RATES OF ADVEATISING.
roar lines or Miss constitute half a square. Ten lines
er more than four, constitute a Kum..
Half sq., one day....— $0 30 •Oun sq., one day...—. 8. 0 8 0
ic one week.... 120 one week.... 200
one month ,. 800 " one 6OO
,6 three months 500 cc month..es 10 00
" eis.m3nths.. 800 gg six months.. 15 00
" one Yenr.-....12 00 gc one year —.-. 20 00
LiMBIZIOW nnticeninserted in the LOCA LUM
L CON,
sr befurc marsistes and deaths, TB li CENTS LIME for
owl Lasertion. To 'merchants and tubers advertising
by tfie year, liberal terms will be offered.
i The number of insertions must be designated on,
he adrartisement.
ths will be inserted at them&Ma
Er Marriages and Dea
letes as regular advertisements.
Buointoo date.
ROB ERT SNODGLA . SS,
ATTORN EY AT LAW,
Dike with Iron. Daeict Mumms,fr rkird 6 1„ 0 1,
above Market, Marrisburs, Pa.
N. B.—Pension, Bounty and Military claims of all
ainds prosecattd and collected.
Refer to Hone. John O. Kunkel, David Mumma, Jr.,
and B. A. Lamberton. snyll-dttwens
WM. H. MILLER,
AND
R. E. FERGUSON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
OFFICE IN
SaiIEMAEER'S BUILD/NOS
SECOND STREET,
BETWEEN WALNUT' and MARKET SQUARE,
up29-d&w Neerly apposite the Buehler House.
T HOS. C. MAADOWELL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW;
MILITARY CLAIM. AND PATENT AGENT.
Office in Burke's Row, Third street, (Up Stairs.)
Ewing f orm ai a connection with parting in Walsh- I
ingtem. o rry. wno at , rrti blg Imainesui any bud:
Ansa connected with any of the Department" will eteat
With immediate and careful attention. i*Y
WEICHEL,
SURGEON AND ocvmsr,
ENINEDENON TRIAD NAAR NORTH OTBAAT.
Re Is now tally prepared to attend promptly to the
maim of profession in all its breaches_
A egg Arm vein erronmserob sIDitllL lITIIMPPOR
justices him in promising full Mg ample sitisfacnion
all who mayfavor him with a call, be the disease Ohronie
or any other nature. mlB-davorls
.
SILAS WARD.
NO. 11, NORTH THIRD ST., HARRISDIIIIR.
STEINWAY'S PIANOS,
MILODZONS, VIOLINS, GUITARS,
Banjos, Flutes, Fifes, Drums, Accordeosa,
grigurns, NWT AND NOOK IMMO; 15061 Ad.,
PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES, 4.2vms,
Large Pier and Mantle Mirrors, &pare and Oval Trams
of every description made to order. lieguildingdoae.
Agency for Howes Sewing Machines.
IV' Sheet Muslo sent by ocil-1
JOHN W. GLOVER,
NIDE itCH ANT TAILOR.:
kfte just received from Now York, a aunt
meet of
SEASONABLE GOODS,
which he offers to hie customers and the public at
nor2ll MODERATE PRIORS. tit
W HARRY WILLIAMS,
102 WALNUT STRIST,
I PHILAD.ELPHIA...
General Claims for Soldiers promptly collected, State
Claims adjusted, &c., &e. mar2o-dim
B MITIE A E-WINO,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
THIRD 'STREET, Harrisburg,
Practice in thesereral Courts of Dauphin county. Col
lections made promptly. A. 0. SMITH,
J. B. SWING.
dCOOK, Morohnit Tailor,
I 27 . 011711 NUT ST., between Second mad Front,
gas jest setarned from the city with an assortment of
CLOTHS, CASSIMERES AND TESTING'S,
Which will be mid at moderate prices and made up to
order; and, also, an assortment of BEADY MADE
Clething and Gentlemen's Furnishing Geode.
. nov2l-Iyd
DENTISTRY.
L L 1110111,- D. S,
Rsti• NO . 119 MA BERT STREET,
&
RELIGIOUS "BOOKSTORE
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TRACT AND SUNDAY SCHOOL DEPOSITORY,
_E. S. GERIYI-ALN,
IT Bourg siCiOND Sinner, LBOVJ Oilliarrin,
itliaissuse, PA.
Depot forthesale of Starjaoopes,Basrecnisoptefflawa,
Endo and Idiudesl Instruments. kiao, anbeariptiona
taken:for religious publiestleux. . uo3o-d1
SBY & lECINEWS WELDING, UP STAIRS.
jant-tf
J OHN G. W. MARTIN,
FASHION/ LE
HABR_Ti
VI t, RAItILISBI7IIO, PA.
All manor or vINITIN(7 S WB DOING AND prISI
MS'S
CARDS emmated is tltf ertledsnlYles and
asole terms. deelitel
UNION HOTEL,
ilidge Avenue, comer of Broad street,
HARRISBURG, PA.
TheAndersigned informs , the public that he has re
tently renovated and refitted his well-known " 'Union
Rotel" on Ridge avenue, near the Round Rouse, and is
prepared to accommodate citizens, strangers and travel
ers in the best style, at moderate rates.
the table will be supplied with the beet the =stets
offetil, sod at his itsr wi,l be found superior brands of
liquors and mars riaroragcs. The a bast aeeommo.
dialer's for railroaders employed at the shops in this
fold dtfl RANEY BOSTGEN.
FRANKLIN 11_011811 1 .
BALTIIIOIII, HD.
This pleasantand eornntodions Hotel has bein tho
roughly ri-tte d . and re-firnished. It is pleasantly
situate& en North-West corner of Howard and Dranklin
atm% i few tiQqrs west of the Northern central Belt
way Depot. limy attendee paid the onrofort of Mt
guests. . e.IMILILIGLING3 Proprietor,
jel2-tf (Late of Mies Grcive. Pa.)
T HEO. F. BOITEFFER,
BOOK, CARD, AND JOB PRINTER,
No. is lIARKWfiTREET, HatitRIMIURG.
irr Particular attention paid to printing, ruling and
tdading of Railroad Blum.Ye, Manifolds, lausirsacto
Pali
ei fro.
wedding s Tisitiug and Busbies' thuds printed at Teri
low prisaiand rho boat style. Janet
MESSRS. CHICHERING & CO.
HATE AGAIN OBTAINED 2717
GOLD E la A. L
AT TEM
KROHAITICEI I FAIR, BOSTON,
VER rl i fiTi u cTatr w ITORSI
WprerOom for the OXIMMIMIMM HAMM, at Harris
kweilf92 Market street,
W. MMOOMMW MUSIC STORM
T ADM 1 YOU /MOW. WERE YOTT
L./ dm get fine Note Paper, Novedopes, Visiting and
wedding Oar& .! At WHIPPNIPS BOOKSTORE.
I) PRIOR STOCK OF LIQUORS.--
WK. DOGS, 3a., & 00.. are now able to offer to
thole cotimaera and the public at large, a stook of the
gareat liquors ever importad teto ta4i taarksil comPli•
sing in pert the following varieties
13COTCH,OLD BOURBON.
WINE--PORT, SHERRY, OLD MADEIRA.
OTARD, DUPEY & CO. PALE BRANDY.
. .TAMICA
PRIME NEW ENGLAND RUM.
DRAKE'S PLANTATION BITTERS.
Thew ii can ill iiitiarrantedi. and in addition to
these, Dock & 00. have - on band ai large variety of
Wbieli Whisky - Diatvly, wyle they invite the
particular tatoaticio of the pa e.
MOTIONB.—Quite t g:l2ooftd
IA tadeatartaisdag artleles—ehes}—_
SOKRVERKS BOOKSTORE.
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WHITE SULPHUR
AND
CHALYBEATE SPRINGS,
At Doubling Gap, Penn.
ZAMDS D, DDNDLEY, PROPRIETOR,
Lau of Kirkwood Homo, W'MAioltoft.
SEASON OPENS 15th JUNE, 1864.
These Springs are in Cumberland county, Penn's, 30
Miles west of Harrisburg. They are accessible from all
the principal cities by railroad to Harrisburg, thence
by the Cumberland Valley railroad to Newville from
Newville. 8 miles good staging to the Springs. The
stage is always in waiting upon the arrival of the cars
at Newville.
Passengers leaving Philadelphia, Baltimore or 'Wash
ington in the morning can arrive at the Springs the
same evening at five o'clock.
The Hotel is commodious and comfortable, with Hot
and Cold Baths attached, and extensive grounds for
walks ond 6110Rement-
Tho long experience of the prrrinat Przlßlstar (fne
many years past at the Rirkwool House inWashington,
D. C.,) enables him to say, that it will be conducted in
a manner to please all 'Visitors.
TERMS :—s2 per day; $l2 per week ; 4 weeks $4O
Children and servants half price. je9-d2m
FIRE! .FIRE! FIRE!
PHILADELPHIA, May 30,1863
•
M. C. Sadler, Esq., '
Peek FIR :—During the night of May 19.1863, our
Grocery and Prinhiqn store, at North Second and
low streets, took fire at about 2 o'clock a. m., owl al
the store was a two-story wood building it burnt rapidly,
and before the fire engines could act upon the tire, our
whole stock of goods, including much combustible ma
terial, and amounting toover $2 000, were wholly de
stroyed. We had one of your No.ll Chilled Iron Haw,
which was in the hottest partiof the fire, and it came
out of the fire not in the least injured, except the mel
ting off of the name, plate and paint. The contents
inside were not affected in the left; and we consider
the Bete Just en gpc..4 it protection acainst fire now as
before, and shall use it hereafter with Increased confi
dence. The lock works as peeectly as before the fire.
Yours truly, M'IdANIJS & CROFT,
Late 429 North Second et.
Attention to the above certificate is particularly re
quested, as it is the first trial of LILLIE'S SAFES in
an accidental fire in Philadelphia.
I would say to all parties who want a Fire and
Burglar-proof Safe that iJILLIN , S WROUGHT AND
CHILLED IRON SAFES are much Ahe cheapest and
the only real Fire and Burglar-proof Safes now made;
and to those who want simply leFlreeproof, I would say
that LILLIB 7 B WROUO - HT IRON SON i# AMY . 0 1 1 "4
in all respects to any of the most•approyed makers, and
is sold at fully one-third less price.
All parties Interested are invited to examine the
safes above describedi at my store.
. GEO. W. PARSONS, Agent,
jelo-taw Sw 110 Market street.
TOTO PAPER MANUFACTURERS.
---- •
Sealed Proposals will be receivd at the ease of the
Superintendent of Public Printing, for supplying the
paper used by the State for the year eotron•ncips. July 1.
Mt Said taper to be Book Paper,
measuring 20 by - 41/
Inches, and to wee!, respectively, 40 and 50'pounds to
the ream. Also, Double Flat Cap„ measuring 17 by 26
inches, weighing 28 minds to the ream. Bids will be
received for each lobed separately.
Bids can be banded in up to WEDNESDAY, JULY 1,
at 10 o'clock A. M., and mast state specifically the
price per pound of paper. •
Samples of paper required will be sent to any parties
upon applicat'oa to the vld9rsignetl, and can alio be
seen on the day of letting.
L. 11.411171411; •
Superintendent Pubtie Printing,
jelo-d3t oaw 75 Market st, 'Harrisburg.
HAMS!!!
20,000,1b5. Composed of the following Brands
just received :
NEWBOLD'S—Celebrated.
NEW JERSEY—SeIect.
EVANS ck SWlFT'S—Sorrier_
MICRINER'S EXCELSlOR—Canvassed.
MICRINER'S EXCELSIOR—Not canvassed.
IRON ClTY—Canvassed.
IRON CITY—Not canvassed.
PLAIN HAMS—Strictly prime.
ORDINARY HAMS—Very good.
K r Mires,. Ham sold will be guaranteed se represen
ted. VP M. DOME- ie., dr. CO.
GOLD
Af
M ORTON'S .UNRIVALLE D GD
PZ2I.-FIIIST QUALITY WARRANTED.
NONE BETTER IN THE WHOLE WORLD.
A (}HET LUXURY!
YIBBONS in want of a superior and really good GOLD
ran will find with me a large assortment to select from,
Ind have the privilege to exchange the Pens tuatiltheir
bloc is p . erfeetly-soiUd And if:by fair means the Die
men& goads breab off duns? • g twelve MOlithe,lbse pur.
Omer shall have the p 4 ar/bilge to select anew ones
Without any charge.
I have very good Gold Peas, made by Mr. Morten, not
warranted, in strong silver-plated eases, for $1,=1:56,
$1.60, 2.00 . .
Per sale at SCIERTNNIVB BOOKSTORII,
No. 18 Market Street, Ilarriabarg, Pa.
SS. MARQUART having opened a
, new Grocery and Provision Store at the foot of
Second and Paxton streets, near the lower winding
'
bridge would respectfully invite the attention of the
public to hie well selected stock of groceries. He will
hasp annetantly on hand all Minis of Matti produce,
each as
Butter, Eggs, Lard,
Rams, Shoulders, Fish, Salt,
White and Brown Sugars,
Green and Black Teas,
Green and Roasted Coffee.
Also, a large lot of Glass, Queen and Crockery Ware.
Re will also keep constantly on hand a large , stock of
Flour and Feed, such as Oats, Corn. Rye and Ray.
Notions of every description; in face everything usu.
ally kept in a first class retail grocery and provision
store. Cheap for csah. S. S. MARQUART
May 21st, 1863. jel3-1w
- pp-T. BABBITT'S Concentrated, Cen-:
u 6 denßed, or Pulvorimil Cott glom. Three gallons
of handsome white soft soap made in five minutes. No
grease required.
D1E2071010 :—Dissolve one pound of the soap in one
gallon bolting water, then add two gallons warm, when
cool you will have three gallons HANDSOXII WHITS
SOF7 Soar. Ten pounds will make one barrel of sof;
soap. The soap thus made is an. excellent wash for
trees, shrubs and plants of all kinds. For sale by
my2B- WM. DOCK, jr C'.
EINALTH, MONEY! HAFFINEOS
At this season of you, when so much sickness prevails,
ever* one shoxdd provide himself with DR. HUM
PHREY% HOMEOPATHIC SIEDICINES, and prevent
;Meese in its beginning.
A fresh supply always on hand at
SCHIPIEBE BOOK-STORE,
merit. Hariistairg.
A SPLENDID A.SSORTDIEN T
V
LI 2 1 HO O•RAPITS,
Formerly retailed at from. $8 to $5, us now offered et
50 and 75 cents, and $1 and slBo—Published by the dr
Union, and formerly retaibui by them.
Splendid Photographic Album Pictures of all distin
guished men and Generals of ,the army, at only 10 eta.
For sale at SCHEFFEIVS Bookstore,
18 Market street, Harrisburg.
RECRIIITS WANTED for the 47th
Regiment P. V., Col. P.R. 6004 now stationed
at Key West, Florida. Apply to
my2.6-Imd* Lieut. W. W. WORM
Second et., opposite Presbyterian church.
wAR! WAR! —BRADY, No. 62
Market street, below TWO, bas received a large
assortment of MOWN) 11A0 111 ,snd - 81 " g, ' W h ich he
will sell very low. siva &if
BLACKING t !--Mesoies "CRATaasses
BLLaxiara.”-100 Gaon. assoited else , just re
calved and for sale, lekolesale and Wail.
deal WM. DOCK. is.. & 00.
WRITE BRANDY! Tl—Fon PREPER'V—
pawed just received sad/ma Pellivara —A vett superior *rime, (solvtier
for sale by
WM. COME, Jr.. & Co.
ANTED.—S7S A.MONTH! I want
to hire Agents in every county at 475 a. mouth
expenses paid, to sell my new cheap gamily Sewing
Machines. • Addreek, S. MADISON,
m5-dBR Allied. Math.. •
WANTED.--$6O A MONTH I We
v i want &Mtn at NO a month, expenses paid. to
sell our tveriaattsg "vac*, Oriental zi w i r pt s ita, and:
thirteen other new, Meru' and MUM attidge. ififttwa
circulars sent free: Address,
ros-d3m SHAW & CLARK, Biddeford, Maim
BAR hIS tit] tc.tx. PA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24. 1863.
211ttu5tments.
WILL EX iN HIBIT,
IEXAL:MIRTM33I:rrt.4a ,
FOR ONE WEEK ONLY,
Afternoon and Evening,
COMMENCING
MONDAY, JUNE 29th, 1863,
NEAR RAILROAD DEPOT.
.... - ......
~;.' NIXON'S ....
.21 ,
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• CREIY[ORNE
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CIRCUS.
.r.
...,. - . MIKE MACARTE'S
--,--- ----- EUROPEAN CIRCUS.
; • - _,........./-.4.—•
4 First appearance in America.
' ._ c
1 • -= sit -..... Madame Macula has great satis.
i ~ie ' faction in announcing to the people
1 , i. , -,
- ~. . ,•• of this conntry,that after an ab
-- beace e r acTefAl yaara ahn. will
47 41 111 1 ..:._. again have the hMLA - i -,
of appearing
..___... - before them.
Among the Royal Rritish Circus
is the beautiful Stud of English
thorou 1 be
da including , ' the ode
t.
- brated g kUr r e .
BLACK SWAN.
Wing the same Troupe with .which
F.ughtnd, Ireland and ~9c6thind
she had the honor of performing
before the most refined and numer
• : ens audiences in every city in the
• . : •f s• -• " British Realm. •
Madame Illacanto's great Act, the
! .0- j . l / 4 . e 2:::: . [VENETIAN CARNIVAL
. ‘ ,
I • ry,.. .',9,17'.. Will be remembered by these who
I Lt . :j.-.4. : witnessed her former efforts in this
i' ' , •'.AVINZ
# Pi - . country. '-_
, •-„__
First appearance in America of
•......_____ •
, •plir, JOHN COOK,
- ,/f.,,t . " 1
The English 'humorist, known A.§-the
~• 1 7, most brilliant wit in England, and
f' familiarly styled the COMIC MUSE.
10 The elegant follies of this well
'l - The
and gentlemanly clown will be
occasionally diversified by the ex
' en .
t z i
~.x., ceedingly comic grotesques .of the
. _.
famous FRENCH FLERROT..
•-• • - :,- - First appearance in America of the
I. ; 44 tirfillll*. , - 1 SYRO-ARABIC TROUPE..
_ Comprising Male and Female -Jug
.,
glors, Acrehatcfi, Contortionists.
k I°‘r,,,„ Prominent among . the featuiri of
itt,, -- a ~..... this troupe is the distinguished
5, - Ul 2 -=------'
': ' 7 -- - MT.-IX CARROLL,
..„„
• .Of European and American tele
brity. This young and brilliant"
er w + .4 artiste is acknowledged by all, both
h \ in and out of the equestrian pro
: • ,• fession, to be; the most perfect rider
L i,: ' ' Of tlac Age:
- 16 •1111•1•10.1•• ,
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..,....- - * . •In addilion to the Star Company,
...-_--:
. , --.1: - the manager has secured an en
gagement wjth the renowned Wild
.7_ ----1. .. Rider, '
-'"til - ' Mr. EATON STONE.
, <.--. Mr. Stone's feats on horseback
iik. "7 , " -- -7- -- - are all performed on his naked
.q..... " i5,'....."'"•••••• Steed, without saddle, bridle, -or
•••,'. =, N V-•-=' covering of any kind. His reckless
it.
~.--" and brilliant' leaps over four-barred
/ Ve 7.4,3,71. - :. gates and other barriers, while
.-- . - -•"--- tarrying his son upon his howl, and
--- , . in various other attitudes, are c on.
--'F. sidered the perfection of equestrian,
..._ skill, and have justly entitled him
• to the distinCtion of "Champion of
the Arena. ,, •
VII „ ---- ,
S. LATHROP,
kt. The Kentuck Clown. ,
-- - JIM REYNOLDS.
_
- -
~, ~.._.... The Great Model Clown.
- .
-..,e . ' 7 ,... The great romantic spectacle .
Wl\ , ,
--- - ; ' DIOK•TURPIN'S
.
;(h. lump TO YOILISC.
.
, ~..._ . . I AND DEATH OF BLACK 8F.%.
: ""'Flaiiik ss , - Dl= Tuarm .....M'ME MACARTE.
..iDMISSIOII 25 CENTS.
RESERVED SEATS • 50 CENTS.
je22 2w
BRANT'S HALL!
POSITIVFLY SIX NIGHTS ONLY!
MONDAY EVEISIA;, June 22, 1863
CARNCROSS & DIXEY'S
311 N p. TRELS.
THE STAR TROUPE
OF THE WORLD
IN THEM
GRAND ETHIOPIAN SOIREES.
Producing all the latest novelties,
NEW AND BEAurriETL' SONGS,
Lattghable Burlesques, Plantation Scenes,
Grand Instrumental Overtures,
Vecal Quitrtettes, Fancy Dances, &0.,
As performed-by the '
WORLD--RENOWNED TROUPE
AT THEIR
OPERA Iroirsz IN PHILADELPHIA.
Read the List of Artistes:
„T.
•Garnevoes, Z. P—Dixey,
Wank Moran ? I_ H. Boss,
J. S Cox. - A. H. Hackett,
C Campbell, J. Lamont,
Charles Stevens, C. Villiers,
Thomaq A. Becket, M. D. Edmond%
B. P. Simpson, B. Patterson.
B. Fraser, Mae. Gibbons,
Forming in all the largest organization extant.
.
Doors open at a qearter past 7 o'clock. Entertain
ment commences at 8 o'clock.
Tickets 25 cents; reserved Goats 85 cense,
7. L CARNUROSS, ll:Tanager.
jele St JAMES W. HOLDEN, Agent.
rIP F. WATSON,
T
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MASTIC WORKER
•ND
PRACTICAL CEMENTER,
Is_ prepared to Cement the exterior of Buildings with
the New York improved
•
Water-Proof Mastic Cement.
This Material is different from all other Cements.
It forms a solid, durable adhesiveness to any surface,
imperishable by the action of water or frost. Every
good building should be coaled with this Cement it is
a perfect preserver to the walls, and ropes a beautiful,
fine finish, equal to Eastern brown sandstone, or any
color desired.
Among others for whom I have applied the Mastic
Cement, I refer to the following gentlemen :
J. Bissell, residence, Penn street, Pittsburg, finished
five Jeers.
J. H. Shoenberger, residence, Lawrenceville, finished
five years. .
James MiCandlass, residence, Allegheny City,finished
flue year&
Oalvin Adagio, n 114446 0) Thlt4 d 4 44, finielo4
years.
A. Hoeveler, residence, Lawrenceville, finished four
years.
3. D. 111 2 0ord, Penn street, Blushed four ye a rs.
Hon. Thomas Irwin, Diamond street, finished four
years.
St Charles Hotel and Girard House, finished five
years,
Kittanning Court Hones and Bank, for Barr & Moser,
Architects, Pittsburg, dnisht cl dye years.
Orders re calved at the rifles of a Knidowney, Paint
Shop, 20 Seventh street, or please address
T. F. WATSON,
mayl‘tt P.O. Box 1S 6. Pittsburg, Pa.
WANTED—Carpenters and Cabinet
T Makers at the Eagle Works, Hartisbutg,
jel3-2w
?WRENCH MUSTARD; ENGLISH: and-
Domestie Plidtlea, (by the dOloie Of Dyinfirede)
prier SOU OR, Ketehdp, Mum and condiments of
wary deseription, for sole by •
my 26 WM. D 0011,18., & Co
(Ike atriot Rion.
WEDNESDAY MANING, JUNE 24, 1863
THE' 'DEMOCRATIC PRESS THE
.STAT.E ON THE NOMINATIO474..
The Philadelphia Age, After remarking upon
the astonishing material progress of this coun
try, followed by an equally astonishing decline
in morals; affecting private tranttactions as well
as politics, concludes with the following truth
ful observations :
We had grown rich too fast, and many of the
vices of wealth had begun; to attack the bitek
of our free institutions: We had become in
different as to the manner in which our gov
ernment was administered, and we became
careless as to the men who were elected to
office. All the active pursuits .of life being
highly remunerative, and the salaries of our
public officers bearing no proportion to the re
wards of private industry, inferibrimen only
contended for public station, and= the men of
substemge and worth withdrew from politics
altogether.....
As an immediate consequence of the with
drawal of the beat and wisest men from politics,
.all impartial observers must have perceived,
the decline of our statesmanship. The exam
ples of the great men of the Revolution were
set aside by men who had neither the capacity
nor the high motive to follow t,hem. Political
honors commanding less respect than wealth,
no matter by what means accumulated, were
sought by .the needy for private advancement,
while the passions of the people were appealed
to instead of their reason or their patriotism,
to insure' success. All manner or issues for
eign to theConetitution and to true statesman
ship were introduced:to excite local and sec
tional prejudices, while the true nbjects Of all
great gov,ernments were gradually thrust into
the background. Polities thus 'degenerated
into demagogueism, and statesmanship into the
art of controlling the majority of voters. , Poli
ties were pursued as a craft, and the skill
and industry of the. politician exhibited in
the mode of securing nominations to impor
tant Offices—the patronage of the elected being
claimed as a just reward of that species of
labor.
With the decline, of our Stat-eitmen came the
disregard for our public institutions and for
the Constitution of the United States. Dema
gogues 'and men of straw, who had no other
means of acquiring notoriety or introducing
themselves to public favor, availed, themselves
df the prejudices of the people to make con
verts for particular doctrines, with' which the
simple 'theory of our goterninent was per.
verted and undermined. In this manner Anti-
Masonry, Maine-Liquor-Law, Anti 7 R,entiam,
the Irrepressible Conflict, and, at last, Aboli
tionism in its most dangerous and hideous
form, were introduced, dividing the people
into fanatical, sects, and preparing the way. for
general disruption.
Thus, with the increase of material pros
perity and an accumulation of wealth unknown
in the history of other countries,' marohed
hand in hand otir,moral and political. decline,
'until, at last, civil war, joined to Complicated
external relations, threaten' our existence as 'a
nation. In less than a hundred years we have
.reached the.summit of power; ; shall we now
allow ourselves to be precipitated from it, or
shall we return to the simple and virtuous
habits of our ancestors; who regarded the
Constitution as the supreme law of the land,
and obedience to the laws asahe first duty of
the citizen? Shall we again look upon of f ice
as an honor to be bestowed on, our worthiest
citizens ? and shall virtue, talent, integrity and
firmness in the discharge of public duties he
again, as they were in the early days of - the
republic, the principal recommendations to
public station ? If such a change in -our per
verted and vitiated politioal system -were to
follow our present calamities, we should-hum
bly incline our heads to the- decrees of Provi
dence, which chastietie us for our I) VIOL and
improvement—which may fearfully diminish
our material wealth, but leave us sTreat 'na
tion, and a people purified and strengthened
by adversity. -
Our faith is in the•reduperative energy of the
people. They have, during a' protracted, san
guinary strife, developed heroic qualities; and
in the midst of the political confusion attend
ing it proved their unalterable attachment to
the free institutions of the country. Appreci
ating the value. of statesmen - in our national
crisis, the delegates selected by the people 10
the several nominating conventions, have risen
to the dignity and responsibility of their call
ing. They' haVe nominated thebest men to fill
the highest stations, and in' tiro States, at least,
have succeeded' in electing than. Gov. Sey
mour, of New York, and Gov. Parker, of New
Jersey, have fully come up to the requirements
of our times ; whilst the election of the Hon.
George W., Woodward for Governor of Pennsyl
vania, (which .is already a foregone conclu-
Oen ? ) will give to the friends of law and order,
Union and constitutional liberty, a preponder
ating influence on the administration of our
Government.
The selection of such men as Woodward,
Seymour and Parker, at this crisis in our, ea
.
uonal affairs, shows conclusively that public
virtue has not yet hopelessly departed from the
people—thit personal interest and party pre
dilections can still be made to yield to the
higher dictates of pure and lofty patriotism;
and that when the country is in danger, every
high-minded citizen is still, ready to sacrifice
his own predilections to the public good, by
putting the s! right men in the right places."
What we have sail of the nomination of the
Hon. George W. Woodward for Governor, ap
plies equally to the nomination for Supreme
Judge of the Hon. Walter H. ,Lowrie, whose
learning, firmness'and impartial jwatlee are the
theme of praise throughout the State. With
such candidates es these, the Democracy of
Pennsylvania will not only save the State but
the Union.
The Philadelphia Sunday Mercury says :
The action of the Democratic Convention
at Harrisburg, on Wednesday last, has given
general satisfaction to its friends and disap-
pointed the hopes of its enemies. Rarely has
an assemblage of the kind,•even in ordinary
times, been marked by equal harmony of feel
ipg and calmness of - deliberation. The men
who composed it met together with a full SON%
of their responsibilities, and they addressed
themselves to the important work they were
appointed to do, with extraordinary purity and
directness of purpose. Before a body of dele
gates so constituted and disposed, selfish am- ,
bition stood abashed sad faction disarmed, All
felt that the public welfare at stake, and
that the State, in this hour of her extremest
need, demanded the judicial wisdoin and ad
ministrative ability of 'her best and worthiest'
citizens. Thus impressed, thus actuated, the'
Contention nominatel Hon. George W. Wood
ward,, of Luzerne, for Governor, antillon: Wal
ter H. Lowrie, of 'Allegheny, ler Judge of the
Supreme Oeurt., These floniinetions ere quite
unexceptionable. They -defy criticism and-,
almost render praise superfluous. Their ein
PRICE TWO CENTS.
gular excellence extorts acknowledgment even
from political opposition, and leaves the friends
of the ticket; but little to do for it except to
hold it forth in silent challenge of popular re
spect and acceptance. It is alike honorable to
the two distinguished candidates named and to
their party, that the nominations sought them
and not they the nominations ; that their pre
eminent merit, instinctively forbearing to in
vite recognition, found in the Convention the
intelligence to.pereeive and the virtue to pro
claim it. And as they-owe--nothing either to
personal solicitation or to the efforts of parti
cular friends, for the proud preference ,with
which they have been freely honored, so will
they enjoy the rare felicity of entering upon
the canvass uncommitted to any interest that
is less lofty and comprehensive than the prin
ciples of their party and the honor and welfare
of kennayliania. It is not often, we regret to
say, that gentlemen of such iiiefittifiebable
character are named for public office, or that
nominating bodies make choice of them with
the sigual unanimity and unprompted sponta
neousness which marked the selection of Mr.
Woodward and Mr. Lowrie. When, therefore,
men who are singularly and altogether de
serving of the confidence of the people, are pro
posed for the highest civil trusts, ; the people
NaTe a double motive to elect them—the first is,
t o i i l t ioo pc.ifor in the hands of those who are
peculiarly 'well qualified to exercise it wisely
and.virtuously for the general good ; and the
second is, to .encourage party Conventions. ; in
nominating the fittest and best men for public
station. ' • * * * * *
Let the -Republicans name any men they
please and conduct the canvas: as they will, the
Democracy fool themes/toe (.4 be se, strong,
'both' in. their principles and in their ticket, that
they will'go before the people asking only for
free speech, a free press, and a free ballot. The
late Harrisburg Convention actedin such a
manner as to assure the peop'e of, the whole
State of the purity and patriotism of their in
teitions. Their action, also, has set an exam
ple worthy'of imitation by all succeeding Con
ventions of the. party. It shows how intelli
gent men , honestly concerned for th e ems
Constitutional government and. a faithful ad
ministration of the laws, can rise above all in
ferior coitsiderationia ; and unless we are greatly
mistaken in the sense and Sistae of the people,
the result of the election will show, that such
Integrity of action by the representaqres of
any party, is the diiectest avenue to popular
Confidence and the 'surest way to win success
at.the polls.
In pplitics, as :in the common intercourse
of life, honesty is the best policy, and we *net,
the time has already Celine, in the DO:necrotic
party, 'at leak., 'when' distinguiehed &Hate
virtue and merit, however modest and: unob
trusive,, will find themselves always preferred
before the brazen pretensions of the dema
gogue." . •
• The York Gazette has the follewing :
Oita NEXT Germ/Nos.—lt is with a feeling
of proud satisfaction that we present to-day to
the Demooracy•of York County the name of the
good man •who has Men chosen by the, State
Convention as our candidate for Governor in
the approaching contest. It is *ell known
that our first choice for that high office was
Our fellow-citizen Major General William D.
Franklin. We felt, in common with Avusands
of our people, that the patriotism and talents
which had shone in many spheres of duty, end
maintained our fortunes upon many a. dark
battlefield, should not be suffered .to lie idle
because there vas no longer any work to be
found by the administration at - Washington fit
for clean hands and an unstained sword. We
conceived that' at the helm of his native State
General Franklin might find employment as
grave and honorable as aryfrom which Lincoln,
Ilalleek and Stanton could "exclude him—and
that he might, in the lapse of the neat three
years, do as much, to maintain the rights of the
people of Pennsylvania against the *tad of
Federal despotism, as he has done already to
keep their lives and homes secure from seces
sion bayonets. • • • I '
But since fortune has oast upon another those
weighty responsibilities which Franklin would
have borne 80 Well, they have 'fallen, we ars
prbud to say, into hands as able, true And in-
Corruptible as .hie. The name of George W.
Woodward is not a strange one to the people
of-Pennsylvania. While, still almost.a youth
he sat in, the convention that made our pres
ent State Constitution, and in that body, the
ablest that ever sat in Pennsylvania,' he was
the foremost man. There it was that batik
displayed the great talents, the various knowl
edge, the deep love of liberty within the bounds
of la*, and the steadfast devotion to the rights
of the people which we no* inseparably as4O
date with his name. The promise of his ' , teeth
has not •been broken. In every scene and sta
tion of his life,he has shown the same qualties
which made him a leader among old and famous
men when be was little more than a boy. For
many years he has bat upon the Stipreme bench
of this State; and long ago took his place among
the best judges of the whole country. The ao
tion of the Convention that nominated him last
week for Governor is the highest testimonial
that could conceived to the puritY and great
: nese of the man. •He was not et candidate be
fore that Convention. He had many times re
fused to be a candidate. Good and true men
were pressed by their friends for the nomina
tion, and came into the Convention with strong
-forces of instructed delegates.' But somehow
the finger of destiny pointed to Woodward. He
was too big to avoid, notice. He could not hide
M alo of f rom the representatives of the people
when they came to seek a statesman worthy to
hold up the hands and maintain the honor of
our old Commonwealth in this darkest hour of
her aeed—and so it came to pass that, without
any solicitation on his part, and in spite aide
refusals, the Democracy of - Pennsylvania, in
Convention assembled, called him with sponta
neous and irresistible voice to be their Gov
erner. That they will elect him by a majority
which will stagger the plunderers and oppress
ors of this land, is written in the bdok of Pate
as assuredly as the revolution of the seasons
or the coming of death.
And now the people may breathe freer and
hold up prouder heads. The man of our choice
did his best in the tiays of his youth to make
for us and our children a Constitution wise,
temperate and just. Be assured that he will
give his life, if need be, to maintain that Con
stitution intact and pure. The slavish senti
ment that this sovereign State is a mere pro
vince of a gigantic Federal despotism. has
never found any lodgment in big free heart- .
Witheloquent tongue,- with passionate entreaty;
and wise counsel, he strove to stay the mad
ness which has disrupted this once glorious
land. lie was never ashamed to be sneered at .
as a Union- saver," but bore that once deepieed
title in common with all his Democratic breth-,
ren of the, North. Bad out/solo suck .a hit
prevailed we would have been to-dity a united
end happy people, instead of Wig given 'over'
to the dominion of barbarians and fanatics who
profess, to, be. willing to slaughter , millions to
restore , a llnioi which thaY wou l d never lift a
finger to save, •
Brethren, let us take keari? u iVe ' bade ' a '
leader tc; whom *toad' Iticik: Stith' ;confidence'
and hope. The youth who helped to make our.
free Constitution, the judge who has in meta-
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rer years righteously expounded our laws, will
take care whel p , he comes to be Governor of
this free Commonwealth, that that Constitution
and those laws„shall be respected by • ruffians
high and low, 0 office and out of once, by peo
ple in Wasbinatori,4B.well. as by people every
where else. Na deputy.kidnapper armed with
a dispatch from the War Department, will then
dare to cross our borcler.ott pollute the sanctity
of our homes. Pennsylvania will make
.her
voice heard then,--not the stifled voice ofn de
pendant, fearing the ,look orblow of ra master
—but the voice of a free people—and will be
lifted up for "the Uniony.the Constitution and
the enforcement of , the latrs,l,.. Wu look
then to our State.,Government therprotector
of our rights, the conservator otpeaeirandjus-
Lice, the barrier' between weakness and brute
force. Should invasion threaten our -borders,
our militia, instead of being .paisfed eh now by
contradictory orders, or Airagged away air.
body guard for the , trembling imbeciles at
Washington, will look to , their lawful and cho
sen chief for the word , of command, and will
march with cheerful hearts andunited front to
hurl back the invader: Let us up, then, to the
work. From city, village and hamlet, from
workshop, of f ice, field and farm, :let us pour
forth to the polls , to, testify our devotion to law
and our determination to have Law' respeetea
Within our borders, • . •
The Lancaster lota igencer '
Hos. CrEO. W. WOODWAXII I
,lie ; noplukation
of this distingnished' an& talented
as the Democr'ati'c
belailicl - Witideliglit, not only in Pennsylva
nia, but throughout the entire, North,fts'the
very beet which nould,have, bees atadnint Ibis
exciting and petilcus time in the 'listen of
our country. Judge. Woodward, in point of
intellectual. power, is the peer of linVitates
man now• in public life, and at's - sottilffrruld
able jurist has no superior anywhere. l Nor is
there any flaw in his political character. He
has always been a consistent Deauierat,, bold
and unflinching in his advocacy of the leading
principles anddontrinesaLtlie6party e -and. his
private character is without stain orreproach.
Hp is jyat,suoh , A candidate as the people will
delight to hon4A and his .triumphant election
to the Gubernatorial office is a foregone-eon-
..When.Governor-Woodward-fak on
of , the ;3/ Tpcotive Obit* On
doiftitYtuf tlobil acts a the present National ad
ministration will. cease in Pennsylvania. as
they , have already . dentin New York an 41
Jbrees74,. eiteleidiorft . ie
1r
cure in their persons and. estates.
The Convention did well also in renomina
ting for Judge of .the Supreme Court the Alia
tinghtshed Chief Justice, Walter H. towrie.
be eiadiset, ly the
people, and his . triumphant election for an
other term is beyond all doubt r lisiluts borne
'himself high cd: fine,,, and hie per
sonal charactir wilt beef the wit et' the closest
scrutiny. With such, standard hearers, as
Wocidifard . and Lowrie we can bid defiance .to
all the asseults of an unscrupulous opposition,
and, under their auspices, thet State will be, re
deemed Mum Abolition rule. ,
THE BATTLE AP WINCHESTER.
CAUSE OF TUE 'DIEAgTROUS DEFEAT
From the New Tcrk Herald.
* * * * The_foitifloatiOne At Win
chester are situated on two- JAM to the north
west of the town. consisting of " the main
work" nearest to Winchester,. and: !'the .star
fort" further north, both being connectettivith
each other by a road. The position 'is evi
dently 'strong, and ought to have been held;as
it certainlyi %amid hat% been if there had' been
. generaiship and pluck at• the head. "The at
tacking forge has been estimated at from 15,-
000 to la,ooo. Miiroy bad 7,000 in the battle,
and Could have concentrated 15,000 from' the
adjoining posts. The. -Confederates adVaneed
by two roads—the Front Royal and the Stras
burg—from the south, driving in the pickets
and carrying the outposts, at the same time
working their way gradually around by the
western side *of. the town', from which on tile
second day they assaulted the outer works of
the inaiafortification, rushing into the ditch
and -up the parapet, on which they, planted
their flag, carrying the works at the point of
the bayonet, and killing and capturing cons -
derable numbers. The , inner works were *till
in the possession ; of Milroy, also' the. titer . fort.
But a council of war was held after mightfall,
and wheh the battle had ceased, on Sunday.
It was debided• to take advantage of the dark
ness and evacuate 'the place during the bight
in silence, leaving behind althe cannon, am
munition and stores. Better , far to have re
treated before the battle or to have fought , . h.
Out. - Milroy bad not gone font miles when he
found himself confronted by an overwhelming
force, which the Confederates had) sent ahead.
Two regiments were captured wholesale, and .
the slaughter of those who cut their way
through was very considerable, while the cav
alry - pursued and. captured greet numbers.
The loss was terrible. Nothing was saved
except, what was carried upon the persons of
the troops. Not a soldier had a change of
clothing. The officers were compelled to leave
even their wires bellied thow in the hands of
the enemy. Three entire batteries of field
pieces and one battery of siege guns—in fact
the whole of the artillery of the command—
were lost, together with six thousand muskets,
and small arms Without stint, all the ammuni
dozy and commissary stores, two hundred and
eighty wagons and one thousand two hundred
horses. Unt.Str, seven thousand men only fron
one thousand six,hundred to two thousand had
turned up safe, leaving upwards of five thou
sand to be accounted for. The report in air
oulation 'that the train of Milroy, had escaped
turns out to be without foundation. Our cor
•
respondent, writing on the 29th, says nothing
whatever belonging to Milroy's command was
saved, and the mistake originated from the
fact that the trains from Jones' brigade, at
Martinsburg, and al.'lloytialtis' brigade. from
Berryville, escaped to . Rarrisburg. Thus the
defeat of Milroy was most thorough and disas
trous, and so much' was' he scared that he ap
pears never to have stopped till he got to Bal
timore.
Now, his troops fought admirably, and they
were well handled' by the iuboirdinate officers.
What, then, is the candh of a disaster as need
less and as humiliatingus that of Harper's
Ferry last year? Nothing but the want of
cool courage and capacity in the commanding
genetial. Unfortunately; Milroy is one of the
political:generals, appointed not for bie mili
tary abilities, but for hid violent Abolition
opinions. Bush men, being fanatical, have
not the brains to lead armies. In the second
battle of Bull Run, in which Pope commanded,
Milroy's frantic conduct Showed that he had
no presence of mind in battle. He says him-`
self, in his evidenee before a court of iuquirY
" I told him (ItI'Dowell) that_l Nina, not fight
ing with Gen. Sigel's corps; thatm, prigo,de
had got . out of ammunition some Me before
and gone to the rear, cad' that Y -itad been
fighting with a half a do:end:drub* and that
I; had not inquired wh ose or,to ,what particular
corps they belonged."' It ie imidet t ifi e has no
idea of order or subordinition,'or - Conimand,
: and is totally unfit to dead -troops. The evi
dence of Captain Cutting and Lieut. ReObling