hc; ruicl. CARLISLE, PA. Friday, April 15, 1864. 9: M. PETTENGILL. & MO. 37 Park Row, New York, and 6 State St. Boston, aro our Agents for the lima", I n [hos° cities. and aro authorized to take Advertise ments and Subscriptions for us at our lowest rates. The People's Choice for President, ABRAHAM LINCOLN. UNION STATE CONVENTION The loyal men of Pennsylvania, compris ing the National Union party, will meet in State Convention, in the Hall of the house of Representatives, at IlAnnisrmaa, at noon, ON THURSDAY, APTIL 28th, 1864. Each district will be entitled to the same representation it now has in the State Logic laturo, and the delegates will be ohosen at such times and in such manner as shall be directed by the respective county commit tees. The State Convention is called for the pur pose of placing in nomination an Electoral Ticket, selecting delegates at large to the National Convention of the Union Party to bo held at Baltimore. ON THE 7Th OF JUNE NEXT, and taking such action as it may deem prop er in reference to the approaching Presiden tial canvass. The selection of the district delegates from Pennsylvania to the National Convention is left, where it properly belongs, to the people assembled in their county conventions; but the different county committees are earnestly requested to adopt such measures as will pro oure a full attendance at their respective con. ventions, and thereby secure, in the choice of delegates, a full and fair expression of the will of the people. The committee cannot forbear to congratu late all lovers of liberty and the Union upon the recent triumphs of the good cause in New Hampshire and Connecticut, and to express the hcipe, shared by all loyal men that they are only the forerunners of more splendid victories soon to be won in the same cause a• like by the bullet and the ballot In behalf of the Union State Centrol Com. mittee. WAY:\ E \lc\ EAU 11, Chairman GEo. W. RAMER,Lv, Secretaries W. IV. lIAYE, - UNION - 00 U - Nq. 4 Y CONVENTION The inenile.r , of the nion party of Cumberland eo.inty, are reirue: , teil to nivel. at the usual plnt 01 In:I:ling elections in their resi cetive NV.INIS, or town- ships, on SA 7'l Rll,l F. 160, thy nl April, between the twin: of 7 and 9 Webrck. P. M., in the borough; and N\ az ds, and between 4 and 6 P. M., in the towtothips, to elect Two Delegates from each dtstri( t to a County Convention, to be held at Ithectn's Hall, in .the Borough.or on MUNDAY, April 18th inst.. for the purpo,t• of appointing de legates to the N'ttiondl Union Soap c on ven_ tion, to be held at llarrkburg, on the 28th of April, 1861, to elect four delegates at large to the lialtitnure Cunt cation, and to farm nu Elcei.oral J. M. WEAKLY, Chairman DELEGATE ELECTIONS. The members of the Trion misty of the East Ward of the Borough uf will merq at the pnhlie house of Thompson B. Weakly, and those of the Ireq Want at the public house of John liiinnen. on Saturday Evening, April Kith inst., between the hours of and o't lock, fw purpose of electing /w,, oni eac h Ward to the 1 . 111011 (. 0.1111l . \ Ct/llVelltloll. In la. held in Carli:dc, n Monday, (pr t. t.; t. April 13, ISf; Y. Wr hope our imittical fri,Dl,t both in towo and countr7, kill pay special attention to 11,. above notie, wiant Hat the ie should be a lull tul'a ou, ut lbea pnin.t;y u or.ivr th.tt and nieett n expression or sentiunvit way be had. If lt e would carry the October and November elec tions, we must organize at once, and keep up that organization until the elections are over Our enemies understand the importance of thik matter, and always act upon it. Let us, them shake off oar apathy, awake to the ne cessity of attending these primary meetings, nod affect it thorough organization. Pure Coppei Our readers will remember the order is sued by General Burnside on Om dst day of June last, suppressing a paper called the Chicago Times on account of the repeated expression in its columns of disloyal and incendiary sentiments. The order waS.,re scinded because it did not meet with the air/ probation of the President, but no loyal man doubted the justice it sought to evoke, howev er much he nui,;t:t doubt the propriety of using it. Our own opinion was, that the order was right and should have been enfor ,ced, and we are confirmed in that opinion by a recent circumstance, which shows no abatement in the disloyal tendencies of the publishers of the Tines. Gen'l. Burnside— a man whom all loyal people delight to honor —having recently visited Chicago with the patriotic purpose of securing, recruits for his Ninth Army Corps, the Times thus heralded hia co mi : "Tne BUTCHER COMING.—The Butcher of Fredericksburg and attempted assassin of the liberty of speech and of the press in the Northwest is coining to Chicago, on the in vitation of sundry abolitionists, who propose, we believe, to make a public exhibition of him sometime during this day. They are fit parties for the perforniance, and he is a fit -object for their adulation. He is no: much -of a sight however. He was not the head butcher and assassin ; he was only the crett• -tnre, the mean instrument, the puppet, the jumping jack of the principal butchers and assassins. He did not conceive the butchery and assassination; he does not rise to any- Thing so grand as that; he was the ruffian procured to do the crimes, than which char actor none is so detestable in the eyes of mankind. It is this ruffian who will be on exhibition in some public place in Chicago to-day, surrounded by even meaner ruffians than himself. He will have spectators as other monstrosities do, but -it must be a sin. gularly - triol mind that will enjoy the re pulsive spectaele." Could political malignity or sympathy with traitors go further than this ? To stigmatize one of our best generals as a "butcher and assassin," and nat only him, but the Presi dent and other officers of the Government, ip an offense which, in this day of peril to our institutions, merits the severest punish ment civil or military law can inflict. And we toll those who are in auth city at Wash ington ,that they underestimate the patriot of the people and overestimate the lib. City of the press if they allow such utteran ces!Ad t. 13.9 ,of the Times to go unrebuked by "the strong 'arta .of the law.—Pitt.lbttiv The Disgrace in Congress. On Friday last, in the National [lonise of Representatives, Speaker Colfax called Mr. Rollins, of New'Hampshire, to the ohair, and rising to a question of privilege °fared the following resolutions Whereas, Ou the Bth day of April, 1864, when the House of the Representatives was in Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union, Alexander Long, a Representative iu Congress from the Second district of Ohio, declared himself in favor of recognizing the independent nationality of the so called°Cou tederacy, now iu arms against the Union; and Whereas, The said so-ealled Confederacy, thus sought to be recognized and established ou the ruins of a dissolved or destroyed Union, has held us its chief officers, civil and milita• ry, those who have added perjury to their treason, and wno seek to obtain success for their parricidal efforts by the killing of the loyal upholders of the OntIOO, who are striv• ing to save it from destruction. And whereas, The oath required of all mem bers, and taken by the said Alexander Long on the first day of the present Congress, de clares that "1 have voluntarily given no aid, countenance, c0n0,21, ur encouragement to persons engaged in armed hostility to the United States," thereby declaring that such conduct is legardrd as inconsistent with went bershtp in tie el,ugreos Or the United States; therefore be it Resolved, Thad Alexander Long, a Repro. sentatire from the S. cool li-crict or Ohio, having, en the Sib ut Aptil, 1864 declared himself in favor of recognizing the indepen• deuce at.d. nationality of the so-c tiled Con. federacy now in arms against the Union, and thereby given aid, countenance, and encour• agemeut to persons engaged in armed hostil ity to the United States, is hereby expelled During the debate which occurred on the resolution, and which was participated iu by numerous members on both sides. Mr. BARRIS, of Maryland, said that he en. dorsed etery word that the gentleman from Ohio (Mr Long) had uttered, and would stand by Lim tor weal or for woe. You soy that the gentleman meant trtaSUll at the very moment you say that he woo sincere 'Lod bun est ! Ile was willing to go with his friend any wh , re oil that issue. Could nut a man say, when II war is carried 00 to exterminate peup:e, that he would rather have peace, thus saving livos on both sides, and especially when the sentiments come from distinguished men to hack hint 3 Not one of you can he compared with the man the gentleman quoted ..)esitod.iy. Ile wt.., a ponce twin —a radical peace man. lie was tor recognizing the iv, Conte leraey, and lor acquiescing in I,ll*, -11001 tam. of seeet-ti 10 die- had a hope., but it 100 in this il.at brut to would come and sweep 3 On tram p)wor, an give II 10 11 111011 Wilk) a ne Itlllllo.lllly till hOl/10 iegard t the pi ineip,s their Millets War ;you:A never IA ins y 01l It`l'lolll4ll,ll worth a 11,11:. lie lillo tot' 1/011.110 0101 ;he too Ll,aughttr 111001000 twto oily of 'lit ti. [Renewed litug!Ler.] It we cannot in tk, pellet!, let us have two splendid Lioverumeots —two happy tiotternmenis. lie was a slaveho'der, and was sill it all his slaves had tot been s:uleit from him. Ile looked 0111111 1.11000 who uppo.ie slavery as madmen. - lin -- vompas - sion2`ol Item If it was a stn he was wiling to bray it 1 tie people have Icen deceived by stereo tyr.ed ialseiouti. 11 den this war was cum !neut.:. d Seward said it 11111111 Ito put down in toy..ty rt instead of 73,000 men enditi,l, it, you Itave now Calle I for half a million et tttid , tott. A braver set of men nev er existo.l on Go l'o earth 111111 ill L/10 Soot 11, and when you ::'tempt to elevate the negro with the whale u.un you stir up strife. n, Puritans saw nothing in the ISitte against slavery, and when they found slavery unpro firable they oil I thou Cloves to the tSouth.'— lltyting t thogo:d, tho.i 1:0,.0:10101 , 16 round and tt•ieo,,,t to tid.po_a .8 the ,`.7l_ nth of the property. Hu had voiod against 10111 nod money to 110 the wa,.. 11l noultl not 010)1IL 11.0 L rlllO 11,0110 X , 111.1 1,0 opo.o. by a tyraic tilt a ouan or tl d /1 1 11 IT 01,1 II') VOILI for this it.fernal wr. It It the 11103 , sill pen (ha' :i.,.rarol ally perp!o oat the lace (: 01 . 0 0.11.11. IL kilo 110 11'1I0'-011, 111111))! the 111001 ut H It 01,1,)) 1 :10 tight L Con , ml,l€l' Wit il I I , t t 1.1 r:1 CIL . ' 111120110 1;:e xlll 1.111 1.:114 • :1 • 1,,t I, 1w y 15 liitl 15 Li' .1. !, , avo 1;1 1111:111;t4 111 , 111 into ,(1:,.•e;i., 1 1 Th:o dolle het, end Uol Altutgicy grant it never may bo. 1 hope you will never suljogatetho South The Pret•i•lefit has prove , l hituself uufit to bo entruetted with tho money power Alter smite furt:wr 1 1 .121)10e 1111 the ,Lit,j. )fr. uf 111ifio:s, utrurecl lice him y - \Vhenas, Honerahle Harris, a inemher the House of sun:at:yes of the Liiiicd States froin the State of Mars land, has, upon this :lay. used the following langtia , e, to wit : " Th. , ti ulth asked you to put them live 1,1 peace; but no, you said you tcoul , l bring them into suhj, , , , - Hon. is not done ) et, and God grant that it never tour 1,,-. 1 11,,p., that you will never sul,jugate the suutl," And li'hu'r Such language is treason - and a gross contempt of this house. There fore, be it Resolved , That the said Bnijamin G. Har ris be expelled from this House. Mr. Washburne then demanded the pre vious questiou, whin t alt"r some des altory opposition by the secessionists, was put, land suited—yeas 81. nays 58, as follows : VEAS.--Allen, Allison, Ames, Anderson, Ashly, Bailey, Baldwin (Mass ) 13ax ter, Beaman, Blame, Blaiw (Missouri), Bout well. Bo d, Broomall, Brown (W. Va ) Clark, A. W., Clark. F., Cobb, Cale, Davis (M I.), Davis (New York), Dixon, Donnelly, Driggs, Dumont, Eckley, Eliot., Frank, Garfield, Gooch, Grinnell, Hale, Illgoy. Hooper, Hutch kiss, Hubbard (Iowa). Hubbard (Conn). Jencks, Julian, Kasson, Kelley, Kellogg (Mich Kellogg (N Y ), Loan, Marvin, Mcßride, Mc- C art;, Miller N. Y ; Mot rill, Mor rill, Motris N Y ; 01'4, Antsy Myets, Leon• lard, Orth, Patterson, Pike, Pumery, Price, Randall Ky,; Reline N. II.; Salienck, Scofield, Shannon, Smithers, Spaulding, Siarr, Thayer, Thomas, Tracy, L'psou, Van Valkenburg, Washburn 111 ; Washburn :Mass.; Webster, IVhaley, Williams, Wilder , Wilson, Windom, Womb' idge. NAYS.—Allen, S C ; Ancona. Baldwin Mich,; Bliss, Brown Was ; Chanter, CI ay, Cox, Cravens, DAWSOLI, Dennison, Eden, Elbridge, English, Finek, Gansou, ()rider, Harding, Harrington, Herrick, Holman, Hutchins Johnson Pa.; Johusha Ohio.; Keratin, Law, Lazear, Le Blond, Lang, M illory, Marcy, Mc. Allister, McDowell, McKinney, Middleton, Miller Pa ; Morris Gahm ; Mari 4300, Nelson, Odell, Pendleton, Provo, 1{.1.,11111 Pie.; Rabin son, Rogers, Rollins MO ; Rossi• Scot t, Steele N. Y.; Steel N. J.; Strouse, Sweet, Vuorhes Ward, E , White C. A. White J. W. Wiudfield, Wood, F. There not being, the ... required two-thirds vote to excel a member, tho resolution was declared rejected. , It will bo noticed that our reprsentative, Hon. Jos BALLY,' is found voting ou the right side, in favor of the expulsion. ,We °tunnel find language strung enough- to express .our gratitude to Mr. Baily, for this renewed evi dence of his fidelity to his pledge' of fealty to the Union. True the duty in this instaeoe was a plain one—squarely an issue between treason and loyalty ; but in these days of, po litical degeneracy, it Is refreshing to see a man who as in this instance has beau reared in the Dernooratio party, atalvime been elect. ed to his present position partly through the assistance of the best men in that organize- . 001:1; speak out fearlessly in denunciation of such foul treason as that vomited forth upon the country on Friday last. The Union lov. ing citizens oft his congressional district send greeting to their representative, and exhort him to stand firmly in his present reighteous and honorable' position, fearing no evil. On the failure of the resolution to expel, Mr. Schenck of Ohio introduced the following. Resolved, That Benjamin O. Harris, a rep• reseutative from the Fifth district of the State of Maryland, having spoken words this day in debate manifestly tending and dtiiiigned to encourage the existing rebellion and the public enemies of the nation, is declared to be au unworthy member of this House, and is therefore severely censured. Mr. 'MADLORY unsuccessfully moved an adjournment—yeas 21 nays 82. Mr. ELDRIDGE, of Wisconsin, moved that the resolution be laid upon the table. This was decided in the negative—yeas 23 nays 80. Alter further proceedings, the resolution of Mr. Schenck was adopted—yeas 92 nays 81. Mr. Bally voting, as before, in the atlirma• Live, The Philadelphia Press, in a leader on (ha subject very fittingly says: That Ivy.> men. should rise in the Congress of the United States, boldly affirm the right of secession, the justice of the rebellion, and advocate the dissolution of tlin Union, is , shatne almost too monstrous to be,ieve. But that these men should not beat once expelled, that that they should find other members basc enough to defend, a party strung enough to protect them, is something muse than shame;' it is infamy. Great Heaven ! to what have we come, when treason reveals itself on the floor of Congress, and successfully defies the power of the law and the indignation of the peopl.. Either we, the people, have failed in our duty in this war, or we have been dis gracefully deceived in sending to Congress the tifty eilqht Representatives who refused to ex pel Mess rt Long and Harris fur what they dared to say last week. “I prefer the recognition of the Southern Confederacy to the continuance of the war fur the Union" This is whet My. Long had the audacity to say on Friday ; this is the dis honorable declaration which Mr. Harris had the atabuiun to excel, and which he did ex eel in 11is infttneus speech in the fierce debate of Saturday. —I endorse every sentiment ut tered by'Mr. L mg, and I ant not, onlyin favor or recognizing the Southern ConfederaCy, but I auriu dOel rme Of SOCV , ,9IOa. ' Are soon imm fit to be in tan , Con4reis of the States? 00,1111 they to he wicl»n the 11, al lines? Are they tn.,l e lops] tb,in the bi!+!‘k2.l V.tllandigharn, or the self 10.11,1 . 8 of t h e rebellion itself ? We are told that when Mr. Harris had thus spoken, a Beene f helm:ll,lmm excitement followed in the (louse, and that he was compelled to take his seat. lie unaniinous vote he shmilil have been compelled to leave it. Tile speeches oi Mr. Long and Mr liar ris-wer,+ da,ligrace enough, yet we.could have btrue it. lilt how shall wu bear the greater dii!igrace that followed ? Mr. IVashburne (we thaok him for his promptness) offered a reso lotion to expel Mr. Barris, and the recorded vote stool, yeas hi, nays 58, but a two-thirds vwe being ilet:3:4 try, Mr. Harris remains a m..ch rupreseniativu of the American people, with tint pOWl.r to help nits our laws, and shape the fniure of ,mr eJuutry : Treqson duel nortmlit him ti) IC,dA for loyal eaten, in the ol , iuL,o of fitly —withers of the Nati,ma! t i 4 ;lot. revpongible, 1 f11,!I twly do SLY, until II Tut: ;1 Itt,t ittn ttl . Mr. 5t....:tttnt.',..4 .ts un natvorilly mew- Iv rite l/3 to 18, stitli:iently repels ty lliat a retpt , e,ttithl!ol 11,4 tee; tvi It Ilk opirliJtPt. Bat that i., ii)t it r p e .;il4 eulertai 14) hie n w 1 , 11,,11 t, 111011.. , It*C.llll of S11.!!I a svm. paddy Tau ta;a•ny 130i0.0 111 Clue del:IA.l'W ion that :he alone toy of the di,3olution of the Union in COllgrCSl is not a Crllllo that may be putt,,bed by expillsion,of the traitor. There id the ,lianie that Will tiling the hot blood to the cited.: of every m• u t who cares anything for the honor of the. itimblic Mr Harris avowed litio , elf a Si.,:es-uonist, aal the Con gres he Belie I and insulted replied to him, "1 - ott are au unworthy mewher, yet we agree withi v•.,u :Ida a Seressiontst had a right to mike lall4 for the Union." What. w is the vote of eeu:u u •e worth? lo connection with the re ject;•nt of the resolution to expel, Mr. Harris has reason to accept the censure as a oomph merit. As for Mr. Long, lie ought not to bo expelle I ; for,if Mr. Harris is at once unworthy and worthy to he a Representative, we see no teasou why Mr. Lln,r, should not in time become President. Speaking for all loyal auil hra‘ve men, we thank you, Mr. Colfax, for your just reso lin ion, and the good argument %yids which you prure,l that it should be passed. Messrs Washburn°, Kelley, Schenck, Garfield, and the others of the eighty one uncompromising men who voted to expel a Seoessiobist, will be remembered by the people. Nor will the fifty eight gentlemen whose votes gave that Secetosionist the power to repeat his treason be forgotten That some of them should do fend treason is to be expected, but others will kayo a terrible account to settle with their constituents. How very brave must be these fifty-eight heroes thus to defy the patriotism, and pride, and auger of a illation ! What magnanimity they displayed in the saerifice of the honor of the Republic to an avowed friend of the rebellion. Their names should be written in letters of -gold, and inscribed where all the world could read, -these were the moo who kept an open Seoessionist in the Congress of the United States I" [The ease of Mr. Long, was disposed, of yesterday, but up to our going to press we have nut learned how it was disposed of.] FROM Euttorn.—The Heck and City of L)ndou have arrived at N. Y., and the Hiber nia at Portland. Advices include the 26th. Four new steel-clad blockade runners were about ready to leave Liverpool. The Earl of Aberdeen, fortlier prime minister of England,. is dead. The Danish queFtion presents no new features. Maximilian will set out for Mexico ou the 14th instant, and will observe strict neutrality between the United States and the Confederates. 'rho rebel oruiser Florida sailed from Santa Cruz, Teneriffe, on the Sib of Ma - rch ; the St. Louis arriving in pursuit of her one day after. The Pope's health is said to have improved. Garibaldi has left Oaprera for England, and is to be handsomely received. flonnSENEss, and the various Throat affections to whieh Publie Speakers, Military Officers, and Singers are liable, re hayed by "Biouoi's Bronchial Trochea."— Having.a direct in lluenee to the affected parls, they allay Pulpsooary MIIM=I Our Finances We are sorry that the Democrats should be at such labor to prove the approaching financial ruiu'•of the country—alas for Cas sandra's grief—but we fear that their tears will not turn into golden nuggets until they give an honest and earnest support to the Government. 'ln the meantime we are per fectly at ease respecting the success of our financial policy. It is useless to speak of Revolutionary shinplasters, when the thir teen colonies had neither manufactures, mines, commerce, or any source of wealth from which to draw substantial revenue, or even prospects for a coherent body politic• Row idle to declaim concerning French as signets, when every schoolboy knows that France, exausted by civil war, and worn out by intestine difficulties, was struggling amid uncertain political forms, with all Europe united against hor. On this topic wo cannot refrain quoting from the admirable speech of Senator Con nell, delivered in the State Senate a few days ago : The channels of industry interrupted at the breaking out of the war, are again fully occupied. The fact that our exports of do mestic produce in the third year of the war were $73,476,000 greater than that of the second year, is strongly significant of our recovery of its first paralyzing effect. I assume, th e n, as an assured fact, that we can go ou, as we are now progressing, if' need be, for lung years to come as our debt increases our wealth increases in still larger proportion. If we add $i00,000,000 to the debt side of the account this year we shall have some twelve or fifteen hundred millions accumulated profit to meet it; and so of the next year, and the next indefinitely. Bor rowing' only from ourselves, the enormous annual addilions to the national wealth will enable the people to advance the Govern ment all the necessary means until the last, traitor shall be driven from the field and the rebel flag float no longer over ono foot of soil within the territory of the nation. Ours,'Mr. Speaker, is a grand destiny to develop to the fullest extent the immeasur able resources of a continent—the future home, I trust, of the mightiest, freest nation of the earth. I have lull and undoubting confidence that we shall accomplish ihat high and glorious m scion, though the dark pros pect of dismemberment has sometimes loom ed up mom, inariiy before us. I have set forth such ressons`and such an array of in. .I,,iputalde facts iis should satisfy the in •re Male IthB Lb success is certain and inevi table. Bat 1 have a still higher reason for my unbelief in our ultimate triumph—a form fitith these imperishable principles, Truth, and Right, and Justice, and in that Divine proviednce so easily recognized in every chapter of our history, everyWbere and in all ages, reducing. from evil the greate-t and grandest results for our race, and gui ding the slow unchanging, onward course in civilitation, liberty and law. Let no tnan up. ve - Fi , vhfit foreboding of the future sink in despondency, apprehensive that we may go backward, or th.t, wg shall halt in our boundless career. It ie nit in the moue of things, nor consistent, with what we have BCOII and read. No : Forward is the wool 'llotleqth thiA nttrrr N..u.cht rosto , tl . ;iil, Bat all thine; hold ILri u inarr‘l As if by 1•nev1 . ... i ileir = on ! for, Amending Tne U. S. (ii lltioll On Vatu.i't, Arno. 811, 1661 to tto Son ate of tne United Strips, welt , fussed the folloNNing proposed amet,dment to the ( the Unifeti Stu/es : Be it resolved by the Senate ttnd House of Representatives of the United States 01 Atneri,ta in t:ongress assembled, two .thirds of both 'louses coueurring. That the fol. Lowing article by: proposed Lithe Legislatures ut the several Stites as all amendment to the constttution of the United States, which, when ratified by three fourths of said Legit) latures, shall be valid to all intents and pur poses of said Constitution, namely : Article .111.1—Sect;on 1. Neither sla ery or involuotary servitude, except as a punish went for crime, wherof the party shall have ben duly convicted, shall exist within the Utoted States, or any place Itubjeet to j urisd ietion. Section 2. Congress shall have power to entorce this article by appropriate legisla tion. The Fallowing was the vote on the passage of the amendments in the Senate : Yeas—Messrs. Anthony, Brown, Chand ler, Clark, Collamer, Conness, Cowan, Dix on, Doolittle, Fessenden, Foot, Foster, Grimes, Hale, Harding, Harlan, Harris, Henderson, Howard, Howe, Johnson, Lane, of Indiana, Lane, of Kansas, Morgan, Morrill, Nesmith, Pomeroy, Ramsey, Sher man, Sprague, Sumner, Ten Eyck, Trum bull, Van Winkle, Wade, Wilkinson, Willey., Nays—Messrs. Davis, Hendricks, Mc- Dougal, Powell, Riddle, Saulsbury-6. But tio Senators from free States had the courage,to put thetnse yes on the Journal of the United States Senate against submitting the question of prohibiting slavery, consti tutionally and according to the Constitution, to the people. The two Senators referred to are Hendricks of Indiana, and McDou gall of California. The other four votes are Davis and Powell of Kentucky, Riddle and Saulsbury of Deleware. Messrs. Buckalow of Pennsylvania, Wright of New Jeasey, and Richardson of Illinois, dodged or wore absent. Should this proposition pass the House by a two third vote, it will come fairly before the State legislatures fur adoption, and when ratified by three fourths of all the State leg. islatures it will become part and parcel of the Constitution of the United States, slavery be abol4hed, and•the peace of the country permanently established. To the submission of this question, ac cording to the forms of the Constitution to the people oldie United States, our democrat ic friends would have no objection, Con gress has at three 'different times proposed amendments to-the Constitution of the Uni ted States, which were ratified by three. fourths of all the State legisiatores, and ore now a part of that instrument, The first was proposed in 1789, the second in 179-i1 the third in 1803. Qther amendments were propeced at different times but were not adopted by the people of, thy States as pre scribed. by the Constitution. 110‘v if. our .Democratie -friends of the House will two in and give the requisite two-third vote iu favor ,of the amendments and give the people a chance, they may be able fo dispose of slavery constitutionally. That of • donne . is according to democracy. If the peeple ratify it according to,the con• stitotion, the Party claiming to inherit the principles of Jefferson and Jackson should not stand in the way. What say the dem ocracy of the United , States house of Rep resentatives to this? Has the Government Performed its Duty ? From tho Philadelphia North American. If the loyal government now contending a• gal list treason has com4itted errors in the course of the war, it is not by any means re markable or censurable. The contest is one of immense proportions and peculiar charm: teristics The weapons are unusully destruc tive, and all the appliances costly in propor lion. Immense armies have to be whirled a long, in many instances by steam power, to meet th e enemy, who has a similar advantage, chiefly conferred by northern capital, when our people anticipated no such outbreak.— There was scarcely time to form deliber a te plane, fur the treacherous foe had been for years iu readiness to strike and hail purpo sely legislated and manoeuvred to keep toe national forces weak, and to disperse them 1,, distant points. Any reasonable man would give to these embarrassing circumstances their proper weight, and look with 0) inpathy and forbe trance on the efforts of the Admin istration to perf, rill n duty so ii'llfuous and yet so impel wive. flow easy in compar ocon would it have been to let tile republic ha dismembered, and seek a ju-tilia , tl ?II in the unquestionable tact that the t,lc was at once 11010i/101M ;101l dOtlbt rl/1. ALMY an anxious day and night, muuttiorable labor.' of mind and body, would have been 'Tared them. .A wiser and nobler motive than personal ease or safety guided ate Administration to a iliffereot ilecisiou. They determined to save the Union at every hazard, in consonance with the views of all our great statesmen when eJniemplming such attempts to des.rey it as we now behold. Reflecting and patriot lc men looked beyucid the present how into a future, and saw many dangers along Its course, undisoernable to supertimat That hollow truee we might have had tor the mpeilous slaveholder did not beguile or mis- Ilead the men who stood at the helm. \Ve , l they knew that even the proposition to nego tiate with armed insurgeams so haughty and defiant us were these would only have enco /r -aged tbetn lo decmcndi most ektr.v.gu,nt, and unjust , cir if tho,e were granto I, but la brief period of peace cool l I tlluty The very con cession would nave bowl reckoned an evidence of weakness, euidirailug, beyond denial, the southern- idea m loathe, n cowardice. Duly a few years ut precAri•,us peace could have br n hoped lor, voetily nt uneo so or It and so I I COll I 0111 11 rug int MEE It must never he I,rg 'Hen I,v our poop u, the d.01:110111 of the pt tt,,./111 Hi rat he re./t.1:: that tht , tent per utul tendency t.t the Alteeltel It r , h . ol ten teen Lltni hi ed nt the Mills Disparagement ot the free Stqle,, mill tary cou'rage, was a It quent ',ewe ul suutheru rhetotte. The easy t•t,lt ot tug our ti atiteru eth el, Sit I :7.curing the trod /I, IL Compensation for itnaittat wr..,tl ; 2!+, Was °ken up,ttt let . ,lllttierA Vie 1111 I 'l2ot/t:11) , It wit , but n cunituu Mon approaehtng a 111 I ILI 1111115 Ic Itr•t1)111./tII le, when the rebel 11 . 411<ve let,e-!,1 that In 1,,c0 wee,, trout Inc 1 t.l of tl t•I it+tt 5,1,411-)LI WL)111,1 yie•.l 11l tie.. ,tht . ...let,it• 11.)w •I, the h std Cl Ire ,sou I, .1i I el, t, ot, rartng 1111 , 1 . fit it, out' io , rtoori lit .:11111 .4111 :I,kl I.eu y'burg test 11'e 'lotto It stiperogttittry to reit enik. 1.L1.118 Its 1111 . - e, Kele it itiit lil •I I 1.1. (I ‘ l sii , 41gitial fallacy el d, tit) I itild -urls ul irr ln.nl t. 111 1 ,1 II 1010111 agalleit trlt lIICI lOU Mtar I,YP 11 I..criutw illlll igii 1 s\ the) ,ct•ui lei which tiny HILI 111 , Alik.ll to hull .1..11,01,111 11, =EMI ME 'GP con , titi =I :41,1 W•1:1 Jill, liCett(ed, Let, ill-, .1 IV ,- - Nore .1 ill 111 the 10c, ;, I "- Lurt coLeie•tie l to 10,,,:mti0 ; liC I hri.e e 1 ro ii w ,11,1120 e le I 1 , 111101. ga• 11.111 lie Lill uul de,,y 11,:ti IJ:181 , 0 ll‘,l !..I,L, in•tlign tut lubek, Who, lieVer IU Utile are dit.l aught tu 11e11el] t•01.11.11y, 11,ov iu the :111s Or deal I ucti•.ll :in v.ll 11 11 I,lollllt. ;11,1 vV.•l* 11;,tdC r . oillt•l' du:ouee ltg 1111,4. 1.. g it um len ty 1,111,2,11,1' C1u1 , u112 , 1 arid pi vn , c I upon e% Cr lIS i t Itic I , IIIIIC with more stern Lie- I= Hence have arisen the delays and disop pointment which chequer the war, uotwith slanging the. prodigious etlorts put forth by the government. Tee tusk was tar unite Litt ficult than co.ild have expected, nil yet out, by (moil-great difficulties are lading, away be fore the vii•torious progrei,4 el t.ie nattrinal arms. Viherever the oil ilag liqs been re placed in the rebellions okirtets there it still waves, der•pite the frantic ot the trill tors to rejoice it. Our Btwee-,-, thigh hither to slow, is regular cud dt.ct whikt in the neir lututeV , e h1:1101 . I h,lghltr 1.11,-iiVri eoppehowl logic whi , in unte.i till to aso uch as I bree )curs vitae 1011‘11Fell 1., get back one-half of the swell tcrinuty, 'here fore via years lit le.tvt (111131 tor the entire ,luriliton tit the is It could only be true if the contedvracy bud, in relative proportion to the north, that or iginal material and I,.rce with whioli the 0. , 0 thci began. 11l as this is notoriously other wise the conclusion falls to the giound Three years Warfare has nearly exh aus( ed the southern Stales. Vainly tit, their fi iends hereabout endeavor to disprove it —toe truth oozes out in a limelred %any s which trust'. to concealment, utad the boldest bilsificatiou lb expended to no put potot. The levy. en masse ii Itself an evidence of, the deplorable strait which la cis the rebellion Va hat witl be it fate if one grand battle should demolish Lee's army ? Is such a contiugency improbable when we view the eflicieticy of that noble Potomac army which now confronts the elle my ? Long baffled by mountains, rivers and intrenehtneads, that patriot host stands ready, under a new and victorious leader, for ono ther vigorous assault upon the enemies of our country and of mankind. Let rebels and traitors estimate their chances in the coining encouuter, and consider the force of the shock should loyalty triumph. The copperhead oracles may dilate as here tofuro on errors and procrastination, but Icy. al men will acquit the government of all es sential blame If with the expenditure of three thousand millions we come victoriously through this fiery trial the cost will he repaid tenfold by the establishimintof freedom upon an indestructible basis The martyrs of lib erty who suffer in the glorious cause will es• teem the sacrifice a privilege and an honor priceless above all human things Ten theta sand memorials will testify the notional grat'• 'tilde, and those who perished at Thermopylae will scaroely be more honored by posterity. The Union 'Meeting, in Tennessee. Spoech or Gonorol Rousseau—He Favors Na po Coneoription in Keutuoky. On the 21st instant a very large Union meeting was held at SSelbyville, about 4ix• ty-five wiles sou heat of 'Nashville. The citi.tens of twelve chillies in Middle and West. Tvonessee were present, to the tovnber of 2,500. The NashVillo says fifty Counties would have been repre sented had :he weather been propit'ous.— . Speeches. was wade by Andy Johnson, Col onel Tillman, and Gen. Rousseau, 01 Ken tucky. We extract a brief portion of the last named speaker's remarks: Secessionists everywhere ore just now much. encouraged by the condition of at lairs in Kentucky. They -have some hope of di ffi culties—perhaps of collision between Kentucky and the General Government.— That.. State is called upon to furnish her qoutoof soldiers for our tinny; and with a view to ascertain her stretigth in able-bod ied men, an enrolment tins been ordered of all her able-bodied black men, including slaves. They may or may not be drafted ; but the enrolment points in that direction; and yet she may, if she will, fill her quota with white men. To the drafting of neeroes a large portion of the people of Kentucky are opposed. I have been opposed to it my self; my .prejitclices, like theirs, were a gainst it, and like them I had rather it would not be, if we could get along as well without it; and yet I am free to say, that my judgement is not as much in my way as my prejudices in this matter; for there is no good reason' why a negro, any more than a white man, should be exempted from fighting for the Government under which he is to be free. But our pr. judices whisper in our ears, that it places them on an equality with the white man, to put upon them the sold'er's uniform, and place them in the ranks of the army; that the flag of our country is pollut ed by the touch of their degraded hands, and that we are dishonored by their enlist meet ; that this is the white man's wan with ou. "Southern brethren," alide should nut allow the negro to thglit them. NTa I, I have thought over all this ; have trodeen toy pre judrees under tny feet and asked myself' whether the poor men—the masses of the country—who till the ranks of our army, and fight the battles of the nation, should stand a double or treble draft, and Lave their wives and children, or Gathers and mothers, perhaps never to return again ; or that a fair proportion of the able-bodied blacks of the country should be called upon to du their part of the fighting in this war lor the exist ence of the Govertowint. 'And I snit frank to tell von that I think the negro should do his share. I dun t like to fight much by the side.of a negro; my prejudices are in war ; in fact, they have been at war with toy judgment from the beginning of the re bellion till the present moment. But, it necessary to save the Government, I would, without hesitation, take command of a di VlB - of negroes, and do the best fighting I could in the holy cause of my country. THE BATTLE OF OLUSTEE General Gillmore's Report The Object of the Florida Expedition. Gen. , eyinonr's Advance Against Ord- II ‘ogykicrEits, D. S., lll.L . ros HEAD. 5. C., March 7, 1861 .1( ,i.•(; , /t. (;ene, al in C'lll4, U. S A , 11. I huge the lion .1. to c,pitN ol telographie dispvelies I'l,o thl . (0 13rIg. :-;..yliwur, relative to operations in 1a t rl t to the hght at OILISillt. Ull the 2 1 )111 tlif. 1 / I 'l,l narrative of events COlL ne,:'e,l with the root.tit 110 , ,,Ipation of Florida., Nce , t the c,t. John's River, will nut be out ut place. Lu Iri ti Ile of the 22a December, 1863, I WAS .311:11C.1'17.0.1 by you to uu.lortake such my tlepartmorlr 11.4 I ought deem cuuteience wO.ll Almirnl f)n J.,u. 14, 186 , 1, I wrote you that, uuJe4s. woal.l Interfere with the vie vs of the IV.ar occupy the west bank of the Si. Jahn's River it.' Florida very soon, and t del) /18 there. prepartt,ry I 10.010, mo,u al an early da). t)., Jan. 1;:,, I wr.,te to the Secretary. of 11'or ilia , 1 ha l to qufnternplation the Oc.c:tiprill9ll rit/11.121 On the west hrtuk of the St Julia ' s Itt‘t . r at cry early day. datt , ..l Jan :22, you itifortno , l rice ha' :I', 11 . ;.; 11 , i 1 , 1'01).J-OLI 011( . 1.1110118 11i I . lol' • Storo :try repite•l tli,l the matter I enC 11'.• h to Itly the illomis 111 w. 'II I 't. I. I :I- .. too itr,ll.tt-It.l x[tt, li lt., ; t 1 to, 1.• 1,1 I , ci.l it !1....,a w•ts It• 'CI to j utige ur I, - tt..lv,tuttte;...:l ur prqc- II t , IN () t; I , I , r , ce 11,forining ihut thu “hj , C, :It tuna were: I proet/re nu outlet lot cutlull, lurilber, I I Buie lit the enurny's sources of cou)tni,s ,ry suppllvs. otnain rncruns for any n.,lorod r,gl i, lc 'l-, r aiigui ate measure, tor the edy resioration ui Fit(l(((ia to her allegiance, in 1-411:00-1' CYHtrift&lruct-totvi iv hietr—t. Ii -re ! ceiy,ol from the President by the hands of Major John Hay, Assistant Adjutant Gener al ' February 5, 1 directed Gen. Seymour. whose command seas already embarked, to go t Florida, ellret.ti landiug there, and push forward his mounted force to Bahl win, t weniy wi es limn Jack-ouville the junc tin of ads from Jacksonville awl Fyrioindina A porinm of the command remon .1 Il.l,lwiii a the 9,11, at which point I jninr l it en the evening of the same day. At 11111 1111(0 the enemy had no twee in East Flnro , Lt. except the scattered tragnieuts of Urn see had takeii all his I,rti.lery Oa the 10, h, a portion of our farces was sent toward Srndeib,alt, 11114 1 1'1(1111'11,d 10 Jacksonville. Telegrahic coin intinicatimi was established between Baldwin' am! Jacksonville on the 11th. On that day 1 telegraphy I to Gen Seymour not to lisk are pulse, on advancing on L, ke City, but to nil I Sanderson. lltne,i (here wet o reasons for filling back, which 1 did not know ; and also, iii ease his adyauce net with nay serious Op 1)0:411(011, to COLlQelllEate at Sitader-on and the south fork of the St. Mary's, and, it necessary, to bring back Col. Henry to the latter place. On I tie. 12th Gen. Seymour intorrui ci we from Sand, rsoo that he should tall back to the South Fork of the St. Mary's as soon as Cul Henry, whom he had ordered back from the front, had returned. On the same day I I telegraphed to Gen Seymour shat 1 castled his cononatid at and beyond Baldwin eon centrated at Baldwin without delay for tea cOllB which I gave him. Gen. Seymour join i e 1 me at Jacksonville on the 14th, the main body of his summand being at that time at Baldwin as directed Ile had, however, sent Col. Henry toward the left A o capture 801E10 railroad trains at Gainsvilleou the Fernandina and Cedar Keys Railroad. Alter arranging with Gen. Seymour fur the construction of certain defenses at, Jar kson. ville, Baldwin, and the South Fork of the St Mary's, 1 started fur Hilton Head on the 15th, leaving behind me Capt. Reese of the En gineers, to give the necessary iustructions for the defenses referred to. I considered it well understood at that time betweeia Gen Sey moor anti myself that no advance should 'be made without further instructions from me, nor until the defenses were well advanced. On the 18th I was greatly surprised at re ceiving a letter from Gen Seymour,dated the 17th, stating that he intended io advance with out supplies, in order to destroy the railroad near the Savanna River, 100 miles from Jaek I at once dispatched Gen. Turner to Jack sonville to stop the movement. Ile wee the bearer of a letter to Hen, Seymour. Upon arriving at Jacksonville, after etiuslderirble. delay, due, to the inclemency of the weather, he learned that Gen. Seymour was engaged with the enemy in front, near Qlustee, 48 miles from Jacksonville by railroad. When Ileft Jacksonville on the 15th alt , I ,was entirely satisfied with the success of qur operations up to that time. I briefly coua• munieate , to you my pltina 'with regard to Fluridu iu my letter of Feb. 15, from which I extract as follows "Hen. Seymour's advance has fleet} within four miles of L.ke City, but as his instruo thins were nut to risk a repulse or make an wows when t hero was a prOspect of incurring much loss. he has taken up a position atliald win, the junction of the railroad ft oui,Jack. FCIIIViIIe with the 'one from Fernandina. Ile bolds also the crossing of the St. Mary's South Fork, about 12 miles west of Baldwin. .q intend to construct small works capable of resisting a-coup-de train at. Jacksonville, Baldwin, Pilatka, and perhaps one or two other important points, so elroug that 200 or 800 men will be sufficient nt each point. 'Twenty five, hundred men in addition to the-twoiregitnents that have been permanent ly statiened in this State (ono at St. Augus tine and one at Fernandina) ought to be ample in Florida." The artillery captured here will suffied for such defensive works as may be deemed neo. essary. Ldesire to see the lumber and turpentine trade on the St. John's River revived by loyal men, and for that purpose, and to give as surance that our occupation of this river is intended t 6 bo permanent, I have written to the Secretary of the Treasury, recommending that the port of Jacksonville be declared open. Very respectfully, your ob't serv't, Q. A. GILLMORE, Maj. Oen. Com. Tun; HON. REVEIIDY JOHNBON in writing a letter congratulatory on the success of the eintincipat ion cause in Marland says: A new era is now dawning en our State.-- Slavery is ended, and it will be, as Washing. ion said it would be in' that. event, "the gar den spot of the United States," He said so. in a letter to St. John Sinclair, in '96. If it is done also in the whole country -0A I think it will be—great as our prosperity hag been in the past, and high as has been our flame with the nations of the world, both will be. immeasurably almost, enhanced. And hind grant that it may be so TUE STATE BOUNTy LAW.—The act rela ting to the payment of bouuties to volunteers having passed bo.h branches of the legisla ture and received the approval of Governor Curtin, is now a law. According to its pro• visions, counties, cities, wards, boroughs, townships or school districts, are authorized to liorrow mousy, assess and collect taxes to pay bounties, not exceeding three hundred dollars a man. All bonds, warrants, certifi cates of indebtedness, or loans, issued under the provinions of the act are exempt from taxation for any purpose whatever. EOlllll . ifountg Matters. ET3" The remodelling of the Seceder church, purchased lately for the use of the ohurch of ond. is being rapidly pushed to completion.' The carpenters have fin, ,ishel their work, and it. now awaits the p'ast erer and painter. Additional doors and windows, the latter of red stippled glass, have greatly improved the out , ide appearancis while the inside arrangement is neat, commo dious and comfortable, and is very creditable to those who have the work in charge. It will, we learn, be dedicated some time next month. 11E1.1livEn —An order from the War Department relieving Major I). H. HASTINGS from command of Carlisle Barracks, was received on Tuesday Last. The order sepa rates the drafted camp here from its former connection with the post, and places Captain D.. P. HANcocK. 7th U. S. Infantry ,in com mand. Lieut. H. T.'MCCI,EAS, 6th U. S. Cavalry, is by virtue of his being ranking , officer, at present in command of Carlisle Barracks. Major Ilastinas was sometime since pieced nn the retired list, and his be :a, relieved is, we presume, in accordance with the' rule of the War Department in re lation to officers On thi.t list. A M USEMENTS.—On Saturday evening last the Union Minstrels. a company of Ethi- opian p u•forniers, composed of young men of our h.,rong.h. eshihited in Ftheern's Flan; a n d notwithstatling the inclemency of the weather, wjre greeted by a large audience, The • Minstrels' gave entire satisfaction and some of th-ir pertformancea really surprised tlwir:;peclators. They have been organized but a few truths and already compare favor ably with a v troupe that has ever perform eb in Carlisle. to MoOtty evening the Monitor Club. , ',INV a voc .1 and instrumental concert for 111.e Tjentllt of the Aid 6ociety and wo ate told, performed their programme very well. This Club like the " Union Min. stress," is composed of young men of this borough, and we are pleased to record the lact, that they gave entire satisfaction to lar,_!e and musicloviqg audience. TRoUBLE AMONG 'THE BEER SALOONS, —A considerable flutter among the keepers of the numerous beer and ale saloons of our town was occasioned by the appearance early this week of the following bill: An Act relatiny to Restaurants and Beer Iluteses in lice Cowlly of Cumberland Saar. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Common wealth of Pennsylvania in General Assent bly net, and it is hereby enacted by the au thority of the seine, That the provisions of an act entitled a further supplement to an net to regulate the sale of intoxicating floors. approved the 2d day of April, A. D. 1860, be and ihe same are hereby extended to Cum berle nd county, and all acts and parts of acts now in force in said county inconaist. ent herewith, be and the same are hereby repealed. ~..„ SEC. 2. Licenses to keep restaurants and beer houses in said county shall only be grunted by the Court of Quarter Sessions at the first or second session in each year, and the applicant shall present to the Court with his or her petition a certificate signed by at least twelve reputable citizens of the ward, borough or township, in which such restau, rant or beer house is proposed to be kept, setting forth that the applicant is of tempe rate habits and good moral character, and said applicant shall give notice of his inteu• ded application in two newspapers printed in said county for two successive weeks prior to the Court at which application is made. HENRY C. JOHNSON, Speaker of House of Rep. JOHN J. PENNEY, Speaker of the Senate. Approved the Bah day of April, A. D 1861. A. G. CURTIN. - Tho licenses of th'ese saloons were for molly issued by the County Treasurer, with the approval of the District Attorney, and most of them expirein this or next month. The provisions of this law preclude those wbo have not already secured their licenses for next year from making application until the succeeding January term of Court. The immediate effect of this act will be to close two-thirds of the beer saloons in the county, and the ultimate result will be to reduce the number et least two-thirds. A number of the proprietors of these places complain, justly we think, of the unequal working of th. low, from the foot that its late appear. ance rendered it impossible for them to make application at this court for license, and that it discriminates unfairly in favor of those who have already secured license in the Qld way, for the ensuing year: . Butthet the bill itself is eminently a just and proper one, and that it will prove of incalculable benefit, to. our citizens cannot be gainsayed by any bgt the moSt. depraved, Any law that pill have
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