bor buscoiilctM*! :i "f 1 the Union. J) air. •.!•> i'»t •!>'. ■ ll so, It* hiut lead ihe <-o ; <•< in t'ou.; >'cs; of the last, ten year-t, bu' c • inlly du ring the-sessions of I•• V.Mjj and IKOJ 61—debates to which 1 was c-mipeii'od to listen, and which abounded iu the mo't malignant; expressions of hatred. scorn, contempt, aud disloyalty, pla irv loreshad owing the base reyolu.; n i'y Themes then fairly entered upon, an I liuriitig defiantly at No*hc-rn Representatives the vilo and untenable doetrino of the right of seces sion. One class of northern members, I regret to say, encour ged the-e deela'ti tiotis, sympathized with their uu bars. and. abetted their designs, believing that they in them them i erial of suecpssfai po- 1 litieal influence. IJiul'or tins, theie would have been no scceisi u. An ther t-lasc boldly denounced the falseho ■!», relented the lusults, aud hurled b.ii_-k the threats of secession, dei iritis that u,i lor no cir cumstances would they c m/eat t> a sepa ration ol these State" or permit the mere result of an election to be ma lethe pie text lor revolution. .Sir. 1 fi'imy believe that had all then idiom member; joined in these cleardot iaratinuiof ii lelity to the Constitution and the Union, aud announ ced their determination to maintain the ; existing Government at all hazards, the i secession movement; would Beyer have risen to* formidable proportions or given cause tor serious alarm. JJ at everywhere over the South secession was proclaimed to ; be apeacefu' remedy for alhjgcd grievan ces, and it was publicly ami constantly ; proclaimed that any attO'#f>t to coerce the .South, would be followed by a division iu the North, that Woo 1 would fb-w in north ern streets and a civil wai anion.' ourselves would render aeoettion safe, certain, and t Coinpleie. It. is too true that many norili ern Hepiesenfative.' in that ci it cat period, misrepresented their constituencies, fear fully deceived the rebel k-.-tders, and tliu covered themselves with a scarcely less deep und infamous than belongs to ] Jell. Davis hiw ;elf and liis traitorous cab inet. While this w.isthep sitiouof fnein bers on this floor, v. li.tt was the utriiu le ' of Mr. Buchanan and lis Administration 1 ; lie cowered before the storm. Floyd i shaved bis confidence until he had trans ferred a large portionof the ariustosouih- . ern arsenals, without iu e .ereuce, until ar rested iu his ta'eaaumibii: itte,uipt to remove the cannon from Allegheny Arsenal to j pretended forts in Louisiana, by the de termined patriotism and courage of my : constituents at Pittsburgh, and then re- > signed because Mr. liuchanun rcl'u-ed t • order Major Andct n back fr in Fort ■ Sumter to MouHrie an 1 thereby maintain j the promise prcv,in ly t.' i • eii to South 1 Carolina by Floyd, v.lii .*lr. Uuch inau'i consent, '"that the ' 0u- ot afl'aiis should ! not be disturbs lin iho h ; i>or of hub - ton." C ibb remained in the cabinet until j by his financial management tlic credit of tlioUovemmeiitw . o!.i.,;ih ,tui oieycould BCarce'y be borrowed at aijy rate even to pay the necc aryexpen of theGovcrti ment, aud in that time i peace, tempora ry loans could noi be made except at tuosl escorbiant rates of iu ere-t. lhouipsoii, 1 whilst holding a seat in the cabinet, j.'tir tieyed to North C'a . i,;ia to aid in nwitell* : ing the old North State out of the Union. ; aud continued to pus. e-s ban elf of cabi net secrets to be transmute I south tor the ' benefit of rebels. unt,l his i-eusitivehouor could not endure ihealludge i Concealment from him of Air. Huehalian s tardy effort j to provision Fort Sumter. Aleanv. iule .be t President, trembling w.th fear an I over come by the thro m ot re eis. vas dra- ! gooncd first into a modification oi his last annual message as opemy to abandon 1 the doctrine of coercion, which greatly corrupted northern opmi n an.l c n:ribu- j ted vastly to southern acceptance of the •rebel programme; and the.i lor weeks, as t if struck Willi, puralysis, when i; was pro poseil to do anything in « e.tiun of the rightful and iiiheient p avei .if the tiov ermuent to pie-erve itself—this weak-audi timid old man pei'lbrmed a role which has covered his name with inliiiuy, .unl will forever load it with the nation's contempt. Such is ;ny estimate of the reputation ot James Buchanan, (once 1 regret to saw i kuown as '• Pennsylvania's favorite son,") j as finally left for the judgment of posterity. General Cass, iu his expressions refer red to before, erred in one point, lie mis- j calculated the extent-of the evil done by j Mr. Buchanan and overestimated the iu- ; lluence of his imbecility and treachery I upon the loyal masses. Yet at the time, i so dark and portentous were the clouds, so j general was public suspicion* so wide spread and powerful the conspiracy, that ; it seemed to be hoping against hope have any cheerful anticipations when look ing into the dark and gloomy fuiure ;, and it isnotsurprUmg thit, his patriotic herat was ovefwhelmed with grief. Un every hand the enemy was busy, the Govern- j ment silent and indifferent, bound hand j and foot by it: Attorney General, who nar- : rowly paring down the power of the Gov- \ crnuient to protect advised flic Pres ident: "Thai. the Un • n must utterly per- ; ish at the moment when Congress shall arm one part of the people against anoth er for any purpose beyond that of merely protecting theGencr.il Government in the exorcise of its proper constitutional func tions." Such was the chosen and delib crate phraseology within which lurked the ; fallacious and destructive error that our j fathers had constructed a Government 1 without power topreserve itself or enforce its laws, to assert iu, unquestioned and iu herent rights, to suppress insurrection, and save its ownexitteueelroiii activeand arm ed treason; and inmyopiuli Mr.Chair man, to the enunciation of this legal opin ion, mere than any other cause, are we in debted for tho open outbreak of war.—• When, however, the overt act wa3 com-; mittcd, the lung, impending blow struck, the dignity of the Government insuked, its rights invaded, its power defied, and the stars and stripes fired upon in Charles ton harbor, the patriotism of the people, long dormant,and by souiesupposed tube extinct, was electrified into life with the power of a giaut, their instincts stripped off the wretched sophb tries of the ex-At torney General, the heart of the people burst into lite, burning" With the sense of shame, injustice, and w. nig. wh eh timid and faithless .couu-el* had t<»> long invit ed, aud the eiy of stem judgment upon the traitors rang throughout die b u.!.— 'ihe Union ploiiud a., lins.', aud deemed not worth pre-urvin or not capable of pr»v<>rva'ion. at "nee ssfprted itj cupreni-! ' ! acy over the national heart, and, safe from the intrigues of the pliant, and the expe dients of the co vardly, it became a nation : al divinity, which from that day to this, has called forth the willing sacrifices of every true American heart, and will con tinue to do so until ita enemies are extir pated, and its false friends consigned to a just seuteuco of scorn aud contempt. The progress of events has been stead ily onward. The military power pf the rebels greatly weakened, the territory once held by them vastly reduced and cut in | twain by our rescue of the Mississippi riv- I er from their grasp, gradually they arebe \ ilig beaten back, thei» supplies being ex hausted, their available forces constantly ! reducing, and the d satisfied eieuients rap idly increasing. Upon the ruins of their structure of government, a merciless mil ; itnry despotism has been erected, which vigorously strikes down every opposing right and privilege, which has broken ev ery contract made with the people, has practically repudiated the entire currency, it w conscripted the' entire arms-bearing population, and their officers shoot down all who will not willingly obey their sum mons; broken up courts, and, in a word, ha 3 erected a military organization the most concentrated and vigorous the world S Iris ever seen. _ Such are, as I believe, our enemies, while our Administration has been very scrupulous of public and private rights, and nevt#' has unjustifiably invad edeither. No man ever exercisedsunima | ry power more cautiously than Mr. Lin ; coin, lnne more honestly, none ceased it more gladly than lie will, when the pub lie interests may'justify. They who de nounce him as a usurper, know little of his high conscientiousness, and regard but little tlwt public interest which +s with him the pole-star of duty - ; and which now calls so loudlv for his re election. Mean while, under "the unparalled financial man agement of the Secretary of the Trea i in y, our Government loans are taken with eag ;riii-sH, the taxes are paid withprompt ne-s and cheerfulness, the army is being filled by re-enlistments, the and heart of the, nation is rallying more close ly and bravely around the Administration \ —in uring us against triumphs of our foes ill the field, or our political foes at homo. Sir, amongst the people of my dis trict there are few, very few. whoare not faithful to the nation in this great crisis of i ii-need. Tho defection there as elsewhere, is confined to extreme pro slavery men, who uphold it not only for its own sake, j but as a means of achieving partisan'suc ; c-ens, in shameless disregard of their own solemn duties to the country. Why should j slavery bo upheld ? It deserves no such ' faie. It has long divided, distracted and troubled us. It was from the beginning. I and has gone on ever-increasing to dis -1 tract and embroil us. It has been, and is, i tho great bone of contention, over which, at la -1. wo h iv 4; come to blows. To save ii. is to perpetuate this discord. To des troy it is to secure the present, an I make ; peaceful and glorious the fit ue. But it i cannot be destroyed by proclamations alone ; the power of law should be !»- 1 ed to in ike the destruction complete in | character, and noin extent. It must j bfi written to the Constitution thai shivery \ shut! no' more ti?iieni soil, be ma le a slave for life and wear an iron collar as a.badge of inferior ity to the African Slavery will stab itself i to death about the time that Yankees learn I to tell the truth, and no-sooner." ; Sir, there is no safety for liberty on this continent, or for free labor, without the sap i pression of the rebellion and the extirpa ! tiou of the pestilent aristocracy of opin- I ion which sustains it, and the complete ' conformation of our institutions to the i principles of the Declaration of Independ j euce. I pity while I despise the man in the loyal North who sympathizes with this rebellion, for it is based upon the nartWw r est und most exclusive ideas; it is aimed as a blow at the doctrines which underlie 1 our whole system of republican liberty, | and if successful it is intended to be the lever by which European systems are to j be iutroduced and established upon this j free continent, and by which the whole current of events, which thus far has tend ed to the amelioration of human suffering and the extension of human rights, shall be reversed und become assimilated to the monarchical and aristocratic systems of Europe. 'lhe man who is engaged in this work is a public enemy; the man who in this home of liberty aids and abets him, deserves the execration of mankind, j But the object of those strugglieg for ; political power, under this view of thecase. j can never bo accomplished, because the 1 I nion canflot and will not be restored ex cept through the successful prosecution of the war. The rebels remain or pretend to be san guine of BUecess. They are bold, daring and impracticable; they propose no terms of negotiation, 2nd will listen to none ex cept with tho fundamental condition that this Government recognize their independ-, ! enee. This done, they will then treat j concerning the navigation of tho Missis- i sippi, international trade, the return of fugitive slaves, and the thousand and one questions that would arise between riti zens of the contiguous governments. Who is prepared for this? None, I trust, al though the peace policy advocated by gen tlemen on the other side of the House leads inevitably to this result, "lie Am nesty proclamation of the ■ President has gone forth ; let the power of the army and j the vigorous prosecution of the war fal -1 iw, until thej'chelsare subdued and plead for terms. There is no oth<-r hope for any one of us. or for any interest, outside of ; this. I have no especial anxieties about i reconstruction and the questions which : will arise nut of it- 112 bolievr the Presi dent has skillfully escaped the difficulties surrounding the problem; and 1 believe that the people of the South, removed from the pressure of tho military power of the rebels, and anxioustocseapethety rannical exactions which have been laid upon them, will rally around the old flag, and umser the inspiration of the great les son that has been taught, will reconstruct their State governments, resume their rela tions with the General Government, and make those relations stable and secure by abolishing slavery, the cause of the evil. Already Tennessee, Arkansas, Missouri, and Louisiana are treading in that direc tion. Alabama also shows signs of wheel ing into line. The others of our ' erring sisters," redeemed and disenthralled, will iu duo order of progression follow, until finally we have a union of reconstructed States, without a blemish or deformity,and every star restored to more than its for mer brightness and glory. ! What is to prevent this result ? andwhy should it not be attained speedily ? While Southern conscription has draggoned into the army not only the able-bodied men of proper age, but old men aud boys have not been spared, and they have thus gone on ' until nearly their entire force is exhaust ed. we on the other hand have only fairly commenced, and not more than one-fifth of our available population have been call ed to arms. While the Southern finances I have become exhausted, and the issues of j their treasury almost as worteless as the ! paper upon which they are printed, our fi | nancial success has become the wonder of i the world, and our own loyal citizens have j freely ajid promptly purchased the Gov ! eminent loang at par, thus furnishing the j means necessary to prosecute the war, without borrowing a dollar from foreign ; Powers. Whilst the Southern army and Southern citizens are famishing for want of commissary supplies, the granaries of the North are filled with abundance.— While commerce, trade, and agriculture, in the South are almost totally destroyed, ! and by a rigid and vigorous blockade they { are cut off from trade with the world, the | Northern States never were so completely : prusperous as at this moment. Agrioiil i ture. commerce, manufactures! and trade, j of nil kirftls are workiugup to their fullest j capacity; the people by honest industry land toil are becoming rapidly enriched; the ability to pay taxes sufficient to lay a foundation deep and broad euough to sus tain the public credit should the public debt quadruble its present proportions is ample ; and with a loyalty of heart and devotion of purpose, they are as willing as they are able to pour their wealth.into the public treasury until treason is blotted from this continent.* WhV then should any one doubt or fear the result ? With the rebellion pressed. all elements of discord removed by the destruction of slavery, the national ' life regenerated,-we may safely anticipate j an unbroken and prosperous future for the j Union. Under t-he influence of its intel ! ligent and educated labor wisely directed, ' ioe unparalleled productions of which ' it is capable, of the wealth it will draw | from the Old World, which shall be trib | titary to it, this great country shall become, and remain, under the smiles and protec tion of a kind and just Providence, the ! favored spot of all the earth, and theasy lum of tho down-trodden and oppressed of ! every nation, where honest labor and mer [it will receive their full reward. THere | shall be no bound set in the limitless fu i ture to the grandeur, prosperity, aud pow er of the. United States of America. •The fourth volume of Macantay's hbtofy of England, rh'ir-ter. XIX, contains * very interesting account of the origin -and prcßre«« of tlio National Debt of England.— Ile -Mv*: '• Such wxt the origin of that deht. which ha* | since become thegreatest prodigy that ever perplexed the I sagacity and confounded tho pride of statesmen and phil osopher®. At every stage in the growth of that deht.the nation has ect upthesame cry of anguish and despair.— At er«>ry «tag»* in the growth of that debt, it has been se rioaelv ,is«ert» d by nviho men that bankruptcy and ruin were at hand. Yet still the debt went on growing, and still banki ugtcv and ruin were aa rem -to as ever." * * And again he «ay«: "A Jong experience justifies u* In believing that England may, in the Twentieth Century, I » better ai l-* t • bear of sixteen hundred million p >und§ sterling, thftnshe '« at the present time to bear her p-rsent 1 ad. H-it. be thUtasit may, those who goconfl j dently pre.lii.ted that she must sink, first under a debt of 1 fifty minion pounds sterling, then under a debt of eighty millions, then under a debt of one hundred and forty niil lion-*, then under a debt of two hundred and forty inil li ns.and lastly under a debt of eight hundred millions, were beyond all d mbt under a two-fold mistake. They greatlv overrated tho pressure of the burden : they great ly underrated the strength by which tho burden woe to be borne." Union State Convention. The loyal men of Pennsylvania, com prising the National Union party, will meet in State Convention, in tbe Hall of the House of Representatives,at Haebisburo, at noon, O.v THURSDAY, APRIL2BTII, 18C4. Each district will be entitled to the same representation it now has in the State Leg islature, and the delegates will be chosen at such times and in such manner as shall be directed by the respective county com mittees. The State Convention is called for the purpose of placing in nomination an Elec toral Ticket, selecting delegates at large lo the National Convention of the Union Party, tfbe held at Raltimore on the 7th i of June next, and taking such action a3it may deem proper in reference to the ap proaching Presidential canvass. The selection of the district delegates from Pennsylvania to the National Con vention is left, where it properly belongs, to the people assembled in their county conventions; butthedifferentcounty com mittees arc earnestly requested to adopt such measures as will procure a full at tendance at their respective conveutions, and thereby secure, in the choice of dele gates, a full and fair expression of the will of the people. The committee cannot forbear to con gratulateall loversof liberty and the Union j upon the recent triumphs of the good cause in New Hampshire and Connecticut, and to express the hope, shared by all loyal men. that they are only tho forerunners of i. more splendid victories soon to be won in i the same cause alike by the bullet and the ballot. In behalf of the Union State Central Committee. WAYNE MeVEAGH, Chairman. : GEO. W. HAMERSLY, ) a , W. W. "ays," [ Secretaries. B®'* The Government orderprohibiting the export of coal to Canada applies only to anthracite—bituminous can be export jed as before. The reason of the prohibi tion is. that anthracite coal finds its way to blockade runners, who value it for its fmokelew '(iiHlitieo She JUmicmr (titisen. THOMAS ROBINSON. 1 CYRUS E. ANDERSON, j Editors. M.W. SPEAK, Publisher. BUTLER PA. WEM KSP.IY APRIL 13,1861. " Liberty and Union, Now and Forever, One and'nieparable.''—D. Webster. FOR PRESIDENT IN 1864 : . ABRAHAM LINCOLN. COUNTY COXVESTIOW The Republican voters of Butler coun ty, are requested to meet in their respec tive districts, at the usual places of hold ing elections, On SATURDAY, the 23 d instant, between 4ho hours of 2 and 0 o'clock, p. m., for the purpose of choosing one Del egate to represent said district in a coun ty Convention, to convene in the Court House, in Butler, on MONDAY, the 25th inst., at 1 o'clock, p. m., for the purpose of choosing delegates to a State Conven tion, to meet in llarrisburg,on Thursday, the 28th inst., which Convention hasb?en . called for the purpose of forming an Elec torial ticket to be voted for by Union men at the approaching Presidential election, as also, for the purpose of choosing delegates at large to the Nation al Convention, to convene at Baltimore, on the 7th of June next; and also, to re commend a fit person as Delegate to the National Convention, subject to the ac tion of conferees to be appointed to settle on the delegates to represent this Congres sional District in said National Conven tion ; as also, to attend to whatever other business may be brought before said Con vention. The timJs in which we live are momen tous, and while the Military arm of the Government must be upheld at all haz ards, the civil department cannot, with' safety, be neglected. It is to be hoped therefore, that all will see the importance of having a full expression of opinion at this time. Let all move harmoniously, in the upholding of that party upon which has' fallen the responsible duty of •restor ing peace and unity to our much afliefed country. By order of the county Committee, TIIOS. ROBINSON, Butler. April 8, 1804. Chairman. B&T In to-days paper will be found a call for a' county convention, to convene in this place on the 25th inst., let the people take such action at once as will secure a full attcndence. Let our voice bo emphatic for Old Abe. Local ItMimly Itill. We expected toJbe able to have laid be fore our readers the Local Bounty Bill, especially for this county, in the present issue. But not having received a copy of the same, we take the privilege of pub lishing the following extract from a let ter of Representative J. H. Ncgley, da ted April Bth. " Local Bounty Bill pass ed through House this morning for But ler county alone. Per capita tax in, and not to exceed 825. The per capita tax principle was what was wanting in the general bill. We will have it put through the Senate right away and signed." The Baltimore Convention. Some time past(we believe in the month of February,) the National Republican Committee, through their chairman, issu ed a call for our nominating National Con vention,"to be held in Baltimore, on the 7th of June. In the- midst of a great military campaign like that in which we are engaged, the people's attention is nat urally absorbed in the progress of milita ry movements. They naturally feel less interest in politics—many indeed were of opinion that the time for holding our Na tional Convention wag fixed too early, and would, therefore, indue time be re-con sidered. This belief we have no doubt hail a tendency ,to prevent any action in the premises. The time has not been changed, and it, therefore, becomes the duty of thoser intending to act with the Union party, to prepare for action. The Suite Executive Committee has called a State Convention, to meet at Harrisburg. on the 28th inst. The people are some what surprised with the short notice giv en for the holding of this Convention.— We suppose it is to be accounted for, from the fact already stated, that the impres sion was, that the National Convention would be postponed; and finding that this was not likely to be done, it was doubt less, thought best to have the united voice of our Stato announced as early as possible. This, it seems to us, i$ right. The united voice of the Keystone State, is now, as it ever ha 3 been, worthy of great considera- ■ tion. That,J her voice will be a unit in ; favor of Lincoln, liberty and Union, there can be uo doubt. The United States Senate. When, ten years ago, that great crime | against liberty and law—the repeal of the ! Missouri Compromise, was first concocted in the Senate of the United States, there were but a handful of men who had the courage to denounce it—so thoroughly j was that great body under the control of ' the slave power, which had for three or j four years previous, been fortifying itself l in all the departments of the i ioveruiuciit. It is gratifying however to know, that even in those dark, days, the c were n few who had not bowed their knees to the molten image. We have not the record before us, but we well remember the sol emn protest entered against this attempted subversion of the constitutional powers of the Government—signed by about nine or ten Senators. The names of Hale, Sumner, Wilson, Chase and Seward, are still fresh in onr recollection. Never mm a greatful people forget tho service those brave pioneers then performed to tfaoir country—it was then, that that grout up postlo of liberty—Howard, stood forth in his truo character, ax "A watchman on the lonely tower." Hut what were these men called upon to ftifTcr in consequence of their refusal to betray the people? every thing but death—they were abused, both in public and private. They were refused places on the various committees of tlic Senate, they were refused even social recognition by theso slavery propagandists. From the Senate however, they appealed to the people, who at once responded to their call, and thus in a few sho r t months, that party which had so wautonly betrayed the people, were beaten every where at the polls, so far at least as the free states were concerned. This was highly gratifying to the friends of freedom—of the consti tution and of law. * The lower House of Congress was cho sen with a direct reference to the policy to be-pursued towards the territories—es pecially Kansas, which was by the legis lation of the former Congress, thrown open to slavery—but the party of free dom, although considerably strengthened in numbers, was still powerless in the Se nate. And how sad did the people feel when contemplating the time it would take, under the restrictions of the consti-* tution, to change that body. " ]sut be hold how changed ! The same heavens are indeed over our heads, 'i he same ocean rolls beneath our feet. Hut all else how changed !" We have not time to follow this subject at length—to notice the various causes which, uu ler I'rov - dence, have assisted in bringing but this wonderful result. Then thee was but a small minority found bold-enough to declare a policy of non extension. Hut a few days ago a vote wis had in that same body, in which, not winy years since, Mason, Hammond, Tombs, Slidel. Hunter, and their associates, dictated the policy of the extension of human bond age to the country. In that same body, we say, a vote was had on two additional articles which it is proposed to insert in the Constitution by which Slavery is forever to be abolished in the United States, and on-that vote there were onlysix Senators found conseration enough to vote in the negative. These amendments, with the yeas and nays upon them, w.li be fonntl in our paper to-day. Truly "Humanity moves onward." The Ucniocracy. The Democrats of this State held their State Convention in Philadelphia, on the 24th ult. We supposed that this con vention would have announced a set of pr nciples, foremost among which would have been, " The Constitution as it is and Union as it was.""The bringing back of the revolted States with all th'ir constitu tional rights unimpaired, &c." But how have we been disappointed ! Just think of it; jp. once great party meet in Conven tion for what? Not to nominate a State ticket. But to take such action as they deemed necessary, before the meeting of their National Convention. Bid not the people of the State, (including the rank and file of that party itself,) expect at the hands of this convention, the announce ment of those principles which *it deem ed best calculated to restore peace and the Union? How disappointed must all feel in realizing the fact that this body of men seem to have no principle which they /eel safein owning. Buton the contrary, they are willing to suppress the avowal of any sentiment, except the desire of office.— Nor are their hopes bright here; on the .contrary, despondency seems to have ta ken hold upon them. Nine mouths ago we had some reason to fear that this party, by taking advan tage of the mistakes or errors of the agents of the government, would be able to give some trouble in the approach ing Presidential campaign; but since the middle of September last, they have beeu lusing ground with the people—ndeed we might say from the date of the New York riot,, in July. Not only is their cause bad, but they lack leaders. Doug las is no more. Most of his active friends have cut loose from that organization which sle v him. Breckinridge an 1 Davis, the leaders of the other wing of their party, are in the Rebel service. And thus the remnant of that organization is left like a swarm of bees which has lost its kink—■ not knowing where to light—like a ship without a rudder, drifting before every breeze. An organization thus situated, cannot be expected to survive the great civil storm through which we are now passing. But why should we regret their fate. The cup of their iniquity is doubt less full, and the vial of God's wrath is poured out upon thetn—why should we : wish to reverse the order of Providence. I •®"" The subscriptions to the ten-forty loan have iucreased during the post few days, and now foot up about ten millions of dollars TlU' Oraft in Kvntucky. 1 he Washington correspoTident of the Tribune, thusstates the tacts evidencing '•a treasonable piirposc conspiring between Governor liranilette and the Louisville .Journal factiofllsts I. The tact that Governor Bramelette sat upim the platform at Lexington*, and gave his countenance to the traitorous speech of Wolford, in which he eulogized '•the Buekners. Aid Stephenses of Ken tucky and the south," denounced Presi dens Lincoln as "a tyrant, and usurper," and rrioanpd over "the desolation and mis ery this war was bringing on the women mill children of the South." 11. The fact that the I'rovost. Marshal of Boyle county, while engaged in enroll ing the negroes in this district, received a d ispatch by telegraph froniGovernor lirarn Ictte, nearly, if not literally in these words: "I have dispatched the President, and have demanded this business of enrolling nud drafting of negroes in Kentucky must bo stopped; and if he don't stop it, I will." If. The facts that Governor Bramlette. aftcraii interview with Shipman, of the Louisville Journal , wrote a proclamation to the people of Kentucky, and sent it for publication to the office of the Com monwealth newspaper, and that it was there put up in type, and proofs of it taken— that that proclamation (I) in its opening arid throughout was grossly abusive of and hostile to Mr. Lincoln's Administration. (2). That it unhesitatingly counseled re sistance to the enrollment of negroes and specified how this could be done; stating first, that the owners of slaves could re fuse to give in their names, ages,&c.; see onl,thit if moans were resorted to to com pel them to furnish the negroes' names, ages, &c., they could appeal to the court and to him as Governor. (3. That it pledges the people of Kentucky that if thry wovltl take thi* course, he would sustain them in it with "II the power of tic State. (4) That it attacked the law of Congress as '-un questionably unconstitutional," and urged resistance to the draft on that ground. IV. The fact that at a meeting of five gentlemen in Frankfort, at !l o'clock at night, Governor liramletle read that proc lamation aloud from a proof freshly brot' in from the printing office. V. That the loyal', stout-hearted Dr. Breckinridge, withstood its publication and relinked its spirit, telling the (iovern ■or that it Would ' bring on civil w :rin the State, arid that ho would beheld to a ter rible responsibility, both personal and of ficial, if he published it." V I '1 ha! the G ivernoi-.ci we 1 by Breck enridgc fidelity an i sternness, and the milder disapproval of the others, then, an , there eviscerated the traitorous docu ii etit, an 1 sent it to be re et for publica tun. shorn of five-sixths of its length and jmrged of nearly all its treason, VI I, That Lieutenant Governor Jacobs in a conversation with * a few days before the event just narrated, counseled open lesistance to the draft. '-How will yi,u nrike it?" inquired . "We will overcome Gen. Grant's army." How?" "We will stop his supplies—they ail go through Kentucky." "What then; for Grant will fall back to Kentucky, and Longstreet will follow him and the State will he ruined?" '-Well," answered Ja cobs doggedly, "this thing has got to be stopped, and we may as well stop it now, if we perish in the attempt." We here leave this presentation of the case against Gov. Bramlette, and the Pro slavery JTnion traitors of Kentucky; with the jury of the pnblic. The Governor's demands up(W Mr. Lin coln toned down here to a request that the negroes when drafted should not be kept iu Kentucky, but should be removed from the State forthwith. Ex-Senator Dixon, his comrade, begged that the draft might de suspended until after the tobac co crop was made—that is, to let off Ken tucky from hurting the Rebels for at least six months. • It is historic and interesting, aprapos of all this, to say that, when Gen. Grant was in Louisville, he said, in reply to a dis tinguished Union man, who asked him what he would do if Bramlette & Co.. „tnadc trouble about the enrollment:" "Do?"—looking at his interrogator a moment with surprise—"My God ! Sir, what have I to do with their notions about slaves ?This is a law of Congress. It shall be executed, if I have to bring up the en tire army from Chattanooga. Tell them so." CAIRO, April B.—The steamer Contin ental, from New Orleans on the evening of the 2d, has arrived, bringing a large number of Government mules and wagons from Vicksburg. Nine hundred contrabands, men, wo men and children, have arrived from Alex andria. The officers of steamers from Red river report that considerable of a fight took place on Cane-river, thirty-five miles from Alexandria, on the 28tb ult., between General Smith's forces, consistingof 8,000 infantry under General Mower, and Dud ley's brigade, and Lee's cavalry corps and ijick Taylor's army, estimated at twelve thousand string. posted in an advantage ous position, 'i he fig,ht lasted about three hours. Our loss is reported at eighteen killed and about sixty wounded. '1 hat of the rebels was much gieater, some placing it at 200 killed, and wounded. We captur ed 500 prisoners, and others are still being brought in. 1 did iey's brigade in the advance greatly distinguished themselves. Our troops did not halt on the battle ground, but pushed on in pursuit of the retreating eueuiy. Norestwould be given the rebels. It w:is Gen. Smith's design to force the encyiiy to make a stand, and defeat them in a pitched battle if possible. A considerable number of deserters have entered our lines. The steamer Lacrosse was captured and burned by guerrillas on the 25th ult., be low Alexandria The crew were releas ed on parole, but the officers wero retain ed. - The same bandfired intothe MattieSte phens, on the night of the 30th. Noinjury is reported. Large numbers of Mississippi refugees are gathering within our lines at Fort Pike and vicinity. Seven hundred in one lot arc reported to be leaving rcbel dom. WASHINGTON, Monday, April 4th. By direction of the President of the Uni ted States, the following changes and as - signments are made iu the army corps commairds: • Major-General P. 11. Sheridaft ia as signed to the commaud of the Cavalry Corps of the Army of the Potomac. The Eleventh and Twelfth Army Corps are consolidated, and will bo called the' First Army Corps Maj. Gen. Joseph' Hooker is assigned to the command. Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger is relieved 1 from the command of the Fourth Army Corps, and Maj. Gen O. O. Howard is assigned in his stead. Maj. Gen. Schofield is assigned to the command of the 23d Army Corps. Major Gen. Sloeum will reportto Major Gen. Sherman, commanding the Division of the Mississippi,and Major Gen. Stone man wilt report to Major <>en. Schofield commanding the Department of the Ohio, for assignment. Major Genera) Grangcr.will report by letter to the Adjutant General of the ar my. Capt. Horace Porter, of the U. S. Ord nance Depot, is announced as aid-de-camp to Lieut. General Grant, with the rank of lieutenant colonel. By order of the Secretary of War. [.Signed] E. D. TOWNSEND, A. A. Q. That portion of this order relating to the consolidation of the Eleventh and Twelfth corps, has been amended so as to denominate this consolidation the Twelth instead of the First corps. WASHINGTON. April o.—The following has been received at the Head Quarters of Major Gen. Halleck, Chief of Staff: Little Rook, Ark., April I.—The fol lowing telegram is just received : j'inr liluff, Ail.\. March 31 —Major Greene V. A. G. :of the expedition to .Mt. Elba .in ing View his just returned.— Wo destroyed the pontoon bridge at Long View and binned a train of- 35 wagons loaded with camp and gurriMin equipage and anion ton. We also cap'ured 320 prisoners and engaged the enemy iu bat tle at Mount I Iba yesterday morning.— Gen. ik. in' divi--.ii n tI. • men from Mi n: icoiio we routed and pursued him two mile w'h a loss*. nh - s e"I over 100 ' killed n i wounded. We capture la large quaii it;,- mall aim- i\v .funds of col ors .in over •! lr.ir.-c an males. Our w .1 riot est • e ii; oen n kdled, woun ded an . I:. ng* i' brought in sever al Inn ire 1 c fit r and-. '1 he expedition was a v .inpie'.c success. 'I ho details of which will bo lii II lied in my official re ports, which w il W fo warded in a few days. (Signed) I 'ovvi i.r, CLAYTON, Col. Commanding, ST. LOI IS. April o.—The following are the particulars of Col. Clayton's recent raid into Arkansas, received from Little Rock, dated March 17th : Col. . layton, with a small force of in fantry and cavalry and one battery, went to Mount Elba on Salem river, leaving ar tillery and infantry there to guard the bridge and cover Pine Bluff. He pro ceeded with the cavalry towards Long View, further down Salem river, and twenty miles southwest, wjiero the main body of the rebel army was stationed, for the purpose of destroying, the pontoon bridges and army stored at that place.— Lieut. Greathouse, of the Ist Indiana, and Lient. Young, of the .sth Kansas cav alry, were sent, in advance with one hun dred men. and on arriving at. the bridge saw a large force of the rebels on the op posite side preparing to cross. Our officers hailed the enemy and told them they belonged to Shelby's command, (which dresses in federal uniform) that the Federals were upon them, and begged them to hurry to their rescue. The reb els rushed forward, and as fast as they crossed were captured, their guns thrown into the river. In this way 260 were cap- • turcd ; 35 wagons, laden with supplies, which were destroyed; 300 horses and umles, and paymaster's safe, containing 860,000 in Confederate money; "after' which the bridge was burned. Tina, and the march of eighty miles, was ac complished in 24 hours. The prisoners captured during this expedition, number ing 370, including many officers, reached. Little Hock on the 2d. Nothing from Gen. Steele and com mand. DENVER CITY, April s.—The munici pal eliction t