r €!)f Cdncastfr Intelligencer ORO. samokrhos, editor. «. «AWnKKSON, AMOCl.t*. LANCASTER. PA, MAY 27. 1862. nnt run. AXIOM. aoOOCOFIKSI ■mfiZpitmiM flog, SV>O UslMl fty Ihsyaewtelnfltooontrttiptforni it onr timed rata inumii AB*o*v«arSS6 Broadway, Now Ycriu arwMithorted'to reoeiv»'Adv<rtiaaiDtnti tor fhe laid**, penoet, it oar iimrt ntti. ' \ v 49* V. B- Palkxe, the American Newspaper Agent* N. X. earner fifth and Chestnut Streets, Philadelphia, is authorised to receive rabscriptiona and advertisements for tide paper, at oar lowest rates. His receipts will be re garded as paymeifts. ' . Jons Wxwtttfs AsranunK Agwci Is located at qp.6o North 6th street, Philadelphia. He la authorised to reoeire advertisements and sabecriptiona for The Lancaster bUdUffencer. 8. £. Hon No. IScollay’s Building, Coart St, Boston, is oar authorised Agent for receiving advertisements, 4c. OUR FLAG. How oar flag is flung to the wild winds fret Let it float o'er oar Dither land, m i And the guard of Its spotless fame shall ha Colombia’s chosen band. . COUNTY COMMITTEE MEETING. The Democratic County Committee of Lancaster county will meet at Bhober’s Hotel, in this city, on WEDNEBD AY, the 28tb Inst, at 11 o’clock, A. M., for the purpose of fixing the time for the assembling of a County Convention to elect delegates to the Fourth of July State Convention. A general attendance Is requested. P. Martin Hxitlxb, Secretary. TO ARMS I TO ARMS! , We have barely time to call attention to tbe proclamation of the Governor, published in our paper this morning. The appeal is an urgent one, and not made without the xnoßt pressing cause. That it will be patriotically responded to by the people of Pennsylvania, there can be no doubt whatever. Banks has been defeated by a large foree of the enemy, and driven north of the Potomao. We are without particulars, but fugitive sol diers who arrived at Hagerstown report the rebel force at 100,000 men. This is doubt less au exaggeration, but, emboldened by their suecess, the enemy may push on to Washing ton or Baltimore. Iu any event there is no time to lose in raising men to check them.— There is no oanse for unnecessary alarm, bnt if there ever was a time for prompt action that time has now arrived. —Our city battalion of volunteers, compris ing the Fencibles, Jackson Rifles, Indepen dent Greys aDd Artillery Cadets, have promptly responded to the oall of Governor Curtin, and expect to leave for the seat of war to day or to morrow. We also learn that other military gentlemen are engaged in recruiting companies. THE CALL TO ARMS ! The- Volunteer Militia of the State to Master Forth with and March Without Delay.«-The President takes Military Possession of the Railroads for tbe Traxisportatlon of Troops and Muni tions of War. V [official ] Headquarters Pennsylvania Militia, \ Qabbisbubo, May 26,1862. ) GENERAL ORDER, No. 23. On the pressing requisition of the United States, io the present emergency. It is ordered: That tbe several Mnjcr Generals, Brigadier Generals and Colonels of regiments, throughout the Commonwealth, muster withoutdelay allthe military organizations wl liin their respective divisions, or under their control, together with all persons willii g to j iu their commands, and pro ceed forthwith to the City or Washington, or to such other points es rosy he indicated, by fature order*. By order nf A. 0. CURTIN. Governor ami Cominanrier-m Chief. A; L. Kussel, Arfj’t Gm.’l. [Editors tbiougboui the State will plrasoiaiike this pub- Ho at tho earliest possible moment. 0. W. PEES, Chief Tr»tie. and Telfß'h lVnnpylvania Militia.] HAKRi&BURa, May 36, l£t>2. PROCLAMATION BY THE PRESIDENT. : Washington, May 25,1868. OBasstan—By virtue of the authority veewd by the Act of Congress, the President takes military possession of all the rail'bads in the United States, from and after this date, -nn*il farther orders, and directs that the respective rail road eompanies, their officersaod servant!; shall bold them wive* in readiness for the transportation of troops and -munitions of war, as may be ordered by the authorities, to . the exclusion of all other business. By order of the Secretary of War. t&P Why is it that neither of tho Abolition journals in this city has a word to say in con demnation of the plundering rascals who have been robbing the Government out of such im mense sumk the past year ? Reason, they are Republicans, nad they been Democrats, we should have had column after column of de nunciation. THE HOMESTEAD BILL. The Homestead bill, which is now a law, is national in so far as loss to the Treasury is concerned, and is sectional as to the benefits it will bestow. Those living jn the im_ mediate region of surveyed public lands will of course have the lion’s share of the advanta ges, while the far off poor upon the Atlantic aoast cannot command the means to go with their families to the extreme West to locate a section. Two or three millions a year will be abstracted from the government revenues by the operation of the act, while the expenditure on land account will be greater than ever before. It is stated at the Interior Depart ment that a vast number of clerks will be necessary in the General Land Office, and in the office of the several districts, to register the names of persons applying for the benefit of the aot. They must first exhibit proofs at the local land office to show that they are qualified, and at the end of five years they must file papers to show that their occupanoy has been continuous. is it hot so t Whenever you hear a fellow particularly vooiferous in denouncing Democrats as traitors because they adhere to the Constitution, ten to one that he is either a fool, or has received directly or indirectly, a share of the Sixty Millions and upwards whioh, according to Mr. Dawks, a Republican member of Congress from Massachusetts, has been stolen from the Treasury during the past year. A UNION PARTY. The idea of a " Union " party, to be oom poßed of old decayed Republican fossils, is worse than ridiculous* The predominating element— Abolition— is disunion, and the plunder element cares only for the spoils.— Fortunately for the country, there is now, as there always has been since, the organisation of our Government, a true Union organiza tion, the Democratic party. The Democraoy made onr country great, prosperous and happv, and it would have continued so to this hour, but for the spirit of Seotional Abolition. Negroes in the Navy.— The Secretary of the Navy has ordered our Naval commanders to enlist runaway slaves in the Navy, “rating them as boys, at $B, ?9, or $lO per month, and bne ration.” Mr. Wblles ought to be pnt in command of a fleet thus manned and gent to capture tihe Forte at Charleston. He would doubtless make brilliant work -of it. eu. HUXTKR’S ABOLITION FROCIiA- I unoi. ; • .* HunteTbastfonethertp^iSWßjyet 1 ®* 1 right moment, in the tight place, and in the right tcay.” So says John W. Funner in hie paper of the 17 th inai, whilst etrongly fen doning the silly Abolition' Proetamatiob .of General Huntxk, which we published last week. '' . : '• , And our njtfghboripf the not to be outdoheby any of his Abolition. brcthreh,in his paper of the 16th insi, says’ that ifte declaration of General Hostxb that Slavery and martial law, in a free"'country, are v alto>' gether incompatible, is “ such a plain common sense proposition," that to donbt it "mill be a matter of the gravest astonishment to future generations." Hence, says the same learned expounder of Constitutional law, “the logic on which his [Honteb’s] order is based is as unanswerable as the * logic of events' whioh suggested it is inexorable.” Now mark the sequel. On the 19th inst, a Proclamation was issued by President Lin coln, repudiating the aet of General Hcnter, as follows : ' . WAsmroroir, M»jr 19. By the President of the United Statesof America: - ‘Wbukas, There appears in the t>nblie*prints what pur ports be a proclamation of Mqjor General Hunter, in the words and figures following, to wit: u lIXADQCaBIXRd DtPABTHXBT 0? THE SOUTH, ) Hilton Dead, 8.0-Msy 9,1892. f “Gsnibai OfiSKßfi. No. 11.—Tbs three Btates of Georgia. Florida and Booth Carolina, comprising the Uilltsiy De> partment of the Boutb. basing deliberately declared 'hem* seises no longer ntider the protection of the United States of America, and hasing taken up arms against the said United Btates» it became a military neces»J<y to declare them noder martial law. This was done on tbe 2fi’h dsy of April, 18*2. Slav**# and parted law in a free country are dUbg*‘her inconpodible. The persons in theie three States. Georgia. Florida and South QxrtJina. here • t»fort. held as slaves, are therefore declared forever free. {.Official.] *♦ DAVID HUNTER, . .‘*M«jorG<*nerul Commanding. “ Ed. w. Smith, Acting Adjutant General.” Aj *b Whereas, The same is producing some excitement *ad misunderstanding; therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, pro* claim and declare, that the Government of tho United States had no knowledge, information or belief of an in tention on the part of General Hunter to issue such a pro damatlon.norbas it yet any authentic information that the document is genuine; and further, that neither Gen eral Hunter nor any other commander or person baa been authorised by the Government of the United States to make a proclamation declaring the alases of any State free, and that the suppoeed proclamation now In question, whether genuine or false, is altogether sold so far as re* spects such declaration. I further make known, that whether it ba competent for me, as Commander io-Chlef of the Army and Navy, to declare the slaves of any State or States free, at any time, in aDy ca«e, if it ahull have become a necessity indispensable to the maintenance of the government to exercise such sun* posed power, are questions which, under my respocßlbll* ity, I reserve for myself. and which I cannot feel justified., in leaving to the decision of commanders in the field These are totally different questions from those of police regulations in armies and camps Ou th* 6th day of March last, by a special message, I recommended to Cougress the adoption of a joint resolu tion to be substantially as follows: “Resolved That the United States ought to co-operate with any State which may adopt a gradual abolishment of , slavery-giving to each Btate pecuniary aid, to be used by such State In Its discretion, to compensate for the incon venience, public and private, produced by such chance of system.” H.JB. SWARR, Chairman. The resolution, in the language above quoted, was adopted by a large majority In both branches of CongreftK and now stands an authentic, definite and solemn proposal of the Nation to the States and people most immediately interested in the subject matter. To the people of those States I now earnestly appeal. I do not argue. I beseech you to make the argument for yourselves. You cannot, if you would, be blind to the signs of the times. I beg of you a calm and enlarged con* sideration of them—ranging, if it may be, far above per sonal and partisan politics. This proposal common cause for a common objeet—casting no reproaches upon any. I act not the Pharisee. The change it contemplates wonld come gently as the dews of Heaven, not rending or wrecking anything. Will you not embrace it ? So much good has not been dono by one effort io all past time as in the providence of God it ie now your high privilege to do. May the vast future not have to lamoot that yotf have neglected it. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the City of Washington, this nineteenth of May, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, and of the Independence of th* United States the eighty sixth. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. By the President: William H. Seward, Secretary of State. When, lo and behold I the consistent For net, in his issue of the 20th, turns a complete summersault, and exclaims, with rapturous emphasis, “we welcome President Lincoln’s proclamation with unfeigned pleasure.” He tries hard however to oover up his glaring inconsistency, by sayiDg, in the next sentence, that “ in doing so we [he] cannot but express the decided opinion that if the disloyalty of South Carolina continues the plan of General Hon ter must be accepted,” whether the Presi dent is willing or not, we presume. How very modest, to say the least of it! If Mr. Lincoln is not frightened out of his senss of propriety by this imperial dictum of the Clerk of the Senate, then is he in possession of more back bone than he generally gets credit for. Mr. Geist ia more consistent Ihan Forney, in that he publishes the proclamation without a word of comment. The Boston Liberator, the leading Abolition newspaper in the country, edited bv Wm. Ll-)Vd Garris v, the bosom friend and crony of Wendell Phillips, being linked recently by tho New Yolk Journal of Commerce whether it was in favor of the restoration of the Union and the Constitution, made this answer : “ None whatever 1 That was a guilty Union cemented with the blood of an enslaved race on our soil— 1 a covenant with death and an agreement with hell,’ in the making of which 1 W ashington and his companions com mitted a grievous sin. The natural and in evitable result of it is a dismembered Republic and a tremendous civil war, through the treachery of the very slave-holding class that originally dictated the terms of the Union, and also as a Divine retribution for trampling upon 'the poor and needy ! Not for myriads of worlds ought it to be, even if it could be, restored, with all its iniquitous conditions and horrible pro-slavery compromises!” The Republican papers generally, and the Union and the Examiner of this city in parti cular, whose editors are so quick to see treason in Democratic j ournals that have always been and are now for the Union as it was and the Constitution as it is, have not a word to say in condemnation of their openly avowed Dis union Abolition allies ; and from their contin ued silence tho inference is irresistible that they endorse the infamous ravings of such pestilent Abolitionists. The truth is, every body in the free States is for the restoration of the old Union except the Abolitionista and* their aiders and abettors of the Stevens and Greeley stripe. M. 0. MEIGS, Quarter Master General. The New York World and other papers inform us, that on Sabbath week, Rev. Dr. Chapin (Universalist) was unable, from indiß position, to occupy his pulpit, and that Horace Greeley officiated for him. What the text was we are not informed, but the World says it-ought to have been, as most applicable to tho speaker, the passage in St. Matthew, XXIY. 15 : “ When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand,) then let them which be in Judea flee into the moun. tains.” jWe have important news from Mexico, the main points of whioh are that the Juarez government has been overturned, and General Almonte, the agent of the Frenoh, formally elected President by a handful of votes.— Juarez and his Cabinet had taken flight from the oapital for their own safety. There had been a few skirmishes between the Frenoh and Mexioans, with no important results. The for mer were still steadily advancing on the capital. Guerilla bands were gathering in different parte of the mountains. The vomito was mak ing great havoc in Vera Cruz. ' Plead Guilty.— James Brady, only 19 years of age, who was arrested in Honeybrook, Chester county, sometime ago, for fobbing the mail, plead guilty in the U. S. Court on Wednesday last. Brady was a stage driver, and the letter bag for the town which he drove to was entrusted to his keeping. He robbed it of its contents, and took the paokage of letters to his boarding house, where it was found. The shortest period to whioh he can be sentenoed, trader the law, is ten years. {APPOINTMENTS BY THE GOVERNOR—Gov. .ernor Curtin has appointed William Model- Jand. ?, . . ankl ‘ Q oounty ; Charles Gilpin, of Philadelphia; and Robert B. McComb, of Lawrence (Munty, Commissioners to revise and codify the .Revenue Laws of Pennsylvania, the act of April, 1862. , ' . LOOK AT IT, UNION HEN: GREELEY TURNED PREACHER I IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO, ABOLITION HOWiITY. ojp Comment, who fer yeara, proffering Christianity, have adopted as their oraed one solitary dogma—ANTl-BLAVERT. To these men religion is abolitionism; andeUmunfsn iaapampoft to heaven, even niofiey, robber of the private eitisen ? It matters not£ so that he goes in for freeing the slave. 'ls he an Infidel or an Atheist, a contemner of the Bible? It is of no accoant. Clergymen by thescore oan be fonnd who will give him the right hand of-feHombip;' call. him. t* my brother,” and promise him a happy exit from time to.etorhi&Tsp but favors man-stealing from Sohthemfcra; add advocates equality and fraternity with 7 Hie'negro'nee. " Let no one say thatthU is an exaggerated statement of the effect of hegepphiliam on the moral senses of eomenominallyChristian men. Every word that we have written .oan. he established by indabitable testimony. Nay, more. Badical abolitionism always blunts the moral susceptibilities of .its devotee. The very foundation of the creed is, that no possi ble circa instance can justifyslavehalding, and the nextandpeoeaearyargomont is, that the freedom of the Blare may, and must be accom plished' at-ahy sacrifice of life and- property. Hence follows the dogma that, the right to freedom bginga superior right-, all that stands in its way is to be regarded as inferior, and must succumb. Therefore, if to free slaves it is necessary to rob and murder, all this is justifiable. If it to threaten the nameless horrors of servile insurrection to frighten slaveholders, the threat mast be used, and the use of the threat implies a moral willingness to permit and encourage every thing in the treatment of a whole population, inolnding women and ohildren, which snob an insurrection would produce. If we are wrong in onr estimate of aboli tion morality, we will correct the error' whenever the radical Abolitionists will'say that the life of a man, or the honor of a woman is a sufficient bar to the freedom of a slave, and that if it oannot be accomplished without sacrificing these, then he should re main a slave. Where is the Abolitionist that will say this? It is easy to discuss the question of slavery in generalities, and to talk of “ human freedom” as above all other “rights of man,” but true morality, true religion, and above all, true Christianity, teaoh that the “ freedom” of every man is and must be limited by the good of his fellow men, and the right of a slave or even of a prisoner of war to his liberty, is a right that he may not claim at too great a-eost to others. It is, therefore, with profound regret, that we notice a tendeney in some directions to lead the publio into a mild view of the ohar aoter and ofienoes of John Brown and his aiders and abettors. That they .were murder. o T s, the law of old, and the gospel of love and peace, alike teaoh, and to speak with approval of tbetr aotflj Or "to Attempt tbo irfaitAaiog of their black orimes can only result in a blot on onr character as a Christian and civilized nation. I6f “ Occasional” (Fomey) in his letter to the Philadelphia Press having misquoted portions of Auos Kendall’s letters to snßtain Genoral Hunter’s abolition order, that gentle man publishes the following letter in the National Intelligencer. It was written before the author was aware of the President’s pro clamation modifying Banter’s order: OEN. hunter’s LATE OBDEB. Washington. May 19, 1862. To the Editors of National Intelligencer: My attention has been oalled to a Washing ton letter in the Philadelphia Press, which the writer, after quoting a passage from one of my letters published in your paper, says : “ Thaß it will be seen that even the veteran Dem ocrat, Amos Kendall, while objecting to tho course of the Abolitionists, is ontitled to the oredit of hav ing made the proposition which lien. Hunter has thus practically carried oat.” Now, I ahuuld consider myself a traitor to my country if I were to approve the late order of General Hunter purporting to set free all tho slaves within his military district.— While exposing to Southern rebels the gulf which is yawning before them, the conception never entered my brain that any military com mander or the President himself could consti tutionally, by general order or proclamation, confiscate their property and cmanoipate their slaves, or that such an objeot could be effeoted otherwise than by conviction for treason by due oourse of law in the courts of justice. In the order of Gen. Hunter I seo tho essence of military despotism, utterly subversive of the Constitution we are fighting to maintain ; and it is deplorable that the President does not, by the enforcement of a general lino of policy, repress these assumptions of power by his su bordinates. Every such assumption unre buked by him exposes him and Congress itself to the charge of bypoorisy and perfidy in their announcements of the purposes for which the war is waged ; it discourages the loyal men in all the Slaveholding States, and ih an eqnal degree encourages the leading rebels ; it will cost the North thousands of lives and milliuns of money ; it alarms conservative men every where and makes them begin to think their own]liberties in danger; it strengthens disloyal men in loyal States and enables them to em barrass the Government in its legitimate oper ations. In fine, there is bnt one safe course for the Government to pursue, and that is to disregard all party affiliations and adhere firmly to the programme originally announced, viz : The prosecution of the war for the sole object of preserving the Constitution and the Union with the rights of all the Stales intact, to be followed by peace as soon as those objects can be attained. If there be not firmness enough in the Administration to do this we are on a sea of revolution, with scarcely a hope of ever again reaching the haven of unity and peace. AMOS KENDALL. THE DESTRUCTION OF COTTON. It seems to be pretty certain that the eotion destroyed along the Mississippi and Red rivers since the capture of New Orleans, will amount fully to one hundred thousand bales. This would have realized to the holders, at the prices current in New York at present, some thing like twelve million dollars or upwards, aud at a low estimate, it is a sacrifice of sev eral'million dollars ou the part of the holders, but the New Orleans Della says “ they olaim no commiseration or sympathy for the sacri fice.” The wholesale destruction of cotton, whioh seems thus to have been inaugurated, will exert a powerful influence upon the cotton markets of the North and Europe, as well, as the Delta expresses it, as “send grief and miseries to the great manufacturing commu nities of the world." In regard to the former position, we see its effects npon the New York market already. Should the destruction of cotton be any thing like universal in the “ Cotton States,” there is no telling where prices will stop in their upward oareer. ' Some months ago upland middling cotton sold in New York at 420., we believe. Subsequently it ran down to ahout2oo. Since then it went up to within a fraetion of 300. We now find it rallying from the descending soale, and it recovered from one to one and a half cents in a single day. If this effect should be produced by the reported destruction of the cotton stored in New Orleans alone, what must be the effect of the destruction of immense quantities, an event that now seems probable ? Added to this W'6 have the feet, which seems to be well established, that but a very small belt of land has been planted in ootton this year in the “Cotton States.” We. thus see that high prioes for cotton must inevitably ensue, unless a stop be put to the destruction of the staple; and, even then; high prices must prevail, because a crop cannot now be planted this year. The raw material being high, every kind of goods manufactured out .of ootton will necessarily command high prioee.— NathviUe Despatch, May 15. THB UMXS Of SKCKSBIOSMTS. unscrupulous party organs of the Bepublh faith that tho Democrat* are the Disunionie<k of theNorth,we give beP w declarations from leading Bonthem Union' men to show who they regard as dhgrdnemiee in thiaseteoiy" 11/ fH “ There aw two p|§ies in want dinolatioiH-au[Wtj Bwhan>, Confederacy is apßaatSimih, Sfc breakup the Government, and to do tM Abo liiionidt generally. The; hold that ifalavery survives the IJoion oan not endow. (Seces sionists argue that if the Union continues slavery is lost. Abolitionists want no (pmpro- regardpeaceable a humbug. Why? Abolition is disunion; dissoldtionis is Both are striviogtaaccompliah tije same object One thinks it will destroy,. the other j&ToiKftap V'TT's’ '-f' " Bon,. Joseph Hot*, of Ksntodri Louisville speech, last summer, said. . “We make no apology for this effort in the Sooth to destroy the Govi We grant the necessity of soppressin. Abolitionism, that produced it, mosd suppressed. Abolitionism and' Seee most be buried in the Same political : ' TESTIMONY OT PARSON BROWNLt ' Parson Brownlow, in his Open speech in Cincinnati, a few weeks sin “I have to say that if two-years a been authorized to bont np and colli I would have selected about one Or dted.anti-slavery fanatics (fnrl k all, well,) and about an equal huint forsaken, hell-deserving Disonionisi have matched them to the District oi I would then hare dug a ditab—a ditch—and wrapped up their bodies sum weeds and dog-fennel, and but there. Had this been done then Isi have been here to-night ” v X ' The Louisville Democrat, a staunoh and reliable organ of the unconditional Uhion men of Kentuoky, to whose efforts, in connection with its able colleague, the Louisvillel/oumo?, we are greatly indebted for the preservation of that State to the Union! says, in a recent number: ! “ Of coarse this same Abolition pkrty are opposed to the South ever being represented in Congress. It would upsot all theirloalcula tione ftnd disappoint their'hopes; They don't want the Union restored; it is not their inter est They and the rebels South are a unifc in opposition to the Union. A restored'Union will be the death of both of them.” The same paper bears the following-testi mony to the Northern Democracy: “sound for the union. "The local elections in Ohio show a vastly increased Democratic vote.:, Dayton, the home of Yallandigham, has; elected a Democratic Mayor by 150 majority ; the majority against them last fall was 402. Let all Kentuckians bear in mind that, in the present Congress, wherever you find the vote of the Border Slave States you will find the Northern Democratic vote with them. The Northern Democratic press and the loyal press of the slave States speak the same language. “We admit that some of the Republicans in Congress are conservative, and still more of them are so at home ; but they are constantly subject to party pressure; and in their efforts for a wise and moderate policy, they will have to depend chiefly on their political opponents to sustain them. On the other hand the Democracy of the North are not only sound for the Union, but for the Union the right way. M Now, in connection with the above, read the following. Less than a year ago Wendell Phillips made a speech at the Tremont Tem ple, at Boston, in which he said: “ The'anti-Blavery party had hoped for and planned disunion, because it would lead to the development of mankind, and the elevation of the blaok man.” THB FEELING IN EUROPE. A correspondent of the New York Tribune writing under date of Turin, April 29, has the following account and explanation of the state of feeling towards the United States in Europe: “ There is no good will either in England or in France among the governing classes toward the United States. That is the result of alb the articles about the last eventß in America. The certainty of the ultimate suc cess of the Union is gall and wormwood to the so called good society, which had warmed itself into the belief that a Republic should not and could not remnin prosperous. The Times, The Herald, The Post, The Pays, The Patrie,.Tke Consliiutionml, harp all upon the same sub ject, that the reconstruction of tho Union i'b impossible; that the North cannot subdue or at least govern the touth, and therefore that the separation of the Cotton States, and, if possible, of all tho Slave States, from the North, ought to be the result of Northern victory. Even Gladstone harps upon the same obord ; tho great Republic of the United States is to be rent in two, or even into more, feeble States, whioh European diplomacy might always play against one another, until they arrive at the point of copying the monarchical institutions of Europe. “It is the Republican form which haunts the dreams of tho statesmen of Europe ; they see how this form Of government will by aDd by become popular in Prussia, in France, and even in Italy, where nothing but the individu ality of Victor Emanuel prevents the bulk of the nation from turning already now republi can ; and they wish most ardently its failure across the ocean.” DECISION OF THE SUPREME COURT. The decision of the Supreme Court of Penn sylvania as delivered by Judge Woodward, de claring the army vote unconstitutional, is so exhaustive and conclusive that it cannot fail to receive the concurrence of the public. How ever muoh the Court may have regretted the necessity of this decision, it obviously could not have determined otherwise consistently with its duty to expound, and not to make, the fundamental law. The rejection of the army vote will have the effect of displacing Mr. Ewing from the office of Sheriff in Philadelphia, and Mr. Stevenson from that of Clerk of the Orphans' Court, and also give the Republicans a majority in the common counoil of Philadelphia. At least five Republican members of the last House of Representatives were elected over their Democratic opponents by the army vote, viz: Messrs. Hall and Russell, of Luzerne, Busby, of Adams, Crane, of Wayne, and Daugherty, of Schuylkill. These men eat and voted as members of the House, and gave the Republicans their majority in that body. By their votes John Rowe was elected Speaker, and the most iniquitous Congressional gerry mander that over disgraced the statute books of tho Commonwealth was passed. Had thiß decision beon rendered before or during the session of- the Legislature, it would have changed the political complexion of the Honse. Whether the decision will oust persons who now hold county offices in different parts of the State by virtue of the army vote, in cases where a contest was rot commenced within the time prescribed by law for filing petitions in oases of this description, is a point npon which we do not feel competent to venture an opinion. —Patriot & Union. A Cubiositv. —The fallowing is the 6th of the series of resolutions composing the plat form of the Republican party, as adopted at the Chioago Convention in I 860:. “ Resolved, That the people justly view with alarm the reckless extravagance which' per vades every department of the Federal Gov ernment; that a return to rigid economy and accountability is indispensable to arrest the systematic plunder of the public treasury by favored partisans, while the recent startling developments of frauds and orrruptions at the federal metropolis show that an entire change of administration is imperatively demanded." Who oan read the above and avoid the exclamation: Ilow true and appropriate to the present time 1 Were the frsmera of that platform prophets, that they could so vividly foreshadow the ooodnat of their Dartv? N. 7. Argus. On Friday week, the 17. S. Senate con firmed the nomination of-Brevet Major*Q>n. John E. Wool, to be Major-General of the army, for gallant oondoct on the I6th of May inthe taking ofthe City of Norfolk, and for otherigallaataemooa, I Taxor Practicx.*—The “Lancaster Ca dieto,* Oapt, Young. yesterday afternoon took thdr eanaou. "Old Book,” and proceeded to QraelTs Landing for tercet practice. B»y returned oboist 6 o'clock tn the eveplng. after making tome very floe shots at 800 yards 18 rounds fired at a target abouiffT&Afquara, whieh is a small gitit at the dtstenca mentioned ;Une of the balls went r " T mtt»- tffno unrajiH injliT ilATiii'li is and their* some peo ple right as to the ownership of the “Old Bock” cannon. It does not belong to the Cadets, bat to tbeltaaoc ‘WCT of Lancaster city, and va have reason to believe the •Express knew this Cut when it published the above. The “o*l Back" wss presented to the Democracy of the city, through the Wheatland Club, tn the campaign of 185 G, by Ur. Joss Gunn, of Phceobcville, Chester county, the to ▼enter of the wrought iron cannon, and who. has lately "bamTtttttnftoEnfipg aiargenamber of rifled camion for the JU {he close of the campaign, when the f-Ctab dlsfcisnded/the cannon vras transferred to the Demo cratic County Committee to be held la trust by thatbody i -fog-lhe Democracy of the city -The cannon was mounted onthe carriage vthlch was-boilt by.order of aod at the ex* : pmto of tifeClttb.andwaa'ehTistanel *?01d Back.” It wss first Used eh -Wed oeedmy, November 6th. 1866, when a oa tioatl thus waafired tohottor oftbeelsctidn of Ur. Bu- CH4H4H to the Predcfooey. '• We rwprodnee the ootreipoQdeheeaad proceedings con nected with the presentation of this cannon, as published hi The lntelligeocer of November 1856: PHtt-.a lamr Wo&xs, oct 20th, 1866. B. C. Bachmvx, Esq—pear. Sir:—There is one of my Cons now being floiabed. It Is about a 7-ponnder, but will stand all the powder you will desire to put in it—««y a load for a 24*pouoder will be perfectly safe. •;In yiew of the reessionpand the man whoeeelection It Is Intended to celebrate, permit me to the Gao to the Democratic party ofthe City of Lancaster. Horing it will make the welkin ring, ] I remain, yours truly, it wicked srnment. igit; bat (also be Sssionism I grave.” a House ice, said, [go I'had ret' them, two' hun |ow them r of God- L I would polumbia, common [in gymp ied them hould not ' ■ Pmun Uos Woau. Ort. 58U1,1866. ’ B.o.Bachhas, Esq. Dear Bir: —We, this morning, for- MAiMi.by Howard’s Express one Wrought Iron o*nnob.' weighing 745}£ pounds, manufactured by JoHSGIIFFZN,of this place, and by, him preeened to the gallant Democracy, the Wheatland Club, of Laneastprclty. Hoping you may be able to proclaim, on the 6th of No vember, from It in thunder tonee, to rhe Inhabitants of yonr beautiful city and the surrounding country, that Pennsylvania’s Favorite Son, the Hon. James Buchan AH, la the President Elect of these United Btates, I remain, yours respectfully. Lancaster, Oct SOth, 1860. B. 0. Bachman, Esq —Sir:—Tho following resolatloneof thanks to John Gurpct, of Phcenir Iron Wrks,-for the splendid Wfought Iron Casncro /presented, through you, to Wheatland Club and the Democracy of Lancaster city, were unanimously adopted at a meeting of the Club, held on the evening of the 29th instant.. You wilt please forward these resolutions to Mr. Griffin, wjth the assurance that never was there a response of more heartfelt gratltQde given to any individual, uron any oc casion. than was evinced by our gallant Democracy at the reception of his splendid present. ' Compliments to onr Club—as the proper organisation of the Democratle party of this dty—are always considered by us as complimentary to. the great worth of*our noble candidate, the Hon. James Buchanan, whose election to the Presidency, on the4th of November, wili'bo proclaimed io tones of thunder, from this Gan, as the first announce ment of peace, prosperity and safety to tho Constitution and the Union. SAM’L WELOHENB, President of Wheatland Club. Resolved, That the cordial thanks of Wheatland Club, on behalf of the Democracy of Lancaster city, be tendered to John Griffin, Esq., of Phoenix Iron works, for the splendid Wrought Iron Cannon he has kindly presented to the Demdtratlc party of Lancaster city. . Resolved, That in this gift we recognize a spirit of patri otism and devotion to the conservative interests of his country, that is highly commendable and worthy the imi tation of every American citizen—and that In our distin guished fellow townsman, Jamis Buchanan, he recognizes, tn common 'with all the conservative men of the Nation, the Statesman and -Patriot, and the only man now before the people who is eqaal to the great crisis through which the political interests of our country are passing in the present age of the world. ! Capt. Kendrick.— JVe had the pleasure on Thursday last: of taking by the hand Capt. William G. Kendrick, of Company A, 79th (Lancaster County) Bogl meat.. It will be remembered that the Oaptain-and fifteen of his men, whilst repalring-the-telegraptOlne near Pu laski, Tennessee, were taken prisoners a few weeks ago by Col. Morgan and a portion of his command, and were sub sequently released on parole. The Captain will remain at home until be is honorably exchanged. He is looking ex tremely well, and U in his usual buoyancy of spirits. A New Sewer. —The contract for the sewer to be built In Tine street has been awarded to Messrs. McGrann and Malone, whose bid was $2,G00, being the lowest of seven, the highest being $3,000. It is to be five feet in diameter clear, and is to oxtend fiom the east side of Bouth Queen street to connect with the main sewer in Water street Tho contract also includes the turnpiking of the square of Prince at., between West King and Vino. Sad Accident.— A young boy, named Mc- G uhlan, whose parents reside' in Mulberry street, whilst returning from Bt._ Mary’s CathaHc Sunday School, on finoday afternoon last, for soma reason or other climbed a tree in South Prince etreot. Whilst on the tree be missed bis. hold, and fell head foremost to the ground, _hia bead striking the curb-stone He wa« Immediately convey* dto -the residence of George K<Bxsd. Esq., where be remained in an inte.arlble condition anlil 6 o’clock, when he wav conveyed home. • At last accounts he was iu a very critical condition, having been injured internally. Mad Docs—The Stoi- Remedy.— ln 1819 one Valentine Kottering, of Dauphin county, compiunic*- ted to tbo Senate of Pennsylvania, a sure remedy for the bite of any kiod of mad animals. Re said that his anceK* tors bad already osed it In Germany 200 years ago. and that he bad always found it to answer the purpose, dnrlog a residence of fifty years in tpe United StaterfHe only pub lished it from motives of Humanity. This remedy consists io the weed called Chick-weed. It Is a remmer plant, known to the Germans and Swigs bj the names of Gauch neil, Bother Meyer, or Bother floebnerdarm. In England It is callod Bed Pimpernel; and Its botanical name is An gelica Phonic©* It must be gathered in Jane, when in fall bloom, and dried in the shade, and then pulverized.— The doso of this for a grown person is a small table spoon ful,or in weight a drachm and a scruple at oncia, in beer or water. For children the dose is the same, yet it must be adminieterod at three different times, lu applying it to animals, it must be used green, cut to pieces, and mixed whh bran or other feed. For hogs the pnlverized weed is made into little balls by mixing it with fl >ur and water. It can aisp l* 6 put on bread and hotter, or Id honey, tno* lures, Ac. The Rev. Henry Muhlenberg eald that in Ger many 30 graius cFthla powder are given four times the fi-at day, then one dose a day for the whole week; «hile'at the same time tho wound is washed ont with a decoction of the weed, and than the powder strewed is it. Mr.Ketter lng said that he in all ioMatices administered hut one dose with the most happy results. This is said to be tho same remedy through which the late Doctor William Stov effect ed so many cures,— Harrisburg Telegraph. ■ A PREDICTION. At the late meeting of Democratic and Coe. servative members of Congress, at Washing ton, the Hon. Wm. A. Richardson, of Illinois, Baid: “ I suppose I am regarded as a party man. It is known to the gentlemen who are present that within a few days past I have signed an address whioh has for its object the re-organi zation of a party. I did so because I saw a disposition on the part of the people for that very thiDg, and because I saw it would meet the acceptance of the American people.” After a reference to the Democratic party Mr. Richardson, said: “ I do not despair of the people of the Northern States coming up to the full measure of this occasion. For the State of Illinois. I can especially say this. lam satisfied that whemwe again assemble here in a future Con gres3, the extreme Abolition party will not have enough members on this floor to make a roll call. I agree in what has been said about the coun try and its good. Wo are to preserve the Constitution aB it is, and to restore the Union as it was. It is not to bo tampered with or impaired by any mere political party.” Poisoned Paper Hangings.— lt would seem to be the tact that the colored green paper hangings, so generally in use for the walls of our houses, have an unfavorable effect upon tho inmates from the quantity of arsenio evolved and taken into the system through the lungs. The Boston Traveler says: We are informed upon the best authority of a late case at the West End. The wife of one of our prominent merchants some time since sickened and seemed to be goiDg into a deoline. An eminent physician was called in, but was puzzled at the symptoms of the case, which seemed to be one of the most mysteri ous character. Tho husband also began to complain of an unußuai feeling of depression. At last one day the Doctor called at the house, when the door of the sleeping room of his pa tients was open. Looking at the room, the oanse of the trouble was apparent in the green paper upon the walls. He ordered the paper to be stripped off and other paper substituted, when the lady rapidly recovered, and is now enjoying her usual good health. The Presbyterian General Assehbly, Old School, bos agreed to meet next year at Peoria, Illinois. On Tuesday last, at the session of the body, Dr. Breckinridge intro duced a very important communication con cerning the state of the country and church, which was made the epeoial order for Thurs day last. It sets forth the blessings of peace and public order, denounces the rebellion against the Government as wicked and treasonable, and contrary to natural reli gion and morality, denies the authority of the church to sanation.it, and closes by expres sions of gratitude for the unanimity of senti ment and general internal peace whioh Bas characterized the church in the loyal States, and which it should strive to maintain, guard ing against internal alienations, and divisions, and not eliowingdisturbers, who may promote discontent and disloyalty, tending to the un settling of ministers, to local schisms, and manifold troubles. I DESTRUCTIVE STORM. | McConnellsburo, Pa., May 22. X)he of the most .terrifio hail-storms ever ! witnessed passed over this town about five | o'oh ok last evening. Nearly all the windows | in the place fronting the storm were shivered. The young leaves and shoots were all cut from the trees, and the. ground covered several inches deepywifh hail-stones, sume of whioh were at least three'iooh’es in diameter, and , weighed Seven'ounces. The grain fields ini the 1 pathway of the storm wers utterly ruined: JOHN GRIFFRX. HENRY B RAMSEY, for John Grippes. RESOLUTIONS. lUrtllag Comm. eheitej tf m Oa««ral BuHu* >o4-*(le ii h«pol|rd at wti« • lata Harjtand* ► WAaaxn&Tosr, May 25. far Department states that nchester this moraine, aqd •bqrg and Harper's Fsctjg> ela Urge force, and mgjny os bate left Bichmosd aqd nrgß pAßTiccniss- Wasscnnov, U«r 25. \ Ewdl end Johnson, with a so* Banka this morning, a£ J*WSht, et^fUcherter.''Bta. Banks fought them six nnnra, end them retired l n the direction of Martinsbarg, with what lost Is unknown. / The enemy *£a« Itlnunderctood.advancing from Win* ehe*ter upon Hyper’s Ferry. Oar troops ttibre are being rapidly reinforced. • *«»»« any that Jackson is advancing to support Ewell SteSSki&Mur ‘ ,u,, rtm “• ctalnS.rn^d* 60 * 0 W " nto received tonight states that Banks has made good his tfc* Potomac-at WUllaamort General KoraeSaxtoa ts In command at Harpeft Ferry. OFFICIALpBSPATCHKS FROM GEN. BANKS. I MaErasßuna, Va* Mav 24—2:40 p. m. TVi fTon nfsii'a w flfmtfoai, firrifhiy of WTiji The rebels attieked ns hmrhlnk at daybreak In great forre. They wereesthnated at 15 000 eoa*lsting of JCw-1 *s and JankebnV divisions. Tha fire of pickets Utn with lhche and was followed hr the artillery, until the lines were tolly teder flre.on.both aides. Tfaeleft wing stoofrflrmlv, bolding Its ground well and the right did the same for a time, when two regiments broke tbellnea under the fire of the enemy. The right w*ng fell back, as ordered to withdraw, and: the troops-passed through the town in considerable eoofMoo- They were ABlcuy re-formed on the~otb»t side ahsebi>Hhfced their march in good order to Uartloshorg, where they arrived at p. tm, a distance of 22 miles. | ...... OnrtrahMare In adtanetf'ahd win 'croas ths rivsr in . i . v; Onr erttro foreetengaged was,lest than four thousand, con»lst'Dg of Gordon's and Donnelly's brigades.' with two i regiments of-cavalry under Gen Hatch, and two lotteries lof artillery. Onrlass is constderabK as was that of the | enemy but now be stated. W* reinforced by the loth Maine regiment, which did good service, and a regiment of cavalry; SJ. BANKS,- | Mgfor General Commanding. Heapquaetim Vynod Martlosburg, 5:35 p m A prisoner eaptdred this afternoon navathe rebel force in oar rear is to be strengthened; that their purpose Is to enter Maryland at two p lota Harperix Ferry and Winitm*- port. He confirms all we have beard in regard to the r*txl forco here. We ad pass the Potomao tonisht safe—m»n, trains and all—l think, making a march of thirty-five mile?. ) N.P. BANKS. Major General Commanding. From Gen. Banks' Command. • \ T Pt&asboko, May 24, To Bon, B- M, St'jnton, Secretary qf War: • •: Colonel Kenley’a command or infantry and cavalry baa been drlre*rfrom Front Royal with considerable loes In killed, wounded and prisoners. The enemy's force was estimated at from 8,000 to 6,000. It Is reported as' haring fallen back on Front Royal, and probably oocopy that place this morning. (Signed) N. P. BANKS, Hal. Obb. LAT£R. SiLTIMORS. May 25. Two members of Henley's rerfment havo arrived Id this city, and report they were attacked by a large cavalry force under A*-hby aod several regiments of infantrr. and twice repulsed them with great loss ' Kenley’s force con sisted of the First Maryland-regiment, one section of Kn&pp’a Pennsylvania battery, three companies of the Twenty-ninth Pennsylvania, and whilst tbe:flght was pro gressing, two companies of the N'ew.Yotk caTairy came to his assistance. The fight commenced at 12 o'clock and continued up to' night, when the infantry force succeeded.in surrounding them. The first fight and repulse took place east of the Shenandoah,-and, finding the force too great, he retreated to the west side, destroying one of the bridges, but was too hotly panned to succeed in destroying the principal bridges. - . - - . _ He made another stand on the west side of tlie river, and Knapp's battery mowed the enemy down with shell and grape. They fired in all nearly' two hundred rounds. Col. Henley received a musket;shot.in the neck daring the first attack, but continued on horseback until tho close of the day, wben he-was placed In an ambulance, perfectly exhausted. The last fight took place about four miles this side of Front Royal, his effort being to fell back in order—aspect ing reinforcements momentarily from Gen. Banks. A member of Knapp's battery, who escaped, says that the Maryland regiment fought with indomitable bravery, and that Col. Kenley led them on frequently to bayonet charges. He also says that on the third approach. of Ashby he displayed the white flag until' within, pistcl range, when Colonel Kenley ordered to ceaße firing. The flag was then thrown down, and.the enemy rushed on. our troops, cat ting and slashing and refusing all quarter. Lieut. Col. Dusbaneand Muller are both reported wounded and prisoners; From Gen* McClellan, Ueneral McClellan's army is still marching on, and tbe morale and discipline of our army la acknowledged on both sides to be splendid On Saturday onr forces had three skirmishes, near Richmond, in which they defeated tbo rebels. Tho 4th Michigan. Regiment attacked, and, tbe despatch says, about finished, tbe celebrated Louisiana Tigers. From tire South-west. . By telegraph from Cairo we bare gratif iog Intelligence* ..Fcrf Wright is probably evacuated, and before this is no . doubt in the hands of tbe Federal forces. It is sQpposed that they have fallen back on' Fort Ran dolph, a strong fortiflcatlon'on the second ChlekmawßJnff, twelve miles below,their former position,-and ooej which will be hard for’the : mortars to successfully shell. The Memphis papers Of the 17 tb state that-Commodore Farm gut’s fleet bod arrived at Vicksburg, Ml-sisslppl. THE PRESIDENT AND GEN. HUNTER. " We of course rojoioe (hat the President has a) promptly disavowed Geo. Hunter’s insane abolition proclamation, aod all other like pro clamations, as not having the authority of tbe Government. We rejoice that he declares void the declarations wbioh Gen. Hunter makeß in regard to slaves in Georgia, Sonth Carolina and Florida. In this respeot the Proclamation of Mr. Lincoln must prove highly satisfactory to all conservative men, and equally unsatisfactory to abolitionists. But we sincerely regret, at the same time, that tbe President she.aid seemingly olaim for himself a power which he once denied to'Gen. Fremont on the ground that it was not con. ferred upon the Executive authority by the, laws of the eoontty. If Gen. Hunter’s decia. rations, like those of Fremont, transcend the boundaries whioh the lavv'has set up, how can the President issue them, any more than one of his Generals ? -Has he any more Tight to disregard: tho law than General Hunter ? And. we regret, also, to find an intimation —for such it certainly is—that he, as- Com mander-in-Chief, may yet do what he,pro nounces void in the case of his subordinate officer: It sounds to ns like a threat to the South; like saying, “Y>u had better abolish slavery peaceably, lest Ido it forcibly.” It looks, also, like an effort to appease the abo lition friends of General Hunter, and reconcile them to the preceding paragraph of the pro clamation. And finally, we regret that portion of the proclamation in which he urges voluntary emancipation because the signs of the times indicate the overthrow of the slavery institu tion. The “ signs of the i times,” we assure Ur. Lincoln, are understood to be in his keep ing. He could, stop this clamor for a new Union in'an hoar. He could fender hopeless the efforts whioh are being made to forcibly emancipate all the slaves of the country, by a Bingle word:. If: be were known to stand now just where his first message placed him ; jost where the Crittenden resolution—nay, Bpd the Chicago platform, too, and the Corwin amend ment of ’6l—'placed his party, hot another word wop Id ever be breathed in favor of the Confiscation and emancipation bills now be fore the two Housecof Congress, Why. then, does be : warn the South against the- sifaof the times? Certainly the seceded States,: Id' tbeir present excited Condition, cannot be ex pected to commence the work of “gradual emancipation.” They conld not if they would. Why not, then, invite them in a single sen tonce.fto come back to the old Union, which is the Union which the President swore to pre serve? Are we so weak, so very weak, that we most threaten to trample upon the Consti tution, and obliterate State institutions, older by a century and a half than'the Constitution itself, as a means of suppressing this rebel lion ? If we are not, then wby are these threats resorted to ? But cnougb. Gen. Hunter is rebuked, and his proclamation is vuid. We suppose we ought to be satisfied. —Providence Post, Careful of the Negro’s Habits. —We are informed by a correspondent from the “lower end,” of the extreme care certain Abolition ists have over the morals of the colored man. One of them had bad a “contraband” in bis employ for some months, and getting short of work, he sent him to bis son, with a note saying, “ If thee has anything for him to do, thee will find him a good trusty hand: bnt l advise tbee not to give him anything but bis viethals and such clothing as tbee can spare, that is whaCT did, for fear it-might le&rn him bad habits.” In passing from father to .son,: the negro exhibited this note to citizens as he passed along the road.— West Chester Jeffer sonian. Turned: Up Alive.— Some time since, Mr. David Yohe. of Pigeon Creek, Washington county, wen t to the.battle field of Fort Donel son and had disinterred (as he snpposedj the body of hie son, who had -received' a, wound daring the fight, of which he afterwards died and was buried. The body was conveyed home and re interred in the family burial ground, at Pigenn Creek, all the family being satisfied of the identity of the body, except a sister of the deceased. Last week,Mr., Y. was astonished at receiving a letter from his son, whom he supposed dead and buried, stating that, after some weeks’ treatment in the hos pital, be bad recovered,,eo far us to be able to rejoin bis company, and expected to take part in the next battle. The joy of the family can better be imagined than described. Elections in lowa-—On the sth insfc the charter election took place at Dee Moine% lowa, and resulted tit tbeehoiceof a Democra tic mayor aod l 2 out of 14 Counoilmen. At the last election I he Republicans bad a large majority. Atthe charter election of Ottumwa, Iowa) on the same day, the Demootnt* carried In Hm Suntts amemoriti vru preMDtod from tbe meroiiaatsaf HewXurfcenj asking fur * ■muni baukraptUvr Mr.Wlloon ufferodo motif poa oolllngsoa ah* it* Interior for inromuifon tnrt untubci of vmsls anguuthrWeiiivA; trade lor tbs ouuihern diErietot jpr Xork, Urimeo offsnd » >iooM*i(nr ef Wertepero to the petOn IMIUI an the >taO ¥3 °®e«».£«e , wtthh 111 adapted. tht'tttM of the oauua* 9?eotly deUvend tIM nbel twsol to -?SP < *^V , o | l ,1 o ,lro S*oloa wit. taken, np ,*j~ PngoLsV*# ,ro*o|ottoi;;proTi<Uin ror pnseuta tkw orattxUn of honortcwwliated iumviw dinu* gttfeh tfcnawdva iu battle wo* passed. Xh« ooufU cationßmwas then taken up, when Mr. &uinu«r spoke at length in favor of confiscation and cum oipation of (bo slaves of rebels, and urging ibo adoption of bis substitute lor (bo bill At tbo oooolttaioß of Mr. Sumner's touuurJu ranooi amend monts were offered and rejected,- and after lurthcr dtsoossiva oT the bill by Messrs Feseeuden, Wade, Willey, aad oihers, tbo Setiato adjourned la tbe House Mr. Bingham, trout tbe speoial committee,xeportadnrtiole*uf impeachment agatust W. H. Humphreys, Judgeo f (ne Dutriei Court of the United States fur tbe several districts of Tennes see, and under the operation of the previous question the reportwaiagreed- to, and a reej.ut.vu w«is adoptwFprovidlng ior tbe appuiutmeut of five man ager* ft OQbddcC (be Impeacutueai, Ac. Too House tbeu weutiuto Committee vl lue Wnuie on tbo dials cut the Union, and took op tbe navy appropriation bill, when Mr. Kiebardsou spoke at length ou me subject uf slavery. The sum ot $4d,000 was appro priated for rent aud expenses at Heapurt,.H..i , lor a naval academy. Tue but wa* dually reported to ibe House and passed. ' TukSDAT, May 20. In (be Senate, to-day, petitions were prosoutod from merchants of Hew York city for a general bankrupt aot. Mr. Sumner gave notioe that be should on Wednesday ouli up me reaolutiou for tho expulsion of Senator Starke. The Pacific ttaiiroad bill was taken.up but its further consideration was postponed. The Confiscation bill was- iheu ovui.d-. ered, a~d Mr. Haris spoke at length iu opposition to its passage. Auer having spokeu ibr three hours aod a half Mr. Davis deferred me remainder of his argument until Thursday, after which (be Senate adjourned. 1 ■ the House Mr. Blake, from the Postoffice Committed, reported a bill, wbioh was passed, to establish certain post routes. Petitions were pre setted from the principal importers of New York oily tor the extension of time to three years wuma Which goods can remain in bond. Mr. Colfax, from tbe Pustoffiob Committee, reported back the senate bill providing that no person by reason of color shall bo disqualified from carrying the mails, with the recommendation that it do not pass. Before dispos ing of tbe question the Confiscation bill was la&en up, and tbe subject was further discussed by Messrs. Bliot, Noell, Kiddle, and Wtudom, who argued in favor of the passage of tbe bill. YtKDKBSDAr, May 21. . In.tbe Senate to-day aoommuuication was pre sented from the Department of the Interior trana mittiug the . Census Keport; Mr. Grimes, trom tbe Naval Committee, reported a joint resolution, whioh was passed, giving the thanks of Congress to Cape. Farragiii and tbe officers and men under bis oom tuand. Mr. Fessenden, from tbo Committee on Pi hanoe, reported back the bill amendatory of the postoffioe. appropriation, which was passed. Mr. Wright ofiered a resolution, whioh was adopted, instructing ihe Military Committee to inquire into the expediency of reporting at an early day a bill providing suitable bounty for soldiers enlisted for three mpnths and one year; also for pensions for the widows of soldiers who die in the service. Tho bill donating lands for the benefit of agricultural colleges aud mechanio arts was taken up and dis cussed. Mr. Foster offered a resolution, which was adopted, that the Senate will on Thursday resolve itself Into a committee oil impe&ohment on tho case of Judge Humphreys, and formally open the pro ceedings. Mr. Fessenden moved to take up the tax bill, and after a leogthy debate the motion was car ried by a vote of 3d to 9. Several amendments to tho bill, proposed by the Committee on Finance, were adopted, after which the Senato went into ex ecutive session, and subsequently adjourned. In the House Mr. Seugwiok introduced a bill, which was referred, providing for the raising of certain sunken vessels of war in Hampton Koads. The Senate bill removing all disqualifications of oolor in carrying the tnuils wus laid on the table by a vote of 83 to 43. Ihe confiscation bill was taken up, and the subject was further debated by Messrs. Voorheea, Morrill, Kelly, and others. The House then adjourned. Thursday, May 23. In the Senate the resolution calling on the Secretary of tho Navy for the offioial reports of the late battles on the Mississippi river was adopted. Mr. tiuumer offered a resolution, whioh was luid ovor, directing the Committee on the District of Columbia to inquire what legislation is necessary to proteot persons of Afrioau descent from unconstitutional keisure as fuglive slaves, or toizure by disloyal persons, 'ibe Senate organized itself iuto a high court of impeach ment for the trial of Judge Humphreys, and ihe managers on tho part ot the House appoured, when Hfr Bingham read the artiolos of impeachment, after which ihu court adjuumed lor the preseut. The tax bill was then taken up aud the umo'udments of the Committee on Fioanoe were considered. Mr. Me Douguloffered aresolutioQ, wbioh was udopled, call ing on the President for .any information he may have received since his message of the 14th of April, in regard io ibo present condition ot Mexioo, or the reported dissolution of tho uUidhoa.of the European powers in that oountry. Mr. Foster offered u resolu tion, which was adopted, tbak .tbe .&Coietary of the Senate summou Judge Humphreys to auswer to the impeachment made by the House, the summons to be jeturnabie on the 9th of June, and that the high court of .impeachment adjourn to that time. ’ In the House Mr- CoJtux. irom the Postoffice Com mittee, reported book* the bill to secure the speedy transportation of mails, und after debate it was passed by a majority of four- Consideration of the confiscation bin was then resumed, when Messrs. Kelly and Voorbees reiterated the personal expres sions they had uttered in debate on Wednesday, and thus the matter ended. Speeches were then made on the subject of confiscation by Me&rs. Wallace, Blair, Kulliur, und Kerrigan duriug the ufternoou t-eeaiuu, and by Messrs. Mensies, FessehUeii, aud Grider in the evening. Friday, May 23 In the Senate to-day the resol utiuu tuiruducea by Mr. Sumner, instructing the Judiciary Committee to inquire what further legislation is necessary to pro tect ihe property and persons of AfiUun dosoent from unconstitutional soisure, was adopted. Mr. Wilson introduced a bill lor the re-orgnulsatioo of the courts ot the Distriot of Cotuuibu, which was referred to the Judiciary Committee. Mr Foster introduced a bill for a general bankrupt act, which was also referred to the Judiciary Cuuimittee. Mr. Wilson, from the Military Committee, reported the bill amendatory oi the aot increasing the military establishment, whioh was passed. Toe Tax bill was then tukeD up and several amendments by the Fi nance Committee were acted on. After haviug reached the seventy-fifth section of toe bill the Senate adjourned. In the House consideration of the Gonff.nation bill was resumed, and speeches were made on the subject by Messrs' Sheffield, tfedgwick, Maynard, Blair, aud others. Au evening sess on. was held, at whioh the bill was further debated, but no vote was taken upon its passage. Batubdat, May 24. In the Senate to-day petitions were presented by Senators Sumner and Cowan, from women in favor of'emancipation. Mr. Wilson introduced a bill to legalise aud confirm the act of the President accept ing volunteers under the aot of the22J of July, lofil, and to authorise the acceptance of 200 000 more vol unteers. Referred. Also, a bill to .ameud the fugi tive-slave aot. Mr. Harlan made a speech in favor of donating a portion of the publio lands to agri cultural colleges.. The Senate then went into a con sideration of the tax bill, and subsequently ad journed until, Monday. f' - In the-House Mr. Wickllffe rose to'what he considered .a privileged question, and offered a pre amble and resolution in reference to the conflict of the civil and military authorities of the District of Colombia, the resolution be!Dg to the effeot that the military should notJntcrfere with civil authorities in the discharge ortheir duties. The'question was cot entertained. Speeohes on the confiscation bill were made by Messes. Kellogg, Harding, Phelps, Lansing, Train, Thomas, Edwards, Richardson, Whaley, Hutchison and Clements, after which the House adjourned until Monday.. . RIOT 111 BALTIMORE. Washington, May 25. There is a big light id-Baltimore among the inhabitants. The Secessionists having given expression to their joy at the news of the de feat of Banks’ army, it so provoked the Unionists that they have arisen and are mob bing them. A perfect reign •:£ terror per vades the city ; but the Uoioo men have the 'best of it and some of the Secessionists are re ported to have been handled very roughly. (second'debpatch ] Baltimobe, May 25. The crowd on Baltimore Street increased after 3 o’clock, and several persons were chased as duriog the - morning and some were knocked down. The Marshal and his police were on the ground in large force and several arrests .were made, after which the crowd again thinned off and has since been quiet. Death op John Drew. —Mr. John Drew, the celebrated Irish comedian, is dead. Itappears that on Tuesday last, he was walking in bis .parlor with bis child in Mb arms, when be stumbled and fell, striking his head against ihe wall. Being so seriouely injured ob to be helpless, he was taken to bed, where be went into convulsions, and so continued until half past four o’clock on Friday, when he died. Yellow Feveb. —lt is stated that the yellow fever has sot in at Vera Cruz, and many foreigners have died, among them a number of officers of. the French medical staff. native physicians are more succcesrtul m treatment than those abroad. The dreaded disease bids fair to be unusually dangerous atd destructive this year. ' , A Fearpol Disease— The Jnneebrro’ (Teon.j Express learns that a fearful dicease has made iu» appearance, in Carter coonty, Tennessee. The symptoms of tbe disease are similar to those of congestive fever or cold plague- Iu a few victim Is dead list Monday morning there were four corpses ip one bonse. . In the last ten days, twenty, or thirty have fallen before it, and it was still on the increase. War Rev. Nathan Bangs, D. D., one of the ihost venerable and widely known clergymen of the Methodist Episcopal diedlnNewYork on Satu^ymorxiingyvqek,
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