MERIC IN VOLUNTEER. JOHN B. BHATTON, Eilitdr & Proprietor. CARLISLE, PA., JULY 31, 1802, OUR F L A.Ca “Forever flont that standard sheet I Where breathes the foe but falls before usl With Freedom’s soil beneath our feet. And Freedom’s banner teasing o’er j is!” Ucmocrallc State-Ticket.. TOR AUDITOR GENERAL ISAAC SLENEER UNION COUNTY. TOR SURVEYOR GENERAL JAMES P. BARR PITTSBURG, DEMOCRATIC STANDING COMMITTEE. The Democratic Standing Committee is re quested to meet at Martin’s Hotel, in Carlisle, on Saturday the 2d day of August, 1802, al 10 i o’clock, for tho purpose ,of making ar rangements for the ensuing election. ' E. CORNMAN, ' .. ... Chairman. July 24, 1862. THE WAR MEETING In the Court-House- in this borough, on Tuesday, was an immense gathering of the people. Judge Graham presided, assisted by -a number of Vico Residents and'Secretaries. The best of fooling prevailed, and all present appeared animated with the same determination to sustain, manfully and hear tily, our authorities, in their efforts to crush the rebellion and punish the wicked and God defying traitors. Eloquent- and patriotic speeches were made by Judge Graham, Es- Oovern’or Eitner, James Hamilton, Esq,, Rev. Hr. Russ and Eells. A committee j •of.five was appoitPljiy^xl raft .resolutions, who after a short jjUfl'ShqQ-' -reported to the meeting. The most importanttgsolution re quests our County Commissioners to appropri ate Jjso to each soldier who volunteers from this'county. The greatest enthusiasm pre vailed throughout the proceedings of the meet ing, and the fight spirit was inaugurated?' , . In- another'the fa’ proceedings. , 1 ' ika/- Hon. Joseph..Bailv has our, thanks for several Congressional favors. . : Tl‘e Confiscation 'Hill.—On our fourth pngo, will. bo.found an article 'explanatory of. the Confiscation Bill, as it passed both Houses of Congress. ' Also Hie vote in the House on its passage. Tde Harvest. —Thank fortune, we have had fine weather , the last five days, and our farmers have been at their crops early and late. . Most of the grain in-oiir valley is now safely housed, and, notwithstanding the iong spoil of wet weather, the grain has sustained littleif any injury. The yield too ‘is immense. ®S“ On our first page will bo found the President’s appeal to the Border State men to sell him their slaves. Also the reply of the Border State men. Bead this reply, one and all. It is a powerful, dignified and unanswer able production, and exposes Lincoln’s eman cipation scheme in a manner that will open the eyes of every man of souse. Bead it, wo repeat. ,"A PagevFiiosi the Becord.”—Wo direct to an article on our first pago under the above caption. It was written by John W., Forney before he sold himself to the' Ab-, olition-secessionists. , Events havo proved that Forney dealt in facts when ho wrote that article. And yet this same Forney is now a • conspicuous member of 1 the very party be warned the people to beware.ofonly six years ago!, Bead-FoRNEY’s opinion of the Bopub lican party. We EjiALL See! —One-of the resolutions ■adopted by the iato Harrisburg rag-tag-and bob-tail Bepuhliean Convention pledged the fortunes and the, lives- of its members in aid of the prosecution of tlio war. All talk. We predict that few, if indeed a single man of thattrensqnablo Convention will tender either his fortune or his life to the Government. — But mahy of them, we have no doubt, will of fer their servicea ns contractors, pay-masters, sutlers, clerks, &c. ICT” We have so often reminded correspon dents that we insert no communication with out first knowing the author’s name, that we are, almost tired of repeating this, our deter mined rule.“Publicns," therefore, cannot ap pear. We may say, also, that no good, in bur opinion, can result from a discussion of the Congressionalquestion. Lot the subject rest; the Democrats of the District will, at the proper time, select conferees to obey their ■wishes. We are willing to trust our party friends with the settlement of the question, without newspaper interference. Concert dt tub Hudson Bbotiiebs and 11. .M.llocEKa.—Tluß celebrated troupe have at last found their way to Carlisle, and will fa vor its citizens with one of tUeir rich enter tainraents-at Rheom’s Hull, on this (Thurs day) evening, July 31st. The Hudsons are said to be splendid performers, and it will no doubt be a rich treat to hear them. Prof. H. M. Rogers is a grand Bulladist. He possesses a voice of great variety, singing jvith entirely a pure female voice. All the lovers of good , harmony, patriotic music for the times, both sentimental and humorous, are invited to at tend. Doors open at 7 o’clock; concert to commence atB o’clock. Admittance 25 cents; children 15 cents.. Tickets for sale at the door, I THE PRESIDENTS APPEAL TO THE BORDER STATES..' In tho Presidents appeal to the members of Congress from tho Border States, there is iv statement deserving the attention of every loyal man, and ono which may well make ns all tremble for tho fate of tlio Union, and 1 curse the traitors in our midst. It shows that tho aim ami object of the Abolitionists is gen eral emancipation, and failing in this, they aro resolved to “ lot tho Union slide I” . Their love of tho negro far surpasses that.of their country, and unless tho President fields to their unconstitutional demands by a general emancipation proclamation, such as that is sued by Oon. Hunter, tiion they will no lon ; gor Sustain tho Administration, but turn trai tors to the country. Tho following language of the President is full of moaning and can not be misunderstood. Ho says to tho Bor der States : _j “I am pressed with a difficulty not y.otmp tinned—one which threatens division, among those who, united, are none too strong. An instance of it is known to you. Gon, Hunter is an honest man. He was, and .I hope still is, my friend. ,* . * • * * '■» Ho pro. claimed all men free witliin certain States, r and I repudiated the proclamation. * * * * * Yet, in repudiating it, I gave dis satisfaction, if not offense, to many whoso sup port the country cannot afford to lose. And this is not the end of it. The pressure in this direction is still upon me and is increasing." - The plain English of this language of the President is this—“ The pressure of the Ab olition wing of the Republican parly is upon me, and is still increasing, to violate the Con" stilulioYi, my oath of office, and perjure my soul, by issuing a proclamation declaring the four millions slaves of the South free. lam . in a very great strait between duly, the dic . tales of conscience, and my oath of office on the one sideband this abolition pressure, on the other, which in the language of one of its ’ chiefs, is pressing mo ‘to throw coiisbicnoeand 1 the Constitution to thed—-I,’ ! and go in fop turning loose the negroes of .the South upon the free men of the North. I (A. Lincoln,) have thus.far resisted this but it is becoming more and more urgent and impor tunate every day. It is threatening to with draw its support from the country in this the , hour of my calamity, and I cannot afford to lose its support. Coma then, gentlemen of the Bm’der.Statos, I ■implore you, in the name of our bleeding country, to my relief. Agree to abolish slavery in the Border. States, and I think this will appease.the abolitionists, and wo may yet preserve the Constitution unbro ken, and again restore to unity and peace our bleeding and distracted country." : . ,■ This is certainly the fair meaning and im port of the appeal by the Presidentto the Bor der, States, and it is proof strong.as holy writ' of what we have always affirmed since the war commenced, that the grand design.of the Ab olition party is to liberate the slaves ,of the", Southland failing in this to “let the Union , slide.” As proof of this wo have in. former articles alluded to the declaration of Wenbel Phillips, made within the past few months, that he had.been laboring “for the past fifteen years to destroy the .Union-,”, that after his treason was thus avowed, the Abolition Seca tors of use of the Sen ate Chamber to this arch traitor, that lie .might proclaim his treason in a public address; and that the Abolition Senators of the United States, when the.traitor entered their cham ber, congregated around him like carrion crows around a saroass, and their President,. Han- • nibal Hamlin, came down from the. position ho has' disgraced, and greeted the secession traitor with.the fraternal kindness of a twin devil engaged in the same unholy cause of destroying tho^Unipn! But now, in addition to these damning ev lences of the disloyalty of the Abolitionists, we havo more than a strong intimation from- President Lincoln, that the - ” Abolition party are threatening to withdraw their support, and leave the Administration without supplies of either men or money to conquer the rebellion and restore the Union, unless he will yield to their increasing pressure and issue an eman cipation proclamation embracing the whole Union. Such, fellow-citizens, is the loyalty of Abo- litionists. Destroy the Constitution, liberate the negro, or theywill dissolve the Union 1— And yet theso sumo traitors denounce the en-, tire Democratic party as disloyal to their coun try because they will not endorse the imprac ticable fanaticism of liberating'four millions of the African race by the unconstitutional mandate of the President. President Lin- coln wo believe is conscientious in his anxiety to support the Constitution and avoid the sin of perjury, and hence his candid disclosure of the difficulties, with which ho is surrounded and threatened by this “ higher law” party, who have declared the “ Constitution a cove nant with death and a league with hell.”— But the one idea which with him appears to have engrossed all others, of purchasing and colonizing the slaves of the Border States, wo do consider not only oppressive but impracti cable. If “the institution will bp extinguished by mere friction and abrasion—by the more incidents of the war” in the Border States, ns alleged by the President, or in all the States, bo it so. They inaugurated the rebellion and must submit to its legitimate results. We are not the advocate of-slavery; but.wo are the advocate of the supremacy of the Consti thtion and the laws, and the rights of the loy al men of the South, unimpaired either by rebels or Abolitionists. On the subject of taxation, the Democratic party, always loyal to their country, its insti tutions arid laws, alike during the war of 1812, the Mexican war, and the present wicked re bellion, will go as far ns they that go farthest for the purpose of crushing the rebellion and restoring the Union transmitted to us by our fathers. . Rut the people of the North, under the policy of our present rulers, are now to bo taxed one million to purchase the negroes of the District of Columbia, nnd»no ono knows how much more to clothe and feed them iri.idlo ness. But to purchase and convoy to a colony, to bo purchased by the United States, even the slaves of the Border States at SlOO each, (which is about the amount paid by the Ma ryland Colonization Society,) would cost, as is shown by the reply Of the Border State mem bers to the President's appeal, over four Itmt tired and sevenltf-ciffhe millions; airl this ex elusive of the cost of the collonial territory ! Well might the Border State members, in view of this enormous expenditure, say to the 'President—“wo did not feel that wo should he justified in voting for a measure which, if , carried out, would ,ndd_ this Vast amount to our pdblio debt at a moment when the Treas ury was reeling under tbo enormous expen ditures! of the war.” In conclusion, wo would declare our honest conviction, that if this policy is carried out, by tbo purchase of the slaves of the Border States, the purchase of territory, and convey ing them to it, and then feeding and clothing them for at least a year—which would be ab solutely necessary, unless wo are to have ■them die,of starvation—it would entail a debt upon us, the interest of which would make, us a natim of paupers so long ija the’ Govern ment existed. To Arms 1! —Wo publish the proclamation of Governor 'Curtis calling upon tho people of Pennsylvania for tho now levy of 'twenty one now regiments, and to fill up the ranks of tho old rogimen'ts. The Governor has divided tho now roglments-ainoDg the several counties of tho State, allotting ‘to Cumberland county two companies. There ought to bo no trou ble in raising that number of men in - this county. Duty as well ns patriotism demands that all should give their aid and influence in making up the quota for the county. Those who cannot go themselves. should subscribe liberally for raising a bounty fund for those who do go. If all do their whole duty, the State can readily and voluntarily raise her quota of men. If not a draft will" have to be resorted to, as tho nation must be sustained, the Union and constitution restored* at all hazard. Recruiting. —Capt. Speesb of New Ville, assisted by W. G., Duncan and J, A. Graham —all good Democrats—have, wo are glad to learn, been quite successful in recruiting for thoir new cavalry company, They expect, in a short time, to have the full complement/of of men. Capt. TVa. M. Porter, and John Hays, Esq., are also engaged in organizing ft com pany of Infimtisy, and have quite a number of young men enlisted. It bids fair to be a crack company. Our townsman, Capt. John Lee, Is busy at work, and is filling up the ranks of bis fine infantry company rapidly. -Push on the good work. , Arrested; A safron colored rascal, call ing himself Wm. Holmes, was arrested by of ficer Martin-, at Harrisburg, on Friday last, on the charge of being .one of the party con cerned in tho. robbery ot Mr. Lehman’s clo thing store, about which wo spoke in our last. When arrested ho had in his possession sev erarof. the stolon articles, Wo believe he made a full confession, and said be had ah accomplice in the robbery, who had escaped with most of the clothing. Holmes is a bar ber, of. not more than 18 years of ago, and had worked in this place before committing the robbery. He was committed, and will be. tried at the August court. Lice on the Oats. —We see and bear from different sections of the country of an innu merable'multitude of lice or flies on the oats. They are asmall, reddish well provid ed with logs, horns and sucking,apjmrdtus. They stick clothe to the root of the grain and within the chaff as soon as it opens. As soon ns they grow larger they are observed to be provided with wings. Fears are entertained that they may do serious damage to the com ing crop. , The Circus. — What has become of the circus, the genuine, old fashioned circus ? Dan Bice is preambulating the country with his trained mules, but that bigpavillion is an ennoVation upon things as “ they used to was.” When long years ago we surrounded the long bearded man who posted the bills, and wondered how ho could be so wasteful; and daily, as we wended our way to school would we stop to read them over. Everybo dy’s memory goes back to those scones—eve rybody remembers the, circus, and the holi day, when they went out to meet it, wonder ing whether they should soe the little girl Who rode the mottled pony, all spangled with gold; or tho clown in his fanatical suit and quaint, conical hat; or the ring master with his resounding whip ; or the strong men and the dancing and trick ponies; and hear the music from th,e golden chariot with tho drag qn’s head. Soon the night came—why did we all wait for the evening performance ? the anxious crowd poured into the pavillion, and, investing our last quarter, wo went in too.. The little girl was there and. how we laughed at the clown and fell in love with the divinity in curls who leaped through impos sible hoops without displacing the tinsel crown upon her' head, and then when the show was. over, how we lingered around to see the “ actors” come out, wishing all the time that we were circus riders and could turn a summersault without serious danger to our neck. Next morning we would go back to the spot, and- wonder as we stood within the deserted ring if the little girl did not think of us, and wish she was back in our town ;. and wending our way to school, dream of .her all day long, and watch the slanting rays of the sun that told of passing time, heedless of our lessons. Time has been no laggare'd since ; but “ a boy’s will is the wind’s will, and the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts.” ■ , r The Ladv’s Book. —Tho_ August number of Gody’s justly popular LaJy’s boolc, has , been received, and ia as usual replete with variedand interesting information, The fash ion plate, containing six figures, is a beauti ful affair, and the engraving of “ Daniel Web ster at the tomb of Shakespeare,” is a beauti fully conceived and finely executed picture. Besides there are a number of fine wood cuts, representing different styles of dress and or 'namental w'ork. The following interesting ■articles will also be found in this number:— “ Eastern Rambles and Rominisenoes,”' “ My Brother’s Wife,” “Across the Hills,” “To a Bird of Paradise,” “Josie in Maploton,” “Abijah Beanpole, Storekeeper,”.Single lesson, five dollars," “ Aunt Sophie’s Visits —No. XII,” and many others. Godey is the most complete and most useful magazine pub lished for the ladies, and all should be su p plled with it. » (C7* The Now Recruits from the State of Pennsylvania are to be enlisted for nine and twelve months. The statement theft recruits would not be accepted by the 1 War Depart ment for less than three years, is officially con tradicted. , TUE BLUNDERS OF OUR AUTHORITIES. From tho very dny tbo rebels fired upon. Fort Sumter up to this hour, the. people of tho entire North have been clamoring for a vigorous war policy on tho partof oiir author ities—a policy that would strike terror to tho heart of reheldom, and crush tho traitors by a few ponderous .blows. But tho President never could be brought up to tho sticking point. Had ho, when ho was first appealed to, called out half a million of troops, and on-, listed them “for the war," wo verily believe the- rebellion could have been put down in six months, not in n.shorter space of time.— Mr. Lincoln, however, could not be made be lieve tho country wn? in danger.; his parti-, sans had been so long engaged in deprecia ting the power and the intentions of the South, and representing to the people that “South ern traitors would run at tho first fire from Northern troths,"thathe obuldnotahfi would not believe that the extremists of both sec tions bad brought upon us the difficulties that Democrats had predicted would burst upon us if these mischief-makers were not silenced. He therefore, in the simplicity of his heart, and after informing the people that'* 1 nobody was hurt, and nothing was wrong,” called out 1 sovety-fivo thousand meii for three months , to frighten the South and put down tho rebell ion 1 This was a great and inexcusable error —an error that all men could see, except the traitor Abolitionists who had for years been sneering at the men. and resources of the South, and laughing at and-denouncing all as “ Onion-savers,” who. favored the Critten den Compromise and a settlement of our dif ficulties. T The nest grave error by the Administration was the dividing qf M’Clellan’s forces and, organizing four'eeparato commands in Yir- j ginia. This was done to gratify the vanity of , Fremont and other aspiring but disqualified] Abolition Generals, Every man with a spark of discrimination, could see the Wretchedness of this policy. M’CtbuAN was to reduce Richmond,' but before he was to make the at- tempt, he was robbed of nearly one-half his troops,' that Fbeuont, Banks, and other prom inent “ lot-the-Union-slido” politicians might be accommodated with separate commands 1 Richmond was beseiged, and seven desperate and sanguinary battles were fought—-battles that proved the valor and endurance of our Northern troops, and covered them with glory. But, the result was not what our people had hoped for and prayed ifor. Richmond was not taken, but continued in the possession of the enemy. • Why was not the rebel eapitol taken? Because M’Clellan had not troops enough. That was the rerisoh and the only reason. With a force of 75,000 or 80,000 men, he had to,contend against.2oo,ooo well-disci- plined Southern troops. And Fbeuont, Banks and others wdre scampering about in idleness through the mountains, within bearing dis tance ofWCistiAN’s guns! Now, after the. battles—after we have lost in' killed and wounded, some ten thousand of our heroes, and as many'more taken prisoners, Mr. Lin coln and his feeretary of War mb their eyes and conclude’ .that M'Clellan must bo strengthened; ,-imd a , more vigorous policy adopted. In .IBS ; language of an exchange, the people that every man who has been sent to M’Clellan siuoo his recent battles—bo the number great or small—could just as ■well have been sent before the battles took place. 'tS'lio will deny it 1” But, ■“ bettdr late than never,” is an old and very true maxim. The appointment of Gen. IIALLECKas General-in-Chief of the wholeland forces in the United States, is a good omen.. This appointment was suggested'by Gen. M’- Clellan, who in future will have a friend and a military man of experience as his supe rior in command, and not a jealous, haughty, and tyrannical civilian. Gen. Halleck does not supersede M’Clellan, as, has been re ported, but is to remain .at Washington, as a sort of consulting General for the President, his Cabinet, and Gen. M’Clellan. May we not hope for the boat results? This last act of the President is worthy of all praise, and affords evidence that Mr. Lincoln is.at last convinced that the South is in earnest, and that Southern men are not the cowards the Lovejoys, tjio Greelvs, and Sumners and other brave [stay-at-home Abolitionists repre s.entod them to be> In conclusion we repeat ■the language’wo used in those columns four- teen monthi) ago—” the ,only way to put down this wicked rebellion is by fightingit with the whole power of the Government. No half-way measures will answer. Our army must bo strong enough to crush all before it” CT*The Imported “Hessian pig” of the Harrisburg Telegraph, by the aid of the pen' of his hired editor, let off a characteristic fling at us a few days since.. Georoe Berqner was once or tvtioe cow-hided for presuming to speak to gentlemen, and Jhe.is fairly spoiling • for a similar punishment. It was dreadful' severe in hW to say that we “’had to leave Harrisburg or starve.” It would have been well for tho f peopleof the capital .and well for' the %te lad -tills Hessian scab “left Hafris burg" twenty-five years ago. We cannot an swer about the starving process had we re mained at Harrisburg, but .certain it is, we would suffer considerable gnawing at the stomach before we oould consent to resort to thoftand perjury to replenish our'pockets, as George Beroner did. By fraud, peij Ury and lies'he haji made,his ill-gotten “ pile.” Had retributive justice overtaken him, bo would now be animate of a penitentiary, instead of Lincoln’s Postmaster—a position he got by fraud and lies. This corrupt, ignorant and festering foreigner says bo will employ John C. Kuxkle (who was a militia Colonel before the war.) to call us a “ liar.” John will not do that. Ho never called any one a liar, and never will. . Ho is too prudent for that. But, onongh; the Almighty Ims stamped ner's character in his nasty Hessian face—, that of a vile political prostitute and cold-’ blooded hypocrite, liar and thief, who would sell his soul (if a hermaphrodite like him has h soul,) for gold.. We have no time now, but if occasion requires it at a future period, we shall write and print a biographical sketch of this viper-tongued vagabond, yclepod “the Hessian pig.” , Singular. —While Democrats who suppor ted Breckinridge for the Presidency, ore constantly falling in the ranks, at the bead of companies, regiments and brigades, in de fence of the Constitution and the Union, wo can hear of no abolitionists being killed .or even wounded. . A NftW WAR POLICY. Those who “ speak by the book” assure us thatwoaro to have anew war policy. Wo are, really glad to hoar it, and hope it will prove not only a now, but a better policy. Indeed, we have had no policy whatever, her'otoforo ; and the ignorance of our rulers and the wretched manner, army affairs have been conducted at Washington, have made us ap pear contemptible in the eyes bf foreign na tions. Hut, our object in commencing these remarks was not to complain, but to applaud •the announcement that henceforth the war is to bo waged with vigor and power. ‘ It is well. We have temporised long enough and too long, and now there comes welling up from the great heart of the people'a call, nay a demand for something else—for a vigorous and severe policy against the rebels. The people demand that treason shall pay the penalty attached to treason. Tho Nnshvillo Union expresses this policy in five lines— “ Give no favors to rebels. If a people will not bo Iqyal lot them starve.. To try to conciliators to embolden, and to propose com promises when the air is laden with smoko and resonant with the roar of battle is ruin ous.” This is not the policy which has suc ceeded in crushing rebellion—not that which has restablished governments sought to be overthrown. As well might England have endeavored to conciliate the Sepoys of India ns we too hope to bring back the South by such pusillanimous exhibitions of tenderness as have been, going on Since the war began. It is fear, and not love—for there is none of it —that must bo’ worked'upon in bringing the States of the South again under the sway of the Federal Government. It may be well to employat first “ all meth ods to conciliate," but “ failing these.all means to crush.” The firstlmVe been tried in vain '; and now the people are thundering in the, ears Of their servants at Washington.that tho latter policy must bn inaugurated os a last hope of preserving tho glorious heritage left us by our forefathers. . tn the words of the journal quoted above: “We can never puri fy a foul atmosphere by sprinkling lavender and rose water on the substances Whose effluvia creates the.offensive odor. tighten ings and sweeping tempests are the agencies used by heaven to consume and expel these noisome and poisonous exhalations.' We have had soft zephyrs sighing around us long enough, and still tho ,miasma hangs around and oppresses us! now let the light-. nings and tempests of an indignant nation’s retribution execute their mission, and inflict a .righteous vengeance.” v Hot Two of lliein jjike. It is curious td notice the captions or head- ings the opposition papers place over thb'ii State ticket We have half a dozen Repub lican papers on our table before us. We will take them up, one at a time, and jot down the words used by each as a beading for their ticket. No. 1 hoists the, ticket and places over it tho caption, “Republican State, Tick et.” Noj 2 heads it “People's State Ticket.” No. 3,“ Union Republican State Ticket.” No. 4, “ People’s Union State Ticket,” No. 5, “ State Ticket.”. No. 6, “Union State Tick fV” It is evident, therefore, that our utterly un principled opponents are at a loss to know under what name they are to. again cheat the people. They have sailed under so many names, and have professed so many different creeds, that at present they are without either name or*creed. Bach one appears to have concluded to go upon his own.hook, and prac tice a guerilla warfare against the Democracy. But, they are doomed men; burnt brandy cannot save them. They are bound to go un der on the second Tuesday of October, and all the aliases they fight under will only exhibit, their dishonesty and increase the majority against them. The people, thank God, have at last got their eyes open to tho real designs of the desperate Abolition faction, and are panting for the day to arrive that will afford them an opportunity to express their detesta- tion of the mischief-makers at the ballot-box. The Bth o£ October.will tell the tale; Messrs. Republican-secessionists, and you may as well prepare for the swift retribution that will on that day overtake you- . The only Officer in our Army who has proved a Coward, is Harvey, late Colonel of tho 7th Regiment, Pa. Reserves. In the face of the enemy, in one of the battles before Richmond, he skulked from his regiment, and remained concealed during the seven hours battle. After the battle he was reported to head-quarters for cowardice, and Gon, M’- Clellan gave him half an hour to resign, Heat once sent in his resignation, and was hooted off the field by the men of the regiment hehdd commanded. TheTthisoneofthe host Regiments of the Reserves, and most of our Carlisle boys belong to it. It cannot bo dis graced by the conductor its cowardly Colonel, but we think Gen. M’Clellan was entirely too lenient with this man Harvey. Ho should have been shot on tho spot. XT’ Mr. Buchanan recently stated thafthe Union soldiers would soon “die offlike rotten sheep.” That is the moaning of the title “0. R. S.” now applied to him.-* Bepuhlioan pa per. The above is a lie from the wholocloth— Mr. Buchanan never having used any such language in his life. On tho contrary, ho has contributed more to tho _ comfort and support of our Union soldiers .than all his abolition slanderers .combined. JB@“The session of Congress which has just closed will be memorable for its many extraordinary measures.— Lancaster Exami ner. That it will. It will bo memorable as the worst body (we speak of the'majority,) that oven assembled at our capitol. Had the last Congress never mot, .we verily believe the re bellion would have been ended six months .ago. There was not a single great man in the .Senate, and such miserable secession demagogues and traitors as Sdmnbb, Wade, Jim. Lane and Wiljiot wore the “leaders” in that once dignified body 1 Truly “will it be memorable for its many extraordinary measures.” When President Lincoln was told that Congress had adjourned sine die, he exclaimed "thank God 1” and so did the peo ple. O' General Simon Cameron has arrived at St. Petersburg, and was presented to the Em peror immediately after his arrival. Ho was enjoying excellent health, . GENERAL DALLECK. The following la PrcsidentLiNCOLN’s order, appointing Gen. llauleck CAlnandet-in-Chief of the army: “Executive Mansion, July 11, 1862. “Ordered, That Major General Ilenry W. Hallcck bo assigned to command tho whole land forces of tlio United States, ns General in-Chief, and that he proceed to this Capital as soon ns ho can, with safety to the positions and operations within the Department now under his special charge, ' (Signed) “Abraham Lincoi,^.” Tho want of a competent military head nt Washington has been seriously felt in tho ic cent reverses that have befallen our arms, and it is believed that Gen. Halleck’s presence at AVashington will impart tho much needed unity-to the movements of tho Federal for ces. A contemporary thus sums up the qual ifications of Gen. Halleck for the post to which lie has been assigned:—“All that is known of Gen. Halleck is entirely favorable to him as an educated, able and accomplished soldier. lie is a graduate of 'West Point Academy; and his works on tho art of war give indication of a superior and original mind, Which education only developed. AVlion ho wont to Missouri to assume command of the deportment from which Fremont was re moved, he found everything in confusion. Ho soon established order and discipline. His masterly strategy drove the enemy from Col umbus, and gave Fort Donelson to our arms. After the disaster at Shiloh—for which he was not accountable—he organized a demor alized army with so much ability that he drove Beauregard to the walla of Corinth, and compelled him to make, a precipitate,re treat after all his vain-glorious boasting. His career in the Southwest has beCn brilliant in the extreme. In particular he has disguised himself for his administrative qualities. Ho is a statesman and a man of sense as well ns a soldier—a very important consideration in a civil war, in which sound policy is as.es sential to success as military genius. In his hewcapacity at Washington ho will bring harmony out of chaos. lie is in full accord with. Geri. McClellan and tho other Gene rals, and he is just the man for the place." • (Sen, M'CtELOAN AM) tub Aruv.—One of the best answers to the charges brought against Gen. M’Olellan by intriguingpoliti cians is to be fodrid in the unbounded confi dence,of the army. The officers and soldiers of the army of the Potomac, who have the best opportunity of knowing General M’G.LEt i.AN, are unanimous its expressing their love and confidence for their commander. Prom a private letter written by an officer who participated in the six days' battle; we ex tract the following : ’ “ Little Mao. is more beloved than Over in this arniy, and there is much bitterness of feeling at the injustice with which they her ieve ho has been treated. As it was, their lives and limbs were risked by the heartless and traitors course of some of the politicians. They naturally have; pretty lively sentiments on the subject; arid if you could bear the unction which they talk of a rope and the necks of certain persons, who are believed to have been active agents in preventing his reinforcement in proper time, you would think so too." Sacrifices bf Smtihern Union Jilin.—A cor respondent of the Mobile Advertiser says that the family of Hon. Mr. Wickliffo, the Union ■M. O. from Kentucky, lias entirely deserted him on account of his adherence to the Union cause. Throe of his sons are in the rebel army, his two daughters, one married to Judge Merrick, formerly of Washington, and the other to Senator Yulee, have given him up, and even his wife declares that she can not side with him, and will never again cross the Ohio. ' That’s what the Border State "pa triots have to suffer, and yet the craven abo lition radicals at Washington, in and out of Congress—coolly contemn them, and turn a deaf ear to their warnings and entreaties. flgy" The Lycoming Gazelle thus speaks of tho Hessian Beugner’s libel suit against the Patriot and Union, of Harrisburg: “ The publisher of the Harrisburg Tele graph has prosecuted the publishers of the Patriot and Union, of the same city* for libel. We have not .always coincided with the paper prosecuted, but the Telegraph ohm are the last men on earth who should have tho braze ness to resort to libel suits—a paper that has probably libelled more men than any other .journal in Pennsylvania. Does the prosecut ing publisher of that sheet recollect that about two years ago ho inserted in his local columns one of the most gross and unprovok ed personal libels upon one of the editors of this paper, which ever appeared in print—a libel for which he should have- been flogged to within an inch of his life, if he had been of sufficient consequence to pay for the phy sical exertion ? When the Harrisburg Tele graph resorts to libel spits look out for tho devil complaining against (pen for attempt ing to contest with him on hie own chosen ground," , ■ 4 ■Generous Gift. —Mr. William 11. Aspin wall, of Now York, a wealthy, ship-owner, in tho earlier stage of tho rebellion, received an order to purchase a large, quantity of Enfield rifles in England for the use of the United Sates Government, and ship them to this country. He stated at the time that he would not retain a dollar of the profit arising from the contract, and true to his word, he last week forwarded to the War Department his check for §25,290. Such liberality is as rare as it is credible, and forms a pleasing contrast to the conduct of. such mercenary speculators upon the Government as .Senator Simmons, of Rhode Island. Hon. John L. Dawson.— On Saturday last, the Democratic conferees from Fayette, West moreland and Indiana counties, met in Greensburg to nominate ,a candidate for Com gross, and after ,an animated, though good natured contest, nominated John L. Dawson, of Fayette county. Thd selection of this gen- tleman is an admirable one -; he would be ef great service in Congress, and the. Democrat ic and conservative men of his district ought to strain every nerve to .elect him by a ma jority that will HI. Tub Vultures after the Spoies.—Presi dent Lincoln is again about to suffer from an invasion that will throw his experience at the time oi the raid of the office-seekers com pletely into the shade. Legions would bo tax-gatherers are rushing to Washington, ea ger for appointments. Every train to the Capital is literally loaded with those who wish to do the State some service in the ex cise lino. The poor President—it is well his shoulders are broad ahd his back strong, for ho has a load to carry under which Hercules might stagger,” . • | Pentb of Ex-President Von Daren, JVlartin Van.Bujien, the eighth President of the Unitdd States, died at Kinderhook, N. VL on Thursday morning, the 24th inst. H 0 ■was born at the place whoro ho died; Decem ber sthy 1782, so that ho was in the 80th year of his ago. A rodent violent attack of asth ma, followed by ,a violent catarrhal affection of the throat and lungs, was thb cause of his death. As his name indicates, Mr. Van Boren was descended from one of the old Dutch families that settled on the Hudson. Ho was educated for the Bar, and at an early ago be came a Democratic politician. In 1808 h 4 was appointed Surrogate of Columbia county N. Y. In 1812 he was elected to the State Senate, and continued a member of that body? till 1820, part of tho time also lidding the office of Attorney General of the State. H# wnsjilso a member of the Convention in 1821, and in the same year was elected to tho United States Senate, to which body ho was re-elected in 1827. In the fol lowing year, after Governor Clinton’s death, he was tho candidate of thb Democratic party for the office and was elected. But Jackson. coming into the Presidency, appointed him Secretary of State, and he resigned the Gov ernorship to accept tho place in the Cabinet; Ho was also nominated by tho President for Minister to England, but tho Senate refused to confirm him, . At tho Presidential elec tion of 1832, he was elected Vice President, Jackson being re-elected President. In 1830. ho was elected President, and in 1840 was nominated again by the Democratic party, but was defeated by General Harrison. Ho then retired to Kinderhook, or, as.ho pre ferred to call it, “Lindenwald,” and was lit tle heard of till 1848, when ho was tho Pres idential candidate of the then inconsiderable party, called by some “Barhburhers,” by oth ers “Free-Soilers,” which has since devel oped into the Eepubliean party. . Since 1848 Mr. Van Boren lived in ment, taking no public part in political af fairs, hut, until within the-last year, retain irig all his mental powers, anil a degree of of physical vigor raroly'found in one so aged-. A Cram for Abolitionists, ■ -flic fanatics of the North-, who without any experience Sf the actual condition of the millions of negroes held in slavery, or their present fitness for freedom and elovatidn in social .position, keep the country in perpelu al agitation by their, howls for immediate emancipation, may learn something from the following extract from the Portland (Maine) Advertiser, a llepublioan paper : Mr. Geo. 11. Blake, of Portland, who was sent to South Carolina, after the capture of Hilton Head, as a negro missionary, to pro pagate abolition views, has recently returned front his UlissibU, and has published his Views on the present condition of the slave popula tion and their moral arid intellectual fitness for freedom. He dods not like slavery—he pronpuncos.lt a curse ; but what to do with —a question that never before troubled his mind—how . bothers him considerably. A single quotation from his published experi ence will show how widely he now differ* from the immediate and unconditional ematffir eipationists who are ringing into tin; ears of the public, through Congressional represen tatives, their crude and, dangerous ideas. Mr. B. says.;—“ Before I wont South, Fre- mont had issued his proclamation, giving un - conditional emancipation to the Bla.voa-of.tlw rebels in Missouri, I hailed that p.rOolarai tion as a Gud-send, and most -heartily ondors- ed, it. I only wished our 'noble President would catch a similar spirit, 1 return North’ from South Carolina with altogether newaud’. different feelings 1 My experience and obser vation, though limited, has taught mo a new’ lesson; There must he a controlling power exercised over the negroe of the present genera tion, educated has he has been under a system’ of slavery, else you ruin the blacks and weak-' en the Government.” ■ Ho enters his protest against “ immediate' emancipation”—“ for then,’’' he remarks,- and truly, too, “ you would have' either four millions of paupers to sustain, or, being in capable of self-support in its fullest sense, they will prey upon the communities wherev er they shall scatter.” Let the Abolitionisfs chow this orum and digest it before further inflaming the public' mind with impracticable and wicked ideas.- JB®* Forty abolitionists, inhabitants of Farmington, Maine, quited that city a few' days ago to avoid the expected draft for sol diers.. The Boston Courier expresses the’ conviction that to make up tho complement of three hundred thousand men, called for by Mr. Lincoln, drafting is indispensable in all of the New England States. Notwithstand ing the liberal bounty that has been offered, the success in obtaining volunteers is, wo are told, far from flattering. “ Even in Massa chusetts,” says the Courier, “ there is this la mentable shrinking from stern, but necessary duty." ■ , K 7" General Fremont and famiiy are reside ing at present, at Oyster Bay, L. _I. The General has not resigned his position ; had hp resigned ha could not secure the privilege of drawing soiflfi §§QQQ or §.BOQO, th.e pay of a major general, to which, , ho is now ontitjpd. Fkeuon.t resign ?' not bo.. He hgs fpi B 3 many years beep, a public-pensioner thofc pay has become essential to his existence. Like tho daughter of the Horse Leech, his con*- slant cryis “give 1 give 1” fTT* Richmond papers assert that after the recent battles njoney was found, quite abun dantly among the Federal slain. Some man,, in interring the dead, often searched the pookr ets, &c., one pjan finding not loss than 5150 in gold; another fished out ojf some old ■ clothes not less than 5500; nnoth.or 5J.000 in- Federal notes. W a t°bes, both gojd and sil ver, were found .apiong the spoils, ,one lucky individual having pot less than six .chrono meters ticking ip his pocket at one time. An Excellent Sentiment. —ln the late Dem ocratic Convention in jFairfiold .county, ,Qhio>- Dr. iOlm offered the following resolution,- which was enthusiastically .adopted-: •“j Jfesplvcd, That we aro-in favor of the Un ion .as it was,.the -Constitution os it is, and the negroes whore they are.” This is the sentiment of national, patriotic men every whore. Gendroos Donations. —The Pennsylvania- Railroad Company has contributed §50,000,- and the Reading Railroad Company $25,000 to the fund for paying the bounty to recruits from this Siato, enlisting in the army under the late call of the President. The donation of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company is made to the State ; that of the Reading R ftl " rogd Company to tho city of Philadelphia. figyTho Governor of lowa telegraphs o Washington that lowa will raise her ffw?,t a 0 ‘ troops promptly.
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