— The TW atchm an. Thursday Morning July, 10, 1862. DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET. "JOR AUDITOR GENERAL, ISAAC SLENKER, OF UNION COUNTY. —————— FOR SURVEYOR GENERAL. JAMES P. BARR, OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY. ne ren Arother Change. Mr. P. Gray Meek, formerly in connection with Mr. Alexander, one of the editors of this paper, having purchased the irterest of the latter gentleman in the Democratic Watchman, this week again becomes con- nected with it in the capacity of editor. In forming this new connection, we think we are safe in saying that, so far, at least, as Mr. M. is concerned, it will be a permanent one, inasmuch as he has thus become one of the owners of the concern. Being a young man of talent, enterprise and industry, and withal, a Democrat of the strictest sort, we have no hesitancy in saying that the chair vacated by Mr, Alexander will be, at least, not unworthy ly filled. ’ We do not deem it necessary to sag much in regard to the course which the Watch man will hereafter pursue. As far as its measures be Constitutional and right, it shall support the Government, and as American citizens and lovers of our country we would fain hope that those measures might never be aught else. Come what may, however, we shall endeavor to do our duty to our country and our party, trusting, that the forbearance and indulgence which have thus far been extended to ns, may be continued, and that we may merit the pat- ronage of the good peopleof this county, and «specially of that portion of them whose proud privilege it is to array themselves un der the glorious old banner of the Democrat- ic Faith. ° Iu parting with our talented and good- natured friend, Mr. Alexander, we have on ly to bear testimony that we have always found him a gentleman and a patriot, and that we give him our editorial ‘good by, with much regret. He is a good fellow, a faithfol friend and a jolly companion, and we trust that his future life may be one of prosperity and ot unalloyed happiness, * and that his promising abilities may be proper ly appreciated here or in whatever commu. nity he may hereafter choose to reside. JOE W. FUREY. ! © VALEDICTORY. | A little more than a year ago, I became | connected with this paper as one of its edi | ‘tors, and as my connection with it in that | capacity has now closed, a duc ats patrons demands that ny reasons for so doing should be made known. When Mr. Barnhart retired from the Wtchman sanc- tum, an arrangement had been concluded | with.a gentleman who was a Bemocrat by i ‘birth and education and whose profession | wag that of a printer, to take charge of it. i Aa unforeseen cortingeney, however arose, | that prevented the consummation of the | contract ; and for two weeks the paper was | left without any ostensible editor. Under | these circumstances and through the solici- | tations of its proprietors and a number of | my democratic friends, [ consented, al regard for though againstany own inclination, to play ! the part of editor until some practical prin- ter and reliable demaciat could be procured | to take charge of it. That time has now | arrived. My contract is, therefore, fultilled, and; corseious of having done my whole di | ty to the best of my ability in the promises, | I this week turn over to Mr. Meck and Mr. Furey the editorial chair, and accerding to | the custom of retiring editors, bid adieu to | our mary patrons. i C. T ALEXANDER. i go J President Lincoln, in his late letter to the Governors of the Northern States, sayS this is an © UNXEsessany and injurious civil war.” There ars Democratic editors to day, confined in loathsome cells of Amer- ican Bastiles, for sayiug the same thing. there are the ruins of Democratic presses, destroyed by abolition mobs to be scen in every State under Federal jurisdiction, for telling the people the same thing; there are dozens of Democratic papers which are at this time prohibited the uge of the mails, simply for opposing this UNNECESSARY and injurious civil war,” and yet we as Amcrican citizens, tameiy submit and allow this spirit of despotism to stalk unmolested over our once free country. Why the peo- Ple will endorse and support ; why they will permit themselves to be loaded down with taxes by this administration, to carry on an ¢ UNNRCRSSARY and mjurious cil war.” we know not. eater [IZ The editor of one of our Republican exchanges says, he empties his brain to fill his stomach, Pity of the poor fellow —for if there is not more goes into his Stomach than comes out of his brains, he must by this time be nothing but a shadow. _——————— 0Z7Tt is said that in the late . retreat of Banks’ division before tne Confederate Gen- eral Jackson, negro contrabands were car ried in the wagons and wounded soldiers were compelled to walk ! i the same proud, | what a clange ! titernal blo od 1? the wail of our widowed —onr | all descendants ofthe same forefathers wi o EER TN mom I eu oo ia dea TIE. 1: TERT sey yee sp on —— SALUTATORY. In ugain becoming connected with the ed- itorial department of the Watchman, I have but little to say by way of introduction to the reader. Whether the change that has now taken place be for the * better or worse,” time alone will tell, and T may here state that I do not expect, neither can I hope to fill the place made vacant by the retirement of Mr. Alexander, with the same ability and with as much satisfaction to the Democracy of this county. It is well known that the changes which have taken place in the management of this paper within the last two years, have been anything but ben cficial to its reputation bath politically and financially. And ii is honestly hoped that it will be necessary to make no more changes so long as the Democracy of ** old Centre * give us their support and encouragement. With the aid of Mr. Furey, I shall strive ‘0 make the Watchman a true exponent of Democratic principles, such as they were taught us by Washingten, Jefferson and Jackson: as they arc enunciated in the Virginia aud Kentucky Resolutions and lat- terly set forth in the Cincinnatti platform — principles upon which our government grew and flourished in the short space of eighty five years, from a few beggarly colonies to one of the mghtiest nations of the globe; and upon which a/ore the American Union can be reconstructed. In the deep disgrace that is now resting upon us, we are but reaping the rewr ed of the repudiation of those principles and the thrning away from the doctrives taught us in our national in< fancy. And if, in times like these, when American citizens, for the mere expression Of opinion; are dragged from their homes to fill the gloomy Bastiles and loathsome Pris. ous that disgrace our land—when presses are muzzled and the lips of freemen locked by the *“ powers that be "—when, in fact, the most wicked and wanton outrages are inflicted upon the rights of the people, and their liberties trampled under foot by a des. potism more fearful than that which curses the soil of Austria—if, T say, inZtimes]like these, a paper can be free, fearless and inde- pendent, the Watchman shall be. Tt shall stand as a sentinel upon the watchtowers of our couniry to warn its inhabitants of any encroachments upon their rights either by foreign or domestic foes, an unyielding ad vocate of the ** freedom of speech and of the press’ believing that these, the only safesgnards of the liberties bequeathed us by our ancestors, should be maintained and defended at all hazards and under all cir cumstances. [It shall support the govern- ment only as a government of white men established for the exclusive benefit of white men; combatting the vile heresies of mod- ern abolitionism which seeks to reverse the laws of nature by placing the negro race up- on an equality with the white—and cor- ropting men’s minds with the infamous doc- trines of amalgamation. It shall be the mouth piece of no clique, crew or faction, laboring only for right, for our God, our country and our party. P. GRAY MEEK. ger The Fourth of July; With what a thrill of joy the approach of that sacred anniversery was wont to be | hatled everywhere a// over this once happy From Maine to Louisiana glad feeling, vibrated through millions of (rec American hearts, which beat in unison with holy fraternal sympathy, and gratitude to God for tte innumerable blessing of liberty and national The Fourth of July, 1862! With what strange emo- tions do we hail this natal day of American freedom! what a different scene docs it shine upon! © God forbid I” said Daniel Webster in his great outburst of eloquence om a memo alle occasion in the United States Senate, ¢ that my cyes should ever lwk on the broken and dissevered fragments of a once glorious Union —on States discor- dant and bell gerent—a land rent with civil fucd. and drenched it way be, with fra- How has the dark and des- olate picture been realized 7 [ow many a heart which beat responsive ty the nob'e sentiment of the great expounder of the Cunstitntion survives to witness the desolas tien which he depreciated! And how many a patriotic sprit would gladly have died to avert the sad catastrophe upon which this day has risen ! The Fourih of July 1862! [low differ ent aust be its celebration from all that has gone before! Peans will be sung, and salvos will be fired, bat the former will be ard uw ited land. prosperity ! ; mingled with the groans of the dying, and countrymen rendered this day glorious—and the latter will be echoed by guns which hurl the death dealing missiles through kindred ranks! Oh! beloved countrymen—would to God on that day the healing spirit of peace could go forth on angel wings to touch your Learts, that strife might cease, justice triumph, and the blessings of amity and concord be once more restored | — Constitutionai Union. Nuven SurreNDER.— We admit the truth of the following, which we take from an able article in the Albany Argus, addresse® to the Democracy of New York ; Fellow-Democrats, have patience, stand ‘ast by your principles, calmly endure the flippant reproaches and mistepresentations with which partizan demagogues, or it may be, honest but weak and unstable political fricuds assail you. When the storm of vite uperation shall have passed, and the noisy pretentious patriots of the day: shall have shrunk away from the dangers which now impend over us, the last hope of the nation will rest upon our courage and firmness, grounded upon an intelligent political faith, which will be equal to the terrible ordeal, and the salvation of your country will be wrought out by your own hands. Cherish your political principles, preserve your or- ganization, patiently struggle for the right, and prepare for the hour when the work of re-establishing the Constitution and restor- ing the Uuion will by common consent, be committed to your hands. 7 0One of our exchanges, in a long edi. torial tries to prove that * wool is king,” but he don’t say whether it is the wool on Pittsburgh Female College. We copy the following notice of this ex~ cellent institution from the Pittsburg Ga- zette, of the 3d inst. The Seventh Annual Catalogue of the Pittsburg Female College has just been laid upon our table by the President, Rey. I.-C. Pershing. We confess that we have exam- ined its contents with a degree of satisfac- tion amounting almost to pride as we have marked the fact that we have in our midst one of the most vigorous, well managed and successful institutions in the land, We question much whether one in ten, even of our own citizens, has any real conception of the status the college has reached, or the grand and glorious work itis to day ac- complishing. The recent commencement, at which nineteen young ladies received their degrees, gave evidence not only of woman's capabilities, but alse of the superi- or facilities afforded by the college for their development. The entire commencement was a brilliant success and reflected the hgh est honor on all concerned, As an evidence of the prosperity of the college we need but slate the fact that the attendance of the past year reached the large number of fwo hundred anc forty eight, gathered from nine States. In order to accomodate the constantly increasing number of pupils, an addition has been made to the Faculty, which now numbers fifteen. Most of the old teachers still remain.— Among the new ones are Miss Martha C. Cole, a young lady of large experience, and for some time a teacher in the celebrated school at Mount Holyoke. Mass. ; and Miss Fanny A. Fish, who has earned such an en viable reputation in our community. The utmost care is taken in the selection of teach ers, and the present Faculty will compare favorably with any in the country. We are pleased to learn from President Pershing that an effort is now making to put up an addition to the building. The design is to add 40 feet to the chapel, divide the second story into a library and Reading room, and also a Hall for the Browning As~ sociation, and devote the entire third story to the purposes of an Art Gallery and Cab- inet. The design is a noble one, and we trust it will be carried out. The next term will commence on Tues- day, September 2nd. We need hardly urge upon our readers to patronize the College. If fine buildings, thorough equip ment, a very large and able Faculty, and earnest de- votion to the work of christian education, €an give claims to patronage. then has the college claims which are second to none.— We advise our readers so send fora cata- logue. —————— No Wonder We will have to pay High Taxes. An exchange says : Washington city is swarming with emancipated slaves. They are a lazy, rag. ged, homeless multitude. Their former masters refuse to employ them, The poor house and jail are crowded with them. — There are hundreds of free negroes starving avd unemployed, as well as poor whites. -- ‘The Administration has rented from Duil Green a block of fine brick dwellings, in which from one hundred and fifty to two hundred emancipated slaves are fed, lodged and clothed at the expense of the Govern- ment. Every Abolitionist in the Union ought to have his property ‘confiscated’ for their support. Verily, the wickedness of the present Congress is without a parallel mn all former times. They have copious tears for their colored brethren, but none for the deceived and betrayed white man, whose wife and children this war has sent begging their bread. No sympathy for the people who have to pay taxes to support these ne groes in idleness.” While churches are taken at Washington to be used as hospitals for our brave men who have become sick and wounded in their self sacrificing efforts to second the Govern- ment :n crushing ont this unnatural rebels lion, houses are rented in which to quarter the contrabands and the people taxed for their support. Would 1t not be well also to take possession of some of the churches this side of Mason and Dixon's line, where abo lition, the twin sister of secession, is daily preached, and devote them to the holy use of hospital purposes? Tf this was done, it would be doing God and man, and our country much better service than to let them be used for the unholy purpose to which they are now applied. Abolition should no more be tolerated in its present covert efforts to break up the greatest and best government the world eve, saw, than secession. 3 SL — Parson BROWNLOW AND THE REPUBLI ¢ANs.—The Alolition papers are publishing some things that Parson Brownlow formeriy said about Democrats. Here is a morsel that he dropped soon after the Chicago Con- vention that they do not publish : “The Black Republicans at Chicago, af- ter a stormy session, some fighting, and muchabuse of each other, have, in the midst of liquor and much hard swearing, nominat- ed Abe Lincoln, the Illinois Abolitionist, who was supported by Buchanan’s Admin istration eighteen months ago, for the Sen- ate, in opposition to Douglas. On the ticket with this Administration pet is Senator Hamlin, of Maine, an Aholitionist of the Jobn *Brown-Helper School—1jman who, for mind , reanners morals, features, mouth, nose, dark skin, and woolly head, could . be sold for a negro !”’ - The above was published by him in the Knoxville Whig. esse tn “WHAT We ARE ComiNG 70.” —Under this caption, the London (Madison county, 0.) Democrat of the 5th'inst., has an arti cle from which we clip the following : : f¢ Our own country is already beginning to enjoy the first fruits of the * good time coming.” We are informed that a few days since a certain farmer, not many miles dis- tant, had discharged all his white farm hands and had employed eighteen of the negroes sent hitherward by Col. Moody. at twelve and a half cents per day! Laboring men of Madison ! this is only a foretaste of the blessings in store for you.” Sure enough! What are the white labor- ing classes of Pennsylvania coming to ? etl Asset “07” I'll take the responsibility.” as Jenkins said when he held out his arms for a sheep's back, or on a niggers pate. the baby. * The Constitutional Union,” THE CONSTITUTION AND THE UNION, ONE AND INSEPARABLE, NOW AND FOREVER, wt With a view to meet a universally admit- ted want, the undersigned will issue, on Sat- urday, June 21, 1862, in the city of Phila- delphiu, a large double sheet, "Democratic paper. It will be issued weekly, and each number contain 48 columns of valuable read- by Batter he great mission of the Democratic par~ ty, which has ever stood as the bulwark of the UN10N and the champion of the Cost. TUTION, renders itg entire unity and bold at« titude in this hour of National peril, a mat- ter of vital concern. The pending struggle is not less for the maintenance of a united country, than for the perpetuation of Dem- ocratic principles, as expounded by Jeffer- son and Jackson. The most momentous re- sults hang upon the issue. Mere party questions are for the time by common con-~ sent abjured. Tug pasTIS DEAD, save in its lessons of experience. The Democratic hosts have not shrank from their full share in the responsibilities and dangers of the emergency. They have rallied with one accord around the standard of our common country. But the occasion imposes other duties. ~The Government will receive the willing support of every patriot in its efforts to vindicate the National honor and re-assert the National authority ; but the PRESERVATION OF CONSTITUTIONAL Liss ERTY rests more with the people than with Congress and Cabinets. Vigilance and Un- ity are therefore especially requisite in the present juncture. The true Union party of the present day is unquestionably the "Democratic party.— The life record of our glorious Union and the sanctity of the Constitution fully atest this declaration, as under its prudent sway and judicious government the UNION was made a blessing, and the CoNsTiTUTION a happy bond of equality and national happi - ness. To that party alone are conservative citizens now louking for relief and a happy return to the proud days of our grand Union. ‘The spirit is abroad mn’ the land to emulate the noble deeds of our fathers and to firmly fix in the hearts of the people an undying love of thut CoNstirurioN which gave us a UN1ox, the strict observance of which can alone restore and save it. It is the purpose of the proprietors tc make «Tue ConsmruTioNaL UNroN,” in every re- spect, a firstelass Journal. The Democraey of the whole State feel the need of a bold and vigorous paper ; and no effort will be spared to render “Tue CoNsrirurioNar Uy- TY" both popular and efficient as a news paper, and as a fearless exponent sof the great principles for which the Democratic Party have ever contended and which are now so unhappily imperilled, In this conv nection we desire to state distinctly and un- equivocally our entire freedom from all cliques or factions, resolved to steer clear, and with a steady helm and determined hearts to serve no interest save that of our God, our Country, and our Party. In this enterprise wo look to the Dexo- CRATIC MASSES for support, and shall labor to make such Justitication as State necessity known to our government or laws. Resolved, That the Constitution, the Un ion and the Laws must be preserved and maintained in all their proper and rightful supremacy, and that the rebellion now in arms against them must be suppressed and put down ; and that it is our duty to aid in all measures necessary and proper to that end. Resolved, That the soldiers composing our armies merit the warmest thanks of the na- tion. Their country called, and nobly did they respond ; Ziving they shall know a na tion’s gratitude, wounded a nation’s care, and dying they shall live in our memories and monuments shall be raised to teach pos terity to honor the patriots and heroes who Fd their lives at their country’s altar. — heir widows and orphans shall be adopted by the nation, to be watched over and cared for as objects truly worthy a nation’s guar- dianship. The resolutions were unanimously adopt- ed, The convention then immediately proceed- | ed to nominate candidates for Auditor Gens eral and Surveyor General, to be voted for at the next fall election. The first and sixth ballots for & ‘nominee of the party for the former office resulted'as Jacob Zeigler, Butler, Franklin Vanzant, Isaac Sleaker, Union, 18 75 Tne nomination of Isaac Slenker of Union, was declared unanimous. % The balloting for a candidate for Surveyor General, resulted in the selection of James P- Barr, of Allegheny county, on the second ballot, that gentleman having received 79 votes— a small majority over the whole num- ber cast. It was unanimously resolved that the chairman of the body, Hon. F. W. Hughes, be appointed chairman of the State Central Committee, with power to appoint the mem- bers thereof. The convention then adjourned sine die. An informal weeting of the body convened at 34 o'clock in the hail of the House, when several addresses were delivered ratifying the nominations. 24 (withdrawn.) 20 3 The Tribune on the National Flag. The New York Tribune is doing nothing new in boldy proclaiming its disunionism, and its desire to blot the word negro out of our Constitution, so that the whole colored race may be admitted to equality with the whites. It has ever had an affection negro- ward, and beenready to sacrifice the Union toSambo. Even Phillips has scarcely exce- ded Greely in the madness of his assaults upon the Union, for whether in politics, Philosophy, Fourierism or Poetry, a hated Union and a hateful flag have ever been po- tent in exciting the Tribune’s wrath. As long ago as 1854, the Tribune brought the Muse to its aid to insult the glorious ‘stars and Stripes,’ by the following characteristic song, and it was rumored at the time, that Greely forwarded at the time, to the late National Song Committee a copy of this offensive 1yric, as evidence of his con!inued spitefulness and hate. It is interesting now only to show Greely’s sentiments in 1854, and how consistent are his disunion profess ions :— Hail to the Stars and Stripes. All hail the flaunting Lic ! The stars grow pale and dim. The stripes are bloody scars — A Lie the vaunting hymn. It shields a pirate’s deck, It binds a man in chains, It yokes the captives neck, And wipes the bloody stains. Tear down the flaunting Lie! — Half mast the starry flag! Insult.no sunny sky With hates polluted rae ! DESTROY 11 ye who can! Deep sink at in the waves ! It bears a fellow man To groan with fellow slaves. Furl the boasted Lie ! Till Freedom lives again, To rale once more m truth Among untrammeled men Roll up the starry sheen Conceal its bloody stains, For in its folds are seen The stamp of rustling chains ! If further evidence of the rank disunion purposes and desires of the Tribune were wanting, it could be found in almost every issue of that journal for the last five years. In 1860 it held the following lauguage : — [From the Tribune of November 9° 1860. | if the Cotton states shall become satisfied that they can do better out of the Union than in it, we insist in letting them go in peace. Th¥ right to secede may be a revolutionary one but it exists nevertheless. * * # * * We mast ever resist the rights of any State to remain in the Union, and nullify or defy the laws thereof. To withdraw fiom the Union is quite another matter. and whenever a considerable section of our Union, shall deliberately resolve t go out, we shall resist; all coercive measures de- signed to keep it in. We hope never to live in a Republic whereof one section is pin- ved to another by _bayonts. [From the Tribune of November 26. 1860. } If the Cotton States unitedly and earnest- ly wish to withdraw peacefully from the Union, we think they should and would be allowed to do so. Any attempt to compel them by force to remain would be contrary to the principles enunciated in the immortal Declaration of Independence, contrary to the fundamental ideas on which human lib erty is based, {From the Tribune of December 17, 1860.) pire of three millions of colonists in 1776, we do not see why it would not justify the secession of five millions of Southerners from the Union in 1861, @ [From the Tribune of February 23 1861.} We have repeatedly said, and we once more insist that the great principle embodi- ed by Jefferson in the Declaration of Amer ican Independence, that G8vernments derive their just power from the consent of the governed, is sound and just; and that if the Slave States, the Cotton States, or the Gulf States only, choose to form an indepe.. dent nation, they have a clear moral right to do so. * * * Xx Whenever it shall be clear that thé great body of the Southern people have become conclusively alienated from the Union, and anxious to escape from it, we will do our best to forward their views. ~~ — Sap INCIDENTS. —Says the Easton Eu- press :—Two sisters who had barely escaped the flood with their lives, at Penn Haven, one having been pulled out of the water by the hair, came to Mauoh Chunk yesterday afternoon on their way home. The father had just arrived in town to see if his daugh- ters were safe, and finding that they were, he started for home. A short time after he was gore, the daughters got into a boat to cross the river, and while they were sitting in the boat a young man jumped in to cross with them, ‘when the boat upset. and both of the girls were drowned. Their bodies were recovered in a few hours after and by the time the father had reached home he re- ceived the news of the death of his daugh- ters. A woman was found drowned a short distance from Mauch Chunk, she had a child in her arms, also dead. The child was re~ ceiving nourishment from its parent when overtaken by the water, as its position on the mother’s breast when found proved.— The complete history of the recent disas- trous freshet will never be written. Many a heart has been wrung by it, and many homes rendered des olate by its ravages. ——— AP en. 177 The Federals are a very pushing peo- ple—cpecially with the bayonet, — Prentice, follows : 1st ballot. 6th ballot. | Rich. L. Wright, Phila, 39 39 Wm. P. Schell, Bedford, 24% - 17 {From the Luserne Vaion] : A Few Plain Questions. Mr. Haxxuy :—I perceive that a sheet called Record of the T:mes is fond of ques. tions nowea days. I propose to propound a few for the consideration of the controlers of that paper, and less the answers may puz-. zle Wm. Penn, I append them also : Who denounced Democrats as Union ga- vers becsuse they advocated the rights ofl: the States under the Constitution ? Republicans. ‘Who preferred a dissolution of the Union rather than a continuance of slavery ? Who passed and sustained personal liberty bills which contravened the Constitution 7 Republicans. Who openly nullified the acts of Congress and councilled armed resistance to the en- forcement of them ? Republicans. Who nullified the decision of the Supreme Court of the United Statzs and appealed to the higher law ? Republicans. Who would allow the negro an equal voice in the government with the white man ? Republicans. Who * loath and detest all laws which give or withhold political rights on account of color 2” Republicans, ho ate “ proud to livein a commons wealth where every man black or white, of every clime and race is recognized as a man standing upon the terms of perfect and ab. solute equality ? Republicans. Who destroyed Democratic presses with in one year ? . Republicans Who threatened the destruction of the Luzern Union, but were prevented only by fear of a terrible retribution ? Republicans. Who threatened to hang men because they would not renounce their political prin- ciples ? Republicans. Who suspendsa the writ of abeas corpus in defiance of the Constitution and law ? Republicans. Who robbed and plundered the govern- ment in a single year of a larger amount, to use Mr. Dawes’ language, a Republican Massachusetts member of Congress, than the previous admmistration had required to conduct the whole for four years ? Republicans. Who incarcerated hundreds of men in the Bastiles for months in defiince of law ? Republicans. Who six years ago advocated a dissolution of the Union. Republicans. To determine whether the white or black race is superior, who ‘¢ proposed lo wait until time shall develop, whether the white race shall absorb the black, or the black ab- sorb the white 2" Republicans. Who advocated the irrepressible conflict ¢ Republicans. Who four years siice inscribed on their banners * the States must be made all free. and under it will march on to victor y. alter vierory, conquering and to conquer 2 Republicans. Who carried to the election in the bor ough of Wilkesbarre, a few years azo, a man of the Union, with sixteen” States blotted over with black ink. and jecred and sneered at one half of the Union ? Tories, who now call themselves Repub- licans. Who are m fivor of an anti slavery cone stitution, an any siavery bitte and an anti- slavery God 2 Abolitionists. and syme Republicans. Who declared the constitution to be © a covenant with death and an agreement with hell 2” The supporters of Abe Lincoln. Who justified the John Brown raids and proclaimed him as a hero true to his con. science and true to his God 27 Republicans. Who, to achieve the freedom of the slave ¢* would not hesitate to fill up and bridge over the chasm that yawns between the hell of slavery and the ‘heaven of freedom. with the carcasses of the slain 2” Republicans. Who denounced slaveholders a8 more criminal then common murderers ¢ Republicans. (See Helper.) Who, six years ago, denounced our ** goy- ernment worse than that of old King Gieorge?* Republicans. Frogs. ————— etm If it, (the Declaration of Independence) | justified the secession from the British Em- Important Military Movement, The Army of Virginia— Fremont, - Bank's and McDowell’s Armies Consolidated — General Pope in Chief Command— The Reinforcement of General McClellan. WasniNeToN June 26. The forces under Major Generals Fremont Banks, and McDowell, have been consolida- ted into one army, to be called the Army of Virginia, and Major General Pope has been specially assigned by the President to the chief command. The force under Gen. Fremont will con- stitute the first army corps, to be comman- ded by General Fremont, "The forces under General Banks will con- stitute the second army corps, to be comn manded by that officer. "The forces under Gen. McDowell will eon- stitute the third army corps, to be comman- ded by Gen. McDowell, . General McCall's division, 10,000 strong, which formed a part of Gen. McDowell's corps, has reached Gen. McClellan by water and another division is to follow immediate. ly in the same way, while General Pope will also operate against the enemy at Rich~ mon’, Besides McCall's division, (Gen. McClellan has received other 1ecinforcements, to the amount of several thousands, since the bats tle of Fair Oaks. WasnINGN, June 26, The consolidation of the fo ces under Ma- jor Generals Fremont, Banks and McDowell to be called the ¢- Army of Virginia ” with Maj. Gen. Pope as the chief commander, is hailed with delight as an earnest of the de. termination of the President to act with ref- erence only to the public welfare, while it is not doubted that all of these officers will cheerfully co-operate in the performance of their patriotic duty. Resignation of Gen. Fremont. Maj. Gen. Jobn C. Fremont having re- uested to be relieved from the command of the first army corps of the Army of Virginia because, as he says, the position assigred., him by the appointment of Maj. Gen, I. & as Commander-in-Chief of the rmy of Vira ginia is subordinate and inferior to those heretofore held by him, and to remain in the subordinate command now assigned him, would, as he says, largely reduce his rank and consideration in the service, it is order- ed by the President that Maj. Gen. John (. Fremont be relieved from his command ; second, that Brigadier General Rufus King be, and is hereby assigned to the command of the first army corps of the Army of Virs ginia in place of Gen. Fremont, rolicved hy order of the President. ” (Signed) Eowiy M. Srantoy, Secretary of War. IZ Weather pleasant and crops finely growing.