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And the guard of its spotless fame shall b•
Columbia's chosen bend.
"CLING TO THE CONSTITUTION, AS
THE SHIPWRECKED MARINER CLINGS
PO THE LAST PLANK, WHEN NIGHT
AND THE TEMPEST CLOSE AROUND
HIM."—DernEL WEBSTER.
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matter without delay.
The Virginia Campaign
There is but little intelligence of
a reliable character from the Army
of Virginia, except the fact that,
after four weeks trial, General
GRANT has abandoned the North
Anna route to Richmond and has
moved his army on to Pamunkey
river, where he was at last accounts
about eighteen or twenty miles
north-east of Richmond. He has
thus reached the point where General
MCCLELLAN was two years ago, but
with the loss of five times as many
men as the latter did in his progress
up the Peninsula to that point. The
Confederates, it is believed, will
hardly oppose any serious obstacle to
General GRANT'S progress, before he
reaches the Chickahominy Swamps,
which are about ten miles from
Pamunkey.
From General BUTLER'S command
there is nothing new. He is still
closely besieged in his entrench
ments at Bermuda Hundred, and
the Confederate sharpshooters are
becoming very troublesome, coming
close up to the breastworks and
picking off his men behind them.
There is nothing additional, since
SIGEL'S defeat, from the Shenandoah
Valley, nor have we any news of
importance from General SHERMAN
in Georgia.
Sumner Skinned
We invite public attention •to a
short speech of Senator POWELL, of
Kentucky, published on our. first
page. It is oue of the most scathing
productions we have read in a long
time, and the Abolition Senator
from Massachusetts must have liter
ally wilted. under the merited casti
gation administered to him by the
bold and eloquent Kentuckian.
Mr. Marble's Letter.
The letter of MANTON MARBLE,
Esq., editor of the New York World,
to President LINCOLN, which we pub
lish in another column, will arrest
more than the usual attention from
the public. It is a scathing and
powerful production, its forcible
style and fearless denunciation equal
ing the vigorous invective employed .
by the author of the Junius letters to
the Duke of Grafton. It must be a
bitter dose for Father Abraham.
• What a Farce!
We learn from the New York
Herald that the "loyal " subjects of
Old Abe in South Carolina, com
posed of army officers, contractors,
camp followers and negroes, held a
"Mass Convention," at Beaufort,
on the 17th inst.,
and appointed del
egates to the Abolition National
Convention at Baltimore, on the 7th
of June. The delegates selected to
attend and vote for Lincoln are :
General Saxton, Military Governor;
A. D. Smith, Tax Collector; Major
Parker, Paymaster U. S. Army ;
followd next in order by E. S. Ded
ley, Robert Small, Prince Rivers,
Henry Haines, King Thomas and
Sergeant Williams—all contrabands,
or "gemmen of color ;" next Messrs.
Cooley, Dunbar and Robbins, Army
NISGULCIED 00110118 . AND COLDI3. I Few am
Sutlers, and next H. G. Judd, Chief aware of the importance of checking a Cough
Mogul among the contrabands. ' or " Commcn Cold," in its first stage ; that
whioh, in the beginning would yield to a
mild remedy, if neglected, soon prays upon
the Lunge. " Brown's Bronchial Troches,"
or Cough Lozenges, afford instant relief.
KY' Gold was selling at 191, in
Philadelphia, on yesteriCay.
Prepare for the Dra f t . / THE NEW MILITIA LAW.
' The Militia act passed by the last Legit!lat Eire
The draft is near at hind, and no 1
!has been published. It was approved by Gov.
mistake. We learn that the Provost'
Curtin March 30,1864, and is therefore the
in
Marshal has received orders to co-
law. The following synopsis of the bill, a:
mence. the draft for the delinquent i the present time, will be of interest to our
districts in this county, on Thurs- readers:
day next. And this, it is intimated SacTioN 1, Provides that every ableAvedied
in high quarters, is to be followed white male citizen, resident in this State, hf
by another general conscription (for the age of twenty-one and under the age of
300,000 men) on the first of 'July. forty-five years, shall be enrolled in the mini-'
Of course this is all right, and no tia, with the usual exemptions of idiots, luna
tics. paupers, etc.
" loyal " citizen will object to these SECTION 2, That Assessors shall annually,
and a half dozen of other conscrip- I and at the same time they are engaged in lo
tions to "end the war." The re- king the assessment or valuation of real and
bellion must be ut down, if it
personal property, record all names of ,hos
p .
liable to duty, and place a certified copy in
"takes the last man and the last dot- the effice of the county cemmissioners of each
tar" to accomplish the work. The county in the State, and such record shell lie
shoddyites say so, and they are all deemed a sufficient notification to all persons
whose e e n n al l e e s d a i r n e thus
m re o c i i i ir ia ded i t, v h h at en theLh r a . 7 l e i
"loyal." But, then, they want to be
the last man and spend the last dot- iis completed, neseseora shall put up in public
lar themselves ! This iS patriotic on places notices similar to the United States en
their part, and it is treasonable in any fe!iment-
SZCTIVN 3, provides severe penalties for any
" Copperhead" to doubt their disin- .
as - ”essor._ clerk, or cemmissioner, who shall
terested loyalty. , We rather admire refuse or neglect to perform any of the duties
the backbone of these patriots, when provided.
they insist upon a continuance of j SECTION 4 The enrolled militia shall be
subject tone .. active h duty, except in case of
the war until the last armed rebel
war,s.pp suppression
of . t ri e m p s re a v n e d nt t ir
a t i , d f ituh7l;ii„oini,
au-
Father
is crushed under the iron Neel of
Father Abraham, and we insist upon thorities in executing the laws of the Com
them going ahead in their patriotic monwealth, in which case the commander-ia
chief shall order out, fur actual service, by
and ;humane purpose. "No COM
draft or otherwise, as many of the militia as
promise with traitors " is their motto. I necessity demands.
A compromise might put an end to Samna 6, Every soldier ordered out for
their money-making operations, and active duty by the proper authorities, who has
then the sweet-scented "American not some able-bodied substitute, shall serve or
pay the bum of seventy-five dollars within
of African descent " might not be twenty four hours from such time.
elevated to an equality with, or su- SECTION 10 forms the counties into a brigade
periority over the white race—a re- each, where they have a minimum number.
suit for which they earnestly sigh. SECTION 64 provides for armories for com-
But we are wandering from our com
p.
66, When a commander orders his
subject. It is the draft we COM- company for military duty or fa: election of
menced talking about. We urge i officers, he.shall order one or more commis
all our citizens—Democrats, Repub-
sioned officers or privates to notify the men
belongin g ;limo
and
p t i Lt e h e
to company eye
r y
. r such ordered
licans, Abolitionists, Miscegenation
ists, Africans and all—to be ready to notify ;if he fails todrSr. r he shall forfeit
for it when it comes on the 2d of not less than twenty dollars nor more than
June, and also for the next one that one hundred dollars.
SzerioN 67provides for time of notice a
is coming on the Ist of July. What least' •
four days previous to call—ten days for
a glorious country we have under election, and when the company is paraded,
this Shoddy Administration. the cemmanding officer shall verbally wilily
i the men to appear at a future day net exaeed
ing thirty days from time of such parade,
which verbal notice shall be a sufficient
warning.
SECTION 70 to section 81 provides for disci-
One, training. inspection and camp duty.
SECTI , N 82 to 91 provides for rosters, or
derly books, rolls and returns.
SECTION 92 provides fer calling out the
militia in ease ef aver, invasion, iniurreotion,
tumult, or riots. May order out divisiens,
brigades, regiments, battalions. or campanies,
.or may order to be detached, parts of ,eantia
nies thereof, or any number of men to be
drafted therefrom
SECTION 93 provides for compensation, giv
ing pay and rations acme as United States
Government.
SECTION 97 provides that proceedings and
courts martial and courts of inquiry shall be
conducted in all respects as provided for in
the Army of the United States, and punish
ments as in like oases in said army. Provi
ded that the same are not inconsistent. with
the provisions of this act.
SECTION 9a provides that all penalties, not
exceeding one hundred dollars, by summary
conviction before any alderman of a city, shall
be without exception or appeal.
Alas ! Poor Banks
The truth of the old adage, that
when a man begins to go down hill
every body is disposed to give him
a kick, is fully exemplified in the
military career of NATHANIEL P.
BANKS, one of Mr. Lincoln's politi
cal Generals. He was badly beaten
and driven out of the Shenandoah
Valley two years ago, failed in his
invasion of Texas in 1863, utterly
routed, with the loss of halt his
army and all his supplies, on the
Red River during the present cam
paign, and, as a consequence, su
perseded in that command, and now,
to cap the climax, as the subjoined
extract will show, kicked and cuffed
by the Philadelphia Bulletin (a loyal
paper) in its issue of Thursday
evening last:
The series of disasters in Lmisiana, of
which General Banks had the direction, is
over. After losing thousands of men, several
gunboats, and a number of transports, and
after furnishing the enemy with about fifty
pieces of artillery better than any he possessed,
and which were used most effectively against
us, General Banks has evacuated the whole
region of Louisiana west of the Mississippi.
In the whole history of the war there has been
no failure so complete, if we except the
failure of the satne general in the Valley
of Virginia. With the highest respect fir
General Bank's private character, and f.r his
ability as a statesman and a civil fficer, we
insist that his incapacity as a military com—
mander has now been so thoroughly demon—
strated, that he is not fit to be trusted at the
head of an army, and we hope that he may be
allowed to remain in retirement while the
war lasts.
Sensible Advice
The Albany Argus advises the
Democratic members to abandon
their seats in Congress in a body
and go home to "protect their
rights. - It says very truly that they
are powerless for good there. The
struggle they lalVe made to restore
to the chambers their representative
character, and to make the legisla
tive body the organ of the people,
under the Constitution, has been in
vain ; and equally fruitless has been
the effort to expose the corruption
or to correct abuses, or to restrain or
punish usurpations.
We think the advice of the Argus
is proper under the circumstances.
The Democratic members of Con
gress are in a minority in both
branches of Congress and can ac
complish nothing by remaining
there. Better give a loose rein to
the Abolitionists, and let them drive
the machine unmolested. If this
were done we should sooner see the
I end of our troubles, than by any
effort made on the part of Demo
cratic statesmen to arrest its accel
erated speed to destruction.
The Next Presidency
Four years ago the party now in
power complained bitterly against
the policy of the Democratic party
and clamored loudly for a change.
They promised to lessen the taxes, to !
give freedom of speech and the press,
to ensure peace and prosperity, to
secure economy and reform, and
generally to enhance the prosperity
and glory of the nation. Their pol
icy, though evidently sectional and
tending to revolution and civil war,
they declared would produce no such
results. Four years have passed away
and the result of their policy has be
come a matter of history. The peo
ple by looking at the country as it
i is, can now determine the immense
disasters of the change, and as
another Presidential election ap
l'proaches it should be the highest
and holiest aim of every honest man
!to struggle to reinstate the wise
policy of the past, and to avoid fur
ther excesses and ruin. Who is not
now sick at heart as he contemplates
the ruined condition of his country,
and who will be so dead to patriot
! ism as not to lend a helping hand in
making a change for its restoration.
Right!
Governor SEYMOUR has directed
the District Attorney of New York
to procure indictments before the
Grand Jury against all who were
engaged in any way in the seizure
of the offices of The World and
Journal of Commerce. Wonder if
this will include Messrs. LINCOLN,
SEWARD and STANTON ? The out
rage was committed, we presume,
by their order, and therefore they
should be held responsible.
PLAIN TALK
Mr. CLAY, of Kentucky, one of the mew.
bars of Congress eleoted by the influence of
the bayonet, said in a recent debate in the
House that " the property of his constituents
had been stolen from their plantations—not
only negroes, but stock and everything else.
The negroes which were valuable were taken
into the military service, while the useless
slaves, and women and children aro supported
at the expense of government without a parti
cle of law. The government protected .its
officers in stealing negroes. He knew it to
be true. He had suffered himself, and to the
truth of this he would swear in a court of
justice. He asked for nothing but what tha
law and the constitution gave him, and when
these rights were trampled under foot he
would raise his voice against it." He also
said that " the contrabands were dying in
camp of all diseases ever described or imag
ined. They were rolling in filth." And ad
dressing the radicals, he addled " Such is
the result of your system. You care no more
for a negro than you do for a horse. You are
purchasing these negroes with bountier to
save white men. My patience is worn out
I would rather be a slave holder than robber,
stealing all over the country. The system
inaugurated was worse than the original eye
tem of slavery. More money is required to
carry it out than it costs to clothe the slaves
of all the South."
ARCHBISHOPS APPOINTED
The Rt. Rev. MARTIN JOHN SPALDINO has
been tramferred to the Archbishopric of Bal
timore made Vacant by the death of the m et
Rev. Francis Kendrick. Bishop Spalding
was born in Kentucky and is now about fifty
five years of age. Ile was consecrated Set
tember 10, 1848, sines which time he has
presided over the Dioceses of Louisville. He
is the author of several standard theological
works. The Province of Baltimore was es
tablished in 1789 and extends over a large
portion of the United States including the
Dioceses of Philadelphia and Pittsburg. 'the
Right Rev. John McCoskey, let Bish. , p of
Albany, has been selected to till the Archbish
opric made vacant by the death of the most
1 Rev. John Hughes.
HOW TO RESTORE THE UNION
The New Orleans correspondent of the New
York Tribune thus states an unpalatable truth:
"If our friends at - the North choose to
amuse themselves with the idea that L
iana is reclaimed and again loyal, we ought
not to complain of so cheap an entertainment.
In truth. under the mild sway of Governor
Hann, who was elected by several thousand
majority, there is so much of Louisiana in the
Union as is covered by our pickets. Outside
of New Orleans, no Union officer or citizOn
can ride alone in safety two miles.from the
Mississippi, except where our organized sol
diery move."
That is the way war will restore the Union.
Vice la humbug !
Disfranchising White Men.
We have always predicted that
the next step of the Abolition
party would be to deprive poor white
men of voting. The other day, in
the Senate of the United States, the
proposition was actually made.—
Senator MORRILL, of Vermont, pro
posed that the right of suffrage in
the District of Columbia should be
given to all whites and blacks who
possessed a freehold of $2.50, and
denied to all others ! Many of the
Abolition Senators were afraid to
meet the issue, in this form, just at
the present time. Mr. COWAN, of
Pennsylvania, protested that new
and distracting questions should not
be brought forward now. The evi
dent intention is..to postpone this
matter until Lincoln is re-elected, if
he can be, when look out for the dis
franchisement of poor white men.—
, In no other way can they hope to per
manently bind upon the shoulders
of labor the burden of their gigantic
public debt. In no other way Can
white men be reduced to- that con
, dition of ierfdom that already exists
in some, of the military departments
now presided over by Laticothes
satiaps.
LOCAL DEPARTNE3rr.,
NOBTEtauP • ii LECru . iiE.—The third' lee
tura of the course, under the auspices of theung
Men's Democratic Association, was deli red
at Fulton Hall, on Thursday evening last, by (iv?
Noanntor,Esq., of Philadelphia; and notwithstanda ,
ing the rainy, dismal dreariness of LIR night those
who attended (among whom were a goodly number
of ladies, who were not to 'be deterred from hearing
the truth by the fury of the elements) were suffici
ently repaid by the brilliant mental feast which
was given them within the walls of the. hall.
The audience, however, was good sized and made
up iu enthusiasm what it lacked in numbers.
The subject, "How a free people lose their Liber
ties," was handled in a masterly manner, and could
not fail to change the opinions of the most dogmatic
' adininietrationist, nor fail to awaken the more de
based and supine of the same belief in this most
truculent and demoralized age to a fearful sense of
what has been accomplished in forging the chains
of the past three years, and what may be expected
if a continued submission is guaranteed to blast the '
hopes and aspirations of a free-born, once proud,
high-toned, tyrant-scorning and defying people.—
The prophetic mirror was unveiled batore their eyes.
The bold, earnest, heart-awakening and soul-stir
ring eloquence of the speaker touched sympathetic
hearts, producing its proper effect, and the applause
at times was almost deafening. New England's
sophistries, cunning, fanatical theories, and pocket
filling warriors were fearlessly exposed ; a want of
faith in Chase's irredeemable currency and in the
payment of our fabulous-sized debt was apparent ;
the greenback patriots and shoulder-strapped lack
eye, liveried tools of a would-be despot, received
impressive hints ; the word "loyalty" woo explained
to the satisfaction of all who had any patriotism
within their breasts; the preachers of war, mam
mon and all their necessary unrighteou.sneases, who
are bringing the very name of Religion and its holy
mission into derision, were shown up to the con
tempt which they so justly deserve ; and the Old
Joker of the White House received that attention
whash his hypocrisy and vulgarity necessitates.
Retaliation for outrages on the persons and pro
perly of Democratic citizens was forcibly commented
upon. The crawling sycophancy of Lincoln and
Seward to the French Emperor in the Mexican im
broglio, and the degrading position of the United
States in the eyes of Europa through these worthies'
doings, received merited castigation. The election
of Negro delegates from South Caroline to the Bal
timore Lincoln Convention of 'June 7th was spoken
of in such a manner as to mantle the cheek of every
white man with shame when reading the infamous
proceedings of the Miscegenation Convention at
Beaufort. h nth Express' reporter denies the truth
of this. For th , , proof of it he is referred to the
New York Herald of Thursday last, where he will
find the names of the delegates as well as the pro
ceedings of the disgusting affair. j
Be intimated that Peace (horrible word to Shod
dyitee) was the aim, the hope of the country, and
the only ground-work of a necessary reconstruction
of this now divided nation, dissevered for New Eng
land's benefit, to enable her to coin 'filthy lucre out
of the blood, tears and decaying flesh of the people,
and to soothe the ears of her manufacturers so that
they would sleep to the delightful music of the sighs
and groans of the wounded and dying. The finished
eloquence and incontrovertible logic of the address
was incomparable nod worthy of the high encomi
ums passed upon it.
Mr. N's appearance is very striking and prepos
sessing, of fine physique and graceful manner.—
Duriog his stay in the city he woe the guest of IL
B. Swears, Esq., and after the lecture he spent a
short tior,, at the hospitable mansions of lien. lino.
M. STiriNuali and WILLIAM CARPENTER, Esq.,
where his social qualities and conversation did not
fail to confirm the impression which his lecture had
made. We trust to hear his voice soon again in our
good old Democratic city.
DEATLI or JAMES L. YoUNGMAN —Mr. JAMES
L. YOuNGAIAN, for many years the courteous and
efficient Baggage Agent of the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company at the depot In this city, died, after
a lingering illness, on Friday morning last, at his
residence un West Chesnut street. Mr. Y., because
of his generous, warm-hearted disposition, had a
host of devoted friends, who will long regret his de
parture to the unseen world of spirits. f moral
took place on Sunday afternoon, and was largely at
tended. the remains were interred at the Lancaster
Cemetery.
C 'BTUS CHRISTI —Corpus Christi, on Sun
day last, was appropriately commemorated by the
congregation of the St. Joseph's German Catholic
Church, St. Joseph's street. A procession took place
at 9f o'clock, A. M., in which the Sunday School
children led off, each little girl being dressed in
white, wearing a wreath upon her head, and carry
ing a small basket of flowers, which were strewed
along the route. These were followed by the Socie
ties of the church, the choir ("haunting a hymn of
praise, the pastor, Rev. Mr. SCHWARTZ, bearing the
crucifix, and walking under a canopy borne by four
members, and the congregation generally bringing
up the rear. Interesting religious services were con
ducted at different altars on the route, and whilst
the procession was moving the bells of the church
kept up a merry peal, The services were witnessed
by a great number of people.
LITERARY EXHIBITIUN. — Tue 29th anniver
sary of the Diagnothian Literary Society of Frank
lin and Marshall College took place at Fulton Hall,
on Friday evening last, and came off with the usual
eclat attending College exhibitions, The stage was
beautifully decorated with flags and hung with fes
toons and wreathe of evergreens, surmounted with
the Society's motto, "Virtue crowns its followers,"
in Greek letters. The weather being propitious, a I
crowded audience testified the interest felt in the
exercises, and the numerous baguets thrown from
fair hands to the speakers of the evening must have
been exceedingly flattering and inspiriting to the
young gentlemen who were the recipients of the
same. They all acquitted themselves handsomely.
The first exercise was a Prologue, written by Rev.
Samuel Phillips and delivered by Faxxx E. LICIT
! 'TY. Unfortunately, we were not present in time to
hear it, and cannot therefore judge of its merits,
but have no doubt that Mr. L. did not let the fair
fame of his native city suffer in his hands, and feel
confident that he did full justice to the subject.
The next address on the “Metamorphism of Uov
ernm'ent," by H. U. BRUNNER, of Norristown, was
able, fervent, and enunciated the true ideas which
thought, stun) , and a white man's brain alone are
able to produce. Of course some of his manly re
marks were exceptional to the Shoddyites present,
who endeavored to express their disapprobation
thereat—but we imagine the attempt was a failure,
for their geese-like propensities were drowned in
thunders of applause. They had better subside on
such occasions, and with more propriety reserve
their blacksnake hisses for their den in north Queen
street.
Mr. L. WANNER'S Oration on "Dante" and his
. _
inspired poetry was peculiarly Arm and, perhaps,
the gem of the evening in that special line of delin
eating the true poet and hie poetical heroism.—
Dante's love for Beatrice was of course touchingly
portrayed, and his tiod-like poet nature extolled.—
We think, perhaps, Messrs. BRUNNER. and WA.N.NER.
were the best speakers of the evening, and in ges
tures and easy manner they were to all appearance
faultless.
Mr. JONATHAN CESSNA'S Oration on the "Inva
sion" was a somewhat flowery history of last year's
raid and the battle of Gettysburg, but the imagina
tion of the speaker will not be borne out by the
facts of the ease. We were surprised at some of the
statements made, such as' that the rebels devastated
cities and towns and committed robberies as they
entered our State, and • that Gettysburg was the
Waterloo of America. Now the facts are known to
all, that the discipline of the Confederate army was
perfect, that no outrages or destruction of property
were committed, except in one instance, and that
Waterloos have multiplied in infinite number, if
the Gettysburg battles be designated as such, as for
instance the late terrific fighting in the battles of
the Wilderness. He also made an allusion to this
being a war for j reedom, by which he doubtless
meant a war for the freedom of the neg,ro ! Mr. C's
address no doubt delighted the Loyalists present, as
it astonished us. His language was fine, voice good,
and! he was generally correct in the minor particu
lars of the oration.
"Columbus," by EDGAR C. HEED, a eulogy on the
discoverer of America, whose fertile mind, indomita
ble energy and fearless courage achieved at last the
success which for years seemed hopeless and denied
to him. Mr. It is a pleasant speaker and gave a
glowing, truthful tribute to woman, who is always
the helpmeet of man, and especially his consoler and
supporter in the time of despair, as witness Isabella's
sacrifices to ensure Columbus the means to perfect
his gigantio undertaking. The oration of Mr. It
was very gracefully delivered.
"Monumentum Perrenius .‘Ere," by H. C. Barr
BAKER, an oration on monuments, theoretical and
otherwise, requiring a strained effort to divine what
the supject would finally lead'to t. but as usual the
unfortunate Abolition proclivities. of the speaker
were irrepressible and came out before many sen
tences had passed from his lips. It seems strange
that such a pleasant fellow as CLAY should be so
full of the hallucination of the past few years as
not to be able to keep quiet for this occasion only.
He, however, found a good many congenial spirits
who warmly applauded his remarks, and the Demo
crats present, being the natural friends of free
speech, and unacquainted with the accomplishment
of hissing, (the science which belongs to that party
which absorbs all the honor and decency of society,)
listened in dignified contempt. The redeeming
features of the oration were forgotten, for brass ap
pears to be more enduring than monuntents of the
past, and the favorite theme of the speaker than the
warning voice of the buried greatness of a Webster
or a Clay.
"Poland," an Oration by Mr. J. J. PENNEpACK
ER, was the concluding exercise. This somewhat
hackuied theme seemed to gain new life, vigor and
original thoughts from Mr, 8., and but for the low
toned voice ot the orator, which prevented hearing
Many of the sentiments, would have been received
with all doe appreciation.
SUPREME COURT DECISIONS.—In the Su
preme Court for the Middle District, at Harrisburg,
opinions were delivered on Tuesday last, in the fol
lowing cases taken up from this county :
Gettysburg Railroad Company vs. Kohler, et ma.
Lancaster county. Opinion by Strong, Justice.—
Judgment affirmed.
Erisman vs. Trustee of Lancaster county. Lan
caster county.. Opinion by Thompson, Justice.—
Judgment affirmed.
Bucher and Burkholder's Appeal. Lancaster
caster county. Opinion by Strong, Justice. De
cree of Orphan's Court reversed.
Grubb et. al. vs. Brooks et. al. Lancaster coun
ty. • Opinion by Thompson,Justice. Judgment re
versed and new trial awared. .
Harter vs. Bomberger. Lancaster county. Opin
ion by Read, Justice. Judgment reversed, and
judgment for plaintiff on verdict of jury.
tibroder et. ux. vs. John klatz'a Executors. Lan
caster county. Opinion by Agnew, Justice. Judg
ment reversed and judgment entered for plaintiffs
in error,
Stoner vs. Hunseoker. Lancaster county. Opin
ion by Agnew, Justice. Judgment affirmed.
Gross vs. Leber, use of Wiedler. Lancaster exam
ty. Opinion by Agnew, Justice. Judgment re
vented'and new trial awarded.
Shaeffer vs. 61eisenberger. Lancaster county.—
Opinion by head, Justice. Judgment affirmed.
'A 'RUTTED. OA 'Wednesday last, on motion
of Mr, Livingston, John.B. Good, Eq. ) was admit
ted to praotioe se an Attorney at Law in the several
Hoists of Laniaster county. And on the same day,
on motion of Mr. Hood, A.lllllll J. Eberly, Esq., was
11 49ildwittla to PreStOo
.
Ex-PRISIDUNT BUCHANAN has donated $2OO
to the Great Central Sanitary Pair to be held In
Philadelphia. -
CASUALTIES IN CO. G. 2n REG . T. Pstire.!.„,
ReauttvEs.—Sergt. Win. Brighton. captured ;
John S. Lytle, captured; private John_P olok,
captured; Corp. Franklinl3,Jonairgionnded in the
•
ElZE;iiii
RESIGNED —Brigadier General ANDREW
Ponesa, recently mustered out of service as Briga
dier General, has resigned his position as Colonel in
the regular army.
MERITED Coy eta VENT.— A correspondent of
the Cincinnati Gazette, in giving an account of the
recent battles in Sherman's command, pays the fol
lowing tribute to Col. iiAMBIUGHT, of the 79th :
This estimable gentleman and faithful soldier
accompanied the brigade while charging, under
command of Col. Scribner, and was struck by a
piece of shell in the side. There was universal
regret in the army over his misfortune, for few men
are more highly esteemed for his multitude of shin
ing qualities of heart and head than Colonel Ham
bright."
CASUALTIES TO LANCASTERIANS IN THE LATE
BATTLES.—The followthg is a list of killed and
wounded, from this county, of the 99th Pennsylva
nia Volunteers in the battles of the Wilderness:
May sth. Killed—Corneline Winters, G ; and W.
A. Winner, A. Wounded—Richard Miller, A ; Ist
Sergi. Wllliam.Thomas, B; Sergt. W. F. Bicknell,
B; James Coyle, B; David Hanum, B; George
Lockhart, C ; Bernard Murray, A ; Andrew Bender,
1); George Snyder, E; Charles Cooper, E; J. D.
Clark, G; William Runyon, G.
May 6th. Killed-2d Lieut. C. Smith, D; Christ.
Fry, D; Jacob Keller, D. Wounded—J. W. Hull,
A; 2d Lieut. W. Bachman, C ; Sergt. James
Gerlach, D ; Fred. W. Knorr,D; Jacob Burr, D.
May 7th. Wounded—Chares Bechtel, D.
May 12th. Wounded—Sergt. M. M'Grann, A;
Sergt. C. H. Fosnacht ; Erhart, Landis, (since dead)
Frankhauser ; Reed ; Snyder, G ; Sergt. A. Garri
son, C; Philip; Goohnour ; Long; Wolf; Gettler ;
Winner. Killed--let Lieut. Henry L Geisart, D ;
Vocht, D. Missing in actibn—S. Musick, A; Sieg
ler, A; M. Hannam, B ; Sergt. John Wender, D ;
Adam Getz, 1); Fletcher, D.
May 14th: Wounded—D. McKeever, B.
PETERSON ' S LADIES' NATIONAL MAGAZINE,
for Jane, is embellished with a beautiful steel en
graving entitled " Caught in a Shower "—also a
splendid Fashion Plate, " Morning Canter," Home
Dress, Evening Dress, Children's Fashions, and aiay
number of patterns for Ladies' Dresses,
The reading matter is also of the most chaste and
entertaining sharaoter.
Terms of the Magazine only $2 per annum.
THE I itP&NDING DRAFT —AN IMPORTANT
TABl.S.—Below we glee en ofticiAl statement of the num
ber of men which each delinquent district in this county
is required to furnish in the draft which has been ordered
for the second ul June These credits are made up to
May first, but all recruits obtained up to day of the draft
will be duly credited to the resnective districts.
NiMI OP Ptll-DISTRICT
1. Adamstown..
2
Hart
1. Breckno •k
5 Clay ......... ....... ......
6 Cucalico Fast.. ........
7. Cocalico West ...... ........
8. Columbia 'doper
9 Columbia Lower
10. C lerain
11 tonoy
12. C,nestoga
Dcuegal Rast
.14. Douegtil West
15. Drunaore
16. Eall
17 Earl East
18. Earl West. .......... ........
19. F. fen
20. Elizabeth township
21 Elizabethtown borough
2:2 Ephrata
23 Fulton
24 llerspfieltl East
Hotel:field We5t..........
26. Lancaster tourtishit....
27. Lancaster. N. W
2S. Lancaster, N. W. W
29. Lancaster, W
39 Lau carter, A. W. W
31. Late peter East
32. Latnueter 'Ne5t...........
33 l.eacoek
'4. Leneock Upper
35. Little Britain .
Manor. .
37. Marietta ...
38. Man rteim b0r0ugh......
39. 711antioitn township.-
4t. Manic . .. . .
41. Mount Joy borough...
42. Mount Joy towerbip..
43. Paradise. .
45. Pequea . .
46 Providence ...... .........
47. Ranh°
48. :+s , lsbury . .
49 Saliahury. .
Straaburc bcruuch....
51. Strasburg township
53. Waebinctr.. ..
—There is a miitakii in the above table in ',ward to the
City. quoin is tell in all the wards. and the reason
it is t.I tannounced is. because the corrected toile
hey.) iibt yet hewn returned from the proper aft ce at
Wsshingtou. They aie excieeted in every mail by the
PIOVOAI Marshal of this City.
COMING TO THEIR SENSES.
We observe some indications of the preva•
leneo 'of Copperheadism in distinguished.
11-ipublican quarters. For example:
The Supreme Court of Vermont has
declared the soldiers' voting bill of that State
unconstitutional, so far as it relates to the
election or State officers."
Again, Senator HALE, of New Hampehire,in
speaking in the Senate, the other day, of the
eff a•t in Congress to annihilate the State banks,
said the object would be more easily. under
stood if the measure were put in this form :
•' And be it farther enacted, That all those
instruments heretofore known as State consti
tutions be, and they are hereby, abolished."
And again, Senator DOOLITTLE, of Wiscon—
sin, on the same occasion, said :
"I do not yield to my honorable friend
from New Hampshire in my sincere respect as
well as my deep and settled conviction in the
necessity of this government, as well as the
Stare governments themselves, maintaining,
preserving, and defending all the rights of the
States under the constitution of the United
States. I believe in State rights,:eir; that they
are expressly mentioned, reserved, protected,
and defended in the constitution itself, and as
they are reserved by our coustitution, protect
ed and - defended, I believe in those rights,
and as a citizen of the United States and as a
citizen of a State, I feel bound to respect and
to defend them."
Now, all this is Copperheadism in its most
malignant form. Neither 'Vallandigham nor
Powell nor Fernando Wood has ever breathed
worse Copperheadism. Can it be possible that
the Supreme Court of Vermont, and Senator
Hale of New Hampshire, and Senator Doolittle
of Wisconsin, are turning Copperheads ?
BU rLER
The New York Times yesterday devoted
more than half a column to show the utter in
competency of Benjamin F. Butler as a mili
tary commander. His recent defeat in the
expedition south of Richmond after his vain
glorious despatCh that General Grant will ,
not be tr , übled with any further reinforce
ments to Lee from Beauregard's forces," has
clearly demonstrated his entire ignorance of
military matters. He lost the first battle t f
the war at Big Bethel—since which time he
has been engaged in cotton speeulatimi at
New Orleans, making war on dogs at Norfolk,
and playing the petty tyrant generally, when
ever an, opportunity offered to display his
peculiar ability in this line. It is difficult to
tell what the Administration will do with him
now. By all odds the meanest, the most cor•
rupt, and the most degraded being that ever
wore a shoulder strap, in this or any other
country, it . can scarcely be possible that any
farther 'confidence can be reposed in him by
Mr. Lincoln ; and we would look for his com
plete disgrace, if it had not been for the start- I
lmg announcement in the Time's article con
•temning him, that "possibly the Government
has not felt at liberty to govern itself by purely
military considerations—has felt that, to avoid
ill-feeling and disc rd. some heed inust be patd
to political favorites." This frightful acknow
ledgement on the part of Mr. Seward's organ,
leavt.s us almost without hope as regards the
future status of this miserable charlatan, and,
at the same time, indicates that the had men
at Washington have been thinking much
more of their party than of the country:
Under such a state of things even Butler may
look for preferment, and thousands more pre
cious'lives may he sacrificed by the retention
in the service of one who is a disgrace to the
country and is held in scorn and contempt by
the whole civilized world.—Phila. Age of
Friday.
THE DANISH WAR--AN ARMISTICE
The last foreign arrivals bring us the im
p'rtant intelligence that an armistice has
been effected between the Germans and Danes.
It was procured by the interfere . nce of Great
Britain, which ordered a heavy fleet to the
Baltic and threatened to attack the Germans
in ease they refused an armistice. A Copen
hagen dispatch announces that a truce for one
month, from the 12th,,has been concluded.
The allies will remain in possession of Jut
land and the Danes of Alsen. The blockade
of the German ports is raised. The Confer
ence met again on the 12th, and after sitting
three hours wljourned until the 18th of May.
TARMY CORRESPONDENCE. PREIEDOINOP THE PRESS.
I,ie first of a series of letters promised as by ea To His Excellency, Abraham Lincoln, Prat&
esteemed friend oonneeted with the Army of the
. e dent of the United States
,Cumberland is given this week. "Ajax" is. a
graphic: and interesting writer, and we know SIR : "That the King can do no wrong"
,:
our readers will peruse his letters with avidity : is the theory of a monarchy. It is theory of
ca
Bs* Georgia a constitutional republic that its Chief Maple-
May 18, 1864. trate may do wrong. In the former the nun-
EDITORS lerrsx.woresoza—e e i: try are responsible for the King's acts. In
Dux, Sins : Fulfilling promise Iproceed hurried- the latter the President ie responsible for the
ly to indite a few lines, giving a brief account (ao- acts of his ministers. Onr. Constitution ad
<Admits and incidents connected therewith,) of oar
mite, that the President may err in. providing
" trip" to the "sunny South." Though Veteran
Soldiers, engaged in more battles and skirmishes for a judgment upon hie doings, by the w
ilt= any other regiment extant,—endured more ple, in regular elections. In providing for
hardships and privations—l confess with throbbing hie impeachment, it admits that he may be
hearts and tearful eyes we " bade adieu "to the •, •o f
, " scenes of our childhood," parents, relations and gouty crimes.
friends, to enter the bloody arena again. Along In a government of laws, and not of men,
the entire route all was hilarity and glee, fan and the most obscure citizen may%. without indeo
fro tral i n °' co u n n tal l ne v d re tw n e eared
regim M en a ts, mtb jfith il lt e a ' . M aria 11.71:11' corum address himself to the Chief Magi*.
Ohio,) when puffing at the rate of 12 miles an hour, trate, wheh to the Constitution whence you
midnight, darkness reigning sup reme, b y some .. sm . dCrive your temporary power and he the
avoidable circumetance" the rear car became de- guaranty of hiii perpetual rights, he has con-
I taehed, whilst the main train proceeded in regular inaptly paid his unquestioning loyalty, and
1 routine and " brought up " at a water tank to re-
when to the laws, watch your duty is to care
,fresh and invigorate the "Iron Steed." Uncon
scious of oar renegade neighbor who took the re- for a faithful execution of, he has rendered
sponsibility upon himself to "shake of the iron entire obedience.
yoke of Despotism" and go it upon his own wheels, IF the m'itter of his address be that in his
whose velocity and rage increased as he sped on, person, property and rights, the Constitution
(being down grade,) dashing voluptuously upon us
like a tamed gladiator, bringing to a sense of duty has been disregarded and the laws disobeyed;
the sleepy inmates. All was consternation, oommo- if its appeal to the principles of justice be no
tion and confusion. " Fired into " vociferated from more earnest than the solicitude of its regard
every lip, and instantly was heard, above the din of for truth, and if the manner of his address
confusion, the clarion voice of our gallant Colonel, be no less temperate than firm, he does not
"up and load!" and in five minutes after com
mand all were ready. Silence ensued for some time, need courtly phrases to propitiate an alien
and no enemy approaching, a detailment of six men ties hearing from a magistrate who loves his
from each a )mpany was made to skirmish surround- country, her institutions, and her laws.
ing hills to detect the lurking foe. During their In the World of last Wednesday mornin g
absence an investigation as to damage was instituted,
when to our horror and regret the refractory oar was published a proclamation, purporting to
was found " bottom upwards" down a declivity of be signed by your Excellency and counter
twenty feet, perfectly docile, " resting at ease." signed by the Secretary of r.;tate, appointing
One man was killed instantly, two mortally wound- a day of fasting and prayer, and calling into
ed, (who have died since,) and twenty-five more m ilitary service by volunteering and draft
were pretty well " skinned," though of no danger
ous character. Skirmishers returned, " all aboard," four hundred thousand citizens - between the
whistle sounded and away we go,with nothing further ages of eighteen and forty-five. That proola
occurring to mar the pleasures of the occasion, reach- [nation was a forgery, written by- a person
Mg oar destination, Chattanooga, on Saturday, who, aver since your departure from Spring-
May 6, with "spirits as buoyant as air." Rare we
field tor Waehiogten in 1861, has enjoyed
remained Saturday and part of Sabbath to receive
clothing and rations, leaving in the afternoon, with private as well us public opportunities for
"our budget of sin" on back, (knapsack,) for learning to oeunterfeit the peculiarities of
"Buzzard's Boost," a range of mountains run- your speech and style, and whose service for
ning north and south, deriving their name from the -
fact that they are literally infested with said birds, years as a city editor of the New York
, who roost and breed there. " Johnny Reb," having Times and upon the New York Tribune ac
somewhat of the mating nature in him, took ad- quainted him with the entire newspaper
vantage of this lofty position, and making agrees- maohineey of the city, and enabled him to
hie overtures with his friend "Buzzard," perched insert his clever forgery into the regular
himself on the same roost, quietly awaiting the sr
rival of the "Blue Bellied Yanks," ready to pounce channels by which we receive rows, at a time
upon them. How successful he was in this under- when competent inspection of its genuineness
taking the sequel will tell. Our regiment ' hove was impossible, and suspicion of its authen
in sig ht" of toe "Roost" about 2 o'clock in the . ticity was improbable. The manifold paper,
afternoon on Monday, and endeavoring to reach the
resembling in all respects that upon which
foot of the mountain—out of cannon and musket
range—met with a warm reception. In passing i we nightly receive from our agents news, and
through a skirt of wood,—"Johnny" having full I from the Government itself orders, announce
view—we were saluted with copious showers of l merits and proclamations, was left with a
leaden missiles, warning us not to approach or dare , •
night clerk about 3 or 4 o'clock in the morn
molest their sanctuary. in this attempt two of our '
men were slightly wounded, but the heroic Colonel I log, after the deparareure ef every regiponsi
praised onward and forward, (inward nature from hie editor, and was at once passed into the
, boyhood,) and safely reached a desired point. Un- hands of the printers, put in type and pub
flinging knapsack, Ac., ready for an attack, or any Tolled. No 'newspaper in the country but
other emergency, a sharp, shrill roar, and lo: " can
-1 ‘;‘•,,iild have been deceived as we were I
Meter and grape,"—unwelcome visitors among sol
diers —were simultaneously introduced, much to °Jr misfortune Was complete. At an early
our c hagrin,' one of which striking the limb of a I hour, however, before the business of the city
tree under which our Colonel was seated, glanced had fairly begun, it was discovered that we
downward, hitting him in the side, and, as I under- had . • ,
imposed ;moused upen, and were being made
stand, breaking two ribs. So coolly did the ,' war
worn hero " take*, that not the slightest indica- to appear the instruments of a deception of
Sons of the wound were visible upon his counts- the public. There was no delay in vindicat
e nance. He deliherately took a cigar out of hisg og . our character.
Our whole machinery for
" pocket, lit it, and gracefully puffed away, as though s
• ,reading news was set in motion instantly
nothing had happened. By compulsion was he 4
taken from the field; and when prostrate upon a to announce that we had been been deceived
"stretcher," defiantly raised his head and addressed by a fergery —that your Excellency had issued
Adjutant Bodie as follows: " Take special care of tie proclamation. The sale 4 papers over
the men—see that their wants are all supplied. our counters was Affirmed. Our bundles to
, And here,—pulling a small silken flag from his : , •
n
" bosom—take good care of this, and use it to a
,d
the Noa bound fir Europe that day Were
vantage." 1 - Who so vile, so vituperative so slander- stopped. The owners arid purser's files were
2 ous, so ungentlemanly, after reading the above, as stopped, and the agent. ;if the line was in
to dispute, or even doubt his loyalty. It has been formed that the preclam iti •ii was a for,g , ry.
done heretofore, but an appreciating public flung O ur printers and pressmen were brought from
back the foul charge upon the heads of his calum-
3 niators with tenfold fury.] Oa the following day, thßir hon,ns and beds to put in type the seep
after he was taken to Tunnel Hill, he fairly begged . f our miefertune. Our hul:etin boards were
to be sent to his regiment in an ambulance: Of 1.1 ,carded with the offer of reward for the dis
course his situation would not permit it. He is
...,very of the forest ; and to the agent of the
rapidly becoming convalescent, and will soon join
his regiment. During his absence, Maj. Lustier Aseeeiated Pfsee I sent a telegram reciting
officiated, discharging the responsible duties with all the facts, f;r :dm to transmit at once to
8 eclat, honor and satislaotion to all, leading us safely nee rly every daily paper in the North, from
through five days terrific fighting, landing us, as Maine to Calif ;rola. Thue before the Scotia
the heading of my letter indicates, in Ramos, where
,ailed„ before your Secretary of State had
;o we are detailed to bury dead and gather up arms.
i"Buzzard's Roost" was evacuated by the enemy , frlettota brand cd the ferleirY; the wings
to join Johnson's main army, lying fortified and which ,ve had given to Truth had enabled her
7 I entrenched at Resaca,ansjousq bidding us welcome. tn oustrip even where the Falsehood we had ;
,We met them and they are ours." We routed , ~n wi tti ,,,,,k , et
~, f ;
, or, and in utility p l aces
them " horse, foot and dragoon," and they are flying , 'e e ,
before us, like "chaff before the wind." Oa lastthel• had the ['Fedi arrived before father . come
accounts our advance was within three miles of their . to tell hie tale.
rear, and no doubt, a battle has already taken place. , F u r any injury done to ourselves, to the
They are demoralized, and 1 doubt whether they lie-ernment, or to the public, this publicity
so '
will make another stand; if Atlanta will be the '
was ample antidote. It indeed made injury
spot—the receptacle of the dying embers and
smouldering ashes of unruly children. Loss in impassible.
killed, wounded and missing, extremely heavy on But the insult to your excellency was the
both sides, as the bloody strife lasted eve days. We greater in proportion iti the eminence of your
lost one man, killed—Henry Prince, Co. C. When,
statien. Early in the afternoon of Wednee
in the language of Shakespeare, " will these tor
ments cease'?" Becoming too verbose, I close with day, therefore, I went with Mr. Wm. C.
compliments to all. AJAX. Prime. the chief editor of the Journal of
-- - ----- --- , Commerce, which had been deceived precisely
THE GOVERNMENT HAREM. , as we were, to the headquarters of the De-
The Printing Bureau of the Treasury De- ; partment of the East, and we laid before the
partment is appropriately called the harem,
commanding General every clue in our pos•
session which could lead to the discovery of
as members of Congress quarter their mistress ' the guilty persons. All the facts above re
es there. The Newburyport Herald says : cited were telegraphed at once to you through
The plan of empiny4 female clerks in the the Secretary of War by General Dix. I
Treasury Department is a failure through the assert our utter blamelessness. I assert,
infamous conduct of members of Congress, moreover, that I have never known a mind so
whit were not content with keeping mistresses prejudiced in which acquaintance with these
at the seat of government, but obtained them ' facts would not enforce the conviction of our
situations that they might be paid from the utter blamelessness.
National Treasury. This is a depth of infamy Here was the absence of an intent to do
that the whole world cannot bear. The very , wrong ; here was an antidote for an injury
walls of the dens of beastly licentiousness in unwittingly assisted, more complete and
Paris will blush at this depravity of human effectual than the injury itself; here was
nature when they hear the tale. alacrity in search of the wrong-doer, and
The Washington correspondent of the assistance rendered to your subordinate to
discover the author of the insult done to you.
Springfield Republican, another Administra-
.. With these facts set fully before you by the
tion organ, says of this matter : General commanding this department, you
This rumor. which I have alluded to, impla reiterated an order for my arrest and im
eating members of Congress, may turn out! prieonment in Fort Lafayette; for the seizure
groundless. It ought to, but I fear it won't.'- and occupation of The World office by a
After the scene on Pennsylvania avenue on military guard, and the suppression of its
Saturday night, when an honorable Senator ' publications. The Journal of Commerce, its
was beaten over the head by a strumpet, it ! editors and publishers, were included in the
will not be hard to convince the public that same order.
almost anything may be expected of a member I believe, though I cannot state of my own
of Congress - knoyvledge ' that to the commanding General's
The Senator alluded to is the lion. Jim riesei'tion of our entire blamelessness it was
Lane of Kansas, and it is stated here that the'', owing that the order for our arrest and
woman who smashed his hat over his head ; incarceration was rescinded. But the order
was a young lady whom be had basely seduced. ' for the suppression of the World was not re-
This part of the story is perhaps an exaggera- , scinded. ' Under your orders General Dix
tion. sent a strong military farce to its publication
I sometimes wonder how many of these office and editorial rooms, who ejected their
members who voted to investigate Chase's occupants, and for two days and three nights
character for chastity can show a clean record held possession there, injuring and abstract
in the same respect since they have lived in ' ing some of their contents, and permitting no
Washington 1 However, let the investigation ;
one to cross the threshold.
go on. If one-tenth part that is told of Clarke Not until Saturday morning did this °teen
be true, he should be kicked out of the (mune ; pation cease. 'Not until to-day has The World
try. ' been free to speak. But to those who have
The stir on this suljeot will do good. I ; ears to hear its absence has been more eloe
wish it could go far enough to show the people quent than its columns could ever be.
of the country the real character of more than ; To characterize these proceedings as un
one of the distinguished gentlemen here. precedented, would be to forget the past his
-Washingtou never was quite so villainously tory of your Administration ; and to °beret,-
corrupt as it is at the present time. , terize them as shucking to every mind, would
In the palmy days of Southern rule—of be to disregard that principle of human
slavery—there was not one-half the corruption . 'nature from which it arises that men submit
here that there is now, and it is not the " old ' ting once and again to lawless encroachments
inhabitants," hut among the new population. of power, with every intermission of a vigi-
It is a consequence of this war. , lance which should be continual, lose some
thing of the old, free, keen sense. of their
true nature and real danger.
Charles weals doubtless advised to, and ap
plauded for, the crimes by which he lost his
crown and life. Nor can you do any such
outrageous, oppressive, and unjust a . thing
that it will not be applauded by those whose
prosperity_ and power you have created and
may deetroy. 'l's characterize these proceed
inge as arbitrary, illegal, and unconstitutional,
would ;seem, if such weiehty words have not
been emptied of all significance, to befit bet
ter an hour at which you have not arrived,
and a place where not public opinion but the
authority of law speaks. after impeachment,
trial, conviction, and judgment.
But, sir, the suppression of two daily jour
nale in this metropolis—one the organ of its
great commercial public, the other a recog
nized exponent of the Democratic principles
which are shared by half, or nearly - half, your
fel iowatiti; ens— did shock the public mind,
did amaze every honest and patriotic citizen,
did fill with indignation and alarm every pure
and loyal breast There were no indignation
meetings, there were no riots, there was no
official protest Bat do not imagine, sir, that
the Governor of this State has forgotten to do
hits duty ; do not imagine that the people of
this city or State, or country have ceased to
love their liberties, or do not know how to
protect their rights. It would be fatal to a
tyrant to commit that error here and now. A
free potpie can at need devise means to teach
their Chief Magistrate the same -lesson.
To you, air, who have by heart the Consti
tution which you swore to " preserve, protect
and defend," it may be an impertinence to
into those natural and chartered rights therein'
enumerated, among which are these : That
the people shall be secure in their persons,
houses, papers and effects, against unreason
able seizures, and that no warrant even shall
-issue, except upon probable cause, supported
by oath, and particulary describing the place!
to be Searched and the persons or things to be
li a o e f f i e E l , e a d l w i b ; withou t due
eva proo p e o s e S
;etryhtyeattothnroespProeerampsertonthe mo st 1
I Oa I J
SERVED HIM RIGHT
On Wednesday afternoon last quite nn af
fray took place in the dining room of the.
National Hotel, in Washington City, between 1
Senator Chandler, of Michigan, and Hon. D.
W. Voorhees, of Indiana, in which the former
came out third best. While they were seated
at the table Mr. Chandler was indulging in
loud denunciations of Democrats in such a
way as to indicate that they were intended to
apply to Mr. Voorhees, who was near him.
The latter arose, and baying that his name
had been used, and that the remarks were
evidently intended for him, requested Senator
Chandler to leave the room with:him. Upon ,
receiving a rude and defiant answer, he severe
ly slapped Mr. Chandler's face. The latter
rose and struck at Voorhees, whose arms had
been caught by a friend of Chandler's, when
Mr. Hani3egP.o, a friend of Voorhees, in
terposed, and was in turn assailed by Chan
dler. Mr. Hannegan struck Chandler with a
pitcher, and dragged him to the floor by the
hair, and cuffed him, until the affair was stop
' ped by the interference of bystanders.
CAN THIS BE TRUE 'I
The Paris lifoniteur of the Ist inst., coutaine
the following: 'The Government of the Emper
or has received from that of the United States
satisfactory explanations relative to the sense
and bearing of the resolution passed by the
Rouse of Representatives at Washington with
regard to Mexico. It is known that the
Washington Senate has indefinitely adjourned
the examination of the resolution, which, in
any case, has not been sanctioned by the ex—
ecutive power."
Air If the above be trod, then will Mr.
LINCOLN have iktronblesome account to settle
with the Amerietin people.