` - ' 4 IIE k it= ,Lirit, vlsdnesday, Augiurt lO,.]SM. llMßßlE.EdHorAProprietor. "0. -1 Rational -Union. Nominations, v r i l . For President, '■ ■ ’ ABRAHAM LINCOLN, js'., or Illinois. T ~For Vloa President, A ||j D R BW i O H,,l# S; $ N , ’ f '| - of T»XB«ia«ii.| ' Presidential Electors. ■' : ; j ■ i'• ttertm M’Michael, Philadelphia.! ' ! Thomas Cunningham, Beaver Coonty.' REPRESENTATIVES! H i , ’ 1 Ropert P King ' 18 Elm Hale 2 O Morrison Coats 14 Chas H Shriner A Hwry.Bnmin . -, 16 JohnWister • . ;~s 4 Jt.Kern 18 D M’Conaughy > ' 6 Bvtoii H Teaks 17 David W Wood .8, Charles 11 Rank - 18 Isaac Benson ■ - ? Robert. Parker, ~ 19-John PattoiC 8 Avon Miill 20SamuelB Dick 9 Join A Hiestand 21 Everard BlerW 10 Richard R Cojqrell 22 John P. Penny 11 Edward Holliday 23 E M’Jnnkin 1 iS. Carles F Reed| (T'24 J W Blanchard m County Nominations •’I v Congress. GKQ. V. LAWRENCE,Wasbingtonco » I President Judge. , L. tl. M'GUPFfN, Lawrence ,co , 1 V I • Assembly. M. i QUAY. Beaver. ROBT B. REED. Washington, s , J AMES R. KELLY, ; ■ : j s Prothonotary. . , ':- r < ' MICHAEL WEYAND, BeaWr. / I J " | : County Commissioner. I JOSjSEH IRONS, Hopewell. I Poor House Director. • , BAi| ; L M’MANAMY. tp. , | "-Auditor, -i • ■ ... ' JA.JJES WHITHAM, Hanover; , J Trustees of Academy. t; , A.R. MOORB. Beaver. J J. lt WILSON, Beaverj ; D; £; DEMPSEY, Beaver. I ; ■>, ' '&■ i. ■ ; Teijtria of Subscription to Argus- Argus.perannum; in advance...., $2 'OO Within the vear....... ....... .... 250 End m the yoar.iiL...' 3 00 , Timet terms will be strictly! adhered to.. . .. It Rated of Advertising: One »C|iftre, I insertion. ~...$1 00 Each! subsequent 'insertion.l.!..-. 5Q 1 colfimn, 6 mos,l .'....12 00 | column, 6 md5....,...1........iLr.'. .....20 00 ; 1 column, .6 mos .;... rTT.IV.. ....35 00 Professional and, business Cards, not ex ceeding lOjlines,. 8 00 . Exeijntors, Administrators and Auditor’s Notices, each ...........i 8 00 liocaj iiiol ices, ; 10 cents per line each insertion. Pwfhs and Marriages. will be published eraty where the, same does j not! exceed five lingrir-ibr-each miAUjfinal_liw« «»ni willbe published' free. , ' County Fair*. ■ m#E *FATR OF- THE BEATER COUNTY - 1. ULTURALSOCIETT, will be held in Fair Gronntls/ nenr B *a|er t ou WMnesdqy. . Thursday. Jtnd Friday, . |fe)f. 21sf. 22 d and MM, 1864. is invited from’adjoining counties ■ RANTED.. -An intclli; boy. front 15 fb 17 years of age ,!witm a|iberal education, is wanted at . thj«|offit;e to. learn the'- pointing basil Apply soon. THE CAMPAIGN “ ARGtTS” ‘ .gj-.j.* FOR 50 CENTS.’ ’ "I ?f*® Argus will be sent to. Campaign from the 17th ol Augusl nt|Hl the 23d of November, for' 50 s copy, in advance. Send in ob|v ’names immediately. *. , ■ • r.■ ' i ■ .Vote on the Amendments. || another column we gives the vote in fi|U on the first amendment in Bea. ve| |county. The: majority i r . o ur co|hty is ucexpectedly c, arising from the "tact that a great many cop petheads did not vote as all. In some townships we learn that they came to||Yote, - but were ashamed' of the th||ig,| and quietly left tjhe j oils with- p*j9ttng a vote. In our last we P*j| , 1 n *P™^ o give the Banner township; hujtj we have several w’nioli areer.ti tl|>| to that hdnor. The following cast their votes unanimously fc^; the- soldiers: Big Beave vChippe- Va.lJ&rlington, Economy i,p.. Pidls-- Moon, New Brighton, .New Se . wjifkly, Patterson, Harmony, Rac copji. •• In Marion township the first an|i]ndmeht Received but ksT voles, wlhich is precisely the fiiepnblicap strength.;, In North Sewickly town shig the opposition appear! to have r polled their entiro strecgth; and in • district against it. i| In Rochester tp. the vote was a ti;4| lb the other parts of the" county it |vas pretty much like the [handle of a j«g—-all on one side. ; The following is the wb> - t ilif county; ' riß»r AKKHDMKKT: f jer-.-...2880 |.- Agsinal .. i| • •• ’ sacoHD ahcsoxcSt; | , ? t-..V...4;;.2874 Agli|gtW; ” ' . J 1: THiai)‘ AMMrDMESTi ' f '«*». i - r f. Irii | h.!< .,f i ;r|f,n ne*l mj [l j : ■ ■ ■’, p ptly remit hr' rearages and advance s«bscriptions, to aid publishes. j Trt addition •to their offices, bp|h of them bad tb'eiri .residences burned, Will; ajl their fur niture and personal rebels! not allowing them to] save their cloth ing. Mr. Stoner whs, fired at in his own house for attempting to save, the firm hooks, and the |mcn who burned Mr. M’Clure’s residence had special orders that nothing' belonging to him should be. saved.' ' J . , i ti. — Wo ribiicW ohes. tlat Itbpi •luston,. Sontlii ?n exchanged| They Wefo I 'two months | EM . Officers Exchange! from our late dispati Union officers at' Cha Carolina, have allH Be and, have come North, sent to Charleston abon since and placed under (fer, as the rebels allege ithe Cil Our Governr imet lire issue by exp isi her of .'rebel officers.. the result has been f;o ■'that;our fears were n Col. A \V Taylor,of thi one of the number, snd friends understand he ezpeoti to 16'Vote in jo- is .not | aiflyitttmwrtii »iilia*. ' ■rt riirn to" hi* conxman< jliest wishes accompany ekktnr? v' ; Offlbli The l following of it, ho J Special JS • .?3?- £ . \ l-i'tfflBTBJCT&-I& l-'Ljjl- ICTiP Bi|B^Ter.. .W.*[ .AS. tp.*4fta**V*#*** Brttlgcw*tir....™.... Brighton. J...... Chftpewa Dartington. Economy ........... •.... Frilitw Prahklto....-~...~i Freedom her.....;. HanoVer tp—Frankfc d 6 . HihnopT , Hopawau »•*»••••••■« •••■• loaepen|ieae«.« ; . IsdllltfJ i •»•••••«•!••&••• Marios. Hood New finrlitoiSi ...... . ■ New Bewiekiy do . •' ■ —Flood' North Sewlekly..U....----- • Ohio • •••*•• e ease** *4 haeeeej ! Patterson... Pbillipsburg .....n... Pu1a5ki..::.............. Racc00n................ Rochester b0r0..U... Rochesterlp...... 1 ..... South 8earer.....1... .•in 24thCangrei An adjourned ferces fur the 24t trict,eomposed a ton, Beaver, was held.at the 1.. . X’iUsburg.on ihe 3d in I The following ire file name* of the delegates roprese iting their respective counties: [' Greene; Captv J M. Harper, Thomas Hill, Dr, W. D. jjtodgers. ' * Washington: John A-.Happer, —— Riipple,David Aiken. - ifeaver.-Wm.B Clarke. J. SRutan, D. L. Imbrie. ; j Lawrence ; t E.’ Sgnkey, D. Craig, J. Hans. - ‘ ;• •; The candidates were Hon, Thomas Cunningham; hf Beaver county, and Hon. George V. Lawrence; of Wash ington county. The convention continued in session until the evening; of the 6th inst. The ballet* up to lha. timositodsix to six, when, pr. I lie jml ballot, Craig and Haus/Ol Lawrci co- counts’, voted for Hon Lawrence, thereby securing his nomination. ! «a.CAPT ’ JottST S IIITTEtt., of -this county, bclongirl ? the 76th Reg’t P.V., who was severely wounded at Cold Harbor, in Jqni i last J has lately been promoted to lh<. Lieut. Colonelcy of bis regiment;! Capt.L. has been, for somf time in| c immajnd of the regi on Idle leading regimei.it in a charge on the enemy.! -We are glad to hear of his promo Ltop,- for he has Jairly won.it."T He hks proved himself a faithful,; bravo and competent office, and i|( justly enptled to this recogni tion of his services. We wish him even greater ijorjor , j - : —j'T**'- 1 . . Hunter StipERSEMp.— It is assert ed positively that Gen. Sheridan, bus been appoint sd [to supersede General Hunter in the Command of the troops on the Upper'Pcjiomac. ■yS General S(iCridan*s| nep'command embraces Northern andWeslern Ya , Southern ahdj Central, Pennsylvania, and Western an^h'Clentral, Maryland He has his headquarters at Harper’s Ferhy, there already. 1 Goner aU Wallace, Couch and Hum their respective commends .Under him.’. If . i H i ' our fire, in jor. i,.to lent proprjitly ig ajikenurio are g'ab avorable. knd SEVENTEENTH j CONGRESSIONAL , DIS TuicT. —The Onion Congressional Con ference of the ITith District, composed ot the countijes | of Cambria, Blair, Huntingdon, juid Miffiin, reassembled at Tyrone on Fr day, and, after sever ballots, nominated Abraham A. Bar ker, of Cambria county. The whole Humber of hallo a cast at this and the former sessions of the conference, was three hundred and ®Jghty nine. ' >t realized. 7— 3 County, was his numerous o bear of bis Berks Heud From.—The* vote of Berks conhty,| allowing the soldiers to vote, amounted to. 4,881; against them, 6,826. Majority against the soldiers, 1,945 -.This 7S * olhing more than was expected. Berki is a very reliable copperheadcourty More Dr. i|rrinij Tint Septem ber.— An order lias been issued direct ing that there st all be no moie draft ing under previous calls for troops. AU deficiencies i ow outstanding jhall bo carried over to the draft-to’ take place in Septem >er. was and Volunteer) Oi Was . 1 "• The .Solicitor [of War Depart in«nt 'in a. lengthy circ'Jlar, decides that each m4n [famished under the plpesont cell for troops, whether foir oho or two or [three years, shall count only one year in! the quota now re quired. In making the quotas htider a hew call, thh. jdistricu having fhr nished three yeajrs dr twoyears men ■shall bo credited with three, times dr twice the amdnrtl of service of those farni>*hing one ye4i men,and the quo th* srraingad accordingly >•' on new calls. '" 1 : '-- 1 - soon. - lOuf lie. »(#. official T< I), ou the Fi IB *1 octic i^' m : ■ - EfEEI Ea Mttl/ufM i •• • =I =CCM ZEE t’ldli . =:=l j ,gA diirt..... l dirt.... * V • » >•••••«•••• • ,! l ‘t =EMI =I V Ing District isioi ig'of the Con gressional Dis> ene, Washing' reuee counties, igahola House, it. teeli i-Coi f ,Gr<> Lawi donoi: edititon Quota*. sinoyoii.AugnstS. ' j;— 4 ' i ! A wind' daughter ed'lTjfeu.i>« tmi svjreepiitnrn theirjpli&|_ Some ddaei fe a;i «9 65 88 89 JO 66 Maryland > -^ r - , ~,,pkbjty_ " Ilcgecrani* and twelve months regiments, to pro> tecvMissouri from ; guerillas, aria the volunteers are-;c6miiig| in rapidiyl-r He i» determined'to elder the; State cf these thieving, murderingbanditti. . A Uhiwi sharpshooter, being mpi> taßyrirqurided' Petbr»barg,jast beforqfil*; death ex pressedliis vrinirigness to die, declar* |ftg to the Surgebn that ho bad ;kilfed -sixty rebels since the, war Jj&gao.'i p *The Lonijsiaha Copyeption adjourn ed on the 25;b «lt.', after Adopting a seriesdrresplationsrepudfatirigState Rightsand tho brdrphnCT dTSeceaaipn, snaindorbirig «p amendment of the ConstjttHioDto prohibit slaveeK'everywhere-' within the',na tioh‘al¥pnts. ' i -/i •’ FpNNjir-.Tobear American citizens of the copperhead persuasion ppaxing •‘American citizens of African descent” to .serve as ‘‘substitutes.’’ ; A little while a go, thecopperhadswere hor rified at the idea of employing black eoldtersjndw, Sambo is "offered large aPtiis of | money to takeVtheir; places! The world moves, doesn’t it? j . A letter from a gallant Union. offi> cer .norf in. the-military. prison, Ma con. Georgia, nays:—“Artother eight mtmtbs down here will strike my tityrie off the rolls and many !others alj»o I km almost naked— uo lmt. eoiit br drawers; pants Beatless,’and boots on the last;‘tour of duty.'" i| j j- ; • Gen. McDowell has issued an order at San Francisco, reqhtring passen« gera on ocean steamers, and ships to give up their arms to the captpin .of the vessel, and permit aiiexnhtina* tion of -Ihtir luggage.; Tbedbject, is, to prevent the probable danger of au tempts to take possession ot steamers Qu this coast,, by pirates sailing' os passengers. J ; 1 •' .- A Washington telegrarit, based on official dispatches from Gen. Shermao, announces another attack on his lihes on the 27th of July in ; which’ the enemy , was ' defeated with loss five times greater’than our cjwn. Hood w'ill probably tli nk long before trying it again. Even he must begin to understand that Sherman, is not to hq dislodged, nor the fall of Atlanta averted.' 1 J ■■ '.' ' ; - Dift:our. readers ovisn taka k map aril estimate the entire,length of Gen. Grant's! line? Do they kno.w that it: is nearly* >f not quite, forty mites long trout our intrenched position on the north bank of tWff. James, njeaf Deep Bbt tomato; the extreme left; south of line of that length and leave 'a force' disengaged to operate ;on the flank? The city or Baltimote hjaviqg ad vanced the bounties due ehlist od ’negro . troops from xthe loountres which have refused loipay the>e men. Col. Bowman advertises ihut tliey will. bo credited’to this quota required from the city l’ The draft of the sth of Sop belioved,-[ will pass Over Baltimore, which • will ' supply I, her wliolo qitota by volunteering between this and then. i V'J ; \2 23 10 27 866 . ‘llis fluid on the best hUtliority that Secretary Fessenden has called upon Collector Barney, of the New York Custom House,, to 'resign. I The rea sons alleged are. Said,, to have, been de rived from‘the evidence taken by,! and this reports of the several I Congres sional investigating Committees. The Secretary believes the interests of New York merchants and of! the cjbtyi try domaml an official of more ,capa city than the present incunibent. ... General McPherson: who! was killed 1 near Atlanta, was engaged to be mar ried to a beautiful and accomplished young lady of. Baltimore. Thodis- I patch announcing bis death by acci. I dent fell into her hand, on 1 its arrival. | It. was addressed to her mother,whp, jndt being able to see .well without her glasses, passed it to the daughter: ,en j gaged to lhe deceased th read. Seeing l it-Recorded his death, she inslautly |fainted..; The »cene was peculiarly distressing.' j ' r ' t . A late arrival from Charleston in forms us that Fort Sumter . is undergoing another , destructive bombardment from our batteries.— Thb firing .was slow,, but accurate, and serious damage! has resulted to some of the strongest portions of the’ fort] The fire on . Charleston isiaisd kept up.; The work pt erecting baU teries and residences; for rebel prison ers on Morris. Island progresses, |tbo’ the rebels annoy the j workmen to the extent of theirlability. ‘ j: Gen. Dix is the 'oldest empldyod Geneial now prominently before! the public. He war bori in' NewHamp* shire in 1798. ; Hun ter was born In Washingthn in 1802. McClernand. in Kentucky in 1812, Meade in-Spaiinl of American parents in'lBl6. '.Canbv' in Kentucky in 1817. [Hooker in Mas* sachusetts in 1819., Sherman in Ohio In 1820. , v Grant in Ohio [ In 1822. Franklin in Pennsylvania in 1828:—. Hancock in the saipe State.in 1824. Sigel in Ghjrmany.ih 1824[and |Slp cum in Hew York id 1827. , ~ b The ‘’local”. column of the .Rich* mond Examiner furnishes the follow, ibg facetious item: For the [first time in our varied experience we saw on Tuesday |a barrel of flour hauled; up Governor ' street oil ahearse! • The public stared, but tbe driver drove on When we dame to rddpileetbhat flour was five and six hundred dollars ppd barrel, and ihat tbe struggle for bread win, one of [life: brill | death,: trie, bditer, appreciated. theconnPotion between the bears* and tbebarrsl Pf flour ~ • • ‘t : :. Hamisbom, August 6. .'!. -M - S^erset,.received., •SO M m**&* jp l# «n r t|e fight Wt ilew; C#pkl ye*; /tffljjday : #«£, tweiujSnine Wiled! amt figy } fronted ; Q#er*l raifcy def fejtledithe-tebels. yA dispSichfrim |p. » gentleman hadjust-arrived there, , who say* be saw the rebelscrossing at Williamsport between { six and ’twelypa’clopk tOiat mofni r.g, 6,000 bin and cavalry. ■'?' ' Hareibbcro, Augusts.. | We had a^iinroapipat(oq.fromj.tbiB Edht- With, the' State in v Station.:: At;. eiglit o’clockthis evening thecommuniotaiion does not extend bey ondGreencastlo, the rebel* having entered- Middlebarg.ehpycn mile* north of Hagerstown. ;•, ll n wbat force they- occupy Middiebnrg is not !knqrp.. It is-pyesumed that they have mo™ than th?- five regi ments which entered Hagerstown this morning.' j- .... The movement? of the, enemy are: inexplicable. {jjhey'eepm determined ti)Tnv«stlheiroper*lion,*with as much mysleryas posaiblo./bot h as to num bers.inlenllonsand (joint* of attack. A t the same,time- .that. the five! regi menu were advancing toward* Cham berabuig, another-,-column, it i* re ported, was moving up the Potomac in the direction of Cumberland, the strength of .which column nobs!of our officials are able to learn. ; j A telegraphic report has justreaph ed these headquarters, from Bedford, to the effect that ’ passengers by the* stage, who had reached, that place, at Cumberland on Thursday; which resulted In 1 loss toreur side of 20 kil 'led and 30. wounded. ,V I . HAKjtisßuno, August 5. cf fingers town io* confirmed by official dispatches.— Three,regiments ofcttvalry and. two of infantry are strongly posted in and around the town. The fact that >thh rebel expedition is aee.cpmpanied by infantry is a stiong indication that force is of a jlargo body, as such troopsWo not used for ma rauding.purposes, After, crossing at Shoppardslpwn. i\ appears the enemy passed through Sharpsburg and Funks town, -So sudden wa*j their descent upon Hagerstown, that the telegraph operator was cpmpelledito leave! on a hand car, closely pursued by a Caval ry force. Ho was in range of their revclvors fpr a considerable time, and only escaped by hard work at live wheels IWo Are still in - comrauniea tion-with the State lines by a! tele graph station on Franklin, Road, sey en miles North of Hagerstown, j■.jTbe, operator there stales that in Hagerstown have tnnjwp>6ntj pick ets, but os yei-.they r(,i»vo-made'm>; further advance! - . i -. .PHILADELPHIA,. 'August 8. -r- The B llet'ix bar .tho following dated | Har risburg, Angufl,B:—Colonel Boyd, of the 2&t''Penn«ylvania cavalry, took possession of Hagerstown ■■ yesterday, Abe dom. ■ i 1 1 ■ i r! j ■ , Latei"news received this a. m.istate*! that the rebels have rplreated homo I ward; and have again .eluded the.prep arations for their capture It .is-e'er-1 tfin that, under the oew commander, j the rebel invasions intOiOur tkhto will cense, A dispatch hi headquarters! fr,om the military,. authorities at Hla-i gerstown says “all is. quiet on the Po ij toinac.” ■ "'V 1 - l . ; War Department, Ang.-9. To ; linj. Gen , Dix The fallowing has be«n received. It is, dated Har perV Ferry, A.ng'. 8—4:40 p. m i' Gen H. VV. Halleckf iCliief of Staff: Gen. Kelly imports thata| scoot > has just arrived at New Creek, and repprtq that Gen. Aycrili overtook, the enemy near Moorfield yesterday andl attacked' him, capturing nil hisartil-i lery and 500 prisoners. Xothirig offi j eial has been received from General- Avorill, however. : [Signed.]} i'/' P. H... S.HEBiDAkj Mdj. Gen. <}6in E. M ’ Stant6n a Sec’y of M^Tiir. The Late Call for Volunteers- T!*e Solicitor of the , War Depart-' mebt, has delivered an opinion regard ing the recent-call for 1590,000 volun teers and the questions Relating there to as respects the seti tement of quotas, lie, says the chief, object of these laws; is lobringablo-boiiedraeninto the militarjr sorviec./and to distribute as equally us practicable the burden of supplying; them.; The -Solicitor says I that each man furnished under the firesent call. whothcr his period of.en. istment be longer dr shorter, should count only one in the queta no w re quired,and each district should fur-; nish-ihe full number of men; which should be determined .on and {sailed; for.as ita quota; but if one district; shall fill its quota with oneyear men,! and if another district shall fill its i quota; with - three tears’ men, the; amount of. service of tpbse [diStriois will i not bo equal. TbeSolieitor agrees, to.' give; credit onder ai new call .to the district furnishing three years' volunl teeis, three time* toe amount;of ser vice credited to the districts furnish-1 ‘ing only one year volunteers. That district which, in the present draft, furnishes one year men, cuts up its: burden into three parts, and shouldem only one part, the piesent year. leav idg the reat to be met on the hejxt call;! whereas, the district furnishing three yeais’ men now gains atijonce the same benefit in the quota of the;'next! draft although it bad furnisned three ..times aimany men, for one year's service.'. ,Th* Recall or M’Clxllas —lt is asserted b)*; a Washington dispatch that the dispatch to tha Jhrald 16 the elfoct that a strong effort was being triadei by leading; Republicans to se< : core; the- restoration bt M,*Clellan to a command, and that the President wbs i disposed i to yield, • on certain boudilions, i* without the slightest fb'audatiou. -V ' •' ’• . r I L ,jL letter from the Army • djfiSd Friday evening, sUysti .Theresa her change 10. the position of le' armies ,slnyo ■’ the _ battle jpUei|| the usual picket .fif*' jtng. '"Hetfiy firing was ( heard ip/Che direction of the 10th corps noon. - Jk! report was circulated - that the enemy bad/«Ueppted to blowup a‘fort in the viclpity, but were ansne deVsful. 'JXjrobhl battery on: the .north bide.df th ! o Jkmas river, hdd- become 1 »htt>ylng for;.a "‘l* y• or; two.— QditeaatDgageinent tookplace this morning between it. and oar gunboats,' and jt was’ finally forced to leave.—: The' weather continues jvery warm, ; and. considerable- jmikneaa:, prevails' among the .soldiers.'who suffer from., 'diarrhea. St. George Gcnrt House! j was wantonly set fire to and destroy ed this morning by some soldiers. - | Later.—-A lolter from the Army ofj ‘ 4 nlf' thePotdntac, dated Saturday morn ing, toys the rebels exploded a mine yesterday evening before dark, in front ofi’ the' sth' corps,! but as they bad hot dug to within'forty , yard* of our works,put little damage was done.* Hffaey also attempted to make a chargej cbeeringj loudly, but they must have! been cbargrinedat*finding themselves so far from our lines. 'Considerable firing was kept pp for iin hour. The enemy's loss was. heavy and ours very liglit. All quict this morning. / j i. The Heiald’s Washiiigtof. special shysrThe rebels exploded a mine un-j der one of bur. works on Friday afl terhoon. No particulars are known]' except that but little'{damage was, done. It; b gebrally believed that Sheridan ;is assigned: 'toj-duly on the Upper potomac. The Herald's Fifth eot ps correspondent, oi tlie dih. says; Both are active in their works, each essentially strengthening them,' According to. the Petersburg papers the rehelS'brought into action o,nly two brigades in repulsing oar force be fore Petersburg. , One [ brigade res pulsed a 'charge by our t mops, and the othbr followed up ,lhe repulse with a charge and, drove whatnot" our men that cpuld get- away haek ’ over the breastworks, and made' prisoners; of, ell left jbehind, about 1,000, besides the kill el and wonhded. ’ I I W 1 I.— ' ,i >'•' i, f I •.. " ■ ■ I XttW York Pohi's Washington special says that the rebel report of the capture of Slbnctnah »is discredit tedin military circles, jjfo news Ironij Sherman tb day. The report in ref | ercnce to. iFar>*ugntV operations at Mobile i« believed to be ’correct, !as such a movement was expected at the time stated. A special to the. Wash-! ihgton Clirjniniclte states |that the reb els in Maryland.have raided the black 4 anil announce that they comsi to barn and destroy. 1 Advices _ vr'~,T*lp ’ vr,-..^v/.'—og quiet them - [!’ . • Aj Washington special to the New York Commercial says that the Gov^ ernmont litis received . np information of, the i' attack on Mobile] Admiral Fatragul tyitorined the Navy Depart meiit ori'the 261 h that hewoulamaku the attack as Soon as the land [forces Uvete ready, which would be oh the 29th or 13U|th ult. Two of- his iron clads, could pass Dog River Bar up to-! thsvity. \\ - ■- f '■ Ihe New York Posf']s Washington ape dal says: 'Orders have been issued froth the Provost Marshalls' office! to correct xpessive, enrollment-- and all persons | legally >xempted from the dr ait are called oh to,, come forward janqt have|lhoir names taken off the lit*th. , Official dispute tea; announce i; the;] safety General McCook and at lea|t one thousand of his men. I, Inforruaiion has reached here, says a Washjingtcn dispatch of the 6th;. (that the] Union officers, placed by the j rebels updCf fire at Charleston; have j ail been | exchanged. They wore sa luted by our fleet, and Admiral Dahl! gfen entertained them on board [his | shiji. They have been sent North ! A dispatch] dras received -at the Novy Department to-day from Admiral F ar-' ragut. dated the 26th of> July, in I w hich he says he was all, ready on an attack on Mobile. 1 ! ’ Nevr {Orleans dates to of July have been received, And furnish ; the intelligence that Admiral Farra ; gut had] repulsed therebels off Mobile, and was bombarding the upper defen ces. The'Admiral passed Fqrts Mor : gan andjjnines. which were suppos sed to command the eurance to Mo' (bile-ißay, and be has now eight icon oladhin bjaf fleet. The bombardment bad continued three days, and it was expected tliat the city would surretl. jder .befpre the close of] last week,— Gen Granger will command the land forces, which will occupy Mobile and garrison the the forts; if perfect sue cess crowns the movements ot Admi ral Farragpt, as everybody {expects. Tire Relief of Gen. Hooker.— General! Hooker was relieved at hi* own request from the command of the lOtbArmy Corps, because General Howard was promoted over him to jibe command of the Department x during the emergency for tU a ?*** or the Slate. The mnXast L d ? f t n i“' town will f ndesvous at 6 *'- knd thmie weetW th«^ burg/Tl cannot too earoeatir tU upon the people of the iStaJ Ic "ty ceseity ter the itnmedr; S pM j this force. ‘ ordiglu- °k accomoany this procUnujion tortn the arrangements for *L, *** tation.ftc, i.nd S the mode . cation: 1 or g*t». -By the Governor; X. G rv„ ‘' Eu Sum®. Sec’y of the §JJ“- - General-Oedeb No jiat D quarters Pennsylvania 1864 —ln aceordanc/iSi 'rl 1 '^ 6 - iamation this day made [Jr J^ 00 ' dered: •’ j 4 -OT i, First—That all the able bodied ™ ' of Pennsylvania do semblo in their respective foroaeb ward* and townships, and ot CT companies for the defense of it. State. . / 1•• * ; Second—Companies,/as rapidly organized, wi!l, on application to th. different railroad companies, be for. !j Dished with transportation] by the United Slates to „ the proper render.' vons.. westjof Job®, town to Camp Reynolds, Pittsbure east of Johnstown4oCamp Cartln «- Harrisburg; where theiy wilfbe sub sisted by the. United States] Govern,: ment. and .swdrh into the service of tlie State for Slate defence dbring the” period of ;,»,he existing emergency, and will be organized into tbgimenu Byprder of A. G. Curtin, Governor and Commandei in*Cbief. ji A. L- itusSELl,. . Adjutant Genorajof jpenh.’a Desperate Face to Face Fight Thecbaracter of the figiit before Atlanta may be judged hy thefoiled ing statement of the array correHpon dent of the New York Times. Early on the morning of tie 2sri nit.', a large mass of the enemy ciutry down on tbe three corps lately chtkraanded.bv Gen M’Phersoiil 'ami after 1 a 'struggle of three houijs. were: driven bae£ \^ lo their works' Still a V eitv/ tnrcc got into the. Federal" rear, and Vn x a san quinary .fight captured lour liO-ponnd Parrotts, and eight fie !d pieces. The account say**:,, . [ ‘ ]' While they were attempting to ro.i move the capturodartillery from the field,' a-severe hand to band conflict tookplace, and they wereiobligcd. to relinquish their hold upbjn • the, 20- poundera, which again came inthnnr •'fj'-i- nnlninred . ’ Thi-v anpV-^.-H. ed, however' in getting off with], the field piece's, ' . T;. ! ' v \ As soon as our forces recovered the Parrotts they turned them upon .tliV fleeing! rebels,.and hurled , unheard-of destruction Into the; rebel ranks. ' At this juncture the |Jesperation''of the enemy was intense? Their wholelike came' square up ;to .the breastworks, planted their colors ajong giiie of our own, ifnd for half ari; hopr-the two, armies-fought each oilier fate to iaw. each side of? the same |ine of imreucb--' meats, with the battle colors of the tespective parties .flyirg , from- the. same worksf T.bis performance, jer haps, has.no parallel. Dur ing tba af-- fair great odas were in, our. favor to say-nothing of the disparity of num bers—our fortes being twoifo the eh: einy’s one. \ ■ -i’ Public Examinations The following appointments arejmade bj undersignedfor examination of bpplicants teaching Common Schools in Bearer county, Chippen d!it Aug . 18 At ,l Kochetferboro. ?*.. . ,vl9. *• Boctoier , Darlington dist. •* 2S •*' MarluiV Big Denver tp. ** 53 s -youug** .SoutiKßeavertp. ** - 25 Suhosiou's OMo tp. •*. 89 M .iFalrvfcw Industry tp.v ' “ SO *• Indwry- Brighton tp. •• 31 * *• ’EaicmV Raccoon tp. Sept. 6 . >** jSmith’i Greene tj>. J ! M 7 *• Hoolcstown Hanover tp. » *• .8 ' WUler’s •Independence??.. 14 9 “ Budraßoa Hopewell to, ! ‘ . « .10 -. M t tN. Scoitswill' • Patterson'tp -K : M • , - H •* |O r ld Brighton Freedom boro. * V. .15 “ iFreeif-»m . Bconomydist. •• ■ 16 *• Badeo' Moon tp . •• 9| .*♦ 'ittivis- J PnlaaUtp ‘ 93 . jKetttewoodj K* .Sewickly.tp . ‘ SSf w Clarion tp. / 1 »* 28 . : i Hart*?! 1 * Franklin tp, ** •> 29 •• i^yarM«“' N.Sewiekly; ;30 “ itVarnock’i ' Examinations ' will, commence at o’clock A. M. - ; [ 1 Teachers willfomiah their owu N tioneryand Revenue Stamps, and f' sent themselves for examination in ■ District in which they intend to teach ■ No private examinations will ■be ■ htl unless the applicants present |a written i quest from at least four .meikbets of | Board of Directors. who defile employ them. i'• ■ \ I We are very anxious that [our seitp . would be filled by out most sncceetp teachers. j To do this, the careful attr ition of both Superintendent; and School Directors will be. required. | fore. the Dixectors ot ths respO«- Ltive Districts to meet with ns at, the *- I animations so that we may cpnfer togeth er and adopt ,snch measures as- will hi to a more prosperous condition of 9“ 'Schools. , .. ' J. I. REED.: I .. Co- Snpt ! Enow Valley, Pi, 1 1 July 23,1864. , 1 J 1 DIED: ' j. ; ’ V On the 3d inst, at the residence her son-in-law in Hickory tp., h*’ 1 Mrs. Hast 3f - V* T * ! in the 73d ‘year, of her sgf (New, Csatle copy) On the 7tb inst., Chai«JW. son of Alexander and Sophia Clark of this borough, aged: about SiXt* months.j ' • ' | ' - , I JL he.'