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I'll ID AY, JULY 18, 1862.
THE WAR.
The news from Arkansas is of tbo highest mo
ment, both in itself find in 11s indicating signifi
cance. The facts of the case seem to give more
hope for the safety of General Curtis’ army; but,
on the other side, the rebel General Hindman pats
forth a proclamation so eloquent with determined
hate, so fiercely malignant,' so deeply stirring to '
every deed of fiendish ferocity, every outrage of
.stealthy, barbarous warfare, that one cannot but
fear for the llt'le band surrounded by such
ruthless desperadoes. Jivory man should care
fully read and reread that proclamation; it is
the best epitome that has yet appeared of
the motives and purposes of the rebels. In its'
lines, sullen, bitter defiance struggles with vehe
ment activity of rage. The rebels are assumed
to be savages, and are goaded on to a worse than
savage barbarity. : But what exhaustive, remorse
less, unending activity it is that is counselled! It is
kill, kill, kill! all persons, by all means, at ait
times, under all circumstances. Scouts and pickets,
pilots and troops, transports and trains—all are to
be exterminated at any and overy price. When
will the Administration take : a warning, if not a
lesson, or an example, from this exhibition of un
dying determination ? If Gen. Curtis had shown
a tithe of this resolution, he would not how be re
treating, with the oxistonoe of his army threatened
at every step. But there are good chances of his
safety. He left Batesville, on the upper part of the
’ White river, on the 29th of June. Crossing the Big
’ Black-river, he halted for five days at Jaoksonport
.to gather up all his outposts; then marched south
erly to Clarendon, slowly overcoming the innumer
able obstaoles which rebel ingenuity had devised to
. thwart him. His advance guard had succeeded, on
the J2tb, in pushing their way across to Helena, a
Snail town on the Mississippi, some eighty miles
below Memphis.- Strenuous efforts were being made
' at the latter place to iesoue the Arkansas army
from its dangerous position. ,
Advices from Gen. MoClellan’s army represent
, ererything as quiet towards the rebels, but active
in repaid to the reformation of regiments from
the reinforcements that are constantly arriving.
But it is slow work at best. The salvation of that
army, and, therefore, of the country, hangs upon the
success which shall reply to the President's call.
There is no time for drafting. Before its details could
be arranged and parried into execution, the season
‘ would ho well advanced ; and the drilling of the
troops would take us late into the fall. It is im
possible to stave off foreign intervention so long.
Our only chances lie in prompt action in front of
the rebels, and equal energy in engineering: the
blacks behind them.
General Pope is mossing his troops preparatory
for some decisive exploit; but the odds are fear
fully against us, the rebels having every advan
tage in having an enormous force between.two
armies corapSratively weak and unable to co-ope
rate with each other,
.the hews. : ■
Bv the correspondence from General McClel
lan’s army, we learn that the rebels continue to ob
struct, as far as they oan with safety, the passage
of the James river. It would even seem that they
areereoling a battery opposite Harrison’s Banding.
The river is only a mile wide at this point, and it
Is, therefore, possible that our transports maybe oc
casioned some annoyance, temporarily; but we
have every confidence that Commodore Wilkes’
flotilla will be able to silence any batteries that the
rebels oan eroot.
A coMrixTE list of wounded Pennsylvanians in '
Richmond is published in anothor column.
Feom Vicksbarg we have no important nows.
Ohr mortars have ceased a useless expenditure of
ammunition, and it is the general belief of corres
pondents' 'that'nbtMug can be done-at that point to'
gratify! patriotic hearts, until a sufficient force of
troops has arrived to make a land attack upon the -
last rebel stronghold on the Mississippi.
Accounts from Tennessee, published on our firs
psge, represent that 500 rebel guerillas were cut to
pieces above Burksvillo, Kentucky, on Saturday
night. On the preceding day a company
of these infamous outlaws arrived itoHNashville,
having been oaptuicd in the viqinity.of that city.
', A coßEEsroxDENTjgiAes.tlilt Winchester is again;
threatenedg|hy«SaokSoh’r army. Tho telegraph of
#jWt|flS-raeninovfcd -from- -the town, so as to fie one',
mile'nearer our fortifications., We shall bo very
: much astonished if Gen. pope is caught napping...
The State Convention of the Republican and
'People’s parties met, yosterday, at Harrisburg, at
11A.M. Hon. John C.Jlnox was elected presi
dent, and the proceedings were characterised by,
. the greatest patriotic enthusiasm and-good feeling,
Thos. E. Cochran was renominated for the position of
Auditor .General, and William Boss for Surveyor
General, by acclamation: After whioh the Conven
tion adjourned, with three cheera for the Constitu
tion and the Union. ...
Tub question as to who was responsible for tho
James Island blunder has given origin to a chapter
of correspondence, an instalment of which we print
to-day, in General Benham’s self- defence.
The scarcity of change still attracts the attention
of the people. Hundreds of plans for the removal
of tho difficulty have been suggested in communi
cations to The Press. . Among others, is that of
cutting dollar notes in two, and passing each half
for fifty cents. This, no. doubt,' would give con
siderable relief to the currency, and it seems to us
perfectly feasible and legal, provided the banks
would issuo a card in concordance therewith. The
courts bavo decided that the notes of banks thu-3
divided must be redeemed when presented, and we
learn that the Farmers* Bank of Lancaster, and
Bisvexal other banks, have cheerfully agreed to
accept the plan, and thus accommodate the public.
A coRBEsroNDBST, writing from the city of
Seventy-six, FJum&a county, Colorado, June 15th,
eay : u We have very deep snow here upon the
mountains. It is oyer thirty feet deep at; the
mouth of my tunnel in the Washington mine.**
It is estimated that there are now on furlough
jfifty thousand enlisted men, most of whom are in a
condition to rejoin their regiments.
CONGRESS.
In the XT. S. Senato, yesterday, the House bill,
making postage and other United States stamps as
currency, and prohibiting the issue of notes less
than one dollar, Ac., was passed.
A resolution of thanks to Hon. Solomon Foot,
president pro tern-, was adopted. After which the
Senate adjourned.
"In the'Housc, the bill to divide Washington into
two judicial districts waa passed. -
Mr. Howe, of Massachusetts, introduced a bill,
•which was adopted, providing that, on and after the
Ist of August, all poatago and other United States
Stamps shall be received for all dues less than $5,
and which may be received in exchange for United
States notes. Ho private corporation or bank
shall make and issue any token, note, or device
for less than one dollar to circulate as money. Any
person so offending shall, on conviction, be punished
by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or
imprisonment for six months, or both, at the dis
cretion of the court.
A message was received from the] President, a
synopiU of which we print elsewhere.
, She Senate resolution providing that the com
pensation to pension agents shall be two per cent.
<jn the entire disbursements by any one of them,
provided the aggregate compensation shall not ex
ceed $2,000 per annum, was passed; after which
the House'adjourned. , '
There is much truth in proverbs, common
as they are. As Sir Waiter Scott once Slid,
it does not fo low that what id common is ne
cessarily vulgar. When a person uses the
phrase “ vulgar proverbs” no vulgarity is un
derstood. A proverb is the wit of one and
the' wisdom of many. The commoner it is,
the better: iresh air, the beauty of nature/
grace, truth, reliance upon God—all are com
mon, but surely not vulgar things. There
fore, when the proverb <( what’s ose man’s
meat is auothir man’s poison” is quoted, to
illustrate a broad fact, let not the plain and
oommon words be sneered at by the polite
oupheists of the day.
We apply-the words in relation to that cot
ton-scarcity in Europe, hut ciiiefly in England
and France, which has particularly stricken
Lancashire with poverty, idleness, and despair.
These are its fruits, no doubt, or, more cor
rectly speaking, the fruits of that very Seces
sion which the Governments of France and
England have patronized and patted on the
back ior the last fifteen months. If the South
had not rebelled, there would have been the
usual stipp’y of cotton. The Liverpool brokers
would have buttered their bread upon both
sides, and the Manchester cotton spinners and
calico printers might have pursued their fami
liar work of grinding millions out of tire bones
•of miserabl-3 iadtory children. ■
XutihjH'ts is biiin in Gilead. There is no
•anmersal ruin on account of the cotton scavci
-ty even among those who are interested jin
*the cotton tr.de. Many have suffered, and
many will suffer, hut a select few are flourish
ing. These are the money-grubs caded
« speculators,” whose profits, on the fluctua
tions of cotton prices, are estimated by a lead
ing London journal at §30,000,000 in the last
fifteenmonths. Amid general despondency,
privation, sickness, and despair, 1 those fdiks
have feather: d their nests very warmly.
It does not appear, however, that this class,
who can most especially afford to be liberal,
have been at all prominent in contributing
from their cotton-gains to the wretched cot
ton-victims : partly suffering from the results
of the operations whioh have enriched these
more fortunate money-lords. On the contrary,
the London paper, a’ready referred to, bitterly
complains of their turning deaf ears to all
solicitations to indulge in the luxury of charity
towards the deadly distress in Lancashire, aud
declares that if they would dedicate only the
tithe of their gains to: this purpose, they would
reap an abundant harvest of gratitude, and the
balance of their profits would not lie the less
easily in their coffers because of the knowledge
that a thousand homes were gladdened by this
liberality. Truly, the sufferers' whoenviously
view" these men’s wealth, acquired at their
cost, must sadly feel the force of the proverb
which we quoted eavly .in this article.
The political as the physical world has its
movements regulated by internal antagonistic
forces resulting, by mutual interaction and
counteraction, in external harmony. In ordi
nary times, therefore,: parties are necessary
to the proper ordering of the political ma
chine ; opposing interests must clash toge
ther, and seek each other’s destruction;
rival claims must clamor for pre-eminence;
discussion must warm to the verge of dis
sension; lor questions of common policy
are best sifted by separate exaggerations of
their various phases, and the conviction of a
people finds truest balance in an aggregate of
extreme opinions. But such a state of things
demands, as the condition of its existence, a
high degree of peace and prosperity, since the
maintenance of these is its aim; itimplies the
unimpaired and unimpeded exertion of legiti
mate governmental functions, because these are
the moans by which it seeks to realize its aim.
If any extraordinary circumstances should
alter the determination of ends, it is evident
that the people-must conform by altering the
relations of means,
Such a change of ends is now made in our
country. We have been suddenly hurled out
from the usual avocations of peace. New
demand s are trumpeted to us by the brazen
mouth of war. Questions of internal policy
are lost—drowned in the clamor. Wo
dare sit no longer counting our fingers
• and our gains. The problem is not now
how we shall exist, but whether we shall,
exist. We do not seek to develop our power
for our aggrandizement, but to wield it for
our defence. Ho more coloring of our national
fabric with various dyes; no more tricking out
of the State in harlequin parade. Blood has
crimsoned the woof; ha’e aad strife have re
woven it. The toga is changed for the tunic; ;
War has flung the state-dress about its shoulders
and stalks defiantly over the land;
With these new exigencies upon us, what
new energies shall be rallied, what new
courses adopted? The processes that regu
late the country in peace must be clean thrown
away. When labors and sacrifices have se
cured our national perpetuity, we can go back,
and advantageously, to party divisions and re
sume the political conflicts which result from
differences of opinion; we can even resort, if
we will, to those minutuß and machineries
which seem to be inseparable from thosupport
of particular doctrines. But now all this must
he banished. There can be no parties, pro
perly so called, in the nation, when not Its po
litical management -is; sought; but its political
integrity is threatened.. The whole people is
massed into one vast party to repel external
danger, and all 'intestine snarls and snarlings
are flung to the winds. The aim is a single
one; the means is single. It is a gigantic up
rising with one inspiration, and any discord
ancy is treason. Down with it! We have
brooked it too long already. Our unwilling
ness even to seem to interfere with free speech
has given a latitude to treason which it has
not been slow to use and widen. With every;
danger surrounding us, there is but one course
-for the-Republic to pursue: to rally in unfair
tering support of the Administration, and sum
marily' stop all tr^qlftus'scbism,under what-,
ever gg}Jxtf>fr*» 6 conservatism,” “ democracy,”
f*arid the like, it may be hidden. He that is
not with us is against us, . Let all tories be
turned over to the tender mercies of the Con
stitution and the confiscation act. .
Wo therefore object to calling yesterday’s -
meeting at, Harrisburg a .meeting of the Re
publican party; and; since, in these times,
every honest man knows that party lines are
merged in the one right onward march of the
nation, the patriotism of him is to be suspected
who insists upon giving any special bias to an
assemblage tha t proclaimed, with practical em
phasis, an effacement of-aHthe narrow distine-.
tions of former days. It is true that it was sup
ported by those who used to lead tho Republi
can party when it was a •party; but hand in hand
with tbese, were their old antagonists—both
sides vowed to forget the separations of the
past in the concord of the future. It'was a
meeting of the party of the Republic , and it
discharged its duties consonantly with the
dignity of its purpose. With a lofty cancel-'
lation of particular creeds, and
addressed itself to the task which de
volved upon it in the course of ordinary
State-legislation, evincing the singleness of
its aim, and the purity of its patriotism, in
its first action—the expulsion of the peicc-at
any-price delegates, and the refusal to discuss
contested seats by a generous admission of ail
claimants. The same spirit was evinced in the
nominations, which were fairly distributed be-,
'tween the two great political factors coalesced
in the meeting; and it was further developed
in the resolutions, which are filled with ardor,
courage, faith, and patriotism. There is ardor
in the determination “to prosecute this war with
increased vigor and energy, until the rebellion
is utterly crushed, the integrity of the Union
in all its borders restored, and every rebel re
duced to submission or driven from the laud.”
There is staunch courage in the stand taken to
wards foreign intervention ; there is brightest
faith in the affectionate endorses of the Presi
_ dent and the Governor; there is patriotism
everywhere; but,especially in that resolution
which ignores all party-divisions, suppresses all
sectional divisions, gathers up all affinities of
national love, and makes the existence of the
Republic and the real Democratic idea the
only platform for loyal Americans.
The meeting has nobly fulfilled its obliga
tions. Its duties were delicate and difficult ;
but,- harmonizing elements that would under
any other circumstances have been hopelessly
discordant, it has discharged its trusts firmly,
fearlessly, faithfully. True to itself, the people
will be true to it.
Ir was lately suggested, in a New "York
paper, we believe, that if the Government
wished to raise additional regiments in Ten
nessee at the least expense and in the briefest
time, the best way would be to commission W.
G. Brownlow as General of Yolunteers, and
send him out on the recruiting service. We
have no doubt that this would answer expecta
tion—just as little doubt have wo of Mr.
Browst.ow’s willingness to serve; the 'good
cause for which he has suffered so much in
person and property, in any capacity where his
exertions, his influence, his example would
benefit Ms country. Whether the 'suggestion
was made seriously we cannot say, but as
suredly it is at once practical and practicable.
Mr. Browneow is well known in Tennessee,
and there
. One blast of Roderick's bugle-horn
Were worth ton thousand inen l
With his frame invigorated by exercise and
life long temperance, and his arm nerved by
patriotism and a just cause, Mr. Bnowatow
would make a noble leader of men. No man
is better acquainted with Tennessee—ho man
is better known there. Thousands would ral
ly, at once, to such a call as his, proud of a
leader on whom they could rely. Mr. Bicowx
r.ow is a capital horseman, like most of the
Southwestern gentlemen, and could speedily
master the mere routine of the military pro
fession. Let him be commissioned, and, no
doubt, he will accept the appointment, and
speedily rally thousands of the brave. Tenne
sseans around his standard—the Flag of the
Union. r :
The §l,OOO. War Subscription—Prompt
.Response.
[The following communication is commend
ed to the attention of the public. The pa
triotic spirit which it manifests is worthy
of extended imitation.—E».]
WEnaßsnAirMoßmHOi duly 10,1862.
‘ To the hditor of The Press:
In response to. the notioe in this morning’s Press,
I second your'friend's motion to be one of: 100
to contribute §l,OOO each toward raising ten regi
menta in this city. . ; ■
I hope, however, there will be 1,000 persons, in
stead of 100, who will contribute the same amount.
Truly y.ours, j
H. Bomnson, • *
122 south Front street
FROM WASHINGTON.
Special Despatches t 0..“ The Press.”
Washington, July IT, 18G2,
Message of the President on the Gonlis-
cation Bill.-
Fellow-citizens of the Senate and House of Jlepre -
sentatives
Considering the biU for 4{ an’ act to fiuppress insur
rection, the punishment of treason and rebellion, to
setae and confiscate the property of rebels, and for other
purposes,” and the joint resolution explanatory of the
said act, as being substantially one, I have approved and
signed both. '
'Before I was informed of the passage of the resolution
I had prepared the draft of a message stating my ob
jections to tho bill becoming a law, a copy of whioh
draft is herewith submitted.
Jixy 17,1862. A. LINOOLXI
Fellow-citizens of ihe Souse ff Representatives:
I herewith return to your honorable body, in which it
originated, the bill for an act entitled, “An act to sup
press treason and rebellion, to' seize and confiscate the
property of rebels, and for other purposes, 11 together
with my objections to its becoming a law.
There is much in the bill to which I perceive no objec
tion. It is wholly prospective, and it touches neither the
person nor property of any loyal citizen, in which par
ticular itisjust and proper.
The first and second sections provide for the 'convic
tion and punishment of persona who ( Bkall aid treason,
and persona who shell incite, set on foot, assist or
engage in rebellion or insurrection against the autho
rity of the United States, or the laws thereof, or
shall, give aid or comfort to any such existing ro
bellion or insurrection. By fair construction per
sons witfcin theße sections are not to be punished
without regular trials in duly constituted courts, un
der the forms and all the substantial provisions of
law and Constitution applicable to their several cases.
To this I perceive no objection, especially as such
persons would be within the general pardoning power,
and also the special provision for pardon anil amnesty
contained in this act. It also provides that the slaves
of persons confiscated under these sections shall be free.
I think there is an informal form of expression rather
than r a substantial objection in this. It is start
ling to say that Congress can free a slave within
a State, and yet, if ft wore said the ownership of
the slave had been first Jtransferred to the nation,
aad that Congress hod thon liberated, him, the difficulty
would, at once vanish. And this is the real case. The
traitor against the General Government forfeits his slave
at least as justly as he does any other property, and he
forfeitb both to the G-overnment against which he offends.
The Government, so far as there can be ownership,
thus owns the forfeited slaves, and the question for Con
gress in regard to them is, “Shall they be made free or
bo scld to new masters'!” I perceive no objections to
Congress deciding in advance that they shall be free.
To the high honor of- Kentucky, as I . am informed, she
has been the owner of some slaves by escheat, and has
sold none, but liberated all. I suppose it is true of some
other States. Indeed, I don’tbelieve it would be-physi
cally possible for the General Government to return a
person so circumstanced to actual rebondage. I beUeve
there would be a physical .restraint to ft, which; would
neither be turned aside by-argument, nor driven away
by force. In this view I have no objection to this feature of
the bat. • Another matter Involve! In these two positions,
and running through other parts of 180 act; will be no
ticed hereafter. /. .
1 perceive no : objections to the third and fourth sec
tions. So far os I wish to notice the fifth and sixth sec
tions, they may be considered altogether; that the en
forcement of these sections would do no injury to tne
persons embraced; within them; It is that .those who
make .this causeless war Bhould pay the cost of this, ia
tco obviously jnst to be called in question. To give go
vernmental protection to the property of persona who have
abandoned and gone oh a crusade to overthrow that same
Government is absurd, if ' considered in the light of
justice. The - severest justice may not always be
the best plan. The principle of seizing and ap
propriating; the property; of the pen=ons embraced
within these sections is certainly not very objection
able, but a justly discriminating application would be
very difficult, and, to a great extent, impossible, and'
wtuldit not be wise to place a power of remission some- ,
where, se that theee persons may know they bavo some-,
thing to savo by desisting 1 I am not sore that such
power of.remisaion is or is; not within section thirteen
without any special act of Congress. I think our mili-.
tary commanders, when, in the military phrase, thoy are
within the enemy's country, Bhould, in an orderly man
ner, seize and use whatever of real or personal property
thafeinay be necessary or convenient for their commands,
and at the same time preserve, in some way, the evidence,
of what they do.
What I have said in regard to while comment
ing on the first and second sections, is applicable to the
ninth section, .with the difference that no provision is
made in the whole act for determining whether a par
ticular-individual slave does or does not fall within
the classes defined in that section. Ho is to be,
upon certain conditions, but whether those conditions do
or do net pertain to him, no inode of ascertaining is pro
vided, and tbte could be easily supplied.
To Ihe tenth section I make no objection. The oath
therein tequirfed seems to be proper, and the xem under
■of'the section'ls substantially identical with law already
existing.-. . - w
The eleventh section simplyaasumca to confer discre
tionary power upon the Executive without the law. I.
have iu> hesitation to go as far in the direction indicated
as I may at any time deem expedient, and lam ready to
s»j now, that I think it is proper for our military com
manders to employ as laborers as many persons of Afr>
can descent as can be used to advantage. ; .
2 he twelfth and thirteenth sections are something bet
ter than unobjectionable, and the fourteenth is entirely
proper, if . all oilier parts of the abt shall stand. That to
more- distinctly applies to the first :
and ejgithVehiions. It is the sum of those provisions
whlch-rfEuUs in the divesting of the title of land forever.
.Tor the causesasaumed, the ingredients of tboaaou, but
amounting to the full crime, it declare the forfeiture ex-'
tending beyond ; the lives of the guilty party; whereas
1 the Constitution of the United States declares that no at
tainder of treason shall work corruption of blood or for
feiture, except duiing the life of the person attainted. : It
is true there may be no formal attainder in this case, stilj
I think a greater punishment canbe circumstantially ;
. inflicted in a different manner for the same offence.
■With great respect I am constrained to say tint those
features of the .act are unconstitutional. It would not
be difficult to modify it. I may remark that the pro
vision of the Constitution, put in the language borrowed
from Great Britain, applies only in the country; as I
understand, to real or landed estate. Again, this act, by
proceedings in rem, forfeits property for the ingredients
of treason, without a conviction of the supposed person,
or any person having given him any proceeding. That
we may not touch property lying, within our reach,
, because we cannot give proper-notice to an owner, is
absurd.
To;deBtroy the Governinent is certainly not very satis
factory. Still the owner may not be thus engaged, and
I think a reasonable time should be provided 'for such
parties to appear and have a personal examination,
Similar provisions are not uncommon In connection with
proceedings in rent, For the reasons stated, I return
the bill to the House in which it originated.
A. LINCOLN.
Confirmations by the Senate.
The Senate last night and this morning, while in exe
cutive session, confirmed the following nominations:
Samuel F. Miller, of lows, to be an associate justice of
the Supreme Court of the United States.
; Isaac, Marsh, to be deputy postmaster at Lockport,
Hew York.
Leonard Lattrldge, to be deputy postmaster at La
OrosEe,'Wisconsin. * j
Daniel L Baton, of Pennsylvania, to be commissary,
of Eubsistence, with the rank of captain of volunteers, .
A, H. Bobinson, of Indiana, to be commissary of eub
eistecce, with the rank of captain in the volunteer ser
vice. -
Wm. M. Caldwell, of Hew York, to be additional pay
master.
Charles J. F. AUen, to be additional paymaster.
Wesloy S. Mann, of Pennsylvania, to beadditional
paymaster..
JJ. Daniels, of New York, to, be assistant
quartermaster, with the rank of captain.
William D. Wesson, of Ohio, to be commissary of sub
sistence, with therank of captain-
Archibald C. Yoris, of Indiana, to be commissary of
subsistence, with the rank of captain.
James D. Fessenden, to be additional aid-de-camp, with
the rank of colonel. \
John B. Frothingbam, to be additional aid-de-camp,
with the^rank of lientonant colonel. r
Edwardß. Convers, of Ohio, to be commissary of sub
. Bistence, with the rank of captain in the 'Volunteer ser
vice. ■ •'•'■ ' -
Cathnrnus F. Buckingham, of Ohio, lo be a brigadier
general in the volunteer service.
fc. Btuben Griffith. Porter, of New Jersey, to be commis
sary of subsistence, with the rank of captain.
;* Col. FnmciaJ. HerroD, of lowa, to he a brigadier ge
nerator volunteers.
Horgau L. Smith, of the Bth Begiment of Missouri
yolunteers, to be brigadier general of volunteers.
Col.. Charles Craft, of the 31st Indiana volunteers, to
be brigadier general of volunteers..
Col, Fitz Henry Wanen, of the lowa Volunteers, to
be brfgEdier general of volunteers.
H?ory Coniielly ? of New Mexico, lo be Governor ol
tbe Territory of Hew Moxlco. 1
Frederick Solomon, of Wisconsin, to bebrigadier,ge
neral of volunteers.
Cadwallader 0. Washbfttne, of Wisconsin, to bebrigai
dier genera! of volunteers.
Col. Jacob Ammen, of Ohio, to be brigadier general oi
volunteers.
Col. J. W.Lih, of Ohio, to be brigadier general of vo-
lunteers. ". : ;. .
William Wilton Murphy, of Michigan, to be consul
general of the United States for the Hanseatic towns, to
reside at Frankfort on the Main. - -
Heßry S. Stiken, of New York, to be assistant surgeon
in the navy.
William W. Binkley, receiver of the customs for the
port of Beverly, Massachusetts.
■%. Clement 8. Bice, of Nevada Territory, to be register of
the Bond Office for the district ot Nevada.
Jays Hassell Sherman, of Hew York, to be consul of
the United States at Prince Edwards Island.
W. S. Sunderwook, of Kentucky, consul of the United
States at Glasgow.
Benjamin F. Tefft, of Maine, to be coneni of the United
Elates at Stockholm.
P, Frazier, of Florida, to be judge of the District
Court of the United Stales for the Northern district of
Florida. _ . . .
Wm. Waller Edwards, of Missouri, to beUnited States
attorhey.for the Eaetem district of Miasouri.
Conally F. Tilggs, : of Tennessee, to be judge of the
United States district Court for the District of Tennessee.
Jeholda 8. Warei of Arkansas, to be register of the
land office at Bafeesvflie, Arkansas.
Isaac B. Curran, of Illinois, to be consul oS the United
States for the Grand Duchy of Baden, to- reside at
Carlsruhe. , ‘ ....
The commissioners under the act for of
the direct tax in insurrectionary districts
United States are as follows: •
For the diatrict of Virginia—John Hawkshurst, John
Lewis, Lewis Bnffner.
For the district of Tennessee—Qlivor P. Temple, John
B. BogerSjWm. H. Winer.
For the district of Florida—Lyman I>. Stickney, John'
G. Samlsa, Haversoh Beed. ...... .* ‘ •
For the district of Louisiana—Wol L. Hodge, Wm,
Parker, Adolph Botier.
: For tbetUahicfc of Arkansas—Jonas M. Tlbbits,
Samuel E. Hempßtead, David Walher.
For the: district of Texas—Lemuel D. Evans, James
Thcckmorton, George W. Paschail. !
Tor tbe"diattict of South Carolna—Abram. D. Smith,
Wm, E. Wording, Wm. Henry Brisbane.
THE PRESS.—PHILADELPH
Colours Jobn Cochrane, of New York; Henry 8.
Briggs, ol Massachusetts; August Wlllich, of Indiana;
llenry D. Jerrf; of Mtchigau ; James X>, Morgan, and
Jsmeß Stecdojan, of Ohio; Conrad K. Jockaon, of Penn
eylvania; Louis Blanker, o( New York j Captain Wm. T.
Magruder, of ißt Cavalry; Col. John B. Turchin, of 11-
linoiB; Msj. Beth Williams; Msj. Alfred Pleasanton, of 21
Cavalry; James S. Jackson, of Kentucky, to be briga
dier generals of volnnteors.
Brigadier Generals A. D. McCook, William Nelson,
and Thomas 1,. Crittenden, to bo major generals.
Among the recent Captain Theodore
McGowan, of Pennsylvania, to be assistant adjutant ge
neral on tho stuff of Brigadier General Howes, of the
Army of the Potomac.
lieutenant Colonel Don Carlos Buell, to bo assistant
adjutant geneiM, with the rank of colonel.
The following have been-promoted to be assistant ad
jutant generals, with the rank of lieutenant colonel:
Majors Beth Williams, Julius H.Garocho, Diehard C.
Drum. ■ ■ . '
Captains George 1. Hartsnff, Nathaniel McLean, John
O, Kelton, Kobert Williams, Wm. D. Whipple, Ohanncoy
McKeever, Albert O. Colburn, George D. Buggies, Thos.
M. Vincent, 0. D. Green, and Samuel Berek to be assist
ant adjutant generals, with the rank of major.
W. H. Bensmun,.of lowa, and Jesse Elliott Jacobs,
of Pennsylvania, to be assistant adjutant generals, with
the rank of captain. ■ ■
Wei. M. Boone, of Pennsylvania, to be assistant ad
jutant general of yoiuntoors.
Captain Jobn,P. Sherburne, ofloth Infantry, to be
assistant adjutant general, with the rank of major in the
United States army.
Lieut. H. D. Scott, of Massachusetts, to he assistant
adjutant general, with ihe rank or captain of volunteers.
Lieut. M. M. Hawes, of the 2d Massachusetts Volun
teers, to bo assistant Quartermaster, with the rank of
captain. .- ,
Lieut. 0. Wheaton, of the 2d Massachusetts Volnn
teers, to bo commissary of subsistence, with the -rank of
captain. ■ ' " . ’ ■
Licuts. n. Vallance and John Norn*, to be assistant
quartermasters, with the rank of captain.. .
Thos, H, Harris, of Indiana, to bo assistant adjutant
•general, with .tho rank of captain jh the volunteer force.
B. C. Webster, of Kentucky, to be assistant quarter
master of volunteers, with the rank of captain, and Al
fred B. Farnsworth to bo Bocond lieutenant in tho nth
Begiment of United States Infantry.
. , Lieutenant Charles P. Horton,‘of. Massachusetts, to be
assistant adjutant general of volunteers, with the rank of
captain. ’ ‘ .
James D. Orooley, of New York, to bo second lieuten
ant of the 6th Begiment of United States lafantry.
Sergeant-Major Frank W. Perry, and Brat, sergeants
George L. Choisey and Thomas S. Wright, of the 14th
United States Infantry, to be second lieutenants in that
regiment. ...'J:;.
Lieutenant Wm. W. Cantine, of Michigan, to be com
missary of. subsistence, 1 with the rank ef captain.of vo
lunteers. c . .
H. Thompson, 7th Begiment Ohio; T. B. A. David, of.
Pennsylvania ; Bandali Wade, of Ohio; Geo. H. Smith,
of Missouri, and Kandolph Betts, of Now York, to he'
assistant .Quartermasters, with tho rank of captain.'
J. H. Boucher, of lowa, to be brigade surgeon of to-
George W. Burton, of Pennsylvania, to be commissary
of subsietence, with the rank of captain ef volunteers. :
. Captain Henry Curtis, to be assistant adjutant gonorai,
with the rank of captain.
Lieutenant D. D. Jones, of Pennsylvania Volunteers,
to bo assistant quartermaster, with the rank of captain.
Henry' L. Sevan, of Minnesota, and Orloffß. Domann,"
of Florida, to bo paymasters of tho volunteer force.
■ Henry 0. Weir, of New York, to be assistant quarter-;
master, with the rank of captain of volnnteors.
B. F. "Winchester, of New York, to bo commissary of
subsistence, with the rank of captain..
A.L. Austin, of Massaeliiisetfs, to bo assistant quar-
termaster, with the rank of captain. •
The following were confirmed, as assistant snrgeons in
the United States army • W. HI Keene, Pennsylvania ;
George L. Porter, Pennsylvania; David'S. Huntingdon,
Pennsylvania; J. W, Williams, Distriot of Columbia';
Charles M. Colton, Virginia; B. M. Brown, Ohio;: Chas.
0. Degraw, New York; Edward C. Strobo, Illinois; An
drew H. Smith, New York; and Van Buren Hubbard,
of Ohio. -
First Lieutenant IsaacN. Mason, to be assistant Quar-
termaster, with the rank of captain.
First Lieutenant;Jamss 8.1 Dunn, of Indiana, to be>
commissary of subsistence, with the rank of captain; J,
M. Bobinson, of. Massachusetts, to be assistamt Quarter
master, with- the rank of captain; Orlando J. Hopkins,'
of Kentucky, _to be commissary of subsistence, with"
the rank of captain; GsorgeX Pomeroy, Massachusetts,,
to he Becond lieutenant fnihe 34 Infantry of the United
States army; Captain Jpseph Smith to bo Chief of the
Bureau of Varda and Docke; Captain Andrew. H.
Footo to bo.Chief of the Bureau of Equipment and 80~
cruiUnß; Captain Charles Henry Davis to bo Chief of
the Bureau of Navigation: Commander J. A-,; Dabl
gren to.be Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance; Paymaster
11. Bridge to be Chief of tho Bureau of Provisions and
Clothing; Surgeon Win, Whelan to bo Chief of tho
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery; Theron Woolverton,.
New York, to bo assistant surgeon in the navy.
' Wm. Wilton Murphy, of Michigan, to ho consul
general of, the United. States for the Hanseatic towns, to 1
reside at Frankfort-on-the-Main.
Hy. S. stipen, of Now York, to be assistant surgeon in
the navy.
• Win, W. Hinkloy, receiver of tho customs for the port
of Beverly, Mass. ' ’
Clement S. Bice, pf Nevada Territory, to be register of
the land office for the district of Nevada.' '
Jayes Hassell Sherman, of New York, to be consul of
itie United States atj’rince Edward’s laiuid. ; '
W. B. Loudenvorit, of Kentucky, to be consul of tho
United States at Glasgow. :
Benj. F. Teffe, of Maine, to bo conanl of the United
States at Stockholm. ' ■" '
P. .Frazier, of Florida, to ; be judge of the District
Court cf ,tho,United. Stdto3 totjhe. Northern District of
Florida. : ■ ' v
i William' Waller Edwards, ef Missouri, to be: United
States attorney fi:r tlm'Eastern Dietrictaf Missouri.
•. Conoily F. Triggs, of? Tennessee, .to be judge.: of the 1
.United States District Court for the District of Ten
■nessee.'
Jehoida S. Ware, of. Arkansas, to be register of the
laud office at Bateayille, Arkansas.
Isaac B. Citrron,' of Illinois, to be consul of the United
States for the Grand Duchy of Baden, to reside at
Carlsmhe. ; : ' ; -
The Froceefiings of Congress.
Congress during the r< cent session appropriated about
eight hundred millions of,: dollara, including upwards of
At© hundred and sixty miUioßß for the ariey, and some
what less than one hundred mfiiions for the navy.
Among the- most important l bills postponed by the
House, or remaining unacted upon, are the following:
Providing for the admission of the State of Western Vir*
gicia into the Union; for the enlargement of the Illinois
and Michigan canal; providing for a uniform system of
bankruptcy *, for the appointment of a commission to as
certain the losses incurred by the loyal citizens from the
appropriation of their property by United States troops;
the bankrupt bill, and that -appropriating two hundred
mfiiions for the border slave 'State emancipation and co
lonization purposes.
The Senate took no definite action upon the House
bfilß to totally abolish the fr anking privilege, and to repeal
alllaws allowing mileege, so as to include the members
of the present Congress. .■ ~
The House. bill providieg for the discharge or trial of
State prisoners faileddn the Senate 1 .‘ . ‘ ■
The Secretary of War, in response to the resolution of
the House, calling for ail the evidence which relates to
the question whether any member or members of Con
gress have had any interest in Government contracts
since April last, transmitted a copy ,of the document’
heretofore sent to the Senate concerning the arrangement
between Schabeiith and Senator Simjions, which he
says is all the informationontkefiles of^hat depart
ment. '..r'".".
Among the last acts signed by the President was one
authorizing postage: and other ; Government stamps as
and prohibiting banks and *ther corporations
from issuing notes below the denomination of'one dollar
for circulation. .
The President and membersof the Cabinet occupied the
Tice I’rt sidcut’s room at the Capitol to-day, attending to
public business. _ . ; : ’
Tiie Confiscation Act JSigned by the
; The President :haa approved of tlia ..confiscation act,
and tin act supplementary thereto, in addition to variotß
ether bills of a public and private character.;
Exchange of Prisoners.
, Major : W. H. Polk, of .Tennessee,.has secured the
release, on parole, from Fort Warren, of Major W. D.
Pobtek, of that State, who will return South to ask the
release, on parole, of Flint Lieutenant Jas. F. MoEl
noffE, of Philadelphia, 14lh United States Infantry, a
wounded prisoner at Savage Starion, near BichmoDd,
Army Affairs. ■
* Col.B. O. Enright, late of the 63d Begiment Hew
York Volunteers j is discharged from the service of the
United Statea. Capt. ? Elijah Hobart, :93d Hew York;
Ldenfc. Hamilton Littlepibld, 81st Hew. York Volun
teers, and Lieut. A. E. Hall, 18th Haasachasetta Volun
teers, aredismissedfrom theservice. ■ ' *,
The ierignations of Uapt Louis Philippe D s Orlbans
and Robert D’Orleans, aids*de-eamp to General
McClellan, have been-'accepted by the President, to
take effecton tbelotb Inst.
■ The resignation of Mtyor James Lake, additional aid
de-camp of General Fremont, has been accepted by the
President, to take effect on the 16th inst.
SurgemxFonTEß, of the United States army, will ;re
pair to Chicago, to relieve Brigade Surgeon Blase* |n
Ids duties as Medical Purveyor; the latter to report to
the Surgeon General. • v •‘.
Tbe Border State Representatives—Reply
of the Minority,
The minority of the Border State Representatives, in
their reply to the President’s emancipation proposition,
say that they caimot, consistently with their own sense
of duty to the country, under the existing perils which
surround them, concur in the response of the majority,
who do not endo: ae the policy. The minority believe the
whole power of the Government, upheld and sustained
by &U the influence and means of all the loyal men in all
sections and of all parties', essentially nesessary to put
down this rebellion, and preserve the Unton and the
Constitution.
They ut deratand the Presidents appeal was made to
them for the purpose of securing this result. They
meet the President's address in the spirit in, which it was
Wade, and, as loyal Americans, declare to hi it and to the
world that there is no sacrifice they are not ready to
make to save the Government and institutions of our
'fathers.' ; '
That they, though few in number, will permit no men
from the North or the South to go further than they in
the eccomplisbnient of the great work before us. j .
■ That in order to carry out t&ese views they will, so far
as may be in ihf ir power, ask the people of the Border
States, calmly, deliberately, and fairly to consider the
President’s rtconiineEdatioit.
We are, they say in conclifreion','the more emboldened
to assume this position from the fact, now become histo
ry, that the leaders of tbe Southern rebellion have offer
ed to abolish slavery among them as a condition to
foreign intervention in favor of their independence as a
nation. \ ■
If they can give up slavery to destroy the Union, we
can eurely ask our people to consider Die question of
emancipation to save the Union. ‘
Thilpaper is signed by Bepreacntatives Hoel, of Mis
souri; Clemens, of. Tennessee; Brown, Blair,- and
Whaley, of Virginia,* Casey, of Kentucky; and Fisher,
of Delaware. .
- It is said that Bepresontatlve Maynard and Senator
Henderson express views equally, if not more favorable.
Portland, Me.i July!!,—Tbe State has increased the
•bounty from 830 in tbe new regiments ond 886 in the
old regiments/ to 545 pec man for the newrerimentai and
$66 for the old regiments.
President.
Inducements for Recruits
lA, FRIDAY. JULY 18, 1862.
ANOTHER VICTORY.
1600 REBELS DEFEATED BY GOO LOYAL
TROOPS.
Shunofield, Mo., July 17,—An expedition recently
sent from here, under Major Miller, of the 2d Wisconsin
Cavalry, consisting of one section of Davidson’s bat
tery, and detachments of the 10th Illinois, 2d Wisconsin,
and 3d Missouri State Militia, numbering about 600 men,
attached the combined forces of Bains, Coffey, Hunter,
Hawthorne, and Tracey, about 1,600 strong, 8 miles be
yond Fayetteville, Arkansas, early on Monday morning,
and completely routed them, with heavy loss.
Major Williams’ command marched 75 miles in two
nights, and took the rebels by surprise. Our loss was
very small.
Colonel Hull, of the 4th Missouri Militia, stationed at
Mount Vernon, reports the killing of 21 guerillas, and
the capture of 200 pigs of lead, during the part ten dayß.
FSOI ARKANSAS.
TEE-EXPEDITION FOB THE INDIAN NATION.
Defeat of Uic Eebelg and Indians.
SpniNfiyißLD; Mo., July 12.—Judge Priae, of Mount
Vernon, has arrived here, and' brings. intelligence that,
the'expedition, or a portion of it, which is moving from
Arkansas into the Indian Nation encountered a body of
rebels'at Evansville, nearthe;Arkansas line, some twenty
miles , east of lahleanabi, a few days since,.oompletely
routing them, and taking James 3. Clarkson, formerly
notorious in Kansas, prisoner, and also, it is
General Jim Kofhs, of the BCissourl State Guard; The
rebels placed their Indian allies in front, who are re
ported to have lost 140 hilled and 150 prisonora., This
statement is corroborated by a ” gentleman just from
Neosho. The Federal forces are said to be at or near
Xiahleauah.
Expedition to the Indian Nation,
, DEFEAT OF THE REBELS,
Fort Scott, Kansas, July B.—A ; message from the
Indian expedition, near Fort Gibson, in the ladian Ter
ritory,'arrived last night and reports that a detachment
of the Gib and oth Kansas Begfments had surprised Col,
Ooffey’s command of from 500 to 600 rebels and captured
all their munitions, camp equipage, &c. Thirty, rebels
were found dead on the field., f
McGuire, the notorious half-breed commander of the
frebel Indians, was taken prisoner.
.. dor forces under Brigadier General jßlunt have pene
trated as far south as the Arkansas .river, where the
will make a halt for the present:
Fort Scott has been made a military- post during the
MORGAN’S RAID IN KENTUCKY.
IduiSYiLLB, July 16.—The rebel Morgan was at Mid- 1
way, yesterday, at noon, where bo cut the telegraph
wiiea, tore up the railroad, and took e verything convert
ible to hisuee. He had four 12-pound howitzers, but, itis
said, only rixioundsofammiraition, He left for George
town last evening, and encamped there on Gono’s farm.
He said that be meant to visit Lexington and Frankfort
before lie got through his job. -
The Lexingtonianß say they have, an ample force to
proieetthe town, but not to take the.offensive.
EATER FROJI LEXINGTON.
Our pickets have come’in, reporting the rebels ap
proaching in force. The pickets are ; failing back on the
Georgetown road, and our men, with several -pieces of
artillery, are advancing on Georgetown to meet the
rebels.
The railroad and telegraph to Midway are repaired,
but the burnt bridge at Keyser’s has not been recon
structed.
The Rebels under <Jen. Price Crossing
into Arkansas.
MOVEMENT AGAINST GENERAL CURTIS.
' Cairo, July 15.—Passengers by the boat, from'Mem-,
phii roport-rthafc General Price, on Wednesday night,
'moved a - battery of arlillery and forty forage wagons'
across the Mississippi, at Cypress Bayou, near Napoleon,
Arkansas.; The battery was marked u Hindman, Little
Bock.” Another battery crossed on Sunday, evening,
squads of men from Panola, Mississippi, were cross
ingin the'samp direction, apparently with a view of con
, centrafing a force in. Arkansas, perhaps;to operate
against General Curtis , - . /
MOVEMENTS OF GENERAL CURTIS
PROCLAMATION OF GENERAL HINDMAN.
St. Xouis, • Jnl‘y'l7.—A special despatch to the' St
Louis Democrat) dated Helena, Arkansas, July 12, : gives
the following detail of General Ctmis’movements: ; .
The.advance of. General Curtis’ army, under General
Wasuburna, reached here at 9 o’clock A. M. to-day*
having left Clarendon, on the White river, yesterday, at
6A. M,, and made a forced march of sixty- five miles in
a dayand a .night Quartermaster Winslow, will start
for Memphis immediately to hurry down supplies;.
General Curtis left Baiesville on .the 24th u\fc , with
twenty dayß s rations, and, after a hMt of five days at
Jacksocport to concentrate the jra hisoutposta,
took up the ..lino of •march, and his entire command is
now eft route forjhis -point. From SlO -to-1.200 rebels
tinder Matlack, were on our front,' who'fired on our
JTorage trains frem the canebrakes, and had . barricaded ,
'ifftheroadsladingsouthward.Jwithrtiecsfelled by ne
groes, and placed every conceivable obstacle in onr way,
but we overcame them all, and the army is safe.
We had a number of .skirmishes on the route, in all of
which the rebels were whipped, with considerable, loss to
them, : but with few casualties to our troops. ,
On the 7th of July, Colonel Hovey, of the SSililinoia,
with parts of four companies of his regiment, four com
panies of the.lith Missouri, and a-battalion of Indian
cavalry, routed,two Texas regiments .at a point between
Cotton Plant and Bayou Cache, with a . loss to them of
110 killed. Our logs was five killed and seven wounded.
We suffered much from thirst, there .being no springs;
but the rations were plenty, and the army is In good
health .and spirits. All the sick and wounded were
brought along. .
The inhabitants along the route were embittered and
urged Into hostilities by ,the following proclamation.:
Little Book, June 24,1862.
-To the Dtopic of Arkansas: \
- The Yankee General Cmtts is attempting to. escape.
His position is untenable. He is appalled by the dangers
that surround him. . In his terror he resorts to the: des
perate expedient of moving to the south along the White
river, trusting for supplies from the Mississippi by boats.
The supplies cannot ascend White river. We have already
blown up oneof his iron-clad boats,-crippled another, and
can hold the river against his fleet.'
The question how is, shall his army reach the fleet be-,
low you ? Can yon prevent it? v 'V
The power is in your hands, and the plan is not a se
cret. I proclaim it to you all. ,Ifit is not carried out
,the responsibilitywill rest uponyou. , Taka your gun in
your hand and ammunition, every man of you. Mount
your horse or go on foot, Bo not hour. . Lose
no time in holding meetings. Move towards the enemy
byr the shortest road. Join the first company you over-:
take upon the inarch. Press upon thQ enemy from every
direction,. Attack him day and. night. Kill his scouts
and pickets. Kill his pilots and troeps on transports.
Cut off his wegbn .trains. Lie in ambnah, and surprise
hfs .detachments. Shoot his motmied officers. Destroy
every’" pound of meat and flour, every ear of
.corn and stalk of fodder, oats and wheat, that can fall
into bis hands. FeU trees as thickly an in rafts on all
the roads before him. Burn everything and block up
the fords, Hang upon his front, flanks, and rear, and
. make the ring of your rifles and shot guns the accompa
niment of every foot of his retreat. " Let every" man
feeland'know that this appeal is- addressed to him spe
cially,' and that it is the appeal of a bleeding country to
. her sons for deliverance. Our army in the field will do
itspart—will you do yours'?
T. C. HINDMAN, Mayor General,
The Battle of SSalvern IKil—Gen. Howe’s
Official Report.
In his official report of the battle of Malvern Hill,
Brigadier General. Howe, (whoaebrigado included the
102 d, old I3th ; Fenna. Yolb., commanded by Col.-Bow*
ley; ;the' 98th Penna., commanded by Col. Batlier; the
98d Penna., commanded by Capt. I*ongj)speaksaa
follows:/' '
<*l ho rebels stood well upto their work, and largely
outnumbered, nth but our. men - had the advantage in
ground, and were determined not to yield it The firing
continued with much violence on both sides, but the fire
oi the enemy, being generally too high} did us
tively littl& injury. Soon, however, the advantage of our
ground.and the superiority of.our arms became evident
in the effect of .our.fire upon thß enemy. The enemy,
began to waver. I iben ordered the 102 d Pennsylvania,
Colonel'BowJey, which was held in reserve, to advance
with our lines upon the enemy. . Nobly and gallantly did
every, man of theregim&iri raspondfo the order, and the
impetuous dash ©four men the epemy could not resist,
but gave way and were sent back ranch cut up and: in
disorder over the ground.on which they advanced. ‘ This
success gave uspiuch advantage opposition, by allow*
Ingthe leftfcehtre of the brigade line .to rest upon the
woods, some eight hundred yards h* advance of our first
position, and at tbu satoe time affording us a cross-fire
upon any; second .attempt of the enemy upon our
position;::..'.. .
»More than thanks are greatly due to Captain J.
Heron of tbd*lo2d Pennsylvania Regiment, a
, member; of my j staff, .for-the. gallantry and untiring
' energy with which be performed far'snore than his duties
from earlymorning until late at night.' He was the only
fitaffo'fficer during moat of ibe.day I hod, the other mem*
beiß of • the, staff being disabled early la the action.”
.Tlie Cincißnati Dtstnrba&ces.
[From the CinciEhati Gazetted I6th’]
- Between six and seven o’clock lest evening some two
or ttree Irishmen tried to enter the bouse of a Dr. Hlli,
an elderly colored man, who resides on Sixth, near.
Culvert. 7 TbeDoctor held the door, bat the men forced
their way iu and struck him several times, and also a
colored mab. nsmed SamrChadwickf who was with him. .
* Two of the special policemen cow made their appear
ance, and attested the two colored men and one of the
assailants, who was most prominent-in forcing his way
in, and -they were taken to the Hammond-street Station
House.- ■ „ .. - -i"' . ....
The Irish row assembled in force, and completely rid
dled the windows of several houses occupied by colored
pcoploin that vicinity. They also smashed all the win- •
dews of a church on Sixthj near.Oulvory.and destroyed
the furniture "in one or Uro doggeries, ? .
Between 19 and 11 o’clock the Irish, who had come up
to the corner of Sixth and Broadway, after committing
the outreg*, again returned to near the corner of Sixth
and Culvert, when they were fired onfrera several houses
by tbe colored people, and they returned the fire with
boulders and paving stones. No one, however,
jured. •• *'■■■' -■■■■■■■. ■■■
; - The Irish again returned to Broadway, and did not
reem disposed at midnight to vonture back.>7Sixth street
below Bzosdway is not ; lighted by street lamps, and the
knowledge that the colored people were armed and pre
pared to.meet their .assailants prevented any farther
dhtuibence. ...
Larry Bazcn, with a posse of some-twenty-five
specials,’remained on the ground after diapcrsing.the'
crowd;; The Mayor,-who remained at his office until a
late hour, wee notified , about ten o’clock of what was
going on. .and he directed Mr.-Hezen to hunt tip fifty or '
a hundred more men, and have them within call in case
of need. He also directed that the alanu for calling all
the police to their station-houses should be given by.the
bells in tbe fire towers, in cage their assistance shou d be
required. • •
Osb o’clock A. M.—The excitementstdl continues.
The disturbances are all by the Irish, at present. ;No
negroes to be seen. Barry Hazon,wUha good fores, ia
on the active look-out. The police havefouad it necestory
to kuockjdown one or two of the more violent.Arcwta
are frequently made. Occasional random^pistol shots
bVbeaid, and boulders are brought into asp in
breaking tbe windows. An attempt was just made to set
fire to one of Ike demolished houses/- The crowd is noisy
and violent, and there may toe bloody work before day*
Wt.
THE STATE CONVENTION
or tbe Republican and People’s Parties*
HEQB AT HASBISBUHG JOLT 17,1862.
morning session.
Harrisburg, July 17.
The State Convention of the Republican and
Peopled parties of the State of Pennsylvania, met
in the hall of the House of Representatives, in the
Capitol, this morning, at U o'clock, pursuant to the
following call:
The people of Pennsylvania, who desire cordially to
unite tn attaining the National Administration in its
patriotic efforts to suppress a sectional and unholy re
bellion against the unity of the Republic, and who desire
to support, by every power of the Government, one hun
dred thousand heroic brethren in arms, braving disease
and the perils of the field to preserve the Union of oar
fathers, are requested to select the number of delegates
equal to the legislative representation-of the State, at
such times and in Buch manner as will best respond to
the spirit cf this call, to meet in State Convention, at
Harrisburg, on Thursday, the I7tb day of Julf next, at
eleven o’clock on said day, to nominate candidates for
the offices, of Auditor , General and Surveyor General,
and to take Buch measures as may be deemed necessary
to; strengthen the Government in this season of - common
Peril to a common country. A. K. MoOLTJRK,
Chahman People’s State Commit.ee. +
Geo. W. Hammbrsly, ) a . . •
John M, Sullivan, j Secretaries,
The Convention was called to order by Hon. A.
K. McClure, and on motion of Morton McMichael,
Thomas M. Marshall, of Allegheny, was elected
temporary president.
Upon taking the chair, amid great applause, Mr.
Marshall arose and addressed the Convention in a
most fervent and patriotic manner, as follows:
SPEECH OF MR. jrARSUA!.!..
Gertlemen of tke Conyksi-ioh: I defire to return
my thanks for the undeserved honor which you have
conferred upon me. I have no wish at this time to make
any speech to you. I hope onr deliberations will be con
ducted with calmness and kindness 5 that we will endea
vor by our . actions to show an example that should be the
. conduct of the people of the United States. - l imps that
as we are the Keystone of the FederakArcb, and have
borne the burdma of that arch heretofore, we will give
our armß and -our hearts to the austeaationof tho
Unions until the last rtbel is Bubdued by the bayo
net aid the .sword, [ applause.} I trust that the
deliberations of our Convention to-day will be worthy of
imitation in' every quarter, and that we will speak in
such a voice as shall give no-uncertain sound—that
every one shall know where ■Pennsylvania stands. [Ap
plause.] I trust that Pennsylvania,,, through her ac
credited representatives to-day, will tell the loyal people
of the Slate, through all her valleys and on aU her hills,
that, as she has been the Keystone of ths Federal Arch,
sho wiU still bear upon her brawny shoulders the re
sponsibility of maintaining it over the dead bodies of all
itsfoeß. [Applause.]
I trust, gentlemen, our deliberations shall be conducted
in.calmness, dispassionately, but with great firmness.
Ordinarily, Conventions have assembled in this hall for
the discussion and settlement of mere party issues j but,
I thank God, they are dead, and hops neviir to meet a
resurrection; To-dsy we have assembled, hot upon a
. party issue, but to inquire whether we have a country,
and If we have one, : whether we are willing to main
tain it at the perll of our lives. As we have given
the loyal blood, of Pennsylvania upon every battle
field of this. internal, struggle, we trust to he able
to mush every teoei leader under the feet of our
loyal soldiers, until the last rebel is exterminated, and no
man shall exist to speak of the Confederate States bat the
United States of North America. [Cheers-] We have
come here from all departments of industry, representing
all the varied Interests of our great State. Of course,
there must be= differences' of opinion upon minor ques
tions. I trust I need cot invoke the forbearance of the
gentlemen ; who. constitute this respectable body, that
they will bear wiili each other, and endeavor to harmo
nize in peace and unity. With these remarks, allow mo
to suggest it is now in order to make nominations for
temporary secretaries.
On motion, the following named gentlemen were nomi
nated as temporary aem etarii s:
Mr. Cowan, of. .Warren; .Charles IfHagor, of Lancas
ter ; Ij. Bartholomew, of Schuylkill; J. M. MAAffee, of-
Weßlmoreland. •
. The secretaries proceeded to obtain the names of the
accredited delegates to the Convention, as follows:
SENATORIAL DELEGATES.
Philadelphia— Oscar Thompson, John W. Forney, Wil
liam S. Fierce, Seward. Gratz.
Chester and Delaware—Townsend Haines.
Montgomery—George N. Conaon. .
- | Bncts—E. G. Harrison. .... __
Lehigh and Norlhampton—W. H. Ewing.
Berks—Aaron Mull.*. ;
Schuylkill—L. Bartholomew.
Bradford, Susquehanna, Wyoming, and Sullivan—
Judson Holcomb.
Luzerne—Lewis Bughe.
Tioga, Potter, McKean, and Warren—B.B. Strong,
\ Cffinton, Lycoming, Centre, and Union—Charles H.
Schreiner. : :
Snyder, Montour, Northumberland, and Columbia—
A. F. Russell. :
Cumberland, Perry, Juniata, and Mifilin—James SI.
Sellers. *
Dauphin and Lebanon—John A. Fislxor.
Lancaster—Michael H. Shirk, Chas. Colgan.
York—D. Wilson Grove.
Adams, Franklin, and Fulton—B. G. Harper.
Somerset, Bedford, and Huntingdon—B, It. Marshall.
Blair, Cambria, and Clearfield—Lewis W. Hall.
Indiana and Armstrong—John 3. Findley.
.Westmoreland and Fayette—Br. Smith Fuller.
Washington and Green—Wm. McKeanan
Allegheny— I Thomas JB. Marshall, James M. Graham,
Beaver and Butler—T. 0. Anderson.
Lawrence, Mercer." and Yenango—E. W.Davig,
Erie and Crawford—M B. Lowry.
Clarion, Jefferson, Forest, end Elk— .
REPRESENTATIVE DELEGATES.
Adama—Joseph Neals.
Allegheny—J. W. F. White, Samuel Riddle, James
HcAuly, John F. Pxavo, Wm. C. Moreland...
Armstrong and Westmoreland—Gen. C. P, Markle, J«
It. McAffiee, Samuel Owens. ..
Beaver and. Lawrence—J, W, Blanchard, B. P,
Roberts. .
Bedford and Fomerset—R. D. Barclay, Perry Walker.
Beiks—-Geo. M.JLanman, Dr.D. Luther, Isaac Ely.
Blair—Caleb Guyer. •
Bradford—John Laporte, W. 2>. Davis.
Bucks—Henry Hough, Edmund F. Ochs.
Butler—John H. Negloy, BP. Bobinaon.
Cambria—John M. Bowman.
Carbon and Lehigh—Samuel J. Kistler,
Centre— A. R Bariow.
Chesier—D. W. W. Hutchinson, Moses King, P. Fra
?Z6r Smith. \
Clarion and Forest—-B. Throne.
Clearfield, Jefferson, Elk, and McKean—B. Hartshorn,
Chas. Steward.
Clinton and Lycoming—Abraham IJpdegtafF. :
Columbia, Montour, Wyoming, and Sullivan—J. Mon
roe, J:W. Oomly.
'■ Crawford and Warren—E. Cowan, B. Lyle White.
Cumberland and Ferry—J. H. Sheibly, M. B, Mullen,
Dauphin—Daniel Kaiser, Daniel Kendig.
Delaware—S.: Morton.
Brie— Woodruff, S. B. Bannon,
Fajette—John K. Ewing.
Franklin and Fulton—A. K. McClure, B. A. Bronson.
Green—Ezra M. Saws ere.
Huntingdon—J.K. Mather.
Indiana—John H. Liebtenherger.
Juniata,' Snyder, and Union—Samuel Atleman, Fred.
Smith.
Lancaster—R. W, Schenk, Bey Woods, John H. Zel
ler, Elwood Christ.
Lebanon—Chas. B. Forney. . :
Luzerne—S. P. Longstreet, D. H. Conklin, Theo.
Strong. .-
Mercer and Venango—Jas. C. Brown, M. C. Bebee.
: Mifflin—D. W. Woods.
Monroe and Pike—
: Montgomery—H» K. YVoand, Jerome Yerger, Joseph
•Young.
: Northampton-/H."H. Armstrong, J. F. Freecaiiff. .
Northumberland—John You&gman, John K. Clements.
Potter and Tioga—Hugh Yonng, H. J. Olmstead,
Philadelphia—hamuel S Calvin, James M. Gibson,
John M. Butler,,Nathan Bills, George T. Thom, John
C. Knox, Chas. T. Joues, Frank: M. Goodwin, Charles
Gibeon, Morton Mcftlicbael, Joseph B. Townsend, Con
rad S. Grover, Theo, Harbor, Henry Davis, M. K. Dick*
ereon, Jag. McManus, Samuel Miller.
Schuylkill—J: K. Boyor, i). B. Gxum, Thomas Zu
lic.
Susquehanna—E. P.-Warner.
~ Washington—James B. Ruple, A. S. Richey.
Wajne—H; B. Woodbouse,
York—Jacob Wirt, A. N. Esbinger.
The question of the contested delegate from Philadel
phia coming up, Mr. Ainey moved that a committee of
thirty-three Senatorial delegates be appointed to examine
the credentials and report, which was amended by Mr.
McClure, making the committee to number five dele
gates. The amendment was accepted, and the motion
prevailed.
The President pro tem. stated that if was now in order
to make a motion for permanent organization.
Hon. Morrow B. Lowrie moved that one delegate from
each Senatorial district toe appointed to select officers for
permanentorganization. Agreed to.
. Mr. Me Michael suggested that while the various dele
gations were making their reports upon the eatysefc, in
order that the time of the Convention need not be un
necessarily delayed, that one from each Senatorial dis
trict be appointed for the purpoee of preparing resolu
tions to be submitted. .
It was moved that the delegation from Philadelphia,
about whose seats there was. so much .difficulty and dis
pute, to have the matter referred to those from Phila
delphia whose seats were not contested.
Mr, Ainey moved that a committee, consisting of one
from each Senatorial district, be appointed for the pur
pose of preparing resolutions to bo submitted for the
notion of this Convention'. Agreed to.
Some difficulty arising incalling oyer the list of dele
gates from Philadelphia, Mr. Davis, ©f that city, in
quiied who had contested his s^kt.
• The Chair decided /that -no man whose seat was con-
Ttested could serve upon any committee until the question
.could be settled by.committee on credentials, - .
The name of Mahlon H. Dickerson was suggested in
stead of Mr. Davis', as he was from the, same district and
'>hia seat was not contested. -
Mr. McMichael thought the resolution was .not per
fectly understood. It does hot provide that the. senato
rial representatives from each Senatorial district shall
serve'upon this committee, but that a delegate from
each district shall be chosen from the representation of
that district. There are gentlemen from atlea3t four of
the Senatorial districts of whose seats are
not contested. It isnot competent for ah individual to
name. The delegation must, get together, and select
their representatives. - '
The Chair maintained its decision,
p ,Mr. Davis claimed that he stood there an undisputed
delegate from the Tenth Representative district of Phi
ladelphia, and would offer tojthe Chair Ms credentials. ■
The President stated he had no right to- receive them
at present, .
Mri Davis insistedupon his rfglit to present Ms cre
dentials, nud if no gentleman opposed Mm he would be
. entitled to bis seat. ; ; • •
' The President inquired wh ether there was any
to the gentleman’s seat ?
: --A<Member. -There ia; you will see it by reference to
the paper.
Mr. Davis. I ask thaithe gentleman who contests the
seat shall present himself here. As yet, sys hare a mere;
and gentlemen from any part of the State may
raise the question, say that the seat is contested, and
thereby deprive the cUy of Philadelphia from participa
ting on the committees on resolutions and organization.
We know not whether tbe gentleman contesting this-seat
is a member of the organization or not.:
;. The President said he had upon his desk a written pro-
test to the member’s seat, signed by a rssponsible gentle
man, and the oaße would have : to be submitted to the
Committee on Credentials. > .
i :- It was moved that the Senatorial districts, whose peats
were dispute, be passed over for the present.
Tbe President reaffirmed his. decision that members
whose seats were contested should not be. permitted to
occupy the floor until the inatter was disposed of.
The President desired the Committee on Resolutions to*
"meet in the Senate chamber, and the ;Oommittee on Per*-,
m&nent Organization in the Houae of ltopresentatlves-,
immediately after adjournment:
COMMITTEE TO KEPORT oyFICEUS FOR PBEHAXENT
OItQANIEATIOJT.
Jno. M. Butler, Wm. S; Pierce,
M. H. Dickinson, 0. T, Joses, ./ !
S. Morton, H.T.Weyan,
E. T. Ochs, J. T. Freehuff,
Aaron Muff, ■ Tbos. B Zullch,
H. A, Woodhouse, D* B. Warner,
S P. Longstreet, H. J. Olmstead,
Abraham Upilegraff, Samuel Owen,
A. F. Russell,* John T. Ewing,
J. A. Sbeibey, B. M. Sayers, !
O/ 8.-Forney, J. T. Dravo, ■
M. Jas S. Graham, ; •
John H Zellers, R. p Robinson, .
Jacob Wirt, M. 0. Beebe,
B. 8. Bronson,
B. T. Barkley,
Caleb Gayer.
M. B. Lowry,
Robert Thorn,,
| COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS.
Morten McMichael, John'A Fisher,
John W. Forney, Edward Bright,
Samuel Cavenaugh, R. W. Sherth,
Townsend Haines, A. N. Esslinger,
G. M. Courson, B. G. Harper,
H. Hough, John W. Matern,
W. B. Armstrong, John M. Bowman,
<3. M. Lauman, J. B. Findley,
David B. Green, Smith Fuller,
JI. A. Woodhouse, W. McKeenan,
W. T. Davis, James McOauUy,
Them Strong, . J. W, F. White,
H. Young, John H. Negley,
A. R. Barlow, J. W. Blanchard,
Samuel Alkman, It. L. White,
D. W. Woods, B. Hartshorn.
On motion of .Mr. McClure, the Convention 'then ad
journed toMeet at half past two o’clock P. M.
. The Committee on Organization met, and, after some
di£CUSBton, it was decided to throw out the joint delega-
tion known as the “Peace Conference,” and to accept
only the Philadelphia members known as the Concert
Hall delegation.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Tho Convention reassembled, pursuant to adjourn
ment, at half post two o’clock, the president pro Um>. in
the chair. / ,
The Committee on Credentials not being ready to re
port, Morrow B. Lowrie, chairman on Permanent Orga
nization, submitted the following list of officers for the
Convention -
President—Hon. John 0. Knox, of Philadelphia.
Vice Presidents—Oscar Thompson, John W. Forney,
William 8. Pierce, Thomas ,M.' Marshall, M. B. Lowrio,
Samuel J. Kistter, E. Cowan, A. K. McClure'’, Morten
McMichael, and others.-. ‘
Mr. Lowrie stated that the selection of the president,
and of the officers therein named, were unanimously
adopted by the committee.
Judge Kucx was escoiled to the chair amid great ap
plause and spoke as follows;
SPEECH O F HON. JOHN O.KNOXr -
Tho gentlemen of the Convention will please to ac
cept my ’hanks for their kind friendship in selecting
ae to preside ever their deliberations.
, , I. rejoice,‘my friends, inr being here to-day to act
with the loyal andj. the .true, men of. re
gardless of former .political association, and recognizing,
in this eventful tune, as the’only true test of fellowship
and communion, io v£ of country and devotion to the
American Union, with a fixed and unalterable determi
nation to preserve the Government of the United States,
and to .remst .to the’death its enemies whenever aad
wherever found. [Applause], -
Irrjoice, especially, in being hereto-day to evince my
oarnest desire to strengthen the hands of that honest man
and that patriotic statesman, the President of the United
States; [Cheering ] To cheer him on, and to bid him and
the men who are his trustworthy counsellors God speed
in their noble labors to preserve our country and her
cherished institutions. Yes, gentlemen, it affords
rco gnat pleasured in being able to declare that, in
my judgment, the men at tho head of the National and
the State Administrations are, in this terrible crisis, per
forming their whole duty, and that, they are entitled to
our respect, onr entire coDfideuce,and our strongest sup
port. I envy cot that man who cannot now took beyond
the platform of bis party lo the standard oflus country.
[Great cheering ]
The question !a not now which political party shall
administer the affairs of the Government, or what
men shall'fill its offices,but the question is whether
there' shall be offices to fill and a Government to od
„ minister. ; Until this momentous question is tested,
lor my part I shall go with the men that are the
most zealous to sustain tbe Government, and the
most : determined to inflict summary punishment
upon rebelgi their aiders and abettors. [Great ap
plause.] I repeat, gentlemen, that I have great confi-
Abraham Lincoln, [Cheers,] his chosen coun
eeliore, and I must be permitted to say that especially do
I confide in the honor, tbe clear head and honest heart
tf him w’ho represents-Pennsylvania in the National
Cabinet—Hon.HS&win M. Stanton. [Long-continued
and enthusiastic applause.] , .
I know tb&t there has been a systematic attempt to
bring tbis officer into disrepute, and to cause his removal
from the high office which he now so ably fills; but I as
sure you, my friends, that, in mv judgment, the reasons
. which cauße this opposition are, first, his efforts in put
ting down this rebellion, and, second, because he admin
isters the affairs of his department without fear, favor,
or affection. • . . /
Efforts have been made by. certain sympathizers
with this rebellion, to. exalt one of the generals in
the army and to denounce the Secretary of War.
For my part I doubt the judgment of that man who
denies to General , McClellan great military skill;
I question the patriotism of that man who exalts
General •'•McClellan and traduces Lin
coln and bis constitutional advisers.'. [lmmense ap
plause.! The true friend of our glorious old country
will support the general in the tented field and tbe men
in the council cb&mber; will equally engage in support
ing the best Government that ever existed in the tide of
time, and in crushing out a more damnable rebellion than
the demons of hell ever inaugurated ! [Great applause.]
To this end, my friends, let tie Biistain this country of
oers and its authorities, with our treasure,. and, fif ne
cessary, with our blood; let us discountenance and re
fuse to associate, either personally or politically, with
tbe men who are nowfalse to our country’s glory; let
us swear by our land, our hopes of heaven, that we will
resist to the end tbis cursed rebellion, even though ■
in that resistance our residence may be as a desolation,
and our bouses a dream. [Vociferous and long-con
-tinued applause ] %
: At the clese of-the above speech, and repeatedly at in
tervals during its delivery, Mr. Knox was most enthu
siastically received.
The .president announced that the next business in
order was the report of the Committee on Credentials.
The chairman of tho committee stated that, after
• having heard the parties, and received their documentary
aodotal proofs, he was of tbe opinion that Oscar Thomp
son,-of the. First, and Edward Gratz, of the Fourth,
Senatorial districts, were entitled to seats in the .Con
vention. ...
Also, from tbe Representative districts, James Gibson,
Charles .Gilpin,.Theodore F. .Server, Josephs. Town
send, . Conrad S. ..Strong, Henry Davis, Samuel Miller,
Gecrge 1\ Thorn, and Charles T. Jones.
A memher inquired whether gentlemen whose names
bad- not been reported by the committee would be per
mitted to be heard.-
The chairman stated that the question now Is upon the
report of the ’ committee, which, If adopted, entitles the
members whose namt a arc embodied in the report to seats
in the Convention. •
. .. Mr. Lowriejnoved that the gentlemen be permitted to
beheard^
Mr. McClui'e said there were about fourteen gentlemen
involved in this contest. If each one is to T be hoard, we
should have to sit here probably for two days. Isug
gt6t that one or two gentlemen be allowed to speak upon
each side of the question, and ibat thoy be limited to a
certain time.
Mr. Lowiie moved that Mr. Mainwright be permitted
to be heard.
Mr. Graiz thought this would unnecessarily absorb the
time of the Convention. A committee had been appointed
to inquire into .the authority of gentlemen to act as dele-
their report should be sufficient.
Mr. McClure paid he had no desire to stifle debate upon
ibis question, and he, therefore, moved that the time be
limited to one hour.
A mepiber moved to amend to limit the time to fifteen
minutes to cne member from each side, which was
agreed to, -
The chairman suggested that the proceedings in refer
ence to the report of Committee on Credentials. be sus
pended for a short time, in order to allow the
tee on Besolutions to report.
Mr. McMichael said the Committee on Resolutions
would prefer that the business immediately before the
Convention be first disposed of, . When they were sub-,
milled for the consideration of the Convention, one of
the members of the committee would accompany them
with some remarks, and it would probably interfere
with the proceedings if the regular business was sus
pended.
The Committee on Credentials submitted a report in
reference to contested Beats, It was amended so as to
entitle all the contestants to seats in the Convention.
RESOLUTIONS.
Morton McMichael, on behalf of the Committee on
Resolutions, reported that the committee had adopted
with unanimity the folloiving rtsolutions:. ..
.Resolved, That tie Convention, representing as it does
tbe loyal citizens of Pennsylvania, without distinction of
party, reaffirms the sentiments embodied in the resolution
adopted at the meeting of loyal members of Congress, at
thenational Capitol, July 12,1862: That we hold it to be
the duty of all loyal men to stand by the Union in this
hour; of Its trial, to.unite their hearts and hands in
earnest, patriotio efforts for its maintenance against
tbose who are in arms against it; to sustain with
determined resolntion our patriotic President and his ad~-
ministration in their energetic efforts for tbe prosecution :
of tne war and the preservation of the Union against
uiemiee, at home or abroad; to punish traitors and
treason with . fitting severity, and to crush the present
wicked and causeless rebellion, so that no flag of disunion
shall ever again be raised over any portion of th£ Repub-
that to this end we invite the co-operation of all men
who love their country, in the endeavor to rekindle
throughout all the States such a patriotic fire as shall
utterly consume &U who strike at the Union : of our
fathers, and all who sympathize with their treason or
palhale their guilt.
JRe&olvedt Ihnt we have continued confidence in the
honesty, capacity, and patriotism of President Lincoln
and his constitutional advisers; that we approve the
principles on which bfs policy, both foreign anddemestic,
aas been conducted; that we sanction and sustain all the
measures which lie has found it necessary to adopfc to
guard the. Government against the assaults of traitors,
tbwr sympathizers andabettoraj and that: we esteem it
nuinenily fortunate that, in this most trying crisis of onr
cherished Union, we have at the helm of public affairs
cne so upright,temp&ate, pnstent, and firm as he has
proved himself to be.
jßesolved, That we cordially approve of the adminis
jfretion of Andrew G. Curtin, Governor of tbds Comcnon
'wealiM. jnarktd as it has been by extraordinary vigor in
the discharge of all pUDlic auUoe,.njr.njitiriag iteal in the
cause of the country, and especially in recruiting furrao- -
for the national army, by enlarged and UhoroLcatp tor
the sick ahd wonnded soldiers of the State, by a wise and
prudent economy in the expenditures of the funds com
mitted to bis care, and by tbe nnßparing devoiedneae of
all .its members, and in particular of the Governor Mm-
Helf to the constant hamaing, Complicated, and novel
labors which the exigencies of the great rebellion have
imposed.. • , , .
Resolved. *1 hat we acknowledge but two divisions of
the people'of the United States in this crisis—those who*
are loyal to its Constitution and every inch of its soil,
and are ready to make every sacrifice for the integrity of
the Union and the maintenance of civil liberty within it,
and those who openly or covertly endeavor to seyer onr
country, or to yield to iho insolent demands of its ene
mies: that we fraternize with the former and detest the
latter; and that, forgetting all former party names.and
dißtirctions, we call upon all patriotic citizens to rally
for one undivided country—--one flag—one destiny.
Bc&aleed, That the Gorernment of the United States .
and its p ople, with an occasional exception among
reckless inhabitants where this rebellion was fostered,
hove wifely and studiously avoided all interference with
the concerns of other nations, asking and usually enjoy
ing aMe non-interference with their own, and that
such is and should continue to be, its policy. That
; the intimations of a ; contetrpteied departure from
this sound rule of conduct on the part of some of
the nations of Europe, by an intervention in onr pre
sent struggle, is as unjust to them as it would be to ur,
and to the great principles for which we are contending;
but we assure them, with a solemnity of conviction
' wWch'admits of do distrust or fear, and. from a kaow-
ledge of, and a firm reliance upon the spirit and fortitude
of twenty millions of freemen, that any attempt thus to.
; intervene will meet a resistance unparalleled in its force,
unconquerable in its persistence, and f^ a J to tnoae
whom it is intended to aid; and that at will tend only to
strengthen and elevate the Republic. ■•
That the skill, bravory, and endurance ex
hibited by our army and navy have elicited onr admira
tion and gratitude} that wo behold is-these qualities the
assurances of Buro and speedy success- to our arms, and
of rout aud discomfiture to the rebels ;: thafe we urge the
Government to aid and strengthen them by all tho means
: iu its power, and carefully to provide for sick, wounded,
and disabled soldiers and their families; to prosecute the
war with increased vigor and energy, until the rebellion
is utterly crushed, the integrity of the Union in aU its
borders restored, and every rebel reduced to submission,
or driven from ibe land; and that to accomplish these
erds we pledge to our rulers our faith,.our fortunes, and
' our lives..-' . • ■
• Resolved, That the course of the Bon. David Wilsnot
in the ÜBitcd States Senate is manly, consistent, and
tminently patriotic, and we hereby endorse him as a
true and faithful representative of tbe loyal people of this
State. : .
SPEECH OF MR. FORNEY.
Obi. John W. Forney juaße, and spoke to tho resolu
tions as followu: > .
v What voter, what Democrat, who has lost a brother or
friend in.tbe army, will not, when the argument, is put to
him, see the propriety of these resolutions T Inthebattieof
Red Bank, ia 1777, a regiment of Rhode Island blacks
reached tbo ground in time, and turned thefortunes of
tbeday ; and Andrew Jackson called on the free blacks
-of Louisiana for the defence of that Territory, and by
- their hi avery victorywas won. . Do not be. ofrMd, gentle
men,of bei&g called Abolitionists. 1 The only Abolitionists
to- day—tho only practical the rebels
themselves. They have set more slaves free than ten thou
sand General Hunters could have done; We did hot be-
gin the rebellion. Edward Everett, at Albany, n Cb
when making a speech, said to the Democratic party,
“Gentlemen, yon have a majority." Uoite—come
together, and you will beat us. If not, Mr. Lin
coln will be elected, and you must take the con
sequences.” Tbe Democratio party produced this
state of things for their own aims, and they desired
it. The great object of the Democratic party, fal
low citizens, is scarcely to be concealed. I say the
Democratic party,because they insist upon calling them
selves Buch. They desire a peace, and in order to effect
that peace and to degrade us, they are trying to divide
the Northern people. They are for uniting the South
end dividing us, • This is their object, and what a peace
it will he 1 Does any man supposethatsucli a peace would
end the war ? The first attempt would be to throw Penn
sylvania into tbe arms of tbe South, as was Wm. B. Bee i’s
plan. Then there is Fernando Wood’s idea of tmaking
New York city a great free city. Then California wonfd
secede; Oregon would secede, and the great West would
finally secede, and in this Secession do you not suppose
that there would be an internal war 1 A war of section ?
Such a war as the world has never seen. Can it be
supposed for a moment that a man, looking at the pro
bability of things, does not see them as I do '!
Hence it is that the Republican party deserves all
honor for tbe manner in which it has deported itself in
this struggle. It was God’s providence that a Republican
President was elected in eighteen sixty. I have seen so
much duplicity under the name of democracy; I have seen
so much pride, so much falsehood, such an utter disregard
of tlie most solemn oaths and obligations; X have seen a
ruined country as the legacy of that party, that when Mr.
Lincoln was elected President, I hailed it because I knew
he had no record to fall back ou. His bauds were clean.
Ho was dear of the taint of Southern traltorß. I hope
tbGBO resolutions before us will he unanimously
adopted. What is to be hoped is unity among our-
Belves. If we cannot harmonize,'the battle must-go
against us. If the friends of the Administration
and the war cannot come together as one man,
the Brechinridgers must triumph in tbe coming election,
and your House of Representatives will beturned against
.ua, and. our President will be harmless, so far a? the
exercise ol power is concerned. We can afford to lay
aside the name of Bepublicans, Americans, and Demo
crats, and remember only the Republic- It may be—
though 1 trust in Ged it is not so—it may be that we
shall-, never have a united country again; and, gentle
men, the only way to secure such a country is for our
selves to be united. i,;
The resolutions were then unanimously adopted.
Thomas E. Cochran was nominated for Auditor Gene
ral, and unanimously selected by acclamation.
Williams Roes, P, 0. Sherman, and J.E. Meredith
were nominated for Surveyor General. During the first
voting the last two were withdrawn. Mr. Boss was then.
Eelected nnanimously.
A motion was made that the delegates proceed to name
one gentleman frem each Senatorial district, to consti
tute the State Central Committee. It wsb modified so os
to authorize the president of the Convention to appoint
the chairman and name the committee. Agreed to.
A resolution of thanks fo the Hon. John 0. Knox, for
the able and impartial manner lu which he presided over
the Convention, was unanimously adopted. The mem
bers of the Convention then proceeded to make nomina
tions for the State Central- Committee, but as the mem
bers were not submit "all the names, tt was
ordered that they be handed to tbe president after tho ad
journment. The Convention adjourned sine die at a
quarter past five.
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Washinqtok, July IT, 1882.
SENATE.
A Prayer.
The Senate convened at 9 o’clock. Tbe Bev Dr. Sun
derland, chaplain, returned thanks to the Throne of
Grace for the American'.genate and the co-ordinate
branches of the Government, and for the results that
bad this session been accomplished. To this illustrious
Congress wore the American people indebted for some of
the noblest enactments that have adorned the Republic.
He gave thanks for the health of the Senators, for the
general harmony of action that has prevailed, for the
firmness with which treason has been rebuked and cor
ruption denounced, and for tho general wisdom and fore
sight with which they have performed their duties.
A Protest.
Mr. WRIGHT (TL), of Indiana, frem the Committee
on the Oonduct of the War, wishea to enter his personal
protest against the publication of a portion of the evi
dence before tbe committee. Ho would not be considered
responsible for its übb by the Senator from Michigan yes
terday, He doubted the policy and propriety of such an
expose.
A Bureau ol Emigration.
Mr. DOOLITTLE-(Rep.), of Wisconsin, frem the
Committee on Foreign Relations, reported with amend
meDte, tbe bill fo eetablish a bureau of'emigration. Its
object Is to superintend the emigration, settlement, and
colonization of colored people of African descent, who
may desire to migrate to countries beyond the of
the United Stotes.
It appoints a commissioner Gf migration, with a salary
of 53,000, a e’erkat a_ salary of Si,Boo, and two assistant
clerks at 5i,200, if, in the opinion of the President, the
duties of the bureau may require their services.
Expenses of Delaware Regiments.
Mr. RICE (Dem.), of Minnesota, called up the House
bill fo defray the expenses incurred in enrolling and
equipping certain companies of the State of Delaware
volunteers, which was pessed.
Postage Stamps Currency.
Tbe Senate passed the House bill, making postage and
other United States stamps sb currency, and prohibiting
the issue of notes less than one dollar, Ac
; Other measures were acted upon, the Senate being al
ternately in open end closed session.
President’s Message. :■ *
When two o’clock arrived, Mr. FESSENDEN
from the committee appointed to wait upon the Presi
dent, reported that he had answered that he had no fur
ther communication to make, and the President’s mes
sage, similar to that read in the House, on the confisca
tion bill, was laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Thanks to Mr. Foot.
Mr. HENDERSON (U ), of Missouri, submitted the
following, which was unanimously adopted:'
Resolved, That the thanks of the Senate-be presented
to Hon.- • Solomon Foot, President pro tent, of the
Senate, for the dignified and impartial manner in whish
he has performed his duties whilst presiding over their
deliberations during the present session.
The PRESIDENT joro tern. {Mr. Foot) expressed
his full and grateful appreciation of the cordial expres
sion of tee Seriate in relation to the manner in which the
duties of the Chair have* been performed—duties that
were delicate and. often laborious, and involving ques
tions embarrassing and perplexing. Ir .was equati* ba
ecming for him to acknowledge tbe courtesy and for
bearance which had been manifested toward him in the
discharge of those duties. He wished fo acknowledge a
like compliment to the excellent officers-of tho Senate
•before him Their conntry was most loved, nod revered
when most tried, and most honored when most fn trial.
Be would indulge the hops tbat they might return re
cruited in vigor, in strength und health, in heart and in
hope, amid the rejoicings of a mighty people, restored to
peace, union, and harmony. This was hia abiding faith
and unceasing prayer. He then declared the Senate ad
journed stne die.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES*
The reading of yesterday’s journal consumed half an
hour.
. Yarioua messages were received from the Senate con
cerning the passage of certain kills.
The Speaker signed numerous errolled bOls* and much
centurion prevailed.
Judicial Districts iu Washington,
The bill to divide Washington into two judicial dis
tricts was passed.
Mr. STBYENS (Bep ), of Pennsylvania, moved that
the House concur in the request of the Senate to extend
the adjournment till 2 o’clock to-day.
Postage Stamps as Currency*
Mr. HOOPER (Rep), of Massachusetts, asked tha
consent of the House to introduce a bill providing that,
on and after tbe Ist of August, all postage and other
United'States stamps BhaJl he received for all dues lew
than S 6, and which may be received in exchange for
United Stateß notes. No private corporation or bank
shall make acd issue any token, note, or device for leas
than one dollar to circulate as money. Any person so
offending Bhall, on conviction, be punished by a fine not
exceeding five hundred dollars, or imprisonment for six
months, or both, at the discretion of the coart.
Objections having been made, Mr. HOOPER moved
a suspension of the rules. Agreed to—yeas 68, nays 33.
Mr. BOOPEB caused to he read a letter from tha
Secretary of the Treasury, urging the measure, and en
closing tho draft of the bill for the object stated, and also
ot e for changing the weight of the email silver coins.
Mr. PHELPS (Dem.), of Missouri, briefly contended
that tho second clause, prohibiting paper issues below
the denomination of SI, is unconstitutional.
Mr. COX (Dtm }, of Ohio, moved to lay the bill on
the table. . Not agreed to—yeas 39, nays 64.
The bill was passed—yeas 62, nay s 29.
Sales of Indian Lands* .
The House passed tho joint resolution suspending tha
sales of the lands of tbe Kansas, Sac, and Fox Indians*
until the 4th of March, 1553.
A fllcssage from the President.
A message from the President was received and read.
He says lie has approved both the confiscation hill and
the supplemental resolution, considering them to be one
act. Before he was informed of the passage of the reso
lution he bad prepared tho draft of avoto message, which
he transmits. He says: ** As the bill does not touch
tho persons or property of loyal citizens, it is in this jutfc
and proper. It is startling to say that Congress can free
the slaves of a State, but as the rebels forfeit their slaves
to tbe Cfovercmentj iho question is whether they shall be
declaied free or returned to slavery. He hod no objec
tion to the former court©.’ 5
In reviewing the other parts of the bill he says:
‘ l Military commanders should seize and me whatever
real or personal propelty may be necessary for their
commands, in stmo way preserving evidence of such ap
propriation.”
Ho also tbinbß it proper that military commanders
should employ as many persons of African descent as can
be used to advantage, etc.
The message was laid on the table and ordered to be
printed.
Thanks to Com. Vanderbilt*
The SPEAKER also laid before the House a message
from the President, recommending that seme suitable
acknowledgment be made to Yanderbilt for- tho gift
to the Government of the vessel of that name, which has
been doing valuable service. Referred to the Committee
on Naval Affaire.
Indian Department.
The House joint resolution, making
further appropriations for the current and incidental ex
penses of the Indian Department.
—KeCOrtTOT tUa-Tva*
Mr. WICKLIFFE (U.), of Kentucky, asked leave to
introduce a resolution, that it shall be the duty of tha
Government to order a record to be kept of the names*
ages, and sex, of all the Blavea received into our linos*
under the protection of the army, together with tho
names of the owners of the same.
Mr. BINGHAM (Rep.), of Ohio, objected to the in
troduction of the resolution.
Mr. WICKLIFFE moved a suspension of the rates.
Not agreed to—yeas BS - , nays 45—not two-thirds.
, Pay of Pension Agents*
The House pasted the Senate resolution, providing that
the compensation to pension agents shall be two per
sent, on tbe entirb disbursements byanyone of them,
provided tho aggregate compensation shall not exceed
$2,000 per annum. ,
. Printing*
Mr. WALTON (Bep.), from the Committee on Print
ing. reported a resolution to print ten thousand copies of
tbs President’s message on the subject of confiscation.
§u a motion to lay the resolution upon the table, no
quorum voted.
It now la- ked twenty minutes to two o’clock.
P There was a call of the House. Tbe proceedings were
temporarily interropied by tho reception of a message
from the Senate, Bfating that that body having completed
tbslr business, was now ready to close tho session.
fCiias of good.]
The Adjournment.
.Jibe SPEAKER, in accordance with usage, appointed
a committee to set with a similar committee of the Senate
to wait upon the President.
Tbe proceedings in the call of the Houseware resumed,
and these continued until two o’clock, at which hour the
Speaker terminated the roil-calL
Mr. COX (Dem.), from the committee to wait on thi
President, reported that the President had no furthei
business or other communication to present to Con
gress.
The SPEAKER said: The hour fixed for the adjourn
menbof the two Houses havidg arrived, I hereby declan
the House adjourned si«e dM.
App’anae by the members followed the announcement
A few minutes only elapsed before all the members ka<
left the Hoik _
TVar MeeAing at Detroit.
Detroit, July -16. —A large meeting was held
Bight, to facilitate raising the new regiments. Patri
resolutions were passed amid much disturbance, and
meeting earns to a pTMnatnre adjournment.
Arrival of Sick and Wounded,
New York, July 17 — l The steamer Daniel Wei
arrived beie at noon, with sick and wounded from ]
rifcon’a Landing.
From the Plains,
AN Bill GRANT PARTY ATTACKED BY INDIA]
A despatch received in this city by the family ©t
Alderman Sylvester Sexton, now en route for Callfc
by the overland route, - reports that the rear of the 1
was attacked by Indians on the 28th of June, and
men were killed. The locality and names we not
pended, further than to say that the Chicago party
airsafe.—Cfticfl?© iFesf, 11WL *-
AN IMMENSE SPRING of coal oil, of sun
quality; baa becr.fiiscovewd at Santa Barbara
nia; • *- ""