gtjti:Hmagtei3nteiagenccr a«n. «iwwai «n». KDITORT- A. aAIDBBIOIi iiioeUt«4 ciAoui May 4—9 o’clock, A. M. > To the Hon. E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War: We have the enemy’s ramparts, their guns, ammunition, oamp equipage, &c., and hold the entire line of his works —which the en gineers report as being very strong.. I have thrown all my cavalry and horse artillery in pursuit, supported by infantry. I move Gen. Franklin’s division, and as much more as I oan, by water, up to West Point to day. No time shall be lost. Our gunboats have gone up York river. X omitted to state that Gloucester is also in our possession. I shall pursue the enemy to the wall. (Signed) G. B. McClellan, Major General OUR POSITION. The Union, of this city, whoße editor Swears in the words of his illustrious master, Thad- DEua Stevens, is very much worried at our opposition to the emaficipation of the negroes; and beoause we oppose the setting free of an ignorant horde of blacks to eat out the sub stance of the free white laboring classes of the North, it denounces us indirectly, if not directly, aB a traitor and secessionist. It, and the other Abolition journals of this city—for they all seem to be tarred with the same stick —uses these obnoxious terms with great flip pancy, and every little mangy Abolition whipper-snapper in the community, many of whom do not understand the meaning of the epithets, takes up the cry and rings a thou sand changes upon it from week to week. But this Abolition slang has no terrors for us.— We expect to survive it all in the future as we have done in the past. We stand precisely now where we always have stood on this negro question, and advocate the same doc trine whioh we advocated more than twenty years ago, following the lead of Jackson and Olay and Silas Wright and the other illus trious statesmen of a former generation.— Recent events have only had a tendency to strengthen our oonvictions on this subject.— We look upon the question of negro emanci pation at the present time as utterly imprac ticable and impolitic, to say nothing of the Constitutional objections to it in the way pro posed/and for the following, amongst other reasons: First— lt will not benefit, but, on the contrary, injure the blacks, unless imme- I diate colonization follow. Secondly —To pur chase the slaves of the South (4,000,000) | would add at least twelve hundred millions to the present enormous publio debt, and the Government cannot afford to squander the funds in the Treasury or oppress the people with Btill greater burthens for such a purpose, either in whole or in part. Thirdly— All measures of emancipation at this time have a tendenoy to depress the Union feeling in the South, und, of course, encourage the rebels in the same ratio. And, Fourthly —lf the slaves should be liberated, they would pour in an overwhelming stream upon the free States, and especially into Pennsylvania, fill our poor houses and prisons, compete with our white laboring population, and overturn the peace, happiness and good order of society. This is, in, few words and plain terms, the position we have taken on this Abolition question. It will be seen that we do not refer at all to forcible emancipation, which the ultra wing of the Republican party contend for, and which would be a gross and palpable -.yiolaUoh of the Constitution. We have merely looked at it in the light of a voluntary emancipation on the part of the States, with an adequate remuneration from the Govern ment for the value of the slaves. In either or both aspects we view it as impracticable, im politic and unjust, and as suoh shall oppose it to the bitter 'end, despite the snarling and .snapping of the Abolition curs who are upon onr track. . Thaddeus Stevens was mainly en gaged daring the past week in the laudable work of bolstering up the characters of Simon Camebon, General Fremont, Alexander Cum hinos, Simon Stevens. (that pink of purity!) and' the rest of the corrupt crew, who have plundered the Government, according to the testimony of Mr. Dawes, a Republican member .VpLldohgftisa. to .the tnne of about SIXTY . MILLIONS OF DOLLARS during the last year!. We give this as an evidence to his constituents that Mr. Stevens is a very indus trious Representative, and should be sustained JW'liis. oonstituente of^-Lancaster county I fiweral of Major General Smith takesplaoe at'Dhiladelphia today/' ' i*o,the poon jUboimm 'The first time we heard of Mr. Hamlin since his elevation to the Vice Presidency was when he left his chair to welCotne thjii arch traitordigunionjst, Wendell Phi^ • o£|osSfr>S. Setoff. s B^ iympfttiiie« now tovbe ezenased In negro frieipda, and acooirdingly wejfad that baybas organized; tbr very.” Now, then, here is a chance for the negro sympathisers every where to assist their *' colored brethren and sisters,” who have es caped from their masters or been set free by the Government* Can there not be an auxil iary association gotten up in this county to aid Mr. Hamlin in his <( work of true philan thropy and Christian benevolence,” as he styles it ? What say the Abolition papers of this city to the suggestion ? We leave the subject in their hands, feeling confident that they will cheerfully lend a hand in furthering the laudable object. Mind, they must tell their readers to send new clothes to the dark ies ; old clothes, we suppose, are considered good enough for tHe poor whites, by these Abolitionists. SIMON CAMERON CONDEMNED. In Congress, on Wednesday last, the follow ing resolution, as submitted by Mr. Holman, ol Indiana, from the Investigating Committee, was read: Resolved, That Simon Cameron, late Secretary of War, by investing Alexander Cummings with the control of large sums of the pnblio money, and au thority to purchase military supplies without restric tion, without requiring from him any guarantee for the faithfnl performance of his doties, when the services of competent public officers were available, and by involving the Government in a vast number of contracts with persons not legitimately engaged in the business pertaining to the subject matter of suoh contracts—especially in the purchase of arms for future delivery—has adopted a policy highly in jurious to the public service, and deserving the oen sore of the House. This resolution was adopted by a vote of 75 yeas against 45 nays, viz : Yeas —Messrs. Aldrich, R., Allen, D., Ancona, D., Bailey, D., Pa., Baker, R., Biddle, D., Blair, K., Mo., Blair, U., Va., Browne, U., R. 1., Buffin ton, R., Calvert, U., Casey, ClaTk, R., Clements, Cobb, D., Conkling, Fred. A. R., Corning, D. Cox, D., Crisfield, U., Crittenden, U., Cutler, It., Dawes, R., Delano, R., Dunlap, U-, Dunn, R., English, D., Gooch, R., Grider, U., Hall, U., Hanohett, R., Har ding, U., Harrison, U., Holman, D., Horton, R., Kerrigan, D., Mallory, U., May, D., Menzies, U., Mitchell, R-, Morrill, R., Vt., Morris, D., Nixon, R., Noble, D, Noell, D., Norton, D., Nugen, D., Odell, D., Patton, R., Pendleton, D., Perry, D., Pike, R., Richardson, D., Robinson, D., Rollins R., N. H., Rollins, U., Mo., Sbiel, R., Smith, D., Steele, D., N- Y., Steele, D., N. J., Stratton, R., Thomas, R., D., Md., Train, fR., Vallandig ham, D., Verree, R., Vibbard, D., Voorhees, D., Walton, R , Vt., Ward, D., Webster, D., Wheeler, R., Wickliffe, If., Wilson, R., Wood, D., Woodruff, D. Nats —Messrs. Arnold, R., Babbitt, R., Beaman, R., Bingham, R , Blair, R„ Pa., Blake, R., Burn ham R-, Campbell, R., Chamberlain, R., Colfax, R., Conkling, B. R., Duell. R-, Edgerton, R , Eliot, R.,Ely, R-, Fessenden, R., Franchot, R., Frank, R., Goodwin, R., Haight, D., Hooper, R., Hutchins, R , Julian, R., Kellogg, R., Mich., Kellogg, R., 111., Lansing, R., Lehman, D., Lovejoy, R., Mc- Pherson, R., Moorhead, R., Morrill, R., Me., Rice, R.,Me., Riddle, R-, Sargeant, R., Sedgwick, R., Shanks, R., Sheffield, U., Shellabarger, R., Stevens, R., Trimble, R., Trowbridge, R., Van Valkenbnrgh, R., Wall, R., Wallaoo, R., White, R., Ind. Of the yeas twenty-eight are Republicans, and the balance Democrats and Union men. The nays are all Republicans, with the excep tion of Mr. Haight, Mr. Lehman and Mr. Sheffield. A large majority of the Republican members voted against the adoption of the resolution. All the Republican members from Pennsylvania who voted at all, voted against the resolution; but the majority of them dodged. Those who ventured to place their names on the record are Messrs. Babbitt, Blair, Campbell, McPherson, Moorhead and Stevens—five out of nineteen. After this emphatic vote of condemnation, which includes many of his own political friends, can it be possible that the President will still persist in sending such a man to represent US at the Russian Capital ? Surely Mr. Lincoln will not thus brave public opin ion, and set at defiance the wishes of a large majority of the American people. We shall see. DOING INJURY TO THE UNION CAUSE The newspaper tirades against the South and the violent speeches made in Con gress, by such men as Lovejoy, says the Delaware Gazelle, it must be obvious to every candid reader, are doing great injury to the Union cause. The officers of the army in the towns and cities which have been evacuated by the Southern armies and occupied by our soldiers, are using their greatest efforts to restrain the soldiers from violence, and to cultivate a kindly sentiment among the peonle. But these newspapers are oarried there, and do much to destroy the little confi dence which the officers have been able to seeure. If the Southern people are to live with us in the Union, pains should be taken to cultivate their friendship. Our efforts to conquer a peace are not worth the making if it is not to be lasting—and it is utterly im possible to make a lasting Union, unless it be a “..Union of hearts." They are rebels and they admit it—they are our enemies and they admit that also. But it is our wish to prove to them that we are their friends ; that under our government and beneath the graceful folds of the old flag they will be secure and happy. Is this confidence to be awakened by the constant tiradeß of abuse, which certain par tisans are disposed to hurl continually at them ? Certainly not. Unless we cultivate the friendship of the Southern people, it will require several hundred thousand soldiers to keep them in subjection after they shall have been conquered. Now, this is certainly not the wish or aim of our people; they do not desire to saddle themselves with such a tax as that. On the contrary, we desire to re establish the old flag and abandon it to the protection of the people themselves, who, re assured as to the security of their persons and property, will promise defend it to the last against all foes. “ The man who prates about and quotes the Constitution in this great orisis, is a traitor.”— Wade, in the United States Senate. ■ The above is an extract from- a speech delivrred in the Senate by one of its recog nised leaders, and shows to wbat lengths the party now controlling that body would carry their assaults upon the rights of the people, if they dared to go farther than they have already gone in thrusting loyal men into bas tiles. The time is fast coming when the people will get their “ huge paws ” upon these fat tened and pompous higher law vaunters, and then . look , cut for a full settlement of old accounts I >aS4£&fri:w&. PATKIbniK. ‘ The Plrilidelphie Jferaoy TBiy appropriately remarks that “itis Somewhat, singular what strange notions are lent" as to the qualifications necessary *to make aman a patriot. .The old-fashioned patrirtisni.' tiiat of j|jni rhv«jgpo£ fbrone’s ooufitry, o;iJ}e mollifying contracts, and that a certain contract for sup plying arms to Gen. Fremont, whioh was given to one Simon Stevens, , of Lancaster, a re puted nephew of Thaddeus, had entirely aoftened the hard heart of the obdurate Chair man of the Committee of Ways and Means. Mr. Stevens denies that' Simon Stevens is a relative his. but endorses him as a con stituent of'as high aeharacleras any .man in the House, though he did attempt to swindle the Government out of $90,000 on a gun con. tract. But let iis hear why Thaddeus became the friend of Simon Cameron : Mr. Sterenj said th» gentleman from Massachusetts had criticised his conduct is regard to Gen. Cameron*He, with some of his colleagoeg, bad protested against the appoint ment of Cameron, though the protest was not of much avail. Afterwards,.Cameron took a different, coarse from what they expected, and, among other things, wrote the remarkaMe wotds to Gen. Bherman —“ Yon will assniw-all persons held to involuntary labor who may be received in the service of the Government, that they will, under no sjwnTiiitpffHMj ho agninredncad to thelrfonnar. condition. pni«f« they choose to return* 1 * And ail will remember how his repert tfa* emasculated then. He (Hr. Bterens) felt proud of the man be had frnnerly opposed, and 4wtond he would support him. Mr. Cameron had eat his acquain tance, whieh was then.renewed, and he had determined-to support him as long as he supported his country* 'When he concluded the Honse adjourned. Ia the estimation of men like Thaddeus Stevens, Abolitionism covers a multitude of sins. It is even a broader men tie than charity. Thaddeus protested against taking Cameron into the Cabinet and was “cut ” by Cameron, but the moment the Secretary, of War wrote to Gen. Sherman instructing him to free the negroes, Thaddeus felt proud of the man he had formerly opposed, and declared he would support him.” On the same day that Mr. Stevens thus an* nounced that it was a rule with him to feel “ proud ” of, and to give his support to, any man who was an Abolitionist, no matter how corrupt he might be, he offered a resolution, declaring “ That nothing has occurred to les “ sen our confidence in the honesty , integrity “ and patriotism of Major General Fremont.” We regret that the Speaker ruled this resolu- tion out of .order; for we should like to see how many members of Congress could endorse the “honesty, integrity and patriotism” of Gen. Fremont after Mr. Holt's exposure of his performances at St. Louis. Mr. Stevens and his fellow Abolitionists would have no diffi culty in endorsing Fremont upon the same principle that they defend Cameron—upon the broad ground that Abolitionism justifies pecu lation. But men with consciences unseared by fanatioism might find difficulty iu facte such as these: Messrs. David Davis, Joseph Holt and Hugh Campbell, Commissioners appointed to exam ine and settle claims against the Government at St. Louis during Gen. Fremont's adminis tration, present a picture of favoritism and fraud that must shock and alarm every man not hopelessly depraved. We ask the attention of our readers to the following extract (and there are many more such) from Mr. Holt's report, and then ask how they would like to vote for a resolution endorsing Gen. Fremont's “ honesty, integrity and patriotism”— AraoDg the dealers in forage was E. L. Beard, a resident of California. Vouchers Issued to him for forage were pre seated before us to the amcuut of about $115,000. but all in the name of his assignees except one for $17,768. Hav ing learned that ho had succeeded in abstracting from the treasury large sum 6, through a contract alleged to be frandulent, for the erection of certain forts in this vicinity, it was felt to be our duty to make an inquiry into the facts with a view of setting off against the claim under con sideration any right to reimbursement which might have accrued to the government from payments under the con tract referred to. Tbe history of his connection with these forts we find to be this: General Fremont, on entering npon his commaud in this department, came to the con clusion that St. Louis, his headquarters, 'should be forti fied. It was determined by him, without any conference with the government, so far as is known, that the defences on tbe land 6ide Bhoold consist of ten forts or earthworks, which he at once directed should be built. Contrary to law and all usages, tbe sites of tbe forts were selected, the plans for them adopted, and tbeir construction entered upon without any engineer officer of the regular army baring been consulted. General Cullum, now on General Halteck’s staff, and who had been for thirty years in ser vice in the corps of engineers of the regular army, and has the highest reputation as au officer, by the direction of General Hallecfc, made a thorough examination of these forts, and had the work and materials iu them measured and carefnlly estimated. The results of this examination he submitted to us under oath. So far as the sites are con i earned he stated that they had been so unskilfully selected that the forts were useless for the purposes Of defence; that* they were so Dear the city that ah attack upon them would be necessarily an attack npon the city itself Had they been located, be stated, on the fine range of hills a mile or two to the westward, commanding positions would have been secured, and aciy conflict in which they might engage would not necessarily have involved the city ; and had they been Intended to overawe or resist the city, two woold have been quite BQfficient. He added that they wers notconstrncted upon any principle of military engineering with which he was. acquainted, and that though he, bad seen most of the fortifications of the old world, he had looked upon nothing like these. According-to his testi mony the five lower forts, erected under the supervision of Major Kappner, were larger and better built, and would properly cost more than tbe fivo upper constructed by £. L. Beaid, as we shall now proceed to state. Tbe forts had been located, and the work on them bad progressed for several weeks, under the direction of Major Kappner, when, on the fifth day of September, 1861, a written contract was entered into with E. L. Bt&rd, providing by Us terms for the construction of all the forts at the rates of tabor and materials as therein set forth in detail. The prices agreed upon were so exorbitant that‘tb6y shocked even Quarter master McKiustry, and he took the extraordinary precau tion of writing upon the paper, with his owu hand, that it had been executed by tbe special order of Gen. Fremont. Tt is evident that even he felt humbled at being used as an instrument in the consummation of such a fraud. Gen. Cullum deposed that the five upper forts/numbered 6,7, 8, 9, and 10, with tbe connecting “batteries,” would cost, ac cording to the terms of the contract, $298,326,78, whereas $59,456,27 would be a full price for them according to the customary rates. An effort was made to conceal somewhat the true character of tbe agreement by stipulating that the work should be finished in five days. It was not, in fact, sofinished, nor could it have been, nor,was it expect ed that it would bo. For tbe night, as for the day labor, a just allowance was made by General Cullum. Although iu its terms the contract embraced oil the forts, Beard, for some unexplained cause, assumed the control of and built bat five; -the others, Nos. 1. 2, 3/4 and 5, were continued as they had begun, under Major Kappner, and were paid tor by tbe government, tbe aggregate expenditure being $61,342,60%. If to this be added the valoe of the work performed upon them by the United States soldiers, being $14,000, the cost of them would be $75,342,50. As the forts, were progressing well in charge of a professional military engineer, and at only a fair expenditure to tbe government, why Beard, who had no knowledge of mill tary engineering, and was oniy conspicuous as an exten sive dealer in forage, should have the entire construction of the forts assigned to him, without any bond for the compensation be was to receive. He was' tbe especial friend of the commanding general. After this brief recital of tbe facts, it must excite the astonishment of all to learn that Beard has already received, in part of his claim for ; these forts $191,000, about three times what they should have cost. The following are the dates and amounts of the payments, or, as General Fremont in his order desig nates them, “advances,” which have been ascertained to have been made': August S 9, 1861 .... September 2,1861 I September 6.1861 September 6,1861,. - 1 October 3,1861.... October 15,1861. It is very possible that other sums may have been lavished upon him through some assistant quartermaster, who has not yet reported; so that np to aud including the day on which the contract was entered Into there was certainly paid Beard $85,000, and that without the slightest guarantee or indemnity of aoy kind to protect the United States in the event ho (ailed to fulfill the agreement. These vast snms were not taken from an overflowing treas ury. During the period covered by these payments, or “ advances,” from Augost 29 to October 15, inclusive, Gen. Fremonthad, under the pressure of his military authority, seized or. borrowed from the banks $752,102.42, besides large loans effected with private individuals. At La Grange, distant less than a day’s journey from St. Louis, it will be remembered that Geu. Pope, in command ot the United States forces, received on September 5, from the branch of the Union Bank $62,877.5)/or safe keeping, which, together with $5,379.10, delivered to him far the same purpose, by the Bank of the Btate of Missouri, at Canton, he at once forwarded to this city to be placed in the vaults of the parent backs. On the arrival, however, of these funds, they were seized and appropriated by order of Gen. Fre mont. The contract with Beard had just been executed, and the forts were only began. Comparing the dates it will ha seen that on the day these funds fell into tbe power of General Fremont, September 5, 1861, $60,000 was “ ad vanced ” to Beard, and $66,000 ordered to be “advanced ” the day after. Tbe effect of this proceeding on the Union Bank has been stated. Its credit was ruined, and the stock depreciated one-half, thereby destroying the living of a multitude of people, many of them women and children. It Is thas apparent, that at the very time this betrayal of the pnblio honor and their sacrifice of the fortunes of the innocent BDd helpless were made, the avarice of this favorite contractor was being gorged from day to day by tbe enormoos snms mentioned. During this period tho troops under General Fremont’s command were unpaid, and amutinoos spirit had In con* sequence been manifested. Those who had furnished them with clothing and food, and the cavalry regiments with horses and equipments, and those who had supplied, under contracts with the Commanding General, arms and muni tions to the amount of more than $600,000,' were also un- Money .could not be spared tortbeee. purposes, nor .to satisfy the enrrent claims of the bumble mechanics and laborers who built the five lower forts at an actual oost to the Government.W only about. $61,342.50, of which to this day $45,762.58 remains unpaid, though the pinching want of these laborers and their famnifq .was continually ctamcr ing for pay. Bnt for Beard tho military chest of tbe com mander of the department was always open; not the less so because his continual .and .exhausting drains upon it had to be supplied from the coffers'of'the banks and through violations of the public frith. It was deposed that the $66)000 waa, in culpable, .disregard of law and duty, paid by the quartermaster, under the positive Order of Gen. Fremont, out of money thiat had been sent from Washing*; ton, and was intended for the purchase or wagons, horses, forage, transportation of troops, andfbr the general equifK ment andmovemenfaofthearmy. Not satisfied’with, this w*Rte of‘the public money upon his friend, on the 19th October, in contempt of tbe diree tfoDLOf tbs Secretary of. War forbidding it, Qba., Fremont issued a peremptory order to Quartermaster Allento pay t tt '*~ A -r~T w rf Tiftirrant rf thoss flirts This be refused to do,|U4 to-his couregeand fidelity, and-tbe sub sequent remora! ofth* General firont bis command, U the 6wpriiyiiiart>bdt»rld« ofthla ordrr, aadtha further sura of S4T£2OTB, which no doubt would ham been radar the end would ham ben enforced, as the preriou* payments had been, by military power. &> the matter stands. - At least $191,000 has been received for work worth not exceeding, under a estimate, $70,000, aud'*BaKrd still holds an order for the $60,000, and a claim under the extravagant provbdons of the contract for vet $17,720.78. Neither tola iprdtrjifor. claim. haa.been tnhMM ns. it Jmbegn' douwai wfiTnodniihrYo ffrr.thyri ffnrmj' under the liipicsaliuu that: in the in % Qme andJpiacefbf lt ttSttat, w& Mm fraudulent dfissasdetipon tbipubflo treasury libe, this tad beiges BOX. THADDKXJB STKVKSB. We Invite the attention of oar readers to the following exoellent biographioal sketch of the Abolition Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Meanß, for which we ar® indebted to" the Hirrißlmrg Patriot & JlTnm-: -May we not hope that -the Abolition, journals of. this City will also give. it _an insertion in their columns, for the .benefit of their readers: Sketob of the Bob. Ibad. deus eteVeiist Chaiimiian. of the Com* mitteeofWays aiuLAlesiu in ihehoiue of hepreienutivesi 1862, . . The broad stream of time, in~its onward course, sweeps with its tide the generations of men. Their toils, their, cares, .their virtues god their vices float down with them to the great'sea of oblivion, and scarcely leave upon the beach a waif of the past to give plausibility to history—or to point the moral of a hereto tale. Thirty-three years are the life of a generation. The patriots 'of the Revolution have passed away —the soldiers of the second war of inde pendence axe reduced to a inere-sqnad of white haired voteranß-r’the proud chieftains who marshaled the contending 1 masses in the-political'contests of Jackson’s era,- have descended to: the grave or are lostintheobsourity of retirement.. Their patriotism, their glowing eloquence, which cast a' halo of glory over the annals of their country, are but bright recollections of thejmst, which set off in more salient relief the empty profusions' of the many demagogues, and the cant andrant of most of the orators of-the present day.. Among the few notorieties who have out-lived their generation, and who still remain npon the political stage, Thaddeus Scevxhs, representative of the Lancaster Congressional District in Pennsylvania, and Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, is most deserving of notice; not only on aooounfe of the prominent position, he now ocoupies, but also because most of his cotemporaries having passed away, the many political aliases Under which he has successively appeared before the people are calcula ted to throw doubts upon his identity and to befog the researches of the historian. We therefore venture upon this hasty sketoh for the benefit of the present generation. Thaddbus Stevens, the subject of this notioe, emigrated from the State of Vermont into the State of Pennsylvania about .the year 1820, and took up his residence in York county—where he kept school fot some time. Possessed of a strong mind, cultiva ted by a tolerable education, this New England ped-. agogue presented to his awe-stricken pupils an iron countenance brazened over with irrepressible'impu denoe, a club foot and a baiting gait—suggestive of the deviltries of Asmodeus. It does not appear that the ingenious youths of York sufficiently rewarded our hero in his efforts a to teach the young idea how to Bhootfor he left them and established himself at Gettysburg, where he entered upon the practioe of the law. There he oommenoed his labors in the cause of anti-masonry and persevered in them until he was elected to the Legislature by the anti-masonio party of Adams county in 1833. He was re-eleoted several times, and during his legislative oareer, got up a committee to investigate the subject of masonry. As Chairman of that Committee upon whioh he endeavored to confer the attributes of a Star Chamber, he sum moned before him many of the most prominent men of the Commonwealth, and endeavored, in his own peouliar style, to brow-beat into submission such men as Gov. Wolf, Franois R. Shunt, George M. Dallas, several clergymen and other respectable individuals. In this he signally failed, but his harsh tyranny disgusted the community and with other misdeeds we shall relate, led to the defeat of his party. In 1837 Mr. Stevens was a prominent member of the State Convention which amended the old Consti tution of Pennsylvania. It was there he resisted with all his energies the amendment of Benjamin Martin of the county of Philadelphia, who proposed to restrict the exercise of the elective franchise to “ white” men. All the eloquence, all the ingenuity, ‘all the acumen of Mr. Stevens were displayed to defeat this amendment. Of his sincere adhesion to the cause of the blacks on that memorable occasion, we cannot entertain a doubt; for, if his recent course in the present Congress left room for any .hesitation on the eubjeot, the proofs of his partiality for prao tioal amalgamation, which he has left in Pennsyl vania, would at once satisfy the most skeptical. In the spring of 1838 preceding the fall election for Governor, Mr. Stevens was appointed Canal Commissioner by Governor Ritner. It was then, ho pat into full practioe, the advice he subsequently gave to an honest member of the Legislature to “ throw oonsoience to the devil 1” Contraots were given to party favorites without regard to the olaims of lower bidders; the public money was lavished like water in the construotion of the Wioonisoo and Erie canals and of the famous Gettysburg railroad, whose complicated intrioaoy of ourves drove engi neers to the verge of insanity and threw far into the shade the labyrinth of Dedalus. In conjunction with these frauds upon the Treasury, the most stu pendous election frauds were attempted, at the Governor’s election, upon the line of the public works, at Halifax, Youngwomanstown and Millers burg, where thousands of spurious voters appeared upon the tally lists. Notwithstanding these glaring outrages upon the purse and the’rights of the people, Governor Ritner was defeated at the election.. No thing daunted, our Yankee Canal Commissioner, resolved upon success, even at the cannon’s mouth, imagined the famous coup d'etat,treating the election as :if it had not taken place. Spurious returns from Philadelphia were produced to ohange the political complexion of the Legislature; troops were ordered by Governor Ritner to Harrisburg, to lend the force of their bayonets to the revolutionary action of the Government—in short the ever memorable buckshot war was inaugurated. But notwithstanding, the people and the soldiers of Pennsylvania proved true to themselves and to the Constitution. The conspir ators met with an ignominious defeat. Among the events whioh marked that dreadful period, when the destinies of the Republio seemed as banging by a thread, the moat laughable occurrence was the per ilous leap of Thadde'us Stevens out of the baok window of the Senate ohamber, who fled with terror from the wrath of the spectators in the lobby, who listened with indignation to the developments of the blaok conspiracy hatched at jHarrisburg, against the sovereignty and the liberties of the people. In his flight he lost his hat and wig, and by the.aid of the friendly mantle of night, he dodged his imaginary pursuers and reached a plaoe of safety. Thns ended the attempt of the distinguished Vermonter to set aside the legally expressed will of the people. After a lapse of years mellowing the enormities of the past, Mr. Stevens took np his residence in the oily oPLancaster where he practiced law and prepared the miracle of his political resurrection. He was elected to Congress from that distrlot, no longer as an Anti-Mason, but as a well-known Abolitionist. — His recent history we leave to the records of Con gress,with the simple remark, .that the man, who, during a long life, has displayed an indomitable conrage in his frequent oonfliots with “ the tiger,” is peculiarly fitted to fill the plaoe of the war Chair man of the Committee of Ways and Means; and that Lancaster county is under lasting obligations to the of Vermont for the blackest r of Republican Representatives, it THEY LIE DELIBEBATELY, The Abolition press all over the Northern States are charging the Democratic papers with disloyalty and sympathy for the rebellion. The Reading Gazette thus tersely answers the charge made against it by an Abolition paper in Bucks county, but the remarks will equally well apply to Lancaster county. The Gazette says: " The assertion that “ we have not a word to say in condemnation of the rebels,” is an unmitigated lie. (We use a plain word, that we maybe the more readily understood.) Ever Binee the first blow in the rebellion was struck by the Beceßsionists at Charleston, we have, in the most emphatic manner, denounced it as an unjustifiable and inexcusable attempt to overthrow the best Government ever devised by the wisdom ol man ; and just as emphati cally have we upheld the authorities that have been legally entrusted with the administration of that Government, in the employment of all its constitutional powers for self-preservation, and the suppression of the formidable treason that assails it. Farther than this, the true allegiance we bear to it, will not allow us to go. Politically, we recognize no “ higher law” than the Constitution, and owe obedi ence to no chieftain, whether in civil or military station, who undertakes to transcend the powers it confers, or disregard its obliga tions. Our Government has inherent strength enough to sustain itself, and the assumption of any extraneous or unauthorized power by its Executive, will inevitably lead, not to its preservation, but to its destruction." .$10,000.00 . 15,000.00 ... 06,000.00 - 20,000 00 ... 20,000.00 $191,000.00 THE TRUE REASON. “If we had no slavery in this country we should have no rebellion.”: —Republican Paper. The correct reading of the above is this—if we had no Abolitionists in this country we should have no rebellion. Slavery existed in the country at the time of the formation of the. government and still exists, but we had no rebellion in consequence of it. But no sooner did abolitionism raise its head, than we have rebellion, civil war, bloodshed, carnage and devastation throughout the length and breadth of a once peaceful and happy country; NEW DEFINITIONS. LOYALTY*—means Abolitionism, .and im plicit.faith in Wenmil Phillips,; Thaddevs Stevens, Owkn-Loybjov and Horace Greeley as BCund.Union mem . ; DISLOYALTY—means -to stand- - by- the Constitution and the Union, and be in favor of; the writ ‘of Habeas Corpus, Free Speech; a ; Fret Press, *o. See. ' ix>caldepabtment. Lutheran OrawAi, The Lutheran Omani Bjnoa, MEOwa from an parti of the Union, «x£st .s■? States, eommsoecd Its session in this dtj' UkvTrtnttj Lutheran Ghwreh, Bake «treeL4n Thnnsday mendngl*is?toe Synod Is composed. '«SQa«Ss r or^flD^loQkinelnWlectiisl body of men' miny ofWßronflmnit mtafirtafi being present Thgjtfuuflfc smiluu tfiCgiimirTft >n able and eppropri togas afteroon gentlemen vers elected Asrittairt Secretary—Ptnt Levi Sternberg. Treasurer—Hr. 0. A. Morris. i The Tensrabls Dr. Kusxs, who is perhaps tbs oldest member on the floor of ttniljnod; and nae been amlntster of tbe chorehfbr almost half a century, made a T«rj inter esting and Impraadre address, in wM& he returned thanks to the body tor the honor conferred npoa him, referred briefly to eome of the trials endured by the Synod daring tha~veaknmwnfita.lnflmcjpaboqt forty, yearr the present extended and honorable to which the body has nines attained; to Us ovn identifica tion with the Synod from its eery Indplency, end the no cnmaUtiog eeidsncea-that-he-vas -&ov-«apldly~passing away;'at the'same'time'promlrttfg'afelth'ftil performance of the duties to which he had now been called. The Treasurer, Hr. O. A. Honsxs, snbeeqnantiy tendered his resignation, which was accepted, and Mr. A. V. Ocxxss iriTTWCTj ritry eleOted a his stead: •> The Anniversary of the Lutheran Publication Society waaeelebrtteiion 1 Friday-evening, ib SfcJohnfoLutheran Church, Orange street, when thbnraal business incident to each an occasion .was transaetedT an address dellrered by Re*_ F_ W. Cqxsad, an&ifao fhllowing gentlemen elected officers of the Society; . - Biller Latter,-Beading. ‘ Secretary-r-D. M. Fox,Esq _ ■ ■ Board of PobU cation—Rev. O.'W. Sneaffer, B. B n Rev. W. J. Mann, D. 8., Rev. B. Keller, Bev-L. E-Albert, Rev. M. Sheeleigh. Bev. T. T. Titos. Rev. C. A. Baer, Rev. G. J. Shrehart, Rev. O. A. Hay, B. B , Rev. (J. F;Krotel,ReT. J. H. Heek, Rev. S. Laird, Re*..C. P. Krauth. Jr-, B. Rey* Prof. 8. 8. Schmneker, t>. 8., Rev. J. Q. Morris, D. B n and Messrs. C- KuglwV G. Wagner, L. L- Bhehler, J. L. Frederick, RTB. Miller, L. Bremer. The pulpits of a nnmberor oar churches were fllled on Sunday by member* of the Synods On Sunday afternoon, at I\£ o’clock, short addresses war* delivered to th 6 scholars of the Sabbath- Bohools attached to the Lutheran Chnrehes of the dty by Rey. 6. F. Ksotix. and otters A Communion sermon was delivered at 3 o’clcck by Rev. Dr. Scsacucsm, and the members oif the Synod then participated In the Communion service. toe Bynod will likely be In session for a day or two yet. We believe the members, eome. two hundred and fifty in Bumber, are highly, gratified with the treatment received from our citizens. - Rejoicing. —A salute of thirty-four guns was fired last evening in Centre Square, and the bells of the city rang, by order of the City authorities, in honor ot the evacuation of Yorktown and the bloodless, though highly important triumph of General-MoClellah and bis brave army. Bonfires were also in lull glow daring the evening, and any number of flags displayed throughout the city. * Rev. J. Walker Jackson, of Philadelphior will preach in the Duke Street M. E. Church, on Bnnday morning and evening next. Mr. J. Is said to bean able and eloquent pulpit orator. Death of an Aged Woman. —Another of the representatives of a past generation has passed away and gone to her rest. Mrs. Elizabeth Eordan, whose death has been recorded in onr obituary column, was, so far as we can iearn, the most aged person in this city—tbe next oldest being Mr. Martin Shreiner, who is about two years her junior, and Mrs Smith, residing in the western part of the city, who 1b over ninety. Mrs. Eordan was aged about 06 years. She was the daughter of George Huffnagle, and widow of Martin Eordan. She had been a widow over fifty years. Both her hnsband and.her brother, George Huffoagle, were in the Revolutionary War, in which they rendered important services—the former having at one time been taken prisoner; tbe latter was a light dragoon, and received several severe wounds in battling for the in dependence we now enjoy. Mrs. Eordan herself distinctly remembered Washington and other distinguished men of that day. She died in tbe property in which shq was born and lived for more than nine and a half decades. Sho was bifetized and confirmed in the German Reformed Church, of which Rev. Mr. Kremer is at present Pastor. The mother of five children, three of whom preceded her to their rest, she leaves nineteen grand-children and forty>three great grand children. Such deaths as her's are rarely seen. The type of a hardy generation, of which we have ceased to look for tbe coon • terpart in this fast and effeminate age, she died as she bad lived to a good ripe old age, free from organic or constitu tional disease. Her depaTtore was a tranquil “passing away.” Conscious of her approaching dissolution, she was rational to the last moment, and called her family to bid them adieu. Almost her last andiblo words were the ut terance of a German prayer, and thus, peacefully and tran* qnllly, she departed to that Better Land—~ *• Whetlejoys unseen by mortal eyes, Or reason’s feeble ray, In ever-blooming prospects rise, Uncousclouß of decay.” The funeral will take place from her late residence to morrow afternoon at 2 o’clock. She will be interred in the Lancaster Cemetery by tbe remains of her hnsband. which were some time ago removed from the old German Reform ed barying ground.— Thnrtday's Express. Change in Railroad Time.—Oa yesterday a new schedule went into operation on the P. R R., in which important changes were made. The News Express is discontinued, while tbe time of all the other trains is changed, except tbe Harrisburg Accommodation and Lan caster trains west. The Fast Line east arrives at 6.55 A. M , stops 15 minutes for breakfast, and leaves at 7-10 A. M.— Below we append tbe hoar of departure of the various trains under the new schedule: . EASTWARD- WESTWARD. Through Express, 2.45 a. m. Through Express, 1.21 a. m. Mt. Joy Ac. arr n 840 a. m. Mail Train, 10.40 a. m. Lanc’r Accom., 0.00 a. m. Mt. Joy Accom., .10.50 a. m Fast Lino. 7.10 a.m. F«6t Line, 2.18 p.m. Ilarrisborg Ac., 6.08 p. m. Harrisburg Ac., 6.08 p. m. Fast Mail, 2.53 p. m. Lan, & Col. train, 7.44 p. m. Emigrant train, 10.20 p. ns. The Spring Fever.—Jones, tbe inimitable, the “gay aud incomparable,” of the Harrisburg Patriot, is always ap with the times. He has lately been suffering from a severe attack of that delectable disease, the Spring Fever, and thns he discourseth: , This is a disease peculiar to the American climate, and although we have looked in vain in Webster and Worces ter for a definition of tbe term, have concluded to give onr own views of this not very fatal epidemic. Spring Uver is a disease characterized by a languor of body and ennui of spirit—prevailing at the opening of partic ularly; Laziness in considerel.by some as synonymous, but we agree to differ with each. It Is a disease sui generis, and unlike any other. We never beard of It in England, In France, in Germany, or in China. Travelers in South America never allude to it. and so we have concluded that it is strictly a peculiar diftase, prevailing in a particular district and at a certain season of tbe year. Spring Fever exhibits a great diversity of-phenomena,-which is this brief monagraph it were folly to attempt even an allusion. The attack comes on abruptly, in the midst of general good heal th, but never occurs at night. This is one of the characteristics of the affection. The patient complains of want of mobility-—a desire to recline, and. If left to himself in a cczy spot, sleep conies on and tranquility ensues. No age or sex is exempt. After a few hours gentle repose in tbe arms of Morpheus, all signs of tbe disease have vanished. The next day however it returns, and frequently with re doubled fury. The nature and catise of the disease are doe do doubt In thB first place to the warm and balmy breath of the Spring-tide air upon the nerve-force of the system— and in the second place to contagion. That tbe latter is very frequently the cease of the affection many deny, but we bold to the opinion we have ofttimes broached, that Spring Freer is contagious. It is thought by tome that acclimated persons are less liable to attack than foreigners —but the reverse is the case. A susceptibility tirtske on the disease is acquired. The diagnosis of the affection is nowise difficnlt, while the prognosis is favorable in most Instances. As regards tbe treatment, most authors would no donbt disagree, bot we will confide -ourselves to tbe plan of treatment pursued by ns in oar own and other cases with eminent success. Generally tbe disease will ran its course in.a few days, but when it continues longer, prompt and energetic measiyes should be resorted to.— Neither the regular practice, (vulgarly denominated allo pathy.) or homeopathy, or hydropathy, d id omne genus, will avail in themselves—but onr plan is to treac all snch empirically, allaying tbe symptoms as they arise. If the patient for instance is found in a hypnotic condition, a cold douche will quickly arouse him to sensibility. If too great lassitude exists, a bnnfele of twigs laid emartiy-OQ tbe ba«.k will increase the circulation and thereby augment tbe nerve-force of the system, and so on until the disease is completely checked. Since “an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of care,” (so rans an old “saw,”) it were better in the first place to remove the canve.' Permit none to come in contact with those affected with tbe dis ease. If once taken it is liable to return annually. 8o much for the subject of Spring-Fover, bat-with tbe closing advice to onr readers: Beware lest j e also fall Into that state ia which this dreaded (!) disease is' sure to come on. Be warned in time, for it. is indeed loathsome, and. more to be dreaded than the peora (itch). Complimentary.— The..following proceed ingß have been soot to tbia office for publication: Camp Blair, near Eaatvllla, Ya., April 25,1862. At a meeting of the.non-commissioned officers and pri vates of Battery B, Glat’e Artillery, Parnell’s Home Border Legion, boldea at C&mp Blair, April 25tb,-3862, for the pnrpoee of expressing regret at the resignation of Lieu* tenant John M. Bulloch, of said Battery, Sergeant Trayner was called to the chair, and Joseph Barnet was appointed Secretary. The following resolutions were unanimously adopted:. . ’ Baolved, That we deeply regret the resignation of our worthy Lieutenant, John .‘J. Bulloch, of Battery B, Pur nell's Home Border Legion, who during his ministration among us has wou (he esteem and confidence of each and alt of us. * Besdvtd. That we deeply sympathize with him In the causes which led to said resignation. Betolvtd, That at a mere fitting opportunity we purpose and design offering a more suitable, testimonial of onr re gard for him. Rcsolvtd, That the foregoing proceedings be published In pur county papers, also a copy bo presented to the sai d Lieutenant Bulloch. (Signed.) WH. TRAYNER, President. Joseph Barnes, Secretary f Chester county papers please copy.l PLAIN TALK Vallandighah answered a villainous at tack made upon the Democratic party and himself, week before last, in the proper way.' Wade, the Abolition Senator from Ohio, bad the unblushing impudence and assurance to make the following remarks: “ I accuse them (the Democratic party) of a deliberate purpose to assail, through the judi cial tribunal and through the. Senate and tbe House of Representatives of tbe United States and everywhere else, and to overawe, intimi date, and trample under foot, if they can, the men who boldly stand forth in defence of their country, now imperilled by this gigantic rebel lion. I have watched it long. Ihave seenit in secret. I have, seen its movement ever since that party got together with a colleague of mine in the other House, as ohairman of the Committee- on Resolutions —a man who never had any sympathy with this Republio, but. whose every breath is devoted to its de struction, just as far as bis heart dare permit him to go.” . VALLANMGHAit read the extract in the House, and replied to the insult on the Demo cratic party, as follows: “Here, in my place-in this House, and as a .Representatiye, I denounce (and I speak it ad visedly) the antbor of that .speech aB a liar, a scoundrel, and a coward'. His name is Ben jamin F. Wads." .' The time is about past when disunion Abo lition scamps can inßu'.t Democrats with im punity. It has been canted too far already. The nertdaythe Republicans attempted to pass a vote of oensnre on V for his vety propel: language.ip *sg»d to. Wapa, bathe outmanoeuvred them/iagarUaßietttary taotics, the matterwss -dropped. t DEiietoß orPLmocaiEi; In a speedi nude in Congress on yesterday week, H->n. Thaddem Srsvipo-Qaine np man fully to the defers in the Republican pajyCvXt-was in reply to Mifc pAW« ) ; of of .Committal W$ make the foitojqiig exlraote.and wochd'especially direot the at|»ntUl§f ofOnrTeaderßjn thiCoity to the who hasbeen to makeaTgplSbof (90,000 in the sale of trjot of worthless gnns to General Fremont. When “Old Thad” made the declaration that Simon “ bore as high a char acter jib any man in the Honse,” he could not - hate been a certain inetrument of writing held by a well known gentleman in this oity with the name qf SiMON attaohed, or else he has a very .low opinion of the oharao ter of his fellow members of Congress; Sdoh are ignorant of Simon’s true character, but it will not.do in Lancaster where he ie’ao well, but not favorably .known. We make the ex tracts from Forney’s Press, the bible by whioh the Republicans swear now-a-daya : DEFENCE OF CCMMINGS. Mr.. Stevens (Rep.), Baid such at least was the general course of the committee. In order to, censure ex-Secretary Cameron, it was necessary to impeach the character of two ot his agents —Governor Morgan and Alexander Cummings. Contrary to what the Government had charged, Alexander Cummings had not a dollar in his handß. They accuse him of re taining $140,000 in his possession, when it was expressly stated by him in his note that the amount was in the bands of Messrs. Dix, Blatohford and Gpdyke, where it was originally placed by the Secretary of the Treasury. The report as to Mr. Cummings was founded on an assumed mistake of the printer, which Mr. Stevens said, was founded on a falsehood.— This was fraudulent misrepresentation No. 1. DEFENCE OF FREMONT. Fraudulent mistake No. 2 is the case of Saccbi, of New York. The committee find that such a man had made a large contract for horseß, but he failed to appear, and they go on to censure it as a fraudu'o it transaction made under General Fremont, and state that the newspapers say that this Saeohi is on Fre mont’s staff; but all this tnrns out not to be true, and that Saccbi on the staff never knew anything about a horse contract. Mr. Washburno (Rep.), of Illinois, asked Mr.. Stevens where he got this information. Mr. Stevens said from the affidavit of the real horse contractor. Mi>. Washburne said ho knew nothing about the case. Mr. Stevens supposed not. That was like a good many other things in the report. The committee ought to have known all about suoh matters before visiting them with, their een- ' sure. It was of this ignorance that he oom plained. SIMON STEVENS DEFENDED. Case No. 3 is tho contraot of one Simon Stevens, for carbines. The gentleman from Massachusetts, not knowing a higher motive, informed the House that on this account the Bpecial committee had encountered the oppo sition of the Committee of Ways and Means ; but he would inform the gentleman, that Simon Stevons was no relative of his, although their names were similar. lie was a constit uent. and bore as high a character as any man in this House. Ho had nover heard Simon Stevens attacked before the gentleman from Massachusetts made hie speech. The com mittee infer and insinuate that this was a purchase made by General Fremont through Stevens, when they have direct evidonce to the contrary. This was not the way in whioh men’s characters.sbould be destroyed by com mittees of this House. The committee com plain that they are charged with lyiDg. He now proposed to call a living witness. He i read the letter of General Fremont to the committeo on the conduct of the war, showing that many things in the report of the special committee were false. J6y Mr John W. Forney, in his letter to the Press of the Ist instant, furnishes ub with this delightful piece of information : “ Let ns hope that the spirit which animates the Republicans of New York will be emulated by the Republicans of Pennsylvania. I have jußt learned that in the district,represented by Mr. Grow, the Speaker, of the House, this is the almost unanimous feeling of the friends of the Administration, and I om happy to add that Senator Wilmot cordially sustains the movement.” The movement here alluded to is the Union no party movement of the Republican mem bers of tbe New York Legislature. . The faot that the district represented by Air. Grow, the blackest Abolition district in this State, is almost unanimously in favor of the adoption of the Union contrivance, is enough to stamp its trne character ns an Abolition movement. “ I am happy to add,” says the virtuous Eor- NEr, “ that Senator Wilmot cordially sustains the movement.” Anything that; Senator Wilmot cordially snstains must Decessarily be bad. Senator Wilmot wrote a letter to the Cooper Institute meeting last winter, cordially sustaining Senator Sumner’s treasonable the ory that the Southern States, by the act of rebellion, bad severed their connection with the Union, and were to be treated as Territo ries, and not as States—whioh theory, is a practical endorsement of the odious doctrine of State secession. " Senator Wilmot, who is a mere echo of Sumner, has announced himself as a candidate for re-election to the United States Senate at the next session of the Legislature, and of course he is read; to sustain an; movement that promises to elect a majority of members of his Abolition stripe—but' the fact that he and Grow and Forne;, and other notorious political adventurers, cordially sustain any movement, is sufficient to induce the boneßt masses to turn from it with abhorrence. — Harrisburg Patriot. ABOLITION PREACHERS. We see in a Pittsburg paper, that professes to be religious, a voluntary, unpaid local notice that Wendell Phillips lately lectured there to a fulL house, and that Beeches is expected during the month of April. We think religions papers are engaged in a very small business when they voluntarily “ puff” such men os Phillips and Beeches. Such men as these, and political preachers generally, have already produced incalculable mischief, have done more to olog the wheels of the Redeemer's Kingdom and bring religion into disrepute, than all the infidels in America twice told. The men who take upon them selves the solemn vows of a minister of the everlasting Gospel, and dedicate their lives and energies to the work, and while professing “ to know nothing but Christ and him cruoi fied,” and labor exclusively for the salvation of souls, will then defile their robes and tar nish their cause by getting down into the arena of sectional strife and party politics, ought to be scouted and discountenanced in every community; they are not worthy of either support or consideration. We are em phatically opposed to the kind of reception Phillips had in Cincinnati, but we would like to see all such apostates consigned to oblivion, by a purified and correct overwhelming publio opinion. We want no combinations, either of Church and State, or of the pnrse and Sword.— The country is abundantly supplied with-pol iticians, and we will resist giving-the matter into the hands of the clergy to the bitter end. Unionlown Genius of Liberty VALL. AH DIOR ABI. The Republicans are very much out of bnmor with Yallandighah. The reason is that he is in no-wise mealy-mouthed; in de nunciations of the nigger policy, corruptions, 4c. They charge him with being the ‘ leader of the Breckinridge Democracy 1’ Ho never was a Breokinridge - man. He was- the personal friend and champion of Douglas, and the leader of the Douglas In 1860 he received, in his district, for Con gress, 11,052 votes, while Breckinridge re ceived less than 250 votes the same year, in the same district. There is do Breokipridge or “Douglas party now, —they are-'all’ Demo crats and Vall ANDionav is one of them, and that is the trouble with the Republicans.— Lebanon Advertiser. . Firth, Pond & Co., New York,— Weinvite the attention of our readers to the advertise ment in another column of this well-kh'own and old established Muaio Honse. Messfs. F. P. 4 Cq. .have probablythe largest and best catalogue of mueio to be found ohAhisi conti nent. They import, manufaotnre.nif jdefl in , newly, cverjL musical inairumopt noyr'in .use, and dealers, teachers," and the musical frater nity-genetelly,' will -find to their adyantage th pVe th'ehrtt o*dl-br?Behd f fbr a