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Now our flag Is flung to the wild winds free,
Let it float o’er oar lather land.
And the guard of Its spotless fame shall be
Colombia's chosen band.
TWO IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS.
We give plaoe in this week’s paper to the
able and patriotio speech of Hon. Wh. A.
Bichabdson, of Illinois, and invite for it a
carefal perusal. Col. 11. was the confidential
friend of the late Stephen A. Pobolas, and has
pursued the policy on the war qnestion marked
out by that distinguished statesman in the
last pnblio addreßßes he delivered. Col. It’s
exposure of the tolly of the Abolition schemes
pending before Congress is literally crashing,
and cannot fail, as it deserves, to have a
powerful influence on the public mind.
We also publish the powerful and unan
swerable letter of the Hon. W illiah Boer,
a distinguished oitizen of New York, expos
ing the Union party movement gotten up by
Republicans in that State—an exact counter
part of which the same party are attemping
to organize in Pennsylvania. Ur. D. was
oonspicaou9 in the Union movement of laßt
year, and is one of the State Oommittee of
that organization; but when he perceived
that the movement, originally directed to pa
triotio purposes, was seized by the rank
enemies of the American Union for paftizan
purposes, be refused to have anything more to
do with it, and wrote this admirable reply to
their invitation. Mr. D. was an old-lino
Clay Whig, and a very prominent member of
that respectable party in its best days ; bat
since the schemes of the Abolitionists have
beoome so apparent in this recent Union move
ment, so called, he cuts loose from all connec
tion or affiliation with them, and joins heart
and hand with the Democratic party—the
only true Union party of the country.
PAR NOBILE FRATRUM I
The unprincipled fellow who writes the
editorials of the Express, and his no less prof
ligate ally who Bpits his venom through the
oolumns of the smnt machine in North Queen
street, feel very sore at the castigation admin
istered to them by the Junior in laet week’s
Intelligencer, and try to vent their spleen on
the “Senior by abuse of the lowest kind. All
these ebullitions of passion; coming from the
source they do, pass us by aB the idle wind
which we regard not.” It is their vocation to
wallow in filth and slime, and therefore excites
no surprise from any one acquainted with
their habits or dispositions. The one guilty
of a orime which shonld canso him to be
ashamed, if shame were not a stranger to
him, to look any honest man or woman in
the face—the other most of his time filled
brim-full of lager, and ready to do all the
dirty work that may be assigned him by his
masters. Such are the degraded and debased
■peeimens of humanity who, in their vile bnt
impotent malice, attempt to drag others down
to their own dirty level; and, in their low
and groveling malignity, resort to every spe
oies of falsehood and misrepresentation, and
are so lost to every principle of gentility and
manly feeling as to spare neither age, sex, or
oondition in their tirades of abuse. For an
honeßt and gentlemanly political opponent we
have always had respect, but for such despi
oahle, oowardly assailants, such thieves of
oharaoter, (especially where they indulge in
malevolent flings at women,) we entertain a
feeling of disgnst and contempt. The abuse
of these miscreants is more to be desired than
their praise, and we have no objection what
ever to be the target for their poisoned arrows.
008 BRAVE MEN!
Amongst the troops who greatly distin
guished themselves at the battle of the Chick
abominy, were the 93d and 104th Pennsylva
nia Regiments, commanded by Col. Wm. H.
Davis, of Doylestown and Col. Jahes M.
M’Caeteb, of Lebanon. These troops were
in the thickest of the fight on Saturday, and
suffered severely in killed, wounded and
missing. Both commanding officers were
wounded, and had to be carried off the field.
WHO ARE ONION MEN I
All Democrats are Union Men. Those who
are not Democrats are not Union men. If a
voter is not a Union man he is not a Demo
crat ; and if he is not a friend of the Constitu
tion, which is our government, he is not a
Democrat. All Democrats must be friends of
thejjnion and the Constitution, and in favor
of maintaining both with all the means in their
poorer, or they are false to the foundation
principles of their party.
Can our opponents say as much ? Let their
notions answer the question.
“ PROPERTY IN MAN.*’
The Republican Wide Awake orators and
newspapers, in the campaign of 1860, vehe
mently denied that there was any “ property
in man.’' With their usual consistency [!]
they have totally ignored that proposition, by
purchasing the big and little negroes of the
Distriot of Columbia at $3OO per head ; and
they desire to extend the purchase by buying
: all the reat of the four 1 millions of slaves in the
Southern-States at the same price per oapita.
If negroes aye not property, why, we ask,
throw away hundreds of millions of the public
treasure in the purchase of them ?
_ The “ Mansion House.”— We paid a flying
visit last week to the ancient Borough of
Carlisle, and “ put up ” at the Mansion House
Hotel (Railroad Depot) now kept by that
prinpe of landlords, Col. Henke L. Bubk-
Holoeb. We merely mention this fact, so
•that if any of our readers, in this county or
elsewhere. happen to visit Carlisle, they may
. where to find a firegrate stopping place
knows howto keep
jMumfe and that is more than oan to add of
Ml .who make, t&e attempt, . v , -
important War news yesterday.
THE PUBLIC DEBT*
In a speech made in the House of Repre
sentatives, on Thursday week, Ur. -McPmni
son, of this State, presented a statement' Of
the particulars of . the National .debt cn the
29th Of May,. 1862, which foots op' as the
whole amonnt $491,448,984j1.
This statement purports to have'boon fur
nished by the Secretary of the Treasury, of
whioh we have some doubt, and mfcde pablio,
one would suppose, in order to enlighten the
people as to the real oondition of oar National
finances. Now, this wonld have all been very
well, and*might have been credited if had it
stood alone and nnoontradieted; but oh the
next day, in the other end of the Capitol, Sena
tor Fessenden, of Maine, (aprominent member
of the Committee on Finance) estimated that
the public debt would reach 0700,000,“
000, /at the end of the present fiscal year,
June 30th,'1862, and he also stated that the
yearly expenses would continue to be greatly
inoreased in magnitude, as we must hqpeafter
have a large standing army and a large navy.
Snob a discrepancy as appears between
these statements of leading Republicans, is
irreconcilable, and is calculated to leave the
people in as much donbt and uncertainty
with regard to the real amount of the debt as
they were before. It is important that some
thing of an reliable character shonld be
given to the pnblio, in order that the tax
payers may know what they have to prepare
for. As it stands now, taking into account
the declarations of Ur. Stevens and others
of the dominant party made heretofore on the
floor of Congress, as well as the position and
high character of Ur. Fessenden, whose fa
cilities for obtaining correct information on
the snbjeot are undoubted, we are disposed to
believe his declarations in preference to the
wild and random assertions of the will-’o-the
wisp member from Adame county. If both
are correct, then it would show the extraor
dinary expenditure of over $200,000,000 for
the ourrent month of June alone—that being
the difference between the two estimates.
CONTRABANDS.
The country, says the Hartford Times, is
beginning to get a foretaste of the evils at
tending released slaves. The contrabands are
now costing the Government one hundred
thousand dollars a day. They are lying upon
the walks, on the steps, and in the yards
about Washington. At Port Royal they are
so lazy as to be almost valueless as laborers ;
but they will eat the rations, and lie around
loose, a burthen npoh the army and the
treasury. Let the emancipation become gen
eral, and the white population will be forced
to drive them out of the South, or to leave
themselves.
Perhaps a hundred thousand or so will
come to Connecticut. [The quota for Penn
sylvania will be at least five times as many !]
Will the Abolitionists take oare of them, or
turn them hungry away from their doors ?
What effeot will they have upon society, upon
labor, upon public sentiment here, when they
flook into our towns and villages in Buoh num
bers as to beoome burtheneome ? Why are
the Western States—Kansas, Illinoin, Jto
making the severest laws to prevent a negro
from settling within their limits ? Where are
the four million contrabands to go ? Already
enough has been seen to satisfy reasonable
men that they will not support themselves.
We suspect that New England will find, one
of these days, that emancipation is a measure
well calculated to make sad inroads upon her
prosperity. That the dootrine tends to break
up the Union forever, is quite apparent. But
the radical Abolitionists seem to oontrol
measures in Congress, and to have general
away over a large portion of the publio senti.
ment at the North. For the good of the
negroes, and the welfare of the whites, the
people should pause and reflect upon this grave
question—and then aot with reason, and in
accordance with the dictates of humanity, if
indeed they are determined to pay little or no
regard to the compromises and the priooiples
of the Constitution.
now THE THING IS WORKING,
We find in the Dayton (0.) Empire a communi
cation on the subjeot of negro labor displaomg
white labor. We make an extract from it to
show its charaoter. We presume snoh com
plaints will grow in number as the months roll
ronnd:
Messes. Editoks : As the Empire is the
organ and friend of white men, I wish through
its oolumns to call attention of the working
men of the oity of Dayton to the fact, that at
no time heretofore were there bo many negroes
in the city as there are at the present time.—
Go where yon will, you meet them, their dnsky
faoes greet you at every turn, and a majority
of them seemingly strangers. I believe there
ie a branch of the Under ground Railroad in
operation here, for they all seem to get ready
employment on their arrival.
For instance:
In one shop in this oity, there are four negro
blacksmiths. In a certain glue faotory all the
hands are negroes.
. A white man making one dollar a day, run
ning a stationary engine in a certain carpen
ters shop, had to leave to make room for a
contraband at eighty cents per day.
A certain nabob on Main street, and a great
war man and encourager of our brave boys to
volunteer, some time ago had a white man to
work for him. One morning he told the man
that he wanted him to do additional work.—
This same nabob had also a negro he was rais
ing, a grown boy. The man expostulated with
him, and told him that he thought that the
negro ought to do it. White men of Dayton,
what do you think was the nabob’s reply ?
Why, that the negro was too tenderly raised,
and he did not want him to do it. The man,
of course, left, as any man of spirit would, and
his place was soon supplied by a newly import
ed contraband.
Another Main street gentleman, having a
palatial residence, ground down a poor white
man in his wages so low that he was compelled
to leave, to make room for a low-priced con
traband.
The poor white folks about Dayton are
not the only sufferers from Negrophobia. In
a visit to the upper end of Cumberland
county, in this State, a few days ago, we were
oredibly informed by several respectable
gentlemen that the contrabands brought from
Virginia by General Banks, in his celebrated
retreat aoross the PotomSo, are found in great
numbers between Shippensburg and Wil
liamsport, and that they are being hired at
the former place and in its vioinity, at the
-rate of five cents per day! What do our
white laboring men think of this ?
HOW TO CARRY <*NO PARTY-”
If the Republicans desire to have no party
organization during the*period of the war, they
can accomplish it very easily. All they have
to do is to abandon the Abolition schemes
pending in Congress, and repeal those they
have already passed. If they will be honest,
and confide the war to what they professed a
year ago—to a struggle for the Union and the
Constitution—party dissensions will cease.—
It is they who are reviving old party feeling
and old party issues. The Democracy are
only aoting on the defensive. It is not the
Democrats who are reviving party issues.
BEAUREGARD AT CHARLESTON.
Late accounts from Gen. Hunter represent
it to be hie opinion that the rebels have given
up the Valley of the Mississippi, and that
Beaubkqakd’s late army is now garrisoning
Mobile, Savannah; and Charleston. ; This, is
not unlikely, and if -true it will add fearfully
to the cost and trouble of taking those places.
No donbi every energy of the rebel govern
ment will be put forth, to defend Charleston at'
least. Meanwbite, : if seeins, Geh.'HuNTER can
proceed no further against -{hat-city until he
has more troops.
BTEVRNE ENDORSED. I
The following resolution was unanimously
adopted at the Republican County Convent
tion, held in this city on Wednesday last: J
Resolved, That the coarse of car able and.
faithfuF representative in Congress, linn.
Thaddeos SrETENS. receiVto onr unqualified
approbation. That the tbankß of this
vention are hereby tendered hinvfor hisunt
ceasing exartions in the present Cong ese to
sappreBS;RebeUiog!and. punish tritftors ;tbat
it is with feelings of pride we see the leading
and influential position Lancaster county 1 now
occupies in the administration of the
ment.
We have more than once intimated that the
Republican party of this county was fast be
coming abolitionized. ahd the unanimous en
dorsement oFThaddehb Stevens and all.bis
niggerism in their Convention ib proof positive
that the deed has already been accomplished.
Henceforth, therefore, the Republican party
will be known and recognized as the Abolition
party; and as their acknowledged leader has
long since expressed a wish to see the Union
“shattered into ten thousand fragments,”
rather than that there ehonld.be any attempt
to compromise onr national difficulties on fair
and honorable terms, his followers, of course,
hold the same sentiment, and are, doubtless,
prepared to go the whole length of the moat
ultra Abolition sohool in destroying the Union.
We, therefore, charge the Abolition-party
of Lancaster county with being traitors to the
Union and the Constitution, and as enemies
to the white laboring classes of the North.—
By endorsing Stevens for his efforts to free
the negro and destroy the Union, they have
voluntarily placed themselves in the same
boat with that areh agitator and demagogue,
and will have to “ sink or swim, survive or
perish ” with him. We call upon the white
men of Lancaster oonnty, of every party,—
those who support themselves and their fami
lies by their daily toil—to mark this pestilent
Abolitionist and his endorsers, to assert their
manhood at the polls, and teaoh the whole
orew a lesson which they will never forget.
WHAT WHITE MEN WILL STAND.
A certain Mr. Rock, a negro, recently de
livered ah address in Washington to a large
and enthusiastic audieuee, in which we find
ths following ohoice sentiments— applauded,
too, by his white auditory! Where will this
fraternization with the negro cease ?
" The black man was seen too near and
generally looked at through the wrong end of
the telescope. In morality the black man is
much the superior of the white man. The
speaker referred to an anecdote of a native
African, who, when aoensed by a missionary
of being immoral, indignantly asked the
question, do you take me for a white man 1
(Applause.)
“ The speaker spoke of the many positions
the blacks occupy at the JJorth, and alleged
that in Philadelphia the negroes had not only
to support themselves, but the poor white
trash that could not take care of themselves.
(Applanse.) All men assooiate with their
equals, and every man had a right to choose
his own associates; but if any man did not
like him, the Bpeaker, on account of his color,
then he could only say such a person lacked
good taste. He argned that amalgamation
was a Southern plan, and the argument so
often used, that a white man would not allow
his daughter in marry a. negro, simply implied
that white ladies must necessarily become oravy
after the blacks as soon as they are emancipated.
If this is to be the result to the blacks—first to
be the victims of the white man’s avarice, and
then of the white woman’s love—he pitied the
negro.” (Applause.)
We understand that this meeting was at
tended by some of the members of Lincoln’s
Cabinet, and by many of the leading Repub
licans in Washington. This speech, and the
manner in whioh it was received, is among
the significant signs of the times—manifest
ing the terrible change that iB going on in
publio sentiment, moulded by the insane
fanaticism that is now striking boldly at all
the landmarks of society. The elevation of
the negro to an equality with the white race
will be but the practical development of the
idea enunciated at Chicago, and a complete
fulfilment of Lincoln’e project of “ lifting the
artificial weights from the ehonlders of all
men.” Everything points now to the full
realization of the mad schemes of the fanatical
agitators, who involved ns in a revolution,
that before it ceases, will swallow np all that
is dear to us in the past, while it will destroy
all our hopes in the future. To eay that this
agitation is limited in itß operation is absurd.
No man who studies the ourrent of Btartling
events can fail to eee its tendency, and the
tremendous influence it is exerting. The time
of Congress is entirely consumed in plana and
projeots for the benefit of the black race, and
passing measures .whose object is to bring
about their equality with the white. The
organization of the Republican party was
for no other object. Ab one of its present
prominent supporters said in 1860—‘‘Justice
and liberty, God and man, demand the disso
lution of a slave-bolding Union, and the for
mation of a new confederacy in which slave
holders shall stand before the Jaw as felons,
|nd be treated as pirates are treated. Then
will come the time when the black mail shall
stand before the law, as he now stands before
his God, as the peer of the white man, and
come into the possession of the civil rights of
which he has so long been deprived.” This
atrocious sentiment was uttered by a man who
uow holds a prominent position in the govern
ment. Is it for this our blood and treasure
are to be poured out like water? Let every
white man ask himself seriously this grave
qaestion.— Newark Journal.
ISN’T THIS TREASON:
We make the subjoined extract from the
Washington correspondence of the Lancaster
Express, published in that paper on Friday
last:’
They. “ say ” that the President asked a
friend if he (the friend) wanted to know how
many-troops the rebels had in the field, and
on being answered in the affirmative proceeded
to demonstrate that they numbered 1.280,000;
for, Baid this President, we have 640,000, and
all my generals insist that they are outnum
bered by the enemy two to one.
Now, if the publication of this paragraph
be treason, (and we suppose it is according to
Abolition logic,) the Express will have to
stand it—not we; for it is copied verbatim
from that paper. But, whether treasonable or
not, it is a good hit, and “ Old Abe ” shows
his good sense in the remark.
B@“Previous to the Presidential eleotion of
1860, the opponents of the Democratic party
applied to its members many epithets of deri
sion ; but among the catalogue of sarcastic
appellations fixed upon us by Republicans and
Abolitionists, none were uttered with such
unction of soorn as those of “ Union-Savers”
and “Union-Shriekers.” The valiant orators
of Republicanism were in the habit of point
ing their wit and adorning their denunciations
of Democrats in general by calling them Union
Bayers and shriekers. The people are now
looking back to the admonitions of Democrats
then spoken and written against the success
of a sectional party based upon antagonism to
the vital interests and institutions of a large
number of the States of the Union, and think
ing that the Democrats were not only earnest
in their endeavors to Bare the Union, but that
they took a very proper and prophetic view of
the whole subjeot of Abolition sectionalism.
“The Constitutional Union.” —This is
the title of a new Demooratio weekly, the first
number of which will beisßued in Philadel
phia, on Saturday next, by Thohas B.
Florence & Co. It is to be a large double
sheet paper, and will be furnished at $2 per
annum. We wish the publishers abundant
sucoess, the more especially because a Demo
cratic paper is very muoh needed in Philadel
phia at the present time.
- I©* The loss of life in some portions of bur
'State daring the recent freshet was fearful.'
We have been informed that no less: than
eleven bodies found in the Swatara were,buri
ed (aet; week-' None, knew them.—Hhrru
burg Patriot. '
A BRIBE AND POINTED SPEECH-
Vindication of Judge Dangle* from Affll
: -“N, latlonwlth tbe Abolitionists.
In the Honse of Representatives, on the 24»h
of May, several speakers of the Abolition failh
-made speeches misquoting Mjy Oqpglaatasupr
pojt their peculiar views on’&nancipation and
confiscation. Oolonel Riohaidson replied to
them briefly and to the point He sud; .s :
ii'Mr. Speaker—l proposrto reply.fo a single
point which has arisen daring the progress of
Jhu'clebate.
Repnblioan members have frequently quoted
Judge Douglas within the last few dayß, and
quoted him, too, for their own party purposes.
And now I desire to remind--them and the
country that in all his speeches in reference to
this war. Judge Daoglaa took the broad and
statesman-like position that this war shonld
be conducted for the preservation of the Con
stitution and the enforcement of the laws-j-for
nothing more, nothing less. His position is
so clearly defined that a few brief extracts
from bis last speeches will at once vindicate
the truth of history, and plaoe him in the
proper light before bis countrymen. At
Springfield HI., in a speech made before the
legislature daring the month of May, 1861,
he said:
“ The first duty of an American citizen, or
of a oitizen of any constitutional government,
is obedience to the constitution and laws of his
country. I have no apprehension that any
man in Hlinois, or beyond the limits of onr
own beloved State, will misconstrue or misun
derstand my motive. So far as any of the par
tisan questions are conoerned, I stand in equal,
eternal and undying opposition to the Repub
licans and the Secessionists.”
And again, in the same speech, he re
marks:
“ Hence I repeat that I am not prepared to
take np arms or to sanction a polioy of onr
Government to take np arms to make any war
upon the rights of the Southern. States, upon
their institutions, upon their rights of per
sons or property; bnt, on the contrary, wonld
rush .to their "defence and preteot them from
assault; bnt while that is the case, I will never
oease to urge my countrymen to take up arms
to fight to the death in defence of their inde
feasible rights. [Long continued applanse.]
Henoe, if a war does come, it is a war of self
defence on onr part. It is a war in defence of
onr own just rights ; in defenoe of the Govern
ment whioh we have inherited as a priceless
legaoy from onr patriotio fathers; in defenoe
of those great rights of freedom of trade, com
merce, transit and intercourse from the centre
to the oircumference of our great continent.—
These are rights we must struggle for and
never surrender.”
And in the last great effort of his life, his
speech at Chicago, made bnt a few days prior
to his death, he Baid :
- "We must not invade constitutional rights.
The innocent must not suffer, nor woman and
ohildren be the victims. Savages must not be
let loose.”
Neither Repnblioan members nor Republi
can offioials any where can find any thing in
the above extracts, nor in any speeoh or letter
of Judge Douglas, which will justify them in
the slightest violation of the Constitution. On
the contrary, every aot of his pnblio life, and
even his dying injunction to his children, con
demns unequivocally all the unconstitutional
legislation which you propose, and all the un
oonstitutionalaots of which your party offioials
have been guilty.
The Republican party, through its Presi
dent, through this House, and through the
Senate, had given a construction to the Con
stitntion showing the absenoe of power to pass
justsuoh bills as yon are now advocating and
intending to pass. In his inaugural address,
after having taken his solemn oath to support
fchfi Constitution, Mr. Isinooln mild :
“ I have no purpose, directly or indireotly,
to interfere with the institution of slavery in
the States where it exists. I believe I have no
lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination
to do so.”
The House of Representatives of the Thirty
sixth Congress, a majority of whose members
were Republicans, passed the following resolu
tions unanimously:
“ That neither the Congress of the United
States nor the people or governments of the
non-slaveholding States have the constitutional
right to legislate upon, or interfere with sla
very in any of the elaveholding States of tho
Union.”
By the organio aots of the Territories of Ne
vada, Colorado and Dakotah, the Republican
party, by its own legislation, had recognized
and approved the dootrine of popular sover
eignty, which Judge Douglas regarded as es
sential & the removal from these halls of the
most disturbing qnestion of the country
I do not presume that, when Judge Douglas
thus strongly asserted the necessity of main
taining inviolate the Constitution of his coun
try, he for a moment suspected that yon would
ever attempt the violation of the pledges wich
your Republican Congress had given the peo
ple, and which yonr Republican President has
reiterated. Bnt the bills now under considera
tion propose to violate not only your pledges,
bnt, at the same time, the Constitntion. Yon
forget yonr promises; you advocate those hills,
and urge thejr passage through CoDgresß.
“WHAT WE ARE COMING TO.”
Under this caption, the London (Madison
county, O.) Democrat of the sth inst., has an
article from which we clip the following :
Our own oounty is already beginning to en
joy the first fruits of the “ good time coming.”
We are informed that a few days since a cer
tain farmer, not many miles distant, has dis
charged all his white farm hands and had
employed eighteen of the negroes sent hither
ward by Col. Moody, at twelve and a half
oents per day ! Laboring men of Madison !
this is only a foretaste of the blessings in store
for you.
Sure enough 1 What are the white laboring
classes of Pennsylvania coming to ?
In this oity and vioinity hundreds of runa
way slaves have taken up their quarters and
have successfully entered into competition with
our white laborers, by offering to work for low
wages. We hoar of numerous cases in our im
mediate neighborhood where white men have
been turned away by their employers to make
room for “ whose services are
obtained at half price. This may suit capital,
but does it suit white labor? Is this incipient
revolution in the labor of the North in accord
ance with the glowing pictures of future pros
parity, the warm professions of sympathy
held out by the Repnblicans as a lure to the
white laborers of the North when they unfor
tunately enveigled them from their allegiance
to the Demooratio party, which, alone, has ever
represented and defended the interests of labor
against the oppressive and usurping tendencies
of capital!
Does “ the dignity of labor,” a oant phrase of
the Republicans, consist in the degradation of
white men doomed to compete for a day’s work
with hordes of half-starved negroes, forced
upon us by the destructive policy of the Abo
litionists ? That policy is depopulating the
fields of the South and leaving them to sterility
and waste, while it is depriving the Northern
laborer of his wages and quadrupling his tax
es! How long will the people of the North
blindly believe in the false pretences of these
political mountebanks ?—Patriot & Union.
THE DARK LANTERN PARTY.
We clip the following important item of
intelligence from the Harrisburg Patriot &
Union of yesterday:
We know, upon the most reliable authority,
that Hosea Carpenter, the high priest of the
Loyal Union League, accompanied by several
of the high brothers, was at work last week
organizing secret lodges in the oity and county
of Lancaster. The loyalty of Thaddeus
Stevens and his adherents iB so questionable,
and his re-election to Congress so doubtful,
that it has been deemed necessary to organize
loyal secret societies in Lancaster to ensure the
success of the great anti-mason—of the un
compromising enemy of all secret societies, —
Brother Berqner, assisted by several of the
oocult magnates of Dauphin county, was there
assisting at the incantations, and proved really
useful in making the “ fire burn, and eauldron
bubble.”
Trout Factory in Connecticut. —Messrs.
Dunham, Kellogg & Ives, of Hartford, have a
large trout factory in opperation in Glasten
bury, Connecticut where trout are hatched by
artificial means. The number now in the
ponds is between 40;000 and 50,000, and
rapidly increasing. When the stock reaches
the number of half a million, they, estimate a
yield of 50,000 pounds per annum. As they
will bring in market from 25 to 50 cents per
pound, this .amount would afford. a very
.pleasant net income.‘.The fishes are fed regu
larly, and have a man in constant attendance.
Their food consistsof. smallfishes and -shad
spawn; in -season- - Millions of - suckers are.
raised to feed the hungry beauties of. the'
pond.
LOCAL DEPARTMENT.
The Democratic CounttjCqkvkntion will
as»smblr;in Poitou Hall, to>npmv (Wednesday) at 31
ofdoek, A. M. Tha following afe the Delegates bo far aa
haardfrom: . •—i -. \ •*■.'
• WaxV^—William Marion, John'
Hi hf* brand* WflUamiDiUer, Dftf
. 4/- chans, A. J. Stefitaban. 3Sm. •
v.JfciK. Ward—gamad H. BaynAHa, WUllam
'■*& Lowry. W.W. Blown, Big, Hugh
r. 4 B. Dtagherty, Aha WaUuir.
v : .« Ward— She**
‘a V. Pwpb Fltxps£4ck, Atom Bhiulg'
1 : “ Eaq ,uenry Sduuun,
u 8.. B. Ward—CoL William 8. Amweg, Christian
... * Wldmyer, J. H. Havener, Jr., John
P. Daticer, Bernard Fttspatrick*
1A neuter Twp.—Benjamin Haber, Peter E. Lightner.
David B. Potts.
Elisabethtown Bor.—H. T. Shults, Gabriel Young,John
W. Bhaeffer, H. A. Wade, Esq , H. M. Bren email.
Foobth op Jcl Y.— The City Councils, at
'their meeting daXaeadayeveslnglast, at the suggestion of
the Mayor, appointed a joint committee from each body to
make the necessary preliminary arrangements for cele
brating the approaching Anniversary of onr National In*
-dependence. Tha Committee consists of Mai. Charles M.
Howell, 8.0. Bathijon, Char Us F. Rengier, John B. Bhssel,
William B. Wilson and John B. Bltner.
A Melancholy Case op Drowning.— Mr.
MaxyinAlbxxy, an old dtizen of the village ofNeffisville,
this connty, came to Us death from drowning in the Con*
estoga, near Graeff’s Landing, on Saturday afternoon last.
In the early part of the afternoon he passed through thl«
city on foot for the purpose of proceeding to Snavely’a
Mill, where be intended spending a day or two with a
relative. He bad not got for below the bridge when he
was missed by a gentleman who had noticed him passing
along. On- going down to the bank he found Mr. A. in the
water with his feet'Jnst above the surface. He got him
out, but .no effort was made to resuscitate him aa life was
supposed to be extinct. Bnt there was life remaining, and
the old man lived until about 6 o’clock when his spirit
took Its flight. A grosser ease of negligence where tbe life
of a human being was concerned we have never before
heard of. An inquest was held daring the evening by
Deputy Coroner Bnjder, of this city. Mr. Albert was a
gentleman of about 76 years of age, and patriotically
country In the war of 1812.
The Republican County Contention.—
This body met at Pulton Hall, in this city, on Wednesday
last, for tbe purpose of electing delegates to represent the
County of lAccaster in the State Pow-Wow of Republicans,
or modern Abolitionists, which meets at Harrisburg to
day. Pxxxx Martin, Esq., Prothonotary of the county,
presided over the deliberations. The Convention, which
was composed mainly of village and cross-road postmasters
and prospective.candidates for the county offices next fall,
was rather slimly attended, and very little interest seemed
to be manifested in its proceedings. The following reso
lutions (which may*poßsibly be useful for future reference)
were adopted:
Resolved, That we cordially endorse all of the efforts of
tbeadmlnlstratlon to speedily suppress tbe existing rebel
lion against tbe laws and authority of the United States;
that, caused as it has been by Southern traitors, and by
them waged in an outrageous and barbarous manner, we
hereby urge upon Congress the speedy passage of a law
confiscating the property of tbe rebels, and applying it to
relieve tbe loyal citizens of the country from the burden
that otherwise will necessarily be imposed upon them.
Resolved, Tbat the successful exertions of Gov. Curtin
during tbe past year, in preparing Pennsylvania to honor
ably acquit herself In the present struggle for national
existence, receive our earnest commendation.
Resolved, That we cordially acquiesce in tbe broad and
liberal basis on which the State Convention, has been
called and will be constituted, and tender the right hand
of fellowship to all citizens who are willing to unite, on
equal terms, in a resolute effort to maintain the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania in an attitude of firm support of
the National. Administration in its great effort of suppress
ing rebellion—vindicating the rightful authority of the
Government, and establishing peace on principles of free
dom and Justice, in opposition to tbe efforts of an unpatrl
otlo faction In tbe State, banded for the purpose of ham
pering tbe Government In its operations and shielding
rebels and traitors from just punishment, In the hope of
promoting their selfish and mercenary designs by an alli
ance with those who have aimed felon blows at the very
life of the nation.
Resolved, Tbat the course of our able and faithful repre
sentative in Congress, Hon. Thaddeus Btevens, receives our
unqualified approbation. Tbat the thanks of this Conven
tion are hereby tendered him, for bis unceasing exertions
in tbe present Cingress to suppress rebellion and punish
traitors; tbat it is with feelings of pride we see the leading
and Influential position Lancaster county now occupies in
the administration of the Government.
Resolved, That Pennsylvania is now, as she ever bas
been, ready to poor out her blood without stint or measure,
in defence of tbe Constitution, of Liberty, and of Freedom
to all .men. With McClellan before Richmond, Ualleck In
tbe West, Burnside and Butier in the South, Fremont and
Banks in tbe Mountains, the flag of our country has been
gloriously upheld by her sons, who, on every battle field
of the war, have added freth and nndyiog glories to tbe
escntcbeon of the old Keystone State.
Resolved, Tbat in the Hon. Thos. E. Cochran, our present
able and efficient Auditor General, we recognize the right
man in tbe right place. His untiring devotion to the in
terests of the Commonwealth, his proved honesty, industry
and efficiency in all branches of his onerous duties, all de
mand tbat a public officer, marked.by such characteristics,
should be continued in the station be now holds with so
much advantage to tbe public interests. .
The following persons were elected delegates to the State
Convection, viz: Messrs. Michael H. Shirk, Day Wood,
Elwood Griest, John H. Zellers, R. W. Shenk and Chris
tian Colgan. The Convention then adjourned.
Promoted,— Among the confirmations in
the U. 8. Senate, on yesterday week, waa that of our towns
man Lieut. William Reynolds as a Commander (on the
retired list) of the U. S. Navy. Lieut. R. Is a brother of
the gallant Gen, John F. Reynolds, now commanding the
Ist Brigade of the Pennsylvania Reserves.
The Eclipse. — A total eclipse of. the Moon
took place on Wednesday night last, or rather Thursday
morning, commencing at 12 o’clock aDd closing at 8 o'clock.
The eclipse was witnessed by a large number of our.citi
zens. Hundreds of eyes were tamed heavenward that
night, and onr astronomic s&vans held high carnival. We
have not heard of any of onr friends being eclipsed on the
occasion, and therefore presume that they guarded well
against such a catastrophe.
Swords’ Presentation.— The following
note of an Interesting presentation of swords to Lieote*
ants Shboad and Haus of Co. K, (Capt. Pyfer's,) 77th Regi
ment, P. V., has been forwarded as for publication, and
we insert it with great pleasure:
Camp rear Cobirtd, Miss., 1
June 2nd, 1862. j
The members of Company K, 77th Regiment, Pennsyl
vania Volunteers, (Capt. Pyfer’a,) took up a collection
among themselves, for the purpose of presenting two
Swords, one to Lieut. Jonw C. Shroad, and the other to
Lient James A. Haus, of Co. K. The swords were pre
sented to day by the Committee. The Lieutenants thanked
the Company in suitable style for the tokens of respect,
and for the confidence placed In them. We are certain
that both swords will be used for the good of the comoanv
JOHN OBREITEB, 1
SAMUEL C- WATSON, >Committoe.
MICHAEL FITZ, J
[Volksfretmd and Express requested to copy.]
Fatal Casualty.— An accidental death oc
curred on Saturday last, on (he Heading road, about four
miles from this dty. It appears that some men of that
vicinity were engaged in deepening a well, and one of
them, named Chas Shriner, while at the bottom, was over
come by the gas which had there collected, to such an ex
tent that he was unable to get up, upon Which another of
the party, named Jacob B, Grosb, had a rope fastened
round his body and went down to his assistance. He
reached the bottom, fastened the rope round Shriner, and
gave the signal to draw him up, himself remaining at the
bottom of the well until his friend was saved.- Ehrlner
was raised, and presently recovered from the effects of the
carbonic acid. In the meantime, however, his preserver,
while trying to ascend the ladder, had suffered more se
verely, and before he could be rescued the poisonous vapor
had done its work, and he was dead. What Is remarkable
about this occurrence is, that both men worked in the
well a few days previously, which fact alone should be a
warning to all, that even in so short a period death may
be caused by the uncertainty as to the state of
the air in. the wells. Too much care cannot be exercised
in going into vaults and wells, as there is frequently a
quantity of this destructive fluid collected, and sueh acci
dents frequently occur. We have not heard whether Mr.
Grosh left a family. He died in the fulfilment of a noble
purpose, giving up bis own life to save that of
an instance c T practical benevolence but rarely furnished,
and the more remarkable when found.— Wednesday’*
Express. *
Columbia Affairs.— We clip the following
Items from Saturday’s Spy: °
Bodt Found.— The body of Henry B. Snyder, son of Mr.
Isaac Snyder, of this place, who was drowned on the 13th
of April, falling from a raft below the Colombia Bridge,
was found on Friday of last week by some boys against
the bead of a raft lying at the shore near Washington.—
The body was mach decomposed. After an inquest the
remains were brought to Columbia for burial.
An Exploit. —We have heard of an exploit whieb, con
sidering the age of the performer, is worthy of note. One
day last week Aaron Herr, a boy of 12 years, residing in
West Hempfleld township, shot a bald eagle near Cordelia
Furnace. We did not learn the dimensions of the bird,
but believe It was full grown. The youngster hawks at
large game. We hope his success with so noble a bird will
teach him to scorn gunning after the smaller fry of birds
which are so mercilessly'destroyed, to the great detriment
of the farmer, all over the country. *»
Railroad Accident.— On last Tuesday morning the first
freight east after the Lancaster and Columbia passenger
train was thrown from the track, opposite Chiques Bock,
by coming in contact with some cattle. The train came
upon them at the curvo where they attempted to save
themselves inside the track, but one of them was caught
between the cars and rock and croshed to death almcat
instantly. The other cattle were also fatally injured. The
•bock threw the train from the track, smashing a number
of the cars. Exaggerated reports of less of life among
train hands were received here, bnt we believe the only in
juries were to Abraham Bife, brakesman, who suffered a
broken leg and a hurt to one of bis arms, and to the fire
man, who received some slight injury.
For The Intelilgencor.
“OBSERVER’S” compliments to the editor of the Ex
press, and would respectfully inform him that he barked
up the wrong tree when he charged him with attacking
Parson Brownlow in his communication. “ Observer ” has
never supposed that the Parson was an Abolitionist, what
ever else his opinion of him may be, and therefore bis re
mark about an « Abolition fool" did not apply In that di
-rectfon at all, nor teas it to intended. Gexbt mnst have his
’specs renewed, or he will get off the track entirely. Try
it again, Willis. Perhaps, yon may have better luck at
guessing next time.
THE EDITORS’ BOOK TABLE.
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the pens of some of the most gifted of our literary writers,
snd sixty two embellishments. “The Sisters” is one cf
the moat, beautiful engravings we have ever seen, and the
leading Fashion Platband-“Woodland Path” would be
hard to excel in artistic finish and style.
The July number commences a new volume hence ihtf
would be a good time to> subscribe for the Magasdne. Sub
scription price $2 per annum. #
THE AMERICAN EXCHANGE AND REVIEW.—The
June cumber of this excellent monthly has been received,
and contains a large amount cf useful and entertalDg read
ing matter. This work is Intended to be a Journal of
Finance, Insurance, Manufactures, Patents, Trade, Com
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Corporation Interest, Eeience, General Information. ete~
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street Philadelphia, at $3 per annum Each number will
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The Next Congress.— The complexion of
the next Congrere will be very different from
that of the present When it assembles in
December, XB63jit will include Union represen
tatives from every Southern State. Its com;
plexioa will be Union throughout; for, the
Abolitionists of the North aB well as the
Secessionists of the South will have been all
squelched by that time, and every r man will
ewear by the good old Constitution given ns
by Washington and hia compatriots.
Parson Brownlow; ofTennesseo having
escaped from the bands of _the Philistines, is
reaping a golden harvest in hie Northern tour.
It is stated that the receipts at bis “ reception”
in New York wore $2500 and' in Brooklyn
$l2OO more, that his lectures bring him about
$lOOO eaoh, and he receives $lO,OOO fbr the
copyright of his hook just published. ’ -
PBU.ADBI.FHIA CORRRSPONDEMOB.
* . PHILADXLPBU. JanelBth,lßft2.
wni *DtroM; Oneof/th* gjaat,me*«tibholy flMtnra*
. .Oi tpa Rebellion tithe fn^BVSJje**fl*lck*a4 wonoded
I toiaien,from diffbr»ot v 4nßnft'ftad' bettte grrnnda, oav
A Battle at P«hft BepttWte—Deiperate qaerteredtnoarnfat. theeniT«lavara f^w. and
Flfbtlng. I T* *5* ro "their pireenee, b'i tnow they-crneon hy
’ V-. :i‘: fW**Hnra«>ir, Jooe 11. .i hnndred;acaroaly >a% T MraaaVlthpnt \t* lnflow acta
- AdvlreireceivedatthsWer Departmentatatethat Jack- ,I ho tte bospltnlK lo: thecltjMa
■nMirai attaokad On. BUUV: adra-ics on Mhnd.y »n 5 “*nT pri™t« daeMngi affarttaholter to theta
morateKTMjrPoetßspbblfcrfnrhVeonfltot Iswild tohave Kl * «*•
bren maintained f>r fonrSonn by about 2,000 or our men lc «»,th»oten thonundtof Unw-poy fcl
igdnst therualo body of-daekSon’i army. msdlcs! sttsnrtsnos,
Tbs theca ■tgOMsesa-evarwhsliiiiDg In number. a_matter of congratulation and pride, that our
that our advance wann&M’to Ml back, which It did -.Sj haaolfcred * warm and hearty recaption to ths onlbr
in-good ardar until ktmetthemHu body of Gen. Shields’ f u ?S*l;jsK ry oorjaota and waiters
command, near Oonrsd’s atom, As soon as this waa ef- l n the of the ho«pitala may be Seen hurrying
Acted the enemy ln turn retired. The lighting la said to w,u >bMketa and trays loaded artS
hare been Tory eeTere and the lore heavy on both aides.— PP? 0 ratlons, w odorona and Amptlng, smoking from the
No particulars hare reached the Department. *»“« °l <ocheer and comfort the poor soldier.—
A private letter states tnat GeneValShields had preal- *or m Instances of similar kinds rare. Krery suggestion
onsly succeeded in destroying a large quantity of supplies HP* hulMnlty can desise la freely applied to the relief of
belonging to the rebels, found at Milford and at Conrad’s S? sal T erin V- “ a bounty is lavished Indiscriminately.
Store. Sven the rebels scattered (among our own fellows, know
The damage by the recant rains, Including the carrying ?° “d many of these now pent
array of bridges over the sooth branch of the Shenandoah tent lndMdoale hare been heard to declare that they
river, materially Interfered with the oommlsearlat arrange* would rather be inmates of a Federal hospital, suffering
ments and the movements of troops. I from wounds, then ln the rebel army with whola skins.—
n.r.11. ce .ii'. BaHh As the rebels are cored however, they ara sent down to
Details or the Battle at Fort Republic. Port Delaware to keep company with the rebel prisoners
_ __ Lusst,- Vs , via Washington, June 10. there. The Fort i« now full. -
WAR NEWS.
OoL Carroll, commanding the fourth brigade, consisting
ofthe 84th Pennsylvania, 110 th Pennsylvania, 7 th Indiana
and let Virginia regimentals!together abont 1600 strong,
reached Port Republican. Sunday.. He immediately recon*
noltered and found the enemy in the town, and a skirmish
ensued.
. Col.. Carroll concluded to bold the bridge, and ordered it
not to be burned, patting guns in position commanding
it.. The night waspaasedquletly, butatrix o’clock on
Monday morning he. was opened upon by some twenty
heavy gnus which the enemy had pat in position during
tbonightT
Onr forces then tried to Teach the bridge repeatedly, to
destroy it, hot were met by storms of bullets, and had to
retire. A large cavalry force then crossed and attacked
onr troops, while their Infobtry followed, onr men opposing
them at every step, often driving them back with heavy
loaf. Onr numbers, however, even after Gen. Tyler’s Third
brigade arrived, were much inferior to the enemy,- his
force belcgat least five to one, and onr position beeame
untenable.
001. Carroll, discovering the fores of the enemy to be so
overwhelming, ordered his command tofall back, our men
fighting every foot of the way. After falling baek some
three or four miles, a body of cavalry , were sent to attack
us, bat were received in.such a manner as to compel them
to retire, when, the engagement ended, havlng.l&sted about
five hoors.
Our loss in killed and wounded is not known, bnt it Is
large, as Is also that of the enemy. We lost a considerable
number of prisoners
Col. Carroll’s horse foil during the fight, injuring him
badly. Capt. Reilly, of Gen. Shields* staff, was badly, in*
jured In the bead. He received praise from all for his gal*
lant bearing during the fight.
001. Buckley, of the 29th Ohio, was badly wounded. Bis
men charged three times to get possession of him, bnt he
was carried off by the enemy.
Gen. Ashby, ofthe cavalry notoriety, was positively
killed during the fight at the bridge over Middle river, as
we learn from prisoners taken. This was one of the most
hotly contested fights of the whole war, as Indicated by
the loss compared with the nutobers engaged. The men
on both sides fought like demons. Capt. Keogh charged
with a body of cavalry and held the bridge for a consider
able time under a considerable storm of grape.
LATER—FURTHER PARTICULARS.
Lurat, Jane 10.
Two regiments from the first brigade arrived la time to
-assist iu covering up the retreat. The Pioneer corps also
also aided greatly.
Col. Buckley, who was left on the field wounded, in the
haods of the enemy, has made hie eecope, and arrived in
camp.
Killed, Wounded and Biasing in the
liate Battle*
As for as ascetained at Washington, up to Saturday, (we
copy from Forney’s Press of yesterday,) the following Is a
list of the killed, wounded and missing of Gen. Shields*
advance guard in the late battle near Port Republic, vise:
84th Penusylvanlar-kllled, 1; wounded, 2; missing, 80.
110th Pennsylvania—killed, 1; wounded, 4; missing, 23.
7tb Indiana—killed, 9; wounded, 123; missing, 79. 7th
Ohio —killed, 11; wounded, 60. 66th Ohlor-killed, 20;
wounded, 60; missing, 107. 6th Ohio—killed. 4; wounded,
60; missing. 176. Ist Virginia Cavalry—killed, 1; wound
ed, 3; missing. 8. Battery H, Ist Ohio—killed, 2; wound
ed, 6; missing 3. This battery also lost 3 guns and 16
horses. Batterv L, Ist Ohio—killed. 1; wounded. 4; miss
ing. 6. 29th Ohio—killed, 17; wounded, 39; missing, 138.
Total—67 killed, 860 wounded, and 564 missing.
From Gen* HoClellan’a Army*
Hiadquabtrbs Abut or ths Potomac, )
'■ Saturday, June 14,1862. J
The movements of the enemy to-day have been extensive
and as yet are involved in mystery. Large bodies of troops
have been seen moving down from the neighborhood of
Herhanicsville bridge and Richmond toward the latf bat
tle-field. Our pickets were, yesterday driven in from Old
Church, during which Capt. Royal, of the cavalry, was
wounded—showing that the enemy, design tnaklDg a dsra
, onstration in that direction.
A contraband who came in yesterday reported that a
force of about 8,000 cavalry left Richmond on Wednesday,
proceeding in the direction of Fredericksburg. (This is
probably the force which anpeared at Old Chnrch.l
The rebels opened a'sbarp fire from art ill pry at daylight
this morning in front of General Sumner. It lasted fer
about three hours. We had only one man killed and one
wounded.
•Official Dispatch from Gen) Fremont.
Washington, June 10.
The following was received at the War Department this
forenoon:
Heasquabtsrs Abut in thu Fibid, }
Habbisonburg, June 7,9 p. u. j
To Hon. E. M. Stanton , Secretary of War:
The attack upon the enemy’s rear of yesterday precipita
ted his retreat. Their loss in killed and wonnded was very
severe, and many of both were left on the field. Their
retreat is by an almost Impassable road, along which many
wagons were left in the woods, and wagon loads of blank
ets. clothing and other equipments are piled up in all
directions. i
During the evening many of tbs rebels were killed by
shells from a battery of Gen* Stahl’s, brigade. General
Ashby, who covered the retreat with his whole cavaliy
force and three regiments of infantry, and who exhibited
admirable skill and audacity, was among the killed. Gen.
Mllroy made a reconnolsance to-day about seven miles on
the Port Republic road, and discovered a portion of the
enemy’s force encamped in the timber.
(Signed,) , J. O. FREMONT.
Major General Commanding.
For Tho Intelligencer.
IS LANCASTER COUNTY PROPERLY
REPRESENTED IN CONGRESS ?
Messrs. Editors: The above question is one of deep sig
nificance, and has been agitating the conservative element
of oor district for the last year or more. If we were to in
terrogate every voter in the county In regard to his views
upon the Slavery question, there wonld scarcely be one in
twenty who would be willing to acknowledge .himself an
Abolitionist. And yet it is a fact known to every person
In tbe county, who has sufficient intelligence to take a
position, or to understand his own sentiments, that the
only distinguishing feature in the conduct of our repre
sentative (Mr. Stevens) is that he is an open and avowed
Abolitionist. The only idea or principle which has influ
enced him in every vote, and In all his speeches and ac
tions in legislating upon any line of policy during the
whole of the present Congress, has been the emancipation
scheme of the extreme Abolition wing of his party. In
deed, he has taken tbe high ground, and almost Bald in so
many words, that he would not consent to a restoration of
peace, or a reconstruction of tbe Union, until freedom Is
given to all the Slaves of the South. So intent are the ul
tra men of tbe now dominant party policy, that
in their legislative capacity, as well as in the broad senti
ment of the party, their efforts are to create the impres
sion North that the war cannot be brought to a close until
their emancipation scheme Is consummated. To develop
this fact, and by such foul means deceive the unwary In
order to keep (by the force of public sentiment) the North
united against the South, Is the leading characteristic of
all their movements, the burden and pith of every argu
ment, and the chief cause of the vulgar slang used by
picayune editors, of penny newspapers and the smaller
tribe of curs, who growl and snarl, and snap and fuss
when a Democrat speaks of party organisation, or advocates
those principles which can alone restore peace and harmony
to our distracted country.
The question then comes up. how' can this district be
benefited by such a representative, and what good can
result to our people, or to the country at large, by this line
of policy f The agitation of the Slavery question has been
kept up from time to time, until It has driven tbe people
of the South Into desperation. And at this hour when we
stand amidst the wreck of a shattered, distracted and
ruined country, when all our boasted prosperity is cheeked,
and the industrial and commercial Interests everywhere
are almost destroyed, and-when capital has shrank to one
half Its former dimensions, making land and property as a
drug in the market at half Its former value, and when
taxation Is to bear us down for generations to come, can
we stand erect in the general ruin and aay that we have
contributed nothing towards bringing this deplorable state
of affairs about? Can we say that the agitation of tbe
Slavery question has not been the principal agent lo driv
ing the contending interests of the two divisions of the
eonntry into antagonistic extremes, and precipitated civil
war upon us in the midst of unprecedented prosperity ?
If the agitation of tbe Slavery question has done this thing
—and no sane man of ordinary intelligence can doubt it—
Is the fact not patent to every voter who cast his ballot
for Stevens, that he contributed so much at least toward
the general ruin ? and, whether knowingly or not, he
thereby helped to place one of the most powerful agitators
In the country jnst in such a position as to give him great
advantage In the prosecution of ih&t Satanic scheme which
must if it has not already destroy the country, if they
succeed In carrying it to its final consummation. We recur
then to the original question. “Is Lancaster County pro
perly represented in Congress?” Are the true interests of
this district favorable to a line of policy calculated to re
store the country to its wonted harmony, and again to'
open the avenues of peace and prosperity by the restoration
of the Union as it was and the preservation of the Const!-
tntioD as It Is? or are we favorable to a continuation of
this accursed agitation of a question upon which the differ
ent sections of tbe eonntry can never agree, and conse
quently no peace, no harmony and no Uolon can exist
until one section is avenged and the other destroyed, or
ontil the Government must fall with the wreck of its shat
tered and mutilated Constitution ? .
If the former is the pleasure and interest of the county
of Lancaster, then toe are not properly represented; but if
the latter portrays our true position, then indeed are we
more highly favored than most Congressional districts, for
no man can better direct and conduct the destructive ele
ment which has unfortunately crept Into the body politic
than Thaddeus Stevens.
Tbe people of this district hare a loro for the Constitu
tion, and an abiding faith In ail its provisions, and feel
that so long as it is respected, and ail its guarantees and
powers stoutly enforced, the true interests of every district
will be maintained and developed, the whole eonntry will
be rich with the elements of prosperity; and If a desire to
do a conservative duty is the leading motive and the
ruling object of tbe men who represent the. people end
compose tbe Oongressof the Nation) harmony and unity
In all tbe principles of Civil Liberty must be the result,
and prosperity and happioess will extend to the remotest
limits of the country. These are some of tbe happy con
sequences of a true, conservative representation, and Lan
caster county must. In common with all other places, share
. the benefits thus dispensed, and join in the universal en
joyment of a whole, happy, united people.
But suppose the representatives of one section institute
a crusade against thelnstitutions of tbe other, and thereby
violate the plain teachings of the Constitution and the
broad principles of the whole science of government, is it
not reasonable to suppose that opposition will result, and
that the evil passions and prejudices of men will be
aroused, parties full of bitterness and resentment will
spring up, hostile positions will be taken, divisions of sen
timent will be everywhere felt, and very soon the harmony
of sentiment and feeling necessary toa perpetuity of the
genius of our Government is destroyed, and we are visited
with all the sad consequences of bitter fends, loading to a
disruption of the Government and, finally, to eivU war ?
This crusade is waged against the constitutional rights of
the other section or party, and by a contlodal agitation of
the offensive point at issue is rendered bitter in tbe ex
treme, and attended with alt the sad consequences by:
whieh wo are now sumranded.
Is it the desire of the constituents of Mr. Stivers that'
he should continue fhe sgitation of this endless, eternal
Negro. question ? A course which can never restore the
Union as it was, for It only renders tbe feeling of hatred
more intense, and actually gives color to ibe only argu
ment whieh the rebel leaders can. use to effectually con
castrate the whole South against tho authority of the
Government. It wjdens the breaeb, intensifies the &ud,
ond fixes the venom of hatred and revenge, so that it can
not for'-agea b>e eradicated. ■ . r
IsStxvzsi sent; to Congress, for the purpose of keeping
op the agitation of this veked question, and consequently
keeping op the cause of the rebellion,—keeping up the dif
ficulties which must prevent a settlement of onr National
troubles.—keeping up the war by defeating every measure
that will end It, anddestroying every eentimept and prin
ciple which opposes Abolition feelings and runs conn ter
to bis emancipation schemes? - >
If mischief and this accursed agitation are the prevail
ing sentiments of the people of this countyr-andl cannot.
beUev r e they?are-tbem age we property .represented in
Congress. But.if we are- conservative, and deshe an end
'to this terriblft us defeat end rebuke the man
who has done as much as any. other- toward-
the principles of 4isoor& in of UoternnunW
fi
OOHBIBVATOB. <
Yesterday, when the Louisiana arriTed with three Iran*
dred and sixty-four wounded soldiers on board, the firemen
of the dtyylmngin the Vicinity, the whole-souled mem*
bets of the Vigilant, Good Intent and Northern Liberty
Engines, tarnod out en m&sst with their steam engine
teams autb carried the wounded to the hospitals. The
Anna of three or four large mannketurlng establishments
also lest their aid, thus not only earing a large ram to the
government hot doing the work In the tenderest manner.
Tne stalwart firemen handled the wounded soldier* as
gently aa If they were infants, and many an eye was
hathed to tears at the scene. Qod bless the noble firemen 1
St. Stephen’s Church was thronged yesterday afternoon
by a sad assemblage gathered to pay the last sad tributes
of respect to the memory of Horace M. Lee, who
died from a wound received at the battle of Fair Oaks. —
The cortege wae e very large one, reaching over several
squares, and was moved to the tread of solemn muslo to
the Laurel Hill Cemetery, where so many of Phlladel*
phia’s brave and honored dead are entombed.. Lieut. Lee is
widely lamented. He was the son of a well-known cltt*
sen and he has another brother in the army.
The great reception to Parron Brownlow will take place
this evening at the Academy' of Music. The immense
building will be thronged, and the fearless Parson will
tell the story of his wrongs and sufferings to an enthu
siastic audience. Not the least Interesting feature of the
occasion will be the presentation by the ladles of Phlla*
delphia of a splendid silk flag to Mrs. Sawyer, the heroto
daughter of the Parson, for her gallant defence of the
Stars and Stripes a year ago at Knoxville.
A grand Pair for our noble charity, the Oooper Shop
Volunteer Refreshment Saloons, 1b in progress this week
at Concert Hall. Before the day of opening over thirty
thousand tickets of admission had been sold.
Out literary budget for the -week Is unusually small.—•
The favorite old “Living Age” presents a goodly list of
contents, (No. 643. for 21st of June.) Including one of
those delightful practical chapters by tne Country Parson;
a welUnformed article on A Literary Life; a story by
Harriet M&rtineau; a fine tale from Chambers’ Journal,
etc. We only object ;to one thing In the number, the
poem to John <J. Whittier, copied from the Anti-Slavery
Standard. It Is' positively blasphemous! Apart from
this wo have our uniat word of warmest commendation
tor this number of the favorite “ Littell.”
The fifth and six!h volumes of the beautiful. Household
Edition of Lockhart’s famous “ Life of Sir Walter Scott/*
are now published from the press of Messrs. Tlcknor A
Fields. Boston. Ibis really superb edition of this most
charming biography cannot fail to attract the attention of
book lovers. The essentials of neatness; compactness,
economy and beauty are combined In its
several volumes having a weight and solidity about them
which if not suggestive of London at least satisfy the
reader that nothing more satisfactory could be desired.—
The two present TOlnmes cover a moat interesting period
of Booti’H life, from 1817 to 1823. They carry the reader
through the publication of Harold the Dauntless, Rob Roy,,
Mid Lothian, Irmhoe. the Monastery, the Abbot, KeniL*
worth, Halidon Hill, Peveril of the Peak, Quentin Dur
ward and Bt, Ronan’s Hill. The great author was in the
very zenith of hie power and popularity.
One of the moat interesting snort tales we have recently
read is the little story by Wilkie Collins, “The Stolen
Mask,” just published in a twenty five cent pamphlet by
Messrs. T. B Peterson & Brothers, pf this city. Many
readers will remember the incident of a poor sculptor who
stole the co*t of a bust of Shakspeare, and after long years
of secret reverence of his prise, and innumerable difficul
ties which it got him into, at last turned it to profitable
account by manufacturing othor bostaTrom it- Out of thiß
incident Mr. Collins baa woven a fascinating little story,
told in bis usual.graphie stylo, culminating to the close.
In uniform stylo, and at the same price, the Messrs.
Peterson also publish Mr. G. Augustus Sale’s new story,
“ The Two Prlma Donnas.” Mr. Sals Is another powerful
writer, few modern fictions having been more widely read
than his Seven Sons of Mammon, while his editorial
charge of the Temple Bar Magazine has elevated that peri
odical to the very front rank of magazine fame. The Two
Prime Donnas is a fine story and boars about the same
relationship to Bala’s larger works as Dickens’ Christmas
Stories to Bleak House or David Ccpperfield. , /
On Saturday next Messrs. Peterson wHI publish a' new
novel, Love’s Labor Won, by Mrs. Southworth, neatly
bound in scarlet cloth; also Grey’s now novel of The Flirt.
Bulwer’s admirable series of essays, Castonians, or Life,
Literature aDd Manners, is continued in the new number,'
fo*-JL.prll, of “Blackwocd’s Magazine.” Ttreso polished and
finished papers are among the most delightful contribu
tions yet given to literature by their distinguished author.
In the same number of “Maga” Chas. Lover’s rollicking
Works ate lovingly considered in a review of some longth,
while in the ekttch of tbe Lives of Two Ladies we have a
gossipy account of Mrs. Delaney and Piozzi, extracted from
their autobiographies. Thero are a half a dozen other
articles, stories and sketches, all maintaining the high
character of this savan among the periodicals.
The “Edinburgh Roview” for the same month (both
these periodicals it will he remembered are the American
editions of Scott & C 0.,) contains eleven able articles, on
Mommsen’s Roman History, (now attracting mach atten
tion and soon to be re-pnblisbod here,) on Cotton Culture
Id India, (very timely,) on Sabllc Monuments, Recont Re
searches in Buddhism, Domestic Service, Josso’s Memoirs
of Richard the Third, (exceedingly interesting.) Centrali
zation, etc. These fine Reviews are furnished at $3.00
singly or the five for $lO 00, which ifl less than one third of
the price they cost at home.
The “Historical Magazine ” for .Tune, (C. B. Richardson,
New York,) contains in addition to its usual and always
interesting Reports of the various Historical societies, etc.,
some original Letters of Robt. Mori is of Philadelphia, the
financier ’of tbe Revolution; an original letter of General
Montgomery; an article on the Huguenot extraction of
Anthony Jansen, one on the Last Hoars of Hamilton, etc.
This la the only periodical of the kind published in
America. H.
THE CONTRAST.
Many of oar Pennsylvania volunteers have
been disabled by wounds and debilitating
fevers. Not being any longer efficient in the
ranks, they receive an honorable discharge
and transportation to the capital of Penn
sylvania. They arrive in our midst without
a cent in their pockets. They ask for their
pay—they learn there is no officer here au
thorized to pay them ! They ask for rations
to protect them . from starvation—they are
answered that there is no authority to issue
rations to them 1 They ask for transporta
tion to their homes—they are informed the
United States Quartermaster cannot give them
transportation 1 They beg their bread of our
citizens; they beg their transportation of
railroad companies. The patriots of Penn
sylvania who volunteered to fight the battles
of tbe Constitution and tbe Union against
rebellion, who have been mutilated, or who
have lost thejr health in the eervice of the
Government, return to their homes as pau
pers, depending upon publio charity to save
them from pinching want, while the prompt
-payment of their dearly earned wages would
help them ohward to cherished homes and
the consoling care of sympathizing friends.
Who is to blame for this heartless desertion
of our brave invalid volunteers? Has our
Republican Congress done its duty in this
important matter? While it authorized the
discharge of sick and wounded soldiers by
army Surgeons, did it make provision for their
immediate pay, for transportation to their
homes, for pensions, in reward' of their pa
triotic services? Alas, do! they unfortunately
are white men l Now mark the contrast. All
the runaway negroes that find their way into
tbe District of Columbia are : fed at the ex
pense of the white tax payers of the North;
all the runaway negroes that hang about our
armies in the field are furnished rations and
live at the cost of the tax-payers of the North,
At least one hundred thousand dollars per
day of the peopled money is thus expended
to feed thousands of idle negroes, while the
sick and wounded white volunteers of Penn
sylvania are left to beg their way back to their
desolate homes I
We have in no wise exaggerated here the
forlorn condition of our returning discharged
volunteers, whose sufferings are daily wit
nessed and alleviated by our citizens,, and
whose nnmerons and frequent applications for
relief to the Governor cf Pennsylvania and
to the Mayor of this city are as notorious as
they are disgraceful to the authorities who
neglect to fulfil the most imperative bbliga
tions of the country to her brave defenders.—
Patriot & Union.
AN EPITAPH.
Mr. Cox, of Ohio, concluded his speech of
June 6th with the folloewing;
Weary in watching its mad designs of rev
olution—and its crazy crotchets of black free
dom—and for the self-preservation of my
native State and the North from the black
immigration with which it is threatened, I
shall go to my home and ask the ballot to
speak its denunciation. A few months and
that expression will be had. Oq it depends
the fate of tbe Republic. ‘My belief ir, that
the people will write the epitaph of this Con
gress, nearly as Gladstone wrote that of the
Coalition ministry during the Crimean war:
Here lies the ashes of the XXXVII CoDgres 1
It found the United States in a war of
gigBntio proportions, involving
its very existence; -
It was content to wield the sceptre of Power
And accept the emoluments of office,
and use them to overthrow
the political and social system of the country, which
it was sworn to proteot.
It saw tho fate of thirty-four white commonwealths
ill peril; but it babbled of the
NEGROI
It saw patriotic generals and soldiers in the”
.field, under the old flag;
It slandered the one, and in the absence of the other,
it destroyed his means of labor. ; :
- It talked of Liberty to the black, and .
piled burdens of taxation on white people \
for schemes utopiahi ? n- ; :
The people launched at it the thunderbolt
of their wrath; . T t
and its members sought to avoid punishment,'
: by creeping into dishonored i; i *•'
political graves I . / , y, : -.
JR equiescat!
'■'SSr The Finele & Lyon Siwinq Machine
Co. of New York, have juatintrodaoeda new
family. maohiue, ; for which- they .charge but
$4O. The machines of this rCGinpauy ..have
been hefore.tbe pubUp for 'seyeral
j Ußtlt bear a high reputation,; Some of tfieir
peculiar
appearbin another column.