Stye Cemcdster Intelligencer GEO. BANDERSON, EDITOR. A. BANDERSON. A«»oclafr^-~ P4g 186%. circulation, MCootoopiKSt i Busauraos Pwci, >B,OO per tnira»i £* £ M&- a-Ti. Pjmatfucffi oo.*s Ai>v«teiauiu Aawcr, 8T; AtdßCMaeavrafttttevMftfnflaenSiluifl drool* tingHewspopen in the United State* end the Shey sre n&orised to contract onr Zowcd rma • 49" Ha*Hza 4 Abbott, No. 885 Broadway* Vow York, are authorised to receive advertisements for The BOdJir ameer, at oar lowest rate*. , _ - U~ T R Piutn, the American Newspaper Agent, N. JL.cocnecJßfausn.d Oheetnnt Streets, Philadelphia, is miitli»ri«M*tn-wM»w<T».«wfiwßrifrtibhe andtHsdverflsenisptsfcr thia paper, at our lowest rates. His receipts will be re* garded as payments. 49* Jons Wxbstxb’s Aptz&tuihu Agdwt is located at >eedve advertisements and'subeciiptions for The Lancaster b&E&tncer. B<-& Nms. No. 1 ScoUay’* Building, Court St, Boston, Ja-ouraptt»onaed 9 Ageat.tor ke. OUR PLAQ. Now our flag ia flung to the wild winds fret Let It float o’er our lather land. And the guard of its spotless fame shall be Columbia's chosen -band. DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET. FOR AUDITOR GENERAL ISAAC SLENKER, Union County. FOB SURVEYOR GENERAL: JAMES P. BARR, Pittsburg. COUNTY TICKET. CONGRESS. Gen. GEO. M. STEENMAK, City. ASSEMBLY. ABRAHAM PETERS, Manor. HATHAH WORLEY, Manheimß, Dr. JOHN" MARTIN, Bart. A. J. CALDWELL, Fulton. DISTRICT ATTORNEY. DAVID G. ESHLEMAN, City. COUNTY COMMISSIONER. JOHN M. MILLER, W. Lampeter. DIRECTORS 0E THE POOR. GEORGE L. ECKERT, Paradise. JOSEPH M. WATTS, Columbia. PRISON INSPECTORS. A. Z. RINGWABT, Citv. J. DIFEENDEIIFER, W. Donegal COUNTY SURVEYOR. CHRISTIAN HOFFMAN, Earl. AUDITOR. JOHN L. LIGHTNER, Leacock. “CLING TO TIIE CONSTITUTION. AS THE SHIPWRECKED MARINER CLINGS TO THE LAST PLANK. WHEN NIGHT AND THE TEMPEST' CLOSE AROUND HlM.”— Daniel Webster. The Polls open at 8 o’clock in the morning, and close at 7 in the evening. WS§* We anticipate our regular publication, and issue this number of the paper on Satur day afternoon. DEMOCRATIC HEADQUARTERS. The Democratic Headquarters, on the even ing of the election, will be at Barnett’s Hotel, corner of North Queen and Chestnut streets, ALARMING NEWS! Rebel Cavalry Raid into Pennsylvania! MKRCERSBURG <fc CH AMBBRSBURG CAPTURED BY THE REBELS ! Dispatches from Chambersbag, received last night, announce that a detachment of Stuart’s rebel cavalry, estimated at 3,000, crossed the Potomac at Hancock yesterday morning and entered Mercersburg in the afternoon. Early in the evening fifteen of their num ber came into Chambersburg with a flag of truoe, reported their main body to be within one mile of the town, and demanded its sur render, As there were no means of defence in the place, it was determined to comply with the demand, and the surrender was made by Provost Marshal Kimmel and Col. M’Clure. At about 8 o’olock communication by tele graph was stopped, supposed by the wires being cut. —Harrisburg Patriot of Saturday morning. GO TO THE POLLS I Let it rain or shine be at the eleotion, and vote for George M. Steinman and "the whole Democratic tioket. BE ON YOUR GUARD I As usual the opposition are at their dirty work, and are inundating the county and the districts with lying circulars and defamatory publications, gotten up for the purpose of de ceiving voters. *Bo on the look out for them, Democrats, and boldly expose their false hoods. LOOK OUT FOR BOGUS TICKETS I Democrats, before you vote examine your tioket carefully. Be sure to observe if every name iB there, and that eaoh name is correctly spelled. The ticket as it appears pnder the 'editorial head of this paper is correct in every particular. Tickets with the names of some of the Democratic and some of the Republican candidates on them are being circulated.— Let no Democrat be caught by such a paltry triok 1 BRING IN THE RETURNS We hope our friends in the distant town ships will feel disposed to bring in the returns on the night of the election. Be careful to bring reliable reports. WHO ARE TO BIiADIE T We publish, in another oolumn, an impor tant correspondence with ex-Senat-or Bigler, on the subjeot of the defeat of the efforts of Mr. Crittenden and others to effeot a com promise of our National difficulties, without a resort to war* during the session of 1860-1. Senator Bigler speaks from the record, and demonstrates, beyond yea or nay, that the .sole cause of the bloody Btrife which has ex isted for the last eighteen months, is justly ohargeable to the dominant Republican ma jority in Congress —and to no other source. — They, and they alone, are to blame, and they will be held chargeable before the civilized world for. the defeat of a measure which would have saved the effusion of blood, and, ere this, restored fellowship and good will among all the thirty-four States of the Union. ' •8T The drafting will oommence on Thurs day next, the 18th inst. TO THE POLLS 1 TO THE POLLS I , TO-DAY (Tuesday) is Election Day. The time for argument is past —the time for action has come. We verily believe thjlt, on fijp result of to-day’s balloting in the free Stattt, find .in . tire iiestiny dCthe wekl or foe woe'Tn all time to come, iv- - 'A t*; . .EV Democrats and oonMOTativeßepabtioanaef 'Xra^tter'^P^f.' menvrho know your/rights, and, 7 kndwlng, dare maintain them, yfoiPknow that Aboli tionism and Secession—twin sisters in infamy —have brought our beloved country to the yeiyvergeof-destruction.- Maka' ana-more : strong and powerful effort for “ the Union as it was, and the Constitution as it is.” ASy- Vate for Messrs. Blenker and BiRR, on the State ticket. They are honest and competent—earnestly devoted to the .Union. and the Constitntion. Tbqir election will be bailed everywhere as a viotory for the Union, and will do much to restore peaoe: and pros perity to onr whole country. gag" Vote for George M.Steinhan for Con gress. Yon know him well. He is a native of yonr own oonnty, and has lived among yon all hia life. His character is beyond reproach, A true patriot, of enlarged and liberal views '•—an honest man—a kind neighbor—a genial and social friend and companion—be chal lenges yonr support. Elect him to Congress, and a majority of such pure and incorruptible men to the National Legislature, and the in terests of the WHITE FREEMEN will again be respected, and the old Union restored, with all its manifold blessings. Show the loyal men of the Sonth that the friends of the Union and the Constitntion are a majority in the North, and they will increase and multi ply until the Union paTty of the Sonth will be a majority, and they, themselves, will soon settle the hash with the leaders in the rebel lion. Begin the good work by voting for our worthy and gallant standard-bearer, General Steinhan. JJ®* Vote for Abrahah Peters, Nathan Worley, Dr. John Martin and A. J. Cald well, for the Legislature. They are good men and trne. Elect them, and secure the election of a sound Union man to the U. S. Senate in place of that Free Trade Abolition ist and Disnnionist, David Wiljiot. S®* Vote for John M. Miller, for County Commissioner. He is honest and capable.— He will be “ the right man in the right place,” and fill the office to the entire satisfaction of the tax-payers of the county. J®- Vote for David G. Eshleman, for Dis trict Attorney. He is a ripe lawyer and a worthy citizen in every respeot, and will make one of the best prosecuting officers we have ever had. I®“ Vote for George L. Eckert and Joseph M. Watts, for Directors of the .Poor, and Adam Z. Ringwalt and Jonathan Diffen derfer, for Prison Inspectors. These gentle men are peculiarly qualified for these respec tive stations, being possessed of rare business qualifications—a desideratum greatly needed in the Poor House and Prison. S®“ Vote for Christian Hoffman, and John L. Lightner, for Surveyor and Auditor. There are not two better men in the county for these offices, and they will fill them with credit to themselves and to the advantage of their constituents. Such, fellow-citizens, are the men presented for your suffrages, and we can confidently challenge the closest scrutiny into their char acter and qualifications. They are all gentle men of intelligence, soundly conservative in their feeliDgs, and earnestly devoted to the Constitution and Union. Vote for them, and thus put the seal of your disapprobation upon the Abolition traitors who are trying to pre vent a restoration of the Union. A. J. CALDWELL, ESQ. This gentleman—one of the Democratic candidates for Assembly—is made the target against whom the most villainous and malig nant and poisonous shafts of the enemy are hurled. The Abolition organs of this city, in their desperation, are concooting and pub lishing the basest an?l most unscrupulous falsehoods against his charaoter—falsehoods •without the shadow of a foundation to rest upon, and they know it. But they have pur posely waited until the closing days of the canvass, when they are well aware there is not time to successfully eontradict them throughout the county. We caution the honest voters of the county to put no faith in these slanders. They are base and malignant falsehoods, every one of them, manufactured from the whole cloth, and only go to show the desperate straits into which the Abolitionists are driven to bolster up their sinking cause. Mr. Caldwell is a young gentleman of unblemished reputation, morally and politically,- and the vote he will get in his own immediate neighborhood, where he is so well and favorably known, will be a sufficient answer to these abominable slanders. Should he be elected to the Legislature, the Union and the Constitution will have no bet ter friend and supporter than Mr. C., and his constituents will have no cause to regret the choice they have made. TAXES OR NO TAXES, “ A heavy debt is already upon the Nation and it is accumulating every day. Each min ute adds thousands to it J’ We clip the above from one of our Repub lican contemporaries, the Union of this city, of Wednesday laßt, and presume it will not be considered treasonable in us to publish what our neighbor says, especially as it is about the only item of truth that has been uttered in that paper Bince the political-oampaign com menced. The tax-payers will realize the truth of the declaration immediately after the election, if not before, and ‘the country at large will soon begin to experience the im mense magnitude of the debt which is “in creasing every day,” and whioh “each minute adds thousands to it.” THE DEMOCRACY AROUSED. A tremendous outpouring of the Democracy took place at Swilkey’s Saloon, Church street, on Thursday evening last. Addresses were delivered by Mr. C. F. Reese, of Millersville, and J. J. Sprenger, Esq., late U. S. Consul to Venice, in the German language, and by Abram Shank, Esq., Simon P. Eby, Esq., Dr. Sam’l Welchens and Messrs. Henry Schauh and Jacob L. Baker. The Fenoibles’ Band were present and discoursed delightful music. A fine meeting was held at Russel’s Hall, South Queen street, on Friday evening, which was presided over by Mr. Eugene Harkins, and speeches were made by Messrs. Reese and Sprenger in the German language, and by Mr. Alfred Sanderson and George W. McElroy, Esq,, who has but lately returned from the Army, and who made a truly elo quent speech. He has lost none of his former vigor and eloquenoe as a publio speaker.— Messrs. Reese and Sprenger are two of the finest German speakers in the State, and have been doing yeoman’s service in this campaign. A meeting for this (Saturday) evening is announced at Witlinger’s Saloon, West King street, and doubtless it will be an immense gathering of the lion-hearted Democracy. 8@- The Baltimore Municipal Eleotion, on Wednesday last* resulted in the eleotion of the Union tioket by a majority of about 8,000. The whole vote polled' was very small ‘ only about one*third of the entire vote of the City. THXUimt< Democracy or Abolitionism—Union «f Di* onion. This is the great issue to be decided b # e voters of Pennsylvania. It thrift t on the comtoy by the hot-hetujodi. raiKealatSf the auditinhst be eqqajely oßtst '©a attempt tooonfonndit withjtjhe morn important qnes>i tion of tire jjroeeetWon of tbe sjrar, is idii?. hqnast. v .TbdpOQfteSaTO*right on this new policy'; they tave alright to sayi" through the medium of the ballot-box, they approveor disapprove of it. The issue is to be met to-day in Lancaster of the old Union—the interests of the white man, and civil ‘ and tC reTigiona liberty under the -broad ®gis of thuGonstitution—will-vote for- GEbRCE GSH TSteinVan and the restofther Democratic State and.CooQty Ticket Those who. are opposed to. the restoration of the Union as it was, who are in favor of tramp ling under" foot the Constitntional rights of onr citizens—who prefer the interests of four millions of negroes to those of twenty-five millions of white men—will vote for Thad deus SrEVENs and the Abolition State and Coniity ticket. ' ■ Choose ye between the two parties,-fellow citizens. The issue has been forced opon yon by the action of the Abolitionists, and yon cannot shirk yonr duty if you would. Your bleeding and distracted, country—the interests of humanity—the oanse of Constitutional liberty—your. wives and children and your posterity to the latest generation—all call upon yon to meet the issue, and deoide in fa vor of yonr country, and in favor of the old Union and the old Constitution as they exist ed for seventy years, and under whose pro tcction we flourished and increased in wealth and greatness as no other Nation ever did in the history of the world. once: more: to the: breach i The Constitution is in danger. The Union is in danger. The Democratic alone can save both. But to accomplish this, the Monster of ABOLITIONISM must be throt tled at the Ballot-Box, andthiß can be accom plished in no other way than by a united and energetio effort on the part of the Democrats and conservative Republicans. In this coun ty, if we would all do our duty, Thaddeus Stevens must bb defeated. Then, resolve to be true to your sacred trust —to vindicate your Country’s Cause—to punish your Country’s Enemies—and to stand by yonr brothers who, on the field of battle, are fighting to restore ihe happy days of Union, Peace and Prosperity. Assist, by your votes, to re-establish the reign of Right, of Law, and of the Constitution. Proclaim Liberty for the White Man, and strike down in the dust the Pirate Flag of SECESSION and the Black Flag of ABOLITION. Once more to the breach—once more. Let your watchword bo—God and your Country, and Death to the Traitors, North and South. Go, one and all, to the Polls, and vote for George M. Steinman, the White Man’s Can didate. THE SICK PATIENT “The Nation lies bleeding and prostrate.— Like a sick man in a raging fever it shows a supernatural strength, but still the disease [Abolition] is eating out its vitals, and, as in the case ot the sick man, a mistake now would be fatal. Give the man in the raging fever the wrong medicino and he surely dies—give the Nation the wrong treatment now [another dose of Abolitionism. ] and its life, its power and its glory are clean gone forever.” B®* We clip the above from the Lancaster. Inquirer, one of Mr. Stevens’ organs, of Wednesday evening last, for the purpose of saying that the sentiment, including the inter, polations, meets with our entire approbation- Similia similibus curantcr, or, in plain Anglo- Saxon, a little of the hair of the dog that bit you will not cure the bite. The disease of the body politio is Abolitionism, deep-seated and malignant, and the only remedy now that can effect a cure is a pretty strong dose of Democ racy. This sovereign medioine will he exten sively administered throughout Pennsylvania to-day, and perhaps, also, in Ohio, and other States after which we shall expect the sick patient to speedily convalesce. REPUBLICAN PATRIOTISM. Thomas E. Cochran, the present Auditor General of Pennsylvania and Republican candidate for re-election, a few weeks ago told a Laocasterian, who was interested in getting up Col. Burt’s Regiment, that the 8®“ “ ELECTION OF THE REPUBLICAN TICKET IS OF FAR MORE IMPORTANCE THAN RAISING volunteers 1” That remark gives us a fair exposition of Republican Patriotism. Let the Democrats and loyal citizens now in the army stay there and fight the battles of our country, while the Republicans will-stay at home and vote, so as to keep all the offices and fat con tracts in the party. Republican Creed. Stay at home and vote, so that the party may get the offices and fat army contracts ! Democratic Creed. Enlist and fight the battles of outcouutry, so that the Constitution and Union may be preserved! Voters, choose ye between the two creeds. WHO WILiIi VOT K _THE ABOLITION TICKET 1 Every man who is in favor of a long war and heavy taxes, will vote the Abolition ticket! Every man who hates the Constitution as it is, and the Union as it was, will vote the Abolition ticket !• Every man who is in favor of setting free 3,500,000 negro slaves on the Ist of January next—to swarm upon the North as the locusts swarmed upon Egypt, to eat out the substance of the white laborer, to fill our poor houses and our jails, to be an endless and crushing tax upon white industry, and a pest and ourse to the whole white population, will vote the Abolition ticket I Every man who is in favor of suspending the privilege of habeas corpus, of muzzling the press and tongue, of martial law and unre stricted military rule, will vote the Abolition ticket 1 Every man who desires the overthrow of our republican government and the establish ment of a central despotism, under the guard ianship and guidanoe of such men as Thad deus Stevens, John W. Forney, Charles Sumner, Wendell Phillips, Benjamin F. Wade, and other atrocious, sanguinary Abo lition leaders,' will vote the Abolition ticket?! The Abolition organs attempt to ridi oule the pretensions of George M. Steinhan to statesmanship. We admit that he has never had an opportunity of showing his qualifications in that respect; but this .much everybody does know that he is a gentleman of a high order of intellect, of great business qualifications, honest and incorruptible, and, if elected, will legislate for the restoration of the Union and the interests of the white man, and not as Mr. Stevens would do, and lias all along done,; for the destruction of the Union and the interests of the negro race. SEYMOURS GREAT SPEECH. At the request of maDy oitizens we re-pub lieb, on our first page, the great speeoh of Hon. Horatio Sethoob, delivered at Albany on the 10th of September, and again -direct attention to it as a sound and masterly expo si tioif of the leading issues of the day. ~ Read it again; and then lend - the .paper' to your, neighbor. ' IS Tms TREASON* .' * To- the -Abolition l snifflare of the Stevens irese, and tbe entire crew of destructive Abo- ! difii>p traitors in tins locality, who find treason . in some of the publications in The InteLli ■ ijSENCXE, we oommeedgthe brj*{£i|fri tepee from Presidens ; Address on the 4th of 18B1& Hewas ! addreBmng himself to the&en ! South, and 1 ' : ’* r “ Suppose you go to war, YOuCAnWoIS FIGHT ALWAYS; and When, after much Tosfion both sides and NO GAIN ON EITHER, you cease fighting. THE IDENTICAL OLD QUESTIONS, as to terms of intercourse, ARE : AfIAINJJPQN YOU " Now, the Democratic party is for crashing Srit ip’aceT -of-timer. -We-are -willing: ttrfnraish-men*nd means to accqnipUsh tiispomplete restoration of thq .Union., But,,awhile we arelnexorably in favor of, tiiis glorious and primitive object, we are just as determinedly opposed to all eahemee of negro' emancipation, r'Wo are opposed to additional taxation for the purpose of pnrehasing millions of slaves. ;We are op posed to the re-elCotion of such pestilent agitators as Thaddeus Stevens, who will ad vocate and Vote for increased taxation on the white man for the benefit of the negro. We are opposed to the prosecution of tha war for any other, purpose than the restoration of the .Union and tbe supremacy of the Constitution. We are, upon these questions, precisely where the President stood before he issued his Eman cipation Proclamation. These are our honest convictions, and we are determined to express them upon' any and every occasion. Free Speeeh and a Free Press are solemnly guar anteed to us in the Constitution, and we feel justified in the positions we have taken in the precedent set us by the President of the United States. i GENERAL HeCLELLAN. General McClellan’s order to his army touching the Emancipation Proclamation of the President, is a dignified, manly and patri otic document. Though evidently disapprov ing the proclamation, McClellan, true to a soldier’s duty, readily obeys its injunctions, because it comes from theCommander-in-Cbief of the Army and Navy, and enjoins the same duty upon the officers under him. In doing so, however t General McClellan could not so far violate his moral sentiments as not to say to his army: • “In carrying out all measures of public policy, this army will, of course, be guided by the same rules of mercy and Christianity that have ever controlled its conduct towards the defenceless.” ' And again, in reference to the tfue source of power, he says : “ The remedy for political errors, if any are committed, is to be found only in the action of the people at the polls.” JUST AS WE EXPECTED. The correspondence of tho Philadelphia Press, from Washington, probably Forney himself, in the issue of the 25th ult., says: Letter from Senator Sumner. —A letter was received here to-day from Charles Sum ner, in which stress is laid on the point that it will be necessary now to afford some sort of employment to the negroes, as they begin to flock into our lines.” " Here is the abolition programme revealed. Free the negroes and then pension them on* the government! Irishmen, Germans, Ameri cans, poor laboring men 1 how do yon like it? 1 “ The negroes begin to flock into our lines.” Yes, and it won’t be twelve months at this rate before the whole North will he overran with them ; and not such negroes as those who have been brought np in the North, but those who know uothrng about taking care of them selves—negroes from the plantations, ignorant, degraded and thriftless. It is with such that Northern labor has got to compete—such to be supported in our poor bouses and jails. GEN. MCCLELLAN'S ORDER. The late mysterious visit of President Lin coln to the army of the Potomac, is explained very fully by Gen. McClellan’s proclama tion published in to day’B paper. When Gen. Pope was utterly vanquished by the victorious and advancing rebels under Lee, the Presi dent appealed to McClellan, even after he had been slighted, to take command of our scattered forces ; he did so, and in a few days retrieved the waning fortunes of our cause Now, after abolitionism has conspired to dis grace and drive him from the service, the President again goes to him and induces him to appeal tp bis comrades to o"bey the “ civil authorities ” and he does so. From these ex amples the reader will see the disinterested patriotism of our young General and hero.— His business is that of a soldier in the service of his country, willing to obey and enforce even civil ediots which his judgment and principles utterly condemn. Here is a lesson for revolutionary abolition politicians aDd officers, which they can profitably imitate. DELAWARE LEADS THE VAN I ELECTION FOR INSPECTORS. The election in Delaware, on Tuesday last, resulted in a complete Demooratio triumph. In Kent county every district, with ona ex ception, gave Democratic majorities ranging from 100 to 250—the clear majority in tho county being 708. In Sussex county, with two districts to hear from, both of which are Democratic, the majority is 578. New Castle oounty a small Republican majority. The Democratic majority in the State will be at least ONE THOUSAND. This is a glorious example set us by our little neighbor. WEBSTER’S PROPHECY. “If these infernal fanatics and Abolitionists ever get power in their hands,” said Daniel Webster on a memorable occasion, “they will override the Constitution, set the Supreme Court at defiance, change and make laws to suit themselves, lay violent hands on those who differ with them in their opinion or dare question their infallibility, and finally bank rupt the country, or deluge it with blood.” These “infernal fanatics and Abolitionists” have been in powerjust nineteen months, and every part of the prophecy is already fulfilled. They have deluged the land with blood, set the Constitution at defiance, suppressed free-" dom, and brought the country to the verge of bankruptcy. What next ? THE GREAT ISSUE. The great issue to be decided at the ballot box is: Shall we have the Union as our fathers ■ made it, or shall we sacrifice it at the shrine of Abolition fanaticism ? Let every patriotic heart in Lancaster oounty respond that we will not sacrifioe this glorious Union, atouhd which cluster so many sacred memories, for the mistaken purpose of freeing negroes; that we will not involve 27,000,000 of white men in ruin, for the purpose of making still more degraded 4,000,000. of black men ; that we will protect and' uphold the Constitutional Government of the United States as one formed, in the language of the lamented Dohglab, “upon the white basis, by white men, for white men and their posterity for ever.” Let every true patriot, then, cast his vote for George M. Steinhan. By so doing you decide for the Union as it was and the Con stitution as 1 1 is— you decide for the white man and his interests; All who afe opposed to tho old Union and the old Constitution, and favor the interests of the negro race at the expense: of white men, will vote for Thaddeos Ste vens. Choose ye between tho candidates. We have tried to do our‘duty in presenting the great issue to the. publio—let the -people do. thebe's. We beye fired the last ehotrjji-thS looker, and how abide the result. VO THB PtJBIfIC. My nttontlon. ht* bm MH«d to * pnblknUon In (ho “Proas * of- tho Bth ■ instant, which purports to give o report o t what a Mr. Till, of PottsriUe, says was tho purport of a oonrersation between him. Mr. mvaelf, in the *prUg*of4Ml. In this alleged oonrenotion, X dm made to saj that X then had 9|P,QOp land ha Georgia, and smlyiog tunbot fromS«el«n4i: that TiU Goftgla to take «h«g<wrf thoe©Uiid3,:hnd aitendto thoooeontrwss: £nd?'tbit T inideaTOihd to pernade him that'lho tz>b« roofer- Ffifcce The<pfe|ect statement X understwid to b*,'to indicate sympathy on my part then and now with tho establishment of Cbai&athern Confederacy. So far as regards Mr. Tilt’s statements, or the re* port of another, as to what Mr. Till rays, X bare to aay that X can have no controversy with them as to whatever report either of them make about o~eonvenatK>n with -inn in-tho Spring-o£J881;- I: must treat them as X did a former aeries of soandaU C crhs and 7 in part; rTdumltfhifftatem>nS. T My vindi diQAtion then was made fall anttoompleflhy evi denfieof myimblio aots astheya||oaredwF:reeord.~ > 4t shall so bo made now by proof of faots, whioh 1 subjoin, and which will show— S' .... First. Thatif I desired Mr. Till to go toGeorgia to take charge of 90,000 acres of my land, X wanted to incur,expense aboata body of land that had no existence. Second. That if X desired, him to take charge of and attend to my contracts with the French and| English Governments, I desired his services about contracts that had ho existence. Third. That so far from sympathising with the establishment of the Southern Confederacy, X di rected that such property as X had £n Georgia should all be abandoned and sacrificed, rather than the Confederate Government should get a single soldier that X might contribute to prevent them .from ob taining. ' Fourth. That a considerable amount of my pro perty was sacrificed .and abandoned because of the opposition of myself and T. J. Hughes to that Con federacy. If those who get ap these most malicious slanders will furnish as muoh evidence of their early hostility to the Confederate Government, they will give evi dence whioh has not yet been presented. F. W. Hughes. Phila’a, Ootober 9th, 1862. Philadelphia City ss, I, Theodore J. Hughes, Of said oity, being dnly sworn according .to law, do swear and say, that during part of the winter and part of the spring of 1861, i was in Georgia taking off timber from a tract of land, under acontraot with my brother, F. W. Hughes, who was the owner of the fee—that said tract consisted of 2900 acres, ( or thereabouts, and was purchased by F. W. Hughes of George Craig, Esq., lumber merchant of this oity. The contract of pur chase was negotiated by myself, and F. W. Hughes took the title at.my instance and request, so as to aid me in getting into' business. The purchase money for the land and some per sonal property, estimated *at the time of sale to be worth $lOOO, was in all $5OOO. F. W. Hughes fur nished, forme, in horses, mules, other equipments for the business, and oash, $2265; the property in the horses, males, &o., # was to remain in F. W. Hughes until I could repay him tbe oost. From my knowledge of this purchase, and general 1 acquaint ance with the business matters of my brother, F. W. Hughes, I am quite positive that tfiis was the only property whioh F. \V . Hughes had in Georgia in the Winter and Spring of 1861. F. W. Hughes did not make any sales of the tim ber from this land; but all suoh sales were made by me and in my name. I know, therefore, that neither F. W. Hughes nor myself had any contraots with the English or French Governments, in relation to timber or lumber, during said year, and so far as regards F. W. Hughes I believe, and as to myself I know, neither of us had any suoh contraot at any other time. f During tbe winter of 1861, I wrote to F. W. Hughes, that myself and the white men in my em ployment had been notified to attend weekly mili tary drill. To this communication F. W. Hughes replied, expressing the most earnest request that I should not , wider any circumstances whatever, at any time take up arms against the Federal flag ; that if there, was any attempt,made to force me to do so, I should , if necessary, at once abandon and sacrifice His PROPERTY, and leave. This request was entirely in accordance with my own inclinations and convictions of duty. Shortly after tbe fall of Fort Sumter, I was oharged with treason to the Southern Confederacy, and a mob court sentenced me to be hung, and per sons were appointed to carry this sentence into exe cution. My would-be excationers had me in custody and with the rope ready to place about my neck. I was at this time fortunate enough to be able to get friends who prevailed on my intended execution ers to pause in their purpose. The next day myself and son, and Thomas Elwell, of this oity, together with Louis Patterson and Charles Leisenger, of Montgomery county, P., left for the North; myself and son going by railroad and the three others who were my drivers, in a wagon having with them four horses. All the rest of the horses, mules and other stock we left behind us. I have no tidings in regard to this stock since, and suppose it has long sinoe been appropriated in behalf of the Confederates. The letter of F. W. Hughes, in whioh he made to me the communication above referred to, I left, with all my other papers and letters, in Wilmington, North Carolina, and have not seen them sinoe, and do not know of their present whereabouts. T. J. Hughes. Sworn and subscribed before me, Oct. 9th, 1862. Jakes McCahbn, Alderman. A TRUE PICTURE While tbe columns of the Philadelphia Press are daily teeming with the most abomi nable Blanderß against that noble old party which, from the days of Jefferson down to the present hour, has ever been found foremost in the battle for the Constitution and the Union, we think it somewhat refreshing to publish what the editor said of the party with whom he now affiliates only six short years ago. In 1856, after we had triumphed over the fell efforts of the Abolition party—speak ing of the hordes who came to seduce Penn, sylvania from her fidelity to the Union, Col. Forney said : “ They came from the North and the far West. Those who had figured in old Aboli tion organizations, when Abolitionism was a hissing and a scorn, rushed to the oonflict, eager and confident that they were embarking in a victorious cause. Here we saw the men who declared in favor of an anti-slavery Con stitution, an anti-slavery Bible and au anti slavery God! Here we listened to the appeals of those who had invoked fire and desolation upon our Southern brethren. Here we heard the accents of men who had pronounced" in favor of the amalgamation of the races. Hero were’ the representatives of'th'at appalling sentiment whioh has stigmatized our Consti tution as a league with death and a covenant with hell. The men who came to assail us, and to poison the public mind, were not merely Sarpet warriors ; they were the old and well' tried chieftains of sectionalism; veterans, covered with scars received in many a former confliot with the friends of the Constitution ; wily politicians, who understood the fell anat omy of disunion, and had studied the awful science of tracking the very life current of the Republio to its source ; men who had calcu lated the chances of our national existence; men who had considered the cost of deliberate orueade upon the rights of the States; men who, after a' long and fearful experience in the ranks of fanaticism, had finally come to the conclusion that the day of patriotism bad passed, and that the hour of civil war and national desolation had arrived.” The Political Peibst —Another political priest wants to go to Congress. Rev. T. Starr King is being urged for successor to Senator Lathan, from California. 0. A. Brownson, the polemical writer, who has reoontly made himself popular with the Radicals, wants to be elected to the House of Representatives from New Jersey. How he’d bore ’em! We have already announced that the Rev. Mr. Eddy is anxious to represent the 4th Dis trict of this State, and it is likely that a good many will be found in the same category. It is natural that they should seek this refuge. They have expended their eloquence upon pol itics for years, and now that the abolition pro clamation (as they believe) has made an end of slavery question, their stock in trade for sor mons is gone! and they must go into politics, or rust out. It is to be hoped the peoplo will see the folly of giving them any more intimate connection with public affairs than they have •heretofore had. They have done mischief enough; let them bo kept at their legitimate occupation. —New Haven Register. Pennsylvania as a Wheat Grower.— The United States Railroad and Mining Register oalls attention to the fact that the production of wheat in Pennsylvania exceeds that of all the States north and east of us, including New Jersey, New York and NewTEngland, in sup port of which the Register quotes the follow ing statistics from the census of 1860 : Maine...-.,....,.. New Hampshire......... ■Vermont....- Maapachnsetta-.. Rhode Island •Connecticut:;-.. New Y0rk...—....--.-, . New Jersey.— Total.elght States east of Pennajlr&nia. Pennsylvania Por The Intelligencer. Missus. Editors : A short time sinee-President IxHoouf having told some of his colored friends that if their race had never existed or formed a basis,' ibis war would not .have existed, l'lherefbre thought it my doty to lot Mr. Xjfcootft, hli colored friends, and the world generally know how the black'race became the- the-terribl© conflict I-took the opportunity of *o doiogln yoor worthy and widely-extended sheet—-a privilege for which I retara yqnmy.warmest thanks Many of the; presses, in Lancaster, as .well as those in Philadelphia—>t)ie. scape-goat'Foturir inclpded'rh^ve’made wide ipputhsand crooked'facfs, and, by wresting a portion from' its 'context, have endeavored • tbe election*; : bot an thbwbbl» ! »i4l(^e,'fromb^tnhlng ; toend l daflee oobtradiction, netthefMr. Usoouor myself has any thank* ft* the soft heads for commenting on its merita. J. H. XMIHIETAITOOKIttIPOIDIVOA* . ■ Sept 9,1(0. - Han.WniiMßKum—D»r eir: n« Hoa L. W. Hall, at present the candidate of fha Republican part j for tbe State Senate imthiadlitrjct, in Ibecourse of bis address to tbe peoplaou GueraUiogor tbaSaa Instant, stated “that some Republ leiomembersof the United Btates~Beoate had voted for the Crittenden Compromise and some voted against iVandthmtit wouldKiv*'«amSd had all tbe Boa them n>»u rcfed rerK,** or wonipto that feflert. ’He also oompUlnad that csriain Benatomfioiw tbepotton Bt%tes had withheld tbeir.VQtes on the Clerk eaendsieut, by which the Critten dabComjpJHnlee wajrd«6*ted. “•As yoqjrere a manbef of-the Senate at tbe time, and gated a conspicuous part lo&vor of that and other meat ,nres.or.edleetatmt'dUrincthSL memorable aesrion of 1860 and Itt&attd mu*tlin.*e*jMtasilUr with the facta, we r* Tpeetfuny request that you fanmh us, for public use, a brief history of the proceedings at the Benote on the reso lutions familiarly known as thp Crittenden Compromise, and of tbeturroanding'ciTOwnritancee. Jos. T Leonard, J- P- Krataer, D. W. Moore, J. Blake Walters, R, V. Wilson, John G. Hall, Wm. Porter, G. L. Barret’, C. WTJTAUon,~r^i.- iJnbnWzffrlght; Israel Test, Wm. L. Wright, Wm. L. Moore, J. W. Potter, T. J. McCullough, Francis Short, - -F-G-MUler,: Barthol Stumph,- t' «• Cummings,' George Thorn, R. J. Wallses, Wm. 8. Bradley, Isaac Ikßsixensteln;* Isaac Johnson, Jsmee Wrlgley, . J.-M. KHtelbwger,. u ~- Joseph H, Dealing, Wendtin Sutras, Sw*!»"*„ JohnW.-Shngert, . • . ? Matthew Ogden, ■ W.H.McCall ongh, ■ A.M.11W,, O. B. Goallmndar. „ Cuiums, Sept. 59,1862. G«ntisjczw: I us tn receipt or jour letler, and with pleasure proreed to comply with jour reqneet In doing thiel ehaUendeeror to be-brio!, though it must ho obriooV that anything like * full history or tho proreollogs or the United Btates Benate on the resolutions familiarly known os the Cdttendeo Compromlre, andthe occurrences inci dent thereto, cannot be compressed ak a rery abort story -Toucan ell bear me witness thatlnthe addresses I have mtde to the people, since my retirocy from the Senate I have not sought to press this subject on their coneideTVon in any party light—l have held that tbe government and conntry must be saved do matter whose folly and madness -hid Imperiled them—-that we should first extingafiKthe flames that are consuming-oar national fahric, anOTDrier ward look up and punish the IncendUry. who had applied tho torch; bnt aa the fiuhjcet haabeen brought before the community .by a di<tlioguisbed member of the Republican party, for partisan ends, and statements made inconfbtent with thu record, it is eminently proper that the facta—«t least all tbe essentfil be given to the pnblie. It is cot true 'hit some: Republican members of;tbe Senate supported the >( Crittenden Compromise M ami some opposed itjTbey opposed it ihrougbont and without an ex ception. Their efforts to defeat it were in the asaal shape of postponements and amendments, and it was not till within a few hours of the close of the session that a direct vote was bad on the propositi >n itself. On the ltth of January they cast a united vote against its consideration, and on the lf>th they did the same thing, in order to consider the Pacific railroad bill. Bnt the fir»t test vote was had on Ihel7tb day of Jaon ary. on the motion of Mr. Clark, of New Hampshire, to striko ont the Crittenden propoeit ? ou ah ! losert certain resolutions of his own, the»only otject manifestly belDg the defeat of the former. The yeas add nays on this vote were as follows: Tea*—Meears. Anthony, Baker, Bingham, Cameron, Chandler. Clark. Collamer, Dixon, Doolittle, Durkee. Fes senden. Foot, Foster, Giimes, Hale, Harlan, Kinz. Seward, Simmons, Sumner, Ten Eyck, Trumbull, Wade, Wilkinson, and Wilson—2s. • ’ Nays— Messrs. Bayard, Bigler. Bragg, Bright, Cllngman, Crittenden, Fitch, Green, Lane 'Latham, Marou, MchoisoD, Pearce, Polk, Powell, Pugh, Rice, Sanlsbary, and Sebast ian—23 So Mr. Clark’s amendment prevailed, and the Crittenden proposition was defeated. .On the announcement of this result the whole subject was laid on tho table. This was the vote on which some lit or eight Senators from the Cotton States withheld their votes, and of this I shall speak hereafter. If is tree that, within a few hours after these proceedings, as though alarmed abont tbe consequences of wbat had been done, Senator Cameron moved a reconsideration of the vote by which the Crittenden proposition had been de f-ated. This motion came up for consideration on the 18th, and to the amazement of everybody not in tbe secret. Fenator Cameron voted against bis own motion-, and was joined by every other Senator of his party. The vote is recorded on p. 433 of Ist vol. Congressional Globe, and is as follows : ’Yeas—Messrs. Bajard, Bigler, Bragg, Bright, CHngmao, CritteDden, Douglas, Fitch, Greeu, Gwia, Hunter, Johnson of Arkansas. Johnron of Tennessee Kennedy, Lane, La tham, Mas in. Nicholson, Pearce. Polk, Powell, Pugh, Rice Baulsbury, Sebastian and Slidell—27. ’ Nays—Measts. Anthony, Baker, Bineham, CiMEEON, Chandler, Clark, Collamer, Dixon, Doolittle, Fessenden, Foot, Foster, Grimes, Hale, Hailan, King, Seward, Sim mons, Sumner, Ten Eyck, Wado, Wigfall, Wilkinson and Wilson—24. This vote was regarded by many as conclnslve against the Crittenden proposition, for the reason that the Repab- after fu 1 deliberation and consultation, bad cast a unified vote against it 1 shall never furzet the ap-. pearance and bearidg of that venerable patriot, John J. Crittenden, on the announcement of this result. His heart seemed full to overflowing with grief, and hia countenance bore tho unmistakable m.rka of anguish and despair. The motion of Senator Cameron to reconsider had inspired him with hope—strong hope; bnt the united vote of the Republican Senators against his proposition showed him too clearly that his efforts were vaiu. The fiual vote was taken directly on agreeing to the Crittenden proposition on tho 3d of March—one day before the final adjournment < f Congress—and is recorded on p 1405 of tbe Congressional Globe, to :ond park On this vote every Democrat and every Southern Senator, (incloding Mr. Wigfall, wfio voted against tbe reconsideration of Mr. Clark’s amendment) v&ted for the proportion, and every Sepuhlican against it. As for iho Cotton State Senators who withheld their votes on the 16:h of January, so that Mr. Clark’s amend ment might prevail, I have certainly no apology to make for thtir mischievous aud wicked conduct on that or any other occasion; bnt If they are blame-worthy for withhold ing ibelr tolos. and not sustaining the Crittenden proposi tioo, what shall we say of the Republican Senators who, at the same time, cast a solid vote against it, as I have already shown ? It was not half way badness with them, they aimed directly at its fiDal defeat Some of the Southern Senators, on the other hand, who had withheld their voteß on tho 16ib, [Messrs Slidell, Hemphill, and Johnson of Arkansas,] by the 18th had repented theirerror, and cast their votes to reconsider and revive the Compromise propo sition ; but the Republicans persisted in their hostility to the end. Norls it true that the votes of the Cotton Btate Senators, with those of all the other Southern Senators and those of all the Northern Democrats, could have saved and secured the Crittenden Compromise. They could have given it a majority, but everybody knows that the Constitution re quires a vote of two thirds to submit amendments to the Constitution for the ratification rf tbe States. These could not be had without eight or len Republican votes. But suppose the Constitution did not so require—what could It have, availed to have adopted a settlement by a mere party vote? It was a compromise between the two sections that the exigencies required. The Republican was tbe dominant party in the North, and no compromise or adjustment could be successful, either in the Senate or before the peo ple, without their active support. They constituted one of the parties to the issue, and It would have been folly worse than folly—to have attempted a settlement without their sanction and support before the country. But no one can misunderstand the real object of the Republican orators in parading the fact that six or eight Southern Senators had, at on© time, withheld their votes from the CritteDden proposition It Is to show that the South was not for It and did not desire a compromise, and hence tbe Republicans are not responsible for the horrible consequences of its failure. On this point the testimony in very conclusive, and I shall give it at some length, please or dlspleasFwhom it may. If Republicans choose to take the responsibility of saying that they were against the proposition and determined to make do settlement, however we may lament their policy, no one could object to that position, as matter of fact; but they will forever fail to satisfy the world tli it the South was not fairly com mitted to a settlement on the basis of the Crittenden proposition, or that tbe Northern Democrats would not have compromised on that ground had they poasessed the power to do so. lam aware that there a-e plenty of Re publicans who would still spurn to settle with the South on snch conditions, as there are also radical fanatics who would not take that section back into the Union even on the condi’ions of tbe Constitution. They certainly can have no complaint against my views and sentimeots. When Congress assembled in December, 1861, it was obvious to every one who was at all willing to heed the signs of the times, that tbe peace of onr country was in imminent peril, tbe natural consequences of a prolonged war of crimination and recriminaiion between the extreme aDd impracticable men of the North and the South. The anxious inquiry was heard everywhere— u What can be done to allay the agitation and save the nnity and peace of our country ?” Amongst those who were willing to make an effort to compromise and settle, regardless of sectional, party or personal considerations, consultation after consul tation was held. The first great task was to discover whether it was possible to bring the South up to ground on which the North could stand. Many and various were the propositions and suggestions produced. But it was finally concluded that the proposition of the venerable Senator from Kentucky, (Mr. Crittenden,) was most likely to command the requisite support in Congress and before the people. These, together with all others of a similar character, were referred to a select committee, composed of the following Senators: Messrs. Crittenden, Powell, Hooter, Seward, Toombs, Dpnglas, Collimer, Davis, Wade, Bigler, Rice, Doolittle and Chimes—five Southern men, five RepnbHcans and three Northern Democrats. The Southern and Republican Sen ators were recorded as the parties of tbe issue, and hence a rale was adopted that no proposition should be reported to the Senate as a compromise unless it received a majority of both sides. All the Southern Senators, save Mr Davis and Mr. Toombs, were fcnowu to favor the Crittenden pro position. On the 23d of December, this proposition came up for consideration, and it became necessary for Messrs. Davis and Toombs to take their positions In regard to it, and I shall never forget the substance of what both said, for I regarded their course as Involving the fate of the compromise. Mr. Davis said, “ that for himself the propo sition would be a bitter pill, for he held that his constitu ents had an eqoal right with those of any ether Senator to go Into the common Territories, and oceupy pnd eojoy them with whatever might be their property at tbe time; but nevertheless, in view of the great stake involved, if tbe Republican side would go for it in good faith he would unite with them.” Mr. Toombs expressed nearly the same sentiments, and declared that his State would accept the proposition as a final settlement. Mr. Toombs also, in open Senate, on the 7th of January, used tbe following language: “But although I insist on this perfect equality in the Territory, yet when it was proposed, as I now understand the Senator from Kentucky to propose, that tbe line of 30-80 shall be extended, acknowledging and protecting onr property on the south side of that line, for the sake of peace—permanent peace, I Bald to the committee of thir teen, as I say here, that with other satisfactory provisions I would accept it.” (.Page 270, Cong. Globe, Ist. In addition to my own testimony of what occurred in the committee of thirteen, I present extracts from speeches of Mr. Douglas and Mr. Pugh, bearing directly on this point: On tbe 3d of Jannary, in the- eonree of an elaborate speech, Mr. Douglas used tbe following language: “ If you of the Republican side are not willing to accept this nor the proposition of the Benator from Kentucky, pray tell us what you will do? I address the inquiry to the Republicans aJone> for the reason that in the commit tee of. thirteen; a few days ago, every Mtirpgn. paoH vh« ScuiH, Including those frem the Cotton States [Messis Davis and Toombs] expressed their readmess to accept the proposition of my venerable friend,from Kentucky, as a final settlement of the controversy, if tendered and sustained by tbe Republican members. Hence Jhe sole responsibility of oar disagreement, and the only difficulty In tbe way of an amicable adjustment Is with the Republican party.” These remarks were made, as I well remember, before a very foil Benate—ln the presence of nearly, if notqnlteall the Republican and Southern Senators, and so ono dale to dispute the facts stated. Mr. Pugh Qn the 2d day of March, in the course of a very able speech, remarked:' ’ “ But suppose that Senator 'does promise me a vote on the Crittenden proposition: I have followed him for three months; I have followed ;myhonorable friend from Ken* tucky [Mr. Crittenden] for three months; I hare followed my friend, the Senator from Pennsylvania, [Mr. Bigler] for three months; I have voted with them on alt these proposi tion Bata time when there were twelve other Senators In this chamber on whose votes we ooold rely; and what came of It all ? Did we ever get a vote on tbe Crittenden proposi tion ? Never. Did we ever get a vote on the bill introduced by the Senator from Pennsylvania [Mr. Bigler] to remit these propositions to a vote of the people ? Never. They were not- strong enough to displace the Pacific railroad MU, which stood here and defied them in the Seoate for more than a month They were not strong enongh to set aside this plunder MU'yoa call a tariff. They were not strong enongh* ta beat a pension bill one morning. For three long months have I follows \ tbe Senator and others; begging for a* vote on theta questions; never can we get It; never; and now I am to be deluded no farther; and I use.tbat word delusion certainly In so unkind -sense to. my friend. - .. ;; - “ Tbe Crittenden proposition has been endorsed, by the almost unanimous tote of the Leglslatore of Kentucky.—r It has been endorsed by ? the-legislature of the noble old Commonwealth of Virginia. It bar been petitioned for by a larger number of the electors of the United States than., any proposition that waa ever before Congress. I believe' in my heart, to-day, that ff would carry an overwhelming majority o fthe peopleof.roy Stet*aye, rir.andof nearly, every other State in the Union. Beforw.the.Senators. from the State ol lfl*si»lptd l*ft thii'<Eiamb«, I Aeard tmc bf them, taka worn assume* * Uast, ta ta President qf jfte BUSHELS. 288,900 239 000 434,100 119,800 1,100 11,521,500 18,045,2)0 AuAm trrnMN in ocotptf AowNfflifMAl tte TJnionZythat propotfamctmld rtodottkavoU ttonffht to r&g£ot firm Qic oOier tide <rf this Chamber. Therefore, of all your propositions; of all your amendments, knowing, aa I do, and knowingthat thehistorian will writ* H down, at any time before utofirift r of'fcniitry a tiro-thirds Tots for the Crittenden resolution* In this Chamber would hare saved every State In the Union"but South Carolina. Geor* gta would be' hero by her representatives, and Louisiana also—tbdep.two treat States'whisht at least, would have broken the wbofe column of steemicra? Mr. CoQgltSr at tbe same time, sald4n reply, “ I ran eon* firm the Senators declaration that Senator vihen oi| (St canmittu of thirlun, toot ready at aU tmet to compromise on t&B CiiUtndaiprrrpoxttion, : fvQloofurther ama tag Out MrfToomtamoolnre&jftodotor ' ■ Bat ijrtbls teatbßony .iimfuotdn existence at all, d» w» not an know that tbe great State of Virginia endorsed this proposition and submitted It to the other States as a basts of a final adjustment and permanent peace. It was this baste on which that State called for the Peace Conference which ; assemble! soon thereafter.. It was also endorsed by almost the unanimous vote of' the Legislature of Kentucky, and subsequently by those of Tennessee.and {forth Carolina. Bat It is useless to add testimony. The RepobUcan members of.the Senate were ' against the Crittenden proposition; and the radicals of that body were against any and every adjustment When the Peace Conference had assembled, and there was some hone .of > satisfactory settlement, it is well known that Mr. Chandler, Mr. Harlan,' and others urged their respectlts Governors to send on impracticable hmaties as Commit slooers In order to defeat a compromise. In what 1 hare said That© not Intended to extenuate or excuse the wickedness of- the seeesslonUts.--- Bad and im< politic as was the policy of the Northern radicals, It for* . nished no sufficient reason for secession, rebellion and war; bat I believed moot sincerely then, as Ido now, that the acceptance of Mr. Crittenden's proposition by one-third of the Republicans in Congress, at the right time, woald have broken down secession in nearly all the States now ciaimiog to be oat of the Union; and it might have been accepted without any sacrifice of honor or principle. -So far u-the common territory oftba warn con cerned it proposed an equitable partitioflßving the North about 000,000 vqaare miles, and the Sown about 800,000. No umpire that oould have been selected wooldhava given the North'more. ... a If. then, it was a material intern-1 and value wttre con tending for, it gave ft* our full share; if It was to* appli cation of a polKlap principle the Republicans were struggling for, (tallowed thp. application of their doctrine to three-fourths ot the belonged to all the States and all the people. It expressly exoluded slavery from 000,000 square miles, and all >we'd it In thexemalnlug 800,000. Tbe Republicans, it Is true, had just elected a President, and were about to take pr ssessiou of t be Govern* ment; but still the.popular vote, to the sevoral States showed that they were over a million of votes in them!* porlty of the electors of the TJnited States. Being a 1 mil- Uoa in the minority, if they secured the application of their principles to three-fourths of all the territory, was , that not enough! Oould they not have boasted of a great triumph f For a time th-«e argument* and considerations seemed to hare weight with the more moderate and conservative of the Republican Senators. Indeed at one time I had strong hopes of a selll-mient. But the raHeals rallied in force, headed by Mr. Greeley, -and the .current was soon chapgdd. We were then met with the argument that tbe people, in the election of Mr. Lincoln, bad decided to ex clude slavery from a'l tbe territory, and that the members of Congress dam not attempt to reverse that decision We then determined to go a step further and endeavor toover come this obstacle; aod it was to this end, after c»usulta* tioo with Mr. Crittenden nod others, that I myself intro duced a bill iuto the Senate providing fur taking the sense (>f the people of the several States on the Crittenden propo sition, for the direction of members of Congress iu voting for or against its submission for the ratification of the States, as an amendment to the Constitution. This was an appeal to tbe source of all political power, and would have relieved the members of all serions respon sibility. The vote of the repreeeut»tive would have been In accordance with the voti-s ofbis r,.iustftuents.either for or against the proposition. The only objection made was that it was somewhat irregular and ex'raordiaary. But theaiine mt.n could not make that objection at present. Too many extraordinary thiogs have since beou doue by their chosen agents. I believed wiih tbo Senator from Ohfo. as I believe still, that the proposition would have carried a majority In LOjrly all the rtttes of the Uuion, but It shared the fate of all other efforts for settlement.— Would to God onr country was now iu tbo condition it then was, aod that the people could be allowed io settle ths controversy for th-mselves under the lights of eighteen months’ experience oi war and .carnage, and countless sacrifices rf uational strength and character. Very truly, your obedieut servant, NO END TO TAXATION. THE *20,000,000 TEMPORARY LOAN, In addition to the taxes now being assessed upon personal property by the Abolition asses sors, there is to follow an assessment upon real estate, to pay Pennsylvania’s share of the $20,000,000 temporary loan authorized by aot of Congress, approved June 7, 1862, which takes effeot on aDd after its passage. Section 8 of this net is in the following words : " And beitfurther enacted, That a direct tax of twenty millions of dollars bo. and is hereby, annually laid upon the United States, and the same shall be, and is hereby, apportioned to the States, respectively, in manner tollowing.” Then follows the apportionment of the amount among the several States, which makes Penn sylvania’s, share $1,946,719.50; but in this’ apportionment the rebellious States are in cluded* and as it is evident lliat no taxes oan be collected there until peaco is restored, the amount assessed upon them must be added to the burden of the loyal States, which would add to Pennsylvania’s share about $BOO,OOO more, making a total of $2,746,719. This entire amount is assessed and laid upon the real estate of the Commonwealth, as will be seen by reference to section 13 of the same aot, from which we extract the following : “ And be it jurther enacted, That the said direet'tax laid by this act shall be assessed and laid on tbe value of all lands and lots of ground, with their improvements and dwelling houses, which several articles subject to'taxa tion shall be enumerated and valued, by the respective assessors, at the rate each of them is worth in money on the first dav of April. 1862.” . V This tax operates as a mortgago, aDd be comes alien upoD the entire real estate of tbe Commonwealth, as will be Been by reference to section-33, which is in the following words : “ And be it further enacted , That the amount of the taxes so assessed shall be and remain a lien upon all lands and other real estate of tbe individuals who may be assessed for the same during two years after the time it shall annually become due and payable; and tbe said lien shall extend to each and every part of all tracts of‘land or dwelling houses, notwithstanding the same may have been divided or alienated in part.” The act further provides that if the tax shall not be paid, twenty per cent, shall be added to the sum and the property sold at public auction ; and if a sufficient amount to cover tbe tax is not bid, the collector shall buy it, in the name of tbe government. It will thus appear that if, through the ruin* ous policy and reckless extravagance of tbe government, commercial and financial embar rassment should overtake the country, and the farmer or property-holder be unable to'pay his taxes, he is to be driven from hie life long home, and his property taken possession of by this Abolition collector. It is true, each indi vidual is given the right of redemption any time within two years; but he must pay twenty per cent, interest on the amount, so that if, at the end of two years, be should be able to redeem bis property, he would have to pay, in addition to the original tax, sixty per cent, more than the sum assessed. -Patriotic Union. Blasphemyop Beecher.— The mountebank, Beecher, who has turned his church in Brook lyn into a theatre, where applause is given to his points by the audience, just as it is to Forrest, or Miss Bateman, or' any other the atrical star, appeared on the boards at mouth church cm Sunday evening, when he derided the Constitution as a mere “sheepskin parchment” of no account, and said “we are going to have the Union as it never was, but as it was meant to be. Tbe Union as it was meant to be, and not as it was, is to be onr doctrine, because the Union as it was was a monstrous outrage on your rights and mine.” In this he declared himself to be* the mouth piece of millions, like Greely a short time ago, and applause resounded from all parts of the house. After ridiculing tbe Union and the Constitution, he next assails things still more sacred. He exhibits the Divine Being in the light of a tax-gatherer, who “is out now, and will have a good time.” Let us quote the whole passage-*—“The North, too, was suffer ing to an extent to which’she bad winked at slavery for tbe sake of commerce. When the North had paid two thousand millions of taxes (and only just begun) be thought that the Lord would get back pretty much all the North made out of slavery. God is the great tax-gatherer. He is out now, and Ho will have a good time.” (Great laughter.) The character of the audience may be judged from their laughter at socb horrible profanity.— New York Herald, Sep. 30. Expcbqing the Declaration of Independ ence. —The New Y:rk (Baptist) Chronicle says of tbe Proclamation : Let there be no lagging forces, but all, all concentrated upon the one object of. wiping out from tbis continent the sin and curse of slavery. We have now a purpose worthy of freemen. We are expurging from our Dec laration of Inpedendence cant and hypocrisy, and making it the honest creed of all nations and ages. CONNECTICUT COMING RIGHT ! The elections for the choice of town officers were held in Connecticut oh Wednesday lass. The Hartford Times reports great Democratic gains in every part of the State. In. West Hartford the Democrats supported a tioket of Union anti-abolition proclamation Republi cans, and elected them against the rSgalar Republican ticket. Many towns have-gone Democratic for the first time in several years. The Maryland News Sheet \s' revived under the title of the Baltimore Daily Gazette, the first issue of which appeared on Monday morning last, published by.Mesara. Caner & Co. It professestobe independen^ef -party, andproposessimply to furnish the'puhlip.with the newsof the 'day,':' li.maker neftCbasi he«-lik€i appeartiioe. * VL ‘' 5 - :^4 WM. BIQt.EE.
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers