El SUMTER. BY GEOBGE LANSI'S • r. I Samter silenced no I Wond i l If 'tis true, and no sad. blonde Silenced, shattered, crush - 4;4S Sumter captured! Let it tlitni, O'er the land and o'er the ocei Letlt the in. .grand _ lip the iriversl. le"..their Wm - dams; ' Ver=the.;Nalleys, „prairies, moufitains) O'er the plains - and deserts gly'wMg, O'er sierras 'ever snowiiig, •' Down' Were tropic gales are .blowing, Down -bright streams 'to sunset flowing, Till from ocean unto ocean •Sieeps, the rapturon's coMmoti l pri— SvAeps -the nighty atdlainatiOn • a great triumphant . nation • And with twenty million coils Half a continent rejoices I I• , Wei the • sure- and glorious to en That Rebellion's' power ia..bro en ! Sumter - fallen I - God is- holy ! GA-who-heats the poor antklorly_— .! Bears and answers, soon or s vily— From His, heavenly habitation 1 Saw our in and tribulation; I Heard. our contrite_ supplicate n, Sent us succor • and salvation,! Blessed be God's' name 'forever ; het the golden gateway's seer! Let the swelling, bursting - Poish .s:t Fill the opal ;empyrean I , Let the adamantine Arches Trainble as the - „AntheMl mar - es Up the everlaitini river, Up to God, the gloriousCii r, - God, almighty to - deliver ! - Let the harp-strings _leap and. quiver ! Let the crystal columns shier !' - Lot all earth, 'all &even endeavor! BLESSED BE GOD'S NAME 'Fri:MYER! 111. Blessed be God's name fore 'er ! Never, never, never, never, I Sffl -another efttve diminici ' earth,-its2trz i teh ol ? , ,. Ert, , itiTh li ,Ilti pinion! Hear,. thy broken fetters _raqie ! . • Sliciut;:.oh Lißarth ! - Sing,- ehiildandanother_! Wife and husband; lover„:brther,. Through this land and - ever - Z;ther ! --: Shout and, sing, th_rough all the . nations, ." Tlii6uk - h all human' habitat - sons • , '-t '- 2 For, though ours the tears and slaughter, Ours:theartfive - blood ponce , like water,' - i i Ours the shame,. the -sun; the sorrg';s6 Yours shall be the golden rhorroW! `Banded with us, though round us , elosing. Banded tirants stands opposing; , God's great, hand, o'er allisposing, Still all pied shall save an eherit,h, 'Till all evil fail and perishf A SETTLER'S EirLorr. . , . , =.._ As Samuel Bowditch, one lof the early set , tier's on Grand riyer, in Ken ucky, was going 1 eCrosa patch of swamp, one ifterno6n, 'about ,half a mile from his dwelliing, to look'after sonic, cattle, he heard a stiick. snap behind him, and turning quickly rohnil, found him= self confronted with a huge .savage, in all ( the hideoniness of his war „paint, and with rifte,or niusketlevelled at - his head, the Muz zle rwt. more than four feet from him. - BoW ditehliiiriself had a ritic,in its hind, but he k.new„thelndian. could sholt him before he could raise it and fire, and he did not 'Make the attempt, but immediately dropped it, to , the ground and held .up hiA palms, in token _of submission. . • i and said: seeing this, the savage walked:up and said: , ' • , „ . .. "-Give Injun gun !" . . ' "I see you're a big chie and I hope we may be friends." . . • , “Wliere live ?" asked 4ie savage, les he prOduced a stout thong of deer-skin, and pro , ceeded to bind the hands of his captive, who, being a small man, saw he was no match for :the other, even without we ipons on either side, and 'so submitted quie,ly, though ago nized at the thought of his poor, helpless wife mid children in their lonely efibin over th e li i 11. .' . f , I-live out yonder; not a great way from . here," replied the - eaptive, noddinglis head in the proper direction. ' -:1 - " Row many got ?" - queried the'sava.ge. The settler hesitated about telling correctly. He first thought he would 'Janine a number . large enough to deter the Indian from going thither, and thus, perhaps, have, his wife and children from a fate like hip own, but after a moment's reflection, it occurred to him that, should the savage, take hint there, a chance Might arise for him to regatnhisliberty, and :he-decided upon speaking the truth. f " Why no Long-knife tell i" demanded the Indian, with an impatient frOwn. "No I make lie !" .. "NO, chief; tell you. he truth. There are only three persons cabin—my wife -;and two children—bui I know a big braye thief like you won't hurt 'em." "Me go see 'em !" returned the savage, ' with a fierce gleam of triumph, which the Other did not fail to Having tightly bound th 4 hands of his cap- . tive;behind his back, the avage felt ,about his dress for any other weapons, took away his'amMunition and putting both weapons 'Over his shoulder, told the white man to lead We, way. This the ratter full of hope, fear -and general anxiety, till he came in sight • of his humble log dwelling,. situated in a pleasant valley, through which flowed a pretty little stream, a branch of "the Green river, when the Itidian ordered [him to stop, and proposed to make him ' fiist to a tree, by t• means of another deer-skin thong secured to ; : that around the wrists. " Ain't yOu going to let hie go down to the house with you ?" inquired the captive, now _ beginning to - feel much alarm for the safety of his family. "Me-go alone 1" returnee the savage gruff - ly. "Me big chief—want; scalp I" " Oh, for God's sake, dOn't kill my poor, . innocent wife and childreh !" pleaded Bow-- • ditch, fairly agonized at thb thought. "You 'are a great chief, I know, and you'll remem 7 . ber that they never did ydu any harm I" " Long-knife scalp much goodl" rejoined the Indian 'sullenly, as h finished • binding the other to a- tree, and strode away down - the hill, carrying the two weapons with Win. Bowditch watched him, htep by step, as he glided- away under cover of the trees, keeping . some rock, stump; or clump of Welles between him and the•inmatea of the dwelling, so they -Might n'ot by any chance perceive his ap-. ,•""proach and take the Marin. • - "At any late I can holler yet !" muttered the captive,. "and maybe' they'll hear-me; and-forthwith he set up a series of y 01113,114 went echoing -and re-echoing' far away through the forest. • ,IThesettlerfiaw his wife! atid children Come - ininiste,to the door, and i look up the hill in alarm. .41.tthislm'shoutld at the top Of his , lungs. - • "Quick, sther---go back into the house • •and bar it uptight! ~,Thy ' ll iu m a r e arter ', . you, .and I.!ni‘ a .prisoner Quickl: Quick orlou're lost, and the children tool' • or a moment or two the mother and chit., :dren stood as if paralyze 4 with astonishment and,terror, and then, to his great. relief, ho saw his little boyelloint in the direction of skulkinklavao, and all three retreated - #laelesertliexidirdr.:- nc&i- ; utterediliereo Yet,' Atep* out into plain *iew`Olredlth'llieces One„aillentheOther,lat'the „dwelling, as if he had r iintailsiVely adapted - this'means :to vent his rage at being discovered and foiled of his murderous purposi„ Then looking round at his,captive, he threw down the - ritle belong ing to the latter and drawing his tomahawk, started toward him on a run. Bowditdh, , who had-watched every -motion,. and , knew , that in his rage the savage,Would brain and scalp him,. now gathered all his- "strength, and-made one desperate effort to, free him self, acting rather from the instincts of self preservationthan from any hope of success. But to his greatly, - his, unspeakable ;joy, he 'heard' arid felt his bomis strain; crack and snap-, and suddenly fotiMi ,himself free and his arms at liberty. He looked quickly and ar,onnd, almost disposed to doubt his senses—to discredit his good fortund-Lfor any fortune seemed good- which - give him even a bare chalice for his life where he ex pected only certain death. The Indian was at least a hundred and fifty yards from him, and his rifle 'unloaded and with a start in a race for life—in a race' that invorved not 'only his own life but that- of his wife and childroie--whe so swift of :hot as to.overtake him ? nder ! on With a loud yell Of - mingled joy and -defl anee, away he went over the hill, and with a louder yell of rage at his unexpected escape, the fierce•savage came bounding after him. BoWditch knew every inch ofgroutl' iri 'that vicinity, and lie had already regained sari dent presence of mind to sliape his course so as to take advantage of all the chances in his favor. The hill. about the- summit was Et sudeession of mks: and bitshes, , with caves, chasms and *precipices, ,and over, through, and along these natural obStructions the fu gitive believed be could make his way with any man living, either white or rid, and so took the most troublesome route for•his lar ger and more unwieldy pursuer, resolved, should he by, chance find the latter gaining on him, to double on him at a certain Cave not more than half a mile distant, where he could enter, by-following one of the, labyrin _thian passages within, and, could eotrie;out 61i the same Side into a thicket not more EmE ICE than fifty,feet from the main opening. tOokingback occasionally, as he fled along his rdeky way with the ease of a mountain goat, Bowditch soon discOvered that how ever superior to him his adversary might .be in mere physical Strength, he was no match fOr him in speed in that particular locality; and this not only inspired him with the hope Of escape,: but , with such confidence' in his own resources, that he began. to calculate in turn how - best he might compass the destruc tion of his foe. , not lure him into the cave," he; muttered; "and let him fool his time- round' thar, Wkilst I, start back arter-my rifle, and follow up the audacious whelp ? 171 do it, and if I don't get even. with him, then it's a clear case tortin's against trie." - Having come to this determination, 'Bow:- ditch slackened his chase till his pursuer was in full view, when he -pretended to stumble and fall, and then got up and ran with !sil limp, which caused the savage to yell with. ferce delight and redouble his - exertions' overtake him. This was exactly what he in-' tended,to bring about,. and he now managed his pace with so much deception, that, though seeming to exert himself to the utmost, he permitted the pantin g savage to gain a little every minute, till the mouth of the cave was reached, at which time not'niore than a am dred paces divided them. = The Indian saw the fugitive disappear in the dark opening, and believing that he now ' had hint secure' 'once more, he cameboundingueand plunged in after him with a -yell- of triumph. The settler, who knew every twist and turn of ,every passage in the cave—and there were many—now uttered a sort of wailing groan - from the center, to urge - the Indian on, and then quietly slipped off in a different diree tion, and reached the bright open-air about the same time the, other did the middle of -the interior. "New, then ffr it," muttered Bowditch, as he slipped over the brow of the hill and ran , toward his dwelling, which, owing to the .ridge bending round the valley, in the shape of. n magnet, or horse shoe,was scarcely us 1, far distant as when be calld to his wife:, His family saw him,. and with a cry ofj(iy his wife threw open the door, -' "Quick, Esther!" he exe,aimed, as he came up panting•; ,t'other powder-horn and some bullets—quick !" "Ain't you coming in, Sanytel ?" inquired the wife, in surprise and alarfii; • "Just long enough to get!, thetri things, since you wore-L " he answeticl4 as he hound ed in and hurried to a rude shelf° on one side of - the room, "I've sort o' played the: co - Ward once to-day," he added, "and now lam go ing to wipe it out. Shut -the door, Esther, and keep yourself and the children out' of danger. I'll be back shortly. Good-byil" and without waiting for a reply, he ran out in - the direction of his rifle, hiS wife Vainly calling for him, and entreating him to come back, and not risk his - life foolishly. . . • As soon as he .once more got hold of his rifle, he hastened to load it, and felt, as he afterwards expressed it, "like a new Man." Then keeping himself as much under cover as possible, he hurried up to a point where he could secrete hiinself and command a fair view of the mouth of the cave, within' easy rifle range.. ' Paint-faCe haint he mut- ter'ed; with an ominous frOwni 'At's riy opin 7 ion lie never will !" and like a cat watching for game, he kept his eyes riveted upon the spot where he expected' to see him appear. Fors ten Minutes all was 'still=-nothing Moved—and then, to his bitter satisfaction, he beheld the : lndian : ,coming out 'with a stealthy step, looking cautiously- and suspi ciously around. Th rifle Of the settler was already leveled, and fol. a Moment or two he sighted directly , at his heart, and then fired. The savage threw up - his hands convulsively, uttered a noise between a groan and a yell, and fell back quivering mrthe earth'. Boiv ditch took time to reload; And then approach ed him cautiously. He Found" hint-quite dead.. • A staxtricAlrr- remark, was made a few days sine° by Gen, Grant to some Chicago friends. They were conversing upon Gen. Logan and his extension of furlough. Gen. Grant remarked that he extended Gen. Lo gan's furlough because; while lie was in Illi nois fihhting Copperheads, he still 'was in the field doing duty: • Tw platform of the Democracy is thus suecinctly set forth in • a communication, to the "Lounger's" column of lEtarger's, Weekly: First Resolved, That, we are in :favor of • • the war. • - "'Second, lieidivd' That we are oppoeed - to' all measures for carrying:it on.- imca-says women 111.0 resorted td tight lacing to - ptove to - teen how well they ,could beargqueezing, .BnionAm. Y4:sl.ig'arid his' wivea just fill five' rows Of . seats in' e•• theatre at Salt Lake City, ZEN franklin ttcpositorp, abambersburg, pa. THE STATE .!WHANISTRATION.:iF - _ IJ, attention to,the following article tiaraHart:jibing - Telegraph, which , de serves to be thought :Over carefully by men of hlrparties... Its statements are matters public record, `and not to be denied. It is_ motenough to say that Andrew G. Curtin.-is loyal and true to his country ; that he is earn est, in his work, - and sincere in his Apsire to' subdue the rebellion that while he IMs 'twined the Government, he has also found care forthe Soldiers of Pennsylvania: This 4 is' tntich, bin 'we 'Must also remember that in his administration of the internal affairs of the State he has been most vibe and able'. - The man who in . fifth Of 'Nat is :able by his economy and skill to point out a 'way by Which' the 'people , may- be relieved of heiivy taxes, shows administrating talent of the highestorder. This Andrew G. Curtin has done. IrpOnlis re-election depend great financial interests, and it will improire the general prosperity of the people, by increas ing the State; revenues_ and diminishing the State taxes, it's certainly tis two and two, make four : y • • . • "When Andrew G. Curtin - assumed 'the powers - and the duties of the ExecutiVe office of Pennsylvania, 'we will not say the condi tion of, the State, in the various departments Cif her GoVernment, in the various industrial pursuits and corporate enterprise of the peo ple was not prosperous. It was at a period of profound. peace, notwithstanding it was at a-titne When the Democratic slave-drivers of the South with their dpughface sympathizers of the North, were dint:Acting their plans to oVerthrow. the• National Government. In the year , 1862 the- receipts , ,from- ordinary sources of revenue were in excess of receipts frem the same Sources in 1861,0ne million three thousand one hundred and snientv-iix dollars and eighty-two cents: (the -6:Xmas of interest paid in 1862 over that of 1861 being $144,095,87), and that the ordinary expenses for 1,862 were ninety-five - thousand three hundred and seventeen dollars and — Sixteen tents less than the year previous! . "This healthy condition of - the - revenues and the excess of the receipts dyer the expen ditures, secured - by the rigid' and general economy which !was insisted; ";on by Gov: Curtin in every department i e., , ,e State Gov ernment, induced him to I = , , end to the Legislature a revision ef- ; ; _Ti' enue laws, with a view to the legaiik ' "the burdens of taxation. At the same*ni= Gov. Curtin • Also recomniended'to the 'Legislature the jus tice and expediency of restricting thq rate of local taxation, which has been, and still is, insome parts of the Commonwealth, oppres sive. , Considering the increase of taxation by the National, Government, and consider ing, too; the enormous enlaroement of the war expenses, theses igureS at once redound "to the-credit of Gov. Curtin and the people , of ,Pennsylyania. We want : the tax-payers carefully, to ponder these fitcts. We want tile tax-payers to remember,, in the first year 'of Andre* G. Curtin's adailnietration, that . 4e-increased the revenues of the • State one ;million thirty thousand one hundred and sixty raix dollarc, and eighty-two cents; . and, that the ordinary expenses of . the State for the year 1862 were ninety-give thousand three hun dred and seventeen dollars less than the year previous : and that Andrew G. Curtin, by the rigid economy which he enforced during his entire administration, even while he was equipping and sending out' thousands of sol diers, white he was relieving the watitsof the soldier's family, while he was succoring the sick and wounded, 'and bringing the-dead from the battle-field home to buqedainong iiii their kindred, was enabled to ccomrii end, in the face of these extraordinary expenses, a revision of the revenue lairs, With a - vieto, to the reduction'of-the rate of local and 'State taxation ! "The - Administration of no other State Government in, the Union can point to such a record for the past three years. The his toiy of no Government in the world exhibits' such results. These facts prove a rigid ecom only and a wise statesmanship, entirely -due to Andrew G. Curtin. They pat to. rest all doubt as to his claims to a re-electlen. They prove that in his hands the :interests of Ithe .State and the welfare of the people .are safe. Will the taxpayers of Pennsylvania accept the proof? Will the people continue to re pose - in Andrew G. Curtin the cOnfidence and approval with which they attended his steps during the past, for the coming three .years? - If they do not, they niust expect in creased . taxation and enlarged indebtedness !. .If they - do-if the people of Pennsylvania decide (as we believe they will) 'to re-elect Andrew G. Curtin Governor of the State-- just in proportion as the revenues have been increased and the State taxes were reduced for the past, so will these revenues, be in creased and that taxation reduced' in the coming year of another administration. This is an important fact. It can be viewed - oray in one light. It cannot be disputed or "mis represented. - The result in figures of the in crease of our revenue and. the reduction of the - State taxes depend entirely upon the contingency that Andrew G. Curtin becomes GoVernor of Pennsylvania for three years after the expiration of his present term., ' 'Tax=payers of Pennsylvania, remember these facts!" SPEECH OF HON. N. It; BROWNE. There was an immense Union meeting held in Philadelphia to ratify the re-nomination of Andrew G. durtin; fOr the gubernatorial chair. There were addresses made from - several stands. The proAdings were very 'spirited. The Hon. N. B: Brovine, Post- Master of Philadelphia . under Buchanan's administration, was chosen President of the meeting, who, on taking the chair, made the following address ; I acknowledge the , honor of presiding over .a meeting of BO many loyal Philadelphiani.. We acknowledge no party hat our country. [Cheers.] We are for a vigorous prOsecution - of The war until the last rebel shall uneoMi tionally submit. We are for putting down all foes, whether-they be domestic or,foreign. These are the objects for which the loyal cit izens propose ,to conduct the present cam paign. [Cheers.] • Identified Bs I tiVe' been all my life with an opposite organization, there is not one of _these objects that has not claimed my atten tion since the first gun was fired upon Sum. ter; and I have forgotten the traditions of the Democratic party- if in my course there is anything,inconsistent with the teachings. of that party, from the clo,ys!of Jeirersorftto Jack son. ' What we are struggling for is already statdd:“ It his been presented to us' by our enemies'. - A leadittg southern journal-nailed , it a few .days go ;..said that-their &nisi) look- ' ed gloomy in - defid,.ualcss . they could recover it either by foreign. inteiference or the suc cess of ,the Democratic Masses at the,ncrth Boit is said by theentire English and French press'. It is all the hope' remaining to tree son. This being the case, how, in this State, BE NKr could the Anaoerats hav,e4fossibly managed better-for themselves ? How could thay.„have dOuerbetterthan by tOrnipating juageWoOd; I, _ward,f this', State t • -• , I am intithateiy , acquainted with that gen"! t!..ertiO. W!thout imputation upon hii etiar-q aeter; but.: cduld -we call 'John C. talhOun from his grave, and Snake him Governor of Pennsylvania. he could not better carry out his designs than Judge Woodward himself. -Hefer,to his speech published as delivered in tide city, when' he Said that southern slav e\ ry -was...-divinely sanctioned, and we -see this is true. He says to think about slavery. is a sin ; to talk about it is -a crime. He said the other_ day-to a gentleman that to question the right, of _slavery is infidelity. A Ttiese,stre his public, not alone his private opinions. - Judge Woodward is an avowed secession ist. 'He believes in it. It is tlie'doctrine of the school in which lie was reared; He.holds that, no man at the south carries' out the doc trine of State rights more vigorously than he. He would make this Union a_tnere or 7 _ ganized- weakness. Vallandigham or Fer naiado Wood are. no more 'conimitted to, un conditional peace than Jtidge :Woodward. Indeed, ho has even, of late, denounced his own party for embracing the warlike opin ions of the day. His opinions are-. - on the record. . • •• . . • ~.. What would be the result of hii election,? Gettysburg would be repeated. .We propo•set by the election of Curtin, to remedy all this. [Long cheering.] From the time the capitid was imperilled down to this mciment; "who has been a firmer friend to theGoverament? All our people, even our enemies s , will an swer that no 'Governor in any loyal State has done' more to sustain the Goverrunent than Andrew , G. Curtin. • [Cheers.l -Re-elect him, and- I believe -there will be very little of the rebellion after next October. CAN'T GO. VAIMA.NDIGHARL. The Leading War Democrats of Cinciri= nati and-Hamilton•county, haVe issued an address; callingn Convention :"to determine by what course we can best discharge our duty to our country and - ourselves: daririg the pre sent crisis of ow national affairs;" In their address they say I . • "A'crisis has rirrived, 'when it-becOmesire cessary that the 1 voice of true -Democracy should be heard in defenie of its sacred prin-• ciples. Our country is in the midstof a civil war, the magnittide of which has never been equaled iii-the history of • the - world ; and which has.been'forced upon us,. without a palliating circumstance to justify the uctsof those in rebellion against the Government. The object_ of the strife, upon the part of the Government, fifto_preserve - the bond of political existence : —tO v,indicate the authori ty of the Constitution, and maintain_ as a nation our territorial landmarksimimpaired. r lt is manifestly our duty es Dentoci•ats, in the present crisis, to pledge the Government not only all the men and also . which the emergency requires, but also by our votes to yield it that moral support so necessary to the seedy accomplishment of its object: It is the duty of theDemoffacy in this, the agur -of the nations peril, to stand by their Government, and to preserve to' themselves and their"posterity the institutions and laws of their country—and though, politically op- 4 posed to the present Administration, yet, the will of the people having been fairly and con stitutionally ex.pressed though the ballot box, it is our duty as American citizens, respect fully to yield obedience thereto. The true - Democracy of Ohio, standing where thy have ever stood, still maintain the Deintieratic doctrines of freedornof speech - freedom of the press, alree and untrammeled ballot-box, personal liberty, and the due en forcement of the Constitution and laws4--and while they so belitv.:, and will so a2t; they do_not4prove of that anxiety for personal liberty which leads Some _Democrats to for get that their Government is struggling for existence. • • . This species of oppositiontends to paralyze the arm of the Government, encOurges, trea son, gladdens the rebel 'hosts, and if fostered and•encouraged, our glorious Reptile must fall. Entertaining these Views, it - is clearly im possible for ue to suppor; as our candidate for Governor of the State of Ohio a man' who, from the commencement of the war, has, as we believe, placed, himself in 'direct opposi tion to the Government, and who desires to propoae terms of peace to traitors, who open ly declare thy 'will accept peace on no . terms short of a recognition of a Southern Con federacy. WoodWard;the Copperhead candidate foi Gcivernor of this State, stands - upon identic ally the same platform as Vallandidham, whom the title Democrats of Ohio are re pudiating. The Club of Philadelphia which works for Woodwardhasuueonditionallyen dorsed'the traitor Vallandigharn. How can a true Demeerat in Pennsylvania support principles which -his politiCal brother Of Ohio feels bound to repudiate. -Is not. true De mocracy the same . every -where ? ' SPEECH OF A LOYAL DFAOCRAT. Cramped as we are for room, we can not withhold from our readers the following 'warning paragraphs from the Masterly speech of Gen. M'Clernand, at emeeting of Indiana Democrats at' Indianapolis: '"ileware ! oh, Democrats, that yoM own curses are- not turned upon you.—Beware that, as you censured the Whigs for luke warmness in the Mexican war, that as you reproached-the Federalists with, disloyalty in the war of 1812, and denounced the mein hers of the Hartford ConVention as traitors, and also the Tories of the Revolution : be ware that, as you so, censured, repioached and denounced, so all posterity may _with one loud, deep and damning voice forever curse you and your names, if you' should backslide or betray us in this-great ethergen cy. Let me exhort.you, let me Warn, you to beware Of such a Late for yourselveis, your children and your children's children. The man or party that hesitates or Halts in- this great buslness'mtiSt he - ground to atoms and Scattered to the winds. ' "'But it is objected that Democrats sup porting the war are found in bad company. Grant it if you wilt; and:yet are not Demo crats apposing it found in still worse compa ny ? If war Democrats and Republicans are associated together on the one side, are not anti-war Democrats and - Rebels associated, at least in sympathy and sentiment, on the other ? Moreover, are not the anti-war Democrats acting in sympathy and harmony with the British aristocracy and their organ, - the London Times ? The great Tribu&s of the British commonalty—Bright and Cob den—are with us the War Democracy. After this statemeht we leave it to all im partial men to decide whether the War De inOcracyare not in less - objectionable com pany than 'the anti-war Demoeraey are ; whether Republicans are net less liable to corrupt our' manners than Jeff.• Davis, 'the rebels sad the Loudon Timeal • • GOD AND MY COIIMTRY r e_ ,:Tbefolla_wingilaquent tribute to ouri3oun.. -,. try,Wc extract 'froin-a, sermon deliveted"an Philadelphia on Fist, day; in the Arch street Presbyterian . Church, b the Rev. Charles' • S. - Porter; of Fniten;- d published by the . ; 8 request of a Committee f the ongregation: What a history is ou ! I commence ment was like the- glimmer o a star on the bosom of night ; its progress, the beamings orribontide, effillgence. -- YOUr beautiful - and opulent, city ,is a- memorable point ,in the course Of our political 'exiitenee.. It °mho . - soros mementoes - of our- earliest national -be ing. 'lt is itself a noble ilhistration of - our prosperity and'greatness. - Hew could it have become what it is, in :population and pros perity, in present and prospective, greatness, had not the nation become, by God's favor, a_ great and prosperous "people! And- how could we have been. the people we are; in men and means for the present awful civil. conlict, had we not been favored of feaven as were never any other people !Our 'first duty is to stand by the throne of' God ; the next, by- the-flag of Oureonntry. If we are a Christian, , We.must, 7.4 e shall be a patriotic people. .A true Christian must be, is, the .hest ruler and Subject; citizen and soldier, A voice from the tomb As clergyman in your city cries in our emiiii "God and- my country." Let the mints' try, let the church, in every branch, of all denominations, ,from Maine to California, from the frozen North to the torrid South, echo that 'cry,. "God and my country !" Let it be the -watchword in all our national and tate: :councils: The battlqier) with on armed _and marshaled hosts in-conflict with treason. , -11,,et ' :.all the youth In the land; from ;Or primary schools to„the, walls and ,halls . oar..ut . tiye,rsitip, wake-in-thunder-tones the,:slienti ';bpd. and my country !" Let treason:--alt- over the land hear it and tremble: * Lit 'the" nations hear it, and know for once that we 'Cannot be bought ; that we will not ,be gold: that we cannot be eonquered by the forces,. or terrified by the thundqinebetteries of the world. Let all know that under Ged Ave have but one aim, purpose, .and: prayer—to live or die a free, united, and independent republic..: • ' „ TITE FOURTH OF JULVIS6R, From the London Star f July 2) - WITH DEEP, 'DEVOUT AND GRATEFUL JOY we publish to-day the news of victories that are the heralds of ahappy peace. Seldom; if ever, has it been the lot of the journal*, to gnnounce on the same -sheet two -events of such transcendent importance as the' fall of Vicksburg and the retreat of Lee. Thij glo rious Fourth of July lies indeed received:a glorious celebration. In tens of thousands of Northern honies the birthday of Ameriqii freedom was-being liept with mingled and fcar, = -with blended - inetnoriesofjOy acid sadness, of pride and humiliation. * Through put RekEngland, and the populous Middle States, and the vast North-west—in cities that date back from our own heroic' seventeenth century ~and iii cities that have sprung up within the memory of living men upon the site-of world-old forests or on virgin prairies —around the Pilgrim's _Rock and on the gold sown strand of the Pacific—citizens- of the - Great Republic spake with tremul6us lips, as 'beneath the-shade of laurels twined with cy press, of their fathers' legacy of freedom, sand of the deadly struggle in which -their own brothers and sons were wrestling for the pre servation of that glorious heritagethetnion sacred alike to liberty and,law. :They knew riot that on that very . day the' God .of their country and of their sires—Abe God of justice and of mercy—had vouch - sated to the com monwealth a great &Wtranee. Their bro ken ra.lways and telegraph lines delaytd the happy tidings that on that same Fourth of July the flat; of - the Union had been exalted over the obstinate stronghold of rebellious slave:masters, and the sun had risen upon the greatest of their hosts in'dire retreat. 'What ever remains to be done or suffered—whatever hkttles to be fought or fortresses to besiege- , .- , the arinies.and people of, the Union may at 'least rejilice, with u-nutterable gladness and thanksgiving, that the boastful 'progress of the'eneruy has been turned back and the very Chiefest of his defences -broken dOwir. THE STATEDEBT: There is one proof of good or bad adminis 7 tration-of a State's affairs that alltpeople Will 'reeognia-e:and appreciate,- and that is found in the management of its finances. Gov. Curtin's' administration -tan be submitted,-to this test. - He has just issued his proclama tion announcing that the State debt has been reduced, during the past year;Nine Hundred and Fifty-four Thousand, Seven-Hundred and Twenty Dollars. and Forty-Cents ($954, 't•lOdu.) So splendid a result, in a time of war, is surprising, and the people of Penn sylvania have reason to congratulate thein: , selves - upon it. The finances of the State, have been wisely faithfully, economically and honestly managed. Would it not be the height of folly to change a State administra tion that has done so well., and put new and untried- men into office? Would 'it not be ingratitude ,of the worst kind, to dismiss 'a Governor who has proved -so faithful, and under whose hands the burdens of State tak ation are yearly coming down? We have no 'fears that Governor Curtin will be defeated. The people know him; honor him and trust him, and he has so many claims upon their confidence, that it -is scarcely necessary to bring 'before them this claim founded upon his nduction of the' State debt. - But vie want to see him re-elected .by .such a revising Majority as will forever silence and crush the Copperheads who are calumniating him and trying, to brim , '' Pennsylvania_ into al liance with the rebel States by electing Geo.. W. Woodward. We wantto haves the reb= els and. Copperheads taught by Pennsylvania a lesson like they have been taught by Maine, but on a much larger scale.—Philadelphia . Bultetin. A BRA-VE hiArre ANswEtt.—General Butler, in a speech lie- made while stopping over night in XetvAlartipshird on his'-wgy to the White Mountaing - was --- now and then in terrupted by Copperheadit. - la two years we littve seen: thrpeinaiiers of l ia million of men raised. Before the 501,3 tedec was cOmpleted'one of the Pierce Detia - - ociats,asked in a sneering air, "Where are they now ?" - "Some of them," replied Gen eral Butler, with his customary promptness, "lie sleeping beneath the sod; and othe. - 7s are still tightingothe'battles of their Country; while you remain here at home hiding the caus'e of traitors!' - In another portion •of his speech Genera Butler said': . ' . "Will you- volunteer?" a voice' - replied; "No." "You voted for Breckiriyidge,"Auld -4 voice to General Butler, alludingtothe,hist Democratic 4 Natimial ,Convention, said Butler, and if I were so cowardly as you I might be tempted to deny it." • He then went on to'show these New Hampshire piti t - Xisans thationelnight very properly votp.rot MI Ml a Idiot mu*. ter . talur - 473tycHmtitaitces and opl pose that *istn Attiatt 7 t - ellain other 4:ttyltu3-e Iscariot was a true f o ud, wer vf, his ;Kat ter,s'ihe was no doubt a Worthy example tolte _fellOwed ; but he was not aware thit a man to preserve his consist -aacymaust, ctinti*a - folollow Judas tau he had betrayed his • Mitita4 fotireo. _ . -HE - ADQUARTER \ S O-PPRO'VOettr, MARSIIAL, Sixteerjth. District.etrins 3 ritsnft4 l „ Igabarg, Aeptember, :5, f*wintis Ruowned for toff InfOrmation of all voric r rolid tr.; let. Thu payment of S3o4,irs.Prooti from the one +lite but not from any eubsequent draft. - 2d. A dratted man may p.tys:lot) or offer it,frabstituto APTER the Itea,rd - ,,up‘m exantimition have nrimonneed him fit for the servic. - - hl drafted man =golfer a subistitute any thi s ) , Ohm aye 'reseeluetl) between the hours 'sit by. the' ttoUrCilii tiuit parpose,-buf betutust-bssepreil(rutlytoinplibilimith theliquiteitientwor Sik. 7 et--Oretilar l 33 Ifota of the Provost hlurshutPederul whielt providbe tlotuAll Peliolif yam irlaY beArlittedpitiel , Whitinitylthisire to t present substitutes shall give notice hi - writing rib lhe Hoard of Earollnient that ea such a day ther will pre sent a substitute, giving his name, reuisku r ,,, age, an d stating whether ho is an alien or -elthen." The Board will decline lo.receice Mt substit u t es _ w h o are unable to prcnent some evidence of being litieiy to theoblfgation they propose assuming to -the tiov ernment. 4th. For inforntation iri reference to theClairaet a n en b for exemption, the 'public is- retered to t. treater Di, al ready published in - the newspapers of the District. 6th., Evidence of disqualification on account of age shall be all or as much of the following us can be obtain ed: Eirst,.=Doeuutentary , evidence, legal" or otherwise. of theparents and such other res. pectable persons (heads of families) as' are must likely to be informed on th e subject. , In no case will the personal presence of the party eltriniing this exemption be dispenSed with. 6th. A Certificate that a party has been enrolled else where will not be conclusive to establish a clai m f u r e x: eruption on the ground of non-residence. The party must present Lint-telt fur the purpose of being question.- Cloned and should be prepared with proof (affidavits of neighbors) in support pi' his claim. - Enrollment in two sub-districts of the same Cortgrest aidnal District will not exempt from draft, pro-tided Ws party has been drafted achis proper place of residence, 7th. Partis.wbo furnishcdsubstitutes last Fall that, were mustered into, the service fur three years have geed ground for exemption, but principalswitu furnished stab etieutes fur I:IWO-months uni,rltre liable to militarY - duty under this draft. - The fact that a substitute furnished last Fall - Was a mlaor'or alien diesnet exempt the prtn -• . Bth. A drafted man who wits in service on the ad or 'Blarch;lB63, is eXerupt. The cErtifla rte , of a comae eloped olhicer or the nitidavite of Amu respectable citizens (heads of families) Will be requited in proof this in addition, thedischarge s of ,the party- or a properly authenticated copyshauld be produced. 9th. Where names helve' been 'improperly spelled on notices. 11‘)exewption can Declaimed. Thrpartyintond ed by the ehtolling offieerlh the party the Board liable to report: . • By order of tire Board of Enrollment. sept. 9 • MILITA4Y. .NOTICE.—The lovin g appointment Lae,been inade by liajor Own:rat Couch, riz: ' - HeadquarteraPepartniezt Susquehanna, .Chanibersburg,Septeraber lAth, 1863. *SPECIAL ORDERS NO2 90 , --IStrnAtr,--Persens re aidinoal Franklin, purnheriand and Perry esttaties Pa, having just claims against the United States Govern rnentlarQuarttus Mast ens' 2 Bnprsilee - and. transportation famished Ina United states f,grees, (luring gut recent rebel invasiod win present tilers' tti o'o., A. Debug, Asst. Qtuu ter j.klasteriiL S. Vols,,,at soch time and places oche may de ignato Circular,heminta attached witka 'fear to their Mint sottemmit. " • ' "Command of Major General Coral. ` "JNO.' R. st , rtirvrzt .modstau t Adjetant t3eneraL" •• pnrenaMio of tho above order, the nn dorsi. edvill remain in Chambersberg. the.neat - two . eek. to hear and adjimt all claims, embraced in 'The a . tructiOns; for paitiei in Yrrnktin county and than p ion ot Cumberland. - county, and ;Won; Shippon. erg. All persons let ring such claims will prc , - Ben t the, or with, duly anthenficated 13Thnk forms will be furn.•aed.. , Capt. A. DENNY Sept It-air As4t, Qr, Mns. U. S. Volt,. I;,—Netice wiltbe given qt the time of hearing ib Ctimbertnrid and Perry. Ileadv4arters, of Prrmost-Jiarshal, l&h Pennrgratria Chainbersburg. Sen't 4th; 1863. Al[ .. A.inr - AFFID AYITS TRAT have beeriforwArded by mail to these herd-quar ters relating to the el:silt/sof Drafted men 6.w exeinptien are so 4efective in execution as to be valueless for the purpose Intended.. In'a 4 Cwlnstancco they have been pre pared in seeming igrorance of fhe rightsof theparty un-.. der the law, or with intent to pr .ctice imposition upon the Baird. 'lt is announced that as' a rule Drafted Men with their ,witnesses are: required to appear in pereOn before the Board of Enrollment : GED. EYSTER, .- ' Bro. Mar., 16th Dist. Pentm.. ' . - sept 9-3' . and BreSident of Board of Enrollment. Haudzuariers.of, Prondst•Narsbal,- t 16th District. Penniylraniai • Clistnbersbarg. ReplAth.lB63. THE DRAFTED MEN- OF THIS Dis4:ict are cautioned against joining Volunteer Regiments. Everyman drawn in the We draft who is) jolukwill be esteemed a deserter and treated as such. • GEO. b.YSTER, - Captairiand Provmtllarldinl; 16th District. Penna. sept 9-3 t Heatbiztarters of Prm,ostMarchat, - :18th District, Penniylrtraia, • Chainberslinra. Sep't 4th. 18O3i. IVOTICE IS- lIRREBY that it r . e4raitl. of $lO,, arid the reasonable exPense inenred, will be intid tb any periten lhr the apprehension and delivery ,of a deserter at the flendquarters of the nearest Provost 31arisliitE 'ft EU. -„ -Capt./thorn' tArt:otit narwhal,- , lOth Dist. Penn. sept 9-3 t eqtta4)Errija libqfing.• B oor I N. . • ROOFING Ready to nail dOwn, Kt/KW/NG giinre durable than L G AW°Pl4lfa ro t 4YA -c ( ) M TI S7 ) :ep -n or n" Pktßonfs READY 'RO FIN'G FOR HOUSES, FOR entaxims, 7 ' FOR FACTORIES, PO ft &gym!, FOR ALL MTILDINGs! Vila:Roofing is nindonf that/mildest woven &bric ever used fur the purpose.—Muuntictnred solely by onrselyeir and secured by Patent. PO up in ridlo aid shitipeillo all, pacts of the contitsl, andu utliyfrrsale_byhardw - aremerchantsandbuilders. Tt pm applied bN• any-common workman. ' ,We Also nvinnfitctnre. ' GUITA:TERCHA FINIpPr, • • - !OM ;PRPAIRIIOI LE K TIN ROOFS t t'Lf.EAPERI-TIEAIT OIL : ILVAVIEIti J3OIIITIIAN OIL PAINT. - 4 7101tE DUI2AILLB THAN OIL PAINT. It forma a Pkintinctly iulticsive, 'elastic coating ever the , wholksurfane of the tin, filling up ail the smaller * ' 1 - 5,S T 11 0:11E - ATM oftB.sztviiti the ailievi;e if a new toot • , 'OUR COMPOVND • PERCHA CEINIT,INT - is'espetioity ftaobtod to repairing - - LEAKY SHINGLE 1t0013, - - • CILLVATES, , du, da, du,