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 | *
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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.
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