AMERICAN- VOLUNTEER, JOUS B. BBlTrthT, Editor & Proprietor, CARLISLE, I*A,, APRIL 28, IBG4, FOR PRESIDENT IN im t GEORGE B. FCLELUN. [BuLject to tho decision of a Notional Convention.] To CoHREBpoNuiiNTs. —“A Lady" asks U 3 Low it comes that we have so many officers and soldiers in our town at this time ; she - thinks they should be with their vegiment.s instead of promenading the streets ot Carlisle. There is truth in the remarks of our fair cor respondent, but yet she must remember that civilians are not allowed to criticize the do ings of those in authority. To do so is “ dis loyalty." AVe have no doubt there are three or four full regiments of soldiers in our State, doing little or nothing, and yet the President says ho wants more men, and would like to make another draft but is afraid it 11 might injure hva administration I" 0"- ( J. 0." is informed that we decline to publish her epistle. We sympathize with her, but cannot ace that a publication of the wrongs she has suffered would serve any good purpose. It is-true, as she says, that our town is infested with scores of rascals who are constantly on the alert to take the advan tage of poor friendless girls. It appears our correspondent has been a victim, and she complains bitterly, and no wonder. There is a law to punish such fellows as she speaks of, and she should take advantage of it. “The Valley Sentinel.” —This is the’ti tle of u new Democratic paper just started at Shippensburg, this county,of which ouvymu : friend, William Kennedy, Ksq., (formerly connected with the Volley Spirit,) is editor.— The paper is of respectable size, and typo graphically is decidedly neat. Its editorials are terse and to the point, and coincide with our own expressed sentiments. Notwithstand ing wo have been of opinion that we have more papers in this county than can be prop erly supported, (cightfin number,) wo never theless wish the 'Sentinel the success all well conducted Democratic journals deserve. Cjbcts Coming. —Largo and flashy pos ters inform us that Gardner k lleu ming's so-called circus is to arrive in our town shortly; for the purpose of robbing the peo ple of their money. This Circus has been hero before, and it will bo remembered 'by all who attended it as a complete humbug and swindle. It has been denounced by the press of nearly every town where it has been, and the people cautioned against patronizing it, „Our citizens, therefore, both in town and country, should not give their paper quarters to this swindling concern. If they bayc money to spare, let them remember our sick and wounded soldiers, and contribute to the fund for their relief. This is a grand and glorious object, and should command the at tention of all good citizens. Even the grati fication of seeing a yood Circus or negro dance, should now bo dispensed with, and hot a dollar should bo squandered upon these and demoralizing exhibitions. There are hundreds of worthy objects demanding our sympathy affd aid, and these we should contribute to, and pcVmit humbug Circuses and other degrading performances to take care of {themselves. We hope our people may regard our suggestions as just and pro per, and refuse aid to the Gardner & Hem ming .Circus. We repeat, let them, if they have green-backs to spare, give them to the fund in aid of our poor, suffering and wound ed soldiers. Interesting "Lecture.— By special request the liev. Air. Warner, of Gettysburg, will deliver Ida very popular lecture, descriptive of tbo Battle of Gettysburg, in Bhecm’s Hall, on Monday evening, May 2nd, for the bene fit of the Soldiers' -Aid Society of this place. The lecture was first delivered in Philadel phia last January, and afterwards by request, repeated in the Academy of Music. The city press commended it highly, and from one ot the papers wo make the following ex tract i “ One excellence of the lecture was its de livery without onco referring to the manu script before him. The lecturer was per fectly at home o» # hia subject; the scenes and incidents of those three eventful days seemed crowding his mind with a 'Vividness and freshness which led his audience right into tho midst of the battle, ami all the thrilling incidents associated with it. For <r-rw hour anti fifty minutes, delighted, unwearied, the large audience listened with'the deepest in terest and moat marked attention. * * To attempt a synoposis even of the lecture, would be folly. It must bo heard to bo ap preciated, and to hear it As to sec and feci tno battle of Gettysburg. * * * Every citi zen of the United States should bear it.” Since its delivery in Philadelphia, Air. "Warner has, by invitation, delivered the lecture in other cities and towns in this and other States of tha Union; and wc trust he will have a large audience nest Monday eve ning, as tho lecture promisee to repay all who attend, and the proceeds will bo applied to a very worthy cause —ihe assistance of our needy soldiers and their families. Arnib Showers. —lf there is any truth in the saying, " April showers bring forth May flowers/' we may,except them in plenty, from present indications. Everywhere the grass is springing, buds are starting, and the birds singing, A poet characterizes April as u A timid, blushing maMcn f WUb downcast, tearful eyes— In licr band nn opening rosebud, Perfumed by dewy fiighfi, Oft retreating, oft advancing-, She bus won our hearts ibe -while ; And we cannot choose'but love hsr, por her tear-drop and tier smile ” A Special Prayer Meeting, toinvolrc the blessings of Almighty God upon our army, in view of the npproaohingoontest, ami upon our country, was held in the First Presbyte rian church- on" Monday afternoon. (ICR LITE MILITARY DISASTERS. Tho reverses that have attobded our army movements of late, is not, w 6 trust, an indi cation of what is to follow; and yet, we con fess, wo have our misgivings; Notwithstand ing wo have a brave trnd heroic army; not withstanding we ere a hundred per cent. ■ stronger than the rebels in everything per taining to war,- the humijiatiug fact must bo acknowledged that wo have been peculiarly unfortunate of late in a number of encounters with the oncaiyi The trutji is, we have a set of bunglers and incompetents at the bead of tho Government who arc no more fit to ad minister the affoira of the nation in its pres ent crisis than n dozen of tom cats. They have, most of them, all their lives boon dis unionists, infidels, and fanatics, who are as devoid of patriotism as a turnip is devoid of blood. A few months ago it was announced scmi-officially, that U was necessary to “ weed : out tho army," and retain jon\y such officers as could 'swallow tho Abolition miscegena tion principles of tho administration. Since then many of tho most distinguished officers, of the army have been quietly laid upon the shelf, and our military commanders, as a general thing, are those who swear by Abra ham Lincoln and Ins pigmy cabinet. lienee oor defeats—hence our blunders. The Pleasant Hill affair has a very unpleas ant look, notwithstanding the victory wo achieved in a subsequent battle. This and the other mishaps wo have bad recently, should leach the administration a lesson, if, indeed, it’is capable of seeing affairs us other VA'in sec them. It should convince even our thick-beaded rulers that it is a groat mistake ,to scatter our forces upon detached expedi tious, instead of concentrating them upon the vital strategic points of the rebellion. The Florida expedition was n political movement altogether, and that to the lied river a mere cotton raid. Both were terrible disasters.— Lot the President then drop his political schemes for a short time, and also his cotton speculations, and turn his attention to the affairs of his bleeding country. What is now required is tbc'dcfcat of Lee’s ami Johnson’s armies and the capture of Richmond and At lanta. This accomplished, the backbone of - the rebellion would really bo broken. But f all these minor movements around the edges , of the rebellion lead to a shocking and use less waste of human life. Every man killed,, . either in Florida, along the coast, or west of the Mississippi, is a man murdered, as 1 his death can do nothing toward closing the war. The Draft; —We are enabled to lay before our readers this week the quotas and credits of each borough and township of this county under the impending draft for 700,000 men. It will, by the following table, be scon that Carlisle has a surplus of 52 men over all cre dits, and of course escapes the draft. We congratulate our citizens upon this streak of “ good luck,” and hope that in all future calls from Abraham we may be as far ahead of the figure as at the present. Nervburg borough, Shippensburg township and Lower Alien township also have a small surplus, and Silver. Spring is just even ; all the other town ships and boroughs have their quotas vet to fill. We' hope they will improve the time yet remaining for the acceptance of recruits, anl come out all right. The table has been banded to us by the Provost Marshal and is therefore correct: Tho following is tho statement of Quotas ami Credits of the sub-Idstricts of Cumberland .County on the mb of April, exclusive of veterans, as fur as reported : 6-J?. Ttrj). nr Ji<,rn. s»<’<«. Cn<l. Due. Sitr. •I t. SLippeusburg 130r0., 07 40 21 *l5. “ , Twp., 10 J 2 ' 2 46. Southampton “ 71 23 48 47. Newburg Borough, 14 22 8 48. Hopewell Township, 35 25 10 49. Mifflin Township, 39 17 22 50. NewvUle Borough, .27 I;, I t —' 51. Newton Township, 74 52 22 62. IVeut Peunsboro’Twp,, S 3 45 37 53. Prankford Township, 43 20 2S 64. Penn Township, 5S 31 27 55. Dickinson Township, &2 47 5 56. North MitMleU a Twp., 33 26 7 57. Middlesex Township, 49 40 9 58. East Ward, Carlisle, *94 118 24 59. West Ward, “ SO 108 2S dft. South Middleton Twp., 201) 79- 21 01. Silver Springs, Twp., 62 82 —.— ■ 02. Monroe Township, Dl 37 27 03. Upper Allen Township, 50 42 8' 04. Mecbanicshurg Boro,, 84 55 29 * 65. Bower Alien Township, 46 47 —■ 1 60. New Cumberland Boroi, 17 15 2 07. Hampden Township, 45 43 2 05. Eajt Peunshoro' Twp., 71 03 8 Total, Whole number due, Important Proclamation by Gen. But ler.—A week or two ago wo announced that Gen. Bbn .Butler, one of the pots of tho Ad ministration., who never in bis life fought a battle except tho one against the females of . New Orleans, bad issued an order against the dogs in and about Fortress Monroe. “Tho Mugs paid no attention to the order, and Gen. Ben led a force against them, and slaught ered the whole'of them. This expedition ho headed in person. Below wc publish another order from Gon. Ben. It is said to be genu ine. " Picayune Butler” is an old negro song, written before General Butler gained his present newspaper notoriety*. Provost Marshals Of kick, A llbanoi’autl*rs Va. and N. Carolina, [ I'outrbss Monuor, Va„ Match 1, 1804. J It being supposed by the people residing in this Department that tho popular tune of “ Picayune Butler” was written and com posed by 1 1 e commanding General,- such not being the case, it is hereby ordered that all military bands will cense playing the above tune, us it has a tendency to throw obliquv upon the “ Government,” and thereby retard the suppression of the rebellion. All per sons disobeying the requirements of this or der will be banished from this Department. By command of Maj. Gon. BUTLKU. Jno. Q. Jones, A. A. A.’ Gen. ' K 7" The whole debt of tho State of Kew York including its national liabilities, is es timated at one thousand millions of dollars— within sixty-eight millions of tho value of its I real estate. Pennsylvania stands in about tho same predicament, and should the war continue a year longer, (as it,certainly will, for Lincoln's administration has nearly a year to rim yet,) every foot of ground and every house and real estate of all description will bo mortgaged to their full value 1 Then tho State will bo insolvent, and the crash will follow. These are the “ good times" promised the people previous to- tho election of tho ‘ smutty joker.” OCT* It is highly probable that th'ero will be no draft unless another call for troops is Slide, which is not unlikely.— JV/?Tn Trujinrtr. SOLID TRUTHS FROM A REPCBIACAN SENA- In the United States Senate, recently, Sir. Henderson of Missouri, during tho discus-, sion on the Bill for amending the Constitu tion to Abolish slavery in nil the States, made the following telling remarks. Senator llen debson, ho it remembered, is a loading mem- ber of that body, a decided Abolitionist, and supporter of tiie administration. His re marks, therefore, should not bo offensive to those “ loyal” men who are willing to endorse all tho blunders, outrages, dishonesty and fanaticism of the administration. Hoad what Mr. Henderson says, moa of all parties, ami then ponder' over tho truths ho uttered : Mr. Henbekson. Mr. President, we have expended two thousand millions of treasure; wo daily expend three millions more. The. daily destruction of properly well-nigh equals tho daily expenditure, thereby decreasing our moans of payment in tho same ratio in ,which tho burdens-of indebtedness are in creased. The border States have boon rav- aged, desolated, and now their population is Hying to tho wilderness ’Territories of tho West to escape the curses of wliat wo call American civilization. They seek peace, in order that when all else has teen lost tho fu ture rewards of labor may bo preserved for the comfort and support of their families. — To the holy purpose of restoring tho Union wo have given a million of lives, and a'half million bravo soldiers now stand ready to add their blood to tho sanguine lake that knows no filling. Bebollion is confronting us yob. la it weaker than it was? Public opinion says yea. Take the newspaper press of our country and add up for yourselves the re ported desertions of rebel troops for the Inst two years, and it equals tho original militia strength of tho South. Tho same authority tolls us that the rebel armies are in a state' of starvation, and in the same column reports the destruction of commissary stores on the outskirts of reheldotu sufficient to,subsist tboir armies for three months. IVo nro told by tho reports of chief engineers and major generals in. command that forts have boon leveled by our artillery, have become a mass of slmpclos&vuins and unavailable for defense. Those forts, for six months thereafter, have held in security confederate garrisons, and ( yet frown defiance at our itou-alad na ;i vies. For three years the armies of the Rebellion •have defied our power. In April, ISGI, the Executive and his advisers thought that sev enty-five thousand men could suppress the outbreak .in three months. In duly, 1801, tho Congress supposed that five hundred thousand men would soon complete the work. With an army of many hundreds of thousands now in the field, tho same authorities regard it necessary to add seven hundred thousand more to our present force. Who ia tho man that thinks the rebellion weaker to-day than it was ono, two, or throe years ago? *lt is easy to say we think it weaker. Indecd.it may not he so strong; but our actions give no evidence that such is ojir opinion* If deceiving others be excusa ble, it is scarcely so to deceive ourselves. In the.mean time Congress keeps up the old theme, devising ways and means to crip pfe slavery. We act as though a presiden tial proclamation against slavery would end the rebellion. A diseased and morbid sen timent on the subject has spread abroad. — i Wo want something done, after which no doubt remains that slavery is desuh This restlessness leads us into many emirs. Sumo of ns measure the capacity of officers in the field, not so much by successful strategy against tbo enemy as by lliclr activity in freeing slaves. In our eagerness to accom plish an end we lay a precedent which under change of circumstances may place oar own rights at the mercy of military power. An illegal proclamation against slavery comes like a mantle of charity to cover a multitude of faults. It is as the waters of the Jordan,, washing out the taint of leprosy. lie who | is known to bo anti-slavery may drive ton thousand men to unavailing slaughter. Tito country laments the dead, but honors the he ro. Why not? Ctcsar lost Dyrnchium ; Hannibal lost Zama ; Napoleon lost beipsic and Waterloo. The country may bleed, hot the heart of pur hero is right. lie that is thought to bo doubtful upon this all-absorb ing question is under constant suspicion.— Ten nor twenty successful battles can save him. The tale of an idiot against him is believed. We suspect., his patriotism, and " Trllics tight as air, 1 Are, to the jealous, confirmations strong As proofs of holy writ.” , * * * If it become evident that the 1 friends of slavery are strong enough in this country to resist all reasonable effoits to sub due them, I snail act upon it. lam notpre-1 pared to ruin the country in a vain effort to j do what cannot be done. Shall this war go i on forever ? 'ls this common cry of 44 the last \ man and the last dollar/ 7 poetry, patriotic or 1 braggadocio ? Should the war go on until the public debt equals the entire wealth of the country ? Should the whole capital of the people bo forced into Federal securities, and these securities made the basis of an irredee mable paper circulation ? .Should it go on until misery broods over the whole land ; un til the civil authorities shall become impotent and all rights of person and property stand at the mercy of military power? Should it go on until the members of the Senate and House of Representatives shall owe their places here to the bayonet instead of the bal .lot-box; until they become as contemptible as the Hump Parliament thatso long enacted the'biddvng ofimllilary usurpation to the over throw of the English Constitution, to be final. ly expelled from place by the power they had so basely served ?, Should it go on until cor ruption and fraud, the necessary concomitants of civil war shall have crept into high pla ces and put on the garb of patriotism ; until o'Hccrs lecome son timer ms that official patron age may quarter one-half of the people upon the other half and give them the means of perpetuating their own power? Should it, continue until, exhausted, the nation would welcome the coming of a Cromwell or a 80-, nnpnrto; until provost marshals with milita ry police shall.be stationed at every village in the Northern States, diplacing iho civil uthor'ty, iaauing'ordors for governing people' heretofore supposed to be able to govern themselves, teaching how God shall ho. Wor shipped, prescribing new and strange, offences, and punishing them by courts-martial f Should it continue, until financial ruin bring misery, and misery rushes into anarchy, when uo hope but despotism is left ? Hr.-President, a fow years more of civil war, and the'outlines of this picture will bo seen. It cannot be otherwise. It is tbo nec essary result of a long civil strife, Fcaco parties will spring up; the war party will! denounce them natraitors; tho publication of newspapers will bo suppressed, and freedom of speech denied; mobs will retaliate; the blunders as well as IhecmTuplionsof the war fft-ty will tend to strengthen tl o conv’cti »ns of the peace party; the period being one of violence, each narty appeals to violence, the ono to hold ffio other to obtain power; the ballot-box becomes a faockefy, a cheat; in stead of proclaiming tho voice of a free peo ple it speaks the. subdued language of base subserviency or the bold tones of military * despotism, ms | * 1392 IU)S 347 C 3 BSD’" "Wo have received ‘ ‘ the second ami mil report of the United States Christian Com mission.” It is voluminous, and presents a flattering account of the sovricos and doings of the commission. O” The Emperor of France pays his troops in U. S. gold pieces. Four millions dollars have iust arrived in France for that purpose.' TOR. TUB GREAT SWORD CONTEST. 77m!) McClellan is (o 6c Cheated Oat of the Sword at ike Metropolitan Fair, etc. [Special Corroßpob<lcneo of Ibo Baltimore Kvcti'mg 'lronsorlptJ New York, April 21 The approaching close of the Metropolitan Fair, Ims invested the army sword vote with more excitement and interest than maricod it during tiro Zenith of tho exhibition. But I am in a position to inform your readers that before' tire first vote was recorded it hod been secretly decided to present tiro weapon to General Grant. The McGlellanitos, rvbo ex pended zeal and greenbacks tho polls for sixteen days—-are to bo subjected to foul i play. Tho clerks of Tiffany, who donated the sword, are professedly Grant men, and they hold the books, and tho Executive Com mittee of tho Fair show repeatedly whenever •• Little Mao’-' is ahead, their verbal hostility to him. These are tho men appointed to de cide tho contest. A corrupt etiuj) d’etal has boon made by thorn, which exhibits oven more forcibly than their antecedimts_ their final deterrtunation on the sword question.— They have decided to close the polls-at 2p. m, on Saturday, and to receive subscriptions in sealed envelopes, or ballots, from that hour till eight o’clock in tho evening. Thus, no one except the officials are to know tho state of the vote, and should McClellan hd ahead et the closing hour, tho Grant men, inside tho covered polling booth, can throw in their grecn-hacke in an underhand manner, and thus client McClellan out of the sword,— There are many organizations of men ready to veto for McClellan on tho last day, (Sat urday,) and their subscriptions will amount in tho aggregate to thousands of dollars, hut while their money will ho received, (heir votes will not ho counted to tho damage of Grant. The butchers of Washington Market in this city, have subscribed seven hundred dollars for this purpose ; hut I think that they will discover on Saturday night that sovon thou sand green backs would not bo allowed to turn the scale in favor 'of General McClellan.— Some spirited young men of this city, how ever, after the fair is over, intend to open at a public place in Broadway,, a subscription for a sword to be presented to “ Little Mac,” at fifty cents,-only one contribution being permitted from one person, and tho immense long list of subscribers which will bo counted by thousands, bo presented with tho sword, : lAs anticipated by the writer of the above, the groat sword contest terminated on Sat urday night with a majority of 15,782 in fa- Vor of General Grant, So at least says a tel egram od tho bulletin board of tho People s lino.] A “ Loyal” Favorite. — George Thomp son, the notorious English abolitionist, said in a late speech in Boston, in alluding to his visit to this country, some years ago; “ I was tt disturber of the public peace ; t was an enemy ta the Union ; I was tho’t worthy to be denounced by your X’residont in an mldrpss to Congress; X am unchanged.” This is the man to whom the Federal llimso of Representatives, recently paid the compliment of voting the übo of its hall for him to Icetnre'in ; and whoso address on the occasion was listened to with apparent grati fication by the President and Cabinet, the -admimstrationists in Congress, and nearly all the shod-ly aristocracy of Washington city. The person wjto was denounced by Henry Clay, Ihulici Webster and Stephen A. Doug las as an enemy to the nation, unfit to re ceive anything hnt the ecorn of Americans, is now entertained with distinguished hon ors by the . Administration leaders in- every part of the country. Enormous Taxation,— Secretary Chase’s letter to the Chairman of tiic Senate Finance Committee, dated on tho 12th mst.,wiil open the eyes of the people to What iff coming. Ho says that “nothing short of taxation to the amount of one-half oar expenditures” Will save the Government from bankruptcy and ruin. Now, as it is admitted’' on all hands that our expenses are, af the very lowest BS-, tiinatc, one thousand millions per nnnntn, it is easy to perceive that, according to the Sec retary’s published opinion, the enormous sum of FIVE HUNDRED MILLIONS a year must he raised by taxation ! Can the country stand this, is a pertinent question? This would require an average assessment of .$25 per head for every man, woman and child in the loyal States. Is this the entertain ment the people wore invited to when they were asked to vote for Abb.uiam Lincoln ? Blanks yor Florida. —ln Mr. Lincoln’s private order to Gen. Gilmore lately unearth ed by the AVer Committee, this passage od ours : “ I have given' Mr. Hay a commission of Major, and tend him to you with some blank books, and other blanks' to aid in the recon struction. . He will explain as to the manner of using the blanks, and also ray general views on the subject.” Blank hooks for an invalingarmy 1 AMajorV comraision carrying blanks “ to aid in recon struction !" Aud what entries did Mr. Lin coln's “Major" make in his blanks? 1,500 killed in the swamps of Olustoe 2,000 pris ioners, including wounded loft in the custody of the llohols—wagons, and teams, and can non to any extent—and no reconstruction 1 If our poor soldiers had boon furnished with blank cartridges instead of Wank hooks, they could not have fared worse. Abolition Consistency.— The virtuous in dignation of the. Abolition majority in Con gress, in the matter of Messrs. Long and Harris is appreciated when it is remembered that a few years ago, in the Senate, Mr. Hale, of Now Hampshire, presented a me morial ■praying for a dissolution of ike Union, and that himself, Mr. Seward, and every other Abolition Senator voted to rececivo the momoriu] and refer it to a committee, for tho the consideration, '■f course, of such commit tee. What sublime patriots tho Abolitionists at "Washington are, to he sure. 'X’jie Soldiers’ tore. —Both branches of the Ponnaylvauialcgialature have passed the bill providing fur a special election through out the State on the first Tuesday in August next, at which the people shall decide wheth er the proposed amendments to the Constitu tion permitting soldiers to vote shall bo adopted. The legislature is to meet on the 23d day of August to receive the' returns of the election. O” There are rumors from Washington of another call for two hundred thousand troops for six months, for garrison, duty, so as to place all the available force possible in the field.,.—° XT’ It is said that Gen. Ilallcek intends to resign. This will bo bad hews for the reb els. Soili Sides of the Question'. One of tho favorite arguments of (lie Trib une nginst Gon. MoClollan, when not retail ing some baseless slander, is to the effect that all tho copperheads, peace men ahd semi-so ooasionists wish to see him president. If it finds anything particularly objectionable in any opposition paper tho Tribune quotes it and then exclaims triumphantly, “ that paper (or orator) will support MoClollan for tho presidency," as if that proved ony thing against the object of its dislike. As the Tribune ia so foiid of predicating evil of a candidate because of tho exception able people who may obooae to support him; it cannot object to our giving a email list of tho different claasoa who will inevitably sup port its candidate for tho proaidonoy. So hero goes: . > 1. All the howling, blood-thiraty fanatics from Maine to California. 2. Every blaspheming infidel and athoiat in thp country. , . 3. The filthy praoticora of tho doctrine of miaoogof.atir,n ; every one ®f them. ' 4. Every idle and disoluto negro. 5. All tlioithioviah alioddy contractors, and vultures who feed on tho public waste and of fal of tho state. 6. Array of corrupt office-holders. 7. Tho great stook-gamblors, without ex ception. . . , 8. All the speculators andoxtortiomstawho afo running up pries at the expense of tho poor. 2. Tho men who pay sewing womon star vation prices for work on army clothing. This list might bo extended indefinitely, but itwili suffice. How does tho Tribune like this application of its own argument.—NT. Y. World. Oua Pkesiden.t as He Is. —Dr. Orestes Brownson,a strong Abolitionist and very able man, expresses tho folowing opinions of Pres ident Lincoln : “ Tho President’s measures, are generally wrong measures, or right measures at a wrong time or in a wrong place. His soul seems made of leather, and incapable of any grand or uoblo emotion. You leave his presence with your .enthusiasm-damped, your better feelings crushed and your hopes cast to the winds. Every wisdom from him seems but folly. “We bolievo him strong enough, with his patronage and his demagogic and selfish sup porters, to proven any other, man from getting the nomination, or, if ho gets it, to prevent him from being elected, and we belieovo him just, tho man to do eo. * * Can wo doubt that all tho patronage of the government will he wielded in his favor, and against the man who dares to oppose him?” The people must determine whether such a man, so described by a loading member of his own party, is fit to bo re-elected Presi dent of tho United States. If they decide in his favor they must do it with their eyes open and their minds made up to hear the conse quences. A people willing to accept as their ruler a man who is at once weak, mean sel fish and arbitrary, do not deserve to ho trea ted otherwise than as dogs, collared and chained. * SO” In tho New York World, of Saturday, we find the following paragraph in ft column giving incidents of tho closing days of the great Sanitary Fair of that city. It refers to tho " sword contest,” which has excited so much interest amongst the visitors to the Fair; MRS. UENERAL GRANT VOTES FOR GENERAL M CLEI.LAM. In the earlier part of tho day a’ lady ap peared in tho Department of Anna and Tro phies, and she' was ftt once conducted by a military officer to the polls, where'she voted for General McClellan.- Soon after she' left tho scene it was discovered she was the lady of tho General on'whom tho fate of the Vir ginia campaign depends, General Grant;— tier action wfts a graceful evidence of queen ly magnanimity. It Ims never been ddjr'forfuhfe’ to 1 rdCbt’d a move graceful and magnanimous Act’. It .marks the iady as the possessor of the' loveli est attributes of her sex—the highest quali ties of heart and eouli It WAB more than \ queenly—it was womanly!- McCLeLLa.it Hcn'nUn at the A cXPeiiy or Music. —Straws, it is said, indicate tho cur rent of tho air, and’it is sometimes’said that trifles as light as straw indicate',tllo drift of popular opinion. Oh Wednesday evening last, at the concert of the Mbu\if Vernon School, tho young lady representing Penn sylvania spoke flatteringly of lior rtnicb ahus 'edsan, George B. McClellan.- At the mere mention of bis name a serpent hiss was heard, and it was no sooner delivered than there pealed forth one tremendous yell of npplhdSo such as was never witnessed or heard in the Academy before. Tho scene beggars all de scription. A one legged soldier iri tbs ex citement arose, and standing on his single stump flourished his crutch aloft, and with Ws face beaming with enthusiasm, bellowed himself hoarse in cheering for “ Little Mac.” Ladies waved their handkerchiefs, men their hats, some their iista ; and if the petty pol troon had been discovered’, woe would have been his reward. For a moment the esoite mept was terrific, and ive, never witnessed enthusiasm so magic as well as extended.— The people are all right on little Mac, and it needs hut the mention of his name in a pro miscuous assembly to assort tho fact.—Sun day Mcrcmy. JSy Governor Seymour of Now-York is trying to save that state from the disgrace of repudiation. On Friday ho sent to the login, laturo a message protesting against tfre poli cy adopted by tho passage of the resolution paying the interest on the State debt in cur rency, on tho ground that it will depreciate i State stocks and injure the credit of the State. Ho recommends a reconsideration of. the action of the two houses, and that the in terest be paid in gold. This is one not at least, of Gov. Seymour, to which all honest men can give their unqualified approbation. ID* Mr. Grinnell, a genuine Abolitionist, in his speech on Tuesday night, in the House debate on expulsion, remarked : “ I would rather say, a thousand times, lot the country bo divided—the South go their way all slave and the North all free—rather than see the country once more under Demo cratic misrule/’ This Grinnoll is loyal and voted for the’ expulsion of Mr. Harris for treasonable lan guage. Laborers in Trouble,—‘A correspondent of the Chicago Journal, writing- from Chat tanooga, states that four hundred men from tho North, employed ns government laborers on the railroads in this department, have been paid off and discharged fpr turbulent conduct, and are said to bo consigned, under a guard, to regions beyond the Ohio, A Poser I—The Louisville Jow^o?' asks : ”If Lincoln had full power to decide between pence, with McClellan in tho Presidential chair,* and war, with himself In the chair, which would tho country be likely to have peace or war?” ■\Vei.i. Done . — At a recent Democratic meet ing in New York, one of tbo speakers, a Gor man Colonel who has been in service in our army, told a largo number of amusing stories illustrating the absurd oreod of the Adminis trationists. The two following hit off tho points described in an effective manner: “ A man once went for a doctor for his wifa and asked him ‘ How long bnvo you boon a doctor?’ The answer was, ‘Twenty five years. Tho man asked, ‘ How many patients have you killed in that time V ‘Only one,’ said the Doctor ; so the'man hired 'the doctor to seo his wife,-and in a few days his wife was dead, So the man asked him in great wrath lioW it was .possible he had only killed one person in twenty-live years. ‘Ob,* said the doctor, ‘ I only bad one patient. So tbo Re publicans in twenty or thirty years have only one patiedt,nnd they have nearly killed him. In making this a war for abolition, they are like tbo man who set fire to his house, and burned in it his furniture, his wife and chil dren, and when asked why he burned it* re plied, ‘to kill cockroaches.' " > - , Tho latter story is decidedly well put,— The Administrationists aeoni bent on destroy ing the Federal Union and tho happiness of tho while men and womon of tho country, all for tho sake of giving freedom to the negroes. LorAttr.—Keep it before tho people that tbo Chicago Tribune, a Lincoln-Loyal organ said : “ Give us a rebel victory, lot our armies bo destroyed, Maryland conquered, Washington captured, tho President exiled, and the Gov ernment destroyed, give us those and any other calamities that can result' from defeat and ruin, sooner than a victory with Model-, lan as General.” OCT There are forty-two Sovereigns in Eu rope. — Exchange. There used to bo thirty millions in this country ; but they have all boon swallowed up by a lean lank, long-shanked 'story-teller from Illinois. XVo hope ho will soon get tired of his meal, and bo compelled to do ns, the whale did with Jonah. Miroenation.— The Now York Times, in an article on amalgamation, says : “XVo shrink from putting on paper tho stories which roach ns ns to prevalence among.-t young white ladies uf preference -for colored men—phre black having the precedence in all cases whore there is room for choice.” Tub Coming Struggle. —Richmond papers announce tho complexion of Leo's prepara tion for a fearful struggle, and say,' “ tho South stands ready, like tho strong man armed, tho good man with his sword in the sheath, his harness bright, and his heart full strong.” Now then. Grant! Cgg'* 1 The Louisville Journal says—Fred Douglas thinks that the blacks can never get rid of certain mischievous ideas except hy amalgamation with the whites. No doubt this is the only way to got the 1 kinks out of their heads. (C7“Thc Wat* Department' will need tyfref $97,000,000 before the Ist day of July nest, “ Nobody hurt." ' ■THE WAR-MEWS, FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF flfli GULF. Heavy Bailie at Pleasant Hill, La. •DEFEAT* Ai*-D IiOUT OF THE UKION FORCE. ©h» v ILoss- S*i’dl*aH>Sy 3,000. Cinc'AGd, April 10,.3804. The JoMrnhl V letter fiom- Grand'Encore, 10th lust.* says:’ . OurctiValry had : bdfcri driving'thff chCrny for two days, but’ on the forenoon of the Bth sent back word fdl* infantry supports.; Cron. Ransom; in command of the 3d and 4*tb Di visions oftlid Rdth Corps, was ovdbrcd ; to'sdnd forward a-brigade and ho did so.- At noon •he followed with the 4th Division! ' After advancing about live rhllcfc from where the Bd Division cf his cmhmarid, and the 19th Corps wore encanipod; tho Rebels made a stand, and our lino consisting of only 2,400 infantry, formed in a belt of woods with an open Held in front, and the enemy in the woods on the other side. Gen. Stone, of BaU’s-Bluff ft me, Chief of Oon. Bank’s staff, was on the field and took direction, of the movement. After a skirmish across this open field for ■about an hour; the enemy advanced upon us in overwhelming numbers, estimated at 10,- 000 strong; Gen. Ransom got all the availa ble troops to the front and opened on them. ;The cnemylost heavily but advanced steadily. Soon .all of the cavalry gave way and the infantry fell back. In a few moments the enemy pressed us closely. The panic of the dkvalry so demoralised the army that the retreat became w rout.— The General did all in his power to rally the ’ men, but finding-it possible without rein forcements, made every effort to save tho ar tillery. endeavoring to gob the Chicago Mercantile Battery off safely, Gen., llaueom Was severely wounded in the leg. Captain Cyrus E. Dickey, lua Adjutant*, was instantly killed. Our loss Was largo; probably 2,000', The Mercantile Battery lost all its trims. Captain White'is a prisoner. Licuts. Troop and Mcßride are killed'. The loss of tho battery in killed and captured is 31. One hundred and fen of theta returned to camp after the disaster. % "While the 4th Division was falling back in disorder, tho 3d Division,.numbering 1,800 men, came up and was immediately routed. Finally, the Nineteenth Army Corps, with T,OOO men, came up and formed in lino.— They checked the enemy and hold, them un til wo got our trains off except that of the cavalry.- The whole army is falling back' bore, where it must wait to i-e-orgatiizo before proceeding further toward Shreveport. ANOTHER BATTLE IN LOUIS] ANA THE REBELS THOROUGHLY ROUTED. Capture of 2,000 Prisoners and 20 Can- non. Chicago, Wednesday April 20, 1804. This evening's Journal publishes extracts ■ from private letters from members of the Chi cago Mercantile Battery, dated April 12, to the effect that on the day after the recent dis aster to the 13th Army Corps, Gen. Av J. Smith, with the ,19th Army Corps, engaged the enemy and defeated them, capturing 2, 000 prisoners and 20 cannon. Was HtA-aroN, April 20, 1804. ,'Tho following dispatch was received at the .Navy Department at noon to-day ■: Cairo, 111., Tuesday, April 19, 1804. Bon. Gideon WemiJs Secretary of the Namj I received private letters from Rod River one dated Grand Ecoro, La., April 10, and one dated Alexandria; April 12, stating that the army under Gen. Banks met with rever ses on the Bth inst;, near Mansfield. Our army fell hack, and on the next day, the Rebels attacked them and wore handsomely whipped, The loss is heavy on both sides. The Admiral (Porto?), whon~i„ r T~, from was about forty miles above Eeoro. Tbo river was low. - Ut Md A. M. Pennock, Fleet c ap iai a ' Cdioaqo, Wednesday, April 20 IRri A lettordatod Grand Eooro, iltl,’ - private in tlio Chicago Mere autile J giving an account of the battery i n ihb'u.?/ .confirms yesterday’s dispatch in regard to h disaster to a portion of our forces . 19 the tied River expedition. ■ P osin g The letter says, of ourwhol o Division boring 3,000, men but 1,000 are left to ni the fearful odds against which , tliey coniot I od. Two regiments of.tho Division were solidatod and had in nil 140' men and 6ov ° a ' officers, tho highest in rank beinc n n Cn , tain. • , U F' Tho 10th Corps cheeked tho Rebels and) u tliom for about twenty five minutes J 8 ® they wore forced to retire. wliioli they ,n slowly ; and as night came on, tho hIJ,,, conflict ended. 09 1 Tho next morning Gen. A. J, Smith upwith Uisco nmand androlioved Gen lin, and took 800 prisonßrs. ’ ont ‘ A letter from anotlier private in the mim battery says : Oar Corps (tho, 13th), i a out to pieces, ond wo fell back to this nW. (Grand Ecorej, five or six miles from tlieU. tie field to reorganize. ' Wo lost 24 pieces of artillery, all thafvra« in the fight. This letter says that General Smith cop| M od 2,000 prisoners and 30 guns in tho s,i,i on the 9th. Still another Jotter says : Wo got all Both of reports from the front. Tho latest is iw &Z ral - SmHh ' Th ‘/ ) ?S d tha Rebels, tnkine -2,000 prisoners and 18 guns. 6 The expedition is no doubt broken up ond our troop's falling back. 11 . Caiko, Wednesday, April 20; 1861 Information obtained from o truat-wnrilw source confirms tbo statements of The Chica go Journal's Rod River letter of the 10th inst” concerning tho bffttio of Ploasont Hill on the Bth, that account being mainly correct, • Our loss however, wasgreater time is' there in staled. Tbo fight wound up in the enemy being handsomely whipped and drawn item the field with heavy lose.. FROM NORTH CAROLINA, The Attack on Plymouth—Loss of Union Om floats—Commander Fluster Killed, &c. ■Washington, April'22,—The fulWmjj in formation was received licro to day concom ing the recent disaster at Plymouth, N. C.: A rebel ram came down the river about three o'clock, on Monday morning, floats down-with the current, and was not discover ed until under the prows of the Miami.— Lieutenant .Commander Fluster rushed for ward, sighted and fired the bow gun leaded with a shell, which struck the ram, reboun- ded and instantly killed him, a piece «{ the shell cutting his heart out. The ram then attacked the Smithfiold, sinking her in five minutes. The Miami was soraowhaiinjured, 'JL lie ram passed by the guns at Plymouth without being discovered. She is 150 (cot long, draws about eight of water and tunica hut two small guns. FROM WASHINGTON. tub campaign opening; Washington, April 2-i.—There is a gener al impression in this city that active move ments in Virginia will not ho much longer, delayed by the armies on both sides. Hu mors prevail to day-of a retreat to Warren ton, Va., but the one entitled to the wtwt credit is that mir troops merely fell back a few miles from that place fur proper pnrpo^j ♦ THE MILITIA' CAI.L IN THE Wfestf, - Washington, April 24.—The Presided has accepted the tender on the part of the Governors of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wiscon sin and lowa, of an aggregate of eighty firs thousand volunteer infantry, to serve, or.ts hundred days from the time of their bcin£ mustered in as regiments. These are to he (laid, do lied, subsisted and trans ported by the government, and employed m fortifications, either in'their several States or wherever required. Dwfc. (Jn the 2(Hh insf., in Brantford township, Siiio.v Bk.vi&R, aged 31’yours, 5 months and 1 day. 3®aikefe CARLISLE' afAWET.'—April's?' 1864. Corrected Weekly by R.' 0. lEoOtfifctwl- >( Flour, Kiiperfthts, ‘pcr'l>b:,’y• do,, Kxtraj- ■ . * do., Kyo, dk.’" • Wirirß M'iikAt, p6r busbc!/ MF Uuft Wheat, dol*6o Kvb, 'do.‘- ip, Con.v, do'./ :•'* 1,10. Oa^S, SfIIJ.NF BARLEY, Fall do., Cl/OVIinSEKP, Timotiivsebd iT6.y do.y do'.y* dft.)' do., , ■ PHILADELPHIA MARKETS, '-Alpril 27. Flouu, superfine, - 1 IJ,l J , Extra. - - - - - 8 Rytf*Fi.oim, - - * - 7 M., Conn Mkal, - - - - - - 5 7^. WukaT) red, - - - •• 159f1H2 ( ** white, - - - 175a20C 1 it. V M 1 W' Rye, Corn, . yellow, - " white, Oats, CLOVKRSEEIij Whiskey; jmmubu. »r.i.c.momis,de«- QjmWt TIST. Has rcmCTOd froril £Tnu tli Hanover street to West Pomfrot street.' opposite the Female High School* Carlisle. ’ . [April 28,1804* United Stales 5* Per Cent. 10-40 Loan- WE are .prepared' to furbish tho 1040 United States Loan, authorized fry set of March 3d, 1864, either Registered or Coop« n Bonds, as parties may prefer, in denomination °* $5O, $lOO. $5OO, $l,OOO, $5,000 and $lO,OOO, T!ho interest on' tho $5O and $lOO Bobdk is ?«?“’■ Lie annually, and all other denominations' saw’ annually, in coin. Tho ponds’ will boor dat« March 1, 1804, and are redeemable at tho ploosuw of Ihp Government after 10 years, and payohlo years from date in coin, with interest at 6 percent* IV. M. BEISTEM, Cashier. Carlisle Deposit Bank, V April 28, 1864. | RfoliCC. NOTICE is hereby given that nn °^ c 1° will bo hold on Monday, the o th day of ■ W 1864, at the Court House, in Carlisle, hours of 2 and 4 o’clock, P. M.,-oF a y», , /j.« a President andfiVo’<tstigors for tho Corhs io <fc "Water Company. itpril 28, 186-l-2t HOOP SKIRTS 1 HOOP SKIRTS M JUST received direct from' tho ror, J. W. liradloy, Now Yorlr, ■. i« sortment of tho colobrated Duplex p « a . double) steel-spring Skirts, one of tho *> fl ulris» tiops over known in tho make and style i sn( j as they arc made in all tho different fl ■ ivmt shapes, tho full regular size, the Quaker, Ji Quaker, and tho La Mtt Quaker, -ombn c wh^ 40, 60, oo; 70; so, 90 and 100 steel bea t' skirt. XHoaao oall and boo.tho ~ 0 n Dtf skirt ever brought before the pdbhe, a tllo and cheap atoro, on tho south-east corn , public square, Carlisle. & April 28, 1681. iM 6,19’ 2,58’ .. 8 CC 85 a W GKO. WEISE, AecretaW
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