ADDRESS AND RESOLUTIONS Mr. Geo. Bergner, from the Committee on 'Resolutions and Address, submitted the fol luwing : , To The People of Pennsylvania : In presenting the name of Abraham Lin coln, for re-election to the Presidency, to our fellow-citizens of Pennsylvania and of the other loyal States, we are constrained by a high sense of what is due to the principle involved briefly to set forth the reasons which impel us to this preference. In doing so, we desire eniphatically to state that our ardent purpose to secure the re-election of the present Chief Magistrate of the Union is controlled by uo hasty intention to neutral ize the high claims to patriotism of otffer statesmen mentioned in connection with the same great office by the Union men of the country; nor to have it manifest, either, that we are controlled by any selfish adherence to a mere man, iu this the hour of a free peo .ple's struggle for their existence. The rea sons which urge us to advocate the re-election of Abraham Lincoln, are such as must influence all patriotic men in adopting measures that will best subserve the safety and purity of the Government, the honor and glory of its people, with their speedy triumph over the murderous combi nations of a wicked rebellion. The Admin istration, in all its attitudes, presents the power of the Government in all its might and majesty. Whatever effects the one, must more or less, influence and impair the other. If the Government should be defeated, the overthrow of the Administration must of course follow. If the conspirators, who do the bidding of Jefferson Davis, triumph, nec essarily the brave men who obey the sum mons and enter in the fight for the Union, under the general direction of the President of the United States, must also be defeated, and as they go down, the President ceases to be the representative of national power; and as all these perish, so, too, will all men who are now free and independent, either be sacrificed to the horrors of war, or be doomed to the still gkeater horrors of slavery. Prom these alternatives there is no escape. Our political enemies have so couched their bat tle cry as to render most odious those who now represent the National authority ; while our armed foes, (the natural allies of those opposed to us politically) have schooled their followers in the same prejnilices. So closely are these identified, even now it is boasted in the revolted States as being only necessary fir the success of rebellion, that the peace Democracy should succeed in the , loyal States ; while the peace Democracy insist, as the basis of their success, that the rebellion must first become a military tri - utrephi----This--4s-not-o-tr-o?strurptioir- of 'Tint' own to make an argument against our ene mies. The history of the whole course of the slaveholders rebellion corroborates it on the one side, while the career of those who sympathize with treaso3 affirms it on the other. hence the necessity of so identifying the Administration with the Government in the coming political contest, as to make them inseparable—the one as potential as the other—invincible against their combined enemies, North and South, This ran only ler done by the re-nominalzon and r'e-Archon of Abraham Lincoln. Until the rebellion is put , town,i - or-at=-leastuntidits - itrint.d-fette and vigor are broken, there should lie no chauge in the Administration representing the Gov ernment. Obvious reasons ithpress us with the importance of this position. A change of meu would involve a change of measures; so that while the loyal States were under going such a revulsion, the States that are iu rebellion would be atiVided time to gather new-strength wherewith poSsibly to over whelm and destroy the Government. Cam paigns then just projected would be immedi ately countermanded to appease the rage of partizan rivalry. Leaders fairly tried would be reduced in command to inake rutin] for the ambitious, incompetent roil useless imbecile The depreciation of the currency, now so eagerly aimed at, would then be speedily accomplished. The 1 nin of the national credit, now treated as it jest, would then be received as a reality, and mocked as a de serving result. Our diplomacy would become the channel of conveying to the na tions of the world t'L evidence of our inter nal broils and the facts of our national weakness. And thus, with schi sal wh ere the Union is now strong and antagonisms where cordiality now prevails, the general wreck of the Government wool t mark the imprudent chauge in its present administra tion, and the enslavement of a people who are now free and independent, conclude the bleak record of the nation's decline and fall. If a nation's safety is worth a party's no blest efforts, then indeed have we, Claiming to be the lryal men of the land, and ready to sacrifice all that is dear ur valuable, the, noblest incentives to labor for our political success. Believing, as we do, that there is but one principle of politics now animating the public heart—and that principle involv ing the purity of the government and the freedom of the governed—our duty heroines at once plain, forcible and binding. In the performance of this duty, we are asked to make no sacrifices. On the contrary, we are invoked to contend against the sacrifice of what is essentially necessary for the perma nency of the Government. We are asked to harmonize our political organizatian, and to unite on a tried and faithful servant, in order that the contest at the ballot-box may be a victory worthy of the emulation of our fel-. low citizens on the battle field, a victory which will forever seal the doom of treason in all the States. In the contest for the Presidency we have it in our power materi ally to aid those who are currying on a struggle where blood marks their progress and death hovers over the combatants. If we succeed in re-electing Abraham Lincoln, our brothers iu the field will triumph over the armed foes of the Government. If we reaffirm the power of the National Adminis tration by endorsing the national authorities in the re-election of Abraham Lincoln, re hellion must cease. Nothing is surer—noth• in could be more desirable ' But is not necessaey for us to go into a history of the National Administration, in order to make up a claim for the re-election of Abraham Lincoln. With thatclaim rest ing on the necessities of the-Government, and endorsed by the preferences of the peo ple, any merit which the man may have of personal virtue and unsallied reputation, sinks into insignificance. And yet the Am erican people owe it to themselves as well as to Abaaham Lincoln, to acknowledge the influence which his personal virtues have exercised on the conflict in which we arc engaged. That influence has more than once dispelled the grovelling suspicion of demagogues, and hushed the angry jar of faction. The firmness of his rule has dis armed the machinations of the Northern sympathizers with Southern rebellion. The impartiality of his official acts and construc tions, have preserv , A. the Constitution he swore to support, pure; and the law he was, pledged to enforce, inviohtte ; so far as his authority extended and his official power could be weilded. In the first struggle for independence, our fathers could not have bees prodder of Washington, than are we, in this our struggle for a more perfect inde pendence, proud of Abraham Liuboln. The future will enhance the greatness and glory which cluster around hini in the present hour. And if we, nobly striving for equita ble principle and a free Government, can can secure the services of Abraham Lin !On in the Presidential chair for another- term, we will.be conferring the greatest possible boon upon posterity, by securing the eter nal perpetuate:L.4f a free Government. To this end we invoke the cooperation of our fellow-eitizetig of this and the other loyal States, We ask all true men to join with us bra securing, not the mere triumph of a party, or the continuation of the rule off - a man— but the success of a principle—the vindiea- Um:A of a heaven-born, God-inspired right, that the life, of the, Republic May be pro longed; the hope of the World once more re animated, and the down-troddeo_of all coun tries and , with ,jO , and .glad nese! • . A • . • lIIMOLUTIONS Resolved, That the vindication of the na.- tfonal honor, and the enforcement of the national authority, against the aggressions of a desperate and wicked conspiracy, are the only objects which should now claim the attention of parties and engage the efforts of those u - ho represent the Government.— Until that authority which is thb supreme law of the laud is recognized in all its bor ders, there cannot and dare not be any terms of peace offered to traitors. Until peace elicits unqualified and entire submission to the national authority, war must be waged while there is an arm left to strike a blow, and a dollar in the national treasury to sub sist a soldier. Resolved, That we heartily endorse the policy of the National Administration, and the means employed for the suppression of rebellion, the punishment of traitors at home and abroad ; a policy which, if carried out, will end in the speedy triumph of our arms, and the security and permanence of the Government. Resolved, That we regard the re-nomina tion and election of Abraham Lincoln to the Presidency as essential not only to the com plete overthrow of the slaveholders' relel lion, but as necessary to the full organiza tion and operation of that policy which alohe can secure the future peace and pros perity of a restored Union. The purity of his character, the liberality of his views, the independence of his action, nod the re gard whielrhe ever manifests for justice and right, ft him preeminently for the direction of the affairs of the nation, until its author ity is recognized, received and respected in all the States 'of the American Union. Resolved, That, in response to the loyal men of Pennsylvania, and in justice to a tried and faithful public officer, the thanks of this convention are hereby tendered to Andrew C. Curtin Governor of the Com monwealth. His manly defence of the hon or and dignity of the State, his unwavering adherence to its credit, and his vigilant care of its interests, have had their influence alike upon the political character of its citi zens, and the prosperity which now marks their trade and enterprise, and demands a people's highest admiration and applause. Resolved, That the alacrity with which the Governor of Pennsylvania has contributed, through the aid of our fellow citizens, to the National defence, is in keeping with the characterof loyalty ever borne by the Key sum, State. 'through the active energy of Governor Curtin, Pennsylvania has had the satisfaction of knowing that her State flag has floated in almost every battle fought fur the Luion, while no Commonwealth has _glica,_MOre.,oLif-s l uaterial.means—iet-aitUor the Government than that which the wisn and frugal measures of Andrew G. Curtie have enabled this State to extend to the NA tional Government. Resolved, That the highest rewards of the nation are due to the brave men who are now in the field, perilrng their lives in a struggle with a base and-wicked conspiracy; that we will ever hold in grateful recollec tion the memory of those wh o have already perishnd in the fight for the Union, and ex tend to those who sun ice -to return once more to their homes, the honor which their calyx it I.4iriy- and- the,- -peaceful r,e6L which their labors so eminently deserve. Resolved, That we thank the loyal mem bets of the Legislature fur the steady and ! persistent course with which they have maintained the honor and credit of the Com monwealth, mid the stern patriotism with which they also resisted the revolutionary ,clottnes of the minorities in the Senate and llousy. The .attitude tke majority. in both branches of the Le islature on the in terest question and on the enfranchisement of the soldier, was controlled alike lir a re gard for economy and a determination to recognize in the defenders of the Union citi zeus, deserving the highest rank and fran chises;- while the course of general legisla tion has been such at least as to deserve for the Legislature during the session about to close, our .rank approval. Resolved, That the thanks of the whole people are due to the gallant men who arc now in the lead of our armies, and that we hold uurst•lres in readiness, at a moment's warning, to second the efforts of these ,to render the summer campaign against trea son, the final end of the struggle for the peace of the country and the full recogni tion of the authority of '.he Government in all the States. The reading of the foregoing address and resolutions was frequently interrupted by the heartiest applause, and they were adopt ed without a disstinting, voice, amid the warmest demonstrations of enthusiasm. Eloquent speeches were then made 1, lion. M. B. Lowry, of Elie, lion. A. K. Me Chire, of Franklin, Wm. B. Mann, Esq., of Philadelphia, lion. Wayne McVeigh, of Clie, , ter county, Hon. W. W. Ketcham, of Luzerne county, Hon. Linn Bartholomew and James H. Campbell, of Schuylkill Co. On motion of Mr. Bergner, the thanks of the convention were tendered to the House of Representatives for the use of their Hall. On motion of Mr. Turrel, the thanks o the convention were tendered to its officers for the able manner in which they had dis charged their duties. The convention thee adjourned Jh 4 4erald CARLISLE, PA. Friday, May 6, 1864. S. M. PETTENGII.II. & CO., O. 37 Park Row, New York, and 6 j .. 1 State St. Boston, aro our Agents for the HERALD in 'hose cities, and ere authorised to take Advertise- ments and Subscriptions for us at our lowest rater. The People's Choice for President, ABRAHAM LINCOLN. A REMARKABLE MILITARY COMPANY —COM pony D. of the 47th, Pennsylvania Regiment, shows a most remarkable record, as regards the relationships of a portion of the men. Their are four brothers and a cousin, all named Powell. There are five brothers, all named Brady, three brothers named Baltzer, three brothers named Krosier, and three brothers named Harper, who are also broth ers•in law of the captain. There are two brothers and a-eou•io named Shaffer, and a father-and two sell named Tag. Perhaps the most singular circumstance is the pre sence of six pairs of brothers, named Clay, Charles, Reynolds. Vance, Anthony and Ver- Lig ; also two step-brothers named Baldwin and Taylor. These men aro all mainly from Perry county, Pa. They are mainly of the old Holland stock, and liver within a circuit of fifteen miles. They ate all re enlisted men but two or three. PM, The reinforcements of General Lee from South Carolina and Georgia, are rapidly reaching him. General Beauregard pasted ! through Wilmington with a large force o4i Thursday last. • All the troops, in Augusta\ WO left for Richmond. General Loogstreet is ascertained:kr t he at Charlottsville, Va., where he holds his army as a reserve,to Gen. Lee. „General Butler, it is reported, tole. graphs i to the President that the Rebels are ibandoning Norlh Carolina and concentrat ing their forceewith those of Lee for the '46.; fence .f Virginia HIGH PRICES The National Union says the uncalled for advance in price of almost every article of household consumpticn, calls loudly for ex planation. Housekeepers and otheis seem perfectly willing to be imposed upon; and some of them take as much pride in.paying sixty cents for a pound of butter, as they do in buying silks and satins at three times their value. This is, in some cases;. shoddy' dis play, and should not be taken as a fair sam ple of all. In the first place, what justifies a farmer in asking sixty cents for his butter Grass has not advanced beyond its usual height from "mother earth." Cows are not much dearer than usual ; labor his not ad vanced on farms. Again why are eggs thir- ty-five and forty cents per dozen ? Chickens have not advanced beyond their nest, where their eggs are found as usual in abundance. These two items are named as instances of extortion, and if the public would refrain from buying these articles for the space of thirty dills, we venture to say the price would not likely continue until the end of that time. The fluctuation in the price, or rather we may say, the fictions value of gold has, in reality, no hearing on butter or eggs; and although fanners give as an excuse the high price of sugar, tea and coffee, we venture to say that few such farmers go beyond rye coffee, and in some instances use no sugar. They are acting wisely here, inasmuch as town-folks should, in some measure, do the same. Fifty cents , for coffee is a crime, twen ty cents for sugar a judgment, and a d.)llar and twenty-five cents per pound for tea a punishment. Joking apart, we consider the people touch to blame in encouraging dealers to the ex tent they do. One decided determination to refrain from using to the usual extent many articles, actually those of luxury, would, in a very short time, bring dealers to their senses, who seem to imagine that their customers are all Shoddyites. Disabuse them of this, and we venture to say those who give freely to the Government, without receiving ally yetaras,ol iLsJavor, in the—way- at- cont Facts wil: far outnumber those who, for the sake of display, encourage these tricksters in their trade: It is true, a vast atn,,unt of coffee and so gar goes to the army. and in many instances passes throgh the hands of speculators ; still this does not seem to justify the present high prices. It is understood that the War Deyartment, is about taking w.asures to proc .re these .two_items direct-forthe-artuyi , audniur-coast , ting vessels will be the medium through which this will be accomplished It will then be seen it the excuse given by our gro cers that the army demand for sugar and coffin: is the chief cause of this augmenta tion of price is correct. The.,ouccess of which we have, my doubt, that will attend this movement, will be fully equal to that which_ would- be -firoduced -at home. if for thirty days the community wouhl hold lent during fabulous prices for Lome luxuries. A VALUABLE 131PRoVEMENT IN NAIL CUT LINO !BLS just been applied to one of ~the nail machines of the Providence Iron Co , of In dia stre et , by the inventor, Mr John Gould of Boonton. New Jersey. It consists of a self feeding apparatus. which is so ingeniously ar ranged, that p performs every part of the la bor required of it, with movements so natural and perfect, that it recommend+ itself to all lovers of mechanical skill, and would well re pay a' visit to the works. During the week that it has been in operation here, it has been visited by a large number of mechanics and nailer& who have without an exception pro nouoced it the best thing of the kind that has ever been applied to a nail machine. We un• derstand that a number of the leading menu facturers are about to put it into general use. l'rortdence Journal A .9 ELF EDUCATED NEGRO —The Presby terian gives an interesting account of a negro named George. now a private in the Ist Tenn ease Light Artillery. While a slave on a Southern plantation he was the playmate of his master's children, and by close attention he learned the letters of the alphabet. Some time afterward be tumid an old speliing book, and studied it secretly, remembering the order of the letters, until he was able to read—a long and tedious process lie then used to read books, no one suspecting him. Finally his ••young master" studied Latin and Greek, and George found a Latin grammer, and after wards a Greek grammer, both of which he la boriously studied. He was then put in charge of a distillery, under a new master, whose family had an Irish• tutor. The latter he paid with whiskey for private instruction, the lessons only ceasing from the increasing love of the liquor overcoming the teacher's stattis in-the family. Ile is now, by the fortune of war, a tree man, and in the service of his country, as stated above. j'Duatso the invest went of Chattanooga and the occupation of Lookout Mountain by the enemy, it was a titatter of some surprise and speculation. how, when we in the valley were shivering from the cold, the rebel troops on the mountain side, almost naked and with out blankets, managed to keep alive The mystery was solved after the storming of the heights. We found at several points on the slope, where bowlders and' fiat stones had been FO laid as to form a bed, hollowed slight ly in the middle. Sometimes the stones were laid in an ,excavation deep enough to shelter from the winds. The width of the beds was the length of a man. They were long enough to receive fifteen or twenty persops. In these paved or bouldered couches huge fires Were built. The wood consumed, the coals, and ashes were raked out, and ou the warm stony bed the shivering soldiers disposed themselves for sleep. THROAT DISCABZEI.7“We would call atten tron to •BrOwn'a Bronchial Trochee: We have found:them efficacious in relieving Irri tation in the Throat and Bronchia, and would commend them to' the attention of Public S 'sabers, and others troubled with affeotions of the Throat. They Ore 'also an ex6iTient remedy for Hoarseness resulting from cold. The Littletdown Railroad alio Bold at pub- lie .outcry on Thursday last, at $26,100—, purchased by Ephraim Myers, in trust for the ,first and. second mortgage bondliolders and the Hanover Branch Railroad Company. Ae eionni the conveyance is campleted, a new corporatioon will be nrganized. FroJn Washington. Colored Troops Attacked by Guerrillas.—The Rebels Put. to • Plight.—Fring heard in Washington.—lmportant Order of Gen. Meade.—Death the Penalty for Refit: ing to do a Soldier's Duties. WASHINGTON, May 4. Late Richmond impels received here endna vor to make light of the massacre of color ed soldiers at Fort , Pillow. The articles are written in a jesting vein. No e3ccuse is of fered to palliate .the fearful offence agoiinst the laws of war, but the editorials are an attempt to be witty and factetious over a horrible crime, which they evidently fear will lead to a retaliation. This is s'.own by threats introduced as to what will be done when word is received that their troops re ceive a like fate. It is said that yesirday morning while a detachment of 'Colored troops where chan ging position they were attacked by a small party of guerrillas who suddenly pounced upon them, but. the neg roes drove them off without sustaining any loss. The guerrillas were at work in the neigh borhood of Manasses, and yesterday a road train wa attacked, but the rebels were driven off before they did any damage Parties from the army to day report hav ing heard heavy tiring on our left early this morning. Major General Meade has issued another order relative to the men in the army who refuse to do duty on the gruund that their time of service has expired, and statinc that the punishment for such conduct will be death. From the information obtained at Roan oke Island, it appears that our loss was quite small. while the Rebels' was very severe. Our killed and wounded who fell in the on gagement will not amount t one hundred. while the Rebels have to mourn the loss of over seventeen hundred of their men The great disparity of numbers was caused by the grape, canister and shell that mowed their way through the Rebel ranks during their repeated assaults upon the fortifications. There is a report prevalent that the Rebels, after capturing the place, gathered together all the loyal North Carolina soldiers, drew them up into line, and shot them in cold blood' It is also said that the blacks remaining in the town met with a similar fate. Should there be a confirmation of this, and it be, proven that the Rebels acted in this ferocious and inhuman manner, a swift and severe re tribution should be dealt out to them Flom: North: Carolina Little Washington Evacuated. —,Was.cacre of Persons Accepting the _linnestg of President Lincoln. —The Rebel Rain Roanoke, ,j-c New YORK, :llny 4. :slewhern advicea to April 30th confirm the evacuation of WaBhington, N. C , by order of lien. Butler. After the spiking of the gone and destrue Lion of as much property as ebuld not be car ried away, it was discovered that the enemy had left for Virginia, leaving but seven coin pities in front of the place. The rebels havv : tqready_pommonood imaar_ i - tll who have accepted President Lincoln's amnesty proclamation and pressing into their ,ervices all capable of bearing arms Gen Pock is ordered to report to Gen. But lees Headquarters, for such light duty us his health will enable him to perform. It was reported that the rebel ram Roanoke now at Plymouth, is delaying for the purpose of mounting- the 200-pounder Parrott gun which fell-into tiro - rebel hands then: IL was generally believed in lhe iolerior hat the fall of. Ply,mouill_ - IVashington will enable Govunor Vance beceseion candidate, to secure hiv election Latest News. Just before going to press we received the following by telegraph: Wasirtngion. May 5, 3 P Our army moved Tuesday night, and ha, crossed the Rapidan. The crossing was made at Culpepper, Germania and Paned States ford•, and was elf cited without serious °pit skin . Lee has been compelled to fall back from the strong position where he has held us at hay all winter It is the opinion of .oine that he will tight at Chancellorsville Every hour may now bring us news of a battle, but we are inclined to the belief that it will be a foot race for Richmond. Working Guns by Steam The St. Louie Union describes some inter Poling experimehts with' a new invention in that city, devised for the purpose of working heavy guns by Steam power. The plan was tested last week on hoard a monitor. The Union says : Two eleven inch Dahlgren go ns are so corn pletely under the control of one man in it. and handled with as much ease by him, and with almost as much celerity, as a pair of duelling pistols could be every movement of the guns is made by steam. They are run out of their port, by it, and their recoil checked by it, they are lowered into the hold by steam for loading, and raised evil) to he fired, and all these movements are made in as little time as it has taken to relate it. The perfect ease and accuracy with which every movement was gone through excited the admiration of the whole party. Four shots were aimed by Gee. Rosecrans at a tar get, about three quarters of a tulle distant, some ten or twelve feet square, and each one struck it fairly The firing from it is much more rapid than frmn the Ericsson turrets.— The fifteen and twenty inch guns can be hand led in this way quite as easily as those in this turret. The eleven inch guns can be with drawn from their ports, lowered and loaded and returned ready for firing in sixty seconds The borizOntal range is obtained by the rota Lion of the turret. THE FINANCIAL FLURRY About thirteen months ago we had a flurry in the money market not unlike that which now exists, and in March, 1883 —one year ago —gold stood just about where it does now. Let. us compute the situation then and now. We were then just feeling the success of the spurious "democracy" inl several state elections, especially iu the greet state of New York ; the North seemed, to the' superficial, on the point of dividingbour military situation was critical; the paralysing influence of our disastrous peninsula campaign had been fol lowed by the victory of Antietam, from which McClellan could draw no greater fruit than that announced by his celebrated dispatch et Friday, 19th" September : “The rebels had retreated and Pennsylvania wee safe." Next came our reverses iu the political campaign, and 13urnside's defeat at Fredericksburg.— Thus in March, 1863, our army under Hook er was preparing for a contest with Leo, whose compact army under Stonewall Jackson and other leaders had certain acknowledged ad vantages over our large army, commanded by generals whose internal dissensions were notorious. With our political and military prospects thus shadowed at home, our prospects abroad were still more gloomy. The British rebels were fitting our priVateers almoktunoheeked by. their government, and there was every reason to fear ,that iron clads would soon ho at sea, ready to burn our cities or break our blockade. Whitt was onr*finanoial position then?— With gold as high as now or higher, we were. just beginning to place the, five hundred mil lions of five twenty bonds, which were- coun ted upon to fund ,the currency and and carry on the war. The people wore beginning to take theM, but capitalists were standing aloof. Now, mark - the result from that time furiard; and deaw from it that courage. which is so necessary. ~ We lost the battle of Chancelloreville, and saw the Itliesirislppi still eloped and en appa rently doubtful struggle going on the South We have beaten the enemy last, July at Vicksburg and Gettysburg, and tu the streets of New York, where they made their• most desperate raily, more lately still in Ohio and Pennsylvania, and New Hatupsnire and Con• nemicut ; and we now stand a united people, with a veteran army led by the hero of Vtoks burg and of Chattanooga, and a larger in of Naive men titan ever before. We see the whole valley of she Mississippi in our posses . sion, the soutliern line of Texas,field by our armies against toreign and domestic foes, and need ii to said, with a position HO improved in every reuse of political and nameial —huw fenseless is the late panic, if panic it may be called The only want to d ty for the restoration of confidence is the prompt and energetic action of Congress. They have wasted precious time, and this financial quiver is the inevita ble response to their neghed Let them now go to work like wen or sense Let them pass a strong tax bill. Let them either tilt out of existence the stale bank paper which has • caused this present inflation, or effeett the same object by 'so amending the National Bank bill as to induce all the state banks, big as welt as little, to become its friends, and get to work promptly as well as efficiently uncler its provisions: - 1:13C - uca fui- till - I lie pretensions of a spurious states-rights party to tax our national banks upon-141e r national bonds; let them pass all the bills of practical importance for recruiting our armies; fur protecting the rights and industry of our four millions of treedinen; for extenuing our nil vy ; for stretigineuing the hands of the goy nnient ; and then let them adjourn When once Congress has begun to do its duty to grim and faithful earnest, we shall see confidence restored, and, even under the saws dreadlul vicissitudes of war which oc curred last year, be compelletl,torecord the_ lame Feel urn tn•Wit:rd - S - a i•Mund currency atiffa ' state of tranquility In ail other respects than the action of the national legislature we are infinitely better off than lust year, and as the responsibility for the existing state of things hes upon its members, let public opin to it.iting Ihtouglt the press and other prop er channels, make them feel not only what is expected of them, but the necessity of doing oar-duty-at once- We have had - enough enou:h silly personal squabbling en °ugh nu less silly p trtisan crumnation and recrimination, enough speech makiog fur con rnituents and posterity, and we want solve, solid, pram lc tl work. The whole nation i••• il_ .aud e cunt ion of . II guslc•l inetLibly with Bett y exhibitions of party tociics unit jealousies at Washingt 011, nod demands united !borough going labor for the cotbilion goad.—.V Y Evening Poxl Tie 101 , owing are Hit) leading features of tie Alihim Bill low under consideration by the L•gi, ure der the age of forty five, excepting persona enlisted into volunteer companies, persons ex. (mimed by other sections of the bill, idiots, lunatics, common drunkards, vagabonds, pau pers and persons! convicted of any infamous be enrolled iu the militia , per suns so convicted after enrollment shall be disenrolled, and w all cases of doubt respect in the age of a person enrolled, the burden of proof shall be upon him. The second sec tion prescribes that the Assessors shall annu. ally, at the time they are taking the assess ment of valuation of real and personal prop erty, make out a list ot all persons in their respective districts, who are liable to enroll. went, which list shall be known as the [nil itary roll of that district ; but persons claim trig that racy are nut liable to military duty, can make affidavit to that effect The third section compels keepers of taverns and board tog houses anti the heads of fatuities to give the uece•sary answers to questions asked by the Assessors. The six succeeding sections prescribe that the persons enrolled shall be subject to active duty only in case of war, in vaston, the prevention 01 invasion, the sup pression of riots, and to aid in the execution of the laws of the Commonwealth, and the Commander iu Chief is empowered to order out by draft or otherwise, as many of the ml litia as the necessity demands lie also has powcr to requir cities and counties to provide the requisite qnautitiCs of ordnatice stores and camp equipage ; and his order for troops my be directed to the Mayor or Councilmen ot cities, or to the Couuntssi•roers of counties, who front the number sun moiled may select volunteers, or if necessary, pr..ceed to draft When called into service the militia shall be organized into the usual military di visions, and shall be furnished with arms, equipments and pay by ihe State. Each county in the State is to be consid ered a separate brigade, but where a county has not the minimum number of enrolled mi litia necessary to constitute a brigade shall he consolidated with other counties at the die• cretin]] of the commander in chief. The city of Philadelphia is to be divided into four bri• gales and the city of Pittsburg shall coneti• Lute one brigade The volunteer and enrolled militia are to be divided into twenty divisions Section twenty states that the principal of flours of the militia shall be a Commander in Chief; an Adjutant General, an Inspector General, a Quart. rmastOr General, and a Commissary General, each with the rank of Colonel, not exceeding four in number ; to each division one Major General, one Divis. ion Inspector with the rank of Lieut. Colonel, two Aide•de Camp, one division Quartermast er, and onoJudge Advocate, each with the rank of Major; and to each brigade one Brigadier General, ono Brigade Inspector with the rank of Major. to servo also as Brigade Major, one Brigade Quartermaster, and one Aid de Camp. eaoh with the rank of Captain. In time of war, insurrection or invasion, there shall al so bo one Surgeon General, to be appointed by the the Commander in• Chief, with the ad ;vice and consent of the Senate. The Adju tant General, the Quartermaster General, the Inspector General and the Commissary Gener al and to reeeive,-,a salary of three thousand dollars a year. That part of the bill included in the sec tions from thirty.one to forty se• en, gives in detail all the necess,ry particulars in ref orence to the mode of electing officers, to resignations and to dismissals. Under the caption of "Discipline, Train ing', Inspection and Camp duty," the -bill authorizes that the system of discipline and field exercise observed by the soldiers of the Union armies, shall he'adopted by the mili tia of Pennsylvania; twice in "each year be tween the middle of: May and the middle of July, there may be an elementary drill ; and west. Yet the people rallied to the rescue. the soldiers set an example to their Officers, the industrious classes set one to the capital isle, and both wet() well followed. Gold fell gradually from 176 to 125. We have placed in the hands of all classes five hundred mill ions of our bonds with a steadiness which gives assurance, of an equal success with our future loans We have developed resources which surprise the most sanguine of our friends end alarm our enemies on both sides of the Atlantic. Our experiment with the negro race has been entirely successful both in a miltary and industrial point of view, and justifies the strik ing calculations of one of our most experi enced financiers, Robert J. Walker, that the additional profit of 'free labor would in one year equal the whole national debt. The cot• ton famine has passed by, and this. fruitful source of foreign intervention has disappeared• from our catalogue of dangers. Europe will this year get nearly three million bales of cotton, and her manufacturers and ours are again prosperous ; the British iron-clads are stooped; tho British people are with us ; the negro reserve of eight hundred thousand men are without tiisorder or insurrection corning into our ranks, and negro soldiers, to prove their capacity, have at Port Hudson and Wagner and Olustee funk their way not on• ly through the lines of our barbarian enemy, but through the prejudices of our northern trail ors Reorganization of the State Militia l'he brat aectiou of the act specifie+ that iy ahle bodied white male citizen of this to tit the tiAe of twenty .0110 years and uti the commander-in-chief may order the com mander of a division to take his troops intti camp, for a period not exceeding three days, for the purpose of exercising them in the routine of camp and field duty, but no officer or soldier shall be compelled to pei'form mil itary duty except in case of actual &threat ened itivtision, it surrection, riot or tumult, on a day appointed for a general or State election. The compensation of the militia is thus established. The militia while in actual service sliall receive the same pay and ra tions as the regular troops of the United States, and the rations shall be valued at thirty tents each. Every non-cornmisioned officer and private who provides himself with a uniform and blanket, when called into the service, shall receive in abbition to his sta ted pay, two dollars- When the militia aro dischasged from actual service, they shall be allowed pay and rations to their respec• tive homes " Etibm au Count' Matter ger The second of a course of Month• Iy sermons to the young People of our place, will be delivered by Mr. Bowman, at Emory Church, at 3. 80, next Sabbath. TOO FAST.—thlr tOWn clock has for a considerable time at lenet fifteen minutes too fast. This error is a fruitful source of an noyance, especially to persons travelling in the oars. Let us have ihe correct time. m.„ The Carlisle Deposit Bank has declared its usual semi annual dividend of five per cent. The dividends from this ven erable institution come as regularly as the sentient', and its credit is as firm as the rock of ages: See notice in another column. tres,..ln another column we print the quarterly statement of the Mechanicsburg Bank. This statement exhibits a very favor able financial condition for ihat institution, largely attributable, we think, to the intelli gent efforts of its Cashier, H. A. Sturgeon, Esq. The condition of its pffairs certainly show that it deserves, as it has received the confidence and patronage of the ltivternA = Tiiie . 'stsieioent closes the business of the Me chanicsburg Bank, as on the 3d instant it commenced business as I he First National Bank of Mechanicsburg. May success attend the new enterprise as_ At noon on Tuesday, next the time for receiving proposals fur the necessary material for the re construction of Carlisle Barracks, will close, at the office of the Chief Quartermaster, in Chambersburg. The arti cles wanted consist or a large quantity of lum• her of various kinds. 150 000 bricks, 500 bushels of lime, 1,500 bushels of saud, 6 70J pounds of nails, and 24 204 feet of tin roofing. Proposals will also ho received for 14,760 square yards of plastering. EIRE NEAR NEvir CUMBER - LA ND.,—The rez+idence of Mr. Rudolph Martin, one mile north of New Cumberland, was totally des tro)ed by fire on Thursday of last week.— The tire is supposed to have originated from the Np , trks thrown on the roof by one of the engines on the North Central railroad. IMPOItTANT SEWING MACHINE ITEM We do not believe in puffing indifferen thinyp, and make it a rule to say nothing that we do not believe "to be true. In the case of sewing machines. while we admit that many kinds are made to answer, yet we give it as our decided opinion that Wheeler & Wilson is the most perfect sewing machine in the world We advise our readers to examine this wonderful labor saving machine. It will save the lives of thousand of our women, and they will bless us for recommending them to this best of sewing machines. We hope the day will soon come when every house in the land will have a Wheeler & Wilson's Sewing Machine. COUNTY SCHOOL CONVENTION •--On Monday morning last, in pursuance of a call from the State School Superintendent, a con vention of the school directors of this county ass, ridded in the Court House. The object for which the Convention assembled was to consider the proposition of increasing the sal ary of county superintendent. Win R Gor g.B Esq , was called to the ohair The. salary formerly paid to the superintendent was $5OO per annum ; and the first offer in the conven tion was to Increase it to $9OO. This failed, as did several others which followed. Finally it was agreed by a considerable majority to fix the salary for the year just olosed, as well as the succeeding one at $7OO. The conven tion then adjourned. We are much pleased to note the spirit of progress which prompted this notion ; but at the same time are compelled to state our opin• ion that the increase is not adequ to to the oc casion. The position is a responsible one, and requires, to the honest and intelligent ful• fitment of its duties, more than average attain • merits. The present incumbent is a gentle • tleman, wheie services in almost any other profession would command in these times'at least $l,OOO per annum ; and we think should is his present position be paid that amount. The rule of paying fair prices" for honest work, should apply here with equal effect as in harvest field. RHEEM'S HALL—We call attention to the *announcement in our advertising col 1111113 of the Dramatic Combination under the management of Mr .8. C. Dubois. They in tend.during. their stay to give a series of first class entertainments, moral, amusing nod In structive. -They have been meeting with groat success in Lancaster and other cities of the stale, o,nd tram the reputation they bring with them, we have no doubt of their being well paid by the trip. ATTENTION COMPANY I !—The mem bers of Company I, Ist Regt. P. M., will meet in Carlisle, on Thursday. th• 12th day of May, for the purpose of receiving their pay for services in September, 1862. Members are t squired to return their arms and equipments to the undersigned before sal: day. C. P. HIMIRICR, May 6, 1864. Capiain. NEW who PROJECT —The com pany who recently purchased the Mount Alto Iron ‘Vorks, in Franklin county, contempl'ate constructing a railroad from that point to Scotland, ou the Cumberland Valley.. A bill incorporating the company for the purpcse has already passed the House, and no doubt will be concurred in by .the Senate, so that the work will likely be coma:top:wed In a very short time. Mr. WAIINEit'S LECTURE.—We had the pleasure on Monday evening last of lis tening to Mr. Warner's justly popular lecture on the Battle o( Gettysburg. The evening was a very unfaibrable one; a cold, easterly rain drenching the streets, causing the would be auditor to think twice ere he left the cheer ful fireside ; the audience, in consequence was not a very large one. But those who did go were amply repaid for the venture . The lecturer dated the commencement of the campaign, which ended so ingloriously for the rebels at Gettysburg, at Beverly's Ford. He attached vast importance to this, in it self inconsequential action, from the fact that it developed the entire object of the rebels, and delayed the proposed invasion long e nough to give Gen. Hooker time to so ar range his movements, as to be prepared to give or except battle on his own ground.— Then follows the appearance of the rebels in Pennsylvania, their occupation of Gettys burg and vicinity. Then the appearance of Buford's cavalry, his occupation of the ridge south of Gettysburg. On the next day the lamented Reynolds with the Ist corps arrives, and the first day's battle is fought and lost, we, although reinforced during the day by the 11th corps, being so largely outnumbered by the rebel hosts, that we are compelled to fall back—inch by inch though it be, to the fortified heights on the south, where the une qual c mtest'is maintained until night. Du ring this (Wednesday) night, and the follow ing morning flie bulk of the Army of the Potomac, under General Meade had arrived, and the forces were disposed for the battle which might commence at any moment. Late in the afternoon the shock comes. Long street masses his columns for an attack on the right of our line ; his serried columns are hurled against round-top, but after an u npar ailed struggle he is repulsed with tremendous loss. Now Ewell swears by a horrible oath that lie will take cemetery bill, the key of our position. On he comes, but only to his discomfiture ; the veterans of the Potomac ..artny.fitansi_fircuiy-to.their.gun s , and are un- - conquerable. Again and again are they assailed:and as often driven back. The last grand attack and the one which resulted in the entire and utter defeat and rout of the rebels occurred on Friday afternoon at about half-past one o'clock. This effort was also against cemetery and.was made by the entire disposable force of the enemy. In its impetuosity and fierceness, persistency and and bravery it overshadowed all previous as -souks:— Tire ntirms - t — th - id - bravo men could do was done by Lee's army in that charge, but the result was far more disastrous to them than any previous attack had 1 een. Leaving thousands of dead and wounded on the field, they fled in the wildest terror and confusion, and could not be brought to the charge- again; - The la - veil° of the NOrth was thus brought to a grevious end, and the next day witnessed the precipitate flight of the broken remnants of the rebel army of Northern Virginia. , These events were detailed by the lecturer in that vivid and life-like manner only possi• ble to an eye witness, and the audience was held spell-bound by the recital. The speak er's manlier was very impressive, and at times, when describing seine fearful assault and its more terrible repulse, was thrillingly grand. The Soldiers' Aid Society are entitled to the hanks of the community for this interesting nter.niornent IMPORTANT ARREST.—On Monday afternoon last, Officer Martin arrested a Dutchman named Augustus. Jeremiah better known as the "Dutch Chandler," on informa tion of Messrs. Halbert & Fleming, who were engaged in the grocery business at the-time the theft occurred, but who have since dis solved partnership. The fact of the case as given us by Mr. Fleming are as follows : A German whose name we have not learned, came to the store of the Messrs. Halbert on Monday last and told him that Jeremiah met him in Harrisburg two years ago and asked him to go into partnership with him in ••the business of stealing," and used every induce• merit to persuade him to do so ; but being unable to secure his services, give him ten dollars to "sing dumb." After a lapse of two years, the German visited this p lane, met the "Chandler" and was again requested to engage in the "enterprise," and this time Augustus "took him around" and pointed out a number of 'stores that lie had visited and showed him a buneb of keys which would open theta and many other places. This, it seems, frightened the • .partner" - and he im mediately gave the above information, where upon Jeremiah was Arrested, his "store" on East Louthec r street, searched and three wag on loads of the stolen property recovered.— The principal pai•t of the goods were stolen last summer about the time of the rebel inva sion and Messrs. H. & supposed they had been taken by the "rebs." Augustus has been creating quite a sensa tion for some time book with his cheap goods, and whilst our large merchants were selling coffee, sugar, &0., at 25 and 40 cents ; per pound, he charged but 16 and 18 cents and when asked where be got his groceries at, and how he managed to sell them so low, would give some unintelligible reply and leave the customer to ••wait on another man ;" but the truth must some out sooner or later, and "cheap Jerry" may yet learn that "honesty Is the best of policyjiell as the surest way of making ntoitei. This Dutchman is not a stranger to our civ • it officers, having been arrested and confined in our county prison several Ocoee, during the last few ye;tra ; but. this "pull" will_probably_ prove stronger than he imagined, and will , doubtless send him "down east" for a num ber of years.—Democrat. lICP. We have received the annexed circular from the subsoribers, and cheerfully give it place in our paper, with the earnest reoommendation that the request it contains. be heeded immediately. There it ample rea son why Cumberland• county should contrib ute generously to the aid of our soldiers, and we feel confident the Messrs. Rhoads will Have a good report to make to Philadelphia. The undersigned having been appointed by the PRODI:Olt 00AIMITTNE of the GREAT OM VIAL YALU to be held in Philadelphia early in June, their agent for this neighbovni od, 10 receive and forward all art ioles ot proauce and money given to the Fair; respectfully solioit a CSaltribUtiOn from you. The whole proceeds of the Fair is for the beuefit of the great Sonittry Commisaion, ' hose benevolent and patriotio object is to
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