AMERICAN VOLUNTEER.
JOHN B. BIiJTTOJf, Editor !s Proprietor.
CARLISLE, PA.. SEPTEMBER 11, 1802,
"Poreierfloat that standard sheet 1
Where breathe* the foe buff alls before usl
With freedom’s soil beneath our feet,
' And'freedom’s banner waving o’er ust”
Democratic StalcTickcl.
tos. AUDITOR GENERAL:
ISAAC SLEEKER,
union county.
POR SURVEYOR GENERAL:
JAMES P. BARE,
PITTSBURG. . ,
Democratic County Ticbet.
.For Congress,
JOSEPH BAILt, of Perry.
For Senator,
GEORGE 11. BUCHER, of Cumberland co,
eubjeot to the decision of the Conferees.
' . For Assembly,
: JOHN P. RHOADS, of Carlisle.
For District Attorney.
3. TV. I>. GILLELEN, of Carlisle.
For Commissioner,.
GEORGE SCOBE'y, of Carlisle.
For Director of the Poor.
ROBERT ELLIOTT, of Hope well.
For Surveyor,
v JOHN 0.-ECKELS, of Silver Spring,
For Auditor.
WILLIAM M. GARDNER, of E. Perinsboro’,
For Coroner.
DAVID SMITH, of Carlisle,
ij/SpUHcction, Tuesday, October 14, 1862,*©a
FEKFSYL VANIA, SS:
tN THE NAME AND BT THE AtJTHO’
OP THE
CominenvveaUli of Pennsylvania.
MOREW Ct.-CURTIN,
Governor of the 'said Common wealthy
r.svo<ji J aiUAi - ruN'. r ' 1
Whereas, in the proieaf position of affairs,
At inexpedient that measures.should he taken
‘to arm and prepare our people for defence:
Now, therefore, I do earnestly recommend
the immediate formation throughout the Com
monwealth, of volunteer companies and.regi
iiients, in conformity with the militia net of
1853. Arms will be distributed to the orga
nizations bo to be formed, agreeably, to the
provisions of that act. ;
At is further recommended, that, in order to
give due opportunities for drill and instruc
tion, all places of business bo closed daily at
three o’clock, p. m., so that persons employed
therein may, after that hour, be at liberty to
attend to their military duties.
The cheerful alacrity with 'which the men'
of Pennsylvania have hitherto given, thom
' solves to the service i of the' Country, has
pressed heavily on her military resources. I
am reluctant to ask her people to assume fur
lier burthens, but as their safety requires that
they should do so, it is in their behalf
that 1 put forth tho recommendations heroin
contained, and urge a prompt compliance
with them.
Given under my hand and the.greatijsgsgi
.Seal of the State at Harrisburg, tbitlljagaP
Fourth day of September, in tho year of
uur Lord one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-two, and of the Commonwealth the
eighty-seventh;'
Br the GovebSob.
ELI SLIFER,
Secretary of Commonwealth.
Closed. —For the last three days our Dry
Goods stofes have closed doors at 3 o’clock,
P. M. for the purpose of enabling their clerks
to perform drill duty in tho Home Guards.—
Right.
(Ly 1 * The Democratic Senatorial Conferees
representing this District, assembled at New
port on Tuesday of last week, and balloted
some forty times without making a ndmina- -
lion, They re-assembled again on Tuesday,
but at tho time of going to press we had no
information from them.' 'We hope sincerely
that in our next we will bo able to announce
tho Domination of Mr; Bucher.
Co. A. 7io Reg. Pa. R, C.—A letter from
cur hophow, Wir, Bratton, who is a member
of the above Company (Henderson's) says—
“ Our loss in the fights was light; compared
with some other companies. We had only
three slightly wounded in onr company, viz
—Charles Wondorliob, and the' two Fallcr
boys. Quite n-number of our men, however,
are missing. I suppose they are prisoners."
The- jotter is dated Upton’s Hill, Va;, Sept. 5.
Hone Guards. —ln compliance with Gov.
Curtin’s Proclamation, quite a number of
out citizens have formed themselves into Vol
unteer Companies for the protection of our
town and valley; in the event of a rebel inva
sion. Notwithstanding few apprehend dan
ger, it is well enough to second the Gover
nor's views and guard against-ail contingen
cies. This is all right and proper. Lotus
all swear in our hearts that oiir beautiful
valley’ shall not be polluted by the presence
of armed traitors. The war, wo fear, is ap
proaching our own doors, and each man may bo
called upon to defend his own hearth-stone.
Form companies, drill, and bo ready at a mo
ment's warning.to turn out in force.
Pornet'S Pressh tho organ of the Repub
licans of Pennsylvania; it is supported by
thorn, and its wretched editor iis n stipend l
ary of tho . Government.'' Lot u» dee ihon t
what this Republican journal advocates. In
a lato'numbor of the Press is the following
language and declaration of principles, to
which’ tho special attention of all men who
are in favor of a Republican forth of Govern
ment, and opposed to the establishment of a
monarchy, is especially called. The Press
days: ,
LAG.
“ Another principle must certainly be em
bodied in bur' reorganized form of Govern
ment. 1 The men who shape the legislntion of
this country, when tho war is past, must re
member that what wo want is power and
strength. TUB PROBLEM WILL BE TO
COMBINE THE FORMS OP A REPUBLI
CAN GOVERNMENT WITH THE POW
ERS OF. A' MONARCUQIAL GOVERN
MENT.” 1
There is certainly no mistaking the point
presented by tho Press. It is a plain decla
ration in favor of changing our form of Gov-,
crnmehtfrbm a Republic to a Monarchy, when,
tho reorganization comes. No man will doubt
this. Tho more forms of a Republic tiro tube
preserved, but thepoiccrs lodged in tho hands
of the Government aro to bo such as those
possessed by a monarch. In other words,
the plan adopted by Louis Napoleon when he
changed tho French Government from a Ro
publio to ri monarchy, is to bo practiced in
our case. There’ the fo'rms of an election
wero preserved, but the one-man power stood
by the ballot-box, and controlled each person’s
vote. There the press was said to bo free,
nfld so it was'in form, but tlio Government
said what article should appear, and : fined,the
editors, or imprisoned them, under the pow
ers of a monarchical government. The change
made in the form of -government in Prance
by the present Emperor, is just such as is re
commended by the Press to bo adopted in this
country at this time; and if this bo not trea-
sonable, then there id no meaning in that
word, and there shodld be a general delivery
of all thosa who ha'vo been arrested and im
prisoned as traitors during the ponding con
test, "
But, lot us quote again from the Press. In
that paper of Sept. 4, wo find the following
languag e -:
“ Let us demand that there he but one sen
timent, one religion, one creed, one faith, one
idea, and that embodied in our country.' Lot
there be no concession to any false idea of
sympathy for those in arms against us. Let
every pulpit bo silenced .that does not make
this duty as sacred as the duty of Christian
faith and obedience. Let ua trammel every
newspaper that would sacrifice the country
to polities or partisanship. Lot every sym
pathizer. be silenced and rebuked.”
■ There 1 that is father plain talk to come
from a " no-party" Republican office holder.
Fohjjey wants to trample everybody and ev
erything that interferes with bis opinions.—
He would trammel the press—aye would he,
the miserable coward and tyrant—and ho
would have “ one religion and one creed 1”
AVe would like to know tho “one religion"
Furmby favors. If it bo the same that he
practices, we think most good men will, beg
leave to remain outside the Republican syna
gogue. And yet the men who insist that we
should change our form of Government and
hereafter live under a Monarchy, cry out
against “partymovements, and party arrange
ments.’’ Oh, the hypocrites.
ATY
„ ; RESIHIJINa THE DhalT.
remhfkabTo rgot/'afloFTfie repeatod accusa
tions of disloyalty cast against Democrats by
the opposition, that the first important in
stance of resistance to the authority of the
Government,' in the loyal States,-has , come
from members of thoir own political- organi
zation. Oh the ,29th of August a' meeting
was held at Wilmington, Del., the proceed-,
ingspf which we find reported in the Phila
delphia, Press the organ in this State of every
thing that is rotten and ruinous. The meeting
is said to have been, largely attended, and all
of its officers and prominent participants are
Republicans. - Amongst the resolutions adopt-,
edisthe following:
Resolved , That we, tho Union men (?) of
Wilmington, composing the malitin, positively
assert that we will not bo drafted by rebel
agents appointed by Gov. Burton, and that
we will neither serve tho State nor the United
States, in the capacity of soldier under: offi
cers appolntod.by him, and that wo will re
sist any and all efforts to raise an army among,
us to he led'hymop whoso sympathies are all
on the side of the rebellion. .
The secret of this extraordinary demon
stration may be summed up in a few words.
Gov.-Rurtoh'ls a Democrat, and this is the
whole ground of the accusation agains.t him.
Tho Republicans of Delaware are fully ns sel
fish and bigoted as they are hero, and will
not give Democrats credit for any loyalty,—
Notwithstanding the fact that Gov. Bdbton
-is the chosen agent of the National authori
ties, to regulate the draft in that State, they
openly proclaim thoir determination to resist
it, unless an officer of thoir own political creed
is appointed. Now, what is this. but down
right treason ? So wo go.
York Cobnit.— The Democratic Coutitj
Convention met in York on Tuesday of last
week, and nominated the following ticket :
Assembly—A. 0., Ramsey, Joseph Dollone.
Commissioner.—llenry Miller.
District Attorney—John W. Bittinger.
Director of the Door—James Rosa.
Auditor—Abraham Klinefelter, 3 years
C. Smith, 1 year;
Hon. Jeremiah S. Black, Peter Mclntyre,
Daniel Iteiff, Daniel Hartman, A. Heistand
Olatz and E. Gerry, were appointed Congres
sional conferees, instructed to support the
| nomination of Adam J. Glossbrouner.
We would like to know what our York
friends mean by appointing six Congressional
Conferees? Of course they cannot expect this
number to be admitted into the Conference,
Each county in the District is entitled, as
heretofore, to three Conferees, and, no greater I
number will be admitted. |
State' Aorigoltorali Fair. —The next
State fair will take place at Norristown,
Montgomery County, on Sept. 30, Oct, 1; 2
and 3, 18021 The most liberal arrangements,
are being made with Rrilroad Companies,
and the most important roads having agreed
to carry freight free; Excursion tickets will
also be issued at reduced rates.' The premi
um list is very heavy, and'the locality aocess
iblo by the Norristown Sfid. Philadelphia
Railroad. Quite a number of Exhibitors have
1 alread y wsde' Entries of articles. From
i present indication the fair will bo one of the
largest ever hold in this State. For premium
list and particulars address A. B. Lonoakrb,
Eao’y., Norristown, Pa,
TBEASOJf OHm riIOCLIIJIED I
ISO PJBTTJ
• Ambng, tha.-mdny'dovioes and tricks of the
Abolition] traitors, who hovel brought "the
country tp tliA.vorgo of ruin, and who are
presting dur Government, with fatal rapidity,
into,the yortd* of destruotiob, there ie not
one more specious and fraudulent than the
cry of “No] party 1”" When the- masses,
whoso patriotic impulses are always truthful,
are to bo urged to, fill the ranks of our army
—more than decimated through the selfish
scheming of Abolition Congressmen and edi
tors ns much ns by the bulietsbf their foes;
or oven to get uppopulrir demonstrations to
give moral force to the Government—-tho cry
of “No party 1” is raised by the Abolition
leaders, and reechoed by’the Whqfol
low at their heels, with an intensity and
seeming 'disinterestedness that would ho ncP
mirable if it did not Povef the darkest and'
rSpst traitorous purposes against .the Consti
tution and the Union’, the poace and prosper
ity of ourbelbved, land."
, “ This is ho time for parties or |partisans.
It is,no time for, creeds or platforms,” says
Jons SnERUiNj Senator from Ohio, , nni en
dorser of the “Helper Book,” which did so
much to precipitate this unhppy strife. And
so it,is with tho yvhpio fraternity, Who, are
doing all thay can, in and out of Congress,
to make irremedablo tho breach between the.
North and tho South, thus rendering inevi
table the prolongment of this war, to be end
ed,(finally, either iu exhaustion and tho ac
knowledgment of the Southern Confederacy,
or in the subjugation and desolation of th.e?
Southern States in ruin; for that portiop of
O'ur Union as terrible ns that of the Onrnrttic
so eloquently and touchingly portrayed by
Eniitrtih’ Burse. ' '
Yes 1 we say it fearlessly these-Abolition
“No-party” politicians will be. responsible if
the restoration of the Union Ijeodmes an im
possibility, and the whole fabric crumbles
into the confusion of anarchy j and it is there
fore that we warn the people against'the
shameful delusions which t'h'ey attempt to put
upon them, for their own sinister purposes.
“No party 1” AA’cll, we say “No party,"
too, with all our heart, so far ns loyal and le
gitimate service to the Government and devo-
tion to' the. Constitution and the Union are
concerned. The Democratic party, too, have
acted “No party" in good faith and with
sublime devotion in filling the ranks of our
armies---carrying the knapsack, not sporting
tho epaulette—and they will continue to do
so as long as the exigencies of tho.country de
mand it, so long as the “old flag” is to be
honestly defended; but they are not to be
hoodwinked and deceived by the political
trickery which would shamelessly use our
country’s great need to juggle, with popular,
demonstrations, and subserve the basest of
parly purposes. • ,
The Democracy do, and will recognize a
party. It is their own noble Constitutional
Union party, whose voice, at 'the next elec-
tions, will startle Abolition traitors with the
echoes of their forthcoming doom, and cheer
the drooping hopes of the nation. Tho-Dem
ocratic party still exists, still lives, to serve
their country in her armies when called on,
and at the polls when a change of rulers be
comes necessary.’ It will always remain an
honorable, open - , patriotic, Constitution loving
parly, and it scorns amalgamation’with “nig
gQra”.AtAkajt_aQpf,'-or^a-- AjW:»:— i -v~
Su says the Constitutional Union', .
THROTTLE THEM!
Gen. M'Ciellan- Is again in command of
our army, and tho President has declared
that be will not again permit him to.beinter
fered with. Thank God 1 Had M’Clei, can's
plana not been disarranged when he had them
completed before—had his, well-drilled army
not been out up into four parts, merely that
a few Abolition adventurers should have com
mands, wo would have seized Richmond
months ago. Of this'there isnoidoubt what
ever—every intelligent military roan says so.
But, bettor latd : than never. Mr. Lincoln
has at last discovered that he can “no longer
afford to gratify Abolition traitors. Hence
forth they must stand-aside, '
But, notwithstanding the confidence that is
reposed in M’Ooellan by the President, the
army and the people, certain men still keep
up a howl against him, and attempt to bring
him into disrepute. Those men are in every
community. We have them here in Carlisle.
Some of them are stipendiaries upon tho Gov
ernment, and are receiving the Government's
money, at the very tithe they are acting tho
port of traitors, by their attempts to sully the.
character of the General at the head of our
armies. Their infamous conduct discourages
enlistments, creates disputes and wranglings,
and injures our cause. These men must be
stopped, and if tho Government cannot or
will not stop them, tho people will take the
matter upon themselves and throttle the mis
creants engaged in this treasonable work.—
Sumner and Forney have advised their Abo
litioU adherents to place their “heels.” upon
the necks of all who refuse to worship Aboli
tion principles. Very welll Let Democrats
place their heels upon the hocks of those, who
assail M’Clellan. By . their attacks upon
the General of our armies they injure our
Government and give aid and comfort to the
enemy. They must be silenced; the Presi
dent wants-them silenced, and our cause de
mands it. Down with them, whenever :they
are heard to open their treasonable lips.
"CP GUARDS, AND 4T THEM!"
Democrats of Cumberland county 1 Demo
crats of Pennsylvania 1 up, and at the enemy I
Dpi and clanp by the throat the demon of Abo
litionism I Up, and throttle the party whose
leaders have broughtour oountry to bankrupt
sy and ruin. Dp, and strike down tho mis
creants who put at defiance the . warnings of
our forefathers, IVASniNaTo.'j. jEWEBsoM and
Maßison i Up 1 and rebuke the men who
mock at the 1 heaven-born words of Jackson,
Cbav and Webster; Dp, Democrats, and at
the enemies of ydnr Country 1 We can, aye
and we wax pat down the traijws in. arm's,
provided their twin-brothers, tho Abolitionists
of the North, are kept in cheek. To keep
them in cheek and destroy ttioir influence
and dovlish schemes, we must beat them at
tho polls. It is pur country that now calls in
trumpet tends. Democrats, obey the: calb
and remember your motto— -Bullets for sects-
I sionUts, ballots for Abolitionists t Dp GCarbs,
AND AT Ilptß 1
WENDELL PHILLIPS.
When Wendelo Phillips walked into the
Senate'chamber some months ago, loaning
upon,the arm of Senator Sumner, Mr. Vice-
President Hamlik: descended from the chair
to welootne.and embrace him. Extras feted
and petted and received with every mark df
respect by United States Senators and mem
bers of Congress. The doors of the Smithso
nian institute wore opened to him, and Gov
ernment officlals flocked to his-leotare and to
applaud his sentiments. The Abolitionprcss
of the country were in obstacles that tho lea
:der;of, their blanl tho mart Who had d'eriohnobd
tho Constitution as “a league with death and
a covenant with hell,” and had spent nine
teen yeawVfhis life in .atlemp.tjng to .dissolve,
the Union, should bo thus treated in tho very
capital of thenatiort; . Wiiat a revolution in pub
lic bentimeqtf. they, exclaimed. Yes, St was
a rovolation. and such a revolution as marked
the departure from constitutional principles
and the decay.of patriotism, prevalent among
a certain class atjWashington. ~
The identical Wendell Phillips, who Whs
.fefed'anil applauded at Washington by Re-,
publican tnomhors of Congress, nod who was
invited to uso the Senate chamber of Pennsyl
vania by a. Republican Senate, recently de
livered n characteristic address nta meeting ol
the anti-slavery society■ in Now
York, which wo find reported at length in the
Tribune. In speaking of that prince plunder
ers, dontr C. pREhosT, the great Abolition
otator said—
“ Abraham 'Lincoln only rules; John C-
Fremont-governs. [Applause.): I find by
the pulse Und opinion of the people, the real
the American mind dobs not
live in tmjA?hite House ; he leads the Moun
tain Department of Virginia [cheering] and
history will record the realities arid not the
appearances of,the present dayand the re
,a!ity is, that although the votes of '56 omitted
Fremont, Although the eaucrisses of '6l omit
ted him, 1 the people buried him in thefr hearts,
and reproduced him, when the emergency re
quired it, on the prairies of Missouri, and
elected him-President of the crisis."
“ President of the crisis”—a very happy
designation !) The man Beard, wlio.was paid
$191,000 by General Fremont for construct-,
ing certain useless forts at St. Louis, which,
according to, the testimony of experienced
army offioets J ..did riot cost mo,rd than $7.0,000,
would dobutleas endorse this sentiment, if he
could be found.
After expressing ed flitloh admiration for
the great patrda of swindlers, Mr, Phillips
very naturally proceeded to denounce the pa-
iotio framers Of the Constitution. lie said
“Thereis-an old adage, ‘ The devil is an
ass/ ■Ho always is, and when ho framed the
Constitution he put the fugitive slave clause
in if, arid that fugitive slave clause, in my
apprehension* has been the mightiest, strong
est weapon which Abolitionist has had to pro
duce this uprising of tho people.” )
• Mr. Pnn.i,irs>ogarda the negro ns not only
as good as the white man but a great deal
bettor: '
: “ Justice! justice to the npgfo would hp to:
lay tho wealth of the nation at his feet, put
on sackcloth and ashes,'and sit down af his
feet, and hog pardon for tho sins of six gene
rations ; vre should yield up every printed
page, every evidence of civilization for Which
we are indebted to tbe toil of the negro. We
do pet mean' to) give him justice when we
giye'him hia pwp.right hand," .
The ravages of this fanatic, would not be
worth repeating lint for the fact that bp is in
higlrfavor with litany loading men of the Ee
puhlicah thirty, _ ■
r~K-r -----
President tineoln’e Slalfineni of the Carise
Of Jfie War.
Fresidolft Lincoln, in his recent eonforence
with certain-cbloted people, to whom he re
con. mended fi.'mjgratioh, stated the origin of the
war thus : ' 1 ... ■ , ■
“ See otir preseiil, condition—tlie Country
engaged in. war, oiu l white men cutting one
another’s throats, hone knowing how tar it
will extend,- and th m consider what we know
to be the truth—b it for your race ainongus
this war could not Save an existence,-although
many men engager in it on either side do not
care for you one viay or the other.. Never
theless, I- repeat, , vitbout tbo Institution of
slavery, and the colored race as a' basis, this
war could not havdab existence,”-
Hero is an important statement, says the
Ohio Statesman, coming from a very high offi
cial source. It amopnts substantially to this
—that but for the opposition to slavery on the
one hand, and the djfonce of it on the other,
we should butte ho war. But Mr. as Lincoln
holds that tbe Consutfltlon guarantees slavery
in the States, whies use ;it,-ho, therefore,
practically says that/except for the action of
those in the North, w
the Constitution, til
South,. who .wore d
Union, would-have h
' From Mr. Lincol:
flow those consoquem
be said in-one aspe
war, it is eonatitutie
ish it without brq
fib.wore dissatisfied with
p efforts ?of-those kj the
sposed to.break up the
on utterly powerless.'' :
's statement inevitably
era : Though slavery may
t to bo the cause of the
oi, and we cannot nbol
king the Cbnstltuiion.
But if we break the
fundamental bond o,
no longer exist.--'1
about the morality o’,
is a point which tboa i
settle for themselves,
tod States, we are & I
constitutionality. If
the President is und.c
cannot destroy it aga
pie in the States whc
troying the Conslitui
or annihilating the Cl
(onstitution, which is the
Union—the Union: will
ho question is not, One
justice of slayory—that
i who mairftaiq jt' niust
As citizens of the Uni
lely concerned with' its
it is constitutional, as
'stood to grant, then wo
nst the will of the peo
e it exists, withou t des
on,‘ and thus destroying
don.
Important Mi lit*
T. W. Sherman/too-v
man, left recently in
cede General Phelps
oral Mitohel, whose
Alabama a short time;
lion of the world, had 1
few days ago on hie w
al Hunter at Hilton 111
abolitionist propen'aith
famous; for special anil
than for any act for thi
bullion, will resign the :
fidelity to the Union ni
tution ns it is, is undoi
nr Ciunobs. —General
n ns X’ort.KoynlSlier
the Marion, tceuper
>t Now Orleans. Gen-
career in
'go attracted the atten
.rrivcd in Now Yorka
t iy to supercede Goner
! ad, Thus two men of
is, both of them; more
proclamations
suppression of the-re*
• places to men whose
slit was and the Const j
labted. ;
. DC?” Fletcher Webstlr, mortally wounded
in .the late battle, ai(a now dead, was the
oldest eon of Daniel Webster. His younger
son was in the army ii Mexico, and died in
service, there.; llis qmgbter.Mrs. Appleton,
died goipoyoars ago- sp that now there is
none left of the blood.o{ “fWebster.V; ~ polopeJ
Webster was’ot oho tir e' Assistant Secretary
of Stafe, during Geh. I prison's Administra
tion, serving in the; Shite Department under,
bis illustrious /atliqr, lie was also appointed
secretary to Caleb Curbing, when ;thq latter
was minister to Cblonj'
Democratic vi, Bepubllcan Opinion.
Hon, Charles Inobrsoll, a prominent
Democratic politician, was nrreated-in Pbila
dolphid recently for uttering the following,
sentiments, at a greatlMuas Meeting held ip
that city on the23d nits * i, !
“That a more corrupt Government than
that which now governs us never Was in tho
United States,-and has boon seldom ; aeen in
any European part of the world. It is neces
sary to go W tho older regions of Asia to find,
as'nluoh corruption as exists in this Govern
ment.” . .
There may be some difference of opinion
amongst loyal men os to the correctness of
Mr. iNomofcn's statements, but whether
truo or not, they aro certainly based on good
Republican authority. In a speech delivered
at Washington, l during the last session oi
Congress, by Mr. Dawes, an opposition mem
ber of that body from 'Massaolluiietts, ho
saidi
“The gentlemen pinsfc remember that,in
the first year of rt Republican Administra
tion, which.qamo into power upon tho pro,?
fossiona of Reform.and .Entrenchment, there
is indubitable evidence abroad in thq.land
that somebody has plundered the public trea
sury well nigh in that single year as.milohas
the optiro current yearly expenses of the
Government during - tho Administration:
which the people hurled from power because
of its corruption.”
So, too, John P. Hale, of Now Hampshire,
said in the‘Seriate,"of the same session : -
“ I declare it upon my responsibility ns a
Senator, of the United States, that the, liber
ties Of this country are in groat danger to-day,
from the.corruption and profligaoy practised
in the various departments of the. Govern
ment, than they are from.the open enemy in
the field,!” . ,
And Horace Ge.EEt.Er, declared in the Tri
bune, a few - .weeks' ago, that “this war has
cost more money, and sacrificed more lives,
and accomplished less fesultSi than any pre
vious campaign, of its longthj known in his-
tory/,'
■ Now,:if it was treason' for Mr. Inoersoll
to make rise of tho expressions attributed to
him; Wq should-lik'd to know how much loss
criminal the-opinions of Messers, Dawes,
Hale, and OiiEELEV are?
Arrest Them !
fVo ball upon Secretary Stanton to clap the
quffles on the. Hessian of, the Telegraph and his
man Friday, the editor, fyt.'jUaepitrajfing. <bi
listments. Lot us noloriger have fish of one rind
flesh ofanother. Arrest this Abolition printer
and editor fur giving “ aid and comfort tri tho
enemy/’and'disodurogingoitryotirtg iriop from,
volunteering. Hero is the paragraph'onwhieh
wo found the charge j. ri more frightful picture
of.the hardships', privations ana dangers to
which our soldiers nro"exposed could no he
drawn. See Telegraph, September 4 :
“Delicate citizens ponder over tho possibility of
their being, forced into heavy, marches brer.dusty
roads, in the bat sun, and .shudder at a midnight
couch ; on tho” bare ground and bendaih a drenching
rain. They turn pale at the idea of daily faro on salt
pork, hard bread, and coffee strong as bpino, and pa
ler'still at- tho prospect of ballot wounds and ampu
tated logs anil arms.” , , '
After cutting tho above paragraph from the
riiorbing edition Sept. 4, vyo had occasion to
turn to the afternoon edition ofSept. 3, where
the article from'vrhich Wo clipped the. above
extract origihally.appoared, the same,in every
particular, except that it con tains a paragraph
still-mere' odious, which was suppressed in the
morning edition. In the earlier edition the
article closed With Ibis paragraph,- following
immediately the one above : ...
“ Ob, the draft, the draft,- the draft! The rioJiwtll
buyaeuhnti!’it/r, and t/ny nlhovic tfi iuprr'iutc.nd their,
bus hi ess,labile /A* poor it'i hut little in world-'
ly goods to loso,.iciVl funi icith aching heartto thinl r
■of the iccf/are and c&ni/art.of ilic.irifc 'end Mb? mt«.
Kehat TW fUo diaftmustcoipo;, SJu
jioTiCr'iiod glory of the old-flag. rc([riifo it, and the,
rebellion must bo put down.'’ ;
Now wo'submit fo’tbeDepHrtment-that this,
paragraph nlono.ds ns well calculated tp “'dia-’
courage enlistnihrits" as anything'that could
be -written for/tho;specinl purpose '; and the
editor seems to hare thought So frinsolf, as, op
reflection, it/was however be
fore it -through a full edition. The
Hessian Post Master and liis editor ate guilty
of treason'against the Administration accord
ing to.thoir own definition of it and, also guilty
ofaidirigfhe Cneuly by doing all in their power
to'prevCnt enlistments. The least that will
satisfy impartial justice in this case is the re
moval of the Hessian from the Post Office, and
sis months’.confinement of himself and his edi
tor iti the'bld Capitol Prison. The Mayor, the
Provost Marshal; or the War Secretary should
at tend to thisd Call the guard, and march them
off,I—Patriot 1 —Patriot and, Unions
General WcClelteff,
The New York World of Wednesday, allud
ing to the Abolition attacks Upon McClellan
remarks; ■ ■' . . ' ’ "
, , “ The absurd and cruel rumors which have
been, hatched by the teeming malignity of
tbs radicals, and scattered all over the coun
try by telegraph within the last three days,
meet a signal contradiction in the or
der ; of the President,. dated yesterday.
The, enemies of General SPClellan set afloat
bopfidept statements that be .had'disobeyed
orders, had caused the defeat of Saturday by
his,’ neglect' to forward reinforcements!..and
tpngucs yydre found to uttter .and pens to
*#riiS ’^^djiJ*k' : hjm;tho accusation of treason.
In; the facU ( .of thoap malicious and shocking
Prosi.deniLjncolh immediately issues
an ! order, M’Clollhn with tlio
command of .the fortifications of Wasiiingtbn
and of all thetroo'ps for the defense of tho capi
,ol. Tips the President committed the defense of
tho.chpitoVtp a freshly, detected- traitor ? Mr.
Lincoln knows the charge to bo ns atrociously
malignant and. base P* itrs utterly false. It is
a characteristic illustration of the unscrupu
lous, and gionndless detraction with which
General M’Ciyllan has been pursued by his
perscepipra i from . the beginning. Though
they have, never, before aimed, quite so mur
derous a blpw at his reputation, these..assas
sins of .character hove, made constant thrusts
yyith weapons poisoned by falsehood and-ven
om, taking their ingenuity to invent all sorts
of ficticious anecdotes and absurd statements
to bring him into contempt and derision. His
abilities ns a general are h fair subject- fpr
public criticism, hut there can be no palli'ta
tion fur. the cruel, and malignant..assaults
upon bis patriotism.; .
Toe Public Barometer in New York.—
The New York Herald '-pf Friday, says the
public feeling, in that city has been complete
ly revolutionized in forty-eight hours; On
Wednesday despondency, was seen every
where j'.tho faces of the people were long and
glodhiy, and they were seen hurrying; to and
Iro with a despondent, anxious and hervodh
step, as if they were in momentary expecta-'
tion that some great oalam.ty. would befall'
theih. Wall street was all excitement.—-
Stocks went down apd gold ,rrent ; up'. ‘Yes
terday it was announced .thftti the President
and General llallecic had turned a deaf car
to the radical couapirators,:tihd placed Gene
ral McClellan, in command of the entire ar
my in-Virginia. This simp jo fact displaced
the gloom and despondency of tho day pre
vious 5 our people wore cheerful countemm
ces, and moved about with ~n buoyant.and
confident tread,,naif they considered tlio cri
sis over. Wall strept rpspondod to this'.feel
ing. Stocks again went up, and gold, which
the day previous had gone to 119, fell to 17
It is easy to see from ; this which geporals
have the public odnfidenep...
Correspondence of the Volttniot
Letter from the Army.
Co. A, lltli Hog. Pa. Vols.,
\ '.Cadip on Ball’s Bill,
. "in sight of.Waahingtdn,
' ; Sept. 0, 1802. | !
Jkr. B radon:
Dear Sir—Sinco. writing to you from our
cnkn'p near Cedar Mountain, wd have 1 partici
pated in the stirring .events connected with
the Array of Virginia. Wo'left our damp nt
the above named place on the morning of tbo
13th of August and reached a point'within
two miles of the Bapidnri river the same eve
ning, where wo encamped and were allowed
to lemain undisturbed until the following
Sunday aftetridou, when our rptroAt first cum.
itierioed. On that ’morning the rebels made
their appearance on (ho opposite side of the
river'in considerable force, end about nbon
wo received orders to pack up and fall in iuv
[ffiedintely; we renVained on the ground, how
ever, Until near evening, when we commenced
our. retrogado movement, arid by sundown
we Were again' near.Cedor Mountain, where
we iwent into camp. l .< • ■ v■■
:, She following morning (Monday, 18th) our
eiitire brigade was mustered in accordance
with; an'ordor from,tbo Secretary of Wnr, and
abkentees noted; who, hereafter are to bo con
sidered as deserters and; treated as such, un
less excused' for sonic sufficient reasons, pur
brigade was also increased numerically by the
arrival of a- cobple of* squads- oi ■*. recruits for
the 12th', arid' Ipth Mass, regiments ; about
t noon our cars were again greeted with the
(already very familiar.call to “ pack up," &o.
| We obeyed as usual, and after having been
drawn up in lino, wo were kept ,im that posi
jtion Until -near midnight,-when we were
I marched out into the road and made very lit
tle progress until daylight on 'i'nosday wo
continued our. march all day and crossed the
Rapahannook about lO b’clock tho sumo night
and encamped in a low piece of ground abuht
four hundrodlyards,frobi the river;
On Wednesday niorning thb rebels attack
ed our rear gbnrd oh the opposite side of the
river, and our batteries were placed in posi
tion and our forces generally distributed so ns
to give him a warm reception in case he would
make an attempt to cross; this; however,.lie
did not do, and about 4. o’clock we wore as
signed the honorable but dangerous position
of supporting a battery which had been sent
to occupy a hill on the opposite of the_ river;
there wore two hills,'on eiiOb, of’which the
rebels had at some previous time erected ft
breastwork for thb protection Of the bridge ;
upon passing the first onfe wo found it occu
pied by a battery supported by the 13th Mass,
of our brigade;- we pushed oil and soon,
reached the desired point, and spent.the night
in the trench surrounding the brertstwork ;
during the night oUr forces constructed a
bridge across the river about 200 yards from
our position, and in the morning %\ fatigue
party'was sot to work to lord tbo.--breast
work so as to allow our dt-tillbry to mare into
any-position desired. They bad nearly fin
ished thciP work and we were setting care
lessly around when “bang’-’ went a cannon |
and “whir,”caine a shell right over pur heads, ]
bursting a short distance in our rear, with
out doing any damage, however ; they con
tinued to come thick and fast;- rendering it
necessary for ms to seek a |esa exposed, posh
tion at the foot of the hill. During our change i
of position two men of our regiment wove j
wounded'in the head by fragments of. aboil : i
just ns we reached the foot of tho hill, and
had lain down, a solid shot-passed oVot our
heads and; striking the 'Adjutant's biirsc. j
passed entirely through him, killing .him in
stantly; the Adjutant had just, dismounted
and had'the bridle yet in bis hand. |
On Saturday morning! 23d,' wo were awa
kened about daylight by the old order, to
*• paek .up, fall'in,, and cross the river:”
top .cause, for this unexpected movement
was found- to -be from tho fact .of the re
cently constructed bridge hail ip boon car
ried,.away. during .the .night, by ,a Sudden
rise in tbo river, end having lodged
against the. railroad bridge., OWw-'v-.<•
get ,bt its being destroyed also, in which evfent
our supplies would have.boon Cat off aiid no.
means Would have bojni loft os of being rein ,
forcod or of retreating i i case .of our being
attacked by superior numbers of the enemy :
our retreat was probably discovered by'tbe
rebels before we;bad ttceomplisbed.it, for they,
appeared in such numbers as to cause Co’s.
I grid 11 (which werb tinting as rear guard,)
tp’mukogobd their retreat without their knap
sacks-;’. tips, ,1 understand, was the only loss,
aiid we alDcrossed, the bridge in safety ;• as
suon'bs Vd :got over the bridge Was fired and
destroyed. ; , '
Our.brigade wfta.tbdn collected.together and
formed :in lino of battle behind our batteries
and aboilt 600 yards from the river; the can
nonading by this ihiio had become most ter
rific ; it sounded like a continuous, roar; wo
were in.a comparatively safe position, howev
er, and os,we could render no. assistance, we
were permitted to cook our breakfast. Du-
( ring, our short stay hero I.was startled by an
(.unusualnoise in the air, and.upon looking (ip
I saw a long shaped missle passing directly
.over our heads and about 50 feet above us ;
it struck the ground about, 100 yards to our
left, nnd was picked up by a; member of our
brigade, who satisfied ray curiosity ns to wlmt
'it way by informing me that it was a section
of I"railroad iron, about JO inches in length ;
I have learned from our artillerymen that the
firing of this kind of a missle is not an unu
sual thing with' the rebels.
Wo took up our lino ot march about noon
again, nnd kept going in n direction parallel
to the.river until, about sundown, when we
baited for the night ; about an hour later nnd
wo visited by several went bora of the
Reserves ; they remained among us for a few
hours nnd then joined their respective regi
ments, whialv were encamped in,an adjoining
field.' ■ -,Vj i,Sto.>'
On Sunday morning we changed oor direc
tion and, came in sight oi Wnrreriton, when
wc were halted in n field to rest; we remained
hero several hours,- during which time wo
could hear the repeated discharges of cannon
to our loft and net-more than a lew’miles dis
tant ; we expected to he matched to the scene
of action, hut in this we were, disappointed,
for wo were taken across the fields to a pike,
along which wo traveled until.time to turn in
for the night. Our entire brigade was here
formed in a continuous line* presenting a
front of nearly eight hundred yards, and re-
I Drained in this position until the following
afternoon when we again struck aprosSithe
country and took up a new position on the
side of a bill facing the'river and! about, four
miles distant from it; wo were allowed to re
main hero until the afternoon Of the following
Wednesday, when all the forcCsin that Vicin
ity, packed op and shaped ; their course for
Washington. Our Colonel" fold ns that we
-would be required to march-all night, ns it
was necessary to reach Gninsville as soon as
possible; upon reaohihg : W siren lon we were
halted in the street and kept there until about
7 o’clock, when wo, were moved bn until after
midnight, when,we tiirueJinto afield for the
night. '■ " v ,- *■
3Veresumed' bur mafdb dri fhViqotning of
the 28tjt, a'pd at a point a cptipleof niileisfrpm
Qainsvillo ojir divißion.waß '^be 1 idft
.and proceeded to Thprp’laro Gap, to endeavor
to’prevent Gan. tee ffoni passing through tu
the assistance’ of Jackson ; on our arrival
near the Gap our company and Co. I of the
the 12th Mass, were deployed as skirmishers,
and_ while acting as such wo succeeded in'so
curidg'eleven prisoners; Wo had one toad
killed in out company j after driving there!)-
Ole a‘considerable distance nut company re
joined the regiment, which were in' line of
battle on the side bfabill, and while we were
irf this position the rebels made three separate
attempts to charge bur ranks, but were in'ev
ery instance driven back with fearful loss.—
This engagement lasted over. 1 three' hunts, du
ring which entire timb'oiir'rigiiiVent hteld' the
■front.' If o'held dfiirpdsittoh uhtir sundown,
when wo withdrew, having duringthT™? —
ment lost 19‘killed and 3e wounded Cn^a 3 ll ‘
Thursday pight and Friday we ‘ wor „ „
ployed in changing our position, and p-m®'
night we epont.on the bid Bull Rim i
ground. Saturday morning ho winnonatlllf
oommenood very curly, mid vso were I
changing around until uhout tlirco o ’cl T
. when we at that time became ongawd '
r extreme left j the five we wore exposed t” ,
very severe, and in consequence ourregimlt!
l suffered very mueh; wo held d'ur position f
, nt least two hours, during which wo receive)
t no reinforcements, and were receiving the r
, of the enemy from throe sides;«ear battoriei
[ having run outof amunition, were withdrawn
. and tlie infantry alone were loft to hold iV ’
i position against such overpowering number*
, certain dcatli or capture, nnd the onlv alto '
it soon became cvidettUhat for us to remain
native.was to retreat} this wh riooemplihi.J
, as Lest we could, the surrounding oircun
stances (or rebels).prevented its boilin' ,i
in order. s ° uutte
The loßn in ouV regiment during the tw :
? ot le n b-i? j'Vfl 1 thO J awonnu 1
, to 43 killed, 111 wounded, and 83 missine' '
this.includes .o commissioned, officers kilf!
nnd 9 wounded. The loss incur cbhin,„„
(Cant. Kuhn’s,) is us follows: “ "' pl,n^
. Killed-— Fielding, Thos. Moririn n; ’
vid P. Miller. 6 ’ u,v
Wounded— Lieut. A. Weavcrline, ,h n i J
the knee; Sergt. 17. Vanard, supposed' to
have been shot three times~loft on the field .’
Sergt. Jns. B. Noble, shot in left side—I 0 fc
on the field ; Thos. Conery; slightly, ] of .
leg; Conrad Kuntz, severely, in h;f t j ;
Daniel Mooney, slightly, in left kuco; Av,,,’
Kdl.l, severely in right )sg; A. Swartz, „hV|/
)y, in left hand; A. Sites, slightly, in fote
head ; O, Vrinasdttl, severely, in both hips"
John Vanaanf, slightly, contusion in leftaido’
A7m. Walton; severely, through, right hand’
Musing— lsmto J. Bates, N ichoias 11. Corn'.
aiAn, Cornelius C. Mellqtt, David 11. Ibiovor
After refloating from the field wo made our
way to the fortifications surrounding.Coutro
villa, where, after collecting the regiments to
gether again,'wo went into; camp, remaining
until Monday afternoon, Vhon were marched
to near Fairfax ; on our arrival there wo were
drawn up In lino of battle and in such a po
sition as to bo 'oble id net as a reserve to
Hooker’s and lleno’s division, who then were
engaging theononly immediately in onr front;'
at first the fire was confined to"the skirmish
ers, but it soon became general, nnd lasted
for about two hours, during which the rebels
were driven back a distance of several miles
and ns rt constquence our, services were not
required. A heavy Filin storm had passed
over us, wotting us to thi) skin, nnd being with
out bhlukota, (having lost them.in Saturdays
fight,) and dot being permitted td build fires;
it was an impossibly for Us to p,das the night
comfortably or obtain, any rest; ‘ Abiiiit 9
o’cloeknext morning wo wore granted permis
sion to coyk our breakfasts and to take a little
sleep ; about II o'clock wo were 'withdrawn
and started down-the pike towards Fairfax;
wo continued our march untildnrk, marckb’g
a distance of siinio twenty miles, and finally,
encamped On Bails Bill./vliore wo !md a very
acceptable rest, vtdiich 'I assure you wo all
stood in need of very much, for since Sunday*
17th, wo have not boon allowed to lay down
without having - our belts on and guns alongt
side of us ready for notion nt tin .instants
warning, rind dllring that entire time wo
have seldom been out of the sound of cannon
nnd, very often have been in range arid hud
shot niid shell phasing in close proximity to
us.
Since our arrival hero we have been visited
by numbers of tlie 130 ch Regiment, members
of Captain Lee’s and Porter’s companies;
The Carlisle Feiicibloa of the 7th Reserve ara
encamped close to us. and we exchange visits
frequently. I presume wo will be allowed,
t< remain, here until the reorganizaium of
the army, is concluded; and then we will he
called on to, tako tin mUlve part again. Of
bur future movements 1 will'kcep you frillf
advised. , - .
:SBSTUHS}TS -Of A SiJLDfEfc;
One of our Carlisle “buys,” wb’o ia new in'
the arfuy in front of Washington, thus write's
to Ifis relative in this place.' Wo take but act
extract'from his letter :
Camp SfANtOK, 1
Near Alexandria, Va.,
August 27, 18S2. }
Dear Sir:
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; I wish I could ho with you nt tlio coming
fall election, for I fool satisfied the Democrats
hitvc shown more love lor their country tharr
the Republicans, by'enlisting,to light her bat
tles while the woolly-heads have remained at
homo so that they may be aide to control the'
election and thus bring lasting ruin to us by
electing those whose hearts are sot,upon the
.abolition-of slavery, even if it should sever
this Union into 34 distinct governments in
stead of so many Slates tinited intooue glori
ous Union. Little do they care what become*'
ofourgood old Constitution and Independence
purchased with the blood of .our forefathers/
so Hint their own selfish ends are gained.—
Still I cun' hardly think that the Keystone”
is bo wholly given up to ” li'iird'ness of heart
and reprohucy of mind”-that she will not this’,
fall signally rebuke these arch traitors.'. If
she but takes the right com l s wo who are in'
the tented field can enter with more hoar#
upon our painful duties,- fur wo will then
know that those we have left behind have
struck a harder and more effective blow in
wiping out this unholy and fratricidal rebel
lion,'than all the bullets that have or willbo'
fired since, the commenccnicn of the. if t'v .—
You may rest assured that thousands, aye
tens .of thousands of mcnv Si'S; looking buck to'
the State of PenUß^lVdnia'with eager hearts,'
to know the result’df, the coming election :
and whcwtlie nows arrives that old that Domoc-'
racy has again established' itself, there will
a shout go up from the army that will make
the very earth quiver to her centre. Hope’s
broad banner will then be unfurled once,more,
and the old American Eagle will again start
front' her eyre, where she has Inin wounded*
and bleeding for the last 2 years, and again'
mount high into the, air, proclaiming to the
world at large,; in tones of royal gladness,,
that we are again to he a happy and a united',
people. I'hc old Star Spangled Banner wilt
again float proudly in the breeze, displaying'
on her broad folds 13 stripes and 34 stars,,
not one of them to ho erased or even dimmed;-
while treasured in the archives of our coun
try, anew, will be the glorious old Constitu-,.
turn, without a single amendment or without
a single clause stricken out. It is this that,l,
volunteered to fight for, nnd it ‘is this- that
two-thirds, nay the whole of tho present ormY ;
is here for. And they will not f)3 satisfied 1
until oar country is as it was,’
KT'-At the recent Stpto Convention of the',
People’s Party 4 resolutionwas adopted'
which will ha el “good thipg" provided tho'
members thereof feee'p'fhcir fledge. We
fcr to the last resolution, in which the mem-,
here pledge to our. ruh rs thuir lives. to-.pufr,
down the rebellion.- Tbtore’wore 133 mcm- (
hers in that convention. : These would make,,
two companies of the miniuitim! number, nna :
wo suggest their offer <llO 'accepted and they.
bo placed in the first regiment that leaves
Pennsylvania umlertlvencnv call.— Exchange.- f
We rtro anXjpeS ’fp learn, lin'd poblieh for
the benefit of the opposition, how many of
133 patriotic.gentlemen, wlm signed the
pledge above alluded to, have up to this
complied vfith their' profit iso. If nny-of their
frientltf will furnish us with a list of those,
who have given “their Uvea for the eauso’
we shall publish them in largo black
so that the country may boo and admire the
heroism of : this hand of' incdmpm'abje 1 war
‘yrs!
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