AMERICAN VOLUNTEER. JOHN B. BRATTON, Editor'& Proprleor. CARLISLE, PA., AUGUST IS, 1804. FOR PRESIDENT IN 1804. GEORGE B. M’CLELLAN. to the decision of » Notional Coimntion.] Democratic County Ticket. FOB CONGRESS, A. J. GLOSSBRENNER, of York, FOR ASSEMBLY 1 , Sa. JOHN D. BOWMAN, of E. Pennsboro’, FOR SHERIFF, JOHN JACOBS,'of Silrer Spring. FOR COMMISSIONER, HENRY KARNS, of Monroe. FOB DIBECTOB 07 THE POOH, WILLIAM WHERRY, of South Middleton FOR AUDITOR, JOHN A. HEBERLIG, of North Middleton. THE COUJiTY CONVENTION. Id another column will he found tho pro ceedings of the Democratic County Conven tion, which assembled in tho Court house, iu this borough, on Monday. Every town and township in the county was represented, and the best of feeling prevailed. The ticket nominated cannot fail to give satisfaction, as it is composed of men unexceptionable in every respect. Wo expect tooled this ticket by some twelve hundred majoity. It will be seen that the Convention, by a Unanimous vote, adopted, a resolution favor ing Gen. M'Clellan for President of the United States. This was right and proper, for wo are fuljy convinced that the people, without respect to party, regard him as the man for the present emergency. The Congressional Conferees wero'unani* mously instructed to support Adah J. Glob berner, Esq. of .York, for Congress. Mr. G. will therefore r receiv6 the united vote of the Conferees representing the District, an hon or he is well worthy of. Of course he will bo elected by an overwhelming majoity, and then the Democrats of Cumberland, Perry and York will be represented in Congress by a man worthy their respect and confidence. More anon. OLD SOUTH MIDDLETON. At a meeting pf the Democrats and con servatives of South Middleton township, held in Papcrtown, on Saturday, August 13, to elect delegates to the Democratic County Convention, the following resolutions were offered and unanimously adopted, viz : Whereas, The Administration of Are Lincoln has proved the greatest curse and calamity ever inflicted upon the American people, and that his famous “ To all whom it may concern,” proves that lie intends that the present “cruel war” shall bo waged until slavery shall be abolished, and negroes made the equals of white men. Therefore Resolved , That the only road to peace is by driving back the tide of Abolitionism, and, at the ballot-box in November, dethrone the tyrant who now disgraces the Presidential chair, and for ’the accomplishment of this ol>- ject we earnestly call upon all patriotic citi zens to assist us in the great work. Resolved, That in Major General Geo. B. McClellan we recognize a firm 'patriot, a hero, and a statesman, and that he is n fit person to fill the chair disgraced by Abraham Lincoln, and we trust that cur Representa tives to the Chicago Covention, which assem bles on the 29th inst., will present him as tho first choice of the citizens of this State for President, and that they will use all fair and honorable means to secure his nomination. • Resolved, That the Convention which meets in Carlisle on the 15th inst., may present to the people of this Congressional District a man who will represent us in Congress, and not prove a “ Judas Iscariot as did the im becile, Joseph Daily, . Resolved, That the great McClellan meet ing, held in New York on the 10th Inst., proves to the entire country that the people have no faith in the Administration of the buffoon Lincoln, and that in order to stop n°i War fbe government must be administer ed by men who have the good of the country at heart and not party gain. Fatal Accident—Death of Michael Burke. We regret to learn from the Harris burg papers that Michael GoRKE,a wealthy and much esteemed citizen of that city, met with an accident on Monday, which resulted in his death. He waa crossing tho railroad near the canal bridge, when a locomotive struck tho baggy in which he was seated, causing him to fall heavily upon his head.— In a few hours ho breathed his last. Mr, 8.. was an Irishman, and was some 70 years of , age. KIT" The Printing Office of the Valley Spir it, at Chamberaburg, was entirely destroyed by the fire which laid waste that town on the Slat nil, under the vindicative orders of the Rebel General McCaualand. The publishers have lost all except their wearing apparel ; and are compelled to appeal to their friends at home and abroad for assistance in re-es tablishing their business. The Valley Spirit was a staunch and able Democratic paper, and the party cannot afford to do without its services in the present crisis. We hope the Democracy of Franklin county and of the State at large will contribute liberally tow ard making up the heavy loss the publishers have sustained, so that the publication of the paper may be resumed at an early day. We shall be happy to act as the agent for forwarding to ouf unfortunate editorial brelh ern any donations which our Democratic friends in Carlisle and Cumberland county may be inclined to make (or their relief. The New York Tribune, after advocating for years such political measures as have brought the country to its present deplorable financial condition,<refuses to accede to a de mand of its printers for such an advance of wages ns will enable tbepi to live over the reign of high prices. WHO IS TO BLAfiIE t In {tie ffiesengo to the oxsra session of the Legislature, Gor. Curtin holds the National administration responsible for the Irtto rebel raid into Pennsylvania* and fot tho burning of Ho embraces in his men- letters ho uud Qon. Coucn wrote to Lincoln and the Secretary of War, in which tho National authorities were assured that both Pennsylvania and Maryland were at the mercy of the rebels, and, in all probabil ity would bo Invaded and if au thority was not given tnem (Curtin* and ooccii,) to place a sufficient force on tho bor ders of our State to repel tho marauders when they made the attempt. Old Abe's re plies to these applications are also published in the message. The President, it appears, refused to give a man for the protection of pur Slate. lie answered tho Governor and Gen. Coven (through a subordinate,) in a half dozen of lines, in which he. with lizard heart, tells them, that he will not permit Pennsylvania troops to defend Pennsylvania 1 Therefore, according to the Governor’s show ing, Abraham Lincoln, President of tho United States, is responsible for the rebel in vasion of Pennsylvania and for tho burning of Chambersburg. And so ho is, and if he U worth the money—and, from all we can hear he is—ho is liable to the people of Chambersburg for the losses they have sus tained—some two or three millions of dollars. We repeat, Abe Lincoln should be held re sponsible for.lho losses sustained by the peo ple of this valley from the late rebel raid and before a court of justice damages to tho full araountcould ond would be found against him. JRNCgJ But, notwithstanding Lincoln’s guilt, his utter indifference, and his imbecility, Curtin is not guiltless. When he appealed to the miserable creature Lincoln, for tho privi lege of calling out troops for the protection of our Southern border, and was refused, why did he not, as Governor of Pennsylvania, ex ercise his authority, and call tho troops out himself, and explain to them the situation of affairs? By doing so ho could have pre vented the rebel raid and saved Chambors burg, in spite of Lincoln. We hold Lincoln guilty, but at the same time wc cannot ex culpate Curtin. He is not as guilty per* hops as Lincoln, but bo is culpable, and has exhibited a cowardly and craven spirit that deserves condemnation. The Constitutional Amendments. —The Carlisle Herald , in informing its readers that tho majoity for the first proposed Constitu tional amendment, (giving the soldiers tho right to vote,) m this county was 1339, uses this language: “ As we predicted the politicians of the Democratic party did every thing they dared dotodefeat the first Amendment. Their tick ets were all printed against it and in favor of the other two. They industriouly circulated the story the first Amendment allowed ne groes to vote and used every unfair and dis honest objection conceivable against it.” The above is a misrepresentation—a false hood. We printed and circulated tickets both for and against the amendment, and so did our neighbor of the Democrat. Nor did the Democrats do “ everything they dared do to defeat the first amendment.” The ques tion was not a political one, nor did anybody attempt to make it euch. Had the Democrts of the county arrayed themselves against the amendment, instead of 1339 fur it, there would have been that majority against it. The Democrats of this county “ dare” do as they please in political matters, without regard to the opinions of collar men, who are forced to support disunioniats and infidels for high po sitions. The soldiers, we think, understand tho new formed zeal that is exhibited by tho shoddyites in their behalf. It is no love for tho soldier that actuates tho disunionists ; the soldier’s vote is what they are after. Thank fortune, the soldiers are not fools; they never asked for tho right to vote in the field, but now that the right has been granted them, they are de termined to vote as they please, even if old Lincoln and his menials should howl like whipped curs. Kentcckey Election.— According to in telligence contained in tho Ohio Statesman, the Democracy hare swept the State. This may also be inferred from the piteous howls that come up from the Abolition newspaper offices at Cincinnati. Martial law had been proclaimed all over the §tate, and the Aboli tionists 'supposed that under its benign in fluences they could easily achieve a victory, even though they knew themselves to bo in a contemptible minority! And then, General Burrbidge also came to their aid, throughout his entire satrapey, with his military orders, proscribing candidates that he didn’t want elected, and refusing to let their names ap pear on the poll-book—as in case of Judge Duvall in the District of the Appellate Court, opposite Cincinnati. But it seems the Dem ocrats were not to be put down this time in any such manner. Nothing daunted, they put George Robertson,of Lexington, on the track as their candidate the day before the election, and when it was too late for Bur bridge, the military satrap, to suppress him. The result is, thatßobertson has nearly three thousand over; his Abolition competitor, M. M, Beaton, of. C ivington. It is intimated that an attempt will be made to prohibit the Judge elect from entering upon the discharge [ of bis duties. Wo hope nothing of the sort 1 will be done. The people who elected him will, of course, see to it that he is inducted 1 into office. Stop the Draft. —Petitions — ay e,petitions to Abraham Lincoln—by chance, orby Ileny en’s wrath—President of the United States,, are in circulation in the Western States, with' numerous signatures, asking the postpone ment of the draft, in these words following; TO THE PRESIDENT OP THE UNITED STATES, The undersigned citizens of the State of Ohio, without regard to party, and in eentb ment devoted to the Constitution and the Un ion, respectfully petition and request that the Draft for Half a Million more Mon, ordered to take place on the stb day of September next, may be postponed until an attempt has been made by negotiation, to secure Peace, based on the Constitution - and Union. August, 1804. | K - It is hinted in Washington that Gen. IXalleck, is the author of the editorial in the NaliopallnUliyencer, which attempts to dem onstrate the utter failure of Gen. Grant's cain paign. ~i LINCOLN, WAR, ANABCET. Wo predicted in 1860 that tho electin'© of ’the Union-splitter, Lincoln, would be followed by a long Bud bloody war, that the Con stitution -Would he trampled under foot, that State rights and State lows would be vi olated, and anarchy prevail throughout our once happy land—happy until' tho Vondal hands of a ‘rockless, dishonest, treasonable Abolition faction took hold of the ship of State. Our predictions were laughed at, the power of the South was onoerod at, and Ab olition slangwhangors made themselves and their hearers merry ut the expense of those who warned tho people of the impending cri sis. A sectional party was a, dangerous ex periment. Washington and others of the early fathers had warned us against giving countenance to linything of the kind, but all to no purpose. The words of departed states men were forgotten or disregarded by tho mad fanatics who had resolved upon war, desolation and plunder. Nothing but “ a little blood-letting” would satisfy them,, and, God knows, they have had blood-letting in abundance. Some seven or eight hundred thousand men, North and South, sleep in go ry grave's, and thi end is not yet. No, not yet, and no man living has in idea when this “ wicked war,” this sanguinary contest is to ho brought to a close. Mr. Lincoln has called for 500,000 more men, and he de clares at the same time, with brazen audaci ty, that the war is not to be prosecuted for the purpose of restoring the Union, but for tho abolishment of slavery. In violation of his oath, ip violation of his plighted word and the resolution unanimously adopted by Congress, the President insults the people by telling them that this infernal war is to go on from year to year until the slaves of the South are all set free and negro-equality established. This accomplished, he will be ready to recognize the South as a separate and distinct power. Mark it, Lincoln is ready and willing to dissolve the Union tho very hour he is successful in the scheme nearest to his heart—the abolition of slavery. He always was a disunionist, and he isadis unionist still. Twenty-two years ago he fa vored (in a speech in Congress,) a‘dissolu tion of the Union, and h© has never changed his opinion on that subject. The war will go on then so long ns Lin coln is at tho head of affairs. Blood and money will bo called for every sixty days, and tho sanguinary contest will grow fiercer as it progresses, until finally the people of both sections will bo utterly ruined in popu lation and in treasure. Will the people con tinue blind?—will they permit this buffoon Lincoln to go on in his treasonable course, or will they rise as ono roan and hurl him from the place he now disgraces? “Give us a change ; give us anybody but Lincoln,” are words that can be beard in all quarters, and this is a good omen-. Let the hardy yeo manry of tho country look at things ns they arc, and, casting aside party prejudicies, let them make a grand effort to save the coun try. Falling to Pieces. The shoddy dynasty is rapidly falling to pieces. Every day, allnost, and from every section of the North, come evidences of the abandonment of Lincoln’* fortunes by prom inent members and editors of the Republican party. The New London (Conn.) Chronicle , a Republican paper, in taking down the names of Lincoln and Johnson from its head, uses the following language: There are more or less empty-headed idi ots in every community, who, without know ing why, belch forth their silly slang. They are like dogs who bafk at any or all objects toward which’ their masters exhibit their aversion. Men who ha*vo a pecuniary inter est in lauding Lincoln to the skies—whose fat offices are dependent on his re-election, pronounce every indication of mistrust in the- President's ability, honesty and integrity, to be rank Cupperheadism, and the wefek-mind ed, easily led and thoughtless parasites ol these officials take up the parrot cry and ring the changes on a word which was coined to illustrate a certain style of character, but which by constant usage, on all occasions, in season and out of season, has become a mean ingless term. We do not expect the office holders nominated Lincoln to be honest; for their business is to up the king’s deformities and make his leprous spots look white as snow. The intelligentand observantportion of Lincoln’s supporters will gradually work around to the true knowledge of tho Presi- character, and be governed according ly. Bu‘ to tho nimble-voiced parrots who echo the sentiments of the pap-suckers, we would recommend a cessation from their sil ly gabldings long enough for them to read tho comments made on Lincoln and his ad ministration by such eminent 41 Copper head” as Horace Greeley, of the N. Y. Tri bune, By rant, of the N- Y. Evening Post; Thurlow Weed, “ the father of tho Republi can party Dr. Brownson ;'Prentice, of the Louisville Journal, and the Congressional manifesto of Senator Ben Wade, of Ohio, and Representative Henry Winter Davis, of Ma ryland. chairman respectively of the Senate and House committees on the Rebellious States, addressed— 4, T0 the supporters of the government,” and published in the New York papers of Saturday. We shall comment hereafter oh the re markable and deserved,denunciatiODB of the President's course made by Wade and Da vis. For to-day we will content ourself with withdrawing, from the.support of “Honest s old Abe.” Thus the good work goes bravely on,— Everything that is pure and ■upwright with in the Republican party is rapidly leaving it. Before the grand 'contest of November every man who sincerely loves his country and desires to behold it once more prosper ous and united, will have abondoned the man whose ineompotenoy and misdirected efforts have brought so much suffering and ruin. Every sign of the times augurs success for a new man with better principles than Mr. Lincoln’s. All that is now demanded by the people is a candidate standing upon a plat form whoso planks are the Constitution and the laws. The triumph of suoh a candidate is as certain as that another tom of Abra ham Lincoln would make America a desert and our children beggars and slaves. We cut the following paragraph from a_New York Republican paper; “Themain difficulty will be next year’s supplies. La bor is almost impossible to be obtained. The negroes that were brought here are seldom retained by those who try them. They do not suit our farm economy, and still less into family life. On largo farms, where a special negro quarter may be erected, this may be different, but near this city there are cone suoh." WAR CONTRACTORS On« ofleh hears the expression, “Stop the opportunities of making money, and this war will come to a close." This is true, and it ie exceedingly painful to ndmit its truth, for such an admission reAdcts fearfully upon tho selfishness and depravity of human nature. At the conclusion of this horrid war, we shall he recompensed for the death of multitudes, and tho crushing influences of a tax that will grind us to the dust, by contemplating the sudden glories of agents, contractors and com missaries, whose equipages will shine like meteors, and whose palaces will rise like exhalations. Those wretches grow in wealth in proportion As their country sinks ; and at all times tfyoir voice is loudest for tho war, and fiercest in denunciation of those who op pose it. There are men all around us to-day who dwell in palaces rather than in common habitations; who revel in luxury and riot; who, without virtue, industry, or courage, de rive a splendid revenue from the ruin of their country; who look upon every new contract ns an estate for which they would sacrifice one-half of their species ; and when the toils and dangers of battle are over, they will treat with contempt, and turn insultingly from their doors, tho very men through whoso suf ferings and privations they were made rich. Well did Erksine, in one of his finest bursts of eloquence in tho House of Commons, in 1792, say of just such characters: There are wretches who without virtue, la bor, or hazard, ore growing rich as their coun try is impoverished. They rejoice when ob stinacy, ambition, or folly adds another year to slaughter and devastation, and laugh from behind their desks at bravery and lienee while they are adding figure to figure and cypher to cypher, hoping for a new contract from a new aimamcnt. and computing tho profits of a siege or a tempest. If wo could hare our way wo could put tho whole army of fawning office-holders, agents contractors and commissaries in tho front and most exposed rank in tho next great battle, and every bullet or shell from the enemy that struck them from tho ranks of the living, would be the Heaven sent agent of humanity to bring about and secure a speedy peace for the country. We know a number of those contractors who, anticipating tlfo total ruin of the Federal currency, at no distant day, have invested their blood-stained earnings over the sea in British securities, expecting to take refuge abroad when the crash comes from bankruptcy *at home. Still, the cry .for more war by the prostituted press, these crea tures keep in their pay goes on. The people are being gradually exhausted, without any definite result. The public are beginning to perceive in the incrased price of living, and diminished income from taxation, and other causes, tho. fearful consequences of this drea ry war. It will not be long before tho oyes of the people will bo fully opened to the de lusion of which they have been made tho victims; and then let these shoddy contrac ters, Administrate n pimps, and prostituted editors beware. “ Sowing the wind,” they may then begin “to reap tho whirlwind." Parson Bmvnlow on Andy Johnson, Aa Parson Brownlow is the leading sup porter of the administration in Tennessee, it may amuse and interest some of our readers to see what he thought of the Republican candidate for the Vice Presidency a few years ago. The redoubtable Parson held forth thus : 11 He (Johnson) is a member of a numer ous family of Johnsons, in North Carolina, who are generally thieves and liare, and though he is the best of the family I have ever met with, I unhesitatingly affirm to night that there are better men than Andrew Johnson in our penitentiary 1 Hie relatives in the old North States have stood in tho stocks for crimes they have committed.— And his own born cousin, Madison Johnson, was hung at Raleigh for murder and robbe ry I * * * Is he not the last man living to talk about respectability on tho part of any one? Certainly he is. We ilon’tthink that anything could induce us to write thus about the family of, any can didate for office, whatever we might think proper to say, about himself. And, though we hope we are a praying man, we don’t be lieve that, while praying, wo could pray at any poor mortals as tho good Parson prayed at Andy Johnson, in his church at Knoxville, in the latter part of November, 1855. This was his ejacu/stion: “To Thy watchful proyidence, 0! most merciful God, we are indebted for all our mercies, and not any work or merit of ours; for many of us entered the eoramble to ele vate to the Executive chair of tho State the present incumbent (Andrew Johnson,) with a perfect knowledge that he had abused Thy Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord, on the floor of the State Senate, ns a swindler, advocating unlawful interests. We knew that ho v<> ted in Congress against offering prayers to Thee. Wo knew that he had opposed the temperance cause, which is the cause of Gnd and all mankind. We knew that he had vil lified the Protestant religion. * j* * * Yet such were the party ties, 0 1 most migh ty God, that we went into the support of our Infidel Governor blind.” Mercy on us! We cannot help fancying that some preachers can prav worse than others can curse. If the pious shepherd thinks proper now to make Andy a bell weather of hisdlock, ho can say in his next prayer that he wos mistaken in 1855 and beg the Lord not to remain deceived by-what in the holy and raging fervors of his soul, ho stated at that time. The Parson will make it allright in his next prayer, wo dare say. —Louisville Journal. The Coal Merchants of Philadelphia, are endeavoring to raise soldiers in. anticipa tion of the draft, as they did a year ago. An exchange expresses the idea that if they can raise their *• Coal Regiments" ns rapidly as they bare raised the price of coal, they will do well—and better, too. C/“Col. Wiluam McGanm-Ess, late of the Pennsylvania Reserves, in a letter to the Ad jutant General, declines the proffered honor of a Generalship, and says that “ the post of honor, as the war is now conducted, is in re mainining a private citizen.” lie Is Presi dent of the Keystone Democratic Club of Philadelphia. Orestes -A. Bhownson, a Republican candidate for Congress last year, says : “Here is one of.the most serious dangers that threaten us. Convert the war. in the popular mind, into an abolition war ; make it a war of the North on the South, or for im posing Northern ideas on Southern society, and the nation, as a republican nation,, is ruined forever. Northern ideas are as much ex aggerations in one way as Southern ideas are in another.” !C7“ Four hundred discharged soldiers pass ed through Portland recently, one hundred and thirty of them on a single leg each. IL W. VOORHEES ON OLD ABE. WVhftvo room for only the following ex tract from nbtilliant and powerful speech, delivered by Mon. H. W. Voorhees, at Green Cattle, Indiana, On the 6fch insfc. Hon.. E merson Etheridge had just concluded a very able speech of throe hours, when Mr. Voor hees closed tho moating by making a short but telling speech. Here are a few specimen paragraphs: Five hundred thousand more men—that's all! When Mr. Lincoln was nominated at Baltimore, I was at Washington. Each del egation hurried down to congratulate -him, and to tell the story of their servile, bnao de votion to n mere man—and a very ordinary specimen of a man at that. [Laughter.] Tho contractors, tho thieves, the money-chan gers, the substitute hirers, tho cotton specu lators, the- greedy tariff plunderers of Now England, came rushing down upon him to congratulate him hpon his'nomination for tho Presidency. I have watched and looked around Washington city. I have road the papers that recorded the devotion of these men to Mr. Lincoln. They say that Mr. Lincoln flashed with wit, ana merriment, and jest, when they waited on him, and that he had a joke for every one of them. One of them says, in giving an account of it, “you ought to have been there to have heard tho laughing." Now let mo tell you that on that night, from Mr, Lincoln's window, there was in plain sight at that time not less than a section of land covered with hospitals—not less than a mile square of hospitals, in which men were lying with, one leg and one arm off —wounded, sick, and dying. Every jest ho told was marked by at least three deaths in tho hospitals of Washington City. Three, human souls were heralded into eternity by each of Mr. Lincoln's jests and jokes. An other section of ground, in view from Mr. Lincoln’s room, had been dug up for a grave yard, and* while he jested’and joked with his servile crew, he could look out on this scene of dying and death, and yet you proposed to me to retain that monster in another term of office—that monster that, with an utter disre gard for human life and human misery, has proposed to prolong his term of office. Gen tleman, it seems to mo that I can heat tho spirits of tho hundredsof thousands who have been uselessly sacrificed in this war pleading against the re-election of this man. to me that the very stones would rise ftgjto protest against it. It seems tome that inan> iniate objects and dumb beasts would cry out, “Enough ho had his day." Bloody, gory, reeking, let him go out into a hateful obscu rity, there to spend the rest of bis days with the ghosts of the murdered dead gibbering around bis unhappy pillow. Another administration of war I No change of policy! Mr. Lincoln has laid down hie programme. He says, without the abolition of slavery you can have no Uuion. Another , four years of war! and mark mo, now, my friends, there can bo no mistake about tho next four years of war. You know precise ly what kind of a war it is, and is to ho. In the commencement of this war, Mr. Lincoln said he had no desire to encumber the Union question with the question ot slavery. Ho did not want to destroy State fights; hut now he has served notice on you, that those who vote for Lincoln will vote for four years more of war; not to restore the Union, but to abol ish slavery and free the negroes. lie has said it himself. By the abandonment of sla very, and by no other means, says he, can you have Union. 1 here is no other name by which it can be done, except by the cmanci- . pation of tho black man, and Ms freedom here in our midst. You will take notice of this, and govern yourselves accordingly.— Whoever is fir this war and prlonging Abra ham . Lincoln’s tenure of office, does it with his eyes open. Abandon slavery, and you can have Union, says Mr. Lincoln. Branding White Men. —Tho Provost Ma rshals of New York have commenced to brand the letter X on the backs of such persons as apply to be enlisted in the army. The ex ousels that such damaged pieces of humanity will bo more easily detected at subsequent examinations, and prevented from getting into service to tho loss of the Government, because they are -not fit for service. Such a reason is, however, not very strong, for boards of enrollment are notorious for compelling service or payment of money from drafted men who absolutely have' one foot already in tho grave. No excuse is sufficient for the outrage of scarifying the back of a white man in that manner. If the barbarous prac tice is permitted, it may not be long until men in service will bo coriipelled to' have the brand of " D. S.” put upon them, like the horses and mules owned by the Government. It would seem that no indignity is too great to be put upon poor humanity during these times when the most degrading, lustful, and brutalized creatures are brought to tho sur face of society as the ruling elements. An “ Olive Branch” From Richmond.— The Richmond Sentinel, tho reputed orgnn of Jeff. Davis, in a late article on the recent conferonzo at Niagara, makes a suggestion for tho attainment of peace, in the following half-earnest, half-bantering language: “Let peace commissioners be appointed by either section, and, invested with plenary powers of negotiation, meet on neutral terri tory, and discuss tho terms of peace. Let all subjects be open to free discussion and negotiation. We of the South consider inde pendence as the great and first object of tho war, and that oeparation is essential to inde pendence ; yet we shall he willing'to listen to what you have to sag and propose on the oth er side. Yen may"offer ue something that will secure our equal rights within the Union; you may propose to give the Slave holding and free States equality of votes in Congress and in the election of President ; and partly to effect this you may throw all New England Into one State, or give her to England ; or, if England won’t have her, let her secede. Now, that would be a tempting bait. Wo don’t sny it would satisfy us, but the subject is worthy of consideration.” Bostonians have had an immens 0 number of severe things to say of the British Government for employing Ilossiana to fight against the revolutioniste in 1776. They are now themselves engaged in importing Hes sians to take their places in the ranks against the revolutionists of the South. The crime of employing mercenaries does not seem tobo so heinous at “ the huh” as formerly; and the word Hessian, from signifying something bordid and contemptible, must, hereafter, bo elevated to at least the respectability of “ re presentative loyalty.” And what should hinder a Yankee from becoming a Hessian, or a Hessian from being as good as a Yan kee 1 [CT'It is only the negro that stands m the way pf peace. It is for the negro that the war is to bo continued indefinately. For the negro hundreds of thousands more of white men's lives most be sacrificed, hundreds of thousands millions more of the white men's treasure spent, and the existence' of this whitduuan’s Government destroyed. Bo says Abraham Lincoln. What say the people 7 tST Market prio* pf gold, 256, DEMOCRATIC CODNTY CONVENTION. Tho Democratic County Convention assem bled in the Court House in tho borough of Carlisle, on the 15th inst. I'. P. BLAIR was appointed chairman, andD. Wherry and W. Kennedy, Secretaries. The following gentlemen presented credentials and were ad mitted to seats in the Convention;, Carlisle, East Ward.—J. T. Rippey, A. F. Meek. Carlisle, West Ward.—W. J. Shearer, J. Boutz. Dickinson; —Sami. Spangler, Geo. Kiss inger. East Pennsborough.—A Blessing, Jesse Laverty. Frnnkford.—Jacob Nickey, George Gilles pie. _ Hampden.—Christian Deitz, George C. Shaffer. Hopewell.—Sami. Christloib, T. Hefflolfin ger. Lower Allen.—John Myers, Jos. Trafford. Mochaniosburg.—W. C. Houser, Wm. Y. Johnson. Middlesex.—James Clondenin, David Vo glcsong. Monroe.—M. L. Hoover. John Paul. Mifflin.—John Jacobs, David Sterret. Newton.—John Westhefler, Sami. Cope. Newville.—John Brisker, Jos. A. Wood burn. Newburg.—Philip Long, D. Wherry. Now Cumberland.—Lewis Young, JohnG, Miller. North Middleton.—Jacob Gutshall, Sami Hess. ' Penn.—Sami. Green, Sami. A. Tritt. Silver Spring.—James Williamson, Peter Snyder. South Middleton.—Wm. B. Butler, Jacob M. Goodyear. Southampton.—S. Wherry, L. Strohm. Shippensburg Bor.—E. J, M’Cune, Wm. Kennedy. Shippensburg Twp.—Thomas P. Blair, Allen Brown.. Upper Allen.—Jonus Roller, Joshua Culp. West Pennsborough.—James Carothors, Wm. A. Ker^ On motion, it was, Resolved, that the Con vention vote by ballot. On motion, it was, Resolved , that tho Con- vention proceed to ballot for candidates for the several offices, with the following results : For Assembly, Dr. JOHN D. BOWMAN, Wa'S dominated bv acclamation. Par Sheriff, John Jacobs had 27 votes. Jacob Shell “ 39 “ S. A- Eminger V 4 “ Whereupon JOHN JACOBS, of Silver Spring, was declared duly nominated for the office of Sheriff. For Commissioner, Henry Kama had 37 votes, Goo. Attick “ ' 6 “ Jas. Graham " - 4 “ Geo. Elcholbergor . 3 “ Whereupon HENRY KARN3, of Monroe, was declarod duly nominated for the office of Commissioner. For Director of the Poor, Ist bul. 2d bal. Wm. Wherry had 18 29 W. A. Coffey “ 13 14 J. Rhoads “ 12 7 Jesse Zoigler “ 7 Whereupon WM. WHERRY, of South Middleton, was Declared duly nominate! for the office of Director of the Poor. For Auditor, J. A. Heherlig had Geo. Atticks “ Whereupon JOHN A. HEBERLIG, of North Middleton, was declared duly nomina ted for the office of Auditor. for Congressional Conferees , Dr. G. W. Ilaldeman had 2G votes. W. Kennedy •* 17 •• W. Harper " 8 “ J. W. Cncklin '« 7 “ W. A. Ker *' JO “ John QirtsharU “ 14 ,l W. Y. Johnson r ‘ 43 “ J. P. Rhoads ,r 4 “ Whereupon Dr. G. W. Ilaldeman, W. A. Ker, and W. Y. Johnson, were declared duly e'ectcd Congressional Conferees. Mr. Meck, of the East Ward, Carlisle, of fered the following resolution, which wus adopted unanimously : Resolved , That we are in favor of General George B. McClellan for President of the United States, and hereby instruct the dele gate representing this district in the Chica go Convention to vote for him and use all honorable efforts to secure his nomination. Mr. Butler, of South Middleton township, offered the following resolution, which was unanimously adopted ; Resolved , That wo concede to York county the candidate for Congress, and hereby in struct the Congressional Conferees this day appointed to vote for the nomination of Adam J. Glosbrenner, Esq., of York, Mr. Johnson, of Mochanicsburg, offered the following resolution, which Was unani mously adopted; Resolved, That the course of ortr Senator, Hon. George 11. Bucher, and of our Repre sentative, Dr. John D. Bowman, deserves and has the cordial approval of the Democ racy of Cumberland ; but that wo deem it a duty to declare that Joseph Bailt, in voting against the Dawson Resolutions and in.favor of pet measures of an abolition administra tion, has forfeited and.no longer deserves the confidence of the Democratic party. Having proved recreant to the trust confided to him, we cannot and do no not regard him as a Democrat. By his votes wo judge him. The following persons were appointed members of tho Standing Committee for the , - ensuing year: J. W. D'. Gillelen, J. B. Bratton, East Ward, Carlisle. Charles E. Maglaughlin, Theo, Cormnan, West Ward, Carlisle. John W. Huston, W. Galbraith, Dickinson. 11. N. Bowman, John B. Heck, E. Fenns borough. John Wallace, Jacob Kosf, Frankford. Joseph A. Brenner, John 11. Myers, Hamp den. Adam Ramp, Adam Ileherlig, Hopewell. George B. Ileok, George Eiohelberger, Low er Allen. 11. H. Eborly, W. C. Ilowserr, Mcohnnios burg. James Clennenin, Henry Snider, Middle sex. Wm. Devinney, Christian Cline, Monroe. William Lennoy, John B. Sballenberger. Mifflin. M. Williams, Charles Horn,.Newton. - Geo. W. Brioker, John Murphy, New Ville. John S, Hawk, William Lusk, Newburg. Geo. Hess, Joseph Beaman, New'Comber land. W. 11. Crain, John Grissinger, North Mid dleton. David P, Tritt, James McCulloch,, Penn. "• Kost, ! M. E. Leidig, Silver Spring. Middleton’ ® ut er ’ Merman, South Levi Strohm. W. D. Means, Southampton. John 11. Onewell, Wm, Kennedy, Ship* penabur/r Borough. John N. Blair, George Wonder, Shippens burg township. A. B. Seohrist, J. Bowman, Upper Allen. Peter L. Snyder, Jacob Rhoads, West Psnnsborough, Crffion. Republican Elteilon to go by Drfaalt. 01 T “< ~ [Correspondence of tho N. Y. tVorld . wMinotok, August 11.—x h . . tions dt the leading Republican ° ,boril ' this city. New .York, Boston and el' K ° r |’ in have led to a moat singular dotermln • " erB their part. It is stated, Upon verv „ oa thonty that they .have determined n " - tho election to go by default, and 1 ° nll ' nr Domocrntio party to elect their Pm •, T ° the House of Kepreaentntivcs. It - 1? tary Chase who is said to bo tho 8 n re this very curious political movementV f reasons lor tho adoption of this nnf ‘ follows: First) the Republican lS #M satisfied that the war is near its con I • oro that ddisunion peace is inevitable-a nn ■ wish the Democratic party to suffer d"-? miny in history of being the political ‘ gni> zation which consented to a senam,- ° rgai1 ' North and South. Second, they a, 11,0 no more money is to bo mads out l,lOl and that tho finances of the country lo *" * in such a state that contractors IJ“'T' T lose, hut cannot make money j i n sho t i tho public orango has been snuoeroil / ' th>t that the election of a Democratic Pnvi" 111 a id House of Representatives wn , jj latter party in a position whereby t l„v! ,5 not conduct tho war nor moko.ony n "‘i 1 their friends, and would becomnellel !' r mit to a dishonorable plan. Third it B , ub ‘ ther argue that should Mr. Lincoln' be elecu ed, pence would likewise bo inevitable ing to his wretched management of u. e ’ but that a peace under Republican 1 would forever ruin tho political fortuneHf every public man connected with thiim!, ' Fourth, that as tho Republic ,ns wnulr/T 7 ' a majority in the Senate during the o f,',! term of a Democratic President, they P „ i! prevent any ponce that would not bring w-i h it tho abolition of slavery in the Sm.l!. States. Now that they consider the hopeless, tho Republicans are willing -non.h that there should be peace, but it ?,,uTI peace with disunion, so that they would J have tho political power of the South to con tend against in n re-uniled Union. These considerations have had ao m nel, weight with, the leading Republicans that they are quite willing to see Mr. Lincoln de feated in every State of the Union; indeed their purpose to do so is stated without reser' vation, and tho course of tho lenihV ormns ! of the party shows that they regard'd* dec- 1 tion of tho Chicago nominee as n lore-one j conclusion. From present appearancesthere will be no presidential contest woilhv the I name. 1 I G.ieat McClellan Meeting in New York. An immense meeting of the Democracy of the city of New York was held in Union Square on Wednesday evening, fur the pur pose of expressing public opinion in favor of the nomination of General McClellan tW Chlcoga Convention. There were not less than one hundred thousand persons present who were addressed fro’ra four stands by Mes srs. Hiram Kctchum, F. A. S mver, E. B. Norton. John. B Hasken, and other abb speakers. A aeries of strong resolutions were unanimously adopted, one of which was as follows: Resolved, T'linti in Majoi* Cortenll Oonvgs B. McClellan worecognizo those sterling qual* ities which chmacterlzo the true patriut. sub die", statesman and gentleman, and which, will insure an 1 administration ahko elevuiiug to the nation and creditable to the civilizin tion of the ago ; and While we wOnlil not dig. parage the claims of his brother sdiliw, vo but rertcrutc the voice of the toillinn which comes upon the wings of the wind from every part of the land when wo decline him the cm* bodimeiit of the hopes, us he is the choice of the American people. The greatest enthusiasm prevailed in the meeting, and notwithstanding the vust mini* here present all separated in quietness. 40 votes. 10 “ “ Loyal” Sympathy. — Tho Rev. Alfred Nevin, formerly pastor of the Uornian Kefnnn* od church in (Jlminhcnsburg, hut recently (» resident of Philadelphia, publishes a card in the I're.ss of Monday, asking aid for the Chain* bersburg sufferers, lie prefaces this card with the following sentence; ** Those of the sufferers at Chnmbcrsbarg who art for \h Union should have material aid at otiee.”— What right has this gentleman to presume that there are sufferers at ChamberHhurj: who are not for the Union ? If he has reliable information that there are any such pewms in Chuniberaburg, wo would like to know their names. have probably as general an acquaint* ance with the citizens of Chnmberfihurp ns the reverend gentleman has, and wo know of none such But even if there were,and they were houseless and .naked andeicknnd suffering, are they therefore to bo debarred from public charity? That sacred volume, with which Dr. Nevin is so familiar, telle us “If ihine enemy hunger feed thirst give him drink.” This is true ChnV tian charity, but it does not seem to bo “by al league” charity,— bhippensburg Si/ihnd. tUT* She Democrtic pnpets sny tliat Ihert have been political cfmnges in. their fowr since Mr. Lincoln's letter demanding the abandonment of slavery before pence; nnu we believe that this time they tell the truth. That is what the Newburyport (Mass.) Utr aid, an Abolition paper, says; and wo beliovs that this time the Herald tells the truth. d7* The Boston Post says there is nj truth in the report that Mr. Lincoln is aboil to issue a new proclamation "to whsm it nicy concern,” warning rebels not to approach within five miles of Washington. From General Sherman’s Jhnijv An Unsuccessful Assault —Tlie Ene my Repotted to be Reinforced. Cincinnati, August 15.—The correspon dent of the Cominerti&l from General oner man’s army before Atlanta, gives an swoon* of an action, on the 6th inst., in widen 100 23d Corps lost over 500 men in a partially unsuccessful assault on the enemy’s line B. At the last accounts, August Bth, oilr li" had advanced three miles nortlnveet of At lanta, and within a mile and a half of tn Macon road. . The Gazelle has received Atlanta adriM to tho 10th inst. ... Since Gen. Schofield’s movement on sth to reach tho Macon road, nothing imp ' tant had been done. These movements j been partially successful and the right o line had assumed a position three nulosn of East Point, and about a mile ‘ ronl ~s railroad. It thence extends north nr the city to the Chattanooga road. Gen. Sherman was making B et J, or “ preaches and is very near tire enemy s " with works nearly as strong as theirs. It was thought that Gen. Hood, , 8 . mnnd of the enemy, had received rot 8 ‘ A SOUTHERN DESPATCH*. [From tho Richmond Whig] Atlanta, August 9. —Last nigbt an i Q[l morning passed without ony demo on the port of the enemy. . t 0 the Some few shells are still thrown city, without doing any damage. . jtcn J The enemy evinoo- a disposition- 1 their right further,- which rests Campbeilton road. McCocl’i A captain and lieutenant from * j #( t raiders, who deserted from our nr j 'wiptor, were captured yesterday-
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