THE PRESS.
PUBLIBHXD DAILY (SUNDAYS XXOSPTXD,)
BY JOHN W. FORNEY..
OFFICE. rU, 111 SOUTH FOURTH STREET.
THE 1» AI L Y PRESS,
Twkti Crnth Phr Wkkk, payable to the Carrier.
Hailed to Subscribers out of the City at Six Dollars
f?n Annum* Four Dollars tor Eiuht Months,'
Dollars ros, Six Months—invariably in ad
vance for the time ordered, ,
THE TRI-YTEEKI.T PRESS,
Uallod to Subscribers out of tbe City ut Thsss Dol-
J.*a Pn Ammum, in advance.
SUMMER RESORTS.
CARLISLE WHFIE' SULPHUR
A*/<. SPRINGS, CUM BEE LAND COUNTY, PENNA.
for THERE HUNDEKD VldirOßS.
Tbfe highly favorite Eesort'is now open for Visitors—*
■those who can appreciate grand »c*uery, pare mountain
.air, invigorating bathe, large land well-ventilated rooms,
.good society, and good table. Terms, 37 per week. • For
.particulars apply to . N. W. WOODS,
ijr ■ Proprietor of
Carlisle White SnlphnrSprings*
i?PHJtUT/V MOUNTAIN BPivLNGS.
JL-Li, . LANCABTBB COUNTY, PA.
Tills delightful watering- ol**e having, been purchased
Iby the undersigned, he would inform his friends and the
gjrabHo generally, that it will bo open for the rocoption of
'Visitors on the
. . . ■ » FIBBT DAY, OF JULY NEXT, -
For particulars, please refer to Circulars, which can
be hod at the Continental Hotel, Merchants’ Hotel, and
&lio Union Hotel, Aroh street.
Board, one week or lees, sl.fiO per day; over one week,
«or the season, $7 per week. Children and servants ball
. Those terms are given with the assurance that the ac
'oemmodations ahull -in-every rospoct be equal to any
lothor wateriog»piaoe. .
for four httndrod guests.
The Germania Band is engaged.
jt-mm- - • U. 8. NKWOOMEB.
DEDFORD SPRINGS. A. G. AL
■ Jll LESN respectfully informs the publio that this oele*
Pirated and fashionablo- WATERING PLACE is* now
topen and fully prepared for the reception of visitors,
sum) will be keptopen until the Ist of Oetobor.
Persona wishing Bedford Mlueral* Water will be sup
.plied at the following prices at the Springs—via: ’
For a barrel; (oak). ,&3 00
half-barrel“ .......i............... 200
Parties wishing rooms orany Information in regard to
ithe place will address the “ Bedford Mineral Springs
(Company.” my2B-6w
SURF HOUSE, ATLANTIC CITY,
N. J.-—This spacious Hotel, over 600 feet in length,
»nd with 1,100 feet of veranda, Tronlß on the ocean, ex
(tending back* with its to the railroad. It possesses
(the most advantageous location on the island, with per
iCectly safe bathing in front, and is, in fact, the only first*
<oIaBS hotel within a short distance of the beach.
A good Band of Music has beenongagod for the season.
The Bil]iard>room and Bowling Alleys wilt boundor the
'Charge of Mr. BALPH BENJAMIN, of Philadelphia.
Additional Improvements have boon made, and the ac
joomtnodationa will be found equal, if not superior, to any
von the coast.
The* house will be opened; for the reception of gneatSi
on THURSDAY; Jone 19;
jel6*3st
H. 8. B'KNSON, Proprietor.
jfmESEON SPRINGS, CAMBRIA
COUNTY, PA.—This delightful and popnUrplaoe
-of Hummor resort, located directly on the lino of the
'Pennnyljania fiailroad, on the summit of theAUegheny
'SloQDtaras, twenty-throe hundred foot above the level of
ilho oooun, will bo open for guests from the 10th of June
■till the 10th of October. Since lent eeasou the greandf
ilißve been greatly improved and boautided, and r oum
iber of Cottages have been erected for the accommoda
n of families, rendorlng Crossou one of the most
.roamntio and attractive plaoee in the State. The farni
iture ie being thoroughly renovated. The seeker of
ttleasure and the sufferer from heat and dl teaw will find
attractions here in a first-class Livery Stable, Billiard
tables, Tenpin Alloys, Batha, &0., together with the
(purest air and water, and the most magnificent mountain
scenery to be found in the country.
Tickets good for the round trip from Philadelphia,
'ST.GO; from Pittsbnrg, $3.0&.
For farther information, address
o. w MntiMir,
Oregon Springs, Cambria co.. Pa.
Bea bathing.
• OCEAN HOUSE, GAPE ISLAND, V. J.,
Is now open for th» reception of visitors.
je26*6w* ISRAEL LAMING, Piopriofcor.
QTAR HOTEL,
VO ‘ (Nearly opposite the United State* Hotel.)
ATLANTIC) CITY, N. J.
SAMUEL ABAMS, Proprietor.
Dinner., «... GO cents.
Abo, Carriages to Hire.
*ST Boarders accommodated on the most reasonable
'terms. jb2o-3m
SEA BATHING,
BEIQANTIN* HOUSE.
BBIGA.RTINB BBA.OH/N. J. *
Now open far the season. The Bathing, Fishing, Gun
ning, and -Yachting being very superior. -
Boats will await guests at the inlet on arrir*l of trains.
Board per week, 88. : P. 0. Address, Atlantic Oity.
H. JD, SUITS,
Proprietor.
jy4-fmw2m
/COLUMBIA HOUSJS.
V ATLANTIA CITY*
SITUATED ON KENTUCKY AVENUE,
Opposite the Burf House.
Terms to suit tbo times.
je2o*2m EDWARD DOTLE* Proprietor.
SEA-SIDB HOUSE, ATLANTIC
OUT, N. J.
BY DAVID SOATTEBOOOD.
A NEW PRIVATE BOARDING HOUSE, beautiful
-3 situated at the foot of Penußylrauia Arenue.
Now open for Yieitors for the season. je2o-2m
MANSION house,
AvJL ATLANTIC CITY,
_ ■ B. LEE, Proprietor.
This House, hayfng been. titforoos hly
larged, is new opeii for permanent ana transient boarders.
Theil APfblON HOUSE Igconvonlart to churches,
and )Mt office. The bathing grounds are jtn*urpa«ifed
on the Island. The Baa is conducted by Hr. ARIEL, of
Philadelphia, who will'keep saperlor wines* liquors, and
eboicobrands of cigars. je2o-2m
Eagle hotel; Atlantic
GIIT, is now open, with a
LAHQB ADDITION OF. 800M9.,-
Board BT par weefc. bstbing drosses iuciudod. je2o-2m
Light-house cottage, at-
LANTZO OltYji-TbiHwell-known House, baying
1>668 enlarged and renovated, is now open fur the recep
tion of gnosis. Invalids can be ,aocoinm«>daced with
rooms first floor, fronting the ocean. Light-
House Cottage possesses the advantage of being the
nearest house to the beach. A continuation of the pa
tronage of his friends and the public is solicited. No bar.
4021.1 m i JONAH WOOTTON, Proprietor.
Cottage retreat, Atlantic
OITt, is now open sad ready for Boarders. A few
tihotoe Booms oan be obtained by applying soon. Tho
Proprietor furnishes his ttAle with fresh milk from his
cows, and freeh vegetables from his form- .
Also* about four hundred desirable Cottage and Hotel
Lots for sale by tf, KoiJLIES,
iyQO-2m ' - Propriotor.
«maE at^asttio
J_ OITY, M If. Ji a rptemiid new home, southwest
amxxot ATLANTIC a»d MASSAOHOSBTTS ATenue*,
milt'beopemlorviettoraon aodafterJaue 29th. The rooms
and table of ‘‘ The Alhambra " are'unsurpassed by any
im the Island. . There 1> a apaeiomlce Cream and Be
ftefllunentSftleon attached to the boose. Terma moderate.
C. DUBOIS * 6. J. YOUSO,
Proprietor*.
3e2D-2m-
BEDLOE’S HOTEL, ATLANTIC
CITY, N. J—At the terminus of the railroad, an
the left, boyond the denot This House is now open for
Boarders and Transient Visitors, and offers accommoda
tions equal to any Hotel in Attsntio Gity. Charges mo
derate. Children and servants half price.
Partieaehould keep theto seaie until the cars ar
titvatuieant of the hotel, ; . J • je2o-2m
/"IHESTBft COUNTY HOUSE.—Thia
private Bowling/ House, comer of YORK and
•PACIFIC Avenue, AttenticUitY, convenient to the
&each, with a beautiful view of the Ocean* is now open
for The season.' The accommodations are equal to any
othersoriithelsland. moderate.
je2o>2m , J» KBIM, Proprietor,
Kentucky house, Atlantic
- OITY» N- J.—This comfortable and convenient
new hon#e, located 4 on KSDTUuKY A.venae, opposite
tffae Sittf frouse, one sqaare from rho boat bathing on tho
fceach. has been fitted up fur viators this season.
F. Proprietor.
%T. B.—Horses and Carriages to Bire. jego-lm
QEA BATHING.—“The Clarendon,”
,0 (formerly Yirginia House,) YIBGINLa AY ENI7E,
‘ATLANTIC CITY, is now open for the accommodation
cof Boarders, Thia House is situated immediately on the
Ueacb, and from every room affords a floe view of the
tea. pe2o-2m] - JAMBS J Bis KINS, CD.
Bea bathing.-united states
HOTBIi, LONB BRANCH, N J., ts now open,
situated only fifty yards from the seashore, central of the
s)ace; house fronting the ooaan .600 feet; two hours
•from Hew York. Steamer leaves Murray street twice
Gaily, OA. M. aod4 P, M.; thence by the R. and D. B.
©aifroad. Addresß B. A. BHJEMA.KBR,
OotnHmnicatiQtt from Philadelphia is by the Camden
cmd Amboy Railroad, by thed A. M.andfi P. 51. trains.
v- : jel9-2m*
fIONGEESS HALL, ATLANTIC
\J CITY, by G. W. HINKLE, the proprietor of the
United States three years ago. .
The Hall has been put into complete order and greatly
Improved, A new office, billiard saloon, bar-room, and
bath* bouses Are most excellently arranged and aptly ap
propriated for their respective uses. Congress Hall, is
now the nearest house to the rolling surf on the smooth
portion of the level beach. ■ .
The subscriber avails himself of the present oppor
tunity to return his thanks to bis former patrons of the
•“States,” and.respectfully begs leave to say ; to all that
lie will he happy to meet tin m at Congress Hail, ON
AND AFTER JUNE 21st instant, at which time he
will be ready to accommodate the public.
jelB-lm*v . ; G. W HINKLE, Lessee.
fTNITED STATES HOTEL,
ATLANTIC OITT. N. J.,
JAMBS K. BOBIBON,
Superintendent.
This celebrated Hotel will be open for the reception of
ftitdtonT on Saturday, June 2% 1862, and will continue
-open until September 16. ■
Since the last .season many handsome improvements
fcave been made, both to the house and the grounds,
adding still, further 'to the comfort, convenience, and
-pleasure of the guests.
Personsdesiring to spend the sninner at the Sea Shore
£vili find theoccommodatioas at the UNITED STATES
superior to those of any other house on the Atlantic
HOoast.
BASSLEB’S CELEBEATED BAND has been en
gaged for the season, and will be under the direction of
ifche Messrs. Hawler.;
Mr. THOMAS H: BABJtATT, late of Cape May, will
thave charge of the Billiard Boom, Ten*pin Alleys, and
’Shooting Gallery. y
The extensive improvements made two years ago, and
t&hose now in contemplation by the owners of this splendid
tostabllsbment, are an ample guarantee of what the patrons
t>f the house may expect under its present management.
HENBY A. B. BROWN,
For Proprietors*
QUMMER BOARDING. BROAD
d/ TOP Ml) UN T AINH OUd B.—A romantic spot for a
-SUK MIBB RESIDENCE on one of the ftlonntain Tops
iOf Pennsylvania, reached daily, by the Pennsylvania
'Central, and the Broad Top Mountain BaUroad from
IHuntingdon. TheHoufteisone ofthe finest in the in
•terlor of the State, handsomely furnished .with ait the re
quisites for comfort and air, deli
cious spring water, romantic scenery, and everything to
restore and invigorate health. Telegraph station and a
daily mail, bo that daily communication may be had with
Philadelphia; < ... , : (
The Pennsylvania Bailroad will furnish excursion
tickets through the season. Persona leaving Philadel
phia in the morning can take tea at the Mountain Soutt
the same evening. . i ; v ?
The Bubmriber bag kindly been allowed to refer to tho
following gentlemen, residents of Philadelphia, who have
been natrons of the Mountain Hmtgt;
Win. Cummings, Em-, , David P, Moore, Em.,
Sami. Caatner, Bed.,- Tube. Carstaira, Em.,
Hon. Honryß, Moore, Lewie T. Watteon, Em.,
John MoCanlee, Bm-J 6. Albert Lewie, Boa.,
John Hartman, Em. Bichard D.‘Wood, Em.
TBBHB Modkbath. For farther Information, addreeg
. JOSEPH MOBBXBUN Proprietor.
iel2-tf Broad-TopCltv, Huntingdon r'.iintv. Pa,
STATIONERY ANDjBAWCFc GOODS.
MABTIN, & QUIYLBS
STATIONERY, TOY, AND FANCY GOODS
EMPORIUM,—
No. 1086 WALNUT STREET, .
BELOW BLBTKOTB,
PHILADELPHIA,
Mi'ftir
VOL. 5 -NO. 287.
MONDAY, JULY 7, 1862.
LETTER FROM NASHVILLE.
DOCTORS OF DIFIRITf ASD MEDICINE.
[Bpecial CorrCßP3iuk'iic« of Tile Press.]
Na9hyili,b, Tenn., July-2,1862.
No class or profession of men in the South has
been more active, more tireless, or more influential,
In desseminating the seeds of dissension and dis
union than tho Ministers of the Gospel "and the '
Doctors of Medicine. They are the confidential
friends and advisers of the people. They are re
ceived freely into the family oircle, and have in
dustriously improved the opportunities thus present
ed, in embittering the Southern citizens against the
Government and against the North. The one
having the care of souls, and the other the oars of
bodies, they are brought immediately in company
notonly with men, but espeoially with women and
children; and one great secret of the implacable ha
tred entertained by Southorn ladies against Federal
soldiers has been owing to the influence exerted upon
them by these professions. Nor wore the efforts of
the former confined to the family circle. The bur
den of their sermons was denunciation of the
North. It mingled in their prayersj it ihtensifiod
and inflated their doxologies and benedictions; it
was a part of their morning and evening salutations,
and was the ohief staple of street confabulations.
It was hoped that when the utter hopolessness of
rebel dominion in Tennessee became patent, it
would suggest caution to them, and restrain their
deportment to reasonable bounds. But it seemed
they courted and coveted “a martyr’s crown.”
They wanted the overflow of Southern sympathy
for tho great sufferings and terrible privations
whioh they would be called to endure “ for reli
gion’s sake;” so that, instead of becoming more
prudent and discreet when tho Stato was reclaimed
to the Union, they made the foot itself the theme
for more boisterous comment and dissertation.
Governor Johnson yielded to this ns long as respect
. for tho Government and regard for the interest of
the people would permit, and then reposted that
they should make,their election between the oath
of allegiance and “ a happy reunion” with their
mueh-lovea “ Southern-institutions.” The inter
views consequent upon this overture wore frequent
and protracted. The clerical gentlemen took the
question nndor advisement, and long and difficult
was the solution. It was next to impossible to
determine which would be the greater ovil: to take
the oath or to join their brethren in “ Dixie: ” At
last, fortified with the counsels of, and consoled
with the promises of additional ilseoes from thoir
“flocks,” they reiuotantly consented “ to take up
their beds and walk." The reoollootion of the
Rev. Wm. H. Wharton, M. D , was refreshed by
Governor Johnson with this, delicate morceau,
taken from his report to the Legislature:
I have also witnessed, with much satisfaction, the
cheerful alacrity and unremitting diligence with
which the prisoners have labored for the State in
the last fe w months, in preparing the materials of
war, mnoh of it being extra work performed vo
luntarily on their part, to which they were stimn
lated by a most commendable and patriotic ar
dor ; thoy have labored faithfully for the country,
and many of them, young men plaoed in confine
ment for minor offences, might bo judioiously se
lected as objects of executive olemenoy, who would
gladly engage in the defenoe of enr homes and our
liberty, and who would endeavor to atone for the
misdeeds of the past by acts of bravery and hero
ism upon the battle-field. Commending with
earnestness the above suggestion to the proper au
thorities, I remain most respectfully,
Wm, H. Whartox. Chaplain.
The attention of the Rev. C. D. Elliott, D. D.,
he invited te this delectable souvenir whioh the
reverend gontleman had embodied in a philanthro
pic prayer addressed to a large congregation .*
“ 0 Lord, grant that the soil of our valleys -'may
be enriohod by the blood, and tho hills whiteped
.with the bones of these invaders of our country.”
In fine, he permitted the public sermons and
prayers of each minister to,he admitted as compe
_ tentancLflieaible evidence, in his causa. On the
eve of their 'jciirn'eyingspttiey 'sfefa escorted m
prison. Then began the rush of thoir floeks to ob
tain permission to see the holy men, and ladies
begged, entreated, and-implored, with tears in
tbeir eyes, this great boon ; while upon the fami
lies of the “ dear martyrs” they showered presents
of money, ha. Poor follows ! “ The harvest was
great, but the laborers were few.” ».-
While Governor Johnson deemed it his duty to
inflict condign punishment upon these “ lepers in
saintly garb,” he exhorted consistent, pious minis
ters, who preach peace and good will toward all
men,” to continue ia good works, unmolested and
undisturbed.. This is an important step. It lays
the axe to the root of the tree. It separates the
tares from the wheat. The fruits are. beginning
thus early to be seen.
CHASACTEK OF GOVERNOR JOHNSON.
Governor Johnson, in his everyday life, presents’
an example which thoßerebel ministers might well
emulate. The humble poor can always approach
him withont hesitation, and to their wants and com
plaints he ever lends a ready hand and a willing
ear; and no matter how distinguished the guests,
or great the men who may surround him, be ex
cuses himself to the latter for the purpose of attend
ing to the former.
HOW SOUTHBBN FOLKS TREAT THE roOR.
It appears, however, that the only use which the
generous, charitable “ Confederates” have for the
poor is to snbjeot them to the operations of the
coctoript law. This law requires all men, between
j certain ages, to servo in the army, allowing every
f one thus “drafted” to present a substitute within
i the excepted ages. The poor man is, in every in
! Btanoe, compelled to serve, because his poverty
! prevents him from hiring a substitute; while none
: but the poor, whose means are insufficient to supply
j their daily wants, can be hired as substitutes. Thus
they get into the army all the poor within the ages
: required, and, by the influence of their weatth,
s then get all such poor as are excused by reason of
* the exception. This is the beautiful, system of the
slave aristooracy of the Sonth, and this conscript law
; is the wonder and admiration of Secessionists,
who are, at this time, living beyond its reach under
j the fostering care of the Government of the United
| States, I have recently seen whole columns of
! Southern newspapers filled with rewards offered for'
substitutes.
' J. H, offers “ $lOO, horse, saddle and bridle.”
A. C. “will give $2OO and the use of a horse
and equipments for a substitute from now until lGch
July.” - ;: v
T. B. B. wishes a substitute “for an infantry
company, for which a liberal price will be paid.”
Hill & Norfleet want “ four substitutes.”
evils op conscription
So, you perceive these proud aristocrats are
driven to the miserable extremity of,publishing
their own shame and cowardice in order to secure
impunity to their precious carcasses, which the
sweat and labor of thousands of negroes support in
indolent corpulency . They are unwilling that their
snowy skins, bleached by the ’luxurious shade of
costly dwellings, shall be browned by the rays of a
summer snn, when even the protecting shadow of
silk umbrellas cannot be bad. They are unwilling
tohaazard their personal safety before the patri
otic anger of Union soldiers, and, therefore, by
bribes of gold, held out to the pressing necessities
of poverty, they strip -the humble cottage of its
stay and support, and orphan the children and wl-.
dow the wives of all who are not rich like themselves,
and have the brazen effrontery and the callous
immodesty to herald the fact to the world. This
is the boasted chivalry of the South. These are
the men who vaunted that one of them could whip
ten Federal soldiers on the field. Why, sir, it is
a notorious foot that when Isham G. Harris re
quired the citizens of Tennessee to be drafted
into the rebel ranks, some of the wards of the city
o! Nashville refused to draft, and fights and rows
occurred among the Secessionists. In other parts
of the State it was a great deal worse. This hap
pened with those men who wanted “to die in the
last diteh” and “ Bhed their heart's Mood in the
defenoe of the South.” Others relied notso much
upon their prowess as their purse, and anoh re
wards as we have quoted were freely offered un
der the very nose of your correspondent. H.
The Reverend Traitors in Tennessee.
[Special Correspondence of The Press.]
It is nearly three months since I left Nashville.
At that time, the people of this city were, with a
few exceptions, contributing aid to, or sympathizing
with, the rebellion. Those few who embraced the
old flag at the approach of the Union army, in Feb
ruary last, entertained grave apprehensions of the
ultimatum. . Gov. Johnson, the "uncompromising
patriot, arrived early in March, but was' the re
cipient of no demonstration. -Everybody was cold
treason trmmplutntiy reigned ! I ask the ques
tion, has there been any change? There has been
a change, but it is hot sufficiently developed to su
.perinduce the realization of sanguine expectations.
Nearly the entire State west of the mountains is
free from rebel soldiery and marauding bauds; the
same soction enjoys uninterrupted communication
with the loyal.portion of the country; the necessa
ries of life are abundant; able men ooeupy critical
positions; the ship of State is evidently again
moving; but large numbers of the people of this
oily, at least, are still blind.
Tho rural districts of Tennessee, howevor, pre
sent more cheering evidences of loyalty than Nash
ville, and some' other towns. ' This arises particu
larly from two causes. The inhabitants of the ea
ire State, in the beginning of the rebellion, wore,
Nashville, Tonn,, July 1,1862.
with the exception of a few political leaders and
.merchants, in tho main, opposed to it; but, subse
quently, tho people, enmasse f although disagree
ing with any principle likely to be settled by tho
revolution, took a 'pecuniary interest therein, in
the shape of army contracts. Every city and many
towns had their cap factories, tent inakors, wagon
builders, foundrymen ousting cannon, shot and
shell, blacksmiths, engaged in anny work, with an
army of operatives, and who, upon 3ie advont of
the Federals, were wholly and entirely dependent
upon the Confederate notes which they hud re
ceived in repay for their labor; and others with un
settled claims against the Confederate Government.
The one is now awaiting the return of their debtor;
the other, with their fortunes invested in these
notes, are ruined if they return no more, and fail
in the rebellion. Tho second cause of irritation in
towns and cities is the oontinual effort of these moo,
thus interested, to keep the public mind continually
excited upon rumors of Confederate successes; and
tlius you see that one Confederate victory, how
ever small and unimportant, is enlarged upon and
made to appear as wonderful. And such effect
have these minors produced upon the public mind,
that, wonderful to toll, numbors of persons of this
city now believe tha k the Confederates will be here
in two weeks; and many, who are tied here by in-..
tereßt and family, or who are timid and afraid to
express thoir hopes for the Federal cause, or to
co-operate therewith, lest the returning army may
commit some great outrage upon them or their pro
perty. Yet Nashville is no longer the hot-bed of
rampant treason. The millionaires,, merchants,
bankers, politicians, professional men. mechanics,
all the people, have been ardent worshippers of the
demon Secession. The exhaustion of every species
of kindness has been Toahzed by those at the holm,
and a now order of things has been inaugurated.
There is but little efficacy in grass—the throwing
of stones has now commenced. '
Tbns you wiil as I have illustrated
above, that the interests of Tennessee were abso
lutely with the rebellious States, whonGren. Buell's
army, entered its limits.g While lam writing, there
are four firms upon the square, every member of
which is a poor man, although thoy have in their
possession hundreds of thousands of dollars in Can
federate trash. This is the argument which binds
many citizens of Nashville in chains: “If the ef
forts of the Southorn Confederacy nro crownod
with success, lam a millionaire; if the rebellion is
a failure, lam ruined —I’m not worth a cent.”
This is the state of feeling in many circles, and ac
counts for the depressed sestimo’nt of‘all kinds.
Yet, I understand that in this locality things are
progressing as thoy sbonld. And nil is due to
Governor Johnson. Do not fear; he will accom
plish successfully his stupendous undertaking. He
has mndo no false stop—he will make none. Tho
people here have a world of confidence reposed in
him. but look upon his acts as inscrutable. His
machinery is indeed critical, but works to a charm.
In a few days, Governor Johnson and Col. Brown
ing, military secrotary, propose going to Memphis.
I believe the Governor wiil be hailed m that city
with unfeigned delight, : .
Notoriously villainous have been a particular
claps of the citizens of Nashville. I mean those
detestable hypocrites who “promulgate the Gos
pel •” All over the South, but especially in Nash
ville, have these oily-tongued mon denounced the
Union from the pulpit. No other class of men
have toiled so assiduously and successfully as have'
these “ministers of the Gospel.” Bub Governor
Johnson has suddenly offiipsod the progress of a
group of these prating rascals, and will deal with
them fearlessly. -
You have, no doubt, been informed that several
of theso “ wbite-neokcloth gentlemen ” have been
consigned to apartments in the State Penitentiary,
but are unacquainted with their personnel. Let
me give you a picture of the crowd:
The first r&so&l on tho list iB tho Itev. Samuel D.
Baldwin, a celebrated Methodist doctor of divinity.
He is noted as being the author of “ Armageddon,* 1
a prophetio work upon the end of the world, and a
work entitled the “ Old Dominion.” Besides, he
has been one of the most healthy theologioal vil-'
lains in the employ of the “undiscovered Con
federacy ;”has Boduoed hundreds of young Ten
nesseans from their loyalty,vand boon particularly
active is the nefarious
Jadiee hew to' insult Federar soldiers."' The uh
fortuuans^— > now occupies a small
place in this terrestrial sphere, and. will probably
have amplo time for reflection.
The next leper is a proprietor of an academy for
females, and bails from Ohio. His name is C. D.
Elliott, was formerly.a Methodist minister, but of
late a pillar of the Prosbyterian Church. He is
the author of some of the most scurrilous and ma
licious cironlftrs-that have disgraced the South
the rebellion. Being a Northern man in
connection, he is hold in the mostsupreme contempt
by the Union men of his locality. He is notoriously
radical in his traitorous designs, and out-Heroded'
the devil in his seditious course. He also instructed
brainless ladies kx the art of jerking aside their
dresses when passing Union soldiers. He now occu
pies a high position in one of the State institutions.
He remarked, while being eeoorted to prison, that
he was a “candle of the Lord,“ and his guard
actually had the impudence to mutter, “ A,dipped
one, though. 71
The Rev. Dr. Sehon, Secretary of tho Missionary
Society of the M. E. Church, is the villain No. 3 of
this batch of conspirators. He also hails from
Ohio, where he ia well known. He is, to give the
devil his due, decidedly tho most conservative of
tho motley crowd, and would no doubt take tho
oath of allegiance did he possess the moral ooarage
to faoe the public, opinion of the renegade Metho
dists.
R. B. C. Howell, generally known as “ Alphabet
Howell,” is a degraded traitor indeed. From the
first he has been aetive in promoting treason. He
was one of the political leaders of the rebellion
upon a week day, and promulgated treason from
the pulpit upon the Sabbath. Compared with the
three above-named hypocrites, he is of minor im
portance, socially, and would not be missed if hung.
His studio is also at the penitentiary.
Sinner No. 5 is the meek and lowly Rev. D.
■Wharton. He was formerly chaplain to the Peni
tentiary, and generally had the swing of that es
tablishment. He called upon Governor Johnson
b'efor o going out of town, and, in conversation
with the Governor, remarked that he was a “ citi
zen of Heaven.” He is guilty of many flagrant
acts of treason, and made his influence felt' among
the young men of this oity. He is one of those sly .
divines that occasionally turn up in every com
munity, and spent considerable time in exhortation
among the young ladies of his acquaintance. If he
ip a citizen of Heaven, be is a-gre&t distance from
home. It is believed that prison fare will Change
his ideas as regards his citizenship.;
The Rev. Mr. Ford, Baptist, l and Rev. Mr.
Laurie, Methodist, have also been treated to ac
commodations at the expense of tho State. They
-are both hold, bad men, but small fish, and deserve
no especial notice. ~ Dr. Cheatham, superintendent’
of the State Lunatic Asylum; was also arrested yes
terday on tho charge of treason, and sent to jail.
All the above-named scoundrels will be invited
to tab e the oath of allegiance. If they refuse, they
will be transported to .Dixie. If they return, they
will be treated as spies, I understand that there
are several ladies who are not exactly on the square.
’ Let them suspend their offensive evidences of dis
loyalty, or down to Dixie they will have to go. -
A short time ago I made the remark in one of
my letters from Mississippi, that the army in that
locality were "becoming alarmingly Abolitioniz'ed,
but at that time I deemed it imprudent to give you
details. Now I will tell some truths. A great
dissatisfaction exists among the officers andsoldiers.
in regard to tire manner in which many of the
generals conduct themselves and their respective
commands in the'. Southern States. Throughout
the march' from Corinth to Florence, a lack of wa er
was a great complaint, and before the different di
visions arrived at luka, the men got out of rations,
This being the ease for some time, as regards the
water, the men naturally rushed in great crowds
to every well upon the road, and would also pur
chase poultry and vegetables, paying specie for all
articles. An order was, soon issued tforMdding
soldiers from purchasing edibles or drawing water
from any of the houses upon the road.;/Guards
were placed temporarily around every house upon
the route of a march, and the jaded troops were
compelled to drink surface water or go thirsty.
The soldiers, when they can obtain spring water,
never complain, but to be compelled to drink sur
face water, when well water was plenty, caused
much indignation. There are a few Union men
along the line of march between Corinth and Tus
cumbia, and many Secessionists; but do not doubt
me when I inform you that the Secessionists .are
treated far letter than the Union men. Aska
man why he planted so much eorn, and he witl
pompously tell you because Davis ordered it, and
soldiers, who have almost worn themselves outwith
a long march, are detailed to guard the premises of
such [scoundrels at night. Another faot conneoted
.with.these circumstances is, that the; Kentuckians
are loudest in their denunciations of such acts. I
can call the names of Col. Love, Col. Burbridge,
Col. Hawkins, and Col. Maxwell, of Kentucky re
giments, all of whom I have heard remark that the
generals seemed more anxious to protect Secession
than to fight it. You will probably see private;
letterß, in a few days, bearing upon tbis matter. I
saw a private letter two or i three days ago in the
Louisville Journal, in whioh the writer stated that
tho ootton of Mr. Goodlow, Mr. Parsons, and the
Widow Jones, owning plantations noarTuscumbia;
was burned by some rebel cavalry since I,left that
portion of the country. Now, I am acquainted
with Mr. Goodlow. He is a good Union man, and
is the person who; I informed you some time ago,
.purchased several loads of poultry, and gave them
to our soldiers. Why couM not the eottoi belong
PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, JULY 7, 1862.
. . *
mg to this worthy man have been protected? It
is too bad. Ido not believe in suoh doings. Let
thoße who deserve protection obtain it.
In a short time you will probably hear of events
of interest in East Tennessee. The entrance of a
portion of our army into Cumberland Gap is of no
greatimportance, as I will inform you. Tho rebels
have retreated to a large hill culled Clinoh moun
tain. Between Clinch mountain and Cumberland
Gap are tbree rivers—Powell's, Clinch, and Hol
ston rivers. The fortifications which the rebels
are erecting upon the mountain will command the
throe rivcrsjj; thus nothing important has been
gained. General Morgan dare not attempt a
flank movement, as the rebels would cross to Cum
berland Gap and cut off his supplies. If he could
Succeed in driving the rebels from Clinch moun
tain, and get possession of the East Tennessee and
Virginia railroad, access to Knoxville would bo
easy. .
In coming to this city, on Sunday last, I oould
not help noticing the change upon either side in
the past four mouths. The railroad is in complete
running order; the bridges ataunoh and strong,,
and tolerably well guarded. There are several
new depots along tho road. At Cave City, a large
hotel is in process of erection. The fortifications
at Bowling Green will always be a rebellion mark.
They are located upon high hills, and cannot f&il
to cutch the eye of an observer. The large draw
bridge, which crosses the Cumberland river at
Nashville,; is completed to such -an extent that
trains are running over it daily. Large amounts
of cotton are being shipped North from thig city,
and hundreds of bales are arriving daily from the
South. Fourth of July will bo oelebrated in this
city in a national stylo. I will give you a full ac
count of it in due time. . x B. C. T.
LATER FROM FORTRESS MONROE;
Fobtbbss Monboe, July. 4.—The steamer .State
of Maine, with three hundred and nine wounded
soldiers on board, and the Kennebec, with two hun
dred and fifty, leave Fortress Monroe this morning,
for New York. They arrived here last night from
Harrison’s Landing. .
Many of them are vory slightly wounded—a fin
ger, a hand, or an arm. While endeavoring to ob
tain thoir names, the boats were ordered to leave.
Colonels C. E. Pratt and A. W. Lewis, Captains J.>
G. WilsoD, John Knoblook, A. H. Hamilton, and
Daniel Parker, are on the State of Maine.
The 11th Itegiment of Pennsylvania Reserves
were in the first battle of the extreme right wing,
and suffered severely. Col. Gallagher was wound
ed and taken prisoner. Lieut. Col. Jackson was
killed, Major Johns is missing, Adjutant McCoy is
missing, and Capt. Brady was killed. ’ All the other
officers are missing, except Capt Porter and his
two lieutenants, who were'detailed upon other bu
siness at the time of the engagement. i
Parties on hoard the steamer Commodore, from
HBrrison’s Landing, report that they hoard can
nonading until 2 o’clock in the afternoon; others
say it continued until 6 o’clock, the time of the de
parture of the steamer from Harrison’s Landing.
She brings down 476 soldiers, mostly wounded.
Among them is Wm. Raymond Lee, of the 20ch
Massachusetts, who is quite debilitated, but not'
materially injured. ’ ’
General McClellan sent down five hundred and
thirty- three rebel to day, who were
marched into Fortress Monroe in single file, and a
more unique spectacle never could be dreamed of.
They wore all sorts of drosses, many of which had
undoubtedly been taken from our soldiers. No
two wore alike, and they were dirty, dingy, and
worn 0ut...... ■ ■ ■ v i ■
The rear was brought up by about twenty con-.
trabands,- who, as they stopped ashore; grinned
ghastly grins, and followed their “ massas” into :
tho fort. The prisoners were sent here imoharge
of Lieutenant O. D. Mehaffey, of the staff of Gene
ral Andrew Porter, proYOst marshal of tho army of;
tho Potomac. * --- •
Among them are fifty officers—two colonels, threo'
lieutenant colonels and tbree majors. The follow-*
log are included in the number : Major, John Link,
7th Louisiana; Capt. Cornelius Page, 7th Lou
isiana; Surgeon Norton, Sth Soutti CarolmY; '
Capt. J. Rogers, Ist South Carolina 'Rides;'
-Capt. Kirby, 17th Virginia; Capt. Granbsrryv Ist
' > irginfa;r-Ortptr-John B. Towers, "lit
AugustuB Sh aw~Aiiju»ui uuuF'Gbbrgia; uoi. iL R:*-
•Applewhite, 12ih Mississippi; Capt. S. D. McChea-’ 1
ney, 12ili Mississippi; Col. Edward Pendleton, 30th'
Louisiana; Chaplain Martin, 30th Louisiana; Capt.
Jonathan Rivers, 3d Louisiana: Capt. R. V. Jones,;
37th Virginia; Col. Marlin Mars, 17th Virginia?; .
Capt Robert Simpson, 17th Virginia:
It is stated that the rebels-were driven back an&~ !
retreated ten miles yesterday, Thursday, July 3d,
with greatloss of men and cannon. -
Tho Fourth was celebrated by the firing of a sa
lute from the fort and navy, at twelve o’clock, and
an English frigate lying in the Roads, abreast' tho
fort, chimed in the salnto.
[Correspondence of the New York Tribune.]
Fortress Monroe, July 3.—TUeintelligeaoa by <
tbe Nelly Baber, from the James river, this morn
lug, relieved the painful anxiety felt by everybody)
concerning the situation of General MoOleUanahd'i
his army. I need not stop to state.the cireum-*
stances that justly gave rise to the sense of extreme’s
peril to which all who possessed the best means of!
information werfe compelled for a time to yield. If |
it is generalship to rescue an army from suoh a si-<
tualion, then General McClellan has a high claim
to the title r
Ite substsnoe of the news by theßaker is that
the flghtof Tuesday was very severe, the mostw,'-
of any, against fearful odds. Still our brave troops
drove the enemy before themuntil thesign of fresh:
men. We captured a'largenuihberof prisoners
and took several guns, and in every respect'win’
the day. - ' v
.Gen, McClellan, in conference with Commandkr
Rogers, of the Galena, *FiaglOfficer of the Jadv
river flotilla, having selected Harrison’s Bar as'
location of the new base, yesterday the army ot
menced the very difficult • undertaking of wl
drawing to .that position. ' ]
The day was rainy and the weather was a
agreeable.; By night the entire army was in t
position of security ! and advantage selected. > L
as General MoClellau said, it will be able to hi d
against almost any force for any length of tit).
Tho situation is one that admits of the fullest i
operationof-the gunboats. The position oanbM m
flanked by no matter now superior the force, iMlo
in front no attaking force era approach wit ut
encountering the combined attack of tho armyis t
nsvy. ' ' ' -
Supplies of all kinds and in abundance had r
fived, and the entire army was m the, first pa i
ble spirits,,even eager for a renewal of the < a-
Jlict. ■
~ The position where.the army is sow eneampe is
between eight and'ten miles below City Point m
its opposite side),: and about twenty-seven a es
from Richmond. This increased distance betw >h
the army and Richmond on what it was bofot,
is the measure of loss resulting from the week’s fi'
vere fighting. . p~
Prom. prisoners it is gathered that the loss of he'
rebels cannot be muoh short of 30,000; while, frK
all causes—killed, wounded, prisoners, aud mC
iog—ours, it is believed, will not exceed 10,00 ■
The vast superiority of the rebel force is est£-'
lished, and it could not have been much if anv lbs
than 200, Q00.-vv . / w; : \ : : , ' f
While the army exhibits nothing approacbm4>o
demoralization, it has unquestionably become So):
siderably; weakened, not in numbers alone, ail
cannot be expected to assume the offensive withtfi.
reinforcements. It is a shameful fact that hundrep 5
and thousands of men and officers are loafiQ
throughout the country, on one pretext or anothAjf
or no pretext at all, while their presence is so mu®
needed at their posts. - *
The “lay of the land” where the army is new
encamped is highly favorable, it being a gradual
slope for nearly a mile down to the water’s edge,
On the extreme elevation is what is known as tge
Harrison Mansion, said to be the birth-place of ex-
President Harrison,; with a level country beyobSi
From 10 to 3 o’olook on Wednesday night; thi
sky in tho direction of Richmond was illuminate!
for. several miles in extent. An illumination of th
city in honor of a victory was the explanation' mbs
generally accepted.
, Sunday night two gunboats went up the Appo
mattox river toward Petersburg, and both go
aground. , The Island .Belle, sticking fast, "wa
abandoned aid burned, to save her .from fallinj
into the hands of the enemy. She was previous!'
dismantled.
Monday; a force from’ the gunboats landed' h
City Point-, and burned the: place, together wltfil
the wharf and. adjacent warehouse, which had
been used as shelter by the rebel sharpshooters to
annoy boats on their passage up the river. ,
The James river is filled with vessels and steam
ers, roost of them upward bound with stores and
supplies. Upward of twenty gunboats are in the
vicinity of Harrison’s Banding, whose water arma
ment is seventy-five guns of the heaviest desarip
tion. -V--. 1 '
G en. McClellan’s first business will be to entrench
.himself,- and for this work supplies of tools have
been forwarded: The mails will be forwarded re
gularly, and Harrison’s Landing henceforth takes
its place among noted Idealities.
To-day the steamer John Brooks came down with
300 or .400 wounded: soldiers, and other hospital
steamers will follow. The Nelly Baker brought
down some rebel; prisoners, hard-looking eases, who
are sent to the Rip Raps.
The campaign of the Peninsula closes in what
cannot be considered less than adeteatof itsoh,-
ject. In all its principal features it has been one of
the most remarkable in warfuro. It would be folly
not to heed the lessons it teaches.; If heeded, there'
may be security for the future; though for the
past-, the loss of life to an extent that never wilibe
told,: there can he no compensation.-
Conflagration at Winona; Minn.
Winona, Minn , July 5.—A fire, this morning,
destroyed four blocks of, buildings. The loss is
estimated at half a million dollars. The' insurance
covers about $lOO,OOO of that amount.
Among the heaviest losers are R. D. Cone, hard
ware merchant; V. Simpson and Charles Benson,
druggists; Jackson Brother, Drew & Brother, ,W.
G. MoCutcheon, Levi Brothers, Fox & Trovort,H.
L.-Fahnestock; Yale & Co., S. C. White, G Curtis,
S. Friend, Exohange Hotel, and Dauby Eemiili
can office. . >
Tho fire is supposed to have originated from a
sky-rocket. ..- - , '
-- Detention of the Steamers,
New Y okk, July s.—The two European Bt-eam
era which were to sail to-day, did not sail until 3
o’olook. The cause of the detention is not known,
though some supposed it was to carry out important
despatches frptq the Government.
LATE FROM GEN. McCLELLAN.
ABEIVAL OF 633 BEBEL PBISOHEBS.
TWENTY-FIVE GUNS LOST.
SEVENTEEN GUNBOATS IN JAMES RIVER
Washington July 5 —Despatches have been re
ceived from General hfoClellaD, datod as late as
1 o'clock, P. M. , on Friday, the "Fourth, of July.
The following is their substance, omitting milita
ry details and operations not proper for present
publication: «
There hßs been no fighting since Tuesday night,
when tho enemy were repulsod with great slaugh
ter..' ... ■ "
. The army moved to. the position since occupied,
because it affords greatly superior advantagos for
the co-operation of the gunboats, of which seven
teen are bow in the river, protecting' the flanks of
the army. "
Statements of the oasualities of the eight
days’fighting cannot jot be furnished.
Our forces were not beaten in any conflict, nor
could they be driven from the field by the efforts
of the enemy.
. The conduct of tbo troops, in every: command
. and under all circumstances, was admirable.
; IVo guns have been lost since the
■on Friday, June 27th, when General McCall’s dt
yi.'ioii was, at the onset, overwhelmed by|auperior
numbers, and twenty-five pieces foil into the hands
of }lie enemy. ,
: The sick and wounded are being Bent forward to
-the hospitals. -
.... At one o’clock yesterday, {the Fourth.) the army
-was drawn up in its positions forreview, bands were
.playing, national salutes wore fired' and things
looking bright. ,
• .Washington, July : s.—The latest advices at
.the War Department, from General McClellan’s
army, are dated.at-9 e’olook, yesterday morning,
up to which time there had been no fighting since
Tuesday.
-Qon. Dix reports the arrival of five hundred and
thirty-three rebel prisoners, being a part of thoße
taken during the -late battles. Among them are
several oolonels and majors. :
Gen.. Dix has ordered all civilians away from
Forticss Monroo, and no person will be permitted
to pass to that point or to the army of the Potomac,
except those connected with the military or naval
service of.the United States.
' 'Fortress Monroe, July 2, 0 o'clock P. M.—
Colonel C. Boss Smith, who is connected with the
..Reserve Cavalry, informs me that the feroo, num
bering over one thousand, have all arrived here
this evening. This command, with the flying ar
tillery and about 1,500 infantry, wore placed under
oommand of General Stoneman, to attend to the
•removal of the Government property at White
nouse.
They saw it all safely removod. and tho building
•destroyed, and on Saturday evening they left
‘White House, after shipping all the goods, and
their infantry, 1,500, and retreated to Williams
burg, arriving thero. early on Sunday morning.
From thence they went to Yorktown,where they
shipped their artillery. -
Their men aro all in good health and spirits, and
have lost only two of their numhor, who were taken
while on picket duty, They represent the expedi
tion as'admirably managed by General Stoneman.
The force oonsists of the 6th United States, two
squadrons of the old Dragoons or Ist Cavalry, and
two squadrons of the Gtk Pennsylvania Lancers.
The cavalry, infantry, and artillory, in all, num
ber about three thousand men, and many of them
have been erroneously reported captured. It was
believed to bo so in the main army.
FROM MEMPHIS.
Memphis, July 4.—At Helena, Arkansas, there
is a band of guoiillas, two thousand strong, threat
ening the people with cotton-burning and a general
destruction of property.
. .In consideration of .this foot,-General Grant-has
issued orders that, whenever any loss is sustained
by the Government, collections-shall be made by
the seir.nro-ot«s-siiffioiont amount of personal nro
—r-yhlesairpßramE-;- - • ~t)i ->■*••- 1
' PAtbiaing with the rebellion, to remunerate tho Go
•rjVjernmont for all losses: ■ ■ i
v ') AH persons taken not be treated
. as prisoners of war. - \
-J The Mississippi river north of Vicksburg is
Reported to be. lined with men trying to escape tho
: operation of tho conscription law.
5| Federalboats were continually hailed by persons
noiting.to.be taken aboard with their cotton. The
. people eyerywhore ore be suffering
the greatest privations..
On ah island below White river, 2,500 men, who
mve fled.from,conscription, are .united againßt
. heir oppressors for mutual protection.
Cairo, July 5.—-The ram Monarch brings news
torn Vicksburg to the 28th ult.
, On Thursday, Porter's fleet commenced to aboil
lie upper battery below the town. This was con
inued all day with no result, and renewed on Fri
■ ay, and in the afternoon was direoted on the town,
ver which the shells are plainly seen to burst.
: 'his continued until 4'o’clook, when it oeasod.
During the bombardment the rebel batteries re
■; lied feebly, firing inaccurately.
: Half an hour after the oessation of the bombard
! i lent the rebel water battery opened on the mortar
[ ; cot, which replied until the battery ceased firing.
At eight o’clock fire was opened from the entire
meet bn the town and eontinuea an hour.
On the next morning, at 4 o’olock, the bombard-
{ ment was renewed, during which eight of Farra
i ; gut’s vessels passed between the batteries without
- sustaining any serious damage.
” 1 q The oity of Vioksbnrg must have been damaged, 1
4- 88 g r * at conflagrations were seen in numerous
£,'■ places.:-;. 1
We are informed, on indisputable authority; that
5,000 negroes have been ordered by Gen. Butler to
tworkon a canal at Cross Bend, which will render
s Vicksburg an inland town hereafter.
8 Seven hundred more shell have been ordered
it from New Orleans.
:d
P "The ram; Monarch m?t ; Capt. Davis’ fleet ona
hundred miles.this side of Vicksburg.
The Avalanche appeared this morning as the
Bulletin, ihe proprietors and’editors haring been
Changed.;-: This 18 .in accordance with the ffito or
der of the provoat. marshal, that ino paper shall be
issued the editors of which do not take the oath of
allegiance.;
- Tn « Mountain Female Seminary.—On Wed
nesday last the annual exhibition of the Mountain
Female Seminary, In Birmingham, Huntingdon
county, took place. The Seminary is under the
management of Roy, L; G. Grier. It is devoted
| to the. instruction of young ladies, and Is one of the
toost prosperous and useful educational institutions
lin the western part of the State. Birmingham is a
neat, quiet, old-fashioned, and decorous little vil
lage, on the line of the Pennsylvania Railroad, 222
miles from Philadelphia. It nestles away among
'T e fountains, and ia surrounded by a succession
of magnificent mountain slopes. Unlike*mbafe of
our interior .villages, which depend upon a rolling
mill, an iron-furnace, or a coal i mine for people,
and employment for the; people, of
Eirniiiigham seem to have no visible means of sup
port, They all appear to be intelligent, thrifty,
frugal, and tasty,' in the possession of abundant
leisuro,:.and fond of a liberal and' un
ostentatious hospitality. The Seminary is situated
on the extreme limit of the village, on an eminence
overlooking the Juniata, and is neat and commo
dious. _ln addition.to the main building, there is
another in the immediate vicinity also devoted to
educational purposes.; .• ■ .
We were present at the ceremonies incident to the
closing of the summer session. In the morning the
students of the graduating class, were'examined in
Butler’s Analogy, the Latin and Eng
lish classics, and showed ; a proficiency that seemed
Butler’s bewildering propositions, Mil-v
®n ? s massive and splendid poetry, the odes of Ho
tce, and the orations of Cicero, were analyzed,*
» and oxplained in a manner that exhibited
e highest degree' of scholarship. These proceed
ing were varied with vocal and instrumental music,
the afternoon the annual address was delivered
3 diplomas conferred, at the village church, a few
!s heyond the seminary. Rev. W. A Hooper
(sßev. Mr. Taylor participated ceremonies.
1 . George Chenowitli, of Carlisle, the presiding
r J r o 5 deliveredjtho address, the sub
j being the proper education of woman. : The re
y nd gentleman treated, his subject with judgment
liberality, inculcating tho importance of .giving
: y ian her proper sphere in society, by making her
e sation solid, useful, and not merely ornamental
a glittering. It was a very fine effort, and was
lined to with marked attention.
isays were read by the members of tho gradu
? ; class. “He builds too low who builds bo
il h iho skies,' 1 by Miss H. E. Christy. Dancans
\!, Pa. “ They that turn many to righteousness
s 1 shine as the stars forever and ever,” by. Miss
]na Dysaifc, Hollidaysburg, fr Music,” by Miss
.j iaE. Graham, Newton Hamilton. (! Books,”by
1 s Ssrahbeli King, Hollidaysburg. l( Woman’s
1 sion,” by Miss Anna L. Taylor, Hollidaysburg.
1 .might have been,” by Miss R. J. Wilson,
■■ leville. The essays of .Commencement Day are.
, ! ] always pleasant productions, and in many oases
. y abound with crude thoughts and superficial
toviOj errors of taste and style and sentiment.
i essays of these young ladies were marked oz>
j jtions to this rule, nearly all of thorn exhibiting
I maturity of thought and purity of stylo which
‘ rarely find in the college or the academy. It
i uld be invidious to make any distinction, and
b i therefore record this as our goneral impression,
■i tbu Qondueiou of the essays, Grier qqu
|
ferrod the diplomas, at* the same time making a
brief and affecting address. “ The Parting Song”
was sung, and the ceremonies wore over.
During the summor session just concluded, sixty
three pupils were in attendance. The instructors
arc as follows: Principal, Rev, L. 0. Grier;
teachers of solid branches, Miss N. J. Davis and
Miss Barah Beebe; teacher of French, painting, and
drawing, Miss C. F. Sinclair; tekohor of musio,
Mr. G. A. Howard. Tho seminary will re-opon
August 28th. : ..
INTERESTING SOUTHERN NEWS.
One Day Later from Richmond— R#»bel Ac
count of the Battle of Friday—Prisoners
laken—Judge Dnnitj, of the “Examiner;”
Wounded— liow the People of Richmond Be
haved During the Battle*
[Prom the Richmond Whig, June 28 ]
We are without the Information we expected to possess
and to impart to our readers this morning, of the opera
tions j ofiteiday in front of this city. The authorities ex
clude all reporters from.tbe lines of tho army, and afford
bo intelligence to the press, though the whole country Is
almost breirthlees with anxiety to know what is traospi
ring—though a, battle, haabeen raging nearly'aU day •
within hearing. {
Wo only know that the fire waß resumed before day on
the other side of the Obickahotniny, near MechamcsvlHe, /.
and that by night the enemy had been driven southward,'
down the Obickahominy, a dirianco of three or four
miles. The firing, whenever they stood their ground,
was heavy; but this generally was not For long pariols.
Their falling hack was, for the most part arderlyy and
they succeeded in getting off moat of their artillery, as
well as the greater part of their dead and wounded
- Borne six or eight pieces of artillery were wrested from
Gierr, avd the usual amount of amaU-arms, knapsacks,
overcoats, &c., were found strewn along the lino of re
treat. They evidently: seek to avoid a general engage
ment, whether with the hope of reinforcements, or with-'
the view of drawing us on to their strongest positions, or
from sheer cowardice* it is impossible to say.
Our forces engaged yesterday were divisions under
command of Stonewall Jackson, Longstreet, and the two
Bills. Our scanty information does not‘enable ua to say
whether the forces on this side of the Ohickahominy were
engaged yesterday. The casualties are not believed to
bo heavy, though Quite a number of wonndod harebpen
brought to this city. To-day (Saturday) will probably
witness a general and decisive battle. We have no fear
of thereeult
TUB-PRISONERS CAPTURED
- The prisoners captured yesterday (Friday), and
brought to this city, were only thirty in number, and re
present the following regiments: 7th Maine; 9th and
18tb Massachusetts; 10th, 25th, and 43d New York
Bib, 9tb, and 98th Pennsylvania; let Pennsylvania Bi
-Ist end 4th Michigan The only officer in the lot
was a bare-faced, bare-footed Dutch Yankee, Lieut. E»
Eicbelberger, : of the Bth Pennsylvania, who was cap
tured by snme means in the viciDity of Seven Pines yes
terday' morning.
We regret to learn that John M. Daniel, Esa , editor
of the Richmond who was acting as aid to
Gen. A. P. Bill, had his right arm shattered by a ball in
th*> battle yesterday.
Majr.r Marmadnho Johnson’s baiter?, and the Purcell
battery. both; of this city, distinguished themselves in
the fight yesterday. The former was complimented on
the field by Gen. Hill.
"VVe doubt Jf any community in the world ever ex
hibited more composure under similar circumstances
then was exhibited by the people of Richmond yesterday
while th« battle was progressing near fee city, the mult
of vhich was to determine whether they were to be
slaves or freemen. No excitement was visible anywhere.
Mon, women, and children, except those who were minis
tering to the wounded soldiers, wore engaged in their
daily pursuits or promenaded the streets as usual. No
levity was observed, but each countenance betokened a
oalm reliance on the favor of God, the justice of our
cause, aud the valor of our troops. This stoical equa
nimity js ft characteristic of the Richmond people, which
has often been regarded by strangers as a sort of pocio
twy phenomenon. it should be motivated as a preven
tive of panics, to w hich all communUies are subject who
have Hiftertd themselves to be afflicted by sensational
excitements
In fee afternoon, groups were collected at some of fee
corners of main streets, anxious to hear the latest reports
from the battle-field, and about the hospitals, when the
wounded were brought in, there were similar gatherings.
A part from these incidents, there was nothing to indi
cate that the “great battle” for the right of self-govern
iw nt was pending within a half hour’s ride of the city.
There was one other variation from the general aspect of
the streets which deserves a passing notice; it was the
absence from the sidewalks of the tansellßd “officers”
and absentees from comp. The Utter had returned to
tho poet of duty, withthe exception, perhaps, of a few
who. together with the gold-braid gents, had scclndod
themselves ft om Observation by remaining within daors
until dark. Tho people of Richmond acted well yester
day. Bud should, as we doubt not they will, maintain
their philosophical composure.
REBEL NEWS .FROM THE SOUTHWEST.
From tbo Grenada (Miss.) Appeal of the 23d ult. we
obtain the following highly interesting summary of
Southern news:
, TUB DEFENCE OF THE STATE
Wo learn with no little dogma of satisfaction from the
JMississippian that Gen. Tan Dorn has superseded Gon.
LoTHliu command of the forces at Vicksburg. The de
partment, as we undemand it, assigned to his immediate
.command, embraces: a'l South Middssipoi aud East
lioutataaa. while fee defence of North Mississippi aud
Alabama is astfgued to Gen. Bngglos, now stationed at
this place. Under these two chieitains we doubt not
the defence of tbe State will be mAdAthorough and com-\
—»*-, —energy, ■ 2cal,
Ivin Boggles, combined with a.-profound sagacity, fit
him peculiarly for active duty in the field. Having been
among tba first to secede from fee old army, and join
that of tho Confederacy, he has not, we believe, lost an
hourfrora duty since .fee .war commenced. Ee is de
sexvedly popular ufithhis command, whose confidenoo he
ban to an unlimited extent.'' .
Under this now disposition of our faroca, then, we fool
somewhat reassured that our people may rely npon tbelr
fecunly fcom any formidable moyoment of the enemy
npon this portion of the State.
PROW HOLLY SPRINGS.
Through a gentleman who arrived from.HoHy Bpring«
yesterday evening, we have learned some Tacts relative to
the conduct and doings or the Unionists doriug their
occupation of that portion of the State. Their retreat
from Holly Spiinge was hasty and :precipitate, they hav
ing been enmmoned to do eo by a courier from Lagrange.
Many depredations were committed by them during
their Biav. Co). Lumpkin, we learn, loßt five negroes,
and Dr. Malone fonr, two of whom, however, returned.
The growing crop of Judge Clayton was destroyed, and
his ion, Arthur Clayton, taken prisoner. Tho crops of
some other persons were aim destroyed.
Bln the engagement somo days ago, near Tallahatchie
bridge, seven Federal, w. re killed and seven wounded.
Two oflhe wounded were taken prisoners. One of Col.
Jackson’s couriers was captured by tire Fcderals, bnt
was paroled at Lagrange. All his messages, however,
had either been delivered or deitroyed before his cap
ture. Borne four or five citizens of Holly Springs had
proved themselves traitorous and disloyal during the oc
cupation of the place by the Fcderals
It is the purpose of the Unionists, as announced by
one of tbeir number et Holly Springs, to operate against
Grenada and Oolnmhue with a force o' 40,080 men", thus
flanking Beauregard. If the war is not endod by fall, it
is their intention to wage a war of extermiaation against
all the male inhabitants of tho South. We trust and
believe that onr generals will have an eye to this flunking
movement.
GENERAL ITERS.
Seven of the parties engaged in stealingthe engine and
train in Northern Georgia, a few weeks since, were hung
at Atlanta on the 18th ult. ' -' ; ■
Twenty-eight Union men, citizens of Marion, county,
Alabama, have been arrested and taken to Colnmbns,
Mississippi : ’
i The Richmond papers state that two Confederate par
tisan rangers were recently hanged by the Federate in
Northwestern Virginia. They conmel retaliation.
. The Federal flag-ehip Hartford, together with a num
her of mortar and gunboats, passed Bayou Sara on the
morning of the SOth, coming np.
It is stated that the captain of the boat that brought
Gen. Frenliea.and other Yankee-prisoners np tho Ala
bama river, a few days ago, actually refused to let the
'prisoner, eat at the first table, to tha 'exclusion of tho
passengers—there not being room for both- wherbnpou
Prentiss became, indignant, and threatened to 'Starve
himself to death! When he succeeds, one ration of coni
and bacon will be saved to the Confederacy.
REFUGEES AND; PRISONERS,
Monday last, say s the Abingdon Virginian, of the 18 th
nit., s cavalcade of twenty or thirty Kentuckians, with
ten or twelve prisoners, arrived at that place, through
'Pond . Bay. As the rangers were coming through the
mountain counties of Kentucky, tiiey wereattacked by a
company of Lincoln guards. They, however, turned the
tables npon them, killed the .leader of .the guards, and
took.seventeen prisoners, and sent, the balsnce'seamper
ing through the woods. ;
The following is the Jamal's ver.ion of the While
river affair:
“We have intelligence of a perfectly trustworthy na
ture tbat some days kince, while Gob , Fitch wad oa his
way up White river with two regiments for the relief of
Omtis, preceded by two gunboats, he was brought to a
haltby a Confederate battery at St.Oharleß..- One shot
from tbs battery displaced the steam pipe of thofirstgan
boat, and another entered the raaeazine, causing an ex
plosion, which shivered the boat to atoms, killing and’
wounding all but twelve out of one hundred and seventy--,
five men on board; -
** A signal flag from oiie of the boats was mistaken by
the troops manning the battery, for a flag of truce. A
force was in consequence successfully landed from the
transports, who took the battery .in the'fear, capturing
it. together with some fortyprisonere. ; The battery con
sisted of some eight^guos,-manned by seventy men. We
hope soon to be able to announce tbnt Goaerali Hindman
and Roane have given Colonel Fitch such a'd rubbing as
administered to Uurtis.”
[For The Press.]
On the Chickahominy.
Ye misses who listlessly lounge at noon,
On Eofa or cushioned seat, in the hall,
Free from the searching bubs of lave, "
Sheltered by roof, and shielded by wall;
Ye lads who pass the midday hour
Under the shade of-the home-yard free,
Fighting the flies which tremblingly cower
When revengeful hand they see;'
Ye matrons who stay at the open doori
Courting each laggard breeze that blows,
And lireswho sleep on the porch before,
-Spectacles straying down your nose,
Come listen to mo,
And I'll let you see*
Eow your fathers, brothers, sous, ■
Wearing Bwords and bearing guns,
. Shade them from the Southern suns.
< On the Chickahominy l
Just look where the green grape* vine
Is ovor the aTbor- trellis crcoplng*
Yielding you luscious fruit and wine •
When in the fall time purple peeping.
So they haVe Btakes, which fork on high,
Booted by sturdy axeman’s stroke,
And these with sapling stringers tie, -•
Cover with limbs and leaves of oak. ■
And there they sit at noon andnigbt,
When not engaged at distant labor,
As peaceful as thonghnot here to fight,
And each Beems loving of bia neighbor 1
So you’ll agree,
I’velet you see
How your fathers, brothers, Bons,
Wearing swords and bearing guns,
Shade them from the Southern suns .
; Off the Chickahominy!
'A Union Soldieju
Campnear Fair Oak- June 24£h, 1862. 1
Arrival of Wounded from Pbrt Royal;
New York, July s.—The steamer Arago, from
Port Royal on the 2d,,arrivod; at this port this
evening. She has eighty wounded from the battle
at James’lsland, including the following : •
,45th Pennsylvania, Patrick Kennedy, Co. K;
50th Pennsylvania, James McClain, Co; K,
76thPennsylvania,Corp.H BDe Haven,Co K
100th Pennsylvania; Serg. H, H. Robins, Co. I.'
E. Reed, Co. B; Charles Stansbury,
97th-Pennsylvania, Lieut. J. E. Weber, Co; A.
From Pensacola.
Nbw York, July s.—Tho steamer Catawba has
arrived Irom Pensacola, which place she left on
the 25th ultimo, : 6he brings' no news* AU waa
qufy, -
TWO CENTS
Democratic State Convention.
THE- KESOL'q'iION'S.
orposraos to the ADstniisrsmoir.
[Special report to The Press.] *
In accordance with a call previously is mod, the great
Democratic State Convention was held at Harrisburg on
Friday last, the 4th day of July.
The Convention was called to order, at ten o’clock, by
Wm. H. Welsh, chairman of the State Central Commit
tee, who moved that General George W» Cass, ofAUe
e^tc^ecl temporary Chairman.
The motion was agreed to amid loud applause.
General Ossa, on taking the chair, hia thanks
for the honor in a neat speerh.
m °i “ oti 9 n > Messrs. Jacob Ziegler (of Jefferson county),
T. F. Purdy (of Clinton/, A. J, Garretsou (of Susane
banna), and John P. Sutton (of Philadelphia), were elect
ed temporary Secretaries,
Tbe roll w& tbrn callfd, and the delegates answered
to *J**^-m3 a9 *‘- Several names not on the list were
added. This operation occupied considerable time, and
some confusion was occasioned. ’
The following is a eompiete list of the members of the
convention:
SENATORIAL,
Philadelphia— Richard Taux, W. H. Shoemaker. Jno
Apple, and Robert 18. Wright
Chcsl'r.arul Delaware —John D. Evans. ’
Montgomery— K.L. Acker.
Bucks— Samuel Darrah. ■ -
’ Lehigh and McDowell.
Eerki— Philip B..Milier. ■' '
Schuylkill’—Cr. D.B.Keim.
Carbon* Monroe* Pike* and TP*y»fi—John Snaitb.
Bradford , Susquehanna, Sullivan, and W-mmina—
-0. X. Waid. ' .
. Luzerne —David it Randall.
Tiooa* Potter. McKean* and Warren—A.. IS. Benton
■Glinttm, Lycoming, Centra and Vnion— B. T. Shu
gert •.
v S R yder, NorOamliertand, Mmtour, and i Columbia—
John G Frevsw}. V
_: Cumberland, Juniata, Ferry, and Mifflin— Samuel
Topbsm..
Dauphin and Lebanon— William K. Wilson
Lancaster— W, Vi. Brown, J. H. Brsnneman.
York —W. 8, I'fcMng.
Adams, Franklin, and Fulton —John Orr.
Somerset, Bedford, and Huntingdon—Vf. J. Bear
Blair, Cambrip, and Clearfield—Jamas Pattis.
Indiana and Amitrong—J .Aleiendat Fulton.
Westmoreland and Fayette —Samuel A. Gilmore.
Washington and Greene— Wm. Patterson.
Allegheny—George W. OaM. B 'H. Kerr.
Beaver and Butler—Boboit Montgomery.
Lawrence, Mercer, and Venango— Wm McKnight.
Erie and Crawford— Pearson Ohnrdi,
Farm, and Elk—Kits, Blood.
REPRESENTATIVE.
A damr—Jacob Bußhey.
Janies F. Richards, Jaraos Irwin, Dr.
Penny. g&muel'Ro-B*, Samuel Harper. •••-.’
Beaver—Wi jam Leaf.
Bedfords- Jacob Boed. •
Berks William Albright, A. G. Green, Daniel Ermen
trsnff.
Blair— William Forbes.
Bradford— Julios Bmsell, J. Rockwell,
Bucks—Jesve/W. Knight, Edward T. Hess.
Ditto—James M.Bredio, Jacob Ziegler.
Fenton, \
Cfcnfre—lca C. Mitchell.
Chester—Saraes D. Jones, John D, liayerty, Joseph P
Walton- •/ -
Clarion and Forestr- 3. Jefferson, 0. L. Lamberton
Clearfield, McKean,and Elk—Gt. T. MoOoy, J.T
lieonajd. , - -
Clinim—3. H. Orvfs.
Columbia, Montour, Wyoming, and Sidlwan-Pelor
Ent. Georre D. Jackson.
Crawford—; :
Thomas O’Bryan..
Baiiphih— General A. L. liocmfort, J. c. McAlar
ney.
BeJaware —-William Tonng.
Brie —Wm, Patton, W. A. Galbraith.
Fayette—T. B. Searieht.
Franklin and FvZton— Hiram Keyaer, EL G. South.
Greene—Joseph G, Gerrard. :
Huntingdon.—J. Simpson Africa.
Indiana^ Oyraß Clark.
IjoncasUr— Samuel E. Keller, George L. Eckort,
James P. Andrews, G. J. Brush.
£oiw«ice—D. 8 Morris.
£*banon—&; T- McAdams.
Lehigh, and Garbm— Herman Bupp, 8. R. Sites;
iSueeme—O.S. Dodson, Stanley Woodward, and Henry
Wilber. ‘
Lycming— John l?iatt.
Mercer— J. M. Arthur.
Mijflin —George Bates.
Monroe and Pike —James H. Walton.
Montgomery— George Lower, George W. Wimley, and
la. H. Davis.
Northampton— Dr. A.I Btont, John A. Sleton
Northumberland—! Truman H. Purdy.
Perry —J. A.Magee... .• r. v
Philadelphia—3. Foeter, Jesse Johnson, Andrew MU
ler, J. P. Del&ny, E. R; Helmbold, Samnel .Thompson,
G. Benner, William H, Bonder, John H. Platt, Anthony
J.Lechler A. D. Boileau, William 0. Snyder, John P.
Button, W. J. Sbeible,: Thomas J. George F.
Bone, and'Michael Arnold.
BchuylktU—J&ij, ; J. Conner, Jonathan Johnson, and
Joshua Boxer.
Somerset—A. O.Coffroth.
• Susquehanna— A. J. Gerrifcton.
Tioga and Potter —H. A. Guernsey.
- Union. Jtmtoia, and Snyder—San. H.|Toung, J.jH.
Fmaw^o— •' •
Warren—S. Y. James.
Washington —G. W. Miller, A. H. Eckor.
Wayne— James B. Dickson.
Westmoreland and Armstrong —Jacob Tarney, John
McFarland, J A.McQnlbicb.
j-brAj—Adam S. N. ; 'Bailey.
On motion, the rubs of the House of Representatives
as far as applicable, were adopted as the rules of tho
convention. ‘
Mr. S. K. Gilmore, of Fayette county, presented areso
lqtion to. appoint a committee of one from each Senatorial
district, te nominate one person for president of (he eon
ventiop, thirty.three persona for vfceprealdents, and as
many per,-ons for secretaries. ; *
Also, that a committee be selected in tbs same manner,
.to: report to-the convention for its action resolutions ex
preeriveof the viewg and opinions of the Democratic
party of the Commonwealth, and further, that all resolu
tions which may/, be introduced into this convention be
■referred, without debate, to said committee, and that said
committee have power and are hereby authorized to ap
point a chairman.
A resolution was offered to strike out allafter the word
resolved, aod add, that the convention proceed to the
election of a permanent chairman.
The resolution, as amended, was then adopted.
Nominations wire now mase for permanent president
of the convention.
Laruberton nominated F.-W; Hughes, of Schuyl-
A. J. Lechler nominated BiohM Yaux, of Philadelphia
'J. Y. James nominated Geo. W. Cass, of Allegheny.
. A. J. Ooshrane nominated Samuel Hepburn, and J; Y.
Jaraes, of Wax Ten.
• Messrs. Cass and James withdrew their names as can
' didates. ;
Tbe ballot was tlien taken with the following result:
■; F. W Hughes ...... 98 {• Samuel Hepburn...H
EichartlTaox ...... 21 | Scattering.......... 2 |
.: On motion, the nomination, was made unanimous, and
Mewra. Yaux and Hepburn we* e named to conduct the
President to the cnair. [Applause.]
_ Mr. Hughes, on taking the. chair f spoke as follows:
Gentilemen of the Convention, your partiality has
,elevated 'me to a. position of high - honor and re
-Bponfcible, duties. To tbiB position, from my limited
and knowledge vof- parliamentary rules
similar 'to those we have' adopted for the govern
mw>t ,ff r this - body, : -I can bring /nothing but '.
a devoted attachment to those great principles and inte
rests that, at this time-tbls. unprecedented, caUmiteui,
and momentous crisis in the naUon , i lire, and ahea»-t
warm with patriotism, with an arm that is nerved with
tbe same sentiments that actuate the loyal American citi
zen.- It, perhaps, would be appropriate ordinarily, at aU
events, it would be under circumsiances like this, to
.make reference to tbe interests and oueations likely
to; come b«fore the convention; and in view of the
fact that this convention has already determined upon
the appointment of a committee upon resolutions J and
ini-view of the fact that, at this crisis; prudence and
caution, Ih order hot. to enunciate any thought in ad
vance of the expression of sentiawnt that how wells up
and influences the loyal masses of the people of Penn
sylvania. and that will be belter expressed: in t'lß reso
lution?, I forbear, at this time, from making any apsech, ’
I am ready, therefore, with your co-operation, and by
your support, to prbceed to the buaineßa of the coa-
[Applause ]
Conaiderab'e discussion took place in reference to the*
admission of substitutes to delegates to the convention.
It was finally settled by referring the matter to a com- :
mittee on credentials, to which contested seats, Ao.,
should be submittfd. . v. : J
Me»sre. Gerrison, Lamberton. BiridJo, and
Leigh vere named as the committee on credentials. ‘
On motion, a short recess was taken to enable the
representatives from the several senatorial districts to
appoint a committee onjesolutions and another commit
tee on, permanent organization.
At the expiration of tre .recess, Ihe coßvenUon was
.again called to order, and the committees were announced
as follows: . • .
COSTSfITTEB on resolutions
Bichard -Y aux* Klire Shoemaker, Albert D. Boileau,
S po •?' John P* Lavorty, Geo. Lower, Samuel
Vsrrab, Br..A. Stout,' A, G. Green, James’Byoo, S. E
Sites, 0. L. Watd, D. B. Bandall, W. L. Mo'iJoy, J.' H;
Pj. viß ’ Fr Trnmnn, H. Furdy, Samuel Hephn’b, N. E.
/Wilson, N. N, Brown, AH Brenneman, Adam Ebangh,
H.JS ?mitb, N. J. Bear, Jas. Pottf, J. Alexander Ful
ton, T.B fcearighr, G. N. Miller, Gen. Q. W.'Oaes,
SBmuei Harper/Eohe’rt Montgomery, Arnold Plummer,
W, A. Galbraith, 0. L. Lamberton.
COMMITTEE ON ORGANIZATION,
F.B. Ilelmbold. N. H:-Bnyder; J. F. Paatt. W. F.
Scheible, Wm, Young,.Dr. GN. Whimley, "Blward T;
’Hee?, Herrman Bupp. D-Ermeutrout, G. He B. Beim,
John Smith. Julias Bussell, A. L. Dodson, N. H. Guern
sey, J. H. Young, Peter Bnt, Thomas O’Brvan, A L
Itemnfort, B E. Keller, Geo. L. ! Eckert, W. S. Piaking,
II O. Kejser, J. Simpton Africa, J. T. Deavord. T. XL
Olsrk, J. O. Clerk, W. Patterson. W. H. Kerr, J. W
Blcbards, Wm. Loaf, D. S. Morris, W. Patton, K. L.
Bleed
A resolution was offered that when tbe convention ad
journ, it adjourn to'meet at three o’clock, which was
carried. . • • • , •
. On motion, it was
. Resolved, That all repolntioas in the hshda ofmemhera
of the convention he handed to the Committee onßeso*
lutir ns, before adjournment: , i
The convention-then adjourned until the afternoon.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The corny ntion reaßeembled at 3 o’clock P. H.
EKPOST Of COMMITTEE OH: PERMANENT: OKOANI-
Tho Committee on Permanent Organization, through
their chairmar, reported the following list of officers:
TICK PRESIDENTS.
.Jesse.Jfohneon, A. J feebler. Dr. Wm. O. Snyder,
Mlcliael Arnold, John B, Kvan*. Dr. K. I, Acker,: Jesse
W. Knight,.Bobert MoDowelli Philip K. Miller, Francis
P. Dewces, John Smith, George D.: Jackson, George D.
Sander,on, .Tliomas M. Biddle, J. H. Yornig, John G.
Freeze, JobnEoss, JrO. McAlarney, S, G. Bnsh, George
li.-Eckert, 8. B-Bailey, John Orr, Jacob Bead, Wiliiam
Forbce, John M. Thomjson, Jacob Torney, AYm. Patter
son, Dr, D. A. Penney, 8. P. Boss, Wm Loaf, J J.Mc.
Arthur, Pearson Chnrcb, Kennedy D. Blood.
SECRETARIES.
Jacob Ziegler, T. H. Purdy, J, It. Orvis, A. J. Gar
retteon,- T. W. Button,* T. T. McAdam, James Erwin
John P. Belaney, Jacobyßtiehey, WilUam McKnight,
lowjr H Davte, James M. Breden, Samuel Darrah.
Loss Rockwell. \
. The Declaration of Independence was then read by
Colouel Jacob Zießlor, on© of tho socretaries of the con
vention, in a good style, and at its close tho Colonel was
rocoivta with applause, and a . vote of thanks was ten
dered him. ...
. Mr. Ziegler returned his appreciation of the honor in
a neat speech. /
On motion,! each member of tbe convention was as
sessed.twenty-five cents to pay tho expenses of the con
tention';; ...
Tbe convention then took a recess for an hour.
At five o’clock the convention whs called to order,
The committee on boniested seats reported that nothing
had bten presented for their consideration, all contests
.having been amicably arranged,, and: asking to be - dis
charged frona tbe consideration of the subject
A reeolution of thanks to the secretary of the conven
tion was passed.
THE BESOLUTIOItS.
Mr. Arnold Plummer, from the Committoo on, Itoso
loiiono,roported the following series, which were read
by Jacob Ziegler: V. ■
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and established by our fathers in order to form a more;
perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tran
quility. provide for' tho common defence, promote the
general .-welfare; and secure the; blessings of liberty to
posterity: therefore, '
it jfcwfrtd, Thftt ttwooljr object of th« PmhoowUc
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3. That the true and only object of the war is to re*
store the Union and to enforce the Taws'. Snch a purpose
elone is worthy of the awful sacrifice which it coate so
of life and of treasure, and with such a ynrrpese alowe can.
we bop© for success; and those who, from sectional feel
ing or from patty or private motive, would give any other
direction to the efforts of our ansa are uojnst, and un
worthy to be entrusted with power, and would cause all
further exertions, extraordinary acd unparalleled ae they
are,’to prove futile in th* end -
4. That we iufitly view, with alarm the reckless «,
jravnennee which prevails in some of the department* of
‘the .Federal Qoverntnf'nt. and that a return to rigid
economy and acoountabi ity is indispensable to the «r~
rest of the systematic plundering of t.ha public treasury
by favorite partisans, and that, in view of the recent
Startling disclr pures of fraud and corruption at the Fpde
ral metropolis and throughout the country, that wa hold
an entire chance in the Administration to be imperatively
demanded.
5- That the party of fanaticism nr crime, whichever it
may be called, that peeks to turn the slaves ofthefienth
ern Ptatep loo e e, to overrun the North and enter into
competition with ,the white labormffrofts**s. thus rf»gra»
dine and insulting thelrmnuhood hy placing them on an
equality with negroes in their occupations, is insulting to
ourrare, ardmeritß ourmoßfc emphatic and unqualified
condemnation.
0 That the ’Democracy of ‘Pennsrlvania is equally op
posed to all s B ctional levielatfon And geographical parties
which ha«e their hopes for continued partisan succe fl s on
the Aprarianiem of emancipation and hvpo-critiofti philan
thropy, abrlitinp, because neither is known to the Oon®
Btitutiou. and both are in'onded to aid disunion and sub
vert th©,Constitution, and to prevent th* rerinratinn of
unity-and peace and concord among the States and the
people, •.
7.' That, the Constitution and the laws are sufficient for
any emergence, and that the puppreision of the freedom
of speech and of the press, and the unlawful arr'-at of
citizens.- and the suspension of the wrif of habeas corpus
in violation of the Constitution in States wh*r ft the civil
authorities are unimpeded, is most dangerous to civil 1!b
-eriy. and he resisted at the banobbox by every
fre«m»n in the land.
8 That this is a Government of white m«n and was ee
tahiehed exclnrively for the white race; that the «eer»
rare are not entitled to nnd ousht sot to be admitted to
priitical or ercifll eqnalitv with the white rare, hut that
it. is our duty fo treat lh*tn with kindness and considera
tion as ah inferior but dependent, racp: that the rivht of
the several States to determine the position and duty of
the several race* is a H/vrereign rieht, and -ha pledges of
the coDßtffution require us, as loyal citizens, potto inter
fere therewith.
9. That Congress has ; no power to deprive anv per
ron of his property for any criminal offence. unless that
perron lies first beendtjTy convicted of tbs offence bv the
verdict ofe jury, and that all acts of like this©
lately passed by. the TTnu*e of Fepreseotatives, which
aßßUtae to forfeit or confiscate the estates of mep for of
fences of which they have not been convicted bv due
trial hy.jury, are unconstitutional and leal to oppression
and tyranny. Tt is no justification for snob acts that the
crimes committed in the nroeecution of the mbrilfep ars
of unexampled atrocity,,nor is there any such jnsti
ficn.tfcn as State necessity known to our Government or
laws, -
,10. That the Constitution and the Union and tii» laws
must be preserved in all their proper and ri*hffu> supre
macy, and that the rflVlliftn jmt in arms againri ub
b© suppressed and put down, and that it is our duty
to use all- constitutional measures necessary and proper
to that end.
11. That the soldiers composing'our army merit the
Wrftinest thanks of the nation. Their conntrv called,
and nobly did they respond. Living, they shall know a
nation's gratitude * wounded, a nation’s cava - a.nd dying,
they shall live in our memories, and monuments pH all be
raised to teach posterity to honor the patriots aud heroes
who offered tbefr lives at. their <yvnptrv*B altar; their
widows and orphans shall be adapted hy the nation, to bo
watched over and cared for as objects truly worthy®
nation’s guardianship.
- The resoluHooß. which had beep read amid groat ap
plause, wotb unanimonslv adopted.
On motion* nominations were made for Auditor Ge
neral. .
The following geutiemen were placed in romioation; ■*
; Wm T*, Schell, Tsaac Plonker, Franklin Variant, Ja
cob Ziegler, Richardson L. Wright, and John K. Wethe
till, . . . .
Tbs following shows tbo lisliot vote on encb. ballot:
1 2 3 4 5 R
24 2S 30 S» 29 IT
lB 20, S! 31 41 T*
2O IS 18 12 T
24 IT 1 _ _ _
5che11.,,.,.
Blanker...,
Va-nsant,..,
7»eiffler.....
WrMrt... 30 42 46 50 in 391
Wethenll 4. 4 _ g 2 4 j
Mr. ZoMer withdrew hi* nave on the third ha'lnt.
Or thestxth and final ballot. Twwn SlfinVep Hrtnr ro
crirpd a majority, eras declared the candidate for Auditor
General .
Fur Snrveynr General. Meaara. .1. P Barr, w T H
Pauly. Dr. Charlea Hill, J. P. Bho«d«, Teel m. Jvww,
Col. L. rate, W. O, Snyder, J. A. Bockos, C. J. H&r
tranft. ■
The followins: is the vote
Find Ballot. Socond Ballot,
4T 79
.....25 H
Barr.
Bill..
Rhoads.....
Jame 5.,,........
Tata....
fHiyder.,»i. .
BAqktw* ..1... 7.
HBriTabR.'.M.M.M... 2, 1
Mr. Barr waather&upon l declared the candidate for
SurveyofcGenerah . v-
Tbe convention then proceeded to aouimUe achair
mao for the State Central Committee, when the president
of the convention was nominated and elected by accla
mation. .
A reeesß was then taben by the convention, that the
representative* of the several district* might their
delegates to the Central Committee. After about half as
hour’s consultation, the list of districts was called, and
ibecoromUreewas organized as follows:
'lst District—Thomas W. GaskiU, John Dloplncott, 8.
WrArnoldj Isaac 8. Oassel. 2 Dr. William Toanff.
3. Jrese B. Davis 4. J. P. Mendenhell. 5. .
6. -Win. T. Albright 7. Geo. D. B. Ketm. 8. Wm, W.
Hammond. 9. 10 Sandie Woodson. 11.
James Y. James. 12. 00l Robert Crane. 13. .
14. JohnH.CressweH. 15. B. A.Lamb-rton. 16. Jaa.
Palter»n, Hoeh*L North. 17. John Gibson. 18 -
—* A. H. Gocbrare. 20. —. 21. Thomas
M. Clark. 22 -——23. 24 Geo W
Cass, John C.Dmm. 25. Charles Carter: 26 - *
27. Benjamin Whitman. 28. W. W. Barr.
Mr. Vaux moved to adjourn. Not agreed to.
A resolution tendering the thanks of the convention te
the president and other officer* of the convention was
passed. ' - ■
, r On .motion the proceedings were ordered to be pub
fished in pamphlet form, and in all the Democratic paper*
Of the State.
Mr. Yaux again moved to adjourn.
The Prudent, Mr. F. W. Hughes, row, and, having
Buccecded in obtaining order after repeated blows of the
gavel, said:
Gbntlrsien of thb Contention: Before proposing
the motion for final adjournment, and the dissolution of
the official relatione which I have had the honor to hold
toward this highly respectable and inteUigent repraeenta
tion of the Democracy of Pennsylvania, permit me to
. return fe you my heartfelt thanks for the high honor
that yon have conferred upon me in selecting me to pro
side over so. important a convention. Accent my ac
knowledgments, also, for the kind. aad genial manner
in which you have aided-your in the per
formance of to him, the untried duties of ; his posi
tron j but, above, all let me .congratulate you, and not
only tbe Democracy, but every loval men in Pennsyl
vania, upon this day’s work./ [Cheers ] -In no other
'manner could you have rendered more service to your
country and more worthily have celebrated the anni
versary or tbe birth-day of American independence than
the labor you have discharged this day. Yon have
i adopted a series cf.regolntionfl.embbdyfng’priQ&iide? that
are but mere reaffirmauts o*f tbe great principles that
were enunciated by our fathers and sent lorth in that
decree that declared the tolonfeg.rf America'free and
independent States. [Cheera.] They, asserted certem
inalienable rights in »hat flat, and among them was re-'
ririauce to tyranny and usurpation We have
been called upon to day to reassert those verypriuciotes..
The resolutions that you have adopted, especially those*
that have reference to the violation of the righto of per
sonal liberty and personal security; the resdntious that
you have here adopted in denunciation in spirit, if'not
in terms, of the pe.sooal-libßrty bibs, the BRhemes
• that aro a* part of the machinery to accomplish
. a declaration .made; by. a disloyal party in- this
country some years ego, though their leaders, and
which has culminated in the dreadful affliction that
now visits this coautry,—to the utter extinction of
slavery. (Obeerp.) You have declared, whatever may
be the provocation,, whatever wrosg may' have been in
flicted by fanaticism, by ambition,, by desire for .place
■ and.power that would winner reign in boil than serve in
heaven, you have rolled 'back by your declaration this
dav; You have inauaorated a doctrine, a platform that
will 500n..1 trust, bribe efforts of pot only the Demo
cracy, bnt the to? *luron of Pennsylvania, roll back the
spirit that is souaht to be inaugurated by the leaders pf
-that political party. Howevtr wrong the conduct ofthe
leaders may have beep, they had no cauae, however ag
gravated, to justify, tbe means that have been adopted by
: the people of the Southern States, in order to redoes* that
wrong, ortoreifeye themselyes of its confluences. Spces
eionirm is not tho remedy,, and no cause, however avgra
veied, can State io attemptins to withdraw
from the Federal Union/ (Hheers ) Notonlydoesit strike
at the sovereignty of onr Government, not'bnly does it
seek rto overthrow the Oouriitution which 'forms tho
unioiffbut it.deafroys the material intew'gt, it destroy#
,the, political greatness ofthe people, of these States and of
ibis Union. The Mississippi riv*r could never bo given
up; it was the property of tbe whole, people, as it was
tbe only outlet to the sea for the great West. Bebeltios
or eecesrionipm never can be Mibrnifted to b/the people
of the Northern States, and armed rebellion must be put
down by tbe loyal, men of the conatry by force of arms,
and to stand by the sovereignty and the existence of the
Government. But it is equally their dntv to pnt down
that otb*r treason and aentiraont that begat
[Oheers ] Abolitionism is the parent "of secesrionism,
although the isroe may be inegitimete.-* [Gheero ] There
are but two parties in tbe one the friends of. the.
Constitution and Unien and the other its enemies, and
♦here enrrm-R are the Secessibniats South and the Abo
liticnists Nottb, while" its friends-are the loyal* patri
otic men of whatever party, who stand bv the Con
stitution,as it is and; the Union Asitwas. [Cheers-J
, tljq man that cannot stand upon the platform that you
have constructed to-day. is a traitor to his country, and
is either one who ia engaged In the conspiracy inaugu
rated for the ultimate extinction of elavery or is a be
guiled, deluded fanatic There is one great end to be
achieved by the Democratic party, and that, is the resto
ration of tbe Union, the bringing about of peace, put au
end to the civil strife that now prevails throughout the
ISDd. War, thought tbe speaker,was a terrible calamity,
br fc where has the world ever seen a strife like the one
now going on in the l»nd, for the extent of country, and
' the great riake at issue, being no less than the existence
of the nation. Howiongehafl tbe contest continue? So
tong as the schemes of abolition which are presented to
OonsrfFS for tbe purpose, as is falsely said, of carrying
on the war. T may say, in the language of the Bepre
sentatlve from the border .States, Mr. Wickiiffe «the
youngest man bere.probably may not see the time when
peace shall be restored.** "Whether this obj<Kst ofthe
utter extinction of slavery is to be accomplished by a
military proclamation, declaring the slaves of rebels
free; whether it iato he accomplished under ihe pretext—
I may be permitted to say, the fraud—of the confiscation
of ./the slaves of rebels, or by whatever of the various
schemes tbtft have been introduced into the present Gou-
for the purpose of brfngiorabout the same end—ta
wif—negro omnneipation—the effectmust be to make this
civil strife interminable. There is not one of them that
is not e mendacious usurpation, or does not propose, in
the prejeentsrif. a mendacious usurpation of the Con
stitution. Whatever may be the ultimate effect of
this abolition of slavery in the cotton States it is a
conviction thoroughly rooted in the minds ofthe people
Gist fUfiar and cotton cannot be raised witbont negro ser
vile labor. If yon'desiroy this domestic Institution, you
destroy the whole value to th*m of their warehouses, of
everything that gives them pecuniary wealth, andmoral,
rrctel and political position.
The only way that this struggle can be successfully
tern touted is by the way that has been shown in these
resolutions, and saying to the people of the slaveholding
Stat es that their rlghts shall be protected under the Oon-
Bti'tutirn. We have selected our positions, and the loyal
men of the country will roily round our standard bearers,
ard vil) hear aloft the stara and stripes, withthecry ofi
ub rorftittition, oneUnior, one Country, and the Con
'tbiitioff as it !b and the Union as It. was.* and to uphold
»he Oor *titutidn by putting down Abolitionism aad Se-’
rersioDiFm. , (Cbfere.) . *
j«SEd” ,e^ r ,the “ the,
Bond cries were now made for Vara, wben’tfiat ernii
tleman sßid r : ®: ..
ofTisENS : The'Demodracy.FenninWania
Ihizke it lias accomplished a noble work; ThAdcts that
, 5 1 l n #W®-> of.atur one are
toße
say ;. - I.am Willing that tire generation -and jioa
;terlty Bhalljiidße mby oot,S>ta.;:. ' * .
wa«minitMi into a town
J 5? n * J'iVin Cessna was elected chairman,
. H. Witte then made* speech, in his oharoetk
wttc style, m fit elern o’clock