(I »• » % n—in Tritt * aßll * ril ' wiririr * AMERICAN VOLUNTEER, JOHN B. BRITTON, Editor & Proprietor. CARLISLII, BA., APRIL IG. 18G3 APRIL. “There are scents about us ; tho vioh'Mddes Ontliat groeii bank ; the primrose sparkles tbero : 'X’ho earth is grateful to the teciuiug clouOs, And yields a sudden freshness la their kisses. “Tho first blossoms poop about.our path, The laniba are nibhtiug tho short drippliug grass., And tho birds aro on the bushes.” . Where UiC foil tyrant, Winter, bo lately held his reign, wo. non-:behold rising beauty and tranquil peace, fur Spring has again re turned. The month of April is proverbial for its fickleness ; for its intermingling showers and Hitting gleams of sunshine; for ail species of weather in one day ;'fur a wild mixture of,clear and cloudy skies, greenness and nakedness,' flying hail, and abounding blossoms.. But, to the lover Of nature, it is not tho less charaoteriisod' by tlio. ispirUfiof-- acpecCalion with which it embiies the, mind., Wo' are irresistibly le I. to look forward—io .anticipate, with a cieliglitiui.enthusias'm, tlio, progress of. the -season. It is one of tho qxV. celient laws of Providence/ that our .minds ehall bo inoensibly moulded to a sympathy; with that,season which is passing, and be come deprived, in. a certain, dogbee, of the -.nowor of yooalling thc ima’ges of those which, •tiro gone by ; whence.wo reap tho doable ad vantage-of not. being disgusted with tho deadness of the wintry landscape' from a comparison with the hilarity of spring; and when spring itself appears, it comes with a freshness ot beauty which charms us, at once, with .novelty,- and' a recognition of old de lights;. Symptoms -of spring .now crowd thiokiy upon us. However .regular may bo piir walks, vre are- daily' surprised at the rapid march of vegetation; at the sudden increase of freshness, greeones and beauty; one old friend, after another starts up before us iu tho shape of a flower. Tho violets, which come out in March in little, delicate groups, now spread in myriads along tlio hedge rows, and HU secluded lanes nith fia- gyaneo., April is, indeed, the moist and budding month, nourished with alternate rains and sunshine. Nature, after the less,unequivo- cal rigor of winter, seems to take delight in rendering herself more evident in this opevn- ;, ui than’ in any oilier. Winter rains and • .nu.nor funs m.ay appear to the superficial ’irr'fvor to bring him nothing but cold and ; ; hut the watering tlio ’vegetation with showers, then warming it, and .then ornig it again, sown to show to car very ,i her “ own sweet hand,” divested of its 'i .ntng,” She I re:: -ms her plants visibly, ear ladv at her window £hirf is truly.,tbtf spring ra»u tuuj niVitiivs of the Tear. JJnrch •Wcis.likc an honest bins tonus servant,. bringing*' home bibls- awl flowers for his young mistress. Aoril is she. horseUV issuing'forth aJorned with them. , I'i.o-blossom of fruit-tree's present a splfcn (ll! scene : In the luMulo part of the mouth, g:ir-U-:i3 ami oreluirJi, generally ppcahiug, beiag covered with a showy, profusion of , btm bloom ; ami the blackthorn rurd wild um wreathe their sprays with such pure and clustering dowers, that they gleam in hedges and the shadowy depths of Woods, ns their boughs radiate with sunshine. In o latter parr of the month, the sweet and .ashing blossoms of apples, and of the ■Udine:, (ill up the succession, harmonizing delightfully with the tender giveU of l.ho ex panding leaves, and continuing through part of May, recalling early recollections, and de lightful thoughts of our “youthful days.” The fields and meadows, which a few weeks since were uninviting and desolate, tvv.o now all covered with a charming verdure, of va-. ,rious hues, arming which, however, l)lo green, so refreshing to the eye after the sombre tints of winter, mostly predominates. And M‘w how truly delightful is the appearance of the little flower-garden. The crocus, the daisy, the polyanthus, and the ‘dark violet, all rivalling each other in beauty, now ex cite our utmost attention ; while the tulip, UvC hyacinth, and the. carnation, scent the air with their sweetne-s. All is harmony and joy, fur the cheering rays of the' sun have returned to gild the* produce of the earth, and to make merry the heart of every living thing. The feathered songsters of the grove are now busily em ployed in collecting together materials for their little nests, and in providing food for their young ones. In the ploughed field the rustic'flower is engaged iu depositing the seed in the ground, leaving to Heaven the glorious Jask of corfipfcting the work : Laborious man Ha? done hU part. Ye fostering brctv.es* blow ! Yo sol’iuning dews, ye tender showers, descend ! And temper all, then world-reviving Sun.” Dr.MOCEATtc- Meeting. —The Democratic meeting held in the Court House on Monday evening was well attended, every' township in the county, we believe, being represented.— The object of the meeting was to urge upon our friends of the various townships the ne cessity of starting Clubs at ah early dify, so that our organization may he thorough in all benthos of the county. The meeting was ably and eloquently addressed by Messrs. Nuwshiini, Penrose, Hepburn, Shaploy, Shear? cr and Herman, all of when took strong ground in lavur of the old Onion, and de n unveil, in terms of just severity, the traitors ’■'■'ho declare themselves opposed to the'res toration of the Union, and sneer at tho-Con rvj'.ntiou. The speakers were bold, and did i. it hesitate to hold up to the Indignant gaze e people the treasonable language of .. hi'- Stevens and other dhmniiinisis. The democracy; of old Mother Cumberland are J '‘wide awake," and on the sou nd Tuesday of October next-will- olaco thpir heels upon the heads of the Blacksnakcs, and extermi nate them. , . ", OCT" A clergyman in Indiana county, (his State, has debarred’ from the communication table all who, in his opinion, are " disloyal."• i MHOB-GE.\EP.II OPPOSED TO TUB : IMN! Those who have no .kuawlodgb of “ court secrets,”, and who are not permitted to even hoar.the .discussions in. Did Abe’s “kitchen cabinet,” have been puzzled to know why the Blacksnakos were so wonder fully pleased With “ Major-General Bunj-Diin F. Butler.” They {ibeßlackaiiakba,). arc constantly show ering thoir compliments upon him —speak' ol him as a groat General —one who has “ lear lessly discharged his duty”—invite .him to late dinners'—adopt resolutions.iu tonus and cities, tendering.him hospitalities, &o. Young "•iris' have' begged to dance with him—old maids’, have flirted with' him—and shoddy contractors have shown prompt obsequious^ ness in his august presence. Butler never was in a battle hi his -life, and never expects to hcv Why.then should lie monopolize the favbfs of-the administration and its friends? To-bo-auyc, it was publicly staled by a Sena tor in his place, a few weeks since, that But ler and his .brother had, by a certain kind of hocus-pocus, male some five or .six mill ions of dollars, during tho few month's that the General was in command in Now,Gridins; hut thousands.of other pots of the adminis tration have been equally successful in .en riching -themselves at the public expense, without receiving such marked attention fur their smartness. • They are respected and ■pfitfed on the shoulder by the “ powers-that , bo,”- it is true, and not a mother’s son of them.was ever punished or even compelled to disgorge the plunder." But, (hey have not been filed, like Butler; There' was a mys tery-in all this, and none but “’the knowing ones” had knowledge of this mystery, buino supposed it was because, Butler; Iu his ca pacity of commander-in-chief at New Orleans, published an. order (to* his everlasting dis grace be.it'said,) in which ho threatened-do regard the women of that city as strumpets, if they,,by word or look, offended any of his soldiers. .The devil himself could hot have devised a more infamous or nrigallant order. Others again believed Iliad it was the utter ance of the most rabid-and.extreme ’abolition' sentiments,'that gained him so much fayor at the White Ifouso and in Administrative circles. ■ But then, scores of others.had, like. Butler, ..turned traitors to their principles, and had announced themselves converts to abolitionism, so that they might bd enabled to rub the Government, but they were not made gods of all-at once, and why should “picayune Buti.er” he? So tho question has been asked over and over again, “ Whad has Butler done, or what is ho going to do, that entitles him to so much puffing and at tention ?” Tho secret is out at last—tho cat’s nut nf tho bag—ami the reason why Benj. F. But ler has been maJo so great a pet by thc.ad niinistrafion ami by Abolitionists generally, is beeauso /te iui proved a traitor to the cause of the Union ! Yes, this man BuTi.ru —this pot ami favorite of the administration —a Major General in the army—had the audacity to declare in a Legal League meeting in New York, that he is “ not tor the Union as it was!” An'd for uttering this-most infamous and treasonable language,, he was- loudly .“cheered” by the ‘ traitors who wore his hearers. Ha says too in his speech that South (Carolina has “ gone out” of-the Union 1 Ah, indeed! This is.just what „Je.fp Davis lias said ; but when before did a loyal man litter spelt a s'entiindnt ? Out of the Union,- forsooth ? - Are we fighting with a foreign power th.eni and is Mr. Lincoln President nf only a portion of the States? Is Jeff Davis President of tho other portion-? .So says BuTLCRj and fof saying so ho. is applauded, by liis Blackshako listeners.. If-this bo so, then—if this is the idea that is to be enter tained by, those -who, unfortunately for our country; aredn ,power—how long will it be before tho,South- is recognised by foreign powers? Kii, no—-these utterances hy But ler are treasonable, and are tho words of a traitor. But yet he' is continued as a Major- General, and is the special champion and la vorito of the'administration ! . . Below we.give an extract from Buti-er’s speech. as wC find it’ reported iiv.tho New A’ork i/cralJ.’ Head it. loyal men—read it, Union men—and hide jour faces in shame as you are convinced that wp have a -Major- General in the army who declares himself opposed to, the Union.' And, as you road this damnable confession, hear in mind that Bfr i.eb’s sentiments accord with those held by the administration, and by the traitors who are banded together in Loyal Leagues. Extract from Gen. Sutler's Speech. “ And now, my friends, I do not know hu that-I sliall commit some heresy;' hut as democrat, and as an Andrew Jackson. demo crat, I say that I AM NOT FOR TUB ON ION. AF if WAS. [triad cheers.J I have the honor to sav as a democrat, and an An-, drew Jackson democrat, that I am not for the Union to lie agiiia as it was. Understand me. I was I'm- the Union as it was, because ■I saw, or thought 1 saw, iti the future the troubles "which have hm-.it upon us; hut, having uudergoan those troubles, having spent all tlie blond ami treasure, Ido not like to go back again and lie “check by jowl” as we wore before with .South Carolina, if I can lie Ip it. [Cheers.] Let no man misunder stand me ; and I repeat it lest I might be misunderstood. Ido not mean to give up a single inch of the soil of Snath Carolina. If I had been alive at that time, and bad the position and the ability, I would have dealt with South Carolina as Jackson did, and kept Iter in at ail hazards. But now site lias gone out; and I will take care that when she cornea in again she will come in bettor behaved. — [Laughter and cheers.-] I will take care that she shall be no longer the firebrand of the Union—aye, and that she shall enjoy, what her people never yet have enjoyed, the bless ings of a republican form of government.— [Cheers.] Therefore, iu that viow.Tam not for tho restoration of the Union ns it was,a— -1 have spent tears and blood enough on it. in conjunction with my fellow citizens, to make it a little better. It was good enough if it had. liecn lot alone. The old house was qood e.nour/h for me ; hut as they have putted down the an-/// part, J propose , token we rebuild it, to build it up with all the modern improve ments. [Enthusiastic applause.]” The Cameron..BaniEnY.,Case. —The Com mittee of Investigation into the attempt to bribe a member of, the Tangislatnro in-the re cent contest for a Unitpd States Senator, have reported, sustaining the statement of Mr. Boyer, and alleging the guilt of Simon Cam eron. ' AVo will try to publish it next yveek. The abolition leaders, cannot, of course, be damaged by any such revelations, because stealing, plundering and lying is their trade, bat are there not some honr.il men acting will) that party who still claim to discounte nance, such open bribery and fostering cor ruption. POLITICS. A number of leading Republican papers, wo notice, are entering into a defence of po litical preachers, and would make tboir read ers believe that this pernicious practice is all right and proper. We think flip practice, fraught with great evil, to the Church aswell as to tho State. It Ims already produced schism iu congregations, divided Churches, degraded clergymen in'public estimation, and vastly lessened their influence for good, in community. So has it created wrangling, bitterness of spirit, feud, and persecution among neighbors and friends. • It is noticea ble that the practice is approved or followed' 1 only among those whoso political sontiments aro of .Abolition Mump, .and they make tboir religion subservient to tboir political belief. And wo find it almost universally the case that, among the religious societies thus con taminated -with politics, tbe utmost unebaf-. itnbleness. prevails against all who differ with their joint sectarian and party beliefs. Suro lythero-must be something, then, of evil in a system which is eo peculiarly creative of ill-will and enmity among neighbors and communities, * Indeed, it‘would seem as if this evil was ordained by the Almighty Him self, as a terrible penalty upon those who ■thus .essay to degrade His holy cause by as sociating with -it the unworthy, mere worldly concernments of men. But wo .think the practice pernicious in another point of view, The framers of, the Constitution wisely deolarcdagainat a union .of.Church.and State; . That-instrumontshould be regarded by all- citizens as a Will, which neither the heirs nor their descendants should ever violate, or annul, or destroy. And as suredly,.were all the different religious de.- v nominations throughout tbe land’to adopt the practice, which the Republican papers defend , .and approve’;—were all the people to counte nance it—wo should inevitably glide into n condition of affairs which-would establish the the power of the'Church-over that of,the State, and pastors andlcading churchmen would then become our civil rulers as well ns our religious teachers. The manifold evils which, would grow out of such a state of -af-. fairs, who cannot predict? ■ Wo ought not to mingle religion and politics, , Tho pure pas tnr-wh.o well and faithfully serves his Great Master will instinctively refrain from partici pation in party matters. He cannot eervb bulb God and man in-such mixed duties, and I perform Ills duty to each. lie cannot touch his clerical robes in tlie pool of politics with out soiling them—and he should preserve those ever puro or never wear them more,— It has boon, we sincerely believe, a ripe cause for the growth of infidelity, 1 this degrading-, the clergyman to tho-level of the Abolition politician, for wo find that, in the oomnninN ties where religion and politics are.'equally. discoursed from the pulpits,, infidelity most flourishes.’ Wo can view tho practice in ho light in which it is likely to’subserve the cause of religion, to promote tlio benefit of mankind, -of to effect good whatever. It dis rupts peace and good-will among men, and puts a mighty engine in the hands of evil minded, ambitious, worhlly ; giv.ea,- mortals, whorowith-to bring shame and censure upon religion, and trouble and-.-misbry upon the UitU tUemselvos’ntay,-thrive upon thb . ruin wrought. A Newspaper Mobbed. —A few weeks ago a mob entered tiio office of the Columbus, Ohio, Crisis, and riddled it. Tbs cause ol this riot, was,the fact that the Crisis had al ways advocated the constitution, in opposi tion- to nejro- freedom; - A--correspondent gives' the following panicultvrs' in regard to the matter.' . “During the riot at the office, one of Mr. Medary’s daughters', Mrs. ■Wilson,'passed through .the crowd, took the subscription , books, and was making 'off with them, when a well known'dirty abolitionist here attempted to take then! from her. ■ She.took a revolver from* her pocket, leveled it-at the fallen s head, 'and 'denouncing liim. as a coward, lit only to light women,- went.off with the books, revolver ill hand, .-through the;crowd, not one of them, daring to interfere with her. The fellow is in the lock-up fer assaulting her. All honor to her. , 1 . . “ Colonel Modary arrived in the ten o’clock train, last night., "lie met with a reception that must have compensated him'for tlrc.de-. struelimi of his office. lie was escorted by an immense crowd to the'American lintel, where, he was welcomed by .Judge Thurman iu a speech that hail the ring of tko true metal. The reply of Mr. Modary was in ex‘ oellont taste, and had a happy eli’cet in quiot iug the excited passions of his' indignant friends. A meeting will ho held, this eve ning, to take measure. 0 to protect the proper ty of democrats in’ tlio future, lietuliitt.ir.il for like outrages will ho certain and prompt; It will be an eye for an eye, a tooth, for n tooth, house for house aud lifo for life.” o"Tlic Herald asks us if wp have heard of the elections in Rhode Island anti Con necticut. Well, yes. In the first named State the Blacksnako nuljorify is not as great by some KUOO votes as it .Was last year, ami in Connecticut the Republican loss is about 7000 votes. The fact is, ouropponents have succeeded in these two little States “by the akin of their teeth.” Give the Democracy one more chance, and wo will carry nearly every New England State. It required all the efforts of the administration to retain power in those States ; the corruption fund was freely used; Abolition soldiers were sent home to vote, hut no Democrat, cither officer or private, could obtain leave of absence fur a day. Rhode Island, Connecticut and New Hampshire will ho ■ Democratic herenftoi.— Stick a pin there. Tue true Nigger-head Doctrine. —At an Abolition meeting in Concert Hall, Phila delphia, on Thursday evening last, a ‘‘Kov erend" Albert N. Gilbert made a. speeoo in which ho said :—“ This is a war for the abo olition of slavery. Why should we longer attempt to hoodwink one another? Why should we deny what wo know to bo a fact? From tho first of January, 1803, 4 every true and loyal American is an abolitionists, every American itrmy an Abolition army, and whenever it advances, carries in one hand tho sword or tho gun ; in the other, freedom to tho negro.’’” . The Pousii Insurrection. —Late news from Poland is that tho Polanders have suf fered a severe* defeat, and that their leader has taken refuge in Austria, where ho is now. on parole. This being thus practically set tled, it is supposed, that NapOloon will again turn his attention to tho civil war in Amcri- Report ol Ihe CoMilllfc oti llie Conduct ! o( liie Wat Tina Committee; appointed by the two Houses of Congress, of which those very J'o.'tr and patriotic civilians, WaliE, Chandler and Covode were the ruling spirits, have niado a very lengthy roport. It was well understood when this committee was appointed that tho principal if not the sole object was to carp at Gon. McClellan, and, if possible,.damage ,his military character. The ninnnci>in which the war had been conducted was the least of the Committee’s thoughts, except so far ns they could'use this, pretest for assaulting McClellan, The ringleaders on this Com mittee had been the most inveterate enemies tho General had. It was Chandler who Diado tho brutal attack upon him tho very day ho fought one of his most desperate and successful battles, and Wade and Covode had also belched forth their slanders against the commander of our army as fast ns opportuni ties offered. . ■ The report cf this partisan committee is just .what the public had h right to expect.. It is a labored attempt to fault Gen. McClel lan and excuse the wretched blunders of tbo Administration. . Wc cannot hotter express our opinion of this moan and contemptible report tban by adopting the.views of tho Now York Herald, a neutral paper. ' The Herald says ; * “ The main design of tho report is evident ly to damage Gon. McClellan ; And so one sided a doouinenfnoror before emanated from a Congressional Committee. It.is more like tho speech of a public prosecutor a prisoner than the- charge of an impartial judge, exhibiting the evidence on both aides, without fear, favor or.affection. But in their .anxiety to injure him; they have, effectually damaged' themselves,' ami brought reproach, upon all .in military authority, (non the Pres ident down to tho brigadier general.- lor who is /esponsible fur-tho cot duct of-tho war? Not tho subordinate generals, but tho a'utlnu ities.a.t Washington Who appoint them. The flippancy with which a ennunitteoot civilians give expression to 1 military opinions, and, speculate uponwhat would or might have been, had Gon. McClellan done this or omitt ed to do that, is quite io keeping with their profound ignorance of tho subject on which they treat. “ Pools rush-in where angels, fear to tread.” They’arc all like a ■ set of schoolboys playing soldiers when, tbo master is but. The most burly Of them, Ben. Wade,.shouts that they are all wrong, and strikes right and’left, alter tho fashion-Of..a bnll'in a china shop. „He hits.the-tall boys like Lincoln under tho fifth rtb.and tire short boys like McClellan on the bridge of the nose. The military -criticisms of Wade & Co. are about as valuable as. tho prattle of children;.. But, while, •their' opinions are not worth 0 rush, the foots which they icing t o '- light present h melancholy picture of the folly ami incapacity which: have marked the conduct of the War in the cabinet and in the camp.— They represent Aho Lincoln, an Illinois, law yer, playing the part of Napoleon the Great, dictating, to his marshals. This .would be extremely.farcical were not the consequences involved of the most tragic nature'. The,; rOr port throughout, is a-sativc on the President, .In one portion of it, indeed, a most serious charge'is made, namely, to the effect that. Mr. "Lincoln, ami the ..two great men who sit by Ids side, Ilallfipk and Stanton, let out the secret of. BurniWe’s'plan «>f campaign, so that it reached the. enemy and compelled the abandonment of the phut. ■ The report is as.remarkabie for what it omits ,na what it contains. i.Ono' of thp most br'U:'. liant ami Rnnecssfi.il ul UUifuvcr Ghiirt riimne,.wnn. by MctleHau s right wing under Fitz John Porter—a victory from wtiich the capture of Richmond would have followed but for thp action of the author ities at the • national oapitol—is completely b'hurod. No mention is made of the failure that, critical monlent of'McDoweU to ad vance from iTederieUsburgtooo operate with, McClellan,.though, his advance guard'] had heard the sound of. iho failure caused by the positive orders' of the War De ■ partnreht forbidding McDowell - to move. McClellan did Ida part well. Tho authorities at Washington spoiled all. The omisshmof all this is a specimen of the character of the: 'report for fairness and impartiality . As’to generalship, the report goes to prove that the'safety of Washington when if was not even endangered, was sacrificed to every thing else ; that we have - nut a man_ from Abo Lincoln down,'who is fit to lead 50;000 men ; and that in the principal battles in', 'which,we had an army of u'pwardsof 100,000 men in the field not more than a portion of them, hardly ‘20,000, could bo. brought into action. • Tims our generals have'always had snore, troops than they know what to do.with. The decisive battles won-hy the masfera'Of the art of war,■such-.ns-Napoleon and,Frede ric. were tlio result id' a skill which brought to bear their whole force against the.enemy. Most of the battles .fought in thin wav have: hecn mere scones of slaughter without result.' The chief cause of failure lies in an ignorant interference at Washington with the generals in Mie field. The only man who appeared to understand his business in theory and to have made proficiency in. the practice of the mili tary art was General McClellan, ami, lie was dismissed just when his talents and capabili ties were being developed by experience.' It is true lie has his faults and that he made some mistakes; hut he has been thwarted, in the most malignant '.manner from the very outset by the.politicians in Congress'and the. radicals in tbo Cabinet. The greatest fault • imputed to him is excessive caution .end lack of self-confidence', But this arises from a just appreciation of the difficulty of his task. An inferior mind. would bo blind to this, and. commit 'such terrible blunders as that .of Burnside at Fredericksburg. McClellan was gradually feeling bis, way and fitting himself to be a groat military leader. Ho was be coming bolder and bidder every day, and more expert in .handling a largo army, as nt Amietain, when.his career was,cut short by an order from Washingtoin, and’iuferior men put in his place. ... . • But there is one source of consolation and national pride in the report —one distinguish ing feature of the war—and that is that the ineompetency of generals and of the War Department has been redeemed by the intel ligent courage and discipline,of tho men.— They have (ought like heroes on every lield; and even when they knew that they were marched into the jaws of death, without any advantage to tho cause, they shrank not Iron! tho eaorificc. This was tho case at Fredericksburg, where they said to each oth er :— 44 Boys, wo are going into a slaughter pen ; but we must ilo it; come on.” And oven after the, droadlul defeat which they antieipalod, they wore ready to try it over again next day. There is no example in history of troops fighting so bravely and so well who have been, so badly led. By their brilliant fighting qualities they have won imperishable renown. By the conduct of the vvar from first to last the country, has been disgraced.” . . Indiana and Armstrong. —J. B. Sansom, Esq., of tho Indiana Democrat , has been ap pointed Senatorial delegate from Indiana and Armstrong to the'l7th of Juno Conven tion, and Irwin Steele, Esq., of theßlairsvillo Record, llopresentalivo delegate from Indiana county, both instructed to vote for Wm. ll.' Wittie, for Governor. jdgy American silver is at a discount of 10 per cent, in St, John, N, B, .The War. Wlitti 'is Hie -Administration About f .Gold wont up yesterday if Wl street to l&v eight per cent, premium. Iho fact may ho embarrassing to Mr. ChhSo ; Rut t hard ly needs an explanation. Tho ‘ great expec tations” if the country sothe wSoks ago ol 'substantial victories close at hand over the armed forces of tho rebellion- hni'b come to nothing. Tho operations against Vicksburg and Port Hudson thus far have resulted nply in failures, losses and disappointments. Our land and naval forces assigned to tho work of reducing Charleston and Savannah appear to ho waiting for “something to turn up m their favor in some other quarter, and Gen. Hooker still remains fast in the mud on tho Rappahannock. East and West our fleets arid_ armies re main stationary, or arc baffled in all their Aggressive movements. Wo are supposed to have an army of seven hundred thousand men'in -tho field, and from four to five hun dred vessels of war. of all llo 'v nro these tremendous forces bestowed? 1*o i% while ifappears that the army of Gon. Banks may .bs too Weak to make a deliberate assault upon tho rear of Port Hudson, and while Gen. Grant, in the absence of an pvenvholm in** pressure of troops,'-is, eoriipello.l, to re sort to all -sorts of strategy against Vicksburg, it also appeals that Gon. Rnsccrnns, so far from being able to advance, is really in some danger from the posibili.tV of an attack by a rebel army vastly superior in numbers to liis own. We infer that President Lincoln is satisfied thatin_the n"greimte lie has soldiers enough, fio.ni the fact that, he, lias not taken n single stop to strengthen his .armies -through the Conscription not; but still theunsatisfactory reports from The Smith Of the last fety days are beginning to create the impression in the public mind- that the campaign of this spring and summer will fall lamentably: short of the promises of tho government and The late reasonable expectations of the coUntiy. Wo were amused for some tiuio with the idea that the rebels wore about to evacuate Vicksburg ; but Unit; conjecture-is gt length .set tit rest. Next, we tire told that it is the opinion of Gon. I)ix,.at Fortress Monroe; .that the rebels at. Richmond are actually^engaged in the preliminary .business jwhieh indicates their evacuation -of the.- Con fed era to- eapi tol. Deserters from the rebel army are reported ns bringing seine positive intelligence To this effect. Gon. Hooker, however it .is said, has no faith ill these'ivimderful reports; and ho is ini a position to kmiw whether there is or is not a rebel Tirni'v of some, magnitude on the oppo-site hills of the Rappahannock,— The simple truth is that, Kiehonmd, in the East, imd Vicksburg and Port Hudson, in iho West, tiro'The' most' important of-. tho strongholds of 'the rebellion,, and that they wilt nhc he evacuated'without a stubborn i.e-- bistunoe, " • , - , ~ , Had Gen. McClellan, last fall been allowed to remain even a week longer at the head of. the Ai'-m.v of the Potomac, ho would, m .all. probability, havu cleared the way to Kiph [iTo'iid ; for while lie was eliiso upon the rear of tee, on flip eastern flank of the, Blue Kid'i-e, lie had Jackson on .the western side eat Off, with the'occupation by our troops of the mountain passes through which only he could, come, to the timely support of Leo,— That golden, opportunity, however, having having been Inst, if may'bo useless to dwell upon it. We are called .upon to deal with the matter as it now. stands.■: Why, then, does not Gon. Hiiokei- advance ?. We, remem ber the' outcry .Uiat Wa.sTrnised last spring iigainsL-the imietiyity of McClellan. What are the causes, then, which' still .detain Gen. ' llmiker on the , Rappahannock, When he boasts Tums'elf that lie has “ tho-lincst tinny, on the planet?” IVe think it-likely that he is detained by the. superior power? af Wash, In"-ton, and (hoy arc.pursuing a military pul ipy w-iiiob it is,vain ,tor ordinary mortals, to attempt, to , . . ,Wo.cannot, however, 'discaru'tho .suspicion that the ruling, powers of the Cabinet have Iniyo been, devoting.tod much of their .atten tion' of bite til the petty spring'.elections of Rhode Island and Connecticut, and too little; to the active business of the war,'lot flip tic: eomnlishiheiit of unv important results.— But as Rhode Island, and .Connecticut have. ■ held their elections, may we not _ hope that an actVvs prosecution of the war, including ir Moiiitorbr two in the Mississippi river, will then he undertaken? Wo would repcctfully. ask of President .Lincoln liinisc'lf.i is not this a reasonable demand ?—A’. I". Herald. imstfil for Triiasfin. 'Four- men, named -Philip Uubef, Gabriel Filbert, t»r. A; F. Illieli and Harrison Oxon ridcr, were- arrested in Berks county bn Wednesday dust by the. United States,Mar shal. -on a' charge • of. bedding .treasonable meetings in a barn in,Marion- township, and taken to Philadelphia, They had a hearing ■before the U, S. Unmmissioner on ■and were admitted to bail on their own ro ■cognrinnee for trial attire next term of the U-S. District‘Court. ■ We rather think: Uvo prisoners abate allud ed to must bo.“Union Leaguers,” as Democrats ard not in the habit of meeting in secret con clave as these new-fangled Kadu<:Notltinys, ’yoleped Union Leaguerer, do. Democrats have no ooiloealmonts. Their principles are open ami ayowed, and any body can attend 1 their ineotings and liear all that, is said, at their, pleasure. They never moot in old barns and outhouses and plot, treason in sc orct or openly, ns the Union' Leaguers do. Washington a “ Goppeilicatl.” George Washington was a “ Copperhead,” according to tho" Republican definition' of that word. ' If Uio following extracts from bis Farewell Address are not “ Copperhead sentiments.” wo know not what are. At any rate they are Democratic sentiments: ■ “ Indii'naotly frown upon tho first dawn inn. of every attempt to alienate any portion of "our country from the rest, or to enfeeble the sacred ties which now Jink together the various parts. ' . ' • • ■ The Constitution which at any time exists, till chawed by an explicit and iuithontio act of the'peoplo, is sacredly obligatory upon all. ' Ite-sist with care.tho spirit ol innovation upm its principles, however specious the pro- tl! Tho spirit of encroachment tends to con solidate the powers of all departments in one, and thus create, whatever , the form of Government, a real despotism. Let there he no change hrj usurpation ; for tliom'h this in one instance may be the instrument of good, it is the customary weapon hu which free government is destroyed. John W. Forney, under his own sig nature in tho Press of last Saturday, says : that over $-10,000 have subscribed and paid into tho parent League in Philadelphia, and more than $20,000 have also been sub scribed and paid into tho publication com mittee of that League, for the purpose of circulating loyal weekdey newspapers, &e. What a God s*end this will bo to.some of the abolition prints in tlys section Who are down at the heel for want of subscribers. We advise them to dive in soon or they will not get a bone to pick. XT Mrs. Jane G. Swissliolm, tho Minesota editress, lias boon appointed to a clerkship in tho War Department, with a salary of $lOOO per annum. She has recently been proclaiming Mrs. ■ Lincoln’s excellencies to the world, She is also ft firm Abolitionist. Famnle, ffnti-Slavery Parly- The Press of this- morning displays the proceedings of tv meeting ,of old htdiea, hold Yesterday, to rejoice together over tho over throw of tho Otuvstitutiori hy tho Abbhtion Administration,'in despifiling tho loyn} and true people of the District of Colunibui, of their possessions in slaveh, ,to congratulate and sing hosannas in praise Of General. Hun ter, tho ccfieuoror of Jacksonville, and his degro soldiers ; to return' their grateful thanks to General Butler, for his efforts In establishing tho grand idea of negro ccpiali ty, in.the, region of New Orleans ; ami in tho most solemn namo of tho Most High, they ddolare that “ tho hour of final victory is at hand whop tiro Abolitionist may put oil his armor arid-sing.songs of victory. Ilieso old ladies also congratulate themselves by de claring, ‘i It is a pleasant task-to trace tie tokens of our nation’s progress during tho past year.” A pleasant task to trace our na tion’s progress through a bloody,, merciless civil war j A pleasant task fur-those old la dies; to sco brothers struggling in a sangui nary battle! A pleasant sight to see horn in'' towns; to hear the , shrieks- of women and children in Pensacola arid,Jacksonville ; to 'hear of starvation joi}dvrprtj»q. - ,tolwnß among tho true und ilop. fouiiiies, driven from their wilderness of East Tennessee mid Kentucky. All this is a -pleasant^Vrpgpqdtvfw.;;-these pious .ladies, who kaow r ho :kindfod. but no-, Evening Journal. ■ are' sorry to see the ’spigot wanton rife among the solaifirk. Jacksonville and Pensftb6la destroyed by incendiaries These are wicked acts, svi t h cui t an y . p ajdm tion. arid do vast barm to the whs pollilng which of either town, for they sion of Union.troops.; But upon abandon tliem the BoWiorB' aside all subordination', and-in tbe'yeryi sp.ifit. iif wantonnoss fired nearly'' those, two do voted towns. •f pared, and friend and foe The Union citizens of JnokB&v|tlioj^fc|^W^ dor the supposition that to-stay, manifested tlleir old' tins, wore not favored. sympathizers with rebellion.'./JlhJytßpyerfe' compelled to see their property thorr eyes, and many who were bld bodies came away in our trnasp%ls;srUh-; out So hineh as a bed to sleep upon'. The ollleers in command did what they could to stop this vandalism, but all to n'O 'purpoao. ■A correspondent of the Evening Post,- .in giving the particulars of.the Rostruotlun of Jacksonville, says;. ■ . •‘if General Hunter had desired to tb'o. State of Florida-and the Cause 'of freedom mid"-Union.in- -the South tile grcatCat-iujury— if he .-wished'to I .paralyze the patriotism and. destroy- the loyalty -of this people, ■ and. blighf-tlie hopes of the State, he could mot have adnp.teda bourse nioro certain of soocesa than the one lie lias adopted Ir.ora the'-first in regard to this State.. 'This' is now the third, time that the people have been cheated,- and the loyal sentiment place'at tb'o mercy of the common .enemy. Now tliisphiee—the best and most.flourishing''town in East Florida, arid-the only place whose citizens and prop.-, o.rty-holdora were generally, loyal— has been irretrievably ruined, and its people scattered abroad without homos nr moans, of present subsistence. Many loyal citizens further up •tho river; being assured- of protection, have rendered •Refried ami so identified themselves With the-UuinU,cause-ftsito-.mitlaiv them .With the 'rebels'.’ and arc"nßwr'tvbantloned to their tender mercies.- God save the cnuuivy and the cause whore such things arc done in its nauie and hy-iis-friomla!” limy the •CuNsec*icl-t Election was Car rieii nv the. Administration.— The Newark Daily Journal, puhlishc.s the 'following loiter, written hy.a .member of Company I, first Con necticut Artillery: Wo wore yesterday (Ma'rch £oth) thrown into great excitement by Hie report .that.two hundred of oui regiment were to he sent home to-vote at the elcoiimi, and aii-.nrder did oniric, “ to pick out twenty ijiiotl rclinbM linpiilihcaiis from imi- company. Our officers told iis that the Quartermaster: .General of Connecticut came on to Washington, and hail an interview .with’llio lipatl ol tlie- 'War Depiirt'iVioiit, fill'. Blanton, anil mated to. - him that “Connecti cut would bo sure to go tor, Seymour, Unless the.soldiers could go home and vote.” And they made' an. agreement'that'ns many ns ehnld.be spared should go homo and vote.— Mr. Stanton ashed how long it>vould take for the furloughs, to go through the regular channels, and being told it would tuke three days, hO said; , " Send their names to me,. and I will put them through in three /lOurs.*’ And,the-men.were accordingly, picked mil ; men that wore ‘‘sure to vote IV.v Bucking ham no matter if they had spent half their time in the,guardhouse, if they wore sure Ip *■ vote right” it was enough,' But as yoii, may well, suppose, we, who were not of the same political way ol .thinking, did not like it. Wo should nut care if they would ictus-go too, and vote, for Seymour. — But that was not.aecordipg to the programme.' So we made,some pretty loud talk—the con sequence of'which was. our. commanding of fleer wont to Mr. Stanton and stated that hp was afraid lie would demoralize the regiment, and had it stopped as far as this regiment-is ■•oiiccnictl ; but 1 believe it was to extend to all too Oomieetieiit.rogimonts in this vicinity. So look out for a great influx,of soldiers on, the first Monday of April. Yours truly. . Sentinel, ANOTnen Proclamation to Put Down the Bebei.uon. — Pour Greeley and the other ab olitionists have persuaded our amiable Pres ident, Abo to issue several procla mations to put down the rebellion in ninety days. • The' last .proclamation was designed to liberate all tho.slavoa of the South, because they gave the .principal aid and support to the rebels; hut this proclamation'has failed evert before : live ninety days are up. • One imn-o pruclnmatiun will do the business, however, if tlio abolitionists can only got the President to issue it. Lot a splendid procta; million be published freeing all the beautiful women of the South from the > thraldom of their rebel husbands. Lot these women bo divorced mid set- upon their legs, like the strong-minded sisters duWn East: This will settle Jeff Davis & Co. --The Southern women new give the rebels much more aid, comfort and support than the slaves over xlid. They furnish lint, bandages and attendance at tlio hospitals; shirts, trowsers, socks and mittens fur tlio army, and little rebel babies who will till up tlie rebel ranks if the war lasts long enough.- Now if the slaves of rebels should •he freed, why not free the wives of rebels? Divorce the Southern womqn, and the rebell ion can easily bo put down.— N. y. Herald. Beospectivb Profits from Stock Growing. —Horses, in consequence of the .great do nmml for them for the army, tire considera-. bio higher than formerly. Cattle for meat, work and milk, have not yet risen much, hot probably will advance somewhat in price. Sheep can hardly fail tp bo in extra demand lor some years to come. ■ With these pros pects, farmers, wo think, will do well to in crease their herds, and flocks.. There can hardly ho a doubt that for some yearsleconio the growing of stock will bo at least hand somely romuuorativoi the War mews; Apoitent Mews from l!«u O W sources. The Attack-on Fort Sum THE NEW IRONSIDES AND KEOKlii- „ -PORTED DISABLED. ' Later from. Vie Lower Missis^. TUJB TIGHT AT C/l/. KI.t; SToj Portress Monruc, April 10 By Telegraph. Ypstefday’dS' Ri uh ' , Whig says: . 1 CiiARLESToy. April 7.—Tho attack W commenced. -Four iron-eluds out 'tho Yankee fleet are engaged. Heavy f lr L a took place , from tho fleet and froin I\,J Sumpter, Moultrie and Morris Island. T|,! Ironsides was hit and run ashore, hut got off and was carried ou tof range. b “ , , At 2.09 the Monitors and Ironsides' omn»t fire at a distance of 3000 yards. , At 2.30 tho firing' was incessant on foy. sides.till 5 o’clock, when it gradually tliuii n . ished. Tho fire was concentrated ua l' ut j Sumpter. Tho Ironsides and Keokuk withdrew all disabled. prevails in the city Our Mpnitbrs"hrive gone out to-take part. J - .Our casualties are, one hoy-killed aaj(lvi ..men'badly wounded in Sumpter. Tli'q othei blitteries have not beeo beard from. , r April 8,1.30 P. M.—Seven- turreteil iron, -clads and the. Ironsides are within the lair and twenty-two blockading Vessels ulVtlioSjar', The Keokuk- is sunk on tho Beach ci Morris Island. There is no disposition apparent to renew ibo conflict. . FROM PQRTRESS MONROE, V ■Fortress Monroe, April o, • Flag of truce, boat Morris, in elmrgjof iGttptain Bisbe, 9th Vermont, left this ilium.■ Sngifdr ■City'-Point, with about 500 relic) |(ri ispnera ; also, tho Nelly. Penlz, with ncarlr tyip,-ynmo number. ■ 'ifgiplUi -,9th -Vermont regiment hare arrive-! camp. pedition left YorktoWni hist Tuosday, .fpfeJl&bhjack -Buy,, and■ ran. up Wy.re rper, sjlffiere; they remained that day, tuck t«o Contrabands, and next day -proceeileil up tjfdrtli'i'rivpr, where, they found two planiois, who.took the oath, and about thirty rebel i'cilv|ilry made - their appearance ’lmm-tim woods,;.and on seeing the new gunboat, uliieh raeebmpdnied the expedition, they ran amir. tTdia,expedition here captured or took ia rare twelve ,contrabands, captured four’ very line, horses, and .returned to Yorktowri,'.yesterday afternoon. having seen no rebel troops ia largo nilmbcVs. , The Richmond Sentinel, of the Bth ini, says: ■ . CiiATT.tvonci.t,. Anril C,—Morgan was.at- tacked by tho Unionists, on Friday, and inn driven hack to Snow Hill,.wheie he held his .position! and the enemy .retired. Our (rebel) troops under Colonel Smith, were'.repulsed, at -Woodbury, oh Saturday; and fell lark within twelve miles of MeMimisville. A. "column .'of U. S.' troops'are .advancing on Columbia! and.a battle. is imminent before the week closes.- General Pegram was attacked near Som erset, 24Ui ulc.,..by the United Stales infan try and .cavalry; and after a ■ long liaml-to blind, fight, General Pegram fell, back six miles. Loss.on both sides heavy.' IMPORTENT -REBEL PcEPORTS FROM THE MISSISSIPPI. I ' :" , t'.-itTTu-ri-nAI---. .I/I-- 1 A '■ The Richmond Whig,"of the ytn,.contains the fuUuwiug; . Vicksburg, April 7.—Th.q enemy are with drawing their troop's' from ' the peninsula. ■Yesterday till thoir, tents were struck.. Four- large transports have gone up the river, loaded with troops. The enemy cut the iovce.iiml turned tbd water into their old eanipiiig ground. Jackson, Miss., April 7. Fiirrngut, with three' vessels-, is above Port Hudson. Ih .signalled tne. lower fleet, but none uf bis ves sels bare gone down the river yet. • .Vicksburg will, bo ' attacked - this week Tlio' Unionists halve contracted their lines at Memphis, .- The Hartford landed at Bayou Sara -this morning and destroyed the Government sterol there,. . The lower- fleet, has opened fire,-lying oat of the reach of our batteries. LATEST THOM CHARLESTON. The Richmond J Vhi<j, of Pridi.y,.contains, the following despatch : , Charleston, April 8, 8 o’clock, p. ni. AH' is quiet thus fur to-day, Tito people, and tfiiops.are in high spirits at the-resultof .yesterday’s fight. ' Tlie Keokuk is certainly, sunk. Tlib fighting yesterday was chiefly at a' distance of'OpO yards.' Tlio Monitors can nut pass Sumpter.without-coiningwithin eUI yards.. Tlio impression is very general that the enemy will renew the attack alter repair ing damages. A second despatch, 10 o'clock, p. ni., says: ." The latest official intelligence from tlie liar states.that only two of the iron clads have gone south, leaving seven remamsng besides the Keokuk,'which lies 'sunk about-IUUO yarns from -Morris Island. - Tlie Yankee machine called tlie Devil, designed for tlie removal ol ’torpedoes, lias floated Ashore an I fallen mto our hands. '. All is quiet. The enemy is con stantly signalling but no ntliickTsnmticipaleu before tioworrow. The Yankees have boon busv all divy repairing duuisges: Later —A Charleston dispatch of the lhn, (morning,) says: _ ' . . All is quiet this niorning, tlie Monitors still in si gilt. Yesterday evening many pieces of tlio Keokuk's furniture, witli spy glass, etc., were washed on Morris Many of these articles were .covered; 'with clotted blood. The impression prevails at onr butteries that tlio slaughter on board the Keokuk was terrible. The rebel dispatches state that in the en gagement on the 7th all the Monitors weri) frequently hit, hut results are,unknown.-- One gun on Fort Moultrie was d emounted and ouo man wounded. Serious Bread,Riot l»i; Kfcli j in oud. Baltimore, April V, 1803 Col. Stewart of the Second Indiana regi ment, one of the fourteen United States out cera just released by,the rebels, and who hn just arrived bore, makes the following state ment : ~ . . On Thursday last ho saw from his prison window in.Uichmond p. great bread no, composed of ahmrt three thousand women, who were armed with oiubs and guns a Bt They broke open the government.and pri vate stores, and took- bread, clothing whatever else they wanted. The militia wore ordered out to chock tlio riot, blit failed to do so. I i Jeff. Davis and other high officials mrt speeches to the infuriated women, and o j them they should have whatever they noedbii They then became calm, and order was more restored. , „ . . ' „„„„„ „nn ■ All the other released Union officers con firni this statement. Sbnoor, Superintendent.—Governor Cm tin has appointed Professor Coburn. », “ r ford county, to bo State Superintendent 1 Common Schools, in place of Hon. . 11. Burrowes, whoso time will expire on v" first of J unoi ’* i. . iplcr,
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