Haftsman's ottrnal-.
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OLEAE FIELD, PA.f MAY 4, 1864.
THE WAB'BOTS. "
Very little of importance has transpired
in the army since our last. The following
items are the only matters of general inter
est that we have to present this week :
We hare later news from Bank's Army.
Gen Smith's expedition, which went up
Red River just before the three days fight
ing, returned safely on the 13th instant.
The greater portion of the Rebel army is at
Mansfield and on the river opposite that
place. In the fighting which followed the
attempt of the gunboats to pass the Rebel
battery at Cowshatta Shute, the Rebels
were compelled to fall back from the river,
giving the transports a clear passage. The
boats suffered very little. As soon as this
expedition arrived at Grand Ecore prepara
tions were at once made for another advance
of the army. The Era- says : "We have
good reasons for believing that Gen. Banks
is again en route to Shreveport. A portion
of our armv is known to have left Grand
Ecore; moving towards the Rebel position.
The latest reports from the Red River in
dicate that Baoks has fallen Back to Alex
andria. Rebel prisoners and deserters put
their loss at- from 7,000. to lO.XVX) killed
wound? d and prisoners. Our loss between
3.000 and 4,000. ' Banks claims a victory o
ver the enemy.
Commander Fox last 'week made a recon
noissanee up 'the Rappahannock, with the
following result: Two ferries broken up, sev
en large lighters, each capable of carrying
100 men ; three pontoon boats, twenty two
large skiffs and canoes, 200 white oak beams
and knees, large enough for the construction
of aeloop of war, etc ; 22 large boats, on of
which is capable of carrying small-arms;
a large amount of bacon and wheat, and a
large lot of smaller r articles, were brought
off at-Bohler's Point " Commodore Parker
gays thai he has it from trustworthy author
ity that the. Rebels have placed torpedoes
in the Rappahannock and all the branches
of the Chesapeake.
That "Outrage by Soldiers."
The tut Clearfield Republican contains what
purports tA be a statement of George Hoove., a
citixen of this county, in regard to an :'outrage"'
committed upon him by '-900'' Soldiers, who got
on the train at Ilerrisburg In that statement
Mr. Hoover says that -soon after crossing the
bridge above Darrisburg. a strap was thrown
" round bis neck, and he knew nothing from this.
-V-(being insensible.) until after passing Duncan
' -non. when by some means he succeeded in re-
. '.leasing hia nec'f, enough to get his breath," etc.
Now.we heartily condemn all lawless acts.wheth
XI committed by men wearing the United States,
uniform," or by those who do not wear that ' em
blem," but. we-do think, that Mr. HooTer is the
most extraordinary man we have read about re
cently, if his statement is true in every particular.
The distance from the Bridge to Duncannon it, it
we mistake not, about 7 miles. The train running
at the rate of 30 miles an hour would require 14
minutes to trare! that distance; and yet Mr. H.
survived after having the --breath" choked out of
him for the pace of these 14 minutes. We thought
. the days of miracles had passed, but in this we
were mistaken, if the above statement iscorrect.
Bat why was Mr. II. treated thus ? Because, as
he says, --be was a MeClellan man." Now, is it
not strange that if most of the men in the ar
my are in favor of "Little Mac," as the Copper-
beads generally assert, these -900" soldiers should
damn him as a '-traitor, and a tory, and a copper
" head, and say they would hang htm and all his
" men that they couJ catch," and then proceed
at once to put their threat into execution by chok
ing die "breath' out ot Mr. II. until he is '-insensible"
t Either the Copperheads lie in regard to
"Little Mac'' being the soldiers favorite, or Mr.
Hoover does not state the facts as to the real cause
of the alleged outrage committed upon him.
Perhaps, both may be untrue. But. we have al
ready said more on this subject than we intended,
and we now leave the reader to draw his own con
clusions from the statement as published by our
astute neighbors of the Copperhead organ.
" - "Onion State Convention. ''
We publish a synopsis of the proceed
. ing pf this body this week. The Conven
" tion declared in favor of the re-election of
. Abraham Lincoln to the Presidency, and
- .of a vigorous prosecutioa of the war. It
' will also be gratifying to the friends of
Hon. John Pattou to learn that his name
has be"cn placed upon the Electorial ticket.
Gen. Patton has many warm friends out
side of his own party, and hence will add
strength to' the. ticket' No better pan
-oould have been selected in the district
- . i ' The Capital not to be Removed. ;
The House of Representatives at Harris
burg on "Wednesday night decided by a vote
of 19 yeas to 71 nays, that the capital
should not be removed from that city, to
Philadelphia. At the same session by a
vote of 54 yeas to 35 nays, it resolved to
purchase the Coverlv Mansion for the use
of the Governor of tne Commonwealth, the
consideration being the transfer to Mrs.
CoTerlyof the old Executive Mansion and
. the payment of $20,000 donated for the pur
pose by the city of Harrisburg. We are glad
that ao change is to be made
CAN WE PAY .THE DEBT ?
We have during th:s war for the first time be
come a people conscious of national taxation.
Hitherto the ordinary revenues from customs have
been sufficient to meet all the went of the Gov--ernment
without a resort to a system of direct tax-;
es. It is npt strange, therefore, that many per
sons should think our condition anomalous, and
fear that there is danger of exhausting our resour
ces, orof the national debt reaching an amount
that we will never be able to pay. To allay the
f apprehensions of the timid, and counteract the
influence of the unpatriotic who-seek for their
own purposes to magnify both the danger and the
debt, it may cot be unprofitable briefly to con
trast our financial condition and resources with
those of other nations, where the internal and do
niestic'changes through which we are now pass
ing, have already been experienced.
We find fn English history almost an exact par
allel to that of our vwn country for the last three
years. In 1793 England entered upon the war
with France, and fte contest continued for more
than twenty years. During that period specie pay
ments were suspended there was an enormous ex
pansion of the paper currency a great appre
ciation in gold a rise tn prices unparalleled in
any country, and the very wildest spirit of specu
lation. Yet, notwithstanding all this, there was
the appearance of the most astonishing prosperi
ty. At the close of the war the public debt was
over four thousand and twrnty-fotir millions of
dollars. Of tt-is. three thousand millions had been
added by the war. Thcannual expendi'ure dur
ing the last years of the eontest.was $555,003,000.
or $1,602,739 per day. On the First day of Janu
ary 1 352. the public debt of Great Britain ww
still four thousand millions of dollars, while the
annual receipts from all sources were about three
hundred millions, of which sum it required the
one-half to pay the interest ard the expenses of
the management of the debt. lowing the lapse
of two centuries the English people, from a tia
tion free of taxation and of debt, earoe to be one
bearing an annual tax of three hundred millions
of dollars, and holding absorbed in it midst a debt
of four tbousaad millions. Yet during this peri
od it constantly advanced in prosperity and great
ness while the immense debt added stability to
the Government, and taxation gave caution and
permanency to the transactions of private life
The national debt of France from 1S14 to 1859,
forty-five years, was increased in the aggregate
from S2S0.00OJJCO, to St. 700;000.0r0 and thean
nual charges. thereon, to be provided for by taxa
tion, from $!2:0U0:000 to SI 00,000,000. Their pres
ent debt is 1 1. 9.H. 72 85S francs, or SZ393,374,
593. Their annua! receipts are S347.423.CC0 and
their expenditures, exclusive of imereet and ex
penses cn the dabt, $233,321, 654. Their annual
expenditures, including tho interest on the debt,
are about seventy-five per cent in excess of their
revenues. '
On the 16th of March last tbe public debt cf
the U&Ued States was St.39.9P9.429 .13. and the
average rate of expenditure was SI 300.000 per
day. This is about one-fourth the debt of Great
Dritain, and one-half the debt of France. At the
same rate of expenditure, if no part of our reve
nues wcreajSpropr5ated to the payment of the ex
pecses, or to the principal of the debt, we Could
continue to carry on tne war lor srrm years,
before our national debt would be equal to that of
Great Britain, and for three years more before it
would equal that of France.
We have tot room within the limits of a news
paper article, tb discuss all our vast resources for
tbe pavroen cf this debt. We can notice but a
very few of th?ra. Fy the last census oar Na
tional wealth was $16.159.616.053 and its In
crease during the Rrevious ton years was S3.923,
431.011, or 126 45 per cent, which would make it
at the present time about $W,729,76iM72 and at
the game rate oi Increase, it will be in "1370 SM,
393,459 585. In 1900. it will be S4'JU,3."0.433.;S8.
Now if we will subtract one-founh from the aggre
gate, we will find that our public debt constitutes
Ifss than- one-hnlf of onf prr rent of the iscreasr
of our national wealth ' Instead, therefore, of
the debt exhausting oar capital, it only effects a
small diminution in tbe rate of augmentation.
Another source to which we may confidently
look fur the extinguishment of our public debt, is
our mines of precious metais. The aggregate
product of our gold and silver mines now reach
es one billion of doilaksi. The precious metals
are now found in seves Status and si.ve Territo
ries. The Secretary of the Interior estimates the
total product for the present year at 3100.000.000,
and it is supposed that on the completion of tbe
Pacific Railroad the annual yield will bo SI 50,
000 000. The highest geological authority has
declared tbe mines to be inexhaustible." and the
Nevada silver mines are proneunced "the richest
in the world." These' mines of precious metals
are nearly all on the publio lands of the United
States, and thkir intrinsic VALre exceeds tiie
ENTIRE NATIONAL tEBT.
In the census estimate of our national wealth,
the public lands are not included, because it iS
only when they become farms and private proper
ty, that they are valued as a part of the capital
of the nation. In tbe tan territories belonging
to the Government, we have 800,000,000 acres of
public lands, sufficient for twenty-six States bf the
site of New-York! Under the operation of the
Homestead law. these lands are being rapidly set
tied. As the Pacific Railroad is extended they
will be occupied improved, and cultivated, and
will contribute, more than anything else, to in
crease onr population. wealth and power, and aug
ment our revenues from duties and taxes. "'
Ample, then, are the resources of the nation,
not only to pay the present debt, but to carry on
the war as long as it may be necessary for the
suppression of the rebellion. The timid need
have no apprehension of the exhaustion of the na
tional resources, and tbe disloyal can have no
hope of such consummation, on their part ''so de
voutly to be wished." We may take occasion
hereafter, to exhibit our vast resources more at
length, and to demonstrate that, the destruction
of slavery itself, by enhancing tbe wealth of the
Slave States, will more than compensate the conn
try for the entire pecuniary coat of the war. ' For
the present, however, what we have said must suf
fice, and we trust it will be sufficient to allay the
apprehensions of all those who have been shud
dering at the phantom of national bankruptcy. -
Another Mistake. The ''Copperhead
organ" is proverbial for blunders. As their
last . number corrected the ' 'mistake' ' in
quoting the remarks of Ir. Long,' we pre
sume the next will correct the blunder of
printing the name of Thaddeus Stevens in
their answer to our article on miscegenation,
instead of that of JPorter JJrawley, late
Democratic Surveyor General, who gave a
negro wench a "$100 bank bill in. mistake
for $1, in an alloy in Harrisburg '
:. UJTIOff STATE CONVENTION.
-Agreeably to appointment, the delegates
to the Union State Convention assembled in
the Hall of the House of llepresentatives
in Harrisburg, at 12 o'clock, m., on Thurs
day, April 2i?th. Hon. Henry Johnson
of Union county, was cho.-3n temporary
chairman, who,u.on taking the chair, thank
ed the Relegates for the compliment paid
him in chosing him to preside over their or
ganization, and hoped that the deliberations
of the Convention would be harmonious and
lead to united action.
Messrs. S. AHaman, J. fl. Stewart, Geo.
IL Moore, and Lv L. Barnes wenj chosen
teenporary clerks,-after which the creden
tials of the 'delegates were read.
- H.-A. lWsrs, was the delegate from this
Senatorial dUtriet, and Win. J. Hemphill
and Capt. L. Itogers the Representative
delegates.
A committee on permanent organization
was then appointed, after which the Con
vention adjourned until 3 o'clock, n. in.
On re-assembling, at the appointed hour,
Pr. Worthington, the Chairman of the
Committee on permanent organization re
ported the following officers of the Conven
tion : .
PRESIDENT.
Hon. George V Lawrence, of Wash
ington. VICE I'RES I rENTS.
LytleJ. Hurst, John Fry, Henry E. Wal
lace. William A. Simpson, Jacob S. Ser
rill, M II. Shirk. 31. Howard Jenkins. Jo
seph Barnsley, James L. 31 ingle, Henry
Stump, Dr. 11. II. Coryell, Kdward Halli
day, Dumuier Lilly, Ira Tripp. Stephen 1
Wilson, Franklin Bound, John J. Patter
son, William Colder, David H. Cochran,
George W. Mehaffey, Alexander Under
wood, Geo. W. Householder, A. A. Barker,
Dr. Thomas St. Clair, Lewis K. Evan,
John 1. l?nney John & Furst, James L.
Graham. Thomas Robinson, William Stew
art, Perry Devore, Hunter Orr and Dr. J.
X. Loughery.
SECRETARIES.
Samuel Alleuiaii, John II. Stewart, Geo.
H.. Moore, David L. Barnei, Conrad F.
Shin lel, L F. Fitch, II. P. Moody, James
B. lluple, William Burgwin, Charles W.
Win card. ,
After a short address by the President,
on taking his scat, the fallowing gentlemen
were elected" Senatorial
DELEGATES TO THE BALTIMORE CONVENTION
Hon. Simon Cameron, IlarrHmrg ; Hon.
Alex. McClure, Chambersbuvr ; Hon. Mor
row P. Jjowry, Erie; Hon. W. W. Ketch
am, Wilkcsbarre.
The following is tbe electoral ticket:
SENATORIAL.
Morton 3Ie3Iichael, Philadelphia.
Thomas II. Cunningham, Beaver count'.
REPRESENTATIVE.
1 Robert P King,
2 (teo.McrrigonCoatei.
3 Jlunry Ciiuin.
4 William II. Kern,
5 Itnriin H. Jenks.
6 Charle M Runk,
7 KoDert Parke,
! Aardo Mull,
9 John A. Hiestand,
10 Richard H. Coryell.
11 Kdward Holliday.
13 Elias W. 1111,
l-l Charles II. Shriner,
16 John Wister.
It David VConaughy.
17 David W. Woods,
IS laaao Benson,
1'J John Patton,
2 Samuel B. pick,
21 Everard Rierer,
22 John P. Penney,
j 23 Ebenerer MMunkin,
I 2 John V7. Blanohard,
12 Charles F. Reed
STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
The following is the State Central Com
mittee, with their post office address
Gen. Simon Cameron, Chairman.
1st di-j't, Phil'a., Jeremiah Niehols,Charles
Humphreys.
2d " David Kramer. William H.
Kembte.
3d " " Charles 31. Neal, Egbert K.
Nichols,,
4ih " is George W. HammersIey.Bun
jattiin II. Brown.
Auxins David A. Huehler, Gettysburg.
Allegheuy John 31. Kirkpatrick, J. J.
Siehemck, Pittsburg.
Annitroiifi .John Ualston, Avcrton.
Beaver D. L. lmbrie. Beaver.
Bed lord George W. Hyop, Bedford.
Berks Alex B. Tutton, Z. T. (rait,
Heading.
Blair Samuel M'Camant.Sabb:Uh Best.
Bucks James B. Ltmbeft. Doylestown.
Bradiori Stephen Aland. Towanda,
Butler Charles C. M'Camlle. liatler.
Cambria, A. A. Barker. Ebensburg.
Carbon Charles Albright. MauchChunk.
Canwron F. P. Hackett, Shippen.
Centre Edmund BlanchaH. Helleforfre.
Chester Win. B. Waddle, West Chester.
Clarion B. J. Heed. Clarion.
Clearfield S. B. Kw. Clearfield.
Clinton Chas. W. Wingard. Lock Haven.
Columbia Bobert F. ( 'larko. 1 ?!ot unsburg.
Crawford Henry C. "Johnson, Meadville.
Cumberland .John B. Parker, Carlik
lMuphin George Borgner,John J. Shoe
maker, Hairisburg.
Delaware Ketchlv Morton, Oakdale.
Elk Albert Willis, Bidgwav.
Erie Samuel C. Stanford, Waterforci
Fayette Beni. F. Hellen. Ilniontown.
Franklin F. S. Staumbaugh, Chambers
burg. Fulton 31. Edtrar King,3I'Connelburg,
Gfeene -Geo. E. 3Iinor, Waynesburg.
Huntingdon C. W. Johnson, Huntind'n.
Indiana F. 31. Kinter, Indiana.
Juniata John P. Patterson, 3IifSinto'n.
Lancaster O. J. Dickey, Ianeaster city ;
Feter 3Iartin. Lincoln post office.
Lebanon T. T. Worth, Lebanon.
Lehigh II. Clayllammersley, Catasauq'a.
Luzurne S. P. Longstreet, WUkesharre.
Lawrence Oliver G. Hazen. New Castle.
Lycoming Peter Hcrdle, Williaiusport.
3I'Kean Lucius Boeers, Smethport.
3lercer J as. II. Robinson, 3Iercer.
Mifflin Alfred Marks', Lewistown.
Monroe John It. Stokes, Stroudsburg.
3Iontgomery Charles Kugler, Cabinet.
Montour David Roberts, Danville.
Nort hampton W. II. Armstrong, Easton.
Northumberland FranklinBound.3Iihon
Perry Benjamin F, Junken.NcwBloom
field. Pike A. B. Sherman, Milford.
Potter D. C. Larabee, Coudersport. . -Schuyllkill
Seth W. Geer, Minersville.
Snyder 3Iose Speoht, Beavertown.
" Somerset Eli K. Haines, Somerset.
Susquehanna I). R. Lathrop, Iontrose.
Sullivan Thomas J. Insrram, Laporte.
Tioca 31 II. Cobb, Weilsboro.
Union Samuel H. Orwig, Lewisburg.
Venango Peter M'Gough. Franklin.
Warren Wm. D. Brown, Warren.
Washington Jos. B. Ruple. Washint'n.
Wayne Henry 31. Seely, Honesdale.
Westmoreland John C. Rankin, Harri
son City. -
Wyoming Alfred Hine, Tonkhaanock.
York Silas Fery, York. -.
ADDRESS AND RESOLUTIONS. '
Mr Geo. Bfrgnkr. freto the Committee
OT Resolutions and Address, submitted the
following ; " . . '
To the People of Pennsylcnnia : ; '
In presenting the name of Abraham Lin
coln,' tor re-election to the Presidency, to
our fellow-citizens of Penusylvania and of the
other loyal States, we are constrained by a
high sense of what is due to the' principle
involved,, briefly to set forth the reasons
which impel us to this preference. . In do
ing so, we desire emphatically to state that
our ardent purpose to secure the re-elect ion
of the present Chief 3Iagistrate of the Union
is controlled by uo hasty intention to neutral
ize the high claims to patriotism of other
statesmen mentioned in connection with the
same great office by the Union -men of the
country ; nor to have it manifest, ithcr,
that we are controlled by any selfish" adhe
rence to a mere man, in this the hour of a
free people's struggle for their existence.
The reasons winch urge us to advocate the
re-election of Abraham Lincoln, are such as
must influence all patriotic men in adopting
measures that wiil ljest subserve the safe
ty and purity of the (jiovernment, llwi lien
or and glory 6t its people, wiih their .-pemiy
triumph over the murderous combinations
of a wicked rebellion. Tho Administration,
in all its attitudes, presents the power
of the Government in all its might and
majesty. Whatever effects the one, must.,
more or less, influence and impair the
other. If the Government thou Id be
defeated, the overthrow of the Adminis
tration must of course follow. Jf the con
fpirators, who do the bidding of Jefferson
Davis, triumph, necessarily the brave men
who obey the summons and enter in the
tight for the Union, under the general di
rection of the PreM-ient of the United
States, must also be defeated, and as they
go down, the Pre-idcut ceases to be the rep
resentative of national power : and as all
these perish, so, too, wiil all men who are
now free and independence ither be Facrific
ed to the horrors of war, or be doomed to
the frtiil greater horrors of slavery. From
these alternatives there is no escape. Our
political enemies have so couched their bat
tle cry as to render most odious tho.se who
now represent' the National authority;
while our armed foes, (the natural allies of
those opposed to us politically; have school
ed their followers in the fame prejudices.
So closely are the.-e identified, even now it is
boasted in the revolted States as ljesmj only
necessary for the success of rebellion, that
the peace Democracy should succeed in the
loj-ul States : while the peace Democracy
insist, as the basis of their success, that the
rebellion must tmt become a military tri
umph. This is not an assumption of our
own to make an argument against our ene
mies. The history of the whole course of
the slaveholders rebellion corroborates it
on the one side, while the career of those
who sympathi-. with treason aS'insis it on
the other. Hence the necessity cf .-o iden
tifying the' Administration with the Gov
ernment in the coiuinar political' contest, as
to make them inseparable the one as po
tential as the other invincible against their
combined enemies. North aivl South. Tain
can only he done hj the rc-nominati'on and
re-elect um of Abraham Lincoln. Until the
rebellion is put down, or at least until its
armed force and vigor are btokc-u, there
should be no change in the Administration
representing the Government. Obvious
reasons impress us with the importance of
this portion. A change of men would in
volve a change of measures ; no that while
the loyal Stiite.T wen; undergoing such a
revulsion, the States that arc in lebellion
would le accorded time logather new sti eiigt h
wherewith possibly to overwhelm and de
stroy the Govermnaiit. Campaigns then
just projected woi!,d be immediately coun
termanded to appea-ie the rage of partisan
rivalry. Leaders fairly tried would be re
duced in command to make room for the
ambitious, incompetent and useless imbecile.
The depreciation of the currency, now to
eagerly aimed at, would thn be speedily
accomplished. The ruin cf the national
credit, now treated as a jest, would then be
received as a reality, 8id mocked as a deser
ving result. Our diplomacy would become
the channel of .conveying to the nations of
the world the evidence of our iutt ru il broils
and the facts of our uatiomd Weakness. And
thus, with tschism where the Union is now
strong, and antagonisms where cordiality
now prevails, the general wreck of the Gov
ernment would mark the imprudent change
in its present administration, and the en
slavement of a people who ar now free and
.4.
independent, conclauo the bleak record of
the nation s decline and tab.
Jf a nation's safety is worth a party's no
blest efforts, then indeed have we, claiming
to be the loyal men of the land, and ready
to sacrifice ail that. is dear or 'valuable, the
noblest incentives to labor for our political
success. Believing, as we do, that there is
but one principle of politics now animating
tho public heart and that principle involv
ing the purity of the government and free
dom of the governed our duty becomes at
once plain, forcible and biding. In the per
fonuanee ot this duty, we are asked to make
no sacrifices. On the contrary, we are in
voked to contend against the sacrifice of
what is esMitially necessary for the perma
nency -of the Government. We ate a.sked
to harmonize our political organization, and
to unite ou a tried and faithtul servant, in
order that the contest at the ballot-box may
be a victory worthy of the emulation ot our
fellow-citizens on the battlefield; a victory
which will forever seal the doom of treason
in ail the States. In the contest for the
Presidency we have ii in our power materi
ally to aid those who are carrying on a strug
gle where blood marks their progress and
death hovers over the combatants. If we
succped in re-electing Abraham Lincoln, our
brothers in the field will triumph over the
armed foes of the Government. If we re
affirm the power of the National Adminis
tration by endorsing the national authori
ties in the re-election of Abraham Lincoln,
rebellion must cease. Nothing is surer
nothing could be more desirable.
It is not necessary for us to go into a his
tory of the National Administration, in or
der to make up a claim for the re-electicn of
Abraham Lincoln. With that claim rest
ing on the necessities of the Government,
and endorsed by the preferences of the peo
ple, any merit which the man may have of
personal virtue and unsullied reputation,
sinks into insignificance. And yet the A
merioan people owe it to themselves as well
as to Abraham Lincoln, to acknowledge the
influence which his personal virtues have
exercised on the conflict in which we are
now engaged. That influence has more
than once dispelled the grovelling suspicion
of demagogues, and hashed the angry jar of
faction. The firmness of his rule has dis
armed the machination of the Northern
sympathizers with Southern rebellion. The
impartial ity of his official acts Shd construc
tions, have preserved the Constitution he
swore to support, pure ; and the liw he was
pledged tocnfotee.inviolate; sdfaras his au
thority extended and hi.-, official power could
be wielded. ' In the first struggle- for inde
pendence, our fathers could not have lieen
prouder of Washington, than are we, in
this our struggle for a more perfect inde
pendence, proud of Abrahairi Lincoln. The
future will enchanee the greatness and glory
which cluster around hi in in the present
hour. And if we. nobiy striving for equita
ble principle and free (J overnmciit, can se
cure the services of Abraham Lincoln in the
Presidential chair fr another term, we will
be conferring the greatest possible !on up
on posterity, by securing the eternal perpet
uation of a free Government, To this ehd
we invoke the co-opeia;ioa of our Iellow
citizens of this and the other loyal States.
We ask all true men to join with us in secur
ing, not the mere triumph of a party, or the
continuation of the rule of a niau but the
tucccss of a principle the vindication of a
heaven-bom, God-inspired right thit the
life of the RcpuHic may b'i proiongt'd, the
hoij of the world oune more bo animated,
ar.d th down-troddesi of all countries and
climes filled with joy and gladness 1
. RESOLUTIONS :
Resolved. That the vindication of the rm
tidiial himir, H!,1 the ortf orceuif lit of I lie n.
Iiinul aiill)riiy, Mg4irit the acrrfsaiioia of s
ilexprate anl wicked co.-p;rAcy, aro the on
ly oi j.-cts which sh.mlii tiowr claim tho t:Mi
tiuti ! parth-H mi'l erigige the eftoi t of those
who ifpre-stnt the government. Until that
Htulionty which i The supreme hot of li e hind
is recognizer! in ail lis horder. there cannot
and d.ire not he any leru w of pence fp-rel to
Iraiiors. Until pence elicits (in-piiiiried and
entire submission to the tuition) authority,
wnr must he wned while there is an arm I ft
to strike & Mow, nd a dollar in the nitiotjal
treiniry to n!s isi Holdier.
Rrsiavtr., That "we herti!y endorse the
policy ol the Nlion-i' Adiiiinisfmtion, nd
the nieaiiK employed for the mppressioii of re
hcllion, the punisiiiue.nt f ti.iitors at home
and ahroad ; n policy which, if carried out,
M il I e:.d in the hooedy trinni;ih ot onr rtns.
and Him neurit)- and peruidnenry' ol,the Gov
ernment. Ktsui.VKO, 1 b&t we rvg it i the ro-nomination
and election of Atrshiiii Lir.euhr tii' the.
Presidency a eiviit'a! not oiy in the com
plete overthrow ot the" slaveholder- rclieliiou.
b'lt at :iecejoiry to the lu !l orgai.'iz-t.'ion an J op
eration of tint policy whioli alone tean secure
the fii'iite peace and ro,rn!y of a re.vrd
Union. ThepurH. i fh s character. Hie liber
ality of his vie, tie independencu of
h;8 nclion, and tlm regard which Ioj ever
manilesls lor j.istiee and riht, hi huo pre
eininentiy rfor the direction ot toe ui.'iirs
of the nation, until ils nuihorily is I ecognUeo,
received and respected lu wll tl.e States o! tbe
American Union.
KtsoLVKb, That, in rv!"orte to the Sfntl
tuent of the loyal men of I'viinny Irani, a id
in justice to a tried and f tithftll pcl.tic otticer,
the thanks ol this convention l e heteiiy ten
dered t Andrew 11. Cm tin. Goverttof or the
Comnionweall h. Ilia niuity uefence of the
ho.ior and dignity d tiie .State, his (oiwaver
ine adherence to it credit, and his vigilant
Care of its interests, hve had their influence
alike upon the political character M its oiti
J'erm, and the prosperity which4now marks
their trade and enterprise, and demands n
people' hight at aduiiraliotj at;d abp!au:e.
Jt!iOLVEi, That th alacrity with which the
Governor of Prnnaylvaitia has coulrioated,
through the aid of our lelio citiz-ns, to the
National defence, is in keeping with Ihe char
acter of loyalty ever home hy t!e Kejtone
State. Through the active energe ot Govern
or Cnrtin. Petmsy iva;iia ban hn.( lte t-atilac-(ion
of acknou li:iling that her ,Stte dig !.
floated in almost every hat lie lun'il for the
Union, while no Commonwealth has given
more of ir material Mean in aid ot fhe (.ir
ernment Hian lint which the wise and tr'ig
measures of Andow G. Curtfn have t-nanu-j
till State to extend to ii.e Natiuvul Govci u
inent. licioiiVEP. Tht the highest rcwrtU of the
nation are due to the hra tucn w!n te niv
in the field, periling their livea in a trugg-!e
with a the toid wicked conspiracy! tliat we
wiil ever hold in grateful icol!ecto the
niePiory of those who have alteady perished
in ttie tight lor the Union, and eraend to those
who survive to return oece more to their
homes, the honor which their.Yalor In fairly
won, and the peaceful rest which their labors
so eininentiy deserve.
Reslvfp, That we thsnl; the loyal mem
bers of i he Legislature tor the steady and per
sistent course .tti-which thv have maintain
ed the honor and cn riit of th-'Cunimonwealth,
and the stem tmtri'rtisro with which ttiev lso
resisted the revolutionary fchemes of the mi- J
norities in the Setiate snd lloi.se. The atti J
tnde of the nirtjoi ity iti hot ii (tranches of the
Jjegislaiure on the interest question and on
tho enfranchisement of ill Soldier, was con
trolled alike by a regard !or economy and a
dciertnitiai ion to recognise in the ii temlera
of the Uri'in.wciti7.ens deserving tne highest
rank arid franchises ) while the course ol gen
eri' lepisialion has heen such at least as to de
serve for the Legislators during the session
ahnnt to do-- our fr ink approval.
Resolved, Thai the thinks of tbe whole
people ate due to the gailaiit men who are
now in the lead of our smites, and that we
hold ourselves in readiness at a moment's
warning, to second the efforts of these to ren
der the summer campaign ajjaitoi treasun,
the filial end ol the strung le for the peace of
the country and the toll recng union of ihe
authority uftho Government in all the St "tea.
ITie reading of the foregoing address and
resolutions was frequently interrupted by the
heartiest applause, end they were adopted
without a dissenting voie. amid the warm
est demonstrations of enthusiasm.
Eioouent speeches were then made by
Hon. M. I. Lovrry, of Erie, lion, 'A. K.
McClure. of Franklin, Wm. U. Manu Esa..
of Philadelphia, Hon. Wavne McVeaeh. of I
Chester county, Hon. W. W, Keteham of j
Iiuzerne county, Hon. Linn Bartholomew
and James Jl, Campbell, ot Schuylkill j
county.
On ulotlcrt of Mr. Bergner, the thanks of
the convention were tendered to the House
of Representatives irr the use of their hall.
On motion of Mr. Turrell, tie thanks of
j the convention were tendered to its officers
! for the able manner in which they had dis-
charged their duties.
- 1 The Swor J Contest.
The eonteat for the tv.-ord at the Metro
politan Fair, came out pretty much as every
other contest has come out in which Gen.
MeClellan hss been engaged. Notwithstanding-
the boa?ta and promie? so mach
indulged in by hid mipporterft, and the appa
rent advantage he had down to the moment
of making thosa promises good, iu a poll of
44,000 votes he wa.i beaten by 15", 782;
Grant's majority being greater than the
whole number of votes est for McCleflan
14,109. Alas, Little Mac thy glory hath,
departed
AdverttsnHentssctinfar:rrtvpe,eut.oroHtr.
ioicsxra i
ay
Sti
tratora' und Exeoutora' noticea, 8l',5o! eaxh
Other at vsrtisemeatt at$l per qar,for 3cr ut
insertion. Twelve line ior least count a mta"
BONDS AND MOTES FOR SALETk.
undersigned is prepared to furnish, to thon
seeking iovestments. tioveramrnt and eonr.
bonds Also Sts per cent Uovcrnment no'n
11 B. SWOOPE "
Clearfield May 4. 1S64. Att'y at Law
E STRAY. Came to the prrmines oftktuk.
scriber. residing in Pike township, som t'a.
In September last.a red and white spotted b-.j.,
fur-pose 1 to be about two years old Tha own.
,s request 1. to come forward, prove property u
cli argee and take her away, c r she will be ."oil m
tho law directs. M
'May 2. IBM pd. SIMON THOMPSON.
CAUTIO.-AIJpetaons are hereby cantioa
a?aicst purchasing or tskicg an assignment of
a certain note of hand, calling for 510 and dama
the -day of , Sl.-if given by me tojlool
Graham ; never having received value for said
note 1 will not pay the same unless compelled h
dne course of law. t
ny: 8-Pi- ALEXANDER GRAHAM.
" TEN DTE. There will be exposed to pub'la
T sale, at the residence or the sebwribeHa
Kosres township, on Friday the I3ih of Mav the
following personal prepery to wit: Cows, iheep
bees, wagons, sleds, farininj tools, bureanrstr.te,'
and household and kitchen fnrciture. Sale to
coramecca at 2 o elock. P. M Term mid
known on day of saJo.
May 4, 1S(J4. GEORGE WILS0.V.
STRAY .MAKE. Left the premitPs 0fV.
subscriber residing ip Decatur township nMr.
field county, near Phiiipsburg. ot the 21 a'sr of
April last. b ack mare -bout 16 bmnit hih.oDS
or perhaps both hind feet white, with whit striae
in tbe face and heavy with foal. e-Le waatotncT. .
ly owned in Indiana county. Any ont retandng
said mare, or giving information 'where she ay '
be found will he liberally rewardej.'
May 21 lSC4-pd. - C. C. BOWMAN.
Pl'BLIC VE.MIUE.-There will be expos-
ed to sale at pnblic ontcry at the residence
of Jotsej-h Irvin, deceasod in Lawrence townntnp,
On Friday, the loth Jav of MaV.'l8&.
- .
T!:e f iKcwing described personal prapsrty.to wit:
One Ruckeve reaper atid moiver. one threshing
rnnrtiin. one two horse carriage, one dearborn
w agon, one cart, one sleigh, two log sleds. ot.e '
timber s:id. one yearling colt, one oow. five bead
of yonng Cattle, cine head of sheep, one bo;, use
fanning mill, three plows, one harrow, grata efa
d!es and wowing scylhes.harness and plow gears,
two caddies a lot uf carpenter tools and work.
mjucu. ore large copper kettle, one clock, togeth .
rr wiih a variety of other articlee too ledioos to
mention.
Sale will commence ut 9 o'eleek, a. m. of sail
day, when the conditions will be mad known by '
MARTHA IRVI.N.
L. r. HU1S.
MJ4 1S54. 2t Executors.
A JOINT KESOM'TION POPOSI
C Kit TAIN A.MENO.UENTS TO TflK
t ONSTJ J l!T!ON.
Br tt rsolted hy the Sen.ttr and Iloust of
reseittativt of the Comntonictalth. of Prnmlva
ma in Ornrral Asuem'j'y mrt, That tbe fotluHifcg
amendments be proposed Ut tbe Constitution t?
the Commonwealth, in accordance with the pre
visions of the tenth article thereof: . . .. .
There shall be an additional aeotioo. to the
third article of the Constitution, to be designated
as section four, as follows : ... ,..
SrcnoN 4 Wbetiever any of tbe qualified e
lec'ors of this Commocwealih sha'.l be ic any ac
tual unlitary eervice,under a requisition fiom the '
President f tbe United States, or by the author
ity of this CoRiKon wealth, such electors tnay i -cruise
the right of suffrage in all elections by the '-'
cititctis. under such regulations are. or zLali
bs, prescribed by law, as fnlly na if they were
prea:rit at their usual place of election."
.Suction 2. There shall be two additional sec
tions to tbe elcvectb article of the Constituti. o,
to be designated assecliots eigat. and iiir.e. as fji
iow ;
'tn ttON S. No bill ftaM be patted bvthe bj
islature, containing more than one subject. i(hiua
shall Ire. clearly expressed in the title, etcept ap
propriation bills
MstCTiu tt. N'o bill shall be passed by the Lrf
islature granting any powers, or pivileges in
any cstse. where tne authority to grant ucii o
ers. or privileges, has been, or majr hereafter b,
conferred upou the Courts of this Commocwelath."
" IlEN'KY C JOllN0N,
Spe-dxzs of thr Hons of lirprexrntativa.
JOIIN'P PJiNNKV,
fipr.ilrr of the SrnJt.
OrriCB of the Secretary or tvc Covjiox w es.tb
llar.RisBrKG, Ai'HtL 25. 1SG1 . (
Pennsylvania, ft I I do hereby certify that tbe
"T. toregoicg is a full. true and correct copy
I SEAb ot original Joint Resolution of the
KtZTiz Oeneral Assembly, anlitled -'A Joint
ileeolution proposing certain amendments to the
Constitution,'' as tbe name remains on file in this
office
In testimoay whereof, I have hereunto set my
h ind and caused tbe seal of the Secretary's office
to be affixed, the day and year above writ'en.
EH SLI I LK.
Secretary of the Commonvtaith. -
The above Resolution having been agreed to by
a majority of tbe members of each House, at two
successive sessions cf the General Assembly of
this Commonwealth, tbe proposed amendments
will be submitted to the people, for their adop
tion or rejection on . the first Tuesday of
Autrunt, in the year of oar Lord one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-four, in accordance with
tbe provisions of the tenth article of the Confu
tation, and the act. entitled "An Act prescribing
tbe time and manner of snbmitting to tbe peopie,
for their approval and ratification or rejection;
the proposed amendments to the Constitution.'
approved the twenty-third day of April,
thousand eight bandied and siztv-four.
fcLl bid FEB.
May 4. IS(4. See'y of Commonwealth.
AUCTIONEER The undersigned baviss
been licensed an Auctioneer, desires W in
form the citizens of Clearfield eounty that he will
attend to tbeeallingof sales, throughout the coun
ty, npon short notice. Post-office address, either
liloomingvilleorCnrwensville. WM. M. BLOQAI
Rlootningville. April ft, 1864.
IXEUl'TOKS .NOTICE Letters Tsrt--A
inentary on the Estate of Jtremiah tmssj
late of DoggsTp . deceased havi-.g been, grsnwl
to tbe undersigned ; all persons indebted tossia
estate afe requested to make immediate pymnt'
and those having claims against tbe same (
present them duly authenticated for settlement
NANCY SME AL Ex rx.
April 27. 1S6 OIBEOX SMEAL. Ej
IXECt'TORS' NOTlCE.-Letters Testi
li meutary on the Estate of Joseph Irwin, Jw
of Lwrence township. Clearfield couaty t-
deceased having been granted to the underst?"
e t ; all persons indebted to said estate are here
by required to make immediate pajnient-
those having claim against the same will P "
sent them properly authenticated for scttlemen -L
F. IRVTtN. Kx r .
April 27th. 1S54. MARTHA UWISJJZ
TO SCHOOL TEACHERS -Tf anted by
th School Board of Cnrwensvtlls. torw
School Teachers (one male and two fe1M' ,
take charge of their schoolafor the torm w '
month during the coming semmer. nd.'r ,he
prove satisfactory may be efrntinaed darro
winter term. Schoeis to openeboattS ' .
of May. Make immediate application te
Secretary of the Board, for good wgZJ"
ioicioreatteation. the cash.,
nmice, a, follow. :-All CmUou