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,* .
<ln tbo name‘of sense, why tvas it, that be
cause thc'penplo of the Border States disre
garded his earnest, “ appeals” to free their
slaves at iW ut onc-tcnth their value, he con
sidered that the “ arming of tho blacks would
cotne?” Tho Border States declined tho
“proposition, and therefore ho (Mr. Lincoln,)
was “ driven to tho alternative of either sur
rendering tho Union and with it the Consti
tution, or of laying strong hand upon the
colored element.” “ I chooso the latter,” ho
says. So! Then it appears, by his 'own
confession, that because tho Border States
declined his “ compensated emancipation”
project, he determined to disregard his oath
and the obligations resting upon him as the
chief magistrate of the country 1 Again:
“And now, lot any Union man, who com
plains of the measure, test himself, by writ*
mg.down in one lino that ho is for subduing
tho Rebellion by force of arms, and in the
next that he is for taking three hundred and
thirty thousand men from the Union side
and placing them- where they would bo, but
for the measure he condemns. If he cannot
face his cause so stated, it is only because ho
cannot face tho troth.”
Mr, Lincoln hero claims that his uncon
stitutional acts and his emancipation schemes
have transferred 330,000 blacks from tho
South to the North, and this he considers a
wise stroke of policy. We doubt it. More
than two-tliirds pf these blacks are women,
children and old men, and are maintained at
the expense of the government. Nay, more,
his fanatical notions have tended to “ fire tho
Southern heart” and swell tho Southern ar
mies. We feel satisfied that his Emancipa
tion Proclamation was the very thing the re
bels wanted, for it united them to a man, and
converted good Union men to the rebel cause.
Tho President concludes his letter thus:
“ I add a word which Was not in the verbal
conversation. In telling this tale I attempt
no compliment to my own sagacity. J claim
not to liarecoutrolled events , hut confess plainly
that events have controlled me. Now, at the
end of three years’ struggle, tho 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 tho North, as well as
you of shall pay fairly for our
"complicity in that wrong, impartial history
will find therein new cause to attest and re
vere the justice and goodness of God.
“Yours truly, “A. Lincoln.”
Such is this most,extraordinary letter.—
When it is remembered that the man who
writes it is President of the United States,
and that he confesses thathe has been guided
by circumstances and not by his oath, (for
this is his language,) is it not wonderful
that even shoddyites and "loyal thieves’'
have the brazen audacity to propose this
weak, but bad man for re-clection ? In the
name of heaven, what is to become of us us a
people if the highest officer in our land is to
repudiate law, Constitution, his oath and ho
nor? A dark future certainly threatens us,
and God alone can rescue our nation and
save us from anarchy and revolution.
PAYMENT OF TOE EMERGENCY MBS.
Harrisburg, Penna., >
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
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