Ellt 6lobe.
'HUNTINGDON, PA
Wednesday morning, 11911.. 16; 1864.
W. Lewis, Editor 'hnd- Proprietor
Our , Flag. Fore Or.
:•• I know of no mode in which a loyal
yen may so Welt demenstrate . deiotion to
hasi'Count4 - ai by sustaining: the Pia g the
Constitution aiiid ihe • Union, tinder . an CirCUM
.sianies,: and UNDER EVERY .ADMINISTRATION
Iticaaimies OP PARTY-POLITICS, AGAINST 'ALL
ALIAILANTS, , ATLIOND AND ABROAD."-STEPLIEN
-A:l)ouaLive„ - •
Keep it Before the People-:-The Frlends
of the. Soldier
.1n the Senafe..on 'Wednesday, Mar.,
if, 1804; the: following amendment to
Alte.:Constittition was :;proposed, and
under consideration` on its final pas-
Zap), viz
There shall be an additional section
to the third article of the Constitution
to be designated - as section four, as fol
lows :
SzcnoT IV. Whenever any of the
. electors of this Common
. wealtheball.bein any actual military
service'nnder a requ:sition from the
President of the United States, or by
the antborify of this, Commonwealth,
such'eleetn•rs may exercise the right
of suffrage in all eleetions of the eiti
' zens, Under such, - regulations as are, or
shall be preseribed by law,
as fully as
if they were present at their usual
_place of election. -
Ori the, question, Shall this amend
: meat r!ass,? the folloWing gentlemen
voted in flivor of alloiving soldiers to
vote:
- Benj. Cbarnpneys, Lancaster
George Connell, Philadelphia
. John M. Dunlap, Lancaster. •
David Fleming„ Dauphin
J. L. Graham,Allegheny •
„Thos. i Hoge, Venango
:• 1 4. W. _Householder, Bedford
Henry-. Johnson, Lycoming •
Win. Kinsey, Bucks . •
13.. Lowry, Brio • - ;
..`C..C.VCandless, Butler-
le4einiab .Philadelphia
Jacob; Ridgway, Philadelphia
;Dr. Thos. St. Clair, Indiana
.„Wrif..J.,Turrell, Susquehanna
Tioga
W. Worthington, West Chester
41114 P. Penney, Allegheny.
.The following gentlemen voted a
gainst alloWing soldiers to vote:
8. - Beardslee, Wayne '
Donovan, Philadelphia
JohiiLittta; Westmoreland
7. B:'Stark - , -- Luzerne
`'David-Montgomery, Northuniboidand
, Montgomery
' Wallace, Clearfield:
, • The following gentlemen were pres
.
- ent but did not.vote, viz : • .
Geo. H. Bucher, Cumberland
'Lester Clymer, Berks
A. Hiedand Gist; York
Wm. Hopkine, Washinston -
C. L. Lamberton, Clarion
'Bernhard Reilly, Schuylkill
Wm. AUSherry, Adams
G. W. Stein, Northampton.
Let the loyal citizens and soldiers
take notice that every Union 'non is
- found 'on the side of the bravo defon
. .dera.of theit; Country, while the cop
' perttend traitors even refueo to .grant
them the privilege of electing their
own rOlere. Comment is unnecessary.
•
VIPTORY IN NEW 11ABOSIIIRE.-
ilone, Nov Hampshire ! As in
the spring of 1864, the wires flash
; forth from her granite bills auspicious
news, that thrills the hearts 'of Union
men everywhere:with joy. Her moun
tain'nir is instinct with love .of free
.
doin - .4nd , the Union, and• right glori
ously. have her sons opened the great
contest of l 864; -The Union candidates
foi - Governor. and State Conncillors
.
e re
sweep th State by the thousand
ma
jority. We have nine out of twelve
Senatord, and- a majority of seventy
five in the - House thus insuring a U
d Statee 'Senator for six
nt.e years.—
We bail .thil magnificent victory as
the forerunner and tbe symbol of that
.grandest of national triumphs, which
'rill "result, next 'fall, - in the crushing
,
94 of therobellion, the suppression
of factious 'partisanship, the , \indica
tion of the majesty of`the law,'and the
full establishment of an indissoluble
'.and regenerated Union.
GEN. BUTLER IN ENDLAND.—Opin
, 4ou Ei3 , .giandwith re,gard to General
a'figoars'to, be undergoing a
Chango. Tho London opcciator con
cludes a review of Parton's life of But
'ller as follows: "This biography leaves
on Our - minds no doubt that tho I.liii
peo,"ssesses in Gen. Butler a man of
,-Tar*tid original capacity, oxtraordi
.tariiy.fitted for, constructive adminis
-I,fatioh, and. without' any tendency to
'cruelty, thpugh with that indifference
foeliegs of others. sO•often mark
:in.,:vffystrong -Men. Of all the men
wlio ourTurop r ean - history the one
held meitZ- 7 e7t7ailgely-lika—is Pram.-
Sek She dreat,'. ° '1
11 , 011' Salmon P..: Chaser, 'Seere
.',taty 9f;:the, Treasury, declines boing
a
considered candidate ior the Presi
i deupy. -2';' , - • •
that ll ' ei)v
'-eleetionit'ad filled theTactincy: in-our
State Sente-ttensionid.b.r.tlaiirdelen
':-ticin of ; Major - Harry Virhifer''.ai
prisciney; have folesSed him from pris
t .
ind sot him at liberty.:.. • •
WHY DOES THE 'SANITARY COMMIS
SION NEED SO MUCH MONEY 7—This is
a plain question, honestly asked, and
there is a plain and honest
. answer.—
The work of distributing, supplies to
the sick and Wounded, while of course
it involves much expense, is but one
of five directions in which the Sanita
ry Coniinissioii aro laboring to ward
off disease and . death from the soldier,
to ensure speedy recovery, to relieve
the anxiety of -relatives at home, and
to pake.the dear,.bought experience
of those already long in the field avail-
I able to regiments just entering
This)venderful machinery cannot be
kept in motion without a very largo
expenditure, and •as the results for:
good depending upon it have been de
cided, by .the judgments of humane
and sagacious men, to so far exceed
the Cost, vast as it is, the whole must '
be kept .a-going. All these "dist:net
departments of the Commission's.
work draw • their support from the
"Central Treasury." The demands
upon tlw treasury call for a monthly
deposit in it of $40,000, and although
the branches of supply (so amply fur
nished of late by the proceeds of "Sa
nitary Fairs,") may fill it with money
and goods, the constant drain upon it
creates for it constant renewal. Few
things could be more interesting to
our Philanthropic public, than the rec
ord furnished by the semi-monthly
Sanitary Commission Bulletin of the
vast work accomplished in the army,
and the systematic detail of the hon
est expenditure of the people's bounty.
The record is the appeal. It asks
whether the people wish this agency
in behalf of the soldiers, in the tent
and battle-field—at the East, the West
and the South—to cease, or whether
it'is their will to have it continuo '
its largeness of plan, its scientific ex
actness, its thoroughness of detail, its
promptness in meeting emergencies,
its ability to do all that the friends at
home would themselves desire to do
for soldiers. If they say it must still
go on with its work, then must they
contribute liberally, not only to the
branches, and to the local sources of
supply, but also to the Central Tress
ury.of the Commission.
Sauce for the Goose.
• The Richmond newspapers are filled
not only with details of what was ito
complished by Kilpatrick in his late
raid to the rebel capital; but also with
phronzied editorial comments. upon
the event. The rebel editors fall to
scolding "like very drabs," and they.
denounce the act of destroying sup
plies of food as unchristian, devilish
and Vanthilish They want the scar
city caused by the destruction of
brew:l:stuffs - to be visited upon the
heads of the-Union prisoners in
.rebel
Lands, or in other 'words they want
the .work of starving them to death
finished upi Ono blood-thirsty editor
even goes so far as to urge 'the imita
tion of English rule among the Sc
goys, by blowing the-prisoners among
Kilpatrick's men from the cannon's
mouth, and all this ho wants done be
fore the sun goes down. The "chiv,
airy" sliould.bear in mind that when
they inaugurated war they mere bound
to take all its consequences. The Gov
ernment of the United States is pret
ty indulgent; but it could hardly be
expected that it 'would confine itself'
to sprinklings of rose water and pelt
ings with sugar plums to offset the ri
fled shots, iron rams, 'sunken torpe
does, and other infernal contrivances
of the Davis crew.. The slave power
never saw anything vandalish or un
christian in •the butcheries of Quan
troll, the plundorings and buntings Of
John Morgan, or the wholesale pira
cies of Semmes. It was all right to
shell Carlisle without the usual notice
to non-combatants; putting York tin•
der contribution was perfectly proper
in rebel sight, and cutting the throats
of wounded prisoners, and mutilating
and hiding the body of a-gallant Uni
on officer were commendable acts
when committed by traitors; but the
case is very different \alien - their own
ox gets a little of the goring ho was so
free in administering to others. The
South is realizing in its own case the
ancient adage that "no-rogue-yet • felt
the halter draw with good opinion of
the law." The natural effect of sla
very is to engender a spirit of intoler
ant cruelty that knows no law except
its own fierce will. ft is a hard les
son for these self-elected lords of crea
tion to have to yield to the bard for
tunes of stern war, and their whinings
over the justpunishmentlnflicted up
otitheni, render them as• ridiculous in
the i: eyes of the World as the example
ofthe foiled bully who falls to blubber
ing and threatening, when he is turn
ed upon and soundly thrashed by. the
.party whom he bad sought to oppress.
Bulfetin. , ,
TYE FATE- O?
„C;OL. DAHLGREEN.--
Tb.e, Richmond papers are filledwith
accounts of IT4ipatrieles raid. c
The. Examiner ,eaya 'that CohDahl
green was killed _ at, Walkerton. Ho
has .twn bullets through the head, one
through the hand, and' twoin the bo
dy._ He ;was stripped naked and left
lyipg,on,the road.•.;
. A. !lumber ,of our mon were .eaptur
ed, and the Whig,say-s "they shall not
be: treated as_ pyisoaers..„or -war, : but
tbikday's , sun -down ..be.
fore every sopuedgel z taken is,. blown
from .Ihe eannop's , •
_The 2
election'of local - officers - takes
plactS next Friday: • '
The Claims of Disabled Soldiers.
The men who have gone to the war
have a large and urgent claim on
those who have stayed at home. It
is no light thing to be a soldier when
there is hard campaigning and fight
ing to do. It is not only to put life in
danger, but it is to tear yourself a
way from all the dearest ties and af
fections of home. And those who vol
unteer in our service,• who enter our
armies and go through all the trying
hardships of active military duty in
the field, are, generally speaking, not
those who have most at stake, who
possess the largest interest in the
peace and, prosperity of the country.
They are, for the.most part, poor and
humble, though honest and patriotic
Men, who love their Government acid
aro willing to die for it, but who, nev
ertheless, risk or suffer a terrible sac
rifice in leaving those behind who are
literally dependent on them for every
necessary of life—for bread, clothing
and shelter.
And when these devoted, heroic
soldiers come home with broken health
and maimed bodies, and no opportu
nity or power to earn the subsistence
which they gave up to do battle for
tho nation against its enemies, should
they not be cared for ? Should they
not be special objects of the grateful
sympathy and generous assistance of
their fellow-citizens? Surely they
ought, and wo wish to put in a plea
for the returned invalided volunteer,
whose crippled or 'diseased condition
necessarily narrows thd sill - ere in
which he can exert his faculties and
strength as a laborer seeking an inde
pendent support.
When, therefore, there aro vacant
situations which the returned soldier,
who has lost a limb or is. in feeble
health, may fill as well as the able
bodied man y the soldier should be pre
ferred in every instance, and our citi
zens should always bear this fact in
mind and act accordingly. We sh'ld
all remember, constantly, that these
wounded dud invalided defenders of
our liberties, lives, and property have
sacrificed themselves for our benefit,
and that, therefore, we should do our
best to take care of them.
THE - BOGUS DEMOCRACY AND THE
WAR.-We commend the following
paragraphs from the editorial columns
of the rebel sympathising press to the
consideration of the Democrats who
are still following in the footsteps of
the Vallandigham Democracy:
"We would see 01(1 Abe bung by
order of Jeff Davis,: before wo would
urgo any man . to volunteer in a war.
like this."
The above is clipped from the Sol
ingsgrove (Pa.) Times by the' Stark
co., (Ohio) Democrat, with the follow
ing -indorsement:
"The above plain and truthful talk
we commend to our friends, especially
to those who have been induced to aid
by their money and otherwise the
bounty and schemes of the abolition
leaders."
To which we add another:
The editor of the. Somerset Demo
crat, this State, was exempted from
the draftlast summer, and has recent
ly explained his Motive for applying
for the exemption by saying that Co
believes "war is disunion," and there
fore he cannot be "made an instru
ment to such•an end," and adds, we
don't believe in it and therefore don't
go." • •
The so•ealied Democratic party
claims at the present time to be the
war party of the country. Throe ed
itors of so-called Democratic , papers
intimate the reverse. 1V ho shall de
cide when doctors disagee
General Grant Presented with the Lteu
tenant General's Commission.
Washington, MarCh 9, 1.894.—The
President of the 'United: States, this
afternoon, formally presented to Major
General Grant his commission as Lieu
tenant General. The ceremony took
place in the Cabinet chamber, in the
presence of the entire Cabinet, Genl.
Hafleck, Representative Lov.ejoy, Gen.
Rawlins, and Colonel Comstock, of
General Grant's staff, the son of Gen[.
Grant, and Mr. Nicolay, private secre
tary of the President.
Generitl Grant havimi'"enteved the
room, the President rose and address
ed him thus: '
"General Grant:—lky the nation's
appreciation of what you have done,
and its reliance upon you for what re
mains to do in the C;cistinggreatstrug
gle, you are now presented with this
commission, constituting you lieuten
ant general in the army of the United
States. With this high honor de
,iolves upon youi also a corresponding
responsibility. As the country herein
trusts you, 60,under God, it will sus
tain you. I scarcely need to add that
with what I here speak for the nation
goes my own hearty personal concur
rence." To which Lieutenant General
Grant. replied:as follows
"Mr. President :--I accept this com
mission; with gratitude for the high
honor .conferred. With the aid of the
tioble armies' that' have fought in so
many fields for• Mir common country,
it will.be my, earnest endeavor not to
diSappoiot your expectations.. I feel
the full weight of the responsibilities
now dovolvirig -on me, and I knoW
that, if they are met, it will be•due to
those armies, and, above all, to the fa
vor of that. Providence which loads
both nations and men,". :
Tho President then introduced the
General to all the members of the Ca
binet, 'after which the, company was
seated, and. about
,half an .hour was
spent in pleasapt.social conversation.
APPOINESIR7TB.-A. special Washing
ton dispatch dated 13th March, says
that General Sherman is appointed to
,
Generar Grant's late command and
General MePherisiin" to Geneal_Sher
man's. ' General liallock is Chief - of
Staff of the army at Washington.
WAR FOR UNIE
The War iu the Southwest.
. _ . CINCINNATI ; -March 9.--r Gen., Sher
man has destroyed forage and provis
ioos enough-to subsist.the rebel army
from three to six months. , ,
In ono place he destroyed fiver._ $2,
000,000 of property, anditi other pla
ces immense stores. Thousands of bu
shels of wheat were consumed. - .
He brought in largo 'droves of Cat
tle" several thousand head of nudes,
8,000
negroes, and over 4,000 prison
ers, with - trifling loss,of men and ma
terial on our side.
- -
In addition to this, by the destrrue
tion of very important railroad lines,
General Sherman has released Gener
al MePhorson's corps from guard du
ty along the Mississippi, and restored
him to active service.
General G'rant, when on his way
east, expressed himself entirely satis
fied with the situation of military af
fairs,
and spoke in the highest terms
of General Sherman's expedition,
which had given the rebellion the se
verest blow since . the fall of Vicksburg.
NORTH CAROLINA
Hanging of 23 Union. North Carolina
Volunteers.—Riot at Raleigh.—The
Old Flag Displayed.— The State gar
risoned with Rebel Troops. •
NEW Yonx, March 10.—Letters from
Newborn, dated March 7, state that
everything is in readiness for the re
ception of the enemy, whose mysteri
ous movements are difficult to under
stand.
The Kinston correspondent of the
Raleigh Confederate, in speaking of the
hanging, on the 6th, of twenty-three
captured soldiers belonging to Colo
nel Foster's command, as deserters
front the rebel conscription, says the
prisoners were accompanied to the
place of execution by a large concourse
of people, and a strong military es
cort. They ascended the scaffold with
a firm, elastic step, and met their fate
with unflinching fortitude and deter.
mination. They asked for no quarter
and scornfully spurned .all overtures
of concession on condition of return
ing to duty in the Confederate service.
After making their peace with thou--
God, they fearlessly proclaimed their
readiness to die for their country, a
gainst which they say they had boon
fOrcibly conscripted to fight. A more
sublime exhibition of loyalty to the
old flag was never witnessed: Tho
multitude wore moved to tears, and
openly denounced this cruel massacre,
which is causing th;sertions from the
Confederate service by the wholesale,
and creating an indignation which it
is feared will be uncontrollable.
A conseript deserter, who came in
the Union lines at Washington and
joined the 2d North Carolina Volun
teers, heardhis . officers say that Plym
outh was to be the first point of at
tack.
A Union. soldier, who recently es
caped from the Goldsboro prison, in
forms General Peck that a groat riot
occurred at Raleigh on the occasion of
the hanging of the native Union sol
diers at Kinstc4l, and that General
Pie4ett's troops froth that plitee passed
through Goldsboro, with all' possible
despatch, to quell the outbreak in that
city, where the stars and stripes . were
conspicuously displayed, and much vi
olence and excitement prevailed. The
press was not allowed to speak of the
matter, and the Raleigh Standard was
suppressed soon afterwards.
Refugee's from the interior bring in
telligence of the rebels garrisoning the
whole State of North Carolina with
troops, at all prominent points, for the
purpose of Ohecking the Convention
movement and 'cooping the people in
subjection.
It is reported that the rebels intend
hanging the entire number of Union
soldiers captured by them from Col.
'Foster's command, fiftyl.one in num
ber, half of whom have never been in
the rebel service.
Ira Neal, a drummer boy, fifteen
years of ago, who had never been in
the rebel service, was among the num
ber hang at Kinston on the 15th. The
native Union troops have taken tbo
matter into their own hands, and have
given such of their- officers who ap
prove of severe measures an opportu
nity to resign; and have also given a
warning that immediate death will be
inflicted on any officer who hereafter
offers to surrender to the enemy or to
ask for any quarter. Deserters from
the rebel conscription, and those who
have been in the rebel service, take
the ground that after accepting the
President's amnesty proclamation they
become loyal 'citizens of the United
States, to which Government milltary
service is justly duo from them4id
'which they have no desire to With
hold, but demand as their right to be
sworn into the service. • Being deSer
tors, they expect to be hung if caught
by the enemy,
,hence their enlisting
into the United States service will not
increase their danger. AS for repair
ing to Fort Monroe, for • the purpose
of being sent North; and- being thus
expatriated from their families, they
will not submit to it.
The North Carolina Union Cavalry
(white,) headquarters at Plynionth,
are organizing with increasing success.
The North Carolina Union Artiller
y, Major Jameson commanding, with
their headquarters at Newborn, is fil
ling up rapidly.
The Ist and 2d North Carolina U
nion Volunteers are ready for action.
The Re-Eleotion of Speaker Penney.
the Senate on Tuesday the Bth,
Speaker PenneY' asked leave to make
ai personal explanation, and spokein
-
-- substance as follows:
• At the last session of the Senate; I
was elected, by yonr partaility, to fill
the .chair Of ,Spealcur. Since then, I
have endeavored, to discharge the du-
ticsof the position with a conscientious
regard for my oath. r havofailed,
it has not been frOM any diSPosition'cir
desire to.wrest Alm rights from any
Senator.
It is proper to state that I have.lis
'toned to many things apparentl,y harsh,
wl
but ba - received no discourtesy to
myself' of which I can coMplain: I
will endeavor tO defino my position.
At' tlio' beginning of tile - session I
camp here as Speaker, duly qualified
and elected. According to custom I
called the Senate to order, believing it
was my duty to act until organizet;.-=
I believed, also, that it was my duty
when tho.body Was 'organized to con
tinuo to act until my successor was e
lected. This, view I adopted, with a
dUe'regard to my oath, and took the
position Without consultation, but not
from any impulse. I have always be
lieved that the Senate was a continual
body, and that it had necessarily been
made so by the Constitution. When
I took the oath of office I took all the
contingencies and responsibilities, a;
mong which was that of filling the ex.-,
ecutive chair. 'When I 'Caine_, chosen
by you, to discharge the duties, I
came with the clearest conviction that
.
itWas my duty to preside until a suc
cessor was elected. I believe that un
der any other construction the Con
stitution would be deficient and a com
plete farce, and that the •State might
.be left without a Governor, a Senate
' or any official to preside at the head
of affairs.
Permit me to rehearse the state of
affairs. We found the country in a
condition loading every patriotic man
to look with anxiety upon the work
ing of its machinery, and requiring ev,
ery citizen to observe all the principles
of fundamental law. I asnmed the re
spOnsibility of retaining the ebair. , ---
While doing so I have always yielded
the right,of the Senate' to choose ano
ther., presiding officer, if it thought
proper. I- found the Senate evenly
balanced; and the country in a state of
war. It was necessary that the Gov
ernment should be maintained in its
perpetuity, and I took the responsibil
ity. I aril willing to admit that I chose
to violate what had been the prece
dent for years, that is, for the Speaker
to step out of the chair. My view of
the practice was that this , action .on
the part of the incumbent had been
from motives of delicacy, and that he
did not resign his position.. I chose,
under the circumstances, to disregard
this courtesy, and deerhed it my ;duty
under my oath to do so, believing it to
be the proper course. Others think
that the leaving of the chair is a .virtu
al resignation of the office. If they
arc right I have only to repeat:that,
under the peculiar circumstances, I
was convinced that my proper course
was to retain the chair until the Sen
ate required me to vacate it.
I have endeavored to confine myself
to parliamentary law until the roles of
the Senate were adopted. I have
been charged with being a usurper,
(although always with. courtesy to
myself.) Such charges have not af
fected me initny way. The only cre
dit I claim is that of having acted con
scientiously. It has been said in argu
ment that practice and precept are in
fitter of the vacation - f the chair. are.
this I have stated my views: It has
also been said that when ono-third new
members take their seats the office of
Speaker is vacated until they have vo
ted for a new incumbent. I have
searched the law in vain for any such
decision. Thu rule, if carried out,
would prove too mach, for if every
new member is entitled to voto : for
Speaker, a new speaker would have to
- be elected when every new Member
takes his seat.
1 believe that these arc three meth
ods by which the functions of a speak
er cease, viz: By the resignation of
the incumbent By the limitation of
his time by law. By the expiration of
his term as Senator.
In the present case there , was no
rcsigriation. There is no law on rec
ord fixing the time for which ho. shall
hold his office, cud there is no preSent
illustration of the last proPosi don.
The Senate has determined not to
proceed to the election of a Speaker.
I do not pretend to say further than
that, as far as my own experience
goes, I have had the opinions of men
of both parties, kith Republicans and
Democrats ,np to the time of the meet
ing of the Legislature, that the speak
er elected at a ,previous session bold
his office until a successor was elected.
Senators seem to think that my oc
cupation of the chair obliges thorn to
vote against propositions , to which
they would otherwise lend their sanc
tion. It thus places me under peculi
ar personal circumstances, for legisla
tion is retarded. It seems to me that
if I am the impediment to the legishi,
tion of-the State, it is my duty to re
sign. My own condition and desires
must always be subservient to the
public interest I have, however, no
'desire personally to be the presiding
officer, although flattered by your par
tiality. If I can, then, by resigning
my position, facilitate the public : iote.
rest, I do so cheerfully, with many
thanks to •my associate Senators, and
imputing no motives of disrespect to
any one. •
Speaker. Penney then resigned his
position, and on inotion, the Senate
proceeded to elect a. new Speaker.
The vote waq, Mr. Penney i 7 Mr.
Clymer 16; 'so Mr. Penney was de
clared duly reelected ; and was escort
ed to his seat and sworn in. •
Virginia Constitutional Convention.
ALEXANDRIA, VA., .Maich 10
ONE O'CLOCN; r. m.—The following
report of the committee on emancipa
tion was passed at .12 o'clock to-day
by the Constitutional Convention now
in session in this city. There_was hut
one dissenting vote. Ono hundred
guns are'new being fired in boner of
:the event, and hells'Are ringing
out the city..
Mr.
Mr. Watson, on. behalf of the chair
man of the committee on emancipa
tion and education, submitted 'the fol
lowing report: -
Your committee on emancipation
beg leave to. introduce the following
as a part . of the Constitution of virgio
ia, to be inserted in the same 'under
the caption of slav&y and freedom
1. Slavery and involuntary servi
tude} except for crime, is
.herebTabol
ished and prohibited.in this - State for
ever.
2. Court's of competent jurisdiction
may apprentice 'minors of Afr'can de
scent on like, conditions , provided by
law for apprenticing, white . children.
The General . Assembly ; shall
Make no lawiestabliShing 'slavery or
recognizing property in human be
ings. • • .
STATE TREAVREIL—The election of
State Treasurer .takes place tb:day,
Wednesday. Hon: Henry D. Arebre
is the nominee of the Union Senators
and Representatives, and will be 'elec.
.
The Interview between Lee and Mc-
Clellan--A Disclosure.
VASHINOTON, March 9, 1864. '..
The CAposition in the Tribune of an
interview which took place near An
tidal-it between McClellan and Leo, is
both corrected and confirmed by a re 7
spOfisible 'c ornmunication which alp; .
peers in the Chronicle. It was pub
lished in the Tiibiine that a written '
communication had been seat to the
Secretary of war, by a ,cousin of Lee,
a Maryland legislator, stating that du-.
ritig , the battle ,- of An tiotam . General
Lee had his headquarters at his house;
that on the night after, the battle he
sent a messenger,into our lines to Gen.
McClellan, requesting an interview at
his headquarters; that den. McClellan - -
accompanied by some , of MS staff, rode
that,night through the rebel lines, and
had a long interview -with General
Lee, who, among other things,. infor
med McClellan that his , army was
crossing the Potomac.
The points corrected by . the corre
spondent of the Chronicle, who signs
himselfi"F:'W:,"ttre-L - I am not a
cousin of General Robert Leo. 2. No
interview 'could bave.taken place be
tween the parties during the battle of
Antietam at my house,-as I live about
ten miles from, that place.
.8. The
interview „took. place. three orJour
days afterwards, ,and wee- rather at
the suggeetion f a mutualfriend than
courted by either party.. '4. At the
time of the meeting General McClel
lan was alone, and General Leo. came
through the lines of the -United States
army under my escort, I. having re
ceived a solemn pledge of personal
safety from General McClellan for us
both. 5. Tbo communication' was .
not made by myself. The interview
lasted some three hours, during a short
part of which time I was present!'
Francis Waldron is the-name-of the
Maryland
,legislator who wrote the
above communication-in the Chronicle,
and his character is well mentioned by
a number of our generals. Mr. Wal-,
dron, in his letter, gives no hint of the
conversation between the rival com
manders during the time he was Ares..
eat at the interview. •Mr!Waldron is
now held to testify, and-a number of
witnesses have-been summoned. by the
Congressional Committee. The worth
of the report that Genl. Leo told Me l
Clellan that his army was crossing the
Potomac will soon be ascertained. If
the Government was not informed of
this interview, its-concealment by Mc-
Clellan was criminal, and. naturally
leads to further suspicion. Otherwise
the only point to . be investigated is
the nature of the interview. The
Iwhole matter, however, appears to be
' a disclosure. " .
New York Democrats in .Tammany
Hall.
Tammany' Hall, in Now York, has
long 'been known as the Democratic
national Wigwam: Its chiefs are call.
.
ed :SachemS' and Sagamores, and its
ritual is a sort of imitation of aborigi
nal customs and forrns. It has its de
era councils and public festivals. Its
valuable'cOrporation property is Man
aged by Venerable trustees." -Tatina
ny has given law to party leaders,re
wards to party servants, eleVated fa
vorites, and struck down opponents:
In fernier days it has stood by the
Smith and SlaVery, and expelled the
high and the low who ,did: not bow
down to the black idol, The heroic
has e'er 'been; popular . in Tammany,
arid' now the War Denwerats have
possession of the old wigwain: The
Tammany Sachems are on . the war
path: Monday - evening, the 7th; Tam
many Halt was packed with an Mitliti
siastic crowd; to hear speeches 'the
'Hon. B. F. Purdy', General§ Haneoek,
Meagher,"Viele, Schurz; and Hon. Jas.
T. Brady. 'Every patriotic sentiment
Uttered 'by the 'speakers Was 'loudly
applatided, and the war spirit iiiled:‘L.
Thee object - of th& meeting was' to
aid in filling Gen. Hancock's corps,
andenable'that gallant soldier to take
the field. We have room only Tor an
extract or two; from the speeches Of
'Purdy and Brady, widely knoWn' as
old New York Democrat§:'
Mr. Purdy said: We have met here
for do political purpose, but to vindi
cate the cause of our .country, Which
is more important than the advance
ment tf any party. .Partisan as I am,
and as I expect to be, I wil unite With
any man who will vindicate' the cause
of our country, the preservation of the
.Union, and the Constitution, and tho
supremacy of the laws. In the :lam.
guage of one of our most distinguiSh
ed 'New Yorkers, I would say, shoot
down the first' man who insults the
American flag. [Cheers.] :Those who
aro not with us let us brand them. as
traitors. Wo must make- no, step
back Ward. .I‘To.tV is the day, now is
tho hour to let a voice go forth from
old Tammany that will say to the con
stituted, authorities,.that there is, but
one-sentiment in the city of New,,York
and that is, to. defend the Union:o'r
iu the attempt. [Cheers.]
Mr. - Brady. ..was introduced nd
greatly 'cheered: . lle said :- •"
It is a long time - since I have spo
ken in TaminanylV' I do •not
think• it is. my. fault. [Cheers.] It is
thirty-ono years since I
,first, in, the
halcyon hours of life, breathed such
words as I might utterjer the Demo
cratic cause, and never since, whatev
er the. tongue of slander :may have
said, have I uttered any words,unbo
coming the faith in which I was. ON
sated-thecatedthe faith of General Andrew
'Jackson. [Cheer's.]
Any man, and every man who, in
the face of this rebellion, with the sen
timents proclaimed, .by the s,outh. to
trio North, for one Moment:permitted
himself to tall:'' about' - peace,' okeept
upon the principle of reStoring -- the'AM
thority of this government:ov.or every
inch.of our,territory,, was nacoundrel.
[Cheers.]. bayo seen, men ; in the
oity - 0 New Yorli, -. continned" B.;
wheni c l - know and could call hymirhe,
laritink in the'porticos .of hotols-.4
could pant Ahem out Withiu ono mile
of this place, and I could prove the
charge upon them; ,dnd, so help me
God, I will attempt to prove it if they
present themselves before the Arneri
can people for their s.uffrages,--how
they Steadily read the extras proclaim
ing the defeat of our arms, and chuc
kle over any reverses to our cause,--
. [Cries of "Shame."] "Shame l".it is a
feeble word - to express theitifaMy that
belongs to them to the very echo of e
ternity... I would not insult thel - ilad
"shame" by applying it to - those inifie
rabic, debased, dastardly, dirty. cow
ards. [Cheers.] - - •
There is one fact which- shonld net
be forgotten. Right or. wrong, :the
North has relied upon itself--in this
struggle: 'lt did' not ask'. the . aid of
any foreign power, but- the South,
which- claimed. all . tho chivalry,.basely
at the moment of the.outbreaki bond
ed the pliant hinges of the knee, and
lowly and obsequiously sought that
Louis Napoleon and'C-rest Britain
would come over to help them. [Laugh
ter.] And before the war.. bad con
tinued long, it wais conclusively
..ddm
onstrated that each section of the Am
erican people was superior - to the au
thority of England in. the fight. I bog
of you,,on the . beaded knees of my
soul, as long as .you think the Ameri
can name worthy of aby regard, to
consider whether the .position assign
ed to . the North does not give it a de
served' eminence. Standing by, itself
iu majesty disdaining. any aid from
that power of Bugland,:which has no
thing better to do to-day_than to mur
der New Zealanders and. Japanese,
and leave Denmark out ,in the cold,
thaugh related to it by blood and mar
riage. But I look for you; who will
enlist under my fliend, Gen. Hancock,
one day to avenge the insult which
the nations of the old world have at
tempted to put upon us, and though
it may not be true that the Cossack
shall let the velvet snout of his horse
rest upon the waters of the Thames in
England, yet I hope to God that the
banner which I see before me may be
casried by our posterity from a people
ranging from the AroostoOk to the Pa
cific, and may teach the:whole' world
that as'-we were peaceful,iia our pros
perity, we were fearful in the hour of .
our revenge. (Cheers)
NeNi Hampshire Eleetion.
First Gun in 1.861. A 'Decided Union
Triumph.---Large Union Gain in the
Popular Vote- Gov. Gilmore IteE
lected by the People.-His Majority
over Six Thousand.
The annual•eleotion In New Hamp
shire for Governor, Council or State
officers, Legislature, &1., was held on
Tuesday last; March Bth. There were
but two tickets in the field for. _State
officers, one unconditional Union, with
Gov. Gilmore at the head for re-elec
tion, and the. Other Copperlibad.l Ow
ing to the fact that some 10,000 vol
unteerS, mostly :Union men, bad enlis
ted in the U. S. Service,. during the
pitst year,- and' by "'the laws of.' New
Hampshire could not vote, it was"fea
red. and generally believed that the
Copperhead ticket would be " success
ful. But we aro happy to say, that
the result was a'.splendid ',Union tri
umpk. The latest returns sum 'up as
follows
For Gilmore,- (Union) : 30 104
Harrington, (Cop)''
Gilmore's majority thus; far 0,240;
last year the joint :Derntieratie Afajort
ty in the same, towns
,Was 5,232. Un
ion gain over last year's - vote, 0,050;
Democratic loss on vote, 5,403.
The Wliole Union State Ticket is al
sb elected by dsimilar majority. Ten
of the twelve State' Senators awe Uni-
on, and in the House' there will be 'a
Union - majority, of about eighty. Thus
nobly does the old Granite State lead
off in eth camp - aiga of.i 64
Another Great Union Triumph.
The Soldiers' Voliizg Bill Endorsed in
Reio York.
The State of New York held 'a spe
cial election on Tuesday last on the
proposed amendment to :the Constitu
tion,giving soldiers and . sailors from
that State, absent in the service the'
otherwise ~eligible, the right to vote
at all future elections. The "Peace
Democrats," or Simon Pure Copper
heads, of course•opposed this righteous
measure, and iri the city of New York
they gave nearly 7,000 votes against
it. 'Though the vote was light, the
majority in the State in favor or the
Soldiers' right to vote will be immense.
This, we need scarcely say, - seals the
doom of Rehel sympathisers in the
Empire State.
Now let a similar amendment, which
has_ already , passed two successive
Legislatures, be.put to a Note of the
people of Pennsylvania this Spring Or
Summer, and'CopPerheadism will
completely wiped :out in the,Keystime
Stato at the Fall elections:
The T'residenoy,
,Secretary Chase's ;Letter, of :,Withdrawal.
folkiNiing :is the, IPttc.9l. of
Cbdse, deciiiiingrto enter'the PreEiitfori
tial canvass:
"'Washington, March 5; Igo4,L3fy
Dear Sir: In reply to a friendly letter
from you, I wrote you briefly, not long
ago, about the wishes, ekpressed by
many, that 'my name might lie favora
bly. tregarsied by the people, in their
next choice of a President; and closed
by saying that, should , our friends'in
Ohio manifest a preference Tor, aniither,
I should accept their decision with the
ready acquiescence due from one who
ha's been already trusted and hobereci
by thorn beyond merit or expeetation:
—,"The recent action' of the Union
. .
members of our. legislature indicates
Such a ,preference. - It becomes .my
duty, therefore—l count it more a
privilege than a duty—to ask that no
further consideration pe , giien to ray
.
"It was never more ,
invOrtant than
now, that all our 'efforts and all our
energies should be i.l6'Oted to the sup
pressicin of the iebellionabd to the
restoratiOribf order"antrproiperity, on
solid • and sure ftiuudations of union,
freedom and impartial justice; and I
earnestly, urge all with whom my
counails May have weight e to
nothing to divide them while thiS great
work' in comparison With, Which per
sons, and even .parties, aro nothing,
rernaiu ,unaccomplishod. Cordially
your•friend,-- S. P. CHASE.
. .
•".13.0n. Jame"s 0: Han, Senate Chain
ber, CUlumbus, Ohio."