DOMii mammiuunfintsoit, xincroz. AapubedstAke W_O,pL\-,4 . 1?F Ouoc(lol.kgrioor - a 00 doteizios 4 • ounu%; ' • . , Alar.',l l,4l lhi g nM7oo Asrassam..-Aular, 'Sof Y - -B. & ' irro for rim lonevuir: ths most and largest eirculi. - IMad in tin Vaned Status and the Oanadnav— Tha are to amtract fa us at ow lowest rata T. B. Puma, the American Ninesmtersd s N. B. cornea Tifth and Mutant, .Strents, phis, be . andiorised to mein subscriptions and advarthemants for , ".-7-41d9.0131• _lowest mua..: Els Amatitty, INIP IP" girded as payments. Wiummes Amm ar is located at .N 0.60 North 6th street, Philadelphia n . He is authorised to subscriptions for The Zumcader zi ca• Wow our flag le flung to the wild winds free, Let it float o'er our father land, And the guard of its 'makes fame shall be CoJumble's chosen band. PERSONAL. We need inoney.badly, and it will be a very •great relief to us if our friends and patrons will furnish us with a little of the "needful" without delay. If they cannot pay all, let them at least give us a part of that to which we are justly entitled, in order to relieve us -from our embarrassments. We think we have been very indulgent, and therefore hope to meet with a ready response to what we - con ceive to be a reasonable request. We shall have • a Collector out during the present and succeeding weeks, and we hope he will receive a hearty welcome. In the mean time we shall be prepared to receive our friends at the office, and furnish them promptly with receipts for whatever amounts they may de sire. Persons at a distance, and those resid ing out of the county, can remit by mail at our risk. Come, friends, give us a lift without longer delay, as we must have. money to keep the wheels of the old I.NraimorNoza in mo tion. NO PEACE PEOPOSITION. It is ndw reliably ascertained that no Peace Onnmissioners from oh/PERSON Davis have bigAt in Washington, nor has there been any proposition of compromise, such as we noticed last week. The rebels seem as belligerant and defiant as ever, and the Government can- not; of course, without stultifying itself,. listen to any terms of peace which do not acknowl edge, its authority and supremacy over the • whole Union, and also carry with it an imme• diate surrender of all the property unlawfully and violently taken, and a disbandment of their military organizations so far as they were intended to make war upon the Union. This, we suppose, the Secessionists will not consent to do, and so the war must go on until the rebel lion is -crushed out by force of arms. It is a • • state of things to contemplate, and yet; frightful as it is, and attende. 7 n1 7 - 1 - Ist necessarily be by immense suffering to both sections, it is perhaps better that the strength of our Government should be tested now than postponed for a number of years—as sooner or later the question would have to be settled in this way. We had better decide the contest for the Union than leave it as a legacy for the next generation. Congress will meet on Thursday, and the President's Message which will be 'sent in at farthest, we suppose, by Friday, will develop the policy' of the Ad minielastion. What that will be is hardly any longer &Nei:Aural. We believe it will be a war message to all intents and purposes, and that it will advocate an energetic prose cution of hostilities with an immense force until the rebellion is thoroughly and effectu ally quelled. But it is useless to anticipate the recommendations of Mr. LINCOLN. In two or three days more we shall know all about it. In the meantime we doubt whether any active 'military movements will take place, although the hostile armies appear to be in close prox imity to each other between Alexandria and Manassas Junction, and an ill-advised move ment of the outposts might at any moment -precipitate 'a general battle. - THE GREAT CHARTER. AIS appropriate to the times, and in view of - :t• the near approach of our National Anniver sary, we publish in another column the im mortal Declaration of Independence, and the proceedings connected with its adoption, as promulgated on the 4th day of July, 1776. In the eighty-five years which have elapsed since our Revolutionary forefathers in solemn and deliberate resolve pledged their lives, their fortunes, and •their sacred honor in de fence of liberty, this great country has gone forward, with giant strides, in an uninter .rupted career of prosperity, unexampled in the •history of nations. It is now, for the first time, seriously threatened with dismem berment, and it; therefore becomes the duty of all good citizens to recur to first. principles, ' and pledge:anew their devotion to the Union and . the Constitution of our- fathers. We would suggest for.the perusal of our readers, in these perilous times, the Declaration of : Independence, the Constitution of the United States, and the Farewell Address of General Washington. ftigre The Express of Thursday last intimates that certain partite in this city have been circulating a petition in favor of peace. We had sup . posed that the right of petition was a sacred Constitutional right guaranteed to every citizen, and were not aware, (until we - Temithe Express article) that, if such petition yras placed beftlielho community, the persons so employed would thereby have committed a _employed against law and order and every thing else. But the truth of the matter is, that we do not believe any such petition is or has been in existence at all, in Lancaster. We . havia, made diligent inquiry, and cannot find a eolit¢ry individual who knows anything about are therefore led to the, conclusion theta, is a sensation story, manufactured from tha.ivhole cloth, and only existing in the fer tile brain of tha editor ofthat veracious paper. .40/LE SECESSION I The Pmbytery of Memphis, Tenn., have - lIIIIIIIIMOIIBI3 , passed an ordinance of secession 'from the General Assembly of the Presby terian Church of the United States. The other Presbyterks of the seceded States will, - doubtless, do theiame foolish act, and then a bogus General Assembly will be formed in _ the South. So. we go. BIENSO , - A zenzw H. BUD R, of Easton, has de gt,%. °lined thempointriene - of Brigadier General tendered him by the President. This ie an ~,„-4 n rample that-might be -Slowed with good '7 -7-- • limits to the TeapibßOACtilii}mber more of paper Getierals 0 11 1 11040 itelilfctuid resign places and ttiolt,thlnv by comps. and d- • rcnteititpret smodittit nitiectonsiotSalei The folk4ing mtissote a r e taken from e speech of President Ltscowee in the Hope of Representatives, Jen. l2tb, - ,).848. 'ties' jay should doubt the fact Of hie tutting:given Mt- VF( 11 1 1 d on to euelf,ein - tilnenak the speech may be found in the appendix to the donsSeadotal Globe - of-the 30th °okra; litat session, rilge 94: - , - "AnY'Pec.T* Nag having the ;Kilter, have the' right based** to rise up, shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suite them better. This is a most valuable, a most sacred right—a right whichovalope-and-benSve,is to liberate • Niii is thielfieit - iionribee in which the whole people of an existing gov ernment ma y choose to exercise it—ANY '' - IRTTON -- iniaerreorqe - that can s may • ' lationize, and make their own of so much of the territory as they inhabit. More than a majori/y of any IXffiioll of each people may ,reyolutiotitise, putting down , a. minority , inter mictgle or near about titter, who oppose' their movements. Such minority wee Trembly. the :case of the Tories of our own revoleAon.— It is a quality of revolutions not. to go ,by old lines, or old laws, but to break up. both and make new ones." • What kind of loyalty is that 7__ : not this carrying the doctrine pf secession as far as can be done . by. any rebel of South Iflarolina Is not this acknowledgin . g the right..of.Seces sion? the right of any portion of the people, or any stati:ta•ievolutionite and make war tipon'thelovernment, and if tliey poisess the physics' power i to overthrow the government' arid'set up a System of their' otrnt! - -Yes,•it goes further, it disavows the right of the' gobernmeut to Use its physical force. inattempt big' to coerce :any State, or 'PORTION of the people, Who may rebel against the government of the United States. This idea of Secession • advanced by Lzucom when a member of Congress is as . wildas any held by the veriest Southern Socessioniat at this day, Many in the South may have learned their Secession doctrines from the Presidential incumbent.— Mr. LINCOLN ought to be watched. The Douglas . Monument Committee at Washington, met on the 19th ult., ani,report ed that Col.: John W. Forney would deliver the eulogy-and that Prof. Henry had offered the use of the lecture room of the Smithsonian Institute for the exercises on the 3d of July. Prof. Henry was selected to preside,on the oc casion. A resolution was adopted that an ad- dress to the citizens of the United States be published, setting forth the objeCts of the com mittee, and appointing a shb•committee in each State, and recommending the friends of Judge Douglas, without distinction of party, to assemble in their respeotiie towns, villages and oities,on the evening of the 3d of July,. for the purpose of forming Relief and Mono-, mental Associations, when donations and sub scriptions can be received and forwarded to the Treasurer. The friendly aid of the ladies of the United States is requested. A search in Marshal Kane's office, at Bal. timore, made since his arrest, revealed about 250 muskets and rifles, two 6 pound and two 4 pound guns, and a large quantity of am— munition, (to., supposed to have been concealed there for the purpose of aiding the Secession ists, though the Baltimore Exchange alleges that they were the property of the City, and intended for the use of the Police in ease of emergency. ANOTHER SKIRMISH. A corporal's guard fro , regimenti 19111•" -- .arty of mounted rebels on Wednesday last, near Cumberland, Md., and drove them back for a mile, killing eight of them, and securing a number of their horses. The cor poral was wounded and one of his men killed. Another skirmish has taken place on the Potomac, resulting in the death of Captain Jenks H. WARD, of the Thomas Freeborn.— Fears having been entertained of the erection of a rebel battery at Mathias Point, in a pod. tion to command the navigation of the river, Capt. WARD landed a small force and com menced throwing up entrenchments. After the work had gone on for some time, the party, for some reason not clearly explained, were returning to their boats, when they were sot on by some three or four hundred of the enemy who had been concealed in a copse.— The guns of the fleet immediately opened fire, and the men all reached the Freeborn in safety, but Capt. WARD was shot in the breast by a musket ball as he was firing a gun and instantly killed, and several of his men wounded. KOS' The Washington correspondent of the N. Y. Tribune writes, and that paper pub lishes, that in the present momentous crisis, " very great asses are being made officers, and very great knaves receive commissions in civil life;" and the Tribune editor remarks that these are " serious truths," and-- that the correspondent " might also have added that proved traitors are kept in office as representa tives of the United States abroad 1" All this, and much more of the same sort, is said by a paper which is regarded as a valuable friend of the Government, while other papers are denounced as " traitorous." if they do not constantly applaud every act of the Adminis tration. THE TRIBUNE FOE PEAcz.—The New - York Tribune is out for peace: It says that " no• where on earth would a speedy and honorable peace—a real peace—be hailed with more heartfelt gladness than by us." And it adds that " if the traitors prove too strong to be subjugated, we are for peace on their terms, rather than a useless continuance of the wai." This is treason, according to the Republican dodrine, and if it had been uttered by us we should have been denounced as a traitor by every Republican paper in the State. Sar Col. CHARLES J. BIDDLE—at g present in the service of the Government at the head of a Regiment—is the Democratic nominee for Congress in the second (Philadelphia) district. He is a strong and deoided Union man, and we hope he may be elected not.,. withstanding the Republican majority he has to overcome. Hon. Wu'. M.lifintrameis also, nominated by a third party, for the same office. .116 r On Fritiay week, Gen. McCall organ. ized three regiments of troops out of these encamped at Easton—and an pleotion being ordered for field offieers, the following persimi were chosen Second Regiment, Colonel, Wm. B. Mann ; Lieutenant Colonel, A. L. Magi. ton ; Major, William McCandless. Third Regiment, Colonel, H. G. Sickles ; Lieutenant Colonel, W. S. Thompson ; Major, R. IL Woodworth. Fourth Regiment, Colonel, it, G. Maroh ; Lieutenant Colonel, 3. F. Gand ; ; Major, Robert M. McClure. The Governor has appointed Gabriel De Korponay, Aid to Ges. McCall and Instructor, with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. • : The Second Regiment, at Camp Wayne; West Chester, 'was organized on Wednesday last by electing Capt. Harvey, of Wilkesbarre, Colonel, Capt. Totton,- of Mechanicsburg, Lieutenant Colonel, and Capt. Lyman, id' Look Haven, Major. In the absence of Col. Roberts, Col. Harvey takes command of the mgr. Congress . , ll meet at :Wash, inghni Thursday next, the4:thilust.,inuler d taleagt of the President. MONUMENT TO DOUGLAS. A LARGE HAUL I Titeen men, fell -in AND STILL ANOTHER! oirrespondimt of the 'Baltimore itaierkan thinks that the warriors of the secessienxiny might with propriety be called "Midgetart as.xi They ca me into Virginia Ostensibly to protect theStiteofroutjbe of ern 'troop and thallani'a mere ., IMPLY. in Ott State than hostilliarmy would hive dont.; lilamikif their herde r acts of defence sit liaisiteeiirdek • • ' - " Their first eked is, of course, to keep the Federal troops from coming upon - -Virgitia territory, and for this purpose they blint or blow up all the bridges across the river, six in mbev r inoluding riifroad viaduct at ilirper's - Ferry, and those six miles belOw and tiresitiy•Onsinlles-ibowS -Cumberland, `'Bll of which_ate_on _Maryland ground—the bed of • rim - belon - ging - to thit - Statc ---- Here is paha - pan , amount .of-nearly four hundred unsaid dollar' s blotted - out at once, and lameidal&aa is the lose of such useful ,and. expensive etructgres, it may, be palliated, perhaps, upon the 'plea - of military necessity: But not satisfied with thii wholesale devaita ' holt, these "'bridge burners," having 41 their haids in," proceed to give to the flames other structures on the " sacred Boil" of their own , State, and the destruction of which has served, no other, upon to inflict causeless' injury upon the coinpihy to which' these works belonged, and which is as much "a creature - of Virginia is of -Maryland legislation. '• The bridges across the Potomac being destroyed, communication between the two States now in ,hostile attitudes towards ,each other was cut off. . Why ,theu destroy the bridges at . Opequaii, at lifirtinsbarg, at Sleepy Creek, at, Patterson's Creek and perhaps, by this time, teen other points' where inch works occur ? 'MI on Virginia territory, under Confederate control, so far. And why attempt (happily in vain,lhanks to the gallant people of Williams pert,) the destruction. of the dams, banks and boats of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, ,a work altogether. in Maryland, it is true, but • of which no ute for any purpose hostile to the revolutionistrwould be likely to be made, or, if atteMpted, could be-effectually checked by batteries on the Virginia side of the river?" WEST POINT GRADIIA.TES. An. official, register of :graduates from the S. Milifaiy Aciademir firnishes the follow ing particulars concerning individuals who have become oonsPiimoui in the progress of the rebellion : , Joseph g. F. Mansfield of Conn., graduated in 1822, second in rank in a class of 40. 'Robert Andeison Of Ky., in 1825, fifteenth in a class of 37. Samuel P. Heintaleman of Pa., in 1826, seventeenth in a class of 41. Jefferson Davis of Miss., in 1828, twenty third in a class of 33. Robert E. Lee.of Vi., in 1829, Beoond in a elan of 46. John B. Magruder - of Va, 1830, fifteenth in a - class of 42. William H. Emory :Of Md., in 1831, four teenth in a class of 33. Montgomery Blair of D. C., in 1835, eigh teenth in a olass of 56. Peter T. G. Beauregard of La., in 1838, seoond in a elm of 45. William J. Hardee of Ga., in 1838, twenty sixth in a class of 45. Thomas J: Rodman of Ind., in 1841, seventh in a class of 52. Nathaniel Lyon of Conn., in 1841; eleventh ina clan of 52. Abner Doubleday of N. Y., in 1842, twenty fourtli in .a class of 56. Braxton Bragg, of N. C., in 1837, fourth in 'a class of 50. ARMY. APPOINTMENTS The names of the officers appointed to co mend the eleven new regiments a , dad to the regUlar arm sea announced, and much l ls paint (with the best of causes) has arise).figainst the list: As an example of the f , L,te3ss of things in these appointments, we 'quote from the official order a single specimen, which will illustrate only too many of them : EINTENTEENTE REGIMENT 01. lIPBANTRY. lieutenant Colonel—B. Rush Petrikin, Penn. Majore—(Among three) Adam J. Stemmer, Penns To show the ridiculousness (if the. reader does not involuntarily say outrageousness) of these appointnients, we will just state that the B. Rush Petrikin mentioned in the order is no other than the veritable_ Bombastes Rush Petrikin who has figured for some time past in Republican circles in this district, and the Adam J. Slemmeris no other than Lieutenant Simmer of Fort Pickens fame, one of the most accomplished and most noted officers of the United States army: Think of it, ye who know Petrikin, and have read of the great deeds of Slemmer, think of Petrikin command ing Slemmer in military matters I Mars, are you dead, or asleep.! _ Politics—that should never be thought of in an army—has had too much to do with military appointments since the 'war com menced. If our army should suffer defeat, depend upon it thefanit will be in incompetent officers, and not the soldiers. The 'rank and file will do their duty successfully, if their officers have brains enough to conduct them right. Bead over the accounts of the disasters at Great Bethel and Vienna, and see the results of the appointment of incompetent officers.-- Lycaming Gazette. • THE.DOUGLAS FUND At %meeting of the Douglas Committee in Washington City on Friday evening, the 21st tilt., Trott. Jno. B. Raskin in the chair, Jno. J. McElhone, Secretary, in pursuance of a resolution previously adopted, the Chairman appointed auxiliary committees for the several States of the' Union. Committees are appointed for twenty-two States. It will be the duties of these committees to carry out the objects of the organization and they will co-operate with the friends of Judge Douglas in Illinois. The .Chairman, Mr. Haskin, intends addressing a circular. to the individual members of the committees at an early day. The' following are the gentlemen appointed on the committee from. Pennsylvania : 'Hen. Wm. F. Packer,- Simon Cameron, Edwin Forrest, Geo. M. Lauman, Hon. Henry Chapinan, Hon. Wm. C. Lehman, Hon. John Hickman; James L. Reynolds, John W. Forney, A. Boyd Cummings, John Tucker, David Webster, Hendrick B. Wright, Daniel Dougherty, Col. H. L. Cake, Captain W. W. H. Davis, Joseph R. Hunter, John W. Doug las, C. L. Ward, Wm. H. Miller, Lewis C. Cassidy, E. G. Webb,'Col: James B. Sheridan; Hon - . Win. Montgomery, John Marshall, Adam Warthman. LATEST FROM GEN. PATTERSON. The..latest ncvrefrom Williamsport, Md., is that Gsn. Patterson is preparing to move southward with his division. The troops are all'insPirited at theidettiof forward move ment, but. their enthusiasm is somewhat chilled by the fear that they will .be marched ten or fifteen miles, and be halted again for weeks.' . . • capt. Newtoni• r orthd-Engineers, has visited Maryland IleightsTor: the purpose'of selecting the point upon which fir erect a battery to command flarper!s Ferry. GOLD IN CALIFORNIA. It is ascertained that the prodnotion of the California glold mines from'their discovery, in 1848,'t0 the close o£ the year 1860, has been $930,093,806. The largest production in any single year was in 1853, when it amounted to $99,846,753. In 1860, the amount was $94,- 068,750... • liar Col. .11zunarox B. Warcrr—a strong Union , Bamoorat—has been elected to Con gress; without opposition, in the Luzerne triit, - to.fill the vacancy oansed by the death of Hr. Scranton. " Itimiinucari - Hoszezi IL•We learn from the Thilidelphia - inquirer of Tuesday, that the (mutt:eaten" who farpialied blankets le the Gov ernmezif foe onr,"eoldiere; have' reidized the handeaMe little 004 of two hundred thousand dollars 1 . ,Nongs,—The memhere of the Committee of Arneson:keen for Cur '4:kiwi:skin of County Isceomi lOnseridAktiinibllelicaum of Mr. H enry - 8. Shenk, n th * city of reincutir; on Biturdith Ju ly Mho dllad;rog or =Emus ti atri du kal ,pworoa4 tandanne Wine from nrir ern be upon furnishing credentials. U. STUMM,. 000sty.00m. We&`bEPART RT. • • PILOGRAIMP . OF AREANOOMPP9 POO TIM Pamir OF Jutr.—The Mk:owing arrangements bare been 'made ibr the celebratkes of the Anniversary of Indepen dense, try the Committee of Coundbm, Ad rounds of Cerunna:_lo be tredlidbe Imareastme NM; lazy Cadete; under tounuml4rf eh Yemen, commenni at ma im The Church. Court Hough lad Parton Dens to b reeldi at Intarvale of two hours daring the dlr.^ Conuells to assemble In their Chamber; City HA and °Mena in Cindy Square at Wifektek in.theimortdog. for the pavane of grodeadhgg Freeeeeket, tetire•Cond Hamm. The Mayor, .Clljyßecorder, Judger of -the Court,- County Ocumnlsdoner; and - other ollkiale of the dty and county, the Faculty and Students of Franklin and HarebT all Collige; and the City School Board and Teacher; ars' Invited to meet the Councils and kin the PMMWOD. The military of the city will take the right of the line. •-- - maxgor EXERKEREE KS TUE CIL= NEM _ MuldeliyTEU - Th - ddiretident GreyYßasd• by Profemor T.ll.Pcratru. _ _ • National Song--"lifils7Edir-Seroogled 311a*ruir . .' bi "Mio Glee Club. T_Beading of the Declaration of Indetwinience, by Hon. Hum G. Loan. Music by the Band. oration by Bev. G. PLB:aceaLi - . [ln consequence of a prior engagement, Rev. Ammo= AlcOmoxr, of Philadelphia, maid be present] ' Song—" The Red, White and Blue," by the Glee club.. Binedietionhyllev. J.E.7llzumse:- . • ••• ' ; The bailee and gentlemen of the city and eonrstyarela-: vited to be'Mesent and participate_ fn the celebration. • • GEC. SANDERSON, Clubman.- ' cauLm. Howitu. Secretary. Clugueriox. -eV Lrrup.-41soie of our eity,friends whO wish to speed a.pleasant afternoon, and Celebrate the An niversary of Independence in a beComing 'Manner, cannot do better than by taking a ride to the beautiful village of Litt; where everything will' be done np in the best style. A meeting will be held at 2 &clock, and an address suita ble to the occasion delivered by the Hon. BINJANXIS GRAZP- Pm; Of this city. In the evening, at nightfall, according to• custom, the Spring will-be magnificently lighted lop with thousands of candles, ankthiat& a part of the pro. • gramme which &mild by all Moue! be keen to be duly ay- . pier:Wel. Mr. Lama, the excellent and obliging landlord of the Lids Hotel, will also do his part- in the weGairranged accommodations of his commodious bowie, to make his guests comfortable In afar/ ralipeCt. . TWIG PRESENTATION TO THE JACKSON RIFLES: —The Ladies of the Gap, Bellevue and vicinity, in this county, forwarded and promoted to the Jackson Rifles, Company K, Find Regiment, whilst in camp near Man , . beisburg, a splendid silk flag. The flag is a beautiful piece of workmanship, with thirty-fonr gold stars. The following letter of presentation accompanied,the gift: . _ To the Jackson Rifles, Capt. Him — bright: -..We,-the ladies 'of Gap, Billevne and 'vicinity, present you this flag, being actuated by a high appreciation of your valor , and patriotism as well as a "warnieemard for one. of our moat worthy Cabana (Samuel J. Boone), who was the first to leave this neighborhood at his country's cell and rally around your 'gallant Captain, H. 'A. Ham bright, whom we were taught by our, husbands and fathers to honor as a brave 'soldier and a tine gentleman. Take this 'fiag,then, noble soldiers, placeit at the bead of your company, and remember our prayers are that it may float from every part and portion Of the rebellions country—and may the God of battles protect you. Mae. E. M. Cony, kiss. R. S. Molmettrx, Mao. N. Rumours, Ja., Mao. Goon, 'MRS. B. •Paciu, MES. J. C. WALKER, Mu. T. WALLACE, Mao. J. M. Lorene. poCna y pt a. n H d xg uarmd a th p . t f e o d l o th w e i n g s uit a ble i kAaGn d of p h a is t rciatmic reply: HUD QUARTZES COMPANY IE, 1. CAMP CHAMBER/4 June 13, '6l. LADEN 7: In acknowledging the receipt of your beautiftd and appropriate present, I most also acknowledge my Ina. bility to reply in suitable terms to your highly oomph. mentary and patriotic sentiments expressed in the note accompanying. The enthusiasm of the Company on Un furling your handsome flag, and treading 'to them your prayers; is only stated: here as an evidence of their grati trade: and all, Officers and soldiers, - desire me to say that it shall be the rallying point, and never be disgraced, either in or out of battle. Trusting that the moral as well as military discipline of my command may be improved by yOnr patriotic efforts and advice is. the earnest wish of your seciplent, and that all of them may return conscions of having , done their duty, and take their positions, after rebellionts put down, as good if not better citizens than 'whorl they left their homes. Ton will please receive, Ladies of the Hap, Bellevue and vicinity, the thanks, gratitude and esteem of the Company and myself, - who has the holt& to be, Ladles, your humble and obedient servant, H. A. HAMBRIGHT, Captain Com. 8, let Regt., P. V. • FAREWELL DISCOIIRSE.—Rev.t.T. APPLE TON, for the past five years Rector of St. Johnis Free Church, Spring Garden, preached his farewell discourse to &densely crowded congregation on Sunday evening last. Mr. A. has been compelled to relinquish his clerical duties on account of ill health, and intends wailing for Europe shortly for the benefit of hie health. The labors of his parish have been great, but he nobly performed them all. He is a gen eral favorite among all congregations in this city, and his loss from our midst will be deeplj regretted. We trust that he may be speedily restored to health, and that he may long live to labor in the cause of his Divine Master. FLAG PRESENTATION TO THE UNION AND Le scours GUARDS, .tan Swoon PIMENTATION TO LIEUT. P. I. O'Rotragx.—On Tuesday morning last a deputation of our citizens, consisting of Messrs. Lewis Reidy, J. M. Westhaeffer; Harry L. Zahm, James Coyle, Abram Shank, J. M. Willis Geist and Harry Williams, proceeded'to Camp Wayne. V eat Chester , th two flags to be presented to Union and aucester 5, and a sword to Lieut. P. I.O'Rouaas, of the latter comps: • Mr. Geist gives the following interesting account of the The mission of the nasty having been made known, Cap tains Marion andlieff formed, their respective commands in line, when the flags were presented within appropriate speech from- Mr. Shank, who eloquently referred.to the promptness with which the recipients of these testimonials had responded to the call of their country, and the pleas ure it afforded him to be deputed to present theee beauti ful banners, in behalf of their friends and fellow•eltizens -of - Lancaster, to true hearts and brave hands, who they felt assured would never allow them to be dishonored. The replies of both Captains Barton and Nefr Vero etc:. quent, chaste and approratate; Indeed, both these CoMpa• i.e-have -captain who can gain and charm the ,ears of friends with eloquent words, as well as repel the.' enemy with those more weighty arguments now demanded by the exigencies of the times. They pledged their respective commands that in their bands not a star should be dimmed nor a stripe erased, unless they all fell beneath its starry folds. They accepted the gift with grateful hearts, as another mark of the distinguished favor which had been so freely lavished upon them by the citizens of Lancaster, whose generous kindnessito them could never be forgotten. In presenting the sword to Lieutenant O'Rourke, in be half of a number of his friends in Lancaster, Mr. Shank alluded in terms of just • Commendation to the alacrity with which the Men of all nations, who had adopted the land of Washington as their own, had rallied around the banner of the tree, and among the first and most prompt of whomewere the gallant sons of the Emerald Isle, of whom the recipient of this gift was a most worthy repro sentence, and In whose hands his friends felt that this sword would never be dishonored. The Lieutenant's reply was worthy the: occasion, and characteristic of his genial, open-hearted nature. His heart was full—he was overpowered with gratitude, and language failed him to give utterance to his thoughts, He pledged his fidelity to the glorious flag, of his adopted corm. try, and concluded with eapressing it as his moat decided conviction that Auld Ireland and America, united in so glorious a cause as he and hie companions in arms are about to engage, could soundly thresh the rest of the world! The enthusiastic applause which greeted the speaker, showed that . Lieut. O'Rourke had touched a responsive chord in the popular heart. . • , .e Lancaster committee and the . officers of our city companies were elegantly entertained by our friendillssar S. Everts, Esq., the able editor of the Village Record, and Chief Burgess of the Borough of West Cheater. Mr. Geist gives the following Interesting particulars of the, enter tainment, and also an amusing account of the ceremony of conferring the honorary degree of Doctor of Lelia upon' Lieut. O'Rourke: Our friend Evans having been introduced to theOfficere of the Lancaster companies extended an invitation to them and their visitors to partake of the hospitalities of his house that evening, which was accepted, and the eve ning was passed at his beautiful mansion in a most agree able manner. Besides the parties already named, Captains Barton and Neff, Lieut. O'Rourke, Col. Herr, of Columbia, and Lieut. McPhail eat down to a supper, 'which, although_ an impromptu affair, was equal to any we had ever paid our respects to. Mrs. Evans (a slater of Edw. o.,Darling ton, of this city,) is a most estimable-lady, and the latch string of their mansion his: always been oat to welcome the soldiers at Camp Wayne. The venerable Dr. Wm. Darlington (father of our hostess) was present, and although now in the 81st year'ef his age,- this distinguished scholar and eminent citizen retains all, the vigor of mind and much of the vivacity of middle age. He, regularly furnishes a contribution: to the columns of of the Record, abounding with valuable and interesting local reminiscences, some of them coking much labor and research, and sometimes a long ride. Our friend Eaton formed in this eminent botanist a most interesting ac quaintance, and together enjoyed a strolLovat the hand some .grounds surrounding the mansion, of, which Mr. Darlington's in this city is nearly a copy:: ' - tient O'Rourke, or Dr. O'Rourke, as his friends vow do light to call him, was the life of the party. About a week ago a number of gentlemen from Philadelphia paid a visit to Dr. Green, Chief Surgeon at Camp Wayne, and the med ical stiff. Mr: Frank Connor, J. Neilson, Esq., Capt. O. W. Engel!, Daniel M. Boyd, Edwin T. Chaise^ and Wardale McAllister,Esqrs., dined with the Surgeons of the regi ment Afer dinner, a diploma conferring the degree 'of Doctor of Laws was presented to Lieutenant Patrick Igna tius O'Rourke, of Capt. Neff's Lancaster Guarde. The pre, sentation speech-Wes made by Mr. McAllister. - Lieut. O'Rourke replied, stating that be arose in the morning an ignorant man, 'but that- "now' the cobwebs of ignorance had been brrished . from his, eyra, and to found himself a scholar and a Doctor of Laws." This diploma, which was shown us. was drawn up in good style, on parchment, and is signed by many distinguished names, amongothers that • of William „Darlington, M. D., LL. D., who aligned as an ex post facto Witness. Dr. O'Rourke is now awaiting the ar rival: of- a copy of "the great Beal," which, when duly attached, will perfect the document, and put the last sprig in the laurels which now encircle the brow of Lieut. Pat, rick Ignatius O'Rourke, LL. b. Those who- know him need not be told that -his genial -nature and Spontaneous Irish wit have made him a general favorite: in and around Camp Wayne. • During the evening our genial friend Westbaeffer enter tained the partywith music on the piano, singing "Yankee Doodle in Dutch'," and sundry ventriloquial performances; at which he -is well known as en expert amateur. Among other sleight-Clhand performances, he can transfer a small bottle- of 'J.' B." to the packet of a teetotaller, to the surprise of the latter, and the amusement of the bystandersas our cold-water friend Haldy can readily testify- : ' :*- Altogether, the visitors had every reason to be gratified with the reception given them by Mr. EVANS and his esti mable lady, and to form a high !estimate of the good old fashioned hospitality of our Chester county neighbors. • ALTERING OLD MIIBSET.S.=-A day Or two ago we saw at the Buehler House one of the fluest r iooking muskets that has yet came under our observation, and yet this musket was one of Alto old pattern made in 1832. It had went through the extensive factory of Mr. H. E. Le. man; at Lancaster, and is now superior in every respect to what it was when originally turned over' to the Govern. relent.' Mr. Leman replaced the old flint with a percussion lock, rifled the barrel, adjusted the sights, and re-polished it until a new pin could not look brighter. Yesterday Mr.-Leman entered into n•contrict to alter and repair in a similar manner some 15,000 of these old muskets, at a very low figure, which will be a saying to the Commonwealth, and at the same-time she will bo sup plied with.arms equal to any now manufactured. Mr. Leman's works at Lancaster are the most - extensive of the kind in this State. He has two water mills and one steam factory, and Ids facilities are such that, with a full force of men, be will be enabled to alter fifty muskets a day. He has for many years been a Government contrac tor, and has supplied the Indiana of the North and North west with thousands upon thousands of rifles, not one of which was ever condemned or thrown back upon his hernia as defective. ' We are gratified that Mr.,,Leman has secured the job, not only bemuse wekuow that he will do the State juaties, but, apart from that, he .es very worthy and deserving man.—Harrisburg Itchiot. HAT-MAKING, &c.—Last 'week was a easy. time wits our farmers, and probably three•fourths of the Inv crop in the county was safely gatheced and' hoitsed during the • fine weather.... The crop, as to quantity, fair one; and as to quality, It never was better. The grain barred will commence this week, and the crop of wheat II excellent in quantity and quality.. The recent showers have very, much improved the anpaaranee.of the corn and • STII.L."UBLITERATING PARTY LINER."—The Postmaster General Ls still engaged In. the patriotic work . of Pobliteretim. party lines. In Ade county. Notice the following . a of Postmasters, in addition to thosetilnady published: R. T. Houston, at Rixiseee, vice Robert Taggart, removed. ' John LL lidieminger, Maoheim, vice Andrew J. birs:.EßSa lad"' M Paxton, atkay,vico William! Rhuidei t Ll 4 Hoil:Yield4 , 44 .4 &OOP.; As 7 . 1 4 , 4 coldrO , John-Jamee, at Chestnut Level, vice • removed. CUL PiuntaThvAima - .11 the framing imadsome notice id thelbet Runisylvartia Bee , meet, the pillate HANEILIBM and liommare,and the Yew bast: tibiae' and, from the Preelatiok(lftL) Union of Thmsday • P 8T PMEMITINABIL itaausturTitis fine Beghneat, cibilintaded by Cot Yobeinumbe about 800 men, took our good people rompbstelyby iti% by suddemlymak tog its impasses's anionmkthem on-last flatardaymerft , log about 8 deb*, Thor Itilhompat is'estaspossePats flak Isdhatry and fins BHIe emapimisa, sod Itascous=r arretceelleeit hand, of mode fie* the eta of • whose delighlthi strains have ustishurthe alas tf thous. Mods of ourcithimut The oasts and min ars de polits, - hstaiiimmt,:, and dlimilied isbody la am be ibied auftwe arta ham inborn that :bemire theiskr phased ',Mtn:air gamier* on the Cattle IthoW heounds, and with the treatment of our citisonw— Midi camp is 'slatted daily by large numbest, all of whom sham perhetly delighted with the grace and precision with which all their drills and evolutions me peritelbed. 09- tains Hurassurr and Hocusua, whale names are men tioned below,. setweti, Asir country. faltafelly during the Mexican War .- and both. distingesired themselves by their "1 nobledeals. The first named gentlemuushas been tendered a high midi:mei:Shia position in the regular army, but we are unadvised whether he will auspt it or not. • —Thesam•paper eontalarthe following item:" Yesterday the ..Jackson BMW' commanded by Copt. nalobrigtic of the And Pennsylvania Regiment, ammo parried by: thelancatter Band.. paraded our :trysts and made a very imposing appearance. - , Conpraireirreax.—Oar gallant friend, Maj. Hatanur, editor 'of the West Cheater thus somplimenta the Laneaster companies, at Wayns: Capt. Barton% Ii undoubtedly the bestdrilled company the ,tegiment. He takes post as the left guide. Neat to him comes Capt. Hess' company hum Safe Harbor. Tha Captain Is bringing his men *award with gust rapidity. Capt. Neff's Lancaster company will compete with say In point of industry, attention and AIM • • Cimacn ,Dunearxmf.:— The new German Lutheran Church on Chestnut Hill, near Silver , • E= West He field township, Lancaster county, In the of Rev. J.. 1. Btrine, will be dedicated to the serviced' Dods on Sunday, the 14th day of July. Rev. G. F. lintel, of Lancaster, will deliver a sermon in the 43111711 in language, at 10 o'clock, A. EL, and Rev. Dr. Dorsey, of Columbia, in the English language, at 2 P. M. The collecdone taken during the day will be for the purpose of defraying the expenses incurred in the erection of the building. The 'public ere respectfully invited triattend. By order of the Building Committee. HENRY STRUVE, JOHN J. GROH, ADAM RILE. FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLROE.ThB final examination of the Senior Class of 1861 closed on the 21st ,ult. The clam consists of sixteen -members, all of whom are known as young gentlemen of promising char acter; and,•from their general appearance and literary status, willOotnpare favorably with any class that has yet graduated at this Institution since its existence' in this city. The members displayed no ordinary degree of talent at their final examination, which they passed iniccessfully, redacting great credit on themselves and the Institution. At the final meeting of the clam the Faculty awarded the honors to the following members: Marshall Oratloro—T. F. Hoffmeler, Bedford county, Pa. Franklin OrationW. IL H. Snyder, Huntingdon, Pa. German Oration—F. Fox, Cincinnati, Ohio. First Salutatory--8. P. Reber, Lebanon, Pa, ' • Second Salutatory—John P. Stein, Annville; Pa. , Valedictory—A. O. Belnoehl, lancmter, Pa. • DEATH OF. A CENTENARIAN.—MITI. NANCY STZW.ULT, of Georgetown, Bart township, this county. died on the 121 alt., aged one hundred and six years; haying been born in Limerick, Ireland, in 1755, and came to this Country at an early age. SENSIBLE QUERIES!—The self-examining society has propoeed the following queries to all people about this financial period: Does It cost anything to print a paper? How long can a printer afford to furnish a paper for nothing? Do printers eat. drink, and wear clothing? If so, how do they get it? Do I owe for my paper? Is not this particular period a first-rate time to pay up? GRAND JURORS to serve in the Court of Quarter Session, commencing Monday. August 19th: George S. Baker, Mount Joy tap.; John H. Bahl% City; Henry Baker, Ephrata; James Collins, CoWain; Robert A. Evans, City; Peter G. Eberman, Jr., City; F. W. 'Christ, Warwick; Martin 8. Fry, Ephrata; Elwood Griest, Sada bury; Robert Gibson, Little Britain; Benjamin Herr, East Donegal; John Kennedy, Fulton; Levi G. Kemper, West Earl; Samuel L. Leman, Manheim twp.; James Mean, Crernarvon; Nathaniel Mayer, Dmmorts John H. Pearsol, City; Peter B. Niseley, West Donegal; John P. Schattm, City; John W. Stauffer West Earl; Henry H. Shirk, East °malice; Day Wood, Alton; Thomas Wilson, Salisbury; Michael Zahm, City. Perm Jamas to serve in the same Court: John H. Swarr, East Hempfleld; C. B. Stoner, East Henn :laid; B. F. Scott, Drumore; George G. Brae', Manor; EIEI2III- nal Herr, Manor, Alexander Sturgis, Warwick: J. W. Lan dis, Ephrata; James Barber, Columbia; C. F. Laise, City; John Douglas Conoy; Lewis H. Linville, Salisbury: . Henry 0. Leaman, East Hempfield; Jacob Haldeman, Conoy; Col. William Gump City; John Strickler, Rapho; Andrew Gar ber, Mount Joy bor.; Isaac Leamon, Upper Leacock; John Gontner, Conestoga; &alas Billlngfelt, Adamstown bor.; James Kane, Drumore; John Keller Mount Joy bor.; Benjamin B. Brandt , Rapho; Washington Whitaker, Fut. ton; Adam Rudy, West Earl; Abram Musselman City; John B. Mylin, West Lampeter; Frederick Hackm an, Co- lamb's; Morris Cooper, Bart Christian Keneagy, Paradise; John Curly, Lracock; James Richards, West Efemptleld; David Harrah, , West Lampeter; Benjamin er, City; Henry G. Herr, City; Martin Groff, Conoy; Job 0. Brown, Fulton; David Baker, East Hempileld; George : ji,,c — ,g`l,llF .. ,ifillff,...pewees Salisbury; 01st- • . Cook, ton;lsaac 0. Blight, . eve , peter; P. 8. Clinger, Conestoga; C onrad 811• Ins, City; Fred: erick Shitz, East Hempfield; Harvey Brackbill, Strasburg; Peter S. Betel, Warwick; Godfried Zahm, City. EXAMINATION o' TEACHERS. —The examina tion of applicants fcr Teachers of Schools, in this count's, will be held at the following Districts at the times and places hereluallor alirci6rd Manlielm borough—July Bth, 9 a. m. Mount Joy borough—July 9th, 9 a.•m. Marietta borough—July 10th, 9 a. m. Columbia borough—July 11th, 9 a. m. Washington borough—July 12th, 9 a. m. Manor township—July 19th, 8 a. m., Dances' School, Millersville. Strasburg borough and township—July 15th, 9 a. in., High School, Strasburg. Paradise township and New Milltown District—July 16th, 9'a. rte., Black Horse School House. Salisbury township—July 17th, 9 a. in. Leacock—July 18th, 9 a. in., Intercourse. East - Lampeter—July 19th; 9 a. in., Enterprise. Upper Leacock—July 20th, 9 a. nr., Hatayfile. Warwick—July 22d, 9 a. in., Lids: Manhelm—July 23d, 9. in., Neffsville. Conestoga township and Safe Harbor—July 25th, 9 a. Conestoga Centre. Pequea—July 26th, 9 a. m., Willow Street. West Lampeter—July 27th, 9 a. in., Lampeter Square. Men—July - 29th, 9 a. in.. Quarryville. Little Britain—July 80th, 9 a. m., Poplar Grove School House. Fulton—July 81st, 9 a. in. Druwore—August lot, 9 a. in., Chesnut Level. Martlc—August 2d, 9 a. in., Itawlinsville. Providence—August 3d, 9 a m., New Providence. The Directors aro requested to provide a sufficiency of blackboard surface, chalk and all other apparatus that may be needed. They are also reqnestod to give notice in their respective Districts of the time and place of examination; and in those Dtetritta In which Vio place has been set, they will please to determine on one and inform me of the same. The Directors are particularly requested not to employ any applicant, unless he brat holds .and produces a certitl. side. The examinations will commence preotiely at the time appointed. Please be punctual. Private examination is absolutely refused. The public are cordially invited to attend. DAVID EVANS, ()minty Supt. DEPARTURE OP TRAINS, AND CLOSING OP THE bless AT •TELS CPST POST 071 , 102.—The • different Reasenger Traitts on the Pennsylvania and branch railroads leave this oily as follows: Feat Line' Through Express Lancaster Accommodation.. Harrisburg Accommodation Mall Train Through Express Mail . Train Mount Joy Accommodation, No. 1 Fast Line Harrisburg AccomModailon . . .... Lancaster Accommodation Mount Joy Accommodation, No. 2 Emigrant Train 'CLOSING 01 NAILS BT RAILROAD Eastern. Through Mail—For Philadelphia, New York and Eastern States, at 8 a. m., 6.30 p. in., and 9 p. m. Way Mail East—For Philadelphia and intermediate offices, at 8 a. m. Western Through Mail—For Harrisburg, Pietaburg and Western States, at 10 a. m. and 9 p m. Way Mail West—For Landhiville, Elizabethtown, Mount Joy, Middletown, Harrisburg, Lewistown, 'Huntin,gdon; Tyrone, Altoona, Hollidaysburg (and Way Mall between Altoona and Pittsburg) at 10 a. m. Southern Mall—For Columbia, York, Baltimore, Washing ton, D. C., and other paints South, (except the Seceded States,) at 10 a. m. Baltimore and Washington, D. C., 6.30 and 9 p. m. 'Pittsburg Through Mall, at 1.80 and 9 p. m. Columbia, York and. Harrisburg, at 10 s.. m., and 5 1 ,4 p. m. For Strasburg, via: Catiargo, -Quarryville, Martinsville, and New Providence, at 8 a. tn. ARRIVAL OF WAILS BY RAILROAD Through Mail East 1.00 a. m., ILOO a. mi - and 2.10 p. m Way Mail Mist ILO3 a. m Throughltail West 242 a. m.,10.45 a. m, and 2.10 p. m Way Mail West 840 a, m., and 7.12 p. m Southern Mall 8.08 p. m memo or MAILS ON TES STAGS ROVINS. For Reading, Tim Neffsville, 7dtiz, Rothswille, Reamstown, Adamstown and Gonglerarille, daily, at 8 8. m. For East Hempaeld, Manhelm and White Oak, daily, at 8 a. m. For Millersville and Slaikwater, daily, at 1 p. m. For Safe Harbor, daily, at 1 p. m. For Hinkletown, via: Landis Valley, Oregon, West Earl, and Farmeraville, daily, at 2 p. m. For Paradise, via: Greenland and Sondersburg, daily, at 2p. m.- • For Litis, via: Manilla, daily, at 2 p. in. For Strasburg, via: Fertility and Wheatlandbillls, daily, at 2p. m. • For Lampeter, daily, at 2 p. m. For Pheenlxville; via: New Holland, Blue Ball, Coodyme, Chnrchtown, Morgantown, Honeybrook, Chester Springs, and I(imberton, daily, at 1 p. m. For Port Deposit, Md., via: Willow Street. Ilmithville, Buck, Chesnut Level, Green,Plessant Grove,llock Springs, Md., and Itowlandsville,Md., Moaday, Wednes day and Friday, at 6 a. m. Tor Colebrook, via : Smarr's Mill, Old Line, Sporting Hill and Mastensonville, Semi-weekly, Wednesday and Fri day, at 6 a. m. For Voganeville and Terre Mil, daily, at 8 a. in. Fo r Liberty Square, vii: Conestoga, Marticville, Coleman ville,. Mount Nebo, Bethesda and Rawlineville, Semi weekly, Wednesday and Saturday, at 1 p. m. Office hours, from 7 a. m. to 8 p. On Sunday, from 8 to 9 a. m. postage to California, Oregon and 'Washington Tenn°- . rit les,lo Letters, alleged to be valuable, will be registered, and a receipt given therefor, on application and payment of the registration fed of Ave cents, in addition -to the regular postage. All letters are required to be pre-pall with stamps before they can be mailed. Joan .7. Oentetir, Poetnturtir. —The following instructions from the Poet Office Depart ment are published for the information of the public: June let, 1861. ALL POSTAL SERVICE in the Stet/soil/hen* North Caroline, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, liii. sissippi, Louistana,,,Arkinsaa, and Taxes, has been - sus- pended from and after May 814. Lettere from ollices temporarily closed by this oiler will be ant to the Dead Letter Of except those for the fal lowing Garmtles in WESTERN VIRGINIA, 'high will be • sent to Wheeling: ''. . H an cock, 'Taylor, ' JaCkson, B roo k e , • Garrison, . - Mason, Htd o , Doddridge, Putnam, Marshall, Tyler ' Kanawha, Wetsel, Plessante, - Webster, Monongahela, Ritchie, Clay, - - Preston, Lewis, Roane, . . Berkley, Braxton, . Oalbentn, Randolph, Mimes,- Csbell, ' . tipsher Wirt, ' Wayne, Berboni,' - ThsPoduiseter at Memphis, Tennessee, having refused to distribute the mail matter sent to' that Olen, the Poet- master General Ms directed the Billowing, order to: be . . . 'laded:" AN*. OM= DITAITEart, APPonirIUMT .Gluck.-The pmt. Office at Memphis, Tennessee, is dheontinied. .The Diedthister General orders all Postmasters to *sward' , to ' Oill'l*4:Wtei:Office at. WaiddligtOn all 1/0 1 4:raittor , whichlS dthscted to that calm JOHN A. KARON; -.. lint Aadidaat Postmaster °puma belaration of Independence. - - --Prafte_ edingsin th e Congress of the United 'ivelettles Respecting .tit Deolturation of independence --by lake Representatives births Unit e d &saes of America, in Con. Voss Assenibird,” IN Tall CONGARBO OF Tnxbairrew coLosiss. Tunimer, Tiers 11, 1776. eaolva, -Mud the immittes, for preparing the oolszatioe, Mudd of Ave :—the members chosen, Mr. Jefferson, Mr. John Adams, Mr. Franklin, Mr. Sherman and Mr. R. R. Livingston. - Meoir, Juzx 1 , 17 76. The s orderi of the m day being read, Revived, That thss Congre ss will resolve itself into committee of the whole, to take into consid maths the resolution respecting independence. That the declaration be referred to said committee. The Congrees resolved itself into a committee of the whole. After some time the President resumed the their, and Mr. Harrison reported, that the com mittee had come to a resolution, which they desired him to Mort, and to move for leave to sit again. The resolution agreed to by theisouunittee of the being read, the determination thereof was, at the !quest of a colony, postponed until to-morrow. Reso/ced, 'That this - Congress will, to-morrow, soh's, itself into a committee of the whole, to take into consideration the declaration respecting. inde pendence. • - Tom:tar, Jinx 2, 1778. The -Congress resumed the consideration of the resolution reported from the oommittee of the whole, which was agreed to as follows : Ratehed, That these United Colonies are, and, of right, onghtto be, Free and Independent States; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the Bntieh crown, and that all political connexion be- Ought tween th em and the State of Great Britain is, and be, totally dissolved. Agreeably to the order of the day, the Congress resolved itself into a committee of the.whole ; and, after tome time, the President resumed the chair, and Mr. Harrison reported, that the committee have bad under consideration the declaration to them re raf arrect; but, not having had time to go through the same, desired him to move for leave to sit again. Resaked, That this Congress will, to-morrow, aiildh resolve itself into a committee of the whole, to take into their further consideration the declaration respecting independence. WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1776. Agreeably to the order of the day, the Congress resolved itself into a committee of the whole, to take into their further conadderation the declaration; and, after semetime, the President seemed the chair, and Mr. Harrison reported, that the committee, not hav ing_ yet gone through it, desired leave to 'sit again. Reso/oed, That this Congress will, to-morrow, again resolve itself into a committee of the whole, to take into their further consideration the Declara tion of Independence. Tininsner, JULY 4, 1776. Agreeably to the order of the day, the Congress resolved itself Into a committee of the whole, to take into their further consideration the declaration; and, after some time , the President resumed the chair and Mr. Harrison reported thatthe committee had ;gree d . to a declaration, which they desired him to report. The declaration being read was agreed to as fol lows: A DECLARATION BY THE REPRESENTA TIVES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERI CA, IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED. When, in the course of human events, it becomes no: .for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to sesame, among the powers of the earth, the sepa rate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them, a decent respect for the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare thrTeauses which impel them to the separation. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these, are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. That, to secure these rights, govern ments are instituted among men,_ deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed; that, whenever any form of government becomes destruc tive of these ends, it 18 the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute a new govern ment,_laying its foundation on such principles, and orgatuaing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that governments long established, should not be changed for light and transient causes; and, accordingly, all experience bath shown, that mankind are more disposed to suf fer, while evils are sufferable, than to right them selves'by abolishing the forms to which they are ac customed. But, when a long train of abuses and usurpations, panning invariably the same object, evinces a design to reduce them under absolute des potism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such government; and to provide new guards for tb.eirAgare security. Such has been the patient sufferance of these colonies, sLd such is now the necessity which constrains them' to alter their former systems of government. The history of the present king of Great Britain ir<a history of repeated inju ries and usurpations, all having, in direct object, the estabViehment at-' m absoTure ,tzranny over these States. To prove this, let fnetsme'vete.soo...s candid world. : He has refusals's assent to laws the most whole some and necessary for the public good. He has forbidden his Governors to pass laws of immediate and pressing importance, unleim suspend ed in their operation till his assent should be ob tained ; and, when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them. Ee has refused to pass other laws for the accom modation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of representation in the legislature ; a right inestimable to them, and formidable to tyrants only. He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depos itory of their public record!, for the , sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures. He has dissolved representative houses repeatedly, for opposing, with manly firmness, hie invasions on the rights of the people. He has refused, for a long time after such dissolu tions, to cause others to be elected ; whereby the legislative powers, incapable of annihilation, have returned to the people at large for their exercise ; the State remaining, in the mean time, exposed to all the danger of 'ovation from without, and con vulsions within. He has endeavored b prevent the population of these States ; for that roxpose, obstructing the laws for naturalization of foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage h,ir migration hither, and rais ing the conditions allow appropriations of lands. He has obstructed the administration of justice, by refusing his assent to laws for establishing ary powers. He has made judge! dependent on his will alone, for the tenure of the offices, and the amount and payment of their az 'es. He has erected a multitude of new offices, and Bent hither swarms a' officers to harass our people, and eat out their eulotance. He has kept among us, in times of mos, standing armies, without the event of our legislature. He has affected to 'ender the military indepen dent of, and futperiorti,sths'olvil 'power. He has combined, *Eh others, to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our Constitution, and unac knowledged by our lava ; giving his assent to their sots of pretended legisstion For quartering largebodies of armed troops among us - —.2.42 a. m. ..10A5 a. m. ....8.40 a. m. ....8 08 p. m. ....7.12 p. m. ...1.01 a. m .10.49 a. m .11.00 a. m ....2.10 p. m p. p. m ...11 55 p. m For protecting them,by a mock trial, from pun ishment, for any murders which they should commit on the inhabitants of 060 States : For cutting off our trade with all parts of the world: For imposing taxes on Is without our consent : For depriving us, in Pally o£lBBB, of the - benefits of trial by jury : For transporting tui beyond eeaa to be tried for pretended offences: For abolishing the free tystem of English laws in F ; a neighboring province, lishin . g therein an arbi trary government, and c ing its boundaries, so as to render it at once example and fit instru ment for introducing the same absolute rule into these colOnies : 1 For taking away our charters, abolishing our most valuable laws, and altering, fundamentally, the powers of our governments : For suspending our ownlegislatunts, and declar ing themselves invested wth power to legislate for us in all eases whatsoever. - He has abdicated goverment here, by declaring us out of his protection, and waging war against us. He has plundered our Ms, ravaged our coasts, burnt our towns, and dastrOyed the lives of our peo ple. He is, at this time, tramporting large armies of foreign mercenaries to compete the works of death, desolation, and tyranny, steady begun, with cir cumstances of cruelty and perfidy scarcely par alleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally un worthy the head of a oivilisee nation. He has constrained our fellow-citizens, taken' cap tive on the high seas, to bas arms against their country, to become the executnners of their friends and brethren, or to fall themalves by their hands. He has excited domestio itummetions amongst us, and has endeavored to bring Ca the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless intim savages, whose known rule of warfare is an mdistinguished de struction of all ages, sexes, and conditions. In every stage of these oppresions, we have pe titioned for redress, in the most rumble terms; our repeated petitions have been ansyered only by re peated lorry. A prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a tyrant, is unlit to be the ruler of a free peep... Nor have we been wanting in attention to our British brethren. We have warnel them, from time to time, of attempts made by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jenalletion over as. We have reminded them of the ci*.nmstances of our emigation and settlement here. :We have appealed to their native justice and magaanimity, and we have conjured them, byl the ties of our common kindred, to disavow these usurrilons, which would inevitably interrupt our °ennui* and correspon dence. They, too, have been dad- to the voice of justice and consanguinity. WeMuld, therefore, ac qmesce in the necessity, which denounced our sepa ration, and hold them, as we hold the rest of man kind, enemies in war, in peace, Mends. We, therefore, thererpressmtatine of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, iN tiIiNERA.L CON— rit GRESS assembled, appealing to t Supreme Judge of the. World for' the rectitude of ' intentions, do, in the name, and by the antho ' of the good peo ple of these colonies , _ solemnly p lisli' and- declare, That thee 'United Colonies are, aii of right ought to an 4A2 bo, FliZ3l AZD INDIPINDZ.NT Le ; that they are absolved from all allegi to the British crown, and that all politloal eon io n betw een them and thettete of Great Britain, is . and ought to be; totally dissolved ; and that, as ,FTEE. ,AArAo ..-rAr- DEPENDENT STATES,' tlioy imo l ai pow er to levy war, oonolude piece, . I t eee c a utecees, establish commerce, and to do , au, sots and things which .INDEPIiIiDENT . : .. TEB may of right do. And, for the support o ' his declaration, with • Ann reliance on . the 1 • ~ , of DM** Pstovproscu we.mutnally pledge each other, our lives, our !Winnow, and our. lured ~ ~,or. T4e fointo" deoliratio inpl.4 and 404 b ; , 1 . _ NOia. Ert4thiii, .1101 . 411 . B. adelatellittl •t,• • ' I George•T pple, ;amiss IV Matta . , w .n. Goons - , - .11fassachuzetts Bey. ~: . r- Samuel Adams, Canal 47-_,lFra, , m , John Adams . G --- ' ' 027 , ::....31 , 1 - 744. -',- ' ecwMP....... ....- 1. - Wy.ti-- - 41 , Robert Treat Paine, ThomMr-rwo - ."q.' , F.„v:' - 'f' Elbridirs Gerry 104 A- 4 fiTMii ithodo Island. 'Samuel fahafliNA'.! ,. .. : . 4'4.!4 Stephen Hopkins, Williazia.r. 4x.....,, William Hilary. ThomieSieluri -1 :j .Col:maims. Charli,Cligari_ (41, , ,, : ,. , &gat . Bhermaii, •,- . - _.-Vii i .......,. Samuel Huntingdon, George - 1 W - ' .r.... :' William Williams , Richard eary , ..-7 , , - , r .Oliver Wolcott. Thom/1t Jelfera ol 4-, 7 . New York. Bonawnitillo l1 " 111 1- ; William Floyd, Thomas Nelson, Junmf Philip Livingston, Francis Lighlbot , tr. :.. Francis Lewis, Carter Masten:. ~< Lew/I-Morris. Worth Carolitur. - New Jersey. -. William HoOper,• .. Richard StOokto n , . Joseph newel! , John Witherspoon, - - John -Penn. -" Fanoia Hopkinson, South Carolina. : .. John-Hart,. Edward Rutledge,' Abrakam Clark. ' Thomas Heyward, jun., Pennsy/vania. Thoinaii - Ljnonal;innq Robert Morris, ' - , Arthur Middleton. Benjamin Rush, ' G1e4644. Benjamin Franklin,* . ButtoriGwitnatil -John Morton, - Lyman Hall,. ....----. George Cly mer , • George Walton. to ßlis the o s ted erai , ' That eo b t es, es*o co e n th v e en D ti ee o - ns. lara an tio d n o be m se m n itt t; tees, or councils of safety, and to the several court mending officers of the continental troops; be proclaimed in each of the 'United States, ~. the head of the army. " : .. -that nd at it;, - - REBEL ACCOUNT OF THE EVACUA.. • TION OF HARPER'S FERRY• ' ' . - - The injunction of secrecy being removed, the Richmond Enquirer, of the 24th, ult.,-gives the following report of the evacuation of Harper's Ferry,- from which it appears that General Johnston evacuated the place because, it was untenable, lying, as it,were, in the small end of a funnel, the border end - of which could, with great ease, be occupied by the enemy. The Enquirer says it was well known that Gen. Scott's plan was to turn Harper's Ferry by the column from Pennsylvania under Gen. Pattersorwand effect a junction, near Win— chester or Strasburg, with another. column of Gen. McClellan's army passing through Rom— ney, and cut off Gen. Beatiregard'a and Gen. Johnston's armies from each other, his plan was completely foiled. - On Thursday,: 16th inst.. Gen. Johnston, having-waited at Harper's Ferry long enough to make.thetnemy believe that he intended to contest that position to the last, and learnint that they were -advancing on Williamsport and Romney, -sent a portion - of his force to Winchester by rail. On the 17th, he continued this movement, sent back his tent equipage and other heavy baggage, his sick, &c., and set fire to and burnt the, railroad bridge, and such public, buildings as could be burned without en— dangering private property, spiked such heavy guns at the Ferry as could not be removed, and, on the 18th, moved with his whole army, marching on foot in the direction of Win— chester, encamping• about three and a half miles southwest of Charlestown. . The enemy taking this movement, as it wail intended they should'take it,ne a retreat, crossed a brigade of their advance divisiOn,.command ed by Gen. Oadwalador, who joined their forces on Saturday or Sunday morning, which was moved forward towards Martinsburg,• on Sunday morning. On the 19th, Gen. Johnston chiinged his line of march at right angles, and moved square towards Martinsburg, enoamplijg on.. Bunker's Hill, on the Winchester and Martins— burg turnpike, to offer battle there ; or advance or attack, if necessary. This movement placed the enemy in a predicament ;ihectherefore, re crossed the river, and evacuated ,the valley, retiring beyond Hagerstown; - . I A Lieutenant-Colonel and•another member of the Eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers were taken prisoners during this retreat--Bowman and Chase. A day or two after this, Col. Hill, 13th Virginia Regiment, in command of part of the force§ who had retreated from Harper's Ferry, who had been pushed fortiard toward. Romney, sent forward toward New: 'Chase on the Potomac, 18. miles west,of Cumberland, four companies of Tennessee and Virginia troops, under Col. Vaughan of Tennessee, who found the Yankees posted on the Maryland side of the Potomao. The Confederates, in face' of'the enemy, forded the stream waist deep, drove them off he.n.tmost_eonfusion, came t w, of loaded artillery and .a stand 'ieolors, destroyed the railroad bridge at that place, and returned to Romney, making the march of thirty-six miles, and gaining it htifliant victory within twenty hours.' About three hundred of:the Maryland line, two nights back, made a -flying visit to the Ferry. They have returned, 'and reporehttving .burned the rifle works, destiged Shenandoah bridge, tumbled a locomotivemt&thri Pciftomae, and brought away twentlthonsand,rifie stooks and seven Union men as prisoners. THE OIVIL WAIL IN My last advice& posted you of evente , ttp to the movement upon Booneville by Gen. Lyon; the. result of which, you are advieed,:ibetng 'the complete ,rout of the , State troops . ; Gen. Price forsaking his cenimand,AndHoi:4aok son fleeing from the "wrath to "come." The United States forces under Capt. Totten have • pushed on - and occupied Syracuse; - the enemy retreating, burning bridges and destroying private property on fheir route. 'Tlitt'where abotife of our fugitive Governor is not known with certainty, but it is presumed he will turn up on the Arkansait border. . The command of Gen..Lyou haying, been strengthened by the arrival of lowa troops at Booneville, under Col. Bates, in the present demoralized state of the rebels, we do not ap- ." prehend serious troubles in that section: During the .entire week'lroops have' been :- moving from here to - Sonth.weet -Miesouri, where we anticipate an. invasion from Arkan sas. ' Eight thousand United States troops encamped at Rolla and vicinitY, thiterininus of the south-west branoli . of the - MI(0S road, and the force is beinglooretiseoaily. The " Home Guards," •of St. Lonisi with :'1 patriotic devotion, have responded to the call for their services in the interior, and feria ing business and personal considerations; are oi l •-• lowing the " Stars and Stripes" to _the. fi 1. Their ranks number very many Of, Our, citizens. Probably 20,000 Unitedd" troops occupy Missouri, and their numbe daily augnmenting. The policy of•the G •ernment is to form a nucleus, around:Nl the Union men can rally and arm Joge ho defence, and right manfully are the:Teop responding. The unfortunate shooting affair'orthe pelf of one of the Regiments, in marching th t rove our city, which resulted in the death-of save • persons, continues the subject of.violent cora-: ment. The testimony 'elicited before the Coroner's jury is, as usual, conflictipg,i some witnesses testifying that pistols were dis charged at the troops before they fired ;,others that the first discharge was accidental ~ f rom musket in the hands Of a -soldier. , The frequency of such collisions is most deplorable; • for, beside the loss of .life,. they seem ito fan - the smothering fires of •N.ativeism, ever . too ready to break out against the German - ele ment. Our community being ,coMpOied Secessionists,"semi-Secessionists and" Sht4 1 , Unionists,. you may imagine the hearttb ings these events produce. They make' tit , side issues seem as a cloak under which stab the cause of Constitutional - Tjaert which they have not the hardihood to : ass openly.—Phitrdelphia Bulletin. CFI'S IN ILLINOIL—The Cairo oarrespo dent of the N. Y. World speaks. thus .iico. agingly of the crops in that region:4.. The prospect of an abundant 'harvest w. never more flattering. The wheat, &Ids . Egypt are loaded with golden fititUready fo the sickle. The first blow was struck"yester day . at Thebes, twenty five miles above th point on the Mississippi river. The yield wi be enormous, surpassing that of last year. 4 The now crop is being harvested.. and larsti quantities of the old are still-iii the hands of the growers. Fruit of all kinds . prorilises' an ablindant yield. The peach crop of southern. Illinois will be'a considersrble item this season. , Cr * A siderable attention has of late been -iflyen.%-cor thisbranctiofjoirticultare, awl artninyloung orchards just coming.' into bearing, the result is . ked for ha great deal otister. .. 4, 0 est. large yiel is promised; and Ia a thatiolier varlet' s will ein market e ar ly in \ July. Now Potitoes are !ready quite plan We in our marlfets.! ,- .? . _ .1-..)..: Although money 'ii sea suit .1)11 ' eira exceedingly d4ll. in Illinoi proyisiore likely to be obi/natl.:l_ond -a ~.. ; 1, ~ ./ , 1 tkliotetOu sires. 4 -. 4ept:, .7 1 . 8 ihalf: ri*:, Niew Yossingre New Yorke doin: respondent the ti l er, who ' appare the im e first e least 00 during t olio, only, a few de, $25,000 on the r begging for mine; orloee ooneiderabl order of Om following meon- ILAR(JOOIE. • ST. Loins, June 24, 1861: .—The a slim bpi • o Coral ly well posti •• houses -sr month. 'TIM' gotta and (014 1§ . ,`whiali*kfinl cau:T.
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