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CARLISLE, PA.
Priday, March 4, 1864.
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The People's Choice for President,
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
National Union Convention.
The Union National Committee met al
Washington on the 22nd ult., and was called
to order by Hon. Edwin D. Morgan, of Now
York.
The Hen. Edward McPherson, of Pennsyl
vania, was elected Secretary of the Commit
tee, in place of Hon. George G. Fogg. of New
Hampshire, who Is absent from the country.
Upon consultation a call was unanimously
adopted for a national convention, in the fol
lowing terms:
The undersigned, who by original appoint
ment or subsequent designation to fill vacan
cies, constitute the Executive Committee
created by the National Convention, held at
Chicago on the 10th day of May, 1860, do
hereby mill upon all qualified voters who de
sire the unconditional maintenance of the
Union, the supremacy of the Constitution
and the complete suppression of the rebellion
with the cause thereof, by vigorous war and
all apt and efficient means, to send delegates
to a convention, to assemble at Baltimore, on
TUESDAY, the 7th day of June, 1864,
at 12 o'clock, noon, for the purpose of pre
stinting candidates for the office of President
and Vice President "if, the United States.—
Bach State having a representation in Con
gress will be entitled to as many delegates as
shall be equal to twice the number of electors
to which such State is entitled in the electo•
ral college of the United States,
A resolution was also adopted inviting the
territories and the District of Columbia to
send delegates, subject to the determination
by the Convention of their right to vote.
The Commit tee
.agreed to meet again at the
call of the Chairman.
B. D MORGAN, Chairman.
E. MOPEIEMON, Secretary.
LINCOLN CAMPAIGN CLUB
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An Adjourned Meeting of the members of
the LINCOLN CAMPAIGN CLUB, of the
Borough of Carlisle, will be held, on
SATURDAY EVENING,
March 6th, at 71 o'clock, in the room occu
pied as the Recruiting Headquarters of Lieut.
Edgar Lee, adjoining the " American" print
ing office, for the purpose of perfecting their
organization. A full attendance is solicited.
FRED . K. DINKLE,
Preaident pro. tern
Official, documents show that during
the year 1862, thirteen thousand five hundred,
claims of deceased and discharged soldiers
were settled at the Treasury Department.—
The number settled during 1863 was 45,700;
and there remained ou hand unsettled, on
the &et of January last, 74,600'.
AN07117.11 REolllloii 07 ISIVOLP9IIOO77,IMI
771.011 PENNRYLVANIAC—Major John 11. Ste.
ter, of the 106:h regiment P. V., has received
authority. through the Governor of Pennsyl-
Vattia, from the Secretary of War, for the or
ganization for an additional P'ennsylvania
regiment, to be detailed for special duty in
One of the great armies now operating against
the rebel capital. This is the only entirely
new regiment that will be organized under
the late call for troops, and the authority was
granted to Major Stover because of his long,
valuable and gallant service in tho field.
THE TRIBUNE asks this pertinent question
concerning McClellan:
"If Ga. M. is a true man, why is every
traitor his noisy champion ?"
It covers the whole ground. None of his
professed friends haves satisfactory reason.
A LARGE PRINTER GONE. -Mr. Austin B.
Williams, a well known printer of New York,
died very suddenly In that oily on Sunday
morning. He had worked upon the New
York Times for twelve years past, His weight
wait 420 , ponnds, and it required , no less than
sixteen yards of broadcloth to complete
his exterior outfit. His humor and ready wit
were of a superior order, and there, with his
extraordinary proportions, made him a "host"
among his associates. Mr. P. T. Barnum re
peatedly sought him for his popular resort
as a natural curiosity, but his exceeding sew
eitiveness and peculiar character would never
permit him to become an object of the popu
tar curiosity. He was extremely timid and
bashful when in the presenoo of ladles; and
would resort to any subterfuge to escape their
company. Still more notable characteristics
of Mr. Williams may be found in the simple
fact that he never know the taste of ardent
spirits nor tobsooo, never wore an overcoat,
and ,aeoh awed the common vioes of mankind
to a degree seldom equalled. He was a na
tive of Exeter, N. H., and in the 8l et year of
his age. About a week since, while on his
way home, he was eeized with an attack of
apoplexy, and lingered , until Sunday morn
ing, 20th inst., when he passed away.
Monnosuna.—lt would seem that the late •
ly reported schism among the Mbrmons is
making headway. We find the following,in
,the Cincinnati Gazette of Friday : The
copyright of a book was taken out the other
dity,,in the United States District Court hav
ing the following title : “A. Book of . Doc
trine and Coienonts of the Church of Christ
of Latter Day Beinte, carefully selected from
the 4teltitionitkif God, as given in the order
Of their.dates."'
• perhaps, known to most
readeit *that there is a formidable scheme A
mong these' 'gestate," .the seoessioniste 'do,
claring,"sgainst polygamy, and contenting
themselves with one yrifo l --at least one at a
time. An organization. based on this idea
has boon in process of completion in this city
for some time past, under the leadership of
Joseph Smith, Jr,; and leraelgh,Bogers, who.
in conjunction with others, have published
the book above referred to, They say that
they hay* ani"sionarieo operating , in ;Brigham
young's dominion', who are very Mumeilful.
Ist making convert a. - Their present -rendes
vone:torin the vicinity of Chicago, but they
hawilikohosed 80;000 - korai : Of. land in
swirl, 'idlere they intend to settle when; the
wirtda over, and build up a Ott for the 414,
the,folthful.
LOYALTY
In ailehate.our-.Stale-Legieini irre "the other
day, we noticed a remarkably precise - nnd sat
isfactory definition of the term loyalty. Mi.
Purdy, a Democratic member, defines dt thus:
"I claim that a loyal man is a man who is loyal
to the Constitution—wbo iN loyal to ,the gOv
erninent of our fathers,"' That a''," loyal
man is one who is loyal" may be safely as
sumed by any one, and Mr. Purdy might
have improved the stereotyped harangue of
Democratic orators, if he had, fiir once
dropped these 'circular definitions, and had
told us what course of conduct, in an emer
gency like the the present, is characteristic
of a wan who is loyal." We can hardly be•
lieve - that all this prating about the "loyalty
to the Constitution and the Government of
our fathers," that we constantly hear from
Democratic leaders, is proof of:malady° that
they are loyal men. We remember that
Judas betrayed the 'Saviour with the most
significant tokens of friendship and reverence ;
and we know that they are many in our
midst, whd aro doing their utmost to destroy
the Government, whilst professing hourly
their affections and regard for the Constitu
tion. Loyalty to the Constitution," (if the
phrase is admissible) consists not only in re
fraining from the violation of the letter of that
instrument, but also in withholding aid and
assistance from those who are endeavoring to
destroy it. The man is not loyal who gives
actual or moral aid to those who are making
war on a Government organized under the
Constitution. Tried by this criterion how
many of the acknowledged leaders of the
Democratic party of to-day, .have eel claim
to loyalty, even under Mr. • Purdy's dofini
tion
In a struggle, such as we are engaged, it
is necessary to render the success of the Gov
ernment certain, that it have the hearty sup
port and confidence of the people. In order
to obtain this, it is not essential that the poor
ple should be taught that the Administration
can do no wrong, or that . its limonites have al
ways been characterized by the greatest pos
Bible wisdom, but it is indispensable that they
should know, that in the contest the Govern
ment is Me party of the right. They should be
taught that the rebellion was unprovoaked
and injustifiablo, and that the Government
has no other alternative than to crush it,
whatever effort or sacrifice may be'reqoired.
That the people are interested in overcoming
this gigantic treason,. and that their dearest
interests are insecure until it is destroyed.—
To create this impre,sion bus never been the
design of Democratic politicians. They have
from the first, been the advocates of conces
sion and compromise. They assert that the
war has been the result of the opposite fanat.
icisma of the Administration and the trait.
ors; that it is waged for the elevation of the
negro and degradation of the white man; that
it is prolonged' for the purpose of enriching
the party in power; and that it eiould be end
ed to.morrow, by giving the seceded States
their rights under the Constitutioc. P6r
every reproof that is given the Rebels a snore
of denunciations is hurled at the Administra
tion, and while traitors are gently chided for
making war on the Government, the Admin..'
istration is cursed for using all the means
within its power to protect and defend the
Nation's life. New what is the necessary re
stilt of the course of conduct Manifectly
division of sentiment among the people at a
time when the most perfect unanimity iv es
sential to success. Witht ut the hope that
this divielon existed or wouid be prodticad
the Rebellion would never have begun. Wjtli
the certainty that the North were \t, uritjon
the question of conquering treason a - a — would
remain so until it was conquered, we would
have peace without another battle. But the
hope that the peace party of the North may
triumph, and that the Confederacy will be rec
ognised ; or else its leaders vvill he restored•to
their old positions of power and truer, end
that the Government will he re organized on
such principles as they dictate, is all that en
courages them to prolong a contest in which
they cannot otherwise hope to triumph.
But great as this indirect injury to our
cause is, it is noVihe only aid that Copperhead
politicians have given their friends. Last
Summer, when the valor of our brave men,
had almost aohleved the overthrow of .B.ebel- .
lion at Gettysburg and Vicksburg, these in
sidious foes of Constitutional Government, but
noisy brawlers for "Constitutional loyalty"
inaugurated armed resistance to the Gov•
eminent in New York, which for a time bade
rtlefintice to all efforts to suppress it. This
outbreak cost hundreds of lives, millions of
dollars worth of property, ald worse than all,
'diminished the growing confidence in the Gt v
ernment, which the heroisno.of our noble Sol
diers bad just secured. There is 'no shirking
the responsibility of this overt treason of the
New York rietere; nor of the others- who
participated in many similar though smaller
outbreaks about the same time. The rioters
were veteran volunteers in the Dernooratio
service ; the faithful and tried "friends" of
Governor Seymour ; the willing disciples of
Fernando Wood, Vallandighatu. and Frank
Hughes ; and men who relied for their polit
ical information and' pOlitifial falai on the
writings and speeches of the very men who
now tell us that's. , " loyal man is one who is
loyal to the Constitution." The Rebels re
joiced over those outbreaks as much they
would have done over the defeat of our ar
mies, and they have always- regarded the ut
terances of Copperhead politioittes with the
same satisfaction that they Wouldilbehold , the
filling up of their wasted and deoimatedkregl:
meats.
We would suggest to the moo who are so.
fond of defining and de'oribing loyalty and
loyal men, that they had better enlarge their
definition auffieientlttoinelndo c titetoselyes,
litivotion to the Cdrunitution,.is not a oharao•
teristio of men who do their'utrooat to oppose
the Government organized.under that Consti•
tution, and which alone can defend di from
the attacks of traitors and- save it from de ,
strnotion. Men are not' . loyal whp, are al
ways seeking to dividethe-people of the loyal
States and to inoito them • to, riot, murder and
treason. • Politicians may seek to define away
their disloyalty, as they did to explain away
the reault. of last fall's elections, but their
own record and the verdict of the people are
so marked and emphatip, as to reader success
in either attempt extremely doubtful. •
•
Drtorra's Baintenrin Taoomm, for Coughs,
Colde, .pilmonary 'and
, Asthmotio Discords,
havaproveci !hair effiosay by a tee(' 9(
years, and have reoolved testimonials from'
eminent men who hare need thole!,
THE CAMPAIGN IN THE
.COT:
TON STATES •
The movements commenced:in the cotton
State's, by way of %opening the . ,spring cam
paign, seem at length to have gradually de.
veloped themselves into one grand and corn.
.prehensive plan of offensive operations, hav
ing foe its aim a single objective fioini; and
the rebels, after some doubt, appear to have
mastered the secret so well - that we need not
refrain from giving our idea of the real mean
ing of the various events. The objective
point to which we refer is Mobile, a city and
seaport of much value, and the only city of
any consequence remaining in the hands of
the rebels in the southwest. Of itself, al
though it is thus important, it would not con
stitute an acquisition of sufficient moment
to compensate for the blood that must be
shed and the money expended to take it.—
But the campaign has been shaped to make
the capture of this city carry with it the com
plete possession of a wide extent of country
in the cotton States, and with it, of course,
a large share of the resources which have
upheld the rebellion and the lines upon
which it has been maintained.
This was the object in view in the capture
of places like New Madrid, l i ittle Sock,
Fort Doneiron, Tullahoma, Chattanooga,
Corinth, New Qrleans, and notwithstanding
the continual assertion 'that our conquests
must inevitably prove barren, these have
horns fruits which not even the most infat
uated rebel can call in question, If Grant
succeeds in the present campaign, he will
inevitably drive the rebellion eastward clear
out Alabama, as be has already done in
Mississippi, and make considerable progress
in Georgia, if he does not conquer it,
To accomplish this purpose the area of
the campaign embraces the entire field from
the Mississippi on the west, to the Atlantic
on the .ast, at Jacksonville, Florida, and
from the Gulf coast on the south to the Ten
nesse river on the north. The campaign
commenced with three different bodies of
our troops •uoving from these widely sepa
rated boundaries. Grant, from Chattanoo
ga, 11S811 rued the offensive vgainst Johnston;
Giilmore, detaching a column from , his corps
at Mori is Island, landed it on the Atlantic
coast of Florida and marched to Jackson
ville, which he occupied ; while Sherman,
from Vicksburg, marched rapidly eastward
through Jackson to Selma, Alabama, which
he took after a fight ; the direct attack upon
Mobile being commenced by a large naval
force from the Gulf side.
The enemy appeared to have been more
alarmed by these movements than might
have been expected. Longstreet immediate
ly retreated from East Tennessee, abandon
ed• the siege of Knoxville, advanced south
by the mountain routes into Georgia, and is
even said to have reached Atlanta. John
ston commenced to send off troops to meet
Sherman on the one hand and Gillmore's
forces on the other The first of these de
tachments, intended to operate against Sher
mon, was suddenly recalled to resist Grant's
advance from Chattanooga, which being for
the time a mere feint intended for this very
purpose, was successful, though not as much
so as it would have been had our cavalry
had a better leader. The other detachment
sent by Johnston to stop Gillmore's advance
through Florida was 1130P3 successful, and
drove back our force to Jacksonville, in
consequence of the mismanagement of the
officer immediately in command, General
Seymour.
The rebel armies have so little transporta
tion other than railroads, that if the latter
be destroyed they must abandon the coun
try. This will explain one object of the
movements of our troops, which is to effect
the rapid and complete destruction of all the
railways connecting Mobile with the rebel
armies commanded' by Johnston at Dalton,
by Beanregard at Charleston, and by Lee at
the Rapidan. The latter is so remote as
hardly to be considered, except as a resource
for reinforcements.. But Beauregard's po
sition at Charleston and Savanah is so strung
as to enable him to send his troops away to
long distances without feeling crippled, and
Johnston, having the whole of Georgia to
operate in, may spare reinforcement ,for MP
bile.
The railways oonnecting Mobile with
Johnston's army, and the interior of Geor•
gin and Alabama, have already been reach
ed by Sherman's corps at Selma. He de
stroyed the railroad behind him Its he went,
along the line of the Alabama and Missis
sippi railroad eastward from Jackson to
Selma. At Meridian be sent off a detach•
meat down the Mobile and Ohio railroad to
destroy that work leading to end this
'destruction is known to have reached Quit
man, and:perhaps Winchester.
At Selma, Sherman reached one of the most
important naval and military depots of the
rebels in the Gulf States. This place: on the
Alabama river, has been a.rebel stronghold,
a jail for Union prisoners, a nary yard for
building iron-clad gunboats for the dbfbnee
Mobile, and a vast depot for military stores.
it is connected with Mobile by the riye,r, and
if Sherman obtains steamers enough there,
be may otnbarit hie whole force against Mo
bile. But before doing eo it would be neces
sary tp doe'lw the Alabama and -trennessee
Railroad' north of Selma, and the mailroads
leading! from Montgomery north and south.
The rapid retreat of Loogstreet from Knox
ville to Atlanta would argue .the necessity of
Sherman condOcting his operations with it g
or and energy, in order to complete them• be
fore he could be confronted by Longetreet,
--remottrfroortmooor. - Thn movement of
more's detachment fromlacksonville wee for
the purpose-of destroying the railroads lead
ing fromiltat point and Savannah 'to Mobile.
Although Awe- far a failure for that end, it
accomplishes-Alto-object of taking away from
Idebllettpd , from , Johnston a force of some
fifteeti thoueand.men, which. cannot- be spared
from where dt-ls -unless ,the rehels abandon
Florida and concentrate on Afobile, in which
'case we can destroy the railroads at our leis
ure and complete the isolation of Mobile.
The reader may thus see at a glance the
field of operations, with all the oontingencien:
Grant has,-'by the mere commencement of
this campaign, at once transferred Ebb Seat of
war from Tennessee and the northern border
of the ootton States into the.very heart of the
latter, relieved East Tennessee finally, and
caused the dispel sion'of the rebel forces in
- redone direotions,-sp widely separated as to
render rapid, oanaentration almost impossible,
If Sherman'i force pushes forward to Mobile
and commenees the siege, Longsti•eet follow
frig hiin tiOeliere the city, of course Grant
will advance in earnest ag4inst Johnston, and
the latter, With his forces too much weakened
to stando,battle,.would be necessitated to re
treat wittva vieSvof joining Longstreet or
Hardee.:, _
Should Hardee be recalled to reinforce
Jobston or Mobile, the prompt object of Gill
amore's detachment, after destroying the rail.
ways, would be to effect a junctiori with Slier ,
man—a dangerous and difficult operation.—
But all these movements of our forces would
be materially aided by the immediate and en
ergetic advance of Grant's army from Chat
tenooga, which seems at length to have been
really undertaken, Thomas' force having
pushed 04 to within three miles of Dalton.—
This would °morel Johnston to retreat or to
recall Longstreet from any advance against
Sherman. Some sort of a fight my occur at
Dalton, but Johnston will proably retreat to
Atlanta, where, c . mcentrating with Long
street, he will stand a battle.
OLD LINE WHIGS
He Who is old enough to remember the
days of Log Cabins and Hard Cider, will
also remember the banners that flaunted in
every brew, over the heads of that glorious
party which then rejoiced in the name of
WRIG. These were days that will live green
in the memory of every man who participa
ted in The scenes which then transpired
around him ;'hut when he'reflects over the
changes which have ticked place, a sadness
will mingle with his admiration, and he will
turn from the theme in sorrow. That old
party, with imply of its brightest ornaments,
has passed from our view, and its miss on
has ceased. There is still a remnant of that
national guard amongst us, and when they
p , as in review before our mental vision, a
sadness will steal over us which we cannot
banish. Many have forsaken the Altar at
which they-then worshipped, and are follow
ing after strange gods, are \ icing with those
int., whose embraces they have fallen; in tire
fratricidal policy which that party had adopt
ed. There are others of that class, however,
who have gone a step farther in the down
ward road and linked their fortunes with the
cause of treason. These are stealthily aiding
those who are imbruing their hands in the
blood of loyal men. If there is a "deeper
depth" in the pit of infamy, the man who,
in utter disregard of all the hallowed mem :
ories•that come looming up iron) the past,
is to become the associate of mi
lt-ended treason, in its efforts to destroy the
life of the nation, that man is en t itled to it.
It an- excuse can be given for the trefl9ol) of
any man, it cannot be tor him who rallied
under the banner of the gallant Cr. tv, in the
palmy days of Whiggery, but who is now
the ally of treason. For such there is no
resurrection. The odium will cling to him
like the shirt of Nessus, and his name will
go down to posterity, to crimson with shame
the cheeks of his witertimitte off-spring.
Men may reason as they will, but the man
who raises his hand against his count-y, or
,gyes aid to 'yPrittemies, can not escape the
fee that awaits'treason and ingratitude.
Restoration of Government for
Southern States.
lion. Henry Winter Davis, chairm in of the
committee on the rebellious States, has intro
duced in he House of Representatives a bill
to guarantee . to certain States whose govern
merits have been usurped and overthrow, a
republican forni of government. The bill pro
vines flint in addition to the officers now in
Authority, a Provisional Governor shall be ap
pointed. charged with the civil wiministration
of suMuStale until Lk State government shall
be eleoted. `Ma when all military resistance
shall have Minced in said States amenrollment
shall bb made. of the White male citi•
cons, designating those who do take and
those who refutm to take the... oa.li of alle.
glance, with a view to the emnblish went of a
State committee.
If the number taking the oath shall ardount
to one tenth of the persons enrolled, a &in
vention, consisting of the same number' of
members as both houses of the last State Le
gislature, than be called far the purpose of
constituting a State government. No person'
who hae held any office, civil or military, un
der the rebel usurpation. zhall vote or be el
igible as a delegate, nor shall any person
who has held office wader the rebel govern
ment, or bean voluntarily in arms against the
United States, be allowed to vote even if he
offers to take the oath of all&iiance.
The de;egatett shall meet, in convention and
prescribe a State constitution, excluding any
persou who hash Id any office under. the
Confederate trovernment from a right fb vote,
or to be a member of the Legislature or Gov
ernor declaring slavery fore•er abolished, and
the no debt, State ornonfederate, created by
or nutter the rebellion, eittGl.be recognized by
the Mate,
On the adoption of this oonstitution the
State government eau be'eleoted. That until
such constitution be adepted-and government
elected,. the Proyisional Governor shell sco
• that all laws of t.I.M United .Siates and of the
State, ettcept th6se acknowledging the right
to held stares, ch!xil be enforced. The Provi•
skied Governer 15. to have . .power to assess
and collect taxes; which slrall be applied to
the expenses of the administration'of the laws
in such State;mnder the direction of the Pres. ,
ident, and the - Surpluirdeposited.in the - Treae•
ury of the Poii:edStates:le'theoredit Ofeuoli
State. all sl , tives; are emancipated by this
sot, they enktbeir4beterity to dm-ever free.
Ail-peradne'Jioldieret
,eivi! or Wiling, in the ,reel States, after the
passage of this act, are hereby declared
,pot
to be &dikes of the United States.
FOREIGN ZTE WS
By the,
.Elibernian, at" Portland, ar,e iteYe
advises from Europe one daylater:-- - 1h the
British Parliament the Mad' Derby , had
attacked the government folicy in regard
to the Alabama and litiird'e,ratns; at d'• in- .
einnated - that the leiter'wore cmize.tinder
Atnericao,nientiesiu:Etiri ThisselY'd4Tanded
the'government.,'Próln Schleeivig the dates'
are to I,lth- The Danes, it is fitated,
ham) tweeneted their works at Dwell, tu'
embarked. :their stores- and war material.
The.Engkish-GovernMeot accordink to the
Lendon:Post; y a p proposed 'op Armistice
the' basis of the eittenation' . o
with -the exception.of lhelehind of Men,.
. - -
by the Danes, and the prnfitlkition is said to
meet with the support or France, Russia
and Sweden.
AEOUT FLOWERS.
The story told and widely repeated that
Mrs. Ltricout had sent flowers - to a noiori- ,
OUB apostle of "peace," to decorate his house
for a ball, is a good illustration of the inac
curacy and injustice of the reports upon
which we form our opinions of public per
sons and measures. The facts are merely
these : There is a conservatory attached to
the White House, which supplies flowers for
Presidential parties and for such friends as
the President or his wife my choose. The
wife of the person in question wrote a note
asking for flowers. A reply was sent that
there were no more'than the mistress of the
White House required for her own purposes,
and with the reply a bouquet was sent, that
the wife of the President might not seem
churlish in refusing.
Such a story is not worth attention, ex
dept as no illustration of the persistent hos
tility of criticism which has pursued the wife
of the President from the begining of the
war, and as falsely as in this instance,—
There was a time when it was openly insin
uated that she furnished information to the
rebels, nog was the enemy of her husband
and the country. This time is long passed,
brit the ♦enomons tongue of gossip st ill darts
at•its victim. There was a time, also, when
it was the fashion to sneer at the President
as an incompetent officer and trival joker.—
But of all living men in the country at this
moment whose name is likely to be most il
lustrious in history?
THE ENROLLMENT BILL.
The new law providing for the enrollm. , nt
and calling out of the military forces of the
country in time of war, has been finally per
fected anti passed by i.he House of Repremen•
wives. The vote on tits hail passage of the
Oct stood—yetis ; nays CO. The bill way
supported by all the members who were elect.
et! as Volt' men, tot ether with such Demo
crats as Bailey and Mo.Ulistor, of Pennsyl
vania, and 0 101 l and Griswold of New York,
an l was opposed by nil ihe Copperheads.
The mails- features of :be now law more ful
ly stated, are ns follows :
All exemptions, inoluding the Vice Presi
dent, Justices of U.*ed Suites Courts,
Governors, , and thise in
capacitated from mental or physical diFahility
or who have served two years during the
present war t are done away with.
Negroes, both slave and free. are tol be en
rolled and dratted In case the slaves of
loyal masters he drafted or kmlkt, a hoonly
of $lOO is to be paid to masters who prove
their loyalty. and a CQUlrni9,3l , lll iy to be np
le hued in each slave State nnw represented
in Congress, who shall award to the said
mavti•rs a fair t rice for the slave, not to ex
ceed *i3oo. .All slaves so dratted or enlisted
to he free forever. The providing of a sub
stituto only exempts a man from draft, during
the time for which such substitute is tot lia
ble to draft.
When a 9111,titnte shall drafted, the per
son originally drafted moat serve hint , eli or
furnish another substitute The payment of
$3OO commutation only exempts a Intim until
the names Alen in the wheel •hall become en.
batiste' .111 sect. , or persons who have, re
ligious struples against and whose creed pre
vents them from fighting, and who can prove
that their lives have been consistent with this
idea, are to he allowed when drafted to go in
to the hospitals or to assist in tithing care of
the freedmen, If the first draft does not give
the number required, the draft is to be re
peated.
Sections 19 and 20 of the present enroll
ment.ant, referring to the con-olitlatinn of
regiments and dismissals of supernumerary
officers are repealed. Payments of bounties
to loyal roasters fur negroes now in the her•
vice are to be m ids out with the stipulation
that all such slaves are to he free.
Some amendments having been made in
the Senate, committees of conference were
appoirited by the two Houses, who agreed
upon a bill, which on being reported to the
House was agreed to by a vote of 73 to 27!
Tho First Eighty Years of the
Republic.
'Messrs. 0. D Case & Co., of Hartford, Ct.,
-have in the press a new national bock from
the pen of Horace Greeley, entitled " A his
- tory of the ()Tea. Rebellion in the United
States of America, its causes, incidents and
results intended to exhibit especially its
moral and political phases, with the drift and
progress of Americian opinion respecting hu
man alavlery from 17 . 46 to 1864," We have
received specimen - pages and plates from the
publishers, of the'firitt''veltime of the work,
'and were preparing some remarks in review
of thein, when we encountered the following
from the Country Gent/swan, the re publioa.
lion of which will content us for the present.
As the work progresses, wo will have some,
thing more to say of it.
The Editor of the Cotenfry Gentleman, says,
"without lotiohing upon tho political opinions
it contains, we may at least safely rank it n,
the first really philosophic and historical no
count of the present, war which is to came bt1,, 1
fore the reading public Even regarding Mr.
Greeley in the light of an advoonte who is
.pleading the cause of his own individual
views before the tribunal of popularjudgment
—so elaborate and carefully digested a plea
from such a eourco cannot bo otherwise,than
interesting and instructive hoth,to friends
and opponents." The following interesting
and instructive .extracts on '"the first eighty
years of the Republic)," will give t he reader
an idea of the style and scope of the book.
Eighty years had not passed since the ac
knowledgment of our independence when the
returns of the-Eighth Decennial Census afford
ed us the means of measuring our country'd
growth and physical progress during nearly
its whole national history. The retrospect
mud the prospect might well minister to the.
pride (though that were .needless) of a patri
otic apostle of 'manifest destiny.' . During
those eightyloars, or within the memory of
many still , livingithe area of-our, lietfoltrY It(td
been expandeg, by stittecessive .atiC ,in 'geed
part, peatinftil—ttequisitioni - ,7frciefFiiigfif huti
-dred•-ilmunand — fo -- "atiolMtlifir anis
square Ds-poPulittiCK.,Aitoluding , the
Aboriginal Sainges,-',hatilnereitied from three
to ..more 'than thirty Of' : its two
thctieapti rn(illlooe pf iteres cif dry land,' about
five hundred nilllintts.thadAeen divided- into
; frets ; leaving three f:Mk:lts Oftts surface as
yet unimproved, though but in part tinttppro.
printed. Jts:fartue were officially estinated
as worth six thousand six hundred and fifty.
millions of dollars, and were doubtless -nein
ally worth not less than ten, thousand 'mill
lone of dollars. On thelte:fiirms ireto over
eleven hundred millions' worth:Of - Jive stook,
and nearly two hu ndpelf and 'fifty`'.'
:worth of implements - and rnatiiiineri: The
oftbe . animals;,annually tiltittOtterad was
returned at over, two'hundied.'millumi'of
tars. The annual . ;product"' of was
more than one' hundred twid'sovotity milllDne
ar bdshele, with an equal tutititity
anenortt..than eight tfonflfettAtilliontif--
'.buebelitor'lndian corn. • Oftehano
ii.P:rodnot was more than. four ,hundred , mill, , .
tot=e. nds (and:OCrien:
tops. ,•':or r Aysol;; our annual el its*tas ovdollX •
ty naillions'of:Peunds, anti mithitutipffort
,
, • „.
probably double that amount. Of ginned
cotton, ready for market, our product was
about one millions of tone, or more than five
millions of bales of four hundred pounds enoh.
Four. hundred and sixty millions of pounds
of butter, and one hundred and five millions
of pounds of cheese, were likewise returned
as our aggrefgate.produot for the year 1869.
We made in that year . three hundred and
forty millions of pounds of sugar, and more
than twenty five millions of gallons of moles
see. And, beside consuming all this, with
twenty-five millions of pounds of homemade
honey, we imported from abroad to the value
of over thirty six millions of dollars. We
dragged from our forests, not including
fuel, timber valued at more than ninety
three. millions of dollars. We made flour
to the value of two hundred millions.—
We manufactured over fifty-five millions'
worth of cotton into fabrics, worth one
hundred and fifteen millions of dollars, besides
importing largely from abroad. We fabri
cated over eighty millions of pounds of wool,
costing forty millions of dollars, into sixty
eight millions' worth of goods, th,ongli, import
ing nearly all our finer woolen fabrics. We
produced sixty-three millions' worth of leath
er ; eight hundred and, seventy 'five thousand
tons of pig iron, worth twenty millions of dol
lars; four hundred thousand tons of wrought
iron, worth twenty one millions ; and agri
cultural implements to the value seventeen
millions.
The grand total, of manufactures, returned
by this Census, amounted in value to one
thousand nine hundred millions—an increase
of forty five per cent. within ten years. Our
exports for tits year ending 1860, amounted
to a tittle more than four hundred millions of
dollars, whereot all hut twenty-seven mill
lone were of domestic production. Our Im
ports were a little over three hundred and six
ty millions. Of gold and silver we exported
in that year, nearly fifty-seven ; millions of
dollars, and imported about eight millions and
a halt ; indicating that ours had become one
of the great gold producing countries on earth,
if not the very greatest. The number of ocean
voyages terminating in our ports during the
year ending June 30, 1861, was twenty-two
thnusand less farty ; their aggregate tonnage
a Hite more than seven millions two hundred
and lorry thousand—more than two-thirds
of it American. Abont fifty thousand church •
es, with forty thettsaud clergymen ; two bun.
dred find thirty nine colleges, having one
thousand six hundred and seventy-eight
teachers, and twenty-seven thousand eight
hundred and twenty one pupils; six thous
and and eighty five academies and private
nebouls, with twelve thousand two hundred
Fuld eixly teacliere, and two hundred and six
ty three thous m.l rift I ninety six pupils ;
eight thousand nine hundred and seventy
eight, common sehools, With three millions
three hundred and laity-four thousand and
eleven pupils; three hundred and eighty-six
daily newspapers, circulating in the aggro•
gate one million lour hundred and severity
eight thousand four hundred thirty five cop.
les ; one hundred and forty six tri-weekly
and semi weekly, and three thousand one
hundred and fifty three weekly journals, cir
culating seven millions five hundred and six
ty-tour thousand three hundred and -fourteen
copies; with nineteen quarterlies, five hun
dred and twenty one literary, and two hun
dred and seventy one religious periodicals,
ularoly issued weekly, sutliment:y attest that
our progress had uot, been purely physical,
but intellectual and moral as well.
Pennsylvania Legislature.
linitiusnurto, Eel). 29
SENATE.
The Senate was called to order at 73
o'clock this evenlng, by Speaker P , nney.
l'he limbie were densel ) crowded—the
new Senator, 11r. St. Clair, having been es
corted to the Caintol by a procession, with
musts hill/ transparencies.
'fhe deputy Secretary of State was intro
duced, and presented returns of the Senato
rial election, by which it appeared that
Thomas St. Clair had been elected by a
majority of 1991 votes.
Senator St. Ulair was then sworn in, and
took Ins seat.
Mr..Jullitso9 asked leave to introduce a
hill regulating elections by soldiers. Agreed
lb.
Mr. Connell moved to proceed to a second
reading of a resolution adopting old rules
for government of the Senate. Agreed to=-
ayes 17, nays 16. The resolution was a
mended and passed-- , -ayes 17, nays 16.
Air. Gunned moved to prisceed to the con
sideration of a resolution appointing a com
mittee Lc apportion the State. Agreed to—
ayes 17, trues 16. The resolution passed—
ayes 17, noes ld.
Air, Nichols moved to elect a chief clerk
and other subordinate officers.
Mr. Niusey moved to amend by inserting
the word Speaker. This amendment was
lost— ayes lt3, nays 17, and the resolution of
Mr. Nichols was agreed to. Ayes 17, nays 16.
The :7 , enttte then elected Its present chief
clerk and all subordinate otheers. All the
Democrats telused to vote, on the ground
that nothing was in order until a Speaker
was elected.
Mr. Lowry offered a resolution inviting
the clergy of Harrisburg to open the session
with prayer. The resolution passed, the
Democrats voting with the Republicans.
Mr. Connell moved to adopt the joint rules
of the last session, Agreed' to-17 to 16.
Mr. Fleming moved to appoint a commit
tee to contract fox publication record. Agreed
to-17 to If.
Mr. Nichols ocfered a resolution fixing
hours for inorniti , and afternoon sessions.
,Agreed to-17 to 1 2,.
Mr. Stark moved to proceed to the thirteenth
ballot for Speaker.
Mr: !Allure moved. to .postpone for the
present. Agreed 7. to- r d 7to 16.
Mr. Kinsey inoved;to adjourn. Agreed
to. —l9 to 14. -
ROUSE OF REPTLIZEIiISTATIVOS
The Ili use was calleibtO order at 7i u'cleck
P. M., by Mr. Speak9tJohnsoM .
The following bills4rere introduced:::—
Mr. Cochran, incorporating - the VuiOn,
League of Philadelphia.' • ' ' ,
Mi Miller, relative to charges fur, wateir ,
pipe in Philadelphia,- and fixing the 'rate et
50 cents per Mot.
Mr. Cochran, allowing the National Banks
to hold, real estate. Also, an act than Zing
Aldermen's' fees to decimal currency. .r - Xlso,
enatilihig' the Third National Bank of Phila
delphia to hold cerium real estate.
Mr. Hill, incorporating a National Express
Company to all parts of the United States.
' Mr. Watson, providing for an election of
Slate Treasurer; also, authorizing a .Guar
dian o,t ,the Poor to hold a salaried position
'nutter Connails.
Mr. Pancoaist, incor i pqrating_the_Spring
'Garden Railroad Col panyfrom Siath_rus..
- Spriii - x - Ciraen streets, 'double track-, •.up
.Spring Garden street to 'X'wentl 4 fifth, thence
•tco,...Greeni• thence ,to Tw,erity : third "•;street,
thence to'Spring.ciarden. ;
Mr, tfroivii,. of Warrep, introduced an act,
to yrevent the recruiting in the State foe
attler.BWelb which Was pasited
4,„ .petitioglitt , favor of allowing passenger
cars to . run on' Sunday was ;presented by
Idessrs., Wi raley, ,, Quigley„ Aleiander" of Cla
rion, and ,Scofield.
Itemoostranpes, against seine -by Messrs.
Alexander of Centre, Bowman of:Cumber
land, Powell' B. Coleman, Watson',
'W ri
att, Sutphen, Miller, Pacoast i .olrostead,,
,Musseiman,,Guerusey avid Ntgley. •''.
• Aessro.,Smith, of Philadelphia, and Wall,
•
.presented a t petition of citizens of the Twett-.
ty.second• ward, asking to be relieved Oftttoir
_Select Councilmen, F: C. Bsightli, gag.
' . An act •Was iritioduced.io incorporate' the
Nei' York, Washington and•Pittsberg'
'road. The-proposed road `leasvei the New
lersey - Contrarroad at,Sonierville, thenca . to
'Newhope, on.the river Delawaro, -arid thence ,
DoylestoWn, whore•itP cciiinepts with the
Doylestown branch of the North Penneylva,
nia railroad (11 miles in length), which it is
proposed to use to Landsdale , thence from
Laudsdale to Norristown, and from thence
Aver the Chester Valley railroad (using the
track of that road 21 miles) to Downingtown.,
from thence over the Pennsylvania railroad
to Pittsburg, with power to construct a branCh
from Downingtown to Glearock, on the
Northern Central railroad, and thus reach
Baltimore and Washington.
The names of the corporators show that
they are principally New Yorkers and Balti
moreans. Bridges are to•be constructed at
New Hope, over the Delaware; also, over
the Susquehanna, and over the Schuylkill at
Norristown, to reach the Chester Valley
Railroad.
The bill allowing soldiers to vote passed
a second reading, but was not finally acted
upon.
Adjourned
Important Proclamation from
Gov. Curtin
Whereas, For some time past it bus been
known that persons, professing to be agents
of other States, have been busily tampering
with our citizens at home and in the army„
endeavoring, by false representations, to in
duce individuals to enter or re-enter from
those States, and retnonstrnuces have been in
vain made againiit the contintinuce of this
paltry system of seduction;
And whereas, Information has now been re-.
oeived that one of the regiments of Pennsyl
vania has enliated almost bodily as from an
other State; and it appears to he necessary to
take some public means to putour citizens on
their guard against the arts by which results
so disastrous to the nice and their families
may be eflected in others of her regiments
which Pennsylvania has delighted to honor.
Now therefore, I, Andrew 1.3 Curtin, Gov-.
eroor of khe Commonwealth of Penuilylvania,
do issue tins, my proclittnati,n. addressed to,
all citizens of the Commonwealth,. but espeo
ially an . emphatically to her veterans in the
army, cautioning, them against allowing them
selves. to be seduced from her service. By
enlisting in regiments of other States, they
deprive their ramifies at home of that gener
ous and liberal aid which cur law hae
provided fur them an a right, and not as a
charity ; they will not enjoy the right of suf
frage, which au approaciung amendment of
of the Constitution wi,l give to our absent
volunteers; they cut themselves loose from
the ties which bind them lo their homes, and
which bind Penneylvania to give them eon
intuit care and assistance in the field, an obli
gation which our State has never neglected.
If wounded or sick, they will no longer be
fostered by,our agents; and received with ap
plause and consideration as men who hove
done honor to' Pennsylvania ; they bring the
history of their reginienis to an abrupt close;
their names will-no longer be entered on our
rods ; all 140 glorious recollections of their
valor and sufferings will be weakened by the
tact that they have abandoned their native
State, deserted the great Commonwealth un
der whose banner they have earned for them
selves and for her the highest reputation for
ociurage and all the martial virtues, and that
they have done thin under indueetneuts which
are in fact unfunded, and at the very time
when their friends and neighbors at hotize
viers prepari.ig for them bounties probably
largt r than those offered by oilier States, and
ceriaiely much Jarger, if the support afforded
to their families bit taken. into account.
I therefore appeal to our noble volunteers
not to abandon the Commonwealth. She has
been proud of the glory which their course
hitherto has shed abundantly on her. As
mother she has a right to the honors to be
wan in future by her children. Stand by her
arid she will stand by you, and you will have.
the richest reward in the grateful affections,
and sympat hies of your families, your friends,
your neighbors, lid your fellow citizens.
But if you leave her for the service of oth
er States you throw away all these, for their
people will regard you merely as ineroen-,„
aries, and, when they have fulblled their bar-.
gains, will leave you and your families IA
shift for yourselves. Recollect your homes,
and your families, and your friends, and thee.
banners which you have carried so gloriously
upon many - it bloody field, and wfilch, defaced
by shot and shell, but still bearing the names
of the battles in which you have been distin
guished, she has provided for receiving at the
close of the war; and preserving as holy re 1....,
Ms of your patriotism and devotion to the
cause of our common country; These thing&
are,worth motifs to you and to Your children,
than money. Do not grieve and disappoint
your friends by abandoning them all.
I take this occasion to enjoin upon all meg
istrates, district attorneys, and all other of
ficers, a strict vigilance in enforcing the lam!,
of this Commonwealth agaiut all persons
who shall within this State 'attempt ko re•
omit volunteers for other States.
/,--,---, Given under my hand and the
L. s. Great Seal of the State, at Harri5,.....r....,
,..... r ...., burg, the twenty-fourth day of
February, in the year of our Lord one thous
and eight hundred and sixty four, and of the
CUIDU/011190E11111 the eighty-eighth.
IV the Governor:
Eta SLITEII,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
WAR NEWS.
The Advance of Grant's Army
SIIEU.M.AN DIVIDES POLK'S ARMY
NABI4VILLE, Feb, 25, 1864.
"Our army 18 now in front. of Dalton, and
will probably minim , the town to night.
Tunnel Hill ViVI carried this morning by
our forces after comiderable skirmishing.
Scouts who arrive J Quo. Onot's .bead
quarters this morning say that Gen Sherman
has struck Utz...Mot - Ale and Ohio Railroad.
Gen Sherman hits out the Rebel army Of
Gel). Polk in the center, and both wings are
running away in different directions
There is a tremendous rebel oavalry force
in the rear of Gen. Sherman, but no oppre
honsions are felt for a Union disaster.
Gen. Sherman lives upon the country whist,
it in ntatvd abounds in stores of all kinds.
Great excitement exists in Montgomery,
, and tho people there are much frigkt,
eneil at the approach of Gen Sherman.
Qen. Grant's scouts also repOrt thatia . hoavy
attack on the forte of Mobile to in full opora.
Lion, but with what success could not be
learned.
Gen. Longstreet's forces are back again 44
their al quarters.
CINCINNATI, Feb. 26, 186 f:
The Gazette's Chattanooga. dispatch eays
-the advanced force of Gen Grant's Qrmy,wae
within three miles of Dalton.olK,the
The Rebels were driven from' TnnnAl and
pursued till night fall.--
r.Heavy battle at. Dalton.WlkiLtio.t.bnprobable.-
' Hardee's divisitinilbadAieen
-sent to reinforce Polk.. • , ,
We learn from Port Royal that op the, 18th
init.. at 8 p. m. , the rebels succeeded in'tioaii.
ink a torpedo against the Bleep of war HciudeP'
tonic, and injured her se 'that - she Sunk in. al
• short time. Two 0ffmer6.4134 three men were
drowned.; , other's , ;were.' rescued, Our
'troops find made' (en. 'the Pithre successful
reconnolsoace up Btvannah River le.WilliaM'e
Island. • Two transports have been loet - by •
grounding •••M St. John!s River Florida.
battle had,takett.phice:at Olustes; in Florida. ;,
hut mi:r particular nee given, 'save that our ,
troops had 'betrayed a great deal of proper= tj ~ •
••And returned to Jacksonville. •
ildviees from North Carolina state that the
• •Reliels will undoubtedly make another effort- 4
• to drive Oem Pock's,ferees out of the,State.
They have three iron-clads' nearly ready ,tO. l
move down the Neues, Roanoke, and Tar rly
ark ,Our ;lata,rnld troubled them grenqYtliir,'
destroying a veal,' amount of oommilleary
stores. , .It•ia Said that Glov..lranoo: demands
the exPulsion of the Union'.,foraaa'Oin.lllo'
State; ns the condition the`State,- .
troops;-inEonfederate'
theorifediT•the.Rolce'lS ;;Wfll.ittlaaikia,;.Vtrilfaia;
, -
A. G. CURTIN