JEamoster Intclligcncct (ssibuos* mnwjfcK >lpwioyiAiwtftt« \ sfl«K"r f OffiCHi. - B, Ooj» fpe-dF/tc Idwcuy %deDiaemoer..aa& the ’re*# tw<i«««»iiei end larges* d»w StnmMtnlaflii UnitedBtetee eadflte They ere authorised to contract for n* at ottr tonal nia «-Minna 4 Abbott, Ha m Broadway, New mi authorised tb receive advertisement* for The Jnuufr pwifgr, at opr lowest ratea. : .. ... ,_._ t v authorised to receive subscription* ana aaverttsementg or tills oar lowest rates. - His receipts will be re» .tonggawi Aqptct Is located at 'RoTSO'Nbrth Mb street, Philadelphia. -He!#authorised tb ityeiywaavertiseinents and subscriptions for Tht Lancaster £Uttt&aieer.±< ' : g. kTNiijh. No. 1 Scollaj’s Building, Court St, Boston, Is'ouraSdhbifced'Agent for recsirfsgr advertisements, to.- jele 1 x«ag. How oar flag is flung to tba wild winds fr6o» Let it floit o’er our lather land, Ami the guard of its spotless fame shall be .Colombia's chosen band. DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET. FOE AUDITOR GENERAL: ISAAC SLENKER, Union County. .FOE SURVEYOR GENERAL: JAMES P. BAER, Pittsburg. COUNTY COMMITTEE MEETING. The Democratic County Committee will meet at the Hotel of Emanuel Sbober, In the City of Lancaster, on WEDNESDAY, the SOth day of JULY, 1862, at 11 o’clock, A> M. Every member is earnestly desired to attend, as business of great importance will demand the consideration of the Committee, who are expected to effect a thorough organization of the party for the approaching campaign, and to aid In maintaining Vic Constitution as it is, and restoring the Union as it was. The Committee will also, at the same time, elect a Chair man and other officers for the ensuing political year. H. B. SWARR, Chairman. Lancaster, July 8*1862. The following named persons constitote the Committee, ft* handed in at the Democratic County Convention, which assembled at Fulton Hall on the 18th day of June last: Adamstown Bor.—Samuel Styer. Bart—John J. Key lor. Brecknock—David McColm. Caernarvon—Dr. LZ. Ringwalt. Olay—John Elser, Esq. Golerain—'William N. Galbraith. Columbia—North Ward—H. M. North. “ South Ward—Peter A. Kimburg. Co calico East—Henry E. Sbimp. Cocalico West—Reuben Bucher. Conestoga—John Hess. Conoy—George Bennett. Donegal East —P. J. Albright Donegal West—Christian Kautz. Drnmore—Sanders McCullough. Earl—Anthony Carpenter. Earl East —Levi Rex. Earl West—Henry Kafroth. Eden—William Dnngan. Elizabeth—Joseph 8. Keener. Elizabethtown Bor.—J. H. Dietz. .■ Ephr&ta—P. Martin Heitler. Fulton —Lawrence Hippie. Heropfield East—S. C. Pinkerton. Ilempfield West—John M. Weller. Lampeter East—Col. Joel L. Lightucr. Lampoter West—Samuel Long. City—N. W. Ward—Andrew J. Steinmao. •> N. E. Ward—H. B. Swarr. « 8. W. Ward—Dr. Henry Carpenter. “ SE. Ward—William A. Mortou. • Lancaster Twp.—Bonjamin nuber. Leacock—George Diller. Leacock Upper—George W. Linvlllo. Little Britain—James Patterson. Manheim Bor.—Jacob E. Cross. Manhelm Twp.—Benjamin Workman. Manor— George G. Brush. Marietta —Charles Kelly. Martic —Thomas, Labczins. Mount Joy Bor.—Henry Shaffner. Monnt Joy Twp.—Jonathan Nicholfci Paradise—W. Rockoy. Penn—H. R- Hull. Pequea —G. E. Sener. Providence—John Tweed. Rapbo—Joseph Detwoller. Sadabury— * saac Walker. Salisbury—l. W. Rutter. StraBburg Bor.—John E. Gfrvin. Straabnrg Twp.—Franklin Clark. Warwick.—R. It. Tshndy. Washington Bor.—Dr. U. n. Bitner. MEETING OF DEMOCRATIC STATIC CENTRAL COMMITTEE. The members of the Democratic State Central Committcie are hereby requested to meet at the MEROUANTS’ HO. TEL, In the City of Philadelphia, on TUESDAY, the 29th of JULY, instant, at o’clock, P. M. A full attendance of all tho members is urgently requested. Reside the hnn iness of the organization of tho loyal masses throughout the State, -who desiro that tbeir political action the ensuing Fall shall afford convincing evidence that the great body of the people of this Commonwealth are reFOlved to MAIN • TAIN THE NATIONAL CONSTITUTION, and that the Union of these States shall not be broken up, either by tho open and armed assaults of enemies South, or the equally direct bnt more insidious movements of foes in tho North. It is also desired, that in view of what the courso of events has rendered probable, foreign intervention in onr ; domestic strife, and tho complete co-operation of abolition., ists at home and abroad, to prevent the restoration of the Union on the basis of the Constitution, the Democratic party, and other loyal citizens supporting onr organization* should present an undivided front to foreign and domestic foes. E. W. HUGHES, Chairman of the Democratic State Central Committee. NOTHING FROM THE SEAT OF WAR, We are without any reliable news from either of the several departments of the army for a weok or ten days past. Active opera, tions seem to he suspended for the present on both sides. It may he that this state of things is only the calm whioh precedes the storm, and that the dark cloud, surcharged with death and destruction, will suddenly burst in some locality where least expected. The publio mind has been in a feverish stato of BUspenße ever since the great battleß before Richmond, and we fear it will remain so until something effectual is accomplished by our armies in the field. It- was one year on yesterday since the famous battle of Bull Run, and still Virginia 'a, apparently, as far from being subdued and brought back to her allegiance as" she was when McDowell’s legions were driven in dis order to the Potomac. We believe that Gen- McClellan has dono everything that a gal lant and accomplished officer could do under the circumstances; but his force is quite too small for the work assigned him. He should . be reinforced by at'least fifty thousand men. Without that number it will be in vain for him to attempt a second march upon Rich mond, and the Administration should see to it that there is no unnecessary .delay in strengthening his column for the mighty un dertaking. TWO FALSEHOODS. Two flagrant falsehoods, Bet in motion by the Harrisburg Telegraph, in reference to the - Democratic State Convention, have obtained general circulation through the Abolition press of the State. Falsehood number one is, that Francis W. Hdciies, President of the Con vention, has a brother in the rebel army. This story is effectually disproved by Mr. Hughes himself, over hiß own signature, in a letter whioh we publish in another column. False hood number two iB, that a resolution was ■proposed in the Committee on Resolutions recommending the repudiation of the Govern ment notes issued to sustain the war. This is disproved by the direct testimony of at least two members of the Committee. But neither the author of these falsehoods, nor his aiders and abettors in propagating the base slanders, will have the eandor to retract them. A SEW CURRENCY. Under the law whioh passed Congress on i the last day of the session postage stamps are made a legal tender for all sums under five ' dollars, and all banks and corporations are prohibited, under severo penalties, from issuing bills of m lower denomination than onedollar, ' stamps to be naed as a circulating medium are to be printed on thick paper, without gum, and may be exchanged, as we understand, for the Government demand notes. THK KBFUSLICAS COHVKITIOS. The Republican State Convention met at Harrisburg on Thursday last, an<jrJiomiqa}ed Thohas E. Cochean, of York, {Hie prifent inosttpbenljfor Andi^^eneral,ai4T7iigAH 'Bfes, 'tff : Xu?gnie, stilt StoveyoryOenerf^ — ppr JoHs %ae sol-etreimoaßly uiged in mjiHy qhertara thelatter p^et, M<h The CorwenthmijraAptesidedoverbyHon. John 0. Knot, (aTjfjfibgade Democrat,) and addressee were delivered by the President and also by Col. John W. Fobney 1 In hie remarks, the latter took ground in favor ofemploying the negroes to fight the battles of our country!' Both ho and Judge: Knox; appearrto be completely abolitionized in their feelings and sentiments, and give unmistakeable. evidence that belongitothe most ultra wing of the Repub lican party under the leadership of Sumner, Lovejoy, Omelet, Qippjuias, Stevens and Phillips;' The Convention, it is said by those who were looking on,. was a tame and spiritless affair in comparison with the Demoeratio Con vention whioh met in the same place on the 4th inat. The leaders, feel that the boat is leaving them, and that the aeoond Tuesday of October will give the Republican party its quietus forever in Pennsylvania. ADJOVBSHEST OF COSGRKBS. Congress adjourned on Thursday last.— During the recent session it appropriated about eight hundred millions of dollars, in cluding upwards of fire hundred and sixty millions.for the army, and somewhat less than one hundred millions for the navy. The bill suggested by President Lincoln, looking to the gradual emancipation of slaves, was not acted upon. The bankrupt bill, the hill to admit Western Virginia into the Union as a State, the bill to provide for a national ourrenoy, and others of less general interest, were postponed nntil the next session. All the appropriation bills were passed. The bill providing for the discharge sof political pris oners, which passed the House, was amended in the Senate, but failed to reoeive final action in that body, and therefore did not beoome a law. Both Houses on Thursday passed a bill to the effect that all postage stamps shall be received for dues less than five dollars, and may be exchanged for U. S. notes. The bill also prohibits all private corporations or banks from issuing notes of a less denomination than one dollar, to circulate as currency, under a penalty of five thousand dollars fine or six months’ imprisonment, or both, at the dis cretion of the Court. . Among the most important bills which be came laws were the tariff bill, the bill pro viding for calling out the militia and employ ing persons, of Afrioan desoent in the army and navy, the bill laying an additional duty on sugar produced in the United States (sor ghum sugar excepted,) the confiscation bill, and the bill compelling all masters of Ameri can vessels sailing to foreign ports, and every person prosecuting claims before the depart ments in Washington, to take the oath of allegiance. Previous to the adjournment a message was received from- the President announcing that he had signed the confiscation bill ns amended or modified by Congress. The message was accompanied by a veto message whioh he had intended to send in had not the bill been modified. SENATOR COWAN SLIGHTED I Senator Cowan was left out in the cold by the Republican State Convention —that digni fied body, composed mainly of Abolitionists, with a small sprinkling of renegade Demo crats, not liking his conservative and truly National and patriotic course in the Senate. They passed him by without even a notice, but lavished their praise on that arch renegade and rank Abolitionist, David Wilhot, who has, perhaps, done quite as much as any other man in tho country, Wendell Phillips or Horace Greeley not excepted, to bring about the terrible calamity with whioh we are now afflicted. This, more than any thing else, shows the character of the Convention. It waß an Abolition, negro-sympathising concern throughout, and will be so regarded by the honest, well-meaning, patriotic masses of all parties, who will give its hybrid candidates their quietus at tho ballot-box when election day comes round. SCARCITY OF CHANGE. Within the last fortnight, nearly all gold, and silver change has disappeared from circu lation. Shopkeepers and market goiDg peo ple, especially, are put to tbeir wit’s end to make change under one dollar. Various ex pedients have been recommended—among others the adoption of postage Btamps as a substitute for silver. Congress has taken the matter in hand, and on Thursday last a biU passed the House of Representatives. It pro vides that postage and other stamps may be issued for legal tender notes, and that on and after the Ist of August such stamps shall be a legal tender for all dues to the United States for sums less than $5, and shall be exchange able at any time for legal tender notes at any of the sub-treasuries or depositories designated by the Secretary of the Treasury. Section two prohibits all persons and corporations from issuing shinplasters, under a penalty of $5 000, or imprisonment not exceeding six months. SENATOR COWAN. One of the ablest advooates of Constitutional liberty, in the United States Senate, is Hon. Edgar Cowan, of this State. Although differ ing with him in politics, we cannot but admire his manly and patriotic course in op" position to the wild and dangerous schemes of the Abolitionists to overthrow the governme at and trample upon the Constitution. A short time since, in discussing the bill which pro vides provisional governments for certain districts, he uttered the following patriotic sentiments. If there were a majority of such men in Congress wo might confidently hope that this terrible rebellion and war would soon be at an end. He said: “ The only way the Union could be resto r ed was that every part should enjoy its righ ts. In any other way we could not succeed. lie looked upon the scheme to thrust omancipiv tion down the throats of the South in the same light as the attempt of tho South to thrust slavery on the North. He wanted to make friends with the South, and not make weapons against us. The country was not to be saved by initiating legislation, and schemes in favor of the negro, but by w ttr 'against the rebellion and kindnesß to loyal people. Ho believed the system of legisla tion pursued here 'brought us to the conditi on we are now in and massed tho enemy against us. Where is now the great army! And shall we go on fighting, as if we were the Abolition party fighting against the pro-i sla very party!” Col. Forney Recants.— Forney, of the Phil adelphia Press, was one of McClellan’s active detractors, but like Mr. Wilkeson, of tho Tri bune, he repents. Writing July 4th, Forney says: 1 “ 2 here can no longer he any question that he is a military chief of great and command ing abflity, and that in a maze of unparalleled complications, and against a fanatic and fierce qniagonism, he has exhibited patience , perseverance, genius and courage. I say this muoh, not by way of praise, but as an acit of simple■ j ustice to a man in whom so many great trußts_ have been reposed, and who has not disappointed pqblio confidence. , “ It may be said that in at least two of my former letters I expressed a different opinion. And it gives me as mush pleasure to retract that judgment as it gave me pain to record it," THE CONFISCATION DLL aHEIDEIL : The President raanagedtointimata to Gcm fgSes that; unless the confiscation bill waapeJ* |pd in particulars, ftyr&ld be obliged to ,H<n§e tfepamgs by . fusion v|lf .-'.-isj reeentati»e«, ttat the| pwlsionß Pf the ; «'lj* M suppress insurrection, to punish treason ana rebellion, to seise and confiscate the property of rebels, and for other purposes, shall be so construed as not to apply Ito any aot or-acts done prior to the passage thereof, nor to in- any member of : a Btete Legislature or Judge of any State Court who has not, in ac cepting or entering upon 'his office, taken an oath to enpport the Constitution of the squalled Confederate States of America; nor shall any ’punishment or proceedings- under stud Bat'lie’ , so construed as to work a forfeiture of the real estate of the offender beyond his natural life. This amendment removes several constitu- tional objections to the original bill, whioh was retrospective in its operations, and proposed to forfeit the real estate of rebels absolutely in stead of during the life of the owners. The discussion, of this amendmend caused quite a commotion in the Senate among the radioal Senators. Mr. Lane, of Kansas, said that he would never surrender the indepen dence of the Senate to the Rotation of any President. Mr. Wade attaoked the President in the most ferooions style. The report says: Mr, Wade (Rep., Ohio) 1 thought that this was entirely a novel question. This way of ooming in here illegitimately—in a way un known to the Constitution—he did not like. He (Wade) did not know who waß authorized to speak for the President or promulgate his' views. If this is tho way we are to legislate we ought to have a committee to wait on the President when we pass a bill and ask what his “royal” wish is ? and how muoh we shall alter a bill to escape his veto ? This is dis graceful. It is a total surrender of the rights of this body. The only constitutional way for the President is, it he haß objections to the bill, to state them in his veto. There is no other way for him t o aot, nnless we desire to sarrender all our constitutibnal rights, and all the dignity of tho Senate, j This way of oom ing in here with hack door vetoes cannot be tolerated. It seems that Bojme gentlemen have been to see the President—rto learn his opin ions. These gentlemen are very fortunate. Most gentlemen, when they go to see the Pre sident, are debarred fromi his presence, and those only are admitted who are oharged with his constitutional oonsoience. He (Wade) would be very sorry if the President should veto this important measure. It would be the saddest news that evep went out of this Capitol. If such, however, is to he tho case, he wanted the President jto tako all the re sponsibility of his own actions. He (Wade) wanted no baek-kitchen way of doing busi ness. Mr. Wade is very tender about the “consti tutional rights” of the Senate. It is not long since he said, “whoever talks of constitutional rights is a traitor.” But he takes an entirely different view of the subjeot when his own pri vileges are assailed. The course of the Presi dent in withholding his signature to this bill was a pointed rebuke to t(ie radicals for pass ing an aet containing two palpable violations of the Constitution— hencp their anger. LETTER FROM HON. F. W. HUGHES. The following letter from Hon. F. W, Hughes, President of the Democratic Conven tion and Chairman of the State Central Com mittee, is a complete answer to the falso repre sentations originating in the columns of the Harrisburg Telegraph : To Messrs. 0. Barret & Co., Editors of the Patriot and Union, Harrisburg :— Gentle men :—I extract the following from your weekly issuse of this instant: “Driven to the Wall. —The abolitionists are certainly driven to the wall for argument against the Democratic Convention. The Tele graph says the Chairman,: F. W. Hughes, has a brother in the secession army and The Press .says a nephew. When such eminent falsifiers disagree, it is a difficult matter to de cide, but assuming that one or the other is correct, it does not follow that Mr. Hughes is his brothers or his nephew’s keeper.” Although I do not suppose that these “emi nent falsifiers” will care to know the truth, and although all of us too well know one of the worst features of this, like that of other civil wars, is to rupture family ties, yet for the sake of truth, I furnish you the following statement of facts, viz: I have no brother in the seces sion army, and never had. While for one hun dred and fifty years past my ancestors were Pennsylvanians, (and among them one who commanded a troop of Horse in the Revolu tionary war, and was wounded in battle, from the effect of which he never recovered,) yet I had, at the outbreak of this rebellion' brothers in the rebel States. One of them was accused of treason to the Southern Confederacy, and upon proof of his open and avowed Union sentiments, was sentenced to bo hung by a vigilance committee in Georgia, which sat in judgment upon him. From them and the prepared halter he. made a most narrow es cape into North Carolina. Here a second committee pursued him, because of declara tions made by him there, and from them, through the aid of personal friends, he man aged to mako his second escape, and hurried back, by the way of Louisville, to this (his native) State. As regards my nephews, I cannot certainly say whether I have or have not a nephew in the secession army at this time, but it may gratify these “ eminent falsifiers” to. know that at one time I had two nephews in the secession army; but let me add, I had also at the same time two nephews in the Federal army. You rightly judge lam not the “ keeper ” of my brothers or nephews, nor do I claim any personal merit for the fact that I have two brothers.in law in the Federal army, or seek to .cast any reflection upon President Lincoln by reason of the fact, as is Baid, that he has two brothers in law in the secession army. F. W. Hughes. Pottsville, July 17, 1862. SENATOR CHANDLER. Congress has adjourned, and there is an evident feeling of relief among tho people.— But there would have been greater relief, if the adjournment had taken place aday sooner, so that the country might have been spared the malignant attack of Senator Chandler, of Michigan, upon General McClellan, with which the time of the Senate was occupied on Wednesday evening. Even tho enemies of the General—at least such of them as are discreet and patriotic—aro disgusted with their leader in the Senate. Such a speech at such a time, when the salvation of the oountry may bo depending on maintaining the confi dence which the army feels in General McClellan, is as criminal as treason. If the Boldiers, from the humblest private to the highest commander of a corps, did not feel and express enthusiastic confidence in their commandor-in-chief, there would be some reason in making attacks with a view to his removal from command. When an army loses such confidence, it is not always safe to retain the general. Chandler is trying to destroy it, at just such a time as would best suit Jeff. Davis and the rebel generals, and he makes himself a partnor in their guilt. He insults, too, the President of the United States, who has just returned from a visit to the army, and expresses himself well satisfied with the General and the army. There have been Chandlers in all wars, who have vilified generals in the field 1 and tried to destroy armies, for the-sake of personal advantages as politicians. But happily Congress has ad journed, and this Chandler will be heard no moro in the capital for some months. —Butte tin. Hon. Isaac Slenker, the Democratic candidate for Auditor General, was on the Democratic tioket fori President Judge Inst fall in the counties jof Union, Snyder and Mifflin. This distrioti gave from two to three thousand Republican majority, but Mr." Bla nker came within'seventeen votes of being eleo ted, and was defeated jonly by a mistake as to the plaoe of holding tbe election in one town ship, In the town of New Berlin, , where he resides, he reoeived nearly the whole vote. TOB OOIVIiQAmMI# PUIKD. In tho Hotise of si Waah ington, onFriday wM&tha Committee of Conference on bill reoom-; mended that the HbutanMde fcpm theirdis agreement, and agtW^^^^Jsenat«l : qertain ; modifications a&W-to provide a« fol lows : ‘ f -Ig ; "H : . I , :I ,.Eve*y person who shsiloommitihe orime treason against the tinted States and shall be idjndged guilty thereof, shall suffer death,' turn all hu Blares, if he has any, shall be de clared and made free; or be shall be impris oned for not lees than five years, and fined not less than $lO,OOO, and all his estate, real and personal, excluding slaves, shall be levied open, any sale or conveyance to the contrary notwithstanding. If any persbh'shall here-' after incite, set on foot, assist or engage in any rebellion or inßnrreotion against the authority of the United States,'or tne laws thereof, or shall give aid or oomfort to any snoh existing rebellion or insnrreotion, ana bo oonviatea thereof, saoh person shall be punished by the forfeiture of all his personal property, of every kind whatever; or shall be punished by im prisonment ten years, and fined not exooeding ten thousand dollars, and his slaves, if he has any, be liberated at the discretion of the court, and all such property, excluding slaves, shall be forfeited to the United States. Every person guilty of either of the offences des cribed in this aot shall be forever incapable and disqualified to hold any office under the United States. This act is not to be construed in any way to affeot or alter the prosecution, oonviotion or punishment of any person guilty of treason against the United States. To insure the speedy termination of the present rebellion the President is authorized to oause the seizure of aH property, real and personal, of all such persons, and apply and use the i proceeds of the same for the support of the I United Stateß. Five olasses of persons are affeoted by this bill—those who shall hereafter hold the office of president, vice member of Congress, foreign minister, &0., under the so called Confederate Stateß. The President is authorized to issne a proclamation if, after sixty days, all persons in rebellion do not return to their allegiance, that their pro perty shall be forfeited, &o. All slaves of persons hereafter engaged in rebellion, or who shall in afiy way give aid and oomfort thereto, esoaping to, and taking refuge within the .lines of our army, and all slaves deserted by their masters, and coming under control of the government of the United States, and all. slaves found at places ocoupied by rebel forces and afterwards by United States troops, shall be held to be captjves of war, and be forever free from their servioe and no longer held as slaves. No slaves escaping from one State to another State shall bo delivered up except for crime, or some offence against the laws of the United Stateß, until the olaimant shall first make oath as to bis lawful ownership and that he has not borne arms in tho present rebellion or given aid and comfort thereto. No person engaged in naval or military service shall de-/ oide on the validity of the jjaim or surrender such slaves, on pain of being dismissed from* the service. The President is authorized to employ as many persons of African descent for the suppression of -the rebellion, and use them in such manner as he may deem best for the public welfare ; and (he President is also au thorized to make provision for colonizing the blacks beyond the limits of the United States. ‘The President is authorized to extend to pris oners in rebellion pardon and amnesty on snch condition as he may deem expedient the for public welfare. Mr. Allen moved to lay the report on the table. Negatived—42 against 77. The report of the Committee of Conference on the Confiscation bill was then concurred in —yeas 82 against 42 nays. YiAS—Messrs. Aldrich, Alley, Arnold. Ashley, Babbitt, Baxter, Beaman, Bingham, Blair, of Va., Blair, or Pa., Blake, Bnfflnton, Campbell, Casey, Clark, Colfax, Roecoe, Conkling, F. A. Conkling, Covode, Cutler', Davis, Dawer, Duell, Bonn, Edwards, Elliot, Ely, Fenton, Fessenden, Fisher, Frank, Gooch, Goodwin, Gnrley, Hale, Hooper, Hutchins, Julian, Kelley, Kellogg, of Mich., Kellogg, of 111., Lansing, Loomis, LoTejoy, Low, McKaight,McPherson, Maynard, Mitchell, Moorhead, Morrill, of Vt., Nixon, Pat* ton, Pboioß. of Oal., Pike, Porter, Potter, Rice, of Mass., Rice, of Me., Riddle, Rollins, of N. H., Sargeant, Sedgwick, Shants. Sheliabarger, Sherman, Stevens, Stratton, Trimble, Trowbridge, Van Horn, Yerree, Wall, Wallace, Walton, Washburne, Wheeler, White, of Ind., Wilson, Windon, and Worcester. Nats— Messrs. Allen, of Ohio, Allen, of 111., Ancona, Bailed Biddle, Browne, of R. 1., Clements, Cobb, Cox, Cris field,Crittenden, Dunlap, Foukc, Granger, Grider, Haight, Hail, Harding, Ilelman, Kerrigan. Knapp, Law, Lazear, Lehman, Mallory, Menzles, Morris, Nugent, Odell, Pendle* ton, Robins, of Mo., Segsr. Shlel, Bteele, of N. Y., Steele, of N. J., Stiles, Thomas, of Mass., Thomas, of Md., Ward, Wobster, Wlckliffe and Wood. SST" The bill has since been signed by the President, and is now a law. NEW RECRUITING REGULATIONS. Washington, July 16 The following is tho substance of a general order that has just been issued from the War Department : In organizing new regiments of volunteers, the Governors of States are authorized to ap point, in addition to the staff officers hereto fore authorized, one Seoond Lieutenant for each company, who shall be mustered into the ser vice at the commencement of the organization, with authority to muster in recruits as they aro enlisted: If any recruit shall be enlisted who shall afterwards, on medical inspection, prove to have been obviously unfit for the service at the time of his enlistment, all the expenses caused thereby shall be paid to Euch officer, to be stopped against him from any payment that may be coming to him from the Government, thereafter. Any officer thus appointed and mustered shall only bo entitled to be paid on the muster and pay roll of his company, and should he fail to Becure an organized company within such reasonable time as tho Govern-' ment may designate, his men may be'trans ferred to some other company, hiß appoint ment he revoked, and he discharged without pay, unless the Governor shall think it proper to give him a position in the consolidated company to which hiß men have been trans ferred. Recruits will be sont to the regimental ren dezvous at least as often as onco a week; when they will bo immediately examined by the surgeon of the regiment, and if found unfit for duty by reason of permanent disability, will be discharged from the service -forthwith by the surgeon, who will report such dis charges to the Adjutant General of the State, and also to the Adjutant of the regiment; noting particularly those cases where the disability was obvious at the time of enlist ment. As soon as the organization of a regimont is completed, it will bo carefully inspected by the mustering officer for the State, who will see that at least the minimum number of each company is present. No absentees ex cept the sick in the hospital will he counted. He will also compare the muster in the rolls, and if found correct, will sign the roll, certify ing to the muster of each man at the date of his enlistment. Officers will be mustered into the service only on the authority of the Governor of the State to whioh their regiments belong. Until regiments-are organized and their muster rolls completed, they will be under the exolusive control of the Governors of the States, and all requisitions for Quartermaster’s, Medical and Ordnance stores, and contracts for subsistence, will, if approved by them, be allowed and not otherwise. Where it is desired by the Governors of the' States, tho United States officers of the Quar termaster’s. Medioal and Ordnance Depart ments may turn over stores to the State authorities, to he issued by them in accordance with the regulations and accounted for to the proper bureau of the War Department. Persons traveling under the order of the Governor of any State, on business connected with the recruiting service, will be allowed the actual cost of transportation, to he paid by the mustering and disbursing officer on the presentation of tho account, accompanied by proper vouchers, and the order under which the journey was performed. A White Woman Ratished by Neoroes.— The Greensburg (Westmoreland) Democrat, of last week says: On Wednesday morning two negroes, Jacob and Reuben Long, from Allegheny county, were committed to jail charged before Justice Hunter of West Newton, with having forcibly outraged the person of Mrs. Mary Ann Faulk-, ner, a very respectable lady, residing in Rostraver township, in this county. This is tbe race for which our nation is wrecked in civil war, and with which, if sla very is abolished, onr land will be overrun. The Review, ; published in Washington county, in this State, contained an account, last week, of a similar outrage committed by a negro on a little girl in that county. - These outrages are committed near the Southern border of our State, and when the swarms' of runawayslaves now within the lineß of our army are let loose upon the'North, we fear we shall have a surfeit of such negro outrages. LOCAL DEPARTMENT. SBBfliAWf John 0. McCrackbn.—A letter j«eSV<B4 Annapolis, in Urt cirfe pwtor Hit week, announced the death and burial of John 0. McCracken, Orderly Sergeant of the Unlop Guards. Ola death resulted -tafthe to tbeweeond dap**' fiAi aftbe Cbidoihomtoy. Wekbew MoCsicnjr.well, efed a fertTff neverleft tbewreclncti of ooOMBJ was at Gamp Wayne, weet Chester,!* waauiadeTfcinl SmmAt. LasfcWlfca.wv promoted to Sergeant, HaVwln Our SBd ye6rwf bb«ife,RndhWst>fc**iouwaa: this of a Morocco Dreefer. He was affable, witty, and was therefore a grrat favorite among the officers tad men of his regiment. Hia mends here, and they in legion, will mount the laea of one of the beetof follows and moetfeuUl and light-hearted ofcompanions. It seems hard to realise that so many of the gallant young fellows, who' went forth from here a year ago with bright hopes and buoyant spirits, are now sleeping their last sleep beneath the sdl of distant States. MoOsackx, Owe, Voskit, Boss, all “gone to that bourne from whenoe no tnmtar hM ftr r«tani«L“ Eu- from bon» md kindred they hare met the stem monster Death, ana although no monumental pile marks the place of their repose, yet . “ They need no monuments—thoee men . Of sterling wagth and patriot deed, For flrst in glory’s ranks they stand. And none deny the rich-earned meed;— Kach freeman's heart a casket is, Wherein their actions deeply lie, And never will they be forgot. ’Till Liberty herself shall die!” Horn on a Furlough.—Capt. Edward Me- Ootssv, of the 79th (Lancaster County) Beglment, P. V., now in Alabama, arrived at his home in this city on Tues day last, on a short furlough. Oapt McG. is somewhat Indisposed, but has generally enjoyed the best of health. He reports the Beglment in good health and condition.— The Captain looks every inch the soldier. Assistant Surgeon.— Dr. Frank G. Al bright, who was Burgeon of the Jackson Rifles in the three months’ service, has been appointed an Assistant Burgeon of with orders to report himself for duty at the shortest notice. Dr. A. lx an excellent phy sician, and we congratulate him on bis appointment. Another Regihent.— Steps are about being taken to raise another Regiment of Volunteers in this county. It is presumed, the effort being successful, that the Beglment will be commanded by Captains Franklin and McGovern, The former gentleman Is well known as the oommknder of the finest Infantry company In the State, and the latter as one of the best officers In the crack 79th Regiment. We believe that two better men eonld not be fouod anywhere to command such a body of men. Their military experience and soldierly bearing render them amply qualified for the responsible positions of Colonel and Lieutenant Colonel. •—City Schools’ Celebration.—The Animal Celebration of the Secondary Schools of this dty took place on Friday morning last, at Falton Hall. The Hall was crowded with scholars and spectators, and the exerelses passed off to the delight ot all. The High Schools* Commencement took place In the evening, at the sane place, in the presence of a crowded, intelligent and appreciating audience The graduates ao quitted themselves in the most creditable manner. The address to the graduating class was delivered by Hon. A. L. Hayes, President of the City School Board, who present do the diplomas. The exercises were decidedly interesting throughout. The annual vacation commenced on Friday, and will continue for the space of six weeks; -—Sergeant Milton Weidler.— This young non-commissioned officer commanded the Union Guards In the third day’s fight at the Cbickahominy. Capt. B ASTON aud Lieut. Hook were too ill to assume command, and Lieut. Bear was assigned an arduous position elsewhere.— Orderly Sergeant McCracken received the wound which incapacitated him. and which has since proved "fatal, in the second day’s fight, and 2d Sergeant Bauman was taken Srlsoner. The command was consequently devolved by 01. Roberts on the 8d Sergeant, and we learn that he per formed his duty gallantly and fearlessly.* When Sergeant WimLZB left here for the seat of war he was a private, hot his good conduct as a soldier and excellent qualities as a man soon gained him the esteem and affection of the offi cers and men of his company, and he was promoted to his present position:'"He Is a son of our esteemed Mend, Dr. Isaao 0. Weidler, of Upper Leacock township, who is well known as one of Lancaster county’s best physicians and most excellent citisens. The Sergeant Is well deserving of promotion, and we*trnst he will receive It. Men’s Pic Nic.—A complimentary in vltatlon lying before ns announces the First Annual Pic Nic of the Ee-shah-ko-nee Tribe, No. 22,1.0. R. M, at Wa bank on-Thnrsday next, the 24th inßt. It promises to be the grandest affair of the season, and oar city readers know that the Ee-shah-ko-nee’s entertainments are always first-class and conducted in an orderly and happy manner. The Pic Nic will wind up In the evening with a grand hop at the Wabank House. The Intelligencer will endeavor to be represented on this interesting occasion. Rev. Bishop Scott, D. D.—This distin guinhed Divine will preach in the Duke Street M. E. Ohnrch, on Sunday morning next. After the sermon be will ordain Rev. James Carholl to the Ministry. The publio at large are respectfully invited to attend. A Just Tribute. —We have been permitted by the recipient, Mr. William Cox, of this city, to publish the following letter from Capt. Thomas B. Barton, having reference to the gallant conduct and death of hie son, Pri vate William W. Cox, of his company. The letter is an eloquent and just tribute to the memory of the deceased: Camp near Harrison’s Landing, July 7, 1862. Dear Sir : It is with the deepest sorrow that I feel it to be my doty to announce to a fond parent that bis son is now classed among the martyrs that have fallen in defence of every thing sacred to us as a nation. Ou the 26th of Juno, when my Company was ordered out for fatigue duty, your son William did not accompany us, he being relieved from all duty on that day, in couscquence of coming off camp guard the morning of the same day.— Scarce half an hour, however, bad elapsed when William, ever aDSfoasto perform his whole dnty, joined bis Com pany, (which had just been deployed es skirmishers to meet the enemy,) accompanied by his comrades, Isaac Fo? ney and Aug. C. Duchm&n, and participated iu the fight with a whole brigade of rebels. Wo were of courso driven in nod joined the Regiment, which was placed In position by that noble eon of old Lan caster, Gen. John F. Reynolds. This position was on tbo edge of a wood, flanked by a deep swamp, across and through which regiment after regiment of robels charged upon our lines, and from 3 until 9 P. M. did our hoys take and retum=-*desdly firo. ’Twas here that your son foil mortally wounded by a musket ball in his breast. Your brother George carried him to a hospital, but human eklll could not save him, and ere Ibe mornlog after tho fight ho breathed his last. Ho is the only one of onr entire Regi ment for whom time sufficient was allowed to bury. The spot is marked, and the body, though now under the pro tection of rebels, can eventually bo recovered. I know that no language can be penned thatcan assuage a parent’s grief, but I can say, that in the ranks of the ‘•Union Guards’’ there Is not a man who more strictly per formed his whole duty, and not one who gave stronger evidences of true patriotism and genuine moral courage than Wm. W. Cox. Very respectfully, your obd’t sv’t, TE09.8 BARTON, Capt. Co. B, Ist Beg’t, P. R. V. C. The Late Col. Seneca G. Simmons; Hiadquabteob Fifth Regiment, P. R, 1 Camp near Harrison’s Bar, James River, July 6,1862. J At a meeting of the officers of the Fifth Regiment, P. R., bold at their camp July sth, 1862, Lieut. Col. J. W. Fisher was elected President, and Adjutant A. Q. Mason, Secre* tary. A committee was appointed, consisting of Mojor George Dare, Captain H. C. Ulman and Captain A. D. Collins, to draft resolutions expressive of the feeling of the officers at the loss of our late Colonel, S. G. Simmons, and to offer our heartfelt condolence to his bereavod family. The committee offered tbo following report, which wss adopted: Wuzbias, It has pleased an All-Wise Providence to per* mit Col. R. G. Simmons, of the Fifth Regiment, P. R., to be taken from us in the midst of the great strugglo for the protection and perpetuation of our Republican institutions, end while he was in the very height of his usefulness; therefore Resolved, That in the death of Colonel Simmons in the struggle of the 20th of June, while leading his brigade to the charge, this regiment, the Pennsylvania Reserve Corps, and the service at large, has sustained a loss that will he long and deeply felt. Resolved, That in Colonel Simmons was a complo blend ing of the brave Boldler, the true patriot and refined gen tleman, who by the associations of the past year had won the confidence and esteem of every officer and man of his coknraand, and in Ills death we feel that we have sustained an irreparable less. Resolved, That we tender our sincere condolence to the bereaved family of the deceased, and trust that although the heavy hand of affliction has been laid upon them, that an All-Mercifnl Providence will sustain them Id the dark hour of their grief. Resolved , That a copy of these resolutions be sent to Mrs- Simmons, and published In the papers of Daupbln, Schuylkill, Centre, Clearfield, Huntingdon, Union, Lycom ing, Bradford, Lancaster and Northumberland counties. Lieut Col. J. W. Fishib, Pres’t. Attest: A. G. Mason, Lt. and Adj’t, Sec’y. CONGRESS ADJOURNED. There should be a general rejoicing through out the loyal States that Congress has at length adjourned, which fortunate event took place on Thursday last. It was unquestiona bly, tho most reokless, fanatic, venal, and corrupt assemblage that ever met to legislate for the great American people. Our only hope is that we may never bo necessitated to look upon its like again. ■ Among other interesting nllnsions to the last days of the session, the New York Times’ correspondent writes as follows: “ Extremes met in Congress to-day, in op position to the President’s modifications of the Confiscation Bill. Radical Republicans, like Thaddeus'Stevens and Bingham, opposed the modifications, as taking away the life and virtue of the bill, while the unreasonable Conservatives opposed them, in order to pro cure a veto of the bill as passed, and defeat all confiscation. The talk is general fn Wash ington to night that the President has now fairly broken loose from both factions—the Abolitionists and Pro Slaveryites—and should keep them all aloof from his counsels in future. “ Senator Chandler's Bpeeoh to-day is re garded as an attack on the Administration.— Not one of his garbled and ex parts state ments bat has been poshed on President Lincoln's attention day after day for months, to induce him to supercede Gen. McClellan. The President, knowing all the facts better than Chandler, has refused, and still refuses to join the crusade against McClellan, bnt calls on the country for troops to reinforce him. Thereupon, Chandler pronounces a bitter, wild and unsparing speech, calculated to produce widespread disaffection to the Gov ernment among the people, and to pat an end to all enlistments.” WAR MEETINGS, Large and enthusiastic “war meetings” were held daring the last week in New York, Boston, Albany, and many of the larger cities and towns of the free States, to aid the Govern ment in raising.troops. Large sums of money were contributed for bounties to those who enlist, and it seems that “any amount” can be raised for that purpose. That is the true way to strengthen our armies in thefield; the men should be hired, no*t driven at the point of the bayonet, to enlist in the service, and those who are willing to risk their lives in defence of their country, and they are gener ally the laboring olasses, should be liberally paid. A LETTSK il TO DIOATXI) BT THB XLB- KAH-KLABLK DOOUHEHT. v ; TheToßowing Iwpy pabilAejMn the National &&XU gencer, from Amos learning and ability, who haa filled as larg*'* spuein iat political history aa ryjf.tuffmmit intent; qfBIbU fttmOrg fAa Law* of , Prictka 'jj&ftfci Jwoi CkrUtk pfaify. mid. XACJkicrdk.i . ■fT 4—efow e» it: ft, - ' ' ?' B»W*pSi»J totter* •: or wrong, nobody *~r “» rfifM *~ tnterfri* vrithtMudac oufcflblitlcal instttuttana, except Um people iatha State In which It e*kt«. My object In this letter la not to show that slavery to a useful or desirable institution for oar age or eountrjfr-bnfc-that. whatever may be' the abase to which U to ItoMa, them to nothing In the institoh tion Itself which makes It the dotyjK a Christian to seek its abolition otherwise than by admonishing the el&vee to be obedient and faithfnl to their masters, and the masters to be kind and indulgent totitelrßlayß*. -. . To this end I shall attempt to prore ttat tlaTery to. not In itself afafUL by showing from the Bible that It has been sanctioned by God himsrif, not only by not rebuking it but by giving Uhls direct authority. - --v.* ■- The first ire lean of atomy in the Bible isthe roiw of Ham or Oanaan, bj Noah~-Geneds, 9th chapter, 25th ▼erse: « And he said, enrsed be Canaan, a eemnt of aery* ants shall he be onto his brethren.” Now, Noah, was the man selected by God to perpetttate the hnman tiwe, and he : was not punished or censured by his Maker for thus doom ing a portionof hispoeterityto perpetual bondage. ■ In the 17th chapter of Genesis, venfes 12, 13, 23 and 27, the fact that Abraham bought men with his money is four time* recognised. Terse 12 is represented to be the language of God himself speaking to Abraham, and to In the follow* log words, via: _ . u And be that is eight days old shall be circumcised among yon, every man-chUd in your generations, he that to horn In the hones or bought With money of any stranger, Which to not of thy seed.” Here teadlreet recognition of the betthat Abraham held slaves; and God, instead of commanding him. to .set them free, directed him to incorporate them into his own family by the right of circumcision. In the 24th chapter, verse 36, men-eervants and maid* , servants are named among the “blessings” which God had bestowed upon Abraham. The Speaker, who was himself a servant, said:. « And the Lord hath blessed my master greatly, and he i to beeome great; and he bath given him flocka and hards, • and silver and gold, and men-servants and mrid-servants, r and eamels and asses.” ' 4V .'■ . i By the 14th chapter, Hth verse, it appears that Abrdiam had three hundred and eighteen M trained servant!, born i in his houseand bow many 41 bought with his money ” is not stated. . Now, if buying men with money, and holding them in slavery be a sin t Abraham was in hie age one of the great* est of sinners; yet God instead of rebuking him, and re quiring him to pot away his sin, not only ' prospered him, but on account of his especial frith and holiness selected him to be the father of His chosen people, and an example for all generations. Could this have happened If slavery had been a sin in the right of God f . . ' . It does not appear that the Hebrews held any slaves when they fled out of Egypt, or that they while wandering in the wilderness. Flying from slavery themselves they were a new nation without constitution or laws, and all their Institutions were prescribed by God himself through Moses. Does any Christian believe that God would or coaid prescribe to his chosen people a sinful institution? Yet God established, or recognised, slavery ae an institution of the Hebrew nation. If any one donbts It, let him read the 21st chapter of Exodus, the 26th chap* ter of Leviticus, and the 15tn chapter of Deuteronomy. The first six verses of the first, and the verses from the twelfth to the eighteenth of the last recognise the right of a Hebrew to buy his own country men and hold them in bondage Bix yetrs, and prescribed a mode by which -with their own consent, they may be made bond-men u forever.” But the establishment or recognition of perpetual slavery as an institution of the Hebrew Commonwealth Is found in the 25th chapter of Leviticus. The leading objects of this chapter are to establish and regulate the Sabbatical Year and the Jubilee. The first seven verses provide that every seventh year shall be “a sabbath of rest unto the land.” "Thou shalt'not sow thy field nor prone thy vineyard.” The sixth verse declares that 41 the sabbath of the land shall be meat for yon; for thee and for thy servant, and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant, and for the stranger that sojouroeth with thee.” From the eighth verse, inclusive, to the end of the chap ter, the main subject is the jubilee, recurring once in fifty year«, and its leaning&pn the various interests of the Hebrew Commonwealth. The tenth verso Is 1q the follow- Ingwords: “ Andyoshall hallow the fiftieth year, ami proclaim liberty throughout all the land .unto *H the in* habitants thereof; it shall be a jubilee nnto yon; and yo shall retorn every man onto his possession) sad ye shall return every man onto his family.” This passage is often quoted as evidence that slavery ceased among the Hebrews every fifty years, whereas, tak ing the whole chapter together it proves exaetly the re* verse. In the first place, the bond servant not a Hebrew, never bad a possession to which he coold return. In the next place, the Jabilee was aninstltntion for the benefit of Hebrews only, from which the bond servants of foreign blood are expressly excluded. The 39th to 43d verses,‘in* elusive,read as follows:- “ And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxed, poor, and be sold unto thee thon shalt not epmpe! him to serve as a bond servant But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee until the year of the Jubilee. “ And then shall he depart from thee both he-and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto tho possession of his fathers shall he return. For they are my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt, they shall not be Fold as bond-men. “ Thou shalt not role over him with riger; but shalt fear thy God.” Then come 44tb, 45th, and 46th verses, in the following words, viz. . ‘ “ Both thy bondsmen and thy bond-maids, which thou shalt have, shall be of che heathen that are round’ about you ; of them shall ye buy bond-mon aod bond-maids. • k Moreover, of tbe children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begtt In yonr land, and they shall he your possosfion. “ And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession, they shall be yoor bond-men forever; but over your brethren tho children of Israel, ye Bhall not rule one over another with rigor.” Is it possible for langnage more clearly to declare that, while the Hebrew servant was to be set free In the year of Jubilee, the bond-men and bond-maids, of foreign blood might be hold as “ bond-men forever ?” If there were any room for donbt on this subject, It would be solved by the 4th verse- of the 21st obapter of Fxodus, In which it is provided that If the master of the Hebrew servant “have given him a wife and sbe have borne him sons or daughters, tbe wife and her children Bhall be her master’s, and he shall go out by himself.” But if the huliaud and father prefer remaining in servitude with his wife and children, it Is provided, (verso 0,) >hat “ his master shall bring him unto tho Judges; he shall also bring him to the door, <-r unto tho doorpost, and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl; and he shall serve him forever'* It hence appears that when a master had given his Hebrew servant a wife, the wife and children were not to be free with the husband and father, who might If he choose, remain a servant with them, not to the year of Jubilee only, hut "forever.” A practical illustration of the meaning of these provis ions is found Id the 34th chapter of Jeremi&h. It seems that the Jews had fallen into the practice of disregarding the law and holding their Hebrew brethren in bondage more than six years. On being required to comply with the law they had dono so, and set their Hebrew servants - free .■ Afterward, however, resumed control over them and again reduced them to slavery. For this violation of the law the piophnt denounced against them the most tqrrible judgments. The crime, however, did not consist in hold ing a Hebrew in bondage six years or the stranger forever, but in holding the Hebrew more than six years. The class of servants to which the crime was confined is ex plicitly stated in the Oth verse, as follows, to wit: • “ That every man should lot hia man servant, and every man his maid-servant, being an Hebrew or an Hebrowess, go free; that none should serve himself of them to wit, of a Jew hia brother.” In Abraham's time - the power of the master over the slave appears to have been absolute; nor was it very materially modifiod by the laws of Moses. Among tbe regulations which God prescribed through Moses were the following' in tbe 21st chapter of Exodus, 20th and 21st verses, viz : “ And if a man smite bis servant or his maid with a rod, and he die under his hand, he shall be surely punished. Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two he shall not be punished; for he is his money.” In the same chapter, verse 26 and 27, it Is provided that if a master smite out an eye or a tooth of a servant, be shall let him go free. Under these laws prescribed by God himself, the Hebrew nation commenced their career. In a war with the Mldlani tes, mentioned in the 21st chapter of Numbers, they put to death all their prisoners, except 82,000 virgins, who were reduced to slavery. Henceforth, daring the history of the Hebrew nation, the king, princes and rich men, acquired and held slaves under tbe authority God’s law gtveu through Moses. Even during their captivity in Babylon many of the Jews held slaves; for according to Nehemlah, chapter 7, verse 67, there were “7,337 man-servants and maidservants” in the company which returned to Jerusalem under bis charge. The Christian Erafonnd the institution of slavery per vading not only Judea, bat all the civilized and barbarian world. Bid Christ, in a single instance denounce it as a sin I— No, not once. On the contrary he recognizes the re lation and the duty of servants to promote the interests of their masters. In the parable of the .five talents in the 2&th chapter of Mathew, be that had received one talent is employing it for the benefit of his master. But the Christian view cf slavery is more clearly de veloped in the teachings of the Apostles. Says Paul in First Corinthians, 7, 20,21, 22: “ Let every man abide in tbe same calling in which he was called: Art thon called, being a servant 1 Care not for it; but if thon mayest be made free, use it rather, he that Is called, the Lord, being a servant, is the LorJ’s free man; likewise also he that is called, being free,-is Christ’s ’servant.” In the Ist, 2d, 3d and 4th verses of the 6th chapter of Ephesians, Paul incntcates the Christian duties of children and parents, and then proceeds in the stb, 6th, 7th, Sth and 9th to teach servants and their masters their Christian duties. Says he: *'• Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters, according to the flesh, with fear and trembliog, .in single ness of your heart as onto Christ. “ Not with eye service, as men pleasers. but as the serv ant of Christ, doing the will cf God from tbe heart. “ With good will doing service as to tbe Lord, and not to men. “Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man deeth the same shall be receive of tbe Lord, whether he be bound or fret “ And ye masters do the same things unto them, fore* bearing threatening, knowing that yonr master also is in Heaven, neither is there respect of persons with him.” Tbe plain meaning of this passage is, that it is the Chris • tian duty of the servant to obey and servfe his master with - the same fidelity and devotion as he would serve God and Christ; or rather that cheerful obedience and faithful service to his master Is a portion of hia duty to his God and Saviour. And masters arojlnstructed to treat their servants kindly reciprocating their good wit!, and are ad monished that In tho sight of God all men are equal, whatever may bo their earthly relations. Bimilar Injunctions are imposed on servants and masters In tho third and fourth chapters of Paul’s Epistle to the Colostiaos. In tho 6th chapter of Paul’s First Eplßtle to Timothy, verses one and two, the Apostle says: “ Let as many servants as are under tho yoko count their own masters as worthy of all honor, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed. “And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them because they are brethren, but rather do them service, because they are faithful aod beloved, par takers of tho benefit. These thiDgs teach and exhort.” In other words, ■“all.honor ” to his master by a slave Is in accordance with the “ doctrine ” of God, and he is not to bring that doetrine into disrepute by disobedience or misconduct. Nor is he to think las of his master because he finds himself on a level with him la the church, but is rather to serve him with more zeal than ever. In his Epistle to Titus, chapter 24th, versos 9 and 10, Paul says: “Exhort servants to be obedientnntotheir own masters, and to pltase them well in all things, not answering again, not purloining, hut showing all good fidelity, that they may adorn tbe doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.’ In other words, the servant who obeys his master is honest and faithful, “ adorns the doctrine of our God and Saviour.” The Apostle Peter, in his First KpUtle, chapter 2, verses 18,19 and2o, preaches the same doctrine in yet stronger, language. He says: ~ “ Servants, be subject to yonr masters with all fear; not only to tho good and gentle, hot also to the freward; for this is thankworthy, if a man, for conscience toward God, endnre griefi suffering wrongfully; for what glory i* H» when ye be buffeted , for your faults, ye shall take it patiently; this la acceptable to God.” r In other words, Peter incalcates the obedience and sub mission of a slaveto his master, whether the' master be kind or cruel; at a Christian duty enjoined by. "conscience toward God,” and teaches that patient endurance onrojust chastisement is a virtue peculiarly ** acceptable to God. It Is the peculiar beauty of Christlanity that it recognizes all tbe institutions’ and relations of human society as it finds them, and, in the prospect of an eternal equality hereafter, seeks to reconcile all men to the conditions in which they find themselves daring their short probation on earth,* Itwouldmake mea and wivea more happy. $y inculcating fidelity and mutual confidence and affection, it would make families more happy by teaching love and reverence tochlldren/and -a gentle but firm, exercise of authority to parents; H would make both master and nm»t nwtoppT._b,; —jotjterj—B«»*Mß— ™ju theomanda willing MMfimofc honesty cadfldsUlj uponthe other ; ttmid motor nation* mm* happy* ”T tea&inr nlesi'ta'dispanas agual Josttee to an,*n* tatta* nVjpv p»* iMOtfajmdy to the msglsbntaa and ft wopjs«|iirall Mankind mom happy, hy partudingwa tb*?&wihelrj»dghbora a* thepisifraa » —tobaamtihtin the posittaJ where Pravldenoehaaplaoed tham,tod-“'to' dnas they done by w upon a ehanmofxpafdUon.:: - ■.-?.■ • -''■ T y . - Tbeßol/u. of Piral to Pblleman' giTM tu • bwraUful ptctafa of tfc. relation, which «hooM «xbt tuna a naater aa« a. Chriitlin PblUmou, tboarn *«UTrtioldtT,i™ a dmtra thuMuo, vim a "chmeh in bii boCTO.’* Paul found In Koia. a nmawayatawlrf tWadatotadtjhrltftan aaUadOaaalmai, ' TKoogh be vended bis services la bis captivity, be deem ed itnisdaty to send him beck to hit master with e letter inwhl-h he said: .•■'•' . .. ' - perbeps be therefore, departed (br e season, that thou ahontdst receive him forever; not asm servant, bnt above a servant a brother beloved, especially to me, .bat now mnch more onto thee, both in the flesh and In the ,u)td. Now, anppoM Philemon had had a thoueand «neh .err ants, all members of bis church; all contented and happy in their gospel brotherhood with their master, and that tome Beecher or Cheever, by preaching the modern doo trine that slavery Is sin, had broken np this brotherhood and sent Its happy-members to some ancient Canada to live on bosks like the prodigal son, do yon think Paul would have recognised hlnras a true Christian l He would have been more likely to denounce him as the “ servant . .of him who taught the happy inmates of Paradise that by eating the forbidden frnlt they would beoome as gods, knowing good and. eviL This letter Is already so long that T must reserve some farther views of the subject, with its practical application, for another communication. AMO3 KENDALL. March 22,1861 Important from Vieksbergi-Rebel Ram Arkansas Rank by Onr Fleet—Sbe De stroys a Number of War Vessels. Special despatch to Forney’s Press.]. ' , Mxhpbxs, July 18. The Grenada (late Memphis) Appeal, of the 16th .fast, re* porta.that the rebel ram and Iron-dad gunboat Arkansas, under command of Oapt. J. N. Bryan, came down from the Yaaoo river on the 15th, and ran by that portion of onr ' fleet which lies above Vicksburg success rally, and anchored under the batteries surrounding that city. The Appeal says the ram ran - down several Federal war <- vessels, and disabled many more; one of onr vessels was blbwn up. - - The “Arkansas” Is a very formidable gunboat, being plated with two-and-a-half Inch iron, with the plates and nails riveted. Bhe has a very heavy armament, and is furnished with propellers, seven feet in diameter, with four flanges each. 'The loss of .the rebels is set down at ten killed and thir* teen wounded. < The Federal loss Is not known, but Is said to havo been very heavy. In addition to the above, the Appeal’s despatch contains a great deal which is bombastio and not worthy of repro* doctlon; but there Is unquestionably some troth In the statements dffidn above. There are no recent arrivals from Vicksburg. The Federal gunboat Benton was left in a sinking con dition. CASCO. For The Intelligencer. PARTY SPIRIT AND NORTHERN SE CESBIONISBI—CAUSE AND EFFECT. Party spirit as evinced In the course pursued by Repub* llcan newspapers and the larger portion of that party, since the fall of Fort Sumter, has done more against the final triumph of the IJnion cause* for Its promotion or success. The public mind has been educated in a kind of bastard political philosophy, the tendency of which Is —lf indeed it 'ia not its direct object—to aroußd tho preju dices and asperities of the minds of men, and thus create discord and division,' whore unity and harmony should be the prevailing elements In the restoration of the country ta its former condition of happiness and prosperity. The people of the'Northern States hadscarcly recovered from the awful, shock produced by the clash of arms in Charleston Harbor, which proclaimed to the world that Civil War with all Its devastating horrors had commenced In America, when a wholesale political crusade was inaug urated against a powerful party and most conservative ctasa of people, the malignity and ferocity of which were only equated by the audacity and impertinence of Its in ception au<i course of prosecution. Democrats of every grade of atandlDgin their party were stigmatized aa “secessionists” and “traitors;” editors were threatened, denounced and imprisoned, and Democratic newspaper offices were forcibly closed or demolished by marauding bands and self-cunstituod Committees of Vigi lance, whose patriotism (?) became the watchword for every conceivable species of political persecution, Intensi fied by the teachings of the Republican papers, and sur passed only by the scenes of the old French revolution.— Down with the Democracy, its organization and its party spirit, seemed to be the pre determine i and'all-absorbing resolve, under the deceptive plea of “No party for the good of the country,” until the storm—far more disgraceful than tho bombardment of Sumter—became so oppressive as to provoke threatened resistance, and to exhibit symptoms ofthe inauguration of a violent insurrection, when the cowardly element of discord sabeidod, defeated by the re coil of its own temerity, and received its quietus by In creased Democratic majorities as tho legitimate fruits of its own presumption. Tho Democracy were' not stigmatizod as “traitors” and “secessionists” because they were so, or had been proven to be such in-fact. There was no evidence that individually,, or in a collective capacity, by word or resolve, spoech or"-? communication, the dogma of “secession” was advocated, or that sentiments or doctrines of a treasonable character were promulgated. Tho Republicans themselves, in the honesty of their hearts, did not believe such to be the fact, and hence tho criminality and enormity of their conduct, and the fallacy of the system of party vassalage they sought, as leaders and editors, to inculcate and force upon the people. • Now let ns examino the effects of all tills upon tho Union cause, and the efforts of the Administration to maintain, by the force of arms, the supremacy of tho Constitution and laws. ’ There are two elements of power, apart from the arbi tra ment of the sword, which are anxiously regarded by the Government, both of which will go far oith-er to aid, 1 properly directed, in the reetosation of the Union, or pre sent more serions complications than wo have yet me with or encountered, viz: the determination of European powers, and the Union sentiment in tho 3tatca now in re bellioo. The political bearing either way of England and Franc will have a vital influence npon tho adjustment of our Natl • onal troubles. All eyes aro accordingly directed at the pres ent juncture of affairs toward tboso governments. Every position taken by members of Parliament and those in au thority, and also the sentiments enunciated by influential newspapers, are carefully watched and noted hy our peo ple. Their information is gathered, for the most part, from the newspapers of this country, and, according to the teachings and advices of these papers, tho public mind Is moulded, and the prestige either for or against the causo of the Union is directed. The Republican papers of the North tell them that men who have hitherto been in.high positions political*?, and always regarded as able and lu flnontlal statesmen, as well as nearly all tho constituents of the Democratic party are “traitors” and “secessionists,” not only sympathizing wlth, - bnt actaally giving aid and comfort to those In rebellion. We hero at home know all this to be fala®, and that it is only a malicious political pretext and dodge. Yet abroad it is no doubt regarded as true, and taken as an exact indication of public sentiment, and of course weakens our cause. We have here .the spec tacle presented of a preconcerted scheme inaugurated by the lo ders and papers of the Republican party, for the purpose of breaking down the Democracy,-when In fact they are most seriously embarrassing the Administration of their own President, and injuring the very cause they tbemselvos profess patriotically to support. Is it not therefore a logical conclusion that if the South is united in the doctrine of flecessionism, as their papers allege, and the North Is divided in sentiment upon the subject, as the Republican papers would indicate, that the Union causo is not as popular as we would have the powers of’Europe believe; and therefore in that proportion aro they induced to favor the South, to the manifest detriment <-f the efforts now being pot forth to save the .Union and the Government. The same is true in regard to the Union feeling in the Sooth. It Is crippled and overwhelmed by the jncreasod strength Secessionism receives, through the encouragement these garbled, lying statements occasion; The rebellion becomes strengthened in proportion to the seeming popn larity of their cause, as stated by thoso papers. The fabr cation which appeared some time ago In tho Philadelphia Press, in regard to a remark ex-Preaident Bdchasan should have made, will illustrate the point In hand. It was said that it was the expressed opinion of that gentleman that “the Northern armies never could subdue the South, and If they would get into the Cotton States in the warm summer months they would die liko rotten sheep.” This statement, was of course copied iuto all the Republican papers in the North, with their charac teristic gasconade about “secession” and “treason.” It also went-to Europe and found Its way into the English and French journals, and being the alleged opinion of a man who is regarded as one of onr greatest living states men, the comments upon it were accordingly derogatory to the position of the Government. It thence found its way to the States now in rebellion, and was very soon' spread all over that region, encouraging them to more earnest efforts In their cause, by its debilitating influence upon the embers of the Uniou sentiment, already smoth ered nearly to extinction. In this piece of vindictive malice, originated doubtless for the purpose of injuring a man who is devotedly attached to the Union and the Constitution, and who heartily ap proves of every Constitutional measure now in force for the restoration of the Government, we have an exhibition ofthe character of the party rancor everywhere prevailing the rank and file, as well as the leaders and journals of •tho Republican.party. If tho cause of the nation is to re pose in this destructive influence, and to be surrounded by the desolating atmosphere of this species of party spirit and party vassalage, what is to. save it from utter and hopeless prostration and overthrow ? If our present war is to be proseented until the authority of the Government Is re established and tho Union restored, Is the fact not Satent that a radical change of tactics must bo adopted by te dominant party and its journals. In the decay and loss of political integrity, the prosper ity and credit of the Government becomes impaired, and however much we may regard the Importance of .victories upon the -battle-field, as the proper means by wbicb a peace Is to be conquered, the whole foree and power of tho moral status of our effort is hopelessly lost, so long as the conduct of onr political jugglers in Congress and out of it, {whether editors or otherwise, provoke the disgust of Nations abroad and the masses of our people of home. OBSERVER. SENATOR SIMMONS. The Senate Judiciary Committee unani mously reported. back the resolution for the expulsion of Senator Sihhons with a state ment of the facts, but without any recommen dation. Mr. Simmons appeared before the committee and with “great frankness and fairness ” detailed all the circumstances of the transaction. He also stated with charm ing innocence that he was unconscious of having done anything wrong in acting as he did, and he was not aware that it was unlaw ful, there being no law prohibiting it The moral perceptions of Senator Sihhons must be very obtuse. He obtained a contraot for a gun manufacturer named Shubarth to supply the Government with a stipulated number of arms, for which service he was to receive the sum of $50,000, and yet he was “ unoonscious of having done anything wrong.” What sort of a conscience can he have? .He certainly knew that he was swindling the Government out of $50,000 by thi<v transaction, and that Shubarth could have furnished his arms for $50,000 less than the contraot price had not Senator Simmons demanded a bounty for his services. And it may be asked how a Senator of the United States could obtain a contract for a favored constituent if the business of the department had been honestly conducted ? Why was not this contract allotted after due advertisement inviting proposals, to the lowest bidder? and how did it happen that. Senator Simmons had influence enough to procure this oontract at such an enormous price that the contractor could afford to pay him $50,000 for his services? - This transaction gives us some insight into the corruption prevailing at: Washington in the, allotment of contracts. There ia no-doubt that Senators, and Representatives have dab bled in this business to a great extent, and hence the disposition of the. majority of the Senate to deal with their brother culprit so tendhrly.— Patriot db Union, ' >
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