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HUNTINGDON!, PA
Wednesday morning, June 15, 1864.
W. Lewis, Editor and Proprietor.
"NATIONAL .UNION TICKET,
FOR PRESIDENT, .
ABRAHAN LINCOLN,
OF
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
TiiltiliEW JOHNSON,
OF TENNESSEE,'
.Our Flag Forever.
" khow. of no mode in which a loyal citi
zen May sb well demonstrate his devotion to
kis country as by sustaining the Flag time
Conititutibn and the Union, under all circum
stanced, and UNDER EVERY ADMINISTRATION
RIEGARISLBSI OF PARTY POLITICS, AGAINST ALL
ASSAILANTS, - ATTIO3IE AND AIIROAD.7-STEPIIEN
A. DotrcLis
The National Union Nominations.
It is With unmingleil pride and plea
sure, We this week nail to our mast
head the names of ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
of IllinoiS; and ANDREW JOHNSON, 0
Tennesseb, for the Presidency and
Pico. PrcSidency. We heartily 'en
dorse the nominations, and will be un
ceasing in. our efforts in their behalf,
for we candidly believe_ they are two
of' the strongest and most popular men
Who haVe determined to save the eoun
trYl from totalwreck. When we refer
back tetlhis time four years ago, when
AbrahaM Lincoln was first nominated
for the presidency, we were an earnest
and jealous advocate of the lamented
D . 6tf&s, .and'.uj)ported him to the
Lincoln was elected, poor
Douglas died. We have tried Abra.
bath - for over three years, wo have
we'ighed' him in the bal'ance, and he
IMs'not been fOund wanting; therefore
we o itibY.the campaign for him with
oiir'Wholklieart' and soul, and confi
dm-413114e be will be elected in No
vember by .a rousing majority. Andy
JOhilson is an bid Tar Democrat, and
Cannot fail to give entire satisfaction
to the loyal people of all parties, for
Who Ims don'emore: who has fought
tie 'rebels . of, Tennessee with more
fierceness Than he? With 'Lincoln
andliSolinSon as our .standard-bearers,
we will not fail of success.
Cri LAND CONVENTIos.-This
Convention, which assembled at Cleve
land,; Ohio; on Tuesday, 31st ult., was
attended by one hundred and fifty-six
mee,who claim to be the representa
tives from fifteen States and the Dis
trict of Columbia. After a little squab
bling as to phrases used in the plat
form,: the Convention proceeded to
nominate GCneral John C Fremont, of
Neve:York, for President., voting down
every .proposition that looked like
postponing `action. They next nomi
nated Geol. John Cochrane, of New
York, for Vice President. The Con
vention then adjourned sine die.
The organization that nominated
these candidates can be considered as
nothing:olso than a baud of designing
politicians,:who wish to create a divi
sion in sentiment and action in the
honest masses of the voters at the co
ming. .Presidential campaign. The
candidates aro therefore nothing less
than stumbling blocks to turn the sup:
port;of the people into a destructive
channel.: -- They should be treated as
they:richly deserve in a contemptuous
manner by not receiving the support
from the truly honest and patriotic.
A Union Party.
•Rov. Dr. Breekiniidge, of Kentucky
uttered the following sentiments in
the . Baltimore Convention previous to
the nomination of Lincoln and John
son :
Union party, I will follow
you. to the ends of the earth and to
the gates of death. [Applause.] But
as-an Abolition party, as a Republi
can party, as a Whig party, as a Dem
ocratic party, as an American party,
r*ill not follow you one foot. [Ap
plause:]"
:'Believing as we do that the bogus
Demberacy can be defeated bya
union of all Union men, we are free
toosay that we heartily "endorse-"-the
sentiments of Dr. Breckinridge. The
Mete politicians everywhere must
Yield to the will of the popular voice
if-they-desire the defeat of the Rebel
lion and the Rebel sympathizers.
COL. WM. DORMS' AT HOME. It
Must be gratifying to Mr. 'Dorris, as
keertainly is to his many warm
friends, that tho opposition to him in
this borough is so 'weak that no man
could be found willing' to run as an
•
anti:Dorris delegate on Saturday even
ing last. This is Mr. Dorris' home,
and because an effort was made thro'
,the columns of the Journal & American
to defeat him hero as well as in other
election districts in tbo county, we
feelit our duty to make .knOwn his
strength where be, is best known. ,
Read the new advertisements.
The Proper Spirit.
The following remarks which we
copy from the editorial columns of the
Philadelphia Press, are the sentiments
of all good Union men. After speak
ing of the nomination of AnttAn‘ol
LINCOLN for the Presidency, it says:,
"It was , proper that his colleague
should be ANDREW JOHNSON, of Teti-
nessee. We should have been satis- '
fied with any of the gentlemen named.
We-should have been, especially pleas
ed if the Convention had retained
Mr. llAmmx, for ho has been an ac
tive and brave defender ot the Union
cause. There was a policy, however,
which the Convention could not overlook,
and which no ono will more gladly re
cognize than the distinguished Vice
President. It had a higher duty than
that of those who were worthy of
honor, or rewarding capable public
servants. The convention found it nec
essary to respect and remember the his
tory of the past four years. It was not
merely a Republican party, nor a par
ty of any kind, but a Union of all
friends of the Union=-of men like Dr.
BRECKINRIDGE and Mr. MAYNARD, and
DAVID Ton. The policy that sugges
ted itself was this: that the parties
that had stood by the Administration and
aided in its devotion to the war, should
be recognized. Above all, that the great
Democratic party, which' had suffered so
much for liberty and Union, should be
rsnotAr.r.Y . recognized. And who, of
all men, was more worthy of recogni
tion as a Democrat, a patriot and a
statesman, than ANDREW Sonylsolf?
Others had clone as much for the cause
and perhaps more, but he had suffered.
Ile had been exiled, reviled, impoyer- .
ished. His home - had been seized and
his children sent forth to wander. No
blandishments could seduce, no fears
intimidate him, and so a grateful
country has taken him from his moun
tain home and exalted him high am
ong her sons. As a matter of justice,
as well as policy, the Convention could
have done no nobler thing than nomi
nate ANDREW JOHNSON, of Tennessee!'
Next Congressman,
We clip the following article from
the editorial columns of the Hollidays
burg Register of the Ist inst.
"While Mr. Hall was working for
the nomination in this county, he as
sured hundreds of men, that all he ask
ed was his own county, that he did not
expect, and did not seek, the nomina
tion in the District and would make
no effort to get it. Notwithstanding
this solemn assurance of his, we are
inforMed that hods hard at . work, en
deavoring by intrigue and immense
promises to secure the Conferees of
Mifflin and Huntingdon counties. We
know wo speak the Sentimont of a
large majority of the "Union party of
this county when wo say that Blair
county does not claim, nor does it de
sire, the candidate for Congress this
term.
All honest, fair men feel and know,
that some ono of the other counties of
the District is now entitled to the can
didate: A glance at how this county
has been favored heretofore will show
why they are willing to concede the
candidate to one of the other counties.
From 1850 to 1853 we had the State
Senator, Col. MeMitrtrie. From 1853.
to 1859, Col: Cresswell from this coun
ty represented this District in the Sen
ate. From 1859 to 180 Colonel Hall
himself was State Senator. In 1862
he again received the nomination for
the State Senate. Thus county
for 12 successive years had the Sena
tor, and the fifth term had the candi
date.
As to the Congressional District :
From 1858 to 1863, Mr. Blair of this
county represented the District in Con
gress, and ho also was the 'nominee
for the third term, in 1862. Mr. Mc-
Allister of this county now represents
this District in Congress. Thus for
six successive years wo have had the
Congressman, and three times the Re
publican party of the District has giv
en us the candidate. Ilow is it with
the other offices? Blair county has
the Provost Marshal, Capt. Lloyd; the
Assessor of Internal Revenue; two
Paymasters, Major Brothcrline, and
Major Hewitt; two Quartermasters,
Captain Moore and Captain
We have clerks in Washington as fol
lows : Judge Jones, iu the War depart
ment; Samuel Lemon, in the Treasury
department; Revd; Burka, in the Pa
tent Office; M. V. &ice, in the Post Of
department. All these offices are
part of the patronage of the Congres
sional District.
Now, what do the other counties
have ?
,4iftlin has the Surgeon of the
Enrollment Board; Cambria, the Com
missioner of the same Board and the
Collector of Internal ReVenue; while
Huntingdon has not a single district
officer that we know of. In view of
these facts we say the largo majority
of the Union party in this county do
not desire the candidate for Congress.
And under no circumstances do they
desire the nomination of Mr. Hall, be
cause, they know full well that his
nomination would only servo to divide
and distract the party. We, therefore,
beseech the 'Union men' of Mifflin and
Huntingdon counties to refuse to aid
Mr. Hall in forcing himself upon the
party as the candidate in a time like
this, when union and harmony aro so
much to be desired."
READ D. BRECKINRIDGE!S SPEECIL
"We publish in to : day a Globe the speech
of Rev. Dr. Breckinridge, on taking
the chair as temporary President of
Union National Convention. It is an
able speech and should be road by ev
ery man in the United States.
The New Alarket.
We, received •last week from Thos.
Colder & Co., who have commenced
the butchering business in this place,
a roast and steak of beef such -as we
have never had on our table in Hunt
ingdon. They keep constantly on
hand at their market house .near the
Post Office, fresh beef of, the best qual
ity-.
THE BALTIMORE CONVENTION.
Speoch of. Rey. Dr. Breckinridge of
Kentucky.
On taking the chair hs temporary Chair
,man of the Convention, at Baltimore
on June 7th.
On taking the chair, the _ Rev. Dr
Breckinridge spoke as follows:
GENTLEMEN Or THE CONVENTION :-
You cannot be mere sensible than I
am that the. part which I have to per
form here today is merely a matter of
form, and acting upon the principles
of my whole life, I .vas inclined, when
the suggestion was made to me from
various quarters, that it was in the
minds of many members of the Con
vention to confer this distinction upon
me, to earnestly decline to accept, be
cause I have never sought honors. I
have never sought distinction; I have
been a workingman and nothing else,
but certain considerations led me to
change my mind. [Applause.] There
is a class of mon in the country far too
small for the good of the country-L.
those men who, merely by their exam
ple, by their pen, by their voice, try
to do good, and all the more in peri
lous times, without regard to the re
ward that may conic. It was given
to many such men to understand by
the distirietion conferred upon one of
the humblest of their class that they
were men whom the country would
cherish, and who would not be forgot
ten.
There is another motive relative to
yourselves and to the country at large
It is good for you, it is good for every
nation and every people, every State
and every party, to cherish all goner-
OU3 impulses, to follow all noble in
stincts; and whore are you moro no
ble, more generous, than when you
purge yourselves of all- self-seek era
and betrayers, and confer• them; if on
ly in mere form, upon those who aro
-worthy to be trusted, and ask nothing
more? [Applause.] Now, according
to my convictions of propriety, having
said this I should say nothing more,
[cries of "goon,"] but it has been in
timated to me from many quarters,
and in a way which I cannot disre
gard, that I should disappoint the
wishes of my friends, and perhaps the
just expectations of the Convention,
if I did not, as briefly and yet as pre
.eisely as I could, say somewhat upon
the great matters which have brought
us hero. Therefore, in a very few
words, and as plainly as I ean, I will
endeavor to draw your attention to
ono and another of those great mat
tors in which we are all engaged. In
the first place, nothing can ho more
plain than the fact that you are here
as representativeS of' a great nation,
voluntary representatives, chosen with
out forms of law, but as really repre
senting feelings, principles, and, if you
choose prejudices, of the American
people as if it were written in the
laws, and already passed by the votes;
for the man that you will nominate
here for the Presidency of the United
States, and ruler of a great people in
a great crisis, is just as certain, I sup
pose, to become that ruler as anything
under heaven is certain before done.
[Prolonged cheering.] And, more
over, you will allow me to say, though
pelluips it is luirdly strictly proper
that I should, but as far as I know
your opinions, I suppose it is just as
certain now, before you utter it, whose
name you will atter, and which will
be responded to from one: end to the
other of this nation as it will be after
it has been uttered and recorded by
your secretary. Does any man doubt
that this Convention intends to say
that Abraham Lincoln shall he the
- nominee ? [Great applause.]
What I wish, however, to call your
attention to is the • grandeur of the
mission upon which you are met, and
therefore the dignity and solemnity,
earnestness and conscientiousness,
with which, representing ono of the
greatest, and certainly one of the first
people of the world, you ought to dis
charge these duties. [Applause.]
Now, besides the nomination of
President and Vice President, in re
gard to which sacred offices I will say
nothing, because I know there is more
or less difference of opinion among
you; but besides these nominations
you have other most solemn duties to
perform. You have to organize this
party throughout the United . States.
You have to pat it in whatever form
your wisdom will suggest that will u
nite all your wisdom, energy, and de
termination, to gain the victory which
I have already said was in our power.
More than that, you have to lay down
with clearness and precision, the prin
ciples on which you intend to carry
on this great political contest, and
prosecute the war which is underneath
them, and the glory of the country
which lies before us if we succeed—
plainly, not in a double sense; briefly,
not in a treatise—with the dignity
and precision of a great people, to ut
ter, by its representatives, the politi
cal principles by which they intend to
live, and for the sake of which they
are willing to die, so that all men,
everywhere, may understand precise
ly what we mean, and lay that furrow
so deeply and clearly that while every
man who is worthy to associate with
freeman may see it and pass over it,
every man who is unworthy may be
either unable to pass it or may be dri
ven far from it We want none but
those who are like us to be with us.
[Applause.]
Now, among these principles, if you
will allow me to say it, the first and
most distinct is that we do not intend
to permit this nation to be destroyed.
[Applause.] Wo aro a nation—no
doubt a peculiar one—formed of States
and no nation except as these States
form it; and those States are no States
except as they aro States in that na
tion. They bad no more right to re
pudiate the nation than the nation
' has to repudiate them. Not ono of
them had even the shadow of a right
to do this, and, God helping us, we
will vindicate that truth, so that it
shall never be disputed any more in
this world. [Applause.] It is a fear
ful that is set before us,
but there are great compensations for
it.
Those of you who have attended to
this subject know that from the foun
dation of the present Government, be
fore and since our 'present Constitu
tion, was formed, there have always
been parties that had no fitith in our
Government. The men that formed
it were doubtful of its nsccess, and-the
men that opposed its formation did
not desire its success, and I am bold
to say, without detaining you on this
subject,-that for all the outcry about
our violations of the Constitution, this
present living generation, and this
present Union party, are more thor
oughly devoted to that Constitution
than any generation that has ever li
ved under it. [Applause.] While I
say that, and solemnly believe-it; and
believe it capable of the. stremgest
proofj May also..add that it is a great
error which is being propagated in the
land to say that our national life de
pends merely uppn the sustaining of
that Constitution. Our fathers made
it, and we love it. Ile intended to
maintain it; but if it suits us to change '
it we will change it. [Applause.] If
it were torn into ten thousand pieces
the nation would be as much .a nation
as it was before the Constitution was
made—a nation always that declared
its indepenaence•tts a united people,
and lived as a united people until now
—a nation independent of all particu
lar institutions under which they li
ved, capable of Modelling them pre
cisely as their interests require. We
ought to have-it distinctly understOod
by friends and enemies that while we
love that instruinent we will maintain
it, and will, with undoubted certainty,
put to death friends or foes who under
take to trample it under foot. Yet,
beyond a doubt, wo :will reserve the
right to alter it to suit ourselves from
time to time, and from generation to
generation. [Applause.]
One more idea on that subject. We
have incorporated in the instrument
the right of revolution, which gives us
without a doubt,. : the right to change
it. It never existed before the Amer
ican States, and by the right to change
there is no need •f rebellion, insurrec
tion, or civil war; except upon a deni
al of the fundamental principle of all
free governments that the major part
must, rule; and there is no other me
thod of carrying on society except
that the will of the majority shall be
the will of the whole, or that the will
of the minority shall, be the will -of
the whole. So that, in ono word, to
deny the principles I have tried to
state is to make a dogmatic assertion
that the only form of government that
is possible, with perfect liberty and
acknowledged by God, is a pure and
absolute despotism.
The principles, therefore, which I am
trying to state before you aro prinei:
pies which, if they be not, true, free
dom is impossible, and no Government
but one ofpure three can exist, or ought
to endure. among men. But the idea
which' wish to carry out as the reme
dy for these trmlles and sorrows is
this. Dreadful as they are, this fear
ful truth runs through the whole his
tory of mankind, that whatever else
may be done to giVe stability to auth
ority, whatever else may be done to
perpetuate its institutions, however
wise, however glorious, practicable,
and just may be the philosophy of it,
it has been found that the only endur
ring, only imperishable cement of all
free institutions haS been the blood of
traitors. No GoVernment has over
been built upon imperishable founda
tions which foundations were not laid
in the blood of traitors. It is a fear
ful truth, but we had as well avow it
at once, and every blow you strike,
stud every rebel you kill, every battle
you win, dreadful as it is to do it, you
are adding„ it may. be a year, it may
be ten years, it. may bo a century, it
may be ten centuries, to the life of the
Government and freedom of your chil
dren (Great applause.)
Now, passing over that idea—pass
ing over many other things which it
would be right for Me to say, did time
serve, and were this the occasion—let
me add you aro a Union party. (Ap
plause.) Your origin haS born referred
to as having occurred eight years ago.
In one sense it is true, but you are far
older than that. I see before me not
only primitive Reptiblicans and prim
dive A boll Con ists, but I see also prim-
Wye Democrats and primitive Whigs,
primitive Americans, and, it you.-will
allow mo to say so, I myself am here,
who all my life have been a party to
myself. )Laughter and applause.]
As a Union party I will follow you
to the ends of the earth mid to the
gates of death. [Applause.] But as
an Abolition party, as a Republican
party, as a Whig party, as a Democra
tic party, as au American party,l will
not follow you one foot. [Applause.]
But it is true of the mass of the Amer
ican people, however you may divide
and scatter, while this war lasts, while
the country is in peril, while you call
yourselves, as you do in the call of
the Convention, the "Union party ; "
you are for the preservation of the U
tion, and the destruction of this rebel
lion, "root and branch."
And, in my judgment, one of the
great errors that has been committed
by our administration of the Federal
Government, the chief of which we are
about to nominate for another term of
office—one of the errors has been to
believe that we have succeeded where
we have not succeeded, and to act in a
manner which is precisely for those
who have succeeded. You will not,
you can not succeed until you have
utterly broken the military power of
this people. [Applause.]
I will not detain you upon these in
cidental points, ono of which has been
made prominent in the remarks of the
excellent Chairman of the National
Committee. 1 do not know that 1 w'ld
be willing to go so far as probably he
would, but I cordially agree with him
in this. I think, considering what has
been done about slavery, taking the
thing as it now stands, overlooking al
together, either in the way of condem
nation or approval, any act that has
brought us to the point where wo are
but believing in my conscience
and with all my heart, that what
has • brought us' where wo are
in the matter of slavery, is, the origi
nal sin and folly of treason and seces
sion; because you remember that the
Chicago Convention itself was under
stood to Say, and I believe it virtually
did explicitly state that they would
not touch slavery in the Stales. Leav
ing it, therefore, altogether out of the
question, how we came whore wo are
on that particular point, we are pre
pared to go further than the original
Republicans themselves were prepared
to go. We are prepared to demand
not only that the whole territory of
the United States shall not be made
slave, but that the General Govern
ment of the American 'people shall do
one of two things, and -it appears - to
me that there is nothing else that can
be done, either to use the whole power
of the Government, both the war pow
er and the peace power, to put slavery
as nearly as possible ack whero it
was—for although that will be a fear
ful state of 'society, it is better than
anarchy—or else to use the whole
power of the Government, both of war
and peace, and all the practical power
that the people of the United States
will give them, to exterminate and ex
tinguish it. [Prolonged applause.]
fhave no hesitation in saying for
myself that if I were a pro slavery
man, if 1 believed this institution Was
an ordinance of good and was given to
man, I would unhesitatingly join those
who demand that the Government
should be put back where it was. But
lam not a pro slavery man. I never
was. I write myself with those who
believe it is contrary to the brightest
interests of all men and of all Govern
ments; contrary to the spirit of the
Christian religion, and incompatible
with the natural rights of man. I join
myself with those who say 'away with
it forever," [applause,] and I fervently
pray God that the' day may come
when thVoughout the whole land every
man may boas free as you are, and
as capable of enjoying regulated liber
ty.
I will not detain you any longer.—
One single word you will allow me to
say in behalf of the State from which
I come. Wo know very well that our
eleven votes are of no consequences in
a Presidential election. We know
very well that, in our. present unhap
py condition, it is by no means certain
that we are here to day represontirig
the party that will east the majority
of the votes in that unhappy State. I
know very well that the sentiments I
am uttering will cause me great odium
in the State in which I was born,
which I love; where the bones of two
generations of my ancestors and some
of my children are, and whore very
soon I shall lay my own; I know very
well that my colleagues will incur odi
um if they endorse whA I say, and
they, too, know it. But we have put
our 'hoes toward the way in which we
intend to go, and we will go in it to
the end. It' we aro to perish, wo will
perish in that way. All I have to
say is, help us if you can ; if you can
not, believe in your hearts that we
have died like men. [Great applause.
Lincoln and Johnson Nominated.
BA I - al-MORE, Juno 8, 1884.
TUE BA LLOT FOR PRESIDENT-ABRA BA 14
LINCOLN RENOSIIIVATED
The Convention' then proceedol to
a ballot for President, which resulted
es follows:
FOR LINCOLN
Maine 14 Louisiana 14
N. „Hampshire 10 Arkansas 10
Vermont, 10 Tennessee 15
Massachusetts 2.1 Kentucky 22
filMde Island 8 Ohio 42
Connecticut, 12 Indiana 26
N. York 66 Illinois 32
N Jersey 14 Michigan 16
Pennsylvania 52 Oregon 6
Delaware 6 Ka WillS 6
California 10 Colorado 0
West Virginia 10 Wisconsin
_l6
Nebraska 6 Minnesota 8
Nevada 6 --
lowa 16 Total 497
Maryland 14
TOR GENERAL GRANT
Missouri 22
The -- Typ — DiN.l777sd Unanimous— Great
Enthusiasm,.
On motion °filly. Hume. of Missouri
the vote was . declared unanimous.
The enthusiasm excited by this an
nouncement is perfectly indescribable.
The whole Convention were on their
feet, cheering and shouting, the band
in the mean time playing "Hail Col
umbia."
The Vice Presidency.
The Convention then proceeded to
vote for a candidate for Vice President.
The following names were presented:
Mr Daniel Mace of Indiana, propoF.
ed the name of Andi•ew Johnson, of
Tennessee.
Mr. Stone, of lowa, seconded the
motion.
%% Cameron ; of PormsYlvailiii, oiled
ed the manic of flannibal
Tremaino, of New York, on be
half of a portion of the delegation from
that State, presented D. S. Dickinson.
Mr Maynard, of Tennessee, advoca
ted the claims of Andrew Johnson. .
Mr. Trema In e, of New York, made
an eloquentappeal in favor of the nom
ination of Daniel S. Dickinson. His
remarks wore received with great en
thusiasm.
Great impatience was manifested to
a vote.
Ballot for rice President—Andrew
Johnson Nominated,
The President announced the fol
lowing names as being before the
Convention, viz: Andrew Johnson, of
Tennessee : Hannibal Hamlin, of Maine;
Gen. ROSSealk, of Kentucky; Daniel S.
Dickinson, of New York.
The Convention proceeded to a bal
lot.
As the vote proceeded it was soon
apparant that Johnson, of Tennessee,
was to be the nominee, and befbre the
vote was announced the various States,
whose votes had been divided, com
menced changing. them, and went
unanimously for Johnson, amid great
enthusiasm.
Andrew Johnson was nominated as
candidate for Vice President on the
first ballot.
The following was the vote for Vico
President: Maine, New Hampshire,
Vermont. Connecticut, New York,
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware,
Maryland, Louisiana. Arkansas, Miss
ouri, Kentucky,Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
Michigan, lowa, California, Oregon,
West Virginia, Kansas, Ne braska,
Colorado, and Nevada voted entire
for Andrew Johnson.
Massachusetts voted: for Johnson,
21 ; Dickinson, 3.
Rhode island —J ohnson 7, Dickinson
1; Wisconsin—Johnson 2, Dickinson
10, llamlin 4; Illinnesota—Dicldnsou
:3, ilamlin 5. The total vote for John
son was 492, Dickerson 17, and Ham
lin 9.
Previous to the vote being announc
ed Johnson had 200, Dickinson 113,
Hamlin 145, Butler 28, • Rossean 21,
Burnside 2, Colfax 6, Holt 2, Tod 2,
King 1 ; but the States changed their
votes before the announcement was
made.
ftez•New arrival of Boots, and shoes
Hats and Caps, Trunks, Carpet-bags,
&c., at John IL Westbrook's in the Di
aniond. All aro invited to examine
his varied and extensive stock.
Resolutions.
Mr. ifiarriclul, df _New York,- from
he Committee on Resolutions, repor
ed
Resolved, That 4 i s the highest duty
of every American Citizen to maintain
against all their enemies the integrity
of the Union and the permanent au
thority of the Constitution Slid laws
of the United States; and that, laying
aside all differences and politicabopin
ions, we pledge ourselves as Union
men, animated by a common senti
ment and aiming at a common object,
to do everything in our power to aid
the Government in quelling, by force
of arms, the rebellion - now raging
against its authority, and in bringing
to the punishment due to their crimes
the rebels and traitors arrayed. against
it. [Prolonged applause.]
.No Compromise with the Rebellion.
Resolved, That we approve the 'de
termination of the Government of the
United States, not to compromise with
rebels, or to offer any terms of peace,
except such as may be based upon an
unconditional surrender of their hos
tility, and a return to their just allegi
ance to the Constitution and laWs of
the United States, and that wo call
upon the Government to maintain this
position, and to prosecute the war
with the utmost possible vigor, to the
complete suppression of the rebellion,
in full reliance upon the self-sacrifices,
patriotism, heroic valor, and undying
devotion of the American people to
their country and its free institutions.
[Applause.]
Extirpation of Slabery.
Resolved,' That as slavery was the
cause and now constitutes the strength
of this rebellion, and as it must be al
ways and everywhere hostile to the .
principles of republican government
and justice, and the national safety
demands its utter and complete extir
piton from the soil of the Republic,
(applause) and that while we uphold
and maintain the acts and proclama
tions by which the Government in its
own defence has aimed a death blow
at the gigantic evil, we are in favor
furthermore of such amendment to tho
Constitution, to be made by the people
in conformity with its provisions, as
shall terminate and forever prohibit
the existence of slavery within tho li
mits or the jurisdiction of the United
States. [Applause.]
Thanks to the Army and Navy.
Resolved, That the thanks of the
American people are due to the sol
diers and sailors of the army and navy
[applause,] who have perilled their
lives in defence of - their country, and
in vindication of the honor of the }lag;
that the nation owes to theth some
permanent recognition of their patri
otism and their'velor, end ample and
permanent proi•ision for those of their
survivors whO have received disabling
and honorable wounds in the service
of their country, and that the memo
ries of those who have fallen in its de
fence shall be held in grateful and ev
erlasting remembrance. [Applause.]
Thanks to Abraham Lincoln
Resolved, That we approve and - ap
plaud the practical wisdom, the unsel
fish patriotism;
and the unswerving
fidelity to the Constitution and the
principles of American liberty with
which Abraham Lincoln has dischar
ged, under circumstances of unparal
leled difficulty, the great duties and
responsibilities of the Presidential of
flee. That we approve and endorse
as, demanded by the emergency and
essential to the preservation of the
nation and as within the provisions of
the Constitution, the measures and
acts which he has adopted to defend
the nation againstits open and secret
foes. That we approve especially the
Proclamation of Emancipation and
the employment as ':Union soldiers Of
men heretofore held in slavery [ap-
plause,] and that we Ave full confi
dence in his determination to carry
these and all other constitutional mea
sures essential to the salvation of the
country into full and complete effect:
Harmony in the National Councils.
Resolved, That we deem it essential
to the general welfare that harmony
should prevail in the national bouneits
and we regard as worthy of public
confidence and official trust those only
who cordially endorse
. the principles
proclaimed in these resolutions, and
which should characterize the admin
istration of the o Government [Ap-
plause.]
Protection to our Soldiers, .Black and
Resolved, That the Government
owes to all men employed in its ar
mies, without regard to distinction of
color, the full protection of the laws of
war [applause,] and that any violation
of these laws or the usages of civilized
nations in time of war, by the rebels
now in arms, should he made the sub
ject of prompt and full redress. •[Pro
longed applause.]
Foreign Immigration
.7ksolred, That foreign immigration,
which in the past has added so much
to flip wealth, development of resour
ces, and increase olpower to this
nation, the asylum of the oppressed of
all nations, shall be fostered and en
couraged by a liberal and just policy.
The Pacific Rtiilroad
Resolved, That we are in favor of
the speedy construction of the Pacific
Railroad.
Redemption of the Public Debt
Resolved 'That the national faith
pledged for the redenition of the pub.
lie debt must be kept inviolate,, and
that for this purpose we recommend
economy and rigid responsibilities in
the public expenditures, and vigorous
and just system of taxation; that is the
duty of every loyal State to sustain
the credit and promote the use of the
national currency. (Applause.)
The Aronroe Doctrine
Resolved, That we approve the posi
tion taken by 'the Government, that
the people of the United States can
never regard with indifference the at
tempt of any European Power to over
throw by foixe, or to supplant by fraud
the institutions of any republican Gov•
eminent on the western continent
[prolonged applause;] and that they
will view with extreme jealousy and
as menacing the peace and indepen
dence of their own country the efforts
of any such Power to obtain new foot
hold for monarchical governments,
sustained by foreign military force, in
near proximity to the United States.
[Long continued applause.]
WAR FOR TN's UNION
gel at Ilesiiatota.
WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON,
Juno 7;1.0:15 P. M.
lllajor Chneral
An assaplt. was .made . on Burnsidd
about midnight and successfully re
pulsed.
In the preceding afternoon a hturi
dred men of the enemy made a. rush
td find out what was the meaning of.
_Hancock's advancing siege line. Nine]
of the party were captured and the
rest killed or driven back.
Several letters have passed between
General Grant and General Lee in rest
pact to collecting the dead and wound=
ell between the two armies. General
Grant, in the closing letter, regrets
that all his . efforts for alleviating the
sufferings of the wounded inen left on
the battle-field have been rendefra
gatory.
Two rebel
. officers and six men sent`'.
out to search for the wounded-of their
commands, were captured in the con ,
sequence of the enemy not delivering
Gen. Lee's letter.until after the hour
he named had elapsed. Gen. Grant
has notified Gen. Lee that they were
captured through a misunderstanding.,
and will not be held as prisoners, but
will be returned.
No other military intelligenea reach- ,
ed.
Signed, ED WIN STANTON
Secretary of War.
WAsurNoroN, June 25 P. nr.
To Maj. General . D4X,: New York—A
despatch from Mr. Dana, at Gen,
Grant's headquarters, dated 8 30 r.,At.
yesterday, announces a victory by
Gen. Hunter over 'the rebels beyond
Staunton, and the rebel Gen.' Jones
was killed on the battle-field. The
dispatch is as follows : •
"The Richmond Examiner of ,to
"day speaks of the defeat of General
W. E. Jones by General Hun tor,.tWolve
miles beyond Staunton, Va.
"Gen Jones was killed on the field
and his successor retired to. Waynes
boro', and noW - holdS the mountain be
tween Charlottsville and Staunton.
"The paper further states that no
hospitals or stores were captured by
Hunter. ••
- "Another dispatch antiouncos that
our forces occupy-Staunton."
EDWIN X. STANTON,
Secretary of War.
Staunton; Shenandoah Talley, June 9',
Our movements hero have, in every
Way, been an entire- success. We have
thoroughly whipped and driven back
the enemy, who is rapidly retreating
towards the Rine Ridge.
In our movements so far we have
captured ono battery of six pieces. be
sides other cannon of heavy calibre.
Over a million dollars worth of stores
fell in our hands. The amount of
railroad property which we have des
troyed and captai-cd is large. We
have taken a large number of prig.
°tiers. Some of their are mere boys,
and one or two I saw were so young
that they could hardly use a musket.
Considering the extensive character
of our combinations, and the haportant
result we have attained, our loss is
riot large in either
: killed or wounded.
The enemy's retreat is a complete
stampede—a rout.
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington,
Saturday June 11th, 10 p: I . Nt
To Atojor Gen: Dix :
A dispatch from Gen. Sherman, da
ted yesterday, states that our cavalry,
yesterday, `Thursday, June 9th, (level - -
oped the position of the enemy in . a
lino along the hills from Kenesaw to
Lost Mountain, and we are now mar,
ching by the roads towards KenesaW,
Yesterday General Kautz charged
the enemy's works at Petersburg and
carried them, penetrating the town,
but not being supported by General
Gillmore, who had withdrawn his for
ces without a conflict, Gen. Kautz
was obliged to withdraw without .fur,
ther effect, . :
: Gen. Kautz captured forty prison
ers and one piece of artillery
. Ivhi9ll
he brought away with him.
A dispatch from Gen. Canby, dated
Vicksburg, Juno 4, states that Gen:
Emory reports that an attempt by
Taylor's force to cross the Atchafalay
had been frustrated. The troops that
had crossed were dispersed and a large
quantity of commissary stores and
clothing captured.
Gen. Burbridge, commanding in
Kentucky, in a dispatch dated yester...
day at Lexington, reports_ that after,
coucentratiag a force at the mouth . of
the Beaver creek, on Bic . Sandy, I mo
ved against 3.torgan's force in Virgin-,
is west as far as Gtadcsville.
Morgan with 2500 men m-ved into
Kentucky via Whitesburg. I pursued
and marching ninety miles in twenty
four hours came upon him at -Mount
Sterling yesterday morning and de-•
feated him.. 7-- ,
By stealing fresh luirses ho reached
Lexington at two o'clock this
Our forces held the fort and the reb
els did but little damage. He left hero
at 7a m for Versailles. I start in pur
suit with a fresh force this morning.
No official report has yet been recd.
from Hunter. B NI STANTON.
War Department, )
IVashington, June, 12—Noon.
To . 1 1.1aj. Gen. Dix, Yew York:
A despatch from Gen. Hunter dated.
at 6 o'clock, on the morning of the Sth
inst. at Staunton, reports that we met
the enemy at Piedmont last SUnday
the sth inst.,
killing Wm, E. Tones
their commanding General and totally
routing them; after a battle of ten hours
duration.
We have captured 1,500 prisoners..
altogether: One thousand men and
over sixty officers were left on the field
of battle; also stand of arms, three
pieces of artillery and a vast quantity
of stores.
All the Government and railroad
buildings have been burned at &stun
tan. 11re leave to morrow. -
A dispatch from Gen Grant's head
quarters dated yesterday at 4 p m re
ports that the rebel cavalry having
yesterday made a•dash into Wilson's
lines, near the Denny House, Wilson
this morning sent out a portion of Mc-
Intosh's brigade to see where the ene
my was. Their pickets were driven
in and their outer line forced, the cav
alry passing over the entrenchments
about a mile west of Bothsaida church.
Mclntosh came upon a field division of
infantry, and having accomplished the,
purpose of his reconnoissance, retired.
- E aI STANTON.