iw,!&Naitimtammi= '---- - • .- ••••••••••spr , .4 11111 M 4 , 1 • ;,&- , j'i GERAlTspiktlhibliiheibil.: MairrEEM ANNUAL rim OP VIZ MIZEICaIa AGREIVIIRAL SOCIETY, WILL BE HELD AT . Mtif.cls.tx•cosses, wimmEElttitiantnon:pm, Sept.l.4th & 15th,1864. 'IEMUJBMILIC'Cf3IdC DIVISION I.—HORSES. , Glass 1: Stallions and Mares.—Best octillion and one.of his colts, Diploma and ss; !td best, $4; 3d best., $3 ; beat brood mare and colt, 852 d best, $4. Judges—Dr. Ltichrop . of Montrose, R. Hee; James Carmalt. ' Class 2 : Single and Matched Horses.— 13eettldagig‘gelding, over 4 , i ears old, rale iitsthe.conty, $3; 2d jest, $2; best sitigieitiate, raised in the county, $3 ; 2d best,2s4 , befit pair of matched horses, over 3 years old,. raised in the county, $5 ; 2d - best, $2;. best _pair matched mares, o ver 3 years old, raised in the Comity, *5 ; .2d beat, $2; best pair matched horses owned bat not raised in the county, $3. - Judges—Wm. C. Ward, J. C. Morris, R. W. Haywood. Class 3:--Colts and Mules.—Beat p* . 3 year old colcsfs3 ; lest, pah 2year old colts, $2.; best pair yearling colts, $2 ; best 3, year old colt, $2 ; best 2 year old colt, $2; beat yearling colt, $1 ; best pair of mules, $3 ; 2d beat, $2 ; best jack, $2 ; 2d best, $l. Judges—Edwin Bliss, Isaac Vananken, James How.. DIVISION , IL —CiTTLE. - , Class 1 : Devon,—Best devon bull 2 yams old and upwards, 85 ; 2d best, $4 ; • best devon bull between 1 and 2 years old $3; 2d best, $2; best devon cow 3 years olkand upwards, $4; 2d best, $3; best devon heifer between 2 and 3 years old, $3; 2d best, $2 ; beat devon heifer be tween 1 and 2 years old, $2 ; 2d best, $1; best devon heifer calf, $2 ; 2d best, $1; beat bull call, $2 ; 2d hest, $l. —C Judgesharles Wilson, Daniel Stu art, James Casson. Class 2: Durhams.—Best durham bull 2 years old and upwards, $5 ; 2d beat,s4; best durham bull between 1 and 2 years old, $3.; 2d beat, $2 ; best durham cow 3 years old or upwards, $4 ; 241 beat, $3 ; beat heifer between 2 and 3 years 01d,53 ; 2d best, $2 ; best heifer between 1 and 2 years old, $2 ; 2d best, $1 ; best bull calf, $2 ; 2d beat, $1; best heifer calf, $2 ; 2d best, $l. Judges—J. S. Hawley, H. Brown, R. Class 3 : Grade Devons.—Best bnll,s3; 2d best, 2 ; best cow over 3 years old, 3; 2d best, 2 ; best heifer between 2 and 3 years old, 3 ; 2d best, 2 ; best 4 yearlings 3 ; 2d best, 2 ; best 5 calves, 3 ; 2d best, Judges-David Wakelee, Arthur South worth; John Tewksbury. Class 4: Grade Durhams.—Best bull, $3 ; 2d best, 2' • best cow over 9 years old, 9 ; 2d best,s ; best heifer between 2 sada years old, 3 ; 2d best, 2 ; best.four yearlings, 3 ; 2d best, 2 ; best 5 calves,3; 2d best, 2. Judges—lL Halpin, Daniel Seeley, R. B. Birched. Chiss 5 : Natives,--Best. bull, $3 ; 2d beat, 3 years-old, 3 ; 2d -bat, best heifer between 2 and 3 psnrold, 3; 2d best, 2 ; best 4 yearlings, 3; best, 2, ; best 5 calves, 3; 2d best, 2. Jackcs---Alfred McKeeby, P. S. Bab cock, erace Class 43: Oxen and rgteera.—Beet pair working oxen, over 4 years old, raised in the aounty,4sl 2d - best, 4; best pair of steers between 3 and 4 years old, raised in the county, 3; 2d best, 2 ; best pair of, .steerabetween 2 and a years old raised the county, 3 ; 2d best, 2 ; best pair fat, cattle, 5 ; 2d best, 3 ; best single steer or; cow, 4;,2d best, 2.. Judges— 41 Lind Smith, lilannia,o'ertp, 41/(0 E • a : nwIBION lIL lisriie;;Tliestiwar, $3 ; 2d belt, 2 ; best, Best breedipg sow, 3 ; 2d best, 2; beet 4 sinWs Pigs, ~21 abest) be . st: 4 pigs , ' Icsiinlo wpoiro ;014, ; 2d,beit, I.• —Chides Risley, E. G. Babei4c,l Grove. DIVISION. IV. Sbee:p.--Best fine wooled buck, $3; 2d -best,ai. best \ three fine wooled ewes, 3 ,;, 24304,2 ; best 2 fine wooled lainbs, 2 ; best (wane, wooled buck, 3; 2d best, 2; Nest Illooarse wooled ewes, 3; 2d best, 2; -best 3 coarse wool lambs, 1; best middle wooled-baeF,-3; 2d best, 2; best $ mid. , die: L ira:l4W w ee5,..542. .41b6st, 2; test 3' roddleiwooled lambs, 1; best bunk lamb of emb, 2; • • 'Liftedere; Bakewelbh4o, aro clamed as coarse wooled; Saxony, Merinos, &c., " mid atic e l a 4644 Auk , 1 ,. 0 !IA WOK &0., dl Twootegr - Judges—Reif: Tionvi-cifeAry Hand, rick, a Vatoxley„ beb, $2 ; 2d „Poultry...4W bent, ps ; koak and beete *iv% OM' I year' old, 2; 2d %best, 1; _best , eaprityg chickens, 2; Sinai, 1 ; ducks, g; 241 best, • 1. Judges—A. L. Webster; J. T. Lang don, Frederick Coos. epc.o;. Butter and Obeese.—Best firkin or tut) of butter made in June, 4; 2d best, 8 ; best September butter, or tub, 4; 2d best, 3; best 10 lbs. butter matte by girls. under 18' years, 2; best cheese, not leas than 23 lbs. 3'; 2d best', 2. Judges—Stewart Kent, J. P. W. Riley, A. B. Smith. Wines, Quitted Fruit, and Jellies.— Beet grape wine, beat currant wine; , best blackberry wine, beat' elderberri wine, beat cherry wine, beat earned fruit, beat currant, jelly. best, apple jelly, best grape jelly, beat crab apple jelly, each 50 cents. Judges—B. S. Bentley, J. 0. Bullard, John W. Cobb, lira Samuel Bard,. bra. floury. Webb, Mrs. L N. Bullard. Fruit and Vegetables.—Best WI tipples, not less than ale dozen, and at leatit 3 va rieties, ,$2 ; 2d best, 1; best winter ap ples, 'male quantity, 2 ; 2d best, 1 ; best pears, not less than peck, 1; best quin ces, 1; best and greatest variety of vege tables, 1. Judges—Joh 'Blanding, L. W. Barton, Albert Beardsley. Vinegar, Honey and Bugar.—Best cider vinegar, dot less than one gallon, 81; 2d best, 50 eta.; best 10 lbs. maple sugar, 2; 2d best, 1; best 10 lbs. honey, 2 ; 2d best 1. Judges—Rri Gregory, Reuben Barth, David Quick. DIVISION x. Cabinet Work and Carriages.—Beat bureau, $3; best extension table, 3; best ebatnn er sett, 3 ; best doable carriage, 5; best single carriage, 3; best single sleigh, 3. Judges—Win. P. Conklin, LD. Ben son, Emery Culver. Farm Implements and Blacksmitbing. ---"-Best plow, $3 ; best cultivator, 2 ; best corn sheller, 2 ; best straw cutter, 2; best power for churning, 2; best three firkins, 2; best horse rake, 2; best lot of 6 horse shoes, 2; 2d best, 1; best 3 white oak baskets, 1 ; 2d best, 50 eta. Judges—Daniel Tewksbury, John W. Granger, C. Stark. Seeds.—Best bushel of corn in the ear, best half bushel of white winter wheat, best half bushel of red winter wheat, beit half bushel bushel spring wheat, best half biishel of rye, best , quarter bushel of clo ver seed, best.half bushel of timothy seed, best half bushel of Sax-seed, each $l. Judges—Thomas Phinney, Warren M. Tingley, S. S. Ingalls. teatber, &e.—Bost 3 sides harness leather, $2 ; 2d best, 1 ; best 3 sides sole leather, 2; 2d best, r l ; best 9 sides hyper leather, 2; 2d best, 1; beat carriage har ness, 2; 2d best, 1 ; best two-horse har ness, 2'; 2d best, 1; best pair tine boots, 2; best pair coarse toots, 1. Judges—F. P. Hollister, Tracy Haydn, S. W. Breed. ; Domestic Manufactures.—Best flannel, 10 yards, *2 ; 2d best, 1 ; best fulled cloth, 0 yards; 2 ; 24 best, 1 ; best woolen carpet, 15 yards, 3; 2d best, 2; best rag carpet, 15 yards, 3; 2d best, 2 ; best half d ozen pairs woolen Boas, 2; 2d best, 1; best two pairs woolen. mittens, 1 ; 24 best .50,eta.; best piece linen .cloth, 10 yards, 2; best piece cassimere, 15 yards, 2. Stakes— G.. 8. Eldred, Mrs.. C. Stark, Mrs. lino. Johnson, Mrs. Daniel Wade. Fine Arta; Ornamental Needlework, Ikc.--Best , dental Work, 82; 2d best., ; bestispechnen , ofambrotypes,-2 ; 2d beat, -beet patch work quilt, 9 ; 2d best, 2'; Sd best, I ; best quilt of any other kind, t; 2d best, 2; ld best, i; best bed spread 2 ; ,2d best, , I-; best winter bonnet, 1; 24 best; so cm. ; best tidy chair cover, 500. • • itudgea--Mrs. - W. IL Jessup, Mrs. IL F. Turrell,%Mrs. D. R. Lathrop. - DrOOK's xYL Herd id Oattle.—Hast herd‘of cattle, not lesithan - 10, raised and exhibited by on - eman, $5; 2d bog., . Indive—lieng Drinker, F.„31. liatna, Geo. - Nalker. DIVISION ivu..—Xneumnerated Articles. Jud gee --X C. Tyler •W. Turrell, W. A. Crossmon, Mre. G. V. Bentley, "hire. TrieflEfityden,Bonfotivi. • , DirristOrilL Plowing Matcbr4l3o will take Flaw oastraßlPATi •0P174 EMI at 2 o'clacir, p. in., cati the Arm 4)17-4. Tutielkpear Idontrt 41 1 % Tacbgli w i ll feed for tar 45,40 testilowing, $3 3d beet, • floe kiVStonsf .. - • t. i• al , milFrz„ , , : :;,.. ~ , , " r: Tr DIVISION VL pox vu. DPnBION VIII DIVISION IL DIVISION XL DIVISION XII. DIVISION XIII: DIVISIOIV XXV'. DIVISION XV. .:4n.4's_'Z ;-~'7 • I ' / r i 4 .AtoititiatOSE l PA.. THURSDA xct,l2L F 1.0 dam • We have not been permitted to remain long in , ignorancecrthe whys and where- Sneerer thedepaiture of Mr. Chase from -the Cabinet Council. We glean from the Washing ton tokrespOndence of the Phila delphia Inquirer the folloWing, which our patrons will read anddigest : "The causes which led to it havabeen 'brewing for some time. On several oc casions, daring the last six months, has Mr. Chase been on the point of tendering his• resignation, but be has always been held back by his friends. The vile and excessive abuse heaped upon him by the Blair family and their allies have been ex ceedingly annoying to him,. and the more so they had , r to all intents and purposes, the endorsement of the President. So bitter has the feud become; that Mr. Chase declined some time since to meet I Mr. Blair in Cabinet Council, and he has accordingly not attended late Cabinet meetings. When - the President commis sioned Frank Blair as Major General, the same day hiskdenunciations of Mr. Chasd were made in the House, Mr. Chase wrote his • resignation, and was only deterred from handing it over by the earnest en treaties of his friend; and promises that Mr. Blair would be repudiated by the par ty and the Prtisident. The Convention at Baltimore did repudiate thus, bat the President declined to act. During the' last few days, a:successor was to be appointed to Mr. Cisco, Sub- Treasurer in New York Mr. Chase made several attempts to get leading fmancieis, in New York, to take the position, brit 'failed. Mr.' Field, now assistant Secretary, and who filled the po sition of assistant to Mr. Cisco for many years, was selected by Mr. Chase for the position, on account of his eminent fitness tbr the post, and great confidence was re posed in him by the leading moneyed men all over the country. His name was sent to the President, who declined to appoint him, and inforia.' ed Mr. Chase that be wished to do wine thing for' Governor (now Senator) Mir gait, and that ho must select one of tbree men recommended by him. cTo this'Mr. Chase replied that one was over 70 years old, and bad not the necessary vigor and ability. Another was over sixty, bat had amassed a fortune by dealing in lottery policies, and his past associations were not. those which would fit him for the po .sition The third was from the interior part of the State, and although an able and efficient political leader, was a novice in the ditties of an assistant Treasurer in an important place like New York, and was considered by Mr. Chase unfit. fpr the position. He so informed Mr. Lincoln, and stated that unless be could be allowed to select important officers like this from men com petent to support him in his work, he mast accept his resignation, which was hereby tendered. Thiswits yesterday af ternoon. His privito ,Secretary, Mr. Shookes, wrote the reply to the President, Rain the meantime not a word was men tioned concerning the subject by any one. This morning Mr. Chase was in eonsul tation with the Senate finance arid the House ways and means committees, up on his projected new tax bill; when the information came in that his Successor had been appointed, and that the Senate was going into executive session at once, when the Senate closed doors. Considerable time was spent in each one asking the other what it meant ? What next ? &e., &o. None were able to throw any light upon the subject. The Ohio Senators were in profound ig norance of the whole movement, and after BOMB debate, in which Gov. Tod's antece dents and financial' experience were sharp ly criticised by leading Senators, it wait, on motion of Senator Feasenden, referred to.the Finance Committee. This commit tee at once assembled, and not, being able to come to any conclusion, started for the White House to see the President. They spe.nt over an hour there, and learned that Mr. Lincoln was determined to have a new man in . Mr. Chase's place ; that that man should comefrom Ohio,and that Tod was the man. /Ere seemed toward the last,peremptory in this, and the committee left him. , The Senate had in the meantimepostponed the Matter till to-morrow. The feeling alt through the ' Senate was , averse to Mr. Tod, 'Rad" man/ openly declared they would vote sputa bis confirmation. No one from 'Ohio was consulted in the Mat ter. __Governors peuphion and Ilr?ugh are in but, were as much surprised as, any one on biOng of t/id.change. In fpet, ev ery.Otilo man of any note, seems to be :twist Mr. Tod for this position, though there are none but speak highly of him as a.man and a patriot., lifr. Chase skent - ttip afternoon' at his room the Treasury, psl king up;bia pri-. 'Vetepapers:, and sieing feW frieedii . whe 'celled; atnerig was' llteefetaiy Tikni 't he itfat his' halide; and' has lee by 4 large nuMber of inem tieni;Sinitioiv aird otherd.''tie' take& the matter very coolly and was neitt . moreserene in bk life: About' a des patchvab titeeivedtrionig4kfrii&deollii-' titigthbreitidni;butithuildpg tike Preei•'. tan/fat OftliltenOt . dlo7kie."' ' 41r. iz rortior'ee . azil hams a draft''.' Shoulder. , Eittagg. ibrb Negroes. We are' IMAM!' to' 'the'. DOylestatri Deinocrat 'for'the" , follOtiring. 'Our Fend. ere *ill - understand' that Col. Davis;, of the 104th , is the4rop,rietor of the Demo crat, .and has been 'bard service -in the field, having beta:ft:Wee — severely wound ed: • "During the feurdays - of the tempora ry absenqe.of Col. Davis from Hilton Head, cabled by the extreme ,illness of ' Lis wife • Gen. Birney, who is excessively excited by 'what P i erson BroNynlow calls " net, atfoxo on the brain ? " wa s plaCed in com mand of that pe and to show, his ut ter contempt for the White man and his love for the negro,Ne' detailed white sol diers to cook the 'rations of the negro! Fellow-citizens' of Backs county, remem ber when you come to vote next fall for President, Oat. one of Abraham Lincoln's minions, .whsb.does the dirty mirk-of-the abolition party, actually detailed some of your own brethren,frota the 104th 'regi ment to cook thek.rations of the negroes. This is the way they show their contempt for the 'Oita man and place the negro above him. The papers of the Lincoln abolition party are continually lauding the negro soldiers to' the-disparagement of the white troops. This indicates the consideration, the Lincoln and Johnson hes have for the white man. A stranger country might be led to the belief that the negro was a superior race of beings, from the spread eagle laudations of the abolitionists. White men of Bucks coun ty are-made the menials of the negroes I Remember, this." A Terrible Plot Discovered. It is stated on sea good authority that Mr. Seward has prepared a grand coup to demolish the * Democratic party and re elect Mr. Lincoln. He bas invented a splendid plot which is to be orposed, of course, in due time, going to .show that the Democracy are involved in a vast con spiracy to smash things generally. It is is said that a thousand pages of evidence, going to prove the existence of this terri ble conspiracy, has been submitted to Mr. Lincoln, and that a well-known General, once respected, has lent his name td a tis sue of nonsensical slanders upon members of the Democratic party. It is no secret that a vast system df espionage has beeir organized all over the North, and proofs will soon be forthcoming that the mails are regularly tampered with to find evi dence, if possible, against persofis who are inimical to the administration. Why if we have a meal-tub administra tion, whose simple - standard is pay and provender, should we not have a meal tub plot ? History repasts itself with but little variation ; and why should we not minister to power; wreak. private and partisan' vengeance, sport with public cre dulity, and win notoriety and pay in the crooked paths of , espionage, if honest fame is denied him in.other fields?. President Line'Cluj has got up a plot.— He hail set a tame general to work, who has collated eaves4roppingsand'compiled inventions to prove that Demociats are secretly organized to overthrow the gay ernment. The documentary evidence:fills one tbausagdpages, and by. the titue.Lin coin finishes the perusal of another will be ready . of one tbousind more. General Titus Oates has the fertility of Sylvanus Cobb. At the last advices the.sagacions,Lin coin was wondering whit he should do with the plot, and. whether in exploding it he was not, more likely to burn his fin gers than blow up his opponents! 1/0 - Mr. Tiltoxt.sejLie the. Independent of this week : "fir. Setvard'a bell has .alviays " bed a dismal sound in-out ear% and,' since • we are not among his favorites, it may some day ring for us. • When the government lately suppressed . certain • newspapers in this city, we called the act" not a sensi ble measure." Of the Arguelles case we .. take the same view. Of , ,Frank Blair's case"-in which the P resident insulted one cabinet o ffi cer to gratify the family pride of another—we have no better 'opinion. From this statement we judge the. re port, which has obtained „currency, that the fruieperdent , ,iatende to Einstein Nr. Lincoln and the present administration duing the coming canvass, must do - that journal and its editors very great inj nstice- rffirA Question.--Gentlenten of the Republican and Alielition Party! 'What is the matter 'tiriiiticihn Charles Fremont noti; he'ivhe was so 'pei•feet as a Presid ential candidate iti'lBs6LUkiby 'so detesta ble in 1804-iii it Owing , to the Abolition Proclamitiokuibieb . he Issued, and width President Linnoln ilapproßge4 0 0Y, to TO.; issneit'hinsierft ,* • ' • larVitineral - /Andrppf ,jackolonltt-Pro- Fllet.7—ir k ",B4 Aiti..4todro‘OrtelciwA, l ~ tho Atialigoo,p4rtyjo flifikypi ,crgao izati0n.1t1.0.4.4004.1 iovAI4AP IrW9[4:k mem no*Pg giqmor hue J4l* civil war aPta idArsabOOM 3 ett 1 4 0 1 U4. (94..1 1140:tit men .of alt t miles ~ .sbckujiturAo:to:W94l. Abeirilltiwo%lßaarialititludirprinfego ;ready .sloy „ 9N) 4774 Ai oat way sines ti ,„ has been got by bounties. ~.t.~tJ~..e t .~,~7"~'Y~'t' - Vii;itriA*;' qat4clo. Summer_and his fvUewwers may, , prate as loudly as they please abent." theloarbar ism rzf plavery," find Mi* Stowe may rack hu4nation to create a monster like the 'brutal Legre, but, we bad an exhibition in'this town during the eiramjnation of those recently-consoripted, which for in human and brutal haxbayism, we defy any slave mart in the world to Match. A fath er, whii had already pig oneminor son as a substitute to the human , shambles, where he fell a victim , "appeared in our town on last' . Monday, dragging at his I heels two half grown; ill-shaped boys.— They were-all the eons he had,. and he had eontracted, to sell them both as Bub .6;hutea,, They had been, bargained ter by " lomat' nien. The smaller one, almost a mere child, wits prospectively the props of a lond-mouthed - and pestilent Abets tioniat-i-a huge beset of a man, who stood six_ feet two in his stockings and weighed over 20g pounds. This intensely " loyal" and " patriotic" fellow, when his own son, a sturdy, well groWii young man, enlisted, followed him to .ohambersburg, and brought him back home on the plea that he was a minor; and bad enlisted without his father's consent. Yet he is always full of war, and eager for fighting so long as it is at, the expense of the blood of some oneolse than himself or his own family.— Being drafted, however, and wishing to ,lesseu the probability of Such a misfortune befalling him again speedily, and impelled at the same time to save a little money, belied bargained with a brutal father to pay a less sum than three hundred dollars for the body, the bones, the blood, nay, ,more, the hfe of a child. We defy the whole South to furnish an instance of such a disgusting " dicker" in human flesh, or, from among all the disgraced its soil, such a pair of monsters es these. There was .no veil, of pretended - loyalty orSimulated patriotism to conceal the naked hideous ness of this transaction. The father was actuated solely by a sordid desire for gain; the purchaser was moved by the sneaking white-livered . cowardice that forbade his risking his own worthless carcass in a war for the prosecution of which be howls daily, and by the mean selfishness of his nature which prompted him to make a cheap bid when bartering for a human victim. A plot had been made np by the parties to this disgusting transaction by which they' hoped to deceive the board.— The boys were made to lie as to their ages, and represented themselves as older than they really were. So immature and youth ful, however, was the appearance of the little wretches, that the Board refused to believe the statibmenta made to them, even though - the father himself lied as to their ages in order that be might be enabled to effect a sale of his off-spring. They were both rejected for this reason, as entirely too young for the service. The over grown-human brute, who had expected to -save himself in this way, sorrowfully and reluctantly, paid. over his money to save his cowardly carcass for a time, and the wretched' father, after reeling about our streets for a day or so in drunkenness, went home, much disappointed, no doubt, in being balked in the sale of his sons.— There is no coloring about this story, no fictitious glossing. It is true, just as we tell it, and known to be so to the very letter by many - Who Wilfferad this state melt; We need- make no comment.— Human language would hitt° character ize the transaction as it deserves to be.— The concentrated curses of all the devils in bell would scarcely be sufficient to vent 'the fierce 'indignation which ought to move any man on witnessingsuch a scene. We have seen negroes sold on the block in the South-to the highest bidder, but that only involved a charge of service.— , ere 'was a white 'mat!, with one son whom ho Old t dead alretidy, endeavoring to sellitwo more boys- to what was almost certain death. He found loyal abolition ists ready and eager to become the purch asers of cheap substitutes. ,Let us hear no more about the barbarism of slavery, Whin the barbarism of this war can ex hibit' such a revolting spectacle in the light,of beavers on the free soil of Pennsyl- Vania.-- r . Fulton Dem. • • The' New York Independent, a lead ing Lincoln paper, of a recent date says "We-have reached apoint when we are willing to greet the black- man as a sold ier. We must advance to that inevitable goal when we.shillineet ,him as an officer, a Feneral, a ruler—when we shall be un mindful-acids:Was we are now of langu age. ts i stqtil, that the slow progress of the Virkmi campaign has produced in ~ ClllB'9 mind a complete revolution Mi:regarditbiipossibil4 for the ' present .aduaatetration to bricks the war to a suc cessful testa; that hemp clecb*ed in prea 'enee of t46..cabinet t i tipd . that this - bold deoli 'leiltoJaa removal or resigna tion, • a; We.belifivo it will yet be fail,- shown th dhaiiilest faith in Ahrabem, and ip oppooea'ealii,s,ioSle4ion;"nd thereifilie liad • ' ' ' • . q•-•..PeYi:flmiT , Pak. - Prin , 9P 2 91 14 ".X.1 13 *. . 14.1 744 VA* $O O State- 44 s1 Fils:' ; ovf )st gxe th a m i k•RT4i t o f t s ag . bas sent over s6o,bod men to the War. ;.;n:.. -.: ;tOLI3IIIE • XXI. NlKopt.gs tl GEM. DPOLELLLN'S FORESIGHT. The last rebel invasion of Maryland furnishes another instance of the perils which have come upon the country by the neglect ou the part of the administration of the warnings given by General lan in the very first year of the war." Sad the plans of that officer been faithfully carried oat, not one of the four invasions of Maryland would have occurred. After be arrived on the peninsula with his army, and while he supposed General Banks was still under his command, it willbe remem bered that he issued an order to that offi cer for his guidance in protecting Ma r y. land and Washington from any attempt of the rebels by way of the Shenandoah Valliy. He had previously sent Colonel Alexander with directions to see if forti fications could not be thrown up in such of the Blue mountains as would help de tain a rebel army marching into Maryland from that direction. Gen. Banks was dir ected to post his troops at certain points. He was also ordered to keep his cavalry constantly in motion down the valley of the Shenandoah, so as to be warned of any approach of the rebels. This order was dated March 18, 1862; before, in fact, the actual opening of the second campaign of the war. When the administration re lieved Gen. McClellan of control over General Bank's army, they entirely over. looked the wise precautions which he took in guarding the back-door to Washington. In fact, this Shenandoah valley is the true gate for an invasion of the North, as the rebels subsequently discovered, and as General McClellan's wise prescience had foreseen. When Mr. Lincoln himself took the control of the armies out of the hands of General McClellan, in addition to order ing the latter officer to approach Rich mond from the North, he also detached troops frond the Army of the Potomao, which were sorely needed—those under Gen. McDowell—to protect, as he said, Washington. But where did he place these troops ? In the Shenandoah valley? No; they were located at Fredericksburg, at which point they were of about as much use as they would have been in Portland, Maine. The forty thousand men untkr Gen. McDowell were utterly thrown away, as was discovered when " Stonewall" Jackson made his first famous raid up the valley, driving back Banks to the Poto mac river. The troops of Gen. McDowell were utterly useless. "General" Lincoln had ingeniously managed to deplete oar army by just forty thousand men. They were denied to General McClellan, and put in a position where they were of not the elightestuse in defending Washington. The curious reader who will peruse General McClellan's official report will know how clearly ho foresaw, before the campaign opened, that the Shenandoah valley was the true line of approach upon Washington. • He will also remark how far-seeing were the preparations he made to prevent the rebels ever getting beyond Chester or Aldie gaps. It the reader will follow still further the course of the cam paign in Virginia, be will find that what General McClellan foresaw brfore the campaign opened, the administration has not been able to see to this day. They have not only failed to heed the positive warnings of Gen. McClellan, but they •have also failed to profit by the bitter ex periences of the three years of war. Time and again have the rebel armies surged up the Shenandoah valley, carrying desola tion to the homes of the people of Mary land and Pennsylvania, and striking terror throughout the whole North because of the menace to the capital ; yet to this day even the slightest precautions have tot been taken to guard against this disaster. Every time the rebels have advanced upon the valley they have not only not been impeded, but, through-the most profound stupidity,the administration has collected . stores of all kinds at Martinsburg for their special accommodation. We believe it can be proved that in• their various raids up the valley the rebels have been able to procure stores to- the amount of ten millions of dollars at that one point. The northern gate of the valley has never had a sufficient force to guard it, or a compe tent general to retard the progress of the rebel armies. There is probably not in military history so marked an instance of prescience as that which Gen. McClellan 'splayed before the campaign opened; or• so conspicuous an example of downright' stupidity as has been shown by the ad ministration in not guarding the Shenand oah valley so`as to prevent an Invasion of the Northern States. This quality of foresight as to the con duct of the war marked allof Gen.MeClel lan's military acts. If the reader will 'peruse his instructions to Butler, he will find that the latterivas directed, immedi ately upon the capture of New Orleans, to put his army in motion, and take possess ton of Jackson, the capital of Mississippi, and fortify it. If Battler had obeyed Gen. MeOleUan's orders, and had then tak en Jackson and fortified it, the country can understand what fearful losses would have been-saved in the subsequent cam • ignii. against Port Hudson and Vick*. in the very first year of the war, the trans-Mississippi region would have been , eetogr from the confederacy, and all Aliesetticaod stores of Texas would have .hgetwleet. collie rebel armies. Bilt,Bas. bi*A6o4: 41 0 eta riP Neli.Orleuth sad qiumelwa-women and foreign consuls;