AMERICAN VOLUNTEER; JOHN B. BRITTON, Bailor & Proprietor. ;fjfevV£i£ CARLISLE, PA., MAUCIT 2-1, 1804. FOR PRESIDENT IN XSO4, GEOIiGE P>. H’CLELLiN [Subject to the d«>oin..nof a National Convention.] OUR BOKOUGII nuiciio.x. Below wo publish flic official result of our Borough election. It will lie seen tliat the Democrats gained a decided victory over the Jacobins, electing every Borough officer ex cept pno, r.nd almost wiping out the heavy Abolition mnj'*rily in the "West AA'ard. Had n little effort been made that Ward too would have been Democratic! BOROUGH OFFICERS. E, AS'. AV. AV. Total. Cum* Burgers, Andrew B. Ziegler, Joseph H. Blair, Assistant^Burgess, Robert Allison, 103 142 334 James B. Dixon, 112 ISO 292 ■’A»SE -«!«iVK. John Guts hall, Robert M. Blade, Assistant Assessors, John Moll, Oporpe S. Boetom, Charles Flcctyc.r, Samuel Eusminyer,. Auditor. Cbas. B. Pfahlcr, 371 136 310 'Robert D. Camaon, ’ 127 ISR 313 WARD OFFICERS.—EAST WARD. TOWN OUNCII.. J. P. Phinchnrt, 190 I Usury Ih.-crs, J. P. pisler, 2<‘B | / vf>'v S/iuhr, J.W. D.0i110W,2n2 I F. G-r.-.hicr, Geo. Wetzel, 19S j John Iljer, JUDGE, 205 | G. Ihnjeit, Andrew Kerr, INSPECTOR, 200 j John Hutton, Win. P. Eylcr, SCHOOL DIRECTOR. Philip Quigley, 210 j John Irc'ine, TAX COLLECTOR, Chan, A. Smith, 210 j Joshua Fagan, 99 JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, M. Holcomb, 153 ) 5. Keepers, CONSTABLE, 218 | 6'. Pendergrass, 89 WEST WARD. TOWN COUNCIL, A. Martin, David Smith, 153 I Geo. L. Murray, 183 Wm. Addatnp, 135 j Thomas Paxton, 184 Dnn’l S. Crofi, 143 lAt ex. Cathcart, IG7 Wm. A. Milo*, 180 S. W. Tfqvcr.siick, 180 J. K. Nooomaker, 138 \J. D. Go/gas , 191 JUUG2. A. Senseman, 151 |J. Postlethwaite, 105 INSPECTOR. 119 j T. B. Tkomjyson , 197 J. Goodyear, CCIinOL DJRSCTi R, No opposition, tax c -i.uct a, Then. Cornman, 181 l | W. 11. Ham, CONSTABLE, No opposition, j Samuel Hpe, 107 Democrats in Roman. Abolitionists in I'a I icj. First op April. —This general pay-day is clo a e at hand. We hope our friends, in miking their other payments, will not for get the Printer. In these timcs’of high pri ces ami cash terms, we need our money just as fast as we earn it, in order to make both ends meet. We have also several first of Anvil settlements to make, fur which we de pend Mpou the receipt of what is duo us.— Web-car almost every body say “ money is plenty/* If all who owe us would pay up during the month of April, perhaps we might be able, fur once in our life, to realize that “what every body says, is true/* P. S.—Those of our subscribers who intend to “move” on or about the Ist of April, are requested to give us timely notice thereof, stating as well the place from , as the place to which they remove. This will enable us to.deliver their papers at their new residen ces, or forward them to the Post Offices near est to them, without mistake or .delay. The present mail arrangements enable us to reach almost every subscriber, in whatever part of the county he may rosid-j, ou the day of pub lication. SENATORIAL ■ Cu,N{T.HEIi Meeting. —The Senatorial Conferees representing the De mocracy of Cumberland, Perry, Juniata and Mifflin counties, met at Newport on Friday last, and elected James Turner. Esq., of Mifflin county, to represent this Senatorial District in the Democratic State Convention. The rejection is ft good one, Mr. Turner be ing an intelligent Democrat and a firm M*- CijELLAN man for President. ‘This District is therefore a unit- for '* Little Mac, the people’s candidate.” M. E. Conference Appointments. —The M. E. Conference, which met at Altoona and closed its session about two weeks since, made the following appointments for CARLISLE DISTRICT, J. S. MoMurrar, Presiding Elder. Carlisle. Thomas Sherlock ; Emory Church, 3. 1,. Bowman ; -Carlisle Circuit, John Moor head, E. F. Pitcher ; Mechanicsburg. James C. Clark; Mount Holly Springs. W. M. Fry- Binger ; SMppensburg, John A. Dixon ; SMp pensburg Circuit, J, G. Mclteehan, one to be supplied ; Oharobersburg, Thomas Barnhart; York Springs, W, G. Ferguson, one to be supplied; Hanover, I. Collins Stevens; Get tysburg, S. L. M. Censer, J. M. Bants ; York. John 11. C. Bosh ; York Chapel, William W. Evans; Wrightsville, Emory Buhrman; Shrewsbury, George Warren., J. G. Moore ; Petersburg, James Brads ; Newport. 11. S'. Mendenhall, one to he supplied ; New Bloom field. F. B. Riddle, D. A. Isenburg; Mifflin, S. U. 0. Smith; Mifilin Circuit, George W. Bmfse, T. Marshall West. Alnm Brittain, Chaplain U. S. A., member of Carlisle Circuit Quarterly-Conference. A. 0. Marlatt, JV'*s:deni Irving Female Crdlee-s member (if Meciianicsburg Quarterly Con' . nee. • R Olmmhrrs, President Emory Female College member of Emory Quarterly Confor- Kb Asiatic monarob was over more.mag nificent in lus notions of military numbers than is President Lincoln. Before wo have filled up the five hundred thousand draft, ho issues his order for another assesmont of two hundred thousand more men! One thing may he. said of the “ smutty joker,” and it can be said in truth, that ho has never erred on the-nido of moderation in'his demands on .his com.try men’s'persons and purses. Prom the time ho entered the AVhlto House —from the hour ho,electrified the people by tolling them that *'nothing was wrong and nobody was hurt”~he has pcrsirffbntly called for men and more money, more money and men! Draft, draft, draft! This ap pears to bo the order of the day at present. Well, so be it. If. to defeat the rebels in arms and thus end the rebellion with a whole ] Union and unimpaired Constitution, it re-' quires a couple of millions of men and treas ure beyond computation, we say amen with all our heart. We would do anything, sacri , dec anything, to bring this desolating strug- I glc to a Hut, m«*n and m;moy will ro' 1 end if; wo want mure than men and money— wo want hrafnt at Washington. This Is whore the rebels have the advantage of us, for, notwithstanding the wickedness of his heart and the infamy of his notions, it must ut the same time be confessed that Jeff Da-' ns is intellectually a giant. Re has there fore the whip-hand of Mr. Lincoln, and this is “what’s the mailer.” Indeed, proof that the course, of the Administration and its par ty tends to assist the rebel cause is daily ac cumulating. The city papers contain a lengthy address from the rebel Congress to more move 189 130 328 •114 179 293 142 • 339 204 3io thoir-constituents, in which the acts of the Jacobin lenders arc rehearsed at length, and held up. tV» the people as the reason xchy they should persist in' fighting. It is plain that the rebellion would soon decay, were it not for .the fullicaand blunders of M,r. Lincoln, and those who represent tho will o( iho Administration, back of brains and 205 154 359 201 146 347 110 100 309 103 190 293 true patriotism, wo’ repeat, are our great wants. If nur'rulei-H C‘>nUl only fora time Ibrget the negro and think of the country— if Mr. Li\C"!.s c-uM stop Ms smutty jokes and “splendid entertainments" at the White Ilon-e, and try to see things as men of sense sec them, we might hope that the rebellion was really on its “lust legs,” and that it would he brought to an end before the 4th of July. It should have been ended two years , ago; it would have been hud it not been for the woeful ignorance ot those who direct our national affairs. The wretched blunders oi those in power should serve as a lesson to the people for all time to come, and teach them that the destinies of a great and powerful na tion- cannot be confided to pigmies in intel lect, and fanatics in principle. But, Gen. Grant is now at the head of our military departments, and Mr. Lincoln has pledged his “ honor" that, under no circum stances. will ho interfere with Grant’s plans. He made the same pledge twice to McClell an, but yet he did interfere, notwithstanding his promise. Wc trust in God that bo frill keep his word with Grant, who is a milita ry man and a man of mind. Now that he has beer, appointed commander of the Feder al armies, let us hope that he will command them that, hereafter, military movements will be guided by military knowledge, and that the lives of our soldiers and the destiny of our country will no longer bo used as dice in partisan games for political distinction and pelf—as counters in amlmi m’s struggles and intrigues. “ His headquarters are to he in the field," it is announced. So may it be. In a position to survey tho whole field, ho will be able to detect mistake 5 ’, combine strength, infuse energy, inspire confidence, and conduct the war in a manner worthy of the great power he holds and is capable of wic.lding to the ad vantage of the country. — Whoever interferes with Ms plans, contra venes bis ordc.ra or embarrasses his purposes —be he President, Cabinet officer, Congres sional Committee-man, or any one else—will meet the fearful rebuke of an enraged pco -1 pie. Let the headquarters of the Array be in the field, not at Washington. 1 C. P. llumrich, 195 300,000 DIGUE! [£/” A few nialccontent blacksnakes in Juniata county, in opposition to the wished of nineteen twentieths of the people of that county, are making an effort before the Leg islature to mutilate this Judicial district, by detaching from it Juniata county, which they propose to attach to the 20th District, now presided over by Judge Woods. Wo learn that the members of the bar of Juniata, as well as those of the Cumberland and Perry bars have unanimously remonstrated againrt the proposed change, and denounce the at tempt ns an outrage, as wanton as it is un called fur. It is a political movement and nothing else, and those who are prominent in it are the very men wlm fear Justice mure than anything else, and who would have onr Judges act the part of political mountebanks instead of dispensers of law and justice.— We feel satisfied the Legislature, notwith standing its Abolition majority, will not at tempt to force upon the people of Juniata a Judge against their wishes, aud compel them to dispense with the services of the Judge for whom they twice cast a large majority. To do so would, independent of its Constitu tional objections, bo unparalleled in political legislation. The bar and the people of-Ju niata require an able and impartial Judge*, and this is what Woods ia not, and what. Graham is. The Issue. —The issue in the coming con test will bo war and miscegenation, on the one side, and peace and a white man’s gov ernment, on the other. The Abolitionists mad(f this the issue, and the Administration have endorsed it, and are now endeavoring to force it with the purse and thojßWord. The “ Loyal” Leaguers not only say amen to tin’s, but it has gone forth openly and iugly to the world, that the leading “ moth ers, daughters and sisters of the Loyal League'of Ne’w York” have “pledged their love and honor ” to th-o negroes who have gone fonh to battle. It is therefore fair to presume that the matter has been fairly set tled by the grand national council of the oath-bound order that to miscegenate with a ,ll £S er * ia to bo regarded as the highest stand ard of female loyally, love' and honor. fCT" Ihe Br-nifcrats of York, Lancaster West Chester,and Norristown, gloriously tri umphed on Friday. A MEAN FALSEHOOD. A'a well, might the lamb look for kindness and generosity from a # famished wolf, as the people to expect either decency, honor or truth from Abolition papers of the smutty class. An article is now being published by many of the more shameless journals of the woolly-head party, which is as false as it id mean, black and devilish. It purports to give an extract from the proceedings of the State Senate, hy which it is made to appear , that the Democratic Senators voted unnrti mously against increasing the pay of our bravo soldiers. A more infamous lie could not have been concocted hy even the Prince o( Darkness. It is only necessary to state that the'Senate was not organized until the 9th of March, and that the so-called proceed ings of the Senate now/going the rounds of the Abolition press took place about a month previous to (he above eioict AVhat must bo thought of editors who can thus, for the pur pose of proping up a rotten, thieving, des pised party, resort to such despicable shifts ? The Democratic Senators voted “ no” to every motion that was made previous to the election of Speaker (on the 9th of March) because they did not recognize Mr. Penney as Speaker, but as a mere usurper, who had no more right to occupy the Speaker’s chair than any other Senator, Finnlly, (after the election of Mr. St. Co.un from the 21st dis | trict.'at the special election,) the Republican , Senators discovered that the people would I no longer submit to their revolutionary con* 1 duct, which was on a par with their proceed ings during the “ Buck-shot "War.” r l hoy therefore yielded the whole question, and ad mitted that the Democratic-Senators had been, right from the Jlvst, and proceeded to the election of Speaker, and he was elected in the mode and manner pointed out by the Constitution —elected in the only way a Spea ker can bo elected. Thus the Abolition Se nators', by thcii * own vole, acknowledged that lor two months they had bean acting in a re volutionary and treasonable manner. The Senate was then organized, organized accord ing to the Constitution, nnd among the very first motions that were made from the Demo cratic side of the chamber, was a motion to lake up the bill that recommended an in crease of pay to soldier?, and also the bill amending the Constitution to allow o vote in the field. The Democratic Sena tors desired to see a unanimous vote cast in | the Senate for both these praiseworthy ob jects. Bui, not a single Abohtition Senator hud the decency, the manliness, or the patri otism to second either of those motions, and they were nut entertained ! miserable dissemblers some men are, nnd how mean, low and niggardly they become when they attach themselves to the woolly-head party Such men disgrace the Senate chamber and leave a stain upon the fair name of our once proud State. [£7" A late number of tho Harrisburg "smut machine”.made a moat wanton; in famous and libelous attack upon Judge Graham of this place. "VVo need not go to the trouble of replying to this dastardly and uncalled for assault. The character of tho Tclegrdph is that of a debased, slanderons. irresponsible sheet. It has, time and again assailed iho best and purest men of uur coun try, and at the same lime bespattered with adulation tbe most notorious thieves, trai tors, libertines and scoundrels. As well might it hope to destroy the sturdy oak by firing at it witb a pop-gun, as expect to tar nish the character of Judge Graham by its slanderous pen. lie is known an one ;>f (lie ablest Judges in the State, whose character for honor and impartiality no honorable man will question for a moment. Scoundrels may (ear him in his official capacity, but the peo ple, who desire to see law and justice admin istered, honor him for his legal knowledge and sterling integrity. Democratic Victory at Harrisburg.— The Patriot and Union thus refers to the De mocratic triumph at Harrisburg. Consider ing that the intlucnco, patronage uud corrup tion of the Curtin administration had to bo met, our friends at the seat of Government may noil feel proud of the result uf Friday's contest; , The election of the Democratic city ticket, and most of the ward nominees, on Friday last, was no ordinary triumph. Never be fore had the opposition exerted themselves more strenuously for success—but,.with all the power iu their hands, Stateand Nutiona*, they could’ not accomplish what they aimed at.'. The Fiftli Ward, admittedly their oun, they carried —and this, with the partial suc cess in the * Sixth Ward, which for reasons which at present we do hot care .to inquire into, went lor some of their candidates—was the extent of their success. Last fall we gave only 09 Democratic majority for Governor, now we give 107 Dom. majority for John T. Wilson for Treasurer, against whom the Abo litionista made their strongest effort. The city auditors are also elected b3 r over 100 ma jority ; and wherever there was a decided contest,,except on a few candidates' for minor offices-in tho Sixth Ward, we carried every thing for which wc contended. Next fall we will try to raise tho majority above 200. Wc have curried five of the six Wards on city of ficers, and next fall wo will probably car I*3* every Ward. At least we will try. Passage of the Gold Bill. —The Gold Bill, which hud passed the Senate, also passed the House, on the IGth inst. It an thorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to sell .the gold in his possession —some»twenty mil lion* of dollars—to the highest bidders, re ceiving green backs in pay. Thus the Gov ernment itself is in the market gambling m gold, and buying with coin, its own depreci ated money, and this is called “ financiering 1” It is like the man who is considered nearly insolvent, settling with his creditors at 50 cents on tho'dollar. Just think of this once great country, buying its own depreciated green-backs, at sixty or seventy per cent, dis count!. What a disgraceful position wo occu py in the eyes of other nations, and all be cause we trusted the keepingmf the country to a sot of hair-brained negro worshipers. Gen. McClellan. —Wc will give our rend ers a single ’sentence from a private letter from a soldier in the army of the Potomac. “ It is the almost unanimous and anxious prayer of this entire army, that Gen. Mc- Clellan mny bo nominated for the Presiden cy by the Democratic party.” ■ - Lincoln is said to Be earnestly ad vocating the appointment of OoQ.Sickols to succeed Gen. Mood*.',” « SOT REACHED THE MIDDLE OF IT.” Tho President's dog, the well-fed Fobnby, wlio holds two or throe offices, and whose sons are all quartered on tho Government nt snug salaries with “pickings," says in his Press that “wo have not reached the middle of tho war!’’ lie therefore argues that tho people had bettor rc-oicrt Lincoln, “ who lias had some experience, tlati to take n fresh man 1” Thftt’a fiiiiil, decidedly.. Wo think the people are about drod of Mr. Lincoln’s “ experience,” ant! will insist upon the elec tion of a “ fresh riian,” who has the welfare of his country at heart, ami whose ambition will lead him to acts of patriotism instead of the retailinp’of stale jokes. The profligacy and corrupdoh of the Administration stinks in the nofirils of the people, and they will lider it a privilege and a relief to get rid ilncoln, no difference what " fresh man’’ may ho his successor. No worse man than Lincoln can he.found in tlre>wholc country, ami any change will ho for the hotter. But no had man will again he selected for the place once occupied hy IVasuingtcn, hut a man of mind, of honesty, and who can feel for his distressed and ruined country. It consi of Li may do very well for “ loyal thieves” to de- Hire the re-election ot Lincoln ; it would suit Founet most admirably, for ho would then be sure that wa had ‘ not reached the mid dle of the war,” and stealing, treason, scoun drelism and frauds would go on ns hereto fore, without exposure md without rebuke. In speaking on this silme subject the Pa triot ami Union pertinently remarks; , “The war has already covered a space ol three years, and if we have not “ reached the middle of it,” we nn.st have a period of more -than three ycars-of trmed strife -and blood shed yet to go through. How docs this a> cird with what we .mvc heen hitherto told l»y those in the conlMencc of the administra tion ? At hist their,assurance was that the war would be-terminated in three months, then in a’x'ty day a and • ken with the expiration ofevery new campaign. Now, afier having in vidved-tlie country in rm ctmi mousdohl—after having, hy the processes of volunteering and o inscription, put ifit-i the field at various tun-s, at Iva-'t two n.i lions nf men, and when another draft for 2'0,000 more is pending, wc are at last 101 l thr.t we have mil “ reached the mi Idle of it.’’ Whether this is an elec tioneering devioirh flolrap simple-minded people into the supjoit of Lincoln for a sec ond term, under the silly belief that Ins ex perience "f four years will hotter qualify him to crush the rebellion and restore peace than any amount of statesmanship, prudence anil patriotism which a now man can bring to his aid in administering the government, or whether it 5e a Pita eye conviction, expressed n 'W, for the fitst ,t;me,.hy the confidential friends of the President, it is an admission 1 which the people should not fail to r fie« t upon, if it is merely meant to base an ar gument in favor of Lincoln’s re-election upon, it i« not likely to many astray—for he must be a find indeed'who can persuade him self that a President Who has acted aa Lin coln has can profit by any experience. His policy has heen to ignore the teachings ot history, and shut hie eyes upon the lessons which the experience of other .non and other nations has recorded for the benefit of all but those who are naturally or.willfully blind.— but we prefer taking the expression of For n*\y —“ L <h'riH tlbnk wo have reached the middle of it” —in its literal sense. Viewing It in this light, wo submit to the good sense of tlie people, will it not be infinitely wiser to try the experiment of a change of admin istration, from which we may hope lor an early solution of the disunities ami .dangers which now surround and threaten to crush uh, than to continue for another term an ad rninLtration whoso chief oracle proclaims that it cannot, in Tn-w years more of Moody war, crush the rphel.ion and restore peace? Kc-ritllan !'or I'rfsiilrßl. A tremendous mnrdng in favor of General M’Cicllan for was hrM nt the f'oo» $ Institute, New Ink. ».n Thursday eve ning. The crowd wr.a so immense, and-the zeal and impatience of the multitude so evi dent, that the meeting was organized long before the hour appointed. Hon. Amos Kendall was prepared and chosen President of the meeting am.d prolonged cheers. On assuming the chair he addressed the meeting in a brief mid eloquent .speech on the.mutation of the country and in favor of Gen. M’Olellan. Ills address .was followed by loud cheers f »r M'Olellaa, the song “ M’- CMlan and the Union” was sung, the band played Hail Columbia, the secretary read the names of the vice presidents and socrcti * rios, and then (ho following wc:o read an 1 adopted hy acclamation: Whereas. A fratricidal war, originating in a disregard of (he maxims and warning of uur fatljcrs. is desnlaring the land .and threatening the permanent disruption of our Federal Union: And whereas, The present administration by their fat. 1 policy in the conduct of the war; hy their infringement n pun State and individual rights; by a general suspension of the writ of habeas corpus, and substituting "military for civil courts-; and above all,-by employing the army to suppress the freedom of elections, and forcing governments of min orities upon the people of the States, has not only protracted the war indefinitely, banging upon the country inlcrm'nable tax ation and financial ruin, but lias created gen eral alarm lor the integrity ofllio States and the liberty of their citizens, all threatened to bo swallowed up in a fanatical despotism, the worst of all governments: Anil whereas, The country has no guaran tee for the speedy and bucecssfu! of the war under the imbecile and changes-1 h!o management of the present administra tion through any other means than by a change of men at the coming Presidential election ; therefore Resolved, Thai we earnestly invite all opr fellow citizens, of whatever political organi zations, to unite with us in one concerted effort to place nt the head of our government a man in whose wisdom, integrity and finn .noss the country may roly with hope fora speedy suppression of the rebellion, the ces sation of bloodshed and the maintenance of the Union which our fathers bequeathed to us—a Union of independent States-and free people, '-roatod by the''Constitution, and to bo maintained only by its observance (Ap plause.) Resolved , That the right of suffrage regu lated hy the States is the only safeguard for individual liberty, and must bo defended at every hazard. (Cheers.) Resolved, That we recognize in George B. M’Olcllnn (tremendous cheering, repeated again and again,) qualifications whiclr emi nently fit him to bo the and savior of our country and we hold it to be the par amount duty of all patriotic citizens and or ganizations to abandon nil disturbing ques tions aud rally around him ns the destined preserver of our constitutional liberties.— (Renewed enthusiasm, and cries of “ Bravo I”) The mooting was then addressed by Hon. R. D. Jacob, Lieut.’Governor, of Kentucky, and Gen! A. 0. Norton, editor pf the last Union paper printed in Texas, after which, amid the most deafening cheers for Gen. M’- Clollan and “Little Mac/ 1 the meeting ad journed, w - A Sound Man in the Cabinet—-Letter from Mr. Bales. At the recent Sanitary Fair in Brooklyn there was a book of autographs on exhibition containing, among other distinguished names, tliat-of Attorny General Bates, of Missouri, signed at the bottom of n letter addressed to the lady manager, which, for the noblo,Ronti- Imcnta it contains, wo agree with the Journal of Commerce, “ought to bo written in letters of gold.” Wo knew, when Mr. Bates first accepted the office which he still holds, that ho was conservative in his views, but wo sup posed that, like many others, ho had succum bed to the pressure at Washington, and adop- ted the now theories of the radical school with which ho Ja associated officially: In this we arc glad to Buy wo were mistaken. Mr. Bates retains his former sound opinions, and we cannot hut wonder how, holding the sen timents he expresses, he can reconcile it with his sense of duty to the country and to him self to remain in the Cahi net of Mr Lincoln ; and wo are persuaded that every one who reads the letter, will share with us in our surprise Washington CiTV.Feb. 2, 1804. Madam : Being confined to my Hick morn, I have an opportunity, which neither my pub lic office *ijor the court room affords, to ac knowledge your note of Jan, 30. written in be half of the Brooklyn and Long Inland Fair, and in aid of the Sanitary Commission. You ask for an autograph, unconditionally, and for a sentiment, “it agreeable.” Now. my dear lady.an autograph is a cheapening and can ho easily furnished, whether sick or well; bnt a sentiment is quite another affair, and dues not sort very w ell with the nauseous physic which I am required ta take to-day. Nevertheless, the cause being so good, and withal its advocate a lady, (to which high au thority I habitually bow,) I must strain a point and try to give you something senti mental, hut not of the sickly kind. I am beginning to grow old, and am a .very old-fashioned man ; for in spite of the rush ing'curront of new opinions, I still believe that we once had good old .times, good old principles, and good old men to profess them and act thorn out, and a good Constitution worthy to bo preserved to the latest posteri ty. In fact, I begin to suspect myself to he n littlo i»r nothing hotter than an ohl ; for I can’t help believing, with Jackson, that the eonstitu ional Union of the Slates mu at he preserved; and I still have undoubting faith in Washington, when ho warns us Unit wo cannot preserve our free institutions without a frooqunt recurrence to the first principels of our government. i That is my sentiment, madam. I fear it is 1 growing veiy unpopular, hut I cam’s help Mmt. G-tid knows that I would help it if I •ould, for I have littlo hope of improvement ‘mm the efforts of men who fancy tlieinselvs s:> much wiser tluth their fathers were, and b j mndi liettor titan the laws which they made for our good. With Invo for your cause, and respect for yourself, J remain yourobodient servant. Edwd. Bated. The doctrine proclaimed in this letter ia the doctrine held by the fathers and of all the truly great and good men the country has ev er produced. It is only in these latter times since political power has fallen into the hands of charlatans and fanatics, that the wisdom of the fathers is questioned, and now ideas, engendered in the frenzied brains of partv bigots and shallow-minded deumgoguoes, are. subtituted for the wisdom and statesmanship which distinguished the earlier days of the republic. Wo know that this must change that the madness which now rules and ia rapidly ruining the country cannot last for ever—that there will come a time of reflec tion. when the people will recover from tho hallucinations under which they now labor and restore the old government and tile old ideas. This is our faith, nod tho letter of Mr. Bates loads us to hope that its realization is at hand. All will soon confess that the wisdom of the radicals is fully. “The country”—says the Journal of Commerce —“ would have exhibit* od a different scone to-day-If Mr. Lincoln had not leenune of the men who think themselves >,u much wiser than the fathers were.” Mr. Bates’s letter is eloquent. It will reach a great many hearts. We venture to believe that it "dll hereafter be rememborrd by the historian who writes of times, as a pathetic and eloquent exclamation, in the midst of impending ruin, from one who re* members and laments the old glory, while he sees himself immediately surrounded by the instruments of the national “destruction. He is right, beyond a question. There were “ good old times,” and there were “ good old principles.” The greatness of the Amer ican Union was dependent on those prioiple l * It was a good enough 'Union ior us. But we see now a great political fmrty devoted to abusing that Union, decrying its old magnif icense, ridiculing its founders, and vocifera ting forsometllrng belter. If was a “ loath some Union,” says one, “a hideous Union,” says another. In the very book of auto graphs. from which we have copied the letter of Mr. Bates, we found expressions, from pol iticians, of sentiments indicating’that they thought themselves wiser than the fathers ! But wo cannot expect reform and rsturn to sound principles until good men like Mr. I Bates open their eyes to the true character of the party, and the men with whom they are associated, and come out boldly and nobly for (he old Union and the ohUConatitution. When Mr. Bates leads the way, who will re fuse to follow ? Sham Election in Louisiana. —An elec tion for Governor and other State oflEo irs was held in Lousiana'on the 22d of February, not under the Constitution and laws of that State—which are the only,rightful authority for holding such an election—but under the military orders of A. Lincoln, tis administer ed by Major General N. P. Banks, ol Massa chusetts. The whole number of Votes polled, legal and illegal, was 10,725, of which Mi ohael Hahn, the so called *• Free State” can didate, received 0,158 ; J. Q. A. Fellowea 2,- 7-20, and B. F. Flanders 1,874, for Governor. Mr. Hahn was therefore declared duly elec ted, together with the other candidates upon the same ticket, and they were inaugurated on the4th inat., at which tho Abolition prdss greatly rejoices, and triumphantly proclaims that Lousiana is restored to the Union ns a free State, by tho act of her own people.— Wljen it is borne in mind that this State polled 50,510 votes in 1860, —five times as many an were cast'at the election held by military dictation—we judge how. for tho jKople wore allowed to participate in it, and what this forced process of bringing tho State back into tho Union, it worth. Mr. Llncon’s “Kllpnlrick Bnid.’ The country has been cursed again with the fruitsof President Lincoln's militiivyraeddling. Wcdono n 11 u d e f « 1 1' oFlov i d a Massacre, whore eighteen hundred brave men’s lives were sac rificed by Mr. Lincoln in the yhin effort to ad vance bis own ic-olection by securing tljo three electoral votes from Florida, And a mem bership in Congress for bis youthful private secretary, John Hay, ao that if the election went to the House the vote of one full regi j nient might counterbalance the vote of the 1 KmpireStatowith her four million inhabi tants. All tiie Lincoln organs are disclaim ing in concert, and by official inspiration, Mr. Lincoln's responsibility for that wretch ed military bluYidor and the fruitless slaugh ter which it invited. But they disclaim in vain. The fact is, and all these official' de nials admit as much, that the order for Hie Florida expedition went from President Lin coln to General Gilmore without the knowl edge of Ihc fomor’s military advisers. Who ever else counseled with Mr. Lincoln on the subject, bis authorized and most competent ; counselors did not. Mr. Lincoln ordcrodthe expedition. That is the essential fact. It was mainly of his planing, and the political purpose of his plan is obvious. The country is not yet recovered from the shock which the knowledge of these facts had given it, but it must submit to learn that for still another military blunder President Lin coln is direcily and personally responsible. President Lincoln is the responsible author of the Kilpatrick Raid. We are prepared to assort that it was planned by Mr. Lincoln,Mr. Kellogg, of the Military Committee of the ] II »ose, and Gen. Kilpatrick. The latter is a . gallant and brave officer : hut the dashing j qualities which ho exhibits in the saddle are not those of sound judgementand prudence in council ; Air. Kollog, to say the least of itSls not known to the world as a Carnot or a Wel lington ; and as for Mr. Lincoln, ho is tho same man who, just before,the criouL!>f_lhfi_ peninsular campaign, which holnul onippled at the outlet, scntßlenkcr’s force to Fremont, went half of McDowell's forces flying across the country toward the Shenandoah, and withheld the rest from effective co-operation with the main Army of the Potomac ; ho is he sumo man who, after Grant’s successes, apologized to him for the almost accomplish es ihlundeifj of his nt'ompted ini* r oreuco in the \\cs»oin campaigns,; he is the same coun try lawyer who writes to trained and aide suldiors about “ my plan of-campaign,” the same military meddler and blunderer every- where and always. To his Florida massacre, where eighteen hundred moo wore lost, the cuunlry must add the Kilpatrick raid, in which the cavalry of the Army of the* Poto mac were uselessly knocked up, and five hun dred men lost. The laic raid was not undertaken with the advice or at the request of any of his military adviser'# Neither Gen. IlallecTPnurGeneral Meade, nor any of the best officers of his ar my, 'wore ever such greenhorns as to sup pose that Richmond could he captured by a few cavalry regiments. The raid wasunder taken without the advice of some, and against the advice of others, who knew the science of war by heart when Mr. Lincoln \Vas r.rgnlng difty-dullarsuits in the Illinois courts. The damage done by the bold raVers was compar atively trivial, and is- already repaired. Mr. Lincoln cannot as easily get thc'fcavalty into condition for use, or restore to life the demf five hundred.—A r . T. World, “Doctors will Disagree. " —The New York Times and the Tribune— one supporting Lincoln and ‘the other Chase—are at odd« about the mock election just over In Louisi ana. According to the. Lincoln organ “the first application of the President’s plan of restoring the Union has been grandly sue coasfullmt according to the Chaso organ, Michael Hahn, the new governor-elect of Lou isiana, is an old rebel, who, if repentant, hu- 1 ' perjured himself, “is asserted by the free state.men to bo opposed to the abolition of slavery in Louisiana." Ilahn.so the Tribnm. affirms, was notoriously an active rebel up to the time of Butler’s arrival in Now Oi lcans; in an early stage of kite war lie pre sented a stand of colors,to the Calhoun Guards In a flaming secession speech ; he accepted office under the rebel Govcnor Moore, and qualified by swearing tosuppurtthouaurping government; and with such a record he ha lt ad the hardihood to take oath prescribed by Congress (hat he has never “ voluntarily giv en aid, countenance, counselor encourage ment” to the rebel c inse. The Tribune hope* that this perjuror, elected to a high office Ip the influence of General Banks, may pursue a belter course in future than he lias in pa«t “ or the future has only new troubles in stop for Louisiana.” But the personal cVaractcr of Mr. Halit sinks inti)insignificance beside the,dogradin mockery which has been practised in Loo isiana under the na\ne of an election. Tin. eulogy and jubilation of the Times isdisgus ting, “ Louisiana,” erica this fl ishy sycophant “ lias through the President’s plan, Uen hvowjlii completely hack; and that State is to day under a civil rule as loyal as that of New York itself, and many would say even more bo.” Brought completely back 1 Why, Lou isiana has three or four times'ns many men in the rebel army as voted in this mock elec tion. By the returns, ns'received by the last steamer, Hahn received 5,707 votes. Fellows 2,17*1, Flanders 1,925 —u all about 10,000 votes. Of these voters a largo proportion wore citizens of Louisiana only bydbe legal fiction of theif'having been residents for one year, which is the terra proscribed by the state constitution. But Louisiana has scat thirty-five thousand actual citizens, born on her soil, to the rebel armies. This looks amazingly like being ‘‘brought ftjmpletely back.”’ Lincoln, Chase, Fremont. Secretary Cuabe has lormally withdrawn from the con test for the Presidency. He was no match for the friends of Old Abe, oven in his .own State. Having placed himself in the position of an opponent to Mr. Lincoln by his Pome roy circular, he must either resign his posi tion in the Cabinet or withdraw from the contest for the Presidential nomination. lie failed to carry the delegates of his own State and was thus compelled to adopt the course ho has to save himself. But Mr. Chase does not give cordiality to the re-nomination of Lincoln, and is evidently chagrined at be ing defeated in bis own State. The friends of Fremont have taken fresh courage by this reverse to the Secretary, which so fur from strengthening Lincoln bid* fair to divide and'concentrate the disaf fected upon Fremont. There appears no doubt of Lincoln’s success before the June Convention j for that • honor, from present appearances, will not bo contested hy the Path-liudcr,” who is a candidate before the people. C7* An Abolition editor in Illinois says that the whole negro question is in a nutshell. H ho hiinselt isn’t a nut shell, ho might as well bo, for ho is a maggot. THi W&a MEWS. IMPORTANT MILITARY MOVEMENTS Oenefal Grant’s Order Assuming Command of Ike ■ Union Armies, Nashville, March 17.— -Gqn. Ornntlcnvej for Washington on Saturday, and repairs i m -. mediately to the front. His staff is composed ofthe officers former ly with him in the military division of tho Mississippi. Among them are— Chief of Staff —Brigadier General g aw . lings. Assistant Adjutant General—Lieut. Colo nel Bowers. Assistant Adjutant General—Captain Q K. Loet. Assistant Adjutant General—Captain S.K Parker. , ' , ’ Assistant Quartermaster General—Captain IX. W.Ji-noi. Aid-de-Camp—Capt. Balleri Lieut. Col. Buff, late chief of artillery, goes as senior aid-de-camp. Gen. Grunt formally assumed the command o" the armies of the United Stales to-duy The following is his order on the subject; GENERAL ORDERS—NO. 12. llf.aixj's. of the Armies of the U. S., I Nasaville, Tenn., March 17, ’G4. ) In persunneo of the following order of tin President: — „ Execotiae Maksiojt, ) Washington, March 10,1804. j Under the authority of the net of Congress to appoint the grade of lieutenant, general in the army, of February 20, 1804, Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant, United Staler Ar my, is appoinied to the command of the ar mies of the United States. Ahraiiaii Lincoln. I assume command of the armies nf n ie United States.' Headquarters will bo in tlio field, and, until further orders, will-be with the Army of the Potomac. There will he ua office headquarters in Washington, I). 0., to which all official communication, will he sent except those from tbo army where the head quarters arc at the date oi their address. U. 5... Grant, Lieut. Gen. HIGHLY IMPORTANT. ANOTHER DRAFT ORDERED. 200,000 rtSore Meu Called. Washington, March 15, GENERAL ORDER NO. 100. The lolluwing special order has just boon issued by the President; United States Executite Mansion,} Washington, March 14, 1804. ] Grades to supply the force required to ho drafted for the navy, and to provide an ade quate reserve forcb, all contingencies in addii non to the five hundred thousand men call'd for on February Ist, 1804, the call is hereby made and a draft ordered for 200,000 men fur the miltiry, navy and marine corps of (lie United Slates. The proportional quotas for the different precincts, wards, towns, townships, election districts and counties will be made known through tiic Provost Marshall General's .Bu reau, and account will be taken of the credits and deficiencies on former quotas. The loth lay of April, IBGJ. is designated as the time up to which the numbers required in each ward of a city town, &c., may ho raised.— Voluntary enlistments and drafts will bo made in each ward of a city, town, etc., which shall not have filled the qimta assigned to it witVn the time designated (or the number re quired to fill saM quota. The draft will he commenced- assault after the loth of April as practicable. The Gov err meat bounties as now paid, will he con 'tinned until, April lash, 18G4. at which lime the bounties cease. On and ufyjr that date mo hundred dollars bounty only will ho pai<) as provided by the act approved July 22, mu. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. [Official] E. J>. Townsend, A. A. 0. Marktk CARLISLE MARKET.—March 23,1804 Corrected Weekly hy It, G. Woodward. Fi.ouu, Superfine, par bln., do., Extra, do., Kyc, do., S.T3 •VntTr. WncAr, per bushel, b^ !li:d Wheat,- do., F b*U -» VR, , HO., b"® '(ins, do., )ATs. do., I’UJNF Batu.rt, d)., l-W 'a m, do., do., 'i.ovicnsKKn, do., •V*! i'IiIOTHYSAKD do., 3,00 . PHILADELPHIA MAIUCETS, Mtircli .’lolk,' superfine, - - - ® “ Extra, 7 *? Ilvi! Fl.ooll, ----- • " ■'oitNMkat., - - - - - -' •> 'Vnr.AT, red, - - - - 150 a 1 |>* “ white, - - - Urn, 1 Uoux, yellow, - -•- • - u * “ white, Oats, ni.ornn^KF.D, WIIISKHV, . - AT RUE EM'S HALL. Commcnnng March 28. Family Matinee on Saturday afternoon, st 2 o’clock. BAVZs’ ■< CELEBRATED P A NORA. M A OF THE • SOUTHERN REBELLI ON. PIIE largest and moat thrilling Exhibition J. * over presented to the American people, enow* oing viowßof all tho GREAT BATTLES of !»• WAR, from tho Bombardment of Fort Bwnpty*® ;tbe great-battle of Chiokamauga in Georgia# Sketches by reliable-Artists who accompanied‘b® several columns. „Esgbty-five Scones, ten » l 0U ‘ sand feet of canvass. Admission 25 cents. I* splits 50 cents. Doors open at 7 o’clock —Paa° r8 ‘ uin moves nt 8 o’clock. ■ Carlisle, March 2-1, ’O4-. . New Store! New Store! LEIDICII and MILLER will open their New Store in Carlisle, on the corner of» public Square, known as Zug’s corner, oppo* Irvine’s Shoo Store, on the 16th day of the month (March), when they will bo able to osd to the community an entire now stock nnd Domestic Dry Goods, Carpets, Oil Cloths, dow Shades, Ac., Ac, • d. J. LEioicn, JOHN MIIiIiER- N. B.—A large portion of tho stock of Goods that will bo opened was purchase“ month of January, when thoy were ft tr *.‘ than at the present time. liEidicb A Min March S. ’C4-2t . A.lmlniM inlor’s Selh'''- , NOTICE is hereby given that Lelh M Adminisfhition on the estate of late of tho Borough of Carlisle. dy been issued to the undersigned, residing j D . Borough. All persons knowing ” l ‘ nu ‘ .1 t hr*'S deblod arc rcqucsted'to make pnjment, n having claimawill ploaao'prcaeht'them • n " t ’ ' WILLIAM March 21, ’64—6t» ■A | fai" | i‘ l, _ M. Cl HERMAN, ATTORNEY A T LA. W • OFFICE in Rhcom’s Hall f;tb. the rear of tho Court House, nex ~ Herald” Office, Carlisle* [Feb. h 8 00 85 ft9s
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