COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT, AND BLOOMSBURG GENERAL ADVERTISER. I LEVI L, TATE, EDITOR. "TO HOLD AND TRIM THE TORCH Off .TRUTH AND WAVE IT O'ER THE DARKENED EARTH." TERMS: $2 00 IN ADVANCE. VOL. 1. NO, 22. BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PENN' A,,' SATURDAY, JULY 30, 1864. VOLUME 28 "3 Wistars's Balsam or WIM CUURRY. oNEOi'Tiinoi.nnsT anu m(ihtui:i.iaiii,b UUMKIIIUd IN TLB WOULD I'Oll Couith, Colds, Whooping Cough, Bron chitis, Difficulty of Breathing, asthma, Hoarseness, bore Jirou, irotm iitnl every affection of THE THROAT, LUNGS k CHEST, ivoi.untNti nvr.v O N S U M i"jr I O IV . Wistar's BalsanTot Wild Oliorry on ni-nnml Inn tlio tlso of II I. remedy become, nnd to ooniilBrl.itevrrywheri. that It In unnecessary 'to rt" " mi Itx virtues lt Vior ipeuk for It. anil fine lit. tiraiice l tins nhunilaiil si ml vrluiilury icsnniniiy "i me many who from Inns nillcrlns .-mil silled disease I avc li) Itsiij'i been restored In prltlliin visor ami health W a mii prdsentn innrs of e l.lciirc In proufofuur ".ertlons in proof "four ns' .'iiion. thai CANNOT UU MSCIUUIlTKn, TIic Bcv. Jacob St clUci. VV, II known and much respet fit anions tlin Herman r in ilntlnii ill till rim ntrv. iimki's llli! fulluwlug stute i,.!ii fur the benefit uf tli.i iilllii ted ..,., II lNOKH I An lull. Ill, 18.10, On. Sn-.-Having rrnli."ci in niv f,iinl!y iniinrt.nt hi i'1'i f mm 1 1n- iii"' f ywr Mi'uiilile prepuratlnn U si iVH.tl.M in' Wil.n I nuti-Y li iiiiirns iiiv piens- hi i tn uriiiii ihl ll to Ihi' publie. siuine ilglil years tie.iimi. of inv itauuliiers seemed in 1 e in a decline, mid on lini i if her recvery i n entertained. I thru pp enn-1 a Iml lew' "iir Mi-iit l almin, 11 ml before rln him inki'ii Hi" iMmle ofllm roi lenlsnf tho liolllu there, w 'a great improve! it in I or henllh. I have in my in ilviiiutil ran, mule fr'-'i I " of your al iMiiiuiiK'.iiiiiKi.aini imvu ui .iy l,;;,'',11'l,,r,l1l',,;1'.1 Foi ,'enit Smith, Ky T-cwHil oj the Moi Is Cov.dI.ij Bank. Mori:iiwn Jcw Jenny. ' ann1! ilfil I'r. WlnlarV I'll 'an of Wild f ,ie-.,'. f,.r iilx.ii i nrti'Mi ) i n'. iiinl having r ii'i.eil Ih-iu-U, I I units iii iiiyf.iinilv.il ntr.irclH me en-it (ilivHi'u in :c i.illliiii'iiilini; it lot'bepuhllinsa valna it.: leiueiU' !! r. f llf Wl'.'ik lllilJK. I "li s lilliulll, fcC . mill 11 M'UlH'y Mliulil iiinsiiiir lo In- eiiiirel) inn u "'il mm imyhc t. k null1 iri .eel nifity liy llm ml 1 Iii .le In h : I 'I. 1'iom Don. John E cm t.h, a l)i',lia i',sliCl Lawyers in If't ttnriit-sc-, M I. llmvein srvrr.il oria-lnns .1 nil llr VI ila'"s r.alsnm ot W lil rnrrv for severe coin-, end alwuy- ui li deri ,1 i,t. I nnw f no inir.iriilion llial isino.t; t'.lic- ar o ior iiiurn ili-.i'n me M jii iiithi up . tin-III Isahi lias iiIpoI' "s1''! t'Hl 3 II. I loll. .'Hi" nail. 1 1 a i r"- p 7 i;.lar's Ba'stnii of Vdtl Chiny ,imi' (niiliii' unless sijin'il "I l.'l.'ll'1." n wi P' T Fur sale by J 1' niNHUO'l.Nu llll llroi iluay Nv Votk,. H I'l'WI i:iii;ii,rroirii lnr . iiikiiii', Mill llVlltl Hi H !-lpt4. t') I'llll lll'tl .Mil. is, Toils Co I a. hi cildiug" s Russia pS.iIvc. FORTY' YE AKtJ El'ERIENCE I as fully I'pt.ili'ii 'n il lliu ni' mrity of Redding's liussia 'Salve Over a I ntlwrl alliig inpi atioas. II iir"S!ill l.i.oln ofSn i-s. I.'.ils. fit Us, r.ii-rs. Salt IS - i: ili"li r1! if" l''l" SiiMmis rtnrn i'i'. ri'iiuni"; in1 pi i,il I!,-, tiu in.' tl itplail'.ry nokii"! . oi'i ai' iiill.iiii.iliiin as irii.v nasir.. D.i'v "l ll'I'Is u un P"H sm k nv J I' TIN' .'jpi'ir.. No. I H llmnlwi-v Krvi Vii k. t iV I.UU I.C J.1'11.. N . HTti'ii" U'p. I'u '. Ami liy all ll. i't'tl . Mil 7, IfM-l.'ir. 'i UK iN MV (iitOCKH V STUUK. MORE FRESH COODS. .. U'cv'aml at Eitmni S Av Store. jMoliN'I'W. i-ugitrs, Tuns ColTcc, R:e-, Spit'es, JIaTS and Caps, Select JJoctrjj. THE GERM OF LOVE. A traveler tlirntieh n ilunty road Strcucil neurits on the lea, Anil one took root, ntitl .proutcil up, Anil grew into n tree. I,ni! enupllt Its sli.nlc at evening tlinf, To brealli its early vow., Ami ago was plcnscil, in heats of noon, Tob.uk beneath lt boughs, The dormouse loved Its ilaugllng twig, The blnls sweet music bore ; It stooil a cjoryln it. plare, A bleating evermore. A little spring had ln.t it. way Amid the grass nnd fern I A pa.sing rtrangor scooped a well, Whcro weary men might turn i Ha walled ll in, mid hung with taro A tail lu ut the brink lie thought nut of the deed ha did, llm judged that toll might drink, lie passed ngaln and, In I the well, liy stnsmers never dried, Had cooli'd ten thoiKnud parching tongues, And saved nlifu bi sidu, A dreamer dropped a random thought ; 'Twas old, and yet was .ew--A sliuplu f.ilny of the brain, Hut Strang in bi iug triii; ll phniii: upon a griiial mind, And lul its light h':eamu A lamp of life, n beacon ray, A monitory 11 inn.'. Tlinthoughtwas small Its i'suc great ; A watch fito mi tli hill, It ft'indsu radiance far ailown, And cheers 111.' valley still. A nami'l.'ss man. nmid u rrow.l That Ihrougi d tlu daily mart, I. rl fall a word nl hopo and love, lFntiiili.'.l, from tile h art ; A VhNper on the tumult thrown A iransitory brenlh It raised a brother from the dust, It puvliI ii soul from death, O gfrui ! O Count I U word of love I O thought at random rasl I Ye wi.re but little at tin' lir.t. liul inUliiy al the last. THE Ll I EST .ATi0XL HU.IIIU VTIOX. Review of the Recent Invasion. 3Uiiiii Article from the Na tional ir.c'licucur. Gen. Mc- H'hut it Costs (o ( It Han's Advice Disregard Arraignment of the tralion. Adraiuis- l'roiothe .Naltiiiial liitelligcucer.J TLu Valluy of the Shunautiottb liiu mora (ban onco liui'ii t lie vullcy ul' our uatinnal liuiniluiiou. After iimru than tlirou years ol gig.'iiitiu war, our military adu iuistra tiuii lias nut h'.iniL'J to appruliuud tlin rc lat on of tlilft valluy to tlic dulullsu of Wash intou, anil tiiu cut-my, safely prutmuing on the iuorai.cc and nliiltltiasUiios of that administration, lias luarucd to practico iu tlib ijuartur a wt:arisoim uioimtouy of iiio.'diiicut wLicb only bcrvi's to show that plated junction of Gonoral McDowell with General McClcllan by tho Fredericksburg railroad ho being diverted from thiiline of march to eDgago in what he knew to bo tbo impossible ohaso of Jackson, in the meantime, nfteriatraeting all our oombi nations,,8ucceedcd in hurling his wholo column against Ocneral Mo Jlollau's forces around Richmond nt the very momont when our military authorities, relying on the reports ol General Fremont after the battle of Cross Keys on the 8th of June, supposed him still to be detained in tho valley by the threatening prcsoco of that officer. Then catnti the brief campaign of Gen Pope, in which, after having hia flank re peatedly turned and his eommunieatiom with Wa-hiiigton broken by an attack in his rear,ho was badly rcpnlacd,and diiven into the defenses of Washington, while the enemy, with leisurly oomposuro,turu cd from the pur.u t of his broken and nils-handled forces to proceed through this same valley, and miko tho formidable ir ruption into Maryland which was repelled by General McClcllan iu tho battle of An- tietam on the 17th ol September, 1802. Wo need not piuso to describo the dis graceful events which procecdod the occupation of Winchester by tho one tnv at this time, or which attended the surrender of Harper's Ferry results all due to the incapacity which placed incom petent officers iu important positions ; and which, in the case ol'Hnrprr's Ferry, was made doubly conspicuous- on this occasion by the retention of Colonel Miles at that po.t, under order from General ilalleck, after the military availability of the posi tion was entirely neutralized by the turn which events had taken. Official incapac ity iu Washington, thus combined with military incompetency at the post, to erect aucw at the entrance of this valley, the eaudine forks of an unspeakable huiuilia tion, which largely modified the exultation jiiatly prouueed by the victory of Anlio tarn, and which, in all generous miuds. was intensified by the attempt to throw on General McClcllan the responsibility for tho untoward events whirh ho had the sagacity to loresee, but not the power to prevent after his advice in the premises had been contemned by the general in cuicf. And next, in tho summer of 1803 more than a month after the disaiter of Uh.in cellorsvillc under General Hooker, the confuderote commander proceeded to pro jeet a new iuvasitiu of the north, via tliU same valluy of the Shenandoah From at failure on the pint of our military au thorities to occupy in this quarter tbr proper points of observation, and from their failure to place in the positions ac tuallv occupied the runuisito military tal ent and skill, the country was again called to blush at the disgraceful stampede of iMilroy which preceded the Irruption ot the enemy into Maryland. Winchesler was evacuated with John Gilpin speed and ciuhtaeu fiuld-iiit'ccs, Gvo thousand five hundred musketry, and a larec quan tity of amiuunitiin were le t behind by tho Oocoquan, and probably a fourth tow ard Locaburg. To recapitulate tho most important points which should cngago your attention aro as follows : 1. A strong forco, well intrenched, in tho vicinity, of Manaesas, porhap3 ovon Ccntrovillo, and another forco (a brigade,) also welt intrenched, near Strasburg. 2. Mock-bouses at the railway bridges, a. Constant employment of tho cavalry well to tho front, 4. Grand guards at Worrenton junc tion, and in advanco as for as tho Rappa hannock, if possible. 5. Groat care to be exorcised to obtain full an early information as to tho enemy, 0. The (funeral object w to cover tho lino of the Potomao and Washington. We all know how these nrudontial ar- ments of the government, will stand in tho way of ridding tho War Department of the incubus whioh now visibly rests on it un der its proscut raanDgomcnt making it a shamo and a rcproaoh to the nation. And in so saying we intend no particular allu sion to Mr. Stanton, lor wo do not know to-day that he is responsible, for theso things It may bo that ho oonfincs him sclf.strictly to the civil details of his office, nnd docs not mcddU in tho matters which somebody under him or above him brings to such confusion. Rut Wo do know that somebody is responsible for the late gross mulfeasuueo, which must over stand ,in our military annals a a national dbgraco so long as posterity shall revert to tho time when five hundred men laid Washington under siege for two days with ten or twen ty thousand men behind itsdofenses ! Such ranccments of General MoOlellan were 1 is the penalty which a nation pays for bo broken up by tho military powers which ! ig ruled in any department by its igno- I . I . . I . I . . r . ... . . I ... . ,l.-.. ' . . ! . ...11! uununooiv lie uirecuou oi mu war alter DO rauuu ruiuur muu ua muuuguncu. hud been removed from his previous con- I Nor docs tho evil and with thodisapoar trol of its operations. And since that date anco of the lato fright. Who, alter such theso prudential measures, as respects the 1 111 czhibiton of military and admibistra Shenandoah Valley, have ncvor been ru- Ition so long as it shall remain subicct to established for no other reason, as far as i's present directors ! What security cm we can perceive, than that to re-establish ' "y feel when the watchmen from tho walls them might be oonidrucd by somebody into : ' en national capital lift up their vo cos a tribute to General iMcOlcllan's railitarv ! "iy to cxt oso their own ignorance of tho sagaoity in selecting a point of obsorva-' naurc anil extent of the peril from which tion liko Chester Gap, midway on the cast-1 they call the people to save them ? What eru border ol the va'.ly, where tho ap- governor ofwbat state will be prompt proach of danger would bo perceived in herealter to respond lo.thc tap of the drum time to meet and check ii at Harper's in Wasl ington if its alarms ar beaton with Forry, instead of some point on the ' ral,!it vehemence when thero is tho least Upper Potomac, where, with such olli- ' known about tho n-ccasity for disturbing cers as the military administration habit- tbe, country ? An immense clamor has ually stations there, the approach of dan- I been raiaed without caujo during tho last ccr is known to the country onlv bv a . few days. Who is sure that while the stampede of our forces from Winchester, illiamsport, or Harper s .Ferry, and by this war bo much longer prolonged, It illustrates the character nnd despe ration of thccontest and the discourage ment of our condition, that all attorn pts to arrest this effusion of blood and stay the progress of ruin arc denounced as disloy al, and that it is uttered as a matter of re proach, that a great political organization (,tho Democratic party is rapidly drift ing towards peace." Alas I has peace ceased to be a condition of nations to bo dcsiicd and prayed for. Is the race of man to return to barbarism to be trans formed into tho wild boast of the forest t Is civilization extinct Christianity abol ished t To bo in favor of pcaro does not imply a de.iro for a dishonorable termination of hostilities. We not only concede, but in sist that nations, liko individuals, must possess self respect, and be reasonably firm in maintaining their rights. Onoe in a contest they must not pusillanimously buck out of it, as by eueh a course thev ... . but invito aggression. Wo have not hesitated to insist upon the duty of tho Fedcrol Government to suppress the present rebellion. The Dctn ocratio party of this State and the Natiou has been firm in its support of the legiti mate constitutional authority of tho Union as against this formidable insurrection. It will continue to occupy that position. liut war is not the only instrumentality to conditions of our ignorance remain as they employ in winning back rebellious citizens are, tho next clamor may not come with or rei'ractorv members of n. nnnfriloropv a panic of the authorities at Washington, i cause, and find tho War Department Indeed, war alone can never accomplish tt.lm l.'rmieinrr tuitlitrtrv ...ill. ... ,l.n lil.t 11 nrnnnrnfl tn tnont. rnal rlimrrnr no it I ' movements or magnitude ol tho invadinrr , has proved little prepared to face an imag- foiccs, fall an easy prey to cvory idle iiud iuary one 1 Let all loyal people lay theso vagrant ruu-or which vexes the atmoiphere thing to hcirt, but above all and first of iu a timo of alarm aud uncertainly. Tho all, let the President of the United States unknown U always portentoui. In the ab- i be assured that for those things his country -notice of tbo definite configurations reveal- 111011 will hold him to a ttrict account, and ed to tie mind by assured knowledgo, tho 1 lllilt they will exact fuU atouemeut for the starilcd imagination, while blindly grop- I indignity which tho nation has jutt suffur ing in the dark, peoples all space with cd in the eyes ol the world. "gorgons hydras, nud chimeras dire." : ano I'rt'Biiieu'.. we kuow, i ainmtious Evin i-o bravo a heart as that of Kino- 'o loaru not only the good opinions of his Richard, in thu play of ojr great drama" fellow citizens, but also to receive their tiot, was appalled by "shadows, as ho ex- votes at tue next election J ne wowu re- claims liy tho Aposlle Paul, shadow, tn night have s truck merj terror loth ilof lUdianl Than can the -uu.t.iucu of leu thousand eoldlers Armed iu proof. And so during the last few days, we have seen tho administration starting at specters, littering panic cries of alarm, and with its hands palsied by imaginary ter rors, simply because it had neglected to lake the most ordinary precautions for cave litem he must, be carefut to deserve them ; and il he should in this way vindi cate hii claim to the renewed eouli leuce of the country, we ore sure that wu could sin cerely rejoice in his sucess, not from any interest we take in his personal fortunes anymoro than in those of any other man of any other party but because wo desire the best welfare of the republic in this day, when bho requires tho highest statesman- property watching and occluding tho Shen- ship and the most exalteJ capacity to con- andoah valley. Incompetent officers have duct to a wise conclusion the affairs of the been stationed at points actually occupied, state. His merits and his pretensions and points which should havo been occu- are now trembling in the balance, held by pied for purposed of observation have beon the hands of a confiding and much endur loft without any guard whatever. Milita- ing people, who have continued long to ry incompeteuce on the Upper Potomac ' hope against hope under the military mis has been reinforced by military incoinpc- rule of which they are only too painfully tence in 15 ultimo re, as illustrated bv M.i- conscious, but to the pasieut endurance of After such repeated experience of the jor-ucncrai uvw. V aliacc, who is retained which tuoro is a limit set, equal Oy ptiys- biood jong L.n0Ug, t0 CODfor upon the p03. military relations held by this valley to I ' cc-uimana just long enough to lose the ical necessity ; aim ty political pruaenoo. sibilitios or peace tp confer, wo mean, the sa.'etv of Waihini'ton aud to the suo- battle of Monocacy, and then superseded I The protraction of the war, long drawn . .. .- , , Tss of Spldir orations agWcb. i by a capable officer in the Geld, while he I out by divided military cou-cls, by injudi ough the constitutional ! "geney of a mond it micht Iiuvc been sunnosed tint 1 '3 needlessly retained in command ol tho c ous civil policies, and by incompetent Convention of the Statos if this be charg- military directors, with as tt o ncrsnic- uul,alluJli",'i aa 11 uu,.v lu luumuiy iuu ouicrr? in mu nviu, ia nmu u umi y uuu ea as a rcproacu, wc consent to rest uu Sail, Tobacco, Sigaia, Ciind- r, Razcns, FEED AND IMiOVlSl' NS. 'Ingri'ivr wliii a SPMI iiirii'1' ofuii.lo isaitn e las too nii'iieroiis to no i 10 i 1 -inner, I.!';, i I I'lllll'illl' fui' limhIp, II oo , i iiur M. ! l''l F;sh, he deems it nafi at any time to hope for sueee.vi by counting on our official stolidity as a siaudiig subatuutc for his poverty of the ftigiiivcs a valuable gh to the in invention. vaaing enemy Talleyraud was wont to say that it is ahiays butler to ruly on the lolly of your antigonii't than on your own sagacity, and it iscertiiu that the enemy, iu the use he periodically maker- of lite valley of the Sheuaudouh, has si o su his own sagacity OIllV 111 ri'bUIIUIIg always on our OinCIll ' ... -. triwinn nf tiiu nlnm-itw Inr Mnmbiplni. o ml a mismanagement in this valley to lay that too when it is no secret that iu his stotio of stumbling and rock of offense in "Clv,11 oapactty ho has, by his illegal pro thuwavofthe camnaicn. And vet the ' cccd" 83 "fought down on his head, as wo the pacification of a country rent with in tcrnal strife. It must always in tho end call to its aid the kiudly and gentler offices of diplomacy, of consultation, of mutual forbearance aud concessions. Theso are essential to the consummation of peace, and must sooner or later be called in req uisi.ion for war cannot last always. At some stage of its progress, and under n greater or less degree of exhaustion of one or both of the belligerents, au armistice is sure to be had while the combatants, rest ing on their arms, discuss thca state of the quarrel and confer upon the possibili ties of peace. Such a contingency will arrive in the progress of this war how soon, or wheth er it will terminate in peace, or in a re newal of the struggle, the future must dis close. Rut the armistice the conference the attempt at settlement aro merely a question of time. And fit be charged as a reproach to tho Democratic party, that it is not irrevocable committed to jcrpet ual and desolating war that it is ready , to yield to the impulics of humanity and Christianity, aud suspend the effusion of acity as ours havo shown themselves to ' cuaueeB of confusion by t.ho possible in- I .mi. piouiiin g-ner.i'iy ii't A. P, IX : ex pi;- t ruirt Dentil' mm', ia. y (Ml! ViV" rtf 'a iM-c.fb. 'ii citine fc' I'.'e NAVIIAM2I V v.A- Ml .. r,ouKii K' iJ tn.. Y rjqiF, CONFESSIDNS AND nenecf i i V.M.I I. lUliiil for llm bom lit. I"iii I'H a !' "1 1 M i nun o "er-t v."" . ' if i, hi" I ii main i' II." 1 v i ,' ,M r line l.iee liie '.ik-m ii" , nnd Inn fi'ii' nl;. ii in" I1 l lll'll 'vi i i. t riiea ni ' be in i June- l-l'4 - iy II. C. 11 0 W li P., u :a-.0 1 D3KTTST. I'.I'SIM'.I I' i. l.l.V oil'.' s pis ii nf -.i linn I s rv I'i's "i l ie Iri ii'" ''"!' i" 'i' ' iiie'i of l ' 'ii'.i in i jr ii'iii viiiii'iv. To lirpariil mi.ei'i, in n I lie v oi's op irtilioiif iu I le line oT 'a'p p. o .'p-ion run i n in " il uiiul in 1. 1 'pi liunroi'i'ii P'lll Tr'.iYr : v.i'iei v II Iu In '.ieil uu 'inie. ili"i'ii', bilveraiiu r.' inr n. . u , loloo'.w M i's I'm n. i.i .1 ti'i'.ii Mi ier I n1. le 1'l'd , k . 'i'l I lii.i.M' Ml 'd f ' ' 1 o hp; ii'ils o-l l 1 'il'. .'1' e .' 'v r'lii lr n l ' I " " 'n ". ,'. it '.ice .mil otliiea ew i.U's i.iou i el'n.' II in - P. ll'U .'I n. U' .l .1 J.' ; JuueO IS-'I 1 National Foundry. lW.OO.V!Si;iJ!:C,GOLtJMBIVCO.,PA. rt lit! miIipi" nier prop ietor of llm tiliovo na.ri'il ! ' J tp'invu e.i.iii uli'iicul, is uuiv iirepaied mieieivo in lers tor n K'imIs or niiU'liliieiy, I i'ColrrfP. I'.'i'sl t'uiiii'ces, Fta.le'il'ry I'.njl'ic., iMiMu Tdl'UHIilVO MACIjl VCri. UC. tU. Ilo in I'l. n preinr"d to um'o SSiuvs. all siies ami I I IIOI..S, i'oi,.iroiis, ami I'veryi ii'i'j! usiild'v iiii'du ill p. -t-l hl.P roil'lllliep lls i'.ii M'uve l.uilities and iirailiciil wnikmeii, war jrn.il':'" ii ri'uitiug thu largept luuuacls ou lliu iu is. iiMpoiiahlu fruis. U.7" i.s-uiit 'of-all kinds will be taken in chanse for ca-iiius." , ... a'f T.ii. ptcblipliuicnt is loea.od near the l.aikawan n4 i:ioU'...uurgHai.r.i..d l.e.-m., . IlluoiiiPbiirg, Bept. 13, JHll.l. THOMAS DROWN, yr4'r. I1I,00.1HI!UI10, COM .Mill A CO., I'A. . Bliop in (Irturl lloj.o Alley, below Dcutjrat Ollirc. Voveinlirr M, (SOU. BLANKS! BLANKS! 1 Of every description, for sale at this office waut of that quuii y iu the ooniluot of the w.ir. Physical geography has ordained that lliu occlusion, or at least tho vigilent observation of this side approach to tho city of Washington, shall liu a prime ele ment in any campaign whieh starting from Waahingtou, has the city ol Richmond for its objective point And yet, with a want of foresight whioh, iu the absence of all couci'ivahlo motive for the wilful betrayal of a grave public iru"t, confound.-, the rea son of ordinary mortals by its maguitude nnd by its iuvuluiacy, our military au thorities have for 'ion r mcccssivo summers ..ill,,. I ll.i. ....II..,. I.. i.n i... .i, Jltl UlllilUi. tll3 TI.III. J .w UU UnuU UJ I.IIU uii- .. .. omy at his plesaurc for tho mrpou of ya,'c' Vy 01 !,.:,,:.... ..ui.. .t t..i i.,a Hected at such a v unugiu buuiumuii uu lliu ,v i. ll-loan iiauis of all our generals operating againat Rich mond. Whfthvr it hu at one time from failing to station in this vi'llcy a capable commanding .iffiucr ; or at another from not letainiug a sufficient force under his eoramaiid ! or at ."till another from not occupying I he proper point nf observation to docry tho approach of danger in time to guard against positive mischief ; or uhoiher, as at some times ,it be from com mitting all tho-e blunders at onre, certain it i that the military administration, iu I giving the country much sad experiendo of I iuefficieuey, has nowhere mado that ineffi ciency more egregious aud deplorable than ,u,ul3T'""u'- Gap Railway is inn Tho first baltle of Dull Run was turned a brigade ol infantry, iruui viuiury iinu uiaaaiur uy inu liiuuru ui General Paicrsnn to prt'vent tho junction of GuneralJoseph E. Johnson, through this valley, with Gcnoral Beauregard in the very crisis of tho conflict a failuro i which, whether resulting from the incom ' petctioy of General Pattorson, as somo charge or from tho inadcqiinoy of his og gressive force, as others represent, is ono of which tho responsibility muBt equally , rest on the central power which appoints our commanders and directs the opera ' tioiis of tho war. Tho campaign of General MoClellan ' orrested and frustrated by tho incursion General Jackson iuto this valley in tho laltor part of May, 1802, oompolling tho abrupt retreat of licncral Hanks throwm our military authorities here into a most aVject panio and preventing tho contem to be the precursor either ot a disunion peace (rendered a p''yiscal necessity by the military imbecility which is breaking down the giant strength of tho couutry)or of a change iu the administrations which dcr tho aspersion, and to abide tho cajra judgment of the people upon the issue thus made, indeed, we are content to accept such an issue before the great tribunal of illustration we have just had of the want1 unaeriauu, tne graveat censure ol the At- bhall at lea t Mioru to tue people ono last the people in the coutiug Presidential elec- of forecast wu cu has been signalized by i lu,""J' "" ' uuin.-uoi.uua. uopu 01 suymg u,uu imuu, .. ,uiug ,ioUi W(J haVQ u0 coufjuenoo tuat t,;s the conduct of the war in this quarter sur passes in its proportions anything wu have yet been called to witting. Let us anal yzc the elements oft he invasion which has just ended in the raising of tho 1 'siege of Washington." It is obvious to tho most unmililary mind that in order to guard the side ap- proach to Waahingtou via the Shenandoah observation should no so tioiut in or near the val ley as shall enablo tho force which occu pies it to discern tho approach of danger in time to guard against the descent of tho blouand to calculate its probablo weight wherever it may f ill. Before starting out on tho campaign against Richmond iu the spring of 180U General McClcllan was careful to take precautions on this score. Under date of March 10, in that yoar, he ' to General Ranks (who had been seleoted i to watch tho vtlley) as follows : j Your first care will bo tho rebuilding1 of tho railway from Washington to Mauasscs and lo Strasburg, in order to open your communication with tho valloy ol the Shenandoah. As soon as the Mansssas in running order intrench say four regiinenls, with two batteries, at or near the point whcro tho railroad crosses tho Suctuua- loah. Something like two regimeuts of cavalay should be left in that vicinity to occupy Wmoliostcr, and thoroughly tcour tho eouulry south of tho railway and up tho Shenandoah valloy, as well as through Chester gay, whioh might perhaps bo nd vantagoomly occupied by a detachment of infantry, well intrenohed. Block-houses should bo built at ail the railway bridges. Occupy by grauds Werrenton junction and Warrenton itself, aud also somo utile more advanced points on the Orango aud Alcx andra Railroad, as soon at tho railroad bridge is repaired. Great activity should boobsorved by the cavalry. Resides the two, regimonts at What wonder that under such an admin- remains as they are, theru is now nouo. istiation of our military affairs a paltry It the President does not apply a cor squadron of two or three hundred bold ri- j jrcctivo, a! once timely aud radical, to tho ders can with entire impunity, cut rail- : evils of which tho loyal elates complain roads between Harritburg and Baltimore, and ha I tun dip and I'hiladelpbia ; or that a mere squad of ten men can approach within four miles of a city containing two hundred thousand inhabitants, garrisoned by twenty tuousaiid men,and burn at their leisure the mansion of the governor of Maryland ; or that five hundred men should, by simply sitting down before one of the forts of Washington and establish ing a weak skirmish line, succeed in plac ing the capital of the natiou under siege, cutting its telegraphic communications with Baltimore, burning the house of a cabinet minister within six milos of tho city, aud reducing tho government to the necessity of relying ou river and seu navigations for its connections with iho great North 1 And all this, be it remembered, happens in the fourth year ol the war, with men by hundreds of thousands under arms ! And now wo ask, tho whole nation will ask, who in lesponsiblc for such humili'i tion ? Is it the President, the Secretary ol War, the chief of staff or can it be that our military affairs are still left at such loose cuds (as we kuow them to have bcon before) that sometimes one and sometimes the other of these luuclionaries assumes to excrciso the direction of the war, selects tho points of military occupation, and as signs tho officers to their several com mands J In the uncertainty resting on this subject wu think thero is no doubt about one thing, aud that is, that if thu President cannot discover and correct the source of those blunders, tho people in tho approaching election will nob be slow to discover ono method by whioh they can put an end to this reign of military incom petence in Washington. No respect for tho President's "honesty of purpose," and uo admiratiou tor the purity, intelligence, "- . i.i i.tti i :' i. .i. - Mauassas, nnothor regiment of cavalry uu muisiimivu muil luuy uiay will bo at.youj disposal, to scout toward recognize in the other cscouUto dopart- wilh just reason, they will not hcMtato to 1 apply the only corrective which lies within 1 their reach, through tho ballot box. j We do not so writo under any iuspira- ' tions of passions or partisanship. Wo suppress even the utteratieo of that indig nation which wo feel it would bo righteous to cherih in view of the receut nbuso of tho confidence reposed by the people in their civil rulers. We speak simply as to wise men. Lot wise men judgo what Wo say, and we abido their verdict, in the full assurance that they pronounco us to have spoken words of truth ami soberness in a day when paltering and levity wheth er in office or out of office, are certainly out of place. 1'roui The Albany Atlas and Argus.J "Peace." It is not to bo disguised that tho Demo cratic nartv is rapidly drifting towards peace. Journal. Wu wish we could say that not only the Domooratic party, but also tho country, "is rapidly drifting toward peace. For moro than thico years this nation has been torn and desolated by a civil war, as fierce as any whieh history records. Its soil has beeu watered by the blood of contend ing armies. Hundreds of thousands of men have died on the field of battlo, or wasted away in camps and hospitals. Tho wail of mourning goes up from almost cvory household, Tho properly created by the sweatof years of labor has been wasted, pnd that to ho acquired by the toils of unborn millions is mortgaged to do fray tho cost of this terrible and uuuatural struggle Ruin, political, fmanoial, moral and social, confronts both bolligcreots, if Administration under all tho complica tions in which it is involved could ever end the war except so far ai it might cud from the exhaustion of tho combatants. Hut we believe that a new Administration could close this fraternal strife on terms the of honorable to us as a nation, and basis of the preservation of the the States. on union The Clergy and the draft Peti tion to the Government. At a meeting of tbo clerical and lay members of tho Episcopal Diocesan Con vention of New Jersey, held immediately after the adjournment of the taid Conven tion iu the city of Newark, May 2Cth, 04. Rev. R. M. Aberorombie, h'uetor of S'-'t. Paul's Church, Rauway, submitted a pre amblo and series of resolutions concerning tho relation of the clorgy to the military service, whioh wcte unauimoasly adopled. Tho prenmblo sets forth tho sacred prerog atives of religion and the daugcr of per verting them by secularization tho ne cessity of a ministry for tho admiuistrat'on of religious offices, and "tho duty of tho State to provtdo for tho religious interests of its citizens.'" It further sets forth (in brief) that "By recent cuactmcnts of the Govern ment, ooulra:y to the usual customs and laws ot nations, the clergy aro liahlo to enrollment and draft for military service, "The ministry, as a Divino instittu,ion ordained for specific and exclusivo duties should be exempt from all liabilities to mil itary service, that it may bo dovoted tothb duties of its calling, and thus best sust: 'n the interest of tho State." Upon tho nbovo basis it waff Ilcsolvcd, That we respectfully and earn estly petition tho Government of the Uni ted States to enact such exceptions to the gcnoral laws respecting enrollment and drafting as may leave tho clergy in theso States secure in the administration of their respective offices ; and further. Ilcsolvcd, That wo cordially invito tho co-operation of all religious and civil or ganizations, as well as all right minded cit izens, in tho iurthcranco ot this loyal anu reasonable petition. Tho New York Journal of Commerce ddes not seem to bo very deeply imprcssod in favor of this movement, It remarks that 1 resolutions of this character call' to mi nil the famous fighting manifesto of the ''3,000 clergymen" who have gono into hi tory in a lump as ono of tho c.iuics of the war ; and also tho numerous instanoes in which clergj men have shown cot only a boligcraut (towards all Northern peo plo who differ from them) but a persecut ing spirit in the pulpit. While it must be confessed by every candid man that min isters of this description arc entitled to no' exemption by virtue of their sacrod offioo, yet the honest and conscientious protest of clergymen who havo done nothing in their pastoral works, to set the North and South by tho cars,or to heighten the sanguinary and vindictive character of tho war.is enti tled to respectful consideration and kindly judgment." Let us look at tho araiimcnt by which these reverned gentlemen of the Episcopal Diocesean Convention enforce their claim to exemption from liability to military ser vico. ''The ministry," thoy say, "is a Di vine institution" True ordained by tin Prince of Peaco,tho author of the Sermon on tho Mount, whose teaohings this "rain ietry" (in the proportion of at least nine- tenths) have utterly repudiated. 1 his min istry should bo exempt, thoy say, in order "that it may be dovoted to the duties of its calling'' which duties it has neglected, and which calling it has perverted, until many of tho pulpits in our unhappy land havo become the rostrums from whioh po litical Abolition stump speeches are enun ciated. These speeches breatho not ona word of ''peace and good will" they aro sulphureous they smell of gunpowder, blood and carnage from exordium to per oration they bristlo with bayonets and swords and ''sharp pointed intruments of death." And thus havo those pious mon "fulfilled tbo duties of thoir holy calling." One would havo supposed, from their teach ings, that they would have lcap'ed into tho ranks eagerly, upon the first intimation that those ranks needed rcplcni hing that, when they .-poke so complacently of blood-shedding, they could not have had a mental reservation excluding eaoh ono his own precious carcass from the ohanoo of having its crimson blood poured out on tho ensanguiued battle-field. But it seems that any ono who would have come to this very natural conclusion, would havo done the fiery-tongucd pulpit orators more than justice. They prove, now. by their offer's to escape the conscription, that the ''blood and treasure'' which they disposed pf( atorically) with such princely liberality wore the blood and treasure of other peopU -the shepherds were not to be exposed to the faegs and claws of tho wolf; the sheep, only were to encounter all danger to fiesli and fleece. For Emancipation, Miscege nation, Negro Equality, thoy would do all sorts of magnanimous things, endure all, suffer immensely, and devoto themselves, body and soul vicariously. Lot us see what sort of sacred creatures are those who put this claim to exemptiou from the perils of war on tho ground that it is inconsistent with their high calling as ministers of tho meek and lowly Nazareno. From hundreds of specimen fulminations wo present this : Said tli ' Hrvernetl Parson Br wnlow,at a meeting hold in New York, in aid of tho Sanit.iry Commission, tho Reverned Henry Waid Botcher, and rfhor diutinguisod cle-gyinen, beiug proseut and approving ll I had the power. Mr, I would arro and unilorm iu the Federal habiliment, every wolt and panther and catamount and tiger aud bear in the mountains of Ameru ca, ever) crocodile in the swamps of Flor idu and South Carolina , every negro in , the Southern Confederacy, and every dovil in holl and pandemonium Of course ho would arm cvory body and every thing on earth and in hell ex cept Parson Brownlow and his reverned , brethern. This war, I say to you, muct be prose cutcd with a vim and a vengeance, until tho rebellion is put down, if it extermi nates from tho face of God Almighty greon earth, every man, woman and chil south of Mason and Dixon's line. Chcorsj . 1 thu imposing in tho alternative of a sub- , Wo can whip the Southern Oonfedera stitule a burden of expense, that from oy . We oan take in Franco aud England , their self-denying position they are iu the tb0 wuoi0 0ivjiizcd world, and 1 want to majority of cases unable to bear, and iu ( oarry jt on until we whip out all God'a case of a repeal of tho exomption clause, creation. forcing them into asorvice and position in- Ob, exempt these people by all moani, that thoy may continue ia the exercbo of consistent with their office and vows," And, finally, that I the peculiar dntioa of their calling I
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