~~~. 0110. SANDERSON. EDITOR. A. SANDERSON. Assoc;lst*. LINOAMIKR,TA., SEPTESII:MB 17,1861 1011114VLATION, 59, 00 COVEII`. alr Poem* & oo.ii minmosole • • ,330 Sum street, Nowitta, end itratitOLltoteth i iitiettin•_ B. M. Pas 4px, are .11 .00110 fbr zamosiesr. ,ftesd thert Um* orrok Ong ewspettilAle; They are sullitormset eantractigiti it,witt,aseets, mike AN. V. It tumor, the Mamie= Neese r Agent, N. Z. earner Rah and Cheetent 'Streets, sdelphle, is authorised to restive snlyscrlpticms and advertisements for thb paper, at oar lowan rates. His receipts will be, re• girded as payments. sap Ram WZ:138113 9 8 ADVIRTICEG AGENCY located at NeciliMetitlith eine* Philededollta• He hi authorized to receive advertimments and subscriptions for The Lome - Mks hinftencer. OTJ FL F. IA - 11Ow oar tisk is flung to the - irild what; free, Let It float o'er - our father land, And the.grund of its spotlees fame shall be Columbia's chosen band. DEMOCRATIC. COUNTY COIUMITTICE• The DemocratinCountyCommittee will meet at Shober's Hotel, In tke City of Lancaster,tm,Satarday next, the 2lst inst., at o'clock, A. M. d full attendance of the mem bersis iietdreti as' busbaess of importance will be trans acted. FE4D. B. PYPEIt, Chairman. P. Mama Hamra, Secretary. lamossnra, September 17, 1861 THE COUNTY CONVENTION. The Democratic County Convention will meet in Fulton Hall, to•mortow (Wednesday) at 11 o'clock, A. M. May we not hope that wise counsels will prevail, and that the Convention will show, by its deliberations, that the Democratic party is the true Vision party of the County. THE REPUBLICAN TICKET With-one or two exceptions the candidates selected >by the Republican Convention, on Wednesday last, are of the ultra woolly-head stripe—the most so of any ticket ever presented to the people of Lancaster county. The Silver Grey wing of the party was almost entirely ignored. Mr. STEVENS had every thing his own way, and he rifled the Convention, through his creatures, with a rod of iron.— Nothing but the rankest kind of Abolitionism —at least for the principal offices—would suit his purposes, and the two or three moderate Republicans placed on the ticket for minor stations, is the sop held out to the conserva tive wing of the party. IGNORING PARTYS The Republicans, before the assembling of their County Convention, held out the idea of " repudiating party distinctions" in the for• mation of a ticket. They talked loudly about the necessity of placing a " Union " ticket in the field, made up of Republicans and Dem ocrats. Of course, this was all done for the purpose of throwing dust in the eyes of honest, well meaning, but unsophisticated Democrats. They never intended to give the Democrats the least show upon the ticket, and, according ly, each and every candidate nominated is a rank and loud-mouthed Republican, and most ly of the Abolition stripe I This is the kind of entertainment to which Democrats are invited, but they won't attend at the ringing of the bell. The dish smells too strongly of wool to be at all suited to Democratic atom ache, and we doubt whether it will be relished by thousands of moderate men in the opposi tion party. A VALIANT BOBADIL I GEORGE BRUBAKER, Esquire—the valiant and accomplished George—the astute and erudite Counsellor—the leading spirit in the recent Republican County Convention—is about gird ing on his sword, and fighting valiantly against all traitors, " witches, warlocks, and long nabbed things," in this community. Listen to what this " man of blood" says (speaking through a resolution) in the Convention : Resolved, That the efforts of certain persons residing among us—counseling peace in the face of an armed foe, [wonder whether any of them counseled their sons to stay at home and let the " poor Democrats " do the fight ing I] advising submission to traitors who have disgraced our flag, stolen the national property, slaughtered our brethren, and attempted to subvert the forma of government they assisted in forming—should be forcibly put down by all true patriots [such as George is himself] and otder-loving citizens. Whew 1, What a blood and thunder warrior George has suddenly become I Shade of Napoleon preserve our people from the terri ble sword of this steel hearted Vigoth I May the Fates defend the Democracy of Lancaster county from the ropes prepared by this chief hangman of the Black Republican party ! Oh -Don't. George I Don't draw your sword on the " poor" Democrats ! A 6 4 MARE'S NEST." The Express has discovered that a short sentence in the correspondence with Col. HAMBEIGHT, was omitted in the INTELLIGENCES last week. The whole sentence (if the ver sion of the Express be the correct one,) reads : "Nobly have you responded to the call, and ere another week rolls round you will be prepared to take your place in line. Lllnter rified by domestic traitors and their secret sympathizers,] you will be found ready, aye, ready ! for every call of duty." We have enclosed in brackets the portion of the sentence left out by our compositor, in setting it up. Whether it was originally an interpolation of the Express we do not know ; but if it will be any satisfaction to that sheet, and the other Republican papers of this city that follow its lead, we will inform them that the first 'intimation the senior editor of the larzLitazscza had of the omission was see ing the notice in the Express. Upon inquiry of the corispotritor who put the correspondence in type, we_learn from him that the omission was purely accidental—having set it up in a hurry, and 'with no intention whatever to mutilate the letter of the Committee in the least particular. It is a very small matter at best to make such a fiss about, and shows the desperate shifts 'to 'which the Republican papers will resort in order to bolster up their sinking for tunes. • I3IPORTANT ARRESTS. The'PrMinst Marshal of Baltimore has ar rested 'the following prominent citizens, viz; Mayor Brown, F. K. Howard, editor of the Exchange, T. W. Hall, editor of the South, Gen. 440..goward, Hon. Henry May, M. C., and Messrs. Ross Winans, Charles H. Potts, Lawrence Lengston, S. 'rookie Wallis, T. P. Scott,-S.;M.. Warfaild, Dr. J. Hanson, and John e Brune, City Members of the Legis lature, and several other distinguishedcitizens from the City and bounty. They lia4e been sent to Fort McHenry. 0f Burlington, N. J., was mist W ednes day, and sent to Fort Lafayette. • .a,• ; `• • _ . • THEE . 113 .1 WAN Ten years ago` the • Minoan= oonnty made no opposition to the election of . Judge LONG, who, although a Whig, wat - hot an ultra partisan. They had oifideneo; in his integrity, and belieyed that would%n ducilimitelf in kiis , Nigh office with.fai;4 BB ar oj m oltuoy. %Nay wFp not 4la • ppo*ed in*te man; and w*agatikelpid to WO, 8 9, far* thilOW ofaik was ieen : honorable and upright gentleman, had he been nominated by our Polibtal, opponents. But Judge LONG was too pure a man to snit the managers of the Republican pasty, and there fore he was sacrificed in order to make room for a politician of the most ultra stamp. His associate, Judge Baurrou, a pureininded, honorable gentleman, also fell under the same ban, and had to give place to an ultra of the Stevensi3ohoel. This, ,then, is the*dish paied for the good people of Lancaster county. HoWit will be relished by the moderate Re publicans remains to be seen. As for the Democrats, we think we hazard nothing in saying that they will neither touch, taste; nor handle the unclean dose, but will cast their votes for conservative candidates, should such be in thefteld. Theßepublican County Conven tion were determined to make a party issue even on the Judiciary, (which ought never to be the case,) and the Democracy have no al ternative but to oppose their nominations with better men. Against Mr. Hoon personally we have note word to say, and if he could sink the partizan in the jurist we believe he would make a good Judge; but the manner of his nomination and the kind of men who brought it about, must operate as an obstacle to his promotion even by many of his own party. We do not often agree with the Express in opinion, but the following extract of an edi torial from that paper of Thursday evening so fully expresses our views in reference to the action of the Republican County Conven tion, that we give it a place in this connexion : THE "UNION REPUBLICAN CONVENTION" played a serio-comic farce upon its own name. Assembled, under a call addressed to not only the "People's Party," but to "all others in favor of the perpetuity of the National Union and of maintaining the National Government in its efforts to put down armed rebellion," "to nominate a Union Ticket," nearly the first thing they did, after organizing, was to emulate the example of Jeff. Davis & Co., by making all candidates and delegates before, and in, the Convention, swear allegiance to the little pet confederticy just inaugurated— to pledge themselves in advance to abide by whatever decree it might make—in a word, to open their mouths, take the butter, shut their eyes and " go it blind I". After this vigorous precaution to insure the suppression of any " a(la)rmed rebellion " among such Republicans as might think "the perpetuity of the National Union " of more importance than the supremacy of a little party dynasty, our readers will not be sur prised to learn that the next step was to lay party hands upon .the judicial , ermine, and attempt to sacrifice one of the purest, and best, and most impartial of judges, simply because, he, as every upright judge would, refused to trail the skirts of the sacred ermine in the mire and dirt of party politics for the purpose of securing a nomination in advance. Hon. HENRY G. LONG is not a politician, nor has he been since we have known, him. The position he has filled with such general satis. faction to a community in which he has spent his life, was not originally of his own seeking. It was the free gift, the voluntary tender, of his fellow-citizens, who saw in him all those attributes of high character which place a man " above suspicion " of being influenced either by his impulses, or his prejudices—of which no creature, human or otherwise, has so large and dangerous a breed as "the busy little bee" of local politics, who, mistaking every voter's ear for a blossom, seeks to inflict a sting where he fails to extract honey. Dad Judge Long resorted to " the usual" electioneering dodges, now deemed so neces sary to success among political gamblers, he could, doubtless, have been nominated. But then be would have been unworthy of the ermine he has so worthily worn. We honor him for his course. His fellow citizens, with out distinction of party, will honor him, and honor him, too, in a more substantial way than he could have been by a nomination at the hands of a convention which ignored the loftiest patriotism, the most unsullied charac ter, and unspotted integrity of public and private life—for the sake of party. - It was hoped by many of the beat men in the party that wiser and more patriotic coun sels would prevail, and that the door would be opened for such a genuine Union move ment as has been inaugurated in our sister Chester, and several other counties in this and other States—a movement which would have hushed the dissensions of party until our brave soldiers had secured for us a gov ernment under which the politicians would have something tangible to wrangle about. But, if the destruction of the American Gov ernment was decreed for next Christmas, we verily believe our little politicians would personally illustrate the old adage of the ruling passion strong in death—they would placard their candidates, bold their conven tion, form " the ring" of nomination for the " Incky ones," silence the disappointed " ex pedants" by getting them regularly in line for the succession, and then tumble into the yawning abyss of national rain with " three cheers for the party" and " a tiger for the spoils 1" The climax of the inconsistency which ruled this convention—the difference between prac tice and profession—Was reached in the pass age of the following resolution: " Resolved, That we, the members of this Con vention, repudiating, for the time being, party distinctions. and discardirzg party prejudices, for ourselves and our constituents, unanimously pledge our property, our lives, and our every effort to uphold the Constitution as it is and the Union of the States." That dodge won't do 1 If ever a Conven— tion was thoroughly ruled by " party dis— tinctions" and "party prejudices"invoked, it was the Republican Convention of Wednes— day. DECLINE THE APPOINTMENT We respectfully decline the appointment of " Inspector of Beans," tendered us by our neighbor of the Examiner. We prefer that he, himself, shall enjoy all the profits arising from his contract with the Government, espe cially as he is a much better jpdge of the es culent than we are. Wonder if there are any Beans in the neighborhood of BULL RUN or has he to travel all the way to Cleveland for his supply ? W HO FIGHT OUR BATTLES The Indianapolis State Sentinel is told by a gentleman, an officer in one of the Indiana regiments, that an officer detailed by the War Department, under the direction of the Com mander in chief, to muster into the service volunteers in Indiana, gives it as his opinion, based upon the most favorable opportunities of ascertaining the actual facts, that three. fourths of the men who have already volun teered for the war from that State are Democrats. This is the very highest authority for making this statement. That proportion hold good in most of the States, and yet stay at home Republicans denounce Democrats as traitors, and evince a disposition to make'war upon them. EXCITING RUMORS. Rumors are rife that there was a great deal of skirmishing along the Potomac on Sunday, but we cannot learn any of the particulars. One rumor is that the rebels, 60,000 strong, bad crossed the river at Poolaville, but it was not credited atWashington on Sunday even— ing. . A terrible fire occurred on. the stage of the Continental Theatre, Philadelphia, on Saturday night, by. which some fourteen per sons, mostly females, were dreadfully burned. Six of the ladies hayii,sinee died. ' he fire 'took, place during a t hunder and lightning storm in the play.of The Tempest T 11111 44 1110.PARIMI PARTY. _press iinlite from Judge Douglas' last speech, with varied marks of emphasis, the followbx;,,, " Whoever is not prepared to sacrillifsfoirk Organizations and: platforms or the altitrof his country, does , not' deserve the support said countenance of honest' people ". tiktfikr , iisharg r ilirict, does th4resifiratioktl the altar of our country repute to !ilia' saetificsiii tOt theVemoorfitie Platform, ostrtimly 'for prt and by that it has been preserved from., the commencement of the Government down:"-- " The Union and the Constitution, they must bepreserved," has ever heen.the foundation-of the Democratic prganiration l amb platform.* Did the preservation of our country require it to be sacrificed, - it would be most 'cheerfully done. • • , . Bat who is it thst is not prepared to sacrifice the pirty platfornien the altar of their coun— try? - It is thcise whii have declared their party platform "a law" to them—who have declared their party platform "more sacred thin fifty - Unions!' This is the party and these are the persons whom Mr. Douglas declared " unworthy of the support and countenance of honest people." . The .demooraoy hive no political power and therefore nothing.to sacrifice that would be of any practical effeot. It is the President and hie party who are in a position, and who are called upon by their country to come forward and " sacrifice their party organization and platform upon the altar of their country."— Will they do it? A PROPER DISTINCTION. A broad distinction, says the .New York Journal of Commerce, - exists between those who are lovers of peace for its own sake, on principle, and those who cry peace when there is no peace, for .the purpose of aiding an enemy, :or with the design of embarrassing the Government. It would be well for every one who imagines himself impelled by pure Christian motives in opposing war, and coun selling peace, to inquire calmly and deliber ately for the means of obtaining that which he desires. In other words, let him sit down with pen and paper and draw up a plan or treaty of peace for the present emergency,— It has been tried by good men, and they have failed. The same experiment has been tried in every war of modern times. We can always name terms of peace for ourselves, but we seldom can for our enemies ; and hence, in every instance where Christian nations have been plunged into war, the hearts of good men have sought - with anxiety for peace from the moment of the first collision, but finding no opening, have been content to wait the time when the Providence of God should make it possible. To cry peace, peace, is no way for a reasonable man to obtain peace.— If you demand a thing as a duty, show the way to do it, and when you say the country must have peace, add to it a suggestion of the practical course for the Government to pursu in laying down arms. That the moment will come when a lasting, honorable and glorious peace can be effected, we have not the slightest doubt. We shall be ready, and we believe the whole North are ready, to welcome the moment with exulta tion. But we do not expect it until we see some indications of a desire for it on the other side, and when that is visible the end of the war is at hand. SENATOR DOUGLAS ON PARTYISM The Chicago Times, one of the ablest and most orthodox Democratic papers in the West, and the organ of the late Senator DOUGLAS, expresses the following just views on this sub— ject. It says: " The No Party men' use the language . of Stephen A. Douglas to prove that he favored the dissolution of the Democracy. As these men are Republicans, this is the first time in their lives that they have alluded to the great western statesman in terms of approbation, and, as might be expected, they do not quote him fairly. " Douglas never assumed that a man must cease to be a Democrat to be a patriot. He never advised his party alone, but the whole people, to drop mere partizan politics, and to devote their energies to the war. His followers tried the experiment sufficiently to find that the Republican leaders were not sincere in it, and that with them no party' meant no Democratic party.' "If Mr. Douglas had lived to witness the events of the last sixty days, he would have seen how futile is the effort to induce a large portion of the Republicans to abandon their ex treme dogmas fora position of conservative support of the Union. He would never have consented to the attack upon the sub-treasury —to the flooding of the country with a mass of irredeemable paper—to the unjust imposition of taxes on the western States—to the inaction of the navy, and the disorganization of the army. He would not have kept silent when inefficiency and corruption assailed the Gov— ernment, and would never have acquiesced in the insolent demand of some of the Republicans that Democrats should make the abandonment of their principles a test of patriotism. What he said was in the. oice of hope. He 'did not live to discover the insincerity of the opposition leaders—to behold the government , dominated by Cameron and Blair—the Congress passing the resolutions of Lovejoy,—or the administra- tion frightened into precipitate battle - by a caucus, in which Chandler, and others likebim, were leading spirits. He did not witness the ignoring of his friends and followers in all high commands. In short, he did not survive to be hold how bitterly, in spite of the constancy of the Democracy, his hope has been disappoint ed, nor to discover that his old opponents deem his position on the rebellion as hie conversion from sin—his first act of patriotism in a long life of public service." SOUND VIEWS. The Louisville Democrat, the great Union organ of Kentucky, says . " We make no apology for this wicked effort in the South to destroy the Government. We grant the necessity of suppressing it; but Abolitionism, THAT HAS PRODUCED IT, must also be suppressed. Abolitionism and Secessionism must be buried in the same political grave.— The patriot who loves his country must consent to sacrifice them both." The same paper urges the Republicans of the free States to disband, and " SUPPORT THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES." It says that the experiment of a purely sectional party tuts now been tried and its fruits are before the world. With this experience before them, it thinks all good men ought to join in the sup— port of that party who had the foresight to warn the country of the dangers that are now upon UB KENTUCKY ALL RIGHT I On Wednesday last the Kentucky Legisla ture adopted,a resolution, directing the Gover nor to issue a proclamation ordering the Rebel troops now encamped in that State to evacuate the soil of. Kentucky without delay. The res olution passed the House by a vote of 71 in favor to 26 against, and the Senate by a vote of 26 to 8. A bill to punish rebellion in Ken tucky has also been reported. The bill makes it felony to aid the Rebels by enlisting troops, or inducing any one to do so. The invasion of Kentucky by any citizen as a confederate soldier is punishable by decal. IMPORTANT TO Tin " LADIES.-SOOR " Old Boreas"will make ns his accustomed visitation, and oar lady friends will be devilling ways and means for the protection of them forms from the penetrative assaults of his chilling breath. , Now every lady will bear us out in the assertion that nothing is more conducive to the comfort and fine appearance of a female in cold weather than a substantial and fash— ionable set' of -Furs. - This being an admitted fact , it is with pleasure that we direot the attention of those interested to the inducements offered John Pereira, the faiorite furrier of 718 Aroh Street Philadelphia; . Zia yea appears in this issue. ROAT , TtIt. $)7.11% Ms DEMOCRATIC COUNTY CONTENTION.— The D emoeratie . County o:mventionirill meet at Fulton won. in this city, on tomorrow, (Wednesday.) atlfo'thidr, A. M. .The following delegates.irsre been elected, es far #, beard from, up to the hour of going to Prows last evening:' City—N. W. Ward—l:apt...AßM Illielrenderfer, John 11sats, LOOS YeeMit..pretV. : !War ' Obiatetg: /SaleL " N. N. Ward—Hon.Gep. Bilediansm;MAlSin H. BeynolW es C. "Wpenterki Hugh R. Do . rty, John " S. W. Ward-Dr . Henry ate, es 1K: - Volgt, Charlie - Hit eta . linger, 8. E. Ward—Jamee H. Baines, John T. IfscHonl gle, Col. Win. 8. Amwen, Dr. P. Css. sidy, Henry Hegener. Br. - The following resolutions, offered by Col. Amweg and Mr. John Render, were unanimously adopted in the South East Ward: Rooked, That the Democracy ofthe,Bouth. Matt. Ward are now, as they ever were, In favor of the Union and Con. etitutkni, &Dd. the "enfciitementattheEededaLLaiiinkthak . they repudiate the idea of compromise with armed Traitors of the South,..who have brought the war upon - us; that we heartily - endorse the doings of the President' Orthe United States In crnshingout Treason and Rebellion, and .pledge oni Ida in'sastainhig the Yederal - Antinnitles in their teeth:nate elfish! to enforce the' laws ' - • • Revived, That the Democracy of tho_South _Dort Ward berebY instruct theildislegates to vote In'CanntiNoveit- tie° against the settling ofs County ticket. ~ , : ... Marietta Bor.—William H. Eagle. Charles Bell y, irrink lin Mosey, EdwiddAlTrallier. Frederick matilich• . • Columbia—N.lrib Ward—Nicholas McDonald, Jacob 8. - - '- - Miller, John-Pend/ink, I. C. ' Bucher, John List. - . " South Ward—Peter A. - 10.mbnig, jame 3 • . • schnvder,- Joseph Mack, Philip ' Derrick, Dr..C. D. Hotteusteln. Strasburg ...41111:1R(21 McPhail,' Aleiander Shultz°, John E. Girvin. ' --, - . - ' . " . ' Elizabeth t o A. Wade, EL T. Shultz, Derda billty. sin Shearer s Marquert, 'Levi S. Ebersole. SallsburylGeorge G. Worst, Thomas W. Henderson, Thomas S. Mcilvain, Cyrus Batter; Dr. John N. Dikert. • THE BLACK REPUBLICAN POW-WOW—THOSE "No-Paarr " Nformarross...4fter Infinite trouble , and anxiety, and a general stirring up of the "faithful" all over the county, the " Union (I) Republican " County . Co nvention met at Fulton Hall, in this city, on Wednesday last. Tuesday afternoon and the whole nightorexicurs to the assembling of the Convention were devoted to " button holing" delegates, "*impelling," and "fixing up" the ticket. So, when the patriotic body met, all that was to do was to register the edict of the night's MUCUS. The following gentlemen, who have always been noted for their intense hatred and opposition to Democratic principles, and, with one or two exceptions, dovotion to Mr. STrimars, were placed In nomination for the different offices: ~ Preeldent Judge—Alexander 11. Hood, City. • Associate Judge—Day Wood, Fulton. ' Assembly—John M. Stehman, Penn; Henry C: Leh man, East Hemptleld; Nathaniel Mayer, Drnmore; Joseph Hood, Bart - - • County Treasnrer—John Denlinger, Manor. County Commissioner—Daniel Hamper, Ephrata. . Directors of the Poor—;Martin H. Pry, _Beat °octane(); :Conrad Gast, City. - Prison Inspectors—Peter Johns, East Lamneter; Francis M. Ranch, Warwick. Auditor—Jacob Kurtz, Upper Leacctk. And, then, after - nominating the above purely partizan ticket, the Convention adopted the following platform, tho second resolution being so irresiatibly fanny that we have Italicized it entire: Resolved, That the Adniinlstration, in this .honr of Na tional trial and dangerohould be heartily supported in every measure intended to maintain our National honor and Integrity, preserve our glorious Union, and perpetuate our fose institutions against the insults and assaults of the traitore now levying war upon our Government Resolved, That we, the members of this Cimvention, repu diating,for the time being,yarty distinctions, and discard-. ing party prejudices, for ourselves and our constituents, unanimously pledge our property, our lives; and our , every effort to uphold the Constitution as it is and.the Union of the It amuses as considerably to bear 'that ,Convention talk about repudiating party distinctions, discarding- party prejudices, and pledging their property, 'thole-lives, and their every effort to uphold the Constitution's's it is and tho Union of the States. Whew! but that sounds magnan imous and patriotic! Wonder whether their patriotism will hold out I '.'The King - of France with twenty thousand men Marched up the hill, and then marched down again." And now comes about the most ridiculous part of the frothiugs of this extremely patriotic body: -Our learned friend, Gro. BRUBAKER, Esq., who was "cock of the walk" on this occasion, and who generally is a harmless, well meaning man,Suffered his "angry passions to rise," and offered the folowing terrible anathema against certain imaginary persons residing among us, which, of course, as the warlike spirit of the "brave men anti true" in Buck-- ram was up, was unattimously adopted: Resolved, That the efforts of certain persons presiding among us—counseling peace In the face of an armed foe, advising eubmissiou to traitors who have disgraced our flag, stolen the national. property, slaughtered our breth ren, and attempted to subvert the forms of government they assisted in forming—should be forciblil put down by all true patriots and order-loving citizens. Have you forgotten, George, "That little children's hands were never made To tear [out] each other's eyes?" After attending to the above warlike business, the Con vention got into a.peaceful mood, and adjourned. The ticket Is not an acceptable one to many of Its own party, and "curses both loud and deep" are uttered against It. The Constitutional-Union-loving Democracy will meet at Fulton Hall to-morrow, and a platform will be adopted upon which all true lovers of their whole country can unite with hearty good wilL BARN BURNED.—On Wednesday evening last, about 7 o'clock, the barn of Mr. Davis Clemson, in Salisbury twp., about 3% miles north of the Gap, was dis covered to be on fire, and with its contents was burned to the ground. A heavy rain storm prevailed at the time, or it is probable the house and the surrounding buildings would also have been destroyed. The lire is supposed, to have been the work of an incendiary. ARMY APPOINTMENTS.—MARIE HOOPES, of Martic twp., and WILLIAM M. Wurr, of this city, have been appointed Paymasters, NATHABLEL ELLIUMEM, Jr., of Salis bury twp., a Brigade Quartermaster, and H. A. ROCHAFIELD, of thin city, a s agoa Master in the 11. S. Army. We con gratulate these gentlemen on their good luck. RAPT. KENDRICK'S COMPANY.—We publish below a complete list of the officers and privates Of Capt. Kendrick's company, which will probably bo Company A of Col. Hambright'e Regiment. We shall publish a list of the officers and privates, of the other Lancaster companies in the Regiment, as soon as it can be obtained : Officers: Captain—William G. Kendrick. let Lieutenant—Lyman G. Bodie, 2d James Benson. let Sergeant—Edward McCaffrey, 2d " George W. Hnffnagle, 3d " George W. Beck, 4th " Albert H. Troash, sth " John Dean. let Corporal--Christian M. Graeff, 2d " Jacob H. Diechler, 3d " James McAleer, 4th " George Carr, 6th " John W. Huffnagle, 6th " Jacob P. Bender, 7th " Henry C. Rote, Bth " Harrison M. Drummer—Thomas Bowman. Fifer—Charles Dußois. Teamster—Lewis Bradley. .Privates: . Apply, Henry Kendig, Henry Bradley, Kersey Kreider, Henry E. 2 Bach ter, Henry King, George Beck, John Rachel, Samuel Beck, William Keeler, John Bare, Joseph Long, John F. Boyle, Frank Leysey, Samuel Bushman, Isaac Lipp, Jacob Brown. Jonas Lathier, Anthony Cress, John bleGlinn, Joseph S. Cooper, William McGuire, John Dean, William McFadden, Hugh Dean, Christian Masterson Thomas Domer, Peter Murray, Edward Deomara, Charles Martin, Abraham Elmer, Martin V. Mylin, Daniel Fisher, Henry Mellinger, John Feather, William H. Munson, Henry Foidney, Charles Miller, George IL Faust, Edwin H. Mulholland Joseph D Faust, Peter Patton, Abraham, Forrest, John H. Patton, Henry Fearier, William Pyle, John Grow, Daniel Peffer, Jacob Grosh, John W. Rudy, Emanuel Garber, William H. Rine, William H. Getter, Joshua Rutter, Jacob Gamperling, William Ripple,Adam Gruel, Samuel Stanbei, Franklin Gipple, Harrison Stepleford, Robert Gottechong, Joseph Sanber, Conrad Gleaner, Matthias Shroy, John Gast, Albert C. Snyder, John Harrison, Joseph F. Scott, Francis Huffuagle, A. Jackson Tombo, Samuel P. Hambrfght, Emanuel • Troaet, Benjamin Haizall. Frank Tucker, Augustine Howe, Zechariah White, Israel . Jones, Levi Yackley, Andrew Jones, John Young, Jacob ~....,.... DEPARTURE OF TRAINS, AND CLOSING OF THE HAILS AT 'THE CITY POST OPP/CE.—The different Passenger Trains on the Pennsylvania and branch railroads leave this city as follows: I=! Fast Line. Through Express Lancaster Accommodation.. Harrisburg Accommodation. Mail Train Through Express Mail Train Mount Joy Accommodation, No. 1 That Line Harrisburg Accommodation...... ... Lancaster Accommodation Mount Joy Accommodation, No. 2 Emigrant Train closcao OP *AM By 1141.1111.0 AD, Eastern Through Mail—For Philadelphia, New York and Eastern States, atS a. m., 630 p: in. and 9 ta. Way Mail East—For Philadelphia and inter nediate offices, at 8 a. m.. Western Through Mail—For Harrisburg, Pittsburg and Western States, at 10 a. ra. and 9 p. m. Way Mail West—For Lauddrville, Elizabethtown, Mount Joy, Middletown, Harrisburg, Lewistown, Huntingdon, Tyrone, Altoona, Hollidaysburg (and Way Mail between Altoona and Pittsburg) at 10 a. m. Southern Mail..-For Columbia, York, Baltimore, Washing ton, D. C., and other points South, (except the Seceded Staten,) at 10 a. m. - 0 Baltimore and Washington, D. 0., 6.30 and 9 p. Pittsburg Through. Mail, at 1.30 and 9 p. m. Columbia, York and Harrisburg, at 10 a. m., and 6 p. m. For Strasburg, via: Camargo, Qum, villa , Mardrieville, and New Providence, at 8 a. m. ARRIVAL OF NULS BY RAILROAD. Through Mail Bast • 1.00 a. m., 11.00 a. m., and 2.10 p. Way Mail East 11.00 arm. Through Mail West 2.42 a.m., 10.45 a. in, rind 2.10 p. m. Way Mall West 8 40 a. m, and 7.12 p..m. Southern Mall V.OB p.lO. CLONING OP MAILS ON EKE STAGE ROW 1173. For Reading, via: . Neffsville, Litt; Rothaville, Ephratai • iteametown, Adamstown and Gonglersville, daily, at 8. For East Hempfleld, Manhelm and. White Oak, daily, at. 8 a. M. For Millersville and Slaekwater, daily, at 1 p. For Safe Harbor, daily, at 1 p. m. For Hinkletdwn, vie: Landis Valley, Oregon, West Earl, and Farmereville, daily, at 2 p. m. For Paradise, via: Greenland and Soudersbnrg, daily, at 2p. uf. • • - For Litis, via: Neffsville, daily, at 2 p. m. For Strasburg, via: Fertility and Wheatland Mills; daily, at 2 p. m. . For Lampeter, daily, at 2 p. in. For Pheenixville, via: New Holland, Blue Ball, Goodville, Churchtown, Morgru:down, Honey brook, Cheeterfprings, and Kiniberton, daily; at 1 p. m. For Port Deposit, hitl.ivia :Willow Street, Sznithvillo, Thick, Chesnut Level, Green, Pleasant Grove, Rock Sprin,ga, and Rowlandeville, Md., Tri-weekly, Monday,. Wednes day and Friday, at 6 a. m. • , For Colebrook, via : Swan's Mill, Old Line, Sporting. Hill and Mastereenville, Semi - weekly , Wednesday and Fri day, at 6a. m. ' ' . For Vogatiffille. and Terre Mil, daily,. at 8 a. m. For Liberty SqUare,via: Conestoga, Martleville, Coleman vulle, Mount. Nebo, Bethesda- and Rawllnaville, Send , weekly, Wednesday and • Saturday, at 111._m. Mire hours, from 7.a. tn. to Bp. in. On Sunday, from :8: to 9 a. ra. Postage to California, Oregon and Wasbington eptirrito- . , Lettere, alleged tot* valuable, will be regietered, and a receipt given therefor, on application and payment Of -the registration fert of aye „mu, in addition to , the regalnr, " e rrs 21 4MITS iNvevotwo etyttop9m3fato they "he tatted. _ • • • Josa6 J . Ootleliari itiimberof the citizens of: Isenuister have. liberally contibuted towards the pmchase of. a horse for Col. Hambright, and the following correspondence shows that the committee to whom was entrusted the selection and purchase, hare f unified their deity. The horse Is every fine animal and well adapted for ndlitur purposes. The correspondence Is u follows: , • - Con Hewe r A. Hurasueurc—Deox&r: The undersigned, .on behalf of your felfrueltizerts etf-tha eft". Z i r .c fbudirs- SalrWapitialplesibreirwesentingtesna a . Thel dub* tel•y, 'that aelicting you the reet hett lt of thillaPalltadallil their - esteem, they !awl thir, aritia**lt your w ant aaa citizen +I'M& ' ..; Oar Allow curses tali% the field pas:: It*lolleoneed by lib most patriotic ititethluanotiv wl aahlavala 4 , 444 1 *,_ • k,tailibn,bbK „p giaao4 thateaiiMaNamonth."'They ii? at coneelveit suffielifit of fund to receive' the approbation o your countrymen, for making an individual effort to lune• mit, nohnpah•ed, our glorious political heritage to summed ing geniratkma ; and they feel eastared„ too. that the institutions for which you are about to sacrifice home, friends, and perhaps life, will hare a noble vindication In the CPMge with ybleh you will meet their fcme. We can then "deli confide this horse to r yaw, handl, knowing-that the steed and bin rider 'will - always be found where the brave should be—the first in the advance, the last in the retreat. We have the howl to autierribe o iuelvee, your ob't tort'ta, •• • - . B. .1. Bidi4NN. ; . . JAMES macaoxiaLß. Committee. LANcserzi, Sept, 14th, 1861. iastertiontsz In accepting the Horse allow me through yourselvezi=to' return my sincere thanks, to my fellow citizens of Lancaster, who .have in this subatantial way, shown a kind and generous spirit to myself and my objeet. Such an assurance of friendship andL esteem coming from ,thosel know, is truly cheering. for I am latitlied from this manifestation of kindness, that their hearts and their 'sympathies are with meand the men under my command. 'Sensible of having the respect of those at home remem bered by them when we have gone to sustain the honor of 'our Insulted Hag. is '-a strong incentive - to , faithful- per formance of our, whole duty. . Hoping I may merit the confidence so generously reposed .in me by` my fellow-citizens, I am gentlemen, respectfully your obedient friend and fellow citisen, HAISIBRIGHT, To B. J..McGsann and assess IdacHosunz, Ne.f . e,, Hons . A PATRIOTIC CLERGYMAN.--DOIT . clerical Mend, Rev. Mr.lll . oarter, of the Methodist Church, former ly stationed in this city, is doing gallant service In this war, and winning golden- opinions. The Philadelphia hluirer, - of Monday, says: "The Rev. 3. M'Carter has been authorized to raise a regiment In 'Lebanon county, Pa. - He wan formerly chaplain of the 14th Penna. regi ment, and frequently acted as Major. The department was pleased with his military knowledge." SHOCKING ACCIDENT.—We learn from the Maishelm Sentinel, that on Saturday evening week, a young man named William Smith, met with a very serious acci dent at Bazaar's tavern, about one mile south-east of Man helm. It appears be was in the act of getting Into a buggy. when the horse made a sudden start and_he in some way lost his balance, and fell forward over the. dasher on the ishafti, when the animal kicked him producing a severe fracture of.his skull, requiring surgical eperation, which was in dttetime performed. Some eight or nine fragments of bone were extracted,„ the • largest of which measured nearly three inches in length and.tvo inches in breadth. At last acmunta he was doing quite well. BLANKETS AND STOCKINGS WANTED.—Gen REIMER C. Hets, Quartermaster General of Penneylva nia Militia, has lamed the following order: HEAD9UARTEBB PENNSYLVANIA MILITIA, QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT, . . HARRISBURG, Sept. 10, 1861. Pennsylvania needs Blankets and Stockings for her 30,- 000 brave soldiers in arms to support the Governioent. Every factory capable of making Blankets, even to a single loom, should at once be put in operation. Liberal contracts will be given to all. such. • Blankets should be wool grey; 7 ft. long by 6 ft. 6 in. wide, and weight fall five pounds, with the letters P. V. in black, 4 inohes long, in the centre of each Blanket. Btotkings will be needed the coming winter—half hose or socks; .gcsxl' sizes,. onefonrth pound each. Let every mother, wife and slater knit one or more pairs. Let associations beformed Meath county, with a trees . - urer at the county seat, with whom the stockings can be deposited, and forwarded to the military store at Harris. burg. The Unitei States contract-price,qwenty-flve cents per pair, will be paid to each county treasurer, and thus a fund can ha raised to supply the wants of volunteers' fam ilies, to which every patriotic woman in the State can con tribute her share. B. Q. HALE, Quartermaster General, P. M. THE SAFE HARBOR lIIIIRDER—ARREST OF THE REMAINING PAATICIPANTB.—Reuben and Levi Neff, Im plicated in the murder of the brothers Smeltzer, near Safe Harbor, on Friday week, were arrested at Camp. Curtin, Harrisburg, on Wednesday last, and brought to this city. They were committed for a hearing by Alderman Van Camp. The Neffe had both enlisted, and were in uniform when arrested. • They were greatly alarmed and very pen itent, and stated that they were compelled to fire by their father, who is represinted as a desperate character. The whole party concerned in the affair are now in prison, and Will have a hearing this week, when we will be able to get the correct history of the affair. DARING ROBBERY.—On Friday night week the house of Mr. Jacob Graybill, an old and respected citi zen of West Earl twp., was entered by three men, and robbed of about three hundred dollars. The entrance was obtained by boring holes In the door and •:swing the bolts. They immediately proceeded- to the bed chambers, tied the daughter of Mr: Graybill, and then passed to his room, securing him in the same way, when they proceeded to .rifle the house of all the valuables they could find. Among the money taken were seven $2O gold pieces. In the morn ing the house dog was found lying dead in theyard..the robbers having evidently given him strychnine. Suspicion attaches to certain parties, but as yet no evidence has been obtained against them. THE FOLLOWING LINES, sent us for publics - ton, were .riuoo "boot the time the civil war commenced In the vicinity of Washington City: Tbe darkest hour the patriot knows Is now, when brothers are our foes, And kindred ties forgot. The tomb that holds our country's sire Should safe repose from sword and fire, And sacred be the spot. But strife and discord now resound, The war•steed and the trumpet's sound Disturb our hero's rest. `•God save oar country,".bo our prayer, God grant no bloodshed shall be there, And that our land be blessed. April 10th, 1861. This gallant officer is beginning to attract attention in Europe. The London News thus speaks of him : •" The officer who seems destined to wield the chief power in the present crisis is General McClellan. He is described as a young man of striking capacity. After having acquired distinction at West Point, he served in the Mexican War ; he then had the honor of being selected by the Federal Government to witness the eeige of Sebastopol, and finally, like many other American officers, retired from the army, and became the chief manager of a railway. Young as MeClellan is, he seems to have the power of acquiring the confidence and respect of those who are under his command, while at the same time he has the character of a strict disciplinarian. These are the very qualifica tions required." Russell, the correspondent of the London Times, in his last letter, said : " That much can be done by the judicious exercise of authority in enforcing military rules and regulations among them, as among the rest of mankind, is conclusively shown by the great changes and improvements effected in the army of Washington, and, above all, in the city itself, by young General McClellan, who bide fair to be the next President, if his success is at all commensurate with the enor mous praise and flattery. which, much against his will, are forced down his throat. Before his nomination the Streets of the Capital pre— sented, a spectacle the like of which was probably never seen in any civilized city." DANIEL WEBSTER ON THE RIGHT It may be well to oalmly :weigh, at the present times the following words of Daniel Webster. They were uttered in defense of a great principle; and .the right to practically illustrate that principle, within reasonable bounds, and at all times, will be found to be essential to the safety of our free institutions. Mr. Webster said : 2.42 4. m. 10.46 m. 8.40 a. m. 08 p. m. 712 p.m. "Important as I deem it to discuss, on all proper occasions, the policy of the measures at present pursued, it is still more important to maintain the right of such discussion in its full and just extent. 'Sentiments lately sprang up, and now growing popular, render it, neces sary to be explicit on this point. It is the ancient and constitutional right of this people to canvass public measures, and the merits of public men. It is a home-bred right, a fire side privilege. It has ever been enjoyed in every house, cottage and cabin in the nation. It is not, to be drawn into controversy. It is as undoubted as the right of breathing the air, and walking on the earth., Belonging to private life as a right, it belongs to public life as a duty ; and it is the last duty which those whose representative I am shall find me to abandon. This high constitutional privilege I shall defend and exercise within this House, and in all places; in time of war, in time of peace, and al all times. Living, I will assert it; dying I will assert it; and, should I leave no other legacy to my children, by the bles— sing of God I will leave them the inheritance of free principles, and the example of a manly; independent, and constitutional defense of them." . . - ...1.01 a. m .10.49 a. m .11.00 a. m -2.10 p. m ...6.08 p. m ._7.44 p. in ...7.50 p. m 11.55 p. in WI" The New ;York Express, the organ of the Constitutional Union party of New York, thus responds to the low scurrility of the par tizan press, which assails the great and patri. otic Democracy with coarse epithets and false charges: " The imputation conveyed by the words, 'White 'Feather Democracy' against a party which furnishes of the volunteers for the army .of the United States full threelourtbs of the rank and file,. is not very significant :nor ap, proprkte. The , Democratic journals will, doubtless, retort that if the White Feather is anywhere now in the State, it is in the 6,800 Republican majority in St. Lainence; and the Lake Republican counties generally. The-New York. Democracy are encamped) about 25,000 strong in the army just naw,, and hence, un-1 less these men_ are allowed to vote on the com ing election day, the Democrats etand.„not the ~ letustchance of carrying the State. Away w i t h all • each iniontitiaw Mid attacks times like Shale!'" ' ' - " GEN. M'CLELLAN Battle Near Spnaniterwille..The Federal Troops Under de la 'floseeranz Attack Floyd's St otranact ed- Throe lie L Ilia Camp laguit VElt" . a, VA., Sept. 12. balidis_ootsmeneetti ,the Federal troops anktkeeneiny at 3 DV" rt Tuesday afternoon, near Bel. Reenians, after taking a reetilltniklpse, fountV rebel army, five thousand stgesg, with field places, to be en trentded in*powerful on the top of the in°9 3 4 l. the west side of thuguir Mgt Thttlarei eof both flanks we' inaccessible. The front waifnasked by heavy forests and close Jungle. Col. Lyttle's 10th Ohio... Regiment of Banham's Brigade was in advance and drove a strong detach ment of the enemy out of their camp this side of the position. the state of which was unknown --Shortly afterwarda; his scouts, consisting of foni Companies suddenly discovered themselves in the face of a parapet battery and a long line of palisades for rifle -men- whenthe battle openettfiercely. The remainder of the 10th and the 13th Ohio Regiments were then broughtantoection successively by lien. Benham, and the 12th Ohio Regiment after ward ity„Ortpt.,fsaf mhese object:was au-armed. reconnoisance. The ontemy , plaYedtinTiftoilly upon our:form witti mnaketry, cannister and. shell. Colonel Lyttle. led several companies of Iriahmen t o charge the battery, when he ma brought down with a shot in the leg. Col. limith's ,6 13" Ohio engaged, the - enemy, on vr the left; and Col: Loe's - Ohio directly in front. Col. Lowe fell dead at'the beid , of . hie regi ment early in the hottest of the-fire, by rebelling a ball in the forehead:, Captain Mc 'howitzer battery,' and Capt. Bnyder'etwo field pieces, meantime. were got into the best.position: possible under the circ umstances, and soon Silenced two of the rebel guns. " The fire slackened at intervals, but grew more furious as night approached. The German Brigade was led gallantly into action by Vol.• McCook, under the direction of Adjutant General Bartsuff, but after a furious fight of three hours, darkness compelled the recall of the troops, and the men laid on their arms within a short dis tance of the enemy, ready to resume the contest next morning. • When the morning came, however, our scouts re ported that Floyd bad ingloriously fled during the night, sinking the Posta in the river in his rear, and destroying the temporary bridge he had made when be first crossed to occupy . the position. . The turbo.; lens end depth.of the river and exhaustion of our troops made it impossible to follow the fugitive. rebels. So hasty was his flight that he left behind his. camp equipage wagon; horses; large quantities of ammunition and fifty bead of cattle. • Our loss is only fifteen killed and about seventy wounded,-generally flesh wounds. The rebel loss is net amertained, as they carried their dead and wounded across the river during the night, bit it was certainly very serions. Capt. AloGroarty,.of Cincinnati, Capt. McMullin and Lieut. Snyder, of Ohio, are among the wounded, but not seriously. Twenty-five men of Col: Tyler's Regiment, who were taken prisoners by . Gen. Floyd at Cross Lanes, were recaptured by our troops. Gen. Floyd's personal baggage with that of all his officers was also taken. Gen. Benham's Brigade, which suffered most, was commanded by him in person, and Col. McCook also led his Brigade into action. Major-General , Rosearanz, Gen. Benham, Cols. McCook, Lytle and Lowe, and Captains -Hartsuff, Snyder, McMullin and Burk, and - other officers dis played particular acts of perssmal gallantry. The troops engaged were exclusively from Ohio, and all fought with a bravery worthy of veterans. OFFICIAL REPORT OF GEN. ROSECBANZ. WAJ3ICINGTON, Sept. 12. The following dispatch was received at Head quarters this evening HEADQUARTERS, Alt.M7 OF VIRGINIA, Camp Scott, Sept, 12, P. M. To Col. E. I). Townsend: We yesterday marched 17± miles and reached the enemy's entrenched posi. tion in front of Connax Ferry, driving his advanced out-pasts and pickets before us. We found him ors oupying a Strongly entrenched position covered by forests too dense to admit of its being seen at a dis tance of three hundred yards. His force was five regiments, besides the one driven in. He 'probably had sixteen pieces of artillery. At 3 o'clock we began a strong reconnoisance, which proceeded to such length that we were about to assault the position on the flank and front, when night coming on and our troops being completely exhausted, I drew them out of the woods and pasted them in the older of battle behind' ridges iinmediately `in front of the enemy's position, where they rested on their arms until the morning. Shortly after day light a runaway " contraband' came in-and report ed that the enemy had crossed the Gauley river daring the night by means of the ferry and a bridge which they had completed. Col. Ewing was ordered to take possession of the camp, which he did about seven o'clock, capturing a few prisoners, two stands of orders, a considerable quantity of arms, with Quartermaster's•stores, mes sing and camp equipp.q;e. The enemy have destroyed their bridge across the Gauley, which here rushes through a deep gorge, and our troops being still much fatigued, and having no material for immediately repairing the bridge, it was thought prudent to encamp the troops and oc cupy the ferry and the captured camp. We sent a few rifle cannon shots after the retreating enemy to produce a moral effect. Our loss will probably amount to twenty killed and one hundred wounded. The enemy's loss is not ascertained, bat from the report of the prisoners must have been very considerable. (Signed) S. W. ROSEORANZ, Major General Commanding. IMPORTANT FROM WASHINGTON The Late Skirmlsh.--Gen. McClellan's Dispatch WASHINGTON, Sept. 12. In yesterday's dispatch of the account of the skir mish near Lewinsville ' there is an error in stating that the rebels opened the line of battle. - Col. Ste vens formed the Fe oral troops in line of battle, but could not. succeed In drawing the enemy into open field from their covert in the woods. Gen. McClellan's dispatch to the Secretary of War in regard to the affair of yesterday is remarkably brief. He merely says that Gen. Smith made a reconnoisanoe with 2,000 men to Lewinsville, re mained several hours and completed the examination of the grounds. When their work was completed and the Command had started back, the enemy opened fire with shells by which two men were killed and three wounded. Griffin's battery, he says, silenced that of the one my, and our men dame back in perfect order and exeellent spirits. The men behaved =cat admirably, under fire. lie concludes by remarking: " We shall have no more Bull Run affairs." In speaking of this affair, the Washington Star, of last evening, says that General McClellan, on re ceiving intelligence that the enemy seemed disposed to dispute Col. Stevens' return to our lines, mounted, and accompanied by his staff, hastened in the direc tion of the affair. He was enthusiastically cheered by the troops wherever he was seen by them, both going and returning. When he reached the command of Col. Stevens that had been engaged, the men one and all raised a tremendous shout of welcome - . One poor fellow, in the very agonies of death from his wounds, as the General took his hand, suddenly sprang up and thanked him for his kind attention. He probably did not survive for half an hour after wards. . Gen. McCall's brigade gave - him a most remarkable welcome, oheering him as he passed as commander was hardly ever before cheered. PEACE vs. WAR. The New York Observer speaks as fol lows : " We are among the most earnest friends of peace. We would suffer wrong for the sake of peace. But we see no possible solution of the present complication of our national trou bles, except in the re adjustment of the Union on the basis of the Constitution: We depre cate the war spirit and desire to cultivate that feeling which will the most easily restore friendly relations with those who have cast off the bonds, of allegiance to.their lawful govern ment. But we' cannot forget that the men who are now in arms ag!tinst the Government initiated a causeless, unjustifiable and unlaw ful war ; that the guilt of the war is chiefly on their heads, and that we are solely seeking to uphold the Union which our fathers formed, and on which the future prosperity of the country depends. As religious men, the duty of allegiance to lawful government and to suppress rebellion is as clear to uses the duty of obedience to the laws of God. All we ask, as the condition of that allegiance, is the fidelity of our rulers to the laws that they are bound to obey as well as we. When they disregard law the people may justly call them to aCoount. And if we go through the war without counter-revolutions, and our country comes out of this life and death struggle re established and immortal, we must stand firmly and united by the Constitution as it until it can be constitutionally modified. Our liberties are all gone when this instrument is trampled on, by rulers and people.. "We want peaee. We pray for peaee.-- ; But we must have order, law, government, first. There is no peace to the aricked; agree for a moment to any terms that shall recognize the right of any part of the country to. retire at will from the burdens and - obliga tions that devolve on all, is- to consent. to suicide, to fill the future of our history with war, and to leave to our children a legacy of confusion, anarchy and shame." MORE raoPE wry lonsTaoyzin , Pouvr or Rocas, Sept.. 11. Union men from Martinsburg on Saturday, report that the rebels have taken up the entire track of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad from that town to North mountain, a distance of nine Miles,. and transported the rails, etc., to . Winchester, forthe . extension of the 'Alexan dria, Loudon and Hampshire Railroad: from Strasburg to that point. Thii trick torn up was lately relaid by the company. At Duffield'astation, on the- Baltimore and Ohio Railroad,.the rebels were busily engaged in further prundering the road of some seven or- eight of the new lobonnitives, which they werirtaking doWn for' transperta tion to-Winchester. - The locotiotived had but esiently. bean • put 'upon the rent°. ' Some of them are of the heaviest kind, and were proba bly spared • by the , „ rebels ; : in their .;. recent vandal anti nf diatra_ntion 011,60PUIAt the adiptabilibr oCtitifia ell ',1_1114 Ake:i "%PAW'. teflon' troop twde in Important Declaration of Sympathy for the Union Cause. The Russian Minister, Ms. De Bineskly last week had an audience of the Fresidolifgainsilid Its him the following dispatch irstlaThirariost.l - • • - isr,larsufammelJuly - 10, 1861. Mr. Thelinseiskr., ko.—lthr Froftrlin Wen - Ding Of: the conflict which divides the WWI SWUM of Ames*, you hays been desired to moire known to the iMeralHovenament the deep blend With whiz!! nIl r lt• win Obsnr*To &TWAT' , meriW , the profs parity and the existence ci e Union. The Emperor profe:nelly regrets to see that the hope of a peaceful solutiW, is not realized, and that Ameri can citizens already in arms against each other are ready to let loose upon their country the moat for midable of the scourges of political society, a oivil aval.Yor. tlfe - more than eighty years that it has ex isted, the American Union owes its independence, its towering rise, and its progress to the concord of its members, nmsecrated under the auspices of its illustrious founder, by institutions which have been able to reconcile union with liberty. Tail union has been faithful. It has exhibited to the'world • the spectacle of a prosperity without example in the an nals of hlitory. would beleplorable that, after - so conclusive anexperience, the United States should I be hurried into a breach of the solemn compact whisk up to this time, has made their power, in spite of the diversity of -their constitutions and their interests, and perhapa even became of this di versity, Providence seems to-urge them to draw closer the traditional bond which is the basis and the very condition of their political existence. In any event, the sacrifices which they might impose upon themselves to maintain it, are beyond com parison with those which a dissolution would bring after it. United they perfect themselves. Isolated they are paralyzed. The struggle which' unhappily has just arisen, can neither be indefinitely prolonged, nor lead to the total' destruction of one of the parties. Sooner or later it will be necessary to come to some settlement, whatever it may be, which may cause the divergent interestenow actually in conflict to co-exist. The American nation wotlid then give a proof of high political wisdom in seeking in com mon such a settlement, before a useless erasion of blood, a barren squandering of strength and of pub lic riches, and acts of violence and reciprocal re prisals shall have come to deepen an abyss between the two parties of the Confederation, to end definite ly in their mutual exhaustion, and in the ruin, per haps irreparable, of their commercial and political power. Our august master cannot resign himself to admit sus& deplorable anticipations. life Imperial Majesty still places confidence in that practical good sense of the citizens of the Union who appreciate so judiciously theirtrue interests. His Majesty is happy to believe that the members of the Federal Govern. meet and the influential men of the two parties will seize all occasions and will unite all their efforts to calm the effervescence of the passions. There are no interests so divergent that it may not be possible to reconcile them by laboring to that end with zeal and perseverance in a spirit of justice and moderation: If within the limits of your friendly relations your language and your councils may contribute to this result, you will respond, sir, to the intention of His Majesty, the Emperor, in devoting to this the personal influence which you may have been able to acquire during your long residence at Washington, and the consideration which belongs to your charac ter as the representative of a sovereign animated by the most friendly sentiments toward the American Union. This Union is not simply in our eyes an element essential to the universal political equilibri um. It aonstitutes, besides, a nation to which our august master and all Russia have pledged the most friendly interests, for the two countries, placed at the extremities of the two worlds, both in the ascend ing period of their development, appear called to a natural community of interests and of sympathies. of which they have already given mutual proofs to each other. Ido not wish here to approach - any of the questions which divide the United States. We are not called upon to express ourselves in this contest. The preceding considerations have no other object than to attest the lively solicitude of the Emperor in presence of the dangers which menace the American Union, and the sincere wishes which his Majesty entertains for the maintenance of that great work, so laboriously raised, which appeared so rob in its future. It is in this sense, sir, that I dash% yon to express yourself, as well to the members of the General Government, as to influential persons whom you may meet, giving the assurance that in every event the American nation may count upon the most cordial sympathy on the part of our august master during the important crisis which it is passing through at present. Receive, sir, the expression of my very deep consideration. (Signed) GORTSCHAKOFF. The Secretary of State has delivered to Mr. De. Stoeckl the following acknowledgment : DEPARTMENT OF STATE, WASHINGTON, Sept. 7, 1861. j The Secretary of State of the United States is authorized by the President to express to Mr. De Stoeckl, Envoy Extraordinary, and Minister Pleni potentiary of his Majesty the Em peror of Russia, hie profound sense of the liberal, friendly and mag nanimous sentiments of his Majesty on the subject of the internal differences which for a time have seemed to threaten the American Union, as they are communicated in the instructions from Prince Gort schakoff to Mr. De Stoeckl, and by him read by his Majesty's direction to the President of the United States and Secretary of State. Mr. De Stoeckl will express to the Government the satisfaction with which tho President regards this new guarantee of a friendship between the two countries, which had its beginning with the national existence of the United States. The Secretary of State offers to Mr. De Stoeckl renewed assurance of his high consideration. Wu. H. SEWARD. MR. EDWARD DE STOECECE, &c., &O. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.—The editor of the Chicago R,ailroad Gazette has been taking a ride over the Pennsylvania railroad. He des- cribes the country through which it passes in the most glowing colors, and winds up as follows : " The road is double tracked for nearly the whole distance, the road is stone ballasted the entire length, and for this reason, and on. ac count of the skill in inaheading, i ts the smoothest railroad for the length over which we ever traveled. Over that entire portion which-lies around the mountains and hills, are stationed road watchmen every two miles, whose sole duty it is to ascertain and give notice cf ob• structions on the track. The cars are well ventilated, and of the most approved modern, style. The sleeping cars are all that the body could wish, while the conductors are accommo dating, intelligent and gentlemanly. For these and sufficient other reasons, such as good living, plenty of ice water, close: care of baggage, and a general sense of comfort, we give the Pennsylvania Railway our hand, and proclaim it a " trump." It certainly is the, live railroad now from West to East and vice versa, and must soon, unless something cheeks its growth in popular favor, distance all com petition. This is the more gratifying, as it would clearly be a " reward of merit." e ACCIDENT ON THE . DELAWARE-SINKING-Or . . STEAunoAT.—Yesterday morning, at half past 6 o'clock, the steam ferry boat Curlew left South,street wharf, with three or four passengers, to proceed to Gloucester Point, New Jersey. Her freight consisted of a bun— dred and forty three head of cattle, and two or three wagons and horses. The cattle" were placed on deck, and were not fastened in any way. When in mid channel, opposite the navy yard, the cattle became scared at the motion of the boat, and rushing to one side of the deck, the vessel settled so deep upon that side, that the water poured through the dead lights, and she soon filled and sank.— The ferry boat Union, playing to Kaighot's Point, immediately went to the assistance of the persons on the wreck. All were got "off safely. -The cattle took to the water, and for a time the surface of the river was- covered with the struggling beasts. Several small boats and a steam tug proceeded to the scene.— Finally the crew of the Harriet Lane manned a small boat, and making a rope fast .to the horns of one of the oxen they towed hini ashore. Most of the others fdllovved, and they swam safely to the beach near Kaighn's Point, where they landed. • The cattle scattered so that it is impossible to tell how many were lost; but it is believed that not more than eight or ten were drowned. They belonged to Messrs. George Beckett and . William Tomlin. ' The boat did not sink entirely, although. ebo was under water with the exception of her upper works. The ferry-boat Union at— tempted to tow her, but the towline broke.— The . steam tug then made fast to the wreck,. and towed it to shallow water near Baigtin'a. Point. At low water her ports can be closed,. and the water pumped oat without difficulty.. —Press. IT " STILL LIVES."—The Easton Sentinet, the office of which was destroyed a couple of weeks since by a mob, has, Phcenix•like, risen from its ashes, and again appears among our exchange& The editor announces that the labor attendant upon arranging his office, and puffin new material in order, has been so great that .136 was compelled to, issue but half a sheet last Week. Hereafter it will ap pear regularly as usual. The reckless rem— , geance of a. Mob way, destroy the property: of unoffending editors—they may rob citizens,of their toil earned property, .but they osu not crush' out Democratic newspapers any' more ; than they can stifle Democratic eenti-. ment .among the people. • Pouricap Limos 0nz0.— , ..A. Union Slate . Convention of Democrats and Republicans was held at Cleveland, °filo,' David Tod, DemoOrat„ was `nominated,, for Governor, and Deal' Stanton, Republican ; . Lieutenant Governor ; The remainder of the ; ticket was iividedb@tween the Pajwitabi: auk;
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