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How our flag to Hang to the wild winds free,
Let it float o’er our atber land,
.And the guard of its spotless fame shall be
Colombia’s chosen band. .
DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET.
' FOR AUDITOR GENERAL :
ISAAC SLENEER, 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
mittee, adopted at their meeting on Wednesday, July 30th,
yon are requested to assemble In the several wards of the
city, and boroughs -and townships of the county, on SAT
URDAY, the 6th day of SEPTEMBER next, then and there
to elect the usual 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 Pulton 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.
Poor Members of the House of Representatives.
A District Attoroey.
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 Connty Committee.
R. R. TSHUDY, Chairman.
Andrew J. Steutmah, Secretary.
Lancaster, August 2d, 1862.
COUNTY COMMITTEE MEETING.
The Democratic County Committee will meet at Sbober’s
Hotel, in the City of Lancaster, on THURSDAY, SEP
TEMBER 4th, 1862, at 11 o'clock, A. M. A full attendance
of the members is earnestly desired, as business of impor
tance will claim the Committee’s consideration.
R. R. TSHUDY, Chairman.
Andrew J. Stbinman, Secrotary.
Lancaster, August 26,1862.
TBE WAR NEWS.
There has been severe skirmishing for
Beveral days past along the line of the Rappa
hannook, between the armies of Gen. Pope
and the rebels, bat nothing definite can be
obtained owing to the embargo laid upon the
telegraph by the Government. Several
attempts of the rebels to cross the river were
repulsed by our troops, but no particulars are
given. Among the killed on our side was
Brigadier General Bohlen, a brave and mer
itorious German officer. A rebel brigade was
captured by General Sigel, on the 2lßt inst.
An important and decisive battle must take
place very soon, (if it has not already,) as the
two armies are close to eaoh other. We have
not learned whether McClellan and Bern
sids have yet formed a junction with Pope.
\ A day or two more will probably bring ob
startling news.
PROMOTED
Oar former townsman, Commander C. H.
Poor, has been promoted to a Captaincy in the
U. S. Navy, and expects to be ordered to sea
in a short time. We congratulate the Captain
on his promotion. He is a gallant and expe
rienced officer, and will nobly do his duty in
whatever position he may be placed.
UNTRUE,
The statement which has been going the
rounds of the Republican papers to the effect
that ex-President Buchanan intended leaving
Wheatland and taking up his residence near
Downingtown, in Chester county, is without
any foundation in fact. Mr. Buchanan never
had the remotest idea of leaving the quiet and
beautiful shades of Wheatland. This last,
however, is like the thousand and one other
stories started in reference to our distinguished
fellow-citizen.
COL. RICHARDSON’S SPEECH
See first page for another strong and char
acteristic) speech from this gentleman. It is
soundly democratic and patriotic throughout,
and will be perused with interest by all our
readers.
GENERAL CORCORAN.
This brave and gallant officer—the com-
mander of thn 69th New York Regiment—who
was captured at Bull Run more than a year
ago, has at length been exchanged, and is now
at his home in New York, having met with the
most enthusiastic receptions in Washington,
Baltimore and Philadelphia. The President
has very properly commissioned him a Briga
dier General ofYolunteers, and he will shortly
resume his duty in the field. We have no
doubt that he will pay the rebels back, with
interest, for his loDg eaptivity.
is estimated by the anthorities at
Harrisburg, we understand, that the quota of
each county or district, to make up Pennsyl
vania's quota of 600,000 men, will be 1 out of
every 15 of the population. This would make
Lancaster county’s quota about 7500—less the
number (5,000) who have volunteered. The
quota of this oity, on the above basis, would
be about 1200—less the number who have
volunteered, and so of the various boroughs
-and townships.
COUNTY COUBIITTBE fiXBBTIKG.
The Demooratio. County Committee, is re
quested to meet in this city, at Shober’s Hotel
on Thursday, September 4tb, at 11 o’olockj
A. M. The Chairman, Mr. Tshudy, desires
. a fall attendance of the members, as .business
Ofimportanoe will claim the Committee’s con
sideration.
INDIAN.SI ASS AC BBS#
The Sioux Indians, in Minnesota, have be-
; oome hostile and are committing murders and
- devastations along the Minnesota river. The
number of whites already killed is supposed
about 500, amongst whom are several
jvflqiasiqnarieß. Governor Ramsey i 8 exerting
.-.himself to suppress the disturbance; and a
luge fqroe of militia were at the latest ao-
Jnaxehing against, the Indians. :
cojunaoED.
’ ' SBAr
I li|M»«Tin.ijWßmi. ofAdamstown,
haabeen appointedDdputy Marshal for Lancas
ter count?, to superintend the organisation of
the militia. He has selected lug
theenrohnent has osajneneed.' We
raised WAare
opinion thaivery Hr willbe readied, IfTthe
countygetofnll
already farnieheddbr thi warNTn tblioity,
for instance, the gieat majority of our yonng
men hare already gone, did we are inclined
to think that onr quota has been made np.—
_T(m same may be said of jthe Boroughs and
some of the Townships; andwe think itwoaid
be unfair to drain those who remain eo long
as other districts in the county have not
famished their proportion. Let the public
burthens be equalised, and then no one- will
have any canseof complaint..
The order 6f the War Department if carried
but in its letter and spirit, will dtr the thing
equitably and fairly. It contemplates that a
credit shall be given to'every city, borongh
and township for the '.number of soldiers
already sent to'the field. Those districts
which have furnished their full quota will
escape the-draft altogether—whilst those
which have not will have to make up for past
delinquencies. .
We hope the Deputy Marshal and hie
Assistants will see to it that every dietriot
gets full credit for the men already in the
army. '
HON- EDGAR COWAN.
. This gentleman, as we learn from the
Greensbnrg Republican, addressed a very
large assemblage of his fellow-oitizens, in
that Borough, on Monday week, on the sub
ject of the war. The editor says: “ Mr.
Cowan's resJarks did not partake of a par
tizan oharaoter, bnt were purely patriotio.—
[How different from the party slang nt'tered
by Fobnet and McMichael, in this oity, at
the late war meeting!] He presented in
strong and vivid language, the necessity for
men of all parties to rally around the Gov
ernment and give it an honest, cordial sup
port. [Just as the Democrats of the North
are now doing.] And he appealed to the
patriotism of the people, in the most earnest,
eloquent, and feeling terms, beseeohing them
not to desert their country in this her hour of
trouble.” [The Democrats will not desert
their country—no, never .]
Mr. Cowan is a true patriot and statesman,
and if the halls of Congress had been filled
with such men instead of the Wiluots,
Wades, Wilsons, Loyejoys, Grows and Ste
venses who, by their violence, have widened
the breach between the North and the South,
President Lincoln would, long ere this, have
been able to bring this terrible civil war in
which the nation is involved to a triumphant
and satisfactory close. But this is the same
pure-minded and honest-hearted Senator who
was refused an endorsement by the late Re
publican State Convention 1 Comment on
such conduct is unnecessary.
RELEASED FROM PRISON.
Messrs. Barrett, MacDowell, Forster and
Joneb, proprietors and editors of the Patriot
& Union , who were arrested on the 6th inst.,
and taken to Washington oity under a mili
tary escort, and there imprisoned for sixteen
days, were released on Friday last, no aoouser
appearing against them, and no charge being
produced. They reached their homeß at
Harrisburg on Saturday evening. They were
met at the depot by an immense' orowd of
their fellow-citizens, who escorted them to
their residences, and the side-walks were lined
with ladies and gentlemen, waving their
handkerchiefs and oheering them as they
passed along. The vast concourse of oitizens
was addressed by Col. MacDowell and Mr.
Barrett.
Speaking of the enthusiastic reception these
gentlemen met with, the Patriot & Union of
yesterday says:
“There was a significance in this demon
stration which cannot he misunderstood. The
sturdy laboring man, the honest German, the
warm hearted Irishman, and, in fact, all
classes of the community, turned out, not only
to show their devotion to their party and tbeir
party friends, but to Bhow to the world their
utter condemnation of a power which assumes
the right of dragging men from their homes
on the mere information gr instigation of ir
responsible parties, and denying them tbe
right of a trial by jury, or the inestimable
benefits of the writ of habeas corpus , which
has never been suspended for four centuries in
monarchical England.”
BRIGADIER GENERAL STONE RE-
LEASED.
It is announced that Brigadier General
Charles P. Stone, who has been long confined
in Fort Lafayette, on the heinous charge of
treason, has been released, and is now with
his familly in New York. As the Govern
ment has liberated him without a trial, it is
to be presumed that he is innocent. But if so,
what reparation will be made for his long
imprisonment, and for the stain which has
been cast upon his reputation by the mere
suspicion of treachery to the Government?
It is a cruel thing to deprive an innocent man
of his liberty, and publicly accuse him of an
infamous crime. The misoreants who, with
slander’s poisoned tongue, insinuate the base
charges which lead to suoh arrests as these,
should be severely punished. No man’s
liberty or good name should'be at the mercy
of the slanderer.
GREAT DEMONSTRATION.
An immense and enthusiastic mass meeting
of the Democracy and other loyal men of
Philadelphia, washeld in Independence Square
on Saturday evening. The Sunday Mercury
estimates the number of persons present at
30,000. Hon. Peter McCall (formerly an
old line Whig) presided, assisted by an im
mense number of Vice Presidents and Secre
taries—every ward in the Oity being repre
sented. Addresses were delivered by the
President, and by Hon. Francis W. Hughes,
Hon. Wh. H. Witte, Charles Ingersoll,
Esq., Joseph Clay, Esq., John Bell Robin
son, Esq. and others. The resolutions, were
reported by Mr. Hughes, and are strong,
pointed, loyal and appropriate to the timee,
and were adopted by acclamation.
A CAMPAIGN PAPER.
A. D. Boileau, at 108 J South Third Street,
Philadelnhia, has commenced the publication
of a semi-weekly campaign paper, called the
Democratic Leader, at the low-price of twenty
five oents till the eleotion. The paper is
reoommended to the support of the' public by
the Chairman of the Demooratio State Central
Committee, F. W. Hughes, Esq., and. will
doubtless do good servioe in the political
oampaign upon which we have entered.
NORTH CABOhISA KAiKCTION.
The ultra Seoesßion nominee for Governor
has been defeated in North Carolina by a
majority of some 40,000 votes, and the friends
of the successful candidate have elected nearly
all the members of the Legislature. Thiß is
called in some quarters a Union triumph, and
perhaps it is so; but we would have a little
more confidence in the truth of the deelara
tion, if the Governor , elect was not at the
present time a Colonel in *the : rebel service 1
We don’t understand such Unionism as that.
Kentucky.— Gov. Magoffin has resigned
the office of Governor of ,Kentucky, and James
P. Robinson, President of the Senate, becomes
Governor for the remainder of Magoffin’s
term. Mr: Robinson is a staunohUuion
man, while Magoffin - was regardeOrithr
distrust by the Umon taen. '
THET piSwiSisN* Ajn» *HB. **-
On Thursday President of the
jP/nited States gave audience to a qomnuMje.
?gjf colored men at the White
•trere introduqedfby Bev.. J. Mitchi££ Com
imissioner of
ft|fthe^rereperi|^
iinvitatioijpo hearwhatiflie
-e|y to tiiem. HeviDg: 81l been scitod.the
tions, informed them that a sum of moirey*
had l»en appropriated by Congress, and
placed at his disposition for the purpose of
aiding the colonization in some country, of
the people, or a portion -of them of Afrman
descent, thereby.making it his duty^ a^i th ad
for a long time been bis inclination, fofhvor
“An(rwhy,”he r aeked,‘ t should
the' people bfyonr race," be colonized, and
where ?Why shouldthey leave this country f.
This is perhaps tbs first,question for proper
consideration.” The President then atated at
length the reasons ,which he considered should
induce the coiored population to' desire to leave
this country, in which theirracejs Bubjeot to so
many disadvantages.. “ The place lam think
ing about having for a oolony,” he continued,
ft is Central America.. oltis nearer ns than Li
beria, not much more than one-fourth as fair as
Liberia, and within seven days rim by steam
ers. Unlike Liberia, it is on a great line of
travel, it is a highway. The country is a very
excellent one for any and with great
natural resources andadvantages,‘and especi
ally because ofthe similarity of climate with
your native land, thus being suited to your
physical condition. The particular place I
have in view is to be a great highway from
the Atlantic or Caribbean sea to the Pacific
Ooean. And this particular place has all the
advantages of a colony.” The great advan
tages offered in that country to a colony of
oolored people, and the privileges they would
enjoy there were enlarged upon by the Presi
dent. “ The practical thing I want to ascer
tain is whether I oan get a number of able
bodied men, with their wives and children,
who are willing to go when I present evidence
of enoouragement and protection. Could I
get a number of tolerably intelligent men,
with their wives and their children, and cut
their own fodder, so to speak. Can I have
50 ? If I oould find 25 able-bodied, with a
mixture of women and children—good things
in the family relation—l think I could make
a successful commencement. I want you to
let me know whether this can be done or not.”
The ohairman of the delegation briefly replied
that they would hold a consultation, and in a
Bhort time give an answer. The President
said—“ Take your full time—no hurry at all.”
The delegation then withdrew. - We have
given above the principal points of the Presi
dent’s address, not having room for the report
at length.
CROP PROSPECTS
In the largest portion of the Northern
States, the staple crop is grass, both for
grazing and hay, and it haß proved a large
one, except in Northern New York and a
small portion of Vermont and New Hamp
shire, in some localities of which it is almost
an entire failure. For instance, in Jefferson
and St. Lawrence counties, New York, where
a drought has prevailed to an extent beyond
a precedent in a region that has been before
afflicted in some way. In that region all
other crops have suffered as grass. In West
ern New York, and other wheat growing
regions of the Eastern States, there is already
Bafely harvested a great crop of wheat.—
Where rye is mostly grown, the crop is
excellent. Oats as a general thing will be
light in the grain, though heavy in the straw,
in oonsequence of injury from the grain
aphis. Potatoes, as a general thing, are most
promising, both in yield and quality. There
is some little show of potato rot. Fruit never
bid fairer, in almost all the States, though
injured in Borne localities of the Eastern States
by the caterpillar. On the whole, there will
be a magnificent crop of frujt. Indian corn
at the West never gave greater promise than
it does now. It is quite the reverse in the
Eastern States. In some sections, the crop
most inevitably be a light one, both in fodder
and grass. W/Jen oorn fails, buckwheat al
ways succeeds. There is also a large crop of
beans growing, and the season is very favor
able for roots.
“ A DECENT WHITE MAN AS GOOD AS
A NIGGER.”
General Jim Lane, of Kansas, is enrolling
negroes in that State for the war. So is
Governor Andrew, of Massachusetts. In a
speech recently delivered at Leavenworth,
Lane said : [We quote from tbe Express of
Friday evening, and, of course, it cannot bo
treasonable in us to follow that patriotic ex
ample.]
1, 1 have always believed that a decent white
man was as good as any nigger. And the
negroes are mistaken if they think white men
can fight for them while they stay at home.
We have opened the pathway. We don’t
threaten, but we have- been saying that you
would fight, and if you won’t fight we will
make you. Government has at last deter
mined to turn the tiger loose; Gen. Halleck
and every other general has so determined. I
have always believed that within ninety days
after we began to make war in earnest, the
rebel armies would be dispersed. Terrible,
devastating war is now to be prosecuted by the
Union arms. No more watching rebel pro
perty, no more restoring rebel slaves, ho more
white men dying in trenches. Negroes are
acclimated ; they can work beneath a tropical
sun. When a white man goes into a rice
swamp he covers himself with broad-brimmed
hats ; then he takes parasols, then umbrellas.
Start a negro in with forty hats, and he will
have them all off, and leave that wool that
God has placed there for his protection; Go
into the Niggerhominy, where thousands of
our men perished in the trenches. Don’t you
think you could have overcome your love for
the negro sufficiently to have allowed them to
go there and work half the time ? At Phila
delphia the other day I heard a gentleman say:
‘lt is horrible to let the negroes go in.’ I said
to him: ‘You want to crush the rebellion;
would you he willing to have a mule with
steel-pointed shoes kick a rebel to death, and
yet not be willing to have him shot by a nig
ger V Why, I would rather be shot to death
twice by a nigger than kicked to death once by
a mule.”
NEGROES IN MASSACHUSETTS.
The Attorney General of Massachusetts has
deeided that it is legal and pro per to enrol
negroes in the militia of that State. The fol
lowing is the concluding paragraph of his
published opinion: -
“The authorities of Massachusetts have no
more right to diminish its quota of troops by
Tefiising to enrol black men, than they would
have to reduce the age at whioh the obligation
of military service terminates, forty five to
forty years. The only possible question now
open, is whether colored men are citizens of
Massachusetts, which, no one, I presume, will
have the hardihood to deny, inasmuch as they
are tax-payers, voters, jurors, and eligible to
office, and there is no inequality,founded upon,
distinctions of races knbwn to our laws.”
THE CONSTITUTIONAL UNION.
" This able and spirited Demooratio paper,
published at Philadelphia, is to be issued daily
from and after the Ist day of September at
$4 per annum, payable in advance.' Those of
our readers who desire a daily from the city
would do . well to patronize the Constitutional
Union. . >
Sep. advertisement of Elms Fisher, in
another colnmn,-' A goodchance.wotbink,
to get a large bounty. .
the ; adyertisement .of Meeps .Bnn,.
, & Co.j of this; m^j’ I ,he»ded: " Inj
«aw»q*<t(gaißihtheJ , r^. , S'ahoic(/io wilt •
■ .'MW-AWOOT.IfNMBiMMBfc;- -- - _
Gen. Butler and Gen. Phelpe have got into
a quarrel about enlisting negroes in Louiai ana.
Phelps, is the man who issued the famous abo
lition proclamation* upon landing akShw-
Island with Gan. «£!
*bove New Orleans, jfid :
knowledge
and formed
isln madea requisitroh
equipments, Ac., for three regiments of blacks
which he proposes to raise. To avoid raising
the “negro question” between himself and
Phelps, Gen. Butler sent an order to Phelps
-to" employ--the~negroes mrlabarere iirwork
- fbrr terdefenD&oFhi*
position. Thisjdid not suit Gen, Phelps, and
he. wrote jm, impudent jjeply to Gap. Butler,*
m-whiohbßßaidhewasiiotwilUDgtoljßcome
amere : 7rfavedriVei^"'atiff I was =r uhdef''the i
titrcescnty ’of resigning his commission in : thei
aray* and' requested leave of absence hntil fci#
resignation should be accepted;- Thereupon'
Gen. Buifer eehtihim'the following decided and
emphatic jipte:;.‘ ‘
Headqu^riers t Department of the Gulf ).
' V Nkw Orleans; Aug: 2,1862. J
General: I was some What surprised to re
ceive yourresignatibnfor tbe-TeasoH stated.
When you were put in; command AtCamp
Parapet £ sent LieutenantJWeitzel, my chief
engineer, to make a reconnoisanoe of the lines
of Carrollton; and I understand it was agreed
between you and the engineer that a removal ‘
of the wood between Lake Ponchartrain and
the right of your entrenchments was a neces
sary military precaution;'
The work could not.be done at that time
because of the stage of the water and the want
oi men. But now both water .and men con
cur. You have five hundred Africans organ
ized into companies. You write me this work
they are fitted to do, It must either be done
by them or by soldiers, now drilled and dis
ciplined, You have said the location is un
healthy to the soldiers—it is not to the negro.
Is it not best that tbeßd unemployed Africans
should do this labor? My attention is
especially called to this matter at the present
time, because there are reports of demonstra
tions to be made on your lines by the rebels;
and, in my judgment, it is a matter of neces
sary precaution thus to clear the right ofyour
line, so that you can receive the proper aid
from the gunboats on the lake, besides pre
venting the enemy from having cover. To do
this the negroes ought to be employed, andin
so employing them I see no evidence of
slave driving or employing you as a slave
driver.
The soldiers of the army of the Potomao did
this very thing last-summer in front of Arling
ton Heights. Are the negroes any better than
they ? Because of an order to do thiß neces
sary thing, to protect your front, threatened
by the enemy, you tender your resignation
and ask immediate leave of absence. I assure
you I did not expect this, either from your
courage, your patriotism or your good sense.
To resign in face of an enemy has not been
the highest plaudit to a soldier, especially
when the reason assigned is that he is ordered
to do that which a recent aot of Congress has
specially authorized a commander to do— i. e. t
employ the African to do the necessary work
about a camp or upon a fortification. General,
your resignation will nob be accepted by me;
leave of absence will not be granted, and you
will see to it, that my orders, thus necessary
for the defence of the city, are faithfully and
diligently executed, upon the responsibility
that a soldier in the field owes to his superior.
I will see that all proper requisitions for the
food, shelter and olothing of these negroes at
work are at once filled by the proper depart
ment. You will also send out a proper guard
to protect the laborers against the guerilla
force, if any there may be in the neighbor
hood. BENJAMIN F. BUTLER,
Major General Commanding.
WORDS OF WISDOM,
It is well for us occasionally to consult the
writings and warnings of the patriot states
men of other days. Since the time of General
Washington, perhaps no man has oocupied so
large a space in the public eye as General
Andrew Jackson. The Farewell Address of
the old Hero of the Hermitage, upon retiring
from the Presidency in 1837, is fraught with
wisdom and prophetio warning. Look at the
following extract:
“ But amid this general prosperity and splendid
sacoess, the dangers of whioh he [Washington]
warned os are beooming every day more evident,
and the signs of evil are sufficiently apparent to
awaken the deepest anxiety in the bosom of the
patriot. We behold systomatio.efforts publioly made,
to sow the seeds of discord between different parts of
the United States, and to place party divisions di
rectly upon geographical distinctions; to excite the
South against the North, and the North against the
South, and to foroe into the controversy the most
delioate-and exciting topics—topics upon whioh it is
impossible that a large portion of the Union oan
ever speak without strong emotion. Appeals, too,
are constantly made to seotional interests, in order
to influence the eleotion of the Chief Magistrate, as
if it were desired that he should favor a particular
quarter of the country, instead of fulfilling the
duties of his station with impartial justice to all,
; and the possible dissolution of the Union has at
length become an ordinary and familiar subjeot of
discussion V Has the warning voioe of Washington
been forgotten ? or have designs already been form
ed to sever the Union ? Lee it not be supposed that
1 impute to all of those who have taken an aotive
part in these unwise and unprofitable discussions, a
want of patriotism or of public virtue. The honor
able-feeling of State pride, and local attachments,
find a place in the bosoms of the most enlightened
and pnro. But while snob men are conscious of
their own integrity and honesty of purpose, they
ought never to forget that the oitizens of other States
are their political brethren; and that, however mis
taken they may be in their views, the great body of
them are equally honest and upright with them
selves. Mutual suspicions and reproaches may in
mutual hostility, and artful and design
ing men will always be fonnd, who are ready to
foment these fatal divisions, and to inflame the
natural jealousies of different sections of the country.
The history of the world is full of such examples,
and especially the history of republics.
“ What have you to gain by division an’d dissen
sion ? Delude not yourselves with the belief that a
breaoh once made may be afterwards repaired. If
the Union is once severed, the line of separation will
grow wider and wider, and the controversies which
are now debated and settled in the halls of .legisla
tion, will then be tried in fields of battle; and de
termined by the sword. Neither should you
deceive yoarselves with the hope, that the first
line of separation would be a permanent one, and
that nothing but harmony and concord would be
found in the new associations formed upon the dis
solution of this Union. Local interests would still
be found there, and unohastened ambition. And if
the recollection of common dangers, in which the
people of these United States stood side by side
against the common foe; the memory of victories
won. by their united valor; the prosperity and hap
piness they have enjoyed under the present Consti
tution; the proud name they bear as citizens of
this great republio; if all these recollections and
E roofs of common interest are not strong enough to
ind us together as one people, what tie will hold
united the new divisions of empire, when these
bonds have been broken and this Union dissevered ?
The first line of separation would not last for a single
generation; new fragments would be torn off; new
leaders would spring np; and this great and gloriouß
republio would soon be broken into a multitude of
petty States, without 'commerce, without oredit;
jealous of one another; armed for mutual aggression;
loaded with taxes to pay armies and loaders; seeking
aid against each other from foreign powers; insulted
and trampled upon by the nations of Europe, until
harr&ssed with confliots, and humbled and debased
in spirit they would be ready to submit to the abso
lute dominion of any military adventurer, and to
surrender their liberty for the sake of repose. It is
impossible to look on the consequences that would
inevitably follow the destruction of this government,
and not feel indignant when we hear cold .calcula
tions. about the value of the Union, and have so
constantly before us a line of conduot so well calcu
lated to weaken its ties.”
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THE WESTMINSTER REVIEW.—-The Westminster Re
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number are as follows: The Life and Policy of Pitt; Dr.
Davidson’s Introduction to the Old Testament; Election
Expenses; Bir William Hamilton: his Doctrines or Per
ception and Judgment; EngUahßuleln India ; Celebrated
’Literary Friendships; The Dawn of Animal life; Con
temporary Literature* •* -
For The Intelligencer. *
-.-HAVING <
Hsbshs. Bduohs: _The legislation of the last Congress
for the benefit of the Negro nee is having Its effect on that
of our population. -One day .this week a highly re
spectable lady of this city was. passing' along one of our
i>rincipal streehs wT»n-she waagrdaaly and'fndeeently as
saulted by three “ big, buck niggers ” r .The dady-had no
'maid prdtector alongatthr time, or the black scoundrels
would have been made to anffer'wr thttfr ipfitmouf CemducL.
The negroes were entire strangers to her. Perhaps they
were of the-fea«*#klelass which were attending Court, and
which has elwaya.coettheOounty.of Lancuter so much
Can amiable of the
Anguit aird, 1882. .?*& , •;
LOCAL DEPARTMENT. *
COURT PBOCKEDIKG9.
Tha Anjmat Tern oftha Court-of Quarter
Bankm* vulioM «nd Brin too
oa the beach. Twenty-three Grand Jurors answered to
Mgdey. *S?
of
«Ste c^S2si2? r **,*S,o^^ lnaA&uy, i«3*Mag
18th, 186lfSStiw tfgWogsM aMenecmgeiuaitothe;
( nport r express thet&approral'dr the abUen of the Conner
Oommlksionen in appropriating money to eneoaxage the
enlistment of volunteers.
A. Atlee, Esq, conducted the prosecutions on
the part of the Commonwealth, in. place of Stolen Prank*
II n, Esq., now Colonel of the 122 d Regiment, Pennsylvania
Volunteers.
idation of tha Court, tod
from thaflororalsHlooeg as to the
volunteers to be raised in thia county, lha Grand Jury
madetbe fttUowiog report; before, tha noon adjournment
of Monday, which la highly credifcable'to them and to the
coontyj_ • . •
To tlm Judges of the Court rf Quarter Be*'
the Peace in-and-for-the-Ooujnty.of Lancaster;
; TBe&rand Inquest Inquiring. for the body of the county
.rasjpactfaQjsubmit this apodal report: That for the pur
'potae of ftirnlabloffthe quota of Laneaatercoanty'Ußder thee
call of.the Prestdentoftbe United Btates for troops, for tha
euppreadonof the existing rebellion, weearnestty reoom*-
toend to the firtcmfaeioperaof Taneaster county,to paya.
bounty of fiftydoUara tb each volunteer from tWa county, ;
untQ thc quota of this ebunty be ; - |
/ Tfcaloo approve of tbe.actiqs of qur Commissioners in i
'the* appropriations heretofore vnadej and commend tiiem j
foe thafrllberaUtyand patriotism.- . |
FETTER McOONOMX L Foreman, j
ulnjesponse to then
{Signed by the members'of the Grand Juryl] ; -
.vas prompt);, acted on by the
Commissioners, who w|ll pay . $69 to each 'volunteer who
enlists to fin the quota of Lane&stor bounty.}?
The. following Is a synopsis of the week’s business:
Com’thvs. Mary Gonlin. Surety of the peace. Defendant
ordered to give security to keep the peace for three months,.
in tbe' sum of $lOO, and pay the costs of prosecution.
’ Com’th vs. Mary Kendig-Surety of the peace. Complaint
dismissed and county for costs. .
Com’th vb. WflHam Good. ; Xarceny—two Indictments.
One stealing grain firom the min of Samnel Millar, in
Hanhelm township; the other for stealing the communion
senrfoe, siiipllce, 4c., from the Episcopal Church, in Balia
bury township. • Verdict guilty. Sentenced to threie years
in the County Prison.
- Adam Elser was convicted of bnrglariooaly entering tbe
stores of Simon Erlanger and George Fahnestock, and of
stealing'a double-barreled shotgun from PeterE. Lightner.
Sentenced to nine yeara in; the County Prison.
John Keller plead guilty to the larceny of an ambrotype
likeness from tbe hotal of Samuel Germany, in this city,
and was sentenced to 80 days* imprisonment.
"James Kelly, colored, was brought up on eight charges
of larceny, to seven of which be plead guilty. The eighth
.was dismissed by permission of the court. Theso larcenies
were committed in Columbia. The prisoner, when arrest
ed, had in his possession, “about a peck of keys, cold chis
els, files, bits, 4c.” Kelly was sentenced to eight years in
the County Prison. .
” Com’th vs. Margaret EUingar. Indicted for receiving
stolen goods from Adam Elser, knowing them to be such.
Elser is the defendant mentioned above. Verdict guilty.
Sentence deferred.
„ Com’th vs. DQler Ott, who plead ganty to selling liquor
on Sunday and without license in Brownstown. For.the
first offence he was sentenced to slo'fine and ten days’ im
prisonment,. and for the second to $1 fine and fire days’
imprisonment. The sentence was made light on account
of the defendant’s desire and intention to enter the army
immediately.
Com’th tb. Jacob Newcomer. Indicted for stealing a
▼lolin at a pic Bleat Klngh’s, four miles from Columbia
Verdict guilty. This defendant was let off with fire days’
imprisonment/on promising to re-enlfßt in the service.
'Com’th ts. Andrew Canignn. Indicted for committing
a rape on a little girl named Margaret Ann Lamplngh, be
tween ten and eleren years of age. This was a most ag
gravated case. Verdict guilty. Sentenced to pay a fine of
$l,OOO, and undergo an imprisonment ofifteen years in
the Eastern Penitentiary.
Com’th vs. Bussell Bacon, a “darkey,” for assault and
battery on a little boy. Verdict guilty. Sentenced to 80
days’ imprisonment.
Com’th vs. George L. Banks. Two indictments for lar
ceny. Verdict gnUty. Sentenced to six months’ impris
onment.
Com’th vs. Samuel Neff, Br. Indicted for murder. Case
continued at the 'instance of defendant, several of whose
important witnesses were not forthcoming.
Com’th vs. Reuben Neff. Indicted for murdor. A verdict
of not guilty was taken, no evidence being produced to
sustain the charge.
Wood Bbrirer was complained against for surety of the
peace by John Williams. lie gave his own recognizance
in the sum of $lOO to keep the peace for three months.
Com’th vs. John Hinson, colored, for stealing a horse
and other property of Eli S. Rote, in Chester county. The
testimony seemed to indicate that Hinson was a profes
sional horse-thief, having taken two or three animals. A
white girl, who was a fellow-traveller with the negro, was
one of ihe witnesses against Hinson, whose name she goes
by, tboogb she denied being his wife. Verdict guilty. Sen
tenced to 4 years and 9 months’ imprisonment.
Rose Ann Kauffman was comnlainel against by David
Weldler. It seems that Mrs. Kauffman bad harbored a
minor son of a Mr. Wltmer, against his father’s will, when
he (Mr. Weldler) was asked by the father to go with him
to the honse to get his son away, which he did, finding
him on Mrs. Kauffman’s premises late at night, after the
other people in the bonee were in bed. The defendant
was proved to be a woman of good character and the case
was dismissed, tbe complainant to pay the costs.
On Wednesday afternoon, on motion of Gen. B. A. Shaef
ter, It was resolved to adjourn on Thursday at 12 o’clock,
.M., to give tbe members of tbe bar an opportunity to at
tend the funeral of Capt. Aldus J. Neff, late a member of
the bar.
Com’th vs. Jane and Eliza Smith, two “culled ladies'’
from Colombia, indicted for larceny. Sentenced each to
75 days’ imprisonment.
Com’th vs. Joseph Green, colored. Larceny first count,
and receiving stolen goods second—two indictments. Ac
quitted ou the first, and found guilty on tbe second. Sen
tenced to four years’ imprisonment.
Com’th vs. Louisa Myers. Indicted for assauit and bat
tery, on complaint of Caroline Rice. Verdict guilty. Sen
tenced to pay a fine of $1 and costs of prosecution.
Com’th vs. Richard Charles. Surety of the peac*. on
complaint of David Saylor. Held in the sum of $2OO to
keep tbe paace for six months.
William Harding plead to an assault and battery upon
John Ruth. Sentenced to pay a fine of $lO. In a surety
of tbe peace complaint against same defendant he was held
in $lOO to keep tbe peace for three months.
Com’th vs. Henry Peters. Sorety of the peace, on com
plaint of George Barton. Bound over in the sum of $lOO
to keep the peace for three months.
Com’th vs. Jacob Miller. Surety of the peace, on coip
plnlnt of George Batten, same complainant as, above
Bound over In the snm of $lOO to keep the peace for three
months.
Rebecca Gibbons plead frailty to Ihe larceny of roverat
articles belonging to Elizabeth Anderson. Sentenced to
six months' imprisonment.
Jacob Flnefrork, a returned volunteer, plead gnllty to
an assault and battery upon Rebecca Fullerton, and was
fontenced to thirty days’ imprisonment.
Com’th vs. Jacob Irwin, for passing counterfeit money.
Verdict not cruilty.
A mao named Spence plead - pn»l*y to strnling a blnehe*
from a tivern in this city, and whs fontenced loli months’
imurisonment.
Com’th vs. John Haroish, Sr. Assault and battery on
Davis Hapen. Verdict gnilty. Sentenced to pay a fine of
$5 and costs of prosecution.
Om’th vs B. F. Gochenonr. Indicted for burglary. Ver
dict not guilty.
William Smith, a “darkey,” hailing from Columbia,
plead guilty to selling 1 qnor without license, and was sen
tenced to pay a floe of $lO and costs of prcsacntlon.
Charles Oetner wna charged with assault and battery,
which was proven, but a verdict of not guilty was taken
on the groond of Insanity.
C-om’th va. George Barton and Sarah Cltpper, alias Grey,
for keeping a bawdy house in Marietta. Verdict guilty.
Com’th vs. fiame defendants, for Helling liquor without
license. Sarah Olepper was found guilty, and Barten ac
quitted.
Com’th TB. Michael Kerns, for selling liquor without li
cense. Verdict guilty.
Com’th va. Mrs. Musbraan. Indicted for keeping a bawdy
house in the suburbs of the South East Ward, this city.—
Verdict guilty. Sentenced to pay a fine of $6O and undergo
an imprisonment of six months.
REPpRT OF THE GRAND JURY.
To the Honorable tb“ Judgeß of the Court of Quarter Ses
sions of the Peace in and for the County of Lancaster:
The grand inquest of the county respectfully report:—
That they have acted upon all the Indictments presented
by the Prosecuting Attorney. The cases that passed under
their supervision were, with few exceptions, generally of a
minor grade—principally violations or the license law, and
numerous cases of assault and battery, which latter natur- '
ally entail a large expense upon the connty, and might,
in the opinion of the Grand Jury, in many cases, be sup
pressed. were proper vigilauce exercised by the.magistrates.
Tho Court, to its charge, has adverted to the law recently
enacted by our Legislature, by which “persons who shall
with the intent to oppose, prevent, or subvert the Govern
ment of this State, or of the United States, endeavor to
persuade any person or persons from entering the service
of the United States; or frem Joining any volunteer com
pany or association, already organized nnder the laws of
this Commonwealth for that purpose, every person so of
fending and being legally convicted thereof, is declared to
he guilty of a high misdemeanor.”
The Grand Jury are happy to have it in their power to
state, that in the process of their investigation, no act has
transpired eliciting the information of persons to whom
this charge could be legally ascribed; and it is to be hoped
that ths palrlotic spirit exhibited by this county in fur
.nisbing .her quota of troops for the army, with so much
alacrity, will tend to suppress and frown down any senti
ments inimical to the Government, if such have heretofore
, existed in our county. And we also trust that the liberal
bounty appropriated by the Commissioners, for raising an
additional Regiment, will place Lancaster county in such
a position as will obviate the necessity of a draft upon her
citizens.
The jury visited the Connty Jail, and And the same, as
far as the brief time afforded them an opportunity of Judg
ing, in good order trad cleanliness, denoting good manage
ment.
They also visited the Poor House, and found the inmates
at their dinner, and were pleased to see that they had
1 good, substantial food, such as few could find objections
to. The Interior of the building is in good order, the
rooms clean and well ventilated. Our attention was drawn
to the out buildings In close proximity to the bake-house;
the effluvia from the former was- exceedingly offensive.
The Grand Jury recommend to the Directors of the Poor
to have a sewer attached to the same, a hydrant being but
a few feet distant, from which the water conid be conduct
ed to wash away the filth os fast as it could accumulate,
and which the foul malaria from affecting
tho Inmates of the Institution.
The Hospital they also fonnd well kept; each department
Is in fine order, so far as the bnildlog wjll permit. The
colls of the insane lack sadly In point of ventilation: In
warm weather they must be very oppressive. The comfort
of the inmates, however, so far as in the power of Mr. Hess,
appears to be duly attended to. f
The attention of the Grand Jury was also draws here to
defects that in a certain degree affect both institutions,
and they were requested'fo recommend to the Directors to
make the fallowing change In Regard to the lunatics in the
almßhouse and hospital, vis: there being a large number
of healthy colored persons, adults and children, permitted
to orcupy the hospital, thereby depriving many old and
infirm persons from receiving the benefits of that institu
tion, who have to be kept io the almshouse for want of
room la'the hospital, we therefore recommend that all
those now In the almshouse'\requiring the benefits of the
hospital be'transferred to that Institution, and the class
of persons above referred to be removed to the almshouse.
: —The Grand Jury, in closing their report, return thanks
f o the Conrt, the District Attorney and Sheriff for courtesy
extended to them. PETER Mo3)NOMY, Foreman.
'Samuel Royer, L. P. Brown,
Christian Keller, - Richard Jones,
Henry Yon Nelda, Jr., Wm. Hensal,
John Mason, * Bam*! Patterson,
Wm. Robinson, George Bard,
Fred- Sener,' (Manor,) Aaron LoDgenecker,
Henry Wlsier, - John Mecartney,
Wm. L. Rakestraw, J. Hoffman Herahey,
Wm; Kinnard-, - Isaiah Herr,
: George Peters, P. Simpson, •
C. H. Charles. *
; A Handsome Present.—Our neighbor, Me.
Lewis Haldt, received a>nloe present all the way from
Fort Wayne, Indiana, on Sunday-morning last, In the
shape of a beautiful and sprightly young Deer. It is from
hto friend, Alxxatoer Wiley, Ee q, it that place, (formerly
of this city,) and can be seen in Mr. H.’s yard, North Duke
street, near the railroad bridge.
Plead Qoiwr.— lii theU. S. District Court'
at on Thursday-last, John MeLnne, Esq.,
and Jamea M. DnnUe, of Martib township, this connty,
plead .guilty to several bills of indictment charging the
forgery of applications for Land Warrants!*The defendants
were arrested in this county andiskan to-Phlladelphia on
: the 10th of July, by Deputies' Sharkey and Schuyler, and
*were' committed by'Oomnrissionef: Heazlitt, They luve'
;been in the . County Prisoa there sinee then, not having
rbeeh able to' obtain the amount, of bail required. Judge
Qadvalader said he-would 'sentence-the prisoners next
[thl*] week. ’Squire McLuna ls over fifty years of age,;
atid an old andwell-fcnowh. reeldeot of this connty. It has
be«u that twenty-fire or thirty: land warrants
. werwprgouyed by McLoneaad JkujMa on, forged applies*
MtUTAcr.—The 1223 BarißMfeh f not the
lKt Aek.)ObL liinmm »tlut ao
oosiiti at AtexndrU, Va. Doubttai t&la la
■“•“"•wjatinanlia. ■ /#,:
PM.U»ULa«glinaat, to.nWeh ttmta Phmipt 1 , Drum*
*nd Ertanras ot*aip*9l>jr»re Attached, and of which B.
to ” ow “ Uog fto
- of tafcrajjo tbe 142 d Regiment of
-.Tynntwffi has vnmniAßiltnte owing to the fketthotthe
the time a faKdayt
foyiM tho already enlisted, ar\whs>
522? Mdjfe WflpbeSagigned to other
fflie neknitiitg vfltf therefore, go on m until.
1 6**», bf thaAL s. Church at Bainbrtdn,.
The New Postaq*’ Staxp Cubeency.—
Messrs. Bud, MdSoAXH A Oft, Bankers, corner 8. Queen
street end Centre Square, have received an Instalment of
the new postage stamp currency of the denominations of
twenty-five and fifty cents. They are said to be neatly
engraved and printed on the best bank note paper.
Deowned. —A man named John Mills, a
shoemaker,. residing In Beaver street South west Ward,
this city, was drowned in the Conestoga, at Snavely’s Mill,
on Sunday morning last We understand the unfortunate
.nun .a. wife and mourn his un
timely death. -
/ Oub Wounded.—The. following Lanoaster
. county men are now in, the Chesapeake General Hospital,
near Foffreee Monroe. AUirevroun&d, b&t theTr friend*
jWUheplaaaed to beat that they are recovering, and receive
ejery possible attention, both from surgeons, among
the nurses: ' :: r
- t ®* ®*®fcelm} bounded in leg.
- JohnWeidel, Lancastermty,ankle*
Geo. Odu, Litis, thigh andarm, .
James Morrison, Lancaster dtyV thigh.
. j JaMhHl^atiyeviuneasterclty,thigh, firs
John H. Morrison, Lancaster city, thlah.
O. O. Young, Marietta, thigh. ' <-■'
The Comet. —A cometis now visible, dar
ing the part of theulght, in the Northern heavens
near the Polar Starlit is said to be approaching the earth
at the- rate of two and a half millions of miles dallv
Pretty fast traveling, th»tt ;=
ARCHBISHOP HUGHES.'
The New York papers : of Monday
contain a eermon from this distingaishedpre
late, preached by him on the Sunday previous.
Much importance is attached to this discourse
on many accounts. He has just returned
from Europe, after eight, or ten; months’ ab
sence, and his position gave him great oppor
tunities of ascertaining the drift of public
opinion concerning our civil war. The Bishop
declares that he found i the influential and
governing class generally 'against the North;
not that they had any sympathy for the rebels,
bat because they wished to Bee this govern
ment permanently broken up. In his opinion
the only course left for our side is to fight it
out, and that as; soon as possible. The follow
ing is the conclusion of. the ; sermon :
I do not know what may happen in oase this war
should continue aa it has been continuing since I
left this country. Ihe news renders all attempts at
judging fairly impossible, because it is contradictory
and confused. It is difficult for one, even acquainted
with the country, to comprehend how the land lies.
Much more is it so with those who are not acquainted
•with it. Nor is it in any one’s power to say with
absolute certainty what may happen if this war con
tinues. And in the meantime, what is the prospect
of its coming to an end ? Ido not see any prospect.
There does not appear to be an issue, and it may be
that God, for some design of his own, which fature
generations can appreciate, has allowed this war to
scourge us, in order to bring future benefits to the
human race. There are.things that no man can pre
tend to fathom—questions that depend on so many
additional olroumßtances for their But
there is one thing and one question that should be
dear to every mind. It is this—that if a war of
this kind should be continued for many years, it is
recognized as being allowable for other nations to
combine in their strength and put an end to it with
as little delay as possible. It is not a scourge that
has visited qs alone. From the beginning of the
world wars have been —nation against nation—and
oftentimes the most terrible of all wars, which is not
a war of nation against nation, but of brother
against brother. How long is this to go oh ? If it
goes on, what is to-be the result of it, as affording a
pretext for all the Powers of Europe to combine to
put an end to it? And although I would not say
that even then they, should not be permitted x to ini
terfere, when they interfered through benevolence,
and above all, when the sword might be put at rest,
but I do say to every man, if they do interfere, and
if they interfere successfully—if the country and
the Government are not mAintaiheAby every sacri
fice that is necessary to maintain them, then your
United States will become a Poland—then it will be
come divided—then the strife will multiply across
every border; every Stateor every section will claim
to be independent, to make itself an easy prey for
those who will turn and appropriate the divisions of
the people of this country for their own advantage.
Oh! let it not be so. I know little of what has
transpired here during my absence. I have had
scarcely time to look at the papers since I returned.
But much has been done, though not muoh has been
realized towards terminating this unfortunate war.
Volunteers have been appealed to in advance of the
draft, as I understand, but for my own part, if I had
a voice in the counoils of the oountry, I would say,
let volunteering continue ; if the three hundred
thousand on your list be not enough this week, next
week make a draft of three hundred thousand more.
Itis notoruel, this. This is mercy; this is humanity.
Anything that will pat an end to this drenching
with blood the whole surface of the country-~that
will be humanity. Then, every man on the conti
nent, rich or poor, will have to take his share in the
contest. Then it willnot be left to the Government,
whatever Government it will be, to plead with the
people and oall on them, to come forward, and ask
them if they would be drafted. No, it is for them,
the people, to rise and ask the Government to draft
them; and those who are wealthy .and cannot go
themselves, oan provide substitutes and bring the
thing to a dose, if it oan be done. No doubt the
same efforts will be made on the other side—and who
can blame them ? For the sake of humanity we
must resort to some course of this kind. In the
meanwhile, beloved brethren,.it is enough for us to
weep for this calamity, to pray God that it may be
put to an end, to make sacrifice of everything that
we have to sustain the independence, the unity, the
perpetuity, the prosperity of the only Government
we acknowledge in the world. But it is- not neoessary
to hate our enemies. It is not necessary to be oruel
in battle, or to be oruel after its termination. It is
neoessary to be true, to be patriotic, to do for tbe
oountry what the country needs, and the blessing of
God will recompense those who discharge their duty
without faltering and without violating any of the
laws of God or man.
A TREASONABLE CONCLAVE,
On Tuesday last, the Commonwealth of Massa
chusetts was again desecrated by an Abolition con
clave of the most ultra oharaeter. In pursuance to
a public call, a large gathering of the representa*
tives of that peonliar class was held at Island Grove,
near Boston, and addresses of a most virulent and
treasonable description were delivered by Wendell
Phillips, JP. Conway and others. The speakers vied
with each other in their denunciations of the Presi
dent, their abase of Gen. MoOlellan, and in their
fonl comments and criticisms upon the manner in
which the war is conducted. Epithets whioh even
Southern journalists, with all their vindictiveness
and blaokguardism, would hesitate to apply to the
Executive and his Generals, were hurled without
hesitation upon them, while one of the orators even
dared to urge the importanoe and necessity of Letting
the South go, unless emancipation be proclaimed
and enforced.
A « moral coward,’.” a “ tortoise ” and a “ broom
stick ” were among tho choice appellations applied
to our Chief Magistrate, while no language tending
to diminish theconfidenceof the people of the North
in General MoClellan was spared in the strictures of
these men upon the various movements of the Com
mander of the Army of the Potomac.
To .destroy confidence and to discourage enlist
ments appeared to be the design of the meeting, but
fortunately for the- cause, the State of Massachu
setts is too loyal, too patriotic, to be swayed by the
incendiary and treasonable harangues of such men
as this Phillips and his disoiples.
The above article is from the Philadelphia
Inqitirer. Tho Secretary'of War baB ordered
the arrest and confinement of many persons
for expressions of disloyalty vastly less hein
ous in their character than the fonl-monthed
utterances of these miserable fanatics, and yet
they are permitted without restraint or
hindrance tc roam about the: country and
disseminate their treason, nor does the Repub
lican press as & general rule condemn their
conduct. Why is this? Does the Adminis
tration fear their power and influence?—
Wendell Phillips and his associates have
(with the.energy and perseverance character
istic of those whose minds are permeated with
a single idea to the exclusion of all else) been
for long years most zealonßly engaged in fo
menting discord and endeavoring to dissolve
the Union, and had the people been.true to
.themselyes and rebuked them as they de
served, we should not now be involved in a
civil war; for the conspirators of the South
never could have succeeded in raising the
banner of rebellion without the aid of their
pernicious doctrines. South Carolina rejoiced
whenever Massachusetts listened to, and ap
plauded the wild rhapsodies and intemperate
harangues of Phillips, Garrison, and their
crazy brethren. Her politicians desired' no
better fuel for the altar of hate' when they
should be prepared to ; apply the torch,
and doabtleßS Jefferson Davis and his mur
derous gang will clap their hands in triumph
when they receive intelHg^ oo © of this Island
- Grove meeting by. the underground mail; oute,
for they have no. more useful allies in. the
North than the Constitution haters—the men
who declare the sacred charter of our rights
to baa ‘‘league with Hell and a-covenant
with Death." Why these enemies of
the Republic furnished with quarters in Fort;
Warren or Lafajetfce ? Tbeir confinement
would odd much to the strength of the Union
cause. We have always advocated freedoni
of speech and freedom of the press, hut the'
licentiousness of neither.— Be~
publican ; V
Pennsylvania l Regiments:
Tuesday; the 12th inßfc, thefirst Pennsylvania
Regiment under j&e call for 300,000 men, left
Harrisburg; for: Washington. Pennsylvania
was the jird? to haveyolunteera at .Washington
ini the three months, raply tb
the three years' cell; fir& tb go” through
Baltimore after thh riott, 'end first to wfcpond^
tothelastdOlfijr-tOlunteers.
UMITBD jkTATOS.
Shortly before the oloee of the last Marion .
of Congrtws ,tpe Abolition-Republican party
held ft osbouE fat thA partxise o£ adopting a
platfamlff thepErlgrfpr tho fall-campaign!— "
tiqws they were found
tobei«uo|fca heterogejoeouAmasa of ahenrdities
rbfiphejponld not Agree opon any partianlar
meMure jiith unanimity, eiceptoppoaition to
for sA«pona
.of bffiMij to nuke an
address,And after adopting one or two resolu
tions adjourned. Bat this did not gait the
abolition disunion portion of the party, and the
following] named Senators and Representatives
met and issued an address:
B. F. Wade, Henry Wilson, M. S. Wil
kinson.J.iH lane, James W. Grimes, James Hu
lan, JohnP. Hale, S; O. Pomeroy, Z. Chandler.”
BepreeentaUvee John A. Bingham, Thaddeus
Suomi, 0. B. Sedgwiok, A. A. Sargent, Phlnees
D. Eliot,! ffn. Wlndom, A. P. Morrill, Geo.- W.
Julian, W. J. Earning, James E. Wilson. J 7 M.
AsMey, s! S. Blair, S.-N.-fihermanrWi P: Oatlar,
“• Dadl, Cyrus Aldrleh, A. Scott Sloan, H. G.
-Hlake, Wm. Hoell, Samuel 0, Fessendan, Martin
HntaMnsL?- owBn John
. „ I'rompe man ifea{o of. these abolition dis
disumomsts we out tho following:
“Under the control of these rebels in arms
are fora! millions of slaves—natives of the land
—by whose unpaid toil the rebellion ie sus
tained. ; The question, on what prinoiple oan
the people break up this relation of servitude,
established by State laws, and command the
services' of these slaves for. the 'oothinon
defenoe,’ may be answered as was the question
in 1788 ; on what prinoiple could the people
of nine States, by .ratifying the Constitution,
break up the compact under the articles ofeon
federatwn solemfdy entered into by thirteen
. Here we have the broad and open declara
tion of- Senators , of the United States and
membprs of the Honse of Representatives,
that, in order to carry oat their sectional idea
of breaking up Blavery, they would “breakup
the ootnpaot under the artiolee of confederation
solemnly entered into by thirteen States.”
Yes, they would set at naught all constitu
tional) barriers, and , break down the- safe
guards of liberty. We are glad to know that
there are somo patriotic men in the Republi
can party who discountenance these disunion
sentiments. Here is tho language of Senator
Tbohbull in condemnation of this abolition
disunion sentiment:
"We are fighting to maintain the Constitu
tion, and it especially becomes us, in appealing
to the people to come to its rescue, not to vio
late it ourselves. How are wo better than the
rebels if both alike set at naught the Consti
tution ? * * ,* As wo oxpect to come out
of this contest with our flag full and complete
in all its proportions, not a stripe erased nor
a star obscured, so lotus preserve the Consti
tution, perfect in all its parts, with ail its
guarantees for tho protection of life and
liberty unimpaired, and the instrument itself
rendered doubly dear from the faot that it has
been: sacredly maintained and proven equal
to every emergency, under circumstances the
most trying to which a nition was ever sub
jected.”
These words are fitly spokon, and tho lesson
they; teach should never be forgotten. It will
be a sorry, day for this Republio when its
people shall acquiesce in the total subversion
of the Constitution. If the day should over
oome when it shall be abolished altogether,
tlmtjday life and property will be at the mercy
of brute force, and the nation’s liberty will
have become the sport of factions, '"
The question arises, why is the name of
Senator Wilmnt omitted on this abolition dis
union address ? It is well known ho sympa
thises with them in sentiment. Is it because
he feared to go before the people in his fall
campaign for United States Senator upon tho
issue there made. Almost at the head of the
list lof Representatives stands the name of
Thaddeus Stevens, the chairman of the
Committee of Ways and Means, who is the
right-hand man of Wilmot. Thaddeus is the
representative man of the Republican party in
Congress from Pennsylvania. He enjoys the
confidence of that party, or he would not be
assigned to the first and leading place in the
House by a Pennsylvania Speaker. It is
therefore fair to beliove that Wilmot, Grow &
Co. sympathize with Stevens and his address,
because they have stood by and voted with
him in all his iniquitios; while Senator Cowan
has not failed to raise bis voioe against the
actions of these men and for the Constitution,
and]for this manly and hoDest course he has
received the denunciations of the abolition
disunion press, and the insult and rebuke of
the f’no party” abolition-disunion Convention
at IJarrishurg, whioh eulogized Wilmot. It is
easily seen that there are two sections in tho
party in this State opposed to the Democratic
party. Cowan stands at the head of the con
servative Republicans who give a warm and
honest support to President Lincoln. Wilmot,
Stevjens, and tbe “qo party”'Harrisburg Con
ventjioDists aro the head and front of the
abolition disunionists who are pressing upon
President Lincoln all their wild and fanatical
schemes with Buch fury, that he cries ont to
the conservatives, “Help me, Cassius, or I
sink !”—Doylestoym Democrat.
BERKS COUNTY.
The annual meeting' of the Demooraoy of
this sterling old county was held on the sth
inet. and was numerously attended by citizens
from every district. Hon. J. Glancy Jones
presided, and excellent speeches were made by
Hon. Hiester Clyher, Hon. S . E. Ancona,
J. Lawrence Getz, Esq., and Hon J. K.
McKJenty. The resolutions recite and re
affinn the resolutions of the Democratic State
Convention, They are frank, outspoken,
loyalj national and constitutional, and were
adopted by acclamation. Old Berks will do
her .duty at the ballot-box, as Bho js nobly
performing her duty to the country in the
field, j
■ «er
r Jhe Democratic Stato Convention of
Maine on Thursday week nominated a candi
date lor Governor. On the first ballot the
wholejnumber of votes cast was 414, of which
Bion Bradbury, of Eastport, had 287 ; James
White] of Belfast, 133; scattering 3. The
nomination was made unanimous, on motion
of Mr.l White. Resolutions were passed, de
claring the party for the Union as it was, and
the Constitution as it is; that the Constitution
was formed in a spirit of concession and com
promise, and must be preserved by the same
means,jand not by military power alone.—
These jwere adopted unanimously, .together
with the Indiana resolutions
oin
'Ell OS' GEN. McCL.KI.Ij AS.
Tbe order of General McClellan, canning
out tbe!views of the President in relation to
private [property, is a most admirable docu
ment. Bead the following paragraph:
“ Tbej idea that private property may be
plundered with impunity, is, perhaps, the very
worst that can pervade an army. Marauding
degrades as men and demoralizes as soldiers
all who pngage in it, and returns them to their
homeß unfitted for the pursuits of honest
industry. This army is composed mostly of
young men ; and the General commanding, to
whose : Care they are entrusted, owes it to
parents Who have sent their sons, and to the
communities- that have sent out the flower
of their (youth into the military service, of the
countryj to warn and restrain from an
evil so pernicious.
“ The General Commanding takes this
occasion to remind and soldiers of
this arnjy that we are engaged in supporting
tbe Constitution and laws of the United States,
and suppressing rebellion against their
authority ; that we are not engaged in.a war
of rapinp revenge or subjugation ; that this is
not a contest against populations, hut against
armed forces nnd'political organizations ; that
it is a struggle carried on within the United
States 4nd. should be conduoted by us Upon
the highest principles known to Christian
civilization.”
Another Order eeom Gen. Pope.— Gen.
Pope has been forced to issue a circular
threateningmost severe punishment to officers
and men who make bie order for taking rebel
propertjy a pretext tocommitexcesses.: They
are forbidden to molest bouses i; or
propertjy, and forage is only to be token by
forces detailed for the’pnrpose. Stronggnards
are to jseonr the country fbr five miles' about
encampments to prevent pillage and to arrest
marauders
|SHThe Philadelphia Press and Wheeling
Intelligencer, have at. length the
propriety of arreating' that infapaona traitor
and bliapbemer, Wendell Phillipa. ~ Tibia is a
auggeßtion thatwe hope will baaoted upon by
: the 'Government without delay. I ‘IIP till! go
far towards watering confidence iin; the iAa
minUtration, ; ■*