AMERICAN VOLUNTEER. JtLJTIV B. BMTTOiV. Editor & Proprietor. CARLISLE, PA., AUGUST 7. 1862: OUR flag. " Forever float that standard sliest! , Where breathes the foe but falls Scforc usl With Freedom’s soil beneath our feet, And Freedom’s banner waving o’er us ! ” Democratic StaicTickcl. FOR AUDITOR. GENERAL ISAAC SLENEER, UNION COUNTY, TOR SURVEYOR GENERAL JAMES P. BAM, PITTSBURG, ■" STiWDLN’G COMMITTEE MEETING. The Democratic Standing Committee of Cumberland county met at the public house of David Martin, in Carlisle on Saturday, August 2d. After being,called' to order, the following resolutions were offered and adopt ed : ' ' ■ Resolved, That the members of the Demd cralio party throughout the county are re quested to meet at the usual places of hold their respective township, borough and ward elections, on Saturday the. 23d day of August, inst.-, aud thori and there elect two delegates, to assemble in County Convention; in Carlisle’ on Monday, Aughst 25, at 10J o’clock, A. M.> to. form a County, Ticket, appoint . Con gressional and Senatorial Conferees, and-to attend to such other business of the party as may appear to them proper. Resolved, 'That, the. elections will be .held as follows—ln Carlisle between the hours of 4 and T, P. M. In the remaining boroughs be tween the hours of .7 and 9, P. M. In the townships between the hours of 2 and 5, P. , E.Cornman, Chairman. t. E. MAGLAuanuN, Secretary. Deferred,— The Address of the Democrat ic State-Central Committee-will appear in our nest. It was; unavoidably crowded out this week. ' Ilqx.—For the, information of our readers, residing at the North Pole, we'may mention that the weather in this latitude has been un comfortably hot recently. Sueriff s Sales;— lly rofoi’enco to his ad- 1 vcrtisement, it will bo seen that Sheriff Rip pet will offer for sale, on the 22d inst,, siderable quantity of real estate. Oilr County. Commissioners have promptly responded to the request of the citi zens meeting, by appropriating §20,000 to pay,the bounty to those enlisting, Right. ' A splendid now Infantry Company— ranks full-—from Chambersburg, •. passed through Carlisle, in the cars, on Monday morning; They wore destined for Camp Cur fin, Harrisburg. ■ Mar Meeting at Meciianicseurg.^—A lago and enthusiastic meeting was,held.at Mochanicsburg on,the evening of the 2Cth ult., over which Levi Merkle, Esq. presided. 'A number of patriotic addresses were deliv ered, and resolutions adopted. ' JJST - “ Sergent llebneu, of Carlisle,”, the Patriot and Union says, was -killed in q skirmish near Manchester.” Ho belongpd'.to the 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry, (Capt. Davis of Harrisburg.) The Captain and 15 of his men were taken prisoners at the same skir- - mish Capt. Wm . M. Porter’s Company is fill ing up rapidly, and expects to be readv for an "advance movement” shortly. The Lieu tenants of this ■ Company are John Turner and John, Hays. .Tho officers are all men of experience and character, and, wo doubt not, will do their whole duty in any emergency. , Off for Camp Curtin. —Capt. John Lee’s Company of Infantry left our .town on Tues day morning, bearing with them the good wishes of all our citizens. Tho Company, we learn, numbers some 70 able-bodied young men. . The Company will remain at Camp Curtin until its complement is made up— -100 rank and file. Pic Nic. —The scholars attached to the Sunday School of the 2d Pro»byterian Church of our'town, had a pleasant Pic Nio party at “Hamilton’s Cottage," one and a-half miles east of Carlisle, on last week. The eatables were spread in profusion, and the youngsters enjoyed themselves to thoir heart’s satisfaction. Moke Companies. —Capt. J. 11. Zinn of Mechanicsburg, is raising an infantry com pany for the nine months service. Capt. Z. is an excellent officer and has been in service. Capt.iflteoßGE Otstot, of Mechanicsburg, wo Ueliore> is also raising a company.. Capt. 0. is an active young man, ofgood capacity, and will make a first-rate officer. Soldiers’ Pay and Bounty.— ln reply to numerous inquiries wo publish the following : Letters of inquiry, relating to the pay of sol diers in hospitals or on furlough, should be addressed to the Paymaster General • rolat ing to-back pay and ?100 bounty of deceased soldiers, to the Second Auditor j relating to pay of deceased teamsters, or other em ployees of the Quartermaster’s Depart ment, and for pay for horses killed or lost in the service, -to the Third Auditor; relating to the pay and bounty of persons in tho ma rine or naval service, to tho Fourth Auditor ; about BoWiers in tho. army, to the Adjutant Oeneral. THE COSIEST THIS Fd LL7 ' ,10 -Democratic, party muat hosueoessfu! ■this fall; wo must .have no bickerings, no - heart-burnings. Men are nothing, but prin ciploa aro eternal. The salvation of the coun try depends upon the suooosa of the Demo cratic! party, and that man ia ho patriot who, in a crisis like the present, will permit hie personal preferences for men to influence him a hair’s breadth front the duty ho owes to hia country and his principles. Lot us all in this couuty, and in all counties, after our candi dates have be’en selected, go to work with a determined will, and elect our inch by un precedented majorities. Can any man—we care not what may bo his calling or what his position—bo indifferent as to the result of the approaching political contest ? Can any man who has the welfare of the people and the country at heart, and Aisown .welfare, remain passive and careless, and permit Abolition izod-Ropublicnnism again in our old beloved Pennsylvania ? AV’e trow not Look at the record of tl* Republican party! fhe enormities committed by that festering faction have not all been revealed, but enough is known to convince the people- that pecula tion and fraud, on a most gigantic scale, have be W practiced by the agents and emissaries of the Government. The revelations of the ' an At yck and Holt committees should, and wo hope will, forever damn the men and the party guilty of such practices. By these re- - ports it was shown that during the first ten months of Lincoln’s administration, over one ( j hundred millions or DOLUARs wore stolen from the Treasury of the Government! And, Mr. Van Wrote, in making his report to the House of Representatives, stated that “he had no doubt the Government had- been swindled to double if not treble the amount exposed I" It is an undeniable fact, that from the very day Mr. Lincoln, took the oath of -office, a band of vampires surroundoddiim and his cab met officers, expecting, as a matter of course, that magnificent fortunes,' in the way of con tracts at exorbitant profits, were to be ten dered.them,as a recompense for servi ces in the Wi'do-awako army. And notwith standing the bleeding condition of our coun try, the stagnation of business, and the ,wide spread distressand desolation that prevailed throughout the land, these blood-suckers were [ recognized andtheir imperious demands grat ified. ■ Nay, more,-some of the. members of the cabinet, and scores of’Senators and mem bers of the House, were partners in. these robber contracts, and shared the spoils 1— Gen. Cameron, tho Secretary of War, was censured and impeached by’ the House of Representatives for having connived at these stupendous depredations upon the Treasury; .and Welles, the Secretary of tho Navy, only escaped a similar disgrace and condemnation by “ tho skin of his teeth.” And yet, after, all this; “honest old Abe” came out in an of ficial letter and took upon .himself tbe very, transactions of Cameron, for which, he (0.) had been censured by the House 1 “ I did it,” was the reply of tho President of 'tho United States, when Cameron and Welles’ peculations were exposed 1 “I, Abraham Lincobn, committed these peculations about which you fellows of the House complain.’’ We submit the question toourreaders, then, whether tho President is .not an impeached man before the,-people this, day ? Certainly ho is, for when ho placed himself,, in Oame .ron’s shoos and announced himsolfresponsi blo for tho acts condemned , by the House, it, made him guilty, and relieved Cameron ; and his name, and hot the name of,his Secretary of IVar, should have been substituted, in the censure-impeachment resolution. What a disgraceful humiliation is this!' The Presi dent of the United States, with a brazen front, confesses himself guilty of acts that were pub licly condemned, and censured by a House composed of his own party friends ! “Toil ; it not in Gath, publish it not in tho streets-of , Askelon.” ■ But, wo have beerl digressing. Our Object in commencing those remarks was to urge upon Democrats and all loyal men—men who desire to see the restoration of "the Union as itwas, and the preservation of theOpnstitution as it is — the necessity of organizing now. We must go to work,- one' and all, and swear in our hearts that the originators of our present national troubles—the Abolitionists of tho North and the -Secessionists of’the South must bo put down forever, and buried in a common sepulchre. Organize, Democrats 1 organize, patriots!—organize, old'men !—or ganize, young men I—and work, worl\ work ! And let your motto be—" Bullets for the Se cessionists—ballots /or: Abolitionists.” ■ . Delegate Elections.— By reference to tho ■proceedings of the Democratic Standing Com raittoo (in another column,) it will bo seen that the election,of Delegates in .the several townships, Boroughs and Wards will take place on Saturday, August 23, and that the County Convention (to nominate a County ticket and appoint Congressional and Senato rial Conferees,) will assemble in Carlisle, on tho Monday following—Augsut 25. Wo hope our friends throughout the coun ty will not iail to attend the Delegate elec tions. If over there was a time when it was absolutely necessary to maintain and defend Democratic principles, that time is the pre sent. . As we have said heretofore, tho very salvation of tho country depends upon tho tri umph of tho Democratic party. This is the opinion of such patriotic Union-loving men as Millard Filmobe, John J. Chittenden, Gov. IVickliff, of Ky.,;Senator Cowen of this State, and thousands of other life-long opponents of the Democratic party. Hally, hen, friends of Jair,. friends of the Constitu- tion aml tlio Union! Attend these primary meetings, and select your best and most reli able men to carry out your wishes in the Coun ty Convention. X'ormit no bickerings and let not your desire to see certain men placed up on the ticket permit you to. forget the great cause for which you are contending.” "It’s no time to go to the collar to hunt rats dr jther vermin when the castle itself is on lire.” Think, then, of the responsibility that rests upon one and all of you, and'discharge your duty like faltlifuly patriots and true Demo crats. Accident AI the Sunday School Pia Nio 0" Wednesday of liveVwUhJ.Mr,n m ° d Georoe FywT.Vrbo inrr to rat intn n , ' UII ' roN ’ Ls« in attempt mg-to got into a wagim. Ml Ul id .broke his arm. Dr, Dai.e who happened to bo on the ground, immediately attended to the fracture and the patient, wc arc glad to learn, is do Lng troll. T&E “ffO F4BTY” JUI.IIBtIG—TUF pifesS. Wlioli wo hear a man of sense declaim in favor, of the no-party”. fraud, wo regard him either a humbug or one looking in in tegrity. “Lot us’ bury party differences, and all go in for our country,” are words cal culated to tickle the public oar, and receive plaudits from an audience. But, who ace the wen (whfcthor they be Democrats or Bopub licans,) who, use this language? John W. Fornev dealt in this kind of. twattle at the late Harrisburg Republican State Convention, and after doing so seconded the resolution endorsing the .extrffmo if not treasonable course of Senator Dave Wilmot ! That was discarding parly, with a vengeance. Indeed, wo might go on and show that every man who uses this clap-trap' language’ is an extremist in pjlitics, and has no idea whatever of yielding one jot or tittle of his political dog mas. He resorts to this mode of eliciting popular applause with a dishonest motive, and gives the lie to bis pofossionsin his every act ‘ ! rhoso to ° applaud Ins deceptive sentiments would laugh you out of counter nance if you asked them to yield a solitary political conviction. We repeat, therefore, that those “no-party” professions are used by demagogues for de ceptive purposes; and we doubt that man’s in tegrity who resorts to them. What 1 because, we are, most unfortunately for our country, plunged into a-fratricidal war—a war that has already drenched manyportions of our fair land in blood—because, we say, we are in volved in this unnatural contest, must we yield all the political opinions wo have here tofore cherished, and which ware taught us by our fathers ? For one—and wo think we speak the sentiments of all honest Democrats —wo will do no such thing. , Wo have, since earliest manhood, advocated certain princi ples, because wo believed those principles best calculated to enhance .and ..cement our institutions and perpetuate the Govern ment ;. and we will continue to pursue this policy so long as we can wield a. pen, the mock professions of wiseacres to the contra ry notwithstanding. Nay more, we shall con tinue to exercise .a. freeman's privilege, and denounce arid condemn that which, in our judgment, we conceive to be wrong, we care not where that wrong originates. And if the Abolitionists persist in their dare-devil efforts of making this war a contest against slavery, and the Constitution, instead of a war for the ’•estomtion of the Union, we‘shall condemn icir untenable, heresy from the. house tops and wo would like to see the creature who would dare attempt to silence us. 'rhis is our position, and we will adhere to it to the bittercnd, To support the war, and'to hold up the hands of our authorities in all constitutional, measures used by them ,to put . down the re bellion, is a duty we all owe—a duty we all acknowledge. But, we need not abandon our political convictions to .do this. As well might our. hundreds of religious sects be asked to give up their peculiar views. Wo can be all of one opinion—and wo hope we are—and desire to sep this wicked rebellion crushed, but.we cannot, and. null not bo of one opinion politically. The press is the great exponent of public opinion, and the man /who affects to sneer at its pawer or to de nounce it because of its strictures on public measures, is not so ready to condemn when he wants its support to foist, himself into offi ce. To the press more than to any other in fluence are the people indebted for the cor rection ofabuses. 1 Wo believe the.comments, denunciations, if. you 'please, of the press, since the- commencement of the war, have saved. 1 hundreds, of millions to our trea sury, and prevented bad men from run ning the Ship of State upon the shoals and quicksands that threatened and still threaten it. Yes, the -criticisms'of the press, instead of being deleterious,; tend to do good.. And even criminations and re-orimin.ations (if porsonallties'are hot indulged in,) will cause the people to think and reflect before they de cide. Tyrants dread the press, and many a tyrant has been forced from his prey by its well-directed blows.' Away with the two faced man, then, whojoins in the cry of “ no party,” would muzzle the press and condemn it for exposing error and villainy. No such nondescript can deceive either Democrats or honest Republicans. The New * Postage Stamps. —The designs for the postage stamps.to be used as currency were adopted on Wednesday,- and are now in tho hands of the ingraver. They are to bp of four denominations, viz: five, ten, twdnty five and fifty cents. All will bo printed on bank note paper, and tho fives and tons will bo two and five-eighths inches, and tho twon ty-fiveS' and fifties three inches in lengthy and all are. one and three-quarter inches wide. 1 iho fives and twenty-fives willl be brown, he tens and fifties green. On tho upper corners of tho faces will bo ho denomination in white figures .on a dark ground, The fives will-have in tho centre the five cent postage stamp, with a “ 5” in geometri cal latho work on each side. The tons will have a ten cent stamp, with “ 10” on each side. Tho twenty-fives will have fire fivo-eent stamps, partly overlapping from the left to light; and the; fifties, five ten-cent stamps, similarly disposed- Over the designs as above described will bo the words, “ Postage stamps furnished by the Assistant Treasurers' and designated depositaries of the United States,” and under them, “ Receivable for postage stamps at any post office.” In tho middle of tho lower part of the notes will bo “ United States” in large letters. Large figures in latbe-work denoting tho denomination will bo in the centre of the back of each “ stamp” or “ note,” surround- i ed by the words “ Exchangeable for United States notes by any Assistant Treasury, or •designated United States Depositary, in sums not less than five dollars. Receivable in payment of all duos to tho United States less than five dollars. Act approved July 17, 1802." Tho notes will bo executed in the Highest stylo of tho art, and every, possible precaution will ho taken to prevent counterfeiting. Mki.tino.— Tuesday, Aug. 5, was a molt ing day, tho thermometer ranging, at 91° in m.lhe.shade at 11 o’clock. THE PRESIDENT' AND THE ABOLITIONISTS. - Tho President’s declaration that the coun try cannot afford to lose the support of the abolitionists, is so wolf and forcibly answered by the Boston Post, that wo copy its remarks entire: . •." The President Compromises bis own dig nity and wrongs the patriotism of tlio nation when ho K>ys the country cannot afford to lose the support of men in favor of Hunter’s emancipation proclamation ; die humiliates himself and the grout people bo represents I when he implores acquiescence in bis slave policy because the ultra Abolitionists Ore dissatisfied at bis adherence to the Con stitution, and are pressing their extreme mea sures upon him with increasing tenacity. Ihe reply of the Border States is manly, dig miied, They only ask other States to observe their constitutional duties asfaithful i n 8 *l’ e border States observe theirs, and u ,'ion ' vrill bo' restored—peace reign | throughout the land and prosperity again bless its people. Cannot afford to lose the, JVndcs the Lovojoys, the Sumners, Garrisons, 1 hilhpses—men who denounce the Constitu tion given to,us by Washington and his com peers' as bitterly as does Jeff. Davis—men who thank God for Beauregard, and rejoice at the repulse ofuur,armies—who congratu late their fellows that the rock of our Onion has been split,.and that the wedge is being driven into the fissure'! Why, their loss would 1 be again— one of the great sores'- in the body politic, and if they could- be era dicated—-lost forever—if their lips could -1 e sealed and their hands palsied—the country would be relieved from an incubus, which [ has been one of tlio principal causes of its 'distress and danger. The President has nothing to apprehend from such men but by yielding to them he has only to be true to his oath to support the Constitution and to faithful ly administer the latyp, and all he will lose will be the dross which dims and incumbers him. If ho would say to, his countrymen, “My guide is the Constitution-whore that leads I follow—where that sfbps I stop—my duty is to sustain that .Constitution—to enforce obe- to it ; those who resist the Govern ment in the performance of its obligations, must acccptthc legitimate consequences—loss of liberty, life property—‘/.without distinc tion of color,”—but th'oso faithful to its'ro quirements, shall find it ah impenetrable shield of protection; we ask no more than we give. If faction, in South.or North—East or I West—interpose to defeat a just and impar tial. administration -of the Government, it shall be stricken down.” Let him say . this and his words would be hailed as the-voiee of salvation to a distracted country; conditional loyalty would he scouted, and tho nation rise in its majesty, purified, to vindicate its in sulted honor, its outraged Constitution, and to restore its legitimate authority to Tjjghtful administrators. The rules of Government and authority are written and known—they stand inscribed upon.au imperishable record; —they are ample for all perils, for all emer gencies ; by them we must live ordie. Aban don them, and we are upon n sea of anarchy :—bach man’s will will be a law unto himself, and might will bo the master of right, For this reason w r e have viewed the President's emancipation suggestions as unfortunate ; beyond his official province, outside of his official duties, and. fraught, with evil in the present temper of the publiq mind. The Sorder States'know their own rights and their own interests—they will exercise-the one and protect the other, raaugro threaten ing advice or sectional menace’; if they would not,’ they are qualified subjects’-for : that despotism which rules the insurgent territory. We hope the. President will leave the slave question where the Constitution leaves it, and confine his' efforts to defending and, maintaining the supremacy of that in strument, and to preserving the Union,,with nil the dignity, -equality, and rights of the several States unimpaired that he will ad mit and Copgioas has almost unani mously declared, 'tho Federal ■ Government nor ‘be pebplo or government of the non-slaveholdvng States have n/purposo or a Constitutional right to legislate upon or interfere with slavery in any of the States of the Union,” and instead of quailing beneath the “increasing pressure’! of impracticable and, traitorous ultraists, believe what his Congress has told him, “ (hat those persons in the North who do not subscribe to the foregoing propositions are too insignificant in numbers and influence to excite the serious attention or alarm of, any portion of the peo ple of the llepublic, and that the increase of their . numbers and influence does not keep pane with the increase of the aggregate popu lation of the Union;”' >- j “There, are , elements in this assemblage which have never been combined in any for mer period of,our country’s history; Men who' have differed radically in former year? now stand together like a band of brothers.” —Forney’s speech before ihe Republican-Abo lition State Convention. Mr. Dawes, a Republican member of Con gress, said in a speech, not long since, that “it took four horse . contracts, each for one thousand horses, to settle the political feuds of the Republicans of Pennsylvania, and eve ry one of the contracts cost the Government $lOO,OO0 —$400,000 in all.” No wonder the "elements' stand together like a band of rob bers {wo beg pardon;) -brothers,” They .are still after contracts and spoils. _ To Destroy House Flies.— lt is' perhaps not generally known that black pepper (not red) is a poison for. many insects. The fol lowing simple mixture is said to bo the best destroyer of the common house fly extant Take equal proportions of fine black, pepper, fresh ground, and sugar, say enough of each to cover a ten cent piece; moisten and mix well with a spoonful of milk (a little cream is better,) keep that in your room and that will-keep down- the flies. 'One advantage over other poisons is, that it injures nothing else ; and another, that the flies seek the air, and never die wi the house——the windows be- ing bp"cn. ‘ Murder in Lebanon.— On Tuesday after noon last, three Germans mot ojt a lager beer shop, in Lebanon, and got into a difficulty, among themselves, when one of them, named Agdstus Heinrich, stabbed another, Wm. llelh, (known as “William jlie locksmith,”) in the neck, killing him instantly. The mur derer is a robust man, about 37 years of age, and seems to be a straggler. Ho was arres ted, and is now in jail. The murdered man hod been in the neighborhood of Lebanon for some time, and was about 60 years of age. A Pathiotic Challenge.— ln Quincy, HI. inois, an insolvent Republican was boas’ting of his superior loyalty and loudly denoun cing Democrats ns “Secessionists,” when a prominent Democrat quietly challenged him to enlist with himself They both repaired to the recruiting office, where the Democrat enlisted. The Republican suddenly remem bered that he had urgent business to attend to, and skedaddled, much'to the mortification of his backers. —Chicago Times: • XT' The Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society will hold its Eleventh Annual Exhi bition, at Norristown, Montgomery county, on the 30th of-September, and Ist, 2d, antLSd of October, W* . Senator Simmons. Again in (he Pillory, ■ Senator Simmons’ complicity in contract , jobs tins hardly boon smotheredL up in Con gress by his conscience-stricken fellow Sena tors when it again breaks out in a Rhode Is land court of justice. In, the course of a tri al now progressing before the United States Circuit Court at Newport, Rhode Island, Mr. John B. Anthony, Treasurer of the Provi dence Tool Company, testified that n gun con tract for twenty-five thousand muskets .was negotiated for the company by Senator Sim mons “and several others, among whom was Senator. Anthony,” that senator Simmons claimed five thousand, dollars,' after the con tract was secured, ns a bonus for procuring it, and that ho was paid the money under a throat that ho Would use his influence against the company upon n second contract which it was desirable to obtain. This revelation makes the conduct of the Senate in squelch ing, the investigation of Simmons’ previous job still more astonishing. Undoubtedly Sim mons’practice has been the rule with many of his Congressional colleagues, both in the. Senate and the House, and this is the reason why his other little affair was quietly buried in a committee room. We have no doubt that tbe public jobbery, robbery and swind ling of some of the Senators and Representa tives, and their accomplices, during the last session of Congress, amount to twenty or thir ty millions of dollars, for which the people will bo taxed. The reports of three or four Congressional committees only show the as tounding corruption of a few individuals; and those surface pickings but servo to indicate the rich mines of jobbery not yet revealed.— It is a fact worth noticing and remembering that the persons wild have thus robbed the people are generally those who cry most loud ly about the negro, indulge in -all sorts of in trigues against qpd attacks upon our gene rals in the field, and thus add to the duration as well as to the cost of the war. Greeley and the other gun contract jobbers of the Tri bune Association are shining illustrations of this pregnant fact. —A r . Y. Herald. Jins it Come to This? Unless the slaves are given to understand, and that speedily, that the Union wants their services enough to give them liberty therefor, then Mis rebellion'can.never he pilt down.—N. Y. Tribune. Haa it come to this, says the Patriot and Union.- Does tiie fate of this Nation, hang suspended on the action of the negro slaves of the South? If so, ,we can only say God save the country. But it is not true. This assertion o£the Tribune is a lying- one—cal- I oulated to discourage enlistments and give aid and comfort to the rebels. The loyal white men of this nation are yet able to save I it—oven without the aid of the fellows - who write such paragraphs as the above. Fellow i citizens—freemen" of this great Bopublic— rally in defence of the Union and Constitu tion 1 -Preserve the liberties achieved by your Fathers. Eebuko treason both at the | North and the SonthJ.Be neither-slaves, nor dependant on the assistance, of slaves, but put faith in your right arm and in the God of battles 1 To the rescue and fill up the ranks of your bravo comrades in the field! Latesi: Foreign News —Tue American In tervention Question In England.— The : Australasian, which arrived at New York on Wednesday, brings us news from Europe to tlie 20th 1 nit. The American question had reached fever heat from the publication of a' (bogus telegram in- the London Times, an nouncing the surrender, unconditionally, of. General M’Clellan’s army to General Lee, and a good deal more of.llio same kind. The next idny; however, dispelled the Illusion, and matters wore a different aspect. ‘ Ah im portant discussion took place in, Parliament on Mr. Lindsay’s motion to offer mediation and recognise the Southern confederacy. After a lengthened discussion, Mr. Lindsay’s motion was withdrawn. Lord Palmerston made, a remarkable speech on tho occasion, appealing to the House to leave tho matter in the hands of the government The effect of tho Times’ canard upon the cotton market was a fall‘of two cents per. pound, but on the evening of the 10th, .when the Australasian sailed, the market had-.recovered, when the news by the Arabia put an end to the hoax. Tho Paris correspondent of the London Herald again assorts that the Emperor Na poleon is about to offer the meditation of France to America, and says that the drift of public opinion is in favor of such a course. : . Threatened Retirement op Seward.— The New York Herald of Thursday, contains a dispatch from Washington, of which the following is the substance : “There is a crisis in the Cabinet. Mr. Seward, who has so ably filled thb Depart ment of State, is unsettled ns to what his fu ture course shall lio f; and is desirous of bein'* relieved from the further care of his present position. The reasons for Mr. SeWard’s in disposition to remain longer in office, are well known in political circles here. He .objects to the radical policy partially forced upon the President by the Confiscation and Militia acts of the late Congress. Mr. Seward's idea from the start has been to conduct this war in such a manner as to make a reunion of (the States. possible. lie therefore wished tire Government to have a record, at the eloso of hostilities, such ns no other nation ever had before at the conclusion of a war. * * . * Mr. Seward will consent to remain in his present position only upon the condition that the recent acts of Congress shall bo so inter preted as to conform as far as possible to the pre vious policy of the government, so that no general pillage or destruction, of private property in the South shall be permitted, and that slaves shall not be used, except merely as laborers in the army. If such modifica tion is decided upon, Mr. Seward may re main in the Cabinet, but not otherwise.” Admirals in. the U. S. Navt.— For the first time in its history, the American Navy now has a rank above that of Captain. The President, on Wednesday, put, in execution ‘the late act of Congress creating the rank of Bear Admiral. On the retired List ho has commissioned 4ho veterans Stewart, Bead, Shubrick, Joseph Smith, Storer, Gregory, Lavalotte, Stringham and Paulding, each of whom has contributed .to the renown of our Navy. On the active list ho has appointed Farragut, Goldsborongh, Dupont and Foote. The country will bo pleased with these se lections. Heretofore the officers of the Navy have bad no such chances of promotion as those of the Army, simply because the high est recognized rank was that of Captain. Now the President may select, from among “ those captains who have given the most faithful service to their country," men to bear the rank and title of Admiral. “Any man who will abuse General Mc- Clellan is a traitor at heart, , and were ho down in the army with us his time would bo short.”. —Extract from a Idler written to Eas ton by a soldier in the Army of the Potomac, Gov, Curtin’s Speech at Pittsburg. Wo learn from tho Pittsburg.papers that his Excellency, Gov; ~CtmTiN, -was pres ent at and delivered an .addross before a war mooting hold'in tiiat city on the '24th ult. During the cohrso of his remarks, ire are in formed, tho governor made use of the follow- ing languageV “JThe President has at last learned that we are actually engaged in a war. . Without charging that mistakes have been made, it is enough to say that after long months of schooling, tho war is now to bo prosecuted with vigor. War means violence, and in time of war man relapses into barbarism. The property,, nay, even the life of an ene my, and everything thathehas, womusttake to use against him. In the absurdity of civilization our arms have loft' a guard at every house, and left our enemies behind them to hunt and destroy. This is not war I Tho crops in the valley of tho Shenandoah belong to us. That horse, that man, bo ho white or black, if claimed by our enemy, belongs to us.” So it seems that the President did not know until lately that “ we are actually en gaged in a war!" Thousands of millions of money spent, hundreds of thousands of sol diers raised, equipped and marched against the enemy, our country for nearly eighteen months (Joluged in blood, the cry of the, wid ow, the moan of tho orphan, the Wail of the bereaved and tho broken-hearted saddening the land, and the President all this while ig norant of the fact that “ wo are actually en gaged in a war 1” Fill dp the Ranks'of the Veteran Resi ments.—General McClellan tells us, from the Army, of the Potomac, that ho “would rattier fifty thousand recruits in his veteran regiments than a hundred thousand new men in raw •'regiments.’’ General- Burnside, in the brief, pointed, : and soldier-like speech forced out of him, by the Now Yorkers, on Tuesday last, echoed the sentiment by telling' his hearers that .“all is going on well, if you will only fill up. the old regiments.”. Gene ral Thomas .Francis Meagher, the brave com mander of the noble'lrish Brigade, which did such splendid service before Richmond, re echoes the call, by “entreating” his country men in Now York “to fill up , the ranks” of his bravo battalions,.-.The Secretary of War admonishes the people of the loyal States, to the same effect. The Governor of Now York has officially declared in favor of this un questionably wise policy. From, every cor respondent in the field we have the same voice. How to make the new recruits effec tive in the shortest possible time is the im portant problem of the day, and in what is above quoted we have the solution. Why, then, do not.our National and State authori- ties meet, and come to some conclusion upon so vital a question ?— Plata. Inquirer . . More Contrabands—The Negroes Arm- ing to Protect Themselves.— A letter from Washington to the daily papers, dated Aug, 4, sayst . • The boat,from Aoquia Creek has brought up over 100 contrabands, who are principally from .Caroline county, Va. , They ■ were at once directed to the contraband’s quarters.' They, are of all ages and sizes, including a sprinkling of infants,* The woman lugged the children Indian fashion, and the men bore immense bundles of -baggage on their shoulders. , " • The Star of to-day saysWo are in formed that tho iiegroes of lljis city aro or ganizing secret associations for the purpose of protecting themselves, in anticipation of a riot arid mob by the laboring classes of whites, similar to .those which lately, occurred in Now Albany, Indiana, Cincinnati,' Ohio, and,other places/* , Jt is also alleged that a Tmmbor of clerks m the Government ; employ are aidin'- the negroes in perfecting their organization! Uur informant Is,a colored man of this city.” The Rebels on Norfolk.— lt wag rumor ed in Washington that the now Merrimao nnd a new ram which th'o rebels hav© at .Richmond intend to run through the fleet on tho James river and attack the Minnesota and other vessels at Norfolk, and taka that cityv It is also said, and is believed by tho Uuiouists, that the secessionists there have a full supply of arms.in their houses, and that they-are ready to strike a blow-simultaneous with tho approach or the rebel steamers. On the way, up quite an unusual number of boats vverS seen on the bay, crossing either way, which the captain thinks are in the em ploy of the rebels, and is of opinion that as most of the gunboats are elsewhere employed, tho secessionists in Lower Maryland and Eastern Virginiaare in constant communica tion with each other by this means. Stringent Order broji tub WarDepart ment.--Ad order was issued on Thursday from the War Department revoking all fur loughs and leaves of absence, except those given- by the department, on Monday, tho 11th day of August, and ordering all officers capable of service to join their regiments im mediately, under penalty at dismissal from the service or court-martial. On Monday, tho 18th, each regiment and corps shall.mus tered. Tho absentees shall bo marked, and if not appearing within forty eight hours will' be dismissed from tho service or treated as deserters, unless restored. This latter can only bo done by a court of inquiry. Officers not enforcing these rules will bo dismissed from tho service. Death op Gena Twiggs. —Gen. David B. Twiggs, whoso name was stricken by Presi dent Buchanan from the rolls of the army as a “ coward nnd a traitor,” for hie infamous conduet towards the United States troops un der his command in Texas at the time of the ■breaking but of the rebellion, died recently with that stain upon his memory, blotting out all his previous reputation ns a soldier loyal to his flag and his country, won in many a hard-fought field. Ho was 72years .of ago. ... C 7“ Col. Charles, of tho Tammany N. Y. Regiment, a recent prisoner among the Reb els, says: “if-there were less agitation about abolition of slavery, the Union feeling at the- South would spread; but so long as we Con tinue that, flic war can only be ended by an overpowering array and vigorous war meas ures.” Col. Charles has just returned from Secessiondora and ought to know. The Government Small Notes.— Under thb law authorizing the issue of thirty-five millions of dollars in notes less than five dol lars, there will be about thirteen million one dollar notes, half as many two dollar notes, and nearly four million of three dollar notes. T. 'he August Interest.— The semi-annual interest on the State Debt of Pennsylvania was paid on Tuesday at the Farmers’ and Mechanics’ Bank, Philadelphia. It wos ppid in currency, with 12J per cent, added, to make it equivalent to coin* THE WAR NEWS. Important from Gen. M’Clellau’s Army. Expected Naval Engagement on • 'James River. Proposed Operations of the Confederates; Iriic War in the South West Fortress Monroe, August I. —lt is ru mored, and believed here, that the now Mor rimao has come down the river ns far ns Port Darling, and thfvt she is hourly expected to make the attempt to come further down.-Alb tho Federal gunboats have passed up beyond Harrison's Landing, and not one is now j a sight at that place, or on the . river this side., A detachment of infantry and cavalry front Qen. M’Olellan’s army made a reobnnoissanco down the Chicahominy,. through Dinscund - and came on toward Williamsburg till .they, met our pickets and then returned, after .re porting to Fortress Monroe by telegraph that in their reoonnoisanoe they had seen nothing of tho enemy. ’ “ The mail boat from Harrison’s Landing ar rived at Portress Monroe at a quarter to three this afternoon, and brings the following infor mation : Last night between 12 and 1 o’clock the.. rebels opened fire on the centre of Gen. M’- Clellan’s army, which continued for about an Irmr and a half, from four rebel batteries of flying artillery opposite the Landing—some above and some below. They threw shell of six and twelve pounds, round and conical, and not one third of them exploded. The. firing was intended no doubt, for our camps;, but many of the shots fell short, and they did but little mischief to*the shipping which was. lying at the Landing, and at anchor at the river. Several vessels and steamers wore struck by fragments of shell. It is reported that nine of out men wore killed and three wounded; It being in the dead of the night and our. army in. expectation of an attack in. front, there was some delay before'our guns, opened fire. In half an hour, however, the siege guns wore brought to boar upon them,, and in less than forty minute's the rebels were silenced. The firing was very brisk while it continued. . Many of the, rebels’ shells were thrown: over among our .camps,- but they did not ex plode. All the explosions which' took'place occurred some distance from the camps, and this accounts for so few being injured. It is thought that the motive of the rebels in this, action was todraw the Federal gunboats down; the river to enable tbeir-boat (the Merrimac) to pass mit. ’ . .-The rebels, it is estimated, 1 threw,over 500, shell which lay this morning scattered pro .fusely over the field, and some lodged in the musts of vessels. All that is, known of the, fate of the rebels is that they,, fled, and this, ninrning the trees'-.where they had their bat teries presented a shattered appearance, many being out completely down. Wo could learn nothing more about-the now Merriraao than has.already been, reported, and heard nothing to contradict the state ment already published. There was one Federal.gunboat near the landing, which opened lire on the enoiny,.but they.did not appear to notice it,'as they were so intend in shelling our camps. If.the reb els motive was.to draw our gunboats down,, tbo river they, were unsuccessful in their of-., forts, for not a single gunboat made its ap pearance, save.the one already in the rigid spot. [third despatch.] ' . Headquarters-Army op the; Potomac, I , Saturday, August 2, 1802. ; j - 'Si* hundred troops-crossed tho : torday afternoon for the purpose of destroy ing the houses and woods! on tho' opposite' shore,, which had afforded protection to the rebels. Everything in tlio shape of a dwell ing was burnt. This was the point from which the rebels shelled our shipping 1 nnd encampment the night ' before; 'The affair was successfully accomplished without the loss of a man. Tho gunboats this morning were engaged in shelling tho shore and houses down 'tho river. Five mop wore killed by the enemy's shells, night' before last, and two wounded. THE WAR IN TUB SOUTH WEST. Cario, August 2.— The Grenada Aj)jiccil of the 28th says : ' The Foderals have abandoned tho idea of taking Vicksburg by water and are now evi dently awaiting co-operation by land forces. Reports from Bloomfield, Mo., says: Col. .Daniels, with a force numbering one Hundred men have been attacked by five of six hup. drod rebels. It is! thought that Daniels will bo able to bold the,position until the rein forcements, which Jiavo been sent, shall nf. vivo., • Memphis, August 2— I The gunboat Car. doniet arrived yesterday from Vicksburg, but brings no later news. Several gentlemen from Brownsville nr- ■ rived last evening. They bring, some parti culars of the rebel raid under Faulkner on that place. Ou Friday last every man there having “ cotton r was taken prisoner, one hundred and twenty thousand dollars taken from them. Four hundred bales of cotton were burned. Five hundred Federal, cavalry arrived ou tho same evening. The rebels fled but wore pursued and atelight engagement took place on the.llatobeo and Forked Deer rivers. A number of the rebels were captured, and the ferry bridges wore destroyed. The rebel Jackson was at Denmark, on Saturday with. 300 of his cavalry, and is re ported to bo marehing on Bolivar. Jackson used a pontoon bridge to cross over Forked Deer river. Heavy cannonading was hoard at Bolivar on Saturday aud Sunday. 300,000 More Volunteers Wanted. Order Calling for filillila from the Several Stoics. Washington', Aug. 4. Ordered , First, That a draft of throe hun dred thousand militia be immediately called" into the service of the United States to servo for nine months, unless sooner discharged.— The Secretary of War assign the quotas of the States, and establish regulations for the draft. Second, That if any State shall not by the 15th of August furnish its quota of the addi tional .300,000 volunteers authorized by law, the deficiency of volunteers in that State will also be made up by special draft from the militia.' The Secretary of War will establish regulations for this purpose. Third, Regulations will be prepared by the War Department and presented to the Presi dent, with the object of securing the promo tion of officer# of the army and volunteers for meritorious and distinguished services, and of preventing the nomination or appointment in the military service of inoompotont cp .un worthy officers. The regulations will also provide for ridding Hie service of such incom petent persons ns now hold commissions. ■ By order of the President. . (Signed) Edwin M. Stanton, ■ . Secretary of War. O' It is stated that Gen. 1 Pope's recent or ders have fluttered the traitms considerably. Nearly every man in the Warrenton region has sworn fealty to the Southern Confedera cy. Bather than revoke their swear, they"' prefer to go South with their Dares and'Pet* 4 atos, [later.]
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