lFntelligenrcr 080. M VDICRBOI, BDITOIU ■ Aw SAJIDKRSOS. A«locl«.t». fCASXEE, PA., AUjtSUST 12,1862. KBuycoß HPff».s^NpeßwtT>um. WB.*L Pngupm. * ds.’asjatmnism Asotgr, 37 Park Bov, NawlEqrk City, aadJKßUta atnaU Bottom **»» QfcTwiM^- tt*y*rewthor lied to contract for ni at oar lowest raUt «*Uum & Abbott, No. 835 Broadway, New York, areauthorlxed to receive advertisements for The Jnttuir ootetr. at onr lowest rates. 49. V. RPluoa, the American Newspaper Agent, N. *. corner Kfth and Chestnut Streets, Philadelphia, is awtiywfwd to receive subscriptions and advertisements tor garded m payments. 49* Jons Wkßsm’B ADVX&nsnra Aocror Is located at No. SO North sth street, Philadelphia. He is authorized to __jßoalTaadTertiseineptfiand subscriptions for The Lancaster " . Bcoßa y ?sßuilding,Oonrtßt, Boston, is authorised Agent for receiving advertisements, Ac. Ivfr^OTTß FLAG. -Now our flag is flung to the wild winds free, -Let it float o’er our father land, Arid the guard of its spotless fame shall be Colombia’s chosen band. DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET. FOE AUDITOR GENERAL: ISAAC SLENKER, Union County. FOR SURVEYOR GENERAL: JAMES P. BARR, Pittsburg. TO THE DEMOCRACY OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF LANCASTER. In accordance with the resolution of the County Com* mlttee, adopted at their meeting on Wednesday, July 80th, you are requested to assemble In the several wards of the city, and boronghs and townships of the county, on BAT* URDAY, the 6th day of SEPTEMBER next, then and there to elect the nsoal number of delegates to a County Conven tion, to be held on WEDNESDAY, the 10th day of SEP TEMBER next, at 11 o’clock, A M., at Fulton Hall, In the City of Lancaster, for the purpose of nominating a ticket to be supported at the ensuing October election, composed of the following officers: A Member of Congress. Fonr Members of the House of Representatives. A District Attorney. One County Commissioner. Two Directors of the Poor. Two Prison Inspectors. One Auditor. The township committees are requested to give early notice in their respective districts of the time and place of meeting for the election of delegates. All persons favorable to the maintenance of the Consti tution as it is, and the restoration of the Union as it was, opposed alike to the heresies of Secession and Abolition ism, and believing that the perpetuity of our principles of liberty and free government depend upon a middle and conservative course between radicalism and sectional ism, are most cordially invited to attend. By order of the Democratic County Committee. R. R. TSHUDY, Chairman. Andrew J. Stxinuab, Secretary. LANCABTKB, August 2d, 1862. TOWNSHIP COMMITTEES. Adamstown Bor.—Samuel Styer, Henry Stauffer, E. Red* cay. Bart—Charles Ryneer, Christopher Graham, Jr., Hervey Baughman. Brecknock—R. E. Shober, J. Reninger, Jonathan Smith, Henry Bring, Joel Kind. Carnarvon—John Patton, George Rigg, William Wit man, Dr. B. P. Bunn, William Yohu. Olay—John Elser, Esq., John Denny, Martin Bentz. Coleraln—R. B. Patterson, James McCullough, D. Wal ker, A, McConnell, S. W. Swisher. Columbia—North Ward—Joseph M. Watts, S. F. Eber lein, John Fendrick, Charles Grove, Martin Smith. “ Sonth Ward—T. J. Cloppor, Henry Pelen, Hiram Draucker, Geo. Tille, Jacob Godle. Cocalico East—George E. Shimp, Petor Kegerlso, Jacob Bucher, Cyrus Ream, John Reninger. Cocalico West— Reuben Bucher, Jacob Hogg, Adam Sharp, John Harnish, John Reninger. Conestoga—John Martin, Henry Harner, Henry Ham mer. Conoy—Frank McNeill, George Hagenberger, Henry Na gie, Frederick Dase, John B. Small. Donegal East—P. Y. Albright, Abraham Gollmacber, John L. Jacobs. Donegal West —John Donecker, Jacob Donecker, Mat thias Shenk. Drnmore—Dr. H. E. Kaob, Abraham Dubree, Wm. Lee. Earl—Anthony Carpenter, George Handwork, Abraham Blder. Earl East—George Dochmao, Isaac W. Stauffer, John R. Sandoe, Isaac Foltz, John Woomert. Earl West—lsaac Ruth, Henry Kafroth, Jacob .Smith, Franklin G. Carpenter, Emanuel Duch. Ephrata—Moore Connell, Jeremiah Roth, Jacob Longc necker, Samuel 81ough, J. Mcssner. Elizabeth —Joseph S. Keener, Thomas Masterson, Oliver Caldwell. Elizabethtown Bor.—George W. Boyer, A. L. Harouff, Y. A. Smarsh, Henry 3huUz, John Sbeaffer. Eden—Owen Bcott, D. D. Hess, William Kunkol, Mich ael Bow, John Graham, 8. S. Moderwell, Wm. Brown. Fulton —Harvey Swift, John Kennedy, John Dunnwody. Hempfleld East—Dr. G. W. Groff, John Davis, Jr., Henry Hoffman, Dr. 8. Parker, B. C. Getz. Hempfleld West —George Bettew, J. 8. Boys, D. H. Weldler, J. Hogendobler, H. M. Weller. -Lampeter East—H. W. Gara, Boland Brubaker, Christian Erb, J. 0. Dunlap, J. L. Martin. Lampeter West—Samuel Long, Samuel Weaver, William A. Stroman. City—N. W. Ward—J. B. Amwake, Lewis Zecher, Henry Gibbs, George W. Brown, Charles B. Frailey. “ N: E. Ward—Lewis Haldy, Robert King, Jacob Zecher, Samuel H. Reynolds, Alfred Sanderson: u 8. W. Ward —Gen. Goo. M. Stcinm&n, P. Fitzpat rick, Abram Shank, Henry Schaum, James Peoples. “ S. E. Ward—Col. Wm. 8. Amweg, John Hensler, John De&uer, Davis Kltch, John T. MacGoDigle. Lancaster Twp.—D. E. Potts, Peter E. Lightner, Lewis Knight, Beniamin Haber, Benjamin Lentz. Leacook—George Diller, B. Singleton, D. Young, George .Heller, John L. Lightner. Leocock Upper—Wm. Weidman, Cyrus Miller, Henry Heller, Eli&a Heller, W. Simmons. Little Britain—C. W. Hays, E. B. Patterson, B. Gnrney, Dr. LW. Tell, Joseph Hilton. Manhelm Bor.—J. G. Leber, A. J. Eby, B. Donaven. H. ■ D. Miller, J. B. Young. ‘ Manhelm Twp.—Martin Heise, John'fciory, Geo. Ham bright, Addison Gamber. . -Manor—David Shoff, Amos Sourbeer, Charles R. Rees. Marietta—James Daffy, F. K. Curran, Charles Kelly, Frederick Manllc, Dr. John Huston. Martic—Wm. E. Ramsey, Wm. G. Wentz, Jacob Celtlo. Mount Joy Bor.—J. H. Brenneman, H. B. Dunlap, Bam • uel Eckert, A. B. Culp, C. W. Johnson, John Pinkerton. Mount Joy Twp.—Jacob Hlestand, Daniel Bender, Jona than Nichols. Paradise—Henry Glrvln, Samuel Hasson, George Yondor smith, Eli Rutter. :Penn—Aaron Longenecker, J. Busser, Ellas Stauffer, Kmannel Keener, Samnel Plasterer, Sr. Pequte—Daniel Fulton, Esq., Dr. Green, Neal Tyson. Providence—John C. Smith, Dr. J. K. Raub, Newton ■ Bhtter. Bapho—Joseph Detweiler, H. EbersoJe, T. Drapenetadt. Straaburg Bor.—Alexander Shultze, John E. Girvin, William Black. Strasbnrg Twp.—Daniel E. Potts, EJim B. Girvin, Henry Bpindler, Sr.» J. N. Neff, Benjamin Mayers. Sadsbury—John Albert Rhea, John Di Harrar, Jacob R. Townsend. Salisbury—James Hamilton, I. W. Rutter, H. S Kerns, B. P. Houston, David Kurtz. ; Warwick—John Berkenblne, Henry Sands, C. R Kreiter Washington Bor.—David Miller, Abraham Charles, Ja -cob Barr, John Evans, John B. Shaub, James J Donglass, Henry Foshell, Christian Snyder. A SEVERE BATTLE. Acoording to a despatch in the New York . Tribune, a severe battle was fought on the 9th inst., between a portion of Gen. Pope’s army under command of General Banks, and the rebels under General Jackson. The battle took place about six miles south of Culpepper Court House, and lasted nearly all day. The losses are said to be very heavy—supposed to be not less than from two to three thousand on eaoh side. , Among the wounded on the Union side is General Geary, who lost an arm, and a great many other officers were killed and wounded. The 46th Pennsylvania regiment suffered severely. Col. Knight, its gallant commander, is severely wounded. Both sides reoeived heavy reinforcements during the night, and it was believed that a renewal of the oonflict was imminent. A BOLD SPEECH. We refer our readers to a very bold and : ; stirring speeoh, on the first page, by George . of Boston, in defence of a ’ family acoused of treason, because of their having criticised the oonduot of the Govern- ment in the proseoution of hostilities against the rebels.- It will be seen from this speech j .nnd.Jbe result'of the trial that true thought and expression are ; not yet quite dead in the • City of Boston. BCTTWO PARTIES. McMichael says the only two po ,liiioal parties now in Pennsylvania are the tha Democratic parties. Mc ~ TMGefri* l for spoken troth, and he. is juw»bted authority with all'Republicans. • - RECRUITING. Over fourfes> hundred volunteers have been reoraited in this county, unddr the first call of the President, andas many more opuld be obtained in a week, if the same" indnebmon ta] were held ont, well fi>r thesus re ceived a fine collegiate education at Princeton, graduating with the highest honors. lie read law with Col. Wnusw B. Fokdxbt, of this city. Ha was beloved for his many noble qualities by all who enjoyed his acquaintance, and his death will tegeae rally regretted, Qis disease at first was dysentery, which terminated, it is said, in typhoid fever.. He-was burled, at 'Norfolk. Peace to the ashes of the gallant young soldier.' A Hoxanb and Patriotic Concert. —The National Union Choir -end Orchestra, a splendid organiza tion, will give a concert this evening, la the,Coart Boom, for the benefit of our slek and wounded soldiers The ob ject is-certainly humane and patriotic, the exercises will be of tbo first-class order, and therefore by all means there should be an overflowing house. “ Camp Lancaster.”—The new Lancaster’ County Begiment, recruited under the call of the President, went into camp yesterday, about one mile southeast of the city. They are a noble-looking body of men, and will make capital soldiers. • Several other companies are full, and will also be sent there as soon as additional tents are obtained for their accommodation. This speaks well for the patriotism of Lancaster county. . Bhe has already twa more companies than her quota in camp—some five or six waiting to get in—and could raise ten more companies in as many days if they would be accepted.' What other county in this or any other State can present such a record ? The location of the camp is a beautiful one. It is on the land of Mr. Geoff on the Lampeter road. The Command ant of "Camp Lancaster” is Capt Evlut Franklin, and the Military Instructor, Capt Edward McGovern. These selections are admirable ones, and reflect credit on the appointing power. ‘ Union Speeches.— Messrs. Barr t Dougbzriy,. No. 6 East Ring street bare the Union Speeches of Geosgk Francis Train, made in England dnring the present war, for sale. Price 25 cents. An Excellent Circus. —The “R. Sands’ Circus,” which exhihlted here on Thursday last is arid by thoee who attended to have been the best which has been in Lancaster for years. The acrobatic and gymnastic foats, &C., cannot be excelled. It was a real “old-fashioned” cir cus. The Bounty Question. — The County Com missioners were placed in somewhat of a dilemma in con sequence of the excess of volunteers uuder the first call— the matter of the fifty dollars being in the way. They have compromised the matter, however, by proposing to pay all the volunteers from this county, who may be mus tered into the nine months' service at Camp Lancaster, the sum of forty dollars each. We are informed that the vol unteers generally are satisfied with the arrangement. Incendiarism. —The African church in Marietta was discovered to be on fire, on Thursday morn* lDg, about 8 o’clock. The church Is located on Green Lane, at the west end, far from pumps or any kind of water, and could not possibly be saved. The colored school house—- owned in common by the borough and township—adjoin ing the church, and the dwelling of Peter George Sebastian, colored, also adjoining, were burned to the ground. It was, unquestionably, the work of an incendiary. It was set on fire once before, but was extinguished beforo doing much damage. Linden Grove Seminary.— Rev. Julius T. Beckler has retired from this old and excellent Boarding School for Young Ladies, at Lltiz, Lancaster county, and is succeeded, as Principal, by Prof. W. 0. Reichel, late of the Moravian College at Bethlehem. For The Intelligencer. Gzist Is great on imprisonment and hanging. He has two years’ experience of the first, and may get a taste of the second if he attempts to put his threat into execution. Suppose be trieß his hand at it. sooner the better; and, besides, it is only one step from the Penitentiary to the Gallows. Penitentiary birds would make capital hang men. CUJUM PECUS. For The Intelligencer. ABOLITIONISM—WHAT HAS THE SOUTH GAINED BT IT? Messrs. Editors: Was the advent of the Pilgrlmß a real and substantial benefit to America? Haß Plymouth, in the lapse of years, proven the historic significance of all its clustering associations to be the birth-place of a moral element whose life in its proper development was calcula ted to carry forward the true principles and genius of that form of government whose establishment and successful prosecution was hailed as its crowning glory! Is Porltaniem synonomous with civil liberty, and capable of retaining the power of self-preservation in (he light of political economy, as the would-be true pioneer of our na tionality in the path of prosperity, in the future career of onr Government? Or. is it not. on the contrary, a lament able fact that its main and legitimate offspring, U Abolitum‘ ism,” is bnt the culmination, after all, cf its boasted vir tues, fostered and cradled in fanaticism, and which has grown to-tbe proportions of a veritable giant, overthrow ing the superstructure of Us own rearing, and destroying the very principles of its own eherkhed ancestry. F»om the very birth-place of those principles which un derlie that well balanced political system uuder which wo live, which has been the wonder and adiniratioa of the world, and which appeared to be working out the problem of self government aucce?sfolly, baa emanated an element at once tlij-aKtmas and in its results well calculated to counteract, and, as experience has already taught, destroy the piestigo if success those principles have vouchsafed to the country. Puritanism, visionary from principle, idealistic in spec ulation and philosophy, bigoted and fanatical in religious faith, has ever been hostile to doctrines which would 1n the least compromise it? idea of a system of government other than its own interpretation of the guidance and rule cf the salats, and could form uo permanent attachment to civil liberty, except as it rqinred with what it conceived to be the teachings of the Covenant. A system of ethics which contains inherently this austerity of morals and in flexibility of principles, would not only seek to control the convictions and dictate opinions of men, but would furnkh the very conditions for the propagation of a vis ionary philanthropy, and the despicable dogma of Aboli tionism. Tbis superficial, spiritualistic, moral and political phil osophy, being the natural offspring of the puritanic ele ment in the religious faith of the Pilgrim Fathers, would very naturally find enthusiastic and even infatuated fol lowers in their immediate descendants. But how it is possible for the more sober conservators of the Middle States, the ancestry of whom were the stern advocates and supporters of rational liberty and authoritative civil rule, over against the morbid impulses of unregulated and un ref trained fanaticism, and whose moral philosophy led the mind to the contemplation of a deeper and moro abiding, and-indeed more comforting faith, and a broader and more comprehensive system of constitutional nationality and religious liberty, could ignore the teaching of their loved Germanic system of thought, and adopt as a moral rule cf action the dogma of Alolilionum —tbo very embodiment of alt that is most objectionable in the other system—can scarcely be reconcilable with true consistency and th 9 ordinary teachings of common sense. This yielding of the deeper to the lighter system of thought, and the spread and admixture of the population of the Eastern States into the Middle and Western States; tbo unsophisticated public mind thus opened to the dark,' designing machinations of unprincipled and fanatical demagogues, whose characteristic sagacity pointed out to them tbis as the path to power and self-aggrandizement, urged on their pet project of agitation. Without the abil ity, or perhaps the inclination, properly to understand the normal relation of the races, they commenced a crusade against the social institutions of the Southern States, which in its progress culminated in the formation of a sectional-political party, whose principles were aggressive and unconstitutional, and whose proportions became so rapidly and 60 alarmingly augmented es to control the governments of all the Free States at the very moment of its trinmph In the Presidential election of 1860. The advent to power of a party filled with sectional-po litical animosities, and clothed with the accumulating re solves of years to wage a warfare of aggression and even ex termination against the clear constitutional guarantees of a people who asked or claimed nothing but their rights under that instrument, was well calculated to produce alarm and to institute just the kind of resistance which has led them into open and determined rebellion against the authorities of the Government. Every step taken, and every point gained by those fa natical Slavery agitators have not only not benefited the North, but cost millions of treasure and thousands of the lives of our brave citizens upon the field of battle. But what has the sunny Sooth gained by Abolitionism The vivid portraiture of civil war presented in all the hor rid lineaments of this great rebellion. The untold calam ities upon the region of country more directly involved in it. The desolation of its homes, stricken with mourning for those whose lives have paid the forfeit of its rashness. The increasing deadly Intensity of feellrig cf the pebple toward the Government, and the awful destruction of pro perty and the desolating onward march of an invading foe. constitute a mountain of calamities and misery which will require ages to remove, and makes manifest the fearful truth that that part of our country, hitherto its chief source of prosperity and wealth, has sustained more direct and more terrible injury and prostration, occasioned fnaioly by this devilish slavery agitation, than can be re stored by the wealth of the nation, or the lapse of cen turies. There was a time when the Border States of the South were upon the eve of a general policy of emancipation, but tbe satanic spectre of Abolitionism presented itself, and all that was gained by the silent operations of a true Christian philanthropy, when free from the influence of a meddlesome, babbliDg,; puritanic priesthood, was dispelled by the rising surges of a selfish prejudice superinduced by Abolition vituperation ponred forth in copious streams from Eastern pulpits, newspapers, pamphlets and speeches. The result was tbe chains of bondage to the slave be came tightened, all legislation upon the subject was vio lently resisted and forever abandoned, and Slavery became fixed as an institution where it was really not profitable, and where a larger and more abundant yield of tbe earih’e fruits might have been the result of a higher and more in telligent species of labor. The slave labor of tbo Cotton States has been a source of untold wealth and prosperity to our whole country.— Commerce, trade, the Industrial and manufacturing inter ests of the people havo received their principal stimnlants from their products, and all working in one grand round of harmony contributed the vital energy which gives oar country its rapid growth, and raised it to the position of a leading pnw£r among the nations of the world. This kind of labor atone has made the sterile, tropical' waste of tbe South the rich producting garden of the world, giving millions of tbe human race a livelihood, and adding comfort and blessings to that class of beings whose low organic endowments fit them alone for snch servitude. It has been demonstrated beyond a resonabte doubt that the Cotton country ct the Bouth cannot be successfully culti vated without the labor of tbe African, and that labor can not be made effective where the restraints of Slavery are not imposed. It is here that the Stevens’, the Sumners, the Greeleys and the Beechers of the ultra school of Abolition fanatics arcrutriking, and have been striking, at the vitals of our prosperity as a nation. To liberate the slaves of the Bouth would not only breakup that social system based upon the relation of the races which Providence has ordained and thrust the negro Into-a position where, according to the laws of his being, be would naturally degenerate and finally perish,—would not only be a triumph of an infatu ated, moral individualism, —would not only be changing the relation of man with his fellow man, and changing tbe channels of Individual wealth and sectional prosperity, bnt it would be sapping the foundations of the very ele ments of existence to a Government whose life depends npon the largest possible scope of enterprise, and the rich est and most productive sources of prosperity. It would be virtually lifting out of existence the culture of the tropica and leaving that region, which we have ever re garded as the largest source of wealth to the country a vast, prostrated wilderness, and thus change all the ave nues of trade, overthrow the operations of tbe industrial interests of the world, and surrender the very power which has raised us to tho highest pinnacle of natloual greatness and grandeur. e “The supremacy of tho white man abolished, and the negro left without guidance or control, relapses, of course, Into his original Africanism, and if we are to suppose that Americans are never to be permitted to restore the normal order or the natural relations of the races, a time must come, or woold soon come, when seventy degrees of lati tude, right In. the heart of America, must he occupied by a huge Africanism or heathenism like that presided over by tho King of Dahomey and other African savages.” ; OBSERVER. More Negro Disturbances. —Tho jealousy which bu manifested itself in several places at tbe West, inreferenoe to negro competition with white iabor ers, h'aa broken out in Brooklyn, in a riot around -a . tobaoed factory ini wbiob tbe employees were negroes Severai of tbe. police were.injured by missiles, in suppressing tho distarbanoqs,, wbiob were quite senotu.' - "" . TBRSIBLt rBISHTBSIEDh . The Abolition bnahwhackern are trembliog in their boots at the brightening prospects nf success pftjiewell, organised .andnnterrified Democracy of the old Keystone. They writhe in mental agony at the oertain indications of defeat at the ooming election ; and unable to •save themselves-from ■ the doom whioh they have DtpnghVupontheir own' heads by their devotion to niggerism, which has thoroughly disgusted the masses of the Republican party, the miserable, eowardjy leaders, as craven in spirit as they are corrupt in principle, are down on their marrow:bones calling on Her cules to save them-. They can see no other* avenue of escape than Government interfer ence ; and to this end their organs, one and all, from Forney’s debauched Press down, down, down to the driveling, canting, malig nant, being little penny filth-sprinkler over the way, are acting in oonoert to impugn the loyalty of the Democratic party and bring down upon influential men and presses the strong arm of the National Administration, ex , 6 , ro i a , ing *kat axtra-Constitotional power called by them the “warpower,”. It is olaim v? that in the exercise of this power, all liberty of speech that takes a wider range than is compatible with'their interests or con ceits, may Tie suppressed—that liberty loving tongues may be hermetically sealed, and stal wart arms paralysed by summary arrest and quiet incarceration in one of Uncle . Sam’s fortresses, until after fie election. To effect this grand object, companies of spies are organized to keep watch and ward over the actions of honorable men, to note their out goings and their in-comings, to trace their footsteps late and early and to report every idle word yrhich, disconnected from what pre ceded and what followed, may be construed into sympathy with rebellion ; eves-droppers hover aronnd suspected dwellings, and even the prattle of children is made available to the dirty purposes of these dirty scoundrels.' Upon evidence furnished by wretches like these —public plunderers, branded liars, sneaking assassins of reputation—Government is expec ted to act against the victims selected for vengeance; who, without hearing, without knowledge of charges or informers, are to be deprived of liberty, and kept immured in prison until the crisis whioh threatens, not the country, but the abolitionized Republican party, has safely passed, and the black ban ner of negro emancipation, liberty, equality and fraternization has 'been carried success fully through the October contest. Revolting as it u, this is tho programme of the Republican leaders in this State. The question is, will it be carried out? We refuse to believe that the President and his Cabinet will permit themselves to be used to the extent desired as instrnments to gratify the malignity of worthless partisans,' and we trust soon to have this belief confirmed. In the meantime we hope that onr Democratic young men, such as are subject to draft, will give the lie to their traducere by rallying at onee under the ban ner of their oonntry, 'and aid their brethren already in the field to crush out the formidable and wicked rebellion which threatens the total t subversion of Republican Government. It should be the pride, as it unquestionably is the dnty, of every man fit to bear arms to stand by his oountry in this the hour of her great peril, and to shed, if need be, the last drop of bis blood in her defence. —Patriot & Union. AN APPEAL. We oopy the following, whioh seems to us to be something that is demanded by the times, from the Beaver Star : “ Democrats are governed by the rules of human nature, whatever Republicans may think to the contrary ; and however they ore denounced, they are still human beings. Some of them have already made excellent soldiers, and now in tlje hour of onr country’s sorest need, it is quite likely that some more of them may be induced to enlist. The course pursued by the Republican press is singularly calcu lated to persuade Democrats to do their duty. Call a man a traitor, and of course ho will go right off and enlist. Denounce him osa'se eestiionist at heart, and it is expected that he will immediately join tho army. Abuse and villify him in the vilest terms, call him “ locofoco dough face,” and he will not only go himself, but perhaps raise a company and take.them out with him to aid in putting down the rebellion. Threaten him with hanging, and what is more natural than for him to shoulder his musket and join his fellow Dem ocrats in fighting the battles of tho free ? “ We appeal to the common sense of Repub licans to put an end to this infamous and dastardly system of denunciation. It has already done an immense amount of harm ; already it has created private feuds-whioh yearß will not obliterate, and it is now potent in preventing ms; men from enlisting in the army. For our country’s sake let it be stopped. NEGROES WITH GEN. JACKSON. Mr. Thomas Mellen, of Philadelphia, writes to the Constitutional Union of that city, emphatically denying the statement originally started by the Abolitionists, and Bince widely repeated by thoir organa and followers, that Gen. Jackson had negro troops in his army at the battle of New Orleans. He says : “ I was on the spot at the time, serving in Gen. Jackson’s ranks. He had a small battalion of quadroons (volunteers) com manded by Major Duan, a white Frenchman. Quadroons are a mixed race, about ono fourth black and three-fourths white blood, generally of white fathers and quadroon mothers. At that time they were a respectable class pos sessing some property, and owning elaveß themselves. They do not associate with the blacks. THE OLD RAT AND THE CHEESE. At a late meeting Fornet declared “ I have retired from political life, I have devoted my self to the Nation.” This has occasioned the re-production of the following fable: “ My dear children,” said the old rat to his young ones, “the infirmities of age are pressing so heavily upon me, that I have determined to dedioate the short remainder of my days to mortification in a narrow and lonely hole whioh I have lately discovered,'; but Jet me’ not interfere with your enjoyments ; youth is the season for pleasure. Be happy, therefore, and obey my last injunction—never to come near me in my retreat. I bless yon all.” Deeply affooted, snivelling audibly, and wipiDg bis paternal eyes with bis tail, the old rat withdrew, and was seen no more for several days, when his youngest daughter, moved rather by affection than cariosity, stole to his cell of mortification, whioh turned out to be a hole made by his own open teeth in an enormous Cheshire Cheese. tST Dean Richmond, Esq., the Chairman of the New York Democratic State Commit tee, has recently given $2OOO towards the fund for the encouragement of enlistments in that State. Yet he is daily denounced by the abolition press as a “ sympathizer with seces sion.” Upon this the Cooperstown Journal well remarks: Dangerous man, that Dean Richmond 1— The Republicans of the radical order should kfep a close eye On him. He is in favor of the “Constitution as it is and tbe Union as it was” —and has given his thousands for their resto ration. He is Chairman of the-Democratic State Committee—a political body which has been roundly abused by tho whole Republican press since the war commenced; Caggor is its Secretary—and ho also has given liberally of his ample means to carry on the war. Dan gerous fellows, these “ Caggerito Democrats 1” THE EDITORS’ BOOK. TABLE* A NEW WORK.—We have received from J. 31. West haeffer, Bookseller, a neatly bcund volume of over 400 pages, entitled "America Before Europe?* Published by- Charles Scribner, 124 Grand street, New Tork. We havo not had time to read the book; but, from a glance at Us table of contents, we are satisfied it is a regu lar Abolition publication, and will, doubtless, meet with, a ready sale among pollticians.aod others of that stripe. 49* It is for sale at Westhaefferis. THE LADY’S BOOK for August is “chock full of pletcrer,” and pleasant and useful reading for the ladies. It bas a fine steel engraving of “Daniel Webster at tbe Tomb of Sbakspeare,” a double lkshion-plote, a humorous wood eugravlng, 4 ‘ The Proposal,” with unnumbered pictures of articles of dress, embroidery, Ac., Ac , Ac. Its reading is os varied and interesting as usual; and altogether the Lady’s Book is by far the best periodical of Its class in the country. Terms, $3 per annum, two copies for 6, three for $6, or four for $7. Address L. A, Godey, Philadelphia. The AuqpsT Interest.— The eemi-annnal interest on tbe State Debt of Pennsylvania was paid on the Ist fast., at the (Farmers’ and Mechanics’ Bank, Philadelphia. It was paid in currency, with, 12$ per cent, added, to make it equivalent to coin. The Pennsylvania RBSBRVES.-rGen. Seymour has been- assigned to thepommand of the Pennsyl vania Beserves, in place of 'Gen- McCall, who was token prisoner in the recent bpttfet befereßichmond. Gen. Seymour graduated at WestPoiat, in McClel lan's class, and served with great distinction as an artmery Offlcer in Mexlco.' ‘ A DHSCBIPTION ppi CONGRKBB. The Sy raaose (N. Y ) Coin ter, in noticing the adjmrnmept of Congress, draws the follow - ing admirable pietnife of the proceedings in that body, jit says: “ With violations of the Oonstitntion innu merable; with plunderings and stealings be yond measure; with unexampled devotion to the black, and uneqnaled neglect of the inter- -- eats,of the white man; with unsurpassed sub serviency to the lash of Abolition fanatioism - with a relentless,hate, unrivaled in the annals of history, of the w.hite citizens of the South • with treason to the Constitution in their hearts with a fell spirit of disnnionism in ail their aota; with a noisy profession of devotion to liberty on their lips, but in faot a real support of every act of tyranny, they have suffered the freeman’s writ of habeas corpus to be denied him.; they have encouraged unreasonable 1 searches.and seizures;: they have submitted without protest to the ruthless violation of the sanotity of the,freeman’s home; they have trampled upon the inviolable right of a free opinion, free speech and a free press; they" have encouraged the seizure and imprionment of free white citizens accused of no offence and guilty of no crime; they have suffered free born white oitizens to languish weeks and months in Northern bastiles without investi gation ; they have clamored about the confine ment ot black men—sanctioned by law and custom—in the District of Columbia; they have created inquisitorial courts unknown to the laws ; called commissions to hold or dis charge persons without trial by their peers; they have expelled, and sought to expel, the qualified representatives of Northern Sover eign States under various pretenses, bnt really beoause of their constitutional Demooraey; they have maligned our soldiers and denoun ced our Generals; they have divided up mili tary departments only to make room for par tisan favorites ; they have, in order to insure the success of their abolition sohemes, embar rassed and produced the defeat of our Generals in the field ; they have sanctioned every out rage, submitted to every usurpation, and are responsible for every disaster. By their par tisan tariff they have well nigh mined the commercial interests of tho oouDtry, and by their wild and crude sohemes of finance and currency, they have inaugurated the triumph of shinplasters.” ORDERS FROM THE WAR DEPART- The following orders, were issuod this morning : War Department, > Washington, Aug. 8, 1862. ' j Ordered , First. That all United States Marshals, and superintendents and chiefs of polioe, of any town, oity or district, be and they are hereby au thorized and directed to arrest and imprison any person or persons who may be engaged, by act of speech or writing, in discouraging volunteer enlist ments, or in any way giving aid and comfort to the enemy, or any other disloyal* praolioe against the United States. Second. That immediate report be made to Major L. G. Turner, Judge Advocate, in order that such persons may be tried before a military commission. Third. The expenses of such arrest and imprison ment will be certified to the chief olerk of the War Department for settlement-and payment. (Signed) EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War. War Department, ) August 8. } An order to prevent the evasion of military duty and for the suppression of disloyal practices : First. By direction of the President of the United States, it iB hereby ordered that until further ordered, no oitizen liable to be drafted into the militia shall be allowed to go to a foreign oountry, and all Mar shals, Deputy Marshals and military officers of the United States are direoted, and all police authori ties, especially at the ports of the United States, on the seaboard and on the frontier, are requested" to see that this order is faithfully carried-into effect.— And they are hereby authorized and directed to ar rest and detain any person or persons about to de part from the United States in violation of this order, and report to Major Turner, Judge Advocate, Washington city, for further instruction respecting the person or persons so arrested and detained. Second. Any person liable to draft,. who shall absent himself from his county or State before suoh draft is made, will be arrested by any provost mar shal or other United States or State officer, wherever he may be found within the jurisdiction of the United Stales, and conveyed to iho nearest military post and placed ou militury duty for the term of the draft, and tho expenses of his own arrest and con veyance to suoh post, and also tho sum of $5 as a reward to the offioer who shall make such arrest, shall be deducted from his pay. Third. The writ of habeas corpus is horeby sus pended in respeot to all persons arrostod and detain ed, and in respect to all persons arrested for disloyal practices. (Signed) EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of W ar. A PRESIDENTIAL SPEECH, The War Meeting in front of the Capitol in Wash ington, on Wednesday afternoon, was an oooasion of much importance, more especially on account of the presence of President Lincoln and the part which he took in the proceedings. The brief address whioh ho delivered possesses some interest, from the fact - that it contains his views with regard to the ability and conduot of certain military officials, which have been the subject pf much criticism. THE PRESIDENT’S SPEECH. Fellow-Citizens : X believe there is no preoedent for my appearing before you on this ocoasion—[ap- plause]—but it is also true that there is no preoedent for your being here yourselves. [Applause and laughter.] And I offer in justification of myself and you that, upon examination, X have found nothing in the Constitution against it. [Renewed applause.] X, however, have an impression that there are younger gentlemen who will entertain you better—[Voioes, “No, no. none oan do better than yourself; goon” J—and better address your under standing than X will or could, and therefore propose but to detain you a moment longer. [Cries of “Go on—tar and feather the rebels. ”] X am very little in clined, on any occasion, to Say anything, unless X hope to produce something by it. A voice—“ You do that—go on.”J The only thing X think of just now not likely to be better said by some one else, is a matter in whioh we have heard some other person blamed for what X did myself. [Yoioes —“ What is it?”] There has been a very wide-spread attempt to have a quarroPbetween Gen. MoClellan and the Secretary of War. Now, X occupy a position that enables me to believe, at least, that these two gen tlemen are not nearly so deep in the quarrel os some presuming to be their friends. [Cries of “ Good.”] Gen. McClellan’s attitude is snob that in the very selfishness of his nature he cannot but wish to be successful, and X hope he will; and the Secretary of War is precisely in the same situation. Xf the military commander in the field oannot be successful, not only the Secretary of War but myself, for the time being the master of them both, cannot but be failures. [Laughter and applause.] Xknow General MoClellan wishes to be successful, and X know he does not wish it anymore that the Secretary of War for him, and both of them together not more than X wish it. [Applause.] Sometimes we have a dispute about how many men General MoClellan has had; and those who wish to disparage him say. that he lias had a very large number, and those who would disparage the Secretary of. War insist that General McClellan has had a very small number. The basis for this is that there is always a very wide difference, and on this occasion perhaps, a wider one, between the grand total on General MoClellan's rolls and the men aotualy fit for duty, and those who would disparage him talk of grand totals on paper, and those who would disparage the Secretary of War talk of those at present fit for duty. General MoClellan has sometimes asked for things that the Secretary did not give him, and General McClellan is not to blame for asking for what; he wanted and needed, and the Secretary of War is not to blame for not giving what he had none to give, [applause and laughter] and X say here that as far as I know, the Secretaiy of War has withheld ‘no on ® thing at any time in my power to give him, [wild applause, and a voioe exclaimed “ Give him enough now.”] X have no accusation against him ; X believe he is a brave and able man, [applause] and 1 stand here, as justice requires me to do, to take upon myself what bas been charged upon the Secre tary of War as withholding men from him. X have talked longer than I expected to do, [cries of no, no, • go on] and now X avail myself of my privilege of saying no more. Singular an© Sudden Death.—George Bell, a well known butoher, of this city, died suddenly this morning under the following tingularcircumstances: Some time during yesterday afternoon he was en gaged in skinning a cow, whioh had died of some unknown disease. While thus engaged be was bit ten on the arm by a fly whioh had been feeding on the oarcass. The bite excited no attention at the time, but soon Mr. Bell’s arm began to swell and in flame, and became very painfnl. The swelling rapidly extended to all parts of the body, and at an early hour this morning Mr. Bell died in great agony.— New Albany (Ind.) Ledger. THE WAR TAX, Witt the approach of the first of September comes the new responsibilities imposed by the war against the rebellion. For instance, license fees will bedne by the various classes described asjollows: Apothecaries, $lO Jugglers, $2O Auctioneers, 20 Lawyers, 10 Bankers, 100 Livery-stable keepers, 10 Billiard tables (each) 5 Manufacturers, 10 Cattle brokers, 10 Pedlers, from sto 20 Claim agents, = 10 Photographers, 10 Coal-oil distillers, 50 Pawnbrokers, 50 Commercial brokers,; 50 Physioians, 10 Confeetioners, 10 Retail dealers, 10 Circuses, 50 Retail dealers in Pq’rs,2o Dentists, Ep'' bating houses, Horse dealers, Theatres, Tallow chandlers, tobacconists, 10 Soap makers, 10 100 Wholesale dealers, - 50 10 do in liquors, 100 'Cotton in Illinois.— Tho efforts mado to introduce cotton culture in Illinois are attend ed with encouraging results. A correspon dent of the Chicago Tribune, writing from Cobden, in that State, says: ‘ Cotton and tobacco have been planted in Southern Illinois to a considerable extent this year,.and the cultivation of these articles will belargcly increased, as year after'year proves the-profitableness of their productjion. There.are. some fine cotton fields withlfr’six miles, of this place, and,, after, considerable inquiry, I am led •to, .believe. that this part of the State lSouthernlUinoisA will send;.s h ooo •Mies'to titarketfthla yeaf.. \T'ha.yqy heard, the wop estimated as high as 2tf,oo(>. ’ Surgeons, Tobr —Mts,