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ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Proclamation By Goy Curtin.
Gov. Curtin has issued a proclamation call
ing upon the militia of Pennsylvania to or
ganize into companies at once, and prepare
themselves to answer any call that may be
made by the Government for their services.
He further requests that commanding officers
of all military organizations formed in pur•
nuance of this call, do forthwith report the
condition of their respective commands, that
prompt measures may be taken for getting
them , into the service in ease a requisition
should be made by the General Government.
Such call if made, will be for a term of not
less than one hundred days. The troops will
be clothed, armed, subsisted and paid by the
UnitCd States, and mustered into the service
thereof.
ter DoN'T forget to write letters and send
newspapers to our galilant soldiers. They
are always longing to hear news from home,
and a letter, or newspapers,—their home news
papers, especially—is ever atmost welcome
visitor. Just now there are hundreds of our
brave boys prostrated on beds of pain in the
hospitals at Washington, Alexandria, Belle
Plain, Fredericksburg and elsewhere, to whom
the time passes wearily, who would find great
solace in their home newspapers. We hope
that each one of our subscribers, will pack up
to-day's Herald, after they have read it, and
send it to their' ; absentfriends and relatives,
or to one of the hospitals in the places named,
in care of the Sanitary or Christian Commie-
Thoseid - A 'Sitniarit'ans will see - list
papers so sent are properly distributed. We
intend to dispose of as many copies as we can
spare in this way for some weeks to come, and
hope all our readers will do the same.
Fast drifting Toward War
The news from Europe by the Persia is of
deep significance. Following close in the
track of the Austria-Prussia squadron, which
was making its way toward the Baltic, a
British-frigate, -under command -of -Sir
Clintock, had set sail, it is said, as the first
of a British fleet which will oppose the en
trance of the German men-of•war into the
Sound. The English press, almost without
exiieption, is agreed that consideration, not
only for the honor, but for the material inter.
este of England, now require that her naval
power shall be exerted to bar the entrance of
the Baltic to the Austrian force, and to pre
vent any additional pressure being brought to
bear upon Denmark.
The step thus tardily taken, or about to be
taken, (as is alleged,) by the British Govern•
meat, has almost the effect of a declaration of
war ; it is an act of direct hostility toward one
of the belligerents, and in that character will
be hailed with delight by the whole nation,
with but one exception—that exception being
the mostimportant - that could be named. The
Queen no longer takes aides secretly with the
German despoilers. The most inveterate and
astute of the prime movers in the invasion of
Denmark ; the Baron Benet, is especially
singled out for the hospitalities of the Court
at Osborne ; while the second son of the
Queen is ordered to Berlin to be the recipient
of the hospitalities of the Prussian Sovereign,
and to accept the questionable honor of dec
orations at his hand.
This defiance by the Queen of tho public
opinion of the nation has called forth protests
Binh as have not been heard since the corn -
mencement of the present • reign, and which
will assuredly hasten a crisis in the relations
of the,people of England and of the empire to
ward the reigning sovereign. Another crisis
also appears to be fast approaching.
Vermont State Convention
The Republican State Convention of Ver
mont met in Burlington on Tuesday last.
Every county in the State was represented,
and an auspicious harmony ruled the pro
ceedings. Hon. G. W. Grandy was chosen
to preside, and delegates to the National
Convention were appointed. The Conven•
tion passed a resolution, without dissent, in
the highest degree complimentary to Presi
dent Lincoln and his Administration, and
re nominating him for another term of otlico.
This action is, however, nothing more than
was anticipated from the loyal sentiment and
patriotism of the Green Mountain State.
A- -non malignant forgery was palmed
upon-the New York World and Journal of
Cinnmerce, in their editions of Wednesday
morning.. The bogus document purported
t& be a proclamation signed by President
Lincoln and, Secretary Seward, intimating
that the campaign in Virginia had virtually
ended, and that the country was in the great
est strait; appointing the 27th day of May,
as a day of fasting, humiliation and prayer,
and calling for four hundred thousand maul
which, if not furnished by the 15th of June,
they were to be raised by an immediate and
peremptory draft. The Government im
mediately suspended the publication of, the
two papers named, and closed the offices of
the Independent and Inland Telegraph com
panies. The author of the bogus proclama
tion as since been discovered to be Joseph
HOWard, a Reporter for the Brooklyn Eagle,
sad helms been arrested and sent to Fort
- Lafayette: — He ad Mited hie 'guilt, and alleges
that he was led to it by losses in stock-gamb
ling, but the fact that it was published on
Steamer day clearly indicates that he had
rebel - accomplices who hoped to send the
proclamation to Europe uncoutradicted, and
secure the recognition of the Confederacy.
it is due to the Nation struggling for its life
-in a most deadly war with treason, that Mr.
Howard should be promtly tried, and if guil
ty he should pay the extreme penalty of the
„law. Any man who - either recklessly or
deliberately_ adds to the manifold perils of
.our government, should ilie.--Franldin Re-
P9 B .i€ ol ll. _ -
Ilatetit New York quotations fix
gold .
" The hiss of a Blacksnake."
. . .
I
Under this chaste and elegant caption, f
our
acoomplitihed and gentlemanly heighbor of
the Volunteer, pays hie respect to Gov. Brough,
of Ohio That unfortunate gentleman has
rendered himself odious to bar .Democratic
ootemporary by addressing the militia of Ohio,
who have been called out to relieve veteran
troops who are doing garrison duty, in order
that the effective force of the armies of the
Union may be increased. Had Gov. Brough
been a Democrat and brought himself under
the criticism of the Republican Press of the
country, he might have expected to be cov
ered with the vilest abuse and coarsest vitu
peration. Republican editors end orators,
either from some natural defect or from the
lack of that refinement and cultivation which
is such a prominent oharaoteriatio of Demo
oratio leaders in general and our neighbor in
particular are incapable of indulging in criti
cism without becoming abusive, or to state
their objections to an opponent remarks or
arguments, without at the same time denounc
ing him as a man entirely beneath the con-
tempt of his fellows. Fortunately for the
party in power now, their opponents ar,e
different kin lof men. Refined by the care
ful culture of their mental faculties, and Any
ing the most exalted conceptions of Nvhat is
noble, high-mintidd and honorable, they never
deaoend to the low tricks of commonplace
politicians. They never abuse, nor attempt
to excite a prejudice against an opponent, but
oonsoious of the inherent strength of their
cause and their undoubted ability to defend
it, would scorn to use aught else than
the clearest logic and the purest diction. In
this case,no allusion is made to the personal
character, intelligence or habits of Gov.
Brough. Idis statements are corrected and
his arguments refuted, in a manner so digni
fed and by reasoning so conclusive, that we
expect to hear of his resigning at once and
burying himself in an obscurity from which
no utterance of his will ever meet the eye of
the gentleman whose dignified presence graces
the office, and whose chaste effusions adorn the
columns, of the Volunteer. But as a eight is
better than a discriptlon we will give our
readers a few sentences from the article in
question as we are sure literature of this
sort can not be had everywhere.
"There is not a more unprincipled filthy
dog in the country than the low bred illiter
ate blackguard who calls himself "Governor
Brough of Ohio." Ile combines in his char
acter all the mean, sordid, despicable traits
that aro so necessary for a bigoted Abolition•
ist, Infidel and Traitor to possess. A. finished
demagogue who obtained his present position
by the grossest frauds and bayonet, brute
force, he is a fit representative of the meanest
and the most treasonable party that ever
- cursed - this - or aurether"cieffritty
being the case, decency would have prompted
the Governor to make no reference to polities
in his address. But as well might we expect
to find figs on a thorn tree or .purity in ra
skunk as to look for decency, magnanimity
or honor from -an unprincipaldd abolitionist
or demagogue. Therefore the Governor gave
tongue as a blackguard would."
If, after reading-these sentences, any one
doubts that Gov. Brough and "Abolitionists"
generally are blackguards, traitors and vil.
lions of the worst dye ; or that Democratic ed
itors in general, and the writer of the article
referred to, in particular, are not the very
embodiment of all that is manly, intelligent
and patriotic we think he must be exceedingly
hard to convince.
But enough concerning the style ; we have
an assertion in the same connection which
needs attention,,....'.‘Gov. Seymour ..of -Now
York, and Gov. Parker of New Jersey, both
Democrats, have rendered more assistance to
crush the rebellion than all the abolition
Governors of the other States combined or all
the Broughe that ever was born." Rather
modest assertion but wo respectfully question
its truth. Gov. Brough was a Democrat a
bout as long as either Parker or Seymour. At
the time of his election this was claimed by
Democrats to shoal . , we suppose, that they
had all the voters in the -State. If ts Democ
racy however did not prevent his using his
utmost efforts to sustain •the.Goverament in
its efforts to put down the Rebellion. His
speeches generally, like the ono which lute
aroused the indignation of our neighbor, al
ways enforced the duty of joining the num•
ber of the gallant men who are fighting to
save the Nation's life. He never by word or
deed gave support or - encouragement to trai
tors, nor apologized for those wbo did, but
always denounced treason and rebellion,
whether open or covert. How is it with
Kessrs..Parker and Seymour? If either of
them has.ever once denounced the rebellion
in unrequivocal terms, we would be glad to
know when and where. On the contrary every
speech made or written by either during the
last two years, abounds in denunciations of
our Government and in apologies for the mean•
est treason that over disgraced Earth. Last
summer when the copperheads of New York
city tried to -remunerate Jeff. Davis for Lho
losses sustained by him at Gettysburg and
Vicksburg, by inaugurating rebellion at home,
this model patriot Seymour, called the villians
whose treason would have destroyed a great
city, "his friends" and assured them that
their wrongs should be redressed. The man
who boasts that he never voted to give a man
or a dollar to be used for the defence of the
Government, and who is now a tried, oonviot
ed and banished traitor is the man whom
Seymour & Parker love and ,admire, and the
one for whom their friends in Ohio voted at
the last election. He was declared by the votes
of his fellow oitizens an enemy to his Gov
ernment and one who richly deserved banish
ment. Seymour's friends compare him toNale
landigham, and shout,their praises of both in
the same breathr—Vallandigham indignantly
denies that he ever did aught to sustain the
Government ag.ti , ist its foes ; how oars the
friends of both claim that Seymour did more
than he ? Seymour and Parker compare a
bout,as. favhrable with lirough and The other
abolition Governors, as would a dead New
York-riotery-with-one of-the:patriats.who fell -
at Gettysburg.
-Tim NEW Tex Lew.—The Pennsylvania
Legislature, before its adjournment, 'mimed
a new State tax law, taxing the tonage of all'
railroad and transportation companies - - - Of
the State two cents per ton on the product
of. mines . ; three cents per ton on the product
of. farms,.and five cents per ton on merchan•
-dice, „manufactures and all other articles.
Additionaltaxes are also imposed twon bank.
ing and saving Methadone, and all other
companies not paying a tax on ,dividends
under existing laws. --The - new law it is el;
timated, will give an increase of revenue to
the amount of envedhuudred and fifty thous
and dollars a year.•
THE GREA'Is° CONTEST AND
ITS SACRIFICES.
Every one must see that the result of the
struggle now waging in Virginia, says the
Vilage Record, , will exert a powerful influence
on the fete of, the Rebellion. The lapse of,
time sinee the Rapidan was crossed by Grant,
has enabled the Rebels to concentrate their
forces at or near Spottsylvania, at the expense
of every other point. Should Grant be sue
cessful in crushing tho cohorts of Lee, the
Rebel Government will have been dealt a fatal
blow. The end of treason will be nigh. On
the, other hand, should Lee aohieve a triumph,
the end, though it will be the same, must be
protracted, even to another campaign. It
may linger along, though the result cannot
be doubtful.
We look with amazement . upon tlo energy
which has been displaped by the B,obels. And
yet it i 3 not so wonderful. The great prinoi•
ple of liberty and free government, has been
attacked—by the advocates of treason. The
struggle is thus resolved into one of Liberty
or Slavery. One or the other must go under.
The government of the United States is one
based upon the idea of human liberty and the
natural equality of man. It is set forth in
the Declaration of Independence, as self evi
dent that all men were created equal. Here,
and here only, has government proclaimed
this doctrine. On this continent the friends
of human liberty have planted their standard,
and here it must be maintained against all the
world in arms. If the "great experiment"
fails with us, the "capacity of man for self
government" can no longer be maintained.—
The institution of slavery, so long cherished
in sotne:of the states, is directly at war with
the prinoipli a on which flee government was
founded, and that the war has become open
rebellion is not so much a matter of surprise
as that it did not break out long ago. Now
that the war has come, it must go on until
Liberty or Despotism triumphs. It is a fear
ful one and terrible aro its sacrifices.
In the language of the North American,
which utters some truthful words on this sub
ject, thousands of loyal hearts are made to
grieve or bleed, as tidings come to them from
the ensanguined fields of Virginia of kindred
or intimates slain or mutilated in the great
contest for buman freedom. Dead to every
feeling of humanity must that man be who
oan hear of such carnage and not sigh for its
cesAtion. And yet, confronted as we are by
human fiends, it is only through such foals
of arms that they oan be kept from ravaging
the free States, and setting up the horrid
slave empire for which the traitors began the
Em
What sane man, unwilling to deceive him
self by fenT ilTuid.Offi, - ciaii -- ffonbt that those
scourgers of men and women who plied the
lash so mercilessly, and now point the cannon
and musketry with equal fierceness, really
intended tp make a tremendous onslaught a
gainst the north I The effort, in fact, was an
absolute necessity on their part. They feared
the spirit of liberty as much as they detested
it. It was in too close proximity to the slave
pens of the border States, whore human vic
tims, bred and sold into life enduring bon.
dago, turned a longing and despairing glance
towards the northern border. Well their cruel
masters knew that never again could a fugi
tive slave law be granted and enforced if these
States were separated. They knew that their
slaves would escape in larger numbers than
ever before and would find a nearer and warm
er resting-place than in regions beyond the
Therefore did their windy orators in Con
gress discourse so confidently of conquering
the north, and laying it under heavy contri
butions to sugply the southern treasury.—
Not only were Baltimore, Philadelphia and
New York to witness the triumphant entrance
of souther armies, but even Boston was not
too remo•ct to avoid a similar doom. Those
legions of embruted men, fit instruments
of the vilest despotism that ever Was con
templated upon earth, were to enter and quar
ter here, among civilized and opulent people,
doing such iefarnous deeds \ as would shame
the Buns or Goths who despoiled imperial
Rome. The slaveowners who officered this
ragged and hAngry army imagined them
selves .wronged because their cotton exports
were impeded by the operations of war, and
undoubtedly would have reimbursed them
selves by .wholesale deprodations on. northern
wealth. •The.rank and file would .have been
let loose upon us, under certain regulations
to prevent demoralization, aodwe sho,uldAave
suffered a double quota of lo.s and impover
ishment.
Is it not obvious to any man who will dis
passionately survey this question, that war
with the south was inevitable, and that our
only choice related to the moment of com
mencing it ? We might possibly have had #
truce until the proceeds of ,a cotton crop had
purchased a nay.y of iron clads and swift pri
vateers, perfected the military organization
which was their chief reliance, and obtained
a recognition among the nations. Then the
slave power would certainly. have ,forced a
combat, for their arrogance could have
brooked no limitation, and we were too close
to avoid a conflict. Our very existence here
Was an offenoo to them. The cautious and
qualified disapprobation of slavery had not
propitiated, but only irritated ,them--their un
easy consciences whispered that every. norlh•
ern man must necessarily. abhor their -cher
ished institutionand they were resolved to
wreak their vengeance, especially as in the
very act they hoped to reap profit also.
If, therefore, the rebels
.11,m1 been less out
spoken and aggressive—had they given us
fair words and peaceful conduot in that act of
secession, it would yet have been imprudent
to part. the connection and lot them go. Our
own safety, no less than the integrity of the
republic forbade such acquiesoenee. And this
consideration doubtless it was, this instinct
of the northern mind, ,which admonished us
of -a danger terrible -te contemplato r & nd which
induced. our peo,tlo finally to resist Aismem
berinent.
Therefore are we in arms-;,therefore has
the eouthorn country been ploughOdwith can
non shot—therefore have flowed torrents of
blood. Not onus, but on the incarnate fiends
who,opened these vials of wrath, will fall the
ourso of the widow and orphan. We were
orood into tho,fight,_and hiotory will pay that
wo.hayo fought it. well. Thrasympne pr
terloo behold no greater heroism, no,mpre tor.
rifio struggles than have crimsoned
and streams of•Arirginia,. 811100 the Potomac_
Army has,had a leader thoroughly Competent.
•Not • Vainly will ; this blood sink Into the
earth. The blonted,alave-power_has loomed
to its coot the,danger of insulting and assault.
Ing.the north. For many generations they
Would shun snail' another encounter, oven
were they indepe.odent. Still less id such -an
outbreak likely in coming years, slued theei
unction of slavery itself will, in all lintraak
, probability, so change the condition and spirit
of our southern people, that their character
will gradually undergo a salutary change.—
The transferrence thither of many northern
settlers, find 'the consequent prevalence 'of
northern ideas, will powerfully accelerate this
auspicious result and the south shall be ro
deemed and disenthralled from her evil ways.
Peace will smile• on the fields laid waste and
abandoned, end under its reviving influence
they will once more confer taper' man their
valuable products. If only through blood
and tears such fruition can be accomplished,
let us submit with patience to the Otorp ne
cessity. If our heroes in the field are willing
to fight and die for such results, surely we
who aro safe from the shook of arms, through
their-determined valor, should utter po word
of discouragement or doubt that might seem
to undervalue the lofty devotion and unpar
ailed heroism which have immortalizdd them
in the world's history.
Gen. Grant Duri.ng the Battle of
the Willderness.
General Grant's headquarters were located
in a field between the plank road and a small
road leading to a little hamlet known as Par
ker's store. During the fight, however, he was
principally with General Meade, whose head
quarters were op a pine knell in the rear of
Warren's corps, 'T hao 4eop Grant.at Vicks
burg and in Tennessee, and his appearance
was familiar; but as I strolled through the
group of officers reclining under the trees at,
headquarters, I . looked for him some time in
vain, such was his insignificant, unpretend
ing aspect and conduct, while the battle was
raging in all its fury. A stranger to the in
signia of military rank would have little
dreamed that the plain, quiet man who sal
with his back against a tree, apparently heed
less end unmoved, was the ono upou whom
the fortunes of the day, if not of the age and
country, were hanging, It, was only when
some aid or orderly rode up in hot haste with
c6ramunioatian from some Foitien of' the
battle-field thnt his eyes upturned to seek in
those of the rp.essenger the purport. of the
message.
The consultation with General Meade, or
the direct suggestion or command, all took
place with that same imperturbability of coun
tenance for which ho has always been remarka
ble. No movement of the enemy seemed to
puzzle or disconcert him. Fertile in resour
oes, the petition for reinforcements was spee
-diTY- auswered: — AiTiThno an this - trari*Ttre,
rod,
stood,ealtaly In the group, at times smok
ing his favorite cigar—a more vigorous or a
more frequent puffing only indicated the in
ward working of the mind. if something
transpired which he deemed needed his per
sonal attention, away he
- darted on horseback
to the immediate scene, the one or two of hie
aids and an orderly exerting their utmost to
keep with him. Arrived on the spot, he calm.
sly considered the matter requiring his atten
tion, with ready judgment communicated the
necessary orders, and then galloped away to
another part of the field, or to his sent be
neath the pine tree, there to enter on the or
der book some record of the battle's progress.
It was an at times to see him—the
Commander in Chief—whittling away with his
knife on the bark of a tree, pausing now and
then to throw in a word or sentence,in the
conversation of those grouped about, and then
going to work again with renewed vigor upon
the incision of the pine. :The contemplation
of this.by thole who were with him at Vicks
burg will roc4ll an incident of a similar
character in that memorable siege. When the
oolumbiads Were,mounted in:front of Logan's
line, Gen. Grant watidesirous of superintend•
ing the operation. During the preliminary
work of cutting the embrasures ho mounted
the epaulement, and, while the rebel bullets
struck all arouild him, deliberately whittled
a rail until the guns wore placed iu position.
Who i t'irat Urged a Draft
In the history of the administration of
President Lincoln, by Mr. Henry J. Ray
mond, just published in New York, we find
a letter which we commend to the attention
of the adherents of General McClellan who
have so violently opposed drafting to fill
the armies. It was written to the President
of the Uniteil States about a mouth after the
battle of Bull Run, and at a time when citi
zens were rushing to arms all over the coun
try, and when volunteers were pouring into
Washington from every State. Here is the
letter :
W.S.,IiiNGTON, August 20, 1861.
"Sin : I have just received the enclosed
dispatch in cipher. Colonel Marcy knows
what he says, and is of the coolest judgment.
I recommend that the Secretary of War as
cextaiu at once,hy telegram how the enroll
ment proceeds in New York and elsewhere,
an that, if it is not proceeded with great ra
pidity, drafts be made at once. We must
have men without delay.
Respectfully your obedient servant,'
Geo. B. Alcet,t;LLAN, Maj.-Gen. U. S. A."
The following,is the dispatch of Colonel
Marcy alluded
tic:r We publish the following Ciro,ular
for the benefit of those interested:
PE.OVOI,VF AIIhEAFIAL'S OFFICE,
15th District, Pennsylvania,
Carlisle, Pann'a., May 23d, 1864.
Qingemin. ,
1. The //raft for Sub Disiii•iots deficient 1111:
der the calls for 700 000 men will commenoo
at the Head quarters of the District Provost
Marshal of the 16th District of Pennsylvania,
at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, on the Nth day of
May, 1864. •
IL The assignment of credits for Volum.
teere will be continued notwithstanding the
draft.
R. M. HENDERSON.
Captain and Provost MarehaL.l6th pis., Pa
DIRPAWGELFROM COLONEL R. E. MA.RCY TO
GENERAL M'CLELLAN
.New_lork,_Auguet.2o, 18.61
"I urge.upen you to make ft pasitivi and
uneondifional demand for an immediate draft
of the additional troops you require. 41ien
will net. yelqnteer.,now, and drafting is -the
only suedeOftil plan. ; The people will' ap
plaitcl .eueh,' a course; rely upon it. I will' be
in Nytishiugten,o ; merrow. It. B. MAmy.
.)178;d9.n0t find these dispatches in the re
port of General MXl'6llll9. They were
doubtless omitted • through' some inadver•
twice 1 '
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store.
-DELEGAVE .-ELECTION
At a meeting of the conferees of thd sev
eral counties - comprising the fifteenth Con
diessiortal Districts, held at Bridgeport, in,
.the' County of Cumberland on Thursday,
May 19th, 1864, for the purpose' of electing
delegates to the Union National Convention;
to be held in BaltiMbre the seventeenth of
June next, John A. Baker of Perry County
Was chdsen Chairman, and J. M. Wcakley of
Cumberland, Secretary.
The following named persons then pro
sented their credentials as conferees from
their respective counties.
York—John Eppley, Adam Klinefelter,
and Edward Seaton. Perry—John A. Ba
ker, John R. Shuler, and William W. Dick
inson. Cumberland-John S. Davidson, R.
IL Thomas, and J. M. Wenkley.
The following gentlemen were then nomi
nated for delegates, Thomas E. Cochran,
Esq., of York, and Levi Kaufman and A. K.
Rhecm, Esqs, of Cumberland. On proceed
ing to ballot, for delegates the result was no
follows :
Thomas E. Cochrane received nine votes,
Levi Kauffman six votes, and A. R. Rheem
three votes. Messrs. Cochrane and Kauff
man ltaving received the highest number of
votes, were declared duly eleciled delegate,.
Their elections was then made unanimous.
Messrs. H. E. Small of York, and A. K.
Rheem of Cumberland, were then chosen al
ternates by acclamation
Ou motion, the conference adjoined sine
die. 'JOHN A. BAKER,
Chairman.
J. M. WEAR:LEY, Secretary.
In connection with the proceedings pub
lished above, we append the declination of
A. K. Ruccm, Esq., of Carlisle, as ono of the
Alternates
"Carlisle, May 20, 1864.
" JOHN A. BARKEIL, Esq., Dear write
you this morning to decline the position of
Alternate to the Representative selected yes
terday, by your Conference ; and most re
spectfully request that as presiding officer of
the Conference, you will at once accept it,
and appoint another.
Truly yours,
A. K. R,HEEI4I."
We feel compelled to accept the declin
ation, as Mr. R. thinks that proper self
respect -obligos----him-- deoline. --41ut
present we do not know that we have
the power to appoint another, believing
that, as matters now stand, the Confer
ence alone has the power to fill the vacau
oy. We think our district will at any
rate be fully represented in the Natibnul
Convention, even if no Alternates appear.—
Unless ordered to do so by a majority of the
Conference, wo will announce the name of no
gentleman to fill the vacancy.
Joust A. BAKER, Chairman.
May 23, 1864.
-A -Proclamlrtio-n,
IVOREAS, Ciroun.stances render it not im
probable that the President of the United
States luny, within a short time, call on Pecu.
sylvania for Volunteer Militia for a brief term
of service;
And whereas, The example of the brave
men now in the field from Pennsylvania,
heretofore un every battle field distinguished
for courage and efficiency, but who, in the re
oeut battles in Virginia, have gained an envi
able distinction by their deeds of valor and
endut a'nce, should stimulate their brothers at
home to increased effort to sustain their coma.
try's flag, and terminate the rebellion.
Now, therefore, I, Andrew G. Curtin, Gov
ernor of the Cammonwealth of Pennsylvania,
do make this my Proclamation, earnestly re
questing the people of the Commonwealth,
willing to respond to such call of the Presi
dent, to forth military organizations without
delay, that they may not be unprepared to do
sen----knibliiir-further request that command
ing di - leers of all military organizations, which
may be formed in compliance with this Proc.
larnation, do forthwith report the condition of
their respective commands, that prompt meas•
ures my be taken for getting them into the
serviee in case a requisition should be made
by the General (iLovernment. Such call, it
made, will be for a term of not less than one
hundred days. The troops will be clothed,
armed, subsisted and paid by the United
States, and mustered ifato the service thereof
Hived under my hand and the great seal of
the State at Harrisburg, this eighteenth day
of May, one thousand eight hundred and six
ty-four, and of the Commonwealth the eighty
eighth. By the Governor,
ELI SLIFER,
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Frtm the New Yorker.)
Th 43 Future of our National Debt
Many careful and prudent. men look upon
the increase of our national debt with some
foreboding. Let us examine the whole sub•
joct fairly end see if we are not only able to
pay our present, but any reasonable further
debt that the exigencies of war may compel
us to incur, and that the payment will neither
be difficult •Or excessively onerous. Lot us
see what are the foots. •Unlike an individual
who is unable to count with certainty upon in•
creased ability to pay in the future the dell
ho contracts in the present--this country is
sure to increase in wealth and population.—
It appears from the .census returns, that the
increase in the value of real and personal
property in the United States from 1840 to
1850, was from three thousand seven hun-
dred and sixty four millions ($3,764,000,000
in 184.0 to Mx thbustind one hundred and see
enty•feur millions ($6',174,000,00Q) in 1850,
or 64 per cent, The next decade shows a
still greater advance in general prosperity
and riches. For iu that period, the yield of
our gold mines, the extension of our railroad
system and consequent opening of now fields
for agriculture, our large immigration, and
the stimulus given to ovary branch of manu
factures and the tneehanic arts raised the na•
Lionel wealth from six thousand one hundred
and seventy-four millions ($6,174,000,000) in
1850 to the enormous aggregate of fourteen
thousand one hundred and eighty-three mill
ions ($l4, 183,000,000) in 1860, or 127 per
cent, of which ten thousand and sittteen mill.
ions (810,710,000,000) was owned in the loyal
States Is there any good reason to believe
that .we Ethan not .continue to prosper as we
have done—(except from the calamine of war,
which can only modify and not change the
character of the answer to the question,)—
that the nation will not continue to nearly, If
not quite, double its wealth every ton years
for several decades to come ? We have but
just begun to work our gold mines , , and the
vast body of our other minera yr
l ealth is still
undeveloped. .We have fertile lauds enough
for an empire, that tho plow has never touched,
and it is only in this generation that science
and art have fairly begun to open the doors,
_and show,the. way towkds -our f r uture mate
rial greatness.
But experieoce.of .what others have done
will best tell us what we may rightfully ex•
peat to do. .Lot us compare our position with
that of groat Groat Britain during qpi3 of the
glotnniopt, periode.of her financial history._
At the end.of her great wars in 1810, her
wealth wati estimated at ten thousand four
hundred millions ($10,400,000,000) and her
is 6 ptional debt of that time,was four thousarid
three hundrett.millious ($4,300,000,000) or
snore tlian ! 4l 'per cent. of her entire property.
In 1801 her property was stated at thirty-one
thousand five hundred' millions. ($31,500,
000,00 J) while her debt was three thousand
eight hundred artilTiiinety. millions ($3,890,.
000,000) or wa' a charge oethe property of
the country of only,about-12f, per cent.- - It
'needs argument to show that the weight
of the' burden of •this debt it no*,:but •one
third what it was when contraaletl.
We do' .uot wish'to deceive ourselves of
either side of this question. Debt is always
bad enough but we should look the facts
sqliarely in the face' and accept whatever de
ductions we haVe a right to draw from as
truth. In spite of the war, we believe the
Northern States aro as rich to day as they
were three years ago. 4uoli a demand for la
bor' was never before known, and never be
fore was it so well paid. War destroys, but
our hand of industry has never for a moment
ceased to create, and the creation will more
than balance the destruction. Large as our
losses of bravo and gallant men have been,
the population of the country has steadily in
creased ; and unless some scourge such as
never visited a nation should come upon us,
—unless wo should be utterly destroyed, or
dismembered and broken to phase by yield
ing to this demon of secession,—there is no
human power that can arrest our continued
progress and development. All ware have
ended as will ours. Let us hope that it may
be soon ; but when it is ended, and triumph
tinny as it must be, this country is bound to
take position in population, wealth, and vigor
that will make its debt so small in proportion
to its wealth that the most timid man will
laugh at the fear that may have ones over
clouded his' vision.
THE 'POOR WHITES" OF EAST
TFNNESEE.
OBSTINACY OF TUE ISEAN—noi.pEns
The following is an extract from a private
letter dated
MURFREESBORO, May 3, 1864
"It is not always true, 'caelum non ani
mum.' I doubt if any one can cross the
Uhio river for the first time without being
very much changed in all his views. For
myself, 1 find so many things different, and
much worse than 1 had supposed, that the
evils of southern society no longer hold the
same relative position in my mind or inter
est.
"The condition of the blacks is worse
than I had imagined ; but I had never begun
to understand the condition of the whites.
The generally low standard of knowledge;
the intellectual stagnation among even the
the most advanced ; the narrow sphere of
thought and conservation in which my own
associates move; the ignorance iu the mid
dle classes of the ordinary democratic ideas
of progress, the absence of any thought of
right to opportunity on the part of those who
need it most; the deplorable darkness of the
low6r whites, are to tne evils so new and
apalling that 1 no longer, burn with indig
nation at the wrongs of the negro, without
. being calmed and sickened,by. the-maivorsal
degredation. My northern blood boils often
er at the contemptuous tone of the privileged
classes towards the unprivileged, thau at the
unquestioned domination of color; and
when I see a white man, without property,
education or hope, I feel that if I could but
inspire him with a conviction of his rights,
1 should be kindling a fire which would
burn in him, perhaps, longer than in me.
No one who has not seen it-can understand
the depths of debasement in which the un
privileged whites are steeped. Do not sup
puse. that" am less anti -slavery ;_the_evils_of
slavery are more apparent and more horrible
to me than ever; but, believe toe, to-day the
white man is the greatest sufferer.
"I (*.you hn, e any influence at Washington,
use it to promote the amendment of • the
Gonstitution—nothing else can save this
State. There is but little loyalty here. Re
gret for the war because unsuccessful, and a
wish to return to former avocations in peace,
are the most favorable feelings. An earnest
desire to retain their slaves, to keep them
together until peace returns, and an abiding
faith that the State will never censent to the
abolition of slavery, are the strongest incen--
tives of the noisters. They will not hire
their slaves, themselves ; they prefer to sit
in solitary destitution. They will not con
sent to others hiring them ; they prefer to
see a general embarrassment of all parties,
and predict with pleasure the hoped-for fail
ure of the new experiment. They will do
nothing recognizing that the negro is entitled
to anything.
"The only chance for the State is in the
despair which an amendment of , the Con
stitution would produce- Once let them see
that slavery is impossible, that no power
within or without can re-establish it—be
their negroes ever so willing, or the system
ever so beneficial—and the masters will give
Op the contest in despair. Their children
and grand-children may then become in
dustrious men, mid their posterity will raise
the State to the proper place to which its
natural resources entitle it—but from this
generation nothing is to be expected.
"Therefore, if you can do anything to pro
mote the amendment of the Constitution, do
so ; and your success will, in my opinion,
accomplish more for mankind, without re
gard to color, than any effort in any other
direction."
The Great Contest !
Grant's Flank Movement —NewS to Tuesday
Mornin g Furious Rebel Attack —They are
Beaten hec Hurrying Toward Richmond
Gen.
en. Grant in lot Pursuit —No Fighting
Since Friday Night— War Department Offi
cial Dispatc hes.
GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL ADVICES —PROGRESS OF
THE FLANK MOVEMENT —A FEW SHIRAIISHES
IiANDOOCK SEVEN MILES SOUTH OF BOWL
ING GREEN.
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, }
Saturday, May 21, 1864-3 p. kn.
Gen. Hancock, with the 2d Corps, by a
forced march entered Bolwing preen to-day.
At Guinoy's Station they found some Rebel
cavalry with a. battery of artillery, which they
soon dispersed. Our cavalry pursued thent
inflicting some loss, while that of our own was
very light.
The army is in good spirits and confident
of victory wherever the enemy appears.
HEADQUARTERS OF THE POTOMAC,
Guiney's Station, May 22.
The advance of the army, under Hancock,
arrived yesterday, and met a foroo of the,.ea
emy, said to be 13,000 strong and drove them
through the town, pursuing them some dis
tance. Our loss is unknown.
An attack was made on our headquarters
train, near Guiney't4 Station, yesterday after•
noon. The 114 Regiment of Pennsylvania
Zoitaves, with the 681.1 Pennsylvania Vols.,
formed in line and drove the Robels, consist
ing of the oth Virginia Cavalry, across the
bridge. One man of the 68th Peniasylvania
was killed., and two or three were wounded.
Several prisoners were taken.
Headquarters Army of the Potomac,
22-10 I
'May
p.
Gen. Hancock is 7 miles south of Boling
Green, and occupies the kridge Over the
Mattapony.
Our cavalry had a good deal of fighting,
but drove the enemy all the time. .
bur position is
~now deemed important,
and. Richmond is greater danger than
ever.
War- Dept. Wash. May 24-10 P.. m:
To Major Gon. Dix A dispatch. from
Gen. Grant, dated at 11 o'clock last - night,
states that the army moved from, its position
to the North Anna, following closely Lee's
army.
The sth and Gth Corps marched by way of
Harri S's store to Jerico Ford, and the sth
Corps 'succeeded in effecting it - cressing and.
getting position witnout much opposition:--
Shortly after, however, they' were :violently
Attacked, and handsomely repulsed the as
sault without much loss to us. . ,
- We captured someprisoael.s.
.Ever'ylhine
looks exceedingly' favorable' to uti,
Another dibpatob, 'giving in • detail
~,the
movements or our corps, and'speaking of the
Rebel swami( on Warren's position,' says::
,11e3ya's attacked with great 'veheuandeo. I
- ,
nhave never hoard more rapid or massive
firing either of artillery or musketry.
The attack resulted in a Oestrucfive re
pulse of the enemy. At the'pogitiemettacked
by Hancock the Rebels were intrepcbed, and
in considerable force between the eree4 be
had crossed and the'river l and made q 1140-
pacious resistance to his onset; but 'Woe
dark he had forced them from their woli9
and driven them across the stream.
It is also said that in these engagements
the slaughter of the enemy was ve a ry great.
Our losses were inconsiderable. The Rebels
charged against our artillery, and suffered
especially from canister.
A dispatch from Gen. Grant, dated at 8
o'clock this morning; has also been received. %
It states that the enemy have fallen back
from the North Anna, and we are in pursuit.
Negroes who have come in say that Leo
is falling back to Richmond.
Other official dispatches from headquarters
say that Warren, Burnside, and Hancock are
pushing forward after the retreating army.
Warren captured a good number of priso
ners last evening, but has not had time to
count them or ascertain Es 'loss,
Hancock is storming the rifle-pits this side
of the river. Last evening he also took be
tween 100 and 200 prisoners, and drove many
Rebels into the ri*er, where they were dnwn
ed.
Warren also captured some official papers,
amongst them an order calling out all boys
17 years of age to garrison Richmond.
Ambulance men and musicians are also or
dered to the ranks.
Sheridan was . this morning at Dunkirk
and will be at Milford to-night.
No dispatches have been received to-day
from Gen. Sherman, and none are expected
for several days.
Dispatches from Gem Butler have been
received to-day, relating briefly to respective
forces.
Admiral Lee, in a telegram dated the 22d,
to the Secretary of the Navy, states that lasi
night (Saturday night) the enemy attacked
the army and were handsomely repulsed.
A Dispatch from Islei. Gen. Oanby, dated the
18th, at the mouth of the Red River, states
that Gen. Banks's troops had arrived at
Serninesport yesterday, and will reach Mot.-
ga nza to-day.
The army is in better condition than was
expected, and will soon he ready to resume
offensive operations,
EloviN M. STANTON, Secretary of War
litftt and Colutfullaittrt.
REMOVE THE NUISANCE.—We would
call the attention of the executive offi
cers of our borough to the unbearable
nuisance inflicted upon our citizens by the
dealers in fish, who locate their stands in the
centre of town. The foetid odor arising from
the decayed debri s of those stands has be
come abominable, and If the cause is not
suo_n_ re mo ved will certainly_ .breed_in fectiom--
There are many equally eligible places at
Which the business could be done without
'subjecting us to this extremely disagreeable
annoyance.
nos,_ The severe storm on 'Tuesday af
ternoon was accompanied by the most vivid
flashes of lightning, which struck the earth In
a number of instances. A dog in Main street
in front of the market house had his nose in
close proximity to the railroad when a bolt of
lightning struck the track and left. Mr. Bruin
quite ready for the sausage cutter.
SUICTDE.—EarIy this (Wednesday)
Morning a man was discovered suspended
from a tree by his neck, and quite dead. The
locality was West Pennshoro!!ownsbip, near
West Hill, between the farms of David Heiks
and Jno. Greider. The body was first discov
ered by Mr. Wm. Bloser, who was riding along
the road, and noticing the man in what seemed
a peculiar position, hailed Hen ; receiving no
response he approached him, and found that
life was entirely extinct. The suicide was II
German ot rather respectable appearance, ap
parently about thirty years old. He bad on
Tuesday evening called at the residence of
Mr. Francis Diller, and procured a piece of
rope, for the ostensible purpose of tying up
his.bundle; with this rope he had hung him.
self, after as appearances indicated two un
successful trials. Neither name nor residence
has yet been discovered.
mg),_ The teachers of the Borough:hav
ing long felt the need of a "School Teachers
Library," having at last made an effort to es
tablish one Contributions have been made by
the Board of Directors, and most of the teach
ore have agreed to give part of their salary
etieh year towards the object. Persons 1110-
lug to contribute either books money or pa
pers, can do eo by handing their contribu
tion to any of the teachers, which will he
thankfully received, and properly aokerowl
edged.
ller - Festival, by the Middiesiex Union
Aid Society. The members of the Society,
purpose holding a Festival in aid of the sick
and wounded Soldiers of
. our 'grey, at the
County Barn, on Saturday June 11kb.
elegant. Collation will.be . scrved, together with
ice °roam, stratiberries, and other delicacies
of the season. A fine. Band will be in Ittgn
dance, and speeolleadrom several distinguish
ed gentlemen may be expected. All the friends
of our brave army throughout the County are
cordially, and earnestly .invited to atten t d.
Feed for horses can be procured on the
ground.
Tickets can be had of each member of the
Society, and on the ground the day, of the
Festival.
Mrs. JOHN MILLER Preat
Mise. M. LANDERTON Soot
rm,The following letter has been re
ceived by the Carlisle Soldiers Aid Society
from the vromenfis Pennsylvania Branqh of
the U. S. Sanitary Commission, and, p pgake
for itself :
Afy dear Mrs Eby,
A box from the Soldiers Aid of Carlisle was
,yertosday_reost,elndly,seesived by
,us. All
the contents are most acceptable ; but special
ly; perhaps, I may mention the old muslin,
linen, and bandages. On the 16th, we bad an
urgent telegram from Washington calling for
these -very artioleii. — The 'lB needle books
wore gladly reoeiVed. Mrs. Marsh, the wife
of the Sm.,lnspedtor for the Southern de
partment writes that there is nothing the men
value more;'perhaps Ineorjpee . ?ffey spenlete
thorn so loudly of home. I please myself * by
picturing as I reed over'your excellent list,
the.comfori. Jhose things will afford to some
of the poor sufferers on these battle,fielde.
Our supplies, are coming in very rapidly
just now showing how quickly the kind hearts
of our American women respond-to , every
fresh,oall on their sympathies.
If you can do anything more for us ins the
gray/of old linkiti ? ‘bandages and common hem
med handkerohicfs, wo shall bo very glath •
• - Yours-very truly, -
--HELEN . - SCOTT,• • --
For Mrs. Grier, Ohair. Exec. Come