,pc axl Critgrap#.l HARI:IBBURG, F.A. Saturday * Evening, May 2, 1562 UNION STATE CONVENTION. The LOYAL CITIZENS OF PENNSYLVA NIA, without distinction of party, who desire cordially to unite in sustaining the NATIONAL AND STATE ADMINITRATIONS, in their patriotic efforts to suppress a sectional and un holy rebellion against the UNITY OF THE REPUBLIC, mid who desire to support, by every power of the Government, our heroic brethren in arms, wbo are braving disease and the perils of the field to preserve the UNION OF OUR FATHERS, arc requested to select a number of Delegates equal to their Le gislative representatives of the State, at such times and in enctimauLer as will best respond to the spirit of this call, to meet In STATE CONVENTION, at PITTSBURG, on WED NESDAY, the FIRST DAY OF JULY next, at eleven o'clOck, A. M., on said, day, to nomi nate c indidates for the offices of lOVERNOR and JUDGE OF PEE SUPREME .COURT, and to taka'such measures as may be deemed ne cessary to strengthen, the Governinene in this season of Common peril to a common country. C. P. MARKLE, Chairman of,the Union State,Centml Com mittee. Gto. W. Heaszasur, Secretaries. • Wm J. HOWARD. The Committee alsopassed the following reso lutiownnEinimotisly, viz: Resiii4d,' That it be recommended` to 'the Loyal citizens of Tenteiylvariia; vrithonedis tinotion of party, tO organize, in each -lection District of the StateD'oion Leagnes,for the pur pose of sustaining the Government in suppress ing this c tuneless and wicked rebellion, which 'tow seeks to divide and destroy the Reptiblic. The '%Var'NLZva. The news of the raid into Western Pennsyl vania assumed rather formidable proportions .this morning, if there is any reliance to be placed in the rumors we &ye from the West. It is stated that a force of 12,000 rebels were in Western Virginia, and that great °Consternation. prevails among the people along the borders of :,Pennsylvania;.„ Whateyerlmay be the .move ments in the, West,they are thoroughly un derstood by the Government, and we haye every assurance from semi-official sources, that f ttre .;War Department is . fully prepared to meet any *Merger:my that may arise. , Troops are even now being concentrated to counteract this move merit of the rubel.—a movement entirely made :to draw Gen.. Hooker fronadiie attack. on Rich mc6d, and attract hie army to a point as far riff as rebel anxiety may deem:" necessary fot the safety of the rebel capital. The attack on Charleston haabeen fixed to take piece' to-morrow, Suird#;*Eiy S, 1863. It is arranged that thu o ccOfned . naval and land forces shall move on, the works defending the city, assail and cirry each and all of them, when of course that pestilential nest of treason will fall into the hands of our, troops. It might have redounded to the credit of .a Chistian gov ernment to select some other day than the Sab bath for this grand movement, but perhaps the' batter day the better deed, and therefore let us hope that when the sun guee down nn Charles ton, S. C., tomorrow night, its last effulgent ray will gild the Staii and Stripes as they float in. triumph . over the ruins of the birth-place Of treason. , Whence we iterivedonrihabitati!oasting ibis arniost as distasteful to' co - nfess , astit is io bear, lhat'the 4inerican people havti,lonk been addicted to a system of boasting at once inaida i.tive -of a. quality in the very thinks' - 'crabbed. But when we reßdct whence this ipAirpf balloting was digived, we are not BR tfugattesi. The habit grew.withfip evil which has lately developed itself inkithe worst enesay Obnatitutional ltherty and tine .kpaeilOirrirniOn ever possessed. ; We, allude tci,:.,alivery. The ~cr,atic leaders who haver,always been the servile kpporters of theinatitution orelavery, . have also Wen i theffkpatblusteringboasters that ever disgusted brave men: Like the slaieholder . himself, the locofoe° supporters of the sane titiand right of bartring in human ff..sh Is an arrant lilOiirer," who :10veq.,..t0, bear himself talk. These are-the men wholhaviallkays been `talking of their ability to shiP i the,Werld. Be cause •the slaveholder No 'the 09**49ponti nently to flog and flay defenceless - ' and children, he had , ceared himself-into , ion that he was - the true type and representis a of ion that Amerleaknation- - Lthat the American peo ple, of *hi& he was ti &fair and only specimen,' could "whip all'creation."- :The slayeholder's bragginginfected his donghface followers in the ioith. here it was, common +olisten to ram „pant.J4emocrate talking of devouring arid di gestingthenations of 'Europe. Among these,, tiaainost obnoxious appeared to be the: , British GOVernment and peokile: ,' But a change hes Come,over the spirit , of our boasting. The elaiii: holders .and the D.mociacy • who were for- Merly "fila, rampant in their' assaults on the 1 Britrab, - -bitie- suddenly-I:become the moat ~ . , obsequious 'friends. Of - john Bull. Leading Democrats are the, ainstant attendants on the movements of the -141"titsti Minister, rendering him servile Court, paying' him hia t ige which isAistasteful, whil6, dief, elavebolders them selves have bear on their knees ever since this war begun, eakingthe ftritish authorities to 'pram their feekuilou their Ainks, and„,irnPleringthat the slave States may be accepted as par of. the English domain: Democracy and slavery no longer desire to devour Great Britain:: :.The thitinghtturd the assurance of this reality Inuit be felieihous to all Englitdcinen, and particu larly that portir whoiere ievesiieg their odd obaoge in confederate loans i '• l 'aßiit the most important change w i i cli has tek.p..n,.,p lactkinAhis disposition to brag, is that which is-observable in our own relations to the 'rate - Ilien,f-so;W:its' our warlike op' era - ticiins are t oncerued., Nis eurnmericed the slinggie to, lit down: relielliori 'in aspirjrof.braggadoela Nhickt was, unhecoming, the l inipor.tancelef 'the , confliet. 4Weditid notAhen learned. the extent ...oL4iritience Of the Islaveholding_Deintio iiiiketice•bf treakn. - At its pre4itafien we imagiredthe'rehelliol t I O -4 he confined to a few disaffected politicians.: Nte have discovered that it extends to all.. iiihTt are ,iaterecod , in slaymy—to all who :make, silvery the stApPing stone in the reslizatiertfof their political ambi teitio,alilwhotbelieve in the degiadition of -labpr--to all w.ho are ignorant fit thelliseffigs 74 ' ,. /i bil t irA44 6 PCF ,iter P ,B' PPl til 4.: j P.l?.fl, Aital,l,- ty. Dile knowledge has put an eud to our boasting. Our armi. en .w move, but the peo ple do not run off into extravagant calculatiubs of what we intend to do. We are rather wil ting to bide the propr,r time of th 3 blow, and be prepared for the result which may follow, whether that be victory or defeat. This exp ri ence, in the language of a cottni porary , has taught the public to look seriously and thoughtfully upon the war, and measure its magnitude more accurately, and to consider its possible contin gencies. A better appreciation of the task be fore them has sobered the judgment, without diminishing confidence in the ultimate re sult. It has also made them earnest in provid ing means adequate to the task, so that the armies which now go into the field are the best appointed, most numerous, and the beet dis ciplined which 'mire ever yet been . . precipitated against! the foe. It is the vastness and corn pleteness of these proportions which make suc cess seem within the compass of our armies' efforts- Still it is not forgotten that the rebels have been making exertions equal to our own, and that they, too ; • have, ell appointed armies, brave soldiers, experienced generals, and that the fortunes of war turn upon so many acci dents, that success cannot bs certainly predica ted in advance upon any movement. The pub lic mind being now better balanced, will not be so extravagantly affected either by success or 1 disaster. -.A single turirof good fortune will not lead them into the error of supposing. the re bellion to be crushed, nor will a single defeat desttoy their belief in the possible and ultimate downfall of the rebellion. The District Provost Marshals. Thus far we have notr heard of an appoint ment as Provost Marshal in any of the Con gressional districts in this State to which we would take exceptions. Notwithstanding, however, there are many appointees with whom we are not sufficiently acquainted either to make an exception or tender a commendation. Time must prove , whether , such as these are fitted for the position. We trust that the Government has searched every community fur the very, hest men to fill these positions, for certain It is that the power, hus nested will be the most delicate, absolUte and important ever wielded by men holding subordinate positions under the Gov eisment; 'llfitt power can 'be abused' in two ways- 7 -first, it can neglected to the injury of,thdiaiiverhnient ; and secant, it can be ex aggerated to the oppression of ,the 'people. Hence the importance of investing good 'men with such authority. An indiscreet man, thus clothed, could rashly inflame an entire com munity, and incresse,..an evil ,which he was delegated to counteract.- A judgment-lacking officer,' acting' under such authority, could idly throw away the security of an entire dis triet;ly failing In the exercise ;of atisripower through a want of -an appreciation of its mag nitude and importance. Hence, we repeat our solicitude as to whether the Government has secured 'the very' best material for such positions. A.failure to have done eo will apt with a deleterious infineriee on the success of the 4raft. It - taunt be understood that the mans of the people are willing td submit to that draft, however, heavy it, may fall upon their pospects In a pecuniary or a domestic sense. But - while this is true, it must not be for golten that there are ~Igge Class of men who are secretly organising to resist that draft, and , who would toe, with terrible effect, the first act of indiscretion, or seeming oppression, by the officers charged with its enforcement. A free , people are. jealous of_ the enforcement of , anything in t the !shape of a military order. In its mildest has ad air of vigor and force about it which . is distasteful. Decision,' firmnititifil . rind AliStice Will alone command is greet in such cases. If the officer thus charged -With= this duti , betrays= weakness, or if he le vascilating, indulging-in acts of petty tyranny, I or lauds himself bY.constantly displaying his pOWer, his governmenf and himself will be ex ' need to danger, and riot might follow where order, andobedience should prevail. . . —Atovre wrote.above we have no right to doubt.the fitness of the ,appoinpneqa to the differentmarshalships in thloStaie._ Atilt it is not wrong-to express and circulate a-solicitude on the subject It is beet to impress the factupon the minds of theAnost etioient, that their'lu ties are delicate and important, and thetas they disichargetficee duties, the liVes'of the people, thepeace Of 6%1041131)i, and the defence of the Government*soletAdy depend. < Hooram Arm me Passroarm.—lt is said ,that: the President intends-not to interfere with Gen. Hooker, but will'hold that Offiper strictly re !Tensible for dilatOriness"WAll stic