AMERICAN VOLUNTEER. JOHN B. BRATTONi Editor & Proprietor,' CARMSLE r .PA., MAY 8, 1802. ,OU R FLAG. " Forever float that standard sheet! Where breathes the foe but falls before usl With freedom's soil beneath our feet, ■ And Freedom’s banner waving o’er us ! ” TUB DEMDCBATIC STANDING COMMITTEE. Tho Democratic Standing committee met agreeable to the call, nt Herman’s Hotel, in Carlisle, on Saturday, the 3rd of May. The committee organized, by electing E. Gornman chairman, and J. U. Wunderlich Secretary. Resolved, That the Democracy of the differ ent wards and townships throughout the . county, hold an election on Saturday the 31st clay.of May, to elect Delegates to the county convention, to be held at the Court House, in • Carlisle, on-Monday, the 2d dav of June, to elect a Delegate to the State Convention at Harrisburg on the 4th day of July, Resolved, That the county convention he requested to appoint n committee of. five in each township to be called the Executive ■ township committee. Their duty to be the efficient organization of the Democratic party .in each township. The said township com, nntteo , shall have a regular-, organization, consisting of Preside.it, Secretary, &o. The ' Secretary* shall be the proper ■ source of. all. correspondence for each township. Resolved, That the chairman be empower ed to call the committee-together when neces sary. On motion, the committee adjourned." E. CORN MAN, Chairman. J. U. *W underlicii, Secretary. Change of Schedule.— lt will he seen by reference to its advertisement that the run ning time on the Cumberland Valley Hail Hoad has undergone n change. Pardoned.— Gov. Curtin has, we learn, pardoned Messrs. Oswald', EnEiTi.r, and Kauffman, who had been convicted at our last court lor the false'imprisonment of John Kennedy, By this pprdon the defendants are, relieved of the §2O fine, but not the costs. Hodeys .Bad y ; s Book. — lVe have received the May number of this valuable Magazine. It contains a, beautiful stool engraving “ May FI illustrative of the piorry month of dirty double extensive col ored many other plates iHustratiye.of flowers. The readihg'mtftterof.this; niimtifi?~ia.excoUent. - “Eastern.Hamblca.and.-'Kemitnaccncea” arid the beautUiH stOTy of Tem good roading .on and get this Book. Address, L. Ai Q,ddoy 1 '323. Obosnut street, Philadelphia, 'Pa..; Spjct proceedings of Con gress some ten day 1 ? were marked by the extraordinaryvieffoytevof. Thad. Stevens and others of the bolster up and whitewash' B*n>ah Cameron, Alex. of the ptrbiio care to attack vWthjyipdictive'.yiolence the House while they were absent, and.haxbtheir remarks tel egraphed all over the country, to prejudice, the people beforo.tho Committee could possi bly have [a chance to reply. That they have failed, is,but natural. Wo invito atten tion to the withering replies ofMessers. Dawes Washburn, and others, on our first page. Read the extracts we publish carefully. Give Youa Ciiilo a Paver.—A child be ginning to road becomes delighted with a newspaper, because he reads the names of things which are very familiar, and will make progress accordingly. A newspaper in orto year is worth a quarter's schooling to a child, and every father must consider that substantial information is couneeted with ad vancement. The mother of a family being :one of the heads, and having a more immedi ate charge of children, should herself bo in structed. A mind occupied, becomes fortifieti against an emergency. Children, amused by reading dr study, are of course more consid erate and more easily governed. How many parents who have not spent twenty dollars for books for their families, would have given hundreds to reclaim a son or a daughter who find ignorantly or thoughtlessly fallen into temptation ?' SpSing TijitJ.— A lark echo greets tho'dawn sir—a gush of sweet tones floats on the'bosom of twilight—buds break forth'in'beauty from buoyant boughs—birds breathe out in soul carol notes of joy—while sun, scene and sky arc the gay triumvirate of splendor who load over earth the suspicious advent of the season of prrimiso. The day’s opening is heralded by golden footsteps; and the night saunters forth in its sandals of silver stars. Fragile flowers are breathing fragrance—the groin is robed in its rich garniture of green—the loam turned up by the plowman awaits tho sower with seed—and nature, robed in regal rai ments crowns tho inanimate in glowing glory. Tho ides of April, faithless and fickle ns ever, are closed up, to-welcome tho birth of May, when ‘ HgW her hour lips in? T? ’ mi(l W <bal (lavs Loop brightly up thoit brightest premiss ! Poets have penned, and painters have nor troyed the charms which fling such radiance around the coming of Spring, -but neither scroll inspired or odnvaa hollowed in all their yrfld<and wiered romance, can oqualtherealU • ty which garners in splendor the reality of the present—when life leaps forth anew—when hope bathes fie W-and-fern with conung-'joys —and love plumes for higher flights its peren nial pinions. May we all, like tho season, «ver enjoy tho incense which shall bloom -in tbo May-garden of happy hearts. »w ari THE AMERICAN AND THE RIOTERS. The American of last wool! «dovbtfed seven columns to a defence and justification of tho Mechanicshurg rioters and lawbreakers who were convicted, in two suits, tit our last court. It is a labored attempt to ozouso a wrong and unlawful act, and we think our neighbor is doing tbo convicted'parties no service by its reference'fo the matter. The American, let us inform it in all candor, is treading upon dangerous ground, when it stigmatizes the court aad jury as disloyal, and intimates that their sympaties, during the trial, were with the South. ." A>fe\v more such verdicts, and we are ready for the Confederate dag 1” ex claims that paper, and this outrageous insult and libel is directed against the court and the sworn jurors who tried the ease of Kennedy vs. Oswald and others. A more manifest falsehood and slanderous attack was never, directed against any set of men, math less against jurortf. Tho American published a portion of the testimony of witnesses given at the last trial; If wo could afford to lumber our paper with three or four columns of testimony, we could show that the jury, acting under the oath they had taken, could not have done other- wise than find the defendants guilty. But, let us see what this .garbled testimony is.— Wo shall only select a few extracts, as they appear in the American. According to the testimony of one witness, the arrest of Kennedy, was not because he was feared, bat “ it was to stop the mouths of other people in other words, it was for the purpose of intimidating all who refused to worship at tbo abolition, shrine. Another witness said “ if Kennedy had. resisted, he would have been shot Again ho says “there were two clubs in tbe store at the, time.”— Again, “Oswald and Kaufman had hold of the horse, one on each side,” “I heard some one in the crowd say that there was a pistol presented at Kennedy to stop him;” “ it was said when he was arrested the pistol was drawn.” “Oswald and Kaufman were lead ing the horse.” “ Tho man, (Kennedy) was turned hack; ho did not want to go.” “Rupp said if the squire (Lease.) did not give them law, they would give Kennedy a ride any how.” , “ lie (Kennedy,) said, something about fighting, but whether it was with the south, I cannot say.”- “ Kennedy said that he was a Union man; this, he- said in reply to some of.the charges brought against, “ Shortly after he went out out of the'tavern I ho was taken by the crowd.” “ I had a con l versalion with Daniel Kaufman in the bar room after the crowd had left the pavement ;' I asked him what they arrested Kennedy for; ■ he told me for being a secessionist; he then told me that his brother had taken an active I part in the first arrest, that he had caught the horse by the bridle, and Kennedy had urged the horse to go; ho said his brother then,pulled out a pistol and told Kennedy if he would not submit he would shor t him.” “ I asked him (Kfennedy) whether ho thought it was right for the south to rebel against the north?” “ Oh, Ho, h'e answered,-that vfoitld' not be right, for I would be one to go'to Kelp put that down,” . ■ 1 Such' are extracts front the mqny published in the American , front wliioh it arrived at the sage conclusion that the de fendants in the late trial were wronged by the jury, ilt will be scon that Kennedy an nounced himself a “ Union man,” and de nounced the rebellion “as nnt right.” True it is, ns we said two weeks since, he made use of foolish language in regard to the “rights of the south,” &e., hut yet when the question was,put to him, he invariably answered that that ho was a “Union man.” But, whgt right had the defendants to question the plaintiff, or any other man ? ; Had Kennedy, when they took hold of his horse’s bridle and stopped him, shot them down, he would have been justified in the eyes of the law; and it was well for the defendants that, they were dealing with an idiot instead ofa man of nerve who know his rights, or some of them might now be resting in their graves." But, enough. IV o should not have referred to this subject again, but for the labored at tempt of the American to palliate an infamous and devilish outrage, and by inuendo, stig matize a jury of aur county with disloyalty, if not perjury. With indignation wo- repel the wicked imputation. The Eepuhlicans keep up a great cry for the Union, but who ever heard one of them express himself for the Union and the Constitution? The man who is against the Constitution and the laws isadis unioniat, and as much of a secessionist,as is Jeff Davis. Democrats are for the “Union and the Constitution, now arid forever, one and inseparable.” Aboutiom Patriotism !—Russell' Erbett!- formerly the editor of the Washington Painot, and now one of the abolition editors'pf the Pittsburg Gazette, hold during a portion of the last year, three fat officers—Comptroller of Pittsburg, Clerk of the State Senate and U. S. Paymaster. When our Legislature met and when it was 'supposed that Paymaster Ebrett was with the division about to mpvo down the Misslppi—the patriotic abolition editor “turned up” in Harrisburg! to claim pay us a return clerk until the organization of the Senate. Was such •"gree 1” ever equalled? Notwithstanding hiwfatpayasa V, S. officer, &0., ho goes to Harrisburg and demands pay for ten days and mileage! This is abolition patriotism for you. It is such men as this that fairly shudder at the idea of a dishonorable compromise.— Exchange. [£7”Tho end of Know-Nothingism in the Empire State is signally marked by the re cent action of the State Legislature in the passage of Senator Connelly’s 'Church prop erty bill. A few years ago, when the-dark lantern party wore in power, they enacted a law disabling the Catholics to hold their church property through tile agency of ecclesiastics. That law is now repeated by n'largd majority of tho' Senate, and in the lower House by a unanimous vote. So fades the last lurid ray of the dark-lantern in Now York. Collector for tiie Port of New Orleans. —The Brcsidont has nominated Charles C. Lvturof as collector of tbo' port of New Or !eans thus partially raising the blockade, v hich, it is contended, can be done legally without raising tho whole blockade. Mr La turop is said to be a loyal Louisianian. Ue for mroly resided in NaW Orleans, but left there oir the breaking, out'of the rebellion. THE CARLISLE BFBUD—FrnmK PoTfcury nod Lj'lag Erpostd T . ' There is nothing more trite than the adage that “ he who handles d skunk must expect to be befouled.” This is exemplified in that utterly degraded,’abandoned and fil thy paper, the Carlisle Herald. Who the’ driveller is that scribbles for it, we know,not, nor do we care. Under (ho caption of our name, last week, Ije emptied the contents of his stagnant and putrijd stomach.,- It was the real, unadulterated stuff—the sediment of the sewer and the perfume of the 'jjulskrat com bined and commingled. Wo h;ive too much respect for -our readers and for our paper to reply in the same strain, and desire to have nothing to do with' a! journal that will indulge in shell twattlo. We never ■in our life commenced a personal .discussion with any paper, and we never will; and the man who will commence this detostible kind of warfare, is a stranger to decency and a dis grace to the' profession. N. B.—After tho abbve was intypeiwe're ceived the following letter from Philadelphia. It explains itself, and exposes a most infa mous transaction:' Pmt.AlJ’ELr'niA, May s', 1862.- John S. Mrdtlon, Esq. Mr DEABsiß:— Will yoU oblige a "Rascally Contractor’’ Irom,Carlisle, by publishing the following letter in your widely circulated journal? I received a letter thin morning from a friend, with acopy-of last week's "Car lisle Herald." containing a letter from Phila delphia, signed. "Stereoscope," to the injury of tho government contractors from Carlisle.— This abominable slander was manufactured in Carlisle, in the lying, festering brain of the boy editor of the Herald. A more deliberate, cold blooded slanderer and villian than the contemptible scribbler and puppy who con trols the destines of that once respectable journal, the “ Carlisle Herald," does not brcitthe.tlus side of hell.. In order to make' good the lying assertion that Captain Porter had not withdrawn from that paper, but still continues its editor, ho manufactures an inju rious letter and publishes it to the world as coming, from the pen’of “ /stereoscope," a 1 Philadelphia correspondent. I called on Captain Porter at noon to-day, in cnfhpany with my partner, Mr. Hantch, and he utterly repudiates any connection with the letter re ferred to in reference to contractors. Ho de mands an open and public disavowal on the part pf Mr. Junior Rheem for lending the public to believe that he could be so base ns to pen such a rascally letter against his fel low townsmen. Capt. P. kindly allowed me to make tho following extract from a letter from the scoundrel “Boy Editor.” which will explain the whole matter. Will the honest people of Cumberland county tolerate this nuisance any longer, or lend their aid to a paper controlled by an idiot ? r OEO.Z. BENTZ. " Herald Office, ) . Carlisle, ftlny 3, 1802. j Dear Capt.:— Why did’nt ynh. write a.lct -tertothe " Herald ” this yveek ?’ I marked the article on Bratton,, to show you how tight a place I was in. The Volunteer last week said that after scanning the Herald carefully its editor could’nl find any Philadelphia corres pondence. This week I look the liberty of affixing “ Stereoscope" to a letter manufad tured by myself at the eleventh hour. Rob ert Moore came to the office to-day in high dud-, geon at the mention of contractors. Early and Joe. Patton- explained the joke to him; and. laughed him'into feeling very mhoft ashamed of himself. . If you haV’nttime; to.write regu larly do so for,-n'few weeks,' anyhow, until over Mr paws, yu.liis speech in the Hhiise of Represenatives.on Friday last in defence of the Committee on Contracts aga inst the imputation? of the corruptionist, ut tered these startling words in reply to Thad. Stevens of "Gettysburg tape-worn" notority j , “ The.gentleman must remember that in the first year of a liepublican Administration, which came into ■ poweupon professions of reform and retrenchment, there is indubitable evidence abroad in the land that semebody has plundered the public Treasury, well nigh in that single year as much as the entire current yearly expenses of the Government during the Administration which the people "hurled from pmier" • During the last year of Mr. Buciianas’s Administration, which was denounced by the Republicans as unparalleled fn its corruption, the entire expenses of the Government am ounted-to the sum of 502,000,000; and now Mr. Dawes, a leading Republican member" of Congres from Massachusetts, tells us with shame and mortification—but with a blunt honesty that commands our respect—that in the'first year of a Republican Administration .somebody has plundered the public Treasury •of a sum sufficient to defray all the expenses of Government for a four years’ term in time of pence. And this money ho it i emembbred, was not abstracted from an overflowing Treas ury, but was borrowed at a high rate of interest for the purpose of. sustaining the Government against its armed enemies, and must eventually bo remunbursed by taxation upon thtf pfope'rty and industry of the coun try. . Of course, it is not to be expected that the' Administration can carry on a war like tbo one that has been forced upon the country, without a large increase of expenses. The people havennt been, and are not, unreasonable or exacting in thbirdoniands, in view of the im perative necessity that the war Ims laid upon the Government. On tHecontrary, their con tributions of men and money to its support, in the present emergency, have been generous even to prodigality. . But, they have a right to expect that tbo treasure they literally poured into thelap of their rulers shall bo ap propriated to its proper purpose, and notsquan dered upon political favorites, or-nllowed tube stolen by a set of plunders who have shown themselves even baser enemies of their coun try than tbo verry traitors who arc in arms against it. ’Vhen.tho people' realize how they have been and swindled by conspirators in the garb ofjpntriots, is' there’ tiny wonder that give exprosSibn to their honest in dignation, and refuse to remain silent at the bidding of the apologists and secret accom plices of tlisgo sooundrols? —Ridding Gaze tte. Mas. Lincoln’s BbotSer Killed. —Tho New Orleans Delta, one of the most vindi. w live of the Kobo I journal#! thus speaks of tho death of the President’s brother-in-law: Mr. Samuel B. Todd, brother of Mrs. Lin coln, died on the batflo-fleld of Shiloh, pf his wounds received in' tho notion of the 7lh of April. lio was a gallhht private in the Cres cent Jlnginfont, and' died in defence of his country against tho'hireling invn lera whom the husband of his sister, Abrnlmiii Lincoln, sent to desolate our country, ahd dhlionor our people. Formal ton res by* m llbnseiLoawes ami tlie Van Wyck Coinißillic sustained, ■ ¥i ' Notwithstanding the violent, ■virulent and systematic that have, been made by the champions of official fraud, up'on Messrs. Van AVtck, Dawev.Washburne, Holman, and others of the Committee upon Army con tracts, the House of Representatives' on the 30th ult, adopted several of the resolutions of Censure by large majorities. One of these requests the Secretary of the Treasury to re duce the price of the rejected carbines sup plied to General FREMENt, through Siilon Stevens, from twenty-two dollars and fifty cents to twelve dollars and fifty cents. Al though this cuts down the profits of the Spec ulation to a largo extent, the House has been still quite liberal, seeing that the Govern ment had sojd those very carbines but a month or iw6 before this brilliant transaction for three dollars and fifty cents each. This resolution was adopted by a vote of one hun dred and twenty to twenty-eight. The resolution of Mr. Holman, censuring Simon Cameron, was adopted by a vote of seventy-five.to forty : fivo, and is plain enough to speat for itself. Hero it is : lieubhed. That Simon Cameron, late.Secre retiiry of War, by investing Alexander Cum liirfcS with the control of largo surnsof pub lic money, artd authority to purchase military supplies without rostrbtion.'witliimt requir ing from him any guarantee for tlie faithful performance of his duties, when the services of competent public officers vvere available ; and by Involving Liic Government in a vast number'of contracts' With persons not legiti mately engaged hr the” business pertaining to the subject matter of such contracts, especial ly in the purchase-oftAßnsforfutilfc delivery, has adopted a policy highly, injurious to the public service, and deserving The censure of this House. The following is the veto- by which this resolution was adopted: Yeas —-Messrs. Aldrich, Alien, Ancona, •Daily (Pa..) Baker, Biddle, Blair (M 0.,) Blair (Va.,) Brown (11. I.) Buffington. Cul vert, Casey, ■ Clark,'-Clemente,. Gobi), Frede rick A Oonkling, Corning, Cox, Urisfiold, ■Crittenden, Cutter, Dawes, Delano, Dunlap, Dunn, English, Gooch, Grider, Hall, Hauolb ett; Harding, Harrison, Holman, Horton, Kerrigan, Mailroy, May, Menzies; Mitchell. Morrill (Vt.,) Morris, Nixen, ■ Noble, Nuell, Norton, Nugent, Odell, Patton, Pendleton, Perry, Pike, Richardson, B ibinson, Rollins (N. H.,j Rollins (M 0.,) Shiel, Sin th, Steele (N. Y.,)'Steele (N, J..) .Stratton,' Thomas (Mass'..) Thomas (Md„) Train, Vallandig hairi, Yerree, Vihbard, A r ourheos, AYalton; Wood and AVoodruff-sTo. 'NavST-iMossrs; Arnold; Bob-it, Beaman. Bingham, Blair (Pa..) Bake. .Barn ham, Camp bell, Chamberlain, Colfax, Risooe Conkling, Duel), Egerton, Eliot. Ely, Fessenden, Fran-, cliot, Frank;' Ghioilivin, Haight, Hooper, Hutching; Julian, Kellogg (Mich.,) Kellogg (III.;) Effnsing, Lolinmn, Lovejoy, McPher son, Moorhead, MorHll (M 0.,.) Rice (Mo.,)’ Riddle, Sargeant; Sedgewick, Shanks, Shef-, field, Shellabarger, Stevens, Trnmlile, Town-' bridge, A r an Valkcnburgh, AYall, AA'aUnoc ahd White (Ind.) —43. Of the yeas twenty-eight are Republicans, and the balance Democrats and Union men. The nays are all .’.Republicans, with the ex ception of Messrs Haight, Lehman and Shef field. A largo majority ol the Republican members' were against the adoption of the resolution. All the Republican members from Pennsylvania who voted at nil,'.voted, against the resolution ; but tlie majority of them dodged.- Thpse who ventured to-place their qanfes are Messrs.'Babb itt, Blair, OampbdK, McPherson, Moorhead and.Stcverts—live but of nineteen.' ... Ae if to give’peculiar emphasis to this vote of censure, the House immediately afterwards rejected a resolution censuring Secretary 1 Welles for the employment of George. D. Mor gan, in the purchase of-vessels, by a vote of yeas forty-five, nays seventy ; two. , This dis crimination in favor of Mr. AVolles may he accounted for from the fact that die is still in office, with patronage, to distribute, while Mr. Cameron is out of office, and has no more fa vors to dispense Senator DorfStab' Opinion of Senator Sunnier. • Ifthere wasany mantliatlhelanieritodSena tor Douglas regarded with abhorranco, it was Senator Sumner of Massachusetts. Hero is a portrait that he drew of him in debate in 1854. Addressing himself to him ho. said: “ Is there anything in the means by which he got hero to give.him a superiority over other gentlemen who came hyordinary moans? Is there anything to justiiy It in the fact that lie game hero with a deliberated avowal that he would never obey • one clause of the Constitution of the; United Slates, and yet put his hand upon the Holy B ble, in the presence of this body, and appealed to the Almighty God to witness that ho would be faithful to the Constitution, with a pledge of perjury on his soul, by violating both "that oath and the Constitution? Ho came here with a pledge to perjure himself as the condi tion of eligibility to the place. Has he a right arraign us because wo felt it to be our du ty to bo faithlulto that Constitution which In disavows, to that oath which ho assuiuos and. then repudiates ? Tito. Senate have hot forgotten the debate on the Fugi tive Slave Law, when that Senator said, in reply to a 1 question whether ho, was in favor of carrying into afihet that clause of the Con stitution for the rendition of fugitive slaves : “ Is thy servant a dog,.that he should do this thing?” A dog, to be true to the Constitu- tion of your country ? A dog, unless you are a traitor? That was bis position ; mid sldt ho comes here, and arraigns ns lor crime, and, talks about audacity 1 D,d mortal matt ever witness such audacity in an avowed criminal ?-’ BIT* Eleven Illinois regiments have voted on die now Constitution of that State, and ol tfie whole number of votes cant there were only sixty against it.— N, Y. I Valid. Tins new Constitution profiibits . negroes from entering the State. The experience of the Illinois regiments in lighting the rebels does not seem to’ have had the effect of in creasing their attachment to the negro. As some of the Abolitionists’ already deny to the States of that privilege' ot controlling their own domestic institutions, we may ex pect to hoar them pronounce the Illinois Con stitution null and void. True Patriotism. —The following item is sent to us by n Indy, and its authenticity may bo relied upon; A patriotic boy, whoso mother wrote and asked him if he did not want to return homo, replied—•“ I enlisted for three years, and shall no|, come homo until my time expires, unless lam sent ill my coffin.” This patri-, otic boy is but twelve years old, and is aidrum mer in one of the Pennsylvania regiments. lie is the youngest son of Gen. John W. Geary. Wheu such sentiments as those animate oven our boys, wo cannot wonder that victory, greets our triumphant arms in every battle. Jt®*lt is said that some mothers are grown so affectionate that they give their children chloroform previous to whipping them. . . From, tho Harrisburg Telegraph—May 5. The Mysterious Disappearance Case— Further Particulars. —Wo allude in last Thursday evenings’ Telegraph, to tho fact that a young man, an apprentice to tho baking business, had suddenly disappeared from the city under vbry mysterious circumstances ; that lie was last seen on tho Harrisburg bridge; going in tho direction of Cumberland county by a “female acquaintance,” to whom, in reply to a question, ho intimated n design lo destroy his jife. The story as we heard it related boro such an appearance of plausibil ity, and desiring to ascertain all tho particu lars, wo immediately ret about to discover the whereabouts of tho “female acquaintance,” and after several hours hunt, fortunately d:s covored her in tho pe. son of a highly respec table and intelligent young lady from Mechan icsbiirg, Cumberland County, who at tho time was on a visit to. Some, friends in this city.— She corrected our previous sta'tament that she was an “acquaintance” of the young man.— On the contrary, she was a perfect stranger to him, and to her knowledge had never seen him before.- At pur request, the Indy pre pared for us a paper containing a narrative of tho •whole transaction, which wo publish below, only bmmittiug tho signature: MEcii’ANicihuito, May 2, 1862. Mr. Editor At the request of my nunler i us friends and acquaintances in Harrisburg, I pen the following particulars of a meeting itnd Conversation that occurred between my self and a young man,,who’s mysterious dis appearance was notiolß in yesterday’s paper. The paragraph said, “an acquaintance met him.” I contradict it. lie was a perfect stranger to myself. I had proceeded but a very short distance into tho bridge from the Cumberland side when I was accosted by the voice of a man from tho opposite, sidewalk,’ calling.—‘‘Young lady, stop!” Thinking he was someone that meant an insult, I walked briskly to get out of his Vray; when he fol lowed- me, and called again'in' a'faltoring voice ~y“Oh 1 won’t you' stop ?" I did stop; when his first words weTo, “You are going to the city. Do you know a certain young la 'y?” (mentioning her name.) “Will you hoar a message to her, and one to my dear mbrlier?” At the recital he' wept .bitterly, saying— “ Toll my mother I love her dearly; tell her I am leaving my hobie and the city forever; tell her I died happy in the thought that my troubles would soon have an end; tell her to meet mo in another land.” Ho appeared to be in tho deepest distress. .Ho said he loved the lady dearly, and.-for her -ho'would djo.— l Ho also said a few words concerning his lath er, when he again wept; and I wept with hint. I used every endeavor to persuade him to con-, aider what he .was doing, itnd not rush his soul before his God uncalled .for. I tidd him his troubles were' only fora little while on earth ; but if he took his own life, they would be to qll eternity. He replied he knew my admonitions were good; but, under the pres ent circumstances, he could not heed them, and in a sandy bed in the river there was more repose than on any other, He contin ued,.“ Cun I rely dp you ns a lady, and. on your, word, to deliver those messages ?’’ 1 en treated of him not to do what ho was going to do, and not send mo with such a distress- ing me.ss.igu to,his mother. He replied, “Tell her lam determined,” He told hie he wasa baker at RoumfoTt’s, that I would find his mother in, Fifth street—that her name was Eliza. , His name was 'Jacob G. Carper. Ho had nothing with hint but a small book, and a pencil in Ins hand.; had on light clothes; he 'appeared' rational in all his convrsaotioii. Lie ieft-me, when I called after him again to reason with him ;.but ho shook his hands, and seemed as much ns to say he did not want to hear, any more persuasion. His last words were, “Forget not your promise to toll my. mother-- -Farewell, my young friend ; jnuhhil I never meet any more.” He said he was not what 1,-perhaps, thought hini to he. “JTo, no; I have been raised well, and.have a pr. t ty good education.” I delivered my message; 1 done my duty in trying to persuade him not to rush his soul into eternity. My conscience is clear, but never do I want another message like this to cary to a distressed parent again. I met him on the 30th-of April, between the houirs of three and four p. M. .Respectfully, Up to this-morning the young man had not been beard from, and a strong belief exists in the minds of bis relatives that he has com mitted the rash deed- hinted at in the above communication. . : . Popular Mobs.' In speaking of-the recen t egging of Wen deli. Phillips and Mr. Samuel A'aAokl the N. Y. Herald, at the conclusion of a long ar tide, showing-tho change of sentiment from Abolition mobs, to mobbing Abolitionists, says; Abolitionism baa proved itself practically disunionlsm, and the people are beginning to fully appreciate this fact. The people see that the abolitionists furnished the rebel con-, spiratora'with the only pretext with which they could entice the South out of the Union. The people see that abolitionism is impossi ble witbout-disunion ; for the South is worth less without its slave labor, and without the South and its'nld institutions the Union is di vided and obsolete. The negroes are leaving the South by hundreds, and with them goes all Southern industry, capital, produce, com merce and wealth. The negroes are coming hero by hundreds, and with them come amal gamation, increased tuxes, crowded per hous es. surplus of black laborers, the substitution of blacks for whites in many departments of industry, and consequent distress, misery and starvation among our poor whites. The peo ple see that, bad as slavery may be, there is impossible way of getting rid of it just at present without the utter ruin of both North and Smith. Abolitionism lias, therefore, come tii mean simply the abolition of the coun try, and it is regarded as lar worse than even secession ; far that left us at least a North.— To neither the abolition of the country nor to that other extreme of disunion will the patri otic people listen for a single moment. They want the Uuion a-i it was. Since the success es of Odr armies the abolitionists are the only person's who stand in the way of this consu mation and so the people have declared that the abolitionists must beslleiioed'. They will mob abolition orators, as they mobbed peace orators, and suppress abolition orghns, as they suppressed peaca organs, until, ns before, the iMvernment takes its cue from the people and crushes out abolitionism, as it is crushing out secession and rebellion. This is the cause of the mobs agffinaf abo litionists, and this is the phll .sophy of these outbreaks. Lot those cirrtcorned take notice. X 7“ A Washington writer says that people who one mtmth ago had idniost lost faith in General McClellan 1 in consequence of what they suppose 1 to bo his alow movements, are now his moat earnest and warmest supporters.- The reason of this groat change in public sen timent is because the gauze veil of politics has been lifted up, exposing the deformity of the political movement against the Comman der of tho army of the Potomac. jj®*-Dr. Reilly, who was wounded at Pitts burg, by a Minio ball, says the sensation was similar to that of a smart blow. There is nothing of a piercing, cutting gr tearing pain, the swift missiles taking the .nerves en tirely by surprise, and deadening the adja cent parts before sensation con begin. Toe Rebels Retreating on all Sides— Evacuation of Yorktown. — TUc? Philadel phia Ledger, of Monday, (makes tho following sensible remarks: The' rebels ut Yorktown havb done what Cornwallis tried, to do, but failed. Finding their position booomingun toudble-, in consequence of the skilful siogd operation's of McClellan; they silently and se- Wy evacuated Yorktown qn Friday night, ng a largo amount of guns and camp i equipage behind them, and. the National forces now occupy Yorktown without n fight. This bloodless victory will probably bo the occasion of some more flings at Gen.' M’Clel ' lan in Congress, by those* who estimate re sults in war by tho amount of blood which ■ they cost, and not by their strategic impor-, tance. But the abandonment of this strong hold, which has been fortified more formida bly than any place which they can retreat to, and which has been attended with - such a loss'of war material to the rebels, is one of the highest coifipliments to the skill of the Union Commander; and a certain proof that they dread an encounter with him more than with any other General of our forces. The retreat proves that Richmond is to be aban doned to its fate, for at no place this side of that city can ns successful a defence bo made as at Yorktown. The flight of the rebel Con gress, a few da s ago, from Richmond, was only a precursor of what tho army before ’ Yorktown intended to do.. The flight of both Congress and the army is n plain cofossion that the rebels find th’dmselves unequal, to the task of defending themselves,' according to their long-matured plans, and have now to change their whole policy and positions before the victorious armies of the Government. This sudden movement of the rebels seems to have originated in something like a panic, from the confusion everywhere visible in their camp. If it „vere not for this manifest fright, and the abandonment of so much war materi al, we might infer that their intention in falling back was to strike* .with a'much su perior force, some nneof the separate columns of the finny of tbo Potomac, either McDowell’s or Banks’, or by crossing James rivcfciw'fall upon Burnside. To do this they might leave their heavy sqige guns bhind, but they Could scarcely abandon and destroy so much other material. . Whatever, their motives may bo, the close pursuit by M’Clellan, which immo-. diatoly commenced, will prevent their accom plishing much beyond a disorderly retreat, demoralizing to their army and disp : rt'ing to their cause. Having i-ailroad lines of com munication behind them, they will bo able to m -vo.faster than their pursuers, every step of \v hose progress will be retarded by burned bridges and damaged roads. The complete '.possession now of, York river will greatly fa cilitate tho pursuit, fu a largo body of troops can be transported up that river, ard thrown behind tho rebel retreating force, if. they go by land, or may iriterjmse themselves between the rebels and Froderickburg. preventing any bidden surprise of McDowell.- West: Point, where tho troops have been shipped to, is on ly between thirty, and forty miles from Rich mond, and a railroad connects the two places. The Piltsbnr? Landing. Battle, Cincinnati,, May 2, — Tim Commercial has .from its correspondent witlf Gen. TlalleelPs army the following official figures of oiir loss at the Imttle of Pittsburg Landing-: Gen. McClernand’s Division—Killed 251 Wounded 1351 Missing 230 Gen. W. 11. L. Wallace’s Com—Killed 228 , Missing 1163 Gen. Low. Wallace’s Corn'd—Killed 43 Wounded 257 Missing 5 Gen. Ilurlburt’s Command—Killed! 313 Missing -j223 Geri. Sherman’s Command—Killed 437 Wounded 1402 ; Missing 482 Gendral Prentiss’ Commander-Killed 196 ’ .Missing, 1802 Gen; Crittenden’s Command—Killed 80 Wounded 410 General Nelson’s douimand—-Killed 93 - Wounded &I 2 • Missing 10 General McCoot's ConJinand—Killed 94 Wounded 800 i Missing 4 1735 7882 395 G Total killed Total wounded Total missing Total killed, wounded and missing About 300. of the wounded have since d od. . Oiir burial parties report that between 2500 and 3000 rebels have been fouud doad'ou the field. . ■ • .The Union Mrn of Kentucky and Democratic Victories in tile Norlli. The staunch and reliable Union men of Ken tucky hail with peculiar pleasure the victo ries, the Democracy lire achieving in the local andmuriipical elections in.the. North. Hear what their able and reliable organ, the Louis ville Democrat, says in a late number: “Wo rejiiipo .to see that throughout the North the Democrats or Conservatives are winning victories no less important to..the peace of the' country than, thosp. gained by bloody battle's in the South. The triumph, therefore, of the Northern Democracy ,is it J sell 'a triumph of the Constitution. It is a guarantee to the people in the revolted States that their rights and immunities will ho pre served. Instead of threatening them : with the domination of a powerful section, mad with insane ideas, it offers, under the shelter of .the Constitution, peace, justice and se curity. '. “ Eventually the ultras of each section will be compelled to crompromise upon this basis. Each will learn, through blond'and suffering,, that their vain theories cannot bo carried but. The two antagonisms.must bo conquer ed, .or an eternity of battles cannot give peace. “Just at present, when it would bo false to deny the darkness of our political condition, as shown i.. the acts, of the Presi dent a. calmer feeling in the people come with .peculiar gratefulness. It strengthens us in the belief that, whatever pollution there may be in.the streams, still the great fountain of authority runs pure and clear,’’ An Abolition Patriot. —The notorious Lovejuv. a Black Republican Congressman from Illinois, in a recent speech on the floor of Congress, used the following language; “I take the position that either Slavery nr the Republic must perish. I toll the gentlo mau from Kentucky, (Mr. Crittenden,) and ail other defenders of the system and those who cry themselves hoarse in attempting to throw the protection of the Constitution ar ound this destroyer of the Republic, that there is. no city of refuge. We are bound to strike the mOnster and gentlemen need not cry out ‘‘tlie Constitution!” lor its defence. It shall bo slain, “in the name of My country and my God.” According to this abolition oracle, the war is not to bo conducted for the restoration of the Union, hut for.the'destruotiun of Slavery, lie would rather see tho Union perish than Slavery survive. JSf* A happy state of ignorance in regard to the real progress of the war doubtless pre vails in many portions of the South.. Tho character, purposes, and power of tho loyal States have boon so much misrepresented by the rebel loaders that tho masses of tho people in many sections are really under tho impression that the rebel cause has thus far been grandly successful. ■ THE WAS NEWS. Official from General McClellan. Evacuation of Yorktown! PURSUIT OF THE ENE .JY ! DISP ATCH FROM COM. DUPONT From Corinth—lts Supposed Evactß lion ! stable Capuire of Tamm, Florida! 1 * The Late Fight at Bridgeport, Alabama! OFFICIAL DISPATCH FROM GENFR-ir- JM'CLELLAN—EVACUATION Op YORKTOWN. Fortress Monroe, May £ Yorktown was evacuated by the rebels last night, and our troops, now occupy the ene-’ my’s works. A large amount ofciimpenuin-’ ago and guns, which they could not destroy' for fear of being seen, word left behind. J Headquarters Ariit of the Potomac 1 . , Slay 4—9 o’clock, a. ji. ’ | To the Son. E. JIT. Stanton, Secretary of War i Wo have the enemy's ramparts, their guns' ammunition, camp equipage, &e,; and'hold entire line of his works—the engineers report as btiing very strong. I have thrown all my cavalry and horse artillery in pur suit, supported, by infantry. I move Gen. Franklin’s division, and as much more ns I eai , by water, up to West Point to-dav. No time snail be lost. Our gunboats have gone up pfork river. I omitted to state that Gloucester is also in our possession. 1 shall pursue the enemy to the wall. (Signed) . G. B'. M’CLELLAN, FROM GOTUNTH—ITS SUPPOSED EVA-’ Chicago, May 3. The Memphis Argus of the 29th ult. has die following dispatches Corinth, April 28.—Beauregard is moving" largo bodies of troops ,soiithw«rd.>oine go by rail, others afoot. Few have gone west. It is generally understood he is evacuating, though ho declines answering questions, .and suva President Davis understands his movement’s. Corinth April 28. — Purdy was evacuated last night, and since been .burned. Every building is said to be destroyed. The Yan kees are moving in that direction. Our out posts had askinnish with their advance e'aidy this morning.cnpturingsixty prisoners, riiolud ing nine commissioned officers, Fort Wriciit, April 28 There has been no change in affairs hero since Saturday. The steamers and gunboats from below have arrived. The Yankee fleet has moved up 1 stream, and is how lying opposite Osceola. ex cepting their mortars, which still keep up their firing. . DISPATCH FROM COMMODORE DU PONT. ■ . Washington, May 3. The following dispatch was received at the Navy Department to-day : , - . Wounded 1033 Fi.ao Ship Wabash, T Portßovai. Harbor, April 28. j. Sir ; I have just time this morning before the departure ol the Susquehahnah to inform the Department oltho arrival hero of the Reb el steamer Isabel Ella Warley, in charge of Lieutenant Wilson and a prize crew, site hav ing been captured by the St. Jago Do.Gnba, Commander Kidgely, one hundred miles north of Abaco’. She. is deeply loaded with Enfield, rifles, and has, it supposed, rifled cannon in her fore hole, which has hot yet been examin od. t Those arms were, takoh on- board,' of course, at one of the' neutral Colonies off our " coast. ■ ' "~r-~ -- ' Wounded 1449 Wounded 502 lam informed by Lieutenant Wilson that the St.Jagn Do Cuba discovered and chased the Nashville,'but the latter was much to swifi for her. The Nashville' also had anus on board for the Rebels, intending, to rntt the blockade if possible. Very respectfully, your obedient.servant. . S. F. DUPONT, Flag Officer, Commanding S nth Atlantic Blockade. PROBABLE CAPTURE OF TAMPA, FLO RIDA. . Baltimore, May 3. A'Richmbnd paper contains the following:' Savannah, April 22.—The post bill from 'ampa, Florida, lias the following announce-, tent endorsed on it: . • “ Tho 'commander of the blockading firsjj within two miles of Tampa has sent a boat here, and. ordered the town to surrender or be bombarded. Major Thomas replied. Comp on, then 1 , and take us, I shall not surrender.” BRILLIANT AFFAIRS IN ALABAMA, Bridgeport; Ala., April 29. Generil'LMitehcl ntta kod the force, of Gen eral E. Kirby Smith at this point this after noon, and after half an hour’s rout ed them, with the loss of 63 killed and a largo number wounded. Three hundred prisoners ard two pieces of artillery were taken. The rebels (led across tho 'bridge; burning a span beyond tho island, abandoning arms- and supplies, and 1 cutting off their advance, which had been flanked. Official from Gen. }l’Clella»< Washington, May 5- The following has been received attheVis l Department: Headquarters Armt op the Potomac, 1 May' 4—-7 r. u. ■ J To Hon. E. M. Stanton. Secretary of War: . Our cavalry and In rso artilery .came up with the enemy’s rearguard in their oiitrench ments about two miles this side of Williiniis hnrg. A brisk fight ensued. Just as my aid 1 left, Smith’s divis on of infantry arrived on the ground, and I presume curried his work through, I have not yet heard. The enemy’s rear is strong, but I have force enough up there to answer all purposes. Wo have thus far seventy-one heavy guns, largo amountof tents, ammunition, oto. All along the lilies their works prove to have been most formida- ble, and I urn now fully satisfied of the cor rectness of the course I have pursued.’ The success is brilliant, and you may rest assured that its effects will bo of the greatest impor tance. There shall be no delay in following up.the rebels. The rebels have boon guilty of the most murderous and barbarious conduct in placing torpedoes within the abandoned works, near wells, near springs, near flag-staff, magazines telegraph offices, in carpet bags', barrels of flour, etc. Fortunately wo have not lost many mon in this manner—some four or five kill®*' and perhaps adozen wounded. I slinirmnlo* the prisoners remove them at their own peril (Signed,) T 7" CosiMiiDiiiiE Foote's wound will proba bly disable him from service for an he is coming homo. Ilis successor will 0 one of the ablest men in the Navy— possiby Captain Charles 11. Davis, who in command to Dhpnont in the Port expedition. No man during the war won a higher fume, both fir. galhintry-®" prudence,'than the noble Coniihodoro o Western jjun-boats,' Mjor General CUATION. G. B. M’Cleli.an, Major General.
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