. . . . . ..,_ .. . - .. ... -. . - .. i. .... . . ~,• i . . , . . .. ~. • I '.• .•• •' '' . „ - . • --:- 4 _:";- ' . -: : -.. ,, 7::"\,._, •-.. \: - , ..‘• i:. : ,' "-.: : :".,-,,: . 1 1 -1 . _ . . , , l i t - --. , ' 1:- . , - : . . 1. \- ~, , • :, - ~ . . . ' ' ---' i 1 • ' ' I rank - A .. . . .A • - , -- , . . . . •,.... ~ . • . . - ~.....___ ._ . , . . . . . , -- ... . . . . . . . . ; BY M'CLURE & STONER. tiatiti,i4' STpf,c(oitp,lit. HON. ANWIZEW JOIINOON., Andrew Johnson was born in Raleigh, North Chrolina,..DeceMber 29, 1808: When 'he was four years of age lie lost his father, who died from the effects of exertions to save a friend 'Cram drowning. At the age of ten he was ap 'Prenticed to a tailor in his native city, With whom he served seven years. His mother Was unable to afford hint any educational advantages, aed he never attended school a day in his life. While learning his trade, however, he-resolved 4.0 make an effort to educate himself. His arix lety to be able to read was particularly excited by an incident which is worthy of mention. A gentleman of Raleigh was in the habit o 4 going into the tailor's sliop-..iand reading while the ap-. pfentiee and journeymen were at work. He was an excellent reader, and his favorite book was a volume of speeche4, principally of British statesmen. Johnson became ,interested ; and Ins first ; ambition was to equal him as a reader ,and become familial with those speeches. 'lle took up the alphabet without an instructor, but by applying to the ijourneymen with wheal he worked he obtained a little assistance. Having acquired a knowledge erne letters;-he applied for the loan of the book which lie had se often beard read.. The (Avner, made him a present of it, and gave him smite instruction on the use of letters in the . forniation of words. Thus his first exercises: in spelling were in that book: By perseveranCe he soon learned to read, and the hours which he devoted to his education Were at night when he was. through his daily labor on the: lap board He now applied him self to his books from two to thrt4 hours every night after working froth ten to twelve hours at his trade. Having completed his apprentice stilp in the autumn of 1824, be went'to Laurens Court House, S. C., where he worked as a jour neyman for nearly two years. , While there he became engaged t& be 'married, but the - match was broken off by the violent opposition, of the mother and friends, the ground of objec tion being Mr. Johnson's youth and *ant of pe ouniary, metilns. In May, 1326, he returned to 74aleigh, where he procured journey,work, and remained until September. He then set out to seek his fortune in the West, carrying with him his mother,' who .was s dependent upon him for support. He stopped nit Greenville, Tennessee, and commenced work as a journeyman. ,He remained there about twelve months, married, aiui soon afterward went still further westward; but failing to find a suitable place to settle. he, returned to Greenville and commenced business. T;p to this time his education was limited to rending, as he had never had au. opportunity of , learning,to write Or cipher, but under the in strictions of his wife he learned these and other 'branches. --The only time, however, he could devote to theta was in the dead of night. The ;first office which he ever held was that of Al 'rderman of the village, to which he was elected in 1828. , re-elected to the same posi tion hi' 1829 ; and again in 1830. In that year he was chosen Mayor, which position he held for three years. In 1835 he was elected to the b;gislature. In the sesriun of that year he took &Tided ground against. a scheme of internal improvements, which lie contended would not ,ouly prove a failure, but 'entail upon the Static a burdensome debt. The measure was pop -14-r, however, and the next election (1837) lie was defeated. Ile became' a candidate again in 1839. . By this time, many of the evils he had prodieted from the internal improvement pol icy which he had eppoSed four years previous were fully demonstrated,. and' be was elected 'Jr large majority. In 1810 he served /is Presidential elector fw 'the State at large on - th - e lteniocratie ticket. He canvassed a large portion of the State, meeting upon the stomp atteral of the leading Whig orators. In In 184 P he was elected to the State Senate. In 1843 - - he was elected to Congreas, where by sums .live-elections, he served until 1853. During this period of service he was conspicuous and active . in advocating, respectively, the bill for refunditethe fine imposed upon Gen. Jacksno at Now Orleans in 1815, the annexation of Texas, the tariff of 1846; the war measures of me Polk's administration, and a Homestead bill. rn 1853 he was elected Governor Of Ten 'neasee, after an exciting canvass, in which he was opposed by Gustavus A. Henry. He -was re-elected in 1855; after another active contest, his competitor being, Meredith P. Gentry. At the expiration of his second period as Gover., _ not, in 1857, he wits elected U. S. Senator for a full term,.ending Mareh . 3, 1863. Late in the' year 1661, he was'appointed Military Governor of Tcnnesseec. which position he has held tip to the present time. He was .nominated by the Baltimore Convention'as ,the Union candidate for Vice President, ou the first ballot, with boundless enthusiasm.' - ' Gen. Johnston's last great struggle in thejf. S. Senate in February,lB6l, was worthy of the noblest of Roman Senators. He denounced Davis and other conspirators in unmeasured terms, and declared that this government never should be destroied. His last great speech in reply to the traitors was delivered da the 3d of 'Starch—the day befoie the adjournment. lye _Quote the following patriotic and pungent ex tract from it: But there are men who talk about cowardice, cowards. courage, and all that kind of thing ; end in this connection, I will say, once for all, not boneingly, with no danger in my bosoin, that these two eyes never looked upon any being in the shape of mortal man that this iseart of mine feared. Sir, have we reached a point of time at which -we dare not speak of treason? Our foreWhers talked about it ; they spoke of, it in the-Constitution of the country ; they have de fined what treason is. Is it an offence, is it a crime, is it an insult to recite the Constitution that was made by Washington . and his compa kit' its I What does the Constitution define titatisbn tobet! ' z aTreason' igaitist the United States shall con.ist only iatev,ying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort" There it is &Aped clearly that treason shall consist only in -levying war against, the United States, and adhering to and -giving aid and comfOrt to their enemies: Who is it that has been engaged iffeonspiracies Who is it that hua been engaged •in making war upon the United States? Who' is it that has fired upon our flag? Who' is it that has giving instruc tions to take your arsenals, to take your forts, to take your dock-yards, to seize your custom he es; and rob-your treasuries? Who is 'it that has been engaged in secret-conclaves, and issuing ordew fiw,ithe seizure of public prop erty in violatiiinf the Constitution they were sworn to stfppOis7 - In the language of the Con stitution of the United States, are nut those who have been engaged in this nefarious work guilty of treason 1 1 will now presenta fair , issue, and hope it will be fairly met. Show We: who has been engaged in these conspiracies ; show me who hiheen engaged in these night ly and secret conclaves plotting the o verthrow of the Government; show me who has fired upon our flag, har t giving instructions to, takif our forts and our enstom-luzucenzloni arsenals, and oar doek-yart.a-an-ll viishot `you 'a traitor! [Applaiptn the galleries:] At this point the traitors Jemmied flat the galleries be elettred because of the hearty ap plause of Gor.Nuisotirs- patriotic sentiments. When order was 'restored lie rAutneq, : Mr. Johnsoli -Or Tennessee. Mr. Presidont. when I was ihttrupted by a ifilition to clear the galleries, I was making a general allusion to treason as detiniql in the Constitution Of the United States, and-to those who Were traitors and guilty of treason within • fin. simpe,,and meaning of theAay'inill the Constituijimi :My proposition *us, that if they would;show me who wore guilty ',of the offences I have ennui: - crated, I would show - them who were the trait ors. That being' done, were 1 the President ;of the United. Sates, I would do as Thomas Jefferson did in 2.1A/6 with Aaron Burr,' who was charged with treason. ' I would hare !them, arrested and tried far treason, and, if convicted; by the Eternal God they should safer the penalty of the law at the,-hands of the executioner. Sir, treason must be punished. Its enormity and the extent and deattk of the offence must be made known. Tne *tie is not distant, if this Gov ernment is pr,Fseirved, its Constitution obeyed, and its law;s ; executed in every department, when somethibg of this kind must be done. But, sir, I alluded to the fact that Secession has been brought about by usurpation. During the last forty days, six States of this Cotifeder ;my hale been taken out of the Union ; how T By the voice of •the people? No; it is dema gogism to'talk of the people. By the voice of the freemen of the Country'? No. By whom has it been done? Have the people of South Carolina passed upon the ordinance ,adopted by their convention't No ; but a system of usurpa tion was instituted, and a reign of terror Mau pirated.' How was it in Georgia ? Have the people there poised upon the ordinance ofSe cession ? No. We know that there , was a powerful party there, of passive, conservative men, who have been oyerslaughed, borne down and tyranny and usurpation have triumphed. A convention passed an ordinance to take the State out of tit% Confederacy ; and the very 'same convention tippointed delegates to go ton congress to male a, cdristitution, without. con nutting peahle.• So -with laattisianal—so with Mississippi;, so with - all the six States which-have, undertaken to form a new confed eruey. Have the people been consulted ? Not in a single instance. We are in the habit:of saying that man is capable of self-government ; that he has the right, the unquestioned right, to govern himself; 'hut here, a government has been assumed' over him ; it has been taken out of his hands, and at Montgomery a set Of usur pers are enthroned, legislating; and making con stitutions and adopting them, without consult ing the freethen of the country. Do we not know it to be so?" Havethe people ofAlabama, of Georgia, oCany of those States. passedupon it T No ; but a constitution is adopted by those men, with a provision that it may be changed by a vote of two-thirds, Four votes-in a con vention of six can change the whole7-organie law of a people constituting six States. Is not this a coup d'etat equal to any of Napoleon ? Is it not u usurpation of the people's rights 7 In some of those States, even the flag of our country has been - Changed. One State has the palmetto, another has a pelican, and another has the rattlesnake run up instead of the stars and stripes. On a former Occasion, I spoke of the origin of Secession: and "I traced its early history to the garden of Eden ti the serpent's wile and the serpent's wickedness beguiled, and betrayed our first mother. After that oceurred. and they knew light and knowledge, when their Lord and Master appeared, they seceded, and hid themselves from his presence. The ser pent's wile and the serpent's wickedness first started Secession, and now Secession brings about a return of the serpent. Yes, sir; the wily serpent, the rattlesnake, has peeff , substituted as the emblem on the flag ,of one "of the seced ing States; and that old flat, the 'stars and the stripes, tinder which our fathers fought and bled and conquered, and achieved our rights and our liberties, ii pulled down and trailed in the dust: , Will the American people tolerate it! They 'will be indulgent; time, I- think is wanted; but they' will not submit to it. I have already suggested that the idea may have entered into some minds, "if we cannot get to he President and Vice President .of the whole United • States, we may divide the. Government, set up a new establishment., have new offices, and monopolize them ourselves, when we take our States out." Here we see a President made, a Vice President made, Cabinet officers appointed, and yet the great mass of the people not consulted nor their assent ob tained in any manner whatever. The people of the country ought to he aroused to this condi tion of things: they ought to buckle on their ar mor; and, as 'eunnessee has done, (God_ bless her!):by the exercise of the elective franchise, by going to the ballot-box. under a new set of leaders, repudiate and put down those men who have carried these States out and unsurped a. Government over their heads. I trust in God that - the old flag of the Union will never be struck. I hope it may long wave, and that we may long hear the national air sung. "The star:a )angled banner, long may wave, • O'er the land' of the free and the home of the brave." Long may we hear "Hail Columbia," that good old national air; long may we hear, and, never repudiate, the old tune of ;'Yankee Doo dle !" Long may wave that gallant old flag which went through the Revolution, and which was borne by Tennessee and Kentucky at the battle of New Orleans. And in the language of another, while it was thus proudly and gallantly unfurled as the emblem of the Union, the God dess of Liberty hovered around, when "the rockets, red glare" went. forth through the heavens, indicating that the battle was raging, and the voice of the old chief could be heard rising above the din of the storm, urging his gallant men on to the stern encounter, and watched thei sue 'as the_ conflict grew &live, and the result was doubtful; but when at length, vietoryperehed uponyour standard, it was then;. CITAMBERSBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 1864. HON, ANDREW JOHNSON, UNION CANDIDATE FOR VICE PRESIDENT. from the plains of New Orleans, that the God dess made her loftiest flight, and proclaimed victory in strains of exultation. Will Tennes see ever desert the grave of him who bore it in triumph, or desert the flag that he waved With success? No, never, she was in the Union be fore some of these States were spoken into ex istence; and she intends to remain in, and insist upon—as she has the confident-belief :she shall get--+all her constitutional rights and protection in the Union, and under the Constitution of the country. [Applause !in the galleries.] —Such is the man: destined to be the next Vice PreSident of the United States. - ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND The Independent Pennsylvania Battery • —Capt. IP.Dowell Promoted—Returned . • to his Commend the day before he Fell—Meroism of thq Battery and the Seventy-Seventh. Correspondence of Tlte Franklin dlepositom CAMP 'TWO \O ?1i ?CIA NA.. I: June 2*, 1864. More than 3 month has passed since I last wrote to you froth nenr Kingston, Georgia. I would liked to have written again before this, but time would not allow. Since then we had quite a stirring time. We left our camp near Kingston on the, 23d of May, and crossed the Etowaw river some six miles to the right of Kiugsten. We crossed on a splendid bridge, which the enemy in his hurry bad not time to destroy. A few Miles south of the river we found ourselves on the direct Atlanta road again. On the 21th of May we marched hard all day, and on the 25th until noon, when we were halted on the north bank of the Pumpkin Vine Creek: Now we could hear heavy volleys of musketry several miles in our front, which plainly to!d us "fighting Joe" was into them again. Our infantry as they came up all cross e'd the bridge over Pumpkin Vine Creek, and battery after battery came up and pulled into park. The ground the rebels chose to fight us on this time whs so densely wooded that iirtil lery could not be Used with any advantage. Before night all the .batteries, with the excep tion of one or two, of the sth and 20th Corps, had pulled into park. Fortunately Generals Hooker and Howard soon succeeded in driving the enemy so that we could get some artillery into position. On the morning of the 27th all f. the batteriesfound themselves in position along the with heavy works in front, and Battery B got into a very hot place, -which has invari ably been its luck since we started out on this campaign. We had our Battery strongly for tified within one hundred yards of .the enemy's main line of works. During the afternoon of the 27th we were in a desperately hot place, and had it not been for our strong works half of our men would have been killed. We had only fife wounded, who were all shot through the port holes. Three of these were "No. I" at their pieces. If I were to give the details of one day's fight after the other, it would fill one side of your paper, so I will just give you de tails of some of our warmest engagements. Captain S. M.• McDowell is now Chief of Artil lery in the Ist Division, 4th Corps, and is on Maj. Gen 'Stanley's staff. His command was very sorry to lose him, but he richly deserves the honorable position he now fills. Captain Simonson, who was Chief of Artillery of the lit Division, was killed in one of the late engage. ' meats while getting; a position for one of his batteries. He was a heroic and daring officer, and was beloved by !all who knew him. We have now but two commissioned officers pres ent 'With-our Battery, and are entitled to five. Lieut. Ziegler is in command. He is a brave 'man and good soldier, and I know will take the Battery through any fight with credit. Since Capt. McDowell is on Gen. Stanley's staff, he had a musket ball put through his cap. Lieut. E. F. Shatzer, commanding the third section, had it in the hottest place any part of our Bat tery has been yet. The whole Battery was or dered to the left to support the 2nd Division, (Newton's) 9th Corps, and there was only pc,: sition for . two. pieces., Lieut. Shatzer advanced within one hundred and fifty yards of the ede ni's strong fortifications, ;Odd- were Filly thirty feet thick. lie had no cover Whatever for hisrnen, but open he would, and fired thirty •six roundi with the two pieces before retiring. At onepiece he lost one man killed; and at the other, our. badly wounded.... These were all the ca*nalties, buttbere was scarcely a man but hail his garments cut with ballets. The Lieutenant had a bole threugh `his overcoat. Gen. Gee. IT. Thomas personally;. complimented our Battery for its accurate shooting. and the good Mmduct of the men in the fate of the en emy. We-have frequently gone out on thpskir mish One with our Battery since this campaign. Since:lye left Blue Springs our Battery, has been MucLeut doWn by disease- antt wounds., This toe hard a !campaign for new recruits, We hive now over, thirty sick and wounded Men *the hospital, but vice still have one hun dred and -forty-ono - effective ,men. I will give y?uVyti of the =Snaffles.. [We have already published Samuel-Dine, your old .townsman, and weed:. chopper, Was wounded the second time—tfirst at Chickamauga snverely, r but through good at tendance he got well in time to enter the vete ran service. This time he was struck on the forehead by a minnie, which made a terrible gash. He walked to the hospital, and two days : atter receiving his 'wound told the Surgeon in charge.of the hospital he wanted to go to his company. The Doctor said he could not do du*. He said he :could, and would remain no longer. The'Docior said , he was a brave man; SO let him return, to dutyl, , must not ; forget -the nth Regt. Pa. V: V., which belongs to Our Brigade. This heroic lit tle! band, commanded by Col. Rose, has su ffered mere than any other regiment in the Brigade. It lost forty men killed and wounded. ' I was with Capt. John Walker, of Co. A, this fore noon. He told the there was but one Chum ,bersburger wounded, by name Mr. Troutman. One of his heels was shot off I do not, think there is a company in the regiment or, brigade that has done more duty 'or been on the'skir mish line more thhn Capt. Walker's, and the Captain remains with and endures all the hard ships of his men.; He is . a good soldier; and deserves promotion. The 4th Corps has done moreighting thanktny other Corps in this cam paign: 'I hope you will excuse this miserable letterits it was written within six hundred yards of the rebel fortifications; and :ninnies and shells constautly whizzing over and around my _ head. i OLD SOLDIER: The Death of Capt. M'Dowell. Correepandonao of t:,ho Franklin Repository, CASIP'BAT. , B. INIAPRNDENT Pl. V. Al In the Field, Georgia, Juno 30, 186 C - - Only a few dayd have elapsed sinee I wrote to you and little did I then think that so . soon tLbeb -I would be called, upon State the painful in telligence of the, death our dear Captain. Capt. S. M. M'Dowell was - ,stantly killed on the morning of the -29 June while along the front line of works. The ball that did the fatal work entered under his left arm near the heart and eame.out on his right shoulder, car rying away his right p'assant. Nothing is more calculated to depress a command than to loose a Teommander who is beloied by all. You can scarcely imagine the gloom that was spread over Buttery B, on the Morning our noble leader fell! Thero was scarcely an officer or soldier in the Ist Division that was not familiar with his pleasant face and serene countenance, and they all most sincerely mourn,histoss. llis loss will nerve our men and stimulate them to the performance of more severe and nobler deeds to crush the foe that so wickedly brought abmit this accursed rebellion which has already cost us so much treasure and so unich blood. Capt. M'Dowell was relieved from staff duty at his own request on the morning he was kill e d. He made this request because of the few offi cers in his command. The boys of the Battery were much rejoiced , that would again be with us, but -oh -how brief was his stay' .He bad scarcely returned until we lost him for ever! • • - - '' '.l Capt. 3l'Dowell entered' the service out of Pure and patrintie motives and through an un selfish devotion to his country. While he lived he never left his 'post and when ho died his country lost one of its bravest and noblest de fenders. Shortly after the Captain was killed iitirmen made a' charge - in 'front and on the right of our Battery, but did not succeed in tak iiig the rebel works. A great many of ourmen fell while endeavoring to climb the rebel works. Jeff. Davis's Division of the 4th Corps lead the Charge and his loss was very severe. General Harker's.and Gen. Whitaker's Brigades took part in the charge. I shall never forget, Gen. Harker's pleasaet smiles as' he crossed: the works at our Battery and raised his hat cheer ing his men on to victory or death. Gen. Har ker fell in the midst of the charge mortally wounded and has since died. , • ' Col. M'Cook commanding a Brigade was also wounded. Our loss here in wounded officers ands men was terrible. 'A :great many were - I never saw more deSperately wounded men in my life. , On the night. of the:29th the enemy made several unsuccessful charges. We got short of horses and turned over (yesterday) two guns and caisens. •We will get :two gnus again as soon as we can get horses: Lieut. J. , Zeigler is now commanding the Battery. He iS a brave and good Soldier. r ife and Lieut. -B. F. Shatzer are the only -.commissioned offitiers . 'we now have. - Sergt. John 'Mueller Las been commanding one section in the last few engage- Mentz. He is Orderly Sergeant and is:a brave mail and will make a good officer. C. M. Camp Q. M. Sergt., greatly deserves promotion for his good iondact and the-great amount of labor he has done in the last two months campaign. THE CONGIRESSIONAL INOMINATIOI. To Blitors'or the :,rratalinißepootitorst The nomination for Congress in this district ivill'be decided in the 'conference by Franklin and Adams—neither having, a candidate'qs I learn,, while certainly Bedford and Somerset. and probably Fulton, will present candidates. Bedford has' presented Cob Frank Jerdan, now Military State Agent at Washington, and and a. most worthy gentleman ; and Somerset bus presented pen. Wm: H. Koontz. The nom ination seems to be conceded to one of the two. Somerset is the Bounty on which we must re ly to elect both Congressman and Judge, as well as, two members of the Legislature and Senator. Judge King, of Bedford, will be nominated for Judge unanimously, and - Bedford, now has the State Senator. • I submit, therefore. to the Union men of Franklin and Adams, whether Somerset should not, in all justice and good policy, be conceded the Congressman. If that nomination is given to Bedford. thatpunty will have and both the candidates for' President' Judge and Congress, and will' give, a''majoritito neither, while'Somerset will be Apeeted to elect them. Ido not claim that Gen. Koon ' a better tal l man than Col. Jordan ;bu •• isipo ore than iti4 to say that - Gen., K' n-. is su assed by none in the district in p:rsona - : : • .larity ; in ability as a campaigner, , , e limit worth as a citizen. - . . The Democrats will nominate Coffroth, of Somerset, for Congress and liirrnuell, lateof Somerset, for Judge, hoping talnake an impres• sion in the Union stronghold of the district, and should not the Union men of our noble little county have ashare of the honors, when her can --didate is fineiceptionable, and her majority the main reliance for• success i; • ' We ask of Franklin .and - - Adams only what' their sense of justice and good policy may die- - tate, and the '" frosty sons of : thunder" support the ticket. As the REPOSITOILY circulates widely throughout the entire district, •1 ask, on behalf of the Union men of Somerset, a place in your columns for this article. Somerset, July 19,1364. JUSTICE. [We publish the foregoing commUnication " Justire " with pleasure, and will cheerfully -give place to others alike temperate in, tone, presenting the claims of any district candidates. —ED. ,EEPORTORY.3 . POLITICAL lA'TELLIGENCIL -The Democrats of Indiana have nominated John Mullen for Assembly. —ln Nevada they disfranchise all who,have been rebels. We trust, to see this same rule prevail in all .paits of the country No man who has raised his hand against, the countrf should ever again be permitted to return to 4 it. , ,—The Union Conference for the 24th Con gressional district met recently in Pittsburg, and after a number of ineffectual ballots ad journed to the 24th of August. Hon. Gee. V. Lawrence, of Washington, and Hon. Tho Mas Cunningham, of Waver, each had sii votes on ballot. —The every . —The Democrats of Vermont have idcick enough to "go through the motions" each year. They have just nominated Timothy P. Redfield for Governor; Charles N. Davenport for Lieu tenant Governor, and R. M. Ormsby for Treas urer. The resolutions of course denoflnce ev ery thing that Lincoln ever Its done, and every thing he is likely to do. ' . —A correspondent of the Carlisle Democrat protests againstithe nomination of A. J., Gloss.• brenner, Es+, 'of the Philadelphia Age, as the Democratic uandidateSor 'Congress. The wri. ter denounces him as the "prince of disorgani nen," and warns Mr. Glossbrenner that the Democracy of the district "are not quiteready yet to become stepping stones to any min, upr. havelhey forgotten his disorganizing conduct at Charleston in 1860 and Bridgeport in 18bt-, The Democrats of Indiana have nominated Joieph E. M't)onald for Governor, David Tar pie for Lieutenant Governor. The resolutions adopted deb Ounce arbitrary arrest*, suipenSion aC theimitit hafrati emus. the-sippressioil I - OL. f p.,.HWHOLE NO, '3,666;,j,,a newspapers,' and the general policy of tho na= n tional and State governments, and favoring speedy peahe. A resolution endorsing 'Val:; 1 landigham, and pledging the: State to stand br him, was lost amid much confusion, and a sub sante adopted pledgingthe Democracy to main.; tain civil and personal liberty at all hazards. —Gov. Johnson, of Tennessee, has issued a' proclamation in which he orders, that, "tor that purpose of bringing Tennessee within the pro== = visions of the United States Constitution which: guarantees to each• State a republican form off goverriment," an , election shall be held on the : first Saturday of next March, in the various, lipunties, precincts, districts, - &0., wherever; racticable for Justices of the Peace, Sheriffs, ' Constables, Trustees, Circuit and Com/try-- Court Clerks, Registers and Tax Cailectors.—,,' The Governor proclaims that _ the enerides, of the Union will 'not be permitted to vote or to hold office. - • ', " ' —The - Union Conference of-the: 21st Con-I gressional district—lndiana, Westmoreland and: Fayette—met in Pittsburg on .the 15th inat., . and on the 122 d ballot nominated Dr.•Sreith Fuller, of Fayette, for Congrees..- Hon. Johti4 Covode declined on account of recent domeitia,i afflictions—having lost two sons in the army Upon his declination the Westmoreland Con., ferees voted fin . Dr. St. Clair, now Senator from Indiana, while Indiand ,voted - for Hon. Win. Stewart, and Fayette steadily adhered to,Dr.' Fuller. He was finally nominated—the vote' standing—Fuller 5; Stewart 2; St. Clair 2, when t the nomination was cordially made nnanimotts: l Dr. Fuller -was chosen to the Senate by West- - ; moreland and Fayette in 1560; was a very effi=s m s erit legislator and has great strength with thei people'of his district. Hon. John L. Dawson; will be his competitor. The district voted forj Governor last, fall as follows—Curtin, 11,546;, Wood ward, 11,327, Curtin's majority 219. Con- i sidering that the soldiers will vote, next fall, we; confidently count on the redemption of the dis: trict by Dr. Fuller's election. .: . . OLD SOLDIER —Hon. latiae'Slenker, Auditor General, is reported hopelessly ill. —Hon. Richard Vaux has been elected Pres% Went of Girard College. —Maj. Gen. Couch is still in' Harrisburg with; his staff . organiiing 100 days' men. —Gov. Curtin was . at York Sulpber Spring& from Saturday until Monday. Maj. Gen. Sigel passed through Chambers,- ; burg on his way to Harrisburg on Mondaylast.: -Maj. Gen. Ord has been appointed to the; command of the Bth tinny Corps at Baltimore.i —..-President Lincoln was in the intrenchments with the soldiers when Ihe rebels threatened Washington. - • —Hon. James .F.Simmons, formerly U. Set Senator from Rhode Island;xlied on 'l'hursday„ , aged 66 years. • -; • • —Rev. Niceolls, of this place ; is. taking . a month of reOreation at Mil Pleasant; West.; moreland county—his native place. ,-. , • - .1-Maj. Gen. Q. A. Gillmore has been assign ed to the command of the portion of the Tentls Army Corps now in Washington. - -Major General J. J. Reynolds has been ap-i pointed to the command of the 18th Army corps, at Washington—Gen. Franklin's old command-- -Alex. B. Anderson, Esq., has been appoin-". ted'an,Associate Judge of Perry cduntybyGov.- Curtia, in phice of Judge Ebert, resigned. A 7 A creditable appointmeut. —The Wheeling Sanitary Fair .closed oa. Saturday," and has been very successful. , A; sword was .voted to-Gen. B. F. Kelly, who re-*:, ceired6ss , votes to 41 for Sigel. - —Gen. Hancock has written a letter aceep-i ting the sword voted him at the St. Louis Sani tary He directs the sword to be sent tai his wife, who is a resident of St. Louis. —Hon. John F.. Potter, of Wisconsin, has ; been appointed cerisill : General to Canada; to. fill the Vacancy oceasioned,by the d4ath of 14; Giddings. Mr. Potter is the wan who tacked: out the Virginia braggart Pryor, a few years , • . ago. —Maj. Gen, Sigel -has been superseded le his command by Brig. Gen. AlbiOn Howe4_ By this appointment Gen. Weber is subordina:: ted to Gen. Howe. Gen. Stahl has also been' relieved from command. Gen:. Sigel reporter for duty to Gen. Hunter. —The outlaw and traitor, Vallandighem, already sinking into' insignificance. He and' . his friends Supposed the Government would in terfere with him in case he should.return, and thus produce an excitement which might inure. to the benefit of Coliperheridism. Their fangs are however extracted, and the Government? .cares nothing about him. He will be spurned, and detested "as much as Aaron Burr was dur. lug hislife time. • —We regret to chronicle the death of Thomas! Dunlap, of Philadelphia, at ,the advanced age: of seventy-one years, last week, after &short ness He was the last - Presideht of the 'United; States Bank, after the resignation of Nicholas' Biddle—the directors having, chosen hire on' account of his great ability and high charic. tor, in the hope• of rescuing the institution front • the impending ruin. But the wreck was fat'- past saving. •; —The Siamese twins have each a hones-10 s►ile Pram the other.: They live in eaelithgse-'• rdays alternately, and each • twin is boaain,l4o6 own mansion, the other becoming foi•the merely a silent partner., - One •haaeight and tie.: other nine children. The- Neshnille Telegraplii inquires what Gen.Sh e mart tvonid do if.oue were. disloyal and Pad : to be sat Sciuth,while the other remained loyal., and 'enitelndes ing this and other odd' diftieiltieti& be Settled * •! by that iidicalaui aasettibk; the N 1111 PERSONAL. Q 11 1M lIM