pailp Eritgrapij. Forever float that standard sheet! Where breathes the foe but falls beforeus, With Freedom's soil beneath uur feet, And Freedom's banner streaming o'er us. coup PLATFORM CHB UNION—THE 00Nat iii iON—AHL ) THE ENFORCEMSNT OF THE LAW. TEE PEOPLE'S STATE COEVEETIOI THE PEOPLE OF PENNSYLVANIA, who desire cordially to unite In sustaining the NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION in its patriotic: efforts. to suppress a sectional and unholy re.: beillon against the UNITY OF THE REPUR. LIO, and who .desire to support, by: 'every. power, of the, Government, one hundred thou sand, heroic brethren in arms, itraving disease and 'the perils of the field to preserve the Union of out Fathels, are rr quested to select the num ber of Delegates equal to the. Legislative Re plesentation of the nude, at each times and in suth manner as will beat respond: to the spirit of this call, to meet in STATE CONVENTION at !I APRISBTIRE; on THURSDAY, the SEVEN TEEN'tIi .DAY OF JULY near, at eleven o'clock, on said:day to nominate Candidates for tho offices of AUDITOR GENERAL and blilt- VEYOR GENERAL, and to take such measures as may be deemed necessary to strengthen the. 3ovenament in this season of comnion.peril to a common country . A. K. McCLURE, Chairman People's State Committee. Gao. W. Henuaasti,• JuRN M. SuLtavais, }Secretaries HARRISBURG, PA Saturday Morning, June 28,1862. hiolatoT bad a right (f) to betray the Saviour, 1 if he insisted on the liberty of tpeech to whiCh the Patriotisiii claim this morning. We all have a right to differ and cavil and object, but is it discreet or pattiotic toexercisesucha right, , when the example thus set may laid °teem into wider extremes tending in the most serious danger to the country. It is thus with those wbo are attempting to misdirect the public mind en the subject of taxation. They take the fact that enormous sums of money have been spent fn preparing to pit down rebellinn, and maim that an argument to prove the extrav agance of the Lit.coln administration. They do not state, however, teat more than one-half of the sum expended by the government in thin. securing its own ' piotection, was made neces sary by the, fact that, under a Democratic ad ministration the recourses and the property of the country were shamefully squandered or de stroyed lot the very purpose of giving force to treason. If a Democratic administration bad not countenanced the dismantling of forts and the robbing` of ar,enals, traitors would hater have leen able to orgtinize an armed corpotare , guard. lithe cabinet of James Buchauan had not countenanced and conducted the larcenies by which the government was Choir deprived of its means of defence, the expenses of this re bellion would not have exceeded that which was necessary to defray the coat of recruiting and subsisting an army. But'we all know that the label army is now fighting the government with arms which were placed at the disposal of the south by a Democratic administration ; whilethe men themselves, who comrsed that adminititration; are all in the ranks or the corn= mend ofOat same rebel force; With. these factstiefore the country, such journals as the Patriot seek to mislead the public mind on the Pubject of faistion, 'by charging that there has been a peal fraud perpetrated. But its editors fail tctpoint tart the real perpetrators of that fraud, as they have failed of late, in expressing or printing the truth on all subjects relatingto the real interests of the country. —Sofia as the subject of taxationisconcerned, the people are hotilkely to be mislead by any thing which the Patriot may publish. That sheet has attempted to tnidead the masses.on other subjects, and it failed. It attenipted a few weeks since, to induce the med , who compose our armies (so far as its influence went) to lay down their arms and stop fighting—and it also labcired very hard to show-that repudiation so far or" taxation was concerned, would beceme one of the most sacred duties of the American people.. Ot course such boldness of editorial effort, comes ander the head and was justified by the great right ot the liberty of speech, but as yet we have beard of only one man_willing to lay down his arms, and he is determined to get alt the pay possible for services which he never . rendered. There is nothing wrong about over paying the failuree of an ambitions Lien tenanteolonel, but it it; most outrageous to think of remunerating any number of hOtoollic tors. This; joined to the Patriot' a notions on. the subject of the freedom of speech—the free dom which pertnits that sheet and its upholders to belie tbe 'administration for the impose of retarding the operations' of the army, and in-: ducing the Masses . to repudiate the taxation which Democratic misrule and treason made it necessary to levy—all these only justifies the presumption, that the Patriot, and its edi tors are as much imbued with treason as are its old southern allies who are now engaced in cutting the throats and rifling the , pockets of the wounded defenders of the Union. Wasp ' CINCINNATI Tune refers to the Pen 6 BilvaLis :Aceerve Corps as Wing, eight thousand strong, it.mises an important' figure. The actual strength Of that really splendid maps is fifteen thousand men, better equipped, better &Med anti armed than any similar num ber of men in the army -oU:the ;Potomac. It fie they IPride of the ititete , that those men were all recruited and ready for service at the very knotni4 they were most. needed, .a .fact which may. be exclusively attributist•to the forethought; , ltidgtiment and indtunifila enek go of G0v...6104...1. EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE. CARLISLE, June 26, 1862 A ride from the State Capital through the Cumberland Valley, to Carlisle, at this season of the year, is one of the most delightful that can possibly be afforded by any of the various railoads which connect localities and intersect each other over the vast and now verdant ter ritory of the Commonwealth. Rich in agrioul inns' improvements, inexhaustible in natural advantages, peculiar for the intelligence and enterprise of its population, this valley has al ways exercised almost a ponat t influence on the business and politics of the state, giving to the one a large portion of that security which has gained for it the oordidettee of the producer aid consumer, and to 'be other adding to that dignity and puilty =sehrelt Italhi made Pennsyl• nubs respected throughput the Union. Al most every acre of land bywhich the railroad traces its iron length, is under the highest state of cultivation. The crops with which the valley abound are promising of the greateist abundance—the appearance of the country is most delightfully interesting, with its well tilled Saida,. , Its *harming -'demesne; %stately , being and innumerable orchards ; while along. this great valley prosperity seems' to have paused to distribute its inoat, 'liberal gifts, as if to mock the desolation with which the desperation and treason , of II people have cursed other portions of thlit once peaceable Union.— Ciod has Mimed the Cumberland Valley, and air rests secure in that blessing as 'he ac knowledges its gifts by the labor of his own hatch in. . effortsto extend and perpetuate God's bonnties. tesserday morning; I was very pleasantly entOtaibeci at the anniml apniverscry of insionlCAlege, one of the oldest and most.pop ultir institutions of learning in the dommod wealth, and with a reputation, 'too, that ex: tends far beyfind of the state. The order of exerMsea 'embraced a large variety 01 eubjeats, eliciting the peculiar ability of each atufient, and testing in Several instau&s, the powers of those who 'then for the first time for„cunteated,tha good opinions of an audience. It it, of course impossible for me to give in de lad a fill :descripti.m of •the 'subjects discussed imd the style of the different 'speakers, so '1 must content myself with only such a brim 'dinar n. as will .give the'ratider au idea of the character of the•exerciees. • ' ,The Saluauery Addrevi, a Latin composition, by paoei of bliester Valley, Pa., was very gracefully delivered, and, judging iron the approVini mariner with which it was I received by Pro'lessers People and students preeent,..it, was also as gracefully• composed. Au 'Essay' on Rigor y, by William O. Corn. man, of Carlisle, ahuwed thought as well as research, while its delivery 'evinced consider ably elocutionary powers.. HenimeatGreatness, an Incentive to Action, .was the title of an oration by. Albert N Weir, of Rockdale; Pa., Which abounded in practical thought and patriotic sentiments. Au :essay on Government,, by J. Rococo Buckner, of Lexington; Sy., was a fai lure ; and Whethei it were such on ackinint 01 the :production, vie could not .jadge,,because the student broke down.after reciting the ini tial sentences of the saw_ Lam of Fame; 1,), A. Preston Gilbert, Harford county, Md., proved that the author had a bright concep tion of the real as well as the beautiful. Wm. Ai. Ogilby, of Carliale, delivered a classicalora- . don on The . .lreq of kluierititittion, of Polished diction and lofty . tduqueuce ; which can also be written of the oration of Isaac Balti mote, on the Character and Influence of the Puritans. Who are the Puritans ? by Jamee H. Loomis, Carlisle, in, our , estimation was the most ochobaly pioducdon of tile oOcattioh. Iftl,inade" his' mark, and we predict for him great success to vihatever position,he rem hereattor ; seek. Impulse or Feeling, an oration by George T. Mutter, Emmittsburg, .Md., had little merit except the pereeVerinee : whicli tfie student die played in hurryinhkintigh the recitation of his Inetinction- We can soeaCtilorefavorably of a disquisition by liitiFtin. 9. Idernian,Cumberlano county, entitled .Pernuttiertos of Literary Fame. The' elocidiunary* powers•of Mr. ,Herman are Marked and perfect He recited his produc don with an easy ildw and cadence at once at trachve and pleatdng. W.,P,rineeton Willey, Morgantown, Vs., delivered a very fair disser tation, entitled Ban estimated; while the Philoz sophical orati o n of ThomasM. Chaney, of Cal vert County, Md., was highly approved by the audience. The master'aroration, entitled Pre judica_ j , :the Bane of 'both, by Alexander H. Ege, of Mechanicsburg, lost molt of its merit in its . great length. We can, however, commend the student for ' the-manner in which he had pre pared and, the grace with which ;he , deliverCil his production I After the degreeawere conferred, a ceremony with which our readers are all acquainted, the, Vaielietory Addiesi was delivered . by Wdlitun Coffman, of Chester county. We.need only write Unit it was equal to any similar address delivered at any otithe-many....mairieunetriente of this time-honored institution. Altogether, the ceremonleii, of the occasion Iseielpost gratifyingpaa lor the success of the graduating class, as. for the marked ap proval with which the audience regarded , the laborii of the facility of Dickinion'Qdlege.' Map earlier of summoning GeneralPope-to' Waahiugton hail at lenth became aPpatent, and weink the whole cottiktry will„be satisfied l i wl'h The straggiing and confllctfoginautur,e- ment of our affairst`in the sh enan d t i a ti, under liatilta, Fremont and , Shields, haVing p r od H ie e d results egahist which the people hav e cried out very properly. The various bodits com manded as :above hive beenrionsoliclate4With thOect under litfclwell, so ae to fOrit! one Pow - , erftil army, of whjah Pope, is to have.the chief command with Frei:gout as commander of the first turps, Banks of the second,: and labbowell of thftbird. • roo k is knit the man for this potation.. He has fiorn the very outset of his career id. ilia. , soul i 'proved hitmelf to be one of the ahlerAt and most ecieriiitlit soldiers prir country hsspiedi l c, ed. t'o him is attributablaJP a high: degree the d wipline of our areas imam Iwests-andLthe . 6 U gt!atir oPetationk,ctiere..' .He has :cap, titra A‘t %Nitwits, rhaotiterzenerals in our mips,ptit..tor.ether. Wo fea-txa° 6 J earl- rigFe °iced:444 *Mg placobio,...sommand t of ro - " yof Yirgipia.!! - - • r . l `, - ISM penwinuia4l:lAl._44% , *,,ofttectag. .ihmt'ttBt2; FROM NEW ORLEANJ; EXECUTION OF FOUR MUMS. Interesting Correspondence Between Gen. Butler and the Acting British Consul. [From the New Orleans Picayune, June 17.1 Stardslane Boy, alias Murphy, Patrick Clary, Geo. W. Grego and Frank Newton, condemned by Gen. Butler to suffer death for being con cerned in the robberyof Mr. Webtshar's house, in Toulouse street, (already mentioned,) and as being a gang ithat„: under ; pretence of au thority trom Gen . Bu tler to search for arms, had committed numerous other robberies, were hanged this morning inside the Parish Prison. Bey and Clary were binged together, and of terwards (rage and Newton. The condemned pripper,:who assumed the' name of Theo. Leib, a native of this city, on account of his youth and other circumstances; had his sentence commuted Ao, imprisonment on Sh , p Island .tit 'bard .14.h0i dinutglthe vied sure of the President of the United States. A large number tf United:States officers and a tow citizens witnessed the execution of-these men. Outside,' all the morning, there 'Brae a large assemblage of people, and, as usual, many of them women, who, though they could not without tba,..awful .scene, stood in a dosed mass under the broiling sun, apparently, like Micawber. waiting for soniething to turn , up. urrsauzimid Cx/lIIIMPONDIN-HBR ItAdiflTY'S .Nitiv Oarkitos, Juno 11; 1862.j—Sir=lt has been represented .to ..the.,ctuderaigieed by Mr. Cqvas, of the coninidibill firtiler Coves & Ne groponte, carrying on business in this city, that certain sugars , bought by, that, tirm,..cmtjointly Nftirlienire. Rallyßehrfehi do„, also, carry ing on bushiese here, are-not-a110wed404.4 sold Or , ,taken from the place in which said augers are etored,,witheut meth er,orders,Areranu We beg' here Itrittritii QV, Cdveis repre sents to the undersigned!. that the sugars in qUestiori, 8,205 hogsheads; tave ben bought tor, and are the property, _of Sritish,.. French.. ' and Greek subjects , and= with which ' - fact yOtt are already acquainted:; • The purchases of these sugars were effected at various thrifts, ranging trout January to 6 ii}re4 iett PP44 fo,ko tk,tOPPW, ptirtigaife r iin the usual manner in which such business is carried on here by foreign commercial houses, when purchasing for rmcount of Alatent.partied i. e., by the Preis:ids .of bills of exchange, drawn by the' puroilasir upon 'the 'bona fide owner of the produce. These tr ansactions were strictly mercantile, and feelin g " assured by the Proclamation issued by you under date of May Ist; had tnOy,ltau any fears before, that this, the property of foreigners, was sale' and would be accorded proteCtion, as stated hi' the Proclamation, such , as :bad been granted heretofore to such pro perty, under the United States laws, the pur chokers of these sugars were anxious t i ship tl:lm.at a time when other such shipments was being made ; but, 'by your of ckr, , stated .abLlve, were prevented, thereby ent ailing upon the foreign owners great lose. But as the undersigurd are disposed to waive all past proceedings, they beg that, the order uos permitting the removal of the produCe fu question be ret.cuidkl,'aud that, the angers be at'ibe dh.port.il of this purchasers, to do With thein as they may see lit; or ,that the tinder; signed, if compatible; iii consideration of the interests concerned, be placed In possession of the facta *hich caused such order to belestieil, theentorcing and existent* of which materially retards and' stops the legitimate huelneee of out countrymen. We beg to remain, sir, Your obedient servants, [Signed]_ Oxeoun .COPPSLL, H. B. M.'s . Acting Consul. [Signed] C. H. lifers.x, French Consul. [Signed] hf. W...BZNAOHI, Greek Consul. To Major General Benjamin F. Butler, Com: minding Department of the Gulf, New Or leans, Louitiiana. goIonIIABTIRB DMA lITKENT OP TKO GULP, t I)Tew June 12 1862. Granamasi—ln the matter of • the , sugars in the :poestkeion of Mr. Coves, who is'the only party:known to the 'United States authorities; I haVe examined with care the statements you have sent me. I had information, the-sources of which - you will :not-expect me to disclose, that Mr. Coves had been engaged in buying Ccinfedemte notes, giving for them sterling ex- Change, thus transferring abroad the credit of the rotates in the rebellion, and enabling- these bills of credit to be,converted into bullion,' to be used there, as it has been, for the purpose of pirrcha,sing arms and munitions of twar. ' i 4. Coves was one of and the agent of`an as sociation or company of Greek merchants re ti sidi g here, in , London; and in Reveals, who had e t apart a .lirge fund for thia,ruiterprise. The these Confederate.notes so purchased by Oar;.Cans had beem.used• in the purchase of sugais • and cotton, of which- the sugars in .queilion, in value . almost. $200,000,- are a litirected Mr. Coves to hold these' sugars unti this matter could-be investigated. I am, satisfied of the substantial truth- of•this inforFnation.. .•Mr. Covas',own books will Phi)* Atte important, fact that- he sold sterling ex-' chanke for. Confederate Treasury notes, and therpought theseaugars with the notes. Now. this is,clainusl..to he "strictly meosan ille.l , - . - • • It ill not be denied . that . the sugars were in tend d for a foreign miult,et: !t,l - , . -- 1 • , Byt the goverment of %the United States had Old that with the port of Nesi"Odeems Ahern should be no, ' ! strictly; mercantile" thing actiobs. ~ It ould not be contended for a moment that the Changing of specie for Confederate %tea turat e ° t t re and ebe se la n to din b g ny th a e r s m Ped s an t : E m ai nni pe tiOn t it of w r there, were netAbrnach,of the block ade, well as a violation Tif the neutrality 1 Laws d the piocisigattioik,p4,their jgaMige, t the Queen of.Great , Bilialirand the Eniperor of 1 Eranbe. What distinguished . the, two cases, Rave*hat drawing the eterlint bills is a more safe; ndsonvoient, ir4_ lOU 411ading. : tbe:_liw s t than,sending bullion in cimie, and thus assist ing the Rebellion in the point its utmost nded. , . It , ifihe olaimid that to assist the rebelliim, was. of the motive. --', - Glinted "cat‘ , W Org.timenfir' It w,aa done trout tuedesire of gain, as doubt leFs silt the violations of neutrality . have ,hoen . done!by aliens during this war ; a motive, which is no sanctifying iii acts by` a foreigner, .1f4. 1 01 if dope by 'a subject, would .be treason ty_ a high misdemeanor My proelamation of May let assured respect to all persons and, property,lthat werarespect t .ablei It was not. all ,anitiesity to• mnrderers, thiles and criminals of clesper dye or leesjuin usness, nor a iban - tI ^th anvar he 'Property of: those Adders of the.t,rehfillim, whethqr ; citi goes 'or silents, whom 1 m . lgitt find here. If summers of the foreign re s idents hire have bet Ili engaged int:aiding tne'retielliorweitheir dit yor indirectly, ,from a spirit of gain, ittidi ey now fi nd themselveg objects of watch ul.,B peiviaiutebyftlitAiiiih‘•ritits of the United 11 h r tatea, they will. console' thennielvis 'se tat- tile reflekiiittiat tneyareonljrgetting-the,"bitter wiry, h e swees," , ~. .! -:7 , ':."..: 1 "*.- I, " .L -: .. :Na- , more,,iftlionest and• quiet forelgti,:cittL Aims, adAttatimelWesetthaobfents of imsidekni to, and err theirrboastrikesibjedd Oflittiiiiti- -. ius•net,ll_ i!..r.p - - , r, . . ~,i',..•, ILXSOUTION ON FOUR KEN CONSUL AND TUB RAJ. GUNBAL #ftitfe*.by, the authorities of the United States, to itbeir inconvenlci ,e. they will, upon reflec tion, blame only the over rapacious and greedy Of their own fallow citizens, who have, by their aid to rebellion, brought disgust and suspicion over all. Wishibg to treat you, gentlemen, with every respect, I have set forth at length some of the reasons which have prompted my action. There is one phrase in your letter which Ido not understand, and cannot permit to pass without calling attention to it, You say, "the undersigned are dispijied to waive all pa't proceedings," etc. What proceedings have you, or either of you, to " waive" if Ido feel disposed so to do ? What right have you in the matter ? What authority is vested in you by. the.lavrsof •nations or of this country which gives yen the power to use suchilangusge to,the representative of United "States in a quasi official commuuical ion ? Commercial agents, merely of a subordinate class, Consuls have Lo power to waive or con done any proceedings,.past or present, of the government, under whose protection they are permitted to reside, so long 'air they, behave well. If I have committed any wrong to Mr. Oovas, you have no power to waive or pardon the penalty, or prevent his having redress. If his has committed any wrong to the United States you have still less power to shield him from punishment. I take leave to suggest as a possible explana tion of this sentence, that yott nave been so lung dealing with a rebel Confederation, which his been supplicating yon to make such repre s+tations to the Governnient whose subjects you are, as would induce your sovereigns to aid it i in its traitorous designs, that you nave be come rusty, in the language proper to be used, inirepresenting the'datms of your fellow cid zap to the consideration of &great and power ful Government, entitled to equal respect with year own. In order to prevent all misconception, and that, for the future, you gentleman may know exactly the position upon which I act in regard it4oreigners resident here, permit me to ex- - phlin to you that I think a foreigner resident here has not one right more than an American thtizen, but at least one right less, that of ffiiddling or interfering, by discussion, vote or otherwise, with the affairs of the Government. have thrhonor to subscribe myself, Your obedient servant, B. BUTLER, Major. General amnnanchng. Messrs. George Coppell, claiming to be H. B. R.kActing Consul; A. Mejan; French Consul; ial.tW. Bengali, Greek Consul. frine our Broiling Bdit - ion of Yesterday Intportant from the south. , AERIVAL OF THE STEAMERS FHILADEL . PHIL AND ERICSON. Federal Aooonnt of the Fights on James Island. The Union Army Repulsed After Fear Hours' Hard Fighting. Union Loss Six Hundred and Eighty-Eight Killed, Woanded and Hissing. REBELS IN NORTH CAROLINA LIVING ON HALF RATIONS. Nnw Yoix, June 27 The steamer Philadelphia has arrived from fieroifort, and the Ericson horn Key West, with dates to the 18th, and from Port lk , yal to the 28d. The latter brings one hundred and eighty-one pake+niters, including General Benham and staff, and i tlfty-seven soldiers wound.d in the late en gagament on James bland, near Charleston. 'lbe account of the fight copied from the Okslltsron paper is correct. The United States troops under Gen. Benham made an attack at four,o'clock on the morning of the 16th inst., and ;were repulsed after four hours hard fight ing, with a loss of 668 killed, wounded and missing. The Michigan , Eighth had but two unclred and fifty men left at roll call. The New; York Seventy-ninth also suffered severely. the ;Union troops were obliged to rat' eat under cover of the gunboats. .Col. Perry of the 48th New York volunteers, ,tlied at Fort Pulaski on the 18th of apoplexy. Gen. Brannan from Key West was expected daily at Port Royal. The,Erricson landed the Bevepth New Hanipshire; four companies of the Ninteenth New york, and four companies of ibe,First regular audit ry at Port Royal. , The New bern Program of the 21st reports the rebels at Kenston and Goldstoro living on half MtkOhs and frequently deserting; their force is small. The rebels pickets had burnt Tuscarora and destroyed a portion of the railroad. , It la reported that fifteen rebels were killed at FiSherville by the accidental explosiori-of a shell { ' which had been thrown by one of our gun •••• ts, which did not buret at the time it was, i red. IROM WASHINGTON. IMPS RTART MILITARY MOVEMENT. TEE ARMY OF VIRGINIA. freniont, links and ffieDowell's Andes Consolidated. ENRAL POPE. IN--CHIEF COMMAND. THE REINFORCEMENT OF GEN. MdLELLEN. WASHENOTON, June,26 The forces under Major-Generale Fremont, ..13 0 ,,,ki 3 and McDowell haVe Ifeen Consolidated into one arMy, to be called - the Army of 'Vir ginia, and-Major-General Pope-has been eswc taily ;assigned by the President' to the chief