ghi conger. R. W. JONES, As. S. JENNINas Editors. `One Country, One Constitution, One Destiny;.' 111100414ASVIS) inte WEDNESDAY, AUG. 31, 1864. 7OR PRESIDENT IN 1864, SEN. GEORGE B. McCLELLAN, [St lject to de Decieion of the Democratic Na henna Convention.] DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET. ASSEMBLY, TgOOLts ROSE, OF MIRY 77- B,llkßino 3IRATH JOHNS, ./ OF WASHINGTON. COMMISSIONER, THOMAS SCOTT, OP WHITELY. DISTRICT ATTORNEY, JOSEPH G. RITCHIE, CM= POOR HOUSE DIRIX:PIa ARTHUR. RINICII*auT, pp FRASKLIS. AUDITOR, A. J. ARARTIBi Or **YIN E. "While the army is fighting, you as cit izens see that the war is prosecuted for Vie preservation of the Union and the Constitution, and of your nationality and your rights as citizens-to GEO. E. SeCLELLAN. ••The Conatgatlon and the Union I place them together. if they stand, they Must stand together; If they fall, they /Rust fall together.".....Dasie/ Webster. A New Move on the Political Chess Board. The New York World, in a lite number, strongly intimates that a movement is under consideration among eminent leaders of the iftepnblican and Abolition parties, the object of which is to supersede Messrs. Lincoln and Fremont as candidates for the Presidency, and to substitute Mr. Charles Francis Adams, stow minister to Greet Britain, as the single candidate of the opposition to the Democra- Cy; that the recent European tour, of Forney is connected with this new move, and that Chase is to represent this country at the court of Great Britain, and Fremont, at the Court of France, in case of the successful termination of this programme. Mr The approaching Presidential cam paign will be the shortest one we have ever bad. und by all odds, the most important one. Upon its results much of the future weal or woe of the country, will depend.— ft behooves the Democracy to go to work vigorously and earnestly, the moment the nominations at Chicago are announced. A co , -.plete, and thorough organization of the warty, will, of necessity, be one of the first Objects to be effected. Ano less important one will be the appointment of Committees to procure and circulate documents and newspapers, discussing the various questions to be passed upon by the people at this elec tion. sir Under the wholesome operation of our laws, even Presidential action, undergoes the revision' of the people every four years, at the Ballot Box. President Lincoln by pre senting himself for a second term, invites the scrutiny—the approbation o: condemns tioh of the people, upon his measures during his past occupancy of the Presidential chair. iff the people approve his denial to thew of Ate rights of Free speech, a Free Press, the writ of Habeas Corpus, of the Elective Fran chise and trial by Jury, they will doubtless say so,by again voting zor Lim:--on the oth er hand, if they disapprove of these acts no "war power" nor "military necessity" must etand in the way of their saying so boldly and without fear. parlitiller, the English Railway murder er,rwas arrested on board the English vessel Victoria, in New York bay, on Thursday last. He does not seem to have had any ap prehension that he was suspected or of the steps which had been taken for his arrest.— The vessel bad an unusually long and tedious passage, having been so:ne six weeks in making the trip. The watch of Briggs' whom he pondered, was found in his trunk, and also Briggs' hat, which he had probably taken in mistake for his own, in the hurry of leaving the cars after the murder. When vrested he denied the fact of his having committed the murder, saying—"l did not do it, I was not there and I can prove it." Them does not seem to be a particle .of doubt of his guilt. The Draft. The N. Y. Commercial Advertiser (Re pal:Alma) of the 25th inst., 41 , 004ti0n to the instponement of the Draft, says: "It is not improbable that a postponement of the draft will be made. In fact; we are warranted in stating that the draft is more likely to commence on the 2Qth of Septem liettiar about the Ist of October than on the proximo." serA cotemporary hopes that Washing ton be.oat of danger some day." We apprehend that its danger is quite as much from within au . from without. Tempering with Letters passing • I . thrsugh the Mails. It is believed that no 'Administration pro mos to the present lawless one, has ever permitted its sabordinate,e to tamper with letters passiag through the mails. A British Administration some years ago, even upon a suspicion of the kind, was followed by the indigeatiog t ef all honorable men in that country, as well as ofd the civilized world.— But this infamous practice is so common in this country, under this administration, as to be regarded almost as a matter of course. pis practice has contributed as much as any thing else to swell the volume of indig nation of the people against this administra tion. The N. Y. "World," in reply to the "Ev ening Post" of the same city, thus refers to a few instances within its knowkdge 1 "The Post however, asks for some facts in connection with the Administration spy system. It shall have them. It is a fact that the correspondence be tween Governor Seymour and District-At torney Hall, respecting the legal• Proceedings to be taken in the case of the,seizure of Tros WORLD and Journal of Commerce, was tam_ pered with in the mails. Air. Hall has given the particulars to the public over his own name. It is a fact that Governor Seymour's letters have been repeatedly detained aad opened. A short time since he authorized the Albany Argus to reter any one to him he wished for proof touching this matter. It is a fact that the letters of General Fre mont, Mr. Lincoln's rival for the Presidency, have been tanipered with. So intolerable became the annoyance that the General was compelled to have his letters and even tele grams addressed under another name. We state this tact upon information from the General's friends. Even Mrs. Fremont's let ters were detained, until that spirited lady was moved to write to the western postmas ter who most annoyed her, that, it he would lether letters go through without stoppage, she would send duplicates for his private perusal It is a fact that#leneral McClellan's cor respondence has been intercepted. His personal frhinds say he has not been subject to that annoyance lately ; but while be was in command, and subsequently, he was sub ject to this disgraceful espionage. It is a fact that the private family corres pondence of the editor of this paper has been constantly subject to the supervision of the administration. He has been compelled to submit to this outrage for more than a year. General Butler violated the mails so openly where The World was concerned, that on two occasions he reinclosed our letters to us in his headquarters' envelopes. We might extend this list indefinitely, but these will suffice for the present. Is the Post answered? Opposing the Draft. On Friday last, says the Harrisburg Union, Mr. Sohn Mullaly, editor and proprietor of N. Y. Metropolitan Record, was arrested, taken before a U. S. Commissioner, and bound in $2,500 bail to answer the charge of opposing conscription, in the publication of certain articles, one of which was entiled "Tire Hundred Thousand more Victims to Abolitionism." The military aathorities at New York are perhaps not aware that one Abraham Lincoln—now resident at Washing ton—for two years and more past has been opposing enlistments and counseling resis tance to the draft, by the issuing of procla mations of emancipation, by the suspension of the habeas corpus, and by his refusal to heat for peace unless slavery is abandoned— thereby proving to the people that the war he is waging is not really for the Union, but for the African and his race. What are the "authorities" at Washington about that this man, Abraham Lincoln, is not arrested and either placed in the Old Capitol or bound in recognizance ? There are thousands and thousands of the three and nine months soh diers who, because of Abraham's couttselings, will never enter the army again while he contrzls the nation ! Arrest the man, there fore, at once rWe see by the papers that Mr. Mullaly upon a hearing before Commissioner Osborn, was discharged. That oftaer deciding that a Draft could not be resisted before it was made.}-3fessenger. An Important Question. If, after more than three years of cruel, devastating war,—the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of brave, noble-hearted white men, rendering thousands of wives widows, and hundreds of thousands of helpless inno cent children, orphans,—the expenditure of thousands of millions of dollars raised by a crushing debt and the assessment of taxes on all that we eat, wear, drink or use,—and conscription. Draft after Draft, and now for 500,000 more of "the bone and sinew" of the country,—i4 after all this, "Old Abe" has not yet been able to make "Washington safe" from possible capture, and IdarYland and Pennsylvania secure against Confeder ate invasion, how long, how much more slaughter of white men, pow many more widows and orphans, how much more debt, how much heavier taxes, and how many more conscription drafts will the old fellow require to conquer and subjugate the Confed erate States and people ? This is an important question—a very im portant one, and there is reason to believe that it is now receiving much more attention and consideration from the white freemen and tax-payers of Pennsylvania and other States, than heretofore.— West Chester Jef ,feivonian, tar The New Yorlf Tribune expresses the opinion that not one-taint of the journals of that city are paying current expenses, and adds : "It is notoriously true that the capi tal invested here in newspapers, is paying no profit whatever." iiiirTbe profligacy in the departments at Washington is considered the result of the force of example. The Secretary of State having boasted of his little bell, the follow era of the Administration provided each of theinselves with a little- belle. PRESIDENTL9I. ELECTORS. ELECTORS AT LAI/4. Robert F. Johnson. of Cambria, Richard Vans, of Philadelphia. DISTRICT ELECTORS. Ist Wm. Loughlin, 13th Paul Leidy, 2d E. R. Helmbold, 14th Rob't Sweinford, 3d 'Edward P. Dunn, 15th John Ahl, 4th T. M'Collough, 16th Henry G. Smith, sth Edward T. Hess, 17th Thaddeus Banks, 6th Phil. S. Gerhard, 18th H. Montgomery, :7th Geo. P. Leiper, 19th Jno. M. Irwin, Bth Michael Seltzer, 20th J. M. Thompson, 9th Patrich M'Avoy, 21st Erastus Brown, 10th T. H. Walker, 22d Jas. P. Barr, 11th 0. S. Dimmitt, pcl Wwn. J. Koontz, 12th A. B. Dunning, 24th W. Montgomery. Declines. Colonel McCandless of the Pennsylvania Reserves, and one of the bravest of the many brave officers of that gallant corps, was re cently tendered a Brigadier's commission by the Administration, hu consideration qt his long, faithful, and efficient services, having entered the army in '6l, snd participated conspicuously in all the engagements in which the Reserves took part. in the swamps of the Chickahorniny, through the "seven days" of sanguinary battle before Richmond, through Pope's miserab!e cam paign—at Antietam, Fredericksburg. Chan cellorsville —under Burnside, Hooker, Mc- Clellan and Meade—at the head of his regi- went or of a brigade, be bore himself like a true soldier, and received the warmest praises of his superior officers. Inxious to keep him in the field, the Administration offered him a Brigadier Generalship on the expiration of his term of service ;:butlhe promptly declined the proffered appoiuttnent in the following, p)itted terms:— 520 WALNuT Srararr, PHILAIELPHI4, July 30, 1864. Sir :—I hate the honor Ito acknowl edge the receipt of a communication from the Secretary of War, dated the 21st inst., informing me of my promo tion to the position of Brigadier Gener al of volunteers. This appointment I decline to accept. In order that my motives for so doing may be clearly understood, I will state that when those who administer this Government, re-adopt the original in tention of prosecuting the war for the restoration of the Union, I, together with hundreds of officers and thousands of men, at present out of service, will be found ready and willing to return.— Until such time I consider the post of honor to be the private station. I am, sir, very respectfully, Your obedient servant, ArCANDLESS. Brig. Gen. L. Thomas, A. G. U. S. A. Taking up a Collection. The sheddy people are already in the field raising funds to re-elect honest Old Abe.— The following is a coFy of a document re cently received by a small country postmas ter. Of course all the office-holders have re ceived a similar missive levying an assess ment upon their several incomes: CommirreE Rooms, WAsnrsuTom, D. C., Aug. 19, '64.1. Dear Sir.:—To defray, in part, the neces sary expenses of conducting this important campaign, in printing and distributing speech es and documents, the committee, presuming you will esteem it a privilege to do something in aid of a work so vital to our country, have assessed you Three dollars, which to save the trouble and expense of drawing upon you for, you will please remit on receipt of this to Hon. James Harlan, treasurer, or to the sec retary. The committee* would be pleased to hear from you, with suggestions as to the canvass in your locality. Very respectfully yours, D. N. COOLEY, Secretary, The Democrats will enter the coining can vass under the great disadvantage of having to contend against the greatest patronage and the greatest money-power ever wielded in a presidential election. An administration in power has always money in hand as well swarms of well-drilled office-holders to conduct the canvass ; but the Lincolnites will control a thousand where former admin istrations could not raise ten. By the above circular it will be seen that they are detertn ivad to bleed the office-holders to the utter most, and are intent upon getting the few as well as the many dollars. However, in spite of money and patronage, the Democrats will win this coming election. The very office-holder to whom the above was sent declares he will not pay it, and 'would give three hundred dollars to defeat Lincoln, if be feared his re election.— World "To Whom it may Concern." Abraham Lincoln of March 4th, 1881, and Abraham Lincoln, of July 18th, cut the fol lowing figure Lincoln to the Rebel Commissioners, July 18th, 1864. Any proposition which embraces the restoration of peace, the integrity of the whole Union, and THE ABANDON MENT OF SLAVERY, and comes by an authority that can control the armies now at war with the United States, will be received and considered by the Exe cutive Government of the United States, and will be met by liberal terms on sub stantial and collateral points, and the bearer or bearers thereof shall have con duct both ways• A. LINCOLN. Lincoln's Inaugural March 464, 1861. I declare that I have no purpose, DI RECTLY OR INDIRECTLY; to inter fere with the institution of slavery io the States where it exists. I believe have NO LAWFUL RIGHT TO DO SO, and have NO INCLINATION TO DO SO. * * The RIGHT of each State to order and control its own do mestic institutions according to its owa judgment EXCLUSIVELY, IS ESSEN TIAL to the balance of power on which the perfection and ENDURANCE of our political &brie depends. Ail in the Wheel Again! The Prot - oft Marshal General has ibsued an order that the names of all persons who have paid commutation under the former draft law, must go back into the wheel, for the eoming draft ! This is another example of the honesty of this Administration. For what were nen &led upon to pay three hun dred dollars two weeks ago if they are sub ject to draft to-day ? It is simple robbery.— Washington _Examiner. • ;Can air of our readers guess what docu -meat contains the following complaints?— The Abolitionists will readily say it is the 4 `dishiyal" platform of some Copperhead Con vention:: "He hasebstructed the Administration of justice. "He has made }Ages dependant upon his will alone. "He has erected a multitude of new offi- QM "lie has kept among us, in time of peace, standing armies, without the consent of Legislatures. "lie has even affected to render the mili tary iiidependent ot, and superior to the civ il power. "He has combined, with others, to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our Constitu tion, and unacknowledged by our laws; giv ing hts assent to their acts of pretended leg islation,. .'Yor quartering large bodies of armed troops among us. "For protecting them by mock trial, from punishment for any murder which they should commit on the inhabitants of these States. "For depriving us, in many eases, of the benefit of trial by jury. "For taking away our charters, abolishing our most valuable laws, and altering, funda mentally, the forms of our governments. "Ile has incited domestic insurrections among us." The &dove are not ex:racts from any latter c'sy polifijal gathering, but are taken literally trom a renowned old document sign- ed by John Hancock and tifty-five others— written by Thomas Jefferson— engrossed by order of Congress—and familiarly known as the "Declargtion of Independence." "Brick" Pomeroy of the La Crosse Demo crat, isn't an ardent admirer of the draft.— Hear how the fellow talks. "This is a queer war. It fhlls on some folks like hot lead on frozen ear, they don't like it! People have a hor ror of the draft. That and the grave are not inviting as they may be. To pay three hundred is no trifling matter to some-folks. It scrapes the flour bar rel dry—it drives the last cow to mar ket,-,--itkleaves the poor man's slim pock etbook clean t'other side out, and keeps the little "bairns" from many a • present. Folks don't like the draft.- 1e don't like it. We hate it. There now. It is an outrageous impositioc— a humbug. It is such a peace-maker as we abhor. It is be neath this great nation—the govern ment that has stood firm for so many years ou the love of its proud detenders. Not wishing to be considered profane we will say in the fullest sense of the Word, curse the draft! It is an insult to Americans and we wish the brain that tiriginated the idea was under our heel. To thus give the lie to the pa triots of the Union, to advertise that Americans must forced into sustain ing the government they love'. But we like it for some reasons. It makes these fanning-mill orators, and oil-burn ers cOttie to time. 'Scissors ! how it grinds some of them. One man up in Trembeleau county— a post-master—consumed vile—voted for Abe—howled his thro Lt sore—was rewarded with ti post office—two of his sons were drafted—be paid $6OO to exempt them—it s rapped him clear to his bone, and he is now thinking! It is just Such ducks we like to see picked up. If the peor men who mind their own business were not thus•forced into death or poverty, we'd throw up oar hat and hurrah tbr the draft till fOlks would think we had twins in the tinnily. Well, well, such a life. Meanwile the war goeth oaan 1 another draft cometh. Selah. An "Olive Branch" from Richmond. The Richmond Sentinel, the reputed organ of Jeff. Davis, in a /ate article on the recent conference at Niagara, makes a suggestion for the Aaininent of peace, in the following half earnest, half-bantering language: "Let peace commissioners be appoin ted by either section, and, invested with plenary powers of negotiation, meet on neutral territory, and discuss the terms of peace. Let all subjects be open to free discussion and negotiation. We of the South consider independence ai the great and first object of the war, and that separation is essential to inde pendence ; yet we shall be willing to listen to what you hare to say end propose on the oth er side. You may offer us something that will secure our equal rights within the Union ; you may propose to give the slaveholding and free States equali ty of votes in Congress and in the elec tion of President ; and partly to effect this you may throw all New England into one State, or give her to England ; or it' England won't have her, let her secede. Now, that would be a tempting bait. We don't say that it would satis fy us, but "the subject is worthy of considera • tion." Gewge Washington, on retiring from the presidency, addressed to his countrymen the matured reflections of eight years' civil ser vice under the Constitution. From that pre.- cious legacy of patriotic wisdom we sz.tract the following sentences : • "If; in the opinion of the people, the dis tribution or modification of the Constitu tional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected by au amendment in the way which .the Constitution designates.— Bst let there be no change by usurpation ; for, though this, in one instance, may be the imstratutewt of good, it is the customary weapon ky'ichich free gocernments are de etroyed, The precedent must always great ly overbalance in permanent evil any paitial or transient benefit which the use can at any time yield. 4 Luvcora. Sir Gen Fisk, in a speech which he made recently at Chillicothe, said he had written to his Chief that there were a gloat many grades• of loyalty in this country now-H .Itrsta A te S d Pr b i y ng f i r a i e e i n d d ( s lll Or lidr. le tt e n g co s ta ys Zt more than were tenses in the English Gram he does not expect to return to Illinois after mar. There was past loyalty, present loy- his term of office, but will make Boston his alty, perfect loyalty and pluperfect loyalty. future home." ' And in. the last case, many of them were so er He would only be "at home" among straight they leaned over backward, and in the Abolition fanatics and Pharisaical pari the beginning were rebels. . taas of Massachusetts. _ . . Copperhead Complaints. Don't Like It Abolitionist. The Draft Pro—alaination. To the Editor f the Boston Courier : The law of Congress requires that fifty days' notice of a draft should be given, to allow time for the districts to fill their .quotas. The President's proclamation, for the pres ent call of 500,000 men, is dated July ifith, 1864, (Monday,) and requires the draft to commence i►nmediately after the sth day of Sept( niter—that is to say on the 6th day of September. This gives only forty-nine days' notice. A most singular thing that in a matter of such momentous and vital impor tance a President of the United States should make such a fatal blunder. We pointed out this discrepancy at the time the Proclamation was issued, suggest ing then that it was illegal, and also that it might be made a reason for postponing the draft. FIFTY DAYS' NOTICE. [From the Chicago Times, August 22.] We publish in another column the pi-cc lamation issued by the president on the 18th ultimo, and styled by him his "call for five hundred thousand volunteers." It is one of his axioms that "calling a calf's tail a leg will not make it a leg." By parity of rea- ' soiling, we infer that even a presidential calling of a thing that which it is not will not affect its real character. The proclanm tion is not a call for volunteers within the meaning of the law upon whose authority it professes to be based, and is consequently a nullity. The law provides that every "town, township, ward of a city, precinct, or elec tion district, or any county not so divided," liable to furnish men under a proper call of the President, may by him be called upon to do so. lie is the only person authorized to make the call. After it is made, they are permitted, under the law, fifty days in which to furnish volunteers to make up their respective quotas and avoid a draft,— lle cannot call upon any other parties than the ones named by the law, nor can they be called upon by any other person than himself. No Secretary of War or Provost-Marshal- General can legally perform acts which the President alone by law is authorized to per form. He m tint, therefore, assign the quo tas when the call is made, that the sub-di visions may avail themselves of the fifty days in which they may furnish volunteers and avoid a draft. The quotas are to be as signed, not to States, but to the towns, wards, and sub-divisions named, and the on ly call authorized is to fill soh. pogo& In proof, we invite a careful reading of the see ond section "&enil. In case the quota, or any part thereof; of any town, township, ward of a city, precinct, or election district, or of any county not so divided, shall not be, divided within the space of fifty days after such call, then the President shall immediately order a draft for one year to fill such quota, or any part thereof which may be t.nfilled ; and, in case of any such draft, no payment of money shall be accepted or received by the government as commutation to release any enrolled or drafted man, from personal ohligation to perform military service." In case the quotas (of the sub-divisions named,) "shall not be filled within the space of fifty days after such call"—Call for what ? Ate they called upon merely for volunteers, regardless of number, or for the quotirB they are repired to fill? how can the towns, wards, election districts, &e., know whether they have ailed their quotas unless they have been assigned? How do they know they are required to furnish any volunteers? Is the proclamation of the President a legal notice to them of the fact? Why, it was confidentially asserted by men of all parties, after the proclamation was is sued and prior to the assignment of the quo tas, that there would be no draft in this State. If the quotas may be assigned by Mr. Fry at any time after the call, of what advantage to the parties interested is the provision that fifty days shall be given to them to make up their •number and avoid the draft ? Why cannot Mr. Fry delay the assignment of quotas until after the draft is made, and take from the number drafted— they being all liable to military service— the amount required to fill the quotas? It will be said, in reply to this inquiry, that there can be no draft until the quotas are as signed. This is a very sensible conclusion, naturally suggestive of another inquiry : If the towns, wards, dm., are given fifty days in which to avoid the draft, bow can it be ordered until they have been notified that length of time of the extent of their respon sibility ? Are they threatened with a pen alty in case of failure to perform an act which is not defined? Are they to be re quired to 'fill quotas while kept in ignorance of what those quotas are ? It is impudent assumption to say that they know they are required to furnish volunteers. We have seen that the entire pe:ple of this State did not know or believe any such thing, The Slave Shambles Moved from the South to the North. The Buffalo Courier gives the following conversation as of daily occurrence in that city: Gent,—What ia the price of a likely young negro, to-day? Broker.—From 050 to $600; =wilting to the demand. Gent.—Could you furnish me with three tour sound negroes at any less price? Broker—No, sir! There is a demand for all we have in Massachusetts, where we send those who can't pass examination, and where we get larger prices. Geitt.—How soon could you fill an order for twenty or thirty negroes to till lie quota of our town, at say, $550 each. Broker.—We can't take orders ahead.— The price is going up every day. We expect another car load to-morrow, or next day, alad we will sell at the market price. FROM CFIIOAAP The Great Demo6rat6 Na tional ConventiOV IMMENSE AND ENTHUSIASM EMON, STRATIONS I DELEGATIONS COMPELW/ , TO CAMP OUT! Tremendous Gatherings 01 the People In the Court ouse Square, Bryan Hall and In Front of the Sherman House. The Success of the Democracy the Hope of the Country. • [Special to the Post.] IC AG o, Ang. 27.—The delegates from the States willing or permitted to vote for President are nearly all pres ent. There is no great excitement to the candidate. Gen. McCw.r.. being the favorite of the people, wi be nominated on the first ballot ; ti platform is being discussed by some I the most eminent statesmen of the country, but there will be entire itai mony as to the result ; the integrity the Union and an armistice will be th leading features; there is some differ ence of opinion as to where the N President should come from. Ho] George W. Cass of your city, Senate Richardson of Illinois, and Hon. John S. Phelps, of Missouri, are talked of. The Chicago Post, alluding to the platform likely to be adopted, enume rates as follows : I. The inviolability of the Constitu tion. 11. The maintenance of the Union in all its territorial integtity. 111. Peace at the earliest practicable moment ; this peace to be sought by offers. 1. To treat for a return to their al legiance by those now in rebellion ; 2. A convention of the States to con sider the grievances and complaints any or all the States, and to settle al disputed questions, either by amen' meets to the Constitution, or otherwise 3. Pending these negotiations ai armstice suspending hostilities. 4. The action of that convention be ratified and carried into effect good faith. IV. A rejection of these offers to followed by a vigorous execution of t policy enunciated in the Crittenden r olution, passed by Congress in Jul 1861. sier Horace Greely, thus triercilessly lash President Lincoln over the shoulders of Se retary Stanton, for his mischievous interfei once in his famous Niagara negotiations fi peLce. We have rarely seen a rebuke more keen and withering: "I am quite sure the mistake was not originally the President's but that of some one or more of the gentlemen who are paid eight thousand dollars a year from the treasury for giving bad advice; and from certain ear-marks, I infer. that it had its initial impulse from the War' Department: The campaign in Mary land and on the Potomac against Early and Breckinridge, which was consum mated simultaneously with the issue of "To whom it may concern," must have had a common origin with that stroke of statesmanship. There can hardly be two different men living cotemporan eously who are equal to these two exhi bitions of genius. Nature is not so lav ish of her grand achievements." "TIRED OF Da ttrs."—We are pleased hear Republicans admit that "the people tired of drafts." TLis is tantamount to ing they are tired of Lincoln. The two . inseparable; we cannot get rid of one with:A ridding the country of the other. To rot for Lincoln is to vote for further drafts. The issue is Oahe Lincoln and perpetual w: and perpetual drafts, or a Democratic Pres) dent and peace, "Let all who are "tired drafts" bear this in mind, and act accordin; ly. A soldier in the army before Peters burg, writing to his father (who was a Re publican thiee months ago,) says: "I hope you will do all you can for the election of McClellan. It the boys here get a chance to vote, you may depend on his get, ting a large majority! Ile is regarded as the ablest General in the service, and the best man fur bringing the country out of difficulty. He is not only a good General, but a noble heaited man—caring always for the comfort of his men." erlfr. Lincoln received Lis nomination for the ?residency over two months ago, and notwithstanding we have made diligent inquiry, we cannot learn that any man, wo man or child in the city of Hillsboro, has given a single shout for him. "Hurrah Ti Lincoln !" is an obsolete exasmation. It not heard above the lamentations of multitude who are weeping for dred. If it is spoken at all, the sound is lost in the wail of the widow and fatherless, for literally, i'The air is full of farewells to the dying, And monrnings for the dead," =fldll. (0.) Gazette. Exempts from the Draft. The tolloeing persons are exempt from the draft : All aliens, persons wider 20 or over fort;-five years of age, persons who have been employed two years in the military or naval service of the United States and been honorably discharged, persons in am military or naval service whenever a draft shall be made ; also, all who are incapable from physical cr mental disqualiOgions, r "In o.oa wg, trust" is the motto on the new two cent copper currency recently issued by the administration. It is a mat ter of gratification to learn, even through the baser metals, that the Administration can command "trust" anywhere, erThe Louisville journal says disregarding the Constitution to save the republic is like a man's disobeying the Bible to save his soul. r''"l _ ~.iy ..:retary Chase like a canning - old rat? J3ecanse he leaves a sinking shil►. PITTSBURGH MARKETS. Prrrstn - uott, Aug. 29.—Flour--Sales 300 bbls Extra Family, to go out of the market, $ll ; 100 do, same ; 150 do, in lots, $ll 25 ; 100 bbls do, City Mills,- to the trade, $ll 00. Wheat—Red $2 OD; White $2 10 ; Oats--500 bush were disposed of at 9.1®95e fin. new. Corn—Sales 2 car loads were made at $1,50@1,52. Apples—Sales 86 bbis at $1,50®)2,50 per bbl. Eggs--Sales at 15W7e per doz. Oils—No 1 Lard Oil, at 1,70 ; No 2 1,55 per gallon, Seeds- Timothy $6.25 ; Clover, $13,50@1.4,00. Butter---,Sales 12 pkgsltoll. 40@45c Groceries—As prices. were unehang ed we omit them. Lard—Sales 10 tcs No 1 at 24. Whisky—Excited. Holders are ask ing a further advauce, viz : $1,80®1,- 90. Bacon—No 1, Shoulders were held at 14c; other kinds were unchanged.
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