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011..A.IltEMP,S3STMG:
Wednesday Julyls, 1883.
Joint li.:Smt.Yogit :is .
authorized to
Ireeetee Subscriptions and . zontmct for idrerttrernent,
tbrtheßrrostror.r irithe to - rtorn cities. "!
Gov. QtrirN arrived here on Mon
,day evening-frOm the battle-field of
G . tittyrsburg, accompaniedhy Gen. W.'
Commissary General of the
State. He has been At Gettysburg
itterseiOal days, giving his personal
; attAtion 'the care and: removal of
nr" PennsAvania wounded, and it is
purpOse,, we learn,- to moire 'with
Gen.-CoUeli's colunin, and remain' un
-tfl the final, struggle has been, fought'
.en the banks of- the Potomac. -
SITIIATAO4.,
':At the , time of thiS , writing . (Tues
'day - noon). .there has been no 'gen
-I,eral engagement between the armies
:jar, Gens.'Meade and Lee. = Skirmish
inillas,been almost ,constant for sev
, end days, and the loss on both sides
has been unusually - , severe for outpost,
,engagements. G-fu. Buford had quite
a spirited fight with the rebel cavalry
a little west Of Boonsbpp'• on Friday,
and Gen. Kilpatrick engaged the reb
els at Funkstown' on Saturday, rout-
ing them laandsomely. , The same day
a part of Sedgwick's corps - engaged
Lee's extreme right under Longstreet,
.near, the old Antietam battle-ground,
anti compelled Longstreet to fall back
some five miles towards Williamsport
witlißonsiderable loss. On the west
Mulligan has, had heavy skirm"
134;dit t ,a., but has steadily advanced don
`the Natiolial road, until he now holds
Clearspring, and the impertant posi
itions on the Potomac,, within a few
miles of Williamsport.
hese collisions have been bit
of
tforts on both sides to feel thepositions
therespective forces. The decisive
',T-bititie has yet to be fought, and it
' ;'promises `to be' deadly and desierete
' beyond precedent in the war. Lee
fights, from necessity, not choice. Like
stag atrbay, he turns upon. his pur
;seer, bemuse the ting'y waters of the
Potomac forbid his escape, and
_the
remnant of his shattered army : must
fight for existence. That they will
to'so, and with the energy of despair
`atteinpt to'save the army of Virginia,
-though it be behind monuments of.
' their dead, we cannot doubt.
'..:Lee's position is naturally a stiong
.44, and. he has „doubtless added ev, 7
ery possible element ,of strength to it,
that' military genius could suggest.
His lines are short, - covering the, sin
gle ford. at Williamsport, and_he has
'certainly received eupplies and am
munition from 'Although
fall thirty thousand of his army' are
mumbiered with the dead wounded
captives' or deserters since he entered
Tennsylvadia, - still he has probably
~thousand left, .and'-. 7 wlth,,,the
choice of position, and the advantage
of entrenchments 'fie 'hopes to bold
'hiialines_until the Potomac falls to a
Teas' abie point. - ,
Gen. Meade is immediately onLee's
,front,;. ; , with 'the - preponderance in
numbers; with equal 'skill in officers;
atleast equal courage and eiperience
in his ranki; with an army fresh ;from
T ithe "eignal. triumph of• Gettysburg ? „
Sinifenxious to complete the destine
d& *ihey .there - so effectually coni.
Gen,-Kelley threatens Lee
on' his left' flatile:litid Gen. CouCh Is
.„
.r,aindly pushing his large column
- -dOWn) Upon 'the 'foe. ' .X Iced. Lee is
4VoilefeV encircled' by the ;iiwollen
gifitopiacin his rear;/by Keitey on his
le me; Couch on hie leff,fiont
,
iinAlby:Meadefrotn. 'thence, round tb
Potomac at Sb,eplierdsinw*,
*kin the great struggle - is to bi;-
`ia:ade is for Gen. Meade to determine,
grid that Will : be, we-feel - assured, just
. When he is entirely ready.
` , .;.ThieGen.Lee will escape to Vir
ginia. with his -command, hoWever dis.'
:ictrons may he the issne7 of the im
pending battle, there ean beno.,ree
sonable doubt. ;Sensation newspaper
correspondents habitually prate about
the certainty, of ."bagging": Lee and
. hie imily; but it ranst;be elearta
ery refteciirig. mind . that it i» not dabs.
Bible. den, Meade may Trietieally
,:destrov Lee's mini if he, can break
hhithesen and fortified lilies; =but still
he ean,save theh reinnant. 'of kis men
And:take thera, howeier heartless and
XOpeless; to ' , their` desola,ted .hoznes
aniFeriunhling, government Bat .to
break the rebet lbj.es in'their present
pOsition would be an aehievonfent as
:yet 4Lbknown_ ha the history of the
War. If lleade shatfight him with
equal loss, and coraperhini to retreat
hastily .acroisa . the Potomac leaving
.his ? dead, wounded aryl despairing de
serters behind him, he will have ac
complished; all we can hope. to realize.
Indeed he Will have accomplished ev
erythirig. He will hive-saved Penn:
Sylvania; saved - 11m7land; ._saved
Washington; saved' the heroic Ariity
of the Potomac; SAVED Tfl REPUBLIC /
41i Ai 11l
The supremacy of law - is the( only'',
safety of the citizen, and we cinnot,
especially at this time, inculcate the.
sanctity of civil and social order with
too much earnestness. One of the in
evitable results of -fraternal' war; in
all 'agcs, ha's been a tendency to raw
lessness; a disregard, of constituted
authorities a contempt of rulers 4
and. unless arrested by the. power of
the govetrnent, has ever ;resulted in
anarchy... -
It is not to be disguised that the
evil fruits of lawless teachings have
- been manifested in the,,Noi-th. For
More than a year past, with a consid
erable portion 'of reckless political
Waders, thesafety of the - Republic has
been subordinated to the hope of petty
party triumphs; and.the government
has been assailed at everypoint while:
engaged in a deaths-truggle for exist
ence. Every measure adopted for the
suppression' of murderous treason has
been perverted and. condemned, and
'even the solemn enactments of our
highest legislative tribunals have been
denounced to the very verge of resist
ance., Efforts of the government to
save our heroic brethren in the field
by sWelling their numbers have been
,met by resistance to the draft or in
sidious or open hostility to enlist
ments; and the purpose of the ad
ministration in the prosecution o£ the
war has been unscrupulously falsified,
and declared as meriting the scorn
and contempt .;of the citizens, rather
than their earnest and' cordial co.ope
ration'. This is lawlessness ,in spirit
under every guise, and often so in
fact; and it' is not surprising that it
has' inforced a lawless tendency look
ing to retaliation. ,
. Especially would we warn Union
men a g ainst this insidious, this
-fatal
evil. We who sustain the govern
ment in sacred work of preserving
the institutions of Our. fathers, do so
in the name of the law; and we ap
peal to its paramount claims , upon
every citizen, when we ask all,menin
the North .to join in preserying the
life or the Republic. Nye call for men
of every persuasion to fill the ranks
of our volunteers and conscripts; and
we do so because it is a just and law
ful duty.. Those who share our polit
ical faith' have control of the different
branches of the- government; 'lave
made our, laws lboking to the pfose
*ion of, the war . have determined
the particular line •of policy to be
adhered to in our holy effort to pre
serve the Union - of the State's; and
howiever men may differ as to partic
ular measures or as to". the "policy- of
the administration, we expect obedi
ence from all men, in the war policy
and efforts of the gove l rnment, not
only because Patriotism would so dic
tate; but Nye expect it-yea, we en
force. it, because the lard demands it at
their hand. • '
The crowning object of this war is
to establish for ourselves and for those
who shall.come after us; the sanctity
of government, the immutability- of
law; and in noway;canthe cause4f
gvvernment , be so Succeisfally 'im
paired as l&lawless spirit amongst
, onr,awn people: i Men may be law
less in purpese;-'guise lawlessness with
44en 'words in speech, or commit•
lawless acts, insolently- by actual hos
:May to the , government and its mea
sures fla it the lawful authorities, and
not la,wleSs mobs, should correct such
abuses - and punish the guilty with an
unsparing, hand. , Men will make
fonliah speeches--as i 'very_ efimincn
these days, and never 'was v..ry un
common—to punish them to speak to
empty benches and Undern.onstrative
brick and mortar, is - the - sorest of pun
ishment; and' if men, make. wicked
speeches r _ the laws ,of !ii,insylyania
and Congress afford due process and'
aniple penalties. If Men' Violate the
articles •of 'war by Correspondence
with the enemy, let guilt be first - clear=,
ly.established, and then let the guilty
die with the fitting ceremony of mili
tary If Men print sillynewspa
pore, venturing tion threshhold
of treason as far as they dare, do as
to preserve the tlaira .t loyalty, Ulla
infinitely better for loytittaeli'tiili-.
Mit ,fraMliniteposiOw4g4tunbroburg,
hold their patronage and quit their '
subscription Hats, than to make loyal
and disloyal
_alike , pay :19r„ guling
their offices. The one ifr-the proper
remedy to - ev.a - a/regard,' and , en
force respect, forarzF,:-Theuther
lawless remedvAich places loyal and
disloyal. upon the 'Compon level of
lawlessness, and . invites the foes 'of
the government to disregard all the
solemnity and claims of legitimate en
rolments. - LetitronSon and
.treasOna
ble b'e held to the strictest' se
cOuntability-in the name of the law,
and let all' remereber that , the safety
of persons, of property,' of life, and,
of all our civil' and religious rights,
depend upon the supremacy of law.
EMOI I / 4 " STATE CONVENTION.
The Union State Convention, called
originally to meet at Pittsburg„ori the,
2d of July; waia postperied to the sth
of August, in consequence of the rebel,
invasion. The Union CoMinittee re-'
cognized the fitness of postponing
all" political movements, while there
should be a foe upon loyal soil, and
thereby - relieved many'delegates to the
Convention who are nowin the ranks
to defend the border.
—The -names of quite a number 'of;
able and meritorious men, has been
suggested for the Union nomination
for Governor. Messrs. Sohn Covode,
of Westmoreland; J.l P. Peuily,and J.
K. Morehead, of Alegheny; W: W.
Ketchum; of Luzerne; Jas. IL Camp
bell, of Pottsville; M. M'Michael and
John C. Knox, of Philadelphia; Jas.
L. Reynolds, of Lancaster; Heister
Mu en i erg, "of Bells; F. Jordan, of
Be. ford, and probably others whose
na tt es we do not now recall, have been
advocated by their respective friends;
bht the Manifest unwillingness . of the
party to. relieve Gov. Comm from a
re-nomination bas deprived the strug
gle of its usual animation and "earn-'
estness.
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1
Rarely. in the history of politics in
this State has therAeen. such a spon
taneous expression of preference for a
candidate as has been exhibited in-the
demand for Gov, CURTIN'S re-nomin
ation: We have I.eason to know that
he earnestly desired to be allowedlo
retire at the close of his present term
to rest from the herculean labors im
posed upon him by the war, and to
recruit his exhausted health. . In fact
his declination was regarded by
self. and personal friends as an imper
ative physical necessity, and it was
made in the best offaith, andwe doubt
not that to this day Gov. CuarlN de
sires nothing so muck,. as that his
party may accept it. But in the face
of - the formal announcement of his
wish and purpose to retire, half , the
delegates have been positively in
structed to demand his acceptance of
the responsible trust, and with those
previously chosen, _ fully . two-thirds
of the Convention will insist 'upon
making him the Union standardibear
er in the coming contest. His match
less fidelity 'to his great. ;State'; his
ceaseless devotion An our,. brave- sol
diers in the ;field; hiS earnest care for
our wounded, and heroic, dead, and the,
high measure' of ability he ,lias dis-,
played and the success achieicd in his
administration of the government
generally, have endured him, to the
people of Pennsylvania, to an extent.
that is measured IT no party
and against whiCh the fiercest politieal
malice must ; hurl its weapons harm
lessly. His' re:nomination, therefore,
may be regarded' as 'settled; and
reluctant, Gov. Cunrth cannot
decline it. - ;.
The nomination for Supreme Judge
will probably be tendered to the West,
and if so, ',Judge AGNEW ) of: Beaver,
will'doubtless be choSen,.' Re
of the ablest jurists of the • Stateohid
would be an ornament to the hig4st
judicial tribunal of the State., ,
TUE PRIOGRESS,OF THE W&JL
The sincere Jatriot has Irmeh Ito
mourn in .the repeated: disasters
our arms, and the, diaappoiatmentj of
cherished hope:if.Of success diger
4uarters; brit 'we -must not lie -i
nin:dful that mach .h . ao `Nen. ‘ahedflY
accomplished irk narrowing the limits
of arnied 'treason; ',and
most achibveml
history of war have 'been
heroic troops. „
When the rebellion ope)
1111 diain qblood, it held undisputed
sway mall the - ,Gulf States; exceptii,:tg
Only, FoitsP,lelcing 'an(l , TOrtngas';'it
had- entire possession of of
Tennessee; , of-Kentucky almost. o
of :N o rt h rn ,,_
, Caroline; and:bf South Carolina:,l
•
_ ,
started this wicked; • wanton •E , ' war—
with the conspirators prepared,_ as
far as • :the labor:of- years,withirt „the
government could " prepare_ them,- , to ,
enact.the crimsoned tragedy: that has
since : raised into history. But two
years of confiieion the field have re-"
stored Virginia to. the gov
ernment arid added a new State to
the gitlaXy,of : stars on our - rational
flag, Missouri has been redeemed af
ter several sanguinary battlesd and is
now under a loyal government, exer
cising its , funetiens over the entire
territory' oftheState. KentuCky has
been. Wrested riom the sPoiler, and
excepting a'very small corner in, the
Cumberland. Nountains, is' •'entirely
under loyal -ml . Tennessee has been
,more than„ hal, recovered, including
its capital. Liaisiana is -nearly - re
stored to the 17ton. ,- The Chiefcoin,
.mercial city of the Gulf, New Orleans,
and the' capital of the, State; with a
large portion of the: territOry, are,
'permanently, web4ieve, restored to .
the g'overnment. Arkansas i has been
•stic,cessfully penetrated bYOur . troops;
and; thebrilliant victory of Ilea Ridge
taught resPect,for the old flag' in "
mistakeable tortes- portion of its
- territory is held by the Union forces.
The 'Mississippi liver is opened from
its'isource to the Gulf, excepting ,at
Port Hndson; lint the fall' of Vicks;
burg secures the early and Complete
navigation of the Father of Waters
to the trade of four people; be
sides relieving tieimmense armies of
Gens. Grant and Banks ibperate
againgt the : rOellion . elseWhe're.—
With - the Mississippi opened A rkan
,
sas and Texas fall back into the
Union with litth
.diffibulty. Florida
has been measniably" restored to the
Union, and n: Portion , of her terri
tory is held in tile tiame of the gov
ernment by the humble negro who,
from being his ntster's slave 'and
,chattel, becomes his.preceptor of loy
alty and enforce§ it' at the point of
the bayonet. Georgia, North Caro
lina and South ithrolina all' heve
troops' on their - soil and the old
flag s waving along the coast, and Old
. Virginia has surrendered ui; Suffolk
and Norfolk, andtheentire line of the
Rappahannock to the: Ridge, and the.
Shenandoah Valley - beyond..i Mary
land was invaded by rebel armies one•
y'ear; ago, and restored to loyal rule by
the battles of South Mountain and
`Antietam
[ ; and mhen the rebbl hosts
Were thrown defiantly upon Pennsyl
vania Soikit was only, to find sepul
chres for ten thousendof his Warriors
'amongst loyal hearts, and to leave full
twenty thousand' more bleeding - and
helpless .on the line. of, retreat
from the . bloody - field" 'of 'Gettysburg.
Thes6 are, some of the substantial re
sults of two years of, war, during
which time we had to prepare, in
,all
respeets, for avdeparture fro our es
tablished habits ofpeace.
Be of good cheer, loyal :hearts.!
The cause of Right progresses slowly
but surely - r and : it ants bu fidelity
from ourselves to inaire its the - rough
and permanent . success.
TILE PENIVSYLVANIA. RESERVES.
The remnant"of the heroi3. Penn
sylyania Reserves surpassed, if possi
ble, their LieellStimnedgallantry; at Get
tisburg, under the lead of their youth
ful commander, Gpn. S. W CRAW
:Fop. , The Philadelphia .7 . 7z.q,zrirer of
IVlOndaithirireeordsihe'achieieinents
of this justly famed division.:
- "All will remember that the Jattle of
Thursday was -mainly nri overwhelming at-'
tack of the enemy on theleft of ourOosition,
'and that the brunt 'of the assault was borne
for several hours 'by:the. Third Corps, under
Sickles, which was at lasteompelled to give
way. He was literally overwhelmed. Then
the Fifth Corps, and parts 'of others were'
moved in, but a portion of the Fifth was
turned and driven back, end disaster was ire-
The'retreatingeolumn came press
in ;back on.thollesenvest,when thee. Craw
ford, seizing a color, rodeup and down the
line of his Division, keeping his' inen steady
'until the Way, waS clear, when he ordered a
charge on-the advancing; and almost victori
one enemy. This was executed .by .. ;the 'bri
gade of Col. - ,l4.faCandlessind the Ninth red.-
iment Of COL Fisher!s brigade. • Ledby these
'•gallaitt - officersin person, they charged and
drove . back the enemy, wbenyictory *as Just
'ith in their grasp, prevented them frnm gain
ing, the hills, where - our -left *old liave tieeii
turned, and where , they in Sews moments
more - would have be.en, in titiOngst !ourtrains
and inour . rear. This ebarge,was witnessed
by. a large number of our OZftra, who attest
its priceless :value, and we have nahesitation
in declaring that it saved the army'frOm de
h'feat on that day. Thatlighlionor due to
the Reserves, and it should bd given: withodt
adz t .
" On Friday the bilged . o e feol. McCandless
and the Ninth-, of Fisher's, were the heroes
of another gallant action: folding the po
sition. they - had so handsomely ; wotti . 'they
Were again ordered forward:. TWo brigades
of the RebelGeneral'Hood 'were iroosSes ,
sion of the hill called the "Hound . :Toti.'.!— :
Theie ehar'gea' - , : driten, out and'ilindiedi
by Which means the tr.bphieri of the &ay intrq
augmented - by a stand of colors, -onetwolve
ptainder 'cannon, thr4taissonsoind ore hun
dred prisoners., - But' tnore.'than' thati the'
tonOr of• the army:lv . is saved=: by the reeap
turO of more 'than. ) sto, i4ousand stands ;of
1
arms, whiCh the enemy ' taken the previ
ous' ilay, and by the rest° lion to our own
lines and the care of .our wn surgeons of an
immense number orwo ded men. „
' "The lleseivei were .fi ting,on the soil of
their dear old State,' an .noble as were the
deeds, they had done' befor ~ they were, eclipsed
by their conduct at Gettysburg. Their ser
vices in that important battle, and the fact
that they savedthe fortunes of the day at a
most critie - al period of that battle should not
be for a moineut overlooked, nor should the
names •of General 'Crawford, Colonel 'Mc-
Candless and Colonel Fisher be omitted from
the' ront rank Of the heroes of that memory-;
ble field." i • •
:FgarlAnno, Woon, Copperhead M.
from New. York; -soraPtimes tells
the truth--perktps not so much be
cause of the intrinsic metit of the ex-
, .
tide s as / for the, - sake of rarity or re
ference': 1 tie wrote .a letter to the
rn late.
De()critic 'meeting in Philadelphia,
ealle - i
(\I(
t denouncethe arrest of Val.
iandig in, in which he stated, With
more candOr and courage than Patri
.otisin,orPiilley, the real, purpose of
thdv Copperhead leaders. He thus
flings
his to lre - hreeie:
banner
"iaut do not let us •forget that those who
OrpetrateSuchoutrages as the arrest and ba=
nishrnent of Mr. Vallandigbam, 'do so as ne
eeisary war measures. Lettis-iherefoit'strilce
at the eauee; and declare forpeaee ; andkgainst
'the war!" , • ' - .
Gov.Biglerand othersioawl e speech
es at this/meeting; but not one word_
was said' in' denunciation of Fernan
do's proposition for the summary ar
restrof the War. On the tontri'l- ,
sentiment was—reeeive, with more
---
emptiatiebation by"the leading
Managers of the meeting, from BILLY
MCMULLIN down to Gov. BI9LER and
the short-boys, who furnished applause
to order, than Woon's declaration a
gainst maintaining the, unity of the
Republic by resisting traitors in arms.
We thanlc Fernando Air' the :truth,
however, and Bigler
& Co., with their just share of bypo
cricy. '
THE quota of troops called for from
Franklin county by the Proclamation
of the. Governor, to aid in, the protee,-'
tion orthe State is 840, and it is due
to the cause and to ourselves that our
full number be contributed proraptly
to the common defence. At least one
Artillery , company and several Cavalry
companies should be organized, so that
we should have artillery, and scouts
trained and ready to respond at 'a
moment's call in any future emergency.
We know how sadly our people have
suffered, and that the phindering of
our stock and driving away of hun
dreds of ne,gro laborersi have render
ed it next-to impossible to spare many
- men from our fielda; but the future
safety of the border demands that we
should respond with our full .quota,
_and five entreat each district, to fiet
aboht raising men at once:
A. H. STEVENS, the Vice President
of the bogus Confederacy, came down
the James River last week and-Sent a
letter to Admiral Lee asking permis
sion to go to Washington to deliver a
message from Jeff Davis and person
ally confer with President Lincoln on
the subject to which it referred. Ad
miral,Lee referred the letter to the
President who declined the interview,
adding that the customary, agents
and channels were adequate for all,
necessary communication. The con
tents Of Davis's•niessage to the Presi
dent are, not known ; butit is pore
than probable that Stevens - believed
Lee's invasion to be successful, and he
hoped to find Lincoln prepared_ to kn
tertain some propositions for pedee
upon the basis of separation rather
than have Lee thunder at his capital.
THE FRIENDS of the Union cause
cannnot :organize too early pr- too
earnestly. Our opponents are Mak
ing extraordinary exerti6is to estab
lish
_themselves firmly _in every dis
trict, and they must be met by tictive
and systematic effort if we would Se
cure victory. Thousands of Demo
crata tire , loyal in pfirpiiic, and need
but to understand the, disloyal aim of
the 'Copperhead leaders to estrange
them from the foei of the Government
and bring : thein into the Union ranks.
Be this cini.worknow:andhenceforth,
to -unite in effective orgatitiations
ERy noYi.i. NAN, without diStintiOn: of
party. This .works wants *untiring,
judicious organization 'and labor. Our
cause deserves It ;let it not be de
nied its,just :Walrus , upon evei-y :pa:.
triPt! .
Northern Contra' Ethlroad has
been repaired aid is, - now running
trains ru,k,rularly both to Baltimore and
over the . Etanover branoti. to qet4' .
-
burg. ,
_
SownEitS in ;the service are, fur- -
'Hated iiithlibtfritsreSiTOßY: :at the _
rate Of $l.OO ,per .annum bat- little
more than' the Cost: of white paper.
The friends of our brave- volunteers
could:not in- any- other -way furnish -
such sait acceptable- evidence of their - .
l'egardforthes - defenders 'of
flag !as . by sending them: a weekly ,
paper from home. ThOiltEi , OsrrfnlX
- , 011? be Mailed - to - ', soldiers .in strong
wk - appers, at 25 cents for threllmortthS
50 cents for. six months; and $l.OO per
annum. ;The paper vill.invantbly be "
discontinued at the expiration of:the
period for - - which it is - paid.— 'Remit- -
tances °ante made in postage stamps.
IT IS a h eal t hyay sign Of the times
that the 'peace-'movement inaugUra
ted by Wood 4 Po in Xew York is
not encouraged by ; the. Deraocaats
generally. True, Wm. B. Reed, 3.
Glancey Jones, and'a few c!ther, fos
sils,--write letters to Fernando in favor
of peace;.but the shrewder leaders
ancljthernasses'are unwilliig to sur
render tbelcountry thni shamelessly
to treason: Will the Democrat
State Conyention at Harrisbnrg
.to
daY be remhed by Wood & Co.?,
Another day will determine.
•
THE EIChMO,
cidapatehes.from Lee's army*
stating that, - he had defeated Meitde,
captiired . 40,000 'prisoners and was
then marehin tx o•Uponßaltimori! Bully
•
for Lee! Meade will wipe his ,spec
tacles when he finds that he has been
so soundly thrashed, half his army
captured, and Lee vegetating down'
towards Baltimore !
THE new State .of West Virginia
recently elected its first State officers.
Arthur L. Boreman was chosen Gnv
ernor, and J.- L. Boyers Secretary of
State.-- This is a new, thrifty, free
Commonwealth added to the Union;
and thus is the glory of old slave-rid
den Virginia passing away.
h our advertising columns will be
found an offieial notice of certain
amendments to the Constitution, pro
posed by the Legislature. By one of
these, soldiers in the actual service of
the United States may be allowed to
vote. The other proposes -certain-re
strictions upon the mode of Legislation
surrender bur columns 'almost
entirely this Week to the detailsefthe
'battle of Gettysburg, and a hiStory of
the rebel invasion.: We' hope shortly
to complete -the -record of - war upon
loyal soil, and dei-ote-our usual spaCe
to the progress and less crimsoned
triuraphs of peaCe._
WE ARE glad to "record the nomina
tion of Hen. Thos. J. Bigham for As ,
sembly by . the - Union men of Alle
gheny.:: He has served many -years
in the House, and is a Most, faithful
and,able representative. Such -men
are especially needed in the legisla
ture at this time.
Judge Answ-rof Beaver, is strong
ly urged for the Union nomination .
for Supreme . Judge. by a - number of
the Western counties: He is a sound
Jurist, and would make a - most capa
ble Supreme Judge.
are compelled to omit several
editorials, including a review of the
Democratic State Convention, its can
didates and platform.
TEE late municipal election in Wash
ington City resulted in the election of
the Unconditional Union candidates:
C: L. Pinsnma, Esq., has been -re
nominated' for Asseinbly -by the: De
. .
moerats of. Cambria. ,
POLITICAL -
The We...iitiote of , Polumbus, and the Voty
freund of Oineinnati.-;the leading itentoetat
le German papers in.Ohio—refu.se to support
.Vallandighatn.
. _
The Democrats of Somerset county 'have
rput in nomination A. J. Colborn, Esq.i
the. Somerset. Bar, for:f Assenil?br.'. W. :j;.
•Baei, Esq., was recommended as rt mai*
for . the Berate. • - • • •
The • Democrats of Washington CountY
have nominated Wrn.'ltciplcins for tenator,r
Wm: ; (Tenn and Isaac , ifiewkirifor
bly, and Andrew Brice for Rro_thonotary.—
Washington elects a'Senator, with Greene.
.
• The' HOU. Charles'Biddle - kw' ieslitirci
the appointment of thairMari of the Dario:,
&die Gentral . diminittee ef'renniyit
i-ania, "in order togive, as apri ‘ vate
or in any_ sphere th'at.,maybe,open to him;
his whole "exertiond for the' defense of . Orm
invaded Commonwealth." Whr. : Tesiglif
Is it against any ride of the De ocratic,par
ty that forbids ita leading-.members
for the Union? .„:
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of the'tth
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