alith tA3DURSON, EDITOR. IBAIDNIEIioN, AssocLatta. LApM=l, PA., JUNE 30, 1863 OW. ADITNESING AGINOT, rl .Hatt Turkel% and ID State strut, Batton. L H. Ob., ma -Asada for The Loacatter agoltstar, mattes mostinflaental and Lusted ctrou/s- Lac *the United elutes widths Canadas.— They am_ to oontract Ibr to; at our lowest rates Alirliargua t Auer; No. 885 Broadway, New . = ilme At • noetm , ,adverthmenonts for The ifseetskittialterait autea - • Jr/P.Hams Wisevett humdrum Amami is boated at N 0.50 North sth street, Philadelphia. He is authorised to racetvomhertisementsand subsceptions ibr Ths.Lancaskr Addleyouter. 0. No. Scellay's Builling, Court St., Baton, Is our attiltsed Agent te receiving advertisements, Lt. Palm, the Ametican Newspaper Agent, N. N. owner Rifth and Cheatnut.Eltreeta, Philadiphis, is Snuthorked.to receive subsaiptims and advertisements for lids paper, at our lowest rata. His receipts will be re. Paled as paymietts. -OURI., CF Now our flag is flung to the wild winds free, Let It lost o'er our father land, And the guard of its spotless fame shall be Columbia's ehosea bead. "CLING TO THF, CONSTITUTION, AS THE SHIPWRECKED MARINER CLINGS TO THE LAST PLANK, WHEN NIGHT AND Till TEMPEST CLOSE AROUND HIM."-DAIMEL WEBSTER. . i) *WIN :T.11041,11/:40414(i):144 FOR GOVERNOR: GEORGE W. WOODWARD, OF LUZERNE COUNTY NOR JUDGE OF THE SUPREME COURT WALTER H. LO W.RIE, OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY. 'MATE EDITORIAL CONVENTION In accordance with a resolution passed at the Editorial Contention, held In the Senate Chamber, at Harrisburg, on the 18t1 inst., the Democratic Editors of Pennsylvania are requested to meet in the City of Lancaster, on THURSDAY, nil lfirn or JULY, 1863, at 11 o'oleek, A. M. for the purpose of consultation and united esti= in the political campaign upon which we have enteral. A general attendance is earnestly desired, as hawse of great importance to the profession will come bane the Convention. GEO. SANDERSON, President. June 13,1863. Alp Editors throughout the State are requested to copy. Great Excitement! VIE COLUMBIA BRIDGE BURNED !-THE !NEMY AT WRIGHTSVILLE IN FORCE. The Confederates have overrun the entire Cumberland Valley from the Potomac to within three miles of Harrisburg—also the counties of Adams and York. On Sunday eve ning their pickets appeared at 'Wrightsville, when after a short skirmish, our forces retired across the river and burned the bridge be hind them. The Town of York was surrendered by the citizens on Sun day morning. The people of Colum bia are flying in all directions, the roads on Sunday night and yesterday being filled with fugitives. There are reports of fighting near Oyster's Point, three miles west of Harris burg. Men of Lancaster County Arouse! The invaders are near us, only separated by the Susquehanna river. It is impossible to tell what hour they may be upon our soil. What are you doing to repel the enemy ? The apathy which exists in our midst must be shaken of at once, or all will be lost. Let every man do his duty in the present terrible crisis, if we would save ourselves from the disgrace and ruin which threaten us. Important Military Order. The Governor has issued an order fot troops in accordance with his proclamation, published in another column. The number required from Lancaster county is 2154. The men will be mustered into the service of the State for the period of 90 days, unless sooner discharged. General Hooker Superseded! The Philadelphia papers of yester day state that Gen. HOOKER has been superseded, and that the command of the army of the Potomac is given to General MEADE. We arc on the eve of stirring events. A Great Speech. We publish on our first page, this week, the great speech delivered by the Hon. GEORGE W. WOODWARD, the Democratic candidate for Gov ernor, at the Union Meeting held in Independence Square, Philadelphia, on the 13th of December,. 1860— about four months prior to the com mencement of hostilities. It will be seen that he took hold of the great question, which is the cause of all our troubles, with the giant grasp of an enlightened statesman, and han dled it with masterly skill and with a boldness and fearlessness which but few of his contemporaries were willing to risk at that early period. Judge. WOODWARD is, in'every sense of the word, a great man—one of Pennsylvania's brightest jewels— and we publish this speech so that all our readers may see and judge for themselves as to the mental cali bre and sound, conservative views of the next Governor of our Com monwealth. We feel proud of such a candidate. The Republican State Con vention, which was to have been held at Pittsburg, on the Ist of July, has been postponed until the sth of August, on account of the invasion of the State. Air The Philadelphia Age recom mends a Mass State Convention of the Democratic party. We second the motion, and recommend the City of Lancaster as the most suitable place to hold it. It is sufficiently central, and is easy of access by railroad from every section of the State. Tan DROUGHT IN lowa..—The farmers of Tortme complaining much about the severe - ft M tl et State. It is said that every :. thing . hksuffering for want of .rain. The hay evop tkviitylnferior, the wheat and corn are eneeting, and crops generally are backward. Lc addition to all this,. the chinch bug has' made itsappnueusee and completely destroyed sow fioldo of 110.441roasty. ltdelligencer That class of political theorists, says the Trenton True Americah, who are in the habit of railing against *Oa:trine of State Rights and State Sovereignty, might, if they would view the events of the past fortnight in , the light of common sense and not their peddler theories, derive a profitable lesson. In the first place we have seen how an emergency, created by the changing fortunes of war, has rendered necessary a practical recognition of State Governments. Whenl some few days ago the Executive of the neighboring State of Pennsylvania found the. soil of the Common wealth over which he presides pressed by the foot of the invader, he lookesl in vain to the General Government for aid to drive back the invading foe. The circumstances were such that the General Government, threatened itself by an advancing enemy, could render no assistance. There was no time to be lost. In the emergency Governor Cusalx had no alternative but to apply, to the Governors of States, and among those to whom he applied were the Governors of New Jersey and New York, who had been so violently stigmatized by the radicals as disloyal when party ends were to be subseived. If the calumnies so frequently uttered against Governors Nam and SEYMOUR by the party to which Governor CuRTIN belongs, 'hal been trig', the latter could have looked for no response to his ap peals. If he had believed the charges true he would not have made the application he did. But though it might have suited his purpose once to countenance these charges, he well knew they were untrue, and th e response with which his call was met was the most complete refutation of the slander of the radical presses that could have been made. The two States, whose loyalty had been most violently impugned were the first and only ones to send troops to the rescue of their sister Commonwealth, and these troops were sent through the agency of the State Governments entirely. Had no such Governments existed, where would Governor CURTIN have looked for aid? The energetic, indomitable Milroy, the earn est fighting man, who has, by his vigilance and his earnestness, impressed the rebels of Western Virginia with a wholesome sense of his power, has again accomplished a feat worthy of his name. He has out through overwhelming forces of the rebels, and lauded nearly his whole army in safety at Harper's Ferry, where they are ready again to do bat tle for their country. This is no more than any one who knows the man would expect. We clip the above ridieuloue paragraph from the Harrisburg Telegraph. A fittingcom mentary on such disgusting flattery of this pet Abolition General, is the fact (which has at length leaked out) that he met with a terrible defeat—owing to his bad management—los ing five thousand of the seven thousand men under his command, all his large train of wagons, twelve hundred horses, six thousand muskets and any number of small arms, all his camp equipage and stores—in short, every thing but what the men who made their escape carried away on their backs. And MILROY himself, according to the New York Herald, never stopped until he reached Balti-_ more, a distance of at least one hundred miles from the scene of conflict. From there, the story goes, he proceeded to Harrisburg next day, and made a speech denunciatory of the Democratic Sate Convention, which doubt less pleased hie Abolition admirers in that city. A more consummate fool than this same MILROY does not exist any where, and yet this is the man whom the Hessian Berg ner lauds to the skies—the "earnest fighting man " who beat General Banks all hollow in his rapid retreat from, the Shenandoah valley. Five la humbug ! We understand, says the Philadelphia Age, that the President of the late Democratic Convention has appointed Hon. CHARLES J. BIDDLE, of that city, Chairman of the State Central Committee. Immediate steps will be taken,.we are in- formed, for the full orgatization of the Com mittee. No better selection could have been made for that important post. Col. BIDDLE is a consistent Democrat who, while in Congress, fought an overwhelming radical majority with manly energy, consummate skill and unsur passed parliamentary tactics. He has.estab lished a 10E4a1g—reputation as a debater and statesman, and has vindicated the honor of Pennsylvania in a Congress of fanatics which had resolved to destroy the Constitution and the Union. He represented, as he said in his speech in the House of Representatives, " the white men of Pennsylvania," and he will, as Chairman of the Democratic State Central Committee, be guided by the same high mo tives and statesmanlike views which he so ably set forth in hie speeches. If education, learning, social accomplishments and high personal qualities can fit a man for the posi tion of Chairman of the State Central Com mittee, the Hon. CHARLES J. BIDDLE is that man. The Black Republicans of Ohio, - says a contemporary, after inducing Governor Ton to become a no-party candidate for Governor, drove him, when elected, to eltreme party courses. They made him arrest leading Democrats—Dr. Olds among others—on party grounds, and upon untenable pretences.— When his turn came for renomination, they deserted him. They did not dare go before the people with a candidate identified with the doctrines and.practice of arbitrary arrests ! There is a confession in this course of ac tion which should be a warning to all men who are connected with the Republican party ; or who are tempted to join it. That party dare not go before the people with candidates identified with its principles. One of the -.principal divisions of Lee's army now engaged in the invasion of Mary land. and Pennsylvania is that of the late Stonewall Jackson, but now commanded by General Ewell, who has doubtless been se lected to manage the operations of the main body in this State, from the fact that be is well acquainted in certain portions of it where immense damage -could be done to our rail roads. The York Republican says that he was formerly well known in that place, hav ing been engaged,.as a civil engineer on the Wrightsville, York and Gettysburg railroad. He is familiar with every foot of ground in that section of country, and is consequently the most dangerous officer the rebels could have planed in command of a rebel force for the invasion of that section of Pennsylvania. By the way of San Francisco we have in teresting intelligence from Mexico. The ad vices are to the 24th of May, at which date the French forces continued their march to wards the City of Mexico. All the French residents of that place had been compelled to leave. The defences around it were being strengthened, and it was believed that the Mexican government would flood the valley on the near approach of the French and make a determined resistance. General Comonfort, having been censured for failing to reinforce Ortega, at Puebla, had resigned. General Juarez had taken command of the Mexican foes. At last accounts the French advance was at San Martin Los Mulican: /TAWS -AMVIIILNIftIIigNIg-z1!--- GENERAL ➢IILROY HON. CHARLES J. BIDDLE DODGING THE ISSUE GENERAL E. WELL. EMEM! -rincrimiaboasinr AND PFrlo It is one of the most bare-faced misrepre sentations of the &publiean-disunion press and orators, says the N. H. Patriot, that the Democracy go . for " Peace at any price and upon any terms." It is constantly reiterated by these mis-leaders of the people that the Democracy would make a "dishonorable peace—a disgraceful peace" that they would yield to any demands the rebel leaders might make. Those who utter this stuff know well that they are thus foully. slandering far bet ter men than themselves, and thus seeking to contradict the current history of the country. The Demooracy have ever upheld the honor of the country, and have ever been the most reliable defenders of the Union and the Con stitution. They are so to-day, and they seek and will approve of nothing inconsistent with this. They are for peace ; but not for " mace at any price." There are few men who stand upon that platform; but there is certainly great danger that the time will come when the man of the people of all parties will de mand "peace upon any terms or at -any price." This terrible war may be continued to such a length and with snob a waste of blood and treasure, and continue to be so grossly and wickedly mismanaged, that the people will become discouraged and hopeless, and so anxious to escape further suffering that they will demand " peace on any terms." This is one great source of patriotic solicitude. For it is more than suspected that a powerful faiition of the ruling party are seeking to bring about this very state of facts, as an ex cuse for making a tdiehonorable peace " by a division of the Union. They do not want military success ; they do not want the rebel lion put down; because they do not want the Union restored and preserved. On the con trary, they want the war protracted, our re-' sources wasted, our sufferings increased, until the people shall cry out in anguish and de spair, " Give us peace on any terms I" And then they think they can make peace upon the basis of a division of the country, with out incurring political death. This is the real position and purpose of a portion of the " government "—of persons who have a controlling influence in the man-. agement or mis-management of public affairs. And it was a proper appreciation of the dan ger from this source that prompted the Demo cratic members of the New York Legislature, in their Address to their constituents, to utter these patriotic words, applicable to our whole country as well as to that noble State : " In the midst of the surrounding gloom, with a desperate struggle forced upon us, the duty of the Democracy of New York can be clearly discerned. It is to furnish to those in authority all constitutional means for the successful conduct of the war till the armed force of the rebellion—the object and aim of which we heartily condemn—is broken, and to struggle persistently against a dis memberment of the Union. We must cling to the Union and stand by the Constitution, and uphold the cause of law and order. We must save our own noble State from anarchy, while we maintain with ooneiancy and pa tience its inalienable rights of sovereignty and independence. While the elective fran chise is left free and the courts of justice are maintained in their functions, we must trust to them for the vindication of political and personal rights. We must support the ad— ministration in all constitutional measures to suppress rebellion ; we must even uphold it in its functions, lest, in its imbecility of judg ment and lack of moral courage, it sink out of existence before the appointed day of its expiration ; lest we should realize by its death, as we have by so many acts of its life, the fearful calamity of the disorganization of the very form and function and framework of our Federal system. If we do this, if we are firm and constant, patient and reliant upon the providence of God to overrule the follies of men, we shall yet save the Republic." Now the Democracy are in favor of peace. They would make any reasonable sacrifice to secure it. But it must be an honorable peace —a patriotic peace. Peace upon the basis of separation would not be such a peace, and to that they will not consent. They seek peace with a restored Union and a restored Consti tution—peace with the Constitution as it is and the Union as it was, and for this they are reliolved to battle to the bitter end. THE CRIME OF SILENCE The President, in his letter to the Albany committee, says : " The manaoho stands by and says nothing when the peril of this government is discussed, cannot be misunderstood." " The New York World asks, " was any thing so extraordinary ever before uttered by the Chief Magistrate. of a free country? Men are torn from their homes and immured in bastiles for the shocking crime CS-SILENCE! Citizens of the model Republic of the world are not only punished for speaking their opin ions, but are plunged into dungeons for holding their tongues 1 When before, in the annals of tyranny, was silence ever punished as a crime? Citizens who disapprove of the acts of the Administration are denied even therefuge of a dignified silence, and, on malicious and parti• san conjectures of the motives of such silence, they are deprived of their liberty. Few among us ever expected to live to see such things done ; and nobody, we are sure, to see them so unblushingly confessed." The President would force the people into silence, and then punish that silence as a crime ! "COPPERHEAD GOVERNORS." The Republicans delight to call Gov. Sey mour of New York, and Gov. Parker of New Jersey, " Copperhead Governors." These slandered patriots are now rendering that name honorable even in the eyes of Republi cans. They were the first to be called upon, by the Government, for aid in repelling the invasion of Pennsylvania, and the most prompt and energetic to respond to the call. Gov. Seymour called Gen. McClellan to his aid, and by their energetic efforts about 15,- 000 men were organized and sent off to the scene of danger in a few days. Gov. Parker was no less prompt and successful in his efforts. It is stated that eight or nine New Jersey regiments have been already sent by him to aid in repelling the invaders. Such are the " treasonable" acts of " Copperhead Governors." Who does not wish we had more of them ? Let sensible and patriotic men think of this. SENATOR TRUMBULL We published a few days since, says the Patriot and Union, a very conservative speech, made by Senator Trumbull to an Abolition meeting at Chicago, during the recent dis turbance there in reference to Gen. Burnside's order No. 38, suppressing the Times news- paper. For uttering that speech, which did him great credit as a statesman and supporter of the Constitution and constitutional freedom, he has brought down upon his head the wrath of the whole pack of Illinois fanatics. With that party he is now " a dead cock in the pit," and for no other reason than that he refused his sanction to lawlessness and Presidential and military usurpation. One of the Chicago Abolition organs thus speaks of hilt: " Senator Trumbull takes his stand by the side of Vallandigham and Fernando Wood I Freedom of speech to utter treason and de stroy the Union is now his doctrine. " It is just such conduct as that of Mr. Trumbull in Chicago that will put a Copper. head in the Presidential chair. It is this con. imitable, sneaking cowardice of leading men, who should stand up for the right, that makes the cause of the traitors strong. " Mr. Trumbull is recognized as the cham pion of Ccpperheadism; and he can have the satisfaction of reflecting that he and his friends have Alone more injury to the authority of the President in one hour than they can remedy ig the Wawa of Ms* worth/as lives !" VANDALISM. The latest achievements of the negro troops wider Colonel MONTGOICIRY in the Southern Department, are thus summed up by a letter writer : " A Beaufort letter states that in Mont gomery's recent raid above forty' houses were burned, and much private propplY destroyed.. Privates and officers have now in their posses sion, books, pictures, rings; cloths!' and family mementoes and keeepsakes. Watches,. silver ware, silver coin, and various other articles were taken from the houses before setting them on fire." These raids are carried in districts where there are no armed rebels, and the ncgrb troops commit their depredations under the protection of gunboats provided to guard against surprise. Even the N. Y. Tr;lune referring to a letter from a correspondent giv ing the details of these raids, is compelled to say : "A letter from Port Royal, printed this morning, adds another account to:those here tofore received of the extraordinary forays by Colonel Montgomery ih South Carolina and Georgia. It does not state why these expe ditions, which doubtless have a legitimate mili tary object, are signalized by the sack and plunder of unresisting towns, which is not, in ordinary circumstances, a legitimate military operation. There may be a reason for the license which Colonel Montgomery allows his troops, but if there is one it ought to be made public, in order that his reputation and that of the National cause may not be sullied by the disgrace which such acts, unexplained, bring upon them." We are glad to see that tho Abolitionists are at last awakening to the fact that there are acts which the Government cannot sanction without disgrace. Every newspaper that dis approves of such vandalism as that committed by COL MONTGOMERY'S negro troops should speak out against them, so that the civilized world may know that they are not universal ly approved by the American people. HON. GEORGE W. WOODWARD. Hon. George W. Woodward, our nominee for Governor, is a native of Wayne county. The Luzerne Union says he came to Wilkes. Barre when quite a young man, to attend the school of Dr. Orton, the then principal of the old Academy, under whose tuition he com pleted his academic education. He then went to Geneva, N. Y., where he graduated in the same class with Gov. Seymour, and between whom we understand there has .ever existed the firmest friendship. About the year 1828 George W. Woodward entered upon the study of law in the office of Garrick Mallory, Esq. Upon the appointment of the latter gentleman to the Judgeship of the Northampton district, young Woodward took charge of Mr. Mal lory's extensive practice, and in a very short time attained a high position at the bar. Hie clear legal and logical mind, his untiring in. dustry, and the unswerving integrity of his character, made him a mark of admiration far beyond his years, among the Scotts, the Conynghams, the McOlintooks, the Denisons and the other great and distinguished minds then composing the Luzerne bar. Thus much for his early manhood in the profession of which he has since become so bright an orna ment. His subsequent attainments are too well known to need further reference. From the unaided boy he has become, as a lawyer and a jurist, unsurpassed in the State; while his learning, his ability, his unspotted life, and last, though not least, his orthodox De mocracy, all pointed to him as the proper man in the present crisis to direct the destinies of this great Commonwealth. MILROY, THE RACER, ON COPPER- MS= On the 30th of January.last, Gen. Milroy, the Racer, (some call him Mill-race,) wrote from Winchester, the plac.e he recently ran from so , fleetly, the following letter: "Editor Indianopolis Journal: I have just read the noble resolutions of my brother offi cers of Indiana, in the gallant army of Rose crane, who, having assisted by their heroism in achieving the splendid victory over the traitor army under Bragg, turn round to re buke the more VILE AND COWARDLY TRAITORS at home, who, having taken advantage of the absence of over one hundred thousand patriot soldiers to steal into power, are disgracing our State by their treasonable acts. " Let these traitors of the Indiana Legisla ture, and the Copperheads, Butternuts, and K. G. C.'s throughout the State, who are giv ing aid, comfort and encouragement to armed treason in the South, read, in the odium that has followed the memory of the Blue Light Federals and Hartford Conventioniste of 1812, something of the execration and detestation that will follow their memory down the stream of time. " I join with my fellow-soldiers of the Union everywhere in warning these traitors at home that when we have crushed armed treason at the South and restored the, sover eignty of our Government over these misguid• ed States, (which, under God, we surely will do,) we will, upon our return while our hands are in, also externzinate treason at the North, by arms, if need be. and seal by the blood of traitors, wherever found, the permanent peace of our country and the perpetuity of free gov ernment to all future generations. "R. H. Mnitort This document, in view of recent events in Milroy's career, is quite interesting and re freshing. air The Philadelphia _lnquirer, a strong ultra Republican paper, which objects to the Democratic platform, is forced into the follow ing admission : Judge WOODWARD is a citizen of unimpeach able character, an able jurist, and a patriotic gentleman. So far the Convention manifested the old-time sagacity of the party. The Easton Daily Express, (neutral in poli tics but supports Lincoln's administration strongly in the management of the war) says: The nomination of Judge WOODWARD ap pears to give general satisfaction here. We have heard the nomination spoken very highly of by several Republicans. jer We find the following extraordinary statement in the New Lisbon (Ohio) Patriot, of the 19th inet: 017TRAGE0118 BARBARITY.—Vire are informed that on Tuesday evening, in Liverpool, about thirty women and five men, dressed in women's clothes, started out with tar and feathers after the Democratic women in that town. They first went to the house of Mrs; Morris, a widow woman, and a boy called her to the door. Ile then took hold of her and tore off all her clothes except her chemise. The crowd of she fiends then came up And dressed her in a coat of tar and feathers. They next went to the house of Mrs. Lee, whose husband died in the army three months ago. She fought like a tigress, bat the foul she fiends succeeded in tarring her in the same way. Five other Democratic women were tarred and feathered. We have no comments on this inhuman barbarity. If the parties can be found out, they ought to be punished with the severest penalty of the law. stir An infant child of a Mrs. Smith, in Allentown, Pa., came near being devoured by rats on the 12th inst. It appears the mother had gone to church and left the child at home alone secured in a cradle, and that during her absence a number of rate made an attack upon the child. The loud and protracted crying and shrieking of the little innocent soon at tracted the attention' of neighbors, who forced an entrance into the apartment where the child was found surrounded „by a drove of rats feasting on its blood and flesh, having already eaten away a part of one side of the face, the poor little sufferer presenting a most frightful and pitiable spectacle, and being well nigh gone, although we understand that it is now recovering. This sad occurrence should be a warning to parents for all time to come, not to leave children at home alone, or unoared for. WESTERN Caors.—The Milwankie (Wisoon• sin)News says that " from every county in the State most enthusiastic accounts of the grow ing oro ps are received. The promise is that the products of the year, in the aggreate, will be the greatestover known in the State. The earth literally teems with agricultural wealth. The yield will be immense and a large in. crease in the amount of fruit is anticipated., LOCAL DEPARTMENT. TEE Excrennorr.—The most exalting day we have had In this city sine* the fall of Port Sumter was Sunday. From early morn until long after Midnight the lrincipal thoroughfares, and places where news was most ikely to be obtained, were crowded with =dons multi-., Wes. Rumors of all kinds wife afloat, but anything def inite concerniugmstters at or on the - border* of our own county, vu hard to_obtaln. - About l 3 p. however, intelligence was receivWfrom Columbia that onr. tempi bad fallen back 'across the elver from Wrightsville, and then burned the , bridge, theylW of-which . wa . ti k tahili :visible in this city. • ' . - 'There 'no x malting of our amens In the Con 'Hones, at 835 a. m., which was presided over by the Mayor, and remarks were msde by Col. Dickey, Mid. Ditmars, ap Wise, Mr. O. Shenk and others. The necessary prepara tions were made' to enrol companies. Some two or three left during the day, and others followed on yesterday. A general traspension of business was recommended, and we noticed no places of business open yesterday. About 2 p. a. a portion of Milroy's and Jones' wagon trains, numbering about 100 'agonised - Unhorses passed through the city, and encamped atersers Landing on the Conemega. There were also large bombers of horses, wagons and vehicles of all descriptions, belonging to pri vate individuals, constantly arriving. A great number of people also arrived, QOM remaining here, and others pro ceeding farther on. They were a good many Degrees among the number. One of the companies of the 87th P. V., which was with Milroy at Winchester reached here in the morning and remained until evening, when they left for Philadelphia. They attracted ninth attention during their stay. Many of our business men were engaged the whole day in packing their goods, de, preparatory to their removal to • safe place of deposit. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company were shipping all their rolling stock, ac„ east. —Nothing definite had bean received from Harritbarg or Columbia up to the hour of our going to press on yester. yesterday afternoon at 4J o'clock. Of course there were plenty of rumors. • GREAT DEMOCRATIC MEETING. IN COLERAIN -3,000 Pinot:a Paresar.—The largest political meeting ever held In Lancaster county (otitside of the city) toak place at Kirkwood, Cotentin township, on Wednesday last. It is estimated that at least three thousand people were present, among whom were some three or four hundred ladles. Large delegations from Penningtonville, Cochran villa end other places in Chester county took part in the proceedings. The delegation from Oochrantrille numbered two hundred strong, and were mounted on • horseback; making a splendid appearance. The meeting was held in Whiteside's Grove. . The stand was beautifully decorateq with flags, wreathe and flowers, the elegant and tasteful handiwork of the ladles. The meeting convened at 10 o'clock, A. M. The follow ing gentlemen were appointed a committee to report offl care: Wm. N. Galbraith, Esq., Colorer, ; Ebenezer Jackson, do.; James McCullough, do.; 8. W. Swisher, do.; Jere miah P. Swisher, do.; Pennington Moore, do. They re ported the following: President: Joseph P.-Walton, Esq., Chester co. Viee Presidents: Clarkson Jefferlea, Dromore. John' Whiteside, Colerain. Mahlon Fox, Esq., Sadsbury. A. Stewart, Sedsbnry, Chester co. John Laverty, Bart. Dr. John Martin, Bart. Sanders McCullough, Drumore. Isaac WEIBOD, Little Britain. D. D. Swift, Fulton. Isaac Montgomery, Eden. Samuel Whiteside, Chester county. James Hayes, Oxford, Cheater county. William Marchbank, Oxford, Chester co. John Criley, Penningtonville, do. Cromwell Blackburn, Colerain. Jacob Fox, Upper Oxford, Chester co. John Hayes, Little Britain. Richard 0. Edwards, Eden. Wm. B. Reynolds, W. Palley/field, Chester co Samuel Reese, Penn twp., Chester co. S. Kerns, Salisbury. Truman Wallace,Salisbury. Borrtaries Wm. H. Hodgson, West Chester, Abram Shank, Esq., Lancaster. Dr. Zell, Little Britain. John D. Herww, Sadsbury. Committee on Resolutions Dr I. P. Andrews, Colerain. John M. Heyberger, Esq., Bart. Isaac Walker, Sedsbury. John",›lcSpaman, Drnmere. William S. Della, Colerain. The meeting, which was kept up until late in the eve ning, was addressed by Tbeo. H. Ochlechlager and Thomas Oreenbatik, Esqra., of Philadelphia; Hon. Isaac E. Dilu ter' W. W. Brown, Esq., J. W. F. Swift, Esq., and Mr. Dan iel E. Schindler, of Lancaster; John Hotter, Esq , of West Chester, and Mr. J. W. Pratt, of Kimblevflle, Ohetter co. The Interest of the people in the speaking never flagged, and we have it from different sources that it was the finest political meeting ever held in Southern Lancaster county. Colo:wain is a great township, and her people devoted to the Union and the Constitution. Ix LUCK.—Mr. Huoo E. FIDDIS, formerly of this office, we are pleased to learn from the Westminster (Md.) Democrat, has been appointed to a clerkship in the Bank of that town. Mr. F. is a young man of very con siderable intelligence, and being of polite and courteous deportment, be will no doubt be a popular officer with those having business at the Bank. We tender him our best wishes. DEMOCRATIC CLUB OF MARTIC TOWNSHIP.— The gallant Democracy of Martic township had a glorious meeting at the public house of Robert Sou!shy, in the . vil lage of Rawlinsville, on Saturday, the 20th of June. Our correspondent informs ns that a Club was formed, a large number of members enrolled, and the following well known influential Democrats chosen officers: President—Thomas Lebazius. Vice Presidents—John McLaughlin. J. C. Otto. Recording Secretary—William N. Gibson. Corresponding Secretary—D. N. Dunkin. Treasurer—EdwardGalen. Marshals—John McCue, James L. Gibson. The following preamble and resolutions were annul mously adopted : WHEREAS, A condition of affairs has arisen in the Govern meat of the - United States which la truly alarming ; and aa the Administration (not the Government) at Washing• ton will not, for remains, use the proper means to restore a distracted and disunited people to harmony, but use ev ery means In their power to disseminate discord of senti ment in the North, and create a united opposition to the Government in the South; and we, as Democrats, being opposed to-any geographicator political separation of this once glorione Republic—therefore be It Resoiced, That the Democracy of Hartle township do now, as always heretofore, hold a fixed devotion to the Constitution as it is and the Union as it was, placing our only hope of the future glory and prosperity of ibis once happy country upon the broad bests of the Constitution. Resolved, That the Moe usurpations of the President of the United States in his midnight arrests of loyal Demo crats, for no other reason than that they are Democrats— tbe suppression of freedom of speech and the press, and all the other unconstitutional measures, render the Lincoln Administration unworthy the support of all free born American citizens. Resolved, That the arrest and banishment of the Hon. C. L. Vallaudigham alone Is sufficient to damn the Lincoln dynasty in the estimation of all lovers of Constitutional freedom. Resolved, That we are opposed to the elevation of the Negro to a social and political equality with the superior white man, and that the endeavors of the Abolitionists,- either in or out oPpower, to bring about such an equality merit the condemnation of every honest man. Resolved, That we are alike opposed to Secessionism In the South and its twin sister, Abolitionism, in the North, being folly convinced that both aro alike enemies of the Constitution of the United States. Resolved, That the civil should be superior to the mili tary law, and that no state of circumstances, where war does not exist, will justify any military officer in suppress ing the civil power and substituting the military. Eesoived, That against the infraction of civil rights we do solemnly protest, and are resolved on -the second Tues. day of October to peaceably deposit our ballots for the Hon. George W. Woodward, for Governor of the Ftate of Penn sylvania, making this the first grand effort toward the restoration of peace by the elevation of an honest Democrat to the Gubernatorial chair. Besoteed, That we denounce the arbitrary abduction from his home and his orphan children of William Rich ardson, of McCall's Ferry, an honorable and highly -respect ed citizen, and tho only reason we can assign for his arrest is his untiring devotion to the Constitution of the United States. William N. Gibaoo, Thomas Leberlns, John McLaughlin, George... Patton, J. C. Otto, Committee. BOUNTY TO MEN ENLISTING FOR SIX MONTHS _ . —THY PAY OF TIIE MILITte FOS THE DEFENCE OF THE COUNTY. —The County Commissionere, at their meeting on Thurs day last, passed the following resolutions, providing for the payment of the men who responded to the call for troops to defend the borders of our county; and offering a bounty of twenty dollars to volunteers to serve for six months: Resolved, By the Commissioners of Lancaster County, that the sum of seventy.five cents per day be allowed out of the county fonds to each person who connected himself with one of the different companies that were formed for the defence of the county, when it wras threatened by the last rebel raid, upon the captains of the respective conlea• vies making out a regular correct roll, containing the names of the men, and the number of days each man wee in the actual service, to the correctness of said roll the captain being sworn or affirmed, and the money coming to each individual, be by himself lifted within one month far this date. Resolved. By the. Commissioners of Lancaster County, that a bounty of $2O be paid to each individual of which any full company hereafter organized shall consist, whether Infantry, cavalry, or artillery, that shall be formed in said county, for-the service of the United States for the term of six months, immediately upon the-mld companies being mustered into said service. And in addition to said bounty, that they will guarantee to each man and every person so enlisted an amount equal to one month's wages, provided the same is not paid by the Government. Resolved, By the Commissioners of Lancaster County, that a bounty of $2O be paid to each individual, without respect to color, who feta resident of said county (whether they go into the Infantry, cavalry or artillery service) that may enlist In the service of the United States for the period of three years or during the war, Immediately upon their being respectively mustered into said service. POST OFFICE OIfANGE.—Mr. HENRY PINKER TON, Chief Clerk in the City Poat Office, hes retired from. that position on amount of 11l health. Mr. P. made an excellent and accommodating clerk. Mr. P. has been succeeded by Capt. Sauget. W. Rowe, late of the 122 d, and formerly one of the Deputy Sheriffs of the county. Capt. R. Le a young man of superior busi ness qualifications, and is known for big gentlemanly and coorteons manners. We predict he will make a popular officer. Consider our "old slouch" tipped, Captain. Taw GOOD WORK -.—Demooratie Clubs are being formed In almost every district in therounty, and the right spirit is abroad among our friends. A few days Since we received a letter from an esteemed correspondent in West Cocalico, stating that the Club in that township has only had one meeting since its organisation, and already. it numbers over. one hundred members! The work goes bravely on. PASSENGER AND MAIL SCHEDULE.—The dif ferent Passenger Trains on the Pennsylvania Railroad leave this city as follows: EVSZ/=! Through Exuma Mount Joy Accommodation:.._...... ... Lancaster Accommodation ........ Fast Line Fast man Mount Joy Accommodation, No. 2,.... Harrisburg Accommodation...... ...._. LEAVY WISTWAUID Through Express 1.21 a. m. Past Mail . 10.55 Mount Joy Accommodation 1104 " Fast Line 2.29 p. m. Harrisburg Accommodation.—. 6.08 " Laneszter Accommodation 744 " Mount Joy Accommodation, No. 2..... 7.60 " The mails arrive and close at the City Poet Office as fol lows: AB31•1141. Through Mall from the East-1.21 a. in. and 2.23 p. m. Through Mail from the West-3.30 a. m. and 2.25 p. m. Way Mail from the Eaat-10.55 a. m. Way Mall from the West-9 a. in. and .2 25 p. m. Elonthern Mail from Baltimore and Washington, 2.25 p. m. nolms NOR CLOSING lIALLIL Eastern Through Mall, for Philadelphia, 1.80 p. in. and 8 p. m. Way Mall East, for Phllisdelphis and intern!ediate offices, at ira. New York and Northern and Eastern iltatss. For Harrisburg, and Cumberland - , Franklin and Perry counties, at 10 a. in. and. 8 p Northern Central, Juniata and Western New 'Fork, at 10 a. m. Way Mall West—For Landisville. &lungs,. Molint Joy, Elizabethtown, Middletown, Highapire, Hempfteld, Mountyllle, Wrightarille, Maytown, Bainbridge and Fal mouth at 10 14 in. For Colombia, York, Bc. at 10 a. To. For Baltimore and Was hington, at 1.30 p. m. and 8 p. m. Pittalmrg ThrOugh Mail at. 1.30,p. m. and 8 p. m. For Colunitda,TorkddarieHa and Harrhbuqg at 10-0.12. and t u.ws. LIST OP FOUND JURORS To eerie is the Court of Quarter Sessions, com mencing Monday the 17th day , of August, 1863. John'Stober, W. Oocedico. Them: A. Clark, Diumore. Benj. Snaveley, Pepe& Jaa..hicElvaine, Paradl3o. Ambrose Pownell, Sadabury. John P. Herr, Strasburg. John R. Hass, Clay. John May, City. Eph'm Carpenter, Earl. Chr'n 0. Lapp, 1L Latapeter. John B. Miller, City. John L. Gish, W. Donegal. Harding Gilbert, Eden. Henry M. Engle, E. Donegal. - Wm. Roberts, W. Homptield. Andrew McGinnis, City. Joseph S. Lefever, Paradise. Samuel.L. Brubaker, Rapho. John Hostetter, Manheim borough. George Elohelbcrger, City. Joseph C. Jameson, Little Britain. William C. Boyd, Martin. Henry Shaffner, Mount Joy bor. Henry B. Bower, E. HempflelL LIST OP PETIT JITROBS To serve in the Court of Quarter Sessions, com mencing, Monday the 17th day of August, 180. Benjamin Breneman, W. Donegal. Sohn Hummel, Coney. Christian Good, Rapho. Adam S. Dietrich, Manor. John R. Russel, City. Ellis Stone, Earl. Jonas Harnish, Conestoga, Samuel W. Scott, Fulton. Samuel Redseaker, E. Donegal. Reuben Kline Clay. David Harry , Joy bor. John Pinker, W. Canna°. George Ehler, City. Adam B. Royer, W. Cocalico. Lytle Caruthers Leacock. George B. Quigley, Paradise. Isaac H. Grabill, W. Earl. Robert A. Evans, City. Levi Bard, W. Earl. Levi W. Groff, " Benjamin Garret, Fulton. Samuel Jones, Providence. Michael Clapper ' Columbia. Martin Kreider , Jr.,. W. Lampeter. Isaac, Wood, Little Britain. Michael H. Shirk, W. Cecelia°. Robert Harry, Columbia. Christian Johns, Earl. Jonas Myers, Columbia. John Hamilton, City. Joseph L. MoCommon, Colerain. Levi Ellmaker, City. ' George Pinkerton, City. Reuben 'Creamer, W. Cocalico. Christian M. Greider. W. Hemptleld. Andrew Hershey, Mt. Joy bor. Henry Haverstick, Manheim. Daniel Oakesory City. • Aaron Longenecker, Penn. John Rank, Paradise. • James C. Morrison, Colerain. Henry Carter, Fulton. Wm. Gorreaht, City. Robert Bunting, Colerain. Daniel Huber, Providence. Abraham Risser, Rapho. -Henry Kegerise, E. Cocalico. John G. Keller, Penn. LIST OF PETIT JURORS. To serve in the Court of Common Pleas, commenc ing Monday the 24th day of August, 1868. Jacob Greenawalt, Manor. Amos Cowen, Upper Leacook. John R. Hulsely, East Donegal. Franklin Clark, Strasburg bor. Thomas Grosh, Manheim. Abraham S. Mylin, West Lampeter. Michael Moore, West Hemptleld. Rudolph Garver, West Hempfield. Hiram Evans, Carnarvon, Jacob N. Miller, City. John G. Bowman, Ephrata. Jacob C. Stoner, Manor. Joseph Connelly, Penn. Cyrus Ream, Esq., East Cooalico. James C. Penny, Drnmore. Joseph Furgeson, Drumore. Joseph Hawthorn, Conoy. Geo. W. Hensel, Eden. John Thomas, Providence. Michael Graft', Brecknock. Henry Meisel, Penn. Isaiah Herr, Manor. Robert Furgoson, Colerain. Abner Miller, Conestogo. M. W. Smith, Conoy. David S. Dock, Clay. John H. Swarr, East Hempfield. Jacob F. Fry, Manor. Lewis Haines, Fulton. Amos Hockey, Paradise. John G. Martin, City. John B. Hess, Little Britain. David Hershey, East Donegal. David Steinmetz, Ephrata. Joseph Barnhart, Drnmore. Emanuel Belle:, Man heim. LIST OF PETIT JURORS. To serve in the Court of Common Pleas, vont:avow ing Monday the 3lst day of August, 1863. Jacob Kepperling, Manheim. Eli Eshleman, Medic. P. Lebzelter, City. Benjamin MoCutohen, Warwick. Peter E. Lightner, Lancaster. Anthony Good, Brecknook. Henry L. Landis, Manheim. Washington Walker, Little Britain. Isaac Hoover, Earl. John Montopth, 'Startle. • Jacob Frantz, Paradise. Wm. Giles, Conestogo. Elijah Keen, Eden. J. D. Warfel, Salisbury. John J. Andrews, Coleraine. Wm. P. Haines, Little Britain. John Baughman, Strasburg bor. Levi Laush, Brecknock. Andrew Armstrong, East Donegal. John W. Mentzer, West Cocalico, John Metzger, City. Benjamin M. Stouffer, Rapho. Joseph Ballance, Fulton. John Good, Pequea. Abraham Howry, East Lampeter. John M. Wolgenmuth, West Donegal. Jacob H. Hershey, East Herhpfield. Adam R. Barr, City. Joseph Eaby, Leacock. Israel F. Able, City. Samuel Crosson, Conestogo. Henry Neff, West Hempfield. Abraham N. Cassel, Marietta, Joseph Dorwart, City. Samuel Christ, Manor. Peter Sides, Coney. tar The new Postal Law goes into effect on Wednesday next, the let of July. The postage' rate for letters is the same as former ly, three cents; city and drop letters two oents postage. Newspapers, weekly, per quarter, five cents ; six times per week, thirty cents per. quarter. The carriers after that time deliver the letters without charge to the individuals to whom they are addressed, as the Government pays them a regular salary for their service: Whether the work will be as well performed hereafter as when the car ries was paid on- delivering the -letter, time will soon test. But citizens can facilitate the delivery by having some suitable place of de livery at their residences fir the reception of letters and papers, without the necessity of ringing the door bell. Formerly it was the carrier's interest to wait until the door bell was answered; now it is not, and letters may therefore go back to the postoffice to be ad— vertised, unless safe conveniences are pro— vided for dropping them in at the doors.— They should be so contrived interiorly that boys with hooks could not - reach and abstract the letters. It needs very little inventive power to make such boxes perfectly secure.— Philadelphia Ledger. FREE SPEECH.—A SENTIMENT FROM WEN pALT,Lurs.—In a late speech in Boston, this distinguished Abolition orator said : " Who can adequately tell the value and sacredness of unfettered lips-1 Who can de. scribe the enormity of the orime of ito viola tion? Free speech, the very instrument, the bulwark, the bright consummate flower of all liberty! The time to assert rights is when they are denied! Those who should assert them are those to whom they are denied. And that community which dares not protect its humb lest and its most hated citizen in the free ut terance of his opinions, however false, or how ever hurtful, is a gang of slaves." 330 a. m. 8.40 9.00 725 , 2.25 p.m. .......5 48 u ......8.03 GENERAL M'CLELLAN.—The Washington correspondent of the Philadelphia Ledger writes : The pressure for the reinstatement of WOlellan in the command of the army is almost irresistible, and it is reported on fair authority that the matter is now wider cabi net discussion. As the same elemente of oppo sition exist, however, a recall of the General will devolve personally upon- the President, who may or may not assume the responsibili ty. It is certain, however, that he will not be recalled until the present threatened en gagement is over, and not then, I apprehend, should Gen. Hooker prove successful. " COMBEBAP CONTRIMITIONS 10E TOD 300111Y0 ILMNINB.-It will be recollected that Gov. Yates, of Illinois, prorogued the Legislature of that State when about appropri ating $lOO,OOO for the sick and wounded sol- diers of Illinois.' The Democrats, in State Convention, to help repair that outrage, 'con. tributed in that Convention $47,500—a large sortion in ss's, slo's, and some up as high as 1,000, $5OO, etc. It was , one of the gra4dest exhibitions of publio'generoeity ever-reoorded- Tor The Intel Weeper: . - WHAT WAS THE !MISSION OF THE MESSRS. E.13120/21: Wm the mission of the Black Repub lican party truly patriotic? .Or was it for the purpose of breaking up our system of government, dissolving the Union of the States and destroying the powers of the Cron dilution ? If it was the former, it has signally failed in every act or measure which would indicate, in the most remote degree, a 'true and patriotic seal In prosecuting each a policy as would seem to imply that they meant to preserve that high state of.prosperity end happiness that viiptalized our history at the mainenkthey gained the reins of power. If the latter, then there never waren or ganisation with a purpose or object in view which met with such rapid and cot:Opiate anthem; for, since Ma day that proclaimed Abraham Lincoln Preiddent until the present hour, the integral elements of the freest Gov ernment upon earth have been dissolving and running down Into abject ruin and decay, regardless of every effort that can be put forth by the counsels of patriotic stater. men, or the endeavors of a tree and loyal people, It would seem to the candid mind that the latter was actually the mission of the Republican party. The leaders of that party must see that every. step of progress they have made in the administration of the Government, and every measure they have adopted in the prosecution of their Abolition .policy, has left its track of devastation and rain ' and aroused the elements of discord and dissention both North and South to ouch a degree as to distract that harmony and amity, which alone can guarantee the results of a policy truly loyal and patriotic. The people, who make no pretensions to statesmanship, see and feel this; and the obstinate persistency of the leaders of that party in a course - that is so manifestly wrong, would ream to be one of the strongest arguments that they meant ruin and de struction to the Constitution to which they have been hos tile, and to oar form of Government which held lie funda mental miser in the equality of the States, the sovereignty of the people, and the authority of the Supreme Court as a coordinate branch of the Government. She party in its organization was anti-Southern, and based upon all the delusions an infatuated morality could conjure up against an institution, In which the people who held it could see no moral wrong, but which seemed simply to regard the relations and distinctions of races as they were designed by the God that made them and society thus fundamentally constituted, and receiving the unction of the Courts, the people and the Conatitution, was Im• moral and must be abolished; to effect which the whole of our nationality . must In its very organic life undergo a change, and by the organization of a party for this avowed purpose, and pushed into power by false issues, revolution ize and overthrow the slave power of the country, and every law and constituted authority which would sanction its existence. Accidents, however, will often accomplish what the most mature plans can never reach. So It was with the Repub• ikon party. They never dreamt of so much and so rapid success in the disorganization of the Government, as proved to be the result of the advent of their party to power, or the plans and prosecution of their policy. Acci dent threw them into a new sphere of political life, sur rounded them with new issues and complications, which have,alas I too certainly camel the breach domicil defaced by them—but the and is not yet. They are like the ship in the midst of a vast sea of ice bergs, drifting with the utmost hazard they know not whither, and without the power again to return to any haven of safety. The Black Republican party is the offspring of the little bond of Abolition fanatics who, thirty years ago, began their enterprize to enlighten and purify the South, and induce the men and women of that section to abolish their supremacy over their negroes, and affiliete with that low I lulled race. This proving a failure, they labored to pro. pogate their foolish abstractions in regard to Southern society, and to impregnate the Northern mind with their notions, and thus dissolve the Union by inducing Northern .States to withdraw from a people their absurd doctrine's led them to regard as snetaioing a system in society fun damentally wrong and immoral. So far as this peculiar sect or dogma was concerned the people of the South felt no substantial alarm, eo long as public eentiment North ! tree against it, and that no practical steps were taken to enforce their theory. But when a political party was or ganized to reduce these theories to practice, and to use the power of the Government to force a repugnant and repot- sive issue upon them, regardless of their protestations , and their constitutional rights upon the subject, they re garded it an insult and a moral wrong for which history could furnish no parallel. For to the Southern mind, per tartly with the peculiar organization and mental endow ments of the negroes as a race, they could imagine no condition of human existence so fraught with boundless and unamiable horrors as impartial freedom to that race would produce Tney accordingly held that "we of the South never asked, or dreamed of asking, any special fa• vela from this Government. We are planters and pro. &mere, and need no favors from government; and, in our whole Federal history of eighty yearn, there has never been a single bill introduced in Congresa that directly or indirectly, immediately or remotely, benefited any Sonth• ern State or any Southern community, at the expense or to the detriment of any State or community at the North. On the contrary, the Northern States have asked and have received vast benefits at our expenae.— Above all, that Massachusetts, the leader of the crusade against, from the hour the Government was formed. has made it an instrument for her benefit, or the benefit of certain classes of here, at our expense; that her commerce, her manufactures, fisheries, Ac., have drawn millions upon millions from the pockets of the producing classes, through tariffs, fishing bounties and special protection; while' we have neither asked for nor desired anything whatever, but sought simply to confine the Government to the legit imate purposes for which it was originally designed. But worse than ail this, the North had for years, in sheer wan tonness, sought to damage our interests and endanger our peace, and we have straggled session after session, and year after year, to prevent oar own Government from beteg perverted into an instrument for our ruin, until at last they have succeeded, and abated ,a President pledged to wield it for bringing a doom on..tra or .our children the most monstrous and terrible that could be inflicted upon human society." In this short paragraph we have the arguments and the conclusions of the leaders of the people of thuSenth, and do not wonder that it became overwhelming and conclus ive, and caused Avery vestige of Union sentiment to be crusbedont from the South, and the people to stand as one man in opposing a policy which, in all its developments, has mot exactly conclusions to which they came, without a single effort on the part cf the Republicans at that con .ciliation which would become them as a party, had their purposes been to observe the compromises and support the Constitution, in a patriotic effort to sustain the Govern ment. The argument that with the election of their President the minion of the Republican party would have been or. compliehed, or that Sir Lincoln as President could have done nothing with both houses of Congress against him, is of no practical moment, when the destinies of ills people of the South were fast passing over to the control of a party whose relentless and persistent policy was to remodel the Supreme Court, reverse the Dred Scott decision, and destroy the Elsie power of the country jest so soon as they would obtain possession of the powers of the government. The party had increased from the single control of the government of a few of the Eastern States and a half dozen of members of Congress Ina very few years to the formid able dimensions it presented at the election of Mr. Lincoln, and ere long with such a mushroon growth It would over whelm the conservative element North, and In the end have the power to do what its founders fondly hoped it would do regardless of consequences. Accident bas precipitated results which their schemes, however well matured and planned, could not possibly have reached on soon; and having succeeded in destroying the country by entrapping the people of the South into hostilities, they still hope that accident will come to the rescue and relieve them from a farther prosecution of a policy which they and every body else feel they can no longer control or bring to %successful issue. If true gen nine patriotism hadihave ban the cardinal element under lying and stimulating the Republican party to deeds of magnanimity and probity, they would at' lent have yielded to the general pressure of circumstances, and have retraced their steps In obedience to the demands of public sentiment. But the stern, unbending determination with which they bold to and prosecute a policy which is destroy ing the country, and subverting every principle of popular government, is no less detrimental and devilish its its character, than that it is Just meeting all the requirements and fatal results of the true mission of the Black Republi can party. 0175ZHVICIL ATTLE. OF WINCHESTER. A correspondent of the N. Y. Herald gives the details of the late battle at Winchester between General Milroy and General Ewell, which terminated in a disastrous retreat of the Union forces to Martinsburg and Harper's Ferry, with only two thousand men out of seven thous?, and having lost all the artil lery, stores, aggage and everything except what the men carried on their persons.— Three entire batteries of field artillery and one battery of siege guns, about two hundred and eighty wagons, over twelve hundred horses and mules, all the commissary and quartermaster's stores and ammunition of all kinds, over six thousand muskets and small arms without stint, the private baggage of tho officers and men, all fell into the hands of the enemy. When Milroy retreated he had not gone four miles when he found himself confronted by an overwhelming force, which the Con federates had sent ahead. Two regiments were captured wholesale, and the slaughter of those who cut their way through was very considerable, while the cavalry pursued and captured great numbers. The loss was terri ble. Nothing was saved except what was carried upon the persons of the troops. Not a soldier had a change of clothing. A cor respondent, writing on the 20th, says nothing whatever belonging to Milroy's command was saved, and the mistake originated from the fact that the trains from Jones' brigade, at Martinsburg, and Mcßeynold's brigade, from Berryville, escaped to Harrisburg. Thus the defeat of Milroy was most thorough and dis astrous, and so much was he scared that he appears never to have stopped till he got to Baltimore. The dead and wounded were left on the field and along the roadside as they fell ; the latter without surgical attention, either by the rebel surgeons or our own. The whole scene is described as one of the most humiliating and heart•sickening that has been witnessed during the war, fruitful as it has been in hor rible incidents. A full investigation will doubtless be made of the cirumetances attending.the battle, when the responsibility will be Aced where it properly belongs. General Milroy hao rendered bin:welt* very obnoxious to the rebels, in consequence of thc rigorous policy he pursued towards them, punishing the citizens with great severity and liberating the negroes. Their hatred to him was so bitter that a reward of a thousand dollars was offered for his head, and it was thoueht that the desire to save himself from capture induced him to neglect the precau tions necessary to secure the safety of his com mand. Gen. Milroy is froth Indiana, but the force under him was composed mainly of Virginia and Maryland troops. It is said he was sus pended from command by Gen. Schenck, and ordered to report at Maryland Heights for luty under Brigadier-Gen. Tyler, and was on his way they) on Wednesday night, when he was prevented from reaching that p int the rebels being at Point of Hooke. pp A WOMAN SENTENCED TO BE HUNG.—A woman named Catharine McCoy has just been sentenced to be hung at St. Louis for the murder of a little girl five years old. The details of the murder are shocking. She brought the child into her room and deliber— ately oat off its toes, fingers, and different. parts of its body. When found it was horribly, mutilated. It was thought that the worsen was insane. Daring her trial ehe evinced the. utmost indifference to whet was passing around her, and heard-the sentence of death pied upon her with stoical stolidity When, however, any, allusion, was madi: in court in her. iallianitY# Ado would, et elm d.eny*
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