AML'IULAN volunteer. JOHN B. BRITTON, Editor & Proprietor, ’ CARLISLE, PA., MAY 26,1864. FOB PRESIDENT IN 1864, GEORGE B. M’CLELLAN. [Subject to tho decision or a Notional Convention.] jjgy» -\V e return our thanks to Hon. IVn>. H. Miller, M. of C., for sending us Congres sional documents. Fair. —At a Into meeting of the Cumber land County Agricultural Society, it was re solved to bold a Fair on tbo 12tb, 13th and 14th of October next. Tho Society invites all citizens of this and adjoning counties to contribute articles for tho exhibition. Wo hope our farmers will give tho matter especial attention and have their stock and products well represented in the coming Fair. O’ Capt. R. M. Henderson, Provost Mar-, ahal of the 15 th District, Pa., has issued the following important circular !.• The draft for sob-districts deficient un der'the calls for 700,000 men will commence at the Hoad Quarters of the District Provost Marshal of the 15th District of Pennsylvania, at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, on the 30th day of May, 1804. 11. The assignment of credits for Volun teers will bo continued notwithstanding tbo draft. , Mr. Dawson's Speech.— The reply of lion. Jonn L. Dawson to Mr. Moorhead will ho found on our first page. It is a scathing production, and presents the Abolition mem ber from Allegheny in no enviable light.— Wo invito for it a careful perusal. Sad Accident. —-Wo learn from the Me chanicsburg Journal of the 19th inst., that on the Saturday morning previous, Mr. Mi chaei, Basedore, of Mechanicsburg, came to his death under the followingoircumstances: He has been engaged in running cars for Mr. Wa c cower, of. Harrisburg, and having left there on Friday'was bh his return from New York, as far as Easton, early on Saturday morning, when tho accident occurred. It is supposed that he was overcome by sleep— having been running for two nights in suc cession—and loosing his balance, fell off tho narrow platform of the car, while tho train was in rapid motion. "When found, ho was dead, with his skull fractured, and tho brain protruding from the hinder portion. Ho was also badly cut, and it is said had both arms out off. From the severity of his injuries, ho was doubtless killed instantly. Ho was in the 28th year of his ago, and leaves a wife and child to mourn this sad affliction. A Gold Dollar. —One of our oldest and most punctual subscribers called at our office recently, and, after bidding ua “ good morn ing," asked for the amount of bis indebted ness. Wo examined his account and in formed him that be owed us one dollar. — Taking his purso from his pocket, to our as tonishment; ho drew from it a gold dollar, ■which he placed in our hand. Wo looked at him inquiringly, and, in the hurry to make up our mind, jumped at the conclusion that bo was crazy,'mad, insane, or laboring under a fit of mania-a-potu, or some other outland ish ailment. But be appeared cool and' col lected, and not the least disconcerted at our anxiety. Wo then told him wo would giv' him credit for ono dollar and seventy-five cents, for tho gold dollar was worth that much or more. But this lie would not listen to, and insisted that he had saved the “ little mint drdji” expressly to pay for his six months indebtedness to the Volunteer. AVc accepted his generous gift, and, after exam ining the bright piece of money for some time, wo deposited it in the bottom ot our purse, and covered it up carefully with a hand-full of Lincoln’s shin-plasters of the denomination of 5 and 10 cents. We took it home, and before retiring for tho night, hav ing first locked the doors, closed the shutters, and looked under the bed, wo took out the coin to indulge in another good long look at its once familiar face, and to mako ourself certain that it was not “ bogus.” It was the true metal—a real, genuine gold dollar, such as we had formerly handled every day, previous to the accession of Abolitionists and “ loyal” thieves to power. AVo then dropped it in a little pill-box, opened our safe, and, placing it in a drawer, shut the inner door, and then the outer door with a slam, and turned the bolts that hold it to its place.— Then looking out to see that our faithful watch-dog, “Jack,” was in his place, we felt sure that out little gold dollar was safe —safe'evon- from the clutches of Abolition sboddyites.wlio have gobbled up nearly every dollar of this kind of currency. AVe shall take a look at our “ mint-drop” at least once in every week, merely to remind us of the kind'of money tbo people had when Derao ocrats were at the helm and directed the ship of State. MoflE -Arrests. —Ex-Governor Medary, the Venerable editor of tho Columbus (Ohio) Uri els, was arrested at his home by a U. S. Mar shal, a few days since, and taken to Cincin nati, and placed in prison. -His printing of fice was also taken possession of by tho mil- itary. Gov. Medary- is somo 70 years of age, and bis offence, wo presume, was that he published a very able Democratic paper.— This makes tlia fourth editor who has been arrested and imprisoned within tho last ten Jays. How long, oh ! how long, must a pa tient people submit to these damnable outra ges? tD* During tho investigation into, the Treasury scandals, the depositions of ten women employed in the Department were rind, and sumo of them pronounced wholly unfit for publication. C 7“ Gold was 183}, yesterday, in ; Philadol h in. AN EXCUSE FOR TYRANNY. The editors of tho New York World, and tho Journal of Commerce, a few days since, published a Telegraphic Despatch, dated “Executive Chamber, Washington,*’ and which purported to be a proclamation from tho President, acknowledging the defeat of Grant, and calling for 400,000 more men.— The telegram was directed to the associated press of Now York, and was delivered to tho . editors by tho regular Telegraphic operator, at a lato hour in tho night, after tho 'regular editors of tho different papers had loft their offices, and but a few minutes before tho pa pers were put to press. The dispatch was a wicked forgery, and bad been sent over the wires, no doubt, by some 44 loyal thief” con nected with tho administration, and whoso object was to inflate tho price of gold and de preciate government stocks. As soon as the forgery Was discovered, tho editors who had been so cruelly hoaxed, issued extras expo sing tho fraud, and offering §l,OOO- reward for the detection of ttln author of tho forgery. This was all they could do, and of course a discriminating public at onco acquitted ti 1 o editors of complicity in the fraud. : But tiro petty tyrants at Washington, ever ready to practice brutishneas, could not per mit an opportunity like this to escape their attention. The two papers named had'long been thorns in tho festering side of the ad ministration ; they bad, ably and truthfully exposed the gigantic villainies and pecula tions of the men in-.power, and had pointed out the treasonable objects and sayings of tbo occupants of the Washington lazar-hou ses, ycloped the public buildings. More than onco had tho World and tho Journal of Com merce been threatened with the vengeance of tho liliputinns of tho administration, but the editors heeded not the threats of those they despised, and whose reeking corruption they ware probing to the marrow of tho bone. But now the. long-wished for opportunity had arrived for Lincoln, Seward, Stanton & Co., to gratify their malignant desire; now they had what they considered, an excuse for acting the part of tyrants and for pouring out tho vials of their pent-up wrath upon the heads of the men who had exposed the vil lainies and treason of the administration.— Seward, therefore, “ touched a boll,” order ing tho arrest of tho editors of the Journal of Commerce and tho World, and they were ar rested accordingly, tho publication of their papers suspended, and their immense print ing establishments placed in possession of armed soldiers 1 And all this without war rant, without oath, and without process of law. The editors ' were spirited away, no one knows where, hut no doubt they are now quartered in a damp ceil of a Government bastile. Thus has the administration grati fied its spite—thus has it, unlawfully, wick edly and with malice aforethought, dragged | i innocent men to prison, destroyed their prop erty, and muzzled a free press. “ Have wo a Government?” was the question asked by administration toadies soon after the war broke out. They ask that question no long er, for they know and the people know that they can no longer boast that they aro citi zens of a free government. Wo have no (Government, at least no free government; wo live under an Abolition, negro-equality despotism, as tyrannical as it is cruel, infa mous and wicked. But the day will come, | aye it is rapidly approaching, when a once 1 free and proud people will rise in their might, shako off the chains that now bind them, and place their feet upon the necks of those who dared to distress and imprison them. So I mote it be. N. B.—lt appears that the administration has relented. The following despatch ap peared in the daily papers of Monday; New York," May 21. —The Now York World and Journal of Commerce have again resumed business, the orders fur thoir milita ry occupation having been revoked, e | A DANGEROUS DOCTRINE. AVo published recently, President Lincoln’s late letter to Mr. Hodges, of the Frankfort (ICy) Commonwealth, in which the doctrine is boldly proclaimed that “ Right op wrong, I (the President) assume that measures Jtier toise unconstitutional, might become lawful, by becoming indespensabla to the preservation of the nation.” In other words, that the will of the President is to bo the law, over and above the Constitution, and that whatever he may think necessary for the “ preservation of the nation,” shall he lawful 1 Against this bold avowal of the doctrine of absolute power, tbo Louisville Journal —hitherto classed as a “ loyal" paper,—makes the following earnest protest and appeal. The people of the Uni ted States would do well to hoed these words of warning, if they wish, amid the present con vulsive struggle for the maintenance of our po- litical fabric, to preseryo their Constitutional Freedom: “Mr. Lincoln’s letter contains a more di rect and explicit enunciatian of the doctrine of absolutism than he has over before made. He says herein : • I felt that measures, other wise uncondition, might become lawful, by becoming', indispensable to the preservation of the Constitution, through the preservation of the nation. Right or wrong. I assume this ground, and now avow it/ That is to say, whatever he deems indispensable to the nation is lawful; which is to say his discretion is the supremo law of the land anything in the Constitution or the laws of the United States or.of acy State to the con trary notwithstanding! This is a fair state ment of the doctrine in its natural and naked proportions. The doctrine is simple absolu tism, Mr. Lincoln more or ices openly has been acting upon this dJctrino for tho last eighteen months ; but ho has never before so openly and broadly avowed it. “ Are venture to say that tbo annals of con stitutional government may bo searched in vain for a parallel to this avowal. It is tho moat unworthy declaration that ever emana ted from tho magistrate of n free country.— If it does not awaken tbo peopl to a sense of peril which the Government must encounter from tho re-oleotion of Mr. Lincoln or tire .election of any other Republican, words- can not awaken them, unless followed by corres ponding deeds even more flagrant that -tbo edict of emancipation and the proclamation of reconstruction, though the consummation of those deeds threatens to involve the destruc tion of the Republic. . Patriotic freemen of tho Union I Mr. Lincoln has boldly thrown the gauntlet' of despotism' at your feet.— Take it up, and" moot him at’ tno ballot' box in November, meeting the champion in-the meantime wherever and whenever they come forth.” OCT* A field of sulphur, covering sixty acres, and from one to three feet thick, has been dis cover'd in Nevada Territory.- 11 MAKING HISTORY.” " "Wo are making history,” said AhraHaß Lin-coi.n, in one of tis bharaotoristjp letters. True enough, and a most infamous history it is-. To uso tho words of Senator Haig (Re publican,) “wo are considered a nation of thieves by all Europe.” Every hour brings to light pome gigantic swindle and fraud in which the particular friends of the Adminis tration have been engaged. Indeed, so com mon lias thieving become, that the .people appear no longer to bo startled by any expose that is’ made. Before tho Abolitionists most unfortunately for tho country—obtained (by fraud), possession of tho Government, ai public defalcation of twenty or fifty thousand dollars shocked the whole people. It was talked about for weeks, and loud and deep wore the imprecations heaped upon tho Ad ministration that had permitted it. No Ad ministration could sustain itself under tho weight that two or three defalcations saddled upon it. Tho people then wore inexorable, and demanded strict integrity of those in ■ power. . ' How is it now undot tho present Abolition regime? Why, a defalcation of ono or two millions of dollars, scarcely attracts attention oven from the miser. Gigantic swindles and thefts are so common that they appear to bo looked for a's a matter of course. They are a daily if not hourly occurrence. Eeally, it appears that " loyalty” and theft aro synony mous terras. The people, it seems, take it for granted that stealing will go on so long as AnaAii'.ut Lincoln is President, and they quietly “grin and hear.” Now. all this is etrangd—it is • evidence that the people themselves have either be come very careless and 1 indifferent aS to the affairs of tho nation, or that they are tired ] talking on a subject over which they have no 1 control. Had any former President instructed' one of his military subordinates to award heavy contracts to certain men without ad- \ vertising and in a secret manner, for the ex press purpose of allowing those men to swin- j die the Government out of millions of dollars, what an excitement would have been ocoa-1 siohed by it, and how 'fiercely and justly would have been the denunciations against the President 7 But now, under the new or der, “ honest” Ans can do these things with ] utter impunity, and then turn to the people complacently and tofh, them that “wo are making history.” A beautiful history it is —a history of robbery, treachery, treason, broken faith and obligations. When the im partial historian writes the history of tho Lincoln Administration, he will be compelled to employ all tho epithets contained in the English language in denunciation of its infa mies. It will be held up to the detestation of the world, and men will shudder as they read tho enormities that have been practiced in the name of “ loyalty." “We are making history." It is well Mr. Lincoln did not mention the kind of history. “ DOING ALL IN ITS POWER.” Tlio Secretary of War informs the public that Grant is being heavily reinforced, hav ing already had some 25,000 fresh troops sent | him. “We are doing all in our power to strengthen Grant,” adds the Secretary.— This is all very well, and if the Administra tion is really in earnest and entertains no se cret, treasonable designs against Grant and his Army, wo may hope to see important results before long. If, wo say, the Admin istration is for once honest in its desire to see the rebellion put down, it will bo put down, but, can the Administration bo trusted? — When iM’Ci.ellan, with an army just about one-third as large as Grant’s present force, had Richmond almost in his possession, and only ashed for 20,000 additional troops to se cure the prize, what did the Administration do? Instead of granting M’Clellan’s re quest, they actually took from him at that critical moment about the number of men jrCi.EU.AN asked for! Thus M'Clellan was ruined by the Administration, and had it not been for his superior generalship his whole army would have been lost. That was the way the authorities acted toward M’Clel lan. Had jM'Cleli.an's demands been aece- ] ded to, as they should have beon.’Kiohmond I would have been ours nearly two years ago, and no war would be raging now. The treachery of the Administration has pro longed the bloody contest; it was not ready to sea the rebellion closed two years ago; political considerations governed Lincoln and his wretched Cabinet, and they wore really frightened when they discovered that M’- Clei.lan was about to givo tho rebellion its death-blow. "This, wo repeat, they did not want, and they conspired against tho army and betrayed it as Judas betrayed the Son of man. But now the Administration is doing “ all in its power” for Grant. Whether the ap proaching Abolition Convention to assemble at Baltimore has had its influence upon Mr. Lincoln, is a question that some men are asking. Tho slaughter of men is nothing with the “ powers-that-bepolitics is what govern all their actions. If, in the opinion of Lincoln, the success of Grant will strengthen him (Lincoln) in the Baltimore Convention, then, wo have no doubt, every thing will be done to encourage our army and secure success. Two years ago it was tho political interest of the Administration to have our army repulsed. Now, perhaps, it is its interest to see it successful. Therefore, we have some hopes that our rulers are now in earnest in their efforts to assist Grant ; but the object that stimulates them is politi cal, for, as wo said before, politics governs their every action. Sad Affair at a Wedding. —The Charles ton Mercury gives an affecting account of the killing of Miss Pickens, daughter of Ex-Gov ernor Pickens. She was about to be married, and the wedding party had assembled at the house of Gen. Bonham, when a shell from the Union forces penetrated the house and wounded the bride so that she died soon af terward. The marriage ceremony was com pleted as she lay dying on the floor. Lieu tenant Do Rochelle was the bridegroom. 0©“ The 001. Woodward, who was report ed killed in one of the late battles, was not the son or any relative of the Hon. George W. Woodward, of this State. Judge Woodward has a son who is a Colonel in the Army, un der General Grant, but Pvt the last accounts he was safe. Mi. DAWSON’S MSBOIDTIOHB. Bally Voles w table Tteffl! The Harrisburg Union tins speaks Jo seph Bjar.tr, who is now misrepresenting the people of this District in Congress. Wo sup ported Bailt, and assisted very materially, to place him in the seat ho now disgraces.— Wo .supported him zealously and honestly, first, because ho was tho nominee of the par ty, and second, because he pledged us his sa cred honor that ho would never betray thd mon or the party who had favored him so long and so much beyond his deserts. Nev er did a man make more positive pledges to another than Bailt made to us. We be hoved him. Wo did not suppose it possible that any man who aspired to a seat in Con gress, would attempt to accomplish his end hy deception and fraud. But, Mr. Baily ohoso to pursue this dishonorable course.— lie has, during the entire session of the pres ent Congress, persistently voted with the Abolitionists, and his vote which we re cord below shows conclusively that ho is, like Stevens and other sqmi-traitors, op posed to a restoration of tho Union under tho old Constitution. When wo remember that this is one of tho strong Democratic districts in tho Stato, which gave last fall over 3,000 majority for Judge Woodward for Governor, it is positively an outrage that wo should bo I misrepresented iu Congress. Bat, so it is. Supporting Daily for Congress was tho ] greatest political error wo have made in our 1 editorial life, but, like other Democrats who voWL for him, wo had no opportunity of knowing then that ho had tf bargain with tho Abolitionists, and that ho intended to betray tho men who had so long sustained him.— But to the article from tho Union : [Prom the Patriot & Union.] IVheti’ Joseph Daily was nominated for Congresß'hy the conferees from York, Cum berland and Ferry, the 15tb Congressional District, he gave assurance to tho party that he was a true Democrat and would adhere to the essential principles of tho patty. He has not done so. He has violated all his pledges, and gone, “body and breeches,” in to the Abolition ranks. 'lhero let him rest. If they are willingto accept him as one of the party determined to pyorride tho Obnflti tution.and serer forevordfio Union, well and good—yyo have no more to do with him—he is a traitor to the principles of tho party, and tho party despise and reject him—vomit him out as unclean food not fit for tho stomaoh. Henceforth we denounce Joseph Baiiy as a traitor in disguise, a man who seeks to Win tho good opinion and votes of Democrats on ly to betray them. He is hereafter political ly Anathema Marnnatha in tho Democratic party—oast without its circle and as worse than an Abolition enemy. Lot him, politically, “ die the death." We extract, in justification of tho prece ding remarks, tho following from the Wash ington Constitutional Union of the 17th: THE OLIVE BRANCH. Tho fate inflicted on the following resolu tion, offered in the House of Representatives yesterday hy the Hon. John L. Dawson, of Pennsylvania, proves demonstratively that the feelings of radicalism have reached their acme of implacability. In the beginning of the outbreak the people rushed with enthu siasm to meet the supposed invader, under a call for the defence of the capitol which was pronounced to bo in danger. A large army eagerly obeyed the summons, and under mo- j tives added 1 for the active prosecution of tbc war’additional troops flocked to the standard j of their country with the war cry of the res toration of the Union under the old Consti-1 tution. This, in the inception of the contest, was proclaimed to bo the solo motive of its prosecution. Wo are unable to probe the hearts of the advocates of the war, and determine whether their declarations were the mere utterances o( hypocrisy, or whether their present faith is a change produced by alteration of inter ests. That a revolution in the doctrines they 1 originally preached is proved. The resolution of Mr. Dawson brought all the faithful to a definite 'test, and we have now the demonstrations in the ayes and noes, which we append, that while ignoring the Constitution in the North; they aro resolute ly determined to return to no Union with the South. The slogan is not now tbo Union un der the old Constitution, hut war for the ne gro ; war—war protracted to the utmost peri od of prolongation, until the utter devastation of the fertile fields of the South and the ex termination of .its inhabitants close the trag edy- \ The country must bo grateful to Mr. Daw-! son for bringing the majority to this test.— 1 The resolutions were laid on the table, on the motion of lion. Amos Myers, of Penn sylvania. The vote, given below, should he carefully scanned hy all, so that at the next election for members of Congress, the trust worthy may he discriminated from the hypo crites or the faithless: WnEBAs, It was solemnly declared by this House on the 22d day of July, 1801, speak ing in the name of the people of tho United States and in tho face of tho world, that tho present civil war was waged for no purpose ,of-conquest or oppression, but solely to re store the' Union, with all the rights ol tho people and of the States unimpaired; and whereas, a civil war like the present, is the most grievous of all national calamities, pro-, duciog, as it does, bloodshed, spoliation and general demorilization; and whereas, the American Government cannot rightfully wage war upon any portion of its people, ex cept for tho sole purpose of vindicating the Constitution and laws, and restoring both to their just supremacy; and whereas, a resto ration of peace is essential to the perpetua tion of, a system of republican government, I it is now eminently befitting a Christian and | homogeneous people in the triumph of oar arms, and in tao exultation of victory, to ten der the olive branch as a substitute for the sword; thereofre, “ Resolved , That tho President he required to make known, by public proclamation or otherwise, to all the country that whenever any.Statb now in Insurrection -shall submit herself to the authority of the Federal Gov ernment as defined in the Constitution, all hostilities against her shall cease, and such State shall be protected from all external in terference with her local laws and institu tions, and her people shall he guarantied in the full enjoyment of all those rights which tho Federal Constitution gave them; and in the exercise of a sound and patriotic discre tion he shall proclaim a general amnesty to nil those who, hy falsa counsels, havo, been induced to engage in the work of rebellion. On tho motion to lay on the table, tho vote was as follows: - Yeas —Messrs. Allison, Ames, Ashloy, Bailt, Baldwin (Mass.,) Beaman," Jacob XI. Blair, Boutwoll, Boyd, William G. Brown, Ambrose W. Clark, Cobb, Cole, Cres woll, 11. W. Ufyis, T. T. Davis, Dawes, Dent ing, Donnelly,' Bokloy, Eliot, Fenton, Frank, ;Garfiold, Gooch, Grinnell, Griswold, Higby,' Hooper, Hotchkiss, A. W. Hubbard, J. H. Hubbard, Halbard, Hutchins, Jonoks, Jul ian, Kasson, Kelley, F. W. Kellogg, O. Kel logg, Longyear, M’Brido, M’Olnrg, M’lndoe, S. F. Miller, Moorhead, Morrill, I). Morris, Amos Moyora; Norton, Odell, Charles O'Neill, Orth, Patterson, Potham, Pike, Price, W. H. Fandall, A. 11. Bice, E. H.Bollins, Shannon; Sloan, Smith, Spaulding, Stovons, Tbttyor, Tracy, Upson, Van Valkonbure, E, ,B. Wnab burno. W. B. Washburno, Wilder, Wilson and Windom—76. . Nays— Messrs. J. O. Allen, W. J. Allen, Ancona, Baldwin, (Mich.) Bliss, Brooks, J. S. Brown, Chanler, Coffrotb, Cox, Cravens, Dawson, Edon, Edgerton, Eldridgo,'English, Finck, Ganson, Grider, Halo, Harding, Har rington, Herrick, Holman, P. Johnson, Ker nan, Knapp, Lazear, Long, Mallory, Marcy, M’Powell. M’lCinnoy. W. 11. Miller, J. K. Morris, Morrison, Nelson, Noble, Pendleton, Pruyn, Robinson, J. S. Rolins, Ross, Scott, J. P. Steele, Stiles, Strouso. Stuart, Voor hees, J. W. White, Winfield, Fernando Wood and Yeaman —53. The Bogus Proclamation. Arrest of the Author—Sc is Sent to Fort Lqfayeite . Friday afternoon deputy United States Marshal Tookor and detectives Radford and arrested Joseph Howard, city ed itor of tho Brooklin Eagle, on tho of being tho author of tho Bogus Proclamation published in the World and in tho Journal of Commerce on Wednesday morning. Tho pri soner, it is said, acknowledged that ho dicta ted tho proclamation with a view to operate on tha stock market in this city and in Eu. ?le was immediately sons to Fort Lafayette. It is also rumered that Howard had intiml tod several days ago that there would be a sudden change in tho money market, and op portunities would be afforded for making for tunes. In consequence of these remarks which had been made prior to tho publica tion of the proclamation, ho was suspected of having written tho document, and Mr. Ken nedy, Superintendent of the Police Depart ment, Gen. Dix and Marshal Murray imme diately sent out detectives to " work up tho case/' They ascertained that ho diad pur chased tissue paper such os is used by mani- Ifold writers ; that a Brooklin boy had been employed to deliver the so-called dispatch *, and that tho prisoner was in tho city at a late hour on Tuesday. Howard is well known to be a dashing and somewhat reckless fellow in his way, reader to supply on short notice any sort of sensation that might be desired, 3?hat he coacoctcd this great fraud, unprompted and unaided, is not probable ; it is more likely thot, if ho is inculpated at all, ho has been made tho tool of parties of more consequence. Should such be tho fact, it is very probable that tho reall^ou Ipablo men will bo traced and caught. Ti'ihune . Howard is a radical member of tho Repub- lioan party, and a man of very considerable ability, like most " loyal” Republicans, ho was anxious to make his “ pile” in a quick way, and ho therefore got up the forged Proc lamation to effect the price of gold and stocks. What Will not those Abolitionists do, if mon ey is to be mode. Poor ” loyal” Howard.— 'He has been a strong advocate of arresting Democrats Who differed with the administra tion. The poisoned chalice is now pressed to his own lips. Tub Cbicaoo Platform. —Who would be lieve, if the fact were not capable of such convincing proof, that tho following'was one of tho plonks of the far-famed Chicago Re publican platform? As such, it received tlie cordial endorsement of all lights of tho party. It is certainly a curious docu ment, read in comparison witfejbe acts and teachings of these Abolition Icadefß'and or gans at the present day; Resolved, That the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially tho right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its judgment exclusively, is essential to that bal ance of power on which the perfection and endurance of our social fabric depend ; and wo denounce the lawless invasion, by armed forces, of tho soil of any State or territory, no matter under what pretext, as among the gravest of crimes. General Lee’s Bill op Fare, —The Rich mond correspondent of tho Mobile Advertiser gives tho following about General Lee's mode of living. In General Leo’s tent meat is ea ten but twice a week, tho General not allowing it oftoner, because he believes indulgence in moat to be criminal in the present straight ened condition of tho country. Ilia ordinary dinner consists of a head of cabbage boiled in salt water, and a pone of corn-bread. In this connection rather a comic story is told. Having invited a number, of gentlemen to dine with him, General Lee, in a fit of ex travagance, ordered a sumptuous repast of cabbage and middling. The dinner was served, and behold) a great pile of cabbage and a bit of middling about four inches long and two inches across. Tho guests, with commendable politeness, unanimously de clined middling, and it remained in the dish untouched. Next day General Lee, remcm-- boring the delicate tit-bit which bad been so providentially preserved, ordered his servant to bring that “ middling." ■ Tho man hesita ted, scratched his head and finally owned up. “De fno is, Massa Robert, dat ar middlin’ was bofrid middlin’; we all did’n hab nar spec ; an I done paid it back to, do man whar .1 got it from.” General Lea heaved a sigh of deepest disappointment and pitched into his cabbage. Commissioned. —“A son of Senator Wil son, of Massachusetts, was commissioned to day as Lieutenant in n colored regiment, and ordered to Rinker’s Island." —Washington letter writer. All right..- A colored regiment la the very place for a son of Senator Wilson, But, we would ask, is this tho same chap .who was drafted a few months ago, and: who paid a negro $lOO to act as his substitute i tC/* An Abolition Stato Convention for South Carolina was to have met at Beauford on tho 17th inst., to elect delegates to the Baltimore Convention. Of coarse the Con vention was composed entirely of New Eng land Abolitionists—those “loyalleague” ras cals who have gone down South to piclgpout the farms and mansions they desire to grab should Lincoln’s Confiscation scheme be suc cessful. [C7“ SnuNEn, the notorious negro-equality advocate, refused to deliver a lecture before the Young Men's Association of Albany, be cause they decided to exclude negroes from their association. The way to serve such fellows properly is to let them gravitate nat urally to such audiences as suit them best —they would soon get enough of their favor ite negro, if let alone. The Reason Why.—The New Haven Reg ister gives the reason why the late bogus dispatch, which suppressed tho *• World” and “ Journal of Commerce,” was not credit ed in that city. It says : "It was so much better written-than Mr. Lincoln’s documents usually are; that many pronounced it a hoax for that reason alone.” 1 Complimentary to tho ” government," that.- o”The Louisville (ICy.) Journal truly re marks : “It is the moat awful part of this war that the President of the United States considers his own re-election-the chief purpose iobe accompliihidby i(," I GOVERNOR’S PROCLAMATION. \ “'Whereas, oiroomslanoes render it nol ( improbable that the President of the United States may, within a short time, call on Pennsylvania for her volunteer militia for a brief tortn'Of sorvioo; and, whorons, the_ ex ample of tho bravo men now ih the field from Pennsylvania, who, heretofore,, on every bat tle-field; have boon distinguished for courage and efficiency, but who, in tho recent battles in Virginia, have gained on enviable distinc tion by their deeds of valor and endurance, should stimulate thoir brothers at home to increased efforts to sustain their country s flag and exterminate rebellion. Now, there fore, I, Andrew O. Curtin, Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, do make this my proclamation, earnestly requesting tho people of the Commonwealth willing to respond to such a call of the President to form military organizations without delay, ] that they may not bo found unprepairod to d °And Xdo further request, that the com manding officers of all military organizations which may. bo formed, in compliance with this proclamation, to forthwith report tho condition of thoir respective commands, that prompt measures may ho taken for them into service in case a requisition should be made by tho General Government. Such calls, if made, will not bo for a less time than one hundred days. The troops will bo clothed, armed, subsisted, and paid by tho United States, and mustered into tho service thereof. rr • Given under my hand and seal, at Harris burg this 18th day of May. By tho Governor. EEI SUITER. Secretary of Commonwealth, Danger of Extracting Corns. —Augustus Mondelson, aged sixty-four years, a resident of Pottsvilie, while in. Philadelphia had a corn on one of his toes extracted. After his return home, the too began to mortify, and he had to have it amputated. Subsequently his foot mortified, and his leg was amputated below the knee. He gradually sank after the second operation and died. Secretary Stanton, while he publish es only selected portions of the dispatches re ceived from other Goner,pis, gives those of Ben. Butler in full. It is suspected that the Secretary does this to make Ben. appear more ridiculous. jgy A Troy paper states that at the very moment when General "Wadsworth fell on' the field of battle extensive preparations were being made to celebrtto the marriage of his only eon with ono of the most accomplished I and beautiful ladies of that city. 337* Judge Niles, of Belleville, Illinois, says: “I go for the abolition of slavery, and panting also like freedom by law to every luman being in the United States.” Such sentiments will no doubt delight the occu pants of the jails and penitentiaries. Honors to Fallen Heroes.— Four milita ry posts in the North-west, by general order of the War Department, have been named in honor of Generals Wadsworth, Hays, Steven son and Rico, slain in the recent battles in Virginia. B3* A letter from Covington, Ky., says “ the proudest and happiest man in the Union nt present is the father of Gen. Grant, who resides in our city.” !£7* The Supreme Court of Vermont has declared the Soldiers’ voting bill of that Slate unconstitutional, so far as it relates to the election of State officers. THE WAR NEWS. ARMY OF THE POTOMAC. BATTLE. i\ND REPULSE OF EWELL’S CORPS. Three Hundred Prisoners Captured—Seiffcl Superseded by General Hunter in I Vest Vir ginia— Official Dispatch. War Department, Washington, May 20 —G.3O p. m, — Major General Vix: —This af ternoon w o have dispatches dated at half-past 8 this morning, from General Grant. ILast evening an effort was made by Ewell’s corps tp turn our right. They were promptly repulsed by Birney’s and Tyler’s divisions, and some of Warren’s troops thot were on the extreme right. About three hundred prisoners fell into bur hands, besides many killed and wounded. Our loss foots up n lit tle over six hundred wounded and one hun dred and fifty killed and missing. Gen. Grant says that probably our killed and missing are over-estimated. Over twenty-five thousand veteran rein forcements have been forwarded to General Grant. The condition of tho army and his contemplated operations are entirely satisfac tory. The army is abundantly supplied. Under instructions from this Department to Colonel Sohriver, commanding at Freder icksburg and its vicinity, nine persons are in custody who are suspected of having been engaged with Mayor Slaughter. The Mayor had made his escape before intelligence of tho outrage reached Fredericksburg, and tho sick and wounded who could not be trans ported overland will bo brought hero on wa ter transports. No reports have been received from Gen. Butler to-day. . :Mnjbr-Gonoral Hunter has been placed in command of the Department of West Virgin ia, including the Shenandoah Valley. At the latest dates Major-General Oanby was at Vicksburg. ' The Bed river was reported to be blockaded by the shore batteries of tho enemy at differ ent points; but measures had been taken by him which were believed to be adequate for clearing the river of all such obstructions and enable him to teach Alexandria, where ho will take command of the army. Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War. Washington, May 20.—The skirmishes in Grant’s army for the last few days have been in out favor. A battle is imminent. The rebels confess a want of supplies. A large number of rebel prisoners were ta ken in the battle of Wednesday. Dispatches from the Army of the Potomac, dated last night, say that a chaplain came in yesterday from the hospital of the Second corps on the Wilderness battle-field, and re portocLthat over four hundred wounded be longing to that corps are still in hospitals there, and that they wore entirely out of pro visions and medical supplies. Representa tions of the facts were made to the comman der, and to-day it is reported that they will be brought in. It is said that Loo will not recognize a flag of truce unless it comes from General Grant, as he considers him the commander of tho Army of the Potomac. Tho report that a largo number of wagons had been captured by guerillas was false. It arose from tho circumstance that over siity wagons loaded with supplies had disappeared. But it was found they had gone towards Washington in company with some artillery. Tho, mistake caused much anxiety, as the supplies,were wanted at the front. , An attack was made last night on our right flank by the enemy; but Warren’s corps met and drove them back. Tho attack caused some interruption on tho road, and trains re turned to Fredericksburg on the double quiokr J-Ncne wore* captured, as was reported. Tho Sanitary Commission nro still doing everything for onr sick and wounded at Fret doridksbarg, nod prove a valuable auxiliary to the medical department. It is useless for friends of those who have fallen in battle to como to tho front at this tqito to procure their bodies, ns tho request is denied in oil cases. All tho dead are cdro ■fully buried, and their names nro placed up. on boards over their graves, so tbiit their friends can find them after tho array has ad vanced. THE LATEST. The Rebels Reported to have Crossed the North Anna —Official Dispatch from the Secreta ry of War. , ■War Department, Washington, M Ry 22. —lO P. ii.—Jb Major-General Dix On Prj. day evening General Grant commenced a movement for tho purpose of compelling Loo to abandon his position nt Spottsylvanio, (the details of woich, for obvious reasons, should not bo rondo public). It has, thus far, pro greased successfully. Longstreot's corps star ted south at 1 o'clock Friday night one hour and a half after Hancock moved. Ewell’s corps followed Longsticet lost-night. Tho indications nro that the rebel army has fal len back beyond tho North Anna.’ Hoke’s brigade has joined Leo. Tho movement of General Grant has thus far been accomplished without any severe en gagement or serious interruption. Wo now occupy Gurney’s -Station, Milford Station, and south of tho Mnttapony on that lino. No dispatches hove been received to-day from General Butler. Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War. Washington Dispatches. Washington, May 21. —A dispatch from the head-quarters of the Army of the Potom ac dated to-day says : Nothing of importance occured yesterday. The wounded from the fight of Thursday af ternoon were sent to Fredericksburg during the day. The loss was much heavier than at first supposed, about eleven hundred, over one hundred of whom were sent to Washington, A large number of wounded rebels wore brought into our 'hospitals and curqd for, soma of whom afterwards died. Rebel prisoners continue to be brought in, about twenty-five have been captured Inst evening. They jive glowing acconnts of the rebel commissariat, and say that General lee fools certain of final victory. . Washington, May 21—11 p. k. —Your special messengers have brought through to night the latest reliable intelligence from the army up to 10 o’olook this morning. Yester day, after a slight skirmish in the morning all remained quiet along our lines during the remainder of tljo day. From Western Virginia. Gen. Avcrill’s Exploits in the Kanawha Re gion—Guns Taken and Railroad Destroyed —The Battle of New Market. Galley Bridge, W. Va., May XB.—Addi tional information throws some light on the part taken by the cavalry properly under the command of Brigadier General Avorill in the expedition to Newborn, Pulaski county, Vo. This column went to the right of tho main body under the immediate command Crook. Gen. Avorill reached to within 15 miles of thg salt works in Tazewell county on tho 7th, where ho encountered a force of the enemy, driving them on t 6 tho main body near the salt works. This force was under the command of General Sam Jones and Jolia. Morgan, and numbering five thousand. 50 prisoners wore captured, nraong whom, was John Morgan's private secretary. Our loss was hut one man. On the tenth Gen. Averill reached a point within four miles of Wythevilio, where ho encountered tho enemy, four thousand strong, under Gen. Sam Jones. Wb fought them for four hours, driving them, and killing and wounding many. And capturing some prison ers. Under cover of darkness the enemy re treated. Our loss was onff hundred and, twenty killed and wounded ; none missing. Near Blacksburg Gen. Avorill commenced destroying the railroad/ which liras' most ef fectively done to a point four miles’ cast of Christianburg/ At tho latter' place a small force of the enemy hastily loft/ leaving two 3-inch, guns, which fell into oiiv Bands. Gen. Aycriil has fully accomplished’the work as signed him'by Gen. Crook/ The entire ex pedition Ims been a brilliant success in all its parts, giving addition:!! 1 Ihatro to the high reputation of Gen. Crook/ General Seigd’a Engagement'. A loiter from Strasburg, May 10, Bays;-*' “ Our engagement may bo summed up OB' follows: —We underrated the strength of the enemy at New Market, and sent out an in sufficient force under Colonel Moore. At Rood’s Hill he met fnlbodon, Who on thtfajH proaoh of our force gradually fell track off Newmarket, skirmishing all the way with our advance, and drawing them after him,— At Newmarket ho was reinforced by Echols-' They evidently intended to draw him m;° their lines sufficiently far removed from his supports, and then, with an overwhelming: force, attack and capture his command. In' this they were defeated, for Colonel Moot# succeeded in holding his ground until too main column, under Gen. Seigel, arrived. • “After a severe fight of-four hours dura* tion, it was evident they outnumbered ns two to one. So wo fell back (in perfect order no straggling or skulking) to our supply train, where a portion of our troops were sta tioned." ,■ FROM GEN. SHERMAN. Occupation of Kingston, Home and Casstlilfo —Johnston Retreating to Atlanta, Nashville, May 20.—Gen. Sherman is possession of Kingston, Home, CossviUe, a the lino of the Etowah. The army had hoa y skirmishing with the enemy all the way uv Kesaoa. The railroad and telegraph h . are repaired to the position 01 army, which is in good condition and spi • Johnston is believed to bo at Atlanta, prospect is excellent for the moat impel success to our armies. w Five hundred and thirteen CoojeAam prisoners, captured at Kesaoa, arrived J, ... terday and to-day. Among them are tn f teen commissioned officers belonging to rum . Hardee’s and Hood's corps. ThoywiUW sent north immediately. . nt. B . Hugh Traily, a native of Roy aaa Pf/’ Mil nessee, was hung to-day by order ot m ■ itary Commission, charged with bushwac & and murdering Union oilmens. Traiiey captured in White county, in December, . and was then a guide to Qen. Wheeler, was sent to Pikeville to parole wounded erals. Ho betrayed no emotion on tw , fold, and avowed he died a true rebel soldier, not guilty of shedding innooen From Fortress Monroe. Engagement near Point of nit/ Driven Back — Oen. Walker W arid d Prisoner. ’ ■, Fortress Monroe, May 21.-—TI| re ® ‘jj'. dted" 1 wdunded men were sent from Olellan hospital to-day to PhiladwP • Yesterday noon the pickets on “ near the Point of Rooks on the -“PP . t 0 were driven in by the enemy ana H engagement soon followed. ro sDrv s As soon as the pickets reaoheu oho* force two of our batteries °P en ® take®, my with deadly fire, and they , ■ yficl by surprise that they lost heav y and. wounded. . • O «,mindod i Tho rebel General Walker with nidny of nis men.
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