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Wednesday, Jane 20,1864.
UNION NATIONAL MK FIT.
FOR PRESiDENT.
MIRAIIAIII LINCOLN,
OF ILLINOIS: •
FOR VICE PRESIDENT.
'ANDREW JOHNSON,
OF TENNESSEE
,GEN. CAMERON .has called the Union
State Committee' to meet at Harrisburg
on Wednesday, 'the 6th of July. The
campaign about to open is, one of vital
importance to the Union party and to the
Nation ; and we cannot too strongly urge
the earnest, cordial and prompt co-opera
tion of every member of the. committee
in the Work' of organization for the strug
gle.. Let the attendance be general.
Tnn army of Gen. Grant before Peters 7
burg, and of General Sherman before At
lanta, have made no decisive operations,
during the last week. Both are gradu
ally but we trust surely reaching the de
struction of the military power of the re
, billion. Its whole life is in those two
armies, and when they are defeated re
bellion practically ends. Most important
news may - be'expected from both Grant
and. Sherman at any time.
'. Gen. Hunter reached Lynchburg last
• week and destroyed the railroad for some
• distance, but, did not attempt to capture
- the town. He is represented as having
„gone into Western Virginia, in aecord 7
-:ance with his original orders. What his
,movement is, we cannot conjecture,'
PENNSYLVANIA CONGICESSIIEN.
• Thelong session of Congress isdraw
ing to a close, and the Pennsylvania Rep
resentatives are about to appeal to.their
Constituencies. They havebeen entrust
ed with a high measure of responsibility
in this fearfnl peril to our common cowl
!. try„ and they will be judged by an earn
•est and loyal people with a jealous scru
„tiny that no cunning sophistry or polit
mai' discipline can withstand. Those who
have been faithful to the . National cause
will, in most instances, be returned by
increased majorities, while those repre
tenting debatable districts, like Messrs.
Miller, Coffroth, M'Allister, Dawson and
Lazear, and have voted generally as Jeff.
Davis would have dictated, Will have a
.Tearful-rendering when they confront the.
~ p eople they 'have persistently betrayed.
The following is 'a list of the present del
43gation—Democrats'in itaZics, and Union
:members in. Roman :,
1. •Samuel J. Randall. 13. H. M. Tracey.
2. Charles O'Neil. 19. Wm. H. Miller.
li eo nl nazdiS c i, 4 }- I?y rs. Bail ey. 4. . 16. A. H. r.th.
Russell Thayer. 17. Arch. JU'Allister.
,1 6. John D. Stiles. 18. James T. Hale.
17.:J.0hn M. Broomall. 19. G. W. Scofield.
8. S. E. Ancona. 20. Amos Myers.
.9. Thaddeus Stevens. 21. John L. Dawson,
10. Myer &rouse. 22. J. K. Moorhead.
- 11. P: Johnson. 23. Thomas Williams.
- Charles Denni Son. 24: Jesse Lazear.
Of the old members Hon. J. K. Moor
, head has already been unanimously re
nominated for a fourth term, and Hon.
Thos. Williams has been practically re
' ;nominated by two of the three counties
Allis district declaring for him. - Of the
other Union members, all ate pretty cer
tnin to be re-nominated without a contest
:and ;triumphantly re-elected, but Messrs.
•-lEfide and Tracy, who were elected two
pars ago irregularly, receiving the votes
of , the Democrats and a fraction of r Alie
tnionists, although both have made
,-.blioneless records. Judge Hale,,we learn,
*ill not be a-candidate, and the regular
Union nominee Will succeed him.' Tracy
will probably run nolens voleas against
the Union nominee,and the issue will de
' - pend upon the force of the nomination
made against him, but we look for the
election of the candidate for whom the
.copperheada do not vote. A feeble ef
fort has been made to defeat the re-nom
ination of Judge , Kelly in the 4th district,
built Will not sue& ed. So true, earnest
and able a Representative cannot well be
spared just now from our National conn
.
- On the Democratic side, Messrs. Ran
:4ll,
.Stiles, Strome and Dennison will
certainly bo re-nominated, and we look
for their re-election. A contest will be
4 1 1 . .Anadel'agai — nst Dennison in Susquehanna
! 7 4),;id,tuzerne, and against Strouse in Leh
le4son and Schuylkill, but the chances are
. 4 141 y with them. We have not seen any
inflitions as yet of our Irish " friends"
...41-gle:taining regions of Schuylkill And
tuzqrne voting leas earnestly, less ire
, .quenily..or 'taking less interestininaking
their ne.ii,hl,lors *otoii# dinst the war and
,everything ; that' savors of loyalty and
'Freedom; and .as they make their own
erlarinalamLeleetion laws, they will give
just as umeh : ragjority as they deem ne
eessary.-,.. We learn ghat Grow will not
inn again' Campbellhas gone abroad
as , Minister .to Swedes a ; Ancona and
Joilmston Svill q out lig' 'party limitation
and will be sueteeded•byintense Copper
heads like themselves. a:3l)2.ey Will be
,rejected by his party -for ..sastaining our
armies in the field Aitd tbes.sluse of the
04;: e nrnnient generally,..and Natil : probably
nupported by the pnion ,inn of the
-41,Adot Against .Mr. Giaasbrenner tie
:Ifie,Allister,. being ateitOr hot t oor
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sent. • He cast just enough of loyal votes
to alienate his own party, and not enough.
to gain the 'confidence of the Union Men.
Messrs. Miller, Coffroth, Dawson and La
zear will likely be re-nominated---certain
ly they all can be- without a contest if
they deidre it, and, unless the signs of the
times prove singularly delusive they will
all be defeated by decisive majorities.
Their districts' and McAllisters' voted as
follows for Governor last fall:
14th District (Miller's.)
Curtin. Woodward.
Dauphin - 5065 3b15
Juniata 1456 1737
Upion 2024 1250
Snyder 1758 1331
Northumberland. - 2649 3356
Curtin'a majority, 1,403.
16th District (Coffrotles.)
Adams '2689 2917
Bedford 2430 .2704
Franklin 3876 3710
Fulton : 7611022
Somerset • 3064 - 1738
curtin's majority, 729.
17th District (111'Allister's.)
Blair 3283 2386
Cambria . .. =2164 3000
Huntingdon '3260 2167
1709 • 1626
Curtin's majority, 1,237.
21st District (Dawson's.)
Fayette 3091 3791
Indiana 3961 ..1955
Westinoreland 4494 5581
11546 113T1
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Curtin , s majority, 219: .
4th District (Lazear's.)
lleacer 3037 2056
Greene ~.. .. . .... .... 1484 ' 2960
Lawrence 3063. 1251
Washington .. .."2._.... 4627 4371
Curtin's majority, 1,573.
It will be seen that Gov; Cnrtin's ma
jorities in the five districts ranged from
219 to 1,573, and the soldiers' vote was
of course rejected. Had it been counted
it would have chosen Wallace overLazear
and Stewart over Dawson. Next fall the
Union strength at home cannot be-short
of the vote given for Gov. Curtin, unless
we should have decisive disasters in the
field, and the vote of our heroic volun
teem will be cast almost unanimously in
favor of the great cause for which they
are periling theirlives.
probably be succeeded by Hoti. Louis W.
Hall, of Blair; Wm. 11. Miller will most:
likely be opposed successfully by Geo.
Miller, of Union ; Dawson will be succeed:
edby Stewart of Indiana; Lazear by Law
rence, of Washington, or Cunningham
of Beaver, and. Coffroth will be run out
by Col. Jordan of Bedford, or Gen. Koontz
of Somerset. - Judging the result in these
districts by the present indications, the
Union men cannot : l'aq to gain at least
'five Congressmen in this State, and if
New well,
, York, Ohio and Indiana do as
the proposed amendment of the constitu
tion abolishing slavery, will not be defeatt
ed in the next Congress for want of a two
thirds vote. Let the Union men look well
to the interests of the cause in the debat-;
able districts, and there will be few cop
perheads chosen to burl their impotent
treason against the measures declined ne
cessary to give us a United and Free Re
public.
COFFROTy SPEAKS A PIECE
It was in balmy June time ! Gay Flora
wore her richest .robes, with variegated
hues, and flinging wide-spread her sweet
est 'fragrance. Ambrosial dews refreshed
the green fields, and hung in crystal tears
_upon the flowers as:they welcomed each
returning morn. The winged choristers of
Heaven sang their loveliest songs as new
days were born and died; and the modest
hollyhock was struggling to rear its
swelling buds to,- burst forth in splashing
splendor.
Coffroth was in Congress. Ho had en
tered the Hall with a fixedneis of purpose
on one point that •he hoped no conjunc
ture of events could unsettle. He had "de
termined not to participate in Any gene
ral debate." The world should grow no
wiser or greater at his expense. He had
resolved to go through his term of service
displaying only the—.
"Playful blushes, that seem'd nought,
But luminous escapes of thought."
But events have thickened upon Coffroth.
In vain did he struggle to be "a listener
andnot a talker" when the most "extra
ordinary legislation" was being pressed
upon the country. Ile Could have tolera
ted any degree of treason—any amount
of relentless murder by the ernel authors
of this wanton war, so that it-did not too
deeply crimson the foot-prinis of , crime.
So long as it bfotight rich fruits only to
traitors, and disasters to loyal men, he
could be content to' listen. Butwhen the
twin demons of treason and despotism
were about to feel the avenging stroke,of
faithful men, and a justice loving God,
he must raise his voice in thunder-tones
to protest against it. AS Freedom dawn
ed above the bloody, din of civil strife,
and pointed to a continent about to be
regenerated, he flings resolution to the
winds, and breaks the expressive silence
he had fixed for a Congressional term,
Four millions of "ignorant and debased
Aegroes" were about to be turned loose
upon the country . ( with pestilential of.
feet"—
, 4 s Their softest•toneh asifilnart aslizard's king
Their music frightful asthe serpent's hiss'!"
could bet - therefore he Aka; for he
felt that it might :be the terrible-ealm of
death to the country; and Coffroth spoke!
'The - "mere abolition of 'SlaverYn Ras
not his complaint:: For such a trifle, ab
stractly considered, he would not have
violated-pre-determined reticence; "but
when the abolition of Slavery endangered
the harmony and success of treason, in
his judgment it ceaSed'to be an - abstrac
tion, and ho bent , his :whole colossal en
ergies to st,kr, the tide of. sorrow. to the
amiable and virtuous murderers of our
brave fathers, sons and brotheri. From
his own land of heroism and bereave
ment; of Freedom. and Freedom's sacri
fices, he turned his eyes to a land blotted
with gigantic crime and holding high car
nival in desolation and death: It has as
sumed rulers, clouded with perjury and
treason, who have made wicked, cause
less-War and hecatombs of dead to make
mean ambition and matchless perfidy ap
proved in history ; they—
" Whose games were Empires, and whose stakes
- were thrones,
Whose tables, earth—whose dice were human
bones."
And to these he turns with mingled sym
pathy and adoration, and declares that
to abridge the rights of traitors or take
their slaves would be "stealing!"—and
be it known that Coffroth won't steal, es
pecially from traitors ! _
In Support of his position Coffroth in
yokes the power of logic-not, mere
made jargon learnt by heart;'.: - but origi
nal, profound, commanding logic. He
stood before the giants of the Nation—
" With loads of learned lumber in,his head"-
-aud startled them with an exposition of
constitutional law before which the fame
of Webster incontinently pales. Vainly
have statesmen believed that the consti
tution could - be amended in conformity_
with its own provisions; but then Cof
froth-had not yet lived, or had not yet
spoken. - To him alone belongs the re
finement of logic that declares it.nncon
stitutional to - amend the constitution ac
cording to the terms of the constitution;
and henceforth jle constitution must
stand before the Nation as a monument
of unconstitutionality. Sad fate for the
great declaration - of rights; but profound
ly sorrowful as it seems, Coffroth is inex
orable, and the constitution must be ac
cepted as unconstitutional!
—So much we pardon, since fools and
follies must over go : together; and per
haps. weshould pardon more. It is not
the fault of Coffroth that Coffroth cannot
reason; for his reason is not of his own
creation, and it would be unfilial to blame
his parents—blasphemous to 'blame his
God. Hence the mantle of charity falls
over such mingled nonsense and half--
fledged treason as CoffrOth utters. He
has listened to able men talk treason; saw
learned"colleagnes act the traitor's part,
and they wield over him—
',12952 11549
12620 12091
10416 9179
12211 10638
"That odd impulse, which in ware or creeds,
Makes men, like cattle, follow him who leads."
And he haS foll Owed—bravely, pompous
ly followed, and - Congress and Coffroth
shared a common disgrace.
Congress has again resolved to perform
an impossibility, and the world will not
be astonished that it has failed; There
' would be just as much reason in enacting
that water shall not run down hill, as to
pass laws designed to regulate the price
of gold arbitrarily ;' but Congress tries
and fails, and keeps trying from time to
time although the evidence of failure has
risen mountain high. The first enact
ment forbid the hypothecation of gold
purchased for More than - par, and gold
went up and down thereafterjust as usual.
Next Secretary Chase was authorized to
sell tht gold in his vaults, and a collapse
. was predicted ; but the 'gambler made a
pool"--that is combined together—and
coolly invited Mr. Chase to sell and they
would take the lot. As they would then
have been able to control the market ab
solutely, and run gold up' to any figure
they,wanted it to reaeh, Mr. Chase wisely
kept his precious metal so thathe might
have it when his interest must be paid.
But Congress was still incredulous, and
another bill was resolved 'open to cramp
the genius of the _gamblers. A bill was
passed practically :declaring that gold
was not a merchantable commodity, and
that it should-not be 'sold on the stock
boards ; and Congressional financiers
waited for gold to topple down and bury
with it the whole swarm of speculators.
But probably to the surprise of,Congress,
it gave the gamblers the entire ',control
of the sales of gold, and it went up twen
ty per cent. in a single day, touching two
hundred and thirty and since vibrating
between that and two . hundred and eight.
The result of the last enactment of Con
gress:was to enhance everything, and the
people -pay the piper. Bad a carefully
prepared tax, bill _been applied to gold
gambling, so stringent in its provisions
that it could not be evaded, and so exact,
ing upon such operations as to give thE'
government the lion's share of the profits
when successful, and to swell disaster
fearfully when they stake and lose, we
should have, been guiltlei,s of the folly of
restricthig,ttadu - nod had a large source
of revenue for the treasury.
Gold must be bought end bartered. It
is daily needed in the legitimate channels
of business, anti those who do notpesse§s
it must trade with,those who'd° said• • - A . ,•; as
'long as it is subject to-Inflations Had tde,..
GOLD-OIIR FINANCES.
pressioni in price, -just. 'so long will men
gamble in it as they 'do in every other
marketable commodity. They will com
bine to enhance or depreciate it. as they
do the price of flour, dry goods, groceries
and fancy articles; but; if allowed to pur
sue their own wad, it Will just as 'surely
find its just value as, water will find its
level. To attemp4.therefore to reduce its
value in the market by arbitrafy enact
menti, is simply to attempt What legisla
tion cannot perform.
There is one remedy for the alarming
advance in gold, and but one. Operators
can manipulate gold to fabulous figures
solely because the government is without
adequate resonrceS for its vast liabilities.
If: Congress would pais a revenue bill suf
ficient to pay the interest on our debt,
and make certain provision for retiring
our circulation and bonds as the interests
of trade may demand, gold would, not
command a premium of forty per rent.
to-day; and when it is considered that
the enormous indirect taxes now snffered,
by the people are justly attributable to
the cowardice or faithlessness of Congress
on thiS vital question, there must be a
fearful reckoning for many members when
they. come before their, outraged: people
for re-election. The people : are nowpay-I
lug an average of thirty per cent..more
for the necessaries of life than they would
be asked to pay, did Congress so perfect
the tax bill as to give ample revenue. If
an individual issues his notes and bonds
to an extent beyond his visible means to
pay, they inevitably depreciate,and he is
discredited. The same simple rule ap
plies to the government ;.• and until:Con
gress learns these accepted 'rules of trade,
we shall have unsettled finances and
grievous burdens imposed upon the pet),
ple. One-tenth the money now paid by
the people indirectly in
-the shape of en
hanced prices for everything they eon-'
some, would, if paid directly to the gov
ernment to sustain its credit, give ample
means to float our debt and keep g9ld.at
a very moderate premium.: To ref Use to
tax, therefore, is` to refuse relief to the
people, and cowardly and treacherous
members of 'Congress will learn that the
people understand their own interests
much better than they have imagined.
Let Congress give the governnient,judi
cious tax laws. 'The people 'will cheer
fully bear their share: of the burdens ne
cessary to maintain the government, and
we shall then have reduced prices for all
the necessaries of life, and the credit of
the government and, our currency fixed
upon a basis that cannot be shaken by
gamblers or, traitorL
THE FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW.
TUE Senate on Thursday passed the act
repealing the Fugitive Slave laws, of 1793
and 1850, by a vote•of 22 to 12. • We give
here the Yeas - and Nays :
YEAS—Messrs. Anthony, Brown, Chandler,
Clark, Conness, Dixon,..i;'oot, Grimes, Hale,
Harlan,
Harris, Hicks, Howard, Howe, Lane
(Ind.), Lane (Kansas), Morgan; Morrill, Pom
eroy, Ramsey, Sherman, Sprague, Sumner, Ten
Eyck, Trumbull, Wade and Wilson.: '
NAYS—.Messrs. Bucltalew, Cubic, Cowan,
Davis,' Hon d ri Clig,J oh n so n , Povv ell,
Riddle, Saulsbury, Van Winkle and Willey.
It sounds oddly in the year 1864 to read
the names of two Pennsylvania Senators
in the list of twelve nays on de question
of repealing the Fugitive Slave law; but
such is' the humiliation of our greateeiiii
monwealth to-day, and such has almost
ever been her fate. -Pennsylvania.
~has
furnished nearly two hundred thousand
men to defend our sacred Nationality
against the assaults of : Treason and Sla-,
very, and full . twenty -five thousand of
thatnumber fill untimely and often name
less graves,:—heroic sacrifices to . the
crowning crime of human bondage and
its endless train of evils; :and when an
enlightened progress, dictated • alike by
laimanity and. National necessity, seeks
to blot frinn our statue books the blister
lug evidence of our Nationalabaseinent to
Slavery, Pennsylvania records_ a solid
vote -against it in the-firstlegi.slative -tri-,
banal of the, larid;- Fortunately the bill
has passed and is now a law, despite the
shame of our State.
—With Senator BuCkalew we ha,ve noth-,
ing to do. He has disappointed no one—
has sacrificed no convictions; violated no
pledges; falsified no record. He was cho
sen by a legislature in sympathy with his
views, and he has simply been consistent
in error. But Senator Cowan has been
faithless to the sentiment that called him
to responsible trust, and shamefully vie.,
hated his own volturtary record: In 1866,
when the writer hereof was Chairman- of
the State Committee, lie was compelledto
recall several appointments made for this
same Edgar Cowan because of the radical
abolition principles • he advocated. Ibis
only theme seethed to be the destruction
of Slavery, and the blotting:out of the last
vestage • of its power. In short he was
radically in advance of the 'times—then
holding and advocating views so violent
that, in the absence of rebellion; they
could notk be justified either in law or,
comity. 'Before his election the formal
secession of _several States was a matter
of history, and Slavery was abOut to re
sort canselessly and wickedly to the ter,-
'Able arbitrament of the sword. -In such
a crisis, the supposed fidelitycif Mr. Cow
an to the government and his known hos
tility to the fruitful parent of our Nation
id made him acceptable to the
Wald - 'nexk of the - legislat , ute, -he
teas clothed With - the' ;highest legislative
trust. Others might falter before the se
duction's of power, or thedisOpointriletits
of small minds, but no one doubted that
there would ever be 'one faithful man in
the Senate—EdgaK Cowan4 of 'Pennsyl
vania.
-:--Such were his antecedents—isuch his
pledges—such the circunistancl3-8 of his
election. How faithless 1j has been, let
his' record tell. With Sarilisbury and
Powell and Davis, and every open, in
solent ,sympathisat with treason, he votes
habitually from day to day; and shames
his loyal friends and degrades his great
State by his perfidy. When will Penn
sylvania learn to value and cherish States
men, rather than political adventurers I
TIM Spirit is needlessly exercised be
cause the RErosrrouy- has advocated a
re-cast of Mr. Lincoln's cabinet. = - The
Spirit don't do such things for the very
good reason that it don't do much think
ing for itself, and never speaks until its
course is clear of all obstructions. In
Short,. it is a mere partizan journal, and
don't trouble itself with independence of
expression, but meeklyfoliows asits lead
ers dictate. If its party is necessitated
to put on a tolerably plain stripe of loyal
ty,-very well—if it is enabled to display
its faVorite coppery hue,the:Spirit follows
and loves it all the better.
Believing as'we do that the cabinet is
impaired in popular respect and useful
ness by the palpable antagonism of Con •
yiction that obtains, therein, we do not
hesitate to urge a change. We have done
so personally months ago, and,do so pub
licly, now that no 'reasonable excuse can
be given for keeping discordant constitu
tionaladvisers, when the supreme coun
cil Of the Union party has emphatically
demanded reconstruction. It may not be
done even noW but assured as we are
that if it is not done evil may result
. therefrom, we prefer stating the truth and
leaving .consequences to others.
-The intimation of the Spirit that blun
ders and needless sacrifices in the man
agement of the war have resulted from
Cabinet diss - entions, is unlike untrue and
abstird., The ministerial antagonism of
which we complain is that which openly
confronts the' proclaimed policy of the
adminiStration, in vindicating loyalty by
the j iist punishment of treason. We hold
that treason is a crime for which there can
be no tolerance, save at the cost - of virtue
and fidelity ; and we object to any ele
ment in a National cabinet at this day
that
no
that treason and secession for
feit no rights under the Constitution.
THE Spirit denounces Graiit---Lbis of
fence being that lie 'persistently fights the
rebels instead 'of retreating after the fash
ion of Don't be hasty, neigh
bor: the Chicago Convention is postponed;
." Little Mac" is overboard, and where
you l will fall in the- - new deal, no one can
conjecture. It-may be Grant, the "Wool
ley Horse," Vallandigham, or " any other
man." , uot safe for the Spirit to speak
evil of any one just now. We -give this
adinonition gratis!
THE Copperheads of Bedft.rd county have
nominated B. F. Myers, Esq., of the Gazette,
for Assembly, and'Michael Wertz - for Commit.
.sioner. Congressional conferees were chosen
friehdly to the re-nomination of - Gen. Coffrotht
and'Afessrs. 0. E. Shannon, J. a Hartley and
J. H. Schell were appointed. Judicial conferees
with instructions to support the nomination of
Judge Kiininell, of this place. Mr. Shannon is
thezentleman 'who withdrew his subscription
to pay bounty to volunteers, lest it should dam
age him in his party, and Mr. Myera is the pres
ent member. He was the only Man we have
heard of in this State who openly justified the
riots of Seymour's "friends'' in New York. He
will be handsomely-defeated. and will be a sad
der and we trust a wiser- man' after the people
pass upon his case next fall. The resolutions
adopted denounce the war, - the draft, and in
deed pretty much everything but Jeff Davis and
Slavery. Considering that Judge Kimmell is ti•
War Democrat we commend to his careful
consideration the resolutions with which his
name is mingled,•and especially the following,
which was adopted •
Resolved, That we are in favor of an armis
tice and cessation of hostilities, in order to make •
way for peace and a restoration of our unhappy
land to its old Deinociatic glory and prosperity,
and in, favor of all: proper compromises and
guarantees which may secure to, the people of
the States their constitutional rights.
WE beg the attention of the Spirit to one or
two recent incidents, which have doubtless es
caped its notice. Gen, Sturgis, a copperhead
General of the most approved sort, led a com
mand out from Memphis recently, and by pal
pable incompetency or treachery sacrificed all.
his matbrial of war, and many of, his men
--the rebel Forrest capturing more Union sol
'diers than the number of the entire rebel - force.
Will the Spirit please let ns have its usual lec
ture, mostly copied from the World, oripelitica' I
and incompetent Generals? '
Again—an association of copperheads in Ta
maqua, Schuylkill county, resolved that a loyal
paper'published there should be demolished be
cause it denounced the draft rioters, and the
office was promptly gutted and the contents de
stroyed, solely because it was gnilty,of instiiin
ing the government Will the Spirit note the
occurrence, and give its stereotyped overfiow
of indignation at this attempt to suppress the
f re edeetof the press?
Tut Efonse of Representatives refused; by a
vote of 100 against 50. to repeal the s,3oo„eom
mutation clause in the enrolment bill, . Such a
result, by so large . 'a majority; took every pup
by surprise. -1
Jil4 2§ 1 184.
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Tug Ifniorr_men 'of gallant_ K t * e i. l 4 t hay .„
unanimoußly presented Gm. Wm.s,Koontzfor
Congress, and nominated Moses A, Komi 'for
Assembly. Of den." Koontz, the gomeri e jg er .
all says :
"In presenting Gen. Koontz to the
other' counties of the district, its a suitablep er _
son to oe the standard bearer of its loyal citi
zens in -the approaching election, we emphati
caliy present a gent/emu who has been ac ,
tive, devoted, most efficient and unswerving in
his devotion to the Union—one who has never
missed an opportunity to sustain by his perecsaal
exertions the friends of the Union, or adniinis=
ter merited and withering rebuke to its open
or covert enemies, and one who in the 'halls of
Congiess will do full honor to Ibis eon s tit t i ents
in promoting their interests; sustaining the
government and manfully, but honorably, op
posing the enemieS of the government. Let
him be -nominated and Somerset county will
evince her appreciation of his merits by givi ng
him a majority never equalled since the days of
yore."
•
: THE Methodist Sunday School Convention fdt
the Carlisle District was held at Petersburg.
Perry county, recently, and was well attended.
Rev. F. Dyson made a gratifying report of the
operations in this section of the district * 01.
the . thirty-nine schools reporting, the one in
Chambersburg is the oldest—dating since 1821;
and - the sixty-forir in the district, Chambers
burg is the largest,'numbering 275 scholars. The,
number of teachers and officers in the district is
1,050, and the number of scholars 40.0. The
following resolution was adopted: -
Resolved That the judgment and observation
of this Convention is, that collections taken by
the classes weekly and reported at the close of
the school each session, is the most suceeSsful
plan to secure funds for Sunday School and Mis,
sionary purposes.
WE notice in the Easton papers that the
State Agricultural Society`, acting thrOugh its
sub-committee, have selected that town [tithe
proper place for holding itS'next annual exhibit
tion in this current year. We hear that thaen
closure is the most extensive of its character in
the State, containing Over thirty acres of ground
—park-like and romantic as the most polished
taste would require, and its interior fitted up
far more elegant than we have ever seen in any
of the States or counties in - which 'such struc
tures are erected. Easton is accessible from
hit points by railroad—in the heart of a `very
fine agricultural and manufacturing region, and
its citizens alive to the importance of a grand
display of the products of the rich region which
surrounds their enterprising little toti-u..,
WE published ii last week's issue au estraet
from a Washington letter to the Bostontifilrer
ri;er, giving an account of an encounter said
to have taken place_between Gen. Coffroth and
Mr. Bailey on the floor of Congress. Glee. •
Coffroth writes us that the statement is incor
rect; that he did not use unkind language to
Mr. Bailey, and that the latter did not strike
him at all. lie says that he did rnakerivemark
to Mr. Bailey in jest about his vote in-favor of
the constitutional-abolition of slavery, at which
Mr. Bailey was offended, but nothing else hap
pened: and it -was soon forgotten on both Rides.
We make the correction on the authority of
Gen. Coffroth, and feel gratified that such a
discredit to our immediate Representative and
to Congress has not occurred.
THE citizens of GettysbUrg. at a public meet:
itig held with reference to the celebration of the
4th of July, adopted the following resolution
Resolved, That invitations be extended through
'the papers of the country tothe charitable, be
nevolent and industrial associations; alidpthe
public generally, to join the celebration of the
I r
Anniversary of the b thy of Gettystirg, on
the 4th of July, and th special invitation be
extended to his Exce nu - , Andrew G. Cur
tin, Governor of. Pennsylvania, to be present
and preside. . , .
the Gettysburg Sudan/ says GOv. Citrtitt
has 'accepted the invitation,' aud will bo•preaent
at the celebration. -
MARYLAND has wheeled into line, and another
updimmed star shines out in the constellation
of Free State. Her Con stitutibnal Convention,
in session at Annapolis, on Friday last, passed,
by a vote of 53 to 27, the following article of
her bill of Rights a -
" Hereafter in this State there shalt be
neither slavery nor involuntary- servitude, ex.
Wpt in punishment of crime, whereof the party
shall have been duly convicted, and allpersoas
held to service or labor as slaves are hereby de.
Oared free." • • -
TIIE June number '6l, the:Gulled States Ser
vice Magazine is on our table, with a splendid
steel engraving of •Lieut. Gen. U. S. Grant and
a variety of able` and most interesting ceatribu
tons on subjects pertaining to war. The Edi
tor's,Special Department. 'conducted by - Prof.
Coppce give a complete epitome of military and
naval intelligence. It should have a wide cir
culation. Price $5 per annemn; C. Rich
ardson: New York.
WE learn from a gentleman who has recent.
ly returned from the western shore of Mary
land, that • the wheht - crop in the .counties 01
Washington and Frederick (the most produc
tive in the State),never looked fingr, and that
the -" tillers of the soil" are gratified at the pros.
'pects before them. The corn crop has it Very .
healthy appearance, and a good yield is eipec
ted.
CONGRESS on Friday lest settled the pre
tentious of the copperheads who tried to climb
into the House on technical grounds afterhaving
been defeated by the people:_ Charley. Carri
gan and John Cline, both of Philadelphia,- who
Contested the seats of Thayer and Myers were 4
declared sent home by • a decisive vote: " ,
THE. Continental Monthly for: July is rich
and instructive. It has several very able articles
buelaing the war—one by Hon. R. J. Walker.
It has gained a high rank , in the list of' our litera
ture, and is eminentily independent 'is its
scope. John F. Trow, New York,
THE rush of immigrants to the port of • New
York is unparalleled. Within the twenty-four
hours ending Wednesday noon #vAressela came
in, bringing three thousand two hundred and
thirty-four paaenkers, all frern LiverpooL
THE patriotic citizens of Somerset are ma
king arrangementa for a Grand. Sanitary Fair,
in that place, to commence on the Fourth of
July.. The better the day the , better the deed.
Sou twenty cases , of emallpox 111'6,11:Tort- .
ed in Jaekeon and Toboylie Jowiishipso . - Perry
cetinty: