V); vn i cay voivjs’rm. »T jUJI.Y B. BB.mUN, Editor & Proprietor. CARLISLE. PA.. AUGUST 27,1863 The'Preservation of the Constitution The Restoration of'the Union,. And,the Supremacy of the Laws. Dtiinocrutic State'Ticliol. JOB GOVERNOR, GEORGE W. WOODWARD, OF LUZERNE FOR ' JUDGE OF TUB'SUPREME COURT, WALTER H. LOWRIE, OF AL'LEGHE'NY. ELECTION. ,ON (TUESDAY,. OCT. 13 tb, ISO 3 STANDING COMITTEE MEETING. Tiio Democralio 'Standing Committee .of Cumberland Comity met afShreincr’s Hotel, in Carlisle, on Saturday, August 1- In. the .absence of the regular President and Secre tary, Jobs B, Bratton of Carlisle, was called .to the chair, and if. A. Bucket 1 of Silver .'Spring, appointed Secretary., After being called to order, the following resolutions-wore offered mul adopted : ■ ;' Resolved, That the members of the Demo cratic party, throughout the county -are re Quested to meetat the usual places of holdin • their respective township; borough and wan!’ elections,’ on Saturday-the 29ih day of August, inat., and then’and. t'horeeleet.tivodplegnlcs, to assemble in County Convention, in Carlisle, on Monday, August,3l, af-IOJ o’clock, A. 51., to form’ a County Ticket, and to attend to such other .business of the party as may ap-. pear.to them proper. . Resolved, . Chat the elections will'bo held in tho-borohgha between the hours of 3 and 6. end in the townships- between the hours of 2 -and 4 ohjlook,'P. 51. J. B. BRATTON, Chairman pro lem R. A. Bucher, Secretary pro tem. Tits Democratic Meeting in the Court House, on Tuesday evening, was a monster gathering. .It was presided over by lion. George 11. Bucber, and most ably addressed by J. MoDowel Sharpe* Esq., of Chambers burg, Hon. George Sanderson, of Lancaster, Col. Wm. 51. Penrose ami Rufus Shaplc.y, Esq. of Carlisle. We. shall speak more at lengthof this great demonstration in ournost. Sleeting At ‘SuEPtiEfinstowf.-. — A large and enthusiaatio meeting of the Democracy was held at Shephcnlstown; on Thursday eve ning, the 20ih hist, Stirring speechs were made .by Messrs- Slmpley and .Newsham, of Carlisle, G A. Zoigler, of Snyder county, and Messrs. A-wing and Vvavd, of Harrisburg, which tirere received by the audience proscut -with deafening cheers. The Democracy of cud are thoroughly aroused, aud will ' «.a11 ; upo in October'next an unprecedented ''iriaiority for George IV. IVoodward end.the, general Democratic ticket. 1 Sly’ Young Indies in tending to enter Emory Female College, are invited to bo present at the. College building, (Emory Chapel,) on ■'Thursday morning, September 3d, at 9 o’clock. StT" During the hist eight or ton days quite a number, ofthe men drafted from this coun ty last fullfor nine month?, paid ns a visit, having served out their tins■; and returned .home.. Several of these men were. Republi cans before serving in the army, but they return Democrats, Koloss than six of the returned soldiers -who called on us had voted for Lincoln and (Jean.'.', every one of whom declare that.they intended to vote with the Democrats hereafter. To use tlio language of one of them, they “ have got enough of the nigger," and “ mure than they bargained for." Clean dp the Town. —Our town is. now and has been during the whole summer in a very filthy condition. Sickness is on the in crease, and the heaps of filth to bo seen in all parte of the town, and the dirty condition of the streets, render it absolutely necessary that oiir town authorities take notice of tins matter. The Market-house, too, is about as dirty us it well can ho, and should have a good brushing up. All persons renting stalls should bo compelled to keep them clean at all times, and thus give them a more inviting appearance. ' Give the streets and the Mar ket-house a good 1 scraping and scrubbing, and by doing so improve the reppcarauce of the town and prevent sickness. A Pleasant Pasty. — A number of the of ficers belonging to the array of the Potomac-, who have been in Carlisle for some time for the purpose of organizing the drafted men as fust as they are sworn into the service, gave a supper at Martin's hotel, on Wednes day evening of last week, which was partici pated in by all the officers in town and a number of invited .guests. We were sorry that a previous engagement prevented us ac ccpting the kind invitation extended by (lie committee to bo present on-the occasion.— We learn from several vybo wore in attend ance, that the supper was superb, and that the company present enjoyed themselves to their heart’s content. Songs were sung, toasts drank, and short speeches made. The entertainment passed off pleasantly and to the satisfaction of all. Since their arrival here the officers Wo have been speaking of have made many friends, owing to their gentlemanly demeanor and so cial qualities. They have all seen hard ser vice, and deserve us they will receive, the lasting gratitude of every patriot. Success to them, one and all. JESuGon. John A. , of Illinois, ',Vas. fur sumo cause, relieved from a command in the army. Ho took.tlie first occasion to make •a spoooh. abusing Democrats, and in a few days after received an appointment to the command of an important corps. So.ij; goes, fr >m the beginning to. the cud of thC.-ohSptor. THE JACOBIS J IBM,US USD MR. BUCHANAN. IS CURTIN TO BE WITHDRAW 'i'lio Jacobin journals have lignin com. There is a rumor in circulation' that Oov. mended their assaults upon Es-Prosidorit-Du- Curtin will bo forced to withdraw from tlio Chanan. Tliis favorite amusement hnd boon political track, and “a now man" put before abandoned for manymonths by tho rascally the Abolitionists ns a candidate for Gover thieves who have boon permitted to make nor. Wo hhpo not. Wo hope to see Gov; fortunes by robbing the country. Why this Curtin remain before Iho people, for vre do villainous pack of hounds have again boon sire to, record . the verdict they will render hissed upon the venerable Es-President, no against him on the second Tuesday of Oolo oulsidor can toll. But the hypocrisy of these her. lie' received a majority of the Totes of dirty scoundrels is ns unblushing (is their the members of the date Abolition Stnto-Con charnotors are infamous. They would incite volition at Pittsburg, and is therefore the popular indignation against tho sago of candidate of his hell-born party, and we ontor Wheatland, because, as some of thorn say. our protest against tho effort that is making record 'r£\< •• ho permitted tlio rebellion to obtain a foot- to T ,lrco him to decline the nomination. True hold 1" “Ho should liavo nipped tlio rebel- * s > m, my of, the most distinguished raon of lion in. tlio bud, as Jackson did before him," his own party have denounced him as, cry out’fti'cee slioddyites, ns they,count thsir “-plunderer,” a “ speculator,” “n robbei <,f i green-backs and quaff their high-priced wines; tho soldiers,” a “ shoddy contractor.” Ho (Mr. Buchanan) did attempt to “nip agents, with his knowledge and with bi?con,'‘| the rebellion in the bud;” and ho would have sent, clothed our soldiers in,d\ been successful in his efforts had it not been ments,” and furnished tbosi, chops'y.at'hb'M for tlio accursed scoundrels of the Abolition wore stuffed will) pnrty. Had the then President had about a ets as thin and score of Abolition leadersshot ourdifficuities pane.” Alpthir wn,; would have been adjusted and no war would * ur Curtin ami Up! .scoundrels as bave ensued., This is patent to every man sooiated with ofrdbberyand of ’sense. HadJlr. Crittenden’s Compro- specular.'/ T|^j6 : yd:btten-well paid for mtso been accepted by Congress,'(as Mr. 1 -be'- patyibtism,. and can now take Buchanan de'sired,) war would not liavo beep ■i.i’-b-'’ new class of society so declared. It was a fair, honorable and-jj»v“Ss SRU fashionable watering places; 1 proposition, and its adoption, we **• shoddy aristocracy• would, have prevented hostilities., '/'Repeat, then.,wo would be sorry to semi now-admitted by all, for no man, caff faw forced from the political track, nMI The - Republicans' admit it. wo believe the result of the elggte, pany tlio admission with Ttfon ho changed, but.because wb.dgjli’b. ft-j -that their, party cannot .onsible see tlio P OO P la pass judgment upo.»Wsfii>%fl for the, defeat of the : t;tery road- ttCtB - 'Wo want especially to [ ing nian knovfsthis v-.fie a ■’■wtrnght, delib- the people of this valley, oped erato and naked falsohoo„'\’77ie ItepubU'cans, °T i° ns °f thousands of dollars'^- js in ami but of Congress, defeated the measure, of Jeff. Davis, wlio “wer'-. ~^j,ard and they knoio.it.- ■ Wo might prove this, as Abolitionists to make.f;. tin wo liaVo - heretofore done, by quoting the and his party had D speeches from,the proceedings of Congress of to the invasion,; tlio session-of ,1801. -We need not do this, world the devilivU-.m of the however, for we’liavo other evidence at band- people of tho- favorable to the that will servo our present purpose. In rebels,, and'Wdti'a - them with open looking ovsr.a file of the Philadelphia J J ress, arms” rs st»i: entered upon Penn of 'lSSl— Pornev’s Press, -retcoHC'ot —we find sylvan’* vd !'. ' !I'lio Rebels took the Aboil-, tlio following short -but truthful remarks un- .tiimi.}tr.-.v.Vybs.u" word, and''did enter our dor its editorial head : , fit.Ae. apu,p- : . 7 nur peoplo of their substance r J “ From' present appearances, the leaders o’ the Republican party may be,said to bo utd-. ted against 51 r, Crittenden's propositi -p : <V yet it will bo observed that the LegiyiatyViil of Virginia, like her sister* of ■■KtAitdasiy'i' North Carolina, Tennessee, aiid,,ateaoisrip will close un those propositions •.» lion upon which they will refuse with the open enemies of the wr • rSnfejffi't. The above article appeafai-in ii.ii%Ph-n'an the 21st of January, •lBSdy~;b-V,t-i\-j:»;vji-',ka' be fore President LixcotS V*»st fhpphtl'uf offido. “ The lenders' of the ReplCJioai;"party may he said to bo united-against- Mr. Critten den’s propositions,” said Forney,- and this was true. It was the leaders w o, had they been arrested, tried, convicted and executed, our country would have re mained happy-and prosperous. To show how' true Forney spoko at that time; we quote' from the proceedings of thc.U. S. Somite of Jan. IT, 1801 ; 11 Mr. Bigler asked for a vote on the Crit tbnden resolutions, which was agreed to, ami thb resolutions negatived—ayes 14, nays 24, as follows: . ayes—ll. Bigler, Pa., Mallory, Fla., Bragg, ,N. C., Pearce, Md., Bright, lud.. Rice.,- Miuu, Crittenden, Ky,, Simlsbury, Del., Fitch, foil., ■ SU,(c!l, La,, ; - Hemphill, Texas, Thompson, i V. J., Latham, Cal., 11'iglall, Texas.' nays —24. Anthony, Republican, Rhode Island. Baker, Republican, Oregon. Bingham, Uepub icon, Miciiigau. Cameron, 'Republican, Pennsylvania. Chandler, Republican, ■' Michigan.-. Clark, Republican, N. Hampshire. Collamer, Republican, Vermont. - Dixun, Republican, Connecticut. Doolittle, .Uopul Beau’, Wisconsin, . ■Durkee, Republican, Wisconsin, .Fessenden, 'Republican, Maine, ■Foote, ~ Republican,, " Vermont- Foster, Republican, Connecticut.' Grimes, Republican, lowa. Hale, Republican, N. Hampshire. Harlan, , Republican, lowa. King, Republican, New Turk. Sumner, , Republican, Massachusetts. .Simmons, Republican, 1 Rhode 1-land. Ten Eyck’, .Republican, New Jersey. Ti-uinbull, Republican, Illinois. Wade, Republican, Ohio. . Wilkinson, Republican", Minnesota. Wilson, Republican, Mass. 1 ’ •. After.this lot no lying Blacksnake assert that ids party is not responsible for the de feat of the Ciutienden Compromise. The. Republicans defeated that'measure, and its defeat brought on the war that is now .devas tating the country. “No compromise “let’s have a little blood-letting,” were the replies they made to those who hcseeched them not to plunge the country into war.— Ret the people remember these things, and let them visit therm righteous indignation'upon those whoso effrontery induces them-to at tempt,, at this late day, to shift their own acts upon the shoulders of those who worked night and day to “ nip the rebellion in the bud.” Had the wav lusted “ but thirty days.” as tho Republicans predicted when it first broke out, they would have claimed credit for com mencing nod ending it. But it has proved a nmeh more extensive affair than they antici pated; the “little blood letting” that bully Chandler asked 'for,, has proved a big blood letting. Three hundred thousand heroes sleep in gory beds—billions of treasure have been expended—property amounting to hun dreds of millions of dollars has been destroy ed—enlistments were stopped at n critical moment, owing to our weak-kneed President yielding to a “ pressure” that demanded an unlawful and unconstitutional EmanoiDation Proclamation to bo issued, and yetitho war goes on, and God knows when it will end.— The only appeal we hear from Washington is “ more men ! more money Mr. Buchan an responsible for these things, indeed 1 No, no—the Abolitionists had determinnd upon war years ago ; they have always sneered at the Union, and even now tlieir leader, Tiiad. Stevens, declares that “ the Union shall nev er with my (his) consent be restored under tho present Constitution.” Tho Abolition ists, then, will he held, and justly too, by all. coming time, as the authors of our present misfortunes. C - Burnside, being an ignominious (iiil nro as a cnmumnJur in tbo field, seems to I e ambitious of earning- a reputation like But ler did at New Orleans, liy a career of infa mous administrative tyranny, | UamCasT'iN wanted, 'he could, with nil ease, have piVvyuted -tho rebels gaining-a foothold ip.Puhn ylvania. Ho'had ample warning of ‘fhVvi approach, but instead of going to work t/:. [ifevenffheir ingress, he occupied some six ;«r eight days in pleading with the Washing ton, corruptionists'to permit him to use the' power of the State against the devastating fcio. .Had wo had a mail instead of an imbe cile in the Governor’s chair, no rebel would have dared to-enter our valley and rob our people, • Lot Curtin remain on the track; then— do, Messrs. Republican 'Blaoksnakes oblige ua—so that the people may have an oppor tunity to put him upon his trial and render their verdict. That verdict will be, “ guilty, guilty, guiLTV.” Profession—Practice.— Previous to the draft in this county the Abolition Jaeoldn- Republioans professed groat friendship for this mode of ** sustaining the Government.” They were strong advocates of the draft—it was all right—the army must have mpu, and t >c draft was the way to gefthorn. ‘‘The draft must be enforced,.oven if .the- valiant (hem bc'rs of the. Loyal. League (those bravos who ran fJJ* nt»tl thsrir (iiinlttijti "fl'/fCll cavalry approached , f or town,] hail to assist the PrOThst Marshal.” This..was their lan guage. Well, the draft-come off, and some of the'so palriit." who were so loud in its fa vor, happened to draw the lucky prize’; ill other words they were drafted. At once, and as if by magic, 11 a change came o’er the spirit of their dreams,” and every mother’s son of them refused to go- into the army, hut all are ready to fork over§3oo te bo left off! What -hypocrites! - What beauties are they to talk in favor of the draft ? , Is this the way to “sustain the Government?” .Of the few Republicans who wore drafted in- this place, we don’t know one fbjrt intends shouldering a musket; one and nil have hacked out. The Apolition Jacobin meeting held in tho court-house on Mon day evening, was a slim affair,'and gave evidence of the rapid dowufal of that postiferous.faction. . Speeches were made by four ,raen wlpi have had their full share ot the green backs now so ly scattered over the land. All the harangues delivered wore devoid of arguinetfit, and.con tained nothing but the usual slang used by such wretches as Beecher, Philips, and other dis. unionists. One of tho speakers repeated and endorsed the infamous and dastardly senti ment put forth by that traitor sheet, tho Har risburg Telegraph, viz—“ It would bo far better to allow Lee to penetrate Pennsylva nia and establish himself in Harrisburg, than to allow Woodward to succeed at the ballot box, and then he inaugurated Governor of the State!” This sentiment, we say, was repeated and endorsed by one of the spout ‘ers, and received no rebuke from those pres ent. Lot our farmers of this valley—those men who have been plundered by rebel thieves—pass judgment, at the polls, upon tho party that has the brazen impudence to express ami give countenance to this traitor ous language. Tbo meeting, wo repeat, was a miserable failure. Our people, it is evident, are not in favor Of emancipation, negro equality, and tbo other outrageous dogmas advocated by tbo Abolition Jacobins. No, no'l ‘On the second Tuesday of October the . freemen of Cumberland will speak through the ballot box. Lot the traitors who desire to see “Lee penetrate Pennsylvania and establish him self in Harrisburg,” stand from under 1 DC7*“ After the war.” What then ? A reckoning! Does the thought that there must surely be a day of reckoning, ever occur to the leaders and editorsof these called “dem ocratic party ?” Carlisle American. Well, yea. the thought has occurred to us. “ Aiter the war” (the Lord knows when that will ho!) wo intend to kick all Abolitionists out of office, and also out of the country If they ever attempt to got up another war.— *Vo will also compel them to restore the money they have stolon from the treasury, or hung thorn If they don’t. '/The reckoning 1 Aye, God help you and your treasonable, perjured, thieving loaders when that day ur ■•ivos. Don’t be too anxious, neighbor, for the reckoning day',; it may ho on you before you are prepared for it. ; r UirrnTJ'n ' almost conclusive! 'MUIv JtJllUlU/* «•■' least, wore ponscii l , HTBMT~iuWS BY 4 Bt.4CK‘^^4^ q\Van^ of e 'tVi=P“^' *»•’.? ! PUBLIC,iSI?* ’ ••««“» hdJ,n «* thafc . •’ "'AJto indidato’s own from nU but bb-’dld «><rt confide? •<.• <••'« ■ >»“ Btytlfa fyvjtf'yvudeuded. V tbiil ilu,*>\ .d not bunt ibcwsoU.'. as witnesses, r h)-.vi' n.ndo i> clear case if;, - ’in convincing thorn l.iyr the offence charged ''iiivjivoiUtlie complicity ;?-ui i,rieat,i-(H van-)-, u ‘‘ did'wifexist at nil, and Jvfii&'.hTiv'.tuiii'tiiliod ,no ooca&on for 1 running Vai' iv ■ '-hey do, however, sot down the case : !.es i.iiff i.il, afailure of, justice. *. :*■ * AVo 'r,.: lofr.ied, however, that'the confidence H*R ,„e Governor in >Teal lias been in no wise £• ;inken by these transactions. lie still con tinues lo bo among his must intimate ana cherished friends. . We have endeavored to chow that he impos ed upon the soldiers, by farming them out to his friends, and then denying that he had em ployed them. We have exhibited the record to establish the fact that he had approved a bill, •■.{repeal of the Tonaqe Tax.) aclcamvlcdged by him to, be wrong WHICH ROBBED THE TREASURY OF ftIANY MILLIONS OF MONEA ; that as the-couditions of his approval, ho. had taken an agreement for the State, which be.abi straoted, and secretly surrendered to the par ties who hud given—and that when interroga ted by the Legislature, ho confessed the fact, and offered as his apology, a reason which is shown to. hass'becn'untrue. Wo have demonstrated the, (act‘that tic bar gained away a Republican United States ben- , aior\ for the, consideration.of (tn adjournment! and the discharge of the.committee, appoint ed to inquire into the means wli:cb hadbeen used to procure the passage of that bill. * * * * * • • \ And xoe.have inferred\ from .aU fh.is~icUh‘ out refernntf In other matters —’llliVl HIS NOMINATION - WOULD BR DISGRACE FUL TO THE PARTY AND lIIS ELEC TION IMPOSSIBLE * ' * . , . But, enough lor the present. Wo shall re turn to the‘general subject Which we have scarcely yet opened.” A CURTIN’S “ flow the When a to paint hi need that y The lint is portrait no' limner, \K till)- iwhds of tlio siKjafgU what the Bieelloney, but. Ssc , ,vn i l& to work in the mitfb *;»;V‘th» election many things? w?h) elevate him in the edtiulsij jrablo men will jit' a foretaste bt .reserve, wo tiike the burg ■GateUpl ».Ropublicfis^P^>'^^b^. !l ''> ; and venomous as ,vtts addressed to ! the,ColiKWi& : li ia^;b! '-»'inated "•■■ -'W./ the,present, :4sjtp, (.sliucoln organ,) of !.t; UN. suggested that we would aticn ol Governor Curtin to the party tmd‘to the ile reason that we should the imminent risk of a oven’show thereby that and that wo should ren jrydpUn. service to either by olect ,im. YYefiow proceed to assign some of. il.'c reasons fhi-'thiit opinion. • jj.. “‘it cannot.he disputed, we think, that his administratiln has proved eminently disas trous to the pifity which brought hint into power. That |.l'ms been an, unfortunate one for the State, |ie present condition of her plundered sinhbig (end and dilapidated rev enues willabuifdaiitly attest. It is-not clear that it has bdjn a wholesome one for the country. ItisTOitl; too clear that it lias .been a damaging 'c»o if or himself —so damaging tliat.it isMuorff'tha.n doubtful whether the Union seiuiuipfit, s rung as is unquestionably is, would be diffidently -powerful to override the opinions so generally enter tained uf'his’iMegrily and wisdom, notwith standing the jnlre.tlian charitable reserve.ol the proas, wiildi lias flung.a mantle over his faults, and pi'haps ‘encouraged Ills frieiids and bunself til believe that tlio history ol his administiatiiiilwill continue a sealed book, fir he feirgotton thud the clangor of arms and the strife of till) liattlelidd, lie came iatfi office loss than throe years ago, with a huge majority, and a Legislature of which iicarli three-fourths of both branch-, es pitlier were,jlni claimed to ho, Republicans. At the eud of illit session he fluid thrown all that majority away. » . * *■'.-* * ■Entrusted with the privilege of expending the first appropriation made liy the Legisla ture fur the cotillion defence, lie gave to his own creatures tliit power u( making ouiijracts. as his private d/jenls, in relation to articles with which they.jvere entirely uiifiiiiiil hr, to the great injury!of the soldier, who was 'Vio i timized by theiij. iinskilfuTness or fraud.— Tiiis fact was 'f-aind hv a committed appoint ed by himself, under the pressure of a public clamor, which grew, on I,of the treatment of the volunteers.ylm hail assembled at Harris burg, Those brave young men who had re sponded so generously to the first call of their country, were fi| rays , with slrn.l.ily vestments, shoes whoso solas wore stuffed with shavings, atid bhmkets,almost as thin ailif transparent as a window pane. It was reported-and be lieved that they (lad lieoii given over to the [tender mercies of a few hear Hess speculators who wove thi'r.-*ho‘‘n'i ll ft at null the Capital.; The officers at Winn OuTtin, jnstly-indigimut „( .. . .A. : ,-d.'civ of, .Wyi rlffo rl/nnn,- sti-aiioo to the Legislature, winch/was pre sented to the iloiise, at their instance, by,one of our.own‘members. . dt suggested to him the propriety of an. inquiry-us to tl.ic.natui'p id the eon tracts made, ibr supplies, and the names of the agents, through whom they wcroi made, and he ofibrod a resolution ■according-'/ lv. Ho wished to know, and to lot the..public know, whether, it was True that sundry indi viduals then loitering around tlio Capital, who wore pointed out by the tongue ol rumor, and known to he entirely unfit for the pur pose, had been actually'commissioned by the Governor, as his agents, -.to-make contracts-for tlio soldiers.T . One of these individuals was'n'certain Clins; M. Nehl,.an.active ward politician, and Acting Commissioner-of ‘i’liihiddphhi, who. was understood to Tie an intimate and oonli dciitial friend of the Governor. The answer of ’the Goverdor ignored the fart of his em ployment, although-the record shows’ that on 1 the very day preceding or following,bis mes sage to the Iloupe, lie had endorsed and ap proved a contract fur clothing made by the identical individual with the Emu enfolds, of this city, in that special capacity I On this contract Neal was afterwards indicted here, and it-was while that indictment was ponding that the'Governor felt It necessary, in order toa'ppe.aso the public olainor, or divert it'from' his own head, toraiso a committee of his own appointment, to inquire into his own.conduct. That committee, proved, .very.unexpectedly, to ho a'fair one--so fair that it wits deemed prudent to •(vithhdd its report from the Leg islature at the ensiling session.of that body.. It found, however—although it passed over the Erowenlold case because it was .pending in the Courts—that .‘the soldiers ■were in rays.’ With every disposition toiled gently with the Governor, it condemned his appoint incuts and. ‘ the m-sla pursued by the gov ernment in making its purchases.’ It du dared that ‘ the absence of a strict supervisory power had boon tlio cause of much of the mischief that had befallen the State.’ ’lt re marked, in observing’upon/the character of thb Governor’s agents, that ‘ it could not for a moment ho supposed Unit there were not men in Pennsylvania,’, whose services could have been oiinmamlcd; and who, by education" and ability, wore equal to the occasions that had iirisun, and that the appointment by an Executive, from personal or partisan motives, of incompetent agents tir offices of grout re sponsibility, is, at nil times, a grave derelic tion from doty, never more so than in great public emergencies, when the disasters re sulting from ignorance or ineompctimoe of tlio agents, for whoso appolntiumiit ho is re sponsible, will inevitably excite suspicions of fraud, and return homo-to the Executive fin humihiting charges of collusion.’ And ‘it dosed by observing,that ‘they nllso -report, in general, as the result of their investiaations, that they have found instances of ignorance, ul incompetence, of sharp deuiing-nevor praise worthy, and here eminently disgraceful, of. bad appointmomtn, which, although under the peculiar circumstances of the times to ho expected, are none the less to ho ounuemned.’ The judicial investigations of the Proivn- Tteld case having proved a failure' in conso-J quonco of * *, * the disappearance of toe witness and the flight of one of tlio dofon -1 donts a new committee was raised at the next session of the Legislature, by which it was found, among other things, that the case as shown by the absconding witness, who had afterwards returned, was ‘ft dear case of fraudulent complicity between the contract ors and Charles M. Veal that the clothing furnished to the soldiers ‘could have been af forded at $3 50 per suit less than was.given, and yet have left to .the contractors a profit of $150,’ that ‘a largo portion of it was on tircly unlit for tho uhq of tho aolalcrn, anil much of it.foil to pieces in n short time after it vraß worn by them Y and 1 that tho flight mg’ ■: A very just inlercnce from the facts truly. Wo coincide in opinion with"the '.Oazeile, in whoso giant embrace, for the present, we leave his Excellency,-with odrfull permission to wriggle out if he can. The charges are made by a Republican-—and most damaging ■charges they are—-and the record is appealed to. If there is a way of escape, either bis Excellency himself, who is an adroi t juggler, ur his friend McClure, who is still more ex-, pert, will be sure to find it. But wo think they are locked in, the key lost, and every window barred. (KT’Tlio Copperheads are opposed to en listing or re-enforcing the army for fear the war will be brought to a close, and the soldiers come lipino to vote. — llupubliciinpaper; All, indeed? And pray why don’t the Ab olitionists go to war when they are drriftal, if they are in favor of “ re enforcing the army ? Of the hundred or so Abolitionists drafted in this county, we have not' heard that one is going to shoulder the musket, Those who are too poor to plank down ijdOO, have that amount furnished them out of the corruption fund'that ie Vn hand Tor that purpose. 'The fact ra tholory Addition Vs la “ are opposed to enlisting.; > r the o'-oiy .foi-,dti;.|- the war tt-rfnje brougiit to a close," nniftheir opportunities to steal the -moneyof the peo ple will he at an end. The Abolitionists would n.ot. ch-80 the war to-morrow if they could. ,’Su long us there is a slave ur a dollar to steal, thoy'will oppose anything -like peace. This is well understood by honest diserimi nating men. ■ Gov. Cuktin has risked his reputation, and in many insraneos lias boon accused of trans cending hispower to promote theeomfort and ■secure the contentment of the soldier.'’ — Re piihlican, >pnper.\ 1 .. ■ As to CuitTifPs' , ‘ reputation.” the lessthe Abolitionists say about it tho better. Mem bers ofluVown party, in the Pittsburg Con vention,: portrayed it.in language too pointed to ho misunderstood. Tho groat solicitude he felt for the soldiers too, had hotter not he reforod to by .the Governor’s friends. The paper-soledshoos and horse-blankets imposed upon the troopsby Curtin and his cronies, are matters that will' not soon be forgotten. If any man in the State deserves the lasting detestation of the soldiers, that man is our, imbecile Governor. ■■ TIenRV J, SrAlri.E. Esq —This gentleman ' editor of that sound Democratic, paper, the' Gettysburg Compiler, has again returned to his homo, Tho malice of personal amf polit ioftl enemies has twice subjected him to in carceration in Port McHenry. It is to bo hoped that ‘’the government” will soon cease to bo an instrument, through which scound rels mny.wreh.lt their vengeance on their neighbors. Tho following paragraph wo cop y from the Compiler of Inst week: ‘■Our last, trip, like tho first, resulted in nothing. But wo made a discovery of some value, and vvbiob went far toward! comfort ing us in bur imnrionmont —and that was, that our first arrest was moat Jikely, and, tho second most certainly. tho result of the base and imnpudent ifrigues of a cold hearted, per sonal and political enemy—D. M’CONAU GUY —Wo have in our posession, in bhuiU and white, tho damning evidence of his guilt. More anon.” Agricultural Pair.— The annual fair of tho Pennsylvania Agricultural Society will take place this year at Norristown, on the 29th and 30th days of September, and tho Ist and 2nd daya of Gotuber. The most liberal arrangments are being made with railroad companies, and some of the important roads hnveagreed to carry the frieglit'free. Excur sion tickets will bo issued at reduced, rates. The premium list is very heavy, and the lo cality accessible by the Norristown and Phila dlphia Railroad, and also by the Reading Railroad. DlT’Gen. Burnside having been accused of ■inactivity, a cotemporary retorts : Burnside inactive! Why, ho has suppressed more newspapers—ordered more men into prison —interfered with mure elections —declared more martial law than any man living I A Paying Oil Well. —The Noble & Bol auuvier oil well, on the Parrel, was tapped on the 25th day of May, and up to the flu of August, 114, 000,*bbs. of nil Ik.vo boon sold, at an average of three dollars per barrel— amounting to the nice sum of $554,000 I—* MeadpiUe HvpuUican, r rainiflcord. V/, e Afamow Candidate for Judge of the Sii- ! Wmo Court in Favor af Negro Suffrage. Genius of Liberlg exposes of Judge Aonew in the Reform Plm'avention on the question of nbgro suffrage, it, should ’deprive him of the vote of every ■hiftn in tho State who behoves that 6ur free white ancestors framed om* institutions for free white, inon and their descendants forever. Wo quote-'from, the Genius: «• Tho Republicans have been as unfortu nate in tho nomination of Judge Agnew as in that of Gov, Curtin. Ho was a member of the Convention which framed, tho Constitu tion of 1838; and his course in that body on tho question ol negro suffrage -was such- as wilt not very strongly commend hini'tu fho favor of white men. . “Itirtsjtnowa that under thd Constitution of 179$Tt was a mooted ’question whether colored men were entitled to vote. In some parts of tho State they were allowed to oxer -ciso.tbb right; and in others it was denied vh»nj. In the Convention of 1838, called to amend the Constitution, it was proposed to put this question at rest by confining.the elective franchise to white men only. Wilh this view Mr. Martin, of Philadelphia, .on tho 23dof June, 1837, offered the following proviso to. the 3d article : . ’ “ Provided , also, Thai the fights of an elector shall in no case extend to others than free white male citizens.” “0n this proviso the yeas and nays wore called, and Judge Agnew voted against it, and Judge Woodward,: tho present-Democrat-. ■ ie candidate for Governor, who. was also , a member of the Convention, voted for it. Tho proviso was'lost.—'('Debates, v01.,3, page 01.) ‘(On tho 17th of January,-1838) Mr Mar tin renewed his effort, by mo.ying to insert the word ‘ white’ among the qualifications for voters. Upon this motion a long, and able debate ensued,'Judge Woodward taking an active and leading part in favor of the mo tion and. against negro suffrage. On the 20fh of January a vole was taken on the mo tion, by.yeas and'nays, and the word.' white’- wiis inserted in the third article of the Con stitution, Judge Agnew voting against it and Judge Woodward for it. (Debates, vol, 10, page TOO.) _ >L ',’ To that motion, thus carried ngninst.the 'opposition .of Judge Agnew, \vo owe tlao fact that negroes are -not to-day voters-in- Penn sylvania.' ; ... An attempt was subsequently made to eontinue tho right of suffrage to those ne groes who Imtl before exercised it, and to this Judge Agnew voted, oil the principle that . “ half'a loaf is bettor than ho bread.” Judge Woodward voted against it. “ This is tho mini for whom while nien are asked to vote. Had he succeeded in making negroes voters, his chaoses of election would now be pretty fair; bulks white men are, through the efforts-of men like Judge, Wood.-' i ward; alone invested -with the invaluable right of suffrage, it vs nut likely, that Judge Agnew will ever reach.the 'Supreme Bench. ‘• We.cannot refrain' from giving the con cluding paragraph of a powerful-speech made in tho Convention by Judge Woodward on this question of negro suffrage : • “ I am-sure the sober sense of onr.citikens would bb outraged by a decision that negroes nro to vote,, and this will be decided it you reject the nmemlixientt' jit. no. stage of ouf history have our people "neon willing to. give them this right, and now let us not offend against nature, and do. violence’to, the gener al leoling, by sqying that in all time to conic tlioy shall possess it,. Lot us not reduce the inestimable right of suffrage' to.this degrada tion, lost the people spurn it from them, ns unworthy, any longer of their affections, hut lot ns preserve and bequeath it ns we have inherited it,’and then posterity will,have no reproaches for our memories.". How to Manage tug Duaft, : — A, eotompo rary Hnyy'O-Oii thut tho- draft should bo nrinip.[wHK-t WO- wheals ..rntteud qf fpie— llia, every nnoio Should be drarfn from ono ah oof, while blanks and prizes are drawn from tlio other. Tiiis is. the' drily fair method, and ought to have boon adopted. To draw the number, required oat of a wheel, leaving the' remaining names nntoo elred, affords no ev i derice. to (ho public 11 id t names avonot re peated or omitted rii the rolls, or that the rolls tbemselTes are fairly made tip. It is much more satisfactory to draw every name, and against every iiariio draw ri blank oK'ftj oonsoription ticket,. . ; t h. Rei/t.ase of State PtitsonEUS. —On the 6th' inst... Gen. Thinks visited Fort Jackson and Fort St, 'Phillip, below' Now Orleans, and liberated some of the State piisoners who Inul been oonliiipd there by order of General Butler. On the prison record against their names was found the entry, ‘ cause unknow.’, Geneva! Banks liberated twenty one bn this? occasion—eighteen at Fort Jackson, arid three (the last remaining ones) at St'. Phillip.' • [Thousands of others have been cruelly and illegally seized and imprisoned by this des-, I o ij Abolition Administration with the same entry, ‘ cause unknown’ against their names.] . BgSL.Gcnernl Frank Blah- has Washington. The Chicago Tribune 'OQl|ggj| pondcatamiouneos that bo has taken deCT|||| grouudtagainst tho prosecution of tl |C ovJjr| fur tho Abolition of shivery, and “all tho eaffi nest supporters of the Administration regaiiog B air’s course as completely identilying him\ with the, copperheads." The'St Tain is Demo crat also hnnounees solemnly that the Gener al has gone over, to t*ho * 'copperheads,”— Y. Journal of'Commerce. Thrs‘looks very good for Fralnk BlaijrfityfC, we fancy tliat this is only the commencement of the exodus the Administration party is. destined to witness and hewnil. Notwith standing the above, the New York Tribune and Alhainy Journal put Blair down amqrig tho suoporters of the “Administration war Policy,” in the list of the next Congress. Mu. Lincoln.— The President still resides at the soldiers Homo. Every evening at-a ■bout six o'clock lie can bo seen leaving the Executive Mansion at the head of a mounted escort of filteon or twenty soldiers. Hie friends cnrertain much solicitude nhaot his, health, and have endeavored to persuade him to leave Washington to rncuptn’ale. hut so Tor the pilot sticks to the helm, arid: does not. seem disposed to leave it so long as ho has strength todiold it.— Telegram frb'nV.‘WashiiU) • ton, /'•" ! “So far fho pilot sticks to tfie lidlm'l’’ Yes, and the vessel is in the rapids above Niagara, with her bow pointing directly‘to'the ootar aot. liow long will her ill-starred pilot keep her beading-in that direction ? lie is manifest ly not the Palinubds to rotrive' our noble ship from the dapders of the tempestuous sens into which his! plundering or treachery has brought her. He lucks the skill or the will to do it .—Age. £7* It is told of Gene al Grant Hint when in the roar of Vicksburg, a gentleman called upon him and inquired why ho did not toko the city. The ready reply want “I am afraid if I do take it, tlioV will place m'o in command of the Army of the Potomac, and that is certain death to any man.” B@“A great ninny persons have boon kill ed by sunstroke in Philadelphia and New York during the heat of the last few weeks. War, News, D,tTB ipoM Cti.iui.nsTox,— I,aiu * Charltip,ton represent that tbo'fu-o’l'r* 5 flolu torlhs‘Still continues against San' that thpWt hi rapidly tumbling llo"' 111I 11 " 1 The rebel flag had boon shot away tv"" ns ' the 18th, and immense brbtibltos 01 'made, through which bur pr«je 6 t\u )OCB crushing tho opposite wall, 'Wo" tow doubt Sumpter is by this time i n tJ° ni> Then for Charleston 1 Let Ugo o, and thus root out a nest of traitors, W ] ln t the Abolitionists of the North; have for,' years boon preaching up treason ami lion. °*' .Massacre a? Lawrence, K.ins.is,-_o 20tb inst. a party of rohol ° ’BOO strong, entered Lawrence, Kan;,, *** after pillaging tho„ banks, store,, dwellings anil shops, fired tho town' ■ !. burned ifto'tho grrthnd. About 180 citi n „ werebutchered in cold -bided, and a numliq wounded. In one oasb. the 'guerillas Jrotj twelve men into a housfe and shot '(f ICln then, burned tho building. They etooil up ni ( tho hanks of tho river and fired into pie, killing and' wounding scores. U’weniy. five negro recruits were shot. . Tho citizens' have boon, expecting suck a raid in 'consequence of' the throats whiol{ Quarttrell (tho .rebel chief,) had made, a n j they bad organized- military companies fjp their defense, n part of whom had been oniot arms -constantly ; but, from tho nasuhwcij made that Quaiitroll would not luvnde- Kan sas, their organizations ivc-re abandoned, avd tho gnsriUns found 'the tewn ontiroly defens'tf loss. * ' - Gen. Jilt. ’Lame ’(Senator ..Lame,) Was | u Lawrence at tho.timo, but escaped on liiu 38 . hack about a half hour before the rebels en tered. Just like a blatant Abolitionist wpulff do. Lame lias made a greatinany speeches before Loyal Leagues, in wliiijH he assured his hearers that neither, a rebel nor a“ C op porhda’d” could’live ip Kansas so longjas Ae lived there. He “ would shoot them all as fast ns he oould lind ' Thoiniset. able devil and cbwiVrdv hd'deserves the topel He was always- •a- tdisunionist, boaster,.ami poltrriri—oneoifthose bb'ahVps who is .recclv ing two .sah’u-'ics-fpr oilicqa ho.disgraces. If* is-ono of the President’s pets, who talks big, and sports a GeneraPa ,sllou lder-straps, and •‘’turns tail” (as our classical Li.veals would say,) as soon'as a rebebcpnfronts'him. Why don’t the rid themselves of this man ■‘‘ ■Scueritf LANBr?’’’ ’ L7=Tt is amtisiilVg’tovtfithess j.tho Kilkenny cat figlit gciing QnhßotWßen 'tbe.twii laclicm of tho- Abolition’),(pciity'jin, This - State. Who. feud is terribly bitteivnnd if one faction don’t devour the other'before', the election it is not because i t lacks the will. The cause of piev aned seems to he the unequal distribution of shoddy eon tracts and; the;corruption fund, Curtin stands between Iheeo two fires and ho is the worst used’up (man in. the-State. Wo direct attentionto an article taken .from the Pittsburg Gazette found .’in 'this issue, which 'shows that his own party, regard , him ns the. most corrupt and unavailable candidate IbaiS could have been ohiisen.' A-large pnrtioii of his 'parlyAvan.t to drive him. off the tract II he stayS’Oh 'till the second Tuesday ofOo toiler, the beuKicratie train ’will pitch him so far that'he-’ll think ha ism his “foni'j:} illu sion,"'" bcRTIS NO PdUTICIAN. —'flu; I’Jlllildetflluß tho’jh iIUI io of .an jirtitijii -.dj/lpor ia Curtin for' Governor,, Jjr*/yheiiUv . osrlavnK VWx.bunm -willshiile w-heirho roads this. ■ Why.holms been, evovsirice . the: ‘first dawn of his man hood, a hidflsing,-scheming, intriguing pnliti-• cian—a pot-hoiisn demagogue, and nothing more. ; He is that to-day—stumping Hie State like a sturdy .beggar, -asking aims of every one he meats —now addressing the dour pen ■pie, and now carousing with his intiiwilc friends -arid counsellors. The Sum kium this—everybody who knows anything kiwvrt it; and . n-o can only account for Cartjn# friends resorting, to thc’iniserahlo “no party .dodge on tho supposition.that theybelieve tho oeoplo to befools, 1 II this is their-idea,they will soon discover their mistake. • Not, Far from the WAnn.-pAn army of ficer, in a Washington journal, has apian for-.recruiting .the army with ten thaasand mop. :jle suggests‘tintt tho Government pieafs out “the quartermaster's department, 1 tho hospital departments,, company, brigade, and division head-quarters, &c, of all super fluous, non-fighting clerks, orderlies, nurses, waiters cooks for teamsters, cooks for order lies, cooks for commissary attendants, innu merable waiters upon officers,” which \vauld 1 give the number required. Cpun-ting the ; number of superfluous perils who usually \ ;idle their time about the govern ent military i Establishments, wo should nr could raise ten I thousand men for immediate service easily, IRiincoi.n’s Kii.tcV.—“The Government has dlecidcd not to retain any officer in the srmy whose , views on the war policy are no 1 consonance with its own.” So says the ‘York Commercial Advertiser , which, being leading-advocate of tire Administration.- «#7 he,token ns good authority.lbis wandd elude every'Democratic oflioor fronyc"' . . —and knowing the delicate-position in h ( they stand, many of them, who do urit- lo- r to leave the army, have really beLOn ’ e, . h9 protend to be, better Abolitionists than" President. If .the same rule wore to he«P plied to tho privates, we should soon n«- rampant Abolition army, dr no army a as two-thirds of the rank and flic are Be crata'. * • flgyTwo sons of Edward Everett. WOT« drafted in Boston, o few days "go. • their father, a vigorous war advocate, pUj oticnlly stepped forward and paid exemption foe!, A son of Wenda Ph 1 P . •was-,.150 drafted abonl. the same the distinguished Abolitjouisl anl , f or k. year-old- dis-unioniat, walked up \ nd four ed over-SSOO to aid in filling the ranks otou army and supporting the government i ,_ ~ York Countv Democuat-ic Tickm--" following are the leading -nominees! County. Associate Judy—Peter. MoLw Tangier.’ Assen.Wy-D.miol Reiff. John F. SP“"S‘ tS7.cn/?— William W, Wolf, 4 Tho whole ticket in an excellent on will doubtless receive from the .poop e thusinstio support. Physical Disacvlit-v.— Those * exemption 'from.-the draft on 110 )a q;. disability. -W who wish to cal evidence boforo tho Board . l(J un ns to tho physical disqualification, dorstnnd that such medical tostim 7 bo sworn to before a Justioe of ■ P fore tho Board will take cognisance OCT - Remember tho delegate election, Saturday evening nOxt.
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