AMERICAN. VOLUNTEER.
JOHW B. BRITTON. Editor & Proprietor.
CARLISLE, PA., JULY 24 r . 1862,
O U ft FLAG
"Forever foat that standard sheet!
IFhere breathes the foe hut falls before us!
With Freedom’s soil beneath our feet, »
And Freedot/i’s banner waving o'er us T”
ilcuiucratic iSlaleTickcl.
POR AUDITOR GENERAL
JSAAG SLENKER,
. 'ONION COUNTY. .
FOR SURVEYOR GENERAL
-JAMES P. BARE,
PITTSBURG.
WAR MEETING,
The citizens of Cumberland county are re
quested to meet at the Court House in the
borough of Carlisle, on Tuesday nest, the
•29th inst., at 11 o’clock, A. M-.; to take into,
consideration the possibility of recommending
to the Comity Commissioners the payment of
n bounty, out of the funds of the county, to
such as may volunteer in defence of the Union,
Constitution and laws, to mcet.fho requisition
of the President of the United States.
July 24; 1862.
[Signed by forty citizens.]
DEMOCRATIC STANDING COSH IT TEE,
The Democratic Standing Committee is re
quested to meet at Martin’s Hotel, in Carlisle,
on Saturday the 2d day of August, 18G2, at
10J olclook, for the . purpose of making ar
rangements for the ensuing election.
July 24, 1802.,
JKaT" Absence from home prevented us hav
ing any. supervision over the columns of our
■last paper. . Innumerable and- vexatious er
rors nppeared in the leading editorial article,
and indeed in nearly all the articles in the
paper. Suchaccidents aro annoying to us as
.they must be to the reader. Editors', however,
like most other men, must at times leave home
and office, and we hope therefore,our subscri
bers excused the foolish blunders in our last.
Dwelling Destroyed by Eire. —Wo re
gret to learn that the fine dwelling house
owned and occupied by Mr. George D.
Craighead,. South Middleton township, was
totally destroyed by fire on Saturday night
fast. The women, of the family had been
. ironing clothes, and retired to hed at a late
hour, leaving a hot fire in the stove. The
fire originated in the kitchen, but whether
froin the stove-pipe or from coals falling from
the stove, is not known. The flames were
under, full headway before the family were
roused from sleep, and everything- in. the
house except the piano and a few pieces of
furniture was consumed. Wo presume Mr.
. D. had his house insured;.
. Burglars About. —On Sunday night last
the clothing store of our neighbor, Mr. Abra
ham Lehman, (South Hanover street,} was
entered by burglars and, robbed Of made-up
clothing to the amount 6f SlOO or §l5O. Tho
robber or robbers effected an entrance into
the shop by cutting a piece out of tho back
window shutter large enough to admit tho
hand and push back tho bolt. The window
was. then hoisted, and the rascals entered
the shop and,helped themselves to ns much
as they could carry off. A few pieces of
the stolen ■ garments , wore found' hanging
ou a fence in-the Eastward tho next morn
ing. It is supposed the thieves found, their
load, too heavy and had to drop a portion of
it. Mr. Lehman' is a poor man, and the loss
lie has sustained is no small matter to him.—-
We. hope the robbers may be detected and
punished.
CSajrnEar.AND County Ahead.-—John Gut
suall, Esrp, County Treasurer, last week
paid into the State Treasury §38,040 27, the
full amount of our State tax for the year
1862. Well done, old mother Cumberland.
Our County Commissioners and County Treas
urer are deserving of high commendation for
their activity, in thus paying off our indebt
edness to tho State, and saving tho abate
ment. .
'Wounded and. a Prisoner. —Wo rogrot to
learn that our townsman, William M. Bid
dle, Esq., of the 4th Pennsylvania cavalry,
was among the wounded In ono of the battles
before Kiohmond, and after receiving, his in
jury was taken prisoner. lie was acting as
Battalion Adjutant during the battle. What
the nature ot his wound is we have not ascor
tained., He is now ip Richmond.
Casualties in Co. 11., Ist Reo. P. R. C. —
Lieut. John Waggoner* of the abovo compa
ny (.Capl. Dwin,) writes to us from “ Camp
near Hartisou’s Landing,” giving us the fol
- wing iat of tho killed, wounded and 'miss
ing of that company:
Eight at MeehamosviUe, Juno -2G—Corpo
ral John A Blair Wm Donley, J o l, n P l>.
Fritz, wounded ; Henry Miller wounded and
taken prisoner ; Wm. Quigley died ot wounds
the day after the battle.
Fight on the 27lh.—Lieut. Joseph Stuart
killed.
' Fight on the Frederick
Morrison killed; Henry Leas, Alexander
CTree, Samuel Baker, David Ginghor, Israel
String fellow, wounded ; Alfred Graham,
Coined Whitman, Henry Kelly, wounded,
"■it-'J supposed to be taken prisoners ; Samuel
Wolf and William. Watson missing, and, it is
believed, taken prisoners,.
Senator Doolittle, in his speech in tho IT.
S. Senate, afowdhys since, said, among other
foolish things; that “ho wanted to subju
gate tho South, destroy the present citizens,
free their slaves, and re-people those States
o with a new people." Sol Then wo suppose
Senator D. and the crazy fanatics who act in j
concert with him have made up their minds
that this war is to bo continued during tho
present generation, at least. Wild
ionary ns Doolittle is, wo believS ho speaks
the sentiments of a majority of his party. It
appears to bo tho settled policy of-the Repub
licans to prolong hostilities; they have no
other policy that wo can see. By declaring
the objects'of the war to bo tho subjugation
of the South, the confiscation of all South
ern. property, and freedom to the four mil
lions of slaves, is it reasonable to suppose
the South will ever yield ? The restoration
of the Union has been lost sight of by tho Re
publicans, if r indeed, they evordcsireddts res
toration; Why is this? Wore the rebels
right—did they speak the truth —when they
declared, more than a year ago, that tho ob
ject of the North was not the restoration of the
Union, but “ the subjugation of the South, and
the emancipation of her slaves?" Was the
traitor Davis right when ho used this lan
guage? And when, fourteen months ago,
the Ndrth was successfully appealed to for
troops to fill the ranks of the Union army, “to
defend and maintain tho supremacy of tho
Constitution and-to preserve the Union, with
all tho dignity, equality, and rights of the sev
eral States uhituparod," was the declaration
thus announced a fraud and a lie ? Wo hope
not. For the honor of our once happy coun
try, we trust our obj ect was truthfully declared,
and that it was Jeff. Davis who lied, and
not the people of the North
But, Senator Doolittle, in Iris speech
brands the people of the North as falsifiers,
for Via says our object in waging war against
the rebels is not for the restoration of the
Union, but to appropriate their real and per
sonal property to ourselves, and to free their
slaves 1 And no Senator replied to this infa
mous declaration ; on the contrary, according
to a Washington letter writer, Sumner, Wade,
Wilson, Wilmot -and others “smiled and
nodded assent." What President Lincoln’s
views are-on the subject, no one can. tell.—
Whether lie agrees with Doolittle and the
extremists, or whether ho favors a resto-
ration of the Union, is a profound secret-.
With the exception of his foolish and im
practicable emancipation scheme—purchas
ing the negroes and taxing’the people, to pay
for them—he has indicated no policy. When,
in the history of the world, was a war carried
on without the object for which it was waged
was declared 7 True, Congress a year or
more ago did declare that the restoration of
the Union was the only object of tho war, hut
the late - Congress, composed of the same mem
bers, repudiated the declaration of tho former
session. What then are we fighting for 7 We
hope it is to compel the rebels- to recognize
.the Union, the Constitution, and the rights of
E. Cornual',
Chairman,
the several States. The President should at
onee’sottlo this question by a proclamation
declaring thoqbjects of tho war. Lothimsay,
in his ofilial' character, that the Union must
and shall be. restored, and that as soon as
that object is accomplished the “ war ought to
cease," and the 300,000 additional volunteers
for, which he has called, will speedily rush to
the standard of their country. Let ds have a
policy—an object—and let that policy or ob
ject bo openly declared and adhered to. Let
the rebellion be crushed, and then if. the crazy
abolition fools want to agitato the questions of
emancipation; negro equality, Sic,, we- will
have time to discuss and settle them.
“ Small Notes.”-
that we persistently fought against the-issue
or circulation of notes under the- denomina-
tion of five dollars, insisting, that they, would
drive all specie out of circulation. What has
been the result? Scarcely-a gold dollarhas
been scon for months past—silver is extreme
ly difficult to obtain—both are at a premium
of from 12 to 20 cents—(which, by-the-way,
I means only that paper money is that muoh
below par)—and now many of tho municipal
corporations of yankoodom, New York, Now
Jersey, and even of Pennsylvania, are propo
sing to issue othcr“small notes”.in denomi
nations of from 10 to 50 cents each. Individ
uals will then soon be at it too. What bless
ings Republican success and Republican
schemes luivo brought and are bringing upon
us t
Nothing from. the. Seat op War. —Wo are
without any reliable news from-either, of tho
several-departments of the army fora week
or ton days past. Active operatic is seom to
bo suspended for tho present on both sides.
It may bo that this stato of things is only tho
calm which precedes tho storm, and that the
dark cloud, surcharged with death and des
truction, will suddenly hurst in some locality
where least expected. The public mind Ims
been in a-feverish state of suspense over since
the great battles before Richmond, and, we
fear it will remain so until something effectu
al accomplished by our armies in tlio-flold.
Congress adjourned finally on Thursr
day, for which the country may bo thankful.
Except: the passage of the necessary Appro
priation bills, fow. of its acts have been wise
of beneficial. Prompted as they wore, by
the most extreme partisan fooling, and in
disregard of constitutional limitations, they
will tend rather to add fuel to the fire of the
rebellion that is raging, than taaid inits-sup
pression.,
Death-op a Pennsylvania Colonel. —Col.
Thomas A. Ziegel.of the 107th Pennsylvania
Regiment, died at Warronton, Va., on Tues
day last, after a few hours’ illness, of bilious
dysentery. Colonel Ziegol was from York
county, Pennsylvania, where ho had a largo
circle of warm friends. Ho was for many
years the commander of the Wortii Infantry,
a company which was equal in drill to the
famous Ellsworth Zouaves.
Nine Months’ Recruits.—Wo learn that
on era of squads and companies for nine
nmntbs service will. he-ocooptod at Harris
es’. Bus reduet,on of to, ra 0 f enlistment,
with increased bounty-at least equaVto that
offered by adjoining States—will add greatly
to the number of rooruita furnished by Penn
sylvania under tho now requisition...
LET A POLICY BE DECL.tBED.
’ —Our readers are aware
TUB • BBPUBLICAN CONVENTION'
Assembled at Harrisburg on the 17th, and
.was presided over by the renegade Democrat,
Judge John 0. Knox, (Abolitionist,) of Phil
adelphia. The; virtuous John W. Fornev
whs one 6f the Vioo Presidents, and Morton
M’Michael, Esq., was ohairmah of the com
mittee on resolutions. Thqhas E. Cochran
(thoprosentincumbont) was nominated for Au
ditor General, and' Wm. S. Ross, of Luzerne
county, for Surveyor General.
The resolutions ndoptedvby this piebald
conclave of corrupt politicians are as weak as
they are non-committal, and Morton M’Mi
chael must have blushed■ (for he is a man of
talent,) when ho read, them to the Convention.
General bpproval of the Stole and National
Administrations ; professing to 11 forget party
names ond distinctionsdeprecating armed
interference with the affairs of this country
by foreign powers; eulogising our brave
troops ;■ and last but not least, approving the',
course of that miserable Abolition demagogue
and secessionist, Senator Dave Wiluot, is the
sum total of the resolutions. Not a word on the
subject of the recently exposed gigantic frauds.
Not a word of approval-of the President’s
grand emancipation scheme, Not . a word
concerning the arming of the negroes. Not
a word about Hunter’s negro army. Not a
word about Fremont’s proclamation. Not a
word in favor of economy in our expenditures
—of course not! Not a word in approval of
the.passage of the Tax Bill. In line, not a
word about any of the great questions recom
mended by the President or passed by Con
gress. ~ 1 - .
Professing to-discard party and to speak
for the “ people," these politioalimouhtehanks
gave tho lie direct to their professions by paas
ihg, without a dissenting voice* a resolution
laudatory of Wilmot, who, it is well known,
is one-of the bitterest and most unscrupulous
Abolition partisans in the U. S. Senate or in
the State. Daring the late session of that po
litical lazar-hquse, the Senate, he voted and.
acted with Sumner, Wade, Lane and other ciis
unionists and traitors, and is andl has been
tho especial pet of Garritson, Phillips and
• their allies. Tho Convention insulted Senal
- tor Cowan (if indeed that body of curruption
, ; ista could insult anybody,) by passing hiin.
. over ir.-, silence. Mr. Cowan has pursued’ a
i straight-forward, independent, honest course
in the Senate—has voted for all war measures,
and as far ns possible lias discarded politics.
But because he refused to violate , his oath,
and to support every Abolition and unconsti
tutional measure introduced into the Senate
by Sumner and Wilmot, the professed no
party patriots composing the .Republican Con
tention had no word of approval to offer.—
What a commentary is this upon the hollow
professions of tlio party hacks, contractors
and expectants whoso brazen impudence in
duced.them to-assombleat Harrisburg in the
name of “ tho peoplo of Pennsylvania.” They
represented no part of. the people, but they
did represent the robbers of the Government
—the agitators and demagogues who assisted
to bring our.present troubles upon us—the cor -
morants who stay’at home to suck tho life-
blood from the heart of the nation. Every
rascal who has piled up his tens of thousands
by cheating the Government, was; there.
They arrived from all quarters, and hov
ered about the capitol like buzzards on.tho
scent of putrid food. It was a Convention of
odds and ends; and it would have been strange
indeed if such a body could see anything to
commend in ns honosta gentleman as is Sour
ator Cowan. They passed a tame resolution
in favor in Lincoln, but wo have been in
formed by “one who. knows," that tho Presi
dent had not ten sincere friends in the Con-
vention. They would have served him as
I they did-OoWAN had it not been for the pat
ronage anffstenlingsho-has to bestow..
Such was this- piebald- mixed, zebra-like
AYo almost forgot to say that
poor John Forney repeated his old thread
bare speech—abuse of his benefactor, Ex
; President Buchanan. His tirade was filthy,
■false;, vindictive,’ and exceedingly low, and
gave evidence of a debauched mimt and an
abandonment of everything like honor or dig
,nity„
Shinflasters.— We hear itwhispored-that
our Borough Counoilmen have it in contem
plation to issue a hatch of shinplastors .of the
denominations of 5, 10, 25, and 50 cents. We
know not whether tho rumor is true, bht if
such an idea is seriously entertained, we
would call the attention-of our Borougli au
thorities to the following law on the subject.
We copy from Burden's Digest, 1861, p. 94;
I incorporated body, public officer, as
sociation or partnership, or private individu
aly other than such as havo been expressly
incorporated or established for the purpose of
banking,- shall make, issue, re-issue or. circu
late any promissory note, ticket or engage
ment or credit in the nature of a bank note, of
any denomination or amount whatsoever, oth
er than such as have been issued by banks
lawfully and expressly established ; and from
nnd after tho Ist day of May next (Act of 22d
March, 181/) no such incorporated body,
public officer, association or partnership, shall
receive any such note, ticket, or engagement
of credit other than those above excepted, or
those made and issued by it or himself, on
under it or his immediate authority; and that
for the mere purpose of cancelling or destroy
ing tho same, under the penalty, in tho case
of a public officer, of ten dollars, and in tho
case of a, corporation, association or partner
ship, fifty dollars for each and every note so
made, issued, re-issued, paid or received, to
bo recovered by any person or persons-suing
for tho same, before any alderman orjustice
of tho peace of this Commonwealth, as debts
under ono hundred dollars are by law recov
erable.^
Another law, passed in 1849, prohibits the
issue of shinplastors by municipal corpora
tions,. in the following section •.
“That if any officer or officers, agent or
agents of any municipal corporation within
this Commonwealth, shall bo instrumental in,
or consent to, or connive at tho making, issu
ing of any note, bill, obeck, ticket, certificate
of order, in the nature or similitude of a bank
note, or intended to be used as a currency,
ho shall bodeomed tobo guilty of a misde
meanor, and upon conviction thereof in any
court having jurisdiction of tho offence* shall
be fined in any sum not oxooeding-one thou
sand dollars for each offence, for the use of
tho country, and. bo liable to imprisonment
in the county jail for a term not exceeding
six mouths, at tho discretion of the court."'
■ CT - Jerome K. Boyei}, Esq,, former editor
of tho American Democrat of this place, was a
delegate to the lato Republican State Con
vention, at Harrisburg; Ho represented,, in
part, Schuylkill county.
OC?* Run, rain, tain 1 Bad- weather for for-
THE SIMMONS SWINDLE.
The country was startled, some time since,
by the announcement, based upon positive
proof, that a Senator in Congress had re
ooiyedthe.neatlittle bribe of FIFTY THOU
SAND DOLLARS for securing a good- fat
contract for one of his constituents. This
Senator was Mr. Simmons, of Rhode Island.
This fraud came to -light several .weeks ago,
and is even admitted by the parties concerned.
The matter was referred to a Committee, and
that Committee never reported 1 ■ Mr. Sim-
uons, who is a good Republican, is permitted
to retain and also the $50,000 bo
filohed'froin ,tbo Government I What are wo -
coming tool a flagrant abuse, of
official trust to go unrebuked? Is there-to
be'no stop put to the enormous frauds and
peculations going on in the Government ser
vice ? Now, when the resources of the coun
try are 1 strained to their utmost to prosecute
the war, and.ovory one, the poorest ns well ns
the richest, is called upon to mafcethe great
est sacrifices, the people do not feel disposed
to wink at such rascality as this ; and those
who,'elthet through the claims of party, or
from grounds-.of personal friendship, failed to
meet the issue fairly, will encounter a storm
of popular indignation, when they return to
their constituents, such as they will not be
able to withstand. Unless we intend to give
up all hope of a successful issue of the mo
mentous struggle in which, we are engaged,
we must set, our faces at once and forever
against this wholesale system of public plun
der,, which is' pervading so many depart
ments of our Federal Government.',
What are Wo a ooming to, wo repeat 1
Why was not Simmons promptly, expelled ?
Ah, the reason is evident. Had the Repub
licans expelled him he would have divulged
transactions that would have caused a shud
der to run through the people. He would
have let a very large cat out of the ting, and
informed the country that all or nearly
all the Republican Senators were os guilty
as himself, that they too had robbed
the Government just as he had robbed it.—
Xhey (the Republican Senators,) did not dare
to expel-Simhons* for ncarly.evory mother’sson
of them, had forfeited his-seat for similar frau
dulent villainies.
I la not thisi a- beautiful, state of affairs 7 The
Senate of the United Siates t in its official car
paciiy, recognizing a robbery perpelratectupon
ihc What-will other countries
think of us ?■ What will 'the world say 7
But, wait until the people have a chance to
speak, and iiTEV will say—down with the in
famous men and the infamous party guilty of
such dare-devil rascality .
The Present Attacked by the Radicals,
After signing the confiscation act, amend
ed its" accordance with his suggestions, Mr.
Lincoln sen t to Congress a veto message
which he h'adprepared to the original act.-
This message enumerated a number of consti
tutional objections, showing the reckless char
acter of raflical legislation.’ The President
evidently siht it to Congress after his appro
val of the Ijmended bill, as a rebuke to the
radicals-, gad that they so regard his action
is evident ’from the following bitter attack
upon him in tho 55- If., Tribune,
■ The President's Teto Message was entirely
uncxpeotcchand fell, like a wet blanket upon
his friends in both Houses of Congress, which
has gone further in compliance with his wish
es than ever did Legislature before for Ex
ecutive. The message was known to be in
existence, but it was supposed that its author
would commit it, tu the flames, after signing
the act. Thero-was even more dissatisfaction
than appeared on the surface.. Some of the
soberest Senators were unwilling to hear the
message read, and some of the President’s
most devoted friends in, the House-refused, to
listen to it.
No motion was made in the Senate to-print
it, and in the House it was Mr. Allen, of
Ohio, a deadly foe to every Kepublioan or
Administration measure, who made the mo
tion for the printing of extra copies, which
was defeated by the arrival, of the hour of ad
journment.. In the filibustering contest which
followed, John F. Potter and 'Chad. Stevens
led the opponents of this usual motion, who
wore in point of fact more numerous than the
votes indicate, and Mr. Wiokliffo, of Ken
ducky, figured at the head. of its . supporters.-
The leadership assumed by the latter gentle
man gave color to the suggestion which was
heard on all hands, to the effect that, in sehd
dng in themeasage, after the necessity for it
had been avoided by . the passage of a special
explanatory act, the President had consulted
Kentucky instead of the free North, although
the former had but a few hours before spumed
his olive- branch of gradual emancipation-.
Will our MbnEnlist, or Must we Draft?.
—Tho great anxiety of the people at largo
appears to bo that Pennsylvania’s qutoa of.
the 300,00 ft troops may be raised without
conscription, and there is no doubt but vvliat
it can he- done if the proper means are adopt
ed. Heretofore soldiers have in some instan
ces waited three or four months for their pay,
notwithstanding there is a small army of pay
masters following in their wake, while their
families wore suffering for the necessaries of
life. Give the soldier something to leave his
family—pay him promptly, and Pennsylva
nia will raise her quota without drafting.
Would it not be well for Governor Curtin
to convene' the Legislature, and recommend
tho passage of a bill offering a liberal boun
ty to every soldier as soon ns be enlists ? Penn
sylvania is as deeply interested ns any State
in tho Union in the speedy crushing out of
the rebellion. Wo can have no business, no
prosperity, so long as tho war is raging. The
sooner it fs ended the.better. It is neither
economy or humanity to prolong it an
hour,longer than can he avoided. Let Penn
sylvanians then, one and all, assist, by every
means in their power, to place our quota of
men in the field at.as early a day as possible,
so thot our difficulties may be ended, the lea
ders banished from our soil or executed, and
pence once more restored.
O The Address of Jeff. Davis to his ar
my is on extraordinary compound of false
hood and menace. Ue claims a great rebel
Victory atllichmond, and represents the Union
army ns far superior to his own, when the ac
counts from our army and those-off rebel pri
soners concur in establishing the fact that
.M'Olbm,an was outnumbered two to one.
t:
'ho boastful threat of an advance upon
Washington, contained in tho concluding
paragraph of the address, shows that the rob
ot leaders have not abandoned the idea of an.
aggressive war;. Idle as this menace may
seem, it should not bo disregarded, bat have
the effect of stimulating the people to renew
ed efforts in behalf of tho Government-
AN INFAMOUS ATTACK UPON GEN, M’CLEILAN.
The lost sot' speech delivered in the U. S.
Senate before. the -final adjournment, was
made by that semi-traitor, Chandler, of Mich
igan. It was an infamous, dastardly and
Cowardly attack upon Gen. M’Olellan. The
General at the. head of our legions was ac
cused. of cowardice, treachery and inootnpe
tency by this Abolition Senator, and this cru
sade against M’Clellan is aided by all the
leading Republican journals of the country.
Truly may it bo said M’Clellan "has a fire
in front arid a Arena, the rear.” From the
day he. assumed command of the army up to
this hour, the bounds of the Republican par
ty have been.yelping at his heels. Now that
he. is in front of the Rebel capital; covered
with the blood and smoke of seven desperate
battles,.; and'concocting plans for the last
deadly conflict, it was supposed by all decent
men and; by-nil patriots that the Abolition
hyenas would close their foul lips for a time,
and permit the General of our armies to go
on unniolestcdin his groat and arduous du
ties. But, hoi The Senate could not ad
journ without giving M’Clellan a parting
kick and n curse, and the besotted and beastly
Chandler was selected from the Republicans
Ito perform', this Inst treasonable work. Most
admirably did this coward eScoute his task ;
most admirably did, be.hurl'his billingsgate
language upon M’Clellan,, , “Sumner snig
gered! and- IVilmot smiled during; the deliv
ery of the speech 1" Of course I They are
enemies to their country, and wliy should
they not rejoice to see the captain of our hosts
slandered.in the U. S. Senate? No other
country on the face of’God’s earth would tol
erate, for, an hour, the like of this. Had
.Chandler, after finishing his speech, boon
dragged from the Senate chamber and behead
ed, we believe ninety-nine out of a hundred
of our loyal, people would have responded
Amen 1
Qor Candidate for iaditor General.
We transfer to our column, front, the Low
isburg Anjus, published’ in the Union coun-
■ ty, the following, showing the estimation in
1 which Mr, Slenker, the Democratic candi
• dote for Auditor General, is held at homo :
“It is needless for us to speak of tho un
-1 .tainted character of Mr. Slenker, the nomi
. nee-for Auditor General. The citizens of
Union and neighboring counties are well ac
quainted-with his high standing as a man of
talont and integrity, and as .an accom
plished lawyer. The large vote polled in his
favor during the recent Judicial contest, in
■this district, is a convincing exponent of tho
, great estimation in which be is held by the
citizens of this portion of the State, and will
serve as a powerful recommendation for him
to other districts. Wc feel confident that
every honest Uniqn-loving man who is ao
quainteck with his superior merits will give
him fu's vigorous an J earnest support, and to
.thosowho. do not.havo tho honor of a-person
al acquaintance with him, we would say, be
assured that ho is all, oven more than his
most ardent friends have represented him to
be ; sustain him, help us to place him in the
position for which tho Democracy and con
servative men of the State have nominated ■
him, and wo pledge you our honor that you
will find him a man capable for the responsi
bility and trusts worthy of the distinction,'and
am officer of whom all will approve. We are
sorry to see that ho has already been so
basely, so insufferably Blundered and villlfied
by nien .who claim to ho free of political pre
judices, national in their sentiments, and-de
voted to the Union cause. The citizens-,of
the district are acquainted with the disrepu
table schemes of these characters; and -vfill
disregard the vile inventions of their unprin
cipled minds.
What Hoes, Thte Sean-!
Thurlow Weed the publisher and editor of
the Albany Evening Journal, is known as the
inmotc, personal and political friend and par
tizan of Wji. 11. Seward, President Lincoln’s
Secretary of State. The following is from a
recent editorial of thfr Journal, What does it
mean? 4
“ The Chief Architects of Rebellion, be
fore it broke out, wore aided in their infer
nal designs by tho ultra Abolitionists of the
North. This was too true, for without such
aid the South could never have been united
against the Union. Bur for the INCENDI
ARY RECOMMENDATIONS wmon ren
dered the otherwise useful llelper Book,
a fire, brand, North Carolina could not have
been forced out of the Union. And even now,
TUB ULTRA ABOLITION PRESS AND- SPEECH
makers. Aßß AGGRAVATING THE HOR
RORS THEY HELPED TO CREATE, and
thus by PLAYING INTO THE HANDS OF
THE leaders of the Rebellion, arc keeping
down the Union men of the South and render
ing reunion difficult if not IMPOSSIBLE;”
Any such assertions or intimations as these,
would very lately,, have been denounced as
" treason" if uttered by a democratic press,
but coming from the source it does, tho faith
ful followers of the “ irrepressible conflict”
champion will take it ns all right.
A Letter from General Mate
After the long and. terrible suspense expe
rience here in regard- to tho fate of Gener
al McCall,wo have the gratification of stating
■that a letter has been received from him by
Mrs. McCall, saying that fie- is a prisoner in
Richmond and uninjured. Ho was struck
in the breast by aspont ball,the effects of which
were but temporary. The general also sends
word that he is quartered fur the present at
the “ Spotsivood House,” tho principal hotel
in Richmond, and-that thus far he hoe been
very kindly treated. Ilia capture is a source
of deep regret, but it. is indeed a source of
consolation to all his friends that he is safe
and cared for. Wo learn that his capture
was in this wise : he had posted one of the
regiments of his division in a particular lo
cality, and. during his absence it was moved
without his orders or knowledge. When he
returned from another part of the field the
place was occupiod'by a rebel regiment, and
it being dark lie rode into the midst of the
enemy, was sourrounded and carried to Gen
eral Leo’s headquarters as a prisoner of war.
West Chester Republican.
Libel Shit . —George Bergnek-, proprietor
of that infamous lying shoot, the Harrisburg
Telegraph, lias brought a suit of Hbol against
tho proprietors and editors of the Patriot &
Union! Perhaps there is no paper in this or
any ether State that deals in lies to the ex
tent of tho Telegraph. Its; editorials exhibit
no ability—no talent—but are brim-full,, day
in and day out, of tho most original and swel
tering falsehoods that overwore coined in tho
brain of man or dovil. There' is scarcely a
prominent Democrat in the State who has not
been libelled by that satanio sheet. It is as
full of venom-and'treason as a sick dog is full
of fleas. And because tho Patriot & Union
—an able nnd> dignified paper—has defended
itself against tile assaults of tho Telegraph,-
and exposed tho creatures and their masters
who hover about that concern, they must be
brought up on a libel suit I Got out. ye Hes
sians I
Tlie Bepnblicnn Candidates,
The wlr6*workers of the Republican party
had the candidates for Auditor General and
Surveyor General selected weeks ago, so
the Convention was spared the trouble of cast
ing about for available nominees. It will bo
recollected that several weeks since, the so
called Union Democrats of the last L'egisla
tars held a, meeting in Harrisburg.' This
mooting wos no doubt for the purpose of so*
looting d candidate for Surveyor General,
this office having been assigned them ns a
consideration far their eminent services to the
Republican party. The choice foil upon
Judge Ross, of Luzerne county, and he wan
consequently, nominated by: the Convention
on Thursday last., Hosea Carpenter, the
President of the secret midnight order called
tliod* Loyal League,” was in Harrisburgat the
time of this meeting ; and as he resides in
Luzerne county, it is fair to presume that ho
had a hand in the selection of Judge Ross,
and promised him the undivided support of
the order.. The secret bistory of the nomina
tion of Judge Ross would unquestionably be
enlightening-to the public, os well as to the
unsophisticated delegates to the Convention,
"who inhOciintly imagined.that'they came to
Harrisburg to select candidates, whereas they
wore only permitted to ratify selections long
since made by bargaining political leaders.
The nomination of Mr. Cochran for Audi-,
ditor General was a foregone conclusion. lie
is a bitter, uncompromising, party man, al
though he was defeated as a no-party candi
date for Judge in the York aad Adams dis
trict last, fall, and is now put forward ns a
candidate for re-election to the office ho holds
under no-party colors. - Asa public officer,
wo believe that he has discharged his duties
with fidelity. Wo have never heard a whis
per against either his capacity or integrity ns
Auditor General. Our candidate, Mr. Slenk
or, being also a man of the highest personal
character, the issue before the pcOplo is one
purely of political principle. Mr. Cochran
Ins the representative of.mdical principles,
and the editor of the special organ of Thad
deus Stevens in Lancaster county, and Mr.
Slenkor as the representative of Constitu
tional Democracy,.having for its motto — “ THE
Constitution as iris; the Union as it was.”
This is the. issue involved in the presenta
tion,of rival candidates to the public.
William, S. Ross, the nominee for Suvoypr
General; is put forward as the special and
peculiar representative of the ‘‘ Union Demo
crats.” He is expected to entrap Democrats
into the support of Abolition principles. For
tunately he has made a record winch depriv
es him ofinlj capacity for harm. No man at
tached to Democratic principles can vote for
him'. lie was elected as a professed Demo
crat one, of the members of the last- House
from Luzerne countv, and acted with the Re
publican party throughout the whole session.
Ilia sympathies,,as manifested-by. his votes,
were invariably against the party to which
ho professed attachment.- lie was greatly
instrumental in procuring the passage of the
infamous Congressional gerrymander, intend
ed to disfranchise the Democratic voters of
.Pennsylvania, and ah act whipu no fair
minded'Republican can look upon without
shame. The peculiar manner of his slection
gives rise to the reasonable suspicion that he
Ids connected with the secret political order
• : knowh, as the: “Loyal League.” The at
tempt to palm him off ns ns a Democrat is an
impudent cheat. lie is about ns much a
Democrat as John W. Forney or Judge Knox.
Personally wo understand that he is a gentle- i
man of standing and integrity. Our objec
tions to him oro purely of a political ohnrac
ter. . ,
The Democracy of Pennsylvania atod the
thousands of conservatives who wilract with
them .this fall, can defeat this ticket with a
reasonable degree of organization and ef
fort.—Sairiot and Union.
"I DID IT."
Abraham* Lincols has. always at his
tongue’s end an "unanswerable excuse and
apology for the rascalities oorapiitted - by bis
understrappers, and the greater the thief is,
the more spirited is the Prosidental interfer
ence. 'Witness the devotion of His Excellen
cy to the interests of Simon Cameron. When
that distinguished despot was arrested it the
instance of Pierce .Butler, for false impri
sonment, and there was a probability that
Simon would suffer, it was enough in the
eyes of the- law for AbbabaM' to Assume the
dignity of an Oriental satrap, say “ Idid-it,’’
and the illustrious prisoner, goes free.
No-ordinary man would.havedared.to share
the notoriety of the financial exploits of Si
mon Cameron. The whole country was
shocked and amazed at his peculations and
frauds, which were of such gigantic propor
tions as to call forth oven from, a Republican
House of Representatives,, a resolution of
censure. Abraham Lincoln dares to share
the fame of Simon Cameron. In his late
special message, he by insinuation rebukes
Cungress’for its censure, saying in substance.
You were wrong in censuring Cameron, It
was mo, I did it—now what will you. do 7
"I did it!” What supercilious insolence,
coming from such a man as Mr. Lincoln,
who occupies by chance a position once held
by George Washington. . I did it l So that
is to be the way the American people must
be answered when, they become uneasy over
frauds and’-violations of their liberties ! I
'Abraham -Lincoln- —I did it —the Presiden-
tial ukase which is to stop tfie .raoutbo. of the
American freemen complaining of oppression.
To such a pass wd have come at last.
Important Movement of Pope’s Armv.—
Intelligence from-, the War Department an
nounces that a portion of General Pope’s ar
my lids advanced to' Gordonsvilld and-de
stroyed the railroad connections there, which
outs off the rebels at Richmond from all rail
road communication by way of the Virginia
Central, or the Orange and Alexandria Rail
road. This will cripple Jackson in any fur
ther attempt to molest the Valley of the She
nandoah, for he would now have to go down
to Lynchburg in order to get to Stanton by
railroad. He could not make-any suoh sud
den movement now ns he lately made to the
Pamunky to attack McCall's Division. Gen.
Pope commences bis career with an entire
change of policy. . His troops, hereafter, are
to find their supplies in the enemy's country,
and the-sympathizing “Seoeeh,” who endeav
or to embarrass his movements or give aid to
the rebels in. information, are to be held ac
countable fortbeir, acts, and the people along
the railroad and telegraph lino are' to be re
sponsible for any injury done to it, which
could have been prevented by timely infor
mation. Gordonsville lies southwest of Frede
ricksburg and about thirty miles from it. It
is tho-farthost point yet reached by our army
jn that direction. It looks as if Pope was go
ing to endeavor to out off entirely the com
munication in the roar of Richmond. We
shall soon see what his movement means aid
what effect it will have in strengthening Mc-
Clellan’s-operations on the opposite side of
Richmond.
O" Hon. Isaac Slenker, the Democratic
candidate for Auditor General, was on the
JJoDiocratio ticket for President Judge Inst
?“ tllD counties of Union, Snyder and
iuimm. This district gave front- two to throe
thousand Republican majority, bet Mr. Slon
■ r , on , nio ' w 'thin- seventeen votes- of being
elected, and was defeated only by a mistake
as to tho place of holding the election in one
township. In tho town of New-Berlin,
where ho. resides, ha received nearly the
whole vote..\
TUB JEW Tifr'BlLL.
The' new tax- Bill makes a conm™.- .
volume of one hundred and twentlp a !i° nal
i the tax is to bo collected in each eleeHnh~‘
representative district, for which a CO IW°S
and assessor will bo appointed. Tho ctof
tat levies a tax of tlirbo per cent, on „n o ® o
comes in excess of §6OO. If the income *
a 'person is $1000,•, he pays tax. on §4OO
excess of §OOO. A tax of five per cent ii ]„■?
on all incomes over §lO,OOO. On all inon *
in excess of §GOO' received from
the United States by persons residini-out It
tho United States and not in its service fit,
per cent, is imposed. On incomes in :
of §50,000- per annum, a tax of seven and n « B<
half per cent, is laid; fh estimating oiio’s? 0 ’
come the money derived from interest on mT
road bonds or shared is excluded ; sq alsoth s
from advertisements, dividends on stock dhe
dends on capital or deposits in any LnlT
trust company, savings bank, insurance
railroad, bridge, express, ferry boat’
steamboat company, and from tho manufj
ture of any article upon which a stamp ora,i
valdr'e w duty is laid. Incomes derived fror>
interest on securities of tho United State,
are" taxed but one and a half nor cent
and from all incomes may be deducted the
amount paid for-Stnto and local taxes. The
income tax is laid’upon all incomes for the
year ending December next, and is collet
bib on tho Ist of July, 1863, and each year
thereafter up to 1860, when tho time expires
as regards tho income tax, if the same ie u o e
renewed..
Manufacturers must furnish the assessor
with a sworn statement of the place where ho
intends to manufacture bis'articles, whether
:he market for it is domestic or foreign, and
kind, and quality 'of the. article? Kaclt
mouth ho must make returns of the products
and sales, and pay the amount of faxes on
them, except 001 tain,cloth and Woolen gnuds,
which are paid by the finisher. In all cases
|of goods mauufactured in whole or in part
upon commission,: or where the malarial is
furnished by one-party and manufactured by
another, if the manufacturer shall bo required,
to pay under the tar, siieh person paying the
same shall be ‘ entitled to. collect the amount
thereof of the owner or owners, and shall
have a lien for the amount thus paid upon
the manufactured goods. The taxes on all
articles manufactured and sold, in pursuance
of contracts bona fide -made before the pas
sage of,tho act, shall bo paid by the purcha
ser thereof, under regulations to be. estab
lished by the Commissioner of Internal Rev
oronue. The tor. on. spirits commenced on
the-Tst of July. The tar .on manufactured
articles, dividends-, stamps, &o.; on tho Ist of
August. ’The tns- on incomes is due on the
Ist of July, 1863; Manufacturers are re
quired to pay the duty at the. time tho goods
are to be removed from his premises. Wheth
er selling for cash or on time,- this of course
holds good. One per cent tax. is laid on the
gross receipt of insurance companies for pre
miums.. This clause goes into effect on tho
18th of October- On passports issued after
the Ist of July a duty of is levied. The
tax-on auction, sales is imposed on sales made
on and after the first,of August. Wq person
subject to-pay license con continue his busi
ness legally without license, after the Ist of
August. Persons engaged in the following
business are required to-taku out license, for
which they will- be charged' the' amount fol
lowing : —Apothecaries, §lO ; auctioneers,
$2O; bankers, SlOlp; billiard tables, each s3;'
brewers, $25 and $5O; brokers, sso'; brokers
in land warrants, $25; bowling alleys, each
alley,Ss ; cattle brokers, $10; claim agents,
$10; coal oil distillers, $5O; commercial brok
ers, $5O; confectioners, $lO ; circuses, $5O ;
dentists, $10; distillers, $12,50 to $5O ; eat
ing houses, $lO ; horse dealers,- $lO ; hotels,
from $5, to $200; jugglers, $2O ; lawyers, $10;
.livery stable, keepers, manufacturers,
$lO ; pedlors, from $5 to $2O; photographers
:slo ; pawnbrokers; $5O ; physicians, $10'; ro- ;
tail, dealers, $10'; retail dealers in liocory,-
$2O ; stills, from $12,50 to $23 ; surgeons,?Ul; j
tobacconists, $10; theatres, $lOO ; wholesale '
dealers, $50 : ; wholesale dealers in liquors,
$lOO. Tavern keepers, &o„ are nit obliged
to take but an additional license for selling
tobacco.— Ledger. "
. JS®? The correspondent of the' Philadel
phia hiquiitr, writing from Harrison’s Land
ing. Va., under date of July 15, givee-tbo fol
lowing incidents:;
; Goi-ohed-Servants,-—Still another feature,
which, is- here the subject of genroal com
plaint, is the practice of many of the officers,
who have at some’time'takeu-a.fancy to some’
. likely looking' contraband,” attach him to
their- persons aa ai servant; the effect of
which- is, that, daily come'dnsbing through
the camp, the nigga, dressed to doath ln Un
cle Sara’s livery, and mounted upon splendid
horses,, apparently 4 seeming to look down
“ 'pen de'poor white trash” with considers- -
ble disdain. - . ' , -
Where this one feature is seen iri its worst
aspect, is in the long night marches through
mud and’rain, when the poor sick soldier
wearily drags his way along, or, worn out
and exhausted, says him down to die, while
at the same time, the big, beastly myyn dashes
by on the-extra liorse-of his new master.
This may be stating facts too plainly, but
it is too palpable an terror to be passed with
out notice; We know such sights have a bait
effect upon our mind, and we feel that the
private soldier is.none the less sensitive than
ourself.
Ex-President Tvi.er’s Mansion. —On Sun--
day afternoon last, while a detail of the To
pographical Engineers were out upon a ro
oonnoisaanoe, when going down the Charles-
City Court House-Road, and when some dis
tance beyoild our lines, they espied, from an
eminence upon which they then wore, a largo’
stately, stone mansion, surrdunded by out
buildings of a corresponding substantial
character. Subsequent events proved it to
be the old mansion once owned and occupied
by the lute Bx-Pfesidont John Tyler, now
dead, but hot dying; until he succeeded in
-adding Wb name to the roll of eminent trai-'
tors who are now attempting the ruin of this
once happy and prosperous country.
The scouting party, upon bringing their
field-glasses to bear,-discovered the ground a
about Iho-roansion (whicb-is supposed to be.
about five miles in-a.nortboasterly direction
from the Charles City Court House Landing),
to bo laid out in a style peculiar to the lord
ly English ; spacious lawn in front, deep
woods of oak and cedar surrounding, the en
tire plantation, and.an.air of comfort and olo
gance pervading tiro entire - premises. While
continuing., their reconnaissance in another
direction, the party, met with a bright
sprightly lad, probably from twelve to fifteen
years old, who. came dashing, out of a deep’
belt of woods,mountedupon it. superb chargor.-
The animal eaprisoued in a manner peculiar ter
only the Mexican and Spaniard.
Thee lad at first was somewhat abashed,
but soon recovered his presence of mind to 1
such an extent that to repeated questions but
few satisfactory answers were received ;■
enough wao learned, however, to know thut
he was roson of the late ex-President, John
Tyler, that his- mother - was at the - mansion
above named and sick, and that she - had son
him to a neighboring plantation for soni
medicine. ,
The beauty and’ elegance of the genera
appearance of both bridle and saddle in 11
by tlie - youngster, induced the party to sj* _
a closer examination, when they found tn
'to' be not only mounted with solid save l ' _
the'best material, stitched in- every part wi
trappings to correspond, and - ' upon the P 1 '
hoi of the saddle was found a silver pm
bearing the inscription : -
SANTA ANNANS RADDLE.
Presented to- General Joun Tvler
By
General Winfield Scott. _
The-party having the youngster m o ‘ ”.
kept him omong them until they wore y,
end roach of pursuit, when they poruu
him to depart.