AMISIUCAS YOLOTEEK JOIIR-B. BRITTON, Editor & Proprietor. CARLISLE, PA., MAY 5, 1,864, FOR PRESIDENT IN 1804, GEORGE B. IPCLELLAK [Subject to tbo decision of a National Convention.] Stealing Groceries.—The Thief in Lim bo. —For tbo last year or more, a German, named Autuisrua Jeremiah, residing in Loh ther street, this borough, has been selling groceries, at his diminutive residence, at very low rates—at least one-third and sometimes one-half cheaper than they could he purchas ed at our regular stores. Ho drove a smash ing business, and people flocked to him with wheel-harrows and go-carts to lay in a good supply of sugars, coffees, salt, fish, bacon, in digo, Ac. Many had their -suspicions that Jeremiah had never purchased these goods, for it was notorious that even at whole sale city prices they cost from thirty to forty per cent, more than he was selling them for. A number of our grocery men had missed arti cles from their cellars, but still they did not like to institute a search of Jeremiah’s prom ises, without first having some tangible proof of his guilt. Finally, at the instance of Messrs Myers and Halbert, both of whom bad lost heavily sugar, coffee and meat, a search warrent was placed in the hands of of ficer Martin, who, with the assistance of Col. K. M'C artney, proceeded to the premises of J. and instituted the search. Goods belong ing to nearly every grocer in town were found. More than a cart load belonged to Mr. Hal bert alone, and a largo quantity of dried , meatwasolaimedMr Myer°. Messrs ßentz, llyeb and others also articles be longing to them. On the person of Jeremi ah (who was at once arrested and placed in prison,) was lound some fifty keys, with which ho had opened the various collars ho had rob bed. The prisoner confessed his guilt, and of course along term in the penitentiary .will \ bo his fate. I Our grocery men have no idea how much they were robbed of by this hardened scoun drel. Mr. Halbert thinks ho lost several thousand dollars worth, Mr. Myers and Mr. Bentz also lost considerable, and several oth ers have suffered on a smaller scale. It should serve as a lesson to thsm to be more careful in the future in securing their cellar doors. Bugs on ma Apple Tree.— A few days since in examining an apple tree in our gar den, we found that each bursting bud was literally covered with very diminutive bugs or UCO. M'noy are" xne coiur ui ura lorn, tma it requires a very close inspection to discov er them. We mentioned the circumstance to a farmer acquaintance, who at once, on his return homo, made a careful examination of the trees in his orchard, and found them all polluted,with the same vermin. We fear, therefore, that this post will Ije found bn ap ple trees generally, and of course the crop we expected will bo injured, and possibly destroyed. It really appears that the plagues of Egypt are to be sent upon us, for nearly every kind of fruit trees as well as the o'ata and grain crops are beset with now enemies, in the shape of flies, bugs and lico. Assistant Surgeon A. E. Carotherp, (formerly of this county,) paid a short visit to his relatives in this borough, a few days since, previous to his leaving for Texas for duty. He expects to be attached to the staff of Gen. Hamilton, Military Governor of' Texas. The doctor is a promising young physician, and stands high in the army as a careful and successful practicioner. IV e wish him success. Small Accident. —On Tuesday afternoon the freight train of cars, in passing East struck a Hah wagon in High street, upsetting the same, and making a general scatter of fine shad. The driver and horse escaped without injury, by a very close calculation. The cars run too fast through town, and the Company should bo compelled to obey fhe Borough ordinance. The Quarterly meeting of the Sol diers' Aid Society will be held in the base ment of the Episcopal Church on Thursday evening. May sth, at 7$ o'clock, P. M. F. J. CLERC, Pres't. I#. E. C. Johnson, Sec’y. Thanks Tothe Monitor Club, —The Sol-' diers Aid Society desire to return their thanks to the members of the “ Monitor Club,” of this place for their kindness in giviving a concert on the evening of the 11th ult. for the benefit of the Soldiers’ Aid Society. All proceeds of the concert were allowed to go into our Treasury, and it is by such gralu itous services that we are enabled to carry on the works of our Society. The “ moni tors” certainly know how to make good mu sic and their concert was a complete success. The gross receipts amounted to $OB 20, leav ing a balance for our treasury, after all nec essary expenses wore paid, of .about $5O. In behalf of the Society, Mrs. G. IV. Sueaper, T B. Bradv, v Committee. 11. S. Ritter, ] Death or Dr. Crawford.— Wo regret to learn by a telegraphic dispatch from Mifflin town, Juniata county, that Dr. E. D. Craw ford, the predecessor of Air, Bucher in tho State Senate, is no more, lie died very sud denly on Monday afternoon last. Dr. C. was a roost estimable man, an intelligent physi cian, and devoted husband and father. Ills loss will bo severely felt by the people of Ju niata and lamented by all who knew him. Jiu Lane, tho vulgar Kansas Senator, made' a speech in New York city, favoring Lincoln’s nomination, in which he said lie was “ will ing for one to make this war a permanent in stitution.” The New Nation, a Fremont or gan, responds that if Lincoln is re-elected, Jim’s wish will in all likelihood be gratified A. CURIOUS LETTER FROM PRESIDENT LINCOLN. In another column will he found a very remarkable, if not startling, letter from Pre sident Lincoln. Without'cxocption it ia the most /unblushing confession of guilt and treachery we have ever, read. Jeff. Davis himself has never, w.o believe, enunciated stronger language against the laws and the •Constitution. “I am naturally anti-slavery; if slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong,” flays the President in the outset of his letter. Indeed I But other men Who had almost -os much character and sense na the “ rail-Aplit tor,” did not consider slavery in this! light. Washington, Jefferson, Ma-ksoN, -Monroe and Jackscn, whose portraits grace the Loy al .(Thieves) League * Rooms of Philadelphia, wore slave owners, and they did not consider slavery tho unforgiving sin. And when the Son of God made this earth his foot-stool, slavery 'existed, and he did not condemn it in word or deed. But as Christ has been repu diated by the HoSSo of Representatives, per haps wo had better make no reference to so unimportant a personage in these times of Abolition infidelity—those times of “now ■ideas.” “And yet,” says the President, “A have never understood that the Presidency con ferred on me an unrestricted right to act offi cially upon" this judgment and feeling.”— Very true, Mr. Lincoln. The Presidency (a position you obtained by fraud and by misrepresenting your opinions,) did not give you an.unrestricted right to carry out your own whims on any subject, but yet, in the face of your oath, in the face of law, the Con stitution and State rights, you did act upon your own judgment, and put all Constitu tional barriers at defiance. “ I could not take the office without taking the oath,” remarks the President. True again, and to get a $25,000 office ho took an oath which he confesses he h'as violated. “ Nor was it my view that I might take an oath to get the power, and hfeak the oath in using the power,” ho continues. Perhaps old Abe is sincere in this declaration ; per haps ho was not aware at that time that he bad masters pvor him, who would require him to “ break the oath” just as often as they desired him to do so. Possibly he was rot aware that he was the mere cat's paw in the hands of a sot of Infidels, who had pronounced our flag a “ flaunting lie,” and who had pe titioned and voted for a dissolution of the Union. Perhaps, we say, he was not aware of all this, nn/T therefore was of opinion that ho could not “ break the oath” with impunity and at the bidding of those benighted scoun drels behind the throne and who are greater than the throne itself*. Again, the President says: “ I understood, too, that in ordinary civil administration, this oath oven forbade rno to practically indulge jny primary, abstract judgment on the moral question of slavery.” “In ordinary civil administration,” then, Mr. Lincoln would consider his oath bind ing, but in his extraordinary administration ho intimates that ho is at liberty to violate his oath and “ to practically indulge his pri mary abstract judgment,” £c. Again he says: X QIO, UUilcißVuiiOl, U»oA my natl, to preserve the Constitution to the best of my ability, imposed upon me the duty of pre serving, by every indispensable meons, that Government, that Nation, of which that Con stitution was the organic iaw. Wnsitpossi blo to lose the nation and yet preserve the Constitution.” The above extract is cloudy and muddled, like all Lincoln's writings. He evidently means that he was compelled to do one or two things—either violate the. Constitution, which he had sworn to support, or “ lose the nation. Now, sensible men have always boon of opinion that the only way to perpetu ate the Union was to obey, enforce and main tain the Constitution. But this third-class lawyer of Illinois combats this opinion, and to do so casts aside his oath of office ! Again ; “By general law,‘life and limb must be protected ; yet often a limb mijst bo amputa ted to save a life; but a life is never wisely given to save a limb. I feel that measures, otherwise unconstitutional, might become lawful by becoming indispensable to the pre servation of the Constitution, through the pre servation of the nation, flight or wrong, I (assumed this ground, and now avow it. ’ I could not feel that to the best of my ability I ■ bad even tried to preserve the Constitution, if to save slavery or any minor matter, I should permit the wreck of Government, Country and Constitution all together. When early in the war General Fremont attempted military emancipation, I forbade it, because ! I did not then think it an indispensable nc J cessily. When a little later, General Cam eron, then Secretary of War, suggested the the arming o( the blacks,_ I objected, because I did not yet think it an indispensable neces sity. When, still later, General Hunter at tempted military emancipation, I again for bade it, because f did not yet think the in dispensable necessity had come.” W hat a declaration is this to come from the the President of the United States? fie hero compares the Constitution to a, diseased limb of a man, that had to be amputated, and therefore, he (Anr. Lincoln,) has lopped off or set aside the Constitution to save (as he says) the life of the nation 1 He is expli cit, therefore, in announcing that ho has vi olated the Constitution and disregarded his oath. And “ right or wrong” he says, he now assumes this ground ! More than this, he confesses that C.\ai r.iioN, Fremont and Hunter were in advance of him in their at tempts at military emancipation, and that he “objected,” because he did not think “ the indispensable necessity had come.”— The “ indispensable necessity,” he should have added, was the " pressure” brought upon him by such demagogues and " let the Union slide” traitors as Jim Lane, Greei,v, Wilson, Sumner, Andrews, and men of that ilk. That was the “indispensable necessity” that governed AurauAm Lincoln, and forced him to disregard the oath ho had taken.-r- Again: “ When, in March, and. May, and July, 1862, I made earnest and successive appeals to the border States to favor compensated emancipation, I believed the indispensable necessity for military emancipation and arm ing the blacks would come, unless averted iby that measure. They declined tho propo -1 sition,and I was, in my best judgment, driven to tfio alternative pf either surrendering the Union, and with it the Constitution, or of laying strong had upon the colored element; 1 chose the latter. In choosing it I hoped for greater gain than loss; but of this, I was not entirely confident. More than a year of trial now shows no loss by it, in our foreign relations; none in our home popular senti ment; none in our white-military force—no loss by it anyhow or anywhere. "Gn the con trary, it shows a gain of quite a hundred and thirty 'thousand soldiers, Bfcarhon nnd labor ers. These are palpable facts, hbotit which, as facts, there can ho no caviling. Wo have *fho ifien, and wo could not have had them without the menHuro,* . Ai-au, 27, 1864. | Prop. Carlisle Volunteer; Dear Sir. —'Will you please give notice in your next issue that I will be in your place on Thursday, May 12, 1804, to pay the com panies commanded by Capts. Ilumrich and Cornman, for services during the emergency of 1802, The men will receive pay for the ■number of days they were in service, together with the clothing allowance in cash. By eo doing you will confer a,favor upon the men themselves (who probably will not have an - other opportunity) and also upon me by se curing a full attendance at the pay table. Vcry respectfully, Wiu.iab S. Strtker, , Paymaster U. S. A. Termination or tub Sword Contest.— The New York correspondent of the Balti more Transcript, in a letter dated the 25th April gives the finale of the great swordcon test, explainshow it wasdouo, &o. Desays;. As predicted m my letter to the Transcript, McClellan has been cheated out of tho army sword, which has created such an excitement at the Metropolitan Sanitary Fair during the last three weeks. Nothing bettor shows the popularity of the ox-commander of the Army of'the Potomac than the fact that he had the latest number of cotes by several thousand, and the Lieutenant General the largest num ber of greenbacks. Sensible Democrats ceas ed voting altogether tho moment the secret voting commenced, as they well knew that, if required, tho entire capital of one of Chase’s National Banks would be used to defeat Gen eral McClellan. Now it should not be lost sight of that the “ loyal leagues,” who con tributed their $15,000 not to present Grant wvith the sword, but to deprive the people’s idol out of it, did not subscribe one single cent, as long as tho voting was open and above board, and it was only at tho last moment that an employee of the shoddy club at Un ion square was sent to deposit the sealed envelopes with the heavy Grant votes. They would not have given one cent for the bene fit of our sick and wounded soldiers, but for the fear inspired from headquarters that ‘‘Lit tle Mao” would receive too much honor at the hand of an upright people. There was on Saturday night and there is even yet this morning, considerable ill-feel ing against the Managers of the fair, for hav ing thus at the last moment violated their pledge, that every voter should inscribe his name’ln the book setapart for tho purpose.— This pleased our people at the outset,no un derhand work was possible, as McClellan and Grant men, and a fair sprinkling o£ Argus eyed reporters were constantly present, and hence there ivas no dissatisfaction. But the shoddy contractors who sent the $15,000 call ed themselves “ Loyal men of New York and with all their “loyalty” dared not-to give their names; but enclosed their money secretly, just at the moment it was wanted, and in an underhand manner. But, after all it will only heighten tho administration en terrtained by the pooplo for General McClel lan, as another injustice is added to tho long list of outrages inflicted on this patriot by , the radical clique of the country. Arrange ments are now being made to prevent him with a “ People’s sword,” which oannolrbe (brought hy, “ loyal"- greenbacks, * Y/IIY GRANT BAS DELAYED tOTM. Tho following lottor, dated AVashington, April 29, appeared in all the city daily pa pers of Saturday last? The LiEHTENANT-GENERAL AlfD TIENIfRALS McClellan and Fremont.— lt has transpir ed that when Lieutenant-General'Grant as earned command of the armies of the Union, he represented to the President that in view of tho magnitude of tho trust imposed upon him, he felt it incumbent upon him to fortify himself by all the’means in his power; and in particular .he needed the moral support which tho employment of Generals'McClell an and Fremont, representing two groat phase's of public opinion, would give. He. therefore desired permission to assign them to duty. Tins Was refused on a trifling pre text as respects Fremont, but peremptorily as to General McClellan. General Grant then proceeded to re-organize the armies on another basis. He thought it,host to bring several western generals to his aid and dis placed many who had served under McClell an. This has not worked satisfactorialy ; and General Grant is understood to have ad mitted, while satisfied with the number and material of his army, he is uneasy respect ing the morale. Ho returned to AVashington on Monday, therefore, with a peremptory de mand for the services of General McClellan in the forthcoming campaign, and refuses to move tho army until his demands are com plied with. Ho is also very urgent that Gen eral Fremont bo assigned to duty. These facts are admitted by Lincoln’s adherents, and here we have tho reason why, with splendid roads, no movement is made. It therefore appears that the President has (as we predicted ho would,) already com menced a war upon Grant, and is doing all in his power to thwart bis views and plans. Gen. Grant, it seems, is of opinion that tho services and influence of McClellan and Fremont aro indispensiblo to his success, and most particularly is ho solicitous to place McClellan at tho head of his old army. But politics, as usual, rule our wretched Presi dent, and he “peremptorily refused Grant’s request!” Rather would he see tho army out to pieces, and the country wrecked, than give a command to the hero who twice saved AVashington and possibly his (the President’s) own neck, and who would have taken Rich mond hut for, the wicked treachery of the President and his administration, who con spired against him end ordered 25,000 of his best troops to leave him at tho very hour he was about to make the final assault upon the Rebel Capitol. No matter what becomes of tho army or tho qountry, so that Lincoln can carryout hie own treasonable political de signs, and gratify his little malignant heart. Various Abolition journals as well as many members of Congress of the some party, have expressed tho devilish sentiment that “ rath er than see McClellan again in command they prefer a dissolution of tho Union and universal bankruptcy." Horrible, wicked and treasonable as this sentiment was, it now appears that they got the hint from Lin coln himself, and that they were speaking for him I Tho fact is there is a conspiracy against the Government by tho Government itself, and before long the people will discov er that those blatant demagogues who talked “loyalty” in public places, wore at tho same time and in a secret manner, plotting trea son and robbing the Treasury of millions of treasure. Mark it, wo say, the people will yet discover that a conspiracy exists against both tho nation ond Gen. Grant. Grant sees this himself, and chafes like a tiger at bay... Let traitors beware! Grant is a quiet man, hut yet the act of CroMWell, no doubt, occasionally occupies his mind. Tho admin istration had better he cautious, and not be too bold in making known its real designs to the army and tho people. - The Pennsylvania Reserves. —Governor Curtin, on the 4th of March last addressed a communication to the. President in. relation, to this gallant corps, making certain sugges tions and requests, as folio,ws: Ist. That the brigade which has been sep arated from the Pennsylvania Reserve Corps be immediately returned to it, with the un derstanding that hereafter the whole division will be allowed to serve together, unless when some military reason to the contrary shall ex ist. 2d. That all the men of that corps, or of any other Pennsylvania regiments, who shall re-onlist, shall remain in the regiments to which they now belong, and be credited to Pennsylvania on account of her quota. 3d. That the term of service of the vete rans in the Pennsylvania Reserves bo estima ted from the date of their being originally sworn into the service of the State. By the miserable policy adopted towards this gallant corps—says the Talley Spirit— it is now composed of shattered regiments, separated; their esprit du corps effectually broken and the pride of the dvieion crushed. In reply to the Governor’s communication General Canby, A. A. G., says, that the ques tion of tetUrning the regiments of the corps to the Army of the Potomac has been refer ed to the circumlocution office whore red tape abounds, and that the term of service of these veterans is calculated from the date of their muster into the United Slaiei service, and not into that of the Sate. The United States gov ernment, under this decision, may gain a few months service" from these men at the ex pense of creating great dissatisfaction ond loosing them for a new period of three years. The treatment of our gallant reserves, on the part of the government, has been shameful ever since they entered "Washington, four days after the battle of Bull Run, fifteen thousand strong. They have since partici pated in nil the battles in which the Army of the Potomac was engaged, and have cover ed themselves with glory, yet the government has persistently kept them in the front and refused to - accord them what was so freely ac corded to other troops, theprivilegeof return ing home to recruit their shattered ranks. Nothing short of annihilation would seem to be the fate of the gallant Reserves, the pride of Pennsylvania. Shame 1 Select School, —Select scholars for Feb uary and March, 1864. School No. ll.—Samuel long, Daniel Common, Jesse G. Wolf, No. 12.—Esther Gill, Kate Halbert, Helen Noble. No. 13.—Susan Brown, Kate Hey, Maggie Grove. No. 14.—Edward AY. Biddle, Geo. Hoff man, Martin Tobins. ’ No. 15.—Louisa 1. Weaver, Kate M. Bentz, Jane C. Zollinger. _ No. 16.—Fred S. law, Alfred Addams, Chas, G. "Weaver. • No. 17.—Martha H. Sener, Fannie "B. Cromer, Lydia J. Shnpley, No. 18.—Ernest Egolf, J. F. Yengst, John McCarter. D. Bcklis, Pres, S. S, THE APPORTIONMENT OP THE STATE. The -Act recently passed by tho Legisla ture dividing tho State into Senatorial and Representative, districts, and apportioning the members,»ia one as iniquitous ns could have boon framed. Its injustice is apparent in almost every part of it; hut it is in strict accordance with tho morality and policy of tho party in power. It passed tho Sonrto by yeas 17, nays 10. In the House by yens"sl, nays 44. A mote infamous Gerrymander was never before attempted by any party.— It is some consolation however to know that frauds of this kind always recoil upon tho perpetrators. senatorial districts. 1,2, 3 and 4. Philadelphia city, 4 5. Chester, Delaware and Montgomery 2 6. Bucks, 1 7. Lehigh and Northampton, 1 8. Berks, 1 9. Sohuykill, 1 10. Carbon, Monroe, Pike and AVayne, 1 11. Bradford, Susquehanna and AVyoming, 1 12. Luzerne, ■ 1 13. Potter, Tioga, M’Koan and Clinton, 1 14. Lycoming, Union and Snyder, 1 15. Northumberland, Montour, Columbia and Sullivan. 1 16. Dauphin and Lebanon, 1 17. Lancaster, 2 18. York and Cumberland, 1 19. Adams and Franklin, 1 20. Somerset, Bedford and Fulton, 1 21. Blair, Huntingdon, Centro, Mifflin, Juniata-and Perry,. 2 22. Cambria Indiana ana Jefferson, 1 23. Clearfield, .Cameron, Clarion, Forest ' nnd Elk; 1 24. AVestmoreland, Fayotto and Greene, 1 25. Allegheny, 2 26. Beaver and AVashington, , 1 27. Lawrence, Butler nnd Armstrong, 1 28. Mercer, Venango andAVarron, 1 29. Crawford and Erie, - 1 REPRESENTATIVES. Philadelphia, 18 Delaware, 1 Chester, 3 Montgomery, 2 Bucks, 2 Lehigh, 2 Northampton, 2 Carbon and Monroo, 1 AVayno and Pike, I Luzerne, 3 Susquehanna and AVyoming, 2 Lycoming, Union and Snyder, 3 Columbia and Montour, 1 Northumberland, 1 Tioga and Potter, o Clinton, Cameron and M’Koan, 1 Centro, j Huntingdon, Juniate and Mifflin, 2 Sohuykill, 3 Berks, 3 Lancaster, ’ 4 Lebanon, 1 Dauphin, ' 2 York, 2 Cumberland, 1 Perry and Franklin, 2 Adams, " J Somerset, Bedford and Fulton, 2 Bradford and Suliivan, 2 Blair, ■ 1 Cambria, 1 Clearfield, Elk and Forest, 1 Clarion and Jefferson, 1 Armstrong, 1 Indiana and AVestmoreland, 3 Fayette, 1 Greene, 1 Beaver and AVashington, 3 Vonangd and AVnrren 2 Crawford, ■ 2 Erie, 2 Allegheny, 0 Lawrence, Mercer and Butler, 4 The bill passed by tho following vote—in tho Senate: Yeas— Messrs. Champnoye, Connell, Dun lap, Fleming, Graham, flogo, Householder, Johnson, Lowry, M’Candloss, Nichols, Ridg way, St. Clair, Turroll, Wilson, Worthing ton and Penny, Speaker —l 7. Nays —Messrs Rcardslee, Bucher, Clynier, Donovan, GlatC, Hopkins, Kinsey, Lamber ‘ton, Latta, M’Sherry, Montgomery, Reilly, Smith, Stine, and Wallace—ls. In the House: - Yeas— Messrs. Alleman, Balsbaoh, Bar nett, Bigtmm, Billingfelt, Bowman, (Lancas ter,) Brown, Bargain, Cochran, (Erie,) Coch ran, (Philadelphia,) Coleman, Denniston, Et nier, Foster, Glass, Guernsey, Haslet, Hen ry, Herron, Hill, Huston, Kelly, Kerns, (Philadelphia,) Koonco, Lee, Lilly, M'Clell an, MHCeo, M’Murtrie, Mayer, Marsh, Mill er, Mussolman, Negley, O’Harra, Olmstoad, Orwig, Panoost, Price, Reed, Slack, Smith, (Chester,! Smith, (Lancaster.) Smith, (Phil adelphia,) Stanberger, Watt, Watson, Wells, White, Windlo and Johnson, Speaker—sl. Nays —Messrs. Alexander, (Centro.) Alex ander, (Clarion,) Barger, Beck, Benton, Boiloau, Bowman, (Cumberland,) Boyer, Ellis, Gilbert, Ilargnet, Hopkins, Hoover, Horton, Jackson, Kerns, (Sohuykill,) Kline, Labar, Long, M’Manus, Marshall, Missimcr, Meyers, Noves, Patton, Pershing, Potteigor, Purdy, Quigley, Rciff, Rex, Rice, Riddle, Robinson, Schofield, Searight, Sharpe, Span gler, Sutphin, Walsh, Weaver, Woiser and AVimloy—44. A Wonderful Discovery. — The stonema sons engaged inlaying the foundation of the now blacksmith shop, at the rolling mil! of AYood, Morrell & Co., in Johnstown, Cambria county, in breaking a large sandstone in two, the other day, discovered a frog, pressed ns flat as a cent, and lying in a crevice or in. the cavity stone, from which there was no visible outlet. As soon as it fell out it began to manifest symptoms of life, and before one hour, it was ns large, plump and lively as any other frog. It appears, however, to be blind at present, but as the eyes appear per fect it may regain Its sight. The rook from which it was taken was quarried from some of the spurs of the Laurel hill, about thirty years ago, when the Pennsylvania canal was constructed, and built in a wall, where it rej mained till a few days ago, when it was re moved to be put in the foundation before mentioned. Of the real ago of his frog-ship, says the Johnstown Democrat, we are in en tire ignorance. It may bo a pre-Adamite, an antediluvian or a post-deluvian, or it may be a millionnrian or oven a centenarian.— The todk is a loose sand-stone formation, coarse in the grains and of a rusty color, and may not be very ancient. As there was no crevice in the stone except the bed in which it lay, it certainly has been there for the last thirty years, and it may have danced at moth er Eve’s wedding for aught we know. If it was in prison when the Barons at Runne mede extorted the Magna Cbarta from King John, must have experienced a thrill of joy upon the reception of such cheeriug' UeWs, but then how depressed the poor thing must have felt when it learned that the trial by ju ry and the general jail delivery therein se cured was not for frogs. If it could speak we would like to ask it something about the origin of the Indian tribes found on thiscon tinent by Columbus, and learn the precise site of toe great town of Kiokedapawling.—. But it cannot speak, and all the fame it can ever acquire here below, is that it will bo pronounced by nil men the " oldest inhabi -1 tank” of the western Continent now know / PRESIDENT LINCOLN’S LAST. A Very Curious Lettc> ft‘om Honest Old Abet, Chop Logic for, ilia Million—Be selves the Constitution by 'Ovei throwing it — Why it was he Snubbed Fremont, Cameron, ■ ” and Hunter for doing what he afterwards did Birhsctf — Be Lays "d strong Hgnduponthe Col ored Elements THE NEGRO QUESTION QUAINTLY PUT, Executive Mansion',’ I Washington, April 4.) A. O. Bodges Esq., Frankfort, Ky : Mr Dear Sir. —You ask mo to put in writ ing tho substanco of what I verbally said the other day, in your presence, to Governor Bramlotte and Senator Dixon. It was about as follows i ' lam naturally anti-slavery. If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong. I cannot re member when I didnotso think and feel.— And yet I have never understood that the Presidency conferred upon me an unrestrict ed right to act officially upon this judgment and feeling. It was in the oath I took, that I would to tho best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of tho United States. I could not take tho office without taking the oath. Nor was it my view that I might take an oath to got power, and break tho oath in using the power. I understood to, that, in ordinary civil admin istration, this oath oven forbade me to practi cally indulge my primary, abotraetjudgment on the moral question of slavery. I had pub licly declared this many times and in many ways. And I aver that to this day, I have done no official act in more deference to my abstract judgment and foiling on slavery. I did understand however, that my oath to preserve the Constitution to tho best of my ability imposed upon me the duty of preserv ing, by every indispensable means, that gov ernment, that nation, of which that Constitu tion was the organic law. Was it possible to lose tho nation, and yet preserve tho Consti tution ? By general law, life and limb must bo pro tected ; yet often a limb must he amputated to save a life ; but alife is never wisely given to save a limb’. I feel that measure, oiherun constiluiional, might become lawful, by becom ing indispensable to the jireservaiion of the Constitution , through the preservation of the nation. Right or wrong, I assumed this ground, and now avow it. I could not feel that to the best of my ability I had oven tried to preserve the Constitution, if to save slave ry or any minor matter, permit the wreck of government, country, and Constitu tion, all together. When, early in the war, General Fremont attempted military emanci pation, I forbade it because d did not then think it an indispensable necessity* When a little later, General Cameron, then Secre tary of War, suggested the arming of the blacks, I objected, because I did not yet think it an indispensable necessity. When, still later, General Hunter attempted military emancipation, I again forbade it, because I did not yet think the-indispensable necessity bad come. When, in March, and May, and July, ISQ2, I made earnest and successive appeals to the border states to favor compensated emanci pation, T believed the-indispensablo necessi ty for military emancipation and arming the blacks would come, unless averted by that measure. They declined the proposition, and I was, in my best judgment, driven to the alternative of either surrendering the Union, and with it the Constitution , or of lay ing strong hand upon the colored clement I chose the latter. In choosing it I hoped for greater gain than loss ; but of this I was not entirely confident. More than a year of trial now shows no loss by it in our foreign relations, none in our home popular senti ment, none in our white military ‘ .lorce—no loss by it anywhere. On the contrary, it shows a gainoof quite a hundred and thirty thousand soldiers, seamen, and laborers.— These are palpable facts, about which, as facts, there can bo no caviling. Wo have the tnon> and wo could not have had them without the measure. And now lot any Union man who complain of the measure test himself, by writing down in one lino that he is for subduing tllo rebel lion by force of arms, and in the. next, that ho is for taking those hundred and thirty thousand men from the Union side and plan ing them where they would be but for the measure ho condemns. If ho cannot face his cause bo staled, it is only because ho can not face the truth. “ I add a word which was not in the ver. bal conversation. In telling this tale I at tempt no compliment to my own sagacity.— I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have contr&lled mo. Now, at the end of three years’ strug gle, the nation’s condition is not what either party or any man devised or expected. God alone can claim it. Whither it is tending seems plain. If God now wills the removal of a groat wrong, and wills also that we of the North, as well ns you of the South, shall pay fairly for our compicity in that Wrong, impar tial history will find.thorln new cause to at test, and revere the justice and goodness of God. “ Yours truly, A. Lincoln.” Col. Frslt, lately provost marshal of Balti more under General Schenk, tried recently by a court-martial has been sentenced to the 'Albany Penitentiary, one year without labor. —Sunday Mercury. ' We congratulate the gallant Colonel on his honorable retirement from a sphere of so much usefulness to his country. During his offi cial career in Baltimore ho shod lustre, aye ! imperishable glory, on the Union cause; and now, instead of playing Bull-dog for the great Gen. Schenok, of Vienna fame, ho has a new sphere of usefulness opened up to him in the penitentiary. Such cases of “ swift retribu tion” will sometimes occur, and wo congratu late the people, that another petty tyrant and blatant “ loyalist” has recivod at least a por tion of merited punishment for' plundering his country in the day of her sore distress.— llow are you, Colonel 1 Shall we send you another copy of our paper ? National Bankruptcy. — The Now. York Tribune , says, 11 the nation is drifting stead ily toward bankruptcy. "VVo are now in the greatest crisis of our national history’; and we choose dwarfs to do the work which might well employ angels. Something must bo done to stop the tendency to ruin, or the coun try is lost beyond redemption.” This isstrong language to dome from a party organ. But who is to blame tor allowing “tho natioffto drift into bankruptcy ?” The administration hayo had things all their own .way; not an obstacle has been interposed by the people of the North. After conducting the war for three years tinder such circumstances, tho. Tribune now admits that there is danger that “ the country will bo lost beyond redemp tion 1’ There may be one hope loft. The time fot a change is coming, and the head of the Government and in Congress who are not dwatfs-~men who understand, the principles upon which the Government was founded, and who will endeavor to restore the Union, R*ad Senator Powell’s speech on first page, Tho Pennsylvania Reserves, Interesting Discussion in' the State , iurc—The President Solicited to Disfka,^, Harrisburg, April 29—Evening —r n „ House of Representatives this ovonine !\f Barger made an important statement relntt to the fifteen regiments of Pennsylvania ,! 0 serves. Those men ho stated entered the s vice of Pennsylvania in May, throeyears but wore not mustered into tho national an vice until two months afterward. They w " now greatly dissatisfied, so much so that'* number were under arrest, the men cl’aimin that thpit time of service expired in May an!? the National Government contending Ani •? extended Until July. that it Mr. Barger read an extract from a Inli«. from Colonel McCandlesa, commanding iS division relative to this dissatisfaction nw pressing feat's that tho men will refusa ls serve after May. w ■Mr. Barger,and Mr. Smith, of Chester called oh Governor Curtin this morning, nn l the Governor urged some notioh on the' part of the, Legislature to ilidilob the National Government to comply with the demand of the Reserves. In accordance 'with this suggestion, U r- Barger offered a resolution urgently solicit; mg tho President to discharge the Reseryej, .T° a dd to tho dissatisfaction of tho men it is stated that some of thoirformer comrade who had loft and joined tho regulars, hod al. ready boon discharged under an order of dm War Department. Which allowed soldiers leaving the Volunteers and joining the re(! . ulars, count their throe years from the data of their original enrollment, and not from tho date of their actual muster into the nation al service. The resolution of Mr. Barger tyas unani mously adopted. IC7” I elected Curtin, for X sent him 15.000 more votes than ho hod majority.— Edwin M Stanton. THE WAR NEWS. ARMY" OF THE "PQTOMk t MADISON CODRT' HOUSE DESTROYED, LEE'S ARMY REPORTED 80.900 STRONG, FROM NORTH CAROLINA, Tfi cwberu Again Threatened. Reported Abandonment of North Carolina by ihe .Rebels, LATE FROM RED RIVER The Inquirer has-a special dispatch dated Washington, May 1, winch says: Letters from your special correspondents from Cul peper agd Brandy station, dated .this morn ing, repeat the familiar phrase of “ all quiet along the lines of the Army of the Potomac/' an occasional review or capture of a gling, venturesome guerrilla aio the only transpiring events. Deserters who came” in yesterday report that Leo’s army is 80,000 strong with 22,000 effective cavalry. AH wore in good condi tion with ten day’s supplies- distributed to them, and the. railroad trains are running night and day bringing more. The expedition which was sent outlast week and destroyed Madison Court House, mot no rebels till about a half mile from that town/ 1 A slight skirmish then took place, in which the rebels lost five men and the Onion soldiers none. The enemy then retreated to the Court House. The Star has the following further partic ulars ; The rebels suddenly disappeared, hut on our f rcos entering the town they received a volley of musketry from the windows of the houses, and they were for a time com pelled to withdraw. The officer in command of the reconnoitering party ordered another advance, when agnin-a destructive tiro was opened on them from- the houses, and there being no other way of smoking the rebels out orders yfcro issued that the’town should ho fired. The torch was applied to a number of hou ses affording cover for the enemy whereupon the latter hastily decamped, leaving our for ces in full possession of the place. The flames however spread very rapidly and there being no’ means at hand whereby the tiro could bo checked, a ; o icral was the result, and in a short time almost the en tire town was in'ashes. The Cavalry expedition sent out from Vi enna on Thursday last under the command of Col. Lowell returned to that place yester day after having visited Leesburg, Hector town and Upperville. Near the latter place a portion of Moseby’a guerrilla, band was encountered when'a sharp fight ensued, which resulted in the capture of 23 prisoners. Col. Lowell had three men killed and four wounded. He returned in safety to Vienna with the prisoners captured from Mosby, and three blockade runners, 25 horses a ltu?,e quantity of wool, tobacco and other contra band goods picked up on the route. From North Carolina—Newbern >. Again Threatened A military gentlemen direct .from Now' born, 27th inst., furnishes the following ad ditional particulars from North Carolina; “ It appears that the rebel ram Koauoko, which sunk some of our best gunboats, and which assisted so materially in capturing Plymouth, was injured some in the fight but as soon as she is repaired, which will not. take long, the enemy say that they will asJ sort their authority over the rivers andsousds of North Carolina, including all the towns now in our possession. They expect to not in connection with their other ram on the Neuae river, which is reported ready to movu down on Nowbern.” • ■ The Abandonment of North Carolina by the Enemy Reported, New Yobk, April 30.—The .Newbern Ural of the 27th inst., says that on Friday lad (April 22,) a large rebel force appeared m front of Little Washington, ; but their linos were soon deserted, and-it is said a vigorous retreat towards Richmond commenced. The Latest From Red River—Geib ' Steele has Opened Comntunicii , . tions with General’Banks. Chicago, May Tribune publishes a telegrom from tho mouth of the Bed riven dated April 24, stating that Banks’ orniy bd* fallen book to Alexandria without Cgbting. Tho gunboat fleet is at the same place, sow boats above ttnd some below the falls. Red river is low and still falling. The U ' obita and Tensas rivers are falling up 1 10 Lake Providence. Tho papers here are not allowed to pul>i nny more red rfvor nows excepting tBM oial dispatches, in which Gen. Banks do , a victory. . V The guerrillas are becoming more troys some on the eastern bank of the MisswsjPP General Steele has opened oommumoat . with General Banks. Wanted immediately- • A N experienced SALESMAN, at the no ° £ iEIWOK*MttM»" Carlisle, May 6,1864. -—' Carlisle Deposit Bank. A DIVIDEND of 5 per cent, for in® by six months has this day bo° a this Bank, free of Stato and Nation®* w lo | r will bo paid over to tho stockholders o* tho representatives wpop demand being ni “““ OtrliiU, M»y 8,1884.. -