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Now oar lag La flung to the wild winds free,
Let it float o'er oar father land,
And the guard of its spotless fame shall be
Columbia's chosen band.
"CLING TO THE CONSTITUTION, AS
THE SHIPWRECKED MARINER CLINGS
ro THE LAST PLANK, WHEN NIGHT
AND THE TEMPEST CLOSE AROUND
HIM."-DANIEL WEBSTER.
sag- Subscribers who change their
residences on the Ist of April, will
please notify us at once, stating
where they moved from and where
they moved to, naming the Post
Office where their paper was sent and
where they desire it to be sent. Those
in the city will please leave the
number of their old and new resi
dences, in order that the proper
changes may he made on our mail
books and carriers: hooks.
Honor to the Brave.
The reception given to the gallant
Seventy-Ninth, on Wednesday last,
was by far the greatest and most im
posing demonstration of the kind
ever witnessed in Lancaster. It
must have been cheering to the
hearts of those brave and battle
scarred veterans, to witness the en
thusiasm that pervaded all classes of
our people upon their return to our
midst. The procession presented a
magnificent appearance, and the
waving of flags and handkerchiefs
from the windows and housetops
along the line of march, the beauti
ful and appropriate mottoes and
wreaths, the firing of cannon and
ringing of bells, all went to make
up the great ovation. And, then,
upon entering Fulton Hall, the vet
erans saw spread before them in the
greatest profusion all the substantials
and delicacies of the season ; indeed
the tables literally groaned with the
abundant supplies of food furnished
by the Committee of Councils and
the noble ladies (not the "Patriot
Daughters;" so called, for, with a
few praise-worthy exceptions, they
kept entirely aloof from any partici
pation in the festivities !) who so
patriotically lent their invaluable aid
and assistance, under the leadership
of that excellent matron, Mrs.. Col.
DITCHMA4 in preparing the enter
tainment.
We refer our readers to the local
column for a more detailed account of
the great Welcome Home of Col.
ETAMBRIGIIT'S noble Regiment.
The Seventy-Ninth
We hope our young men will not
be backward in filling up the ranks
of this veteran Regiment. The in
ducement is a large bounty, and the
opportunity of serving under one of
the most accomplished officers in the
army. It is peculiarly Lancaster
county's own Regiment, and it should
not be permitted to return to the
front without its full quota of men.
McClellan in New York.
An immense Mass Meeting of the
friends of General MCCLELLAN, for
the Presidency, was held in New
York, on Thursday evening last.—
It is admitted by all the papers there
to have been the largest political
meeting ever held in that city. The
ball keeps steadily rolling on, and
all the signs of the times strongly
point to "LITTLE MAC " as the stand
ard bearer of the Democracy in the
approaching Presidential struggle.
The Right of Soldiers to Vote.
The amendments to the State Con
stitution, which have received. the
sanction of the Legislature, (allow
ing soldiers to vote,) will shortly be
submitted to the people. The Con
stitution requires that such amend
ments (to be made not oftener than
once in five years) shall receive the
assent of two consecutive Legisla
tures, and shall be voted upon by
the people within three months after
publication by the Secretary of the
Commonwealth. The amendments
having for a second time passed the
Legislature on the 9th inst., the
Governor, will, in a few days, issue
a proclamation ordering the election
as required.
Democratic State Convention.
This body will meet in Philadel
phia, on Thursday, the 24th inst.—
Its principal business will be the
election of Delegates to the Nation
al Democratic Convention, and the
nomination of a Presidential Elec
toral Ticket. Nearly all the Dele
gates are instructed for McCL EL LA lc
for President, and he will doubtless
be the unanimous choice of the Con
vention.
General Grant.
Lieut. Gen. GRANT has issued an
order formally assuming command
of all the armies of the United States.
The order is dated at Nashville,
Tennessee. His headquarters for
the present will be with the Army
of the Potomac.
sir Hon. CHARLES GILPIN has
been appointed United States Dis
trict Attorney for the Eastern Dis
trict of Pennsylvania, in place of
George Coffey, deceased.
GOLD Ritu.—The bill'for the sale of the
surplus gold in the Treasury of the - United
States has become a law.
The Democracy Unchurched:
At the recent session of the Phila
delphia Annual Conferenc - e of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, held
at Wilmington, a series of " loyal "
Abolition resolutions, reported by
Rev. J. Walker Jackson, were unani
mously adopted, from which we
select the following as having a per
sonal application to the Democratic
members of the Church,:
Resolved, 3, Thatas the Constitution of the
United States, the supreme law of the land,
makes it the duty of the Government "to
suppress rebellion," and as Government
would be a nullity aside from its administra
tion, we maintain that loyalty to the Govern
ment is only to be understood as loyalty to the
Administration of that Government as duly
eelected under the Constitution, and that in
rendering to " Caesar the things that belong
to Cresar " the entire, unqualified and prompt
obedience of all under its authority is to be
rendered to the Administration, not for wrath,
but for conscience sake ; and that resistance
to its authority, either by speech or action, is
not only rebellion and treason to the civil
Government, but to God.
Resolved, 4, That while we recognize the
right of citizens to discuss the measures and
policy of the Government, we yet affirm that
it is a religious duty " not to speak evil of
ministers and magistrates." and that, especi
ally in times like these, when the utmost wis
dom is required in the administration of civil
affairs, the right of even such discussion is only
to be exercised with great caution, prudence
and forbearance.
Resolved, 5, That so far as our influence
may extend, we discountenance and condemn
the illy-concealed treason of those who, snflu
enced by party spirit, ox sympathy with hu—
man bondage, find fault with every warlike
measure, under the pretext of a disorimina
tion between the Constitution, as the supreme
law of the land, and the administration of the
Government as framed by the Constitution.—
They are the secret foes of the Government,
with all the venom, but without the manliness
of Rebels in open arms.
As the Democratic party acknowl
edges no allegiance or loyalty to any
one man, even though that man be
President LINCOLN himself, or to any
body of men assuming to speak by
Divine authority, whether that body
be a Conference or Synod or any
other ecclesiastical organization, it
follows, as a necessary sequence,
that Democrats, who dare to speak
or act out their honest convictions
in reference to the maladministra
tion of the Government, or who are
opposed to the Abolition or misce
genation policy of the present Ad
ministration, have no longer either
part or lot in the Church of their
choice. Well, be it so. We know
not what others may do, but our
convictions of duty are dear. We
are not of those who are "bound to
swear in the words of any master,"
—in other words we are yet a free
man and shall take our own course
and pursue our own policy, regard
less of the frowns of clerical dema
gogues or the maledictions of those
who assume to "lord it 'over God's
heritage."
GENERAL BIeCLELLAN
Senator WILKINSON, who is constantly dis
paraging our fighting men,bms lately repeated
the old lie that Geri. MoCkEkkAN took refuge
on a gunboat during the battle of Malvern
Hill. It is not worth while, says the Journal
of Commerce, to repeat the frequent and
authoritative denials of this story, which was
manufactured a year or so ago, out of whole
cloth to suit the radical market. But it will
do no harm just at this time to give account
of an incident which we had from the lips of
a brave and gallant officer (a thorough Re
publican in politics) and which we printed
more than a year since. This officer was
lying sick in an ambulance during the battle of
Malvern: Bill, in an exposed situation, for he
bad not left his regiment during the whole of I
the seven days. The battle was at its height,
and the roar of the artillery from ship and
shore was deafening, when he heard a shout
of thousands of voices that sounded above
the guns and musketry. Thinking that it
indicated some great event on the field, he
sprang out of the ambulance and steadied
himself by the wheel while he looked for the
cause of the cheering, which had now rolled
up to the spot where he was. He then saw
that it was the presence of MeCkEkkAN, who
was riding down the lines, shot and shell fall.
ing around him. The intense enthusiasm of
the men surpassed all description. One fact
proved that enthusiasm to be unfeigned : the
wounded and dying men joined everywhere
in the cheers. " Close by me," said our in
formant, " lay an old man, a soldier, wounded
badly. As the General came up he raised
his hand to his head, took off his cap and
waved it in the air, cheered joyously as the
General rode by, and then his hand fell on
the ground, still grasping the cap, but never
moved again. He was dead when I looked at
him a few minutes afterward."
VOX POPULI
Democratic Victory in Harrisburg.
HARRISBURG, March 18,1864
Editors Philadelphia Ace: The Democrats
have carried this city by nearly TWO HUN—
DRED ;NI AJORE rv--a large Democratic
gain.
Democratic Victory in Norristown
NORRISTOWN, Mardi, 18, 1864
To The AGE, Philadelphia : EDWARD
SCHALL Democrat, elected Chief Burgess of
Norristown by one hundred and thirty major
ity—A DEMO(RATIU GAIN of about
THREE HUNDRED VOTES over last tall.
Large gains on the entire ticket.
Democratic Gain In Huntingdon.
HUNTINGDON, March 18, 1864.
The Abolition majority here is reduced to
f.;r Last tall it was one hundred
and thirteen.
THE THUNDER ROLLS.
DAVID SMALL (Dem.) has been elected Chief
Burgess of the Borough of York by 210 ma
jarity. A large Democratic gain. The people
are speaking out every where in condemnation
of the present Administration.
AND YET ANOTHER!
At the election in the City of Reading, on
Friday, the Democrats achieved a glorious
victory, carrying their Auditor and City Con
stables (no Mayor elected this year) by an
average majority of 180 votes. They have
also a majority on joint ballot in the Councils,
Join• of the five Assessors, and a majority of
the minor offices.
ELECTION OF STATE TREASURER
By virtue of a special Act, passed and ap
proved on Wednesday last, 16th inst., the
Legislature met in joint convention at 8
o'cloei the same evening, and elected Hon.
HENRY D. Moons, (Abolitionist,) of Philadel
phia, State Treasurer, in place of Hon. Wm.
V. McGRATH. The vote stood—
F.T. Henry D. Moore, 66
" William V. McGrath, 56
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The Treasurer elect will enter upon his
duties on the first Monday in May. We are
paying the present incumbent, Mr. MCGRATZ,
no mere empty compliment, when we Bay that
he has conducted the affairs of his office with
an ability of the highest order, and in a man
ner that has endeared him to the entire
Democracy of the State. The bold and deter
mined stand he took against repudiation in
the payment of the State interest won for him
"golden opinions from all sorts of people;"
and in his retirement he will carry with him
the respect and confidence of all who hold in
proper esteem the good name of our ancient
Commonwealth.
.._.. Sound-~ocfxiae:
At the recent Sanitary Fair in
Brooklyn there was a book of auto
graphs on' exhibition, containing,
among other distinguished names,
that of Attorney .General BATES, of
Missouri, signed at the bottom f a
letter addressed to the lady manager,
which, for the noble sentiments it
contains, we agree with the N. Y.
Journal of Commerce, " ought to be
written in letters of gold." We
knew, when Mr. BATES first accepted
the office which he still bolds, that
he was conservative in his views,
but we supposed that, like many
others, he had succumbed to the
pressure at Washington, and adopt
ed the new theories of the radical
school with which he is associated
officially. In this we are glad to
say we were mistaken. Mr. BATES
retains his former sound opinions,
and we cannot but wonder how,
holding the sentiments he expresses,
he can reconcile it with his sense of
duty to the country and to himself
to remain in the Cabinet of Mr.
Lincoln , and we are persuaded that
every one who reads the letter, will
share with us in our surprise.
W AI3HINGTON CITY, Feb. 2, 1864
To
MADAM : Being cmfined to my sick room I
have an opportunity, which neither my pub
lic office nor the Court room affords, to ac
knowledge your note of January 30, written
in behalf of the Brooklyn and Long Island
Fair, and in aid of the Sanitary Commission.
You ask for an autograph, unconditionally,
and for a sentiment, "if agreeable." Now,
my dear lady, an autograph is a cheap thing,
and can be easily furnished, whether sick or
well ; but a sentiment is quite another affair,
and does not sort very well with the nauseous
physic which I am required to take to-day.
Nevertheless, the cause being so pod, and
withal its advocate a lady, (to which high
authority I habitually bow,) I must strain a
point and try to give you something senti—
mental, bur not of the sickly kind.
I am beginning to grow old, and am a very
old-fashioned man ; for in spite of the rush
ing current of new opinions, 1 still believe
that we once had good old times, good old
principles, and good old men to profess them
and act them out, and a good Constitution
worthy to be preserved to the latest posterity.
In foot, I begin to suspect myself to be lit
tle or nothing better than an old fogy; for I
can't help believing, with Jackson, that the
Constitutional Union of the States must be
preserved ; and I still have undoubting faith
in Washington when he warns us that we
cannot preserve our free institutions without
a frequent recurrence to the first principles of
our government.
That is my sentiment, madam. I fear it is
growing very unpopular, but I can't help that.
God knows that I would help it if I whirl,
for I have little hope of improvement from the
efforts of men who fancy themselves so much
wiser than their fathers were, and so much bet
ter than the laws which they made for our good.
With love for your cause, and respect for
yourself, I remain your obedient servant,
EDWD. BATES.
The doctrine proclaimed in this
letter is the doctrine held by the
fathers and of all the truly great and
good men the country has ever pro
duced. It is only in these latter
times, since political power has fal
len into the hands of charlatans and
fanatics that the wisdom of the fathers
is questioned, and new ideas, engen
dered in the frenzied brains of party
bigots and shallow-minded dema
gogues, are substituted for the wis
flom and statesmanship which dis
tinguished the earlier days of the
Republic. We know that this must
change—that the madness which
I now rules and is rapidly ruining the
country cannot last forever—that
there will come a time of reflection,
when the people will recover from
the hallucinations under which they
I now labor and restore the old
,ov
ernment and the old ideas. This is
our faith, and the letter of Mr. BATES
leads us to hope that its realization
is at hand.
All will soon confess that the wis
dom of the radicdls is folly. " The
country "—says the Journal of Com
merce—" would have exhibited a dif
ferent scene to-day if Mr. Lincoln
had not been one of the men who
think themselves so much wiser
than the fathers were.'
" Mr. BATES' letter is eloquent.—
It will reach .a great many hearts.—
We venture to believe that it will
hereafter be remembered by the his
torian who writes of our times, as a
pathetic and eloquent exclamation,
in the midst of impending ruin, from
one who remembers and laments the
old glory, while he sees himself im
mediately surrounded by the instru
ments of the national destruction.
" He is right, beyond a question.
; There were good old times, and there
were good old principles. - The
greatness of the American Union
4ias dependent on those principles.
It was a good enough Union for us.
But we see now a great political
' party devoted to abusing that Uniou,
decrying its old magnificence, ridi
culing its founders, and vociferating
for something better. It was a
Hoathsome Union,' says one, a
hideous Union,' says another. In
the very book of autographs, from
which we have copied the letter of
Mr. BATES, we found expressions
from politicians, from sentiments in
dicating that they thought them
selves wiser than the fathers !
But we cannot expect reform
and return to sound principles until
good men like Mr. BATES open their
eyes to the true character of the
party, and the men with whom they
I associate, and come out boldly and
nobly for the old Union and the old
Constitution. W hen Mr. BATES
leads the way, who will refuse to
follow ?"
REMONSTRANCE OF Gov. BRAMLETTE AGAINST
THE ENLISTMENT OF NEGROES.-A despatch
dated Frankfort, Kentucky, March 12th, says
it is understood that Governor Bramlette has
addressed an earnest remonstrance to the
President respecting the enrollment and en
listment of slaves in Kentucky, and has noti
fied the President that he will execute the
laws of Kentucky against all who attempt to
take slaves from their owners without their
consent.
He claims that Kentucky has furnished
more than fifty thousand of her sons to des
fend the Government, and is willing to furnish
still more—all that are allotted to her ; that
she has proved her loyalty, and must be
treated as a lcyal State, aid that her consti
tution and laws must be respected.
ARMY CHAYLAINS.—SBMatOr RAMSAY, of
Minnesota, has reported a bill to promote the
efficiency of the army chaplains. The Wash
ington Union says "We never scoff at relig
ion, nor speak lightly of the duties of clergy
men, but the mass of army chaplains who
have come under our notice, are the most God
forsaken crew imaginable. We have seen
men bearing the rank of chaplain who were
a disgrace to the name of man."
IPROVEZOIWOII or incrommoonameiro
.ooll7NT Y CONVENT sON.
The Demoeratio County Convontion..to
delegates to the State Convention, which meets at
Philadelphia on TM:m4day next, met at Fulton Hall, on
Wednesday bet, at It a'clo..k,A. M. The Convention was
called to order by R. 8.. Ittnimr, Eno , Chairman of the
County Committee, and, on motion, !lATIIAti!I WORLEY.,
of Blenheim Borough, wu called to the shear: Mr. W.,no
taking the chair, briefly thanked the Convention for the
honor conferred, and spoke of the great importance of the
suemtillog of Democratic Conventions at the prevent
time. saying that the ealeation of the country depended
upon the restoration of the Democratic patty to power.—
W's remarks warn much applauded.
ABLUII Snuck, F. 141, was appointed temporary Secretary.
B. B Tairunr, Esq , then moved that a committee be
appointed to draft resolutions expressive of the sense of
the Convention. After soma discussion, the motion was
adopted and the following committee appointed:
B.B.Tsbudy, Warwick; Henry Shaffner Mount Joy
Bor.: Franklin Cla.k. Strasburg Two.; Dr. Shaffner,
Wel
chens, City; George G. Brnah.E.q Manor: Jacob Bruiser,
Penn; Joseph M. Watts, Collimbia; Jeremiah Swisher,
Coleraln: Dr. Henry Carpenter, City; Jaccb A. Miller.
Caney H S Berns, Salisbury; John Eshleman, West
Lampeter ; William B. Gibson, Hartle • Thomas Edwards,
Cwrnarvon; Al. R. Hess, Cnnestogs: Dr. Henry Reemsny.
der, Ephrata; Benjamin Eby, Manheim Twp.; Capt. feint ,
Hull, 'Earl; William Parkey, Washington Bor.; John
Whiteside, Eden; Dr. John H. Raub, Providence; Dr.
Samuel Parker, But Hempfield; John Dunlap, East Lam.
peter; Joseph Detweiler, Itapho; John W. Shaeffer, Eliza
bethtown Bor.; George !dangle, Manheim Bor.: Christian
Haute, West onegal.
The farther consideration of any business was postponed
until 2 o'clock, P. M, to enable the members of the Con
vention to witness the reception of Col. Harnbright's
Regiment.
AFTERNOON SESSION
Upon the re assembling of the Convention in the after
noon, the credentials of the delegates were called for and
presented, and the following gentlemen admitted .s
members of the Convention :
Bart—John D. Laverty, George S. Boone, W. Hain Good
• eorge H. Bickel, Isaac N. Lewis.
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Cairnarron—Thomas Edwards, David Kearns, Levi Bare,
James Miller, Jacob Yohn.
Clay—Edwin Sher. George Flory, William Rock.
Oolemin—Cromwell Blackburn, Joseph White, J. P.
Swisher, Milton Killough, John Montgomery.
Columbia—N. Ward—Joseph M. Watts, H. M. North;
Geo. Young, Jr., Ocl. Daniel Herr. J. K. Eberleln.
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Columbla—S. Ward—George Tills, William Shuman,
James Shrceder, Solomon Detweller, G. Duttenhofer.
Coneatoga—Samuel S. Welch, J. B. Stehman, Henry
Hammer, M. B Sourbeer, A. R. Hess.
Coney—Jacob A. Miller, John B. Small, Geo. Bennett,
John Filbert, David Metzler.
Donegal West—Laaac Winters, Christian Wants, Andrew
Walters, Jacob Funk, Christian Karr.
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Drumore--Alexander Linton, Alexander Stephenson,
R. 0. Edwards, Sanders McCullough, S. B. Moore.
Earl—Peter Haack, Driah Haines, Capt. Isaac Holl,
Abraham G. Smoker, Samuel B. Steffy.
Earl Ent—George Buchman, John R. Sandoe, E. S.
Hammond, Isaac Foltz, Harrison Haller.
Ephrata—Thomas B. Fillies, Dr. J. H. Groff, Richard
Sirrel, Dr. Henry R. emsoyder, Wellington Yundt.
Ellsabethtown—H. T. Shultz, John W. Shreffer, George
W. Boyer, John B. Ebersole, John Shaffer, Sr.
Eden—Robert Montgomery, Isaac Montgomery, Samuel
Myers, John Whiteside, James G. Hildebrand.
Fulton—J. H. Olendenin, Joseph Philips, Jame. Deaver,
Isaac W. Towson.
Ilempfleld Eaat—Henry, Hof? an, Dr. Samuel Parker,
George Saner, Levi G. Senor, B. G. Getz.
Hemptield West—Joseph Hoover, David Lenhard, Dr.
K. Haldeman, John M. Weller, William Walker.
Lampeter East—Chrlstlan Erb, John L. Martin, Bolden
Miller, Abraham B. Long, John Dunlap,
Lampeter West—Samuel Long, John Eshleman, Thos.
Dobson.
City—N.a W. Ward—Emanuel Shober, Dr. Samuel
Welchens, William McComEey, Thomas Coeman, Charles
G. Beal.
City—N. E. Ward—John Rose, Jacob Stormfelta, Alfred
Sanderson, Daniel Okeson, Samuel H. Reynolds.
City—S. W. Ward—Dr. Henry Carpenter, Abram Shank,
James Peoples. Henry Schaum, Charles F. Rangier.
City—S. E. Ward—J. H. Hegener, Jr., William A. Mor—
ton, Abraham Hirsh, Samuel Shroad, John T. MacGonigle.
Leacock—lsaac Dunlap, John L. Lightner, Peter B.
Eckert, Samuel Bowman, Lytle L Dunlap.
Leacock Upper—Grabill H. Swope, Martin B. Weldler,
Henry Heller, Washington Simmons, George Marks.
Little Britain—Dr. J. W. Zell, Isaac Wilson, Jesse Jen
kins, James Hays, Robert Gniney.
Manhelm Bon—Benjamin Donavan, George Mangle,
Nathan Worley, Samuel Chapman, John B. Bomberger.
Manholes Twp.—Benjamin Workman, B J. McGrann,
Benjamin Eby, James Purcell, George Hambright
Manor—Reuben Strickler, George G. Brush, Abraham
Kline, Jacob Zimmer, Abraham Peters.
Marietta—Dr. John Huston, William H. Eagle, Lewis
Houseel, John Crull, Frederick Manlick.
Martie—William N. Gibson, J. C. Otto, Thos. Bolemy,
David Cully, Edward Galen.
Mount Joy Bor.—John Shroff, Sr., Samuel H. Eckhart,
Henry Shaffner, Levi M. Hoffman, John M. Culp.
Mount Joy Twp.—George Shay, Jacob Hiestand, Jona
than Nichols, J. S Baker.
Paradise—Amos Rockey, Eli Matter, Henry Girvin, Geo.
L. Eckert, Charles Laverty.
Penn—Jacob Bosser, Emanuel Keener, Farrel J. Beard,
Elise M Stauffer, Jacob Eberly.
Providence—Joshua Winters, Albert N. Rutter, William
McMullin, Dr. John K. Raub, John Harehock.
Rapho—Joseph Detweiler, Daniel Staub, Henry Eber.
sole, Samuel B. Baker. Michael Becker.
Strasburg Bor.—Robert P. Spencer, Alexander Shultz,
William Black, John B. Anent, George Eager.
Stresburg.Twp.—Pranklin Clark, Samuel Wiker, Jacob
Spindler, Samuel Graham, Benjamin Myers.
liadsbury—lseac W. Butter, ?debtor: Pox, J. D. Harrar.
Salisbury—S. Baxter Black. John Patton, William Ham
ilton, H. S. Kerne, George Wlee.
Warwick—R. R. Tehudy, John Bonder, John B. Bach,
Oliver Dlehm, Josiah Snavely.
Washington Bor.—John Evans, William Parker, Jacob
Bair, George Green, Joseph E. Charles.
The organization of the Convention was then completed
by the selection of the following officers:
PratVent
NATHAN WORLEY, Manheim Bor.
Vice Presidents:
Patrmarr. Columbia.
Joan Evans, Washington Bor.,
Dr. J. W. Zell., Little Britain,
Barre*Btamt, Salisbury,
ALEXANDER STEPHENSON, Drumore,
CHRISTIAN ERB, Ea.t Lampoter.
WILLIA* WALKER, West Remand:l,
Emanuel. Suellen, City,
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J. H. CLENDENIN.
WILLIAM B. Eagle, Marietta. .
GEORUE 0. BRUSH, Manor,
PETER B. ECKERT, Leacock.
Secretaries
Abram. Shank, City,
Alf red Sanderson, City,
B. J. McGrann, Manhole' Twp.,
William A. Morton, City.
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The Convention then proceeded to make general nomi
nations fur delegates to the State Convention, as follows
R. R. Tehudy, Warwick,
John McSparran, Drumore,
lion. Gee. Sanderson, City,
Samuel H. Reynolds, City,
William Hayes, Jr., Little Britain,
A. J. Steinman, City,
Col. Daniel Herr, Columbia,
William H Eagle, Marietta,
H T Shultz, Elizabethtown Bor., •
James Duffy, Marietta,
Dr. Teens C. Weidler, Upper Leacock,
John T. MacCionigle, City.
At this point HENRY SEUPFNER, Esq., arose and moved
that the delegates this day elected be instructed to vote
for the nomination of Gen. GEORGE B. Moamar+ for the
Presidency. The motion was agreed to.
The Committee on Resolutions, through the Chairmen,
Mr. TEIIIIIDY, then reported the following:
Wnseeos, An unscrupulous Administration, having the
disbursement of thousands of millions of dollars for public
expenditures, have exercised for tne control of the action
of the people in elections, not only the vast patronage to
which it Is rightfully entitled, but a patronage Increased
to an Indefinite extent by the appointment of Provost
Marshals and deputies, Federal police, secret and open
government spies and detectives, and a host of other
official dependants, unknown among the functionaries of
the Republic and unanthorlaed by law;
Ann Walesa& this vast army of Executive dependants
have been aided In controlling public opinion and coercing
public commendation for official imbecility and Republican
tyranny, and a free people, in this trying emergency or
their government, hove been denied the right to a free
press and freedom of speech, tuna compelled, on the peril
of incarceration, without hope of a trial for an indefinite
time, to keep silent or commend the official corruption
—political and moral—which is ulcerating the heart of
the country; therefore
Ruolred, That the Democratic party having boat all
confidence In those who call themselves the government,
will condemn a frantic and corrupt Administration. and
stretch forth their arms to rescue from a fanatical and
incendiary policy the Constitution of their country, and
announce to those wielding authority that'• the ultimate
power of the government la with the people," whose judg
ment mnat and shall be respected.
Resolved. That as the Constitution has boon the only
guide and light to the Democratic party in times paat, we
now recognize In war, as iu peace, no other standard by
which to judge of measures, and no other guide or light
for our political action; and that we recur with pride to
tho uniform fidelity with which the Democratic party hex
anstahsed the Union, the Constitution and the laws, and
we repel with utter contempt any imputations coming
from men who openly denounce the Constitution as
league with death and a covenant with hell," or assail the
integrity of the Union by insidious attacks upon the ele
ments cf Its organization
Resolved. That It is the deliberate opinion of this Cot:Lew--
ties that the party in power does not intend to preserve the
Constitution as received from our fathers, and is not con
ducting the war for thin purpose, but for the purpose of
revolutionizing the domestic institutions of the South,
and of establishing a new government of despotic power
on the ruins of the uld Union.
Resolved, That we are opposed to the doctrine of Feces . .
sloe ao a crime against us and agalto,t the Union, and
that we always, have been and are still determined to
defeat its purpose; but we are also opposed tr all inter
feronc-e of the National Government, or Its officers, with
the local and domestic affairs of the several States ; and
we aro opposed to the assumption of any assumed powers
by any Department of the government; and we are opposed
to any and all efforts on the part of the Administration to
continue the war for the purpose of subjugation or eman
cipation'
—opposed to all interference by military author
ity with civil elections—the substitution of bayonets for
ballots ; and filially, that we are opposed to all enemies of
the Constitution and the Union, whether found in open
rebellion at the South, or insidiously at work at the North.
Resolved, That In the contest in which the two sections
of our country are now engaged the interests, Welfare and
comfort of the great mass of our working people are for
gotten; and while office holders, contractors and publishers
of Abolition papers are fattening upon the plunder of the
public treasury, the blood and property of the producing
classes are wantonly sacrificed in a desperate struggle to
reduce American working men to the level of the African
Negro. That thousands of lives have been sacrificed,
homes made desolate, and helpless widows and orphan.
everywhere mourn in poverty over the reckless policy
which those In power have pursued.
Resolved, That the gallant soldier. who have sacrificed
the comforts of home for the hardships and dangers of the
field, to preserve the inatiletions established by Washing.
ton and his comparriota, are entitled to the solicitous care
of the government, and we pledge them our best efforts to
promote their welfare and secure full justice to them on
all occasion..
Mr. Wel. ilicComeaT said that as the times were perilous
and new ideas and fanatical notions constantly springing
up,great care ebeuld be taken inithe kind of platfirm which
the Convention laid down. Ho was, therefore, for the
consideration of the resolutions separately, and made, a
motion to that effect. adMIAL 11. HJITNOLDB, Esq., opposed
the motion, on account of the want of time. He hoped
the vote would be taken on the resolutions as a whole.—
Mr. MoCostuv's motion was not agreed to, and the reso
lutions were then adopted as a whole.
Mr. WILLIAM N. GIBSON offered the following additional
resolution:
Resolved, That the Democracy of Lancaster county are
umthathiedly opposed to the further prosecution of this
war for the freedom of the Negro, or any other unconsti
tutional object; and that we are unwilling to degrade the
glorious Stars and Eitripos, the pride of our Revolutionary
circa, to make it the ensign of Negro equality; but as
Democrats we demand negotiation, reconcillatioia and
peace.
Mr. EU - MOLDS opposed the adoption of,thie resolution,
not because he wu not in furor of the prinotplee enunci
ated, but he thought it wu embodied In spirit and =b
utanes 1n the resolutions of the committee. The resolution
wan not ovoid to.
thei - prottee — ari Eo Welt delegate
to the Ftsto Convention, with the Rflo.lng reetat:
R. R. Tehudy had
John ileSpainan
Cleo. landeram ••
Samuel /I Reynnlda ••
Wililem Hayes, Jr., ••
A. J. Steinman
23
Col Daniel Herr " IS "
William R. Eagle i. , 9 `.
11. T. Shells " 30
James Duffy 12
Dr. Isaac C. Weidler " 17 "
John T. illaeGonigle " 10
Twenty-two rotas s ere necessary WS choice. The Sec—
retaries agreeing In their tallies the President announced
the - selerthn of all the delegatu• on the first ballot, as
follows
Senatorial
ORO. SANDERSON, City,
SANIBEL H. REYNOLDS, City.
Repruessfatise:
R. R. TSHUDY, Warwick,
H T. SHULTZ. Elizabethtown Bar.,
JOHN ?dcSPARRAN, Drtimore,
A. J. STEINMAN, City.
Joow T. Macflorucitz, Esq., than offered the following
resolution, which was unanimously adopted :
Resolved, That the Democratic party assembled this 16th
March, 1884, at Fulton Hall, City of Latium:der, do hereby
express our unqualified admiration of the conduct of the
officer" and men of the 79th Regiment, P. V., and hereby
tender our sincere thanks for the bravery they have dis—
played upon all occaalons in which their services have
been needed.
After empowering the delegates to fdl any vacancies
which may occur In their number, the Convention ad
journed sine die.
ANOTHER CALUMNY EXPOSED
Every Abolition paper in the Union has
probably by this time given circulation to the
calumny which originated in the Washington
Chronicle, (Forney's paper,) or the Tribune,
(we are not certain which,) charging General
M'araddi with having had a secret interview
with General LEE, the night after the battle
of Antietam, during which Lee informed him
that the rebel army was then crossing the Po
tomac in retreat. The story was published
on the authority of one Waldron, who it was
alleged was present at the interview and heard
part of the conversation between the two
generals. Waldron was, by order of the War
Department, apprehended and taken to Wash
ington, where he has been for several days in
custody of the Department, fur the purpose of
getting his testimony under oath to the
published statement. In this they have failed.
The man will not swaar to what he knows to
be a lie, and what the Chronicle and other
Abolition papers knew to be false when they
printed it.
The New York Commercial's Washington
•
correspondent says :
" The charge that General M'Clellan had a
secret interview with General Lee the night
after the battle of Antietam has proved to be
a fiction of a disordered brain. The person
who made the astounding statement is a Mr.
Waldron, a Marylander, who is a schoolmaster
by profession, and who has in years past been
somewhat addicted to drink. He has been in
the custody of the Sergeant-at-Arms since
Wednesday afternoon, but refuses to make
under oath the statement he had furnished for
publication He has also other stories of a
marvelous nature, one of which is that he was
for some time employed night and day by
Secretary Chase in the preparation of a new
finahoial scheme, which has no foundation in
fact."
In the Tribune's Washington items we find
the following:
" It is stated that the detectives who have
had Waldron in charge have got from him a
confession in writing, that he was drunk when
he told the story of the interview between
M'Clellan and Lee, and that he puts on John
Barleycorn the entire blame of troubling the
War Department and the War Committee to
investigate the matter."
THE RESPONSIBILITY
There is no doubt that the President is
chiefly responsible for the disasters of the war
—for the lack of such success as our numbers
and resources would naturally warrant. He
it is who controls everything and constantly
interferes with and mars all the plane of
Generals in command. He alone is reeponsi•
ble fur the late terrible disaster in Florida ;
this is beyond all question. He appoints and
removes Generals for political reasons alone,
and indeed directs the war solely with an eye
to:political, party, and personal ends. in a late
debate in the Senate, Mr. JoaxsoN, of Mary
land, boldly charged this and it cannot he
truthfully controverted. After charging him
with the responsibility for the Florida disaster,
Mr. JOHNSON said :
" Who placed Burnside in command and
removed him? The President. Who Hooker,
and removed him ? The President. Who
visited the army from time to time, for the
purpose of directing its movements? The
President. Generals came to Washington
from time to time for the purpose of having
interviews with the President and carrying
out his orders. The honorable Senator from
Maine said truly that when gentlemen charged
disasters to the Army of the Potomac, they
should recollect that the man who managed
the Army of the Potomac was a western man
—that man was the President. When that
army stood on its own resources it had always
been successful, but when it acted under the
orders of the President, from some cause or
other-4 he is no more of a soldier than us
—it haS always met with disaster."
MISCEGENATION
We have received. says the Greensburg
Republican, several Abolition publications
advocating tba new (angled doctrine of "mis
cegenation," so called after Greek words which
signify to mingle and generate. These are
revolting appeals plainly put in favor of
amalgamation by union of white womeTwith
negro men. The subject is too revolting for
discussion, and not the less so that the fanati
cal leaders who now control the Republican
party, are determined to drive the decent
members of that party into support of, or, at
least submission to, these beastly practices.—
One of these pamphlets has this:Shakesperean
motto—
"The elements
So MILD in him that Nature might stand up,
And say to the world, 'This was a man !' "
and proceeds to state its propositions thus :
"1. Since the whole human race is of one
family, there should be in a republic no dis
tinction in political or social rights on account
of color, race or nativity.
"2 The doctrine of human brotherhood
implies the right of white and black to inter
marry.
"3. The solution of the negro problem
will not be reached in this country until pub
lic opinion sanctions a union of the two races.
4. As the negro is here, and cannot be
driven out, there should be no impediment to
the abeorption of one race in the other.
"5. Legitimate unions between whites and
blacks could not possibly have any worse
effect than the illegitimate unions which have
been going on more than a century in the
South.
'• 6 The mingling of diverse races is proved
by all history to have been a p( sitive benefit
to the progeny.
"7. The southern rebellion is causA less
by slavery than by the base prejudice result
ing from distinction of color ; and perfect
peace can come only by a cessation of that
distinction through an absorption of the black
race by the white.
" 8:It is the duty of anti-slavery men
everywhere to advocote the mingling of the
two races.
9. The next Presidential election should
secure to the blacks all their social and, po
litical rights; and the progressive party
should not flinch from conclusions fairly de
ducible from their own principles
"10. In the milleonial future the higheEl
type of manhood will not be white or black,
but brown ; and the union of black with
white in marriage will help the human fami
ly the sooner to realize its great destiny."
RIOT AT MEADVILLE.-A disgraceful riot
took place in Meadville on last Tuesday. It
began by a quarrel between a number of re
cruits and the employees at the railway
station, one of whom, named Skelly, was
shot in the groin, ioflicting a dangerous
wound. Soon after, Robert Short, a Venango
county recruit, while passing up Chestnut
street, was shot in the back, the ball following
one of the ribs to the front, whence it was
extracted. The railroad emplo3ees and others
then assembled in strength, and brutally beat
four or five peaceable recruits. Pistol shots
were freely exchanged, and several citizens
narrowly escaped the balls.
LOOM. DEPARTMENT.
H.ECEPTION OP THSI 79th
Vieduestiay lam Wad a gala day in toe his
tory of good old Lancaster. The 79th !Legit:omit,
Laneaster'e own favorite, Col. linnar A. ii.s.st
awmar, returned to the city after an absence of two
years and a half. The reception was the grandest
ovation ever witnessed in thls oily.
At 9 o'clock the !daunt Joy tram arrived at DII;
lereilie with the Regiment on board, and at that
point they debarked. The arrival was some three
or four hours costlier than expected, bat the booming
of cannon and ringing of bells announced the arri
val home of the war-worn and scarred veterans, and
but a few minutes elapsed before our streets were
crowded with people. the City Councils, different
Societies, Fire Department, etc., moved from Centre
Square at 10 o'clock to the junction of the Pennsyl
vania Railroad, Wilere the Regiment was escorted
into line.
IL was fully an hour before the procession was
ready to start, and in the meanwhile the Regiment
bad marched up the pike from Dillervide, and were
drilled and exercised in a variety of manomvres,
much to the delight of the thousands of persons con
gregated to welcome them home. The officers of the
Regiment and the City authorities, during the inter
val of the formation of the procession and the taking
up of the line of march, were handsomely . enter
tamed by that whole-eouled and hospitanle gentle
man, PATRICE MCEVOY, Esq., at his residence on
the Harrisburg Turnpike. the unrivalled Band of
the Regiment, (the old Fenoibles',) added much to
the joyousness of the occasion by their soul-stirring
music.
At 11 o'clock the line of procession was taken up,
in the following order :
Chief Marshal—Col. John 8.. Buchman.
Aids—Col. 0. J. Dickey, Col. D. W. Patterson,
Capt. tieo. Musser Lieut. D. li. Beitstiu, B. J. MA-
Urania, William diner, D. H. Meynolds, J. Metzger.
City Cornet Baud.
Mayor and City Councils.
Board of School Directors.
City Clergy.
Faculty and Students of Franklin and Marshall
College.
CB.) , .Fire Department.—Chief Marshal—Capt
Henry B. Ma maker.
Atae—Dr. J. T. Baker, C. J. Plitt.
Friendship—Wm. Frailey, Marshal.
Dun—Robert libehholtz Marshal.
Union—Chas. A.liamilati, Marshal.
Washington—Henry Nagle, Marshal.
American—S. H. Price, Esq., Marshal.
Humane—Henry bhuffiebonom, Marshal.
Dhi ler—John Frio., Marshal.
Red Men—Ea-saati-ko-nee and Red Jacket Tribes
in regalia, with banner, with two boys dressed as
Indian Juveniles as tassel bearers—J. 11. Miller,
Marshal.
Ancient York Masons, in fall Masonic dress and
regalia—O. Widmyer, Marshal.
Committee of Reception.
71/th Regimen; Band.
Sub-Committee of Reception—Messrs..Lewis
Hal
dy, John Reese, Andrew Menzel' and Daniel Wiesen,
who escorted the Regiment from Pittsburg.
Carriage containing toe Chairman of Committee
of Reception and the venerable Gen. Frederick
liambright.
The .I:lnturning Veterans—Nine Companies of the
79th P. V., Cu. H. A. liumbright commanding.
staff Officers mounted.
Stoll and Wounded Soldiers in Carriages
Citizens generally.
The 79th carried the splendid stand of colors pre
sented to them over a year ago by our citizens, and
they attracted much attention on account of their
tattered appearance.
The procession moved over the route previously
designated, and the streets and houses were crowded
with people. The waving of kerchiefs and smiles of
the fair sex and the enthusiastic shouts of,..weloome
of the sterner sex made glad the hearts of the veter
ans. We noticed several times a pleasant smile on
the stern countenance of the gallant lisosnaionr.
The display of bunting along the route, and in fact all
over the city, was very fine. A number of the pub
lic buildings were beautifully festooned and deco
rated; the windows of the headquarters of the Young
Men's Democratic Association tad numerous mot
toes inscribed on transparencies, and a number
of flags floating from the same.
A little before one o'clock the procession arrived
at Fulton Hall, and here the grandest scene of all
took place. W hen the Regiment marched into the hall
the stage and side seats were filled with ladies, who
waved their handkerchiefs, and the men returned
the welcome by giving nine thundering cheers in
true military style. The hall was gorgeously fes
tooned and decorated. Over the stage the words
Welcome Home" were worked in evergreen, and
at the sides were portraits of Washington and Jack
son. The taste displayed by the committee of ladies
and gentlemen in the decorations of the ball was
worthy of all the praise bestowed upon them.
Five long tables, the full length of the hall, con
tained the collation for the veterans. It was the
handsomest public entertainment ever given in this
city. Before partaking of the collation, the welcome
ceremonies took place. After the Regiment had
filed around the tables, Dr. 11.12NItt UARPENTSR,
Chairman of the Committee of Arrangements, ex
tended the hospitalities of the occasion iu the fol--
lo win. , remarks;
Cot. Hanieright, Officers and Members of the
79th itesnrn.ent, with the Oilier Soldiers here pres
ent : behalf of the city authorities—under
whose supervision—with the assistance of your
wives, mothers and sisters, and the ladies around
yi , u—whose approving smiles are greeting you—this
collation has been prepared, and we tender you a cor
dial and hearty welcome to this festive board. 1 will
also add that his Honor, Mayor Sanderson, as/the
representative of the whole community, will say a
few words of welcome on behalf of all your fellow
citizens.
A prayer was then offered by Rev. F. W. Cotia.st),
after which Mayor SA.NDERSON delivered the follow
ing welcome speech: -
Harnbright, Officers and Soldiers of the
Seventy-Ninth : It is recorded in history that
when the Spartan mothers sent their sons to battle
in defence of their country, their parting injunction
was to return with or upon. their shields; in other
words, never to desert their standard or turn their
backs upon the foe—to prefer death before dishonor.
1 have sometimes thought that it must have been
with some such feeling as this that your mothers,
wives, and sisters gave you the kiss of affection and
the parting farewell on the memorable Sth of Octo
ber, 1861, when you bade adieu to home and kindred
and friends, for the patriotic purpose of risking your
lives in defence of your imperiled country. And
it is with great pleasure thao am able to add that,
like the Spartan youths of ancient times, you return
to the kind embrace of loving friends with your
shields in your hands, and with the proud conscious
ness of never having turned your beaks to the foe,
or done a single act which would bring reproach
upon yourselves, or disgrace upon the fair fame of
the noble old county of Lancaster.
But the Regiment does not return as it went away.
The two years and a half that have elapsed in the
history of this war have fearfully thinned your ,
ranks. You left your homes for the tented field a '
thousand strong; you return with three hundred.
Disease in the camp and on the long and weary
march, and death and wounds upon the battle-field,
have done their work. But the braves who rest from
their toil beneath the cloths of the valley, far away
from kindred and home, are not forgotten by their
admiring countrymen and countrywomen whom
they left behind. They , died in a glorious (lame,
fighting for their country, and the perpetuity of our
inestimable institutions, and their names will be
recorded in the Nation's history long after their
bones shall have mouldered into dust.
To the survivors who are with ue on this festive
occasion, to-day, and to their gallant and accom
plished commander, we offer our feeble tribute of
gratitude and esteem. Yon, gentlemen, with the
noble men of the Seventy-Seventh and other officers
and soldiers here present, who represent Lancaster
county in the armies of the Union, have faithfully
and tearlessly sustained the stars and stripes of your
beloved country on many a hard-fought battle-field.
The bloody conflicts at hhiloh, and Perryville, and
Stone River, and Murfreesboro, and Chickamauga
and Chattanooga, and many other minor engage
manta, all attest your undaunted courage and noble
bearing in the midst of carnage and death. Nor is
it, to be wondered at, that, in the midst of one of
- -
the most desperate battles in which the Seventy.
Ninth was engaged, when the Union lines were hard
pressed by the enemy and almost ready to yield,
the fact of your noble and chivalric commander
drawing the old weather-beaten flag from his bosom,
and waving it along your line, inspired you with
almost superhuman courage, and stimulated you by
One desperate effort to turn the tide of victory in our
favor.
. .
Your friends at home have watched the movements
of Lancaster county's own ltegimeut with intense
solicitude, and have deeply sympathised with you in
all your hardships and dangers ; and they have the
unbounded gratification to know that, during the
whole time of your arduous and dangerous service
in defence of the country, you conducted yourselves,
not only as brave soldiers and fearless patriots, but
as gentlemen and good citizens. Your fellow-citi
zens know all this—hence the enthusiastio reception
you meet with at their hands, irrespective of party.
The ladies—Uod bless them—ever foremost in
every good word and work, have been mainly in
strumental in getting up these bounteous refresh
ments spread before you. They, too, feel proud of
your gallant bearing, and have cheerfully assisted
the City authorities in giving you a proper reception.
To know that you have thoir smiles and their appro
bation will nerve your arms to strike still harder
blows for the Union, and when you return to the
field, after your brief furlough shall have expired,
you will be doubly encouraged to still bear aloft the
glorious old flag of your country, and do and die,
if
need be, in distance of the great charter of our liber
ties, as handed down to us from our patriot fore
fathers.
Veterans of the Seventy-Ninth! I bid you God
speed in your patriotic mission. May a merciful
and kind Providence preserve your lives through the
perils that may yet be in your pathway ; and when
this cruel and sanguinary war is over, the Union re
stored, and the bow of Peace again spans our politi
sal horizon; when we shall again be one people,
with one Constitution and one destiny, then may
you, one and all, be permitted to return to your fire
sides and homes to again receive the enthusiastic
welcome which will greet you from the people of old
Lancaster.
And now, Col. liambright, officers and soldiers of
the immortal Seventy-Ninth, on behalf of the City
Councils and the people of this city and county, of
all parties, I bid you a hearty welcome home, and
invite you to partake of the feast prepared for you
by your fellow-citizens. And may the blessing of
heaven rest upon you.
Col. ILLYDR/GHT in reply briefly thanked his fel-
low-citizens for their great and gratifying reception.
lie introduced to the assemblage Private EDWIN R.
llisarrist, of Company E, who, on behalf of his com
rades,,delivered an eloquent speech in reply to the
Mayor.
The Regiment and their friends then partook of
the collation, and the old saying of the ‘• tables
fairly groaning under the weight of good things"
received its fullest application on this occasion. The
Mayor presided at the head of the centre table, and
on his right was seated Col. ILLYBIUGHT, and on his
left the veteran (}en. FREDERICK ILIYBRIGHT,
father of Col. H.
After the collation was over the Band favored the
audience with some of their ehoicest music, and the
Glee Club of the Regiment sang several appropriate
songs in fine style.
One among the pleasant incidents which °centred
in the ball is worthy of note. The son of Mrs. 0.
J. PHELPS, a bright little fellow in his fifth year,
had a splendid bognet prepared, which was presented
to Vol. Hammes:. The Co l onel gracefully ao.
ilkOwledgedtbagift t The mu* faihisLinias am*
„highly delighted.
Cho presence of the veteran Gem HAKOZIGIT,
of Pittsburg, was an interesting feature of the
salon, The old gentleman is now in his 78th
I,year, bat his general nealth, we are glad to learn,
is excellent, He was warmly greeted by his old
friends and fellow-citizens and oordially retsipro.
• • ted the feelings entertained for him. lie will re
, sin in the oily for two or three weets.
Lien the ceremonies at the hall bad been oan
oludai, the Regiment manned to (Aiwa* Ovate,
and ware exercised in the drill and:went through a
variety of evolutions under the direetion of the tkolo
nel. It was the tituyersid sentiment of the multi
tude of spettatore that d - Ana locking body of
men and such perfect drilling had never been wit
nessed in this city. Toe unexceptionable conduct
of the men was &id° generally remarked. After Its
drill the order "break ranks" was given, and the men
disiersed quietly to their homes.
iHh 79ril AT ildliktidßUlttli.
The 79th, irons Hs far-famed reputation, attracted
great attention at the Capital of the state. in_ the
senate on Tuesday Mr. tlaaMPltara offered the fol
lowing resolutions, witiolt were unanimously adopted :
Wasassa, the gallant 78th regiment P. V., of
Lancaster county, nu arrived in Harrisburg under
command of their brave leader, Colonel Mambrigni,
after three years of arduous and patriotic servioe :
And whereas, !Ilia regiment has been reduced by
the men lost in battle and disease more than one
half of their original number; therefore '
Resolved, That the Senate of Pennsylvania unan
imously tender a Col. liambright and his commi es Ulan' warm appreciation of 4/Mir gallant and devoted
services to their country; and in the name of the
people of Pennsylvania we givi‘them a cordial wel
come to their homes, and offer them the homage of
our gratitude for their gallant and meritorious ser
vices, which they have so nobly and devotedly given
to the oadas of their oont.try.
Resolved, That Geo. W. liammeraly, Esq., Clerk
of the senate, be requested to present 001. /dam
bright and the men under his command a Dopy of
these resolutions.
The lionse of Representatives also passed a series
of complimentary reiolutious on the arrival of the
Regiment.
The Harrisburg papers are enthusiastic in their
praises of the perfect state of drill and discipline of
the 79th, and tne superb music of their - -Band. The
Regiment made a sweet parade - in 'that city, and
afterwards went through sue drill, iuld . their march
ing and drilling are said to be the .beat by odds of
auy of hundreds of regiments which have been in
that city since the war commenced.,
HANDeutdir, TEsTIMONIAL.—Mr. FILEDZIL
ICK C. Coats, Superintendent of Norris' Lancaster
Locomotive Works, has lately been the recipient of
a handsome testimonial from the employees of the
Keystone Machine Shops and the MuutiugdOn and
.broad Top Railroad, of which he was formerly Mas
ter Mechanic and Superintendent of Motive YOWer.
The testimonial consists of a fine Double-Back limit
ing Case Gold Watch. The employees also passed
a series of highly complimentary resolutions on his
leaving Hopewell.
Tao presentation oeremouies took place at Hope
well, Bedford oounty, on the 28th of .February. The
Watch was presented on behalf of the donors by Mr.
Marmos H. Mhacaa., of this oily, who made the
following neat speech :
Ma. ennui t 1. fully appreciate the honor conferred
upon me, by my fellow mechanics, in selecting mu
to perform toe pleasant duty of presenting to you,
sir, our late Master Mechanic, tins slight token of
our esteem for you as a gentleman and our hign es
timation of your mechanical ability, with Like /Le
sumac° that every act of yours in an official capacity
and your kind acid manly social intercourse, were of
such a character as to win the affection of every man
acting under your authority so completely as to fill
every heart with sorrow and regret at your depar
ture. To prove this it will be but necessary to take
a glance through the few months of our association
here, and we will fail to discover In a single instance
where cheerful obedience was not the leading prin
ciple of all to whom your orders came, and &jealous
disposition co carry them out to the letter. Now
cheerfulness in the performance of any duty is char
acteristic of esteem and respect for the authority
under which we act, and never fails to produce
those happy results.
The confidence we have ever had in you and your
mechanical abilities, and your willingness at all
times to enlighten us on chat subject, has just
brought us to realize the fact that in losing you we
lose many advantages, and the brightness of our
future anticipations shrouded' in uncertainty. Now,
sir, in presenting you with this token of our affec
tion and esteem for your many good qualities, we
would, if we thought it possible, lay a firmer limn
dation for those living principles of friendship which
seem to fill every breast now present; for it is a 'pit
of the heart and not of the hood alone.
.1. now, sir, in the name and in behalf of the
friends who surround you, present you with this box.
it contains a watch. It is gold, emblematic of
purity, like that friendship which we hope may ever
exist between us.
We pray you to accept it, and with it our moat
ardent wishes for your prosperity and a long and
happy life.
Mr. CVRIE replied briefly as follows:
GENTLEMEN: This sudden bunt of respect and
esteem tur me, this indelible mark of pure friend
ship from my fellow meohanios, has taken me so
much by surprise that .1. scarcely know how to reply
to your worthy representative.
Thirteen months .1 have spent with you in peace
and harmony, and the motive which prompted this
token of your respect cannot be gainsayed. I
therefore receive it with my warmest thanks to you
all for your kind remembrance of me. Its pecuniary
value shall never be remembered in comparison witu
the motives of your hearts that actuated you to this
deed of friendship.
Sir, it is not in the power of these lips to do justice
to my feelings on this dcmision. Allow me, then
to thank you again for your kindness and your good
wishes tor my prosperity. 1, therefore, at your re
quest, thankfully receive this token of your respect,
promising to wear it where it can beat in unison
with a heart that is too full to ever bests= exhaust
ed while life lusts.
TIizATRICAL.—Tue Lancaster Histrionic
Association wore to give an entertainment at Fulton
ball last evening. ilia company is said by those
who have witnes,ed its private rehearsals to be an
excellent one, and doubtless it was greeted with a
full house.
DECEASED.—Dr. J. G. BTEHMAN, of this Cit.,
died on the sth insf., at the residence of Mr. B. fl.
Bnown, near New Orleans, whither he bad gone for
the benefit of his health. Mr. B. was an old friend
and acquaintance, having been a former resident of
Marietta, in this county. The Dr's remains were
forwarded to his father's residence at Marietta for
interment.
APINANTMENTB OF THE PHILADELPHIA M. E.
Comrstistice.—The Philadelphia Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, at its 77th annual ses
sion, which closed in Wilmington, Delaware, made
the following appointments for Lancaster county :
6c.. Paul's, Lancaster, J. F. Crouch; Safe Harbor
and Manor, W. L. Dalrymple; Columbia, H.
Calloway; Marietta, J. liTegg; Mount Nebo, H. H.
Bodine; Mount Joy, J. Stringer; Bainbridge, to be
supplied; Strasburg, J. A. Watson; Enterprise and
Conestoga, W. W. MoMichael and it. W. Jones;
Fulton, L. Benum.
Rev. G. D. °arrow's pastoral charge of the Duke
Street Church does not expire until the next meeting
of the Conference.
DRESS PARADE AND DRILL.—The 79th Reg
iment, Col. iiA.MBRIGIT commanding, had a dress
parade and drill yesterday. They attracted great
attention by reason of their splendid appearance,
correct marching and precision of drill.
To THE CITIZENS Or LANCASTER COUNTY.
WASHINGTON, Maroh 10, 1884.
A vacancy having ocourred in the 9th Congres
sional District (Lancaster county) in the Naval
Academy, I have requested the lion. A. L. Hayes
and others, who acted as an examining board on •
former occasion, to take the same trouble now, which
they have kindly consented to do. All candidates
for Naval Cadet from this District will therefore pre
sent themselves for examination before said Board
on the thirtieth day of this month. The person
recommended to me by them as the most fit will re
ceive the appointment.
THADDEUS STEVENS
The Committee selected by Mr. Stevens will meet
at 10 o'clock, A. M., on the day mentioned above,
viz : the 30th of Marsh instant in the Court lions*,
Lancaster, (Orphans' Court and-immediately
proceed with the examination of such candidate/ as
may present themselves for the purpose.
The following are the essential qualifications de
manded of applicants for the U. S. Naval. Academy:
" Candidates must be over fourteen and under sigh
teen years of age at the time of theexamination for
admission ; must be free from deformity and disease,
and imperfections of the senses. They must be of
good moral character, able to read and write well—
writing from dictation and spelling with correctness
—and to perform with accuracy the various opera
tions of the primary rules of Arithmetic, via :
numeration, and the addition, subtraction, multipli
cation and division of whole numbers.
A. L. HAYES,
J. P. WICK.ERSEAftI,
DAVID EVANS,
Committee.
County papers requested to copy.
NEW BOOKS RECEIVED.—T. B. Peterson it
.Brothers have just published the Life, Campaigns,
and Public Services of Major-General Geo. B. Mc-
Clellan," the Nero of Western Virginia, South
Mountain, and Antietam, with a full history of his
Campaigns and Battles, and his Reports and Corres
pondence with the War Department and the Presi
dent, in relation to them, from the time he first took
the field in this war until he was finally relieved
from command, after the battle of Antietam. With
his Portrait. Complete in , one large volume of 200
pages. Price 50 cents.- Sent post paid to any ad
dress on receipt of 50 cents. Price to canvassers,
$3.50 a dozen, or $25.00 a hundred, sent on receipt
of the money. For sale at Westbaeffer's Book Store.
" The Lady's Friend," for April, is on our table,
and a capital number it is. It opens with a charm
ing steel engraving called " Barry and his Dog."
This is followed by a beautiful Double Fashion
Plate, also engraved on steel in the beat style. Then
we have two companion engravingswhloh will touoh
the hearts of all mothers, called " The Wanderer "
and "The Restored," together with some choice
music, and the Novelties, Work Table and Flower
Department are all illustrated by finely executed
Wood Cuts. The literature of the number is also
excellent.
Published monthly by Deacon and Peterson, 319
Walnut St., Philadelphia, at $2 per annum, in ad
vance.
CLERGYMAN ON TRIAL.—The Methodist con ,
ference at Altoona had before it the case of
Rev. Mr. Kepler, one of its ministers, charged
with a breach of the churoh discipline, in
preaching the divinity of slavery, and a strong
effort was made to expel him. Before the
matter reached a vote it was settled by M. K.
agreeing to withdraw from the conference
without making any attempt, personally ei
through his friends, at defense. Had the
reverend gentleman preached Abolitionism
and advocated the divinity of " miscegenation,'
he would have established his orthodeal *rid
loyalty beyond all question, and not sullied
himself to trial for ' a breach of the church
discipline."