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CARLISLE, PA.
rriday, July C 5 1861.
FOR PRESIDENT,
ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
OF. ILLINOI3,
V ICE PRESIDEN I',
AN]MIEW JOHNSON,
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Union Eleaoral Ticket
PENATOnIII..
Morton I.l*Micha:ol,
Thomas H. Cunningham, Baavt.r
R ¢PII 11T Vrlyr.
I Robert P. Ring, 1:1 Elie.' W.lllOl
G cargo \l. ca..tog,
:1 ITer.ry Ratr.n, IE, .1..1‘n Il I..ter
4 Willllnt 11. Kern, 13 1 , n‘1 , 1 1I C. , 1)3‘,..1“)-
:, Rutin 17 Dmrid IV. IVO-4 , ,
1 Charles If. IWO., c Iln nu-ou.
11911nrt PeLrlle. ISI .lobot Pottnit.
11'11111m 'fltylor. 51munl B.
, 1 John A 71 r.rorbutil Flierer,
71 Itichlr ,l II Coo'. 11, . - .llrl P Pen,nev
11 I•.lwnrd NP.1111:1 - 1.
1 1 C!ilrlo... i :Loud, 21 .1..11n 41' .P. 1.411. 3. 1.
THE NEWS
It is extremely difficult to i)rm trout
the varicus and contracliory repo;: , of
the past week a connected statement of
the military operations which are excit
ing such an interest is our community,
(T to give an exact account of the posi
tion of affairs around Washington and
Baltimore. It appears that (.11 Thurs
day of last week a large fore of
nfant.ry oroseed the .Potoma , at Sivr i
I,pr(4,f,own and Antietam fords
.t cavalry had crossed the river prer
I v and had been raiding through l'lary•
bind up to the Pennsylvania,line, but v..e.
1 are 'no positive information that they
1, arc ails yet entered our State. After
pentlinz a short time in the vicinity of
liagt - rntov - n. the whole force crot,ed the
, nounta:ns toward Fredermb.. On S:tru:-
t'ay morning they had pa!,,-etl Cirottg:i
Frederick and reached the Monocae:--
'...i:re they encountered a r- cr.,ur
ti.c. ,- ,pw under command of Geo
tpirited magagemetit took pin 2(
itiet;u:.-, about eight hour, , , which re...dill ,
in a defeat to our forete and ctinpethl
them to fall hack toward I.;tltintore.
Our Lin, was about 1,000 killed woun.l.
rd :,ud missing. Gen. IVaihwe•,l eom
-.nand numbered about 10, 0 00 at the
relwl f)3 . ce probably about tw,0.e... resin y
The Leene of this ~, a 3
we2.t. from Baltimore end shout
the came clistanee north of Wa•bip,s , on.
ckfter the, engagement the main forc , . o.
+he rebels 1 ppear to hove ::•:l to ,
..v-hing-ton
bodies of their troop, 1.:: , .rr,1
i-tlderl around in the diet.,ity of
more destroying the bridges and telegrsph
Lees along the Northern Central and of
factnally pr&enting any cooinrunie.einn
with Itituo - eh: that route. On Tees.
day -they reached tht I'biladelphie S li'd
mington road, connt.co.u&-
Philadelphia. Tlty deatreed Mag-a - o:a
Station, eapturu.l throo trains et'
faxtially burned the bi idg,e at the 61.,i
-r,awda• river and effectually stcppiti
eaunication with liraltiruore is that (;,..Ye
non. Sub.sequerNy it was aaccrtf,intri
that the coutruunieation between 13..iti
-I'-Icad cud 17asiti1:5ton cut UL, and
Fesuot wiitiniz the cipical of Na
lieu i. completely isolated from the 1:y
prtice of the Country that ha, iter
nt in its protection. There are
atudrs, of attail_s upon its forilfict :ions,
that th,s Llrc betn u an - 1
rs that ti - ie I,dvo
there is as -;-t t nothini4 cu
- .lg, the operathias arount:
g.ve herewith the ul.st ael...thhr:
die
ptehas and rua:o . s, in th‘e .Drier we have
Ljbil to LLCM
At the hour of going to pre6e w' have
a rumor that tho rebeli are recrossing
the Potomac at Leeeburg, apparently
making all haste to ezicape from Cu:
pur
"saiag forces
.The Commissiom.r of Internal F. 437 -
t tie has promulgated the follow.-ing explan
atory of the new Revenue law, which goes
into effect on the let of August next: -
Postage Stamps cannot he used in pay
ment of the duty chargeabloon instruments.
It is the duty of the maker of an instru
ment to sax and cancel the stamp requirdd
thereon, If he neglects to do so, the party
for whose use it is made may stamp it before
itia used; but in no case can it be legally
used without a sltunp ; and if issued affrr
the 30th of June, 1934 and used without
stamp, it cannot be' nfterward effectually
stamped. Any failure upon the part of the
maker of an instrument to appro,nriately
stamp it readers him liable to a penally of
two hundred dollars.
Suits are commenced in many States by
otherprocess than writv via.; summons, war-.
rant, publication, potitiou, &c., in which
eatos theeeias the eriginalprecesses, several
ly, require star/fps; . t,
,WriLs-' of seirs fa...elos are subject to stamp.
• - duty aS original proceases,
Z t hc jurrit of an affiativit, taken before a
JUstice of the Peace, Notary Public, or other
officer duly
,authorixed to taken flidavits, is
held to, be.a certificate and subject to &stamp
dtity 'etfliireecrits, exeept when taken in suits
or legal proceedings, •
etrlificAtes of loan; in which there shall
appear any written or printed m•idenee of
.an amount of money to no paid on demand,
or at a time designated, aro subject to stamp
duty as 'tPromissory Notes."
1. he assignment oi s a mortgage is subject to
the same stamp duty as ,that imposed upon
the, original instrument that is to say, for
every sum of $5OO, oz' any fractional part;
thereof of the account secured by' the mort
gage at the time of its assignment, there
must be affixed a stamp or stamps denoting
adaty of 'cent's. ,•
When two or more 'persons join in the ex
ecution of an instrument, the *stamp to which
the instrument is liable under the law, may
be; affixed and canceled by.,any ono of the
patties. . -
In conveyances of real
,estate,,the law pro
vides that the stamp affixedlntist 'answer to
value of the estate or interest conveyed.
No stamp is required on any warrant of
.attorneyaCeompanying a bond or note, when
such • baud or note has. affixed thereeo the
stamp or stamps denoting the duty required;
nod whenever any. bond or note is secured by
mortgage, but. one stamp duty being • the
highest rata required by such instruments,
or either of them. In euelh case„i•nOte. or
memorandum of the italtteler' dduiViination
of the stamp affixed should bail:Undo upon:
the margin or in the acknowledgment of the
instrument which is not-stamped.
.• '
,ista.Our native modesty. prevents the ' re
prOdiktion in ihese. coldions Ws 'many
14rid: and complimentary exprer ) sions our
brethren . of tile editorial perstiv3ion have fa.
vored us with. • But lest 'we should bedeein—
s,434 uugraloful, we'bow our kineerest thanks
'4o,er,t4e, niarLY :goosd wishes 'and courteous
appreelation.tlie craft has laid 113
p'b riqn for...
s•
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WHEN ViiLL, WE LEARN f'
The present rebel invasion naturally
leads us to inquire how far these annual
troubles arelte to our own carelessness
or lack of patriotism. Three times now
have the rebel hordes invaded the north
and each time finds us leas prepared to
repel their advances than we were at the
first. Now why is this ? Simply be
tiamiciwe have maaitlisted s - total indit'-
fei - ence to our best interests that can
hardly be zlecounte 1 for on any other
ground than absolute inanity. Penn
sylvania has been sin-e the commence
-111(211t Of the w.ir in such a petition geo
graphically, that it was nurens6nable to
suppose that hor :-hould be free from
:1!)11111V,i,i011,. _Her South
era kmndary is nw, a hundred miles
tlirtant from the theatre of the first im
p , rtant cugagemcnt of the It ar and many
of the most important ot , ration.
been can ied in very uncomllndable prox-
Occupyi tlds position it
i 3 must astoundin g; It v, c 11:1Vt, taken no
measures to guard and pritedt our own
property and hiaines. Now this is not
a time to indulge in criticism of our mil
itary leaders or in denunciation of our
State or National authorities. This is
not the was to avoid the clanger'S that so
frequently threatell3 us. This course
may answer the ends of pohticians, but
it trill ri,t prevent the rebels from inva
d;ipg our t.ate or destroying our proper
ty. Pill tin: the respomdbility on others
may quiet our conscience; but cannot
easure air safety. The wiser course is
to attribute our defenceless condition to
its proper cause and to point out the
means by which we can is future lie pre
pared against similar daners. There is
but one reason that Pennslvania's soil
is at the mercy of whatever force Jibe
may choose to send u.)rthward, and that
is tl:s 4..1/ . /11e . .2.1( cfrulby
ilility to ci
k 1 0 'IN
irri the nr,teriii
hyr own hciders to bid cluiiiinee to any
of rcbt2l. -, ho :cot a,ain
hcr poi,ul,t ion. her resources,
and licr fo: L.,icentratin . !2. troops
fanidly at any point at ; di lik t *, t o h e
could he. it her citizcus
23.tui1v.3.t2,1 a a_.—.ll - . 1 of: ratrior.i.-o:
or c',,a a moderate regard Lr tits r ov,
interc,z6, always in a po_ition to protect
her , t;r But unaceountal , le it :Jay
the ;Marti, ci tli;s strtyde
aLd after the bittcr experience of fkirnier
invaZions :his ivc
aro &Tem:hint en our own re.+ourees,
holly at the Gl' the enemy. We
hare Leen livit,,;l_,ll the e earn astl_touh
the most profouu.l ict_eo ignel t,hrongh
oat the en t:i e •n. IVe have en en f,,L.1
Epecula.tions ; Etar,..2,1 E.L .1 - I,'s fin
LL.ney taakin L z, an 1 vlr,ilerl
or our aiuusenients the mia r,u
preme indifferencc to the rc:,ult of tLc
gigantic conflict. , on almofq within
our hearing. :Now wia a It fieriou.4lN hole•
long thiB ius.iluc conduct Li to be contin
ued and buw often the peoi,lo o the Stale
are to 1;e •tii:auilarea Cr out :heir
homes heroic cacti citizen lc.u•n, that it
is a duty t laa.t devolve,: upeu bini:,clf to
be in reuclinc.:. , : to defend his liou.sc and
I=
property?
We are not now entering into a ,:e
tense of the course pursued by otir State
authorities, Legislative or Executive.—
We don't believe that t'ucir action 'has
shown that they fully appreciated the
clangers to which the State has been ex-.
posed, or have done th6ir fall duty to
place her in a cop ditiou Li' self de.t.in,e,
and we hope that when our Legiziature
meets iu August the recollectiou-of tae
present troubles may be fresh enough in
their memories to induce them to put the
State on a complete war foutlng. But
their neglect to perfect a sy,:tew of State
defense is no excuse for the pnple to
neglect profiting by what bas beeu done.
Our militia laws are certainly not what
they should be, but, if there had been a
complete organization under them, we
could have had a well drilled force to-day
sufficiently large to have prevented the
possibility of an invasion. Before the
rebellion there was no want of a desire
to organize. It was considered as of the
utmost importance that we should have ,
companies, uniformed and armed, with
their meetings for drill; inspection and
parade, and regiments and brigades or,
gauized and officered, because there
migh.t be danger of a foreign war or au
insurrection. This was all right and
proper. Those organizations as soon as
the war began gallantly offered their ser
vices to their country and have since
proved their merits as soldiers on many
well fought fields. But strange to say
as soon as these organizations were iu
the service no one seemed to think that
there was need fur new ones to take their
places. Not a single company that we
know of, outside of Philadelphia, has been
organized for State defence since the
breaking out of" the rebellion, whose or
ganization has been kept up. As a
consequence of this carelessness the
whole population of the State is inade
quate to defend it against a single regi
ment of invaders. When danger arises
there has been till now uo,, lack of men
who are willing to Meet it; but the delay
hi organizing and equipping the - citizens
is always just great enough to enable the
rebels dither to accomplish their under
taking or escape just before the Peunsyl
sylvania militia reach the scene of action.
Had they been one week earlier in gel: 7
ting to 'The frotit , ,in . 1362; Lee's army
Might have been destroyed at Antietam,
and. last year, the exhausted army of the
.Potomac only needed their assistance ati
the proper. time
~to complete the work'
it so 'gloriounlY began 'at ,OettysbUrg.—
i
And: even now should Baltimore or
.
.Washington -be calaMity
can. - be traced, te a - groat extent; to the
delay. in organizing, and'sendiniforward
the militia 'of the'border;'',:
„ .
There , is no'into holsover In, inliniging,
iti vain regrets for - past failures. Dan
gers are still thick around us and we
must prepare to Meet them.. We say
then that it is our duty to organize and
that at once. Let every town and district
in the State form organizations, and hay.-
ing them lbrtned, maintain them. Let
there he meetitm-i for drill and instruc
tion in every thing that belongs to the
du'y soldit,e, as often as possible.—
If ever there was a time when action in
this respect was needed it is now. Let
every num in the community and espe
cially every young man join a military
company forthwith, not as a mere for
mality. but in good'earnest and with the
intention of making himself serviceable
as a solditir and providing means of de
fence against the invasion of our State.
There is no use in making frivolous ex
cuses t'or the neglect of this important
ditty.
The man who neelcets to do what he
can to guard his oe u State from inva , ion
and to defeni his own Lie an.l properly
is unworthy of protection, and deserves
no sympathy for any loss he may be com
pelled to bear. If we have not yet learn
ed the importance of guarding against
all possible dangers and of the necessity
of effort and sacrifice on the part of every
citizen, when will we learn ?
rez-- The threatenod rebel invasion has
ended down — s curses, not loud, hut deep,..
upon the head or Andrewtll? Curtin, and
the imbeciles who now control the destinies
of this cteintry. After all that has taken
place, it i.e amit7itm. that Pennsylvania has
anything to fear from hostile footsteps.
Warning after ii arning has '1)0011 given, yet
months have been permitted to roll flWay
without s Si.ll';ii . Manly ~r ,p, t rioti, otrort.
being made Andrew G. Curtin to place
the St to in a proper attitude at liorom,e.--
110 ha- no ex , nit - o to offor hut utter, ;blame
-1 1 , 1,11 1 bis Abolition broth
reo w , •11 boot , : that thi , people w.n. , reutlt G ,
second, V.ny corti , Pt p.mpt inaugurated to
debond our ],,,iders, aril to aid - Many prepa
ration; neoess,,ry ,•, guard agaimt the pres
ent wivalloo of the rebel Carer-r. hit they
have done nothing but bluster. The) . have
melte Ily deceived th•• rople. met rmat
tokemt.setited tli ,, I. ril nts condition of tin ,
oat urn. Thei r
.i. , t . nak daily Toohed
the ttren,_ , :th of tile relicts. When General
Grant n e i.,l iii , pvi , ent inov, , mont,
and ml Ihnomzh hi, 1,1,,•,,1y match to the
fruit Peter-Imre . . th..y falto , ly claimed
'men vi..t•o, uml cieleat i•red to
convim• • ;he th• , spe,,li fall of
ti: mire andeertnim Ev, , ryonit
remember-, IL: vulg:irti,:.ratche , of Om blat
ant Ine - ails, :Ind the more criminal eleeept
ot rue lii , r••of lii4
mrort t., il.,•eit th •, n mad
ly pers]..te•l in mid earrmil to quell] an extent,
even hi Mr. Swum,. that lone; moo no cred
ence was given to itny news that cam - from
t 11.3 IVerl), , partliii.tlt, or 111:11 , ...1iat1at,'6 it ntl
the Abolitit , n r,ress. And now tbe foil tinith
is startling . the nation front its slinnbek,.—
TM: , cit ,- • C I:.cilmond Int- not nill , tivi—but
3lart 1.-n 1 1- in tt.led. Penn , ylt . ania is threat
en d, Ond IV:lsllin,-ton k in danzer : • This
is the fruit of Aboi , tion
e n:' , :tai. mem to which Abraham Lin
coln Andros: G. enrtin hove int M.d us.
Wcye all t:ne. pllblieatitrU
at e,tlealatC`i the
conatry ur c,rl2 , unitv 9 We nee,' uuw
th,3 ittni•Y:t l\eeling and unity
ollacti3t It lz! e• -Cone's duty to do
what 1.1:3 ef:ll t) ....ace men to rally to
the supp9rt of the Government for this
1:: - )w cur only hc,pe of deliverance.—
Our Nat.onal Capital is cut off; a large
tic:l)cl force is within a clays march of
oar b3r,ler; our dauttor is most initial
neut and yet I.',c find publicatioiLi that
are certain to ,li-courage inn from taking
up arms in ric•lencc of their homes E..at
terel ot - cr the hill. Is it
sible that the th - sire for party t,ucce.s
can driva Mei) r, (10 acts C3kUla:cil to
injure their ctrt interests?
much for the policy of pukh,h;ng
reach articles; now boo- much eni.l' , C. is
there for their publication on the ecere
of truth. Some two manths
Curtin isfiued a proclamation calling on
the citizens to organize immediately in
anticipation of a call fr.nu the Presiders
for 12,000 Inca to serve for one hundred
d.tys. Nearly two weeks since ho issued
two palls each fir 12,000 men. These
calls as yet have mat been filled, nor are
we aware tLai our Dena)cratic friends
have been making many efforts to fill
them. We therefore, that until
the men responl to the Cevt.ruor's call
he is not charzeable with the "threat
ened invasions." When Andrew G.
Curtin turns away any valiant Democrat
who wishes to defend Washington or the
State from rebel invaders, we will listen
to any curses whether '• loud or deep"
that may be heaped upon him; but until he
does so we shall remind his defamers that
fighting, not cursing, is the duty of the
hour.
There has been no systematic effort to
deceive the people. The war bulletins
of Secretary Stanton were just such a 5
his information from the military com
manders warranted him in issuing. Gen.
Grant has steadily pressed onward, des
pite the efforts of Lee to resist his march,
Until he has revered the Rebel Capital
from the Confederacy. To loosen his
grasp upon Richmond they have been
compelled to adopt some other plan than
attack.. The entire rebel force has been
powerless to dislodge him by assault.—
They have thereibre resorted to tho des
perate ex.pedien! of invaFion in 'ordcr
that they may thus terminate a campaign
which they know certainly they cannot
resist. In thus doing they risk their
oWn capital, abandon a most important
position in Georgia, expose
,their best de
fensive positions to capture, and' in short
risk the whole of their Confederacy for
the sake of delivering Richmond from
its impending capture. In what way
this is attributable to''' Abolition imbe
cility" we are at .aloes to determine. If
we stop our bickerings and do Our duty
as men by filling all - the requisitions of
the Government this 'seeming trouble
will only be the harbinger of victory and
peace. If ve refuse Our aid to the Gov- ,
prnment now we - richly m'diit the dis=-
graee and' disasterthreatening us. 1,
lii4s'm The tinien StateConTention of Maine
assembled on the 2Oh• ult., at A.ugw3ta, the
capital. tron. Saniuel. Cony. *as re-norni.
naiad for Governor. ' The Convention pain
ed a series of resolutions which endorse the
Administration and approve a vigorous
prosecution or the %vat.
The BOUd of Comniiesionorg.
At the town meeting held in the Court
Hotise, by unanimous consent a committee of
prominent Citizens. were appoiqted to call
upon the commissioners of the county and
solicit them to make an appropriation large
enough to pay a bounty of 'at leagt fifty dol
lar 3 to every able bodied man willing to
volunteer for one hundred days. After a
free interchange of view, j this 4 was conceded
on all hands to be the in3htt and equita
ble method of distributing l,i
s'tiff burden of
taxation.
The. committee called upon the commis
sioners but found two of them absent. At a
subsequfmt appointment however, Messrs.
McCoy afid McClellan were present, while a
communication from Mr. Bast was present
ed. The views of this latter gentleman, as
expressed in his letter were that at a time of
threatened invasion like the present, the
first and only duty of the citizen was to re
main at home and devote his Gine and ener
-gi.,, to the salvation and protection of his
stock, and that his voice was unequivocally
against bounties, or anything that savored of
resistance to the invador. In this opinion,
—after mature deliberation. end in defiance
of the most urgent appeals from such citi
zens as Messrs. Todd, Hepburn, Richard
- Woods, Ahr . m. Lumberton, Jno. B. Brat
ton etc.—Mr. McCoy fully concurred, and
thus constituting a majority of the board
the project, of course failed. For the honor
of humanity, and to rescue our citizens from
the unutterable disgrace that the representa
tives of our citizens, wore a unit in this most
disgraceful action, we gladly announce the
fact that Mr. McClellan insisted upon the
immediate action of the board in favor of
the proposition ; but having but one of three
votes, of course he was overborne by the un
alterable dictum of the majority.
Thus by their official voice, the commis
sioners of our county say lb st while the ad
joining counties of our own and a sister
state are being Fa% aged by a ruthless invad
er". the he,,,,„ stores and barns of their cit
izens sacked and burned, while, the inhabi
tants are robbed and insulted; and if they
plead Mr mercy are answered by the revol
.ver or bludgeon—that it Is not, the tit occa
sion to think or resistance or defence., but the
time alone to find a secure retreat for their
dumb cattls,
;So kecnly do we feel the un:peakable cha
grin ra, 1.11: i nbc..ciiity and poltrooln.ry e x_
in this: clisgrzleeful r,--ohttinn, that
v... 2 turn from iti r , eind Nt - ith a blu-h Inc di'
of lrn,thcr C'tnnlwriand of our nativity.
With inexpre,sible pride we turn to the
action of our horottah authorities, in this
Immodultely upon the an
n namenc nt that the conums,--ioncrs would
d oar ton council ,c , scinbled and
promptly by a unanimous cote, appropria
t the money to , pay a bonnty of fifty dol.
Lire to every man lohniteoring to till its
glom. Citizen; of Cumberland County—
y ,u claim to be worthy of the name of
fr canon contrast-that action with this, and
sty which i; or tied to your - r lv.ill-done, -
and whicli tot our anathema.
Our Congressional Delegation
I'enn,::l;ania is represented in the present
C -ngrt, , s twenty tour me ohm. tw.?l,; oof
w are Unionists and tw,lve Democrats,
anion; the' lattZr we ioclude Hen. Joseph
Bailey who was regularly nominated by the
D13:11.- , k:latic Party, but an account of the de
fset,,n of 1.116 Glo.-shrenn.er faction owes his
Ll;ctim to Ilaspublican support. His con
victions of duty as a representative of the
people have caned him to give the admin
istration a hearty support and thus we have
had an actual majority of our delegation
acting and voting with the friends of the
Union. There may be some ditliculty in
sending a man from our district who will
serve the coin try as welt as Mr. Bailey has
done, bet there will be littlo
dilli
culty in securing a decided majority in our
del-gat ion.
1 ad.lition to the twelve districts that
cltci&d Uni.mists in '6.2, the fo.lcuin . ; dis
tricts that then elected Democrats gave
last year mojoritms for Gov. Curtin as fel
lows:
XlViu DISTItICT
Cos. Cam u. 'Woodward.
Dauph;u 5, ut,.) 3,67.5
Juniita 1, IJe3 1,737
rulou 2 u:2l 1,23 u
:3nyder 1,738 1,331
Nurthumber:and 2,619 3,3,u
Curtiu's majority, 1,113.] 12,9a2 11,510
Dlsmicr tCoFFaoTII s)
Adams 2,58 U ?,917
1 dl rd 2,430 2,704
Frankllll • 3,876 V , ,710
Fulton 751 1,022
Somerset 3, 1 161 1,738
Curtin's majority, 729.] 12,82 ) 12,091
XVllru. DISTRICT ( 3I'ALLIsTmes).
Blair 3,2,51 2,383
Cambria 2,101 3,090
lluntingtion3,2l3) 2,107
-1111.11 in ' ' 1,709 1,621
Curtin's majority, 1,237.] 111,4113 0,179
X..Nlisr DISI'ILICT (Diw50....r . 8.)
Fayetto 3,1)t)1 3,791
Indiana 3,0t31 1,935
W est ruarelarul 4,104 6,501
Curtin's majorit\-, 215.) 11,316 11,327
XIIVTn bisraicT (Lsztalie).
Beaver 13,937 Z 036
Greene 1,484 2,960
Lawrence 6,063 1,231
Washington 4,637 4,371
Curtin's majority, 1,573.].12,211 10,63 S
--As the soldiers in the field, who did not
vote last year, are pretty surely to vote this
year, there ought to be net "cittliculty in beat.
ing all these Copperheads and electing Union=
ists In their places.
ger' The magnificent series of Sanitary
Fairs begun several months ago at Chicago
'is now nearly closed. The movement was
one of the most beautiful and gigantic exhi
bitions of patriotism ever witnessed on the
earth. Its substantial results have been in
the highest degree satisfactory. The follow
ing is a tolerably accurate statement of the
net proceeds of the Fairs. -
Chicago
Cincinnati
Boston
Brooklyn
Cleveland
Buftitlo
New York
St. Louis ' 675,000
Philadelphia 1,900,000
Pittsburg 350,000
Smaller Faira aggregate about 150,000
Total
Jre'"The Union men of Mifflin county
have instructed for A. A. Barker, of Cam
bria, for Congress ; D. W. Woods fOr Sen
ator, and Chas. Stinebergei is the present
member.
ma„.The tosfon llcrald by far the ablest
and most popular Democratic paper in New,
England, comes out for Lincoln and John.
son. There will not be bogus Democracy
enougb,left for rood in Now Englund.
Dar Dnowleß BaorrontaL TRocars, for
Coughs, Colds, Pulmonary and .Asthmatic
Allorders, have proved their effteacy by ,a
that of many years, and havo received tee
timoniald from eminent men who have used.
them.. I • . • -
Citizens ofCuinberland
The'present invasion, and .the attack upon
tho,Capital of our Nation by a large army,
of the. enemy, stares us with startling reali
ty,"in the face. The occupation of Mary
land,' and all of Southern Pennsylvania ;
plunder and' devastation of our towns
and country, together with overwhelming
disgrace and humiliation will be the result
of their success, if we permit it. Their ob
ject is to dictate terms to U 9 from our own
soil, and to subsist off and gather in for their
people, the' wealth of ours.
The most fatal and alarming feature of all
is the terrible apathy that pervades the whole
community. Our citizens sit with their
arms folded in apparent security and slum
bering insensibility, while the cannon of
the rebel army are thundcring at their very
doors. What is the meaning, of all this?—
Are the freemen of Pennsylvania ready to
bow their necks to the yoke;—to yield up
their property tamely to their invaders, mid
submit quietly to their boasted superiority,
Cleir inmlts and menaces? Ti • not. it is
time to shake off this lethargy, anil rouse
yJur dormant emrgie , into actimi.
The pooph• of the Borough, in town meet
ing assembled, appointed the undersigned
a committee to take such measures for the
organization of companies, to assist in re
pelling invasion, and to save the Capital of
our Nation, as should be found expedient.
The Borough authorities have determined if
possible to till the quota of Carlisle, and they
offer a' bounty of Jl, to all who Will enter
the service of the United States for the pres
ent emergency, and we s ill endeavor h
to organize at least one company.
It is in your power, through your school
Directors in each township and Borough, to
make. the same efforts. and we are directed
to solicit your co-operation in forming other
companies. To be of any avail, your action
nittet he immediate, prrnopt and energetic.
AlrhA such an effort, will cost, should hardly
enter into the question with a free and pa
triotic people, who care more for their home
stands and the honor of their families and
their country, than their money. But if
with any this should be the great question of
All, it is lior such to consider whether it is
not - Fr,norr to pay our Lardy and brave
youth fur their time. and the hardThipi they
must endure, than give your granaries, your
warehouses, your mills, and your pasture
fields to the army of 01. , cnomy, and of be
ing without stores and other sourcesnec
essary an I daily supplies so I , n•-as th v oc-
cupy the country
Intelligence
The 'Republican Stale Con vcniion of Mich
igan mei ,n tb s , •v t :u,h inst. and nomina
ted Henry 11. Crapc - fivi-ii.i..ii - ernor and J ohn
0 W.:II for Slate Trer.•urnr.
NEBRAS.KA. has voted not to organize a
State Gol.•rnm nit as yet. In this, We think
she has decided Wiicly. She had but . ..!ti
inhabitants in ISt9•t : she has not more than
000 nou• and she could hardly tail, by
making herself a state, to doable her local
taxa:on—a serious coniideration in these
days. Whoever expected to he Governor.
U. S. Senators, &c, are doubtless annoyed
by this vote ; but the groat mass of the peo
ple can bear the disappointment of this class
with unshaken fortitude. Nebraska will be
con t 7 in as a State, with, a population of
WO iOO or over, in season to vote for Presi
dent 1868.
Tht Union Conferees appointed fur the
countiesof Washington and Beaver, to place
in nomination three candid:ll,s fir the .li•
sembly. to represent that district in the next
L !gislaturc, met at the Monoi r ;ahela house,
in Pittsburg. Present, Me:srs. A. Murdoch,
David Aiken and 11. K. Rogers, of Wash
ington, and Messrs. Thomas McCord, Joseph
Ldlie and Joseph Darragh, of Beaver.
After a full interchange of views, thecon
forces agreed upon the following ticket :
Washington—Dr. B. R. Peed and J. K.
Kelly,
Beaver—Col. B. M. Quay.
The Conferese of the Union party of the
17th Congressional district of Pennsylvania,
cimposed of the counties of LluntMgdon,
Blair, .liifllin, and Cambria, met at Tyrone
City do Taesddy, 28th inst., to nominate a
candidate for Congress. Three clays were
spent in balloting without making a nomi
nation. About four hundred ballots were
made A. A. Barker, Esq., of the Ebens
burg Alleghenian, was supported by the con
ferees from Cambria and Mifflin; Colonel L.
W. Hall, formerly Speaker of the Stete Sen
ate, those from Blair, and Colonel Win.
Ddrris, of Huntingdon, by those of his own
county. The friends of each stood firm for
three days, and, despairing of a nomination,
adjourned until some tima in August neat.
This C9nforenee casts i n the shade the famous
Conference held in the Wild Cat district
some years ago.
Congress has declared that none of the
States which havo boon formally declared
in insurrection shall vote for President till
readmitted into the Union. The States thus
01:chided from participating in theapproach
ing Presidential contest are as follows:
Virginia, Tennessee,
North Carolina, Mississippi,
South Carolina, Louisiana,
Georgia, Florida,
Arkansas,
Tesa.s.
Our next President and V;ice President aro
therefore to be chosen by the following:
L'lee,tors
States - .- States: Electors
Maine 7 Ohio 21
New Ilampshire 6 Indiana 13
Massachusetts 12 Illinois 16
Rhode Island 4 I Michigan 8
Connecticut 6 I Wisconsin 8
Vern/4U 6 Minnesota 4
New York 3310wa
New 4Orsey I
. 7 Kansas 3
Pennsylvania 261 Kentucky . 11
Delaware 3 1 Missouri 11
Maryland 7I California 5
West Virginia 6,1 Oregon - 3
Total, 24 States Electors 241
Necessary to choice 121
$ 75,000
120,000
147,000
' 800,000
120,000
100,000
The following are believelt:o.be the prin
cipal Measures of the sessien,ljtieh became
laws ; I Repeal of the Fugitliret3lave Law ;
2 Revision of the Internal ifeveniie Law ; 3
Revision of the Enrollment Law, and abol
islunent; pf conunutatioh ; 4 The Four Hun
dred =lion Loan Bill ; 5 Bill, to Establish
a Bureau of Freedmen's Affairs, 0 Bill to
Eneourag,e Immigration ; 7 Bill-Temporari
ly Increasing the Tar iff duties Fifty per cent.;
B'Revision of the Tariff; 9 Revision of the
law , anthorizing the establishment of Na
tional Denies; 10—Re-establishment -of the ,
grade of Lieutenant General ; Imposition of
a special War income Tax .of five per cent
on all incomes above $OOO poiannitm, (addi
tional to the same tax: , ,Proidod for in the
amended Internal BovenUe ILaw ; 12 Bill
authoriiing the Secretary of the Treasury to
Sell GOld. 1.8• Bill prohibiting Gold lamb=
ling; - 1 ':" - " --- tn . icOg enact..
meat: - • , •
.. •
1,200,000
$1,437,000
County.
W.M. 11. MILLER.
.MIS B. BRAYTON,
c. oGILBI'.
BEArrY,
GEO. SIIEAFFER,
R. C. WuoDWARD,
HENRY SAXTON,
GEORGE ZINN".
Soldiers the same pay, clothing, etc., as other
soldiers ; 17 Bill Increasing the Pay of the
Army ; 18 The erection of the Territory of
Montana; 19 Bill authorizing Postal Com
munication with Brazil; 20 Bill to encour
age the establishment of Telegraphic Com
munication with Russia by way of Beh
ring's Straits ; 21 The Civil and Army Ap
propriation Bills ; 22 The Bill Prohibiting
Seceding States from Voting for President
and Vice President.
PERSONAL
Vice President 'Hamlin is serving as apri
vale in one of the military companies lately
formed in the State of Maine. Can't some
enterprising Democrat make some political
capital of this?
GOOD APPOVITMENT.—C. E. Purvianec,
of Butler, has been appointed to a position
in the Cotainissary Department, with the
rank of Captain.
The funeral of E. Gov. lb-etl,tr, took place
at Easton, on last Friday, Gov. Reedor's
c mnection with the territory of dur
ing her troubles has made his name familiar
to every one. By his death the country has
lost a most worthy citizen.
Gen. George P. Morris, died in New York
City on the lith lint., ills death will be re
gretted wherever the ling language is
spoken, for with ono or Iwo songs which
have been sung over all the world his name
is tenderly conceded. Mr. Morris' fame
will rest solely upon a few beautiful ballads,
and certainly the author of "Woodman,
Spare that Tree," losers Ps to be remembered.
For many years Mr. Morris has been one of
the editors of the haute but, exer‘pt
by his contributions to that well-knov.ll
paper, and the publication of new editions
poems, has taken no active part in the
literary world. His fame properly belongs
to the generation before this—l III: tine•; when
Percival, lialleek and Pin'ki'e y were our
pets, an I Morris the TOM Mooro of Amer
;
lea.
Hawley D. Clapp, the bounty broker, has
been rel:inied form F l ort La fayet te. lie is to
re4ure to recruits the bounty money that
nll3 withbera at his 'agency.
THE INCOME TAX
Congeess has increased the rate: of in
come tax from three to Live per cent. on
all incomes over $6O) There is sonic
tnisunder-tanding as to the mean 117 of
t le law, which, however, our citizenS . ean
comprehend when the tax is ready to be
paid. The special war tax is five per
z,k;nt. which with the r ther will ount
ten per rent. No doubt the copper
heads will growl; that would be no new
th:ng, rijr of much importance either
The law is easy on the' poor man but
makes the rich man pay for the comforts
and protection'he has enjoyed. Individ
u its who haul money into their establi-4
meats as if it were dirt will, of course
b. 9 compelled to haul a good bit into Un
cle Sam's treasury. This taxation may
be comsidered a terrible burden, but many
soil ers have given their lives that their
c aintry nii 4 ht live, and besides it is noth
ing compari.d to the dreadful rum :which
would visit us in ease of failure. There
is no amount that you can contribute to
the Government which will not be a di
teot saving to what you would lose if the
Governuwnt should nut be sustained. II
his been truly said that a day, an hour of
Virtuous liberty, subject to taxation, is
worth a whole eternity of bondage, al
though the taxes should be paid by our
masters.
The D3struction of the Alabama
No one can read the account given in the
English press of the destruction of the Ala
bama by the liearsarge without fn•ding in
them gra . ve causes of complaint against the
English and the English Government for
the aid given to the pirates of the Alabama
in escaping from our hands.
The Deerhound, the English yacht which
was so conveniently at hand 'to rescue
Semmes and his fellow-pirates, was undoubt
edly a mere tender to the Alabama. f` By
a somewhat singular cpinf'idence,' says the
London Maas, she was built by Messrs.
Laird & Son, of ilirkenti.facl, and proof of
her ilearll32s is furnished by the tact that she
steamed home. from the seen] of action yes
terday at the rate of thirteen knots an hour."
The Messrs. Laird & Son, who built both
the Deerhound and Alabama, had doubtless
something to do with the timely presence of
the t'ormcr at Chetbourg, and all the circum
stances go to prove that she was sent for the
express purpose of assisting, by her fleetness
in tho escape of Semmes and his freebooters,
in case of an untoward result, such as actu
ally happened. She left harbor with the
Alabama, kept as close to her as safety would
permit, and was conveniently at hand to
pick up Semmes. It would be singular, in
deed, if such a thing happened through sheer
accident.
" Captain SEMMES," says the Times "and
others mentioned, were saved in the Deer
hound's boatsciThrn it' was ascertained that
the water was of every ono that had
life left, and that no more help could be ren
dered, the yacht steamed away for Cowes
and thence to this port." Of course. As
soon as the freebooters were all saved, the
yacht sailed as fast aS canvas could carry
her to England, without „waiting to deliver
the prisoners to the Kearsargc, although the
captain knew perfectly well that every one
he had on board was a lawful prisoner of the
American gunboat. That he was clearly
conscious 'of this fact appears by the record.
The Southampton News Bays :
As soon as all that were seen in the water
were picked up, Mr. Lancaster was anxious
to get away, and began to steam out to sea.
110 expeeted that he should have been
brouht to by a shot from the Keursarge,
but silo was too disabled, it appears, to go
after the Deerhound to overhaul her, and
thus Semmes escaped being made prisoner.
The captain of the yacht-fully expected,
it seems, that the Kearsarge would over
haul him and take the prisoners from him ;
and why, if he know they belonged to the
Kearsarge, was ho so anxious to got away
with them ? Because he was there for that
•
very purpose.
The captain of the Kearsarge, it seems,
asked the captain of the yacht to pick up
these prisoners. The outhafripton News,
from which we have quoted,'says "that Mr.
LaNcAsrzn, the owner of the steam yaght
Deerhound, wasAesired by the commander
of th'o Kearsargo to save ne many of the offi
cers and crow of the Confederate vessel as
possible," expecting, of course, that he would
immediately hand over those thus saved by
him from a watery grave. It was merely
as an act of humanity to drowning men that
'be *as thus askodlo lend a hand, and not
tIY aid in their escape; and Capt. LANCAS
TER showed not only an utter want of good
faith towaids.the officers of the Kearsarge,
but 'concerted determination to ao-operate .
arrainst us in the 'light. . • ' .
of regard for the National
hoiair calls tipoti the United States govern
ment to demand the surrender of these pi
rates from the English government. They
are upon English soil, through English con
nivance and interference against us, just as
the Alabama was permitted to go to sea in
the first place through the connivance of the
English government. We trust the Ad
ministration will tit once detniind the pris
oners thus stolen from us, and that no un
worthy fear of involving this country in a
war with ,England will deter the Govern
ment from asserting its rights firmly, in this
instance, and rigidly exacting the regard
which one nation owes to another in such
cases. 11' we yield a hair's breadth under
the conviction that we have enough to do to
carry on a war with the Rebels, we but pro
voke, by such a show of weakness, the very
result we desire to avoid. If we expect Eu
ropean nations to respect us, we must first
respect oursulyes, and National self-respect,
in title case, IcaCes us no safe alternative but
to coni . nel . thein to respect us. ,
Proclamation by the President
\.l. Pay of TAanAsgiring and Prayer.
---
A PROCLAM.A.TION.
Wit F.. , AS, The. Sena!, and 1i011 ,, e of Rep
resentative at. their last se,sion, adopted it
Conearrent tool, which was approved
on the second day of • instant. and•Whieli
was in the words follownely :
-That the President. of le United State.-7
be requested to appoint a day of humilia
tion and prayer by the people of the United
States: that lie requests his constitutional
advisors at the head of the Executive De
partments to unite with him as Chief Mag
i-bate of the nation, at the City of Wash
ington. and the members of Congress, and
all magidrates, all civil, military and naval
ollieers, all soldiers. sailors and marines
with all loyal and law-abiding people, to
convene at their usual places of wordiip, or
wherever they may be, to confess and to re
pont„4...their manifold sins, to implore the
compairiion and forgiVole,S Or the Almighty
that. if consistent with Ili,: will, the existing
rebellion may be speodily , uppressed, and
the siiiirimmey of the Constitution and
of the United States may be established
throughout all the States; to imp:orit
:13 the Supreme Ruler of the World, not to
destroy us a people, nor to suffer its to be de
stroyed by the ho:tility or conni vane, of other
nations, or by obstinate adherence to our
couniels, which tnay be in conflict with Ili,
eternal purpow,, and to implore Him to en
lighten the mind of the nation to know and
to do Ills will. humbly believing that it is
in accordanee with Ills will that our place
should lao maimaitel as a united people
animg the family of nation;; to implore
hilt to grant 01 our armed defenders and
the masses of the people that courage, pow
er of re-istancc and enduranee necessary to
secure that result to implore Him in Ills in
finite goodness to soften the hearts, enlight
en the mind , . and quicken the con , ciences
of thin in rebellion, that they may lay
down their arms antrspeeddy return to their
allegianee to . the United. States, that they
may not be utterly destroyed, that the etla -
B mn of blood may 1,0 ,laved, and that unity
and fraternity may be restored, and peace
established throughout all our borders. -
Now, therefore. 1, Abraham Lincoln,
P res id ent ~f the United States, cordially
coneurrin,2, - with the Congrc:, of the Unit:ti
Stole, in the penitentialand pious. stun
expre,,,,l in th aferesaid resolution, mid
approving of the 1101.0tionat design
and purpose .Ihcreof, do hereby appoint the
first Thursday of August next to be übser,ed
by di- p e ople of the Cuiteil States as a day
of litionul humiliation and prayer.
I do lier,•bt fart ILT invite and request the
lleads of the Exi,cutlyi: Departments of this
li t, tog,ther with all Legislators,
all Judge, and „Magi , trates, and toll other
per.ou, ,•kercising authority in the land,
vidnither civil, militia% or naval, and all sol
diers.,eanan and marines in the National
service, and all the other loyal and 111 -
Or OP! 1:1111.1111 States. to as
semlde 11t their prcleried place, of public
worship on that day, and there to render to
the Almighty and Merciful liuler of the
Universe ruck homages apd such confessi.in,
and to offer to Dim such supplications 11S
the Congress of the United States ha% e, in
their aforesaid Ito:40111[1On, so solcinnly, and
earnest rueollllllolltlo.,l,
In testllllolly Wllol'ool' I Kaye hereunto sit
my hand and caused the seal of the United
States to he affixed,
Deme at the city of NVashington this seventh
of July. in the year of our Lord one
[stxf...] thousand eight hundred and s,ixty
four, and of the Indopendene of
the United States the eighty ninth.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
By the President:
WILLIAm 11. SEWARD,
6eeretary et' the State.
Address of Gov. Curtin
Thu following addro:s to the people, of
Pennsylvania, by Gov. Curtin, was read by
the different pastors in th''ir respective
churches in Tlarrisburg on Sunday evening.
We commend its patriotic sentiments to
every lover of his country. Read it careful
ly- and act accordingly :
SNI x Ecurivit Cif 11171,Z,
July IU, 104. /
To the Peple of Penn.ty , : I refer to
my recent Proehtmation calling for troops
on the requisition of the President. You
arc not responding freely. The enemies of
our Government are active in deterring you,
and effort., have been made to dissuade you
from the belief that any considerable force
is in your vicinity, and many of our most
loyal and patriotic citizens have been thus
deceived.
Similar edorts were too successfully made
last year, at the moment when Lee's army
was actually on your border.
DisTatches have been this morning re
ceived establishing the tact that Gen. 'Wal
lace, with 10,01 111 , M1 was yesterday com
pelled to fall back from Frederick; ho is be
lieved to be in retreat towards Baltimore.
The communication between this point
and Baltimore was cut this morning by the
rebels, below Cockeysville. The authorities
of the United States at Washington are so
impressed with the necessity of immediate
effort, that they have, this morning, by tel
egraph, authorized Into to be mustered in
by cotnpanies, ,which " they had yesterday
peremptorily refused:
It is my duty to state to you the fact that
your country requires your immediate ser
vice, and the safety of your own and of
our good neighbors in Maryland, may de
pend on your promptness.
Reeolleet that the mode of enlisting men
is at the discretion of the Government and
it is the duty of all to obey its requisitions.
It would be disgraceful to you to waste time
in objecting to matters of form and detail,
or to profess that you would go if called in
some dillerent way.
Those who want an excuse for skulking
may do so, but all who desire to do their du
ty to their country will scorn such subterfu
ges.
Turn, therefore, a acid ear to all mischiev
ous suggestions from any quarter. Do not
lend yourselves to a betrayal of your coun
try. Come forward„like men, to aid her.
The rebel force will be easily defeated and
driven away, if you do yourduty : and I pray
to God S oo to enlighten you that the honor of
the Commonwealth may be maintained..
A.-43:-CURTIII.
zeiir Amendments to the Constitution
of Pennsylvania are to be passed upon by
the people of the State at the polls on
Tuesday, the 2nd day of August neat.—
We'hop& our people will turn out in force
and vote for them. The brave soldiers
in the field, VO3O are fighting the battles
of the country, should have a voice in
the selection of our civil officers, and'hy
voting for the amendment giving that right
to the soldiers an sot of justice ie done to
those perilling their lives in our defence.,
We ask a'careful perusal -of the Procla
mation's& published by the Sheriff in
another column. The "mode and manner
of voting is there laid down.
Letter froth the Hon. Schuyler
Colfax
The following letter was sent by the Pion.
Schuyler Colfax to the Congressional Con
vention of the iXth District • of Indyma,
held at Valparaiso on the 30th ult., whiell
nominated Mr. Colfax for re-election by ac
clamation:
HOUSE OF EICFriIESNNTATIVt`i,
WASH I NOToN, June 25, 1804,
MY DEAR Sin : The prolongation of the
sesion till next week prevents my attending
the Congressional Convention at Valparaiso
on the 30th, and mingling there with such
true-hearted patriots as I know will be found
assembled. My sphere of duty is here till
Congress adjourns ; and never having been
absent from it a single day, it would not be
right to leave it now fi. my own personal
gratification.
Appealed to la,t February by the unani
narnliresolution of the delegates for the IXth
Duitrict at the State Convention, to accept a
renomination, my name is before your Con
vention ; for cheerfully as I would have re
tired to make place for some other candidate,
it seemed that, while mir brave defenders- iu
the field were standing at their posts so fear
les..dy, no Line 111 el, it life could rightfully
desert Iris, if Id , conmitnerds eummanded
otherwise. But it must be promptly with
drawn, if oven in the opinion of a minority
of the counties it would Ii wiser and strong
er to present SO . 1111; . More emendate. If the
voice of tho Convention, however, i s c l ear l y
and unmistakably in favor of my rt.-nomi
nation, and by such a derided preponder-
Mire as to loalC 11 , / doubt us to the wishes of
the people, I shall accept its action, with 1111
honorable pride at this renewed evidence of
their C 0111.111110,1 confidence.
But, regarding a division of the Union
forces at the ballot-box as akin in its results
N . a division or weakening of our forces at
the front, 1 should feel guilty of a crime if
the presentation of my name threatened the.
harmony or impaired the strength of the.
loyal cause 1 have striven here so faithfully
to serve. 1 speak thus generally because, at
this distance, it ii impossible to foreknow
what will be the prevailing opinion when
the delegates from the Lake to the Wabash
shall commingle. Nor can 1, of course, pre
dict all the details of the platform. 13ut
frankness compels me to tell you my views
on the great questions of the day, unreserv
edly, in advance.
1. justify the Administration in its denial
to susi)eeted traitors and their abettors of
the writ of lialioas corpus ; for. as I read the
Constitution. this was the, express intent of
it, tram rs , when, in time of insurrection,
the public safety requirod it.
I justify it, also, in what is denounriod by
its enemies as •• arbitrary arrests, - and only
regret that 1111 y thus arrested, against whom
there soemod rea , onable suspicion, like Mar
shal Kane and others, wore discharged with
out trial.
ju-qily a Butler in daring, to hang a
traitor in Nae(Ma
en, and a Burnside in
arre,ting an intluential politician for
defying: and , pitting on a military order,
deemed e,sential for the nation's cause.
I heartily approve the President's Eman
cipation Proclamation, and his solemn—dec
laration that no slave of any State, whether
on the border ur further South, who fights
for his country, shall ever wear the chains
of bondage.
I itin for the most vigorous exertions to
re-enforce our armies by the largest possible
addition of colored troop=; and only regret
that the persistent opposition to them by the
enemies of the Administration, their Con
gre,stnen and their presses. has retarded
their organization ; when, had they unitedly
ailed i❑ the work and encouraged it, we
might have lint, ere now, 4111,000 of such
soldiers, instead ,if luo,uuo and avoided all
impending drafts.
I indorse most heartily the policy of con
fiscating the provrty of Rebels voluntarily
in arms against their country; and who,
guiltier than tie' parricide, seek to involve
country and citizen alike in a common de
struction.
I am for striking at Slavery, the cause of
all our woes, and the progenitor of this gi
gantic Rebi"dlion, kith ,iv,•ry power under
our control—NVOr i'•nvor of the army, tho
Naval Power of the Navy, and the I'roela
tion of the President; and for its fi
nal and irrevocable tAtirpation from the
land, by an amendment to the Constitution,
which shrill make, that ,iiistrinnent, ' as well
as the Republic itself, forever free; and
thus, also, obey the Divine injunction, " to
break every yoke and let the oppressed go
free."
I and again , t tr , a , on. whother it rears its
hideous form in front of our patriotic and
gallant armieq, or tool: r tho roof of our cap
itol ; in the street- of New-York, or within
the borders of Indiana; and I am against
any severance of the Union by the sword of
rebellion, by a dlsgtracetul compromise, or
by a base surrender of the sacred cause in
which so many martyrs for the right have so
sadly and yot ao bravely fallen.
And, to sutn up. I tun for Abraham Lin
coln—the pilot W-ho shrank not in the dark
est hour—and for Andrew Johnson—t•faith-
Ilil the faithless found - -for th'is
highest suffices in the nation's gift, of which
they are eaeli rn worthy.
Very truly yours,
ScitcYLER COLFAX'.
MARK' L. MCCLELLAND, Valparaiso, Ind
Meeting of tho Union Stato Con-
tral Committee
Pursuant to notice, tho members of the
Union State Central Committee held their
first meeting in the city of Harrisburg. on
Wednesday afternoon, July 6, 1801."
The Committee was Convened at the resi
deuce of the chairman, Gen. Simon Cameron,
and .on the reading of the roll a quoruM ap
peared in attendance, and answered to their
MIMI
Gen. Cameron th •n, in a few brief remarks,
set forth the importance of the campaign the
State Central Committee was about to organ
ize. If a proper spirit of union animated
the individual efforts of the loyal men of he
State, and if the State Central Comtnitee la
bored earnestly and harmoniously, he did not
doubt the result—Mr. Lincoln would be
elected—the different county tickets, as nomi
nated by the Union men of the State, would
he successful—and thus, through these victo
ries, the whole country would be re-animat
ed fur an effort to triumph over the traitor
foe.
LOn motion Of Gorge \V. Ilammersly, the
Chairman was authorized to appoint theusual
Secretaries and an Executive Committee,
said committee to be composed of seven
members.
The Chairman then presented for the con
sideration of the committee an address to the
people of the State, which was read as fol
lows:
To Me People of Pennsylvania:
In the midst of a fierce conflict for the
national lite—responding - to calls for large
reinforcements to enable our armies success
fully to combat with traitors—cheerfully
meeting the payment of extraordinary tax
ation to supply the government with money
to conduct the war, and submitting to an im
mense increase in the prices of living, the
people of Pennsylvania have nevertheless
been able fur three years to maintain a pros.,
perity, a
acid secure a healthy operation in all
the branches of their trade, unprecedented
in the annals of any county.) , while enga g ed
in the prosecution of a war. In the trials of
this bloody war, with the struggle just reach
in,g its climax, the people of Pennsylvania,
suddenly find themselves involved in a po
litical contest invested with 'tire highest
portance, because fratight with-Ptlife„tuost
momentous issues. Ordinarily, liet*itetiST:`
political contests meantonly n choice-of-pol
icy as to the, manner of' administering the
government. The struggle of parties was
for the possession of the powers Of govern
ment, and merely to control their operations-
Now however, our political, contests have
resolved themselves into a direct and a pos
itive issue for the safety and the permanence
Of the government; because, politically as
well as sectionally; the contest at the ballot
box and. in 'the battle-field must decide
Whether the Union shall - exist or perish wits
the triumph or, defeat of one or ,the,.other of
the contending parties. liencb the unwont
ed importance with which our political cam.
palm aro now. invested.. Parties aro' now
divided on issues which vitally concern' the
government. They are compose of friends