304 THE WAR. ABMY OF THE POTOMAC. Sd for as important movements are con cerned, the news this week from the army of Dke Potomac is rather meagre. The can nonading, picket-firing and skirmishing, us nfcl when the army is not engaged in actual combat, is still kept up, but no general en gagement has taken place. From private letters received from correspondents with the army, we learn that preparations are now making for another grand movement .against the enemy. The army is being reinforced with fresh troops, and before the November election, the country will no doubt hear of a great battle or series of battles. Let no one imagine that the fall campaign will be allow ed to close without a grand effort to destroy the rebel army in Virginia. The dissemination of copies of President Lincoln’s Amnesty Proclamation, and Gen. Grant’s late order relating to Rebel deserters, have been attended with good results. In consequence of the information thus con veyed, squads of Rebel deserters have come within our lines and claimed pardon and pro tection. In consequence of these orders Rebel officers experience much difficulty in keeping their men upon picket posts, for they generally embrace the opportunity to desert. On the night of the 10th, the rebels in front of the Second Corps strengthened their picket lines, and under cover of night charged our skirmish line, but were hand somely repulsed with considerable loss. Their design was completely frustrated, as we retained possession of the coveted posi tion. The Rebel batteries above Petersburg continued to fire at the trains to and fro be tween City Point and General Warren’shead quarter. The road is now completed to the six-mile station, on the Weldon road. On ‘the 14th, oui batteries opened on the ene ray, and heavy firing was kept up all the day, in order to silence the rebels, who for some days had been annoying our lines, particu larly on the left. On the 16 th, a large body of rebel cavalry made a raid on our cattle, herd, opposite Harrison’s Landing, and succeeded in carry ing off the entire drove, about two thousand five hundred head. The guard was ; com posed of two hundred of the Thirteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry, and of course could n<>t resist such an overpowering force.' The attackwas made just before daylight. Cap tain Richardson, Commissary of Subsistence, had charge of the herd, which was the main supply for the army in front of Richmond. He had barely time to collect his papers and escape! A body of our cavalry were sent in pursuit, from City Point. General Grant has issued an order sending all civilians within his lines, in front of Petersburg, who refuse to take the oath of allegiance, through the lines of the enemy. He also prohibits the sale of provisions to those who refuse to take the oath. This is somewhat different from the policy of Mc- Clellan while in command of the army of the Potomac. Grant cannot spare troops to guard the houses and farms of rebels, and he will not even tolerate them within his lines. This looks more like war than the rose water policy of the “ young Napoleon.” An interesting performance took place in the Fifth Corps, under General Mead, on the 13th instanti By virtue of an act of Con gress,'authorizing the presentation of medals of honor' to' non-commissioned officers and privates who may distinguish themselves for bravery. The ceremony took place at Gen. Warren’s head-quarters. First Ser geant John Shilling, Company H, Third Regiment Delaware Volunteers, who captur ed‘a-South Carolina flag; Private F. C. An derson, Company H, Eighteenth Massachu setts Veteran Voljmteqrs, who captured the flag of the Twenty-seventh South Carolina ; and Private George H. Reed, Company E, Eleventh Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers, who captured the flag of the Twenty-fourth North Carolina, came forward to the platform and after an eloquent and patriotic speech from General Meade, were duly invested witfr the honorary prizes. Seventeen rebel regiments have recently been sent to Ream’s Station, probably to strengthen the rebel position near that point On the morning of the 16th, the Union picket line West of the Weldon road was charged on and driven in, with the loss of several prisoners. The rebels charged in force, and it was sometime before the reserve could be rallied and their advance checked. The enemy were finally completely repulsed with considerable loss. Among the prison ers taken were nine who were beastly drunk. The Union force occupies their old position again undisturbed. Later intelligence is to the effect that on the morning of the 17th, heavy firing had commenced between the pickets on the left, which, when the steamer left City Point, at ten o’clock of that morn ing was increasing in rapidity and earnest ness. General Grant after a hurried visit to Gen Sheridan afid to some of his children at Burlington New Jersey, is back again with the army of the Potomac. Lieutenant-General Grant has issued an order .that no spirituous, vinous or malt liquors shall bo allowed to come into the army, excepting through the Commissary and Medical Departments. . GENERAL SHERMAN’S-REM Y. , Fighting has ceased for the present in this army, and Sherman has made arrangements to secure himself in the, possession of At lanta,l He is a firm believer in the only safe policy that has ever been adopted in dealing with captured rebel towns and cities—separa ting the sheep from the goats and sending the Unionists North and the ! implacable traitors South, where they belong. In this way the enemy will know less than h'ereto fore of what is going on in our lines. General Sherman has issued an order an nouncing an agreement between himself and General Hood for a truce at Rough and Ready, on the Macon railroad, and the country around it inclosed by a circle of two miles radius, for ten days from September 12th, to enable the people of Atlanta and vicinity, to remove to points South. Gen. Hood protests against the order sb an act of studied, ingenious cruelty. Mayor Calhoun of Atlanta, issues, by permission of General Sherman, a notice which will probably give an'idea of General Sherman’s order:—All citizens are required to leave Atlanta and proceed either South or North. The govern ment will furnish transportation South as far as Rough and Ready, and North as far as Chattanooga. Ail citizens may take their movable property with them, and transporta tion will he furnished for all movables. Ne groes, who wish to do so, may go with their masters, and all other male negroes will be put in Government employ, and the women and children sent out of the lines. The following is Gen. Sherman's congrat ulatory order to his troops, in which he gives a brief history of the campaign, from May Ist to the capture of Atlanta: Head quarters Military Division of the Mississippi, in the Field, Atlanta, Ga., Sept. B.—Special Field Orders, No. 68. The officers and soldiers of the Armies of the Cumberland, Ohio and Tennessee, have al ready received the thanks of the nation, through its President and Commander-In- Chief ; and it now remains , only for him who has been with you from the beginning, and who intends to stay all the time, to thank the officers and men for their intelli gence, fidelity and courage displayed in the .campaign of Atlanta. On the first day of May our armies, were lying Yin garrison, seemingly quiet, from Knoxville to Hunts ville, and our enemy lay behind his rocky faced barrier at Dalton, proud, defiant, and exulting. He had had time since Christmaß to recover from his discomfiture at Mission Ridge, with his ranks filled, and a new com mander-in-chief, second to none in the Confederacy in reputation for skill, sagacity and _ extreme popularity. All at once our armies assumed life and action, and appear ed before Dalton; threatening Rocky Face, we threw ourselves upon Resaca, and the rebel army only escaped by, the rapidity of its retreat, aided by the numerous roads with which he was familiar, and' which were strange to us. Again he took post at Altoona, but we gave him no. rest, and by a circuit towards Dallas, and a subsequent movement to Ackworth, we gained the Altoona Pass. Then followed the eventful battle about Kenesaw, and the escape of the enemy across the Chattahoochee River. The crossing of the Chattahoochee, and Breaking of the Augusta road was most handsomely executed by us, and will be studied as an example in the art of war. At this stage of our game, our enemies became dissatisfied with their old and skillful commander, and selected one more bold and . rash. New tactics were adopted. Hood first boldly and rapidly, bn the 20th of July, fell on bur right at Peach Tree Greek, and lost. Again, on the 22d, he struck our extreme left, and was severely punished; and finally again, on the 28th, he repeated the attempt on our right, and that time must have been satis fied, for since that date he baß remained on the defensive. We slowly and gradually drew our lines about Atlanta, feeling for the railroads which supplied the rebel army and made Atlanta a place of importance. We must concede to our enemy that he met these efforts patiently and skillfully, but at last he made the mistake we had waited for so long, and sent his cavalry to our rear, far beyond the reach of recall. Instantly our cavalry was on his only remaining road, and we followed quickly with our principal army, and Atlanta fell into our possession, as the fruit of well-concerted measures, backed by a brave and confident army. This completed the grand task which had been assigned us by our Government; and your General again repeats his personal and official thanks to all officers and men com posing this army, for the indomitable cour age and perseverance'which alone could give success. We havo beaten our enemy on every ground he has chosen, and have wrested from him his own Gate City, where were located his foundries, arsenals and workshops, deemed secure on account of their distance from our base, and the seem ing impregnable obstacles intervening. No thing is impossible to an army like this, determined to vindicate a government which has rights wherever our flag has once floated, and is resolved to maintain them at any and all costs. In our campaign many, yea, very many of our gallant and noble comrades have preceded us to our common destination, the grave; but they have left the memory of deeds on which a nation can build a proud history. McPherson, Harker, McCook, and others, dear to us all, are now the binding links in our minds that should attach more closely together the living, who have to complete the task which still lays before us in the dim future. I ask all to continue as they have so well begun, the cultivation of the soldierly virtues that have ennobled our own and other countries; courage, patience, obedience to the laws and constituted authorities of our government, fidelity to our trusts, and good feeling among each other; each trying to excel the other in the practice of those high qualities, and it will then require no prophet to foretell that our country will in time emerge from this war, and worthy its great founder, Washington. _ W. T. Sherman, Maj.-Gen. Commanding. A Strange Proceeding. By the steamer James White, from New Orleans on the 12th, we have news (doubted in some quarters) from the Rio Grande of peculiar interest. Mexicans arrived at New Orleans report that the Mexican leader of the republican forces, Cortinas, being unable to cope with the Imperial army, had crossed the Rio Grande at Brownsville with two thousand men and sixteen cannon; had driven the Rebel forces under Colonel Ford, from Brownsville, and had occupied the place, hoistiDg the American flag. He had also notified the Federal commander at Brazos of his proceeding, and offered through him, to the United States Government, the services of himself and army. The War in the Southwest. From the West the news this week is im portant. By way_ of Louisville, September 18th, we leran that Forrest is camped near Memphis ; Marmiaduke, with seven thous and men, is across the St. Francis river, in Arkansas, threatening an invasion of Mis souri, and that Price is menacing Little Rock. The Vicksburg Herald , of the 10th, received at Cairo the 18th, says there has been a con centration of rebel forces at Jackson, Miss. The troops of Forrest, Taylor, Gaison and Wirt Adams, numbering 20,000, with wagon, pontoon and artillery trains, were there. MIDDIE MILITARY DIVISION. There has been a movement i:i this de partment since our last issue, in which the rebels were worsted. Under date of the 13th inst., General Sheridan telegraphs the War Department as follows: This morning I sent Getty’s Division of the Sixth Corps, with two brigades of caval ry; to the crossing of the Summit Point and Winchester Road, near Occoquan Creek. Rhodes’ Ramsuer’s, Gordon’s and Wharton’s Divisions were found on the west bank. At the same time Generals Wilson and Martin dale’s Brigade’s of Cavalry dashed up the Winchester pike, drove the rebel cavalry at a run, came in contact with Kershaw’s Di vision, charged it, and captured the Eighth South Carolina Regiment,sixteen officers and one hundred and forty-five men, and its battle flag, and Colonel Hennegan, com manding a brigade, with the loss of only two killed and three wounded. Great credit is due to Gens. Wilson and Mackin tosh, and the 3d New Jersey and the 2d Ohio. The charge was a gallant one. A portion of the 2d Massachsetts Reserve Bri gade made a charge on the right of the line, and captured an officer and eleven men of Gordon's Division of Infantry. Our loss in the reconnoisance is very light. P. H. Sheridan, Maj.-Gen. General Breckenridge, with his forces, is reported to. have joined Lee in front of Richmond. Early still remains in the Val PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22,1864. ley, but the scarcity of forage, it is thought, will soon compel him to change his base. The following bulletin from the War Department in relation to the draft will be of interest to our readers: Maj.-Gen. Dix, New Yorkldeut.-Gen. Grant telegraphs this department in respect to the draft, as follows: City Point, Sept. 13, 1864—10.30 A. M. Hon. Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War: We ought to have the whole number of men called for by the President in th% shortest possible time. Prompt action in filling our armies will have more effect upon the enemy than a victory over them. They profess to believe, and make their men believe, there is such a party North in favor of recognizing Southern indejiendence that the draft cannot be enforced. Let them be undeceived. Deserters come into our lines daily who tell us that the men are nearly- universally tired of the war, and that the’desertion's would be much more frequent but they believe peace will be negotiated after the fall election. The enforcement of the draft and prompt filling up of our armies, will save the shedding of blood to an immense degree. • • The following telegram has been reiseivfed from Maj.-Gen. Sherman on the same sub ject : Hon. Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War : I am glad to hear the draft will be en forced. First: we need the men. Second, they come as privates to fill up our old and tried regiments with their experienced officers already on hand ; and third, because the enforcement of the law will manifest a power resident in our Government-equal to the occasion. Our Government, though a Democracy, should in times of trouble and danger, be able to wield the powers of a great nation. All well. W. T. Sherman, Maj.-Gen. TSfe draft is orderd to commence in all the States and Districts where the quota is not filled by volunteers, on Monday, the 19th, and will go on until completed. Vol unteering is still progressing with vigor in most of the States. ■ , ~ Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War. 0 -nap plications received from the churches they serve,the following minis ters were commissioned by the Pres byterian Committee of Home Missions, at their last regular meeting, eight of whom were under commission last year; Rev. John A. Tiffany, Clinton and Toronto, Ind. “ J. L. Swain, Ulysses, Pa. “ J. A. Prime, Troy, N. Y. I “ George Ransom, Muir and Pewhmo, Mich. “ E. H. Avery, Warren, 111. j “ : Martin P. Ormsby, Minonk, 111. I “ Ariel McMasters, Fly Creek and Exe ter, N. Y. [ “ George E. W. Leonard, Pleasant Prai- rie and Centre Point, lowa. “ Sandford H. Smith, Red Wing, Mten “ John Kelland, Angola and Salem,lnd, “ G. W. Goodaff, Greenville, 111. “ Henry H. Garnett, Washington, D. C. “ Abs Martin. 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And by all National Banks which are depositaries of public money, and ALL, RESPECTABLE BANKS AND BANKERS- throughout the country w ill give further information and AFFORD EVERY FACILITY TO SUBSCRIBERS; “A GLORIOUS INSTRUMENT.” We have from time to time presented the testimony of a large portion of the most eminent’ Organists and tists in the conntry to the great merits of our CABINET ORGANS, and to the foot that they excel other Instruments of their clads. Annexed are extracts from a few Notices of the Press “The Highest Accomplishment of Indus' try in this Department.” K Foremost among all American makers stand Messrs. Mason & Hamlin, whose CABINET ORGANS now repre sent the highest accomplishments of industry in this department. .Taking for their starting point, more than ten years ago, the remembered melodeon, with its thin, sharp tone, they have gone on, step by step, until they have reached a position hey on d w hich the enlarge ment of Reed Organs cannot, for the present, be advan tageously continued. Leaving to others the manufac ture of instruments of smaller compass, they have given all their energies to producing the best possible speci mens of the class they advertise, and it is nothing more than truth to say they have succeeded. This is not only our opinion, but the unanimous verdict of the Organists snd Musicians who have examined these Organs, and have often subjected them to long and severe tests, and whose names have been signed by scores to the testimonials of favor which have been freely given” —Boston Daily Advertiser. “ The Universal Opinion of the Musical Profession” “ That Messrs. Mason & Hamlin have succeeded in making a better small instrument—from little bandbox like things to those which, though portable, and not larger,than a piano, can make themselves felt in a church—is the universal opinion of the musical pro fession. They agree that no such mechanical works of,the kind can be found in equal perfection in Europe. The tone is pure and full, and with an immense body for so small a provocative force. They stand rongn traveling, bad usage, and will live in climates that kill American missionaries.” —New York Tribune. “Nearly Every Organist or Pianist of Note." “ The instrument known as the CABINET ORGAN is quite as great an improvement upon the melodeon, introduced some twenty years »go } or its successor, the harmonium, as a concert grand pianoforte of to-day is over the imperfect pianos in vogue a quarter of a century since. The melodeon los 1 favor from a lack of capacity for expression. Its music was monotonous to a degree annoying to cultivated ears. The harmonium was an improvement upon the melodeon, but still failed to satisfy to the extent demanded by its use in chapels, school-rooms or halls, as a support to choral singing. Within a couple of years. Messrs. Mason A Hamlin, who have always taken the lead in this country as manufacturers of reed instruments, have succeeded in largely overcoming the defects noticed in instruments of this class. An important modification introduced is the Automatic Bellows Swell.by which the performer is enabled to produce the softest tones, or to awaken a volume of tone second only to, and in point of musical quality fully as fine as that derived from superior church organs. * * * * The favorable testimony of nearly every organist or pianist of note in this country, together with that of certain distinguished foreign authorities, has forestalled onr appreciative comments upon the excellence and value of these carefully made instruments”— New.York World. “So Effective and Beautiful as to meet the Desires of the Most Refined and Fastidious.” “A glorious instrument for the temple service, so readily secured as to be available for any congregation, and so effective and beautiful as to meet the desires of the most refined and fastidious admirers of appropriate music. * * * With your eyes shut you cannot dis tinguish its sound from that of the pipe organ; and the advantages that commend it are: its price—for it can be had for one, two, three or four hundred dollars, accord ing to the size you wish; it is not affected by heat or cold, or any change of temperature; it remains fora long period in good tune; and lastly, it can be sent by express or otherwise any distance, with safety.”— New York Observer. “ Singular Unanimity.” u Induced by these considerations, we have been at some pains to ascertain what instrument, of the many now soliciting the public favor, combines the greatest amount of real excellencies. 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THIS BEST, XfiflDOT IPlßßfitt&n&snr, Manufactured only by V&&2&&1I3? & e@., 278 GREENWICH STREET, NEW YORE. sale by all Druggists. THOMAS CARRICK & CO., ©racktu & JStecuit Maker* 1906 MARKET STREET, PHILADELPHIA. gUPERIOR CRACKERS, PILOT AND SHIP BREAD SODA, SUGAR and WINE BISCUITS, PIC-NIC&,. JUMBLES and GINGER NUTS, A. FEE’S, SCOTCH AND OTHER OAKES. Ground Cracker in any quantity. Orders promptly ailed. delS-ly Tea Warehouse & Family Grocery Store, Northwest comer of BROAD and CHESTNUT Streets A (Established 1836.) N EXTENSIVE ASSORTMENT OF CHOIOH Black and Green Teas, and every variety of Fine- Groceries, suitable for family use. Goods delivered in any part of the city, or packed securely for the country. jal-ly Mv. DENSERVO! is a most invaluable, reliable and delightful preparation* FOR THE TEETH AHD GUMS. To a great extent in every case and entirely in many it prevents decay of teeth. It also strengthens the gums, keeps the teeth beautilolly clean and the breath: sweet. It is highly recommended by both Doctors and-. toTae* preparation for the teeth and gums as science and experience haa ever oroduceo. Prepared solely by S. T. BEALE, M. D., Dentist, 1113 Chestnut street, Philadelphia, Ps. For sale by Druggists. Price $1 per Jar. GOD’S WAY OE PEACE, By the Rev* HORATIUS BOJVAR, Has been issued by the Committee vith the hope that it will have a very wide circulation. Of it one of oar most earnest pastors says u God’s Way of Peace is incomparably the best thing of the kind I know of. It is simple, direct, doctrinal, clear and practical. I have already knowledge of seve ral cases whore it has been blessed to the enlighten ment and spiritual peace of those feeling their way towards the cross.” Price in muslin. In paper- FOR THE SABBATH SCHOOL. LATELY ISSUED. HEROES EOR THE TRUTH CANNIBAL ISLANDS SHEPHERD OP BETHLEHEM STORIES FROl£ JE WISH HISTORY 50 “ PAR AWAY 50 11 MARTYRS OF FRANCE 40 “ DAYBREAK IN BRITAIN. 40 “ COTTAGE BY THE STREAM. 40 “ WELDON WOODS 35 “ STEPS UP THE LADDER 35 “ BANK NOTES ...:. 30 “ TWO WATCHES 30 “ OUR LAYMEN. Their Responsibilities and Dutier By a Layman. Price 5 cents. Will not our laymen read it 1 PRESBYTERIAN PUBLICATION COMMITTEE, NEW NATIONAL LOAN AT PAR. INTEREST 7 3-10 INJLAWFUL MONEY COUPONS ATTACHED, AND INTEBEST PAYABLE EVERY SIX MONTHS. The Principal is payable in Lawful Money, at the end of three years. Or the holder has the right to demand at that time ' THE 5-20 BONDS AT PAR, INSTEAD OF ; ? THE CASH. / This privilege is valuable, as these .5-20' Bonds are our most popular Loan, and are now’sdlling at eight per cent premium \ ' Subscriptions received! n ne usua. manner ndfc Aft appeal and proposals ot the Secretary of the Treasury, together with our Circnlars, and all necessarj informa tion, will be furnished on application at our office. JAY COOKE & CO., 951-41 11* SOUTH THIfiD BTBEET, Philadelphia. WENDEROTH & TAYIOR, 912, 914 and 916 Chestnut Street, PHOTO-MINIATURES ON PORCELAIN, leorjtypes, Photographs, Cartes de Vlslte, PORTRAITB IN Oil AND WATER COLORS, Executed in the highest style. x *5- VIEWS OF COUNTRY SEATS made, 10 by 13 inches. 7. A. WENDEROTH. Hll TAILORS’ UQlfflß PROTRACTOR SYSTEM OF GARMENT CUTTING AND « WARD’S BEST” INCH MEASURES, ’ •*>'' No. 138 South Third street, PMlada. iasfxssr<B touts® ©ip I. t I. iiiS9§3 PHILADELPHIA, . Manufacturers and Dealers in By years of use has proved itselr MOST RELIABLE MARKING INK In the world, THOMPSON BLACK & SON’S PHILADELPHIA. 1334 Chestnut street, Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA. and every style of A. F* WARD’S —5O cents. .25 cents. 75 cents -75 « 75 « W. C. TAYLOR
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