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TRd Paris in Washington, see that subscribers are rewnlarly nerved at their residences, and attend to advertising. TEE ELECTION. The citizens - of the Conimonweilth of Pennsylvania will to-day be called upon to decide one of the most important questions ever referred to their franchise. It has hitherto been considered that no citizen in taking up arms in the military service of the country; either at the call of the Presi dent or, ‘o6Yernor, lost any of the privileges of a citizen, And particularly, the most pre cious of all, the right to vote.' During the Ilealcan war the soldiers from Pennsylva nia...voted on the Presidential question, and their votes were recorded unchallenged. No one thought of disputing the right of the Whig,soldier. or Democratic soldier to express his preference for a Whig or. a De anocratic candidate, because the people could not believe that the performance of a sacred duty should destroy a citizen's most Pacred right. It remained forthe followers and friends of a rebellion to iriti - ke this ar gument, and, when the laws came to be examined, bur jiidges foUnd that-the desire of our forefathers to grant every right of the citizen to the soldier had been insuffi ciently or indistinctly expressed Upon a technicality like this the judges of. this State decided that, all citizens who left their homes under arms should be disfranchised. This injuetice the people 'of Pennsylvania 'will be called upon to remove to-day. According to our form of government, the consent of both branches of the Legis lature, and of the people expressed at a general election, is necessary to give the soldiers the right to vote. We cherish the safeguards that have been thrown around the Constitution, and unless the public good jamerativbly demands, should hesitate to endorse any amendment the politicians might offer. .This; however, is not in the broad sense an amendment to the Constitu tion. It merely makes the meaning of the instrument so plain that no casuistry can Misconstrue or avoid it. We propose to reake it so emphatic and distinct that not even the Supreme Ceurt can be led astray. The question is so simple that nothing is required from us in the way of argument. There is no citizen of Pennsylvania who reads these columns—th.erbls no citizen not positively disloyal—who would hesitate to grant this right We regret that there is a large party in this Site Who would so hesitate. In New York we have seen- a leading and aspiring member of this patty directly veto a measure that proposed to grant the soldiers the right of suffrage. The Democrats of Pennsylvania are the admirers of HORATIO 'SEYMOUR, and his example, would be gladly followed ; but they are afraid to make. a distinct issue of their enmity. Some of our friends - believe that the Democracy will vermit the eleci tion to go by default. -We do not think.ies and if such were our thought it would be the worst policy to act upon it. We believe that there will be a large vote polled against this amendment. We believe that every Democrat of the Copperhead school who goes to the polls to-day will vote against this amendment, and we believe that eiliery Copperhead who can be reached by the inexorable discipline of the party will be compelled to go to the polls. Our friends must look upon this Copperhead combination as a secret and dangerous power, and in no way to be trusted. Our duty is plain. Let every man -go to the polls—and not only go himself; but see that his apathetic and more lethargic neighbor goes with him. If the citizens of Pennsylvania can only be induced to exer cise the franchise—if tiop can all be brought to the ballot-box—we have no-fear for the result. We know that it is the will of Pennsylvania that her absent sonsshould not be 'disfranchised or forgotten. We know'that it is the will of this State that all who are willing to die for her should have the privilege of voting for her officers, and taking part in therolegislation and:the execution of her laws. We can imaginewith 'what grief and shame our boys under the guns of Atlanta and Petersburg would hear of the defeat of this amendment. There 'woUld be many a weary and sad heart around Pennsylvania camp-fires. "Instead of being loved we are neglected ; instead of consolation we have derision ; where we look for sympathy we find only enmity and coldness:•: We Caine forth to fight and tile, and yet we are ranked at home with the felon from Jail. Because we are pa triots we are disfranchised." Friends and brothers, do your duty . to-clay, and.no such words will be. spoken' in. Virginia aud. Georgia. Do yoUr duty, and Pennsyl vania will not suffer the .dishonor of hav ing disgraced and degraded, the bravest of her sons. Rebel tehdalleta—A Cure. - • If the reports that have'come from Chain bersburg and :vicinity be true; General Jt% 33AL EARLY is not a whit better outlaw, than FORREST and qUANTRELL. The firing of Chambersburg was as dastardly and atrocious an outrage as the destruction of Lawrence,Kansas. As far all the wanton ness of te deeds' is concerned, one is a fit parallel to the other, and each must-for ever brand with infamy the ruthless men who justilledtind took a part in it. War, however interpreted among the most bar barous of people, has never sanctioned Ruch a crime against Humanity and-Right as this, but has always deemed •it proper t 6 band over to fit retribution the' banditti—they are nothing better—whose mobruted natures have invited them to - its commission. There must be an- end to these disgraceful occurrences. It will avail little now to the honseless and impoverished women and children of Cbambershurg •• to 'inquire through whose fault or" inadveitence they were left exposcrd, to the mercies of the plundering incendiaries. The first thing we have to "Tod,' is to see that -they - lack neither "rdh - d; %or clothing, nor shelter. They have appealed to the charitable, the loYal, and the humane among us, for 'assistance, `and it is as little as we can do now to respond to the best of our ability. They are our fellow- citizens, our neighbors, and their sufferings are. too eloquent not to touch our hearts and loose our purse -strings, 'Unlike ourselves, they are at any moment .9rposed to incursions of the rebel cavalry ; (hey form the only barrier betwixt us and the enemy ; and when our own lives and' property arejeopardized by a rebel inVaslon we have no beacon to warn us of our-peril so certain as the light of the burning farm- ,houses and barns in Cumberland vallo. Such ought not to be the case, and it is to b e hoped it will never more be the, case is f u ture. Let us have a v convention of the Legislature; let us have Militia organi zations; let us have vigilant out posts. In Revolutionary times; when the homes 'of our - brave forefathers were Menaced by .a foreign foe, each tree, and Stump, and stone concealed a patriot rifle man, and few - bullets missed their mark. Lacking some military organization, our brave and sturdy Pennsylvania farmers might with profit to themselves employ the tactics of the battle of Lexington against a foe as bitter and relentless as any British mercenaries. The homoeopathic principle, similibus curantur," is every bit as true in warfare as hi medicine ; and bush whacking is, perhaps as good a remedy for bushwhacking as NAPOLEON or JOSIINI, those great doctors of war, could ever de vise. But prevention is even better than cure. If these periodic guerilla irruptions can be checked before they have culmina ted in damage to a few counties and dis grace to a whole nation, then it is time for the check to be applied. Only two alterna tives seem to be left to the Government : either to treat as guerillas all rebels cap tured in ,these' 'raids, 'and hang them to the nearest tree or telegraph pole, or else to so perfectly organize and drill the State militia that it will be capable of respond ing, at a moment's warning, to a menace of invasion ; to which end not merely in fantry, but a large cavalryTorce, should be organized and equipped. We ought to have done all this a year ago, two years ago, and Chambersburg would not have been a leap of smouldering ashes. It is of course extremely difficult to prevent a few hundred horsemen Trom dashing into a thinly-peopled country, plundering, burn ing, and dashing off again. It is the work of a very few hours, though it may involve in one vast ruin the Work of many years. But the danger can be obviated, -and it must be obviated, or our border counties will be kept in a continual ferment till the end of the. war, and the interests of the whole State will be injured to a far greater pepuniary ' amount than it would, cost to fit out an adequate .home guard. It is time for Pennsylvania to place herielf upon a war-footing. Governor CURTIN,. we perceive, has concluded to convene the Legislature for this purpose, and if members will have 'sufficient patriotism to lay aside minor issues for the present, and _enter heart and soul in the great work that -demands their attention, there will need to . be no more raids or conflagrations. Our people Wive at length begun to have their eyes opened "to the vindictive andireache roes character of the enemy they are 'fight ing. While rebel emissaries at Niagara were endeavoring to delude'our ears . with the talk of peace, rebel cavalry in the Shenandoah were preparing the swiord,iiid torch to devastate and lay waste ourhomes and properties. Will the tender-hearted patriots throughout the country who - are clamoring for "peace and reconciliation" upon any terms please make a note of this ? The Meeting of the Legislature. Ills Excellency the Governor has issued his call for the meeting of the Legislattfre. It is possible we may have- to thank General McCAusLArrn, of the rebel army, for this call, and, although he. did his work in a 'brutal and cowardly way, we trust we shall profit by the stern lesson of fire and sword, and 'give the Governor those powers the absence of which have made him a help less Executive. Now, we are among those who believe that Governor CIIRITZT acted as well as any Governor could under the circumstances. We do not join in the sen timents of censure which some of our un •eppreciatecl contemporaries are so fond of repeating. The fortune of war has placed our State . in the very path of in vasion. Able, commanders have devised schemes to prevent the rebel incursions— MCCLELLAN has given us a plan, EIALLEcx and GRANT have each had plans, and all, we must say, with the same success. ' Penn sylvania has suffered. We do not attribute this to any fault in their military opera tions,, but to that misfortune which makes Pennsylvania a large_State, and gives the rebels easy access across then:tany-gfipped., 4nmlnTains and many-foriled rivers. What ,every general that commanded the Army of the Potomac has failed to do, it would be unjust to expect from Governor CURTIN. We have examined his conduct closely; and with a disposition to censure ; for with burning Chambersburg before our eyes, it would be at least consoling to have some body to blame. What has Governor CuR- Trx failed to do that any other gentleman would have done? It is possible he might have planned a military campaign on our borders, but he can scarcely be said to have the military genius of the men who com mand large armies, and we are not assured that his combinations would be more ef fectual than those of our Potomac com . menders. Perhaps further counsel will do good, and Governor Ciarn.w has done the best that could be done under the circumstances, in calling together the Legislature. If there is any virtue at all in a militia system it should be tried now. We must admit that our system is weak and . •Iniperfect. Compared with the systems -of Ohio or Massachusetts, or even New York, it is shameful.- It is not necessary to go into a criticism and show how or where this sys . tem is. imperfect. That wouldlead to an endless and profitless discussion. We only_ know that the rebels have tested it on many occasions, and we have found it wanting. It did:not prevent HAMPTON and Stu- ART hi 1862; it could hardly be expected to repel LEE in 1863. But, in 1864, we have seen : a small body of men give -two days' notice of their coming, and ride into a Pennsylvania town, deliberately burn it, and deliberately ride away. " AVERILL was in close pursuit." Of course. When the horses are stolen it is an easy thing to Close the doors. The horses, however, hate been stolen several times, and yet the thieves . nd each trip more agreeable than the pre ceding. Whether it is that the people of the southern border have become familiar with the rebels, and learn to make them wel come, or whether it is that the rebels find themselves so much at home among our lbwer valleys that they cannot remain away, they find - every invasion - more easy Wan the. preceding. A gallant and gifted w - rTterTililhe New Tbrk Triads, whbse ab sence from our State is, -perhaps; One of the reasons why it is invaded with impunity, reproaches Pennsylvania for never having " a corporal's guard to keep the horse thieves from crossing the borders." This is i , ery,..sad—not the statement,' but the reproach-Lhow true it is we are, almost ashamed to say... Pennsylvania has done a Modest Share of war-work, and carried area- sonable quantity of war-burdens. - Reis per . . . _... hapaa great deal that she should.•be .coni . petted to defend her own soil as well as the Governthent. We do not, however, com plain,. It.isa special burden, and in.a war like this we can' take comfort,from the as- surance that whofn God loveth he chasten- eth. We believethat we have in our own State the means, not perhaps to prevent in- vasion, but to make it perilous. The Gov- ernor has been laboring as well as his weak ened hands would permit. Strengthen his hands, arid in the future Pennsylvania win be able to speak 3:pore effectually. Gentle-, ruen'of the Legislature, this duty is for you. Tim New, York Daily Naas and kindred sheets have made a great tO-do over imaginary• attempts of the Admirdstration to usurp the rights of citizens, establish a great central despotism, and destroy the freedom of the press and the elective fran chise:. What says the Da% Nears and its journalistic friends to the proposition ex tending the elective franchise to the brave men whom Mr. Judge WOODWAIID (a p a _ tron of the Nem) regarded as unworthy to possess it ? A< gm to friends of peace : Give the soldiers_in , the field as fair a chance to fight Northern traitors with the ballot as they have to fight Southern traitors with the bullet, and thewyft _will, speedily be over.. Worcign Politics. If the speculations of, the London press be correct, Lord RossELL will soon cease to be Foreign Minister of England, to be succeeded by the Earl of Clarendon. Nothing but the most inordinate self-con ceit could have induced Lord RUSSELL to attempt a description of statesmanship for which he has shown himself thoroughly unfitted. Having been Home and Colonial Secretary, he probably desired to have a turn in the Foreign Office also. One consider able drawback to this, which did not much trouble him, we suppose, is the fact that he is unacquainted with French—notoriously the European language of diplomacy. His predecessors CASTLEREAGH, 'CANNING, ABERDEEN, CLARENDON, and PALMER wroN—had the advantage of him in this es sential point. The failure of Lord Bus- SELLIS mission to Vienna,' in 1855, was wholly owing to his .; ignorance of French. He literally could not hold intelligible communication with the Fo reign Ministers assembled at Vienna—he knew not what they were saying—he bad to sit among their', guessing at their meaning, and the result was his return, in disgrace, haVing literally done nothing but make himself a laukhihg-stock for the ridi cule of his brother ambassadors. After such an exhibition of incapacity, it was ex cessively impertinent on his part to aspire to hold the Foreign seals, on the reconstruc tion of the PALMERSTON Cabinet, in 1859, and it was miserable policy for PALMER:- ETON to consent to his ambitious desirei. The result is that, ever since, a period of more • than five years, the fo reign relations of England have been notoriously mismanaged. To use Lord D.Ennv's sharp and satirical comm - ent, " Lord RUSSELL has been eternally med dling and muddling " with things`wilieh he cannot master. If Lord FALAtExtfiTON had given tord. Jorm RussEtri a Wide 'berth, in 1859, and placed Loril CLARE/mow in the Foreign Office, he wou t hl have placed a troublesome • rival on the shelf. Had Lord RUSSELL been anything but' a duke's son he would never have had the. slightest chance as a • public man. Thiclhe commenced life as a grocer, he;wottld so have ended it. The fact that his father, the Duke of Bedford, was able to r place him in Parliament, at the age of twenty-one, for the pocket-borough of Ta vistock, made all the difference.' He started with that advantage; he stuck - like a burr to the skirts of the Whig party; he stutter ed in his ~speech, yet was fond of ora torical display; he adhered to his party while they were out of office, - and when .the tables were:turned, and they marched into -place, with " Reform " on their banner, they gave the Mee of Pay master of the Forces to their small friend. That was nearly thirty-fonr years ago, and he has since 'contrived to hold high office in every liberal ,administration. In 1859 Lord CLARENDON was mentioned for the Foreign Office,- Which he had ,occupied from 1853 to 1858, but Lord RUSSELL had managed, it was said, to enlist the favor of the Queen on his side, and, -at her request, Lord PALRERSTON made RlthSELL.his Fo reign Minister. It is said that he has re pented this only once, namely—ever since. The current report in London is that Lord 'CLARENDON will now become Foreign Secretary. He is sixty-four years old, ( Lord RUSSELL is seventy-two,) and has more ex perience in foreign politics than any other British statesman—Lord PALMERSTON en- cepted, perhaps. In Ms youth he was a tached to the Embassy at St. Petersburg then went to Paris as Commercial Mi nister ; was AmbaSsador at Madrid, for over seven years ; was Viceroy of Ireland for five years ; and finally was Foreign Se retary for five years more. He is familiar with most of the 'living languages of En: rope, enjoys the personal friends - hip of the Emperor of the French, and is in all re- spects well qualified for the office which it is believed, he is destined to fill. , The special object .of his being so placed is stated, in the Paris papers, to be the re formation of the entente cardiac between _ - - France and England. NAPOLEON, it seems, declines-to take any step towards this while Lord RUSSELL, who „snubbed him *on the proposal to hold an European. Conference at Paris, remains in Ml:rm.'. .ffet, Wit England and France should he Ongood terms has be- come mare than ever necessary, in conse quence of the isolation of each Power. Eng land-stands alone, without a friend, and the recent treaty of Kissingen takes France ou of alliance with Russia,Austria, and Prussia The Opinion, a leading Paris journal, says " The programme which Lord PALHEiI wrozq's Ministry seems decided to-follow af ter their recent victory is not without im portanee. MeaSntes of refOrm at home; abroad a renewal of the Anglo-French alli ance on terms of the closest intimacy, -with the expressed intention of seeking, in con cert with France,to - put an end to the fright ful carnage of which Amereca is:now the theatre and The sentence which we here italicize. is not :without a special significance. It seems to shadow forth what NAPOLEON has long hadrin his mind—an interference in American affairs. If Loid CLARENDON'S becoming Foreign. Minister of England is to•forward this d& sign, we shall have cause to lament the exit of Lord RUSSELL, and may have the op portunity of mourning over the substitution of King Stork for King Log. For, what eyer incapacity, Lord RUSSELL, during the last fifteen months, has apparen.tly. been steadfast in carrying out the policy of nen frailty in American affairs. If he leaves office, we shall lose a friend, and on this account we have drawn attention to the circumstance. lerouglimxt and Slavery. It would be amusing r were, it not actu ally very sad, to :notice in what a curious manner Lord BRouosium performs the mental-gymnastic feat (once seriously de scribed by the late Lord CASTLEREAGH . ), of turning his back upon himself.. Late in life—now within a few weeks of being i eighty. six years old—he has deliberately abandoned the Prinelples which . made hitn, during a public life of 'far more I than half a century, the most noticeable ' man in England. At the age of twenty - I three, he joined with FRANCIS - JEFFREY, SIDNEY SMITH, WILLIAM ALLEN, THOMAS linowN, and FRANCIS HonNEn, in establish ing the Edinburgh Ream, one constant aim of which, until. Negro Einakcipation, in 1834, Was to abolish •the Traffic in human flesh and blood , ano to abolish the property in unfortunates of African birth or descent. He had been only a few weeks in the House of Commons, in 1810, when he proposed and carried by e an. unanimous' vote an address to the Xing, praying him to take measures, ,both dirdct and diplo matic, for the suppression of the .; slave trade. The friend of Claim - sox and WrLBERFORCE, he took the British West Indies 'under, his especial surveil lance, and co-operated ,with Sir JAMES MACLNTOSR, Sir T. POWELL Buwrox, and other philanthropists in agitating for the amelioratcon of the slaves there. He as: sisted in the abolition of slavery in all the British colonies, which legally came into effect on the first clay of August,, 1834. Ever since, he has not neglected any opportunity of directing the thunder of his eloquence and the force of his pen against slavery. Only the other day, in the House of Lords, he soundly . rated Spain and. Brazil for permitting slavery to ; exist within their territories, and suggested _that they should be severely dealt with, for viola tion of the treaties against the importation of negroes. He 'very strongly condemned the more than tolerance-indeed, it re sembles connivance—which the authori ties of 'Gibs extend to the slave-runners who visit that island. He made out a strong case, ; and enlisted the sympathies of those who • heard him in behalf of the unfortunate colored • people of Chba and . Unfortunately, Lord linouGuAm has a defective vision—as regards slavery. He can See only one side of the question. He can Weep over the wrongs of slaves in Bra- C. and, Cuba, but his whole heart goes agtibast the poor slaves in,"“ the so-called THE PRESS.-PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1864. Southern Confe l deration." - What is wrong in Brazil and in. Cuba is isg7t, according to his fancy, in the United States. Lord Baouoaeat,•who has read,- who has assisted to make history, very well Icnows that the Southern Rebellion'was entered into mainly to preserve the " peculiar institution call ed Slavery. AU his life, he bas been earnest, indefatigable, "eloquent in bis assaults upon Slavery, but when he finds Southern rebels throwing their native laud into the hoirors of civil war, instead of condemning the ini9uity of their conduct, he supports them, by ail means in his power, and wishes them " God speed 1" In a word, he opposes Negro Slavery everywhere but in tho United States, where it has been the worst. This is'a singular •anomaly, and will hereafter be adduced as an example of the Weakness Of a great mind. It is sad, however, that such a man as BROUGIam should exhibit such a, weakness as this. MEN of Pennsylvania ! - Think or_ your starving, homeless fellow-citrzeris ofthatii bersburg, at the polls to-day, and so bast your votes, that the disloyal men who re- joice in secret at the recital, of such fearful wrongs shall rue the day their chivalrous Southern friends rode up.the Cumberland valley with fire and sword ! SHALL the brave men who are periling their lives in the trenches before Peters. burg, with „GRANT, for the honor and sal-, vation their country, be denied &privilege enjoyed by the traitors who stay at home to rejoice over .their reverses and bewail their victories ? - To•morrow will give. us Pennsylvania's answer. DISLOYAL 'men are already denouncing, the Administration, and attempting to charge upon it the responsibility of the in: yasion 9f this State: If the Administration is at fault, why ate disloyal meti t tiritiNV soldiers in the army a chance, to rebuke it at the ballot-box? , - To the Editor. of The Press: Slnl It may be interesting to your readerS to learn that reliable information from -an - officer of the army before Petersburg establishes_tbe feet, beyond all doubt, that the desertions Frani the rebel ranks are continual and increaslng. It is estimated that these desertions now average nearly one regt; meet per day In numbers; and that all efforts on the part of the rebel officers to prevent It have` been and still are fruitless. It is imPossible for the rebel army to fill the vacancies produced by casual ties, as every man and boy lathe Confederacy, able to bear arms, is already conscripted ; and when we consider their constant depl6tion and the steady Increase of tbe Union army, it is not dill:fount° see the inevitable result, which, however protracted, 19 certain at last. I am, sir, yours truly, Philadelphia, August 1, 1884 The steamer Harder arrived to-dap with 540 sick and wounded soldiers, from City Point. The hos pital-steamer Connecticut also arrived with 432 sick and wounded men. Colonel OABTIN, of the 95th Pennsylvania Regl anent, ig reported to have been killed on Saturday The United States supply-steamer Bermida will sail from Philadelphia, on the 11th of August, with the mails for the West Gulf Blockading Sgaidron, All letters for that squadron will go by her,. • The father of Major General Suarmew died in this city last week. The receipts for the 7-30 loan to.dayEwere $1,506,800; making a total for four days of $4,875,9545, or over $4,000,000 per day. Only the nearest points have yet been heard from and no reports have been received from the West. A PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOIL lice Legislature to Convene in Special ULITAEY POWERS OF THE STATE. TO BE HARRTSBIUBO, - August 1:-The following probla mation has just bien issued by, the GoTernor Pennsylvania, as. • In the name and by the authority of thopommem. wealth ref Pennsylvania, Andrew - 411. 'Ottrtittiere' vernbijd, . Whereas an extraordinary- occasion requires that prompt legislative action be had to make the mili tary powers of the Commonwealth immediately available for State and National difence—: Therefore, I, Andrew G. Curtin, Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, by virtue of the powers vested% me by thaConstitution, do hereby convene the General Assembly of this Common wealth, and require the members of the Senate and Rause of Representatives to meet in their respective Houses in the Capitol, at Harrisburg, on the ninth day of August, eighteen hundred and sixty. four, at 12 o'clock, noon, of that day, there add then to de• liberate upon and adopt such measures as may in their wisdom be demanded by the exigency of the occasion. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the great- seal of the Commonwealth to be affixed, at Harrisburg, this first day of Au gust, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, and of the Indepeadeime of the United States the eighty-ninth. By the Governor : A. G. CURTIN. . ELI SLIFBR, aftl.rrAtiV AFFAIRS AT THE STATE? CAPITAL. (Special Correspondence of The Press. ) HARRISBURG, August 1, 186&. The dreaded reality of invasion 13 again experi enced by the people of Pennsylvania. The fears which were predicted in my last have been fear fully realized. The borough of (7hambersburg, fifty-three miles from this city, has, as you have already been informed by telegraph, been occu pied again by the enemy. Each subsequent event of their triumph—for this invasion can be viewed in no other light—and the nation's humiliation, has developed more filly the real spirit and unparalleled atrocity of 'the rebels. Their first occupation of that borough was characterized by a respectful regard for the rights and interests or individuals. The rebel chiefs, with a view of manu facturing capital in England especially, and throughout Europe generally, put themselves on their best behavior. In proportion as their hopes abroadhave vanished, they have been acting in ac cordance with their feelings of depravity. Hence, on their second entry into that borough, they were impudent to the citizens, and arrogant in their de mands, plundering stores and polluting with their presence the sanctified homes of domestic purity. In addition to their turpitude; and the crimes perpetrated upon a capitulated popu lation, they trampled upon civilization and shocked Christianity by seizing free-born' men of this State, manacling their limbs with fetters, and their sonis with the ohains of bondage . . Now they ootne again, and as If to outdo all formai acts of fiendish enormity, quickened by the inspiration of. plundered liquor, they set fire to buildingi of a pri.' vats and -a public character, witty", confiagraflort lighted up the Cumberland valley with a scene of Ineffable shame that will forever perpetuate the malignant Spirit of the enemy. •Two hundied and sixty-five houses, among which are the court-house, the bank, the town-hall, all the hotels, and the finest residences of the citizens, have been reduced to ashes. Hundreds of men, women, and children ren dered honseless by those marauders, were gathered around the ruins of their homes during Saturday and yesterday,, which presented a spectacle of mi sery and destitution. amass TO TEM ittELANBILIISTSITIIG SUFFERERS. A train left here yesterday for Chs.mbersburg, well supplied with provisions, for the relief of those who were the sufferers through the Incendfaristn of the enemy. The train returned In the evening crowded with many who were homeless, whose se, count of the barbarity of the enemy In that borough, without any coloring, is Sufficient for a chapter of horrors. A meeting is called for this evening, to give further relief to the sufferers, at the court house. THE EBERLE GOING TO BEDFORD BERTIDIE Information of a doubtful character reached the State House this morning that the enemy was making. all possible speed for Bedford Springs. The fact that Ex-President Buchanan, with several other kindred spirits, have been rusticating,- and are. supposed to be still there, explains the desire of the enemy to reach so husigoilicant a place. Official Intelligence has been received by the Go vernor that the rebels, numbering about twenty five hundred, under McCausland, were defeated by General Aver'll, with about the same force, to-day, between Hancock and McConnellsburte. This ma rauding party is supposed to be the only force of the enemy in the State. TRU oovartwon AND RIR STAFF WARD AT WOItK. The different departments at the State House pre sent a very busy aspect. The tall and commanding' form of Governor OM tin may be seen moving with an elastic step, Inspiring others with the untiring activity which is particularly conspicuous in his own character in emergencies like the present. The modest bearing of Mr. Slifer, Secretary. of State, the dignified mien of General Wright, the martial air of Adjutant General Russell, the gallant peerance of Colonel Roberts, the courteous manner • of Colonel Quay, and the industrious activity of Colonel T. Scott, are particularly :manifest at the Capitol in discharging the duties .which cirenm.' stances have so suddenlybommendedlo their eon.. sideration.. The earnest and lively attention which; these gentlemen end others in humbler spherei.,4ll: The Army of the Bebelihme. WASHINGTON. WmanNeiToN, August i ARRIVAL OF • WOUNDED. THE STEAMER BERMUDA. DEATH OF MIL SHERMAN TEE NEW 7-30 Lo HARRISBURG. Sees'On August 9th. THOROII6iTLI 4 A PROCLAMATION. Secretary of the Commonwealth._ THE REBELS DR/MATED , of them Out of their costs, with the emotion oft's* Governor and his chief seoretary—are rendering to the Rate, will be meni'est in the ample protection Which will be soon assured_to the people of this en tire Commonwealth. Recieuvrtio .1,43101T8 Areorerren. The following county, appointments to recruit in the rebellious States have been made by' Governor Curtin since my last communication York count!.—Major Chas. W. Diven, to recruit in Northeast Virginia, with rendezvous at Wash ington. Clinton.—Oliver Donaldson; to recruit in North east. Virginia, with rendezvous at Washington. dllegheny.—Fellx C. Negley and J. H. Campbell, to recruit in-Georgia, with rendezvous at Nashville. Delaware.—Ceptaln Joseph R. T. (Mates, to re cruit in Gem pia, with rendezvous at Nashville. Wayne.—Samuel Allen, to recruit ln Southeastern Virginia, with rendezvous at Fortress Monroe. Armsirong.—Captaln JamesG. Henry, to recruit in Georgia, with rendezvous at Nashville. . Berk.s.—Win. Rhoades, Jr., to recruit in Sough esEtern Virginia, with rendezvous at . Fortress Monroe Lehigh.—Satnriel ,D. Lehr, to remit in South Ca{ollna and, F/orida, risk rendezvous at Hilton Heed. • • Cambria.—.Tames Quinn, to recruit in Georgia and Alabama, with reodozvous at Nashville. Mc quoin of Lancaster County—Keller to the lohabitvint,s of Closiobert.burg. .Larm.ssrxtt, Aug. I.—A• Delegate County Con vention was held here to-day to tulle measures to fill the quote, of Lancaster, county. A resolution was offered by the Hon. Thaddeus Stevens; and unanimously adopted, requesting the county commissioners to donate 4120,000 for the relief of the suficrera at Charnbersburg. 'l'heWreck of the nteameir Staten, Island BOSTON, Aug. I.—The Behr. Mary G. Farr, from Philadelphia, reports that on July 27, when ten tonen 011 - Barnegat, she boarded the steamer Staten Island, with ber stern broken ` off. She picked up from the wreck a trunk containing clothing and a letter directed to Robert Good ley. She also picked up a barrel of tallow, one hoz of soap, and tiro bas kets bearing the letters " S. J." tateissive Fires. NNW Hever:, Aug. 1 A fire at Centreville, IRA night, destroyed property to the amount of $5,000. NIFe buildings, fermerly 'known as - 'the rubber. worhe, but now used for the manufacture of camp' gtoCii, were burned. A building used as a net'Adte 104ritiZz4ii, and one Dolled by 9 - 9 0 dYelix Pr n s• were also destroyed. The tire-. Was the stork Of ant I . ll Cendls l 7. Losnorr, C. W., Aug: I.—The Chrystal ; blook, , with all Its stores, Woes, etc., was burned on SatUr day night. The lesa is $lO,OOO. • Destructlon•of a Church. JoLrwr, 111., July 31.—The German oatholio Church in this place was struc k by lightning to-day, and five persona were Instantly killed. Fourteen others were Injured, of whom three have since died. The Education of Soldiera , Orphans—A Benevolent Project. Wo have already referred to the project of found ing a school for the educatiom of the orphans of soldiers. We find the annexed account)ef It in a Harrisburg journal. The school promises much practical usefulness, and has secured the sanetion of Governor Curtin : • Already a large number of destitute children, whose fathers have been slain, In the present war, bee have bn thrown'eimin the cold " charities of the world for support, and "when this cruel war Is over , ' the number will be greatly augmented. A movement, however, -to alleviate the sufferines of these little ones has been Inaugurated. Hon.-_ Thomas H. Burrows?, the State agent appointed to disburse .the filly '"thousand dollars appro; ' pria ted by the Pennsylvania Railroad Com pany for the education and maintenance of soldiers , : orphans, has devised a — plan which meets the approbation. of Governor Curtin. The following are in; principal features: Those entitled to the - benefits of the, act passed by the Legislature shall be children of either sex, under the age of fifteen, resident in Pennsylvania at the time of application, and dependent upon either private or public charit for suort or destitutee on the x erttons of a mother or y other per s on of means to afford proper education or maintenance•, orlathers who have been killed, or died of wounds received; or of disease - contracted in the service of the United States, whether lis volun teer or militia regiments of this State, or in the regular army or naval service of the. United States, hut who were, at the time of entering such service, actual bout fide reettlentE , of Pennsylvania. The orphans will be clad in a neat and plain unl form dress, according to sex, and supplied with com fortable lodgings, a sufficiency of wholesome food, dm. They will be physically developed—the boys by military drill or gymnastic training, according to their age, and the girls by callethenle_and other suitable exercises. They will he habituated to In dustry one the use of tools while at'echool, by the various household and domestic pursuits and me chanical and horticultural employments Ail table to the respective sexes. They will receive a full course of intellectualculture in the ordinary branches of a useful English education, having special reference to fundamental prluelplee and practical results, and they will be carefullytralned in moral and religious . principles, thelotter as nearly approached as may be to the known denominational preference of the pa rents. For the erphans under six years of age suita ble institutions in any part of the State that will re ceive them will be rinployed... For those over six yeais.of age one school will he selected, when prao tics ble, in each of the twelve normal-sohool dis tricts. Provision -le also made for the Manner of ad missinn, the application to be presented to the school directors of the district in which the orptihn reeidee. The fund now on hand is believed to be suffiefent to Commence this humane underrakingi Mit the plan now recommended cannot be kept long enough in operation to produce any useful results, unless sufficient additions be made to it by public and pri vate donations. .: RECEPTION OF TITE REMAINS OF COLONEL MtiL LIOAN.—The citizens of Chicago intend giving a 'fitting reception to the remains of this lamented officer, which were to have arrived in that city on - :Sunday. A .meeting of tho citizens was held. on . May evening. last,,Evian proper _ay:wanes ;were 'a ifin:fer; mifitaiY display. The 'members of the Irish Brigade, the Shields, Montgomery : and Dn- Mett Guards, tho Fenian Brotherhood, and several other organizations, signified their Intention to par ticipate, Appropriate resolutions were pitssedrex preestve of the feelings ache citizens. On Saturday the Bar, of which the Colonel was a member, held a Meeting.. When the news of the Colonel's death was first ro ceired in Chiougo the court hnuae flag was draped .1n nionrning and bung at half-mast all day long. The name of the illustrious hero of Lexington and Winchester was muttered In mournful accents upon the Streets anti In ofnces and dwellings. Colonel Mulligan, says the Times, was widely known and respected by all who ever had any relit. Lions with him, either In business or social , inter course. Re grew up with the city, and his Interests many years since became identified with those of the honest laboring classes as well as the more aris tocratic portion of the community. Many. of our fellow•oitizens will remember him as the student, lawyer, and the hero of Lexington, and now that he has fallen In the prime of liie all unite in la menting his loss; and in tendering their sympathy to the bereaved family. Tribute to General IVadosvortb. At the recent send•annual meeting of the Board of Regents of the University of New York, at which the Governor and Lieutenant Governor were pre sent as members ex-officio, tbo following resolutions of respect to the memory of General Wadsworth were offered by Kr. George W. Curtis, and unani mously adopted; Resolved, That the Board of Regents of the 'Uni versity of New York sincerely, deplore, with. the State and the country, the loss of their late honored associate James S. Wadsworth. Resolved, That by his death the State loses one of her moat faithful citlzens;- the country one of her most devoted sons ; the rich a shining example; the poor an active friend; awl every generous and hu mane cause an earnest, steadfast, and sagacious ad herent, Resolved, Tbat the Board of Regents commend to the pupils loi the various colleges and academies of whose Interests thoy are the oilletat guardian; the cal Mal contemplation of the career of General Wadsworth, who, in the fullness of his prime and powers, obeyed with alacrity the first call of his threatened country, and hastening instinctively to the post of honor and peril, gladly gave his life for the defence of a just Government and the establish ment of equal rights among men ; for it is such citi zens that make a country honorable, and Such men that most nobly illustrate human nature. Resolved, That the secretary , transmit a copy of these resolutions to the family of General Wads worth, as a tribute of the respect and sympathy of this Board. 'The College Regatta at Worcester. OOLLEGB GYMNASTICS-TALI! T.ASJCS TUB CRAM Ei=l:ol^3 The college regatta (Harvard vs. Yale) which took place on. Lake Quinsigamond, near Worcester, Mass., on Friday, is thus described by a correspond ent of the Sprli.gfield Republican: "The time fixed for the first race, that between the two sophomore classes, was 3:46 P. M., but It Was about four when the boats started. From that time onward 'the eels was obscured by clouds, which was favorable for .the rowers. • There were .thousands of people along the shores of the lake where the rowing was to take place, and when the contending boats shot out into Lae lake to take posi tion they were greeted with loud applause. From the very start the race was almost conceded by the Yale men, tor the'Harvard orew of the class of 18de is considered already one of the finest crews that Harvard ever had. By the time they are seniors, if they continuetheir practice, they will rank far ahead even of the famous crew of 1860, who beat Yale's chosen men so decidedly. Betting was largely in favor of Harvard—two to.one—and even at large odds tew of the Yale men cared to risk their green backs. This race g was only an episode, any way, and Yale didn't propose to be diverted from the main Issue by either flattery or throats. So Har yard offered heavy bets, and Yale tacitly refused them, reserving her strength and money for the grand and decisive struggle. The Harvard boat continued to take the lead during the whole course of three mileS, and came in handsomely in 19. minutes byl seconds, the Yale boat coming in in-20 minutes lb seconds. The ertfliof the winning boat were: Fred Urowinahleld, E. T. Wilkinson, William Bialkie, S. A. B. Abbott, .E. : 11. Clark, and O. H. Mcßurney. The Yale crew were: Charles Reese velt, A . B. Herrick, Isaac Pierson, of Hartford, L. D. Bulkley, C. F. Bacon, and 0. F. Brown. • "The result of this race of course fired up the enthuelasm of the Harvard men, and in the inter val before the commencement of the race for the championship beta were offered at large odds. But confidence in Harvard's power to keep the Dag was a little diminished when the Yale Univer sity crew rowed out to take position, and at the very first stroke the Xale mon took after the signal fir starting WAS given their boat shot sen sibly ahead of the Harvard. The stroke was so strong and easy that it was evident enough it would be easily maintained, and the betters now gave tis large odds against Harvard as they bed befbre against Yale. The -gain which the Yale boat made at the start was maintained and steadily, increased throughout the race, and the Yale came, in gracefully In 19 mint/ tos and 13 seconds, the Har vard tollowirg in 19 minutes 157 seconds. During this race the exelmment was intense all the while, and at its concluttion there were cheers for the Yea . that were long and loud. All the Yale men rushed to the south ehore of the lake where WBB lb s. in which the Yale boats were kept, and a.balf hour of the wildest enthusiasm and most impreeniffigeon gratulations followed. The lucky fellows who won the race were almost torn to pieces by their ad miring friends, and their boat was taken in carefully and tenderly, the champion flag being borne in proud triumph over it. ' "The Yale .boat which won the flag was a smooth shell made of Spanish cedar, built this summer by McKay, the Brooklyn boat-builder, expresely to take part in the race. She weighed 180 pounds, is 44 Met long, and 27 inches wide, and cost OM The winning- crew wore : Wilbur R. Bacon, New Haven ; M. W. Seymour, Louis Stoakopf, E. B. Bennet, • Edmund Coffin, Jr.,, and W. W. Scran ton.. Ihe Harvard crew were; Horatio G. Curtis, R. S. Peabody, Thomas Nelson, John Greenough, • E. 0. Perkins, and Edwin Earn bent. A great deal cif money obangod hands after the result Was. matte known and one 'Yale men.whe took all the bete o ff ered h im fereported to have pocketed *5,000. But if he has, it won't stay there tong,Jer I heed college fellows don't bet Tor the purpose of making money, hut only to' Median the reputation of the institution,' as they say. A. novel wr.y of keeping up the reputation of aitollege. Aside ftom•tbe set of liege that Yale wins by this race, the navy will receive $5OO . from Thomas Den ny, a wealthy New York broker of the class of 1851, wborrave them $lOO the other day, and prolatissid then:0000 it they won the champion tip." . THE WAR. A BETEBSE BEFORE rEFERSBFR THE ASSAULT ON THE REBEL WORKS REPULSED OUR TROOPS MEET WITH HEM LOSSES The Colored Titsllion the Chief Sufferers. A dONCENTRAT,I O 1 0 P r iam DIRECTED. .A.G*TisTi3T' TiEFOIL They Break in Demoralized Confusion. ALL EFFORTS TO RALLY TRW VAIN. THE REBELS RECAPTURE ALL THEIR LOST WORKS. me Raiders . Retreating from the State, AVERILL OVERTAKES AND I'ILITIBREAI THEM SEVERELY.' GREAT PANIC .ALONG THE BORDER. Additional News from Sherman's Army The Losses in tbe Battles of the 20th and 22d:nit. ANOTHER REBEL ATTACK ON THURS. DAY:LAST REPULSED. CHANGES OF COUPS COMMANDERS, A CIRCULAR PROIL GENERAL THOMAS. THE StiE(Alk PittlgllZSElVltf#: AOS.cln.T on THE 3V7OIZL 1408.108-31.8.£17L5E OF 'OUR: TROOP% WITH HSA.VY LOSS. WASHINOTOIV, Aug. L—lnformatlon from the Army of the Potothao, dated July 80th, 3.1. P. rd" says: After the explosion this morning. everything be tokened abrilliant victory, but soon after matters assumed a different aspect, part of the attacking force having given way, thug exposing the balance to an. enfilading fire from both artillery and in fantry. The.programme was as follows : The mine to be exploded at 3 A. M.; the batteries to open at once along the entire line; the 9th Corps to charge, supported by the 18th ( A yers') Division of the sth, add the 3d Division of the 2d. The greater part of the • arrangement' - was carried out -as ordered, al tholigh the commencement was later than the hour designated on account of the fuse going out twice. The explosion took place at precisely 4.40, and the roar ol artillery that immediately followed was almost deafening. At half pact five the charge was made, and the fort, with part of the line each side, was carried in brilliant style. • The 2d Division, which was in the centre; ad vanced and carried the second line, a short dis tance beyond the first, and here rested, holding their ground with the utmost determination. It was at this time that the colored division, Briga 'dier General White in command, was pushed for- Ward and ordered to charge and carry the crest of the hill, which would have decided the contest. The troops advanced - in good order as far as the first line, where they received a galling fire, which checked them, and although- finite a number kept on, the senator portion seemed to ,beconae utterly demoralized, part taking refuge in the fort and the balance running to the rear as fast sit possible.' They were rallied and Pushed forward again, but without success. The greater part of their officers being killed and wounded, during this time they seemed to be Without any one to manage them, when they finally fell back to the rear, out of the range of the volleys of canister and musketry that were ploughing throiagh their ranks. Their losses' are very heavy, particularly in officers, as will be seen by the following figures: The 2&1 U. S. (colored) Begin:Lunt had 15 officers billed and wounded, and lost about 400 - men, In cluding the missing. The 28th. U. S. (colored) Regiment had 11 officers and about 150 :nen killed, wounded, and missing. The 27th U. S. (colored) Regiment had 6 officers and about 150 men.killed, wounded, and missing. • The 29th .U. S. (colored) Regiment had 8 officers and about 175 men killed, wounded; and missing. The 81st U, (colored) Regiment had 7 officers and about 200 men killed, wounded, and missing. The 43d ,U. S. (colored) Regiment lost &officers and a large number of men. - The 39th U. S. (colored) Regiment lost several officers, and 150 men killed, wounded, and missing. The loss in the 2d Division of the 9th Corps, Gen. Ledlie commanding, was very severe, being estima ted at from 1,000 to 1,200, while 'many make the figures larger. . - . Among these missing I regret to announces the" name of General Bartlett, who reached the fort with his command, and his cork leg being aceiden ally broken be was - miableto get off the deldt Re, howver, held possession of : the ground for several ..hours, and only endered when all hopelif_es vagilfWaS [ lone . -061'0'200' black and white,' were with him, it is believed, at the time, a few of whom managed'to get back to our lines amidst a storm of bullets. Nearly all of Gen. BartieWs staff were captured at the same time. Col. Marshall; commanding the 2d Brigade of this division, was also taken prisoner; with several of his staff. Col. Wile, of the 56th - Massachusetts, colored; is also reported a prisoner. Col. Gould, 69th 111- eissaclniSotts, loSt a leg. Major Barton, 179th New York, also lost a leg. Lieut. Col. Barney, 2d Pennsylvania, wounded. Major Prescott, 57th Massachusetts, killed: Lieut.. Col. Ross, 81st U. S., leg amputated. This division having been a good deal in advance of the rest of the line, hold their position for several hours, but were finally compelled to fall back, suf fering heavily while doing so. The loss in the lit and 241 divisions was also se vere ; . the latter having some 400 in hospital. The 18th Corps occupied a part of the line, but their loss was not very great. We took about 250 'prisoners, mostly South- Car& linian, and five battle•flags. All is quiet this morning, (Sunday) the 3181. ADDITIONAL AND LATER PARTICULARS. FORTRESS MONROE, July 31..—Leter adVices from 'the front show that we were unable to hold all the ground gained in the assault of yesterday, it being mostly commanded by an inner line, and the - most of the works taken were recaptured by the enemy. We captured five hundred prisonersintheassault. The loss on both sides was considerable, probably likor to five thonsand. General Grant arrived from City Point at 9 A M., and was met at Fortreis Monroe- by President Lincoln, who arrived from Washington at 10 o'clock. Both embarked on the steamer• Baltimore, and after going in tho direction, of Cape Henry, the steamer returned toward Norfolk, thus avoiding all interruption during the interview. At 3 P. M. the President returnedto Washington, and General Grant returned.to the army. The steamer Andrew Harden, with three hundred andninety wounded officers and soldiers from City Point, arrived this morning, and proceeded to Washington, SICK AND WOUNDED PROlt- THE irsoiiT --oArTtrain OP PRISONWRS by strextrnalt. FORTRESS . MONAOII, July 30:—The hospital steamer Baltic, with 700 sick and wounded, sailed this afternoon for New York. On the morning of the 29th inst., Sheridan's cavalry captured over one hundred• rebel' pritonere on the north bank of the James river. The steamer E. L. Olark has arrived . from• New Orleans. he brings no news or papers. The health of our troops was good. The United States frigate Minnesota arrived in .Hampton Roads last evening from Point Lookost. ORWER.A.L BURNSIDE: REPORTED WOUNDED. We slizaoTorr, Aug. I.—The Ebening Star, says that General Burnside was slightly wounded, while endeavoring to rally the negro troopi, on Saturday. TAP. .OPIpILATIOZi'S PRIFDDING TRB LATE MIRE EX. PLAsiort AND deSATJI.T• ' Ouralegra pkie columns yeaterday gave the par ticulars of the sudden blowing up of part of the ene my's works . before Petersburg, and the details of the beginning of a charge through the gap made by the explosion. The came columns today record the repulse of the assault with heavy. loss to our attack ing force: An account of the movements prelimi nary to the assault may not prove uninteresting. Grant, during his long period: of 'apparent inac tion, was 'busily at work, not, 'however, above ground, where every movement could be noted, bat beneath it, making rapid progress towards destroy ing the frowning entrenchments- that. invited • and defied assault. Mining was rendered, the mora de sirable because of the groat damage It would inflict upon the enemy, with. comparatively. llttLe lose to ourvelvee. Ever since the investment these prepa rations have been in progress, night and day, while artillery and picket skirmishing amused the rebels, underneath whom we wore burrow ing. According to a correspondent, who seems to be wel4ported as to the progress of the operation; the work was commenced on the 25th of June last, as previously stated. Such. was the; secrecy with which it was conducted thalzfora long time the project was unknown even.to those.a,r, whose side It was; going on. It is true that reports were in circa lation of A mine, but. nobody could speak oar tend), of the matter. So. much, doubt Was there, Indeed, that for a time it .svan disbelieved that any such undertaking was en foot. Ono sol dier ' in the breastworks, by whose Side a ven tilating shaft emerged,, told his comrades % in the most surprised manner,,that " therd - was. a lot of fellows under him a doing something; he, knew there was, for he could hear , em talk." To. guard against indiscretion • on the part of the - plakets, to prevent any meeting of our soldiers with. the rebels t whereat the secret of the mime might hnboastingly or imprudently dirolosed, our pickets ireowere:prrdeeh7ll3:. to fire continually. Renee the, never-ending furl_ lade ',37) the front of the 9th Corps, an Bible to the otheroorps, and which soften referral) to -in nenspaper paragraph& Tito enemy, douht less,snrpected at first that the; usadermining Was going on; but when several weeks elapsed witlunat any demonstration their ansfileiliati began to fah, especially NI their engineers, I n u it VB th ought the PI T ": un hetr f o fta rk i w bt a e s . aseigned to the 48th Pennsylvania''. a regiment which is coreposod chiefly of miners fro% the coal mines' of this Stale. Thetis experiential is mines admirably fitted them , for lius k . task, whielt,. tbei carried , to Pack it Ms?: method they pursued, underthe direction of their colonel, himself a prat:Weal' was strictly scl- The process of Arianitilation was em ployed. Lineawere laid off behindeur works. From. , these lines as- bases, and•with the angles formed by lines extending to our exterior, works, sprang ts Pimple problems of geometry easily solved. Five trianaulations were made, and an excavation commenced In the side of a bill upon which our ex leder lines of works run. The iunnel or "gallery" was about:four and a half feet high, the same width at the bottom, and two feet at the top. The is used were abbreviated army picks. Water s met with not fsr from the entrance, and fora time gave no little : tionlilm The floor, however, was planked, and the sides and ceiling shored up. A quicksand was met with, and, to obviate It, the range' of the tunnel Wait curved upward, so that the latter half was several 'feet l'..lllgber than at the entrance. The oozing of the wa ter formed mud in several places, so that the regi ment came from their daily labor bespattered and stained. The earth, as fast as excavated, was con veyed in band•barrows made of cracker boxes or half barrels to the mouth, where it was emptied into bags, which were afterwards used on the top of the breastworks. In this manner no betiaying accumulation of earth took place. Tbe ventilationof. the gallery was effected by a Shaft sunk at the side of the tunnel just within our interior lines of works. Here a fire-place was built, .with a. grating opening into the gallery. Tubes made of pine boards were inserted through the earth into this fire-place, through which the air, when It became milled and ascended, oreated a suction or draft in the tubes conneoting with the gallery.. As fast as the work advanced additional tubes were jointed on. The smoko of the fire, of course, could not be concealed, bat suspicion was quieted by keeping other fires burning along Cho lines. The lighting of the tunnel was effected sim ply by placing candles or lanterns along the walls at a distance of about twenty feet apart. At length the end was reached, and , the triangu lation was abundantly verified in the noises over bead. The nailing of timber and planks could be distinctly heard, and left no doubt that -the men were directly beneath the rebel fort. The enemy were evidently making a flooring for their artillery. As near as Could be ascertained, the distance from the tunnel to the fort was twenty feet. Alter it was sufficiently evident that a point di rcetly under thelort was reached, the construction of the mine was commenced. The angle of the fort' projects towards our lines, and under this angle the tunnel diverged into two galleries, each running, as near as could be ascertained, under each side. It was the intention to make the mine consist of eight magazines, placed at intervals along these branch galleries,. so that the entire ,lealittly...AP the- fOrt* might be blown up,. in place of ontnepAt. Pre.. litni7.'rY experiments were made bY't.laitiol e onel (Pleasants) with "Cartridges . of PO - wder, 'Whioh. be inserted in the earth raid Ignited Py a fuse. He as certained that the work of Making a himself would be more effectually secured Irk dietributing the powder instead of putting it, in bulk. In the latter ease the explosion resulted in a deep add broad crater; In the former in a wide chasm. Where the cartridges—his miniature magazines—were not dial" connected by packing, the tendency.of the explo don was to find vent at the first. hole. Hence he resorted to packing between the magazines, or, as It Is technically known, "tamping." The magazines wermeight in number, four in each gallery, so arranged that their explosion resulted in four craters, intersecting each other. The explosion was effected through tubes of pine wood six inches square, halffilled with pOsider. These ritn along the bottom of the tunnel, and entered the magazine through openings made tor them, lietWeen the Palrs of the magazines and over the tubing wigs layer of bags and logs. The fuses were those used in blastingin,the coal- mines of the State. When they were 'fired, they became extinguished twice,-but the third time the' Powder in the chamber, sir tons in all, was ignited with results that have already been described. RANCOOIOB . Sf °VEX EMT Wbon ail was ready, Hancock was sent across ttie James, in company with Sheridan, and by a forced march reached within ten miles of the rebel capital. Thls, of course, attracted the attention of the rebels+ and it la undoubtedly the fact-that Marge reinforce- ments left Petersburg for Richmond. Several trains crowded with troops were seem to• leave the city. It is said that five divisions of the rebel army confronted Ilancock and Sheridan, leaving only three divisions iu the entrenchments. In-order to reader the deception still more. complete, on Frt. day, Just at dusk, the train of the 6th Corps , 11 . 61 do- Fpatehed to the James, in full vlew.of the rebels. During the night Hanoook's corps returned, after lighting a hard battle, of which we have' already spoken, and took his place in the line. On Saturday morning the attack, for which , all these preparations had been made; begin, with what success our' dates from Grant this morning show. The result is not what was hoped, or, indeed, whatwe have been - led to expect; but it must he ascribed to those strange mischances that so often make abortive the hestlaid schemes and balk the finest efforts of genius. Our reverse may be In part due to the fact that the rebels had the expectation of a " hyst” as they termed it, even if they had not a full knowledge of where it wax about to take place. It is a fact perti nent to this assertiop that for several, days previous to the attack, Zhe rebels were busilyengaged in con structing a strong interior lino of defences. It Is to be presumed, therefore, that they anticipated or even knew of the approaching destruction of part of their works, and meant to make it nugatory and no advantage to mi.. THE REBEi•IIIIVASION. Tus CortPLAGRATION• Olt OMILICBERSIIInti3.; liauxuanuno . , August .1.-r-Lliter accounts from Chambersburg are of a still more distressing cha racter. Governor Curtin has infoimation this!: TriSorptpg„that.pcior bed-riddou_ invalidf begged - oe., wretches to desist in -ttieir wiSriiiirpilifiale their homes, but without avail. To no speci es of appeal would they harken. Deaf alike to the entreaties of wondering young children and weeping wiTmen, they scowled at them with jeers and brutal 114 sults. , • Governor Ciertin will leave this, • aiternotin at three o'clock for the scene of ruin. All lie' sympathies are aroused in behalf of the poor creatures who are thrown out of their homes, and for whose relief a spirited appeal will probably be made. Later'ac counts, of a sem ewhat semi-official character, sustain your correspondent in his assertion that one-body of the rebels was moving towards Bedford. It is to be hoped measures will be taken to interrupt them in this errand of _deviltry. Trains are .again running between here and Chambers burg. Large numbers of refugees, home less and houselees, having lost their all, have ar rived. , 1 had a conversation with J. McDowell Sharpe, member of the Legislature from Franklin county, this morning. He left Chambersbarg last evening. Re rePortetbe wreck and ruin of the place as ter rible. Eleven squares in the heart of the town are in ruins. All the public buildings, printing and law offices are destroyed. The destruction of Col. McOlure'e property included .his- .out-houses and a large barn tilled with the newly-gathered crops. The rebel force in the town numbered five hun dred cavalry, with four pieces of artillery. They demanded a subsidy of five hundred thousand dol lars, Northern money, or one hundred thousand dollars in gold. The litter it was Impossible te-fdr nish, and while the panic-stricken citizens were de bating the matter, the work of destrnetion com menced. The total number of buildings destroyed is three hundred, and the loss is estimated at two The rebels were under command of MaCatulland and Gilmore. • They said that Bradley Johneonwas in the rear, but nobody saw him. After Averill drove out the invading force on Saturday, eight rebel stragglers were captured, one of whom was killed by the citizens, vrhe were with great difficulty prevented from exeenting summary punishment on-all. The- killed- map tin supposed, from papers on his person, to bo a majonor lieutenant colonel. Theseven others were. broughtto this city. They are a set of wretched-looking rapscallions.' The rebel commanders- and'all engaged pposed in the Work of destruction were drunk. The sober *num o them, and even aided in saving property:. • Gen: Couch has gone up :the PomtsVivartia rail road, having been relieved here -by Geat. Oadwals, der, who assumed command Of the - departMent yes : terday morning. Several car loade ofpeople went. up to-Chambers burg this morning to see the ruins; ALLICORD REBEL A.DvANCR TOWAZDS, BEDFORD. lianamatrito, August I.—The Governor -As in possession of information which leads to the belief that a rebel column is marching towards Bedford: All the visitors at the Springs have left. • Flesunsuusto, August I . — lnformation. has been received here that a rebel force of cavalry is pro ceeding in the direction of Bedford. General tlitd 7 walader, in command of the defenceS, has arrived here and opened an office in the Capitol building. Captain 0. N. Turnbull, with a Surveying party, le now engaged in making B UrVOYIS•IIith a view to the defence of the Susquehanna river ii the variOna, fords between this city and Ffavra'4 Gra'ie. •• . Tint ninats REPOP.TED A 8 lIETIRLII43 BROM' TSB . Tint BTATA---APERILL 155 PURSUIT OF TRIM RARIUSBIIIIO, Aug. I.—Positive information has just been received here that.the rebels- aro retiring, from, the direction of Bedford Springs, out of the State. . • Major General Couch is to•day inthe western part of the State, making a. reconnoliseace - of the de fences on the Monongahela and OhloriVera . . Before proceeding directly to Pittsburg.he examined seve ral points along . the- Pennsylvania. Railroad, and gave important directions for - covering the border of the counties along the. Maryland line in that direction. Major General Ctulwaladerls in temporary com mand of the forces-and • fortilications In the eastern. part of the State, and is inaugurating the 'most na tive measures to meet- any eniergenoy that mayln stantly. occur. .Bia appearance here has renewed public confidence, as he lean °Meer well known and highly appreciated by the masses of the people. The railroad between. this. poin t and- nage rateinz • is now open, and tralnahave been leaping on their . regular morning and.noon time. The entire force whicitenteeed and burned Chain• bersburg isnow positively, known to have iionsiabed of three companies,_ in the aggregate numbesing bnl two hundred, and eight men. They occupied the town but two hours, and on entering gave. the three boure time to move the women and children, but before an hOur had expired the fiends hsd Bred the town. The•inhabitantahave found shelier.with the farmers along the different roads leadlserfront. Chambersburg.. • A despatch:joist received here statestimMkserilrm, force had come up to the raiders - eight, miles from. MoConnelidinmr, and had whipped them handsomth_ ly. At the latest accounta they wen retreati ng, towiird,lfaacock, with A.verlll in pursuit. • A meeting of the citizens of Haridoborg tor this evening, to devise ways eadmeals teat. ford relief to the destitute citizens cf Chanforabitrik re.rac ON TAN BOatINN: BALTrxona, August I.—Repoatairoakeettyalnirg and Eromettsburg represent the °Mamie ofixpanto there, and throughout that region. of sonnies. 'Pike peeple are sending off their 'Stock an , iivalriablea, and are hurrying along the tete wike 1 4orowds, hot/eying that the ieliels in large zumbera are appruahiliti. The rraderleir train of this, morning 04 . 41 , 1 In. as usual, 'Riff reported %ILO& antit enitement Oaista iti Frederick on a.coonnt of the order Issued by li en Hunter for the ;sepal/item: Of Southern syrup t h beyond our lies. Oen The train from Sandy . Hook arrived this te /rnin and reports no rebels 011 the road. Is THB GETTYSBURG PABIO—THE B.R.MILB EEC - THE POTOMAC'. 310, 31, SAL'TIMORE, August I.—All accou n t s re „ i,.., here indicate that the anxiety and alarm o r people at Gettysburg and vicinity is enti : e -t , groundless. It is belleied here that the rebel s 1 ' recrossed the Potomac. 4 4 TDB BURNING OB HAMBERSBURO—N r Eo L ., DUTY BT GENERAL COUCH. .....T 5, - We deeply sympathize with the citizens or Q, bersbnry, who have lost everything by the !ate. i l• raid. From all the facts that we can asee rt4 ,*:ltl learn that two brigades of the renel for ii "; 4 Bradley T. Johnson and Major General ife ( ;!'w land crossed the Potomac, anout fifteen itu h " t 'll• strong, on Friday, and by riding all night ...` 1 three hundred and flfly reached Chamrob,n.,,. four o'clock on Saturday morning, and th, .1t small band, under the command of ry.; l4l h McCausland, the senior officer. Inf.lrteel ri4 citizens at once. that he required the se m _ 4 use hundred thousand dollars. Toe eht te "l frankly` informed him that they could not and w,, 4 1 11 not pay that amount, and this refined e.90M411•41.... Southern chivalry ordered the burning . q Cr,.l house in the principal 'portion of the town, i'l hundred and sixty-five dwellings, belonging t, ) „”„ vats citizens , Copperheads as well as (John -,r;" indiscriminatly burned to the ground. The e, ;i e house, three printing offices, (one belongin g . o ' tr !t German Reformed Church, where the ~,.,..,„,,,, .:. formed Messenger and a German paper were printe,t the office of the Franklin Repository, owned 4. , ‘ic Clore& Stoner, and the office of the Valley Votr i t ; rank Copperhead paper,) and all the hotels, to„ e .i i , with the principal portion of the town, are one 10:,' of ruins. The citizens inform us that all this mi g h t %iv would have been prevented if the Comm tal i ,: General Couch had formed the men who were a a boles and willing to defend the town Into el,ep thi ..• but they say that ho had shipped all his priiate-....4 recta from the town on Monday last. and that hi left early on Saturday morning, without rht , t any attempt to defend the town. Our tnsg h : l ,l says that if Gen. Couch were to appear in thal. b,: rough now, his person would not be safe. The pie say that with the cavalry force under he., i --,- , mend fully equipped, the town could have I, o ' easily and successfully defended. There Wes m i ll large guard. with the wagon train that pei,.,4 through Chambersburg early in the gereoieg whi ll could have easily been stopped for the Area's ",‘ the town. The train was perfectly safe a u. „ id passed that place. We have freqikently Alluded to the Incompet eht . of General ' Couch as thecomiziander of so imp qui t ' a post, but the leadinteiriein'of Chamberdear g h „.,, always idolized him, and informed ud that he 41 the whole line of the Potomac picketed. and 0, 4 there was no danger of any surprise. The citizen; have suffered' severely for their attachment t-, , i , incompetent commander. ' We had always the 6 ,,... eat regard for Gen. Couch as a division comm it. , ,- but his actio n here last summer, when he retool: after the eacae4solicltation of various gentleitln, to take command of some forty or fifty th4o, , a n i trau s , to nreveritthe rebels from escaping atter r te battle of (iettiaanitaattt.. — ....everi reaßons;.le un it that he Wes not the general for this departiner . 1.... He arrived - here on Saturday about noon, and th e Committee of St* ifetymade an earnest appeal to hi m to declare'rna)tial lisw In this city, for the pure se ,Of Compelling every able-bodied man to shoal' s " - musket; but the committee was turned away with an evasive answer, and finally flatly refused. get notwithstanding the difficulties- thrown in the wty 'tff forming companies for home defence, the citizen 'of Harrisburg have done all that coulkhetexoeciet The Governor gave •the Committee of Safety an ; order Tor a latpe number of arms, which have been . drawn and distributed to the different comp mei, who are - now ready to turn out at the tap of the court-house bell.—liarrillrarg Telegraph. General Sherman's Army.. INTRILERTING CIRCULAR OP GIST(RRAL TRO2AS EIRROISAI OP OUR TROOPS. Saw roux, Aug. I.—The follo;Mg special , 1,- spatch has been received by the Herald: NASRVILLE, July 31.—Major General Thomas, commanding the Army of the Cumberland, hu issued the following interesting circular to the army near Atlanta : ArtatT BEALIQUARTEREI, July 2g. The hlajw General commanding the army congratulate the troops upon - the brilliant success attenlitag the Eldon army in the late battles. ' 4 .111 the battle of the 20th inak, in which the 29th •Oorpe, one division of the 4th Corps, and a part of ,the 14th Corps were engaged, the total Uni )03R was—killed, wounded, and miesinz, 733. In frontnt the 20th Corps there were put out of fight 6,000 ro• bele. Five imndred and sixty-three of the enemy were buried by our own troops, and-the rebels were per mitted to bury two hundred and fifty of their deal. The 2d Division ofthe eerie repulsed Bever! dif ferent assaults of the enemy with Blight loss to themselves. This tight must have swelled the nom ber of dead and buried by the rebels to beyond too. We alsocaptured seven stand of colors. • ' No Official report has been received of the pirt . taken in the battle by the 14th Corps. In the battle of the 22:1 the total Union I , ns in killed, wounded, and missing was-3,600, and 10 pieces of artillery. The rebel loss in captured was 3 1 2a1. The known dead of the enemy in front of the lab 'and 16th Corps; and one division of the 11th, *53 2,147. • The other divisions of the 17th Corps repulsed six assaults of the enemy before they fell back. which will swell the rebel loss in, killed to at least 3,000. The latest report states that we buried over 3.200 rebels killed In the fight. We recaptured from the enemy in .this battle 18 stands of colors and 5,000 stands of arms. By command of Major Gen. TEFOXAS The battle of the 22a ult. was a flank attack, or the enemy upon our left. During that attack the lith Corps Was partially cut up, but not until it had Tepulsed several of the desperate charges of the rebels and afforded Übe for General' Logan, who tempontrily succeeded McPherson In command of the Army of the Tennessee, to face-about and repot the assaults Made on.him.' Our correspondents with that, army state that the rebels were driven baok to their teatime of works around the city:- ° -• ' ' • ~• T he battle nistalbree on .. e llae„ifitlt Corps, anditriperirs. bzi - lavoietlittedia se 'complete a defeat of:the.rebete-as nista' the VA. '642 dead. rebels - were buried by our fortes &Me that battle. • —. The report of the wounding of General Stephen Lee is not confirmed, nor is it positively known that his force has reached Atlanta. General Stanley encceeds General Howard in command of the;4th Corps. General Howard has been assigned'to the com mand of the Army of the Tennessee, in place of General McPherson. General Hooker passed throug.htbls city en . roale North this inotnint. It is underWod that he leaves ,General Sherman , s command td enter upon otter ditties elsewhere, and that General Rousseau sac cecah him as commander of the 20th Corps: THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI. 'WRECK OH .A. ESTICZ,DiEe.. Canso, July 81:—The - steamer Henry Ames, from St. Louis, struck a snagyeaterday seven miles above here, and was sunk over her main deck. She will. probably be a total loss. The- deck freight, whisk was very valuable, was taken off slightly damaged. and brought here. Sixty hogsheads of tobarco, 0120 thousand barrels of flour, and a large lot of DOlli private account, besides a large amount of pork be longing to the Government; are still in the hold. No •lives were lost. The steamer Graham, from klemphis on the ?eat, has arrived here with the remains of Major son, of ther7Rd Ohio Regiment, who died of wounds received at Tupelo. - The Memphis itutieol, containg further particu lars of the late light near .11elena. Our total loss was sixty-two, banding four• • (dicers killed. The rebel loss was two hundred and Atty. The Bulletin's account of the•destraction of the - steamer Clara Bell says that four companies of the 66th hilhhigan Infantry were aboard at the time of . the attack. Finding the boat was sinking, the crew were about to surrender, when the officers of the regiment ordered. the bait , to be run on the sippi shore. The soldiers then fired her to prevent ,her falling into the hands of the rebels. Matters in Fre-dieitehosiburg—lnformution Itiegerding Genegali -Waidasvortla—ste rillas on Aiello Plain.. - Lieutenant Conyers, of the Veteran Reserve Corps, returned to Washington. on Saturday after noon, from Fredericksburg, whither ho had bees sent with a small party of rebel prisoners for ex change. He was put ashore from the gunboat Yan kee, at Belle Plain, thence -footing it across the country until he came to the ferry In fron of Frele rickeburg. His white handkerchief soon t attracted a large crowd on the .alty aide of the river, com posed chiefly of women, Presently, Mr_ Rowe, commissioner for exchange of prisoners, and Mayor Shinghter, were .ferried :heroes. One of oar tele graph wires extends *erase-the stream, lay pulling which thaboatinin crosses from side to Were. They were caution.% bet extremely defiant. Slaughter, the mayor, who - treacherously captured many of our wounded after the battle of the Wilderness, was so vain and foolish as to ask Lieutenant Conyers what was thought of 'him, the mayor, on our side. He was told that in-some-places he welled not be worth "that li—a snap of the finger, whereupon he grinned sardonlealLy. In trath, he has had yea,- son to regret the deed. The prompt seizure of a corresponding number of •Slaughters constituents by our authorities raised a domestic storm in Frede ricksburg against the-mayor, which has hardly yet subsided. His conduct is condemned by all the 'reSidents of that part of Virginia. Northern news- Inners were eagerly demanded, but none sup plied. Copies of -the - Richmond Examiner were . sold at one dollar per copy, rebel Currency. Lteat. Conyers broughtback a letter for the family of the gallant Wadsworth, from one who was able to thr nish all the details whiCh affeetfon an t i friendship could derive, relative to the. General's list mo ments. Guerillas and bushwhackers roam about 'the country between the Potomac and Rappahan nock. One leader offered two. hundred dollars in greenbacks for the lieuteitane's old sword. None of the realdentsarad hearitotfehe late call for half fz. million of men, and seemeduo, believe that it was a hoax. - , PICTLADZLPHIA, BOOK. ThEr..A.DE &a.m.—The slyty third trade salawill be..oemesenced at the siv!tion. rooms of Messrs. Thomas. Lk. Sons, South Fourth. street, on Tuesday, thw-911,11. September. The zom mitts. of publishers um lint A. Blanchard, .7, B_ Lippincott, James-Crisat.B. g, Butler, and GIN) rgfa W. Childs. The sale. wit continue for tautly n. week, and porery /arge.osi.talogue is anticipa:ud: LARGE Itoerrrms &Lan OP BOOTS, SoOr.s, SeN— Tbe partkuilar. afteptica of Ilea!era is rechrsted to the large. and rabatthirs assortment of lx , ,cts,,shoeq, trarelLl9g, bags,. ac., embracing samW..r.,s of 1.309 packages Of. prima anal fresh goods in large.rariety, to be peremptorll4 sold- by catalogae, on four months' credit; soramenoing this ISCrOlikt at ten o'clock , precieatst, by Joha , l3. Myers 4.00, auction eer; AOS. 2r4 &Ad 234 Market Larose,. LARGE bifeO4TAKIP S . LB oa„ DeOdnraTTO Da r Goons-no thuaINAI. PAcricaoas.—The attention Ji dealers isseanested, to the ealeasiva, valuable, zal desirable. assortment of domastie woolen and C0'..e12 goods, mpng,l7s entira.packaes, to be solOor cash, o Wednesilay munoting, Angost sd, at. 1 .. 4 Samploss and caktloguna are now re.d)4of examin lock,. ation at the audion etc*, of John E, Y0t.5 14.3 SNo., 110 s. tat and 23 tore street. I MADELT,Eir.A„) AND BROD/MH- Z,. new railroad tinir. ha" boon astablisim4 between these two points., It b anisounce4 in soothe': column that <M,, and after the let or this monta trains will leal.e root ot Vintastroot arlyarfi Ptilla,l4l - every rmirisiatit, Broepting Sundays, via Cr': den and' Atittntin, and Baritas% and Delaware: steamer s 'Paiiiraad a 0 Port illontnonth, of X —' l l l 't Balt to foot of Atlantic: streeLisrost and thence kV the 4 , 11 • Tilil l ._ ~ a dims not take passengers te, the ei 2 °' New -Lora= Tim trip to Brooklyn is sAwsplish in thio PPM of 11 - velours and the fare is plared at ~......,,the low 2.ltie or two dollars, or awn (%) ticked: emili Vat 1 - kili. t dam Ogee , debars,
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