< OHKI;KI>OM>I:\( E. Correspondence »»f Citiaen. n.uuusni'R'f, July 7th. 1804. MESSRS. KniTotis :—With the excep tion of a little excitement about the raid —a few companies organizing and a few cowardly farmers and others from the bor der, making their way north, with their horses, &c., everything is quiet here.— The dispatches from the front are beau tifully uncertain ; but the people exhibit some philosophy in remaining cool and patiently awaiting the development of time. The political event of the day, was the meeting of the I'nion State Executive Committee which met yesterday afternoon, at the residence of its chairman, Hon. Simon Cameron. This was the first meet ing of this committee since its appoint ment in April last. Its primary object, of course, was organization mid an inter change of opinion, as to the proper mode of managing the approaching campaign, to a successful termination. Judging from circumstances, your cor respondent is inclined to believe that there were other matters which the mectiug of the committee was intended to influence. It will be remembered that the appoint ment of Mr. Cameron to the chairman ship of this committee was rather a sur prise on the party. Ile had been, forsome time, enjoying the repose of private life, ami it was not even thought that he wish ed, at this time, to appear upou the stage of political action, still when it was re flected that Hon. le for the presence of the Blairs on this occasion, is guilty of a gross insult, not j only to the committee but also to the loy al people of the entire state. It is worthy | of remark, that their presence dctcred | some members of the committee from go- I ing into counsel, while others were not | detered, even by their presence from | strongly insinuating that not only their presence was unpalatable, but that their relations to the administration should be changed ? This would of course cause tho worthy P. M., to feel uncomfortable. Had we been a member of that commit tee, we would have moved an adjourn ment to some neutral ground, where there would have been less danger to have been apprehended from the undue influence of the General's wine, or the Post Master's presence. But, says some, while there is more truth than poetry in all this, we should say little now. ''just keep quiet till after the election, and then we will have things our own way." From all this we dissent. Mr. Lincoln is too strongly set in the affections of the loyal millions, to be seriously injured by the improprie ties of some of his servants. Nor do we believe in the indefinite postponement of the redress of injuries, but like better the spirit of the Scottish Chieftain,who would ; "Regent an insult where "twn< given, I fit were in tho court* of lloaven." ♦* j FRANCE AND THE KEBEI.S.—The rep resentations of Mr. Dayton in regrrd to permitting war vessels to be built in French ports, have been crowned with success.— The advices received from Paris, announce that the French government has positive ly forbidden the sailing of theYeddo and Ozakka for States ; and as the vessels arc not"at all suitable for com mercial purposes the compauy owning them now hopdfe to sell them either to the gov ernment of Denmark or Peru. - Itay- A farmer of Akron, Erie county. New York, has twenty Tuscaroar squaws at work cultivating broom corn. Farm help is scarce, and these native "Ameri. cuns" find abundant employment. JSH>- The Baltimore papers state that Francis Key, the son of the autlwr of the "Star-Spaugled Banner," was arrested j on Saturday last on a charge of disloyalty, and locked up iu the military prison to I await trial. ?he American Cittern. i \' \ THOMAS ROBINSON, CYRUS E. ANDERSON, j Edltore >- : Jl. W. SrKIR. Publisher. BUTLER PA. WEDNEBDAT .11X V SO, 1864. Aft Liberty and Union. Now and Forever, One and'nseparable."—D. Webster. FOR PRESIDENT IN 1864 : Aitlt A HAITI I.IXOJA. of Illinois. FOR VICE PRESIDENT: A \ I>lt EW JOIIVNTOY. of Tnmcssec. l*re«i! <'«in*lstoncytl la the Herald of July 22d, 1803, wo find the following : "The discrimination against the poor by the§3oo clause is now too plainly seen to admit of discussion." In another number of same paper, we find the following in speaking of the 8300 clause : " This provision of the law is as unjust as anything can be." In still an other number of same paper, we read, af ter naming some the of Republican ticket, '• and all other candidates on their ticket, it should be remembered, applauded this S3OO provision, and contended that it would operate to the advantage of the poor, but the poor men cannot see its ad vantages, since they have witnessed its practical operations." Then by way of variety, we will close our quotations for the present, with the following which we find in that paper of the 6th inst. '■ MAKT: A NOTE OF IT.—The man who is most persisting])- agitating the repeal of the three hundred exemption clause in the Conscription act, is Abraham Lincoln. Let not the working men who arc appeal cd to, to support Lincoln, because he once kept a whisky still and split rails, forget that this working man is trying to shape the draft so that they will be compelled to go into the army, no matter in what con dition it may leave their business"or their families." Poor Herald, now that commutation is "played out," what will be your next hobby? t Rebel Terms Peace. On every successive depression of the National spirit, our Copperhead neigh bors take up their universal howl for peace—men whoarc intelligent—men who have screamed war and devastation till their throats were sore, who have urg ed their neighbors togo into the ar my, and all that, when the National cause seems to languish,shout for peace. " Quit killing men," say they, " withdraw your armies," and let them go,"the Union is irretrievably gone." Of course, if they will fight no more, they will have to ac cept whatever terms of peace the rebels will offer. One of the Jeff. Davis' or gans in Richmond, a short time since, in formed us what their terms were iu the following language: " Recognition by the enemy of the in dependence of the Confederate States. "Withdrawal of Yankee soldiers from every foot of Confederate ground, inclu ding Kentucky and Missouri. '• Withdrawal of Yankee soldiers Irom Maryland, until that stateshall decide, by a free \ote. whether she shall remain in the old Uniou, or ask admission into the Confederacy. "Consent on the part of the Federal Government to give up to the Confedera cy its proportion of the navy as it stood at the time of secession, or to pay for the same. " Yielding up all pretensions on the part of the Federal government to that portion of the old territories which lie west of the Confederate States. • An equitable settlement, on tho basis I our absolute independence and equal rights, of all accounts of public debt and ; public lands and the advantages accruing i'rotn foreign treatise. '■ These provisions, we apprehend, com ! prise the minimum of what we must re l quire before we lay down our arms. That is to say, the North must yield all; we nothing." Are these gentlemen prepared for this ? Will they agree, for peace sake, to coerce Kentucky and Missouri out of the Union? W ill they divide our Navy with their Stuthern bretliern? Will they yield all claim to the western Territories ? These, and many other questions which will sug gest themselves, are worthy of examina tion. Can they be answered affirmative ly by any patriot ? We think not. The Special Election. On next Tuesday week, (being the 2d of August.) the special election, will be held to pass upon the constitutional amend ments which have already passed two successive Legislatures, and are now to be finally, we trust, adopted by tlu? people.— We have printed tickets in favor of the several amendments. The tickets in fa vor of the amendment allowing the sol diers to vote is as follows : "First Amendment, For the Amendment." This ticket we trust, willfind its way in to the hand of every friend of the soldier before he votes—let us have an emphatic vote on this amendment at least. The next ticket is, ' Second Amendment, For the Amendment." The second amendment required every bill introduced into the Legislature to have but one object, and that distinctly set forth in the title. This is intended to prevent, what is called log rolling matters through the Legislature, which is often done by reading a bill ' by itj title" for some avowed object, while in some sec tion of the bill there is a provision bear ing on quite a different subject, of which no one has any knowledge, except its au thor, till it becomes a law—this is wrong, and this amendment is intended to pre vent it. The third ticket is as follows: ' Third Amepdrncnt, For the Amendment." This amendment is intended to prevent any Legislation from being had on any matter of which the courts have jurisdic tion. It is not uncommon for parties de sirous of accomplishing something which is not perhaps very just, and which therefore they would not be likely to ac complish through the medium of the courts, where both parties would be sure to have a hearing, to get up a bill and send it onto Harrisburg, and have it run through the Legislature, before any one likely to be prejudiced by it knows any thing about it. These two last amend ments arc now joint rules of the two hous es and cannot be violated without the concurrence nf two thirds of the mem bers—but this, when the members are appealed to by a popular member, can al ways be obtained, and hence the necessity of embodying it in the constitution. "Political Parties." This is the caption of an article in the j last number of the Democratic organ of | this place ; and after reading it, we have no hesitation in saying, that it is as re plete with falsehood and treason, as any I article we have noticed cmenating from the organs of Jeff. Davis himself. There is perhaps some truth in its statement that, from the organization of the Gov ernment to the present time, there has al ways existed a sentiment in this country hostile to Democratic institutions. But when it attempts to prove this by refer ence to parties at the present day, it seems to be as blind as a Copperhead in dog days. After attempting to follow the old Federal party into the present ruling par ty of the country, (forgetting that Bu chanan was the last Federalist in the whole North still " above ground,") this article says of it, " They are carrying on one of the most cruel, bloody and devastating wars the world ever witnessed expressly for that object," that is for the purpose of overthrowing the will of the people. It is quite unnecessary togo into an argu ment to prove this assertion to be a false hood ; every loyal man in the land knows it to be false ! The very reverse is the case. The souf ern slaveholder is the genuine aristocrat of this country.lie holds the laboring millions of the north to be essentially slaves—unfit to be his equals; this doctrine has been avowed in our halls of Congress ! Our industrial mas ses have been denominated "small fisted farmers and greasy mechanics." Our laboring men, "northern niudsils" &c., and yet no Democrat ever had the manly courage to rise in his place and reser.t such insults to northern freemen ; but that duty has always been left to Repub licans. But again, in summing up the present situation, • the same article ex claims. "Three years of bloody war, one million and a half of soldiers killed, woun ded, and prisoners ; two billions of pub lic debt; eleven states fighting against their brethren, for the right to regulate their Domestie affairs in their own way." We italicise thejattcr part of the quota tion, bueause we consider it the unuiista ble evidence of a disloyal sentiment in its author. But after all it is only a re turn to first principles, on the part of those who entertain such opinions. At the commencement of the war, Mr. ISuchan an declared that there was no power to eoeree a sovereign State! His Attorney Gen., also a Pennsylvanian, held the same* opinion. It is true that uncler the pres sure of public sentiment, they abandoned this position, and declared in favor of a vigorous prosecution of the war; but now when they imagine that the popular en thusiam is some what abated, they have made up their minds to fall back to their old moorings. Like the poor emancipa ted slave who, tired of takingeare of him self is sometimes anxious to return to his old master, so'the Northern Democracy are tired of taking care of themselves —» in fact have entirely failed to do so, and are anxious to return to their old masters, having entirely failed to exhibit Rny of those qualities, the posession of which is necessary for the enjoyment of entire lib erty. W c might follow this subject further and show iliat the Democrats have ever been ready to despair. Our great mili tary achievements, hare, in their eyes, been barren of results, while every rebel raid has been a grand invasion. Every election we bold is said by them to be our last! A dictatorship is to follow ! Eve rything that could be said or done to de stroy public confidence, has been resorted to! Still to their great surprise, themass of the people have an abiding faith in the old flag, and in the ability of the Govern ment to yet waive it in triumph over sea and land, the emblem of a restored and renovated Union—the pride, as well as the defender of every Loyal American. I Tow doubly damned will .be the traitor who cannot then claim its protection ! t » -<>■.<»- Southern Synipsttlilzewt. Through all the various changes that have marked our history during the pro gress of the war, it is singular to observe that there has been a visible sympathetic cord running between the rebels of the south, and the political wire-workers who manage the affairs of the Democracy of the north. Why is it. that now, when not only the national health, but even the na tional life itself is in peril, there is no sign of sympathy, no word of encouragement from our Democratic neighbors? The answfer is easy ! their former masters, or "southern brethren" forbid it. Oil pain of excommunication they require them to assist in discouraging ►lie people in their efforts to '• coerce sovereign states." In a Richmond paper, of a recent date, they are told that it is their interest '• to do their very utmost to weaken the Federal finance, in short, to extinguish the war altogeth er." True to the wishes and interest of their southern friends, they are indeed doing every thing to discredit and weaken " Federal finance." Look for instance, at the Union Urrolil of last week ; read carefully an editorial in that paper under the caption of " The Currency," and see whether it would be possible for that pa per more efficiently to serve the cause of the rebellion, than it is doing ! Its whole effort seems to be to induce its readers to believe that the paper issues of the Gov ernment were all wrong. " One reason" says the IfcrahV, " why paper money de preciates so rapidly, is more becanse of the vast volume of it which the Administra tion lias set afloat., than in the ability of the Government to redeem it, although that is, ' growing siltall by degrees, and beautifully less.' The Abolitionists, fail ing to take warning by the past—by crash mid repudiation of paper issues after the wars of the Revolution and of I s l2. and after the suspension of 1838, 'B9, '4O, and again in 1H54 or 1855, have not only issued paper by hundreds of thousands of dollars, but have established. National Hunks still further to inflate the curren cy." And again it says " Government could have borrowed money upon its bonds just as well without increasing the vol ume of paper money, as with it." What course could bepursued, better calculated to injure the Federal credit and thus obey the instructions of their/rKw?* than this Tiuly they " have waited not too patient ly for four years, trusting to regain power aud profit which they but lately held to be a Democratic inheritance," and like Absalom they exclaim "O, that I were made Judge in the land." But this will never be. No party ever enjoyed the public confidence to a greater extent.than did the ifemocratic party; and none so basely betrayed that confidence ! Know this, therefore, Oh Copperheads that ye shall surely die and not liv« ! The shad ow shall not turn back on the dial inyour bihalf. A just God has decreed it, and no human ingeunity can avert that decree. Goon then in your work of detraction.— Throw odium and suspicion on every mea sure of the Administration, —question its every motive, but recollect that you have been tried and found wanting. No Administration ever went into pow er under more favorable auspices than did that of Mr. Buchanan—thatold Federalist —and none ever betrayed its trust so wan tonly and wickedly. It found an over flowing Treasury, the credit ot the Gov ernment unlimited. The old flag still ( "floating iu all its native glory, and, if the rights of the private citizen were not secure at home, they were still respected < abroad. But at the end of that Admin istration how changed ! " The same hea vens were indeed over our heads; the same ocean rolled by our feet, but all else i how changed !" Not ouly was the liber ty of speech aud of the press crushed out. but the protection due to citizens. while abroad was denied them ? and under its diplomacy, naturalized citizens were per mitted to be seized by t-he Government from which they came and thrust into their i armies? In vain would they exclaim, "we are American citizens"—in vain call upon . Their Government for relief? all the pow | er of this nation being absorbed in one great and final effort to crush out person -1 al liberty and establish in its stead unu-fr *al slavery. Even the sacred correspond ence of friends was subjected to the cen sorship of irresponsible postmasters ! The party papers of their political opponents j were takeu out of the offices and burned in the public squares ! And all this with- J out the apology even of military necessi ty —in a time of peace! Surely they are in a position to arraign others for the abridgement of their rights ! But above everything else, that party has no right to criticise the financial policy of its succes sor. As we have already said it came into the possession of an overflowing Treasury; everything was propitious for its remain ing so; domestic industry was well reward ed, while commerce was flourishing!— Why did not the public credit remain good and the public Treasury remain full? | Does the Editor of the Herald and his friends not know that Mr. Buchanan was only able to burrotr money enough to car ry on the Government during the last days of his disgraceful administration, after ob | taining thci ulortemrnt by thx lltjmblican j States of the bonds issued as evidences of indebtedness? A humiliation which j the present Administration has never had I to resort to.difficult as have been the cir ■ cumstances surrounding it. Hut we are ' not to expect that a party charged with such high duties as is the one now iit pow ! or can escape the tongue of the calumni | atoi'. Head the history of any nation [ whose miity and perpetuity were submit ' ted to the arbitrament of the sword, and ' you will find that the party charged with j its preservation, had, in addition to its ! open foe. to contend with domestic faction; i , | and can we hope to escape similar annoy ances ? certainly not. Such faction, af ! ter all, is not always injurious; (although I such is its design). Jt serves to uuite the Loyal millions, and to stir them to I fresh acts of patriotism, and labors of I love, in behalf of their bleeding country. I Courage then, bravo friends ! The t!e --i public cannot die. For " Where t, could procure and provide, for the occasion was on hand.— W'e were all marched down to the table, where the school displayed their vocal powers by singing a few sweet little songs, | very suitable for the occasion. And our | dear old flag (the stars and stripes) float ed over the table while we partook of the rich feast. Everything passed off picas- I antly, and every one wore a cheerful coun j tenance on that day. It will long be re- I niembered by both Teacher and pupils, and also by the spectators, as the pleasure of meeting one another was improved by ! all. Surely, Tberc> mnrh that Rive* jihusure In all that'* arouml, Aii'l n little more pismire \N here fie JVic'i abound. SPECTATOR. For the CUleon. ADAMS TP., July 7, 18(54. MESSRS. DDITOKB : —Please publish the following as the action of Adams tp. for the Sanitary Commission. Having been appointed by the Sanitary Commit tee of the county to organize Adams town ship, and appoint (.'ollectors in the difl'er- I ent School wards, I was sick at the time, but I prepared the papers, made iuy ap j poiutments, and sent my son, Thomas Marshall, around to circulate the papers, and notify those appointed. School Ward. No. 1. I appointed .las. Barr, and tochoose his own assistants ; he paid me over 3-2, in cash, and receipt for 85 for produce de livered in Allegheny city. School Ward, No. 2, I appointed Kov. JobnGalbraitb, who paidme 824,50 cash. In School Ward, No. 8, I appointed Rev. Patterson, who agreed to attend to it, and did not collect a single dollar that ever came our way; if it had not been for this failure, our township would have rank ed among the foremost in the county, and if he had not accepted the post. I would : have appointed some one else. No. 4, I appointed Miss Johnston to at' tend to that School Ward; she paid over 88,25. In No. 5, I nppoiuted Miss Mondano Rca. who attended to it faithfully, anil collected and paid over in cash, 815,50; two or three of the leading men of the ward would not pay a cent. In No. 6, our own. Mrs. Kennedy and Miss I'inkcrton Collectors; they collected and paid over in cash, twenty-two dollars; three families in the ward did not pay one cent. 1 did not intend to publish any report, but at a public meeting the other day,- 'allies Barr. and some of the other col lectors, insisted on having the contribu tions from the different School Wards published. You will please publish tho foregoing statement.and oblige your friend. SAMUEL MARSHALL. Army Correspondence. ifukp Piranmo, v\. iftMh itegt,, Pa. Vol., July Gth, \m. MESSRS. EDITORS: —Again I write a line to your paper for publication, hoping thereby to answer sofnc anxious inquirers. I was once a member of the 02d llegt., but at the expiration of that regiment's term of enlistment, I, aud all others, whose, term of service did not expire with the I regiment, were transfered to the Issth Regiment. The G2d bid adieu to fair " Dixies" on the evening of the 2d inst. The boys all looked somewhat melancho ly when the parting hour came, but the most melancholy looking set of fellows, were wo "unhappy Veterans," whose term of service would have expired with the regiment, had we not re-enlisted; but I that feeling of discontent has subsided, and feel as gay as larks now. We arc encamped in front of Pcters ■ burg. Nothing either interesting, or citing has transpired during the last week. We are busily engaged hi building fortifi cations, and preparing for tho conflict, which now appears inevitable. I doubt not but your little village will soon hoar the tidings of another terrible battle, be tween Gcti. Meade aud the notorious: | • Lee," which, if successful to our arms, j will be tlie perfect annihilation of the reb ■ cl armies, and universal overthrow of Po i tcrsburg, and Richmond—l was about to | add the end of the war. I will not say j that, but we are at liberty to think as we i choose. Wc have heard that Gen. Slier-" I idan's cavalry has been defeated, in tho vicinity of White llouso Landing, but | nothing official concerning it has been re ceived. ! The whole army is suffering greatly from tho heat, which is almost intolerable. | The dut is also choking and stifling, aiul a great need is experienced of rain. The | long drouth is especially severe upon the I wounded. Water is difficult to obtain. ' Through all these trials, however, and j in spite of the recent disasters, aud the ! general failure to push the enemy further, tho spirit of the troops remain heroic and invincible. In it, consists the promise of I the future. Yours truly, Scrgt. G. W. FITCH, Company A, 155 th Pa. Vol. Reconstructing the Seceded States.' It) (he I'rcsiilcnl. Whereas, at the last session, Congress" : passed a bill to guarantee to certain States whose Government had been usurped or j overthrown a republican form of a gov ernment, a copy of which is hereto annex i ed; and whereas the said bill was pre ; sented to the President of the United- I States for hisapproval, less than onehoiir j before the nine r- I mal approval of this bill to be inflexibly | committed to any single plan of restora-- | tion ; and while 1 am also unprepared to declare that the free State constitutions j and governments already adopted andJn \ stalled in Arkansas and Louisiana shall be set aside and set at naught, thereby repelling and discouraging the loyal citi zens who have set up the same as to fur ther efforts, or to declare a constitutional competency in Congress to abolish slavery in the States,but at the sametimesinccre ly hoping and expecting that a constitu tional amendment, abolishingslavery thro'- out the nation, may be adopted. Never theless, I am fully satisfied with the sys tem for the restoration contained in the bill as one very proper plan for the loyal people of any State choosing to adopt it, and that I am. and at all times shall bo prepared to give the Kxecutivo aid and assistance to any such people so soon as the military resistance to the United States shall have been suppressed in any such State, and the people thereof shill havo sufficiently returned to their oheilience to the constitution and laws of tho United States, in which case Military Govuruors will be appointed, with directions to pro ceed according to the bill. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand aud caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at tho oity of Washington, thisßth day of July, in the year of our Lord 1804, and of the Independence of tho United States, tho eighty-eighth. (Signed) ABRAHAM LJNCOIN. By the President: WM. H. SKWAKI'. Secretary ot Statt.