JOHN S. BB.4TTOIV, Editor ft 'Proprietor.
CARLISLE*PA., JULY 23, 1863.
The Preservation of the Constitution
The Restoration of the Union,
And the -Supremacy of the Laws.
Democratic State Ticket.
GEORGE W. WOODWARD,
FOR JUDGE or, THE SUPREME .COURT,
' WALTER IL LOWRIE,
OP ALLEGHENY.
ERECTION ON TUESDAY, OCT. 13 th, 1863
STANDING COMMITTEE,
The Democratic Standing Committee 'is
requested to meet at Shreiner’s Hotel, in
Carlisle, on Saturday, the Ist day of August,
1863, at 11 o'clock, for the purpose of making
■arrangements for the ensuing election.
W. ®, Miller,
Chairman. {
■July 23,1863.
BALLY, DEMOCRATS!
The Democratic Club of Carlisle? will meet
ia their Hall, “ the Cumberland. Engine
House,” on Saturday evening next, July 25.
By order of the President. '
C7* The blackberry crop seems more than
usually abundant this year. Vast quantities
of this line fruit have made their appearance
in our midst.
ITT* The farmers in every flection of the
county greatly of the scarcity of
laborers. Workmen are scarcer now, than
they have-oyer been,'and it is hard to know
how some kinds of business are to he carried
on after the draft is made.
[C7” The sale of agricultural implements
during the present season has exceeded any
previous year. This result is not to be at-
tributed so much to the increasing prosperity
■of our 'farming community as it is to the
scarcity oflaborers.
Case ofWm. Borland.— We invitoatten
tion to the statement of Mr. Wm. Borland,
of this county, in another -column. Mr. B.
■is a respectable man, and loyal to the Con
stitution and bis country.. That much we
■can attest. Upon information of George Berg
her, (having committed no offence,) he was!
seized by military authority, and for throe*
days and nights wrongfully held in custody,
confined in a filthy hole at Camp
when, there appearing to be no evidence
against him worthy of credit, he was dis
charged,, It was ns gross an outrage as ever
was perpetrated.
Fast Riding—Accident.— On Monday
morning, about 8J o'clock, three young.men
belonging to the Provost Guard stationed in
this place, were riding at a furious rate, (in
fact running a race,) down Hanover street.
Near the corner of Hanover 'and Pomfret
streets the horse rode by Francis Sciiur, ot
Go. I, Capt. Kleg, 31st. Reg., fell fl tt t upon
the with his rider under him.—
She horse immediately got upon his feet, but
Scbur did not move for several minutes, arid
it was supposed at first that .ho was dead.—
After working with him some time his con
sciousness returned, and he was removed to
his quarters, where medical aid was sum
moned. It was discovered that hie injuries
consisted of severe bruises, outs .upon the
head, sprains, Ac. He is doing well* and
will, it is hoped, be about again in a few ;
flays. He is a Philadelphian.
A word to our military friends who are now
acting as a Provost Guard for our town.—
They must stop fast riding ; it is a dangerous
practice and in violation of the Borough law.
The late«hccident should serve as a warning
them. If itdoes not, our Borough author
ises must put the law in force against all its
violators.
Scrrbndeb or Port Hudson. —We have
the important news that Port Hudson, the
rebel strong-hold, surrendered to General
Banks or. the 9th instant-five days after the
fal! of Vicksburg. This clears the banks of
the Mississippi of the rebel fortifications, and
opens it do commerce. Doubtless the rebels
will endeavor,to re-establish themselves upon
its banka; but our gunboats will keep a vle
3,ant 'gl over: it. The first news of the
oap .Port Hudson, was received from
the Richmond papers. It is since confirmed
by despatches from Gen. Banks.
& Hard Hit at our Carlisie Bepdbli
oans who -Skedaddled.— The day after the
MOels had taken, possession of Carlisle, the
Harrisburg Telegraph, published by the Post-
Master of that city, said j j
*** loafers - who fled from
If th«v W at th - e a PP roaoh of the enemy.—
h . n ? remained at home and shouldered
m defences their towns, it would
have been more creditable to manhood
CT* Onr readers should bear this important
fact in mind—that if they pay $3OO it only
exempts them for the present draft, while if
they get a substitute it clears them from all
drafts made during bis period of service.—
Wo mate this statement on the authority of
the Provost Marshal General.
pa^f T l?- r - Ce ,° fCoarha8 8 0ne - u P in every
r D their m - C a UOtry - ° ur fri ®" dB make
article this’fall. 40 W a h ' eh price for tbe
ICT” A combination ot wool no _ M .
been formed in Pittsburg; wh6 agree
sell their wool at less than a dollar a pound.
E 7” There are men in tbe army wearing
4kr« who deserve strip*#.
FOR GOVERNOR,
OP 'LUZERNE.
J. 0. WUNDERLICH,
Secretary.
Jvdqb Woodward, the Democratic can
didate for Governor, visited the battle-field at
Gettysburg, last week, do. Jook after his son
who is the Lieut. Colonel of the Second Penn
sylvania Reserves. The army had left Get
tysburg before the Judge reached there, but
he was satisfied that his son had escaped un
burt in that terrible conflict. Col. Woodward
was wounded in a previous battle, and is a
I cripple for life. Judge Woodward has anoth
lor son In -General Couch’s army. During
his brief stay in Gettysburg and York, the
Judge was called upon by a number of the I
most prominent citiaone. j
Capture or Morgan’s Band.—A dispatch
dated Cincinnati. July 21, gives the gratify,
ing news that the entire command of the no
torious Morgan has been captured by our
forces. Morgan, himself escaped. After a
fight of one flour dhe capture was made, viz.
—4,500 men, with their officers. . A scout
ing party was sent after Morgan.
Judge Advocate General Holt is pre
paring the documents for a court martial in
-the case of Gen. Milroy, charged with evacu-
Wn! ,n -n- e,iOTWith 00ward 'y Precipitation.
kavtng millions of dollars’ worth of arms and
“nemy ’ WlUOh fBU int * ■«“ of the
THE NEW TORE BIOTS.
Til# Fraethml Resulis of Hbolftloir Teaching.
Tli« disgraceful nnti.conscription riot* that
broke'out in Now York lust week have boon
quelled, "and most of the ringleaders engaged
in them have been arrested, and of course
wil'lhd, ns they should be, sovordjy punished.
During these tumultuous out^edWhundreds
of men, women wore murdered,
and property to the amount of millions was
destroyed. They wore the most fqrmidnble
riots that ever broke out in this country, and
were equal in brutal ferocity to those that
preceded the French Revolution. , "Who must
wo hold responsible for the bursting of tho
slumbering volcano ? -Who ore the men who
refused to bo warned"? Lot us see.
For tho last eighteen months the Washing
ton administration and those under it have
been applying the screws to the people.—
The papers in the interest of'the administra
tion have for publishing ths most
libellous and inflammatory articles against
the Democratic party. Ignorant menials
wearing shoulder straps have been clothed
with powers such ns no despot on earth ever
enjoyed. The law has been openly defied,
tho Constitution derided and disregarded,
Abolition mobs have been protected and ap
plauded in their assaults 'upon the property.
| of Democrats, thousands of men and many
I women and children have been arrested and
imprisoned without a hearing, ministers have
been dragged from the pulpit and judges from
.the bench, and tho infamous doctrine Of
amalgamation and equality of tho races has
been preached from the sacred desk and from
the stump. Nay more, military men high in
position, and in the hearing of the President I
■huaself, have informed'tbe (Democrats Of the
North that “ their time is short,'" and that
as soon as the rebels are put down the bayo
nets of the army are to bS turned against the
Democratic piirty. Even now, when tens of
thousands of Democrats are to be drafted into
the army, they are told by the Secretary of
War that they are to “ be sent hissing to
their holes” (murdered, we suppose,) imme
diately after the rebels have been conquered, |
Democratic printing offices have been sacked.)
by cowards, mutineers, burglars and knaves.
■and these acts have been endorsed by Aboli
tion.lackeys who swear, by the administra
tion. These things—these outrages and many
more, have taken place within the last year
and a-ha!lf. The result of the elections in
the Northern 'States last fall, - should have!
convinced the administration of its errors
and induced it to hearken to the emphatic
voice of the ballot-bos. But no I—the voice
was spurned, and the tyranny of our. rulers
redoubled: The people were defied,'and mo.,
man was safe ifrhe advocated an observance
of law or spoke favorable of the provisions of
the Constitution.
We, in common with our Democratic oo
temporaries, have appealed to the adminis
tration, time and again,- to change its policy
and stop itsperseoutions. We have purpose
ly overlooked many of the short-comings of
the Washington dynasty, for we felt that our
country was menaced, and we desired to see
the rebellion throttled and put down in the:
shortest possible time. But- the only reply’
■Democratic editors received for their pains*
•was “copperhead,"."traitor” &o.
TThe riots in New York, Boston,, and otter
places, devilish and wicked though they weje,
will, we hope, serve as a warning to thospin
[authority, and induce them to stop their I
threats and persecutions, and to disoounte-
I nance and punish their men'political, adhe
rents when they engage in unlawful practices.
Mr. Lincoln should know that if omtset of
menarepermitted todestroy property at pleas
ure, another set will do the same thing ; and
if Democratic printing-offices are “sacked,"
Republican offices will meet the same fate.—
IWe are opposed to mobs, ©own with them,
we say. Every good citizen should discoun’
But, as we said before, if the
mob spirit is encouraged by Eepublicaris.
they cannot complain if the chalice is returned
to their own lips. Let the persecutions of
the administration, therefore,.cease, let us all
discountenance mobs, and give our influence
vn behalf of our distracted coun try, and lend
all the aid we can to our army in its efforts
to put down the rebela in arms,
O'Mr. ...Stevens was the acknowledged
leader of his joatfy in the <l7, S. House of Rep
resentatives ; I.e'hnd more to .do than any
other member in moulding the radical pol
icy of the Administration; he dictated eman
cipation proclamations, and invited negro
insurrections. His policy is in full operation
and what has it produced? W hy a unitcdf ;
ferocious and desperate South, not content
to fight upon the defensive, but determined
to risk a pitched battle in the hope of captur
ing our National Capital. This is the result
df radical policy, and yet its authors are now
as impudent and insolentin. their proceed-'
ings and exactions, as if their plans had pro
duced magnificent results for the national
cause. Stevens will g 0 back to the next
Congress and will, with a face of brass, con
tmue to domineer and dictate the policy to
be pursued hereafter. 1
a hEaifiHABLB ARTICLE, COKSIDEBISD ITS
SOURCE.
The‘following article, which wo take from
thceditorinl cdlumns of'the Harrisburg Tele
graph, ot the 14th inst., will, wc opine, open
the eyes of some people. The Telegraph, it
is well known, is'the Harrisburg organ of the
■Washington administration,, nndjts proprie
tor, Bbroner, is Post-Masler of. that city—
The Telegraph, it will bo seen, makes the
startling announcement that seven-tenths of
the officers of our army “deem ifto'be'their.
‘interest to prolong the war," and that others
"are-amassing colossal fortunes solely by the
prolongation of the. War," and hence it is
their business to “ profess to be loyal, ,and
keep the country in a constant state of sus
pense between victory and defeat/' These
are sweeping charges, and hod they been
made by a Democratic editor he would -have ,
found himself in a hostile in “ less than no
time.” It is very true, however, that plun
der has been one of the objects of the war ;
and notwithstanding men hove been detected
in swindling the Government but of millions
of dollars, not one has been punished. On
the contrary, these thieves, swindlers and
leeches are still the particular friends of the
administration, and their advice is sought on
all occasions. Robbery and robbers have
been at a premium for the last two years—
We cannot agree with the Telegraph that
“seven out of every ten officers now in the
service deem it to be their interest to prolong
the war/' We have a better opinion df n
majority of pur, officers, and it charge so
sweeping and libellous‘is the rankest kind
of “ disloyalty." Perhaps a large number
■of our Officers might be thus stigmatized,
but not “ seven out'pf-evepylen.” 3t is true,
‘too, that many officers high in command have’
'been detected in speculations—in other words,
stealing from the Government—but not a
mother’s sou of them has been dismissed from
service. It is true, also, that “ the lust of
gain ’ not only assisted to bring on the war,
but has prolonged it. Had it not been for
the Abolitionists and fire-eaters on the one
hand, and .the “ lust of gain" on the other,'
the probabilities are oar country would still
be in the enjoyment of .peace—prosperous,
happy and contented, with gold and silver as
our currency, as heretofore. But, the passions
of bad men and “ the lust of gain" prevailed
and wo have had a bloody civil war for over
two years. There is no help for us now but
to fight the war through, nor can we ever
yield until the Union is restored.' But those I
wh« nre governed by “‘the lust of gain,”
■should be. choked from the public teat, and
those officers who desire to* see the war pro
longed, should be dismissed. . :
But, to the article from the Telegraph, the
Abolition organ at Harrisburg; .
'From‘the Harrisburg Telegraph, publisheWv t i, o
I'oafc Master df Harrisburg.
Need llie War be ’Prolonged?
hnYH ? imea ,ncllne '- to the.notion that,
had there been no money in the war, had the
men who lead now on the side of the Govern
ment been as incorruptible as those who led
1776 thp‘ neBlde burins. the revolution of
17(6, the wav would have been ended in a
single campaign. The lust.of gain, the creed
of power and the temptation of posftion
)' h ‘p tl now PJ'evail among a very large class
lreo States, has Imd very much to do
with the prolongation of the war. And tills
Vf l \ n .H lQllQnco ‘or which no parly can iustiv
beJield uccuuntiihle. Avbieh no ndndnistratidii
can control. It is the fault of the motile
themselves. Seven out of every ten officers
| now in the service deem it to tbeir intorest
end of °ti! S tba W “i! a ‘‘ nply bocause with the
sufun f and W “f ° 0 "! 8 “ 3us P en «'°n of po- I
sition and salary, such as these-men never,
•received before, and never can receive in anv
iCsomenfi h> ; vhich , their ta > 3a ts fit them
. if" ,en fight, to prolong the war. Added
u,ffinanei,d larg ?n 0la88?a tbo »«oan?ilS
“T 01111 world, men of immense influ.
soleW by h tb fl a n 0 , omass i n « colossal-fortunes
eaieJy by the prolongation of tho war Tho J
■moment -that the Federal .forces achieve a 1
of aH r k!^S'*Fjceofgold and the cost of goods 1
of all kinds fall. This is reversed wboh we
the hf? nted ’ r nd i hence Uis the interest and
m!n b who 3 nr f a a , rge v ant ! P°worful class of i
men* who profess to bo loyal, to keen the
country m a constant state of suspense be
tween victory and defeat. How tL is ac
complished need not how be explained—
thJ the ,^ der to such
has been the condition of affairs when the
peace after h W - b8 e W, in g tbe security of
miserab| f ftrlh V,ng tau S bt . thef<nv thousand
the ton., « nngagod in this rebellion,
superior » Government so vastly
Sources R I opponents in material re
wnolih But , w ? can Gltfot 7 write that the
weal th .amassed ;m thus prolonging the war
hy speculations in the money market com
merce, manufactures and contracts will beii
Ss dt e c i iWren ’ 8 chiia , r ° n
amassed it—a curse equal in withering
'nflnsnpe to that which will taint
!J” SySiri””..""” •-«“* ■"
boprolongation of
it, hear an officer profoundly
discussing the impessibility of capturing a
whole rebel army, be is arguing his own
ohanoes of .retaming a well paying position
nstead of the chances of victory to the army
in which he commands. Armies have been
captured heretofore, and there Is no reason
Dunn he "Tif hoUld i n °- n °walso he captured.—
during the revolutionary war, the colonial
forces captured two splendid British armies
hv b M Bu , rgo - Jno and the other
pi,. - Napoleon captured one of
Sit 8 "jr g r d ,0 ., 0p
quests. Certainly, then, what has been done
I foished'as b ® a ° oornpliaed> It can be accom
f* „ as ani)n “ s w-e make the war in reali
sation—l? th? S ()Varnm ent—for the
Ppoculator3por^'anl(flf b slmw ol o g
the*etomimha*^ 0 B * rVe 11,9 amb ition and fiU
r t fanT^wtfb g " pui
vnforand A ar . euouoesf ' 11 has been the vigw,"
There is d uni S tl D ereBted deTotion °f the rebels.
amon 8 the traitors. They are
illing to make any sacrifice for success
Ihose at home devote themselves to seXfo
’flf the e ® ,r ts of those in the field. Their
a® 0 ' VlCt ° ry ’- “ 0t .position
and pay. _ They are animated by one power
fedirinv 16 Th® P -°T re P. rB . sentBd >" the Com
nrf® ! ? y '- TblB 18 tbo sp,r, h which we need,
ntfjffonly in our armies, but in our-oommuni
ties. We want personal sacrifices as well to
he made by those at home as .those in the
army. We want men to forget their own in
terests just a_ few months, and devote them
selves exclusively to the good of tho country,
wo want every consideration of business—
every hope of personal gain, made to subserve
considerations of national success and-per
manont peaie. We want tho infernal and
eternal greed of money making stopped only
while oyr fighting then are perilling life and
I.mb in a struggle for tlm nationlso that
flver y man can lend a hand- to the speedy
ending of the war. The war in its present
shape can be ended in a very few months, if
the. country devotes itself entirely to the-
M«a° n 8 ?i • ? ne ? d ? but - the sacri fioe of sligh
yersanal interests to ‘bit «nd. It needs
bat 'the display of energy and promptitude,
surety,, for a people so really superior as are
the-masses of the north in comparison with
those engaged in rebellion, to put an end to
the war. 6od grant that the 6nd is close at
hand 1
Tlifl„4fffni Nonunion iff the country-~ffho
• ' lire Responsible!
Tha New York Herald, a paper which h(is
rendered a consistent and persistent support
to the'Naiional Administration, hns the fol
lowing, which we oCnuuond to the attention'
■of all ourrendors; 1
Three years ago this country was the envy
lof the world. Thirty millions of people of
nil classes, conditions, religions and nativities
were living happily together under the hao
piest government on the face of the earth.—
The poor and the oppressed of all nations
found a refuge upon our shores. Oar flag
was known and respected in every land and
on every Sea. Our commerce bore to distant
lohmes the products of bur soil and of our'
manufaotuiwr.wid, brought us in exchange
all the,comforts and luxuries wo could desire.
To be an American citizen was so great an
honor that even the aristocrats of Europe,
showed us especial favors and treated our
•representatives with distinguished consider-'
•ation. Wo had. just sent France her Empe
-ror'and.-Italy her liberator, after having re
ceived and sfetedted these illustrious exiles.
IhcfutureTCingpf England had yisited us
to see for. himself the supreme greatness and
happiness of a free people under a govern
ment of their own choice. ‘Peace, content,
meat and prosperity at home—admiration,
envy and honor-abroad—in these words is :
pictured tbacondition of the 'United States
•three.years'ago. . ;
To day one half the country is in rebellion
against the Government, Three hundred
thousand American soldiers are arrayed
■against oootf other around the National Cap
ital. TheJwyaf, nrmiesare destroying public
and private property at the South, and the
rebel armies, are .invading and devastating
■the flhmes of burning towns and
villages are answered by the red blare of
burning obmmefceis almost to-'
tally destri^ediAnd what is left of it has
abandoned our flag and sought safety beneath
the British ensign. Rebel pirates infest the
seas, ravage our coasts and dare 10 enter our
harbors. Fifty millions of dollars worth of
property was destroyed or captured in Mary
land or Pennsylvania last week, and bur los
ses elsewhere.double that sum. .Thousands
ot lived,in amity and peace
three years aftCiiavo since been slain with
iratneididalhands and now sleep beneath the
““•.I-*?* national currency has depreciated 1
until go(_d is at an enonnohs premium. The
necessaries of life command extravagant pri
ces. Our manufactures have ceased almost
entirely in some suctions of the country, and
in others are kept in feverish activity only
by the demands of the war. In one of our
largest cities business is suspended that the
citizens may arm to meet'the rebel invasion.
Speculation, embezzlement, and corruption
ip official circles. A few hun-
of metf without souls are becoming
amazingly rich, while the masses of the peo
pie suffer.' _ Our statesman have degenerated
into scheming, thieving politicians. The na
tional debt, already, largo, is. daily and hour,;
,ly increased by war expenditures, and knu- :
wish hands are diligently engaged in robbing'
the 1 reaeury m a thousand wave. Such is !
the awful'condition'of'the republic. Who
•are responsible r ~
Ihirty years ago a lew fanatica began the 1
agitation nbout-the negro. It is now a mat
ter of history that, if this agitation had not
occurred, ,e.avert would have died a natural
death in of ihe Southern States, as it
did in New Fork, New Jersey and elsewhere.
Iheso fanatics, came originally from New-
England. ' It was believed in olden times.
. Bostop and_ its vicinity was under the 1
curse of Puritanical perseoutione.
With this cuifse the. New England fanatics 1
““v®'.iPfei^ii*o-nntion.,j,- Alter preoacinß
4*k i) 10o^>'6 s)mid BorrrtoiisJ the
Abolition laotfftn dragged the negro into pol
itics. The Southern slaveholders presented
this attempt to'deprive them of their proper
ty. Iho extremists of . both sections joined
hands in the infamous work of dividing and
destroying the/country. Through its' hoc-'
cosarye «nne fchl . flisease. This)
Abolitmn conspiracy against the Union can 1
be tiaced % the impartial historian. All
sorts of remedies were attempted ; . but • all
taded, because: they were merely temporary
and did not aim at the extermination ofthe
disorder. The great men of the nation
passed -away, uttering fearful warpings of
impending danger. At last the crisis came.
Tk 8 !-.- 0 . u . nsc !'‘ ! P ulouB politicians gave the
Abolitionists the opportunity they desired,
and a sectional party seized ithe reins ofgnv
mnment. -Goaded to madness by the inflam-
ofEonthera fire-eatei, one I
Tk 4 K r e - aPer . another left the Union.—
ibis t,on f^ e J nC ' ,ura P ed and “Pplauded
nrlnnii T ont ttnd under foot all
proposals for reunion. Awed by the patriot
ic outburst of the,people when Sumpter was
tl e“wfr’f B f k nn w'- 08 at firSt ac( l u iesoed in
the war for the Union ; but having control
of the government, they soon, managed to.
the contest into a war against da
ler Le Gr ß n »| bj S nl Jper ' Wade > Wilson, Chand-
Phii:® reel 7'-. ehcev "- Garriaon - Wendell
viulips and Other such madmen, the Aboli
all.means of conciliation and
endeavored to crush out every spark of Un-
South. ThZ threats,
?P‘ ! r ' 3 °‘ ,e . s - .W'Mjops and acts of Congress at
Gone -n " n ed '• P e . maa “ i Pati.m proelaW
was torn Go " at, iuHon of the United States
hnV T' Q “T to annihilate the slave
en e ofihe' apitt « t ' atvi/ggle for the'exist
ence of the nation,For all this the Aboii
wnih fn a r r eB 7^’ ble - Thoir loaders still
f-nm ik g ' and fill their pockets
sf°gBury. 5 f°g 8ur y. and their journ
nd rrofr BU,p , por ' ted b J official patronage
and government contracts; but the end of
these things is -it hand. Cowed by the in
iw tt n ™ n | , th °y lla ''° ra ' s °d, thes/fnnatios
now cry out for help against the rebel invn
to°forget t P h eftCh t / ,nt a' 0 of the h »ur is
This mfi • P “ n ! l " d Bttve th « country—
otn de Tk7a “"/l!? , boen once too
ouen. Che duty of the.hour is to remember
Seated 0 STf- tf/a de
hos tftinnl dr, T en *“*. «•«» then without
a - de, “y> *s fc those Northern Abo
beUion Tna r ara Sponsible for the re
be held tn d n l - , he itbaB achieved
do neid to a strict and account
VVashwi' Bnei Tl Hftl,ock in ii»« speech at
said Gen «" °t T l Uea ' iay ov<n ' B gpf last week,
■nearlv^ A 'T " nde - Pl,i * command
fleer LTfJ 8, f U^ 1S w!,iol ‘ t!mo thftt of
ficer had-fought fifteen battles and gained
withineight of one Randall the powder I
smelled within that time wsa that burned in
rejoicing over his* victories." •
K 7” A prominent speaker at a Republican 1C?” The N. Y. Times strenuously urges
gathering in Ohio, said that he “expected to tknt we Bbould make all our -arrangements'
spend an eternity in company with Republi- tU ' kcep our lrlny U P to its f all strength, and
cans," to which a ripe old Democrat replied on a war f° ot ' D S for another year at least. '
that he “ rather, thought he would, unless he — :
repented of his sinal'{ tC?*The summit of political meanness has
O* The icrv of << fn,, . ’ eon reao,lo, f b 7 lbe proprietors of the Craw*
iuidlo "Zj S advertising for work*
vy ftr i. • . 7 AfrlOtt lnto the IBeB . announce that “no copperhead need
annly." I
Prow the Patriot and Union.
CASE OF WILLIAM BORLAND-
A ciliien <of Cumberland Count;/, arrested in
this city on the bth inst . by military author
ity, on the oath of Oeorge Bergner, and con
fined for three days and slights iii one• of
the most filthy holes in Camp Curtin—
without having committed the slightest of
fence against law or morals.
, Messrs. Editors :—Having boon arrested
in ky the military authorities up*
on injorniation, swoj'n to by
'Postmaster, ■! deem it duo to myself and my
friends to publish a statement of the facts in
tjie case,-and hope you will give this letter
an insertion in your valuable journal,
ne *ghb° rs went to Baltimore on
the Friday before the railroad’was torn up
below York, to collect money duo for dour
ho had previously apnfc down, and not having
returned at the time appointed, his wife bo*
came verv much alarmed for his safety.—
Ihe rebels at the time were in the near vi
cinity and people flying in all directions,
[ winch would naturally arouse the fears of a
•woman, and to quiet her mind I agreed to go
to Harrisburg and send a dispatch to Mat
thew &Fitzbue , of Baltimore, to know if her
husband was there. When about to start I
■toM the person who carries the mail from this
pomMo Harrisburg that if it would accom
modate him I would take the mail along and
bring it back again when 1 returned. He
V f 1 i lie a P asfl Rt the west end
ot the bridge, went over to the city and com*'
pleted my business. When ready to return.'
1 found it difficult to get a pass, and called 1
upon beo. Bcrgncr, Postmaster, requesting*
him to give me a note to General Couch, I
which would procure mo a pass, as I was
carrying the mail. *He asked me my name.
Wrote a note and handed it;‘to me. upon pres
‘entation of which I got a pass. When it wds
being signed Captain Tarbutfon asked the
officer Mgnmg it, whether it was necessary
tor me to come up every time for a pass?— .
Without replying‘he wrote upon it “until
further orders/'
'On Sunday morriingl returned to Harris- ( j
burg.-with the expectation ofgetting an an
swer.to.tho dispatch I had sent to Baltimore,
and when about to return home I was arrest
ed by Geo. Bergner, handed over to the mil
itary authorities, and cast by them into a
hlthy dungeon at Camp Curtin, whore I was
kept for three days and three nights in soli
tary confinement, without having an oppor
tumty to communicate with my friends.—
ihe dark dungeon in which I was confined
haa- evidently been used os a privy, and the I
floor and walls werecovered with human ex
crement, among which the maggots rolled'
'and-crawled, and-the-odnf from which was 1
sickening in [the extreme. 1
0?, Wednesday evening I was taken before'
the Broyost Marshal,, where I found that my
accusers had been before me, giving in their
ex parte testimony, and yet tin. charge had
been sustained against me. After this I Was
kept in confinement twenty four hours long
er, awaiting the leisure of General Couch to
examine the testimony and decide upon it. ;
Bergner swore that I liad obtained my pass
through false representations. This is sim
ply « lie. I procured the pass fairly and
honorably, as above stated. My mission was
a kindly one, to relievo the fears of.my rieigh
bor-.a woman—and to accommodate the
regular mail carrier and my friends, by tii
kiog outamd returning, their -mail. With
those •faots’nefbre them I leave the public to
flx theineasure,of the outrage inflicted upon
me, oind the just condemnation >to bo visited
tbo .heads of.its perpetrators.
-r,» , , "VVir. Bort.-a'n’d
Eberly’s Mills, July 16th, 1803
Dfmncraiic State ‘Central tCommiltep.
, ; The following is the State Cenfral.Commit-
I'tee, as appointed by 'Hon. (FINLAY PAT
, of Washington ‘county, who, .W
•President of the late Democratic Convention,'
1 was authorized by. a isolation of the-Body ito
i-annpuiioo . the Gibnoiitteet. If’ consist of'a
[ Chairman, and Reprpsentativesof the several
Senatorial Districts into which the State is
divided: •
Hon,Charles 3,- Biddle, .Chairman.
Theodore Cuyler, )
Jl.-J. Heinphijk
J.Mllerton.ffr., Phlla
„ Isaac Leech, ■< ...
2d “ J. D. Evans, Chester,
3d “ Win. 11. Witte, Montgomery.
Aih “ Win. T. Rogers, Bucks.
5/Ji Tlios. IleckmAn, Northampton,
vth “ Hiester Clymor, Beaks.
Ith “ Win. Randall, Schuylkill,
B</t “ Asa Packer, Carbon.
9th u . M. Mylert; Sullivan.
o th “ S. S., Winchester, Luzerne
Ith “ M. F. Elliot, Tioga.
2th “ J. 11, Humes, .
33<A “ Win. Elliot, Northumberland.
14 th “ S. Hepburn. Cumberland
IS/A Win. M. Brisbin,,Lebanon. '
J G. Sanderson, 1 T
• IJ. Patterson, Lancaster,
17 (h ■“'J- F. Spangler, Ifork,
1 8th " 11. Smith, Pulton.
“ J. S, Africa, Huntingdon.
mfh ■“ Wtn, Bigler, Clearfield.
21. i( . " T. B. Seanght, Fayette.
23d « W. t. 11. Pauley, Green.
24th “ J Gass, 1 ..
| J. P. Barr, f A, l°glieny,
2 5th ***. J. Campbell, Butler.
29th ■ “ D. S. Morris, Lawrence.
27th “ T. W. Grayson; Crawford
28 th “ K.L. Blood. Jefferson.
l-sf.- i ßistr
We plip the following from the Johnstown
Democrat:
Whovwbtote Traitors? —The Abolition
organ in this place, which is owned,-edited:
.and controlled by officers and'leaders of the
Vmon Leacrtce?" lately used the following
language, nijd yet has the effrontery to charge
the Democracy with treason to the Union
Bead and be convinced:
“The Union as it was, was a cheat, a hor
rid incubus, a devils’s dream, grateful only
to the feculent imagination of the desperate
and depraved. ‘lt can-never be realized.” 1
This has become the habitual language of
the radicals. It pervades the Court, the Cab
inet, the press and the party. It is, in short,
the sublime idea upon which the war is now
conducted. The Constitution is to be sub
verted, the Union destroyed, and a now Gov
ernment of contra)iced -power reared -upon
the solid foundation of infidelity, fanaticism
and equality of races. The times are evil
and the signs portentious.
O” A good many years ago, says Prentice,
we thought that one General Jackson. was
too many. Now we should like to Jiavo a
•couple—one to administer the government,
and the other to command oar armies in the
field..
O” The radical papers have suddenly dis
covered that it is not easy to “ bag" an army.
They used to speak of it as the-simplest thing
in the world, and to blame a General who
failed to do it. i
PBOCLAJIATION BY TIIE PRRSIDENT.
A Day of Thanksgiving ami Prnl
By* TUB • PRESIDENT OP TUB UNITED- STATES OP
ABftiRICA :
A PROCLAMATION: .
I It'lms,-pleased Almighty God to hearken to
tho supplications .and prayers of an afflicted
people, and to vouchsafe to the Army and
the Navy of tho Uh victories bn
land apd on the-sea, so signal and so effective
ns to furnish reasonable grounds for. aug
mented confidence that the Union of these
States will bo sustained; their Constitution
preserved, and their pence and prosperity
permanently 'restored.
■But these victories have been accorded not
without sacrifices of life, limb, health, and
liberty, incurred by brave, loyal, and patriot
ic citizens. Domestic tifflifctions in every
part of the country follow in the'ttnin df those
fearful bereavements. It is mbot fend,right
to recognize and confess the presence (if the
Almighty Father, and the power of His band
equally in those triumphs and these sorrows.,
Now, therefore , he it Unman, That I do set
apart Thursday, the Gth.day of August next,
to bo observed ns a day of" national thanks
giving, praise, and prayer, and I invite the
people of tho United States to assemble on
that occasion in their customary places of
worship, and in the forms approved by their
own conscience, mid reader the homage duo
■to the Divine Majesty for the wonderful
things He has done in the nation’s behalf,
and invoke the influence of His holy spirit to
subdue the anger which has produced and so
long sustained a needless and cruel rebellion,
to change the hearts of the insurgents : to
guide tile counsels of .the Government .with
wisdom adequate to eogreata national omer
genoy, and to visit with tender oare.and con
solation throughout the length and breadth
of our land nil those who, through the vicis
situdes of marches, voyages, battles, and
sieges, have been brought’to suffer in mind,
body, or estate, and finally to lend tho whole
nation through the paths of repentance and
submission to the Divine will, back to tho
perfect enjoyment of Union and frnternn
POQCO.
In witness Avboronf, I have hereunto set
my hand and caused the seal of the United
States to bo affixed.
Done at the city of Washington, this, the
dsth day of July, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and
of the.lndependence of the United States of
America the eighty-eighth.
[L. S.l . ABKAIIAM LINCOLN. ■
Wm, 11. Seward, Secretary of State.
The trim* of Slfenis,
The President, in his letter to the Albany
committee, says : i
, . Phe man who stands by and-says'noth-
ing when the peril of this government is
disoussedj cannot be misunderstood." v
The New York World aeks, “was anything
so extraordinary ever before uttered by the
Chief Magistrate of a free country ? Men
are torn from their homos and immured in
bastiles for the shocking, prime of— silence !
Citizens of the modern Uepublio of the world,
are ndt only punished for, speaking their
opinions, lut are plunged into dungeons for
holding their tongues! When before; in the
annals of tyranny, was silence ever punished
as a crime.? Citizens who disapprove of the
aets'of the Administration are , denied'evon
the refuge of a dignified silence, and, on a
malicious and par tisa n conjectures of the mo
tives of such silence, they are deprived of
their litierty. Few among us ever expected
to live to see , such things done; and nobody,,
we are sure, to sea them so unblushing]y
confessed.” . b
TnAboEiw Stevens’ l’oucv.i-In a speech
delivered before the Republican County Con
vention, which met at Fulton Hall, in this
city, on the 3d of September last, Mr. Stevens
said :
V A s°L ,t,on -’ cs ’ abolish everything on the
If ace of the earth but the Onion \ free even
i.'i5TT, Bl ‘i7 EVERy fiAiTuii—BUllN EVERY
[’REBEL MANSION, if these things be ne
cessary to preserve this templeof freedom to
the world and to otir posterity. Unless we
ao this \\e cannot conquer them.’*
Curses, like chickens, .‘come home to roost
—so says the old proverb, and Mr. Stevens
I has had it verified in. his own experience
I since the rebel invasion of .Pennsylvania, in
the entire destruction of . his Iron Works in
I Adams county, involving a loss, it is si id, of
from §50.000 to §lOO,OOO 1 This vandal pol
,ioy may do well enough to. talk about when
invading the enemy’s country, two or throe
(hundred miles off, but it is quite a different
thing when we, in turn, become the invaded
'Darty, and have our property—the hard enrn
■ed -aooumulation of many years—become a
prey to the enemy.— Lan. Intelligencer,
O'-John Morgan, the rebel chief has in
vaded Indiana, destroyed property both pub
lic and private to a large amount, captured
I the towns of Vienna and Lexington, destroyed
I-a .portion of . the Ohio and Mississippi Rail-
I road and threatens to invade Ohio with his,
maurading thieves, and in view of the ira-’
pending danger," martial law has been de
planed .inCovington, Newport and 'Cincinnati,
fend ’the citizens ordered ’to form themselves'
into companies for the purpose of self preser
vation. From the notes of preparation eve
rywhere, we have hopes that Morgan will
get his neck into in sling before he gets out
of Indiana, as the -Hoosier boys are up and
after him. Wo trust his maurading band
will be captured, and that this is the last raid
they will make except one to (a nameless
place,) where all such traitors ought to be !’
Pres lD entul Eloquence— Mr. Lincoln’s
peculiar style, both of thought and express
ion, has been the subject of much ridicule,
and foreign criticism has .made it the occa
sion of some reflection upon our intelligence
as a people. Mr. Lincoln is at times quite
happy, and his late letter to the new milita
ry commander in Missouri was a-model of the
kind.. His Fourth of July speech at Wash
ington, though, may be characterised as of
the first order of pot house elocution* Think
of the following, from the Chief Magistrate
of this nation;
And on the fourth, the cohortsof those
who opposed ,tho declarations'that all men
are created equal, ‘ turned tail’ and run
Long continued ohoers.’’J]
Fancy Lord Palmerston, or Louis Napoleon
“holding forth" after this fashion.
John W. Forney is spoken of as a
candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania—
When this man fills that seat in the proud
old Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, w.e might
as well abolish all penal laws and offer a pre
mium for vice.
Victorious Generals Promoted. —General
Grant has been commissioned a Mqjor Gen
eral; and General Meade a Brigadier General
in the rejfular army.
The Pennsylvania R«, cr ;i -->
The Pennsylvania K PBn *
Washington on 1,10 20*h r of* i lnarc liedr
Wreed murchua, . U ,X June, '? H S
XtutuiVtil Crawford «•<■<> i 0 coim., *1
9{® Pu'omacjjiat In tlni°u"iu U '“ A t'li! w
f«b great -battlua lutc-lv <V. * <J , I'urlic,, ' J «l
;«t li.dr native Slate. nV Bht . u n 11,!'”'•
that thu unentv'haH' 111,111 “'us h BlJ il
selves la Pennsjlvin a Vu"tr' lislll,, l hi*"''
oeod the enthusiasm of h^ ll '"B
their desire to meet 8 li “ (1 sun
They were soou graliUed' anVil'“ ir •■"'l
march were received with i" h “ order*?
toilsome march was bol,o £“ d «*.«, ‘
mur, and at Frederick thl llullt a ij
«s the Thrid Divioiou * > .%
Corps. Thence they marohl i" (lu ’ a Arm
yania. Before crossing ih u J, lu p en„,J
Crawford addressed them
Soldiers of the Pennsylva.ft’' B ’-'
You have once more been Sn ,cr '6'
•field. An order from th„ ‘ N •» V
'General, a rapid and
'placed us again by the siilo „ H
endeared to ns by sufferings on ShJe
fought fields. If you would ,' "’’"l lj
peel ofhotive service at anv ni 1,9 vi
ligf/t, 'how much more 5'
State la invaded by the worthless l .’ r “•«*>
plunderers, who, foT-gOtting 5,,, °", ,e! «1
turn and Antiolam, and allured 1
of our rich, valleys, liave.pe|| ul 3 lll '<Ml 1
of Pennsylvania. t)„ r homes d „ >»ll
our fields laid waste,
ed. To-day, within a few horn, ,dcslruJ
'Tn l, ‘V. oil ,h 0 Keysiea" 8 ’ 5, 8 ’’W
of all will be upon us. To ~, , 1,0 eyes
look with anxious hearts r or “ill
the sight of our mountains and ! *'• >■«
plains fire your hearts and "'«»«
in the hour of bailie. We stnii., r " r “ rn, »
is dear to man. Remember von , i lll «
sylvanlnns. Lot no breach *W
mar the glory of the past, bat , .'"''l'i'ne
•each other to-day hover to C en» . dgo lo
drive the enemy of our country " lhl *°
stirntiou Qud our peace, foravij I"‘ r Ga
soil! ■ , , • ’ Ur ,ri, o ear
, Jforced marches soon broncht
Hanover, and, on :! | lO 2d, they r L ,7 '•
bailie-Held, having joined tlm Fifn o' “
in the rear. 11 ““'in
The bailie was racing Curlniiii. '
left-: The enemy seemed lo h .v'f °" n “ 8
tralod all his fotco at that point
purpose ol'turnlng onr left Hank and /•
of a point culled Hid, i
which commanded the entire position *
stalf dlficer ofld.o,Commanding GerUi’u
ridden to the rear, askingfortreoji
at once to this point. The■ eneiuv iff
overcome the troops opposed to lii m .j
Ayres’ and Barnes’ divisions of t| io ?f
Corps bad fallen back, and' the Third 2
had broken in confusion across thu irL
ground at the foot of Iho ridge, a4,alt?,!
hud be6n lost, and an immense number «t
small arms. It was the critlciirnioiiicni j
the day. Two brigades of theUeictwl”
stood drawn •trp : at. the foot of the slope-,.
hold which was vital to tis. GeiierlVir
ren -had pronounced it the key of the to
silion.
The enomyjvcre dashing on In He M
ido of success. In a moment more He
day would have been lost,-.when me Beg
crves were ordered to the -charge. Gtnen
al Crawford placed himself at the licail e|
his men, and taking the colors o( the 1.-id
mg regiment, led them on. Theßucktsili
had been thrown in front, at,d r M rl«,|,
had they thrown themselves on the enqm/
their rifles dealing death at every stint.- The
enthusiasm of the men was untiolindod On
they dashed wi.tli a shout that-Hindu the
welkin ring, General Crawtord, nitli'Cip.
tain tirvingslon.and Captain Aucliniuly of
his Staff! waving their hats and oncourag.
ing them on. -Seeing their colors in He
hand of their General, they were irmisli
hie. With long and'limd choers llieycroig.
od tho'losvigrminfl. dtivtng 'the enemy by
their suro and rapid volley 'hack across llio
ground, through the woods; to the ridge
beyond. Hero they stopped. There was
auypdrt upon either (lank.
. The enemy retired, leaving the field they
had gained in our posessioii. The day was
saved. The rocky hill uas. in,jjlir ,yuwr
aiiHi.-t.-.bnt; on.U»a<3i »’SffcpAte/ter
‘to be gained, of which t|io sharp-aliooim
of the enemy hud posseaaion. , One o- (la
brigades of tile. Reserves, under Colonel
'Fisher had been previously ordered to shp
poilt ;tho -buttery;near which General IVeed
and tho lamented Hazlilt had .been killed.
Hastily- riding to the left, General Crawford
directed two outlie regiments of Ifiis.bri
gade— the Twelfth, under Colonel Harding,
and the .Fifth,: under Lieutenant-Colonel
Harr—to storm the height; Should iken*
etUj’ hold if-, our position below was unions’*
ble. These regiments advanced al once,
and driving the enemy from, the hill, held
it firmly to the end.
AH night and the following day the enemy,
made attempts to drive ju our pickets, and
constant skirmishing was kept up, hnt in
vffln. - Toward evening it became, desir*
able . to Clear the woods in, front of tbo
■position we had retaken in the charge of
the previous day. General Crawford was
ordered'foi’wanl, with directions not to at
tack if he 'foimd fho enemy too strong, hut
to obtain possession of the field if possible.
About 6 o’clock the'.order was g|vm to
Col. McCandless, commanding tin brigade,
to advance, General Crawford superintend*
ing the movement In person. A battery of
the enemy hud been established, which threw
grape and canister with'fearefnl effect:
vuncing the right of the lino, the Backtabs
soon brought ihcir rifles to hear, and the
gunners, unable to stand the fire, preci
pitately fled.
Colonel McCandless how advanced hi*
line rapidly across the open space and in
to the woods. The skirmishers of the ene
my >/eI) back, and the main body, consist
ing of'parts of two brigades, under Gener
jjbta Anderson and Robertson, after a M?
fled. Colonel McCandless had ad
vahcwt.npon their flank with such rapidity
that one-'bpgadewithout firing u shot.
The most * valuable ’result followed thU
movemortt. We retook UVer'flUOO stand of
arms, both Hebel and our own. Wo retook
all our wounded, many of whom had re
mained without attention since the fight of
tbo Ist. We retook one piece of artillery,
a twelve-pounder Napoleon gunvVid throe
caissons, part of Sickles’ t,lf}
day before, besides • captin ing *ifSe\iid df
colors belonging to the Fifteenth (JeW«»
and over one hundred prisoners. The en
tire -ground was retaken. The enemy’*
force ‘consisted of tlrreo'brigades of Hood-fl
Division 6
T
he following morning the enemy ro*
rented. It cannot bo doubled Unit Iho
j brilliant service of the I'enrisylvania Ke«
servos saved our left from .destruction.—
They fought as men never fought. They
were fighing upon their own soil and for
their own homes. One man belonging lo
a company from Gettysburg was wounded
on bis own farm, and several would no*
ask for permission -to go to their families
until the battle bad been fought.
The gallant Colonel of the Bncktails waff
killed. He was a brother of Petard Tay*
lot, and wps beloved by all. A very cti‘-
rlous, as well as highly chnracfcrlslic fan®
Is elated «f those 'fiucktails, now famous*—
When one is wounded, if ho can speak ho,
{gives his buckiail and his rifle to some com*
-rado. They mnst never fall into the ene J
“roy^’hands, although the owner may bo
made prisoner.
The first brigade, commanded by CoV>
McCandlees, consisted of tließuchtallSi C°r
Taylor, the first Regiment, Col. IftHy*
Second, Col. .
THE WHEREABOUTS OF LEE
There is nothing definitely known in re
lation to Lee’s army, The impression is
that ho is making his way to Culpepper anil'
Gordonsville with all possible speed.
New YoiiK, July 10.—A special dispute!!
from headquarters Army °t’ the Fotomso
says that Lee’s army Is supposed to ho be
tween Martinsburg and Winchester.- >
A private or the new division of the Tmr*
Army Corps has been ordered 1 l» bo linn#
tor brutal violence to Mias Carroll, a grand*
daughter of Charles CSrroll «i Oarro»t® D ‘