Levant Herald" of
July 15:—''A tragedy occurred al Ortakcui
on Friday afternoon Ust, wliicli is worth report for ihu double reason of sbowiug with
wbat at least temporary impunity life may
slill be sacrificed in open day in tbe imino-
diale suburbs of the capital, and of exposing a
of priestly indecency ibal loudly calls for
public reprobation. On tbe afternoon in ques-
"on an old Jew miser resident in tho village,
iho, after successfully haggling wilh a coi-ec.-
monger for some cucumbers for whieh the latter asked 10 paras each, had gene to the market place and bought a supply at 6 pent*, was
lurning borne wilh hit bargain when he met
the open ttreet a couple ol Croats. One
of them knocked him down wilh a blow of a
stick across the forehead, ond then quietly
walked off wilh the cucumbers, leaving his
i to complete what followed,
which tbe ruffian did with a leisurely
tang froid of a butcher *Uughtering a sheep.
With his knee on ibe old man's breast, be drear
hu kamn, and holding back Ihe head wbitteA
away till Ihe neck was nearly severed. Ite
next quietly rifled hU .iclim of everything
worth taking from the body, and then turning
towards the windows of some ofthe neighbouring hduses whose inmates bud been witnesses
ofthe whole, and who, with true native cowardice, bad contented ihemselvei wilb bawling
for the polioe. he shook his dagger defiantly at
Ibe poltroom, wiped it on tho dead man's gown,
ond walked slowly, off after hit companion
The murderer gqno, the neighboura took
courage and removed the body to It* late
home; and nottr happened the priestly ihnro
in the outrage. On application _*eiiig made
to the rabbi to bury the murdered man, be refuted, into** paid 50,000 p., tb* deo***ed baring be Mid. neglected Iba duties ' of charity
end been otherwise a greet tow-breaker whiU