el it Lancaster Inteiligenitt GEO. SANDERSON, EDITOR. A. SANDERSON. Assoctato. LANCASTER, PA., MAY 19, 3.863 017 R The question has been asked by persons not cog nizant of all the circumstances of the ease, why the City authorities did not formally participate in the reception of the 122 d Regiment, upon its return home on Saturday night? The question Is answered in another article, and by the correspondence with Col. Fasrarraa, in to-day's paper. Bat, in order to place the matter in a still plainer light before the community, I will briefly relate the circumstances. The City Councils held a speoial meeting on the 29th ult., at the request and petition of a large number of citizens of both political parties, and ap pointed a joint committee, composed of Democrats and Republicans, to make arrangements for a gen eral publio reception. This Committee promptly met, agreed upon a programme, and informed Col. FRANKLIN of the arrangements. They also appointed a sub-committee of two gentlemen of their own body, one of whom is a Republican, to proceed to Harris burg and meet the Regiment upon its arrival there. This duty was attended to, and the invitation was accepted. In the mean time, however, the Union League was busily at work with the Regiment, and had its committees on the ground to slander and misrepresent the City authorities: Thereupon, Col. FRANKLIN addressed a note to the Chairman of the Committee of Councils declining any public recep tion of any kind. The City authorities being thus ignored, the Committee disbanded, and permitted the thing to take its course. The whole affair, then, fell into the hands of the Union Leaguers, under the cloak of a committee of recep tion appointed by the Patriot Daughters, on which were fontid'llte names of some jive or sic Democrats, by way of a blind, in a committee of seventy-five! This is a plain, unvarnished statement of facts, and contains the reasons why the City authorities did not participate in the reception of our brave volunteers. They would have been glad to do so, but their proposition was rejected by the Com mander of the Regiment, and they could not, with out stultifying themselves, play second fiddle to a band of political desperadoes 'yolep'd the Union League. The insult to Councils, and through them to their constituency, was felt in an equal degree by myself, and therefore I could not, consistently with my ideas of self respect and propriety, take any part in the reception. The Republicans made it a polit ical affair, and upon them be the responsibility.— The Democrats and the City authorities did every thing they possibly could do to avoid giving it a partisan Oharaoter, deeming such a course, from whatever quarter it might emanate, an insult to our brave volunteers and a disgrace to the city. GEO. SANDERSON Mob Law Recommended. The dishonest craven who edits the treasonable Union League organ, in South Queen street, has been hard at work for the last week in endeavoring to incite the returned volunteers to the commission of vio lence against our person and proper ty; but, fortunately for the peace and credit of the city, without effect. The brave men of the 122 d, who so fearlessly faced disease in the camp and on the march, and death and wounds upon the battle field, in defence of their country and its time honored flag, are not willing to sully their fair fame and be made the dupes of a low scheming political scoundrel, whose brazen-facedness and malignity are only equaled by his arrant cowardice and meanness of soul. They are true patriots who have, gallantly earned a name for bravery and devotion to country which endears them to every good citizen, and they will not sully the laurels which encircle their brows by illegal and riotous acts at the bidding of a shameless forger and common slanderer. This scurvy fellow has f - nrsued us, without . cause or provocation and with the malignity of a devil incar nate„for the last two years—and not only the senior editor of the Intelli gencer himself, but has wantonly dragged into the arena of slander and defamation, upon two or three occasions, the female members of our family ! For the latter offence against all sense of honor and de cency—an offence which no one but a miserable poltroon and a low-bred scoundrel and blackguard would be guilty of—ho will be brought to an account, sooner or later. We shall bide our time ; but justice, stern, un relenting justice—though sometimes slow, will assuredly overtake the villain in the end—and perhaps the end is not very far in the future. Mr. Vallandigham. This man has been tried by a Court Martial and sentenced, it is reported, to an imprisonment of two years at Dry Tortugas, Florida. We can hardly believe the President will approve of such a sentence. To ex ecute it would be an outrage on the Constitutional rights of the citizen of a loyal State, and we incline to the opinion that IVIr. LINCOLN will inter pose to \prevent it. Mr. V's only offence, if offence it can be called, was speaking the truth at a public meeting of his fellow-citizens. He criticised the actions of the Admin istration with some severity, it is true ; but he did not utter a treason able -sentiment, nor any thing but WifaVie had a perfect right to do U`iiabr that provision of the Consti tution which guarantees the freedom of speech to every American citizen. Moreover, the civil courts of the Commonwealth are unobstructed in their operation, and if he had com mitted any offence against the laws, he could have been punished under the law. As it is, his arrest without warrant of law, and his trial before a military tribunal, is an outrage of the most heinous and aggravated kind, and.which cannot fail to bring vengeance, sooner or later, upon the heads of all concerned in the das tardly and tyrannical act. Surely the President cannot sanction such a gross and palpable violation of Con stitutional law, and we therefore ex pect an Executive interference in behalf of right and justice. Mr. V. will not be sent to Tortugas, or cve are most egregiously mistaken. A few days, however, will determine his fate. But let it as it may—the end is not yet. THE RECEPTION OF THE 122 d; One of the lowest, meanest and most con temptible exhibitions of party feeling we have ever witnessed, was the attempt of the "Loyal Leaguers" of this city to make the reception of the 122 d Regiment a political affair, and thereby endeavor to manufacture a little capital for their waning party. Such conduct would be contemptible at any time, but it is doubly so now, when this gallant regiment, composed of men of both politieal parties, who entered the service of their country with no partisan motives, and only animated by the pure and patriotic desire to serve and save their common country, have just returned from a desperate and bloody battle, with the lose of many of their brave comrades which has carried sorrow and an guish to scores of households in the county. It is really humiliating to see what low, dirty tricks certain politicians of the African Republican stripe will resort to in these de generate times to bolster up the sinking for tunes of their party. With the long list of killed, wounded and missing before us, and in view of the sorrow and gloom which shroud the dwellings of many of our fellow citizens,—common decency, if the feelings of humanity were dead in their bosoms, would have dictated that, instead of stirring up a political quarrel about the reception, our citizens should have, for the time being. laid aside party prejudices, as they were invited by the City Councils to do, and unite as one man in giving a proper and becoming wel come to the returning braves, apart from politics and the politicians. The City Councils did every thing proper to be done. They were petitioned by a large number of the citizens, irrespective of party, (which petition we append to these remarks,) to get up a reception worthy , nf the occasion at the expense of the city. They promptly acted—appointed a Committee of their own body, composed of gentlemen from both po litical parties. This Committee mot, agreed upon a programme, and communicated their action to Col. Franklin, and everybody was on tiptoe of expectation at the grand recep tion which was in store for the gallant 122 d. But, at this juncture, the miserable hounds of the Abolition party stepped in and by falsehood and misrepresentation, and every dirty device their malice could invent, frus trated the whole plan, and so embarrassed the officers of the Regiment that they thought it best to decline any public reception at all. And thus the old City of Lancaster has been disgraced and the brave soldiers insulted by a baud of Abolitionists, at the beck and nod of such filthy scavengers as J. M. Willis Geist and his confreres in malignity. The following is the petition above alluded to, and it is worthy of remark that a few of the men who signed it, afterwards lent them selves to the union League politicians to frus trate the contemplated reception. If there is a depth of meanness lower than another in this dark and damning transaction, these creatures (we will not call them men) deserve the lowest place: To the Select and Common Councils of the City of Lancaster : The undersigned citizens of the different Wards of the City, would respectfully present to your re spective bodies the following petition : Whereas, the term of the gallant men of our City and County, composing the 122 d and 135th Regiments of Pennsylvania Volunteers, will now shortly expire, and We as their fellow citizens feel ing justly proud of their actions and patriotism, deem it just and proper to give them a suitabl, welcome to their homes; we request your Honorable Bodies to furnish such means from the City Treasurye towards defraying the expenses of firing the cannon and procuring the services of the Band, die., as will make them feel that they aro receiving a suitable welcome to their homes. And your petitioners will ever pray, ac., bc. H. Blickenderfor, Thos. H. Burrowes, Jacob L. Baker, Lewis Zeoher, Edw. Blickenderfer, Joseph Barnett, P. C. Reinfried, G. Bowman, J. D. Smith, Jacob Hartman, H. J. Waltz, H. F. Benedict, D. J. Boynton, Capt. 9311.. George A. Cox, Edward Stafford, S. C. Taylor, Edward Jennings, Wash. Bowman, John Stone, Harrison Gumpf, John Eshleman, C. H. Hertz, Abm. Stahl, Lewis Tinkly, Henry Lutz, Col. Jno. H. Buchman, Wm. Bucking, Jacob K. Shirk, John Weidler, Wm. M. Shrum, Bernard Huber, Michael Barry, Owen Hopple, Jacob Zecher, G. W. 0. Hopple, John Weidel, B. Reinhold, Edw. Wiley, B. B. Martin, George C. Murray, Charles Hirsh, Wm. Wilson, Edw. J. Hartman, George Gundaker, Jr., Daniel Okeson, H. M. White , John H. Weber,' Benj. Ruth, Chas. F. Hager, Geo. L Boyle, Daniel A. Altick, Robert Owens, H. It. Fahnestock, Benj. P. Miller, John Evans, M. D. Holbrook, James Garvin, Henry Franke, Henry Markee, E. L Barnett, J. G. Stehman, Samuel Kurtz, James Kelly, A. U Groff, Samuel Haslett, John Hotting, P. G. Greider, James P. McCoy, M. Fisher, D. Fulton, Frederick Lutz, J. Aug. Ehler, Jeremiah Snyder, Christian Stroh', H. R. Mishler, B. Mishler, J. D. Boring, Isaac Mishler, af. Royer, Daniel Hartman, Capt. Geo. Musser, John Baker, Abraham Miller, Lewis Hartman, Philip Butt, Frederick Dorwart, Levi Davis, Reuben H. Long, Jacob Erieman, Edw'd M. Eberman, Emanuel Weidler, Chas. E. Wentz, K. Blickenderfer, Eli Leib, John A. 'frissler, Henry C. Wentz, W. Ii Myers, H. K. Killian, Moses Winger, Etrel J Eriswan, John Wertz, John Gilman, W. G. Bender, 11. Kendig, Geo. W. Brown, It. F. Rauch, W. Whiteside, Wm. R. Wilson, J. M. Long, Wm. Kirkpatrick, Peter Long, Henry P. Carson, Henry Lively, Geo. K. Reed, W. L. Peiper, D. K. Miesee, B. Chatnpneys, Jr., Emanuel Shugers, M. Withers, . Jacob Neher, Christ. Elias, George Hinkle, David Bachman, D. Downey, H. M. Eshbach, Jacob Foltz, Thos. J. Wentz, Geo. Sanderson, T. Jeff. Palmer, Edw J. Zahm, M. Greiner, Al. M. Zahm, Amb. McConomy, J. B. Kremis, D. M. Holton, John F. Long, Thos. Wee. Brown, A. C. Flinn, - Carpenter MoCleory, J. Michael, tbeo. Eichelberger, J. B. Markley, E. Kreckel, C. R. Coleman, David Beard, Andrew Ream, Abraham Hirsh, John Keary, Chas. E. Long, C. H. Kryder, Wm. C. Pinkerton, Ludwig Konig, Geo. Spurrier, William Richardson, Wm A. Lewars, T. G. Werner, George Bard, Henry Schauxn, John Evans, John Tameney, Lewis B. Frick, Chas. M. Howell, John Toll, Augustus Reincehl, F. Brit:rimer, A. Danner. W. T. Gerhard, From tho Dayton Empire ADDREFS OF HON. C. L. VALLANDIG HAM TO THE DEMOCRACY OF OHIO. We stop the press to insert the following address of llon. C. L. Vallandigham to the Democracy k e Ohio, which has just been handed to oil: MILITARY PRISON, CINCINNATI, Onto, May 5, 1863. To the Democracy of Ohio :—I am here in a military bastile fur no other offence than my political opinions, and the defense of them, and of the rights of the people, and of your Constitutional liberties. Speeches made in the hearing of thousands of you, in denunciation of the usurpation of powers, in fractions of the Constitution and Laws, and of Military Despotism, were the sole cause of my arrest and imprisonment. I am a Democrat—for the Constitution, for Law, for the Union, for Liberty—this is my only "crime." For no disobedience to the Constitution, for no violation of law ; for no word, .sign or gesture of sympathy with the men of the South, who are for disunion and Southern independence, but in obedience to their demand, as well as the demand of North ern Abolition Disunionists and Traitors, I am here in bonds to-day ; but " Time, at last, sets all things even !" Meanwhile, Democrats of Ohio, of thelslorth• west, of the United States, be firm, be true to your principles, to the Constitution, to the Union, and all will yet be well. As for my self, I adhere to every principle, and will make good, through imprisonment and life itself, every pledge and declaration which I have ever made, uttered ormaintained from the be ginning. To you, to the whole people, to TIME, I again appeal. Stand firm I Falter not an instant! C, L. VALLANDIGNAM. GENERAL HOOKEWB RETREAT. We presume we shall hardly be charged with disloyalty to the Government for pub lishing the subjoined article from the .Pancas ter Examiner, which had been copied by our neighbor from gt. American, both intensely loyal . uwwspaPara. of the African American stripe. !lied itemanated from us, of ;Course itWouldliave bah treasonable; arid. might hayefrubjected us to 3n unceremonioni- Tm — it' frtiffi ; ourlgee'r, .neighbor, the ProvoSts Marshal. The North American, in speaking of Gen Hooker's retreat, says : After a week of constant hard fighting, with indecisive results. Gen. -Hooker has deemed it prudent, in view of the flood in the Rappahannock, produced by the heavy rains, to save his communications by retiring across the river, thus abandoning his operations against Lee. It seems, also, that Gen. Sedg-- wick failed to make his junction with Hooker on the other side of the Rappahannock, in consequence of being fiercely assaulted by an overwhelming force of the enemy, and in effecting his retreat to this side of the river ho sustained severe losses. Our wounded and dead in the terrible actions at Chancellorville have fallen into the hands of the rebels. The necessity for Hooker's retreat had been gradually brought about by the ardor of the rebel attacks, and the failure of our men to hold their ground. Hooker had deemed it best to stand on the defensive, and wait until attacked in his own positions. The misfor tune of Sunday contributed to render this policy a weak one ; but what chiefly caused our reverse was the successful turning of Hooker's flank by a heavy rebel force com manded by Gen. Hill, which made a wide de tour, and suddenly appeared upon our flank in so threatening a position that retreat was an absolute necessity, and the whole line was swung round toward - the river again. In the subsequent operations this serious disadvan tage was not counteracted, as we had been led to suppose it had ; and indeed the rebel assaults were constant and terrible, and our line was pushed back so much as to be fairly doubled up, and incapable of effective movement against the enemy. It may be asked why Hooker made no such effort to outflank the rebels, and the inquiry is a very natural one ; but the truth is, that he did make a bold, well-concerted and, as far as it went, a successful attempt of the kind, when just at the moment most critical, the rebel General Jackson ferociously attacked our centre, and there commenced the disgraceful panic of Howard's corps. As a consequence of this frightful disaster, Hooker was obliged to call in his flanking corps and use the utmost exertions to preserve his army, in which, fortunately, he succeeded by his own personal exertions. With his wing outflanked and his centre routed, it is marvellous that he should have escaped at all, and have recon structed his army for effective operations. We do not undertake to pass judgment on the management of the campaign, because as yet we have not sufficient information to en able us to form an opinion respecting it, and it would be unjust to censure commanders upon such crude knowledge of events as we have. The impression we derive from all the accounts published is, that except in an en trenched position, or where the natural strength of a place is great, it is an error to keep an army on the defensive in an offensive war. An army like that of the Potomac which has encountered so many reverses, and been so often forced to retreat after severe losses, will always be 4) danger of a panic from a fierce assault of the enemy in overwhelming force. Burnside, in his attack upon the rebel works at Fredericksburg, assumed the aggres sive ; and although he did not succeed in his object, the capture of the works, he did much to establish the prestige and the spirit of the army. It is not more than just to concede to General Leo in this campaign very decided military skill. He has successfully extricated himself from the critical position in which General Hooker's manmuvres had placed him, and if he has sustained severe losses in doing so, they are compensated by the manner in which he has assured his posi tion. LOYAL LEAGUES It is all right and proper for the Abolition Republicans to form " Loyal Leagues " and pledge themselves to fidelity to the Union, for their k` loyalty" has ever been more than doubtful. Among them, in various sections t f the country, are thousands who have been open revilers of the Union—men who have publicly burned the Constitution—men who have labored avowedly to break up the Union —men who have denounced the flag and marched under sixteen-starred banners.— Pledges and solemn protestations are neces sary from these men to induce people to put any confidence in their fidelity to the Consti tution and the Union. But not so with Dem ocrats ; their life-long devotion is known to the whole world. Says the Boston Post, " when the Abolition set, with Union on their lips, but with their old higher-lawism in their hearts—approached Archbishop Iluouss, his reply was, ' that his patriotism and loyalty were too well known to require him to make any public demonstration or to sign any paper on the subject.' This is to the point, and covers the whole ground. Especially is this true of the Democracy of the country. Let them now continue on in their zealous work, and cheerfully support the laws of the land. Until next year, when there will be grave po litical duties to discharge, let them thus labor and wait. There can be no peace until Abo litionism and Secessionism, those enemies of our land, occupy a common political grave, and the Democrats must put them squarely into it. Whoever has not got the courage to hold up to public reprobation the anti-law ism of the North, has not the nerve that is necessary to save the country." Death of "Stonewall" Jackson. The noted rebel General, Thomas Jefferson Jackson, commonly known as " Stonewall Jackson," died at Guiney's, Va., on Sunday week, from the effects of the amputation of his arm, and an attack of pneumonia which followed it. He was reported among the wounded on the rebel side in the late terrible battle at Chancellorville, and It is said that the wound proceeded from an acci dental shot by one of his own men. Ile was buried on Tuesday. The deceased officer was a native of Virginia, and about 37 years of age. He graduated at - West Point in 1846, and immediately entered the U. S. Army as a Second Lieutenant of Artillery. He fought bravely at Contreras, Cherubusco and Chapul tepee, in the Mexican war, for which he was promoted successively a First Lieutenant, Captain, and finally, at the close of that war, a Major. In 1852, he resigned his commission in the Army, and became a Professor of Mathematics in the Military Insti tute at Lexington, Va. He was twice married—his first wife having been a daughter of the Rev. George Junkin, formerly of this State ; his second, the daughter of the Rev. Dr. Morrison, a Presbyterian minister of Charlotte, N. C. On the secession of Virginia, he " went with his State," and was placed at the head of a Regiment of Infantry, and sub sequently promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General in the rebel Army. He was among the most celebrated of all the rebel Generals; on account of his daring raids with the light corps which he commanded. In his demeanor he is represented as :having been extremely quiet grid modest, plain and unostentatious in his dress, silent and thoughtful ; in his habits temperate, in his conduct strictly moral, and in religion a rigid member of the Presbyteriart.Chuteh: OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. The arrest and trial, by court martial, of Mr. Vallandigham, continue to ettraot more than an ordinary share of popular • attention in the Northern, Eastern and Northwestern States. The principal journals to the east ward, Republican as well as Demeeratic, with nue'solitary exception—the New York Times —have spoken freely on the - aubject, indepr,3- elation of the course adopted by General Burn-- . side. The New York World, - the . Express, Herald, Tribune, Post, and Journal of Com merce, all unite in - regarding his action in the matter as wrong in principle and dangerous in practice. The New York Post, in an article attributed to the pen of the senior editor, Mr. Bryant, whilst acknowledging the response of General Burnside to the writ of habeas corpus to be " patriotic in spirit and decided in its expressions of loyalty," thinks that it ex presses " dangerous fallacies which ought to be exposed." The Post doubts whether the operation of martial law can be extended be yond the limits of the field of active military operation, or that it embraces civilians within its scope. " When," says the Post," domestic turbulence and riot prevent the exercise of the ordinary jurisdictions; when the presence of contending armies drives out the inhabitants; when the behests of law are set at naught by an entire district, there is occasion for the strong hand of military power. But in other social conditions the appeal to it is unneces nary, and, in all probability, hurtful." The Post asserts that Mr. Vallandigham has neither committed an overt act of treason, nor resisted laws ; that " no Governments and no authorities are to be held as above criticism, or even denunciation," and that there is no other way of correcting their faults or re• straining their tyrannies " than by open and bold discussion." The question is then per tinently asked—" If Vallandigham's peace nonsense is treasonable, may not Greeley's be equally so? If be cannot arraign the con duct of the war, can Mr. Schalk, who has written a book on strategy which is the severest arraignment of it yet printed? If he may not question the propriety of Burnside's orders, may the Evening Po'st, or a thousand other journals, venture to hint a doubt of the superhuman abilities of General Ilalleck ?" In brief, the Post disapproves of any infringe ment of the liberty of speech or of the press, and regards the arrest•of Mr. Vallandigham, not only as unconstitutional, but as setting a dangerous precedent. The Post, however, seems to forget if this measure is wrong, as that journal assumes it to be, the precedent was set long since, although no protesting voice was heard until now. The Boston Courier, in discussing the subject, boldly says that Mr. Vallandigbam "has been unlawfully arrested, and has been put on trial before au unlawful commission 1" that the charges against him "are of no consequence, con sidering that the whole proceeding is illegal, violent, and of a character, which, if submit ' ted to, lays civil liberty a murdered victim in the dust. " The people," adds the Courier, " are fully conscious of their own strength, and cannot be trampled under foot. But they respect law and love order, and desire nothing but the right which belongs them to express their political opinions by speech and by un trammelled action at the ballot-box." The New York Tribune, whilst treating the matter of the arrest in a spirit which is intended to be jocose, but which is nothing but a muddle of impertinence, remarks, nevertheless, in a semi-lucid interval, that " our Federal and State Constitutions do not recognize perverse opinions nor unpatriotic speeches as grounds of infliction," and " we don't exactly see how Mr. V. is to be lawfully punished fur making ; a bad speech." GEN. FRANKLIN'S DEFENCE The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin is one of the most zealous Administration papers in the country, sustaining the Emancipation Procla mation and every other measure of the Presi dent, but never uniting with the Abolitionists in their efforts to ruin Gen. McClellan. The following article from last Tuesday's issue, on the defence of Gen. Franklin, will, we think, have a damaging effect on the report of such accomplished military tacticians as Senator Wade, John Covode, and others of the Com mittee on the Conduct of the War: The reply of Major General Franklin to the Committee on the Conduct of the War, which we print to-day, will be read with great inter est by all who believe in fair dealing, and by all Pennsylvanians who feel concerned for the honor of one of their fellow citizens. It is a most complete vindication of his conduct in the battle of Fredericksburg, which bas been flippantly criticised by those who have heard only the very partial and unfair statements published by the Committee. The attempt of the members of the Committee to destroy the character of a brave, loyal and most accom plished soldier has utterly failed. The docu mentary proof presented by General Franklin wholly upsets the fabrications they made from the fragmentary and ex parte statements that they selected from the evidence taken before them. The defence of Gen. Franklin necessarily makes revelations concerning General Burn side's conduct in the battle of Fredericksburg and after it, that are damaging to him. Fret ting under his failure, he seems to have suffer ed a temporary derangement of his intellect. At first he declared that General Franklin was the only general that had "held up his hands," and that on resigning his command, he was determined to recommend him as his succes sor as commanding general of the Army of the Potomac. After that he ordered him to be relieved of hie command, in that famous order No. 8, in which he dismissed General Hooker from the serricel The President relieved General Franklin, but instead of sanctioning the dismissal of Gen. Hooker, he made him commander-in-chief of the Army of the Poto• mac. But we shall not recapitulate the many extraordinary circumstances in the conduct of General Burnside which the reply presents. It is painful to think that a man should thus behave, who has had charge of a great army, and who is now in a high and responsible com mand. The world will decide, however, that he has, through some strange defeat of mind or memory, attempted to injure one who was one;of hie beet friends, and the world will de cide, too, that General Franklin acted rightly, and that his character as a man' and a soldier is still unblemished, as it has always been. DEATH OF STONEWALL JACKSON. HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, I May 13, 1863. The following letter and order are published in the Petersburg (Virginia) Sentinel: CHANCELLORYILLE, May 4. To Lieutenant General I'. J. Jackson : GENERAL : I have just received your note informing me that you are wounded. I can: not express my regret at the occurrence.— Could I have directed events, I should have chosen, for the good of the country, to have been disabled in your stead. I congratulate you upon the victory, which is due to your skill and energy. Most truly yours, • R. E. LEE, General. HEADQUARTERS, ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA, May 11, 1863. GENERAL ORDERS, No. 61.—With deep grief, the commanding general announces to the army the death of Lieut. Gen. T. J. Jackson, who expired on the 10Th inst., at 3:15, P. M. The daring skill energy of this great and good soldier, by the decree of an All- Wise Providence, are now lost to us. But while we mourn his death, we feel that his spirit still lives, and. will inspire the whole army with his indomitable courage and un shaken confidence in God as our hope and strength. Let his name be a watchword to his corps who have followed him to viotory on many fields. Let officers and soldiers emulate his invincible determination to do everything in defence of our beloved country. R. E. LEE, Oeneral Conimapding LOCAL DEPARTMENT. TICE RECEPTION OF TRE I.22D.—The 122 d Regiment arrived in this city on Sunday morning at 1 o'clock, and were met at the junction of the Harrisburg Pike and Pennsylvania Freight Depot by the Committee of Seventy-flue, among whom we noticed Imo Democrats, and also a delegatibAfrom the' Humane 'Engine Company, and other citizens.' .They Were warted from along Jeunez,„: North Queen and-Eat King streets to the Court Hone, where "Lane collation awaited them. -.A portion of the. Reglinefit proceeded to thi Humane Engine Muse, ja. Manor street, where they were handsomely entertidned.—.. Musk wee d b... 1 along „the line by the Yenciblest Band, Palltan'a Drum Corp and' tpiii Drum- Coops of the: 122 d. A iininberof buildings were Illuminated, and that which attracted most attention was the Oitx Hotel, Mr. Gizmos Mims& proprietor, which presented a grand and beautiful appearance. All the bells were rung and cannon fired while the procession was moving. Bonfires were also in tall blaze at differents points on the route. :2:. , "r—Why the reception arrangements assoamed a partizan aspect, and prevented a large majority ofilur citizens from participating...ls well understood by our readers. Bach meanness and contemptiblilittleness as was displayed by the Linton (1) Leaguers we Aura never before seen mani fested, and never hope to sea again. MEETING OF THE DEMOCRATIC CENTRAL CLUB —Taz Ammar Or Ma. TAILLNDIGEUX, Ac.—The hall of the Democratic .Central Club, at the manias meeting on Thursday evening last, was crowded with the sturdy De mocracy of the city. There seems to be no flagging,of 'in terest or enthusiasm in these meetings. .Thelneettnelya, s addressed by W. IP. Buoys, Req.: Mr. Was. MoComaz: and ALMUlinin Hews, Esq., and these gentlemen were ex ceedingly happy end pertinent in their remarks, which were moot enthusiastically received. The arrest, imprisonment and trial by a Court Martial of Mr. TALLAnDIGHAm hes caused a deep feeling of indigna tion among all our Democrats, and hence when his name was mentioned by the different speakers It was greeted with tumultuous applause. The noble and interruptible VAILANDIGRAY is enshrined in the affections of the great Democracy of the cduntry, and this the minions of deep*. tism are fully beginning to understand and fear. The fol lowing resolutionis ' offered by Mr. Attain BANDIIII3O3, were adopted with a tremendous shout of approval, on being pot by the temporary chairman, Dr. WZICECIUM: Resolved, That the Democratic Central Club of the City and County of Lancesterprotest in the strongest terms against the foreible,abduction from his home, by military power, of lion. Czzarmrs L. VALIANDIGHMS, the bold, fear less and eloquent replan of the rights of the people, and his subsequent tri by a Court Martial, and sentence by the same to the Wind of Tortugas: Resolved, That we are now, as we have ever been, the friends of the Union as it was under the Constitution as it is, and the freedom of speech end of the press; and nnal tombly opposed to the suspension of the writ of Habeas Corpus, the illegal arrests, forcible Seizures and Imprison ment of Democrats, who will not bow the knee to the Baal of Abolitionism, in dreary dungeons. Respired, That the military should always be subordi nate to the civil authority. The idea that the latter is subservient to the former is as odious and detestable as the Administration which sets it up. OFFICIAL DECLINATION OF A PUBLIC RECEP TION BY THZ 122t10.—8y the following letter from Colonel Franklin, addressed to S. S. Rathvon, Req., Chairman of the Committee of Arrangements of City Councils ' and re. ceived on Wednesday morning, it will be seen that the officers of the 122nd. in view of the diversity of opinion existing among our cltitene, declined a public reception HEADQUARYZIts 122ND REGT. R. V , Ilasiustmao. May 12th. 1863. B. B. RATFIVOB, Esq., Chairman Committee of Arrange ments of City Councils: DUB SIB: At a meeting of the officers of this regiment, representing the views of the men composing the command, held for the purpose of considering the Invitation of your committee, and those of other parties also, I was directed to return you their sincere thanks for the honor you pro pose to confer upon the regiment. Under the peculiar circumstances of the case however, considering the great difference of opinion existing among the citizens of Lan caster, and the representations made to the members of the regiment, upon the subject, the officers are of the opinion that the only way to preserve to the end that thor ough good feeling and unanimity of sentiment and action which has always characterized this command, is to re spectfully request that no public reception be offered to them from any piarter upon their arrival at Lancaster.— It is with great regret that they feel compelled to forego the high gratification which the reception of your Invita tion would have afforded them. sentiments of the highest roopoct tor yourself and the body of which you are the representative, I remain, Very' respectfully, your obedient servant, EMLEN FRANIf.LIN, Col. Commanding. ACTION of ras Commirrsz.—After the reception of the above declination, the Committee appointed by Councils held a meeting, and pissed the following preamble and resolutions: WEIZILEAS, The citizens of Lancaster, independent of party considerations, did petition the City Councils to ap. point a committee to glee the 122 d and 135th Regiments, P. V., a suitable reception on their return home after the expiration of their term of service; ' Rumens, Said City Councils, in obedience to dm wishes of said petition, and In pursuance of their own sense of duty to the defenders of their common country, did appoint a committee to carry out the wishes of their -petitioners; AND WHEREAH. After all the necessary preparations had been made by said committee, they mere officially informed that those whrm they alegnated thus to publicly honor, officially declined such public reception, as they in the un obstructed exercise of their choice as freemen bad a right to do; therefore Resolved, That whatever the motives may have been, and whatever the influence brought to'bear upon their minds in coming to a determination to decline the proper honors by the city government, we, in behalf of those whom we represent, none the less honor and cordially welcome again to our midst, the brave officers and men who have so recently distinguished themselves upon the battlefield of our common country, In defence of our cher ished and dear-bought liberties, and the restoration of the Union. Besolved, That they bare served their country with that patriotism and fidelity which entitle them to the esteem of their fellow citizens, and covers their names with an imperishable renown. b esolved. That we truly sympathize with them in behalf of those alio have fallen upon the gory field, and those perhaps less fortunate, who aro agonizing under wounds and bruises and fell di...0, thus offering themrelves a willing sacrifice upon the altar of their country. S. S. RATHVON, Chairman, In behalf of Committee City Councils. R. A. 'VANS, Secretary. THE 122ND COMPLIMENTED —lt gives us pleasure to publish the following extract from a special order issued by Aled Gen. Sickles previpue to the 12:had leaving the army. It shows that the officers and men of the reziment were highly prized by their superior officers, and that their bravery upon the field of battle has not been overlooked: HZADQOARTERB 3d A. C., May Bth, 1863. SPECIAL ORDER—NO. 74. [IXTBACT The 122 d Regiment Penn's Vols. will proceed to-morrow to Washington and report to Maj. Goo. Heintzleman, com manding department, as a funeral escort on the day of the interment of the lamented Brig Gen. Whipple, the late commander of the 3d Division of this Army Corps. The regiment will then proceed to Lancaster county, Penna., where it was enrolled, and will there be mustered out of service by the proper authority. In parting with the 122 d Penn's Vols. the Ma]. Gen. commanding acknowledges with satisfaction the zeal and gallantry which distinguished alike the officers and men of the command during the recent operations against the enemy. Ho trusts that they will soon again take the field to share with their old comrades the hcnor of future cam paigns. By command of Signed—O. H. HART, A. A. G SERMONS TO BUSINESS MEN.—Rev. G. D. CdllllOlP, Pastor of the First M. E. Church, Duke street, below Walnut, will preach the first of a series of sermons, next Sabbath evening, to business men. The series will be continued for several Sabbath evenings in succession. Strangers, and others, not accustomed to worship in that congregation. will find a committee of gentlemen in "the vestibule of the church, who will conduct them to seats. TRIBUTE OF RESPECT.—At a special meeting of the Lancaster City and County Medical Society, held May 13th, 1863, the following, resolutions were unanimous. ly adopted • Resolved, That this society bag heard, with emotions of sincere regret, of the death of our fellow.memher, Dr. A. .1. Carpenter, late Secretary rf the Lancaster City and County Medical Society. Resolved, That in the death of Dr. Carpenter. the Sodety has been deprived of a valuable member and faithful oft 4 r ; ono who're social qualities and professional worth tended to endear him to all those who enjoyed the pleasure of his acquaintance. Resolved, That we sincerely sympathize with those who, in their sad affliction, must require the condolence of friends; trusting that they will humbly concede the win. dom and justice of Him who doeth all things well. Resolved, That. the members of the society attend the funeral in a body, and that the President be authorized to transmit a copy of the above resolutiens to the Wife of the deceased. . .1. M. DUNLAP, President. DISTRESSING ACCIDENT.—A sad accident occurred on Wedueiday afternoon last at the Lower Sta• lion, Marietta. A freight train was timing westward, when a lad aged nine years, eon of Michael Grady, at. tempted to jump on a ear for the purpose of riding a short distance. He slinped and fell, and the wheels passed over hie right foot and leg mangling them horribly. Drs. Beam, Pahnestock and Landis were called In and found ampnta• lion necessary. The leg was taken off about throe inches above the knee joint. The sad fate of thia youth is another terrible warning to those who aro In the habit of jumping open moving trains of cars. PASSENGER AND MAIL SCREDULE.—The dif ferent Passenger Trains on the Pennsylvania liailread leaire this city as follows: Through Express Mount Joy Accommodation I ancaster Accommodation Fast Lino Fast Mail Mount Joy Accommodation, No. 2,.... Harrisburg Accommodation LEAVE WESTWARD -- • •. Through Express 1.21 a. m Fast Mail 10.55 " Mount Joy Accommodation 11.05 " Fast Line 2.23 p. m Harrisburg Accommodation 6.06 " Lancaster Accommodation 7 44 Mount Joy Accommodation, No. 2 7.60 " The malls arrive and closa at the City Post Office as fol lows: . AURIVAL 4 . Through Mall from the Bast-1 21 a. ra. and 223 p. In. Through Mal'prom the West„ 30 a. m. and 2.25 p. m. Way stail horn the Bast-10.55 a. m. ' Way Mail from the West-9 a. m. and 225 p. m. Southern Mall from Baltimore sad Washington, 2.23 p. m Eastern Through 31ail, for Philadelphia, 1.30 p. m. and 8 P. ro. Way Mail East, for Philadelphia and intermediate offices, at 8 a. m. New York and Northam and Eaelern States. 120 p For Ilarrieburq, and Cumberland, Franklin and Perry counties, at 10 a. in. and. 8 p m. Northern Central, Juniata and IVestern New York, at 10 Way Mall West—For Landisville. Balungs, Mount Joy, kfireliethtown ' Middletown, Ilig!moire, ilempfield, Wrightaville, May lown, Bainbridge and Fal mouth at 10 a. m. For Colombia, York, &e., at 10 a. m. For Baltimore and Washington, D. C., at 1.30 p. m. and 8 p. m. Pittsburg Through Mall at 1 30 p. m. and 9 p. m. For Columbia, Yuri:, Marlotta and Harrisburg at 10 a. m and 5. p. m. THE GREAT STRUGGLE The London Tinier recently eaid "Is common with the whole civilized world, we have done justice to the immense efforts suddenly made by the two parties in the Titanic struggle new raging across the Atlantic. It is not without some pride in the indomitable energies and inexhaustible resources of our race that we see two great Anglo-Saxon Powers wa,zing a war as if they had been half a century in training and pre paration. It is but two years since the first shot was fired, and they have surpassed the old world in the terrible results which meas ure the proportions and intensity of war." Yes, it is a grand, a terrible, an unexam pled war. The world never knew another of equal dimensions and determination on both sides. It,will be fortunate for us should the final results be proportionate to the immense outlay of blood and treasure it will have cost to conduct it to a pond peace, .. THE . TILIAL OF VALLAND/GIIANI. The trial of Vallandigham having been con cluded, it will not be improper now to publish the 'charges and specifications against him.— The court having been organized, as publish ed a few days sines, the Judge Advocate read the following: - ,CICAR. Publicly expressing, in GE violation of General Orders No. 38, from Headquarters, Depart ment of the Ohio, his sympathies for those in arms against 'the Government of the United States, declaring disroyal• sentiments and opinions, with the object and purpose of weak ening the power of the Government, in its efforts to suppress an .unlawful rebellion. In this, that the said Clement L. Vallandig• ham, a citizen of the State of Ohio, on or about the Ist day of May, 1863, at Mount Vernon, Knox county, Ohio, did publicly address a large meeting of citizens and did utter senti ments, in words or in effect, as follows, de claring the present war " a wicked, cruel and unnecessary war ;" " a war not being waged for the preservation of the Union •" " a war - for the purpose of crushing out liberty and erecting a despotism ;" " a war for the free dom of the blacks and the enslavement of the whites ;" stating " that if the Administration had so_wished, the war could have been honor ably terminated months ago ;" that " peace might have been honorably obtained by listen ing to the proposed intermediation of France;" that " propositions by which the Southern States could be won back and the South be guaranteed their rights under the Constitu tion, had been rejected the day before the late battle at Fredericksburg, by Lincoln and his minions;" meaning thereby the President of the United States and those under him in au thority. Charging" that the Government of the United States were about to appoint Mili tary Marshals in every District to restrain the people of their liberties, to deprive them of their rights and privileges." Characterizing General Order No. 38, from Headquarters Department of the Ohio, as " a base usurpa tion of arbitrary authority," inciting his hearers to resist the same by saying, " the sooner the people inform the minions of usurped power that they will not submit to such restriotions upon their liberties, the bet ter," deolaring that he was at all times, and upon all occasions 'resolved to do what he could to defeat the attempts now being made to build up a monarch upon the ruins of our free Government; asserting that he firmly believed, as he said six months ago, that the men in power are attempting to establish a despotism in this country more cruel and more oppres sive than ever existed before." All of which opinions and sentiments he knew did aid, comfort and encourage those in arms against the Government and could but induce in his hearers a distrust of their own Government and sympathy for those in arms against it, and a disposition to resist the laws of the land. J. M. CUTTS, Captain Eleventh Infantry, Judge Advocate, Department of the Ohio. After the evidence had concluded, the fol lowing protest was read by Mr. Vallandig ham : Arrested without doe process of law, with out warrant from any judicial officer, and now in military custody, I have been served with a charge and specifications as from a court martial or military commission. I am not either in the land or the naval service of the United States, and, therefore, am not try able for any cause by any such court, but am subject, by the express terms of the Constitu tion, to arrest only by due process of law, or warrant issued by some officer of a court of competent jurisdiction for trial of citizens. I am subject to indictment tin trial on pre sentment of a grand jury, -and am entitled to a speedy trial, to be confronted with witness es, and to compulsory process for witnesses in my behalf, and am entitled to counsel. All these I demand as my right, as a citizen of the United States, under the Constitution of the United States. But the alleged offense itself is not known to the Constitution, nor to any law thereof. It is words spoken to the people of Ohio in an open public political meeting, lawfully and peacefully assembled, under the Constitution, and upon full notice. It is the words of a citizen, of the public policy, of the public servants of the people, by which policy it was alleged that the welfare of the country was not promoted. It was an appeal to the people to change that policy, not by force, but by the elections and the bal. lot-box. It is not pretended that I counseled disobedience to the Constitution, or resistance to law or lawful authority. I have never done this. I have hothiog further to submit. (Signed) C. L. VALLANDIGHAM ay 7, 1863. The Judge Advocate simply remarked that the accused had the privilege of counsel and of witnesses. It did not become him to enter into any discussion as to the jurisdiction of the Court. That the case had been referred to it was sufficient. Perhaps the basest of mankind Is a species of slanderer, whom I have in view, that vlllitles another for political purposes. Perhaps,Also, it was left for this age to produce the first specimen of the kind. This novel phenomenon is in one trait peculiar. His process Is that he never deals in facts, but possibilities; nor In statements, but resemblances—therefire be never makes an open, definite charge, for it would be sure to be exploded Ills means are Inuendo, at which be is an adept. His insinuations are so telling, and pressed with such morbid accompaniments, that they strike the mind with plausibility and at the same time with aversion. No matter whence derived, no matter from what midnight abyss, from what obscure recess, so that they hear within themselves the capability cf propagating a prejudice.— Through the discolored medium of his perceptions he pro mulgates visions, to frighten the timid and Impose upon the credulous. Like an Incubus he bangs upon his victim, never remitting his attention, watching for the opportune moment to plant a suspicion. Cautiously he feels his way, and thrills the public nerve 80 effectually that it becomes overwrought and sensitive, so as to beat in harmony with his own vibratioos, and shares his excitement, indignation or feigned regret, till that which was once probable incurs no longer a doubt. Tbey..who respond to his approaches move with him, they yield to his supposed anticipations or convictions, and fortify him in his abandoned wishes. He is both pusillanimous and daring, be is both reckless and considerate. Nothing comes wrong to him that tends to his favorite Indulgence and moat convenient profit. He gathers up the indications of childhood, the discrepancies of manhood, the imbecilities of old age, with the must exe.mplary care and industry, to give likeness to his almi lated f rebEdings, and true direction to his intended /U -nifications : they are a grateful pabulum to his Inordinate proclivites. He dwells upon an inadvertency with the fervor of an enthusiast, and the satisfaction of one who espies a treasure. He invents mimes which never were heard of, nor which any had ever before conceived. His while life is built upon defamation, his reputation, his success, his felicity are Inseparable from the constant Im molation of his prey, whom he only spares, an far as In his power, from utter perdition, to maintain his own relative position, and prevent his becoming a mere negation, which very soon he would, railing his essential hobby, or haply go into absolute oblivion his vocalion would be ended.— No marvel he to sedulous. And yet he appears to be tender of the subject. as though he would fain avoid the obtru ding interpretation, If It were not a necessary complication of circumstances; nay, he seems to evade It, lest he might stir up some latent antagonism, or enhance some procam. beet indisposition, or lead to some verity uselessly, solely to the irjory of one to whom its sharpness inevitably points!, and who, ho would imply, deserves pity rather than anger ' and palliation rather than severity. He puts on the mantle of moderation and justice! He keeps him self in the background ; he bides himself In hie own de. pravity from tho eyes of those whom he Influences and misleads. MAJ. GEN. SICKLES 0 a. m .8.40 • .9.00 " T 25 " .2.25 p.m a 48 • .0.03 " So he pursues his insidious track, till his auditors be lieve the most abominable chimeraa, the most absurd if not imppcssible figurer. They are tilled with apprehension and fears. They move with him for security's and exam ple's sake, thinking who is so sagacious yet moderate, must know the test remedy for the discomfiture, abnega- Von or neutralization of the apparition that threatens to invade or disgrace them Ms whole forte la mystery, un der whose dark yet palpable - shadcw, amidst which his adversary appears in pitiful deformity, he shields his own delinquency to full purpose from all search and Wined- VOT6iOII. What an inquisition he holds! Where was the. like ever known, preceding the present of time's epoch! Or, he will cultivate amusement at the expense of the other party, In which, if not obloquy, the next best thing, depreciation, is attainable. But whenever he finds the occasion, ho will transfix him upon the spit of oppro brium forever, holding him in suspension, as a constant exhortation and unfailing incitement to his now perverted and unappeasable suppeitera. More tenacious than of blood the horse-leech, he clings to vituperation, to that which is the nutriment of his being, the suns of his vital ity, the element and animus of his exiatenee toils finality, by habit rendered indispensable to him, as to his only hope. Ile advocates nprightmeas, nevertheless, notwith. standing his sinister and unexampled prevarication ! Himself the exponent of malignity, dissimulation and de grading designs, he disseminates Judgmental Let none imagine these observations meant to invalidate the inquiry into the tendencies of political measures, or the attack upon the intent of political oction,—neither to require the setting forth in a favorable light the better quali ties of the political enemy, which it is to be presumed he will be able to do without his antagonist's aid himself. They are aimed only at that systematic and secret calumny, In which consists the distinctive peculiarity alluded to in the beginning of these strictures of this sort of villifier, whose maul operandi gives toils object, as well as thejndgee of him indefinitely impugned, no means of defence, of denial, or of -exposition ; whose moral sense can be little above that of a unicorn or a pre admit° monster, and whose libellous turpitude one would suppose would horrify any one Who was not totally lost to the touch of all moral per. caption. 0. May 6th, 1363. ( 1 ,„ RECROSSING THE RAPPAHANNOOII3.\. At last we have it. After the stock-job bers have reaped their harvest --after the pub lie have been " fooled to the top of their bent," the Government speaks—speaks throagh Forney's Chronicle—let the nation open their ears and hear : The recent reports purporting . to have been telegraphed from this city to various Northern journals, to the effect that General Hooker had recrossed the Rappahannock, and was now at Chancellorville, is, we have the best authority for saying, untrue. Neither the President nor Secretary Stanton has received any each intelligence. If any move like the above has taken place, they are not aware of it. For The Intelligencer THE IRISH BRIGADE. PHILADELPHIA, May 13. The following report and resignation of" General MEAGHER is 0:A1%1:led to-day : HEADQUARTERS IRISH BRIGADE, HANCFCK'S DIVISION, COUCH'S CORPS, ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, May 8, 1863. Major John Hancock, Assistant Adjutant .: I - beg most respectfully to: tender through you, to the proper authorities, my resignation as brigadier general commanding what was once known as the Irish Brigade. That bri gade no longer exists. The. assault on the enemy's works on the 13th December last re duced it to something leas than. a minimum regiment of infantry. For several weeks it remained in this exhausted condition. Brave fellows from the convalescent camp and from sick beds at home gradually reinforced this handful of devoted men. Nefertheless, it failed to reach the strength or proportions of any thing like an effective regiment. These facts I represented as clearly and forcibly as it was in my power to do in a memorial to the Secre tary of War, in which memorial I prayed that a brigade which had rendered such service and incurred such distressing losses should be temporarily relieved from duty in the field, so as to give it time and opportunity in some measure to renew itself. This memorial was in vain. It never even was acknowledged. The depression caused by this ungenerous and inconeiderat treatment of a gallant remnant of a brigade that had never once failed to do its duty most liberally and heroical& almost unfitted ;me to remain in command. True, however, to those who had been true to me—true to a position which I considered sacred under tho circumstances—l remained with what was left of my brigade ; and, though feeling that it was to a sacrifice rather than to a victory that we were going, I accompanied them and led them through all the operations required of them at Scott's Mills and Chatcellorsville, beyond the Rap pahannock. A. mere handful, my command did its duty at those positions with a fidelity and resolu tion which won for it the admiration of the army. It would be my greatest happiness, as it would surely be my highest honor, to remain in the companionship and oharge of such men ; but to do so any longer would be to perpetuate a public deception, in which the hard won honors of good soldiers ) and in them the military reputation of a brave old race would inevitably be involved and compro mised. I cannot be a party to this wrong. My heart, my conscience, my pride, all that is truthful, manful, sincere and just within me, forbid it. In tendering my resignation, however, as the brigadier general iu command of this poor vestige and relic of the Irish- Brigade, I bog sincerely to assure you that my services, in any capacity that can prove useful, are freely at the summons and disposition of the govern ment of the United States. That government, and the cause, and the liberty, the noble memories, and the future it represents, are entitled unquestionably and unequivocally to the life of every citizen who has sworn al legiance to it, and partaken of its grand pro• teotion. But, whilst I offer my own life to sustain this glorious good government, I feel it to be my first duty to do nothing that will wantonly imperil the lives of others, or, what would be still more grievous and irreparable, inflict sorrow and humiliation upon a race who having lost almost everything else, find in their character fur courage and loyalty an in valuable gift, which I, for one, will not be se vain or selfish as to endanger. I have the honor to be, most respectfully and truly, yours, THOMAS FRANCIS MEAGHER, Brigadier General Commanding. A ROME THRUST Judge Russel, of New York, having been invited to political brotherhood with the asso sociations styling themselves "Loyal Leagues," took the occasion to send the following des tructive bomb shell among them. He under stands the matter thoroughly No. :39 WALL STREET, I March 24th, 1863. To Otis D. Swan, ) 7 1sq , Secretary of the (dime League: SIR: I an in receipt of your circular letter of the 18th inst., informing me that I have been elected a member of the " Union League," and asking me to signify, in writing, my acceptance of membership with out delay, &c. I know not to whom I am indebted for the mistaken kindness shown in my election as a member of the association, but I hasten to say that I decline to become a member, or to transmit the initiation fee and annual dues, (amounting to $5O) for reasons which I will briefly state: To the abstract principles of the " League," as enunciated in the circular sent me, I cer tainly do not dissent, but I have no confidence in the political Joseph Surfaces who express these " excellent sentiments." Among the list of your officers and Executive Committee, I recognize but it fevi with whom I should be willing to associate politically, the great ma jority of them being well known Abolition agi tators, who cannot, in my humble opinion, be " loyal " to any principle of the Federal Con stitution. The Constitution is the Union, and without it the Union is neither possible nor desirable. Your League is principally made up of a class of politicians who have for years been advocates of that " higher law," which has contributed so largely to bring about the war. The President of the Executive Com mittee was an endorser and circulator of that infamous publication, the " Helper Book" one of your most distinguished members lately preached a Sermon which abounded not only with treaioo,but with sentiments abhorrent to humanity; and whilst you as a body, endea vor to conceal the cloven foot of Abolitionism beneath cunningly worded asseverations of fidelity to the Constitution, most of you are known to endorse the sentiments of Thaddeus Stevens, the late leader of your party in the lower House of Congress, who declared : "Never, with my consent, shall the Union be restored as it was under the Constitution!" _ . In conclusion, without desiring to be un charitable, I think that there is a large Afri can in your " League," and that its objects are to induce Democrats to contribute money to be secretly used against their friends in the coming Connecticut election, and to reinaugu rate a reign of terror, such its existed in the spring of 1861, when every man was de nounced as a traitor who dared to think for himself, and when " loyal" Abolitionists (!) paraded the streets decorated with badges, to distinguish themselves, just as show beef is marked in market, Your obedient servant, S. P. Rosen. Trts SHAD FISHEELIES.—The shad fisheries along -the Delaware, above and below tide water, are now in full blast. At the New Hope fishery, during last week, as many as five hundred were caught in a single day.— The fishing ground on this side is just above New Hope bridge, and the sweep of the not is made nearly half way across the river.— There is a fishery on :the other side, just oppo site,-so that the unlucky shad are very apt to run into one or the other of these snares.— Five or six men are required to cast and haul the not, and attend the duties of the fishery. One end—of the not is carried out into the river and brought into the shore by a boat, from the stern of which the net is paid out into the water. The net is immediately drawn in, both ends being rowed to the shore. The fish sell at the fishery for about twenty-five dollars a hundred for the market. able article and five to ten dollars for the lit tle ones.—Philadelphia Inquirer. "GEN. sior,L SNUBBED." Gen. FRANZ SIGEL returned to this city yes terday, after an ineffectual visit to Washing— ton, which was made in the hope to serve the Republic again in the field. We suppose it will hardly be doubted that Gen. Sigel has some military talent: and experience which might be made available against the enemy. Yet he has in vain offered and asked to be as signed to any duty,' provided he might be thought competent, even if it were no more than that:of an aid on the staff of the General commanding the Array of the Potomac. How long will the military authorities at Washing ton continue to think they can afford to dis pense with the services of loyal, earnest, de. voted, capable men, who are willing to be put anywhere they can be useful? When they have ceased to cherieh and act on such opin— ions this war will be considerably nearer its end than it is now.—N. Y. Tribune, of Thurs. day. A BALLoox Fzer.—A strong balloon would carry ten persons and baggage, across the plains, (out West) 300 miles in ten hours; thus .what a saving of time and toil. And Eio with Bryan's Pannonia Wafers—one stops a cough, a dozen heals a sore throat, and a b x will cure the most obstinate cold, 25 ants a box Bold at Kaufman es ,Co.'s.
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