A'anktin Wednesday, Ancona 23 , 3223. 1114110 N STATE TICKET. FOR AUDITOR GENERAL, <am. JOHN F. lILARTIEt t iinFT, or Mottgomery FOR SVRVEYOR 4r2itBat, JACOB a. CAMPBELL, at Cambria.- ONION.COUNTY TICKET. FOR ASSEMBLY, (01; F. a. terrintAton, aarzbi'ribtag• FOR SHERIFF', CAPT. JOUN DifirLElß4Chlmbenball( TREASURER, MAJ. JOHN HAPit;HAEM. St. Tlimas FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY, COL. D. WATSOii nowt, Antrim. FOR SURVEYOR I:IIANICT.L 1:11%, Clmaubersburc • FOR COWUSIONER, DANIEL SKINNER, ilannett. FOR DIRECTOR OF,TDE POOR, JAMES 11. ICEMETQA.7, Washir.O.N. Fox Aum - ToR, sitmufer. w. Southampton. FOR CORONFR, DM. MARLIN T. MACULA - . Gral. Tint declaration of principles by-the Union State Convention is the key to the successful solution of the perplexing, problem presented in the government of the subjugated rebel States. It is plain, pointed,' and practical; recognizing the principle that magnanimity fitly emblems alike the power and the policy of a great government, bur terrible in its retribution upon the unrepentant as it is generous in. accepting the sincere offerings of the vic tims of treason. The resolutions will commend them selves to the intelligent patriot by the candor with which they grapple with the grave issues presented by a Subdued but still, treacherous people in the revolted States; and the remedy presnued, harsh as it may be . adjudged by those who have ever sympathized with traitors, falls short of the measure of justice to those who have made wanton, wicked war: ho have shadoled the land with mourn ing and staggared a loyal- people with debt. The voice of the loyal men of Pennsylvania goes forth declaring to the world, to present and futute traitors, that treason shall make men strangers to their country, aliens to their homes, anel . that loyal sorrows shall he solaced by a just government, by increased pensions to the stricken and bereaved: by restitu '4itm to those whose homes have been des. telated, and by the reduction of out enor nions debt. When treason shall pay the jugt penalty of its own crime by the con fiscation• of the wealth wielded in murder ous war upon the noblest and hest of gov ernments, the future: will have no new traitors in store for the Republic, to de mand rivers of blood - and untold treasure •as its sacrifice. ' The grave charges made against the Democratic party *e but a vindication of the truth of histry. and the demand for a- Protective tariff is bat a recogni tion of the imperative wants of our lan guishing manufactures. THE UNION CANDIDATES. The Union State Convention, which met at Harrisburg on Thursday last, did a good day's work for the State and the Nation. It presented for the suffrages of the loyal people of Pennsylvania two of her noblest heroes. who have braved treason on the sanguinary field from its first deadly as sault upon the government in 1661, until it yielded to discomfiture in 1865: and the faithful voters of the State will rally to their standard with an earnestness and zeal which cannot fail to command success. 3laj. Gen. John F. Ilartranft. the nomi nee for Auditor General; is a native of Montgomery county. He graduated at Union College, New York, in 1853, and commenced life as a civil engineer. Sub sequently he studied law and was engaged in the practice 9f his profession in Norris town when the war broke out in 1861. He raised the 4th regiment of Pennaylva rills volunteers for the three monthie ser tvice, and, commanded it until the first day of the first Bull Run battle, when his reg iment left the field because of the expi - ration - of its term of service. Col. Har tranft refused to retire with his command, and volunteered to serve on Gen, Frank lin's staff, in which capacity he acted, during the disastrous engagement and re -I;re7al with matchless heroism. Immedi ately after M'Dowell's defeat, he raised a new regiment, the 5l t, and joined the Army of the Potomac. He was assigned' to Gen. Burnside, and served with him in his brilliant North Carolina campaign. After M'Clellan's retreat on the Perrinstt • la, he rejoined the Army of the Potomac, and'shared the bloody struggles of that army at the second Bull Bun, Antietam, FredericksbargandChancellorsville. when he was transferred with Burnside to Ten nessee. In the successful resistance of the siege of Knoxville, Geu.l3urnside aehltowl - edged himself greatly indebted to the en- Oneering of Col. Hartranft. in Jantutry, 1864, his regiment re-enlisted for three years, and he was again transferred with Gen..l3urnside to the Army of the Poto mac, where Gen. Grant assigned him the command of a brigade in the 3d division of his corps. He participated in all the battles from the Rapidan to the James in ;1864, and was commissioned Brigadier General, to rank from May 12th.•1864; for. gallant services from the Wilderness to Hatcher's Run. Early in April last the rebels assaulted and captured Fort Stead man, one of Gen. Grant's outer defences, and to 'Gen. Hartranft was assigned the duty of re-capturing • the lost position. How nobly he did it is faniiliar to all, and he - was breveted Major General for his heroism and skill as a commander. lie was one of the few volunteeer officer's re tained in the service when the army was disbanded, and when nominated on Thurs day last he,wtu3 on his way to Tennessee to assume the duties of his new command, Gen. Hartranft acted with the Democra L te party until it arrayed itself against the owe of his imperiled country ; but. in 4146 1 3 1. 4viten home ,n, I , ,aN e. he umn :fittly—esspOuseti the Union came, and gave• Ida - trate and influence to strengthen the. pthielPles for which he had drawn his gam,_ Eisbourity and immediate section warelargely Detaocratie, and Boot] helloed:1 ed the whispers el tirtibition he wuttitil htiVe remained with; his old political .friends, with whom hi wis - a famito; . but too: . honest to.smUin_those who were in sym pathy with th i arattrderous enemies of the government, fie declared himself in favor of Goy. Curtin's re-election, and has since give his - vote and influence in support of the Union party. Be is just in the prime of life—hardly thirty-five, intelligent, en ergetic and of spotless integrity, and he is just the man to entrust with the responsi ble duties for which he has been nomi nated. Cot. Jacob Ni. Campbell, of Cambria, the nominee for Surveyor General, is also a gallant and battle-scarred soldier. • Im mediately after the battle of Bull Ran in 1861, he raised the 54th Reginient, and joined the Army of the Potomac, where he and his : command served with unfal tering- heroism in nearly if not quite all the terrible battles against Lee. -He is a devoted Union man, in principle as in practice, and was the Union =update for Senator iu Calabria county this mall. He is a gentleman of the highest character, of eminent qualifications for the position, and will command a large vote in his Im mediate section• of the State. • voters of PQnnsylvania! such is the ticket presented for your suffrages. It is hated by the faithless and will be unscrupulously opposed by every man who still cherishes a lingering sympathy with discomfited treason; but the loyid beans of the State have but to rally around their flag and give to their holy cause that fidelity it maim at their hand& and Hart ranft and Campbell will be triumphantly elected with a Union legislature. PROURFAS OF RECONSTRUCTION. Our erring: brethren" awl " way ward sisters" of the rebel States seem to take to the work of 'reconstruction soar thing after the tganuer that the spider takes to the lly. They are willing to tale tire oath of idlettianee, to: restnne possession oftheir propertv forfeited by their treason. to vote at elections, and to be obedient •to the constitution and the laws. as they uklt;i , staud them, or rather as they would nittb,e them if they had the power. Tito .•! the recent election -in Norfolk they to the standard of one I.; alern, elected hint chief magistrate of the city, and smashed in a few heads of those who happened to differ with them by way of showing their re gard. for the laws and their respect for such men as had been devoted to -the UuiQn from the benhnin a• of the rebel The city of Norfolk was thus me•construc ted after the most approved style. and may now be considered in the Union hnd a law-abiding establishment. True, any man who was not heartily in sympathy with the rebels during the war is safe there only when in close proximity to a few Union bo.yonets; but the . "erring brethren" have that way with them' and those who have not been so fortunate as to err, must accept the consequences. Another effort at re-construction was had recently in Richmond. where a clean limbed rebel ticket was chosen from May or down. and there-constructedlocalgov ernment would have.been promptly under way but for the arbitrary exercise of mili tary power, which so disregarded the rights of Unrepentant trai tors as to squelch the whole election with its victorious champions. Although all voters had ta ken the oath of allegiance. solemly swear ing to maintain the constitution and the laws of the United States, they openly. defiantly, advocated and elected men, solelybeCane• of their notorious hostility to the government and their presumed readnesc to' resist the national authority in every conceivable manner that does not lead straight-way to hemp and a trap door. But the arbitrary military power the government struck out with it, des- potic arm 'Mul suppressed the perspiring voters and their full-fledged traitors who had boasted of their restoration to civil power, whereupon the whole army of 'cop pery sore-heads of the North mourn the cruel fate of their sympathizing brethern of Richmond. and vigorously denounce the Administration fornotallowingblood stained traitors to re-inaugurate lawless ness and chaos in the already desolated Old Dominion. It is sad, indeed, that the shadows of Libby with-its chilly, drea ry dungeom4. and Belle Island, with its unnumbered graves of martyred Union prisoners, must pass from the authority of traitors ;' but a loyal people have so de creed it, and such must he the record of history. We know not where this system of re construction would end did not the ad ministration demand some test of.fidelity to the Union on the part of those , who may be chosen to administer the laws hi the subjugated States. In all probability Hangman Wise or thieving Billy Smith wonld be recalled to the gubernatorial chart.. Gen Lee and Gen. Early, the hero vim ordered the burning of Chambers burg, would doubtless be chosen United tates Senators. The, guerrilla Moseby with Capt. Dick Turner, the famous keep er of Libby, and others of like heroism would be elected to the popular branch of Congress, and the lesser lights of treason could fill in as members of the Legisla ture, local Judges, Justices of the - Peace. &c. Such a re-coutructed government in the Old Dominion would have the mer- t of harmony in all its departments, and it would be uniform and consistent in its great aim to overthrow -the Republic and make Virgitia uninhabitable ibr Cni r on men. This farce must stop sometithe, .and we think that the sooner the better. It is time that traitors should be wade - - - - to understand that loyalty is one essen tial qualification in every State of the Union for any official trusty and if they will not learn it one way, they must learn it another. Ifthey will elect only blood stained, defiant rebels to important civil positions. they will hasten a solution of the great plobletn of reconstruction by subjecting the rebelliou4 States to abso lFue military rule and the treatment of mere provinces of the United States. WE are, compelled to, defer With mat week all bltereeting itlehrtiord letter from sTrater." title Stanklin Repository, iljambersburg, pa. THE TIORBOES OF ANDE.RSOIniTEXE. We have before as, a list issued by Sur ged/I Gen. .Phillips ,of the brave sons of Pennsylvania who perished under the bar barons rebel treatment of Prisoners at Andersonville. It is doubtless incom plete, as: no official record was kept by the rebel authorities ; but imperfect as it is we have a list of nearly two thousand of our heroic volunteers who were there doomed to worse than a thousand deaths by the studied inhum•inity of the rebel of ficers. The entire list of . victims at that one point numbers nearly twenty thous and and fully twenty-five hundred of them were oar fathers, sons and brothers of Pennsylvania. This damning record can not be,justi ! . fled or even paliated by any plea of ne cessity or retaliation. The rebel prison ers in our handshnd plentyand to spare of wholesome, palitable food, and in many in stances they saved from their rations suf ficent money,to purchase Vie luxuries of the market. ; There could, therefore. be no pi.etext of retaliation to shadow the monstrous barbarity of the rebel goVern meat in starving our unfortmiate prison ers. Nor & , In they plead want of sup plieS. There were sections of the rebel States in:which provisions were scarce, and their transportation was very imPerfect - but there -was no time during the war when they could not have found scores of places, safe from incursions by our armies, at which an abundance of wholesome toed could have been procured. This Mel was clearly established by the,Marches of Sherman. Stoneman, Wilson and others through the South with large armies, all of which subsisted themselves - on the watitry must abundantly. The uumingled atrocities practiced upon our prisoners, by which they were doomed ttAingeringandloathesome diseas es and idtimatit'death. were the result of a studied. deliberate purpose of the Davis government. It was adopted as a part of their system of warfare. It was as much a part of the plan of exhattingthe North into the recoguition of therrindependertee as any eampaignwbattle they ever plan 'lied. It was resolved upon to deter men from enlisting in • our ranks : to frighten men into desertion : quake the people of the North clanilrousClor any sort of a peace in order ,to relieve -their sutll , ring and dying foil ads in rebel prisons, and to give the base treachery in the loyal States a pretext for misrepresenting and assail ing the government. The sequal was the unfaltering fidelity- of the loyal States; the brutal, barbarous murder of over twenty thousand prisoners and the utter - overthrow of the monsters of inhumanity who inaugurated the horrors of Anderson ville. --Justmiow, as we aregathering up the records of the graves of our murdered he roes, the ch ie f a u th or of this revolting chap ter in our history—this crowning crime of all treason's crimsoned climes is a prisoner of State at Fortres; Monroe, awaiting his trial for his countless wrongs againsfAe most beneficent of Nations and the most faithful of people. We hear from sympa thizing journals and orators of the Demo cratic faith that he is inhumanly confin ed; that he is deprived-of intercourse with his family ; that he is denied books, exercise and the luxuries of life ; bnt from none of these "do we hear the story of horrors that makes Andersonville and rebel inhumanity the most blistering rec ord of modern history. The architect of this horrible hecatomb Welter:son Davis, late President of the Confederate usurpa tion, and every dictate of justice to the martyred dead and of mercy to the living, demands that he shall answer at the bar of a 'competent tribunal for this name less crime. If he is guilty, as all evidence seems clearly to demonstrate, he should die as the great monster of his race. We insist that he shall be thus impartially, patiently tried, before a tribunal that will command the confidence of the Nation and of the world, and if convicted, he should die as the only atonement he can make to niankind for the infamy in which " none but himself can be his parallel !" HON. JOHN CESSNA, of Bedford, was temporary chairman of the Union State Convention, and was complimented by a unanimous election to the responsible. po sition ofChairman of the State Committee. His speech delivered, on taking the chair —which we give elsewhere in to-day's pa per—is a most cogent, fearless and patri otic declaration of the true principles to be accepted and enforced in dealing with treason, and the Convention cordially re affirmed his sentiments in the platform presented to the-People of the State. We congratulate the loyal cause on the selection of Mr. Cessnap Chairman of the Union State Committee. He will bring to the grave and delicate duties assigned him the clearest sagacity, tireless ‘energy and unfaltering fidelity; and under his lead we cannot fail to attain that completeness of organization that must bring decisive success. He will not tollow the sinuosi ties of imbecile ambition and then charge disaster upon others; but he will faith fully fight it ont •on the line adopted by the Convention, and attain success by em inently deserving it. He brings with hint to his new position no spirit of faction— lie has no friends to reward no enemies to punish, and he will be cordially supported by the entire loyal sentiment of the State. Is April last, the Union garrison of Fort•titeaduuen in au hour of supineness, was surprised and their work captured by the enemy. Gen. Grant, appreciating the qualities of the young commander, as signed to Gen. Hartranft the duty of re capturing the lost position. The sun went down shining on the stars andstripes waving over the re-captured fortification. In 1862 in the . dbelrAilimm and discour agement which 'shadowed Wel hearts, the 'faithless - in Pennsylvania; the' men who declared the war a failure, and denied the right to meet treason with the sword, surprised the Union party and tilled the positions of Auditor General and 3 urveyor General with enemies of the government. The Union men have resolved that those positions shall too retaken, and to Gen. Hartranft has beet assigned the task of leading the assaulting column. , Will the man who faltered not before the Eery hail of Fort Stead Man falter before the people of a loyal State 4 If any one doubts it, let him wait for the ides of October ! 'THE grantijory of Franklin county last week returned true bills to the Court against the late rebel officers General Mc • Cansland, Mal. e Gilmore and Capt. Smith, for arson, and we learn that others are pending for high-way robbery, against Smith and Gilmore, and for robbery and Murder against - McCausland. Requisitions have been issued by Gov. Curtin upon Gov. Boreman of West Virginia for the rendition of McCausland, and upon Gov. Pierpontfr the rendition of Smith. It is probable*that the late rebel Geu. Jubal E. Early will also be indicted for murder, arson and 'high-way rObbery. as his-oiler was showir42l Chawbers:burg directing 'the free-booter's tribute to be levied, and. in default of payment, tie burning of the town. The leading thieves and vandals who rioted in Chambersburg on the 311th of,July, 1 . 861, will sooh he brought in the midst of the desolation they wrought to answer the demands of justice, or they must be perpetual fugitives from home and eouutry until death shall sheild — them Hfrom the retribution of man. Hos. JOHN A. HEISTAND, of - the Lan caster PX(l7lliller. deserved a better fate than to poll :1S votes for-Auditor General. As he was hopelessly crippled before the war began he could not fight the battles of tin; Republic: hut there are few men who fought the great battle of the soldier and the government with - equal zeal, abil ity and fidelity at home.- Wait till Gen. Hartrauft re-captures the Auditor Gene ral's department, as he did Steadman, and the "good time coming" may be at hand for those who have proven that "peace hath her victories- more renowned than war:" About that time Jac will come in if he likes. fnE Cuion men of Franklin county have nominated tried and faithful soldiers for every position of profit within. the gift of the is . "-'taple. and the State Convention has al:vault - 4 - its honors to Sons of eun st who have engraved their names Olt the scroll of fame iu the' catuage of the field. How many such will dm' Democ racy present as candidates' Can the Spirit bRI(:v J TIM .Atlantic Cable is a failure for the pri4nt. t 'fbe cable parted near mid ocean. in two miles depth of water, and after several fruitless attempts to recover it, the Great Eastern retained to England. We are not advised whether another at tempt will be made to recover and lay the cable this fall. but We presume not. THE first substantial victory of the Union army iu 1665, was won by Gen. Hartranft before Petersburg. The next Union vic tory- will be won by the same heroic com mander at the polls in October next. Steady, " gets !" Penn - sylvania will mtbe faithless to her heroes ! F111.1. - 6tICK WATTs, Esq.. President of ,the littard of Trustees of the Agricultural Collegst , of Pennsylvania. has called the attention of county SWejetie,l and others concerned to the importance of being represented at the annual meeting and _election for officers of the College; to be held on the first Wednesday of September. Each county society i• entitled to send three delegates. The object desired at this time is to secure the benefit of the grant of public lands assigned to this in stitution by the State Legislature.. Other schools, not agricultural in their character, are now mak ing efforts to keure these lands thr their own pur poses. Those who desire to see the lands and their proceeds devoted to the, improvement of agriculture, as was the object of the grant by Congress, should attend to the matter at once. DIE National Teachers, Association assembled in Harrisburg last week. About fire hundred delegates, including representatives from all the loyal States and Caumia, were present. Governor Curtin welcomed the delegates to the 'capital of Pennsylvania. Governor Bradford, of Maryland, also briefly addressed the conventiod.. Major General Geary was invited to a seat' upon the President's platform, and was received with de- Mornstrations of applause. At the afternoon sea- Sion some valuable addresses were read. Rev. Dr. Hill, President of Harvard University, sent a letter which was highly complimentary to Penn. Sylvania and to the Union League of Philadelphia, for their efforts during the rebellion. PHILADELPHIA Ilorneward—The liellepeamerou Affair —City Po Racy 1/eve/opment— Dramatic Affliira—The Colored People. Correepondenee of the Franklin RepofiilOry. PIIILAIW.IIIII.4, August 21. lea. Homeward from the shores and mountains, where they have been rusticating during the "dog days," are coining the dense, crowds of citified humanity, and our streets are once more becom ing crowded and our business places thronged. This return, in conjunction with the political ex eitement now raging in our midst, combines to give our city its old busy look, and we may con sider the dullness of summer as past, and the ac tivity of autumn as begun. The editorial in last week's ItErosiroltr, on " Philadelphia Politics," was re-produced in the Inquirer of F?firal, and has created a great deal of comment in political circles. Post Master Walborn and his satelites received it with un qualified disgust, while reasoning men on both sides of politics, applauded it as a calm and fm partial view of the Kelley-Cameron controversy. Combined with Kelley's letter and Cameron's crushing defeat in the State Convention last week, it has considerably depressed the spiritti of his adherents. Of the Republican city papers, the Inquirer, Press and Bulletin sustain Judge Kelley, while the North American and Telegraph are neutral. Wm. D. Kelley has always led the Re• publican party in Philadelphia, and lids with him ,"&prestigt bard to overcome. Then he is cordial ly backed'up by, John W. Forney, the three other Congressmen and the leading newspapers. His letter was the meet severe political attack of the decade. Thn Democratic City Convention last week nominated Daniel 31. Fox for Mayor of Philadel phia. He is a very respectable gentlernan, but tone overwhelmingly beaten for the same office three years ago, and will share the same fate in October. Ex-Congressman Charles J.. Biddle, late Chairman of the Democratic State Central Committee, is their candidate fur City Solicitor, On the Republican side the candidates are Brig. Gen. Joshua T. Owen, (the candidate of the es tome radicals), James Lyad, now President of the Select Council, Morton 31 . 3liclutel, editor of the North American, and Andrew J. Flomerfelt. The first two ask the nomination on a strong ne ern-suffrage platform. and will be much weaken- ed by the opposition of the combined Post.Ofilee and Custom House patronage. The Convention meets on Thursday next. The Dinrio . cratienom- Mations for the Legislature and for City entreats are even below their 'usually poor standard, and if the Union Convention will display a. little dia. cre HMI, their candidates will be almost universally successful. Much enthusiasm hasbeen engendered by the wise action of the State Convention' last week, and_we will give the Hero of Petersburg a rousing majority in October. A rich story has just transpired aecidently and I send it to you as a laughable instance of, politi cal trickery. I quote from a city newspaper:— "For some time past. a lively contest has been going on in Washington for the appointment of assessor of Internal Revenue for the let Congres: sional District of Pennsylvania. The present in cumbent is Washington Reith and the opposing candidate was A. B. Sloanaker. The latter has been very active in producing a voluminous mass of testimonials, recommendations and documents of every Bite, description and character, to aid his case, but thus far without success. On Monday last be requested pormissitin 0111 r. Orton. Conuissioue'r of Internal Revenue to with- draw from his budjet of documents, two telegraph ic despatches, purporting to have been sent by the Mayor of Philadelphia to the President urging Sloanaker'a speedy appointment to the assessor ship. As Mayor. Henry had previously written a - letter recommending Mr. Keith to be retained. the inconsistency of the two applications from the Mayor excited Mr. Orton's suspicions and before he gave the original despatches to Sloanaker he caused copies to be taken by his private Secreta ry. Th4e copies were enclosed to May - dillenry by Mr. Orton with a request to be inforined if the originade.spatches had been sent by i The Mayor promptly replied in the negative, as suring the Commissioner that the despatches were forgeries and had never been sent by him. It is needless to say that Sloanaker's aspirations for that position were speedily quenched. Philadelphia has sadly backslidden from its old Quaker tendencies. It is now. one of the great est eviires of theatrical prosperity and everybody goes yo - the' places of amusement. Every body therefore is on the qui sire for the grand opening of the New Walnut St. Theatre on Saturday night next by Edwin Booth and John 8. Clarke who have not previunsly, 'since_ the as7assination of Mr. Lincoln, taken any part in theatrical affairs. Both however are known here as staunchßepub- Ileum and their advent on the stage will be most enthusiastically greeted.. They have had their theatre beautifully arranged on the plan of Nib lo's Garden. New York, and have gotten up an ad mirable stock company. Their leading lady ix Philadelphia's great favorite, Miss Annie Gra ham, a young lady of thorough education and re finement, who never fails to delight it Philadel phia audience. Miss Effie German, Mr. Barton Mill, Mr E. L. Davenport all well-known actors, in addition to Messrs. Booth and Clarke, will eon' stit ute the other attractions. The \ Chestnut is still running Bourcicault's master-pleee, the ,great Irish Sensational drama of Arrah na Pogue,which for six weeks has crowded the house to otertlow mg. The loss of Mr. Baker and Miss Graham will very much weaken this theatre, but Miss Josie Orton, of New York, will snpersede Mrs. Kuhn as leading lady, a great improvement.— The Arch St. Theatre opens on Saturday week.— So much for the drama this week. Our "American citizens of African descent" have effected a thorough organization and with a fund of $40,000 are about to vigorously agitate in favor of the bestowal upon themselves of the right of suffrage. They purpose issuing a series of pamphlets and aro now circulating as the first of these documents, the late concert Hall speech of 'lllm. Win. D. Kelley. There seems to be a strong feeling in their behalf but the result of their efforts', the - future only can reveal. WASHINGTON The Rosh at the Executive Mansion—DlN , honest Claim Aucuts—ThisTrial of Capt.. Wirtz—More Troops to be Mustered Out —Counterfeit Treasury Notes—Lincoln Hospital Fired. Conrepondence of the Franklin Repoeltory. WAstin;Grav CITY, Ataireet 19, 1865. Stone mode.must be adopted by the President by which he can make "flank morements" on the importunate crowds which are daily making raids on him. A visit on any day to the Executive Mansion will 'satisfy any reasonable person that something should be done, some plan adopted to rid the President of !the intolerable nuisance to which he is now subjected. The majority of these besiegers hail from the south—men and women seeking pardon. They wait in the balls, on the step or stairs, inside and outside, not by the dozen but by the hundred—and often packed in such close order as to render the air of the building very obnoxious, almost to suffocation. The strength of the President is being overtaxed, and yet the whole for naught. Nothing can be accomplished in such a crowd except useless hand shaking and introductions. These southerners think otherwise, think they have a right to be heard at once and at once pardoned. They show t i lieir old overbearing and haughty spirit. They think they have done nothing offensive to the government for which' they should not at once be pardoned, restored to citizenship and their rights to 'all the property - which they ever owned The President has often to leave them standing alone in the midst of some insolent harangue. The women, who generally are as numerous as the men—when admitted to an' audience stick to the President like wax. Sometimet it is almost impossible to get rid of them without directly giving them a notice to plait., The President is not dispensing pardons at the present time with that liberality with which he did some time back. No doubt like everybody else—he sees the evil effect which It is producing throughout the South. The general rue of claim agents are a public nuisance. Particularly is this the case in Wash ington. There are NI, very respectable honest agents, hut the majority are a set of infernal swindling rogues. They lay in wait to wring from the soldier his hard earnings and are constantly on the watch fur some claim of a poor old mother, widow or orphan to whom they will cling while a dollar of the claim remains out of their pockets, and then turn them loose without money and the claim gone. There are perhaps five hundred claim agents in this pity and out of the whole lot there are not a , hundred good honest men. The other four hundred would steal the shroud froth their own dead mothers if they had an opportuni ty._ They go round the Departments and pry out claims little and big—and a circular is at once sent the claimant—written in such gOlden flow ery words as to deceive in most cases. frecreta i y Harlan has adopted a noble and wise course to help check this evil. He has issued an order for bidding any clerk giving 'any person whatever a statement iu regard to any case pending in that Department, unless authorized to do so by him iielf or the heads of Bureaus. We hope the oth er Departments will follow Speretary plan. Why people at a distance employ agents in Washington to - do their business—get through a pension claim, or back pay or bounty, we never could sees There are always persons at home who will do the business for them, persons whom .they know and who can froth there do the busi ness and get through a claim just as quick as they could if living here. We have been in a position when we daily saw the rascality of these sharks, and know exactly how fir they can be trusted. We say to persons at home—trust none of them, - choose some one at home to put your pension or bounty papers through. Any respectable person of common education can do it for you just as wall and quiekivng nun the rogues fiving bore, On Monday the trial_of Ciptain Wirtz the An. dersonvillejead Trill commence. Gen. Lew Wal laci is president of the Commission and General Bolt Judge Advocate.. The Commission is com posed of able and intelligent officers. We find among the number Gen. Geary, Gen. Mott, Ad jutant General L. Thomas, &c. The trial- will take place in the room of the court of claims at the capital. It will be very lengthy and the i7wit nesses now here, (More th n a hundred) will nar rate such oft suffering and misery is will far surpaai anythi g read of during the t.l dark ages or the days of 'he inquisition. It is however stated that Ca tain Wirtz will turn states evidence and show hat he only obeyed the orders of his superior o re. It is also said ~t he will make revel i a as which will directly implicat‘Jeff. Dais in - *uirig the orders under which our soldiers suffered so fearfully at Ander sonville and other Southern prisons. Such being the fact;we.may look for Davis being arraign ed before 4he same intelligent Commission. Secretary Stanton has issued orders for the im mediate muftir out of service 29,000 officers and men front the Middle, Washington. Kentucky, North Carolina and Mississippi Department. Very dangerous One dollar counterfeit Treas ury notes were yesterday detected by the Treas ury Department. The defects can °MY be de tected by cloie investigation and comparison with the genuine notes. Some person set fire to Lincoln Hospital hest night and a large portion oft was consumed. AU the patients had been removed from the Hos pital. This act shows that bad men, rebels still -•zist about this city. s. c. UNION RTATE CONIiWiTION The tiniorr Slate Cnnvention met in 'Harrisburg on Thuredapof last week, and was organized bs calling Hon. John Cessna to the chair. The fol lowing named delegates took their Beate: SENATORIAL DELEGATE?: Ist, Jeremiah Nichols: 2d, Albert C. Roberts; 3d, Idr,lt• lon Dickerson; 4th, Thomas Dickinson ; sth, Cbas, Kug ler, Samuel B. Thomas; Gth, Riebard Watson; 7th, Wm. H. Arnivt.ning; 80.1, G. W. Alexander Wm, 3L Baird ; 9th. Chas. W. Taylor; 10th, Wm. Utley; 11th, E. B. Parsons ; :12th. W. W. Ketchum; 13th, L,ncisu Rod gers; ]4th. Joe. R. Lion; 15th, A. R. Fiske ' • Pith, Jacob -- G. Heilman; 17th, ',Thaddeus Stevens, IL \P. Shenk ; 15th, G. Edward Hersh; 10th P. D. W. Hankey.: 26th, 31. Edgar King; 24:1.'R H. Duncan, Hays H.rmilWa 224 Col. J. 31. Campbell; 2341. H. nry Soother; 24th, Cup& Wm. R. Coulter; 25th. J. K. Morehead, L. Graham; 36.3. Quay; 27th, John M ThompAm .2 , ith 3: C. Brown ; 20th E. H. Chase. REPRESENTATIVE DELEGATES. Philadelphia—,Edward Cobb. Benj. Taylor. Kennedy MeKai - . Wm. Elliott, Robert P. King, Chas. M. Carpen ter, JnO, G. Butler, JO4. Riblet, Allen A. Pant:oast, M. Ball Stanton, John Kriekbanat C. M. Hall, Capt. Naa s : Creamer, Edward Shell:cam Enoch W. C. Green, Jame., S. Allison, Benj. Swain, Frank S. Johnson. Adams—David Wills. Allegheny—R. 13. Carnahan. C. W. Batchelor, Benj. Singerly. W. J. G anon., J. 3L Brush, Wm. Peters. Armstrong—Jno. L. - Leech. Berk —E. H. Rauch. H. S. Eckert, E. C. Kitchen. Busks—George Cunningham, Samuel C. Bradshaw. Bradford andSlillisan—John Grant and S. W. Alvan'. Blair—Samuel McCamant. Cambria—B. F. Mllley. Carbon and Monroe—Daniel Kalbfas. Centre—Andrew Gregg. Clarion and Jefferson—C. Myers. Clearfield. Elk and Forest—S. B. Rots. Clinton, Cameron and McKean—lL T. Beardsley. Chester—Wayne MoVeagh, Stephen M. Meredith and Robert Park. CaffShird-13. C. Johnson, J. C. Stardesant. Columbia and Montour—Richard Stiles. Cumberland—Lemuel Todd. Dauphin—Henry Thomas, CoL J. Freeland. Delaware—John K. Roland. Erie—lsaac B. Gant, Jno. P. Vincent. Fayette—G. W. K. Minor. - Green—Augustus Row. - Huntingdon, Mil Sin and Juniata—Col. W on. Butler, Alen. Part slndiana and Westmorland—James Alexander, Jas. A. 4 ‘ogan. and CapL A. Shall. - Lanjuister—George W. Illehaffey, S. W. P. Boyd, Day Wood, Jno. H. Zeller:- Lebansln—C. E. Hoffman. Lyorning, Union and Snyder—J. B. Montgomery, Chas. H. Shriller, Wm. F. Wrogonseller. Lehigh—Samuel McHose, Jno. Hoffman. Lazerne—Col. H. M. Hoyt, Oscar Gaines, --- Ario Par dee, Jr. MerVer, Lawremie and Butler—Samuel H. Miner, J. H. Robinson, J. W. Blanchard, Chas. DECandles, E. B. Moore. Montgomery—George 'hillock, W. W. Mintzer. Northampton—Henry-Blass, Lewis Gordon. Northumberland--Chas. J. Ironer. Perry and Franklin—John R. Shnler. T. J. Silt &buy-Wl—Wm. B. Karlin, Linn Bartholomew, John B. Porter. Somerset, Bedford and Fulton--John Cessna, E. K. Dana, Susquehanna and Wyoming—D.' A. Grow, Stephen TiokaandPotter—John S. Milan, J. W. Guernsey. Venango and Wamen—Wro. Bargain. Washington and Beaver—Johu Hall, Wm. S. Moore. Jos. Ledlie. Wayne and Pike—C. P. Rockwell. York—Stephen Keefer, Alex. Frey A 'committee on organization was then appoint ed, of which Mr. Carnahan, of Allegheny, was chairman, and a committee on resolutions was appointed, of which Hon. Wayne M'Veagh was chairman: The Convention then adjourned until 4 o'clock, P. M. At the appointed hour it rq-as stumbled, and the following permanent officers were chosen: President—H. C. Johnson. proidt.to—Jeremiah .).achols, Jos. Ribblet, Rob't P. King. John Krichaknin, Stephen Meredith. John J. Rowland, Gee. W. Cunningham, Samuel Mc. Hose, E. C. Kitchen, John L. Hammer, C. P. Rockwell. E. B. Par sons. N. W. Ketchum, H. T. Beardsley. W. F. Wagon setlicr, Charles J. Bruner, Col. Jas. Freeland, Dot- Wood. John H. Zellers, Lemuel Todd, David Wills, H. Edgar King, Hays Hamilton, R. H. Duncan, James Alexander, Christian Myers, G. W. K. Minor, Benj. Eagerly, Win. Peters, Jam Hall, John M. Thompson, Wm. H. Burgnin. - - L. B. Grant. Secretarirs—John R. Shale; S. H. Mgter, John G. But ler, Wm. J. Gilmer, Capt. Wood, Edward H. Roberta, Lewis Rogers, E. H. Ranch, Wm. H. Armstrong. TEE UNION PLATFORM The following declaration of principles was re ported. by Major McVeagb, and unanimously adopted: The Union Party of Pennsylvania, in State Convention assembled, declare: I. That as representatives of the loyal people of the Commonwealth we reverently desire to of fer our gratitude to Almighty God, whose favor has vouchsafed victory to the national arms, ena bled us to 'the crime of slavery from our land, and to render treason against the Republic impossible forevermore; and nest to Him, our thanks are due and are hereby tendered to our brave soldiers and sailors, who, by their endur ance, sacrifices, and illustrious heroism, haVe se cured to their country Peace, and to the down trodden everywhere an asylum of Liberty; who have alitiwn that the war for the restoration of the Union is not a-failure, and whose valor has proven for all time the fact that this Government of the People, by the People, for the People, is as baba bible in its strength as it is beneficent in its ope ration. 2. That revering the memory of Abraham Lin coln, the great•martj r of liberty, we cannot show greater honor to his name than by a generous sup port of his fellowpatriut and successor , Andrew John Son, the President of the United States, who has been called to complete the tusk which he left unfinished. .Hii unbending patriotism in the past is a sure guarantee that in the momentous future the authority of • the Government will be upheld, and the rights and liberties of all the citi sena of the Republic secured. 3. That the mild and generous method of _re construction offered by the President to the peo ple lately in rebellionon the judgment of this Con vention, has not beeit accepted in the Spirit of hon est loyalty and gratitude, but with- such evidence of defiance and hostility as to impel us to the eon viction that they cannot safely be entrusted with the political rights which they- forfeited by • their treason, until they have proven their acceptance of the results of the war, but incorporating them in constitutional provisions and securing, to all men within, their borders their inalienable right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. 4. That having conquered the rebellious States, they should be held in subjection, and the treat ment they are to receive and the laws which are to govern them, should be referred to the lovema king power of the nation to which it legitimately belongs. 5. That as the late rebellion was wantonly pre cipitated by the property holders of the South, it is but just that they should pay the expenses of the war, and Congress should declare as forfeit ed and vested in the Government the property of all rebels whose estates exceed the sum of $lO,- 000, and that the proceeds of the : property so confiscated should be applied to increase the pensions of those entitled thereto by the casual- ties of the war, to pay the damages done by the enemy to loyal citizens, and to reduce the bur den of the national debt. 6. That it is the duty of Congress so to revise the revenue laws as to afford increased protec tion to American industry ; to secure the devel opment of the industrial wealth of the people; to render labor profitable and remunerative; to build up home markets for our agriculturists; to attract capital to the mineral fields of the country, and to provide revenue for the maintenance of the public credit; and this Convention recognizes the chief enemy to a polfcy of protection in that European power which, for four years, has fur- 'Aupst 23, 105. nishe.4l piratical vessels of, war to the Meth and thus endeavored to drive our commerce from the seas. 7. That any attempt by foreign nations to ea tablish monarchial government on this continent is evidence of a design to destroy Republican in stitutions. Regard for our own safety and fol. the future security of the Republic demand that no such attempt should succeed. S. That it is the duty of eongresa to setare the full Federal bounty to all honorably discharged soldiers, irrespective of the date of their enlist: twat. 9. That we recognize in Edwin bi. Stanton the fearless, honest and able head of the Depart ment of War, a public servant who has deserved well of his country, and has borne himself so clear in bis great office asto merit theeaniest gratitude of all loyal men ; and we tender to him. and to his distiuguished,colleagues in the Cabinet our thanks for their valuable services in the cause of liberty and law. 10. That the constant devotion of Governor Curtin to the best interests of the State and na tion. during the last four seam, and his indefati gable efforts on all occasions to pay the just debt of gratitude we owe our national defenders, not merely by words, but also by deeds, entitles him 'to-the thanks of every loyal citizen of Pennsylva nia. 11. That this Conventioo, representing the loy al people of Pennsylvania, recognizes the claims of our citizen soldiers on our confidence and grist- Rude; and that in noMinations for offices especial regard should be paid to the claims of those who have faithfully served their country in the army or the navy in the suppression of the rebellion. 12. That the leaders of the Ettmocratie party stand arraigned before the people of Pennsylvania , for constantly obstructing the efforts of the con, stititted authorities to maintain the life of the Re-! public. They did this. By inflaming the passfons of their ignorant fol lowers against the legally elected officers of the Federal Government, and refraining from all re proach against treason or armed traitors. By procuring a decision-from the Democratic judges of our supreme court, denying the right of the Government to the services of the citizens of this State for the defence of their imperilled country. By discouraging men from volunteering into the armies of the 'Union: thus rendering it nem*, Rath• to succumb to treason, or topay large boon• ties, and so burdening every ward, township and borough in the State with debt to fill the ranks of Our armies. By opposing the enlistment of negroes for our defence, althoughmue white man less was requir ed for every black one who could be enlisted, and this at the very moment when the battle of Get tysburg was raging on the soil of Pennsylvania, and the result of that decisive battle was uncer tain. Sic dem,lng to our soldiers the right to vote I,‘ bile fighting, Mr the flag of ontlatbers, on the plea that such rights were not allowed• by our constitution, and by opposing an amendment which removed their objections, and relieved our brave soldiers from this disability. By exaggerating the public indebtedness, deny ing the public credit, and teaching that the finan cial resources of the north were unequal to the suppressten of the rebellion. liy iisliamelut , opposition to measures for exten ding relief to the families of • Union soldiers, and by a malignant effort by these means to secure tl4' success of the rebels in the field, or such a protraction of the aar as would exhaust the na tion in its effort to subdue their friends. - By now heaping abuse upon the GoVernment fer.punishing assassins and their accomplices; by demanding the release of leading traitors, by frowning down all attempts to bring to punish ment the fiends who starved our soldiers, and by assuring rebels that neither in person or property shall they be punished for their crimes. i f And it anything were wanting to complete their infamy, we have.it in their determined opposition to tree labor, and to a tarifwhich, while it would make labor profitable by protecting the working men of Pennsylvania from British competition, would largely increase the revenue essential to the maintainance of the public. faith and credit. NOMINATIONS FOR ItEDITOR GENERAL General nominations f a r Auditor General were then made, as follows: !fon. John A. Ifeistand, of Lancaster. Gen. J. F. Hartranft, of Montgomery. Gen. It. B. 3f Combs, of Lawrence. Gen. Selfridge, of Northampton. Gen. Albright, of Carbon. A formal ballot resulted as follows Hartianft 63 I Selfridge.... Heistand ..38 Albrigbt 31'Combs 00 Before the result was announced the names of Heistandand Albright were withdrawn, and the nomination of Gen. Hartranft mndp unanimous"' amidst deafening cheers. SURVEYOR GENERAL. General nominations were then made for _§ur esor General, as follows: • Col. Jacob M. Campbell, of Cambria. Geo. James Naglee, of ScbuylkilL 31arkle, of Westmoreland. Col. Brice X. Blair, of Huntingdon. The ballot resulted as follows: Campbell 92Blair . 11 Nagler27 I Col. Campbell was unanimously declared the nominee, and the result was greeted with thun ders of applause. STATE CENTRAL CONERITTEE. On motion of Mr. Stevens, the Convention una nimously elected Hon. John Cessna, of Bedford, Chairman of the Union State Committee, - The following is the Committee entire: • - Bon. JORS CEssus, Chairman, Bedford, Pa.; Adams, Dr. E.G. Fahnestock ; Allegheny, A. Al:Brown. Colonel Ales. Minxes ; Armstrong, JOhn L. Leech; Bradford; E. O. GotsWeh; Blair, Caleb Guyere: Beaver, B. B. Qsall Bader, John - 31. Thompson; Berko, Isaac Eckert, Dr...E. C. Kitchen ; Bucks, Caleb N. Taylor; Bedtbrd, Joseph It. Durborrow; Cambria, A C. Mullen; Carbon, Daniel Kalbfuss ; Centre, J. T. Johnston ; Clarion, Cot R. J. Reed; Clearfield, John Patton ; Clinton, Eh:. IL A. Lich tenthaler ; Cameron, H. T. Taggart; Chester, I3leo. Rnpert ; Crawford, S. N. Pettis; Columbia, J. H. Ikler ; Cumberland, Gee. ram ; Dauphin; Gee. Bergner; Dela ware, CoL S. B. Thomas ; Elk, Henry Scantier; Erie, G. W. Colton; Forest, L. Rogers Fulton, D. U. Wagoner% Fayette, P. A. Johns; Franklin, John Stewart; Gaiene, R W. Downey; Huntingdon, Vol. Brie, X. Blair; Indi ana, CoL D. S. Porter; Juniata. A. L Gass ; Laserne, E. H. Chase; Lancaster, Col. 0. J. Dickey, Peter Martin; Lawrence Hon. J. W. Wallace; Lehigh, AMC EttiEiger; - Lycoming. Clinton Lloyd; Lebanon, John George ; Mon roe, John - Stokes ; Montour, J. M. &mope ; 2Ellin, Geo. 11. Galbraith; 'Montgomery, Cot Win. B. 'Rambo ;1,4e1". cer, S. 11. Miller; Northampton. S. E. Cook, Jr.; North umberland. J. B. Packer; Perry, Wm. Lowther; ike, Jacob Klinebaus; Potter. IL W. .WAlarney ; I:rank S. Johnson, Kennedy M'Cate, James Free born. James Kerns, Gee. W. Hamersley, Charles Thomp son Jones, M. H. Dickinson, lamest:lMMO:tam ; tit:Miran. N. W. Ackley; Schuylkill, Theo. Garretson ; Snyder, Wm. F. Wagimseller ; Somerset, Henry F. Schell; Union, llaj. Wm. It.. Foster; Venango, S. A. Thom= ; West moreland. Wm. H. Markle ; Washington. Jatnesß.Taide: 'Wyoming i S Little ; York, Silas IL Ferry. Gen. Hartranft and Col. 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