glut erald CARLISLE, PA. Friday, Sept. 4, 1863. S. AI. PETTENGILI. & CO., NO. 87 Park Row, New York, and 6 State St-Boston, are our Aghnts for the IlEttat.n In those eition, and are authorized to take Advertise monta and Subseriptions for us at our lowest ratan. UNION NOMINATIONS FOR GOVERNOR, ANDREW G. CURTIN, OF CENTRE COUNTY FOR JUDGE OF pIE SUPREME COURT DANIEj, AGNEW, OF BEAVER COUNTY Union County Convention The loyal citizens of Cumberland county, without distinction of party, who desire cor dially to unite in sustaining the National and State Administrations in their patriotic ef forts to supress a sectional and unholy re bellion against the unity of the Republic, and who desire to support by every form of the Gov( rnment our heroic brethren in arms, who are braving disease and perils of the field to preserve the Union of our fathers, are requested to assemble at the usual places of holding delegate elections in the respective Wards, Boroughs ,and districts throughout the County. On Saturday, September sth, 1863 In the Boroughs between the hours of 7 and 9 o'clock, P. M, and in all the other Dis tricts between the hours of 3 and 6 o'clock, P. M., and e'ect two' delegates from each Ward, Borough and Township to meet in County Convention, at CARLISLE, in the Court House, on Monday, September 7 th, 1863, at 11 o'clock, A. M., for the purpose of plac ing in nomination a County Ticket to be sup pc.rted at the ensuing October election. THOMAS PAXTON, Chairman of Executive Committee. ROBERT WILSON, Secretary. Borough Delegate Elections. The loyal citizens of the EAST WARD, of the Borough of Carlisle, without distinc tion of - part}; Who desire eadialry in sustaining the National and State Admin istrations in their patriotic efforts to Sup press a sectional and unholy rebellion a gainst the unity of the Republic, are request ed to meet at the public house of .1(8E1'11 HEISER, and those of the WEST - WARD, at the public house of ions HANNON, on ,Sat ittrday Evening next, the sth inst, for the pur pose of electing two delegates - from each ward to the Union County, Convention, which will assemble in Carlisle on Monclay the 7th inst., to put in nomination a county ticket. JOINING OUR. ARMY.- A considerable num ber of rebel cons rims have reem,tly report ed at Corinth for duty in the national army COLORED TROOPS IN 4 TIIE Fl ELD.-Th e number of colored troops actually in the field is between twenty-two and twenty three thousand.' Fifty additional regiments ar,- partly organized, and speedily approaching completion. The estimate of one hundred thousand being in arms by fall will, it is thought, be fully sustained. 13081 E of' the Woodward journals charges Gov. Curtin with having belonged to the Na tive American party. Hadn't they better look a little to the action of their owu candidate, when he proposed an amendment to the Con stitution, "to prevent any foreigners who may arrive in this State after the 4th day of July, 1841, from acquiring the right to vote or to hold office in this Commonwealth. TILE FOLLOWING explanations of the catch words of the Copperhead feeders, are from a reliable source, and may be depended upon as correct. " Freedom of speech," for treason 'and re bellion, but no freedcm of speech against ala riza " The Union as it was," under Buchanan, "The Constitution as it is," under Jeff Da " Liberty of the press," to print the arti oles paid for by the rebel Government. "Democrticy," the right of the aristocratic few to govern themselves, and all others. Upon a review of these explanations, which make the position of the Woodward party very plain, we are satisfied that they are not the old doctrines of the Democratic party, but the new seoesh platform constructed by the slave holding aristocrats of Philadelphia, the Inger tolls, Biddies, Butlers, and Whartons. Rad Curtin wanted he could, with all ease have prevented the Rebels from getting a foothold in Pennsylvania. —Volunteer. Lee invaded Pennsylvania with more than 100,000 of the best disciplined and best fight. ing troops the world evey.saw,. The entire enrollment in Pennsylvania, cripples sick men, and all, is not guile 200.000. From this un organized mass Curtin could have easily or ganized, equipped, armed, drilled, and provi ded with competent and experienced officers an army large enough to have defeated Lee, in the same time that Lee marched from the Rappahannock to the Pennsylvania line. In other words Gov. Curtin could have organ ized from the raw material a veteran army of 100,000,' having two-years, discipline and in every other respect equal to Leo's army, in a little more than three weeks. If any of your readers, Mr. Volunteer, is fool enough to be lieve this, we expeot him to vote for Wood ward. ler THE UNION STATE COMMITTEE, at their meeting at Harrisburg last week, ordered the preparation of an address by their Chairman, to the Union voters of the State, whioh we hope to be able to present in our next issue. We need not assure our readers that it will offer no apcilogy for treason-in any form, nor propose any half-way support to the vital is sue of preserving the Republic. Wm has tw ice saved Pennsylvania from be ing overrun, and ruined ? Aunucw G. CUR TIN, our Governor. Will the people vote a gcinst him—the honest, loyal masses? No! "SLAVERY is an inoalculable blessing,' say tho friends of Mr. Justice Woodward, and from the readiness With , which they lend their iteoks tho degrading yoke of party slavery, we have an evidence that they are, sincere in this belief At last. AZV'The WashingtOn Star says that ~we havebetween, seventy and eighty thousand rebel.prismiemand that Jeff. Davis has a bout thirty thousand of our men; awaiting ,exchange. • Defeat of the Crittenden Compro mise and , the Cause of the War. The Volunteer of last' week contains an elaborate editorial pretending to excuse the imbecility of Buchanan's administration, and accusing the Republican party with be ing alone responsible for the rebellion. The article is, of its kind, pre-eminently first class. It contains More filthy abuse and misstate ment than any article we have seen,.even in the Volunteer.' Every sentence teems with such expressions as " Jacobin journals," "villainous hounds," " dirty scoundrels" "shoddyites," '' accursed scoundrels," " trai tors," " lying blacksnakes," and all the other brutal epithets that can be found in the dirty, disgusting vocabulary of a Democratic editor. But it is not the article itself that we intend noticing. It is our purpose to correct its unblushing falsehoods, and once more give the true statement of the origin and cause of our difficulties. The salient points in the article before us are, First : That the Republicans defeated the Crittenden Compromise. Second. That the defeat of the Crittenden Compromise caused the war, and therefore the Republicans are responsible for it. The Senate of the United States, in the 36th Congress, consisted of sixty-six members, of whom twenty-four W'ere Republicans and the balance Democrats. Every measure of pol icy that was proposed by the Republicans was voted down unceremoniously, and the Democratic papers vied with each other in crowing over the defeat of such measures and praising the wisdom, patriotism, and honesty of the Democre tic majority, whose presence put an effectual stop to all the fa natical performances of the Abolitionists.-- Every committee of the Senate was demo cratic. Every measure that had a democra tic origin was adopted by an almost two thirds vote. If a Republican had any thing o offer, he must offer it with the certainty that it would be choked off in the committee or overwhelmingly voted down in the Sen ate. But when the Crittenden resolutions were offered, although the Democracy now contend that it was such a measure as would have forever prevented trouble, and al though--they controlled altimst - two:thirds - of the entire Senate, they allowed it to he voted down by a party which had but one man where they had two. Are the Republicans then responsible for its defeat? No. They knew it was or.ly a farce to allow traitors to gain time and make preparation to destroy the Government.— They knew certainly that the men who threat ened to secede unless the oil Missouri Com _promise were repealed would not likely . re main in the Union if it were re-enacted. The Democracy were giving the trouble— they were threaten;ng to secede and destroy the country—they had a large majority, and if they wanted the Crittenden Compronise why did they not adopt it? The truth sim ply is, those of the party who could get their States out of the Union Were bound to go under any circumstances, and those who could not, were bound to do something to palliate the guilt of the others—hence their prating about the defeat of the Crittenden resolutions. Again. " The Republicans defeated, the measure and its defeat brought on the war that is now devastating the country." Does any man of intelligence believe this? If he does he can easily get rid of his credulity by examining the record of events f.r the six months just preceeding the fall ofSump ter. Mr,crittendeu introtitteesi _ his _resolu, tions Dec. 18th, 1860. South Carolina had passed a bill organizing and equipping 10,- 000 troops, and had also called a secession convention on the 18th of November pre ceeding. November 18th, Georgia Legisla ture voted $1,000,000 to arm the State and called a secession convention. Dec. 10th, Louisiana toted $500,000 and called a se cession convention. This was before the Compromise was offered or even suggested in Congress. Mr. Clarke offered an amend ment to the Crittenden resolutio •, which was adopted, January 16th, to the effect that the "Constitution as it is" is good enough and that all good men should unite in supporting it. The adoption of this amendment virtual ly defeated Crittenden's resolution. The amendment however, was afterward rescind ed and a direct vote taken on the resolution March 2, 1863.. Before either of these dates four States had seceded and had made ins- InetiSe preparations for an aggresSive war, and before the final vote on the measure was taken, the Confederate Government compri sing seven States was organized, its officers inaugurated, its armed forces had seized all the forts, navy yards, custom houses and mints, belonging to the United States within their limits. A vextsel bearing the flag of the Union was fired upon and driven away from ono of our ports; the forces belonging to the Government were surrendered to the Rebel government as prisoners of war; and all these affairs were rejoiced over by rebels as though they were victories obtained over a foreign foe. Hero was every possible ingre dient of war. These were not mere prepa rations to guard against future danger, but they were such acts as would have"been re garded as the commencement of hos:ilitie9,• if committed by the United States against a foreign nation. Note hat gave rise to these hostile, • warlike proceedings ? A pologists for treason tell us " the defeat of the Critten den Compromise." llistory says, all this oc curred before a vote was taken on that men.- COM The war, as we have frequently said, was brought about by the deliberate assault or the traitors upon the Government. They bad stolen its property, nullified its laws, captured its forces, seized upon its revenue, insulted its flag' - and defied its,authority while they were holding its offices and receiving. snug salaries from its Treasury; and even when the Government Ix the sake of peace and in the hope of compromise had pledged itself to "make no war upon themrthey crowned their work of villainy and treason by attacking and'capturing one of its garri sons, boldly declaring, through their own Vico President, that they would wave their flag over its Capitol in less than sixty days. There was a boldness in' this treason that could only be produced by the certainty of success. - Who gave them this certainty tL- F ie Democratic Party of the North. Behold their record: Fernando Wood' wrote to the. Governor of Alabama thai . •be . regretted he had not the power.to conipel the police of New York to give up the arms they had seized from the agents of the traitors.— He afteiward•advocated the secession Of New York City and Long, Wand in order that they might join the Rebel Confederacy. The New, York ,Ifercgd urged the adoption of the Moafgomery Constitutit.n and the Confider ate„ClOyernment by the people of the North. The Itemocratic press of New York City re peatedly advised the capitalists not to loan the Government a dollar to he used for its defence or the suppression of armed treason. W. S. Preston, Teackle Wallis and other Democratic leaders in Maryland &dared in their party meetings that not a man should cross their State for the purpose of enforcing the laws or interfering with traitors. Frank Hughes, of Pennsylvania. taught us that it was the policy and interest of our own State to join the Rebel Confederacy. And GEO. W. WoonwAttn, the model candidate for Governor declared that slaveholders may fall back on their " natural rights and employ in defense of their slave property whatever means of defense they possess or may com mand." We might fill columns with such extracts, but these will suffice to show the position of these leaders with regard to the Government in its hour of danger. Not a single word was uttered by them that would lead any one to believe that they would sup port the Government against the attacks of traitors, but throughout the whole land it was proclaimed that the South should not be coerced—that "it was unconstitutional, and wicked to make war on our "Southern breth ren," and that, for every regiment that, Lin coln could raise to coerce the South, two would be raised to assist th• m in fighting for their rights. Encouraged by such expres sions to believe that the Government could not support itself the traitors began the war upon it and we all well know the fearful re sult. Our country has become one vast graveyard, filled with the noblest andbravest of her sons. Our streets are filled with crip ples and our I owns peopled with widows and orphans whose protectors and fathers have been 'slain by traitorswho - owe - their - very existence to the Government they have at tempted to destroy. , Now who are responsible for this lament able condition of our ot:ce 'happy land and on whose guilty heads rests the crime of having caused this misery 7 On the traitors of the South who, without provocation, be gan the war; and the Democratic leaders of the North, whose acts and speeches gave _the . the _usu r _ce_they_ivou hl__n Qt. Au 316 Q . the government in executing the laws against them. The plain record of events connected with the commencement of the rebellion proves this beyond the slightest question. We intend calling no hard names, or in dulging in. any abuse or denunciation. We have given a plain statement. of the com mencement of our troubles, its causes and its authors. And now we ask all true men, by the respect they bear for our noble dead, by the compassion they hay, for the cripples who daily walk our streets, and by their hopes of a speedy end of all our troubles, to oppose in every political movement every man who ever apologized for traitors, or led them to believe that he would not support our Government in its efforts to put them EMI THE WORDS OF A DEMOC RAT. —The true De ruoeracy,of the nation ought to take as their watchword, the words of one of their best and most upright leaders—Daniel S. Dickinson.— lle sent a brief dispatch to the grand meeting of War Democrats, held a few days ago at In dianapolis. • The dispatch was in these few, but expressive, words : Strive to rescue le country from rebellion, and the Democratic na le front disgrace." Mr. Dickinson sees how , es picable is the position into which Va ndig- ham and Woodward want to drag the Demo cratic masses. They occupy the same plat from as Breokinridgo the traitor, and they do sire to whip the voters of their party into the same position. But Mr Dickinson, who is in deed ai Democrat, and always has been, and wa. not, like Woodward, a Know-Nothing. op posing the right of foreign-born citizens to vote, cautions his fellow patriots against those traitors, as he would against the cup of the poisoner. " Let us rescue the country from rebellion." This is right.. No Democrat, who loves the memory of Jackson, can forget that it was ho who said, " The Union must and shall be preserved." It was Jackson who nipped the budding treason of the South in 1832 Till now, when men of the Woodward stripe obtained its temporary loader hip, De• mocracy was always for the Government in time of war. Now, it is no wonder that the patriarchs of the party, like Cass aid Dickin son, raise their voice in warning to call the masses around the old standards. It is no wonder that they feel anxious to "rescue the Democratic name from disgrace." When they see such men as Seymour and Woodward ail ing the rebellion by opposing the Government, they cannot but tremble at the spectlele of the followers of Jefferson and Jackson, giv ing their names to posterity as the Tories of the great Rebellion. Democrats, which do you choose, the lead of loyal men, friehds of the masses, like Cur fin, or of deceiving cheats like Woodward ? Your old leaders caution you against being traitors. Rally, then, to the old call. Had we a man instead of an imbecile in the Governor's chair, no rebel would have dared to enter our valley and rob our people.— Vol. EIS2I We bad once a man in the Presidential chair who allowed rebels to steal seven States of the Union ; Plunder the Treasury, rob the mints; capture the forts and munitions of war and organize the very Government that sent the Rebel army into our midst when he might with a sing!e word have crushed it at its birth. This man is the political idol of the Volunteer add is labeled James Buchanan. Judge Wood• ward is supported by the men who admire the wisdom, statem anahip and energy of this u‘ighty man ;. 'and is one- Of his admirers. himself. ShOuld he be eleoted and exhibit some of the same sort of Democratic ability the Reba, would steal our whole State inside of three months. - fterGen. Sigel has been relieved from his duties in. Pennsylvania, and his staff muster ed—Out of-the service. , ORGANIZE I ORGANIZE ! Let this be the watchword! Every town ship in the country must have its . club and make a vigorous effort to meet the enemieS of our government at the ballot•box and defeat them as signally as our interp id soldiers in. the field have the rebels with the cartridge-bcx. PennSylvailia must remain true to the cause of the Union, the Consti ution and the Laws, and every patriot must gird on his weapons and enter the contest with heart and soul.— The enemies of the government• are vigilant and will never yield without a desperate ro sistence and we must be prepared to carry Pennsylvania, the "Keystone of 'the federal arch I" No one can fully predict the incalcu lable evil that would befall us should she fall into the hands of the anarchists. Tht3 posi• tion of New York is hardly a fair illustration. In New York they have experienced, Riot, Ruin and Devastation . and no honest man will pretend to say that this would have been the case if there had been a Union Governor at her great head. Now, loyal men! if you wish to avoid a fate worse than that of our neigh bors in New York, go to work at once and or ganize, and assert in your might that Andrew G. Curtin and Daniel Agnew, on behalf of the State ticket, and every man on our county ticket must be elected. Organize ! Organize ! Copperhead Address Chatys'J Biddle, the Copperhead Chair man of the Democratic Executive Committee, has published an address which is one of the must infamous and treasonable documents of the present day. IL is infamous because it is full of the most bare faced lies, and treason able bocause its aim is, for partisan purposes, to incite the people against the government Read a few extracts : •' Ity Sir. Lincoln's election In November, IMO, the power to save or destroy the Union was in the hands Milts party?' Mr. Biddle knows, and every being above an idiot knows, that the power to save the Union was not in the hands of Mr. Lincoln's party, but that South Carolina and six other States seceded and virtually declared war, months before Lincoln's inauguration—that it was during the democratic administration of Buchanan that the arms and ammunition belonging to the nation were smuggled to the South, ships of war sent to the remotest part of-the-globe;-and war-oommenced-bytring,in to the Star of the West at Charleston. And yet, whilst that grey-headed old traitor, Bu chanan, was committing his damnable trea son and perjury, we are told by Mr. Biddle 't that the power to save the Union was in the hands of Lincoln's party" I Mr. Biddle says further: "To cover up their nwn tracks, they invite us to spend all our indie;natinn upon Southern a raitors," but truth compels us to add, that in the rate at trio son. the Northern traitors to the constitution had the start." UP cotrrso 11r I3irldte-wouT-n-drair-that-1 Floyd, Davis, Mason & Co., are traitors.— For fear of committing himself he gives the words "Southern Traitors" with quotation (") marks which means that others, not he, calls them " traitors." There is no probabil ity that he will ever expend theleast. indigos. lion against his much abused brethren of the South. And Mr. Biddle says further: " The dignity of our Commonwealth lids been in sulted io the outrages perpetrated upon her .citizens. At Philadelphia nod Harrisburg proprietors of newspa porn have been seized at midnight and lihrried olf to military prisons beyond the limits of the N wt.." But Mr. Biddle does not state the foot that these newspaper proprietors openly advocated the cause of the rebels, and did all in their power to inciteho riot and civil war, in our midst. Nor has he one word of condemna Lion of southern tactics, such 119 hanging all indiscriminately, who are merely suspected or love for the good old flag and the union of States! Again : " Ile (the President) has assumed martial lass which the rule of force at-a-spot whore all la ve are gileiteed the place ofelvil justice throughout the land, awl is tous ass tiled. In so ue of the States, even the freo• au of the ballet box." Mr. Biddle's love for the civil, and aversion to martial law, reminds us of an incident which was witnessed by the limiter, in the summer of 1851, and which proves that in this respect, at least., Mr. Biddle is perfectly consistent, by preaching his own practice.— Biddle then commanded the old BuoVail Rifle Regiment, the sth Reserves, under the late Colonel Simmons, and the Bucktails were or dered to Cumberland, Md.. and subsequently to New Creek in West Virginia, and about Ist of that year we preceeded to Cumberland via Bedford, to see the boys. Whilst there, and after receiving an introduction to Col. Biddle, in his tent, a party of about a dozen refugees came in from Virginia--just across the river —and stated that a few notorious characters had driven them from their homes, robbed them of horses and committed other depreda. tions. They begged Col. Biddle for a squad of men, and for arms for thems'•lves, to arrest those marauders. But Biddle, instead of giv- ing these persecuted Union men even a re spectful hearing, referred them to the civil ail - thgrilimpf Virginia! They left him, thorough iy disgusted. There was no retnedy fOr them Hunted down like wild boasts they hoped . for protection under the Stars and Stripes, by Union soldiers, and they Appealed in good faith 'to one whom they had reason to believe to ho a Union Commander. But they were mistaken. Biddle had command of one of the best Union fighting'Regiroonts that ever ex isted, but nut of respect for the (rebel) oivil authorities of Virginia ho could do nothing for these men! This same Biddle is the author of the pro duction entitled an address to the democracy of Pentirtylvania, and he is therefore the lead • or of the party ! —Mauch Chunk Gazelle. The draft is going on quietly in New York, and Gov. Seymour, Mr. Waterbury, and other enemies of the country, are "eating their leek" with many wry faces. To enforce the draft there aro forty-four regiments and batteries in and around the oily, and to raise a mob now would be a . dangerous undertaking.— Troops are still coming to the city, and it is intimated that an Expedition for Texas and Mexico is to be fitted out therm DANGEROU4 COUNTERFEIT. —A new °minter . - reit $5 note on the Bunk of Northumberland, Pa., was circulated for the first time in Phila• delphia on Saturday evening last The paper is not very good; the engraving and filling armvery well done. The note is, calculated to deceive ATLANTIIJ MONTRiX.—This sterling maga. zino, of September,.sustains its high reputa tion. It contains several first class papers.— One on DeQuincy ; 'one on Roebuck, the En glielt, commoner' who receives a deserved ens tigatien, and one by Prof.. l Agassiz i " The Freedmen at Port Royal," i is highly interest.: ing. The Atlantie is.publlshed in Boston, as $3 a year. Advice to a Copperhead The Committee of the Washington Union Club of Memphis„Tenn., have replied to the declination of Uon. Emerson Etheridge to ad. dress the people of that city, and the letter has been published, and is ; very-severe on Etheridge, whose letter was Got, by any means polite or gentlemanly. The committee close as follows :• • As you have been exceedingly generous in the bestowal of your advice, we will make no apology for offering a little of ours : 1 If you have been indulging too freely in the use of '. tanglefoot," resist, and join a temperance society. 2 Quit the Copperheads. 8. it you can't be a better Union meal than John Minor Botts, try to bo as good, and keep still. 4. Cease Insulting the American women 5 Try by every means to regain the little rentectahility you have had and lost. 6 Offer yourself as a substitute for some negro soldier over forty-five years of age; or, 7. Apologize to the President, and as Coo per is legally incompetent to hold the office of assessor in this district, you will stand a fair chance of being appointed. 8 Take moderate doses of vermifuge and a cold bath three times a day. 9. Purchase and read a small book called ''Etiquette for Amerioan Gentlemen," espo daily that chapter directing how to reply to polite invitations. 10. If it is true that you are crazy, endea vor to get into a good lunatic asylum. By cart fully digesting these brief, gentle, and friendly admonitions, and also the twen tieth chapter of Exodus, together with Gen eral Butler's recent speeches, you may yet be able to rescue your name, not from contempt, but from infamy. Judge Woodward and Judge Lowrie, the two Copperho,d candidates for State of fices in Pennsylvania this fall, are both Judg es on the Supreme Bench of our State. With them, rests the decision of important questions bearing upon elections. One very important question they have already,decided : and that ; Js, that soldiers shall nal vote. Whether these gentlemen, designed this decision to aid their election, we cannot say ; but it is unquestion• able that the disfranchisement of the soldiers by their decision does greatly strengthen their prospects. And the facts of the case give the decision an ugly and suspicious as pect. They were candidates for high offices; .01e-question .of—allowing..the soldiers to..vote came before them; they knew that nine out of ten or those votes would be thrown against them ; and they decided that the votes should not be received To prevent suspicion against the judtciery, Woodward and Lowrie should resign, as other important questions. bear ing upon the election may be brought before the Supreme Bench, and the temptation to crecide in a way to advance their own pros pects might be too strong for their integrity. The o Fernando Wood for Halifax. The Washing ton correspondent of the Sunday Jlercurg (nut very good authority) gives the following ex planation of it. Just after the lost great- peace meeting. where he made a speech, the President sent for him'., Of course, Mt Wood came to th • Wilke House torth wit h and was t here cordially received by Mr. Lincoln, who subsequently lett the reception parlor. When the Presi (lent returned, he hod in his hand a bundle of letters, some of them hearing strange post Marks. " There," said he, addressing Mr. Wood, and pointing to the epistolary pile, "is enough evidence to hang you. I want you to go and keep quiet fur the remainder of your Llmr.!" 01 course Wond left a sadder and wiser man It also reported here, that his recent trip to Halifax is to take the steamer for Europe, where he will relllilill until the war is over.— lie is said to tear the Uovernatent, and to be .It.go , Acd with his prospect its the Democrat• its patty this fall. PLATPHIL-M Of the Democracy-is thus succinctly set forth in a communication to the Loungers column of Harper's Weekly; ' " First. Resolved, That we are in favor of the war. "Second. Resolved. That we are opposed to all measures for carrying it on." These resolutions are so comprehensive, and so truly hi dicative of the principles of the enemies of the Union, that they may hereafter be used at Democratic meetings and conventions, as a convenient substitute for the sr ecintens of wretched grammar usually employed. BITTEN BY A RATTLESNAKE. —A Mr. Mc Knight, of Perry county, lately was danger. ously bitten in Harrisburg by a rattlesnake , under the following cireutnstances : Ile cap lured his snakeehip over in Perry county, and had secured hint in a box in the top of which was a small circular opening, over which he placed a piece of glass. In this he took the - s,nake to Harrisburg, and exhibited him to his friends as a curiosity, the reptile being a very Irrge one. While carrying the box along Market street that night the' gl iss was broken by some means, and the reptile con bluing to get out his head, bit Mr. McKnight on the hand. His arm soon commenced swelling, and although the usual remedies were procured he was, at last accounts, in a precarious condition. The snake was dis patched immediately ,after giving the bite.— Ile must have been a patriarch among the rattlers. being ornamented with fourteen rat tles, which would indicate that his ago amount ed to seventeen years. ; State elections arc soots tn'take place in the following order: Vermont, California, Maine. Ohio, Pennsylvania, MassaChusetts, New York, Maryland, Wisconsin, Delaware, lowa, Minnesota, West Virginia, The following states elect membeis of Con gress ; Vermont, 3; California, 3; Maryland 6; Dela Ware, 1 ; West Virginia, 8. Govern. , tore itre I tti be elected in Vermont, Califorma, Maine, Ohio. Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Wisconsin, lowa. Members of legislature are also to be chosen in all these States, Vermont Maine, Ohio, Massaohsetts. New York, IVis cousin and Minnesota, electing all the mem bers to both Houses. tt(g),„7llr. F. Alontgotnery, formerly editor of the Vicksburg- Whig, has gone to Vicks• burgto establish.there a paper to be called the Ution. Froth his prospectus we out the following paragraph: . ..; 'While the' Union will scrupulously avoid all counsels of fanaticism, it will, nevertheless, advocate in the most solemn and earnest man ner the, entire and immediate extinction of the cause of all the "present t roubles, and • the ourse of the South—African Slavery. '•The Nashville Union is alreadrAvoca(ing the same principles, and Gen: liamilton of Texas is out with an able letter to the Presi dent taking the same ground, , Says the Pottsville Jourhal, that this wick ed Rebellion would have been crushed out at east eighteen months ago, and neither the first nor second draft would have been neces sary, if it had not been for the aid given to the Rebels by their Northern sympalhizors and supporters. There is not a soldier in the Army who has served for the last two years, nor a leader of the Rebellion in the South that will not corroborate this assertion. The prolongation of the war for the last eighteen months, has sacrificed at least TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND LIVES, created an additional debt of about EIGHT HUNDRED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, and filled the land with widows and orphans. We challenge any honest man to contradict these assertions. A correspondent of the Richmond Eaquirer mites from Charleston: " Allow me to suggest for the seal of the Confederate 'States the following: " In the foreground a mule, plough and ne gro driver, whip in hand, in the taokground a cavalry soldier, with hunting shirt, slouched bhat and heavy bootaaea re drawn, horse ram pant. " As to the inscription I am not particular, so long as it is expressive. I might be well to adopt an idea that has been frequently.al luded to by gentlemen of this State, which Is just the opposite of •liberty, equality and the rights of man,' viz.: Slavery, inequality and the rights of masters. If we may be permitted to offer our views on this important subject we would recommend as an addition to the design for the seal, a northern butternut of the Biddle-Woodward hue, cringing in the dust et the feet of the rebel soldier; and as a supplement to the in• scription Mr. Justice Wood ward's declaration, It SEEMS TO ME THAT THERE MUST BE A TIME WHEN gLAVE-HOLDERS MAY, FALL BACK ON THEIR NATURAL MOWN, AND EMPLOY. IN DE FENCE OF TIIEIR. SLAVE PROPERTY, WHATEVER MEANS OF PROTECTION THEY POSSESS OIL CAN COMIAND." REVENGE. [Front the Jeckson Mleslesipplan, March 11.1 Yet, after all, we cannot but confess that wo would almost regret a peace to-day on our own terms, had we an army strong enough for in vasion —for retaliation. The -Ohl Adam" is strong within us, and we dare say there are but few in the South do not heartily de sire revenge - revenge by retaliating on •free soil" for toe hellish acts of vandalism perpe trated' by the Northern soldiery in the South. 0, for only a month's success ofj an army of our Southern toys say in the "loyal" State of Ohio! The cry of "peace ! peace !" would then be cried in earnest —shrieked out from hearts wrung with hoiror and dismay amid ruined homesteads, ravaged fields, and burn ing cities. 0, for a month of retaliation ! Then both sides would appreciate the horrors of a civil war, (which the North does not,) and we would then he ready and willing for theiettco which Omereby wo'uld be all the more lasting. New,.We Pa. Aug. 26. DEkit HERALD:—In looking over an old newspaper ( MAN F.'s WEEKLY Castrate OAZETTE, dated Dec. 11,1812) I see a piece of poetry which, with a little alteration admirably suits the tories of our day. Wu me no( Peace. are men of merit, From nation's self, we do inherit Such talents rare, as would surpriso Tim heroes of the "nether skies." Wo can confiund each old logician— Can talk of Peace and of submission ; Of serious subjects make jest— Cao call on heaven t o attest Our own sincerity and truth,' 1 1 , hen not one 5, liable (forsooth) Of candor, or voracity Is mix'd with our loquacity. The South (we have proclaimed It long) have done UM yin essential wrong. War With declared—ln evil hour; But sot by Congress—no, the power of making war, was (sad vexation) Us urp'd by the " Administration." All this we've Fold, and tun times more, - And yet have ininy - TteBllllßriti. We work Ira dal kness, like the moles; And to the Des it sell our souls, Bather than harm should not be brewing, To bring about our country's ruin. Tifi true, we often arc suspected, And sometimes by Union men detected, Who hold us up to public hate— Contempt and scorn our deeds await. lint then, again (on Vother hand) Wu have some comforts at command. It matters not, what course We choose, Since characters, we've none to lose! One truth to us is not a stranger, That " naught was never yet In danger." Then c rime what may, or slow, or fast, Wu only can be hang',l at last. By trilason we'll destroy the nation: Or meet with " hemp and confiner, thou."— For,'view the matter n 8 you rhoose, IVe'vu much to gain—can little lose. Then who's afraid i T'would be absurd (Since nook or nothing la the word) To lag Behind. You've heard my story, Then follow me— I. o.' of 0 F.--Tribute of Respect At a special meeting of "Manor Lodge," No. 560, 1. 0. 0. F., held at Leesburg. Aug. 17, 186:1, the following preamble and resolu tions were adopted: WHEREAS, as it has pleased the Almighty Ruler of the Universe to remove from the scone of his labors, our estemed brother George Waddle, it behoves us to bear a. last testimony to the esteem imwhich ho was held amongst us as a member of this Lodge. There.ore be it. Resolved. That in the death of brother Waddle, we have lost a warm friend and a zealous co laborer in the advancement of the Fraternal Brotherhood. Resolved, That while we reaognize in this sad bereavement the hand of [lint who doeth all things well, we cannot help but . deplore the demise of our late faithful brother. Resolved, That we express to the mother and relatives of our deceased brother our sympathy in their bereavement, and sincere -- 1y trust of may be tempered for their. good. September 1 " 2 " 14 October 13 " 13 November 3 ti 3 . 8. - Resolved, That us further mark of our re spect we drape our Charter and Emblems, and the members wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty days, and that a copy of ,these resolutions, endorsed by the proper of ficers of this lodge, be sent to the, mother of the deceased, and that they be inserted in the Volunteer and Herald, of Carlisle, and Skip pensburg News. " 10 " 10. " 10. " 10. Ulm anb +bunk utters. LOST.—On Thursday morning last, a DIARY FOR 1863, halfig 3 pockets in it, in one of which was a lady's Photograph. -A reward will ho paid for the return of it' to this office. • GODEY FOR SEPTEMBER:—Again we enjoy the monthly visit of this ) constaittly im proving magazine. We cannot see how any one Oita be wit.htint it. Everybody should have it. Tho benefit: to be derived would be incalculable. This i number is full of interest "as usual, with a largo share of Fashions illus trated, s3.a year. L. A 1:31oLISY, Philadel phia. Let it be Remembered A GOOD SUGGESTION 1 am, sir, &c., A SUBSCRIBER." Peaco Men A NOTII EU Tony tte,.Artlanr's Magazine for September is on oar table. Its steel engravings, " The Gleaners," is a beautiful thing, and its Ta ble of Contents," morn than usually interest ing. " Arthur's. [Tome" is always readable, and the $2,00 spent. for it per annum, are well invested. Address T. S Arthur & Co., Philadelphia. BARN BM - MT.—We neglected to no tice nt the time the burning of the barn of Amos Miller, which occurred about two weeks ago. This barn was situated in Middlesex township, and was ono of the largest and fin est in the county. It was struck by lightning during a storm prevailing at the time and was covered in flames almost instantly. Mr. Mill. er's entire crop of grain and hay was consumed. Loss betwen four and five thousand—no in surance. SAD ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday morn ing last, a boy named GEO. Tp.mAri, met with a sad and sudden death at the ore bank, sit uated near Plainfield in this county. The lad was engaged in .darling ore to a large trough in which it was washed when he acci dentally fell in and'was killed almost instant.. ly by,-being Crushed beneath the revolving cylinder. He was a native of Shippensburg, and was about 14 years old. COPPERTIE CONVENTION.—This an nual gathering of disloyal office seekers con vened in the Court House on Monday last Abrtn Lumberton presided, while Dickinson John Moore, and birds of kindred feather con trolltid the deliberations. The following were the successful scramblers. As.rembly—Dr: Jno D. Bowman. Prothnotary—Samuel Sh ireman Clerk of Courts —Ephraim Cornman. Register—George W. North. Treasurer—henry S. Ri ter. Coni . missioner —.l.lin McCoy. Director of the Poor.—Christian liar tman Auditor—D. 13 Stevick. A longst ring of disgraoefully treasonable res olutions were passed and the gathering broke up. We shall probably have occasion at an other time to pay our respects to the doings of this body more at length. tte,,,EYRE & LA NDELL, Dry Goods Dealers, 4th., & Arch Sts., Phila.—from their long-experience in -business; -are 'well — posted' in the Dry Goods Market, and offer to Pur• chasers a large assortment of Fall and Winter Goods, of latest styles of to be surpassed in qUalit , y or cheapness by any other house in their line. Read adv. in this issue. AID FOR THE GETTYSBURO SICK AND WOUNDED.—We print below a letter from Mr. Niles 'Shearer, a student of Dickin son College, at present connected with the U. S. - Christian--Commissiony--to-Mm—Dr:-- Wing, of this place. Mr. S. speaks in a feel ing _manner of the sufferings of our noble volunteers now languishing in the hospitals "On the field whore their glory wee won." Let his appeal for aid in the way of creature comforts be generously responded to. It ought to be considered an inestimable pri vilege to be permitted to contribute to the comfort of our intrepid and heroic defenders. We know our loyal citizens have done much in this way ; but this application, coming as it does from a place hallowed by the proud est achievements of the war, will excite our patriotic men and women to redoubled ef forts. [Lead the letter and make up a pack age at once, directing it to the Christian Commission at Gettysburg, l'a. U. S. Christian Commission, Gettysburg, Pa., Sept. 1, 18G3. Mrs. W Nu .3111 Dear Erield—K n owing_t he. great. in, terest you feel in the suffering soldier, and the liberality which has ever characterized the people of your county, I write *ping some aid may be extended to those wlio are now Icing around us smelt and wounded.— Never since the battle has the scarcity of but ter, eggs, and such delicacies been so great as at present, and it 'natters me feel sad that lam unable to supply all demands. These things cannot be bought to as great an ex tent now as they could be three weeks ago, and I do not hesitate to say that many have died and will die for want of them. I do wish something could be done that the poor soldier might be supplied. There are now about 1600 or 1700 in the hospitals here, and it is said the deaths average from 6 to 8 per day. The General and Seminary Hos pitals are the only two now remaining, nod it is now expected that all will be moved from the Seminary in a few days. A grand " pic-nic" will be held at " Camp Letterman"—or the General hospital, for the convalescent soldiers on Thursday next, when I hope to see them enjoy themselves very much. Great preparations are being made for it, and the Christian COmmnission are do ing their part towards it. I will tell you about it in my next. The Commission is very actively engaged in ministering to the spiritual amid physical wants of the men, and many are yet enei ged in the work. Religious services are held daily—reading matter is distributed—the men are spoken with concerning their eter nal welfare, and their wants supplied by the Christian Commission. Hoping to liner very soon from you I re main, very respectfully, your friend, NILES H. SHEARER. COURI 7 PROCEEDINGS.—The following is the conclusion of the proceedings t.f court, part of which we gave last week. We are in debted for the report, which our readers will notice is a very full one to L J. W. Foutatis, FeRI. Confth Assault and battery. vs. True bill 26th, August. Elizabeth A. Dix. A prosecution by Henry Hoverter of Mount Holly, near Papertowu, for an assault and battery upon his daughter on the 10th of Augugt. Mrs. Dix had 'pushed young Hoverter saying, "go away, 1 don't want you to drown toy children:" &o. being simply a small affair, jury rendered a verdict of not guilty and directed that Henry Hover ter pay the costs. Same Surety of the Peace. vs. on osthof Henry Ho- Same. verter. Pr os eout ion dismissed and_proseoutor pay cost of prose cution and each party pay his•own witnesses. Qillelan and McLaughlin for Commonwealth Shapley for Defendant. ConOth. Maliciocm mischief. V 3. True bill 2fith, Aug.-- John Coover. Mr. Isaac %Vingard had a flock of young urlceys-t hat -on - the - 20th - of July last.got into the field of defendant's who lives on the Trindlis Spring road„when he got among them with a club and - sibues kil ling several of them. Verdict guilty, and sentenced to pay a fine of $3 and costs of prosecution. Sinaloa f r Commonwealth, McLaughlin for Defendant. • . . Coin'th. Selling. liquor on M. Sunday to minors and Samuel Garman. to intemperate pert:lone. True bill, 26tb' of 'August. DerGO dant kept tavern at Sterett's Gap and quite a ,uumber of Witnesses testified to the lams set out in the bill. lutemperoto pereoee testified . that
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