were the words of Kentneky'slament
ed statesman.
Mr. Speaker, time .will not allow
me to sneak at length of the causes
of the war ;: it suffices to say, what
history has already proved, that the
fell fanaticism of the North, the am
. bition for office, the lust for power,
and the hereditary hostility of the de
scendants of the Mayflower cargo to
liberal principles and democratic sem
ctAnaents have brought this great ca
lamity upon us.
The constant clamor against slavery,
a subject with 'which the -people , of the
North had nothing -whatever to do;
the preachings of the "irrepressible
• conflict" and the doctrine that "the
nation cannot exist half slave and half
- free," (when in fact'we had existed
happily and prosperous for eighty
years,)superinduced the acts of seces.
,sio_n,rebellion,violence,and bloodshed.
'iThe originators and instigators of this
most-un aturaland fratricidal war are
now the most "loyal' men in the land.
They not only occupy the fat offices
and places of emolument, but are even
the high priests in the grand aboli
tion sanhedrim, pure, undefiled, and
godlike. Yes, the men who for years
before there was any rebellion& out
break , were offering. , resolutions: and
presenting petitions.ll2 Congress' for
the dissolution Of - the , Union; who
wanted"no fellowship with slavehold.
ers;" •alth,ough willing to - fit.out ships
to engage in the slave trade for a val
tuable consideration; who were willing
"to "let the Union slide," long before
Jeff Davis & Co. thbught of sliding,
t have suddenly transmuted,themselves
into. the.most intense-Union men and
.devout patriots, antkpharisaically de
nounce all others,who do not , think
as they do, as disloyal and anti:Union.
While I condemn 'and denounce se-
cession and hate the very idea of a
...dissolution of the Union as much as
La-ny man in the land, I cannot shut
- my eyes to the great fact that the
constant agitation of the subject of
slavery by the abolitionists is the
..first and prime cause of secession and
rall its horrible consequences. It is
, itruo, that for many years the aboli-
Ilion - party, per se was insignificant in
numbers, and no danger was appre
liended frotn-its„ravings and danger
ous doctrine; but-StaverTwas a hobby
for the opponents , of the'Dernocratic
party to ride, and, by a grand . comlii
,nation of all the remains, fragments
and debris of the defunct political
. clans, to overthrow the Democracy
:and the Republic. The one is identi
cal with the other. There can be no
Republican form of government, no
representative democracy such as
ours, without the principles of,dernoc
..racy as the corner-stone.
We have bad an anti-Union, anti
democratic party, an aristocratic par
ty opposed to equal rights and the
obligations of the constitution, from
the time of the formation ofthef:Uni-
on to the ,present day. Tho demo - -
.cratio -sentiment established the . Re
)public and maintained it until the
present sectional conglomeration
came into power. Democracy is ever
the same; it has not changed and is
not changeable in principle or in name.
The Opposition is classified historical.
gysin the following order:
In 1775,.Loyalists, or loyal to King George or
:Tories;
Ia 1776,'L0ya PTor ins.
in 'l7BO, Nova-Scotia Cow Boys avid Tories.
In 1786, Convention Monarchists.
• 'ln •1789, Black Cookaders.
lln 1 1808, Anti-Jefferson Improvement Men.
In 1811, British Bank Men.
In 1812, Peace and Submission Mon.
In 1823, Blue Lights.
In 1814, Hartford Conventionista.
In 1816, Washing ton Society Men.
la 1818, No party Men.
In 1819, Federals.
In 1820, Federal Republicans.
- In 1826, Nationalitepublicans.
lirvlB2B, Anti - Masons.
iln -1835,44nti Masonic Men.
lln '1836, Conservatives.
In 1837, Independent Demooratio Whigs.
In 1138, Abolitionists.
In 1830, Log Cabin, Hard Cider, Democratic
Republican Abolition Whigs.
In 1843, Native American Wh
In 1.844, Coon Party, or' Anti-Annexation
Whigs.
'ln 1845,'The Whig Party.
In 1849, Mexican• Whig 'Party.
'ln 1847, Anti-Mexican-WarsParty
in 1848,1 tough and s ßeady Tarty.
In 1850, Clay Whig Party.
In 1852, Scott Whigs.
In 1854, Know Nothings.
In 1856, Native Americans.
In 1856, Fremonters, or Abolitionists and
Know Nothings.
-In 1857, Black Republicans.
tra 1859, Opposition and People's party.
in aso, l lVide.Awakes Cap and Cape Party.
In 11862, No TARTY.
Bn 12863, Union , League No Party Etnanoipa
.tion 'High Waxation.Centraiization 'Confiscation
Negro 'Equalization lUsurpation Abolition Ad
ministration .party.
In 1881, Miadegenalionists.
What it will bo next spring has
not yet been announced by the "white
spirits and blue ; the gray spirits and
black."
I charge that abolitionism is the
,caaso•vf Übe war. We had lived hap •
ipy and icontent for eighty years. The
'citizen of Maine' was welcome inLou
iisiana. Our political union and good
fellowship produced their natural and
ibenefieial 'results. We prospered as
!a . nationsanopeople prospered before
'on the face Of the earth. Thevaluable
southern products furnished the car
goes for our ships, materials for our
factOries, and wealth to our people of
all sections, through which our coun
try became one of the great commer
cial and maritime Powers of the world.
The southern people were willing to
confine themselves to the peaceful
pursuits of agriculture, willing and
glad to exchange commodities with us
and in no instance did any southern
statesman interfere or attempt to in
terfere in the constitutions and affairs
of the North. They conceded to us
the manufacturing - and , carrying trade
of the whole country, and walling that
we should enjoy prosperity and wealth
in common with tirem, but they de
manded that the behests of the 'Con
stitution, the articles of our partner
ship, shouid be strictly observed, and
that the obligation of the original eon
traot should not be impaired. They
wanted no in teference in their local
institutions on the part of the Noith
no intermeddling with slavery, a sys
tem of labor which existed before the
Revolution. and which was an unde
nied right and colonial establishment
at the time the colonies became States
and the States formed the Union.
Have we fulfilled our part of the ori
ginal,pactum ? Have we stood by the
great contract, the original covenant,
when the partnership was entered in
to by South Carolina and Massachu
setts, Virginia and New York ? We
have not. The North for years has
preached from the text, "1.0 Union
with slaveholders," and "the Union
cannot exist half slave and half free."
I have never beard any explanation
of this proposition why the Union
could not continue so to exist after a
prosperous and glorious existence for
upwards of eighty years.
After the thorough organization of
the remnants •and-fag-ends of all the
political --clans -and tribes,-and , the
founding• of - a systematic anti-'slavery
party, eight or ten years ago, the at
tacks on the South and southern in
stitutions were commenced. In the
pulpit, the forum, the balls of justice ;
the school, the stump, everywhere,
anywhere, were the anathemas hurled
against slavery and slaveholders. My
allotted time will not allow me to
quote the opinions, writings, and
teachings of 4 the , leading- abolitionists
and politielans4er •many:years•baek-;
but 1 will confine -myself.to-a few of
the saints of the latter days—to the
shining lights who•were the imme
diate instruments of Aissolution and
destruction -and•wlio now, singularly
enough, are baptized as qiln ion men.
1n.1857 an
. individual by the name of
Helper,-Who was compelled to leave
North Carolina, his native State—not
for stealing negroes—and who is vow
an • office-holder asa , re•ward • for his
services, published the book entitled
the "Impending Crisis." This book
recommended direct warfare on south
ern society, "be the consequences
what they might." This book was
adopt as the campaign document
of the Republican party, and its infa
mousAeaehings endorsed by sixty—
eight Republican mem hers oiCongress
and by all the .prominent leaders of
the party.
I.will Make a few quotations from
the Alcoran of the modern Ishmael-
Res, Showing the piety,.' and
patriotism of abolitionism:
"We unhesitatingly declare ourselves in fa•
vur of the immediate and unconditional abolition
of slavery."—Page 26.
"We cannot be too hasty in carrying out our
design s."----Page 33. •
"No man can -be a true patriot witboutTrnt
becoming an-Abolitionist."—Page 116.
"Slaveholders are more criminal...oam common
murderers."-4Page!llo.
'"Ali Slaveholders are udder the 'shield ON; per
petual license to murder:"—Page 141.
"No recognition of pro-slavery men except as
ruffians, outlaws, and criminals.
"Immediate death to slavery, or, if not imme•
diate, unqualified proscription of its advocates
during the period of its existence."—Pages 155,
.and 156.
This language, so amiable and fra
ternal in its character, was very much
calculated to cement the i bonds of
union between North and South. No
one but an idiot could help foreseeing
the inevitable consequences of such
declarations and threats. We have
the opinions and counsels Of the great
abolitiowcaptains by the hundreds;
arfew..extracts will suffice to .show
the general 'tenor, 'intent, !and pur
pose.
Opinion of A. Lincoln, President
of the United States:
"I believe this Government cannot entiure
per manently half slave and half free."
Cassius M. Clay, theipresent minis
ter of the United States .in
eZpressed himself thus::
"Our Legislature, State and Federal, should
raise the platform .upon .vrhich our free colored
people stand; they-shodld 'give to them full po
litical rights to hold office, to rote, to sit onja•
ries, to give their testimony, and brimake.no dis.
auction between them and ourselves. The in
strument called the Constitution, after pronoun
cing all men equal and having equal rights,
suffers slavery to exist, a free colored person to
be denied all political rights, and, after declaring
that all persons shall enjoy a free intercourse
with the States, suffers the free negro to be driv
en out of all, and excluded from such rigks.—
Deliverme from such an instrument thus partial,
thus 'unjust, that can be thus perverted, and
made to sanction prejudices aud party feelings,
and note the accidental distinction of color."
Wendell Phillips; a bishop in the
abolition church, gave his honest o
pinion in the -following
"Nolnan has a right to be surprised at .this
state of' things. It is just what we [abolitionists
and disunionists] have attempted to bring about.
It ds the-first sectional party ever -organized in
thiacountry. does not'know its oWndlree and
calls itself national.; , but it is net
is sectional. 'The - Republican - party 'is a party of
the North pledged against the South.
"IVo act of ours. do we regard with more con
scientious approval or highest satisfactinn, none
do we submit more confidently to the tribunal of
Heaven and the moral verdict of mankind, than
when; several years ago, on the 4th of duly, in
the presence of a great assembly, we committed
to the flames the Constitution ofthe United
States."
I could cite similiar language from
the speeches and writings of hundreds
of the leading -men of the Republican
-abolition party, but it would only be
cumulative evidence of facts that can
not be controverted. I ask reasona
ble men; 'honest, unprejudiced men
who love their country, and who can
look on the present and the past eon*
dition of the _Republic, whether the
conduct of the abolitionists was not
the cause of the secession of the south
ern States. We all remember the
acts and deeds of John Brown,The
murderer and thief, • and how he was
car.nonized by the fanatics of the
North because ho was hanged for
crime. Of him the present Governor
of Massachusetts,' John A. Andrew,
spoke as fellows -;
"John Brown and his companions in the Cott
diet at Harper's Ferry, those, who fell there and
those who are to suffer upon the seafful d; are
victims and martyrs to an idea. There is an irre
pressible conflict [great applause] between free
dom and slavery as old and as immortal as the
irrepressible Conflict betiveen right and wrong.—
They are among the martyrs of that conflict.—
John Brown was right. I sympatheze with the
idea, because" sympathize with and believe in
the eternal right. They who are dependent up
on him and his sons and -his associates, in the bat
tic of Harper's Ferry, have a right to call allow
us who have professed - to believe or who may have
in any manner-or measure, taught the doctrine
of .the rights of man, -as applied to the colored
slaves of the 'South, to stand by their bereave
ment. 'We are to-night in the presence of a
great and awful sorrow, which has fallen like a
pail upon many families whose hearts fail, whose
affections are lacerated, and whose- hopes are
crushed, all of hope left on the earth destroyed
aiky an event which under the providence of God
Wrpray will be overulad for that good wit lab was,
contemplated and intended by -John Brown."
After all this, who, I ask is respon•
Bible for southern seqession ' blood
shed, ruin and desolaticb ? This war,
civil war, internecinef war, bloody,
desperate, and unnatupral as it is, is
the effect of tbo abolition cause.
The abolitionists were the original
anti-Union men, a fact that admits of
no denial ;and hen we hoar the how
lings now for restoration of the Union
by the men who have destroyed it,
they simply mean the abolition of
slavery, extermination of the white
population South, and propagation
of a Yankee colony, with the negroes
as vassals to raise cotton, rice, sugar,
and tobacco lor the benefit of the
modern Vandals and Goths who claim •
title under the eunfisvation - act.
The Union is broken ! How can
we restore it ? How reconstruct ?
How again reunite the North and
South ? By a vigorous prosecution
of the war The war has lasted for
three years ; It has been-Vigorous.,
'We have , an 'immense 'Army and a
-powerful:Navy, bravdmen-and good
commanders and we are-still drafting
and recruiting for the further vigor
ous prosecution of , the "war. How
long shall this continue-? We cannot
subjugate nor con,quor the'Bouth in
the sense in which - theseterMS ard'u
sually applied and-understood. 'War
will make no Union, no foliowship,
no 'fraternity. 'The 'feelings. bf the
South is bitter, the hearts of the pen
plea- lienated and ektrangeefroi.W'us
and hence 'the deperation with which
they'resist in -behalf. of their homes,
theiT•lamds, and - their institutions.—
:Unless' the-illegal steps taken by our
rulers are'retraced,'-'unlesS , the 'Consfi
tution-is-adbered to, and all arbitrary
-proclamations, and orders -recalled,
unconstitutional legislation repealed,
the southern people assured that they
can have equal rights with us in the
Union ;in short, unless. the olive
branch accompanies the sword we
will never again have a Union. It is
a - sad spectacle to contemPlate;; but
so:i1 is. "This once great and linitpy,
country, established by the bloodoand
stifferings- of noble patriots of 'both
hernißphereS;wlidse proud flag waved
incthe most distant breeze, tihis-tlori
out fabric of Heaven inspired men,
this magnificent Republic, truly the
asylum of the oppressed of all lands, is
suddenly and violently rent asunder
and destroyed by the degenerate sons
of those who .were born and reared
under its protecting banner of fiber
ty.
The remedy is with the.peoplo.—
Let - the great and honest yeomanry
of the laud,- the farmers, the_mechan
ics, the Miners, the laborerS,'all clas
ses who work for their living and
earn their daily bread by the sweat
of their brow-, rise in their str6ngth
: , and in their majesty as-freemen, and
come 10-the'rescue of imperiled liber
ty! Thank God ! the ballot- be:x. -- still
exists, and although infringed on in
Many parts, of the country we have:
yet the power to protect the sacred
urn from the janizaries and satraps of
modern despotism. Place statesmen
at the head of the Government ; men
free from bias, -fanaticism, and.trea c
son, who will administer the laws im
partially and constitutionally. if
this is not done, if , the people will
continuo-the +resent .party, with its
avowed anti Union Tolley, in .power,.
then no man born can foretell the sad
fate of this country. The angel of
liberty, irray, from -on'higlypoint to
the land from the St. Lawrence'to the
the - Gulf, and mournfully 'exclaim,
This was the ,Republic of the United
Suites !
Xt t•au a a avVtri iStt.
.•
WREN DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES CEASE TO LEAD, WE CEASE
TO FOLiOW."
. .
WM. X. BRULIN, Editorial(' Proprietor
LEBANON, PA,
WEDNESDAY, MAY '25, 1364
DER — Judge Catron of the Ti. S.
Supreme Court, ignores "The State
of Western He says there
nD such state. What Would the
judge 'interfere with Old A:he's:bogus
delegates , and Electors to secure his
re,eleetien, when so much trouble and
treason has , bean , necessary to - Secure,
them. -'theSnage - tuna he "disloyal."
A Baltimore paper, last week;
said that it Ibelieved our loSses in the
late battles to have been 70,000 men.
For this Ottr-fatherly administration
at Washington seized the establish
ment and suppressed the paper. It
ishot'said whether the 'paper spoke
the truth or whether it Bed, neverthe
less tbe paper was . suppressed. We
are 'inclined . ,to think it spoke very
near the tru .‘ , by don't the
administration en tii,gh ten us fully re-•
garding our late - losses. it :has ad-'
milted that, 'including Thursday's
battle, of the previous week-, we had,
lost in four coups nearly 40,000 Uten.:
This did not include the losses in the
other corps, nor Butler's, nor Sigel's,
nor Sherman's, nor Banks', nor Stec
le:s. Hence we may reasonably con
clude that the despots at Washington
were , offended because ithe ; paper
spoke the ti utln.
• War The split in the Abolition ranks
is widening every day. A call was
issned by an influential body of Re
publicans in New York State, recom
mending alrthose of their party op
posed to Mr. Lincoln's ic-clection,nat
to take part in the meetings for the
choice of d ()out es • 'to :n.ilti mote, but
to throw 'their sympathies and intim
enec for the Cleaveland Convention,
which is to meet next Tuesday.
[So far as the "loyalty" of this sec
tion are concerned, they have predions
little to say in the choice of delegates.
The office-hold:01.S and politicians
manage all that for them. They arc
not expected to trouble thomSelves in
the selectien of delegates or the choice
of a candidate for President. —Ed.]
°tr . It is proposed by abolition
journals that Old Abe issue three
cent notes to supply the scarcity- of
small change. Bully for that and the
c!uniform currency."
WY' Great commotion was created
last week, in New York, as well as
am' the "loyalty" of the whole
. 0
co u .
~. ,' i n consequence of a procla
mation ;Appearing in. several of the
Newk'ork papers, ( World and Jour- 1
nal •of commerce,) purporting to come
from Old Abe, recommending a day
of fasting and prayer in consequence '
Of the late reverses 'to our arms, and
also calling 'for "400,000 more men'to"
put ' ) tiONVII. 113 - e rebellion." It 'was
Shortly discoVered that the proelamal*
tion - Was a hoax,'fronftlie flict-tbat it
was •so -triti'ch better "Wiitten than
Abe's...genuine productions. Stanton
and Seward pronenteed it a "forgery,"
'and ,Cm ^wltole "abolition crew de
nounced it as'lt "Copperhead trick
of treason." Thousands of dollars
reWard'were offered for the detection
of the perpetrator of the' hoax, and
the papers'-that published it werecta
ken poSsession of by the adminiStra
,tiOn and' their business suspended:
-In Pan some of the proprietors and
editors of the papers were- ordered to
Fe'rt Lafayette,! but they were releas
ed before that 'additional act of des,
petism and tyranny was consununa,
ted. The telegraph.lines that Were'
said -to have despatched the message
were seßied all •OVer the'enantry, their
proprietorsiand einployees impkiso n,
c'd ;ii ad OA iibizsiness stopped. ,After
two days -of 'noise and confifsinn",.
about the matter, shrewdly suspected
by some to have all been prearrang
ed to draw the attention Of the peo
ple from the state of affairs with the
army in Virginia, the perpetrator of
the hoax was discevered to be an em
ployee 'of the New York Times, an
abolition :paper, and-birnself a very
ploy-AP :man 'to': boot.. lie played it
. off to , effect the stock market and
Anake!moncy. He is , now imprison
ed, -and the. papers: which had been
Oppressed are 'again AdloWed to go
on with
Although ;the pi..ti:ll - I.lWAtilYri was'a!'
hoax there - was'a good deal of truth
- in it , foi•'the-same day that Stanton
pronouncedit a "forgery," he notified 1 ,
the public that - another call for men
would be made, which had to voltin-.
tcer or be drafted by the let of July,
and Governor. _Curtin also issued
proclamation on tbe.s-ame- clay
tying the people to prepii're-fii'r-a call
for more men. On the whole, the
i nation of the administrationqn.regard
to this hoax niraslot onlya-veTy small
affair on their part,' but'an' act of des- ,
potisna. and - tyranny in the suppres- ‘
sion of the newspapers and telegraph
lines, exceeding anything of the kind
that has yet been perpetrated by
them, although we have had many
nearly as bad. The - people 'are fast
learning that the democrats are not,
and bave4mt been, false prophets, in
the-pmt hree,years.
THE IDStic.l. MONEY olt bkft Sys-
TL ,eoabli6 t Postal
Money, Order Vstelb, - Whijh was in
troduced in the louse !in . Dec6nibur
last, byi.Mr. 11C011ayllaS become a
law. It is-deSigned to facilitate-and
secure 4 trangferof 'Blll7llB 'of
monciyiii)rough ithe the
Post Office. Undei pro Visions,
any person desiring to: transmit mon
ey by mail in a sum . not less than $1
or'more than $3O, may, by depositing
the-amonni in the hands of any Post
master with -whom qi "Money Order
office h :Shall be establiAed,'obtain , an
orilerlt4dfor drawn npon -and paya
ble by tWe PcisllnWter of the lPlapetO;
which he intends to fOrwatrd themOu
ey. No girder shall be issued for less
than $1 or more than $3O ; and per
sons receiving thein.will be required
to pay the following fees : For an or
der for $T up to $lO, Len cents ; more
than $lO and not exceeding $2O, •fif
teen cents.; over $2O, twenty cents.
This system- . - of Money exclia.ngo
thron6h the Post Office has been in
operation hi Eurcipe for many yeafs
iwt, and is found_ a great pitblic con
venience. ' •
The trouble the.ad mi agitation
had =last week about the 'bogus proe-
Iforitaioh of 'Old Aloe, vas =it malig
nant type .of The " eon 1f140,1011 fits."
According to the new Militia
Law passed by the last Legislature,
the Governor can order out the Mili
tia Of tire State for ;actual service ) by
draftAltherwiise, in eases of onier
gonay, ;and oVery soldier thus ordered
Out must either furnish a subs - 6itute,
if not exempted, or pay-$75 within
twenty-four howls. We ;are getting
draftito the right of us, draft to the
left of us, and draft an atonild as an
the time. The suction our father-.
ly administration for either our •mon 7
ey , or.our parsons to make sogers
is very. strong, ;and will continue so
while they reinaiti office.
lam` The late great lair for the ben
efit of the soldiors, held in Ohio, it
is said, made a vast -sum of money,
but nobody can 'bear what has become
of it-. Look in the rotkets of the
managers, and there is no doubt they
will account for it.
_ *Er The Col. Woodvtard, who was
reported killed in one .of the late hat.
ties, 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,
under General Grant, but at the last
accounts, he was safe.
FROM THE ARMY*
We gave full accounts in last week's
ADVERTISER, of the battles fought in
Virginia up to, and including, Thurs
day's battle. We continue our sum
mary of the events as they have trans
pired, the most important, and •in
fact, l a only important ones, being
the farringback of Gen. Grant's army,
'its skirmish with the enemy on Tues
day, Gen. Butler's defeat, and Gen.
Siegel's defeat.
On Tuesday morning latt; by means
of various adjustments of' their
and gradual en trottbh men ts upon Gen.
Grant, the . Confederates occupied a,
line further north than any occupied
by them 'Since the contests in the
Wilderness. They have brought their
weatbrii flank forward until it is about
four miles north of Spottsylvania and
near Piney Branch Church' which
stands on the south bank of the Ny.
Their eastern flank is about three
miles east of Spottsylvania. The
Confederates pave very strong earth
wails and hold possession of the
on -Whieh last Thursday's bat
tle vvas'ffught.
Gen.' Grant, `lo , allow 'these adjust
ments, "has evieung lily WeStern 41ank
back until it 'is, on' the ‘Ny, abdut' four
,miles south of Whancollorsville. " f Eis
easterntllankie . eoutheaSt of_ thiscand
cast ofSpottSylvania. 'Along' dearly
the,-whote iine'theNfruns between
the OpP6Sing 'armies. On Tuesday
Gen. Grant' Made
_varidus reeennois
sances; '`which developed - the great
strength of the - Confederate defences.
Grant's advance on the enemy's west
ern flank% was repulsed, and in the
evening he repulsed 'an •atteMpt by
Ewell to outflank 'brin,' on that
Ills loskwas seven hundred and fifty,
and three-hundred Confederate pris
oners were captured, Gunboats :have
gone up the Rappahannock to Fred
ericksburg, and as the guerillas have
almost - undisputed sway on. the road
to Aquia Creek, the wounded are here
aft,cr to be conveyed to Washington
by water. There arc large numbers
of guerrillas in Grant's rear. Three
hundred of them are reported ;in one
body near-Falls Church:fifteen . nliles
from 'Washington.
cET`I3'UTLER'S
'We have at length received some
details of Gen. Butler's late move
ment on the James river. - - Oar read.:
ers will remember that some tune'
since he constructed aline of .earth- .
wotks across the narrow neck be - tween
the:lower Appomattox and James riv
er. From this ti❑e he advanced along
the-James to the siege. of Fort bar—
ling. The enemy retired before him
and he approached, without much op
position, to within three•miles of the,
tort and nine miles of Richmond. 'Here
he ctipturea, without any struggle, the
onterline of works, and -On lASl:Sun
day night a week was encamped near
the flirt with his'troOps draWnjdp in
lino of battle. - Smith's corps was on
the east, with'their 'right, composed
of sorne . ne'gro 'troops and Heckman's
li'rigaile,'r•estibg on'tihe lames river.
Gillmoro held the western•pdrt orthe
lino, with tho left flunk extending be
yond the Petersburg, hod .Richinond
railroad.
At daylight on 'Monday the Con
federates began'a furious cannonade.
They then attacked Smith's corps.
A column Sheeeeded in getting be
tween He'dkinan and the James river.
They attacked his rear and doubled
his brigade-back 'upon 'the next one.
Lle, with one thousand priSonerVand
four or five .cannon, Were 'oaPtu'red;
Smith's corps were throWn hitt) eon- ;
Fuson :and began to 'retire. 'General
Gillmore, on the left was then attack
ed, but repulsed the assaults. Boon
he was sent an order by Butler to a
bandon his lino Sand ferrn in rear of
Smith-, so as to protect him. Nearly.
all the 'artillery was. sent to the 'rear,-
to be oat of harm's way, and,Gillmore
came to'Smith's aid.
At-this moment Butler learned that
fdree . of 'fivelConfederate regiments.
bad attaeked arear:guard of negro
troops, Whom ho had left nearfreters
burg, -and brdlie it 'up. tro . dt-once
ordered aTetreat of his whole army,
and as quickly as possible `they Were
withdrawn to the entreibehments near
Bermuda Hundred, where the gun
boats in the Appoinotta.x and James
protected them from the enemy,
-Smith's -Corps is very much. broken
up. This retreat gives the enemy pos
session of the railroad-between Rich
mond and PeteCsburg, and will place
Butlerfor some time on the defen
sive.,
Butler's loss in killed- and -vound
ed is estimated at about five- thou
and.
GEN. §IGELIS DEFEAT
Gomm' •Sigel Was attacked by the
Confederates, on the march to Char
lottesville. The enemy met. him at
New Market, thirty :live miles north
of Charlottesville. They eaptur'ed
his cannon and forced him . back
twenty- - fivo miles to Strasburg. ' This
leaves Afanassas and Thoroughfare
Gaps open and the Venfederates, if
they wish, can now inalke a said in
Grant's rear from - etc -Shenandoah
v allay;
Sigel had about 600 :killed, The
number of wounded arg notgi-ven.
It Is . ttported.that Bai&
is shut up in. Atexaniria, and that he
has boon summoned to surrender.
It is 'feared that COL Crooks sent
out an raiding expedition towards
Lynchburg, has been captured with
his entire command.
The onlY reasonably good news
that We have, is that General Johns
ton has retreated from Resae,a to
wards Atlanta. General Sherman is
followi s rear and. has captured
eight - guns and one thousand pris
oners.
LATEST
General Grant, has again WI th
drawn his line. On Ta esday evening
the Ny was abandoned. The west
ern flank was withdrawn about five
miles towards Fredericksburg and the
eastern flank one mile, so that the
line resting on the Massaponax riv
cr, about sev'en 'Miles south-west of
Fredericksburg. '.General Grant re
tired during Wednesday a distance
of five miles on one flank, and one
mile on the other. He is now seven
miles from Spottsylvania. Availing
themselves of this position of his
troops, the Confederates on Thurs
day sent a flanking party around his
north flank and captured the turn
pike road leading from Spottsylvania
to Fredericksburg, over which the
Federal supplies had been carried.—
A large Federal force was at once
sent in that direction, and the party
was driven off with a loss of some
prisoners. Grant's loss during the
dais estimated at eleven hundred.
Thelosses' of General Wright's sth
cores 'Siridetbe battles began are -re
_potted %lifts: Killed, 1,240; wounded,
11;57010 - ifssing, 1,110; total, 13,930.
There' ate four corps in .the army.
Gen.ldittler was again attacked h)
the;COfteddrates on 'Friday last, but
nothing is as yet known cf the result
Of the fighting. The rebel papers
State that their losses in tbe recent
battles with the Army of the Poto
mac are 20;000.', ' .
Qom - The Portland Argus gives cur
rency to the rumor that all who join
the new Abolition "leagues," take an
oath -to keep at least a league from
gunptywder a.pd
Andaiiitiathis.APPOlNTED.--The Rt.
'Rev. Martin•lohn Spalding has been
transferred' to 'the Archbishopric of
Baltimore In - ade'Vaeant'hy•the death
of the' tnost 'Francis 'kenrick.
Biohop-Spaiding Was - Wirn in 'l.cen
taCky and is now abouCfifty •'five
years of age. lieconsecr a ted
September 10, 1848, - since Whiclaime
he has presided over the Dioceses of
Louisville. He is the author of sev
eral standard theological works. The
Province of Baltimore was established
on 1789 and extends over a large por
tion of the United States including
the Dioceses of Philadelphia and Pitts
-burg. 'The-Right Rev. John McCook
ey-Ist Bisbbp' of Albany has been se
lected to fill the Archbishopric made
vacant by the'death Of I tte-most'Rev
4ohn 'Hughes.
• Ar&" The funaber b'usine'ss has not
been so brisk in Marietta for the last
tern years as at tpresent : 'lmmense
ijuantitills of tirliber 'andintriber 'are
on shore. .LutnlYer is Selling at fiton
sf 6 to's22 per thousand, and the best
ifuality brings as high as $26. Cul.
ling boards sell at $2O per thousand
feet. Purchasers are plenty even at
these prices.
A NovEL WAGER--A feat requir
ing some agility In the-005'11dr,
was-perfOrmed by 'Captain Budsby,
of the Royal fterse -- Guards, lately,
near Ilovoney lock, in the neihber
hood of Windsor. This officer under
todk, for a wag or, to run a'quarter of
a inile,'hop a quarter of a mile, and
row like distance on the river in a
quarter of an hour, all of which the
Captain duly executed, winningwith
loth mrintites and forty seconds to
-spare.
SAD AFFSin AT A. WEDDING.—The
Charlestown Mermiry gives an affect.
ing act:mu . ..L o athe killing of Miss Pic
kens, daughter of ex-Governor Pick
ens. She was about to be married,
and the wedding party bad assembled
at the house of Gen. Bonham, when
a shell from then Union forces pene
trated the house and wounded the
bride . - so .tha she died soon afterward.
marriage 'ceremony was aim
pleted'itersho - lay :dying on the flodr.
'Lletitdriantba.oehefle was the bride
grooM.
,
TittlGtevernmentgoing
`COTE 'Bait. Ages. •
Atko adti s trueit.y:t.
THE REVIVAL OF TORTURE
THE THUMB SCREWS AND THE WACK,
,
Our readers will recollect 'the 'eaae
of IBA lea W:hon -a tianwas whipped
in Allegheny counfy,lit the whipping
post until le iiittitk bleeding and ex-
Imaged 'we now have
an addition to ihat'inode of torture a
description of which we copyTas fol
lows:
"Johnson the deserter, after the
thumb screws had been put to him at the
Barracks, owned up yesterday. lie
said that. he enlisted in this city, an*
gave the number of the regiment to
which be belonged. lie escaped from
the.barracks.—Evening Journal of Sat
urday.
OIVENFID Tili.--folmson, the deser
ter, who attempted to hide hik uni
form last Week in an out house on the
hill, and then rig,ged himself up in
citizen's clothes, vki-as forced to own up.
After the thumb scrdlos had been applied,
he said his - name was James Hunt,
gave the name and 'littmber of the
regiment to which he 'belonged, and
where he enlisted.—BveningJvurnal of
Monday..
We have copied, withouteotatoe'nt,
from the Evening Journal, occasional
notices of the cruel and degrading
.punishments to which soldiers in the
Barracks - here are subjected ; and
which. theJourna/paraded 'as eviden
ces of vigor. The above account,
however, exceeds the 'Measure of si
lent toleration. This man Johnson
was subjected to the terrible torture
of the Thumb ScreW to make him dis
close to. what regiment he belonged.
Om bad been arrested on a vague sull
picion of desertion,) and where he con
cealed Ms bounty money. It was this
inquiry after the money that promp
ted- the torture. The prisoner refused
to reveal ; and the thumb screws were
applied We need not describe the
terrible machinery, by which an ago
nized and mutiliated being is forced
into the utterance of confessions as
to himself, and accusations against
others.
If he does not reveal•—if he has
nothing to reveal--the tightening
,pressure, crushing the flesh and lac
erating the most sensitive nerves in
the frame goes, on till'brain andheart
give away, and same story is uttered,
true or false, which makes the tor
turers pause. And this is done in a
country where the law refuses to in
terrogate an accused, or listen to his
confession, except after warning hint
of the dangers of self inculpation.—
Albany Argus.
AL Joint Resolution
PROPOSING CERTAIN AMEND
MENTB TO TUB CONSTITUTION.
B e it resolved by the Senate and house of Represent*.
Lives of the Commonwealth of Pentsrythania in Central
Aumsbly mt. That the following ersend month be pro.
platen to the. Constitution of the Commonwealth, in lc
cora once with the provisions of the tenth axtica
thereof:
There shall be an additional section to the third
article of the Constitution, to be designated as section
four, es fol lows :
'Section 4. Whenever any of the (instilled electors
of th s Conaoonweath shall be in any actnalmilltary
service, under a requisition from the President of the
United States, or by the authority of ibis Comtism
wealth, such electors may emu else therfgkelOf suffrage
in all elections by the cititene, under such regulations
as aro, or shall be prbscrthed by law. as fully aa if they
were present at their usual place of election!'
Section' 2. There shell be two additional sections to
the Wove th article of the Conwision, to be designated
a SeCtint s eight, and nine, se follows :
"Section S. No bill shall be iaseeed by the Legisla
ture, containing more than one subject, which shall be
cloarty expressed in the title, except appropriation
bine!'
.Seciloo 9: No bill shall be paeeed by the Legislature
grange g Buy powers, or privileg.s, in any =ea, where
thr authority to greet tech puwers, or prirtit.M,llll.o
beau, or may kereorer be, ettuferred npon
of thi4 Commooweelth." 1.131511. Y C. JOHNSGX,
Speaker Of the Rause of Represeutotivei.
JOHN P. PEI.CN/tY,.
• Breaker of the Senati.
GTI/OR or TH.I SIODETtotr OF 211 D Cemitoringevraa
HARRIFIDAD, April 25,186&
PENNSYLVANIA, SS:
I do' hereby certify that the foregoing is tall,
I L. c i . .l !true and correct copy of the 'original Joint
S.} Resolution of the General assembly, entitled
' A 'joint. Resolution proposing certain
AmendinOnta to the Constitution , " as the same re.
maims on Me In t his office.
In Testimony whereof, I hare hereunto set nay hand
and caused the nerd of the Secrrtary's finks to neat ,
fiXed, the day and year shore written.
Jr.LI ISLIPZR,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
The above Resolution having been agreed to by e
in jority of the members of each 11.11136. at two IMCCOS•
sive sessions of the general Aseroubl. of this Common
wealth, the proposed amendments will be submitted to
the people, for their aeoptiou or rrjectiou. on Capfuls
TUESDAY of ALGUST, in the year of our Lord. one
thousand eight hundre t end sixty four, its accordance
with the provielonsof the tench article of the Constitu
tion. and act, en titled "An Act prescibing the time and
mann of submitting to the people, for their approval
and ratft Fitton or rejection, the proposed amendments
to the Constitution," approved the twenty-third day et
April., one thousand Mein hundred and sixty four.
ELT. SLUMP.
Secretary of the Ommouwealth
- May 11—te
Militia' Fire insurance
Conapany.
,
OF SINEINE . St'RINGS, BERT S COUNTY.
INOTICE is hereby given to the members of the
said Company, that in consequence of losses by
fire causing a deficien4y, an assessment („N0.13) ofsl.
per $1 3 060 insured, has been levied by the Board of
Milimicla• agreeably with the provisions of the 6th
Section of the Charter, and Ist Section of Supple
mentary Act of April 13, 1a56.
Members will beards mind that all those neglect
ing to pay their assesses mit within 40 days from the
date of publication of the same. will be liable to
pay double the said Rates. It is therefore hoped
that all will be prompt in their payments, as those
who au fferai Loss'are in need of their dues. Forth:.
convenience of the - members, either 9i„, the agents,
John B. Iliesfer„ or Cyrus silthoos, rom attend at
the places and 'llama ,named below, between the
below, -
boars of 10 and 2 &a - OA, to receive '' e_
Bleinbeis trill not forget their poll -
Wedadaday, June 8, at Bern:matel's* yerstown.
Thursday, " 9, at Weigley's ' Milicreek.
Friday, " 10, at Reath's, Shaefferstown.
Saturday, " 11, at office of 3. IL Theater, Leb'n.
Monday, " 13, at Kl ink's, Bethel fin).
Tuesday, , -" 14, at Ernst's, Fredericksburg.
Wednesday, " 15, at Lesher's Jonestown.
Thursday, " 16, at Bordner's, Union Twp.
'Friday, " TT, at Harper's, Hanover.
By:Order of the Board,
CHARLES.RBSSLER, Secretary.
bray lb, 1561
North Lebanon Borough
Account
TOIL); PAIN I
E, Treasurer,n Rucount with N tab*.
Imo Borough, from Api —0863, to April ,1861.
To Cash reesived.froin tomer. - Treakurer.
To Cash receicolfrom John Ileisoy, Cot
tector for 11362,
To leash toothed fibm Wm.L. Black; Col
lector for 'l5Ol -
Cr. 5726 04
By ceeb paid sundry persons on orders
lolled its follows :
Solomon Gingrich Interest $2O 00
George Arentz Supervisor 2 CO
do do 80 00
Henry Treida Bond & Int, 106 05
Jacob Seifert do 101 10
John lloisey Tax refunded 353
Worth Reinoahl - Printing 21 76
John Paine Treasurer 5 00
John Light. se Interest 64 00
Wm. L. Black - IL Constable 21 88
Benjamin Zeller Rent ' 600
George Arents Supervisor 24 20
Isaac. Hoffer Interest 6 60
Joeijnh trimek Attorney 20 00
John IL Hiller Bond A Int., 64 84
John Light, es do 48 30
Abram Shirk do - 53 60
Issue Hoffer do 98 rg
Wm.. 61. Breslin Printing n 75
Balance in Treasury - 46 70
Outstanding tiir for 1869,
Outstanding 'DM Tor 1863,
Iron Lost. •
LOST 'between 'liebinall and Joseph Kreider's, in
L
Cornwall tp, several pleeea. of rkew free for a
Shovel Hatrow. The ii - T,ter, will be rewarded by re
threilliglre theAtodersigned - near the Toll Gate.
Diay i 3. '61.—=...3t.* JOHN UHLER.
WcOil illakcr Wanted.
A 'Wagon afakpr *Hamad steady and Treatable em-
La ltloyment,.' either to work an a Journeyman or
take the Shop atiitearry It on for himselc by applying
wt-tfle .". 11 411 of fife iihdenigned, two miles West from
Lebanon. near `the Turnpike Tell Gate.
Tray EPILHALII LIGHT.
IFAceittoes Notice.
IiaOTICB is hereby given that Letters Testamentary
on Ilse Estate of JACOB 31USIILER, doc'd, Late
of BwOtara township, Lebanon county, Pa, have been
granted to . the undersigned, residing in the borough
of Lebanon, miuntynnd state 'aloresaid. All persons,
therefore, having claims against said Estate will pre
sent them, duly authenticated, and those indebted
will please make payment.
JACOB WEIBLIL Executor.
Lebanon, may 11, 1864.
N ORDINANCE
Agturating the Renting of the Markel Stalls and Garb
'.Rights of the Market, in the Borough of Lebanon.
ar Be it enacted and ordained by the Burgess and T.we
Council of the Borough of Lebanon, That on and alter
the publication of this Ordinance, the Committee ea
Market be and are hereby authorized to grade the Pre
mium-or lowest price of the Stella - 1u the Market Mouse
an follows, to wit : -
011 the West Bide, No. 1, $6O : N 0.2. $4O ; N 0.3,4,30
No. 4, $2O ; No. 5,416. ; lio. 6, told 4-1`t0.74512L No.
$l.O ; No. 0,89.4 N 0.16, $8 ; Nu. 11, $7-: $6; No
-13, $5 ; No. 14,0 ; and on the East side, No. 1, $l6;
No. R, $l6 ;-No. 8,515 '
No. 4, $l5 ; No. El, $l4; Ne.,-•
$l4 ; No. 7, $l2 ; No. S. $l2: .No. 9, - $lO ; No. 10, $v
Ni.. 11, $8 ; N 0.12, $7 ; N 0.13, $6 ; N 0.14, $6.
Be itfurther enacted and :ordained, That the Curb
Stands, of 10 feet each, shall be rented at Public Sale,
at the same time with the Market Stalls, to beoccupfed
for the term of one year,protided, that no Stands shall
be rentelVor less than one dollar per year ; raid Stands
to he numbered by the Clerk of the Market In a per
manner. • ,
•
All Ordinal:tees, or part or Ordinances, that are sup
pried by the foregoing Ordinance, are hereby repealed.
Enacted April 12, 1864.
ADAM ORITTINONA,ChIef Bargees.
- Attest alruza, Gloria -
Lebanon, April 20,1801.--6 t
PIUBLIC SA fit:
U I'LL be eold at public tale, - at tbe litte feektencs
VY of JACCIII MIISM.S.II, den!.i., is Jonestown.
Lebanon County. Pa., on '
SATURDAY • June'; 4 1864 1
the following Personal Property, I , ,La
_ - • , v.*
2 HORSES., one of them an excellent family, hems: .
8 years old, 3 COWS, 3 HOGS, 4 ' Wagons, two of them
Peddler's Wagons, learner, and Ilarness,'Eaddle and
Horse Gears, Forks and Rakes, Scythes, Cradles, Hay
Ladders, Sleigh, Sled, Sleigh Bolls lOBarrels PUHA,
Harrows, Plough, WHEAT, RYE, OATS, CORE by tbs
bushel, and many other articles too numerous to-men-
- - -
Abu), a lIUS:ICAL CLOCK and a PIANO.
gale to comment* at 10 O . OlOeA, A. at, of nial day.
when attendance will be given, An, by
JACOB WEIDER, Executor.
may 11,156#.-4t
NOTICE..
AMISON T. WELDIat, ' 1 In tbe Court of Coes
' mon PiPOS of Lebe"
non county,
iso,
,of J 2 l:
y
1
CAROLINE J. STEIDLE, I 18. -
SUbliatua is Divorce.
AROLINEa. WEIDLE, take 1101100, that itt PuT.'
suence of au order of Court, you are hereby not'
fled to be and appear at our next Court of Common
Pleas to be held at Lebanon, Pa., and for said aloe
show
tY , on the Third Arantloy of Attrast, next, to
ti
cauee why Addison T. Weidie, your husband, sbo
not be divorced from the bonds of matrimony uttered
with you. By Order of take : Court.
PETER. L. STOBOII, She riff '
Sheriff's office, Lebanon, May 110804.-0.
BLANK RECEIPTS
Fur Oollectoi-s of State, County, and Militia
Tax, for sale cheap at the Advertiser Office.
Also for Collectors - of School Tea. .
$ '6 3
. 262 17
465 80
$795 41
5303187 80
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