Instituted for the betteliteelefeaff-ttre. States, to the injury and proscription of the interests of some of t ho States. tt .was not merely a danger to the institution of slavery, b# Gar pt• !ideal system, to which 'separate and distinct colonies becartic, by tlxc Declaration of Independence, "free. , and independent States," and aficer -warile established a federal .Union undue the Constitution of •the - United 'States. That instrument, with scru pulous care,. disaritaivatea the pow-• ors delegated to the General Gov erutaent froth- those reserved "to the **tee reepectfelly, or to the peo ple." Aud hit it be noted, that in speaking of the powers so delegated .and reserved we refer to no vague peetentions, but to the clear provis ions of the written instrument which it lathe duty of every citizen, and especially of every public function ary, to respect and maintain. The protection of American liberty ttgaineeetimencroachmeots of central ization was left to the States by the .framers of the Constitution. Ham ilton, the_ most indulgent of them to Federal power, says: "It may be safely reeeived as an axiom in our political system, that the State Gov • ernmenes will,•in all Possible contin gencies, afford complete security i --against invasions of public liberty by the national authority," Who can be blind to the consequences • that have followed the departure , from the true principles of our Gov ernment ? " Abolition" vies with ':secession" in sapping the very I foundations of the structure reared by our forefathers. In Penesy)van- I la, the party on whose acts you will pass at the ballot-box has trampled upon the great rights of personal liberty and the freedom of the press, , -whit* every man who can read may find asserted in the Constitution ofi the State and the Constitution of the • United States. The dignity of our Commonwealth has been insulted in the outrages perpetrated upon her citizens. At Philadelphia and at Harrisburg, proprietors of newspapers have been seized at midnight and hurried off to military prisons beyond the limits of the State. Against acts like these, perpetrated before the eyes of the _municipal and State authorities,there is neither protection nor redress.— The seizure of a journal at West :Chester was afterwards the subject of a snitfar damages iu the Supreme Conrteif Pennsylvania: It came to trial before Chief Justice Lowrie.— Rehearsing the ancient principles of Boglish and American justice, he condemned the acts of the Federal officers as violations of the law that • binds alike the private citizen and the public functionary. He says: • public functionaries in this land are under the law, and none, from :the-highest to the lowest, are above IL" Impatient at any restraint from .law, 'a partisan majority in Congress hastened to pass an act to take from the State courts to the United States oourts, all suits or prosecutions "for trespasses or wrongs done or com mitted by virtue or under color of .any authority derived from or exer cised under the President of the United States ;" and such authority - was declared to be a full defence for 'the wrong-doer in any action, civil or criminal The America.' Executive is, as the word imports, the executor of the duly eeacted iaws. Yet the preten tion is made that his will can take the place of the laws. The liberty, the character of every citizen, is put at the mercy of new fiifictionar ics called "provost marshals." Se cret accusation before these officials takes the place of open hearing be fore a lawful magistrate, and no writ of habeas corpus may inquire the cause of the arrest. To illegal ar -rests have been added the mockery -of a trial ofa private citizen for his political opinions before a court mar tial, ending in the infliction of a now and outrageous penalty, invented by the President of the United States. We need not comment upon acts like these. The President of the United 'States has no authority, in peace or war to try, even an enlisted soldier by court-martial, save by virtue and .in strict conformity with the miii- . tary law laid down in the net of Cou gress "establishing rules and articles -for the government of the armies of the United States. Yet by his proc lamation of September 24th, 1802, he has assumed to make all citizens i amenable to military courts. lie has vi3lated the great principle of •free government, on which Waehing-1 ton conducted the war of the Revo-1 lution, and Madison the war of 1812 —the principle of the subordination of the military to the civil power.— He has assumed to pnt"martial law," which is the rule of force at a spot where all laws are silenced, in the place of civil justice throughout the ',land, and has thus assailed, in some of the States, even the freedom of the ballot-box. . r. uhesie are not occasional acts, done! in haste, or heat, or ignorance ; but( a new system of government put in - the place of that ordained and es ,tabllehed by the peopl e . That the Queen wield not do wh a t h e cou ld , was Mr. Seward's boast to the Brit rah Minieter. The "military arrest" • of Mr. Stanton received the "hearty commendation" of the convention that re-nominated Gov. Curtin; and it pledged him and his party to "'hearty co-operation" in such acts of the Administration in future. Such is the degrading platform on which a candidate for Lluief Magistrate of • Pennsylvania &Wats before her peo ple. These pretentionii to arbitrary power give teninove eignificance to at late change in our, uttlitary estab lishment The time honored Amer ,ican system of calling on the states for drafts from their militia, has been replaced by .1 Federal conseription, on the m%le/ Earoiran despot lama. W would not altimeter to the exeitemehi which it has caused among men of all parties. Its con etitathrastlity will tie tested befbre thtretMitt.' I t ifdrittgettl lett in the power of Congress, the . peo ple will decide on the propriety of a stretch of poweron vadat . , the British Plrrliitmerli- -41 43 7 14tid olitoiriotiOt—ha." wever_ viSsrisieed: •Os this ; ton will i*es , and.the nett Con geese will, not •be deaf to the voice the people.• .For all political writs, a constitutional remedy yet remains, in the-ballot-box, We Will not enter tain a tear that it is not sate in the guardianship of a free people. men in office should seek to .perpe trate their power ify wresting from tiie people of Pennsylvania the right of suffrage—if the servants of the people should rebelogainst their mas ter—on them will rest the responsi bility of an attempt of revolution, of which no man can forsee the conse quences or the end. But in now ad dressingyou upon the political issues of the times, we assume that the in stitutions of our country are destined to endure. The approaching elections derives further importance from the inftu •ence it will exercise upon the policy of the Government. The aim of men not blinded by funaticism and party spirit would be to reap the best fruit from the victories achieved by our gallant armies—the best fruit would be peace and the restoration of the Union. Such is not the aim of the party in power. Dominated by its most bigoted members, it urges a war for the negro and not for the Union. It avows the design to protract the war till slavery shalt be abolished in all the Southern States; in the lan guage of one of its pamphleteers, "how can a man, hoping and pray ing for the destruction of slavery, desire that the war shall he a short one.r Mr. Thaddeus Stevens, the Republican leader in the last House of Representatives, declared, "The Union shall never, with my consent, be restored under the Constititution as it is, with slavery to be protected by it." The same 'spirit appears in Mr. Lincoln's late answer to citizens of Louisiana who desired the return of that State under its present Con stitution. Mr. Lincoln postponed them till that Constitution shall b e amended. The Abolitionists desire the war to last till freedom is secur ed to all the slaves. Hordes of politicians, and contrac tors, and purveyors, who fatten on the war, desire it to last forever.— When the slaves aro all emancipated by the Federal arms, a constent mil itary intervention wilt be needed to keep them above or equal with the white race in the Southern States.— Peace has no placq in their platform. It proclaims confiscation and aboli tion as the objects of the war, and the southern Leader catches up the words to stimulate his followers to fight to the last. It is not the inter est of Pennsylvania that a tanatical faction shall pervert and protract 4,110 war, for ruinous, perhaps unat tainable ends. What the North needs is the return of the South, with ' its people, is territory, its staples, to complete the integrity of our common country. This, and not mere devastation and social confus ion, would be the aim of patriots and statesmen. The abolition policy promises us nothing better than a Southoin Poland, ruled by a North= ern despotism. But history is full of examples how wise rulers have as• suaged discord by moderation and justice, while bigots and des pots, relying solely on force, have been baffled by feeble opponents —1 That a temperate constitutional pol icy will fai', in our case, to reap the ; fruit of success iu arms, cannot be known till it is tried. The times are critical. France, under a powerful and ambitous monarch, is entering ou the scene, willing again to play an important part in an American revolution. The English Government is hostile to us; it has got all it want ed from abolition, and will have nothing more to do with it. The secession Leaders, and the presses un der their control, oppose re-union, preferring, perhaps, even an humble dependence. upon European powers. But from many parts of the South and across the pickiit lines, and front the prisoners and the wounded, has come the proof of a desire among the people of the South to return to constitutional relations with the peo ple of the North. Early in the con test this desire was shown in _North Carolina, one of the old thir teen associated with Pennsylvania on the page of Revolutionary history. But the majority in Congress made haste to show that Abolition, not re union, was their aim. In a moment ' of depression , on the '22d of July, 1861, being the day after the battle of Bull Ru", they allowed the pass- • age of a resolution, offered by Crit tenden, &fining a policy for the res toration of the Union. But they soon ralied, and filled the statute book with acts of confiscation, abo -1 lition, and emancipation, against the remonstrances of eminent jurists and conservative men of all parties. Mr, Lincoln, too, yielding, he said, "to • pressure," put his proelamaf/ons in place of the Constitution and the laws. Thus every interest and sen timent of the Southern people were enlisted on the side of resistance by the policy of a party which, as Mr. Stevens said, - will not consent to a restoration of the Union with "the Constitution as it is.' It is this pol icy flat has protracted the war, and is now the greatest obstacle to its termination. The reunion of the States can alone give them their security at at borne and power and dignity abroad. This end can never be reach ed upon the principles of the party now in power. Their principles are radically false, and can never lead to a good conclusion. Their hope of Setting up the negro in the place o the white man-runs counter to the laws of race, the laws Of nature.— Their statesmanship has been weigh ed in the Balance and found wanting; their "little "blood-letting". had prov, ed,- a (Niue, Tilers intierf.;rence 41* • - tirerMlisar4Ftte irfigifirnt and never aided tiler succatit it 11 t 'l 7, arsburg Nitsurngtr. has become a 'aii4Ot..eisrloverb that the best thint for* geeral-is to be out of reaeb frail Viitimbiag: on.— Tee party was 4 founded upOn the : political and moral heresy or oppo sition to Compromise, which is the only means of Union among States, and of peace and good will on earth among men In a popular government, the people are sovereign, and the sound sense of the whole community cor rects, at the polls, the ereors of po litical parties. The people of Penn sylvania have seen, with regret, the unconstitutional aims of the Aboli tionists substituted for the original objects of the war. They have seen with indignation many gallant 301- diers of the Union driven from its service, because they have not bowed down to the Abolition idol. They wilt see with horror the war pro tracted in order to secure the triumph of a party platform, or, as Mr. Chan dler said, "to save the Republican party from rupture." The time is now at hand when the v,lice of the people will be heard. 'IL:. overthrow of the Abolitionists at ti:, polls and the re-establishment of constitution al principles at the North is the first, the indispensable step towards the restoration of the Union and the vindication of civil liberty. To this great service to his country each citizen may contribute by his vote. Thus the people of the North may themselves extend the Consti tution to the people of the South It would not be a specious offer of politicians, to be observed with no better faith than the resolutions of July, '6l. It would be a return to the national policy of the better days of the Republic, through the intelli gence of the people, enlightened by experience. It would strengthen the government; for a constitution al Government is strong when exer cising with vigor its legitimate pow ers, and is weak when it sets an ex ample of revolutionary violence by invading the rights of the people.— Our principles and our candidates are known to you. .The resolutions of the late Convention at Harrisburg were, with some additions, the same that had been adopted by the De -nue ropy in several States. and by the General Assembly of Pennsylvania. They declare authoratively the prin ciples of the Democratic party. It is as it has always been, for the Union, and tat.: •Constitativn against all op posers. The twelfth resolution declares, "that while this General Assembly condemns and denounces the faults of the Administration and the en croachments of the Abolitionists, it does, also, most theroughly condemn and denounce the heresy of secession as unwarranted by the Constitution, and destructive alike of the security and perpetuity of Government and of the peace and liberty of the peo ple and it does hereby most solemn ly declare that the people of this state ate unaiterably opposed to any division of the Union, and will predstently exert their whole influ ence and power, under the Constitu tion, to mantain and defend it." We have renominated Chief Jus tice Lowrie for the bench w hick he adorns. Our candidate for Govern or,Judge Woodward, in his public ad private character, affords the best assurance that he will bring honesty, capacity, firmness and pa triot ism to the direction of the affairs of Commonwealth. Long with drawn, by judicial functions, from the political arena, he did not withold his warning voice when conserva tive men took counsel together upon the dangers that menaced our country. His speeel at the town meeting at Philadelphia in Decem ber, 1860, has been vindicated by subsequent events as a signal exhi bition of statesmanlike sagacity. Under his administration we may hope that Pennsylvania, with God's blessing, will resume her place as "the Keystoneif the Federal arch." CHARLES BIDDLE Chairma n . = LIBERTY 01' TRE BALLOT ILLUS- TEATED. The following delectable conversation is reported in the Louisville Democrat, as having taken place in one of the town ships during the late Kentucky election : Voter—l want to vote. Judge—Are you a loyal man ? V.—l ain. J.--In favor of suppressing the rebel lion by a vigorous prosecution of the war? V.—l am. J.—ln favor of voting men and money to prosecute the war ? • V.-1 am. J.—Are you in favor of supporting the Federal Adminstration and the entoree ment of its laws ? V.—No, sir; I am opposed to the poli cy of the present Administration. J.—Are you willing to take the oath ? (handing him Col. Foster's oath.) V.—Yes, sir ; I will take that oath. d.—Are you willing to take an oath in, addition, to - support the present Adminis tration and the enforcement of its laws? V.—No, sir ; I will not take such an oath. J.—Then, sir, you cannot vote here. V.—l will take any oath prescribed by the Constitution or laws of Kentucky. 1 only want to cast one vote, and that for Colonel McHenry. J.—You can't vote here, sir ; and so help one God, no man shall vote here to• day without he is willing to swear that he will support the present Administration. 2d. V.-Judge, will you please inform us, sir where you get your authority to require such an oath as that to be ad ministered? J.—That's my business, sir, and if you don't leave here I will fine you. More voters. KEEP IF BEFORE THE PEOPLE! Thai J. Heron Foster, former editor of the Pittsburgh Dispatch, and present Pro vost Marshal of the Pittsburgh district, recently esosed a substitute, a white man, to be stripped °la part of his clothing and whipped like a dog. This outrage is knoivn to the authorities at Washington, yet the heartless wretch is still permitted to re tain his position. it a, negro had been treated in this manner, the tyrant Poster would have been removed from ()Mee im medis.tely.---Butter:Hera4. • WEILONNSDAY, AVG. 26, 1663. DEMOORLTIO MEETING There will be a Democratic meeting at Amos Baldin's Mill, Plum Sock, on Thursday, the 3rd of September, at one o'clock. The ladies and gentlemen of Washington and Greene counties are re spectfully invited to' attend. Gibson, Ruth and Judson, of Washington, will address the meeting. Democratic Township Meet- ings ! In accordance with the usages of the Democratic party, which on all occasions has boldly challenged free discussion of its principles and claim ed the right to criticise the conduct of public servants, public meetings will be held in this county at the times and places mentioned below: At ROGERSVILLE, in Centre tp. on Thursday the 27th of August At NEW FREEPORT, in Spring hill tp., on Friday, August 28th. At JACKSONVILLE, in Riehhif tp., on Saturday, August 29th. At DAY'S STORE, in Morris tp., on Monday, August 31st. At SUTTON'S STORE, in Wash ington tp., on Wednesday, Sept. 2d. At JEFFERSON on Saturday the sth of September. At GREENSBORO on Tuesday, Sept. Bth. At TAYLORSTOWN on Thursday the 10th of September. At NEWTOWN on Saturday the 12th of September. At JOLLEYTOWN on Tuesday, Sept. 15th. At M U2RAY'S SCHOOL HOUSE in Alleppo township, on Thursday, September 17th. At CLARKSVILLE on Saturday, Sept. 19th. SW - Several Speakers will be in at tendance at each of these meetings, and it is confidently hoped there will be a large turn out of the people at all of them. In these days that try men's souls, and when the great prin ciples of popular liberty are endan gered, it behooves every Democrat to give one day to his country. The Ballot Box is the only remedy for the ills and evils now upon thu coun try, and no one can understand too well the grave issues pending in the present contest. By order of the County Committee, DAVID CRAWFORD, Ch'n PRIM TING PRESSES SHALL BE FREE TO EVERY PERSON WHO UNDERTAKES TO EXAMINE THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE LEGISLA TURE OR ANY OTHER BRANCH OF THE GOVERNMENT; AND NO LAW SHALL EVER BE MADE TO RE STRAIN THE RIGHT THEREOF.— THE FREE COMMUNICITION OF THOUGHTS AND OPINIONS IS ONE OF THE INVALUABLE RIGHTS OF MAN; AND EVERY CITIZEN MAY FREELY SPEAK, WRITE AND PRINT UPON ANY SUBJECT, BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ABUSE OF THAT LIBERTY,"--Art. IX, Sec. VII, Constitution of Pennsylvania. Vidr "IN IHIS COUNTRY ESPE CIA LLY, IT IS A HABIT NOT ONLY ENTIRELY CONSISTENT WITH THE CONSTITUTION, BUT EVEN ESSEN TIAL TO ITS STABILITY, TO REGARD THE ADMINISTRATION AT ANY TIME EXISTING AS DISTINCT AND SEPARATE FROM THE GOVERN MENT ITSELF, AND TO CANVASS THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE ONE WITHOUT A THOUGHT OF DISLOY ALTY TO THE OTHER."—Hon. Wm. H. SEWARD, Secretary of State under the Lincoln AdmiALatration. THE ADMINISTRATION'S WHIP. We take the following from the Boston Journal: "The Government has decided not to re tain any officers in the army whose views on the war policy is notin consonance with his own. Cases still continue to be reported for dismissal for the use of what is termed disloyalty or treasonable lan g:iage." Thus does the Administration snap its whip at the manhood of its officers. It is as much worse than the whip of the plan tation overseer as the manhood of the white man is better than the body of the negro. If there be anything ahead of this in the refinement of despotism we cannot conceive of it. It is enough to make a patriot shudder at what is before us if this steady march of the Administration's des potism be not rebuked—sternly rebuked ; let the rebuke be given at the ballot-box. NOT DISPOSED TO GO. The draft is but the merest farce in some of the New England districts. For exam ple, in the Fourth (Boston) district the whole number examined last week. was 1,- 135, of whom 937 of them were exempted, 79 paid 300 dollars, which makes 1,007 that got clear, 108 offered substitu:es, and 10 were passed as fit for duty. Thus, less than one in a hundred of the original con scripts go into the army ; and this, too, in a section-of country that only required the recognition of the negro to "cause every road leading fo the National Capi tal to swam. with recruits." At this rate it will require ninety millions of con scripts to obtain the "nine hundred thous and. men" so enthusiastically promised Father Abraham by the radicals. A FREE PRESS. On the ritb On January, 1859. Mr. Hor ace Greeley, editor of the New York Tri bune, gave•utterance to the following een sentiments at Niblo's Saloon, in New York : • "f3i . ven a Free Press, I hold that there can• be no need of wars, insurrecsions, or the rule of Vigilance Committees; that a free Press and an educated people are to gether too mighty for despots, unjust jud g . es and corruption itt ot ce. Where the Press is muzzled. it must befiss4 even at ' the Cost of Aumah blood; but wbereever it is is free, I hold it strong enouih . to overwrite all public evi le and abases, sod secure t hi sway of righteousness and. pesos." ==M=l=M3 !Elt=:1! Communitations. For the Messenger. INESOPRIETY VS. 1.24111.0Y81ETY. We can find no law upon any of our. statute books prohibiting the wearing of Butternut or Copperhead breastpins, and therefore the practice or fashion is not strictly unlawful ; yet I regard it as an act of impropriety, and believe that but fe v of these breastpins would now be worn on the persons of Democrats, were it not for the repeated threats of Repub. licans to chastise any one who should wear these peculiar emblems. Now, I submit-the question to- the consideration of every candid mind, if we confess it to be an impropriety to wear such pins in these exciting times, is it not a far greater impropriety to attempt with violence to take them from the persons of those who think proper to wear them? Yea, more, is it not a gross violation of law, casting the guilt of assault and battery, if not a higher crime ut.on the person who at tempts to remove them? Every sa l which is violative of any statutary pro vision is wrong; hence the individual who forcibly takes fr om another any item I of dress or ornament, or any other arti cle, no matter for what purpose they may be worn, is guilty of a wrong for which the law, when executed, will punish him. A Democrat may bear upon his person 1 1 a Butternut or Copperhead breastpin, and in so doing he is guilty of an impropriety which I have always discountenanced, and would advise all persons to refrain from. However, if any one, in disregard of my well-meant advice, should do so, 1 cannot say he has offended against law, but if for this impropriety the persons of those who should be assau ted commits It, the impropriety would be met with a greater impropriety, and the law would be violated by those who call themselves loyal and law-abiding men. Certainly the opinions of all conservative Republi cans or right-minded men will harmonize with my own in regard to this plain prop osition : that improprieties of the charac ter specified should be punished alone by the frowns or disapprobation of the com munity, whilst every illegal act should be punished as required by the law. Many of those who are now Republi cans, in former days were seen with Buck Eyes strung about their nec k s, with log cabin and hard cider breastpins stuck in their shirt bosoms, and many Democrats were seen with hickory nut breastpins, or carrying polk stalks ; now, all these things when viewed by calm and reasona ble minds will be regarded as improper acts, performed. in the spirit of derision, but as they did not militate against the provisions of law, no one dreamed of end ing these simple practices by force and arms, well knowing that in accordance with the law of nature, force will be re pelled by force. A reasonable man can be persuaded to abandon that which is foolish or wrong, yet but few men can be forced to do reasonable things by threats or acts of violence. As this principle is beautifully illustrated by an anecdote in regard to the immortal Washington, I ask the indulgence to relate it. When moving his army from Valley Forge, the roads being very muddy and almost im passible, Washington met a Yankee with a two horse wagon, and thrusting his head out of his carriage window, he calm ly said, "Friend, will you be so kind as to give me the advantage of the road, as my horses are weak, and yours are tti strong?" " With pleasure," exclaimed the. Yankee, "I can be coaxed out of the I road, but never damned out o' it." Wash ington passed on- a short distance, and found the carriage which Preceded his sticking in the mud with the wheels bro ken, whereupon, by inquiry, he ascertain ed that the Yankee" had done the mischief, and said to the officers, "You damned that fellow to give you the road, and he broke your carriage; I kindly asked him to give me the advantage, and he prompt ly ieplied that he could be coaxed, but never damned out of the road." Wash ington smiled and said, "gentlemen, a little knowledge of human nature will save much trouble." I have made these remarks with a view to introduce to your readers a brief histo ry of the facts connected with an unfortu nate affray which occurred at Carmichaels on Saturday, the 15th. In accordance with the usages of the party, a Demo cratic meeting was held there o n that day, and everything progressed quiet ly, so far as the meeting was concerned, the Republicans treating our speakers with proper respect, but at a distance from the street some persons made an at tack upon a man with a view to get his butternut breastpin, in which they suc ► - ceeded, but soon they were met by the friends of the man who was attacked , and a fight ensued, in which revolvers were used, to the injury of a man by the name of Chambers, who was shot in the, calf of the leg, and by David Hunnel, who was supposed to have been shot in the head, but I have since learned that the wound was made by the force of a drum stick Three reports of revolvers were distinctly heard, and many were ex hibited on the persons of bystanders when the affray commenced. This deplorable state of affairs came - near resulting in the death of several men, and should be a warning to members of all parties to keep cool and observe propriety and law in all public assemblages. Republicans should remember that Democrats have passions, prejudices and natures as difficult of control as theirs, and if they would have peace and quiet they should beware of entrance to a quar rel about so trifling an object as a breast pin. Democrats have been repeatedly insulted by such declarations as Traitor, seeessioniat, Butternut, Copperhead, damn the Conatitution, curse a Union with sla very, anti kindred expresaiens; bat BO .far they have had enough self. control. to gov ern their passions. They are numerically I three times as powerful as the Republicans ill this courfiy,4ool - if necessity should de mand it in self-defence, could defeat them in fight; but 1 Wou_lddiscountenance al l ap peals to brute force, and desire to combat our partizan neighbors with weapons of reason and argument, rather than fire arms. E If Republicans had never given metn ' bers of our party the name of Butternuts, they would not have been troubled with the vision of a Butternut breastpin. and it is presumed thst the improper practice had its origin in their niokname impropri ety. They well know that those who wear such things have no sympathy for the Butternuts of the South, or the rebel lion ; and they virtually admit this by an over anxiety to see the so called But ternuts conscripted, for we cannot believe that they would desire to see Uncle Sam's clothes, muskets and money carried to the rebel army, which would be the case if the Butternut Democracy were in sympa thy with the South. • Now, in conclusion, permit tue to say in a friendly spirit : be calm. discreet., and obedient to law, all ye politicians of eve ry creed or party, and good will, peace and order will prevail ; but if ye consti tute yourselves rulers of tushion and lan guage and conduct, you will no doubt in volve the community in scenes of riot, bloodshed and murder most foul. riescut in pacent." For the Messenger TRIBUTE OP RESPECT. Resolutions of the Union Literary Society on the Death of Capt. Wm. C. Lindsey. WuEREAS,' It bath pleased Him who ruleth all things to call from bis home, from his friends and his associates in arms, our dear and beloved friend, Capt. WM. O. LINDSEY. and WuattEas, Our connection with him as a member of our Society, his andable qualities, his kind and devoted disposition, •Itave made impressions upon our minds of the highest regard for his memory, we deem it alike due to his memory and to our own flelings, to present a representation of our reg ret for his untimely decease.— Although he fell by the arm of his foe whilst in deadly conflict in defence of his country and his friends at home, yet he died in a noble cause beneath the starry flag of his beloved land, with his gallant comrades around him, and we foster his name as one of the brightest ornaments of society. Therefore, be it Resolved, That, we deeply deplore the loss of the late Capt. Win. C. Lindsey, as a member of our Society, and that we tender to his parents and friends our deep "and heartfelt sympathy in this their sad be reavement. Resolved, That we will hold the benevo lence and kindness of our cherished mem ber in pleasing recollection, and that we hereby testify to his readiness 'and his ability in performing his duties as a mem ber of Society, and as a friend. Resolved, That these Resolutions be en tered upon the minutes of Society, and that a copy be presented to the bereaved parents, and that we solicit their publica tion in the county papers. A. B. HOGE. D. R P. HUSS, J. T. HENDERSHOT, Com DEMOCRATIC EDITORS OF TEE STATE. The late meet;ng in this city of the edi tot•s of the Democratic newspapers in Pen nsylvania was a most agreeable one and must be greatly conducive to the suc cess of the cause of Democratic, govern• went, to which they are devoted. Tueir Conference with regard to the present elec toral canvass was most harmonious, and it resulted in a resolution to carry on the campaign whit earnest co-operative ac tion, until the election in October crowns their efforts with a glorious triumph.— The discussions evoked by the various matters under consideration, attested the high intelligence and intense patriotic zeal of the gentlemen of the Editoriol Convention, and we congratulate them on the happy consequences to be hoped for from their recent interview.—Sunday Mer cury, Pgiffn tif PDiutt. RECEIPTS ON SUBSCRIPTION SINCE JULY IST. Ain't. Vol. No, Henry Jacob 2 00 5 50 Elias Furman 1 00 4 27 Jos Yeager 260 6 6 Samuel iSimpson 5 00 5 6 • James Fonlier 2 00 5 50 ikl Dill, Eve 2 00 5 50 &Cells Lemon I 00 6 15 Will Lenin,' 2 00 5 50 Stephen Day 2 00 5 50 Greenberry sL.rgan el 00 In full. Vein Liizenburg 5 00 3 26 John Strosuider 50 5 21 Jacob Druaen 6 00 In full 11. Wilson 50 5 20 Milton Day 3 25 In full. 4 Clutter 2 00 In full. 13 L Woodruff' * 2 00 6 II Samuel 11440 k 6 25 In full. Maj A A St-.lit 50 5 20 1a in Neal 4 00 2 59 Joan L Lundy 50 5 41 /Samuel P Minor 2 30 In lull. J I Six so 5 20 John I Worley, Esq 2 0d 5 50 Anion Price 2 00 6 9 E J Sit. 50 5 lel E Rush 7 75 In full. kl Braden • 4 00 5 50 John Station 2 00 6 9 Jas alentlenhall 1 1/0 . 5 34 Mi s M A Jordon 5d 5 22 Taos lloskinson 50 5 27 Jas Ba•iiiiart 2 00 5 i 5 John It Dagg 50 5 21 1' G Anderson 2 00 4 4. John Hunnell 2 00 5 26 A F Randolph 2 00 5 50 Abram Alumnus 200 6 . I G Naser 2 001, 36 Jeremiah Shroy 5 00 In full. F McCord 50 in lull. Jesse OrndulT 2DU 4 50 a11..11 L Cater. 900 5 50 John Huston 2 00 6 6 Mrs .fancy Stephens 1 00 6 6 Mary Johns 100 5 31 Win H Moredock 2 04/ 6 9 C A Spiagg 200 5 32 Jacob Braden 900 . 5 26 Win Strewn 2 00 5 3 Isaac Lemby 3 00 6 6 Jesse Craig 2 00 6 7 Slater ShrlyerBo 5 27 Morris Landry 75 5 11 Nathan It Smith 2 00 6 7 John Dowlin 3 50 5 50 Wm Spiagg 150 5 37 Jaelß Lazear 2 00 6 10 Peter Chess 1 00 5 35 . R N Wiley 50 5 22 11 Irani G ram lee 2 00 ti 8 siah Crawford 8 50 5 10 . . Wm t..levenger 500 9 25 Beni Lung 200 4 50 Jeremiah Stewart 40 in Cut! John r Itee.,es I=OEl Win McNeely d Coen Abner Morris A .1 Johnson Geo Johns Dr 8 Al - - John Hoge 200 4 50 Lieut F t. J Gray 200 5 7 Thus hrLenathan . . „ Henry Zinnnennen 50 1 23 Stephen Maple 200 4 50 John Lendey . 200 . 6 12 L D Henderson 1 00 5 37 A brattam Assiwour . 160 B 1 Jag Uneasy 100 S 37 saanusa iii Rumen 3 016 6 12 Aaron Haynes 50 5 25 Tana fl Wade 100 5 a ye 8 Sea& 100 .5 77 Paid Lasaley 100 5 37 Samuel Lemtey 1 (10 5 7 Atlas of tO A Great Battle hi Charleston • The steamer S. IL Spalding arri . v , of at Fortress Monroe, on the 16th, from off Charleston. She left Morris Island at ten o'clock on Friday morning. On Thursday evening the monitors were all stripped and pre pared for action, and at daylight on Friday the batteries 'on Morris Island opened their fire, _which lasted an hour or two, when it ceased. The monitors did not fire a shot, and as soon as the batteries ceased firing the monitors withdrew and put up awnings. No explanation is made of this movement. The strongest confidence is expressed rf a favor able result. One informant says that during the short engagement on Friday morning, he saw several shots strike Fort Slimier, causing bricks and mortar to fly profusely. One of our officers,who lett Morris Is land,says that upon receiving instruc tions in regard to conveying news by Quartermaster DUNTON, be asked him what shall I tell our friends at Fortress Monroe, the Quartermaster replied, "Tell them that a great battle will come off here on Satur day, the 15th, or Sunday, the 16th, and that we shall be victorious. Reported Mutiny In Lee's Army A young man, named William H. Marks, formerly of Washington, but who has resided for five or six years past in Lexington, Va„ has arrived back in Washington. He was five days on the way, and he confirms the reports of great demoralization in the rebel army, and says a fight oc curred a few days before he left, at or near Snickersvillc, between sever alregiments'of Mississippi and Texas troops and Stuart's cavalry. The Mississippians and Texans were very much dissatistk I. and started to leave for home, y. lien they were at tucked by Stuart's cavalry, and com pelled to return to duty. He repre sents Lee's army in almost open mu tiny, owing to the gloomy aspect of affairs in the Confederacy since the fall of Vicksburg and Port Hudson, and that it is with difficulty it is kept together. The rebels were de serting in largo numbers, and ho says the North: golui tains are full of deserters from Lee's army. It was currently reported among the rebels and believed that Lee had ten dered his resignation to Davis, but it was not accepted. He did not learn the cause, but it was a common re• port that Lee and Jeff. Davis were at daggers' points about something. Western Tcnnessee Cleared of Guerrillas—North Alabama Full of Rebel Deserters. CINCINNATI, August 18.-,:-Tbe Com mercial's Cairo dispatch says . Wes tern Tennessee is cleared of gurril las. Colonel Rowitt, commanding the brigade that went North, captur ed Colonel Campbell. of the Twenty- Third Tennessee, ten captains, two second lieutenants, and thirty pri vates. Colonel Hatch, with the 2nd lowa, went to Paris, drove out the Richardson's Rifles, and Wilson's guerrillas. The First Alabama cav alry returned to Glendale with ten prisoners. The 18th Missouri cap tured one captain and five privates in the vicinity of Ripley. Gen. Bragg is at Chattanooga with 25,000 men. He has lost 10,000 by desertion.' Johnston's army, num bering 25,000, is at Brandon and En terprise. It has lost one third by desertion. The mountains in North Alabama are full of deserters from Johnston's and . Bragg's armies. The gunboat "Cincinnato" has been rais ed and is now undergoing repairs at Vicksburg. Gov. Shorter, of Ala bama, has Issued - au address to the 'citizens of that State urging upon them the impressment of slaves into the Confederate service. A despatch ache 17th, from Albany, N. Y., S ays : Information reached here this afternoon of the destruction by fire of littret's shakily mills at Cohoes, and the burning to death of 15 of the female oper atives. The flames spread with fearful rapidity, and the only means of escape left the girls were the windows. Some were so terror stricken that they abandoned themselves to their fine and perished in the building. Others fell from the windows into the fire below ; and many were badly injured by jumping to the ground.— Twenty five are missing, fifteen of whom are reported to have been burned to death. Tne Western Armies in Motion CINCINNATI, August 22.—ne Ga zette has advices from liosarans' ar my to the 18th, and from Burnside to the 19th. Both armies had com menced a forward movement, the for mer for Chatanooga, and the latter for Knoxville. The troops are in good condition and fine spirits. Aar In Chicago, says the Tribune, there are over four thousand children or school age in the streets, running wild, and pro bald), double that number from five to six years old are either worrying their parents or learning vice in the st reets. PITTSBURGH- MARKETS. PITTSBURGH, Aug, 22 Floca—The market continues dull and unchanged. Prices are only nominal at the following quotatinns—Extra, froM store, $5,00 per bb? ; Family :?5,25. No receipts. GRAIN.—Sales 377 1,11-it. Fuelled corn, from first bawls. at 7:z... ,i“1 150 bushel Oats from store at 60e p er bush. 4 00 5 50 2 00 5 36 40 5 10 50 5 24 1 00 6 iOO 5 28 Baooms.—Sales 20 doz. at $2,50 for good prime, and $3 for fancy rl doz. Bwcom.—Market steady with a good de mand at 51-®tic for shoulders; Sic for plain Hams; 10i0:,.11c for 4laiu canvassed do. and 13(414e for sugar cured do. GROCERIES.—Sugars are selling at . 111- (412 c for Cuba; choice N. 0. 13; Crushed in bbls 151; A Coffee 15c.; B Coffee Mc. Molasses ; sales of old crop at 55c and of new at On gallon. Coffee; Rio 31(032e. Rice 9c V lb. iOO 5 90 1 00 5 18 Harbor. Shucking Catastrophe. U
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