AMERICAN VOLUNTEER. jnns D. BIMTTON, Editor & Propri CARLISLE, PA., MAY 7, ISO 3 Morning Markets. —Saturday morning last, May'2, the. early morning markets corn era wild enjoy a long “ snooze.” The hour monoedi much to the annoyance of honsekeop fixed for opening the markets is 5 o’clock, and thi» will be observed to the Ist of October. Spuing Showers. —On Sunday and Mon day We had.'several warm showers of rain, accompanied by thunder and lightning. • The trees are now clothed in summer attire, and vegetation of every description is advanc ing rapidly. . A Nuisance.— The propelling of hand carts and wheel-barrows on the sidewalks is n nuisance that ought to be abated. We are of opinion that there is n prohibitory ordi nance on this subject, and if so, it should bo enforced. A Nett Article. —The Gutfa Peroha Wa ter-proof Blacking anii leather Preserver, for beautifying and softening leather, is a new and convenient article to be, used on boots, shoes,, harness, &o. - A few drops ap plied with a sponge, leaves a polish resem bling patent leather, and also a delightful perfume. For sale by the bottle at J. Sener’s shoe store, North Hanover street. The Grain Crop.— Notwithstanding great fears.wore entertained of the failure.of the grain crops, we understand that the late rains have had such a salutary effect upon them, that there is now a fair prospect for an aver age crop, unless the fly or some other causes yet to happen, injure it. Fields that a few weeks ago looked bare, now present a more , promising appearance. County Scpeiuntenuenta —The School Di rectors of the various townships of this coun ty met in the court-house, in this borough, on Monday, in compliance with the Act of Assembly, to seloot a County Superintendent for the three succeeding years.. On the first ballot Mr. George Swartz, of Upper Allen township, was elected, and his salary fixed at ssop per annum. . Metal-Tipped Shoes. —Shoes are an im portant item in the expense of clothing chil dren-, as every parent will understand. They invariably wear out their shoes at the toe first, andnot uufroqueutly before the other parts are a quarter worn. Children’s shoes with Metal tips never wear out ; at the toe, and it is safe to say that on an average one pair with them will.move than offt-wear throe pairs without them. AYe believer®!'the shoe dealers keep them. * PrOvost (Marshal.—"'.Vo learn from' un doubted authority, that ourwspeoted.towhs mah.-Libut. Col, Robert M. Henderson; oftlie Pen nsy 1 rani a 1 Reserves, lias .been appointed Provost Marshal for this District. This is nju dioious selection, arid one that will he well re ceived. Colonel If. ia a Republican in poli tics, itia true, yyt ho bus never been known as an Abolitionist?, but has held to conservative 1 views. He is a man of sense, too, and has rendered. good service in the field, and is therefore deserving. We announce this pointinent witli pleasure. ■ ' Negro Recruits.— Some twenty or thirty black recruits for the Massachusetts African Regiments, have loft this town recently for Boston, where they are to he uniformed and mustered into service. We bavp .no ob jections whatever to getting'fid- of these “American citizens of .African descent,” hut we don’t much like the idea.of their be ing credited to Massachusetts,■ and. thus fill up her quota under the pendmgdrrift, while Pennsylvania will be compelled ta flll up her quota under the same draft with free'white citizens. ,;-:V- First op May. —For once in inifiiy years we have had a “ May Day” such as?{he poets describe. All nature smiled on Friday, under the sweet influences of a clear sky, a warm sun and a balmy htcezo, laden with the odor Of violets and fresh verdure. The trees put forth their young leaves and gay blossoms, , the grass donned Us brightest green to wel come the genial sunbeams, the flowers hurst their swelling bud#, and all outdoors invited to a ramble in the woods and fields. The day was truly one to be marked with a white Stone in. memory’s casket. ■ The Veto Message op Gov. Seymour.— Our readers will ho glad to find iu another column the statesmanlike message of Gov. Seymour, putting his constitutional veto on the unconstitutional act of the Assembly of the State of New York, providing for the sol diers’ vote by -proxy; an act which ought to have been entitled : “ an act for surrendering the franchise of the citizens of New York to Am aii am Lincoln, Edwin Stanton and Commander-in chief Hallcci: ; for cheating the soldiers themselves, and for other purpo ses.’’ As similar bills for the perpetration of frauds have been introduced in other Leg islatures, and may still he urged in other States, with a view of “consolidating liber ty,” as “Occasional” of the I’ress calls it, it will be found profitable to read and reflect on the able argument of Governor Seymour in the premises. AVo entirely object to lib- 1 erty consolidated by tbo bayonet. | Godey’s Lady’s Book.—We have received tbo May number of this excellent mazarine, | Y’b'u'b is as brilliant as the Spring muntb it | ■ heralds. It contains an elegant Steel engru- ! ying, some original music, a largo quantity | Of reading matter, and—what the ladies will 1 perhaps like best, numerous Viates and Bat- ' ' terns of the Spring fashions. Gudoy is al- i •ways busy at devising ways to please bis-Uidy : patrons, and wo now learn that be has,made-1 arrangements by which the Lady’s }Sor,k will' .hereafter contain, in addition to, the .usual ' fashion plates, those furnished by the great j importing house of Stewart & Go., New York I ‘‘WHY DO.TT YOU ABUSE THE REBELS!” The papers in the interest of our wretch ed National administration are constantly asking Democrats “ why don’t you abuse the rebels more?” Abuse of the rebels, these placemen and dependents appear to think, is an evidence of “ loyalty,” and in attempting to discharge'this part of their “ loyal duty,” they resort to tho most approved system of lying, for tho purpose of working themselves up to the belief that they nro performing a patriotic duty. I’or instance, they have an nounced,, in flaming capitals, “ the surrender, of Vicksburg,” ‘‘ Richmond about to bo-eva cuated," “Rebels starving, and tired of the war," “hundreds of rebels anxious to take the oath of allegiance,” "-the war almost at au end,” “ Jeff Da.vis confesses that his cause is hopeless,” “ a vigorous prosecution of tho war determined on,” “ President Lin coln in fine spirits,”. Seward jubilant,” “Charleston to be reduced in a few hours,” “ our prospects bright,” “ Mrs. government Lincoln rejoices,” “ Mrs. rebel Jeff Davis melancholy,” “ copperheads to be putdown,” &c., &o. • Under the above and similar captions Re publican editors have, for the last two years, written long and labored articles.for tbo edi fication of their readers. Such consummate nonsense, such unvarnished lies, is what Blacksnako scribblers call “ loyalty,” and “ abuse of the rebels,” and they find fault with 'Democratic. editors for not gracing their columns with similar preposterous falsehoods. Let any man pick up a Repub lican paper and examine its columns forsuo cessivo months, and he will find that a system of deception and fraud has been prao tioed ever since the war.commenced ; aye, and before itcommonced. Misrepresentation, lies, crimination and re-crimination werethe' weapons used by the Abolitionists-lopg before hostilities broke out. They, in their papers, from the stump, and |rom the pulpit, in duced, ignorant dupes to belieyb, that the. South amounted to nothing, and that South ern complaints and threats wofe:only;deserv ing of contempt. “ Why, letthein even show a desire for war, and their own slaves will put them down, in leas, than no time," were ■the words used hy political demagogues dur ing the last Presidential contest, ‘‘They (the South,) have nothing to live.on, they have no navy, no arms, no credit, no men calculated fur privates in an' army, and are more afraid of ’their own negroes than they .-are of the North,” was the language used here in Carlisle by a Republican .speak er in ISCO. lie was “ abusing the South,” and at the same time deceiving tlio men, who cheered him for his fake sentiments. . “ Abuse of tbo South”'was one of'tbo expedients re sorted to by a remorseless Abolition faction to effect their devilish object-—a dissolution of the. Union, And yet, after all their, mis representations and utterly false and wicked declarations, they turn up the dirty whites of their eyes even at this late day, and with the complacent air of well-fed curs say to De- j raocrats “ why don’t you, like vs, abuse tho.j rebels and show your. patriotism t”- iTlijSjr.i I appear to -tlufik that by abusing the rebels)- and by claiming victories for our.troops that- I no one ever heard of, is patriotism, I this bind of deception and;, fraud wlltlffejn.l 1 the object wo have in view—-the I'eßieraUonP jof the Union.. Fiddlesticks. AVe would advise oiir unprincipled oppq-, nonts to drop their misrepresentations, and if they really desire to “ abuse the South,’’ they can do it in somo other way than by publishing flagrant and nonsensical “cock and hull stories.” Lot them.. shoulder a musket, those who can,,and march to the field of battle ; let those who are wealthy give their moans to the Government—even if ono-half of what they give is squandered upon political pots j lot them stop their lies and go to work in earnest. This is the kind of “ abuse of the rebels” ithat is wan ted-just now. The people aro tired of newspaper boastings ; .tired of Union League professions; tirpd of tiie imbecility of tho administration ; and tired of being told that tho rebels are “ sick of tho contest.” “ Abuseof tho rebels” will not pass for patriotism • any longer. Mark that, Eiacksnakcs. • The Two-Years’ ALjeustf.ers. —The two years’ New Y r ork Troops whose term of .ser vice has expired, comprise thirty-eight regi ments, hut, only include about 12,000 men, so that the actual loss to the armv by the withdrawal of these regiments is not'very large. Hooker has still a much larger force than McClellan had in his march against Richmond. Ten regiments of the nine-months men from this State aro also to ho paid off. and mustered out of service during tho pres ent month. “The Age” —Tho new Democratic Daily in Philadelphia—has boon .materially en larged, and now ranks,in point of size, among the- largest journals iu tho country. It is also a first-class paper in all respects. Its commercial, literary, news and political de partments, are conducted with vigor and ability; and it fully meets the expectations of rill who were solicitous for tho establish ment of a high-toned, enterprising, hold, live Democratic organ in Pennsylvania. The Democracy of Philadelphia and of tho State at large should see to it.thgt The Aye ia lib erally supported. JEST" The Valley Spirit of the 20th nil. say?;—“ On Saturday uight last, a difficulty occurred' at the edge of town, between Mr. John P. StouU'er, of this county, and some members of the Provost Guard—a portion of the first -Maryland Cavalry. It seems that Mr. Stouffer was on Jus way homo and meet ing somo (>f the guard, an altercation took place, when the guard drew their pistols and inflicted several, blows on Stauffer's head / and face, cutting him severely and breaking bis nose. At a late hour the same evening, another disturbance occurred between some of the guard and two nr three of our German citizens, in which, jdatoin were also drawn, but, wo are happy to learn, no blood was spilled. On last Monday evening, somo dis pute arose-between some of our citizens and members' of the Provost Guard, in which I Henry A. Smith,-a young man of this town, : was -nivercly slabbed in the thigh by a mom ,l her ol tan Provost Guard, nahiod Ifenderson. j hmitb ran a short distance after the wound was mllmted, ami then fell : ho was carried horaiv and u uow lying i n a very critical I condition. LITTLE' BUSINESS OF LITTLE MEN. Little, men—those creatures whose souls might ho balanced on the point of the finest oainbriok needle—will resort to little moan tricks to sustain themselves. The hirelings of Mr. Government Lincoln are rare speci mens'of little men, and who areas mean ns they ore little. Feeling and knowing that the people are against them and their egotistical masters, and that nothing short of a miracle can save them .from the defeat they deserve, they are as busy ns bees ,in their attempts to mislead, gull and blind the public, hoping to drniy attention from the retd questions at issue before the country. TheyWosort to numerous shifts, but the meanest, most contemptible and fraudulent, is their attempt to make it appear that the brave men who compose our armies are nil favorable to the infamous measures of the ad ministration. This attempt—this miserable littleness—we do not hesitate to denounce ns mean and fraudulent, which none but n Lin colnite and abolitionist could or would resort to. The Abolition officers—not all of them, wo believe, but . fee more unscrupulous and "shameless—hn#e been at this despicable busi ness for some weeks. They received their in structions, from head quarters, and with the alacrity of lacqueys they got to work in the discharge of their new duties. They got up in their respective regiments what pur ported to be “meetings of fee-officers and soldiers,” and published'to the world resolu tions said to have been adopted by said meet ings. We have bad numerous letters from soldiers belonging to fee regiments that put forth the resolutions in question, and those letters, "without exception, denounce, the meetings as frauds, and expose the manner in which they wore got up and the resolutions “ put through.” .Sometimes a portion of the resolutions are read to fee men, and some times they are not, but. their purport are falsely stated by the Abolition officer who has them in charge. Then the question is put, and a few, very few Abolition officers respond for the resolutions, and the Democratic sol diers remain quiet, knowing that "Wry dare ni)t open thoir lips in opposition ! This is the despotism now practiced in the army by the tools of the administration—the contract ors, paymasters, snttlers, chaplains; andoth erinterested stipendiaries. They are anxious to go on stealing, and would avert the doom feat an angry,people has in store for them. Had feo army been permitted to speak when M’Oi,ei,£,an was removed, it would have been in a voice that oven the rail-split ter on. his Hr,-one could not have heard and felt comfortable. Had thosoldiorsmotinineet ing after their humiliating defeat before ■Fredericksburg, and spoken thoir sentiments, they might have said some things that rrould. not havesuited the atmosphere.ofWashingfon. But, the soldiers cannot, dara not Speak, except it be in words, dictated by the " pow ers-that-be.” Quite, recently a-gallantyoung officer was dismissed from t.ho service because' lie dared to. veto the Democratic ticket in Now ■Jjampshire ; and in the order “ No. 1j.i1,”.; to him the disgraceful tactff.tho, uses the low-cant epithet 6f:”-.Cdpt as applicable to the'dismissedfp^; Uia countrynever, before iipStfpying fee Presidential chair who resorttd to the Vilo slang of.vile politicians his political opponents; such degradation an Abolition President alpha could.bo guilty of. „ 'W- Brien’s National Circus.; —The Lancas ter Intelligencer, speaking of tiio .National Circus and model show, said : “ AA r e are promised, a visit from a concern' that is represented as being very meritorious, conducted in a manner calculated to gain for it the- support and countenance of a refined and appreciative public. Tire, host features of the.arena - are retained, whilst-the: choice achievement of that modern, school of physical education, the 1 gymnasium, will bo demonstrated by .a carefully selected, corps of competent artistes,' The arrange ment of the exorcises will bo under the man agement of. Mrs. Charles Warner (formerly Mrs. Dan Rico)-, a lady wholias always been well received in social and professional circles. Miss Libby Rico, her oldest- daughter, % also identified with the .exhibition. - Some fine horses, ponies, mules, and other rare animals, will he introduced, among which are the comie crearuros tho mules “ Cunning” and “ Contraband,” and the- famous blind horse Surry. Prom the representatinnsmade, and the-favorable endorsement of the Phila delphia journals, we , opine the “Model Show” to he ii'good one.” are glad to announce a visit from this es tablishment on AA’edriesday, the 13th inst. It js well and extensively advertised, the agent never allowing himself to pass by a newspa per office without “ going in on business.” lie is a practical printer and editor, and knows how to cast his bread upon the waters when he wants to find it again. One thing is certain, we . have never seen a circus as favorably mentioned tis tho “ National” has been since it started from Philadelphia. The Indy manageress, who when she was the wife of the once famous Dan Rice, was so very popular-in Pennsylvania when she controlled tho destinies of tho “ Groat Show,” will find that she has lost no friends in tho course she lias pursued, and that patience, virtue, firm ness and enterprise in a woman will not ho unappreciated or. unrewarded. Wr.ECK of tub Steajieb Anglo-Saxon.— Tbo British Steamer Anglo Saxon, bound to Quebec, from Liverpool and Londonderry, from which latter port she sailed on the 17th ult., was wrecked in a dense fog four miles off Cape Race on the 27th ult., at noon. Sho had four hundred and forty-four persons on board, of whom three hundred and sixty wore passengers, and of whom two hundred and thirty-seven are supposed to have boon lost. Tho Anglo-Saxon is the twentieth vessel wrecked since tho cstaplishment of steam navigation on the Atlantic, and it is some what remarkable that tho lino to which sho belonged has lost no loss than six steamers sineo 1857. The rapidity with which she wont down proves that the damage must have boon irremediable; for within one hour after sho struck, her dock broke up. Under tho cii-aumstances it may bo regarded as fortu nate that so many wore saved. The Incentive. —A chaplain to a Rhode Island regiment lately addressed a meeting of negroes, and told them if they would en list they should have tho conquered South ern lands to settle on, and could send their own Representatives to Congress. O' As appropriate to the season wo pub lish the following beautiful stanza: THE FIRST OP MAY. rnosiTUE latin op okoiuih huciianan.dt AncnniA- CON WIIANOIIAM. Hait t sarcod llion to sacrod joy, To mirth and wine, sweet Drutof May ! To spoils, which no grave cares alley, The sprightly dance, the festive play I Hail! thou of over circling time, That grnccst still the ceaseless flow 1 Bright blossom of tho'senson’s prime A go, hastening on to winter’s sriow.l When first young Spring his-orgol face On earth unveiled, mid years of gold Gilt with pure ray mini's guileless race, By law’s stern terrors uncontrolled. Such was the soft and gonial brtezo, Mild zephyr breathed on 'all around ; With grateful glee, to airs like these, ■ Yielded its wealth th' unlabored ground; “So fresh, so fragrant is the gale, . Which o’er the islands of the hlost, . Sweeps; whore no.achos thodimbs assail, Ncr ago’s poovish pain infest ; Whoro thy hushed groves, Elysium sloop, Such winds with whispered murmurs blow.,’ So whoro duilTjOtho’s waters creep, They-hoove, scarce heave the cypress-bough.' And such when Tleaven, with penal flame, , Shall purge the glebe, that golden day ■llesturipg, o’er man’s brightened frame . Haply such gale again shall play.. 1 Hail, thou, the fleet year’s pride and prime ! - ■Hail 1 day'which i'iimo should bid to bloom 1 -Hail! imago of primeval time ! . ■ Huiii sample of the .world to come! Truth from a Republican Source. Qor roacfers have already been acquainted with the exposure of immense frauds in the New York Custom House, through the in strumentality. of the Congressional Investi gating . Committee,, of: which Colonel Yan Wyck is chairman. An effort was made to .prevent the evidence from becoming pubHo, but the Colonel was not to be, deterred by threats or bribes, and insisted that his report should be printed. The following extract from his speech in Congress on the subject, expresses sentiments that must mo'et with a fervent response in the breast of every real patriot. It should ho recollected that Colonel Van Wyck is a Eepublican, and his testimony is the indro Valuable on that account. Speak-, iug of the swarms of public plunderers whb cluster at Washington, are found in all the .departments, and urge on the wav for the sake.of the stealings, ho says: “ The neck begins to chafe where the yoke of this heavy’ burden is borne. : The Admin istration has feared to drive such- mon from its door,, lest hostility should be aroused against it, .That which they supposed strength has been the great source of- woak nosa. .'With a single exception, when has one of tliese men been courlfmnrtinlod or punished ?, ~. To-day they have injured the re public more than the South in arms. Had they 'been' arrested, and placed under the •gallows or in Tort Lafayette,.i/our arm)/ would hare been stronger, you>' people at home more, milled. : No. wonder that your, soldiery, and friends are dissatisfied. They cannot appre ciate (hepatriotism of stealing. . Your army, for a ,mere pittance, is deprived of all the luxuries, and, at the same,time, the necessa ries of life ; enduring all the privations of camp and. the dangers of .battle, while, Hiey sys base mon making mockery of the misfor tune of the nation, coining gold from the sighs and tears of the people." Hicks, of al.iu-yiand, states that a secret organization Uaifbeen unearthed it, one ni'-Vno poiialioß yy2':tt3W.. St.'itG— collection serves us, this Ex- Govern or lin.K's.knows all -about - “ secret organiza tions,” for lie was elected Governor of Mary land by the oatli-bound luipty-NpthingS. It sounds, strange to'hoar old'Know-Nothing owls dociaim against secret "organizations.—- “ Anything to pill down the Democratic par ty." has-been the mo.tto of certain unprinci pled men for‘many years, and they-do; not h'esUate.to organize secret organizations.if by doing so they can accomplish their sinis ■ ter designs. PotmcA,'. Preaching- Condejineh—Amur Otmrk-b’s Opinion'<» Ppi.qiCAi, Preaching. —The distinguished Methodist commentator and Preacher, Arinin' Clarke, has loft on record his opinion of political preachers, ■which we give- hi his own nurds: “ When .’preachers of the gospel 'become parties in pin-!;./ politics, religion mourns, the Chinch is pm-dilied, and political disputes agitate even the. faithful of die'land. Such preachers, no matter which side they take, arc no longer messengers of glad tidings, but the seedsman of. confusion, and "wafers of heritage of Christ.’ Though Mr. Clark, had fully'made up his mind on the politics of the day, and never swerved from his Whig prin ciples; yet in the pulpit wns nothing heard from him hut Christ crucified, and the ealva: tion procured by his blood."— Life of Dr. A. Clark, vol. \,fuye 100-161. Who are the Lovat.ists ? — The Legisla ture of New Jersey, on the last day of-its re cent session, passed the following resolution by a concurrent vote of both houses : “ And he it lletolved. That wo pledge from this Stato a cordial and united support to the Federal Government,jm all its constitu tional efforts to maintain the integrity of this glorious Union.” The vote stood as follows.—All the Demo crats, ave! —all tho Republicans, no ! Who were tho loyalists, and who the traitors ? Let the common sense of tho people answer. Death oe Gen. John Weidman. —Wo re gret to learn tjhat Gen John Weipman, of Lebanon, died at his residence in that bor ough, on Thursday, the 23d ult., aged 48 years, 7 months and 29 days. His funeral took place on Monday of last week, with mili tary honors, and was attended by members of the Masonic Order, and by a largo number of mourning friends. A Costly Experiment. —lt is said that tho preparations for tho attack on Charleston cost one hundred and fifty millions of dollars 1 The light lasted hut half an hour, or at the rate ol live millions of dollars per minute 1 Loyal League Sentiments.— Thad. Ste vens said in Congress: I will not stultify myself,by Supposing that wo have any warrant in the Constitution for this proceeding. : ~ That talk of restoring tho Union as it was, and under the Constltutin., ns it is, is one of tho absurdities which I have heard repeated until I have become about sick of it.. The Union can never bo as it was. There aro many things which render such an event impossible. This Union never' shall, with my consent, bn restored under the Con stitution as it is, with slavery to bo protected by it." . Thad. is a great advocate of Loyal Leagues, and speaking tlioir sentiments, is supported by them. , [From tho London Times,] ' «THE OLD CURSE OF AMERICA.” Presidentmaking again m Order — -Mr. Lin coln Showing his Sand—Ultimate Effect of Introducing Politics ilito inc Army, etc. Tho old burse of America is once move upon Iter; the evil spirit has returned, with seven other spirits, to his old haunt. Mr. Lincoln has jiold thd Presidency of tho Uni ted States for two miserable and disastrous years. It is unnecessary to dilate upon tho results of his Administration. It has de stroyed a vast mass of prosperity and happi ness, and scattered to tho winds the best hopes of the people. Of how many States may it. ho said with truth that Mr. Lincoln lias found them h garden, and loft them a desert; of how many flourishing institutions that he found thorn a reality, and has made them but a name; of how many families that ho found them united arid pros perous, while they are.now decimated by war and divided by faction !; The'exchequer of America was full, and is empty; 'her credit was high and is almost extinct; and the ovil of to-day is regarded by those who can foresee and calculate tho future as altogether light and endurable compared with the disasters that are looked for from to-morrow.. In lit tle more than eighteen months from this time tho people of the North, or of whatever portion of tho United States may still bp un der tho Federal Government, will he called upon to elect another President. It is along while to look forward to, especially in tho present state of things, but the stake to bo ■played for is vast, and no means of scouring it must be neglected. Tho Republican ma jority in Congress have, before separating, done everything in their power to socnre_ to their own party another quadrcnriitril period of office. These reckless men deserve a foremost place among those representatives of the people w r ho from time to time have niade themselves notorious in tho history of tho world by surrendering tho liberties of their country into tho hands of a dictator or a tyrant. .There is hardly a right secured by the Constitution to States ortoindividuais which tho late Congress of the United States has not invaded, a principle of freedom which, they have not overthrown, a fra ichise which they have not trampled under foot. Tho' office of President, plain and Republican as it came from the hands of the founder of the Federation, is hardly recognizable beneath the mass of powers with which it is overlaid. The first citizen of the Republic, the servant of tho people, the head of an executive exer cising certain.few arid clearly defined powers, has become, by tho treason' of a Legislature exercising functions whiqli law had limited with equal care to that with which it limited his own, the most absolute autocrat on earth. : Yet it is feared that all this power and all this violence may be unable to perpetuate itself, and time hits been found, in the midst of a civil war, to,get up an Organization. eyi : clontly created for electioneering purposes. — The word has been passed to say little about the abortive proclamation of tho President for. the emancipation of,the negroes, and to get up. meetings everywhere in favor of loy alty and of the preservation of the Union;— This movement does .not appear to have been crowned with any particularly brilliant suc cess, and now it is succeeded by a measure so desperate arid so. dangerous that we, who have never expected much from. Mr. Lincoln, confess that wo stand aghast at his reckless: ness and hardihood. ' Tin last resource of Mr. Lincoln has been to turn the mess-room of every regiment into a debating society, and its soldiers into miniature constituencies. Tho papers from America are full of address es agreed, to by meetings of regiments presi ded over by their Colonel, with a Captain aiid.a Chaplain for Secretaries. , The regi ments from Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Connecticut, have taken the lead in these political .manifestations. Their addresses have a' suspicious likeness lb ,-oaoh other. : — 'S liey uro hUinamit'atatiunAor violer>eUcpub •libah opinion. '.They assert viewa'favbrabie to-. Hie continuance ilf tho war,.and denounce, not as mistaken friends, but as eneriiies much more detested'than the Southerners .them-, solves, those among their follow-citizens.who .have.presumed to think or' talk yf peace.—, These military .logicians will tolerate ..no difference of opinion. He that-is not with them is against them, and he that is against them.id, to use their own. language, hellish, diabolical, and worthy of death.' Such lan guage deserves attention when it is held by men who may at any moment become the executioners of their own sentence. Hence forth there is to he but one opinion in Amer ica, and -rio distinction is to be observed be tween the man who counsels pence and tho man wh° actively carries on war. The dun geons of the. State and the sword of the army are equally ready for both. Thus fur all tho different regiments agree,’ but there is some thing peculiar in the language of the soldiers from New Jersey and Connecticut. It-may bo remembered tlia tthe Now Jersey Legislature has recently taken the lead in the.endeavor to put an end to tho war by passing resolutions advocating the meeting of n congress called for the purpose of making peace. The New Jersey regiment takes into its consideration the conduot-of ’its Legisla ture. Tho.soldiers are much displeased with the,representatives, and express their aston ishment that those representatives should have presumed to utter opinions so contrary to their own: In the ease of Connecticut there is a little difference,' The Connecticut regiments in the A.imy of. the- Potomac ad dress themselves to the people of Connecticut. They pointedly express their displeasure at tho.conduct of their fellow-citizens on recent occasions, and intimate that their sense -of duty places them in the most decided oppo sition to it. AVorsl of all, these, preludes to a reign of civil violence and military tyrranny are applauded by a servile press, and circu lated all over America to intimidate citizens ip those .States whose portion of "tho army has not ns- yet spoken. Who does, not see that those things are an effort of tho Presi dent to employ the army, ns helms employed tho Congress, for the purpose of overruling and beating tho free expression of opinion ; and that he and those in authority under him are abusing the influence which they naturally possess ovpr tho officers in order to make thern the menus of intimidating their own States, by arming against them their own contingents? Thus far have two years of civil war brought the American Union on tho road to destruction. Who could have thought that just two years this very day from the bombardment of Fort Sumter, we should have had to chronicle nets so fatal to the very foundation of liberty and self government? History is riot, apparently, a favorite study with Mr. Lincoln or his col leagues. But even they can hardly fail to know that the moment an army constitutes itself into a deliberative body, tho liberties of the country which it assumes to represent are virtually at an end. Tho sword is tri umphant over tho gown, and men of peace have only to listen in tremulous submission to tho imperious orders of men of war. The overthrow of the judicial power, tho violation by tho Federal Executive and Legislature of every article of the Constitution, are nil slight and ..remediable evils compared with the reckless audacity which converts an army into a parliment, arid permits men with arms in their hands to discuss and condemn in-tho most virulent and acrimonious manner tho conduct of their unarmed fellow-citizens.— Nobody miftt think—or, at any rate, in doing so ho must ho careful not to give expression to the thought—that tho war has been ill carried on ; that the South has boon generally victorious; that tho Army of tho Potomac is disorganized ; that tho troops, which evince so strong a desire to talk, have little corres ponding relish to fight, and that, while polit ical intrigue is everywhere rampant, tho campaign everywhere languishes. The army order* the cation to think tho carry not, and if tho nation will not think the contrary, the army or at Joaat a portion of it, is quite ready to practice the most summary and expeditious methods of conversion. These mootings are meant to‘enforce a continuance of the car, but, if tho'country has tho slightest instinct of self-preservation remaining, they are much more likely to drive it into tho conclusion of a precipitate peace. The Famous ! Orf>ut pf tile jtbmohVtthsOluto certainty, that the document, is"ah nuiiijontio one ; for, iu inference to flic operations df the Army of the Rappahannock, the report' con tains, the following curious statement: General Burnside states that, beside tho inclemency of the weather, there was another powerful reason ■ for'abandoning Hie move ment—^-viz: the almost universal feeling among his general officers againsi.il, ■ Home of those officers freely gave vcntlo their feelings in. the presence of their inferiors, .In consequence of this,- and also w.liiif had taken place du ring the battle of Fredericksburg; Ac., Gene ral Burnside directed an order to he issued, which he styled General Order Ko. 8: • That order dismissed some officers from the service, subject to the gpprdvaiof the {'resident,' relieved others from duty with i\e Army of the Poto mac, and also pronounced sentence of death upon Some deserters who had been tided and convicted. * * The order was duly signed and issued, and only waited publication. ,* * . He' (General Burnside) was infurmod'tlmt. Hie President declined to approve his Order No. 8, but had concluded to relievo him from Hie command of the Army of the Potomac and appoint General Hooker in his place.' ,The necessary complement to .all this in formation is, of course, the production of the order itself, which was ‘.‘ duly signed and is sued, and only-waited publication and'this public want is now, supplied. It seems to us to be a very- droll,document, and we even yet hesitate to lend to It a full measure of belief. Its authenticity, however, can bo easily eith er affirmed or disapproved, and wo shall be very happy to have an opportunity of satis fying o.nr own and the public mind in regard to it whenever wo are furnished with tho necessary proofs. Assuming it for the moment to be authen tic, it.is one of tho most extraordinary cir cumstances in the whole extraordinary affair that, while some of the officers who fall un der its condemnation have been either re lieved from duty, as General Franklin, or have resigned, as General Cochrane, tho offi cer who was singled out in it as the special object of disgrace and punishment is the very, officer chosen by the president,to take com mand of the army of which General. Burn side was relieved. That officer is now on tho eve of giving to the world on opportunity of judging whether , he is really possessed of those fighting qualities that are popularly ascribed to him, or whether General Bum side’s definition of his character'ns being “ a man unfi| to hold an important commission” is the correct one. Ivo will watch with enhanced interest the operations of the Army of the Rappahannock, and will await a fur ther elucidation of this mysterious affair. The French in Mexico. —Tlio advices from Mexico, by way of San Francisco, arc that the French had met with a terrible re pulse at Puebla, and bad been compelled to fall back and entrench., Those advices are several days later than thjso by way of Ha vana, which reported the Froncli to be in possession of one-half tho city. The Mexi cans have undoubtedly defended Puebla with more spirit, determination and success than they showed when Scott marched to the capitol ; but tho story that they luivo beaten tho French after the lodgment tho latter had made in tho city, and tho capture of several of tho Mexican fortifications, wo think needs further confirmation before credited. It seems ns difficult to got tho facts from Puebla as it is to got the truth from the Cairo news correspondent by telegraph of the occurrenc es on the Mississippi. A Beuo of the Heiielmon. —A Jotter dated Albany, N. Y., May 1, says ; •The gun witii which Jackson killed Ells worth was received at tho Bureau of Milita ry Statistics to day. Stay* At tho spring elections in Now Jersey, 1C counties gave Democratic majorities, and i Republican. MiUt&l Karats, The editor of th»Kow York Exn has had twenty five years expel!’ 5 fighting the democracy, says; • co °t THE‘COPPERHEADS.’' If there bo anything the democm™ stand -without, wincing or wilting • y , cw mimes ; and what is curious, tho™ 8 1 4 names become the slofftms of their n a 'rt» 1 afterward .intensely popular. The ori • M ’ 4 division of parties in this country, after W tho era of the Constitution was ‘■pv/ 1 and “ republican.” The federalist named the republicans “ democrats"’’! they took the name and made it P n r) , || W ‘ i \ arid “ democracy” is now one of the „ ’ popular words in, our American Wm while originally the early republicans tlcn'S it a term of reproach. Wo, old ivhiga, 1830—32, christioncd all the denioL T “ Iiocofooos.” The Express poopie "avoti 5 tho name, because they used locofooo os in Tammany Hall to relight up thtu ji when the gas,was shut off to clear out, I rascals accepted our nickname locofoco j,j' made it poptflar. Now, tho abolitionist's iua christening the democrats “ copporlicads ” and if they persist in it, wo should not be at all surprised to find copperhead a won] n j popular ns democracy, for whatever aboli tionism clings' to our embraces it kills, amt whatever it niok-rinmes it makes a siiU>i,oletli' in popularity of. AVe,vold, i lino whigt, and democrats, accept them am a of “ copper} beads.” Cprisider us ‘.‘copperheads,’' c a ]j! us “ copperheads.” . , Copperhead,, then let it bo 1 It’s a veryoji 1 pressive designation.. . (£/■ Dr. .T. B. Mitchel, of Bollofonto, who 'had joined the Union League there,,has coma out publicly’, in a card, and "stated that Uj will have no more’’to Jo with it.’ . , IHT'Tho Milwaukio-News .says the largo receipts of wheat in that city fur sovcirH weeks,past go to show that the.crop of 18M waw much larger than has horetulure boon counted on. U -■ (FT* All papers, documents, Ac., tiso-i in obtaining pensions, . are relieved from ■ Hid usual stamp,duty by a special not oi'Congrosj,. The fact don’t appear to be generally kuo.wn. . CC7~ The National Fast-Day was proptrfj observed,'in -outward form, at least.' by. mj citizens.' Business was, almost entirely suj. ponded, and religious services, w.oro ludJia all tho Churches'. ’ - - . Shot Demi.—' Robert Emmet Dixon, okrl; of tho Confederate' House of'ReprcsciUnito;, was shot.dead'pa Friday by Robert E. iVol, latejourual clerk of the House, in an affray at Richmond, Va. . The Fiteinioxu Bread Riot.— A ro-rat Richmond letter says .that thirty-one of to women 1 engaged in tho broad riot in Hmtcity,- nro in jail awaiting, their trial beiure the ■Hastings Court. , , ; ’ ' lit West 1 Ponnshoro’ ',twp„ oh Weilnruky evening April 'Bth .of Dipthefia, Mary .1, aged 4 yeais ; o.n Tuesday evening, April 14th, James.E., aged 1 year and 9 days ;on Friday evening, April 24th, David A., aged fi.years, 0 months, and 28 days j chilclrou of Cyrus A. and Eliza Goo’dhart. ■ OjT'When 1 Gen. Butler was at-Fortress Monroe he was puzzled to discover how tint, men got so outrageously and rcgularly’dnink. until it was observed that they seemed to hold their.guhs ,up very straight, and upon an .'examinution bfiiV-g iniutrC-H ' that every gnn-barrfll was filled with wfiisksj Another YiCTiit.r— Hon. L. Iff. .Ham, of Bucyrus, Oliio, aged fifty years, died recent ly from tho effects of an incarceration in a Federal prison last fall. Ho had served in Congress, and was a.mau of high ability. It can be said that ho was murdered by the Ad ministration; on account of his genuine devo tion to his country. How to. Unite the'.North.— The N. T. Journal ofcommerce says ‘‘ it is demonstrated that tlie' Loyal Leagues cannot unite tbo North. What can ? If the ■ loyal leaguers are sincere in their vow of unconditional sup port of the Administration, they would, of course support it if it abandoned the radical policy. ■ It is plain, then, that the way to unite the. North is for the Administration to return to the policy of tho Crittenden resolu tion. This was the platform "of the Now Fork Democracy last fall, and on this the North ought to.bo united. This is .common sense. It needs no argument. It commends itself to the reason of all sensible men.” THE WAR .'NEWS* Important from llie Rappahannock. Reported Defeat of Colonel Mulligan THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC IN MOTION, General Hooker across the Rappahannock Desperate Figliiing below Fredericksburg— Attempt to Outflank the Enemy. From the best attainable information from, persons arriving from, the Rappahannock, it appears that some important movements ot the army took place on Wednesday, although there was no fighting of any importance.— The United States forces crossed the RappO’ bannock at Kelly’s Ford. Pontoon bridge* were laid two or three miles below Freder icksburg, and •we took possession of these points on Wednesday night. The enemy formed lines of battle and p.hW' ted batteries on the heights of their rear, and also fired a few shots in order to got the ronS®’ ■ln crossing, we lost one or two officers knleui and from thirty to forty men wounded, Our men crossed first in beats, drove tn rebel pickets out of their rifle pits, killed ana wounded many, took 10Q prisoners, including, 'several officers, one of whom was Lieut.-Coi.. Hammond of the 6th Louisiana Regiment.— These prisoners arrived here yesterday, ana were sent to the Old Capitol prison. Another informant says the left wing, " 0| " 000 strong, crossed (our miles below Froucr iokeburg, a little below where Franklin cross* 1 previous to the last battle. They [“‘lS' twelve hours, and drove the enemy mg miles out of their rifle pits and behind t > entrenchments. The Third Brigade, ot t » First Division, of tho First Corps, has fered more than any other in tho ~ Our forces have captured between 506 ; COO prisoners, who will soon be brought this city. Many of those prisoners have vomntar J come over to us, having thrown away 11 arms in small squads and bsggcd (or 'h uU -''" They pick up what tho soldiers have thm away on tho march,' Other rebels, howet , say they have got plenty to eat. _ , Tho right wing crossed _at Kelley s F > and Stonoinnii’s cavalry is reported to somewhere in tho rear of Fredericksburg- One army corps remains »t Falmouth, ■ rsservo.