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TIC PRINCIPLE CEASE TO LESD, 9SH Gi.M
TO mow."
WI!- IL BmaLni, Editor arid Proprietor
LEBANON', PA.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 1862
VSB.Y. lINPoPuLAR..-T hz address of
the Democratic members, the speech
es, -of Biddle, Cox, Richardson, the
Union meeting of Nevi York, the
.'resotations of the Harrisburg Demo
cratic Convention of last week, and
..simular matter is very unpopular with
-19. year disunionists and abolitionists
generally. We cannot pick up one
of their papers without ending it lam
ming one or the other of these do6u
-men t 4 with might and main. If they
Were to publish one of the documents
named they would hare more union
ism in their columns than they have
had in a sis-months.
The Lebanon Courier is Still
encouraging the Southern rebels by
making them believe that there are
many persons in the Northern States
sympathizing with them. The North
ern people, in 'supporting such lying
concerns, are keeping warm the snake
that will sting them to death at the
first opportunity. If the rebels be
lieved that they bad no sympathy in
the North' they would not resist as
desperately as they do. But fromthe
abolition Tribune down to the Courier
they are weekly told that certain peo•
pie are in full sympathy with them
and secessionism, and then, when
they see these same "secession Etym.
pathisers" carrying everything be
fore them at elections, they take it
"for granted that more than half the
people of the North are sympathizing
with them. They do not know that
these malicious disunion sheets are
telling them a parcel of lies.
WHY?
Why; instead of keeping the con
traband in idleness in Washington,
Fortress Monroe, and hundreds of
other„places,'or spreading them over
the North as servants, &c., are they
not set to do the work of digging
ditches, throwing up embankments,
c., which is wearing out the life of
our seldiers? •
Why, instead of enlisting them as
soldiers and sailers, are they not made
to work on fortifications, &c., thus
easing our unacclirnated Northern
soldiers of Much work ?
There is a great deal of labor that
they could relieve our soldiers of, but
no, they are too precious for that.—
if,they had been -set to work digging
ditches in tho swamps of the Chicka•
hominy there would not be so many
rheumatic and sick soldiers among
the 93d Regiment. While the gov.
ernment is feeding and clothing them
it, is entitled to their labor, and should
make them work, while the whites
are ready and willing to do the fight
ing
Ibr the .dduertiaer.
The "gentleman from Maryland"
who NVlts in communion with the ed
itor of the courier last week, about the
ADVERTISER, NVOUId do well to study
"Union" himself a little. I under
stand that - he himself has been ."sup , '
tressed" for his "secessionism." Folks
that see nothing honest or loyal in
any one but those who - act' and
think like themselves, and who are
lAticinstantly setting tie rrioSt
eiiiuS . eztamplesinsociallife, ehoold be"
aiittle more careful to extract
beam out of their own eyes before
*they denounce the mote in the eyes of
their neighbors. ANTICISOIR.
EDITon: 7 -Does.the last Courier
say it.wo,r.:ctli-bout rascality of Bea ,
ator ! ii..nreona:in taking a bribe of
$50,000 for Oing_hisi influence in ob
lathing contracts, for arms?.l have
looked it througliAnd -could not find
an,allasion to the rascality.
• lIONEST Y.
No ! 13ut, we found The words "nig
ger" and "negro" seven 'times in 12
conseeutive lines in the second, col.
,
nriny of the second page of the last
. airier. Does our . correspondent
sup
°pose.Simmons to be a .Dernoerat ?
if so he is mistaken. He is a good
Republican and that accounts for the
Screening he receives from the Courier.
Thank Heaven, his time - is almost out,
and thus ono less of the fellows that
bave plundered the Treasury of more
money in one year under the present
administration than the whole yearly
_ expenditures of Mr. Buchanan's ad
,tninistration, will be in the next Con
gress. He is succeeded by that gal
3aut - Union „Democrat, Governor Win.
Sprague.
. _
Ilk Died in 'TO - Wanda, after a pro.
-
traded and painful illneee';. MANIA
,
SHELDON GOODRICH, i Ili 0 j ef t year
of Mange, .111r1 Goodrich was Depu.
trSecretary of the Commonwealth
under Gov. Bigler, and ;was well known
tip "I never had confidence in Mc—
Clellan," "I always believed that be
was a secession sympathizer," were
the ~ x pressions freely used in the
sty. ~.!s of our borough last week,
when it was supposed that he had
sustained a terrible defeat before
Richmond. To quote the words of
the Courier, "it could be seen on the
aces" of the disithionists that they
gloried in the overthrow of the noble
commander of our armies, and when
the true reports came they looked
quite "solemn" in their disappoint
ment. And yet these men put them
selves forward aspatriots!
Notwith
standing all the rascaliti es of the pres
ent administration, Democrats have
so far hardly breathed a word 'against
Abe Lincoln, because they believe the
cause of the Union his cause as well
as theirs. Rather than throw a word
in the way to interfere with the suc
cess of putting down the rebellion,
they have preferred holding their
peace. How different the action of
the Abolitionists. They have 'cbaffed
for months under the generalship of
McClellan, aye , prayed for his re
moval, and now gloried in the, prem.
ature reports of his defeat. ._,Tbank'
God, he is still in a condition to as
suine the offensive, but not by the.
good Wishes of the Abolitionists.—
Discretion and pat:ilotism has held
back the Democrats from criticising
the acts of Abe Lincoln, and we sin.
cerely trust that hereafter it will also
stay the tongues of the Abolitionists
in their assaults on McClellan. We
do not expect it however. They know -
well enough that if they can take
away the confidence of the soldiers
from their commander, that our army
will be paralited, and as their object
is either to abolish slavery or destroy
the Union, and as there is a prospect
of failing in the former; we doubt not
but they will persevere in the latter.
11u. EDITOR :—The abolitionists, to
weaken the force of the assertion that
the negroes would come North in
case of emancipation, assert that the
climate is not warm enough for them.
I feel pretty certain that we have bad
heat enough in South Lebanon, dur
ing the past week, to accommodate
any Congo negro that ever basked in
the sun of Ethiopia. If some of your
town abolitionists don't believe it let
them come and try it in our hay
fields. We can make it palpable to
them. I don't know how the heat
was in other townshipS, but can safe
ly speak of its sufficiency in
SOUTH LEBANON.
gi , S7 When abolitionistsjnik- to you
of the propriety of emancipating the
slates of th&South, ask them if they
are in favor of spreading them over
the North.
If they say : that "Denmark 'will
take them," tell thernto direct Den
mark to come right away and take
the negroes we have in the North.
When they talk of colonization, ask
them how we are to paTthe expenses.
When they talkof paying the slave
owners for their slaves, tell them to
use their own money for that ,pur
pose, instead of compelling other pee
ple, by action of governreent, to as
sist., Tell them , ou have
.otheruse,
then buying negroes, for your spare
change.
' ser The President,-at the request
of the Governors of the States, has
issued a Proclamation calling for 300„.
000 more men, to speedily crush the
rebellion. Pennsylvania will not fail
in her duty in this 6mergeney.
MR. E orron, :—When the cars were
lately approaching,llarriSburcr on the
Lebanon Valley Rairroad,.l Observed
half a dozen negroes working in_ a
hay field. .Inquiring whose propelfty
it was, was told it belong to. Mr.
R - . "What, the ex-koatorl"
"No !. but his farripr is just ~ . b eyond
there, where on ,can see„ the' Saint)
thing. These folks are in' favor of
`compensated emancipation 'beeanse
it gives them cheap lahOers. They
don't go in for ‘colonj4atiOn,' Aidw
ever !" • ;W:
bbr the Adaeraser.
Ma. EDITOR':—That Democrat"
writing for the Courier is decidedly a
smart-ehap,over the left. The late
'RepUblican or People's Party, now
Abolition; should make himtheir can
didate for the Legislature, their usual
disposition. - of such premature geni•
uses. Ile knows nothing of history.
or polities, past or present, or lies
with malice aforethought. His at
tempt to divide the Democracy into:
:two parties is-as void of truth as it' is
. sense.; If, he'. carefully.'reads the
speech of Wm. A. Ilichardsonof
the personal friend :.and right.
hand man of the - late Senator 'Doug
h:l.S, in the last ADVERTISERi he. will
find that his rehash of stuff from rer
ney's' Press is all—stuff. T.IEFe says he
"cannot follow the ADVERTISER
without disgrace." If he can ' follow
without compunction the corruptions
of the present administration.; the 19-
year disunionists of the,,Nortff; men
who declare the Constitution a' cove
nant with , hell; men who are afraid.
to declare their unreservedullegianee
to the Constitution and the laws;
men who are afraid to say a word
about--the, raseelities of their party
friends, he Lis welcome to 'his ''choice,
The Democratic party is well rid of
such callous adherents. "Dehmeritt"
must net think, however, that any.
body believes him to be a Democrat.
The:signature is a - fraud; and hence:
the inference - is• easy., enough that
"men who steal the livery - ,,OTT heaven
to - serve the devil in are reaoAA ni d
willing tolA a partrtrartY-40Car4
and treason.
ibr the Advertiser .
ler One of the grandest demon
strations made in this country, was
the great Conservative Meeting in
New York, last week. It was a pour
ing-out of the people without prece
dent. The resolutions are thoroughly
Union, Constitutional and Democrat-,
ic. The meeting was. addressed by a
number of prominent. Unioniste, 7 ---
among them "an old man front Ken
tucky, by the name of Wieldiffe." We
shall publish his remarks next week.
The Abolitionists attempted to break
up themeeting , by spreading incen
diary posters - cVkr„ . 'the 'city, which,
howeier, - :onlY added to the success of
-the gathering. The 'voice of New
'YOrkla loyarin thunder.tones. There
is no conditional Unionism there.
The people are for the Constitution
as it is and for the Union as it.was—
the same platform on 'which the Penn
sylvania Democracy stand, as May - be
seen, if any further evidence had been
necessary, by the resolutions of our'
State Convention last Week.
Ihm.. Some one who has probably
a superabundance of leisure has been
after the "negro:" He loves him so
dearly that he has counted the nut•
ber of times the - word occurs in the
ADVERTISER. A person,withso much
leisure on hand should enlist in the
army, thereby obtaining, Something
to do. The army now has vacant
places for gentlemen of leisure.
SEir A skirmish took place a day or
two ago between a body of
army and rebels in which the latter'
were defeated and lost several batte.
ries and 1,000 prisoners. It is said
that the rebels are not at all anxious
to fight just now.
• Dar We publish in other columns
the sickening details of the terrible.
battles. fought by our army before
Richmond. It is useless to deal in
criminations now, but this we may
say:—lt is our belief that had any
Other General than McCfellan been in
command we this day would have no
"army of the Potomac." The evil is
now seen, and the army, it is said, is
being speedily-reinforced. We hope
so. Had Gen: MeClellans's requisi
tions and representations, his plans
and reasons, been fully.recognized in
the outset, 'he would have been in
Richmond a month or. two months
ago. Our disorganizing Abolition
factions are responsible for our press
ent disappointments, as they are foy
theresults of their original "Onward
to Richmond" movement.. 'Much
.hlood and treasure have thus been
sacrirtied - to time cfaunors and - thepo,,
litical intrigues of this radical "eman
cipation or separation" party.
For the Adrertiiei
For iite AdicrEiser:
MR. EDITOR :—I. noticed:in the last
abolition Courier that some, one has
counted the -number of times the
word "negro" occursin your,columni,
hence as an,offset, I counted the nutn
her of times the last Courier denoun: 7
ced the lately.discovered bribery and ;
corruption of orieof its. party:friends
—Senator. Simmons. - I • commenced'
with the. pnblishers' , ..narnes, on the,
first page, examined every column''
carefulty, to. "Fish - Culture" at the'
end of the last page, and -how Initey
times do_you,suppose I foundthe ras
cality alluded to? Nary once. Not
a word a.hout it in the whole -28 col.`
urns. It strikes me - that a paper that
is constantly abusing Democrats - as
secession sympathizers, afid is afraid
to say a word• about the-astouuding
raecali ties of its political 'friends, is ; EL
disgrace to.Lebanon..county.
Fbr the .4doertistr
air The Democratic State conven
tion' at Hanrisburg on Friday last was
a heart dheering reunion of th'e "in
viueibles." Hoe. F. SV.. Hughes, of
Pottsville, was Prost. of the Conran,
tion, assisted bythe. usual member of.
Vice-Presidents and , Secretaries.
triong the !later We notice the . name
of S. ',I!. Esq;'the delegate
from. this county.: There were six
ballots for Auditor General, ; :when,
Hon.-I:6A° SLENR ER, of Union cow);
ty, was unanimously nominated -by
the mast vociferous applause.. He lie
a lawyer by profeision, and enjoys a
large practice in his own neighboring
counties. He has 'a. most enviable'rep.
utation ' for business .capacity
strict integrity. Hejs 'a min of ma- ;
tare years,,and would make a most,
capable,'eareful and efficient Auditor:
General. His life has been mainlytly.- .
voted to the pursuit of his profession
having mingled little in
_public life,—:
In the year 1834 he Was elected - 4
the State Senate for the term, of four
years, and , occupied_his seat until 18-
38, during one of-the most event fful
periods of *our State histof y. Last
fall he was the Democratic can dilate.!
for President:, Judge the strong
publican district composed.of thsconn
ties Union, Snyder and Miffin;and.s.ach„
was the confidence of the people c lip
knew his Worthiyn , ,his;Caplmity and
wa
integrity that he s - oply' defeated
by it score of votes, an &that through,
misunderstanding as to the place of
voting in one township.
On the second nallot J. P. Barr, ofPitts
burg4.l.vas nominated for:Surveyor' Gen-.
eral,,and on motion of W. K. Wilson,
Esq , the nomination was made unanimous
amid loud . tithd- 'enthusiastic applause.—
'MR Barr lies 'been 'for 'many 'teal l s — illC
editor of the P 01341 the i)463-'
crew organ of es ern Pennayivani ,
-44,1132 only daily Democratic nexirspaper
in the State beside the PATRIOT AND Thu
m. He is a hard working, reliable and
consistent Democrat who, in his impor
tant sphere, has rendered most valuable
service to the Democratic party and con
stitutional principles DO.ing,battle in one
of_the darkest sections of the State, sur
rounded by overwhelming hosts of the
enemy, his faith has never wavered and
his courage in behalf of the right never
flagged. We record his nomination with
peculiar plettiure, and= expect to hear a
good report!from'the West on the second
Tuesday °dater next.
F. W". Hpghed Q v , ' as appointed Chair
man of the 'Stale Ceneral 'Committee. R.
A. 'Umberto!), of Harrisburg, is the mem
ber of the Committee from this' district.--
followiUgeare tite:l3esolutiobs unani
mously adopted by the Con;vhnilon
,They
speak fiii - ihetielv i es: They are Consti
futtOU ASIT - iHand•Union AS IT WAS
wits out reseArdtioh.
. ,
~ .
Waird'a.e;-TheAndwtona -...,onetttution we -
dainedand estab4ehlniV,Our fatbere, In.order to
fOrpi amore pergit ' , Mum establish justlae, in
ei t
viredooleitiortradtpill ,• prdvide',Abflhe Com
mon defenoe, promote `?„geberal welfare, and ie.
odiil the blehJintis of If !,,y:td - poeterify ; the're.
. ,
1 et.. Resolved, Tkt ailhaertlynN set of the Dem -
"ocratio party 1111.14 rellilmnstion of the Union ae it
was, the prerareation ltre,,nstituti r en as it is.
2d. Resolved; That to .tht end that the Union
be rester d; and thetiDalistitatiowand laws erifeic
ed throughout its witede antku,to, we pledge per
bdarty and Unqualified support to the Federal
Governthent ia. the titiergetfc" proaecation of-the
existing war. . t
3d. Resolved; That and only objeCt of
the War is to restorelltic-Uilon , and - enforce - the
laws. Such, a,perpose afoup worthy . the awful
Sacrifice which it'cost4 he - life and of treasure;
with such a purpose elope calve hope for sno.
ease. And those who from sictional feeling, or
party Or motives would give any other di
rectionte the efforts of ow 'armies are• unjust
and unwerthy to be enlipated With power, and
would'eattse all our exertions, extraordinary and
unparalleled as they are, to prove futile in the
end. •
4th.: Resolved, That we juste view with alarm
the reckless extravagance-whish pervades some'
of the departments of the Ted Stet Government,
and 'that nreturn to the rigid- etsonotrty and ac
countability is indispensable to arrest the syste
matic plunder of •the pithleit-treasury by favored
.partizans,-and that-in view of the recent startling.
developments of frauds andcirrruptions at the
Federal metropolis and throughout thit country
that we hold.an entire change Pc administration
to holtriperatively dOmanded. i'
sth. Resolved, That the patty fahaticisin or
crime whichever it may be called, that seeks to
di - mile skives of this.Routirerrii States 10E0 to
.overrun the North and enter ;into competition
'with the white laboring masses,' thus degrading
apd instilting theitenadmoci, by placing them on
an equality with negroes intheir occupation, is
insulting to our ritee,'and merits our mast em
phatic and unqualified'condeibnation.
6th. Resolved, That we denounce Northern
Abolitioniant.and South Bei.ssfon Kettle cn.
operating sources of our,present alantides—alike
treasonable to the constitution rid inimicable to
the braiora. • The only Way -to a restored (dice
and a respected Constitution wi returning peace
and plosperify ii‘tlirtiiigh the e erthrow of hoth. :
7th, Resolved, That,the demlacy .of. Penn'a
t:,
is equally Opposed to - all see anal legiseadon I
and geographical Parties, which a'ae 'their hope
for continued partisan. success the agrerian.
tElll 0 f 'emancipation and byperer tieal phibtethro. i
py-'-abolition; because, neither ,i _known to ; the
Constitution, and both are intended to aid disuti. i
.
ion and Whiten the Constitutionand to prevent :
the teeters tion,,unity, pettee.andlim. l ,Porth tl..nlotili '
States and people. . i f
Bth'. Resolved, 'lllittSliii - Centritien and the
laws, sufficient' are sucient' for any,eMer tamp, and that
the suppression of dim. freedom.tif epeeeh and of 4
the press, and the tinlidfill. arrest of citizens: and
die,ananansinu et die et*. of A u k i ca,,
.„,,,, p ,,,i in o __
olstion of the Constitnt4on in stQ," w b,,i.,,r'th e
'civil authorities are unitimeded, lamest-- danger
ous to civil liberty, and should be resisted at the 1
brilivt-bllvby'civery.freeintili in the. land. ,
931. Resolved, That this is a. Government of
white men, and Was eitablisheil exeliteively for !
-the white race; that the 'negro race are not_ en. 1
titled.to and ought not to be admitted to peliti. !
eel et' social equality With the White race; but. i
that it",is ourOpty to, teett,t them rith kindness
and consideration, as an inferior and dependent
rage; that the figllt of the - saver:if States to do. 1
terrible ,the .positten.and Juties of the race is a 1
sovereign right; and the Pledges Of the Constitu;
don:require .ir;: RS JoyaiitiZertiOnOt to interfere
therewith., , . , : e
..
' 'loth. ResolVed; n ~ it Congress has• no power
to deprive eny , person of 'his property for any .
erimioal offence, unless that person has been first
dilly coriVicteeofthe:offtince by the 'Verdict of-a
jury ;,.and diet ell,amsof Congretw like those late
ly passed by `the the Reuse ofßepiesentatiVei,wb WI
hisutne . to forfeit 'or &trifle:hate theestatea of men '
for offenees of which they have pot been convict-
ed iftion due trial by jurr, are imeonetitutional,
and lead.to-oppression and tyranny, "It is no
justification for such acts that the crimes COM
milted in the pOsecutionnf thd rebellion are of
unexamplekatrocity ; nor is there any such jus
tification as Slate neeessity'known to our GOT
eremen t or laws;
11th. Resolved, •Thai: the. Constitution ; and
'ien and the laws must be preserved and main
tained in all their,properand.righ 6111 ' supreme
coy, anti thatthe.rebellion pow.- in- arms against
them mast he supp'ress'ed-indpitt down, and that
jt is - zur iintyto , usnrall' nstrtntiepal measures
ueeess,ary, and prep°, to *Send.,
- 12tli'ntisolted`, That be Sordiers composing
our armies merit-,the,war
,est alien ks of, the ea-,
d on.. Their country , eql 0, and,nolily. did they
ielsiiritl. , -litiVirli; eihey hall'lritow a itation!te
gratitude; wounded, a don's care, anti dying,
they shall live in our reories,and monuments
!obeli be raised mldaeli nettultoi
to boner the pa : ,
triots and beroes,who oflVeil their lives at their,
SW ATARA
tau zi fri's SI fief: - Moir idow s slid orptan's doll
be ie ° rt Xtl 7; at :l/ b lg at itl d gnilfterf as objectsgviyf„it ,
' ill (ird iatii4 h ip. . 0',..,..
~ The resolutions iere upanim9usly,
adopted -.amid lou and enthusiastic,
A!..pplause, _ _` i
After the adjdurnment of the COn'iiii
bon a heart eheerui-speech was made
by llod: W. - Wittel of Philadelphia. If
,
We'''''Van''obtairi' A 'copy lie. will 'publishll
-
, ,
it in the AntinTissa.. - ' ' - "
HOW TILE MO KEY - GOES ik3 every
bodys exclamation. The wkna
eth where it, liststli aid :the tbobeY
gess,
i n a,...manner lesS'ynystorious.
lint 'to tame 'the Witid-:Ltb procure the
o tiey h ot opus 'esil A
old ballad,- written dou trt less =, by - the
truest reek I ets , of poets, ; ce I e brates-tb e
Stigaeity,;ol. money In ;the, fbllowin,g,
crisp I jy`",e I y 'vet er.13„.:
monty l goi6l no sum ftaowii; •
Wliere loeth'rto mem sh uteeth ;
Here end, there end evArYvvitrAl;.-
Run ; dun; dun;
- Spend;Apend; lend, lepdr
Flesh tovity, (short to-morrow; _
totes to pep, bOrrow,borrow;
folitzgoektm.oneknoweis
Where it wroth, no ono ehoweth.
difertionian
great deal of it now go e th, •
- * Wyek Beliortshoweth
to the poikirs of the puhlW plunderers
CONFESSION OF A REPUBLICAN.-I voted
for Lincoln. That's so. I carried a lamp
sixteen nights, and. ore out as many . as
:two new:capes. ,You-see ; I am; about to
confess all and -make a _clean breast. I
voted for,Linenln, because-I was. told his
*feetion would,put an tbnd-to• tbe.. slaVery
agitation;: and quiet; the :•copntryy. 9.rfhe•
r2'xiiitte - saidtso3 e4s*eaVitritY: oll -eY ,
Yorkßepublic* ittififkrs \cotiArrfted
I donzupretendltzkneWs9.o myself; 4ti
I suppod,otin.leaders , knew, and I`be,
• :tt
t vi yoted-for4.4tipoin.ba nigtice.4l4?!s good;
..M. 3 .etWesh 4ol .4 l 2Pe 4 Ntt
better than ever if Lincolkwakefected.—
That six dollars was only a locofoeo price
for pork, and that 1-v.u.ight better have the
Lincoln price, which would be eight.
I lam not a rich man ; I was not able to
give my land to idly sons; but I wanted
each of them to haVe a farm. The- lead.
told me that my boys should each haVe
. 1 160 acres when Lincoln was elected.—
Poor lads! One of them sleeps in a trench
at Fort Donelson, and the other in the hos
pital at Mount City.
After Lincoln was elected, and the fuss
; fairly begun, I wanted the Crittenden corn
! promise adopted ; but the leaders per
suaded me out of that. They asked me
V'if I wanted to sacrifice , my manhood,"
arid break up the “Great Republican par
-4,1" I didn't know what to reply.
Then they told me that the .South was
only "gassing," and ;that we could not
kick her out of the Union, .if we should
try. That all the secession, there was on
ly "paper secession," and would conie to
nethinii Thm, if the 'Smith should- se
cede; we would be better- without her ;
and that if we wanted her back, It would
only be the job of half a day to thrash her
into i sOmiasion.. That the whole. World,
eSpeeitilly* England and France, would
take sides with the North.—
'thito: and much: - rnore of the' Same sort,
lour leaders told me,- gy.
Thus I was deceived, and led froth one
terrible mistake to another. And all this
time, and' upon each and ail of 'these mat
; tera, the Democracy told me the truth.—
; It would have been much better for me
and my country . if I, and all of us, had
been a Democrats.—Logan (0.) Gazette,
White Men'e Wages Reduced. by AUMien
Abe Philadelphia Evening Journal, a Republi
can paper, edys.ehat the great Influx of negroes
in Chester County, Pa., hag Po reduced the prices
of labor that the negroea actually work for ten
°ante a day.
•
The above paragraph confirms what
we have frequently declared would be
one of the effects of sudden emancipation
and a consequent negro immigration north
; ward, viz : a depreciation of white men's
wages through negro competition; and
resulting in the degredation of the white
to the level of the black.
Oz 1 " The secessionists carry a flag of
eleven stars. The Abolitionists in /856
and 1860 marched under one with sixteen
stars.—
The Democratic flag is the flag of the
whole Uuion, without a star erased or a
stripe polluted.
EMBALAIING THE DEAD
The, embalmment of those of our
brave volunteers who have died in the
service of their country has lately
been a source of great consolation to
sorrowing relatives, and is extensively
practiced. Those who are engaged in
the pursuit grade their charges ac
cording to the rank of the deceased,
Varying from $l5 to $lOO. The body
of a private soldier is embalmed for
$l5 and sent home in a handsome cof
fin for $l5 more. The process is sim
ply to make an incision in any one of
the arteries and to inject'therein a li-.
'1 . 41d invented by a Dr: Suequet, of
Paris, *hieh is a secret to the opera
tors:
A body_ dying through sickness is
Xl5 us ,prepaved thice Voiria, but
when Wounds have been received a
much longer time iirequired, accord.
hi t t to the quantity and . nature of the
injuries. A.,gunstfot wound protracts
embalmment, to eight houra, and cases
occur where the process lasts foi<two
drays. An ordinary mode of dondhet
ing this'operation has been to inject
arsenic in :the veins as is done to pre
serve, corpses for.disseetion but
.this
is,pnly temporary in its effect,, and,
'Moreover, renders a corpse poisbnous
It, thoroughly pervades the surface of
the kill,'-Which; if kissed by relatives,
creates illness, and: often death.--
Touching a corpse thus prepared,
witha, cut or a braided, finger, would
engen d era serious sore and great pain,
perhaps terminating fatally.
The embalming fluid of Sucquet ex
erciseka remarkable effect, indurating
the -flesh, rendering, it exceedingly.
.hard ;and of marble whiteness. Even
discolored bodies lose, under its influ
ence, their purple tinge, and beeome
of a light yellow. Owing to recent
invention, - opportunities of testing
their powers of preservation have
not. extendedJor ,rt long period,. but
many bodies are, in- existence existence. < in. this
eountry which wereembalmed by this.
process ia - I - 852 and 'enbsequent
'whieliiiitiredot in the slightest degree
altered, and2promise to remain in the
Same condition. indefinitely.
. In connection with .this subject it
might be, interesting,tp learn - the
modo embalinthenket the fir:fam. .
eit • 'Egyptian 'rmitiircies "Which are
Minded 'down:to uS, afteiN, Inter
,,men.t.. of _several thousands.,-of years,
dried and ; perfeetly.black., The pro
cess gssAzery siropje, althou it cc.
capied Very long time; the brains
and iniesliiies - Were twit extraaed—
'the:first through the nostrils, and the
.second: by an incision: in the side:—
The body eras then shaved and wash
ed, and the stomach filled with per
fumes and spices. The whole person
*as then covered with nation, (na
tice
carbonate of soda,) for 'seventy
days. It was then washed, steeped
in -a ;.balsam . „ enwrapped in many
. thicknesses of ,
linen, and was finally
readyfor the sarcophagus.
TEE GREAT
BATTLES BEFORE RICHMOND.
111E1
-Driven Rack
With G reBt Loss..
The correspondent' of the N. Y.
Herald gives the following accoun't of
the battles before. Richmond
.
BAyri e . c.rlxT.,.% Sunday, June 29.
A severe and most determined bat
tle virtislought on the right' g
win of
the 'armrof. the Poioniac on Thurs.
darand Friday, the 260. , and 27th
instant, the particulars of which, as
near as we can gather, are given be.
row
On Thurs4ay; about noon, the en
emy ornade an attack upon General
atonemani.stforeep, in the-vicinity of
Hanover CourtHouits, probably for
accomplishing
au 'out.
llankrux rniriei4ent - ori the right, , and
cngage-onr atteitton in fhit ;way.,
ShdrtlreiferrtvArd :tkey#cottimenced
-Azignrons- - ,oanpomrclin g from 1.
worksAituated 4,)P - a high.
opposite Mechanicsville, abut e one
a half miles distant; als6 from twii
batteries, one above and the other be.
low. They are replied to by Camp
bell's Pennsylvania batteries on pick
et duty one on the Mechanicsville road
and another from behind earthworks
at the right of a grove.
About 1 P. M. the enemy's infant
ry squadrons of cavalry crossed the
Cl 3 ickaliominy in immense force, a
short distance above the Virginia Cen
tral Railroad, making a march through,
lowlands arid forest - toward Gen. Mc.
Call's division, who were entrenched
on a hilly woodland across a swampy
ravine, about a mile in the rear of
Mechanicsville.
The first Pennsylvania Rifles (Buck
tails) and Campbell's Pennsylvania
Battery were on picket, all of whom
except one company, fell behind the
breastworks and rifles .pits where a
line of 'battle wa'S . draWn - iiii.
The Blicktaili Who weee on picket
beyenzi the railroad were ;surrounded
by the eneray,,a:nd the-last that was
-known of them they were trying to
cut their way through an immensely
superior force. Their late is not
'known, but it is `presumed= that - the
greater portion"were taken prisorierS.
The enemy advanced down' kt the
rear of Mechanicsville,on low, marshy
ground, to where our forges werd
drawn up behind rifle pits and earth
works' on an eminence, on the north
erly side of the ravine, when the con
flict became most terrible. The reb
els, with the most determined cour
age attempted to press forward over
miry ground, but the bullets and grape
shot fell among them like hail until,
in the words Of an offlcer,-"the3r lay
like flies on a bowl of sugar," and at
dark withdrew. The cannonading
was kept up on both•sides until about
9P. M., when the battle ceased. Our
forces were covered by earthworks,
and suffered but slightly.
Late in the afternoon the ene
my made a charge with cavalry A
bout. one hundred of them came rush
ing and attempted to cross the ravine,
when the horses became mired. A
squadron of cavalry, seeing the posi
tion in which the enemy were placed,
made a charge down the hill when
the cavalrymen abandoned their hor
ses and fled.
The infantry fight was then renew
ed, and continued until 7 P. M.; when
a retreat was ordered, very much a•
gainst the will of the Pennsylvania
boys who begged to be allowed to de
fend their position, which they felt
confident they could continue to hold.
The outer• forces began to fall back.
Porter's corps were some distance be
low, near what is_known as Dr. Gaines'
residence,
At this time heavy and continued
cannonading wall beard on the right
wing.
Immense baggage and forage wag
ons, extending about four miles in
length, came hurrying along. Next
catne a cavalcade of ambulance wag
on, extending as far RS the eye diuld
reach.
Then came stragglers and sick sol
.diers on foot, followed by, artillery
battery, hurriedly crossing the bridge.
As the last of the train passed over,
an order was given to destroy it. At
this momen t,a depleted regiment came
over the eminence, and seeing the
work, of destruction cried out ,
"stop, stop, the enemy is close upon
us," some of them at the same time
glancing backward. Two hours
. af
ter*ard the enemy came feeling their
way through. the woods - , and finally a
battle ensued..
A sudden emergence of a regiment
from a wood, and a promPt occUpa
tion of two rifle pits partially in pee
session of some of the Pen - nsylvania
reserve, gave the rebels an advantage
in front of Porter, which they im
proved during the day. The attack
became general. Its severity and the
seriousness of the issue, as felt by the
commander-in.ehief, were keenly ap.
preciated about nine o'clock, by the
guarded whispering of the news that
al ft he public property at White House
Landing had been embarked, and all
the transports and vessels under char
ter ordered to sail under convoy to
the Hampton Roads. The truth at
last dawned upon the eyes of the dull
est. McClellan had not soldiers e
nough to fight the enemy in front and
to 'maintain the base of his supplies
and guard his connection with it by
railroad.
Early In the action, Porter's wound
ed,were ordered to a remoter hoepital
than that in which they lay. The
Regulars, 'for the first time, - were
brought up and set to work. - Before
noon the'Pennsylvania and Massachu
setts troops beyond 'Gaines' Mills bad
yielded the ground to numbers, and
retired under order—burning com
missionary and other property before
they-went,and destroying. a bridge
over the Chiekahominy as they cross
ed it. An attack in great force upon
,Smith's division was also made. The
Vermont troops and New York 33d,
and others, with AYers' battery :Ind
Cowen's repelled it with terrible
slaughter. '
Superabounding in regiments, as
brave, and resolute as tigers, the reb
els rolled their fresh men in succes
sive waves upon Sumner, and thereby
carried the general assault to the
lines of Hooker and Kearney. [On
the left::—ExP.] The ground is a
swampy wilderness, dotted with clear
ings, in corn, and wheat, and oats.—
A battle all along the front we ocen.
py cannot he seen even from a balloon.
The woods will hide the most of it.—
They will mask nearly all of a battle
in front of .the corps d'armee, or of the
divisions either.
The fight of Friday, therefore can
not be described, save by a men:loran:
dum of the positions respectively held
by the opposing parties at its close,,
and by the list of the killed and
wounded. On the rebel side, howev
er, it was characterized by the stead
fast old policy for which their leaders
are to be so much, honored, of pour
ing fresh and
,eager troops npon our
weary Men, and endeavoring-to crash
'llls'ivitli-superior•Weight _of fire and
vastly superior exhibition - of force.—
•Twice all!4%log i t4o front did the
bloody 4ud determined attack cling to
our.rdreAntrs :and redoubts. Paster
_,
Thundered on theln with fifty cannon'',
Suniner i slinolzer'i and Ayers' guns
reaped them witlyn very death bar
vest. Their loss in killed and wound
ed was horrible. We but debate now
if our own dead; wounded and thiseing
equal those of the Seven Pines—or
exceed theirs In the meantime,
notwithstanding the disproportion of
numbers, the Union- line is at every
point about where it was in the morn•
ing, and the heroes behind it are in
heart.
The cowards behind it never were
in heart, malisone be on them I Of
the —d, the the —th,
that ran like kicked curs, and. of Ma
jor ----, who overtaken.in his - shame;
less scamper away from the rebel fire
had his sword taken away by a broth
er officer, and used to beat bim in the
face with, before he was - booted ania
hooted away from the regiment. Of
the conduct of—but what is the use ?,
bet it all go. The morrow is close at
hand, and its promise does not invite
to.crimination or recrimination. ~•
The train delays a little.- %CA.
Black, of Pennsylvania . , killed = hiS
head blown off by ashell. •Whati we
lost Eaton's battery we lost itlaralea ;
ble commander beside. - rami
were taken from us by a stithart: flank
attack, covered by. Vie t4ick . .stooke
which hung around the pachi and
slowly drafted to leeward.
11. P. M.—There is a contrail of the -
three or four best minds in tte.'drnay
ati this late hour at night. If they
decide that we are not strong enough
to maintain our position against the
long-accumulated numbers of the en
emy, and that we must re at to-4rior
row, on whom shall restlfie gripvous
responsibility of resisting or refusing
McClellan's appeals for reinforce.
meats?
LATER.-42 - 11 . A. 31..,—Count de Pa
ris took prisoner a rebel major who be
longed to Jackson's army. He said
he had been in the valley of, the She
nandoah all winter, and came herd'
yeste: day with part of Jackson's ar
my. The 'rest of t arrived this Morn
ng. The whole of it was here. MS
said that in thd attack on bur• right
the rebels had from sixty to eighty
thousand troops. This will explain
the enormous fire under wiii6k, our
men were borne down and swept a
way, precisely as some of the regi
ments were swept away at the Seven
Pines.
Yesterday the Pennsylvania Reserves
drove back the attacking regiments of
Jackson's command. To-day they were
overpowered by the same troops reinforc
ed. Sykes' regulars called up, proved
unequal to the task of stopping them, and
Slocum's command bad to be added to
them. The Count de Paris teatifteS to
the remarkably good conduct of all the
regiments that sustained this Unequal at
tack of Porter. They gaVe way, indeed,
but not one ran. Their lots is enormous.
The regular t Ith infantry is about an
nihilated, &earl's , every officer in it is
killed or wbUtided. The 14th suffered al
so severely. Major Besselle, of the reg
ulars, a kinaroah of Obtieriil IVl6Clbllfin, is
killed. Colonel Pratt, of a New York
regiment, is also killed, and Lieutenant
Colonel Black and Sweitter.
Oiir lost in officertis very ttiaAhd.—
Indeed, the disprciportien in numbers was
extraordinarY, and the obstinaey of our
troops so unyielding, that our losses were
inevitably large. The artillery in both
Porter's and Smith's divisions piled the.
rebels in heaps. The fire was horribly
effective.
At Savage's Station, the wounded al
ready fill the great street of tents in the
garden, and begin to pave the grass yard
as after the Seven Pines. The same
moaning and shrieking fill the night as
then.
On the rebel side, it is estimated that
full sixty tbgpcnnd men took part in , the
action. General Lee is known to have
been in command, him Gener
als Hill, Anderson, , and Branch.
It was late at night when the firing
ceased. As this is written it is now.past
midnight. Bodies of the dead, cover the
hill-sides and fill the fastnesses pfthe woods.
The groans of the wounded fill the air,
and anxious scores are-Wandering. weed
ly about in quest of Missing Wends.
_Gen
erals connot find their brigades, colonels
their regiments, captains their companies,
and vice versa. Each waits with anxie
ty the dawning morrow, to know 'what
of hope it shall bringof those now miss
ing, and of fate to themselves. It ,is a
mournful night
Rattles of Sunday, Monday
and Tuesday.
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OP THE POTOMAT,
TURKEY ISLAND, July 2d, 1862.
The following is an account of.the bat
tles fought in front of Richmond on Sim. ,
day, Monday and Tuesday,titt fifth; sixth
and seventh days of t4ltilgattfaliht:
On Sunday morning the cod:lief Sum
ner and Franklin =were left in the *corks
at Fair Oaks, with instruetions to exact:tate
and protect the the baggage and supply
trains on their way to James river. They
had hardly left their position, and were
falling back on the railroad and Williams
burg turnpike, when the eenemy -discov
ered the movement and immediately start
ed in pursuit with their whole farce.
So rapidly did they apProach that our
officers had barely time to plabetheir men
in position to receive them, before they
were upon them.
The enemy advanced to an attack a
bout two o'clock, which was promptly
met by our men. The battle liked until
dark, when the enemy were repulsed,
and forced to abandon their position.—
This battle took plaCe About one and a
half miles above Savage Station.
While the battle was in progress other
important events were transpiring. The
railroad bridge over the Chiekahominy
was tiurned, and a train of twelve cars,
under a full head of steam, was run over
board. , All, the commissary and quarter
master stores were committed. Jo the
flames, together with a large amount of
ordnance Stores.
The ktrge house at the station;:and the
adjoining grounds, which were filled witty
our sick and wounded, whop:tit ivas im
possible to remove, were IS under the
charge of our surgeons, with - 1W the nec
essaries at band for their comfort. They
number about seven hi - Aldred" and are
now in the enetny's bands,
The troopt:whicfr had - fought the battle
of Sunday retreated, , miter the Cover of
night, to vrhlie" oak Sttratdp Bridge, a dis
tance of:about twelve - 10ft Eheie to a
waft the approacircif air enemy.
The disposition : oft Ass troops on Mon
day, the sixth flak, was ,as follows :
Gen. Sinith'i supported by
Gen; Naglee's brigade, occupied' the right