` - ' 4 IIE k it= ,Lirit,
vlsdnesday, Augiurt lO,.]SM.
llMßßlE.EdHorAProprietor.
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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.
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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.
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Within the vear....... ....... .... 250
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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. *. , ■
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■ .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;
' ri߻r AKKHDMKKT:
f jer-.-...2880 |.- Agsinal ..
i| • •• ’ sacoHD ahcsoxcSt;
| , ? t-..V...4;;.2874 Agli|gtW;
” ' . J 1: THiai)‘ AMMrDMESTi '
f '«*». i -
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Irii
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;r|f,n ne*l mj
[l j : ■ ■ ■’, <y'
From Slierma i we learn that Pnr
army beton* at ill bolding, i
with tohaciousg rasp, the advantages
which the! present occupation. of (.he
defences of that stronghold hav/kglv,
enlotho Federi,! cause. Someidoa
of the value wHch the rebels/,place
upon the occupation' of Atlanta by
Sherman, may? he gathered ftom (bo.
fact that ever , ai ice. jwe have arrived
at that position which the Arniyl la
now,bolding,' the enemy has made the:
most vigorous aid frantic attemptlo
dislodge us.. In these desperate as
saalts it is 1 stater, upon/lhebest go*
thorityi th&tlbe rebels have loetsihce
the Appointment one
third of their entire army. Sach loss
as this* [is mostfearft I, and woventure
to say 'that any thing like such desper
ate fighting, edch during aod reckless
expenditure ofhuxnan life, has never
before been witrjesse 1. Tde annals pi
Ancient and modern his tory afford -jno[
parallel to it.i-Theba ties of-Boro*
dino, Leipsig, and Dieac op, fai| in cojm [
parison with tbo asf au; ts .of the reb--
eta ppon our lints in front of Atlanta
At the present fsarftil rate of destruc
tion, there will te lett 10 rebel army
in three weeks, and- it does ,rea|lyj :
seem us. if an 3xterm nation of the'
rebel .hosts bad. seen pi esordair.edby
Providence. ;.l-' - ! |v
All the available fighting, material
of the Southern Slates is now; either
with tee at PetLrsbnVf;, Hood at Alii
lanta, or scouring. IhiShenandpah
Valley, In fact these three bodies
cm braise altrost Ihe whole South. The
forces of Lee arc] slowly melting away;
before/Grant; jThe raiders of v tho
Sbonhndoah Valley lose fearfully, and
the army of HpodJs lapidly being
exhausted. i ■ 1
At the present rate, it will not be
many months before the war dpsjesj
from the utterixbauslion of the re
bellion. j God grant it nay come soon.;
■ I 1®“ Tup : Fj.anklij Kepositobt
Printing Office,in Chairibersburg, was!
totally destroyed jby Ihe rebels—all|
ibo presses, bopks, typ j, subscription
lis^andaccounts: nothing being saved;
Wo are informed by Messrs. M'.Chirp
& Stoner, that as soon as matoi ini a J hd!
* • • ' t . . *J t |
presses can? be supplied, they will
, name the publication of ho
and also 2'he Old Fl<n r a cam puign
paper,that has attain'c j-a very laijgel
eirculalii subscription Jistsl-jof
both papers are destroyed. Four cb»
pies <W;ere secreted in different parts
of thej town, blit are burned. Wth
their lislji, the jsubseription accounts
were calsp destroyed] and subscrib ;rs
ner of ipoi f ad3f LlThc' of;
their and alii
sh.ciijdd pr>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 <will.be pleased i
exchange. - !
AcoIDENT.-HSeorgeßaltin, of Briug6-
, water, carrier of tile Chronicle, m«jt
with a serious accident or. Thursday
afternoon last, He jras endeavoring
to get on tbs cars while in motioii,
andVwias thrown agajinstthe wall of .a
cattle-guard which 'he bad not optic*
ed. His log was broken above the
knee. Dr. M’Kinney was immediately
sent for and set the leg, We nnder*
stand he is doing well, add will reoov
ei to duo tinie. George was a v faith*
fill carrion and promising young mail,
energetic, moral and industrious
He will be much missed by those who
have tor years been accustf med to bis
evening visits. |
•®*CAPTaiFd. Wetvnd, who
wounded at Monococy. 51 at botnei
rapidly recovering from hlstojuries.rf
We are.glad to sde- his ft miliar face on
our’streets, again. Ho was formerly
connected with this office as Editor,'
since which he edited the Union paj.
ym of Carroll county, 0 iio. He novy
commands a company fiom that count
ty. ir. the 126th Hegt. O V. He has
se6n much hard service,'and has prov
ed himself a brave and efficient offii
cor, ; W*> 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
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Bi|B^Ter.. .W.*[ .AS.
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Brighton. J......
Chftpewa
Dartington.
Economy ........... •....
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Prahklto....-~...~i
Freedom her.....;.
HanoVer tp—Frankfc
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HihnopT
, Hopawau »•*»••••••■« •••■•
loaepen|ieae«.« ;
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Marios.
Hood
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New Bewiekiy
do . •' ■ —Flood'
North Sewlekly..U....-----
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! Patterson...
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Pu1a5ki..::..............
Racc00n................
Rochester b0r0..U...
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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 -
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sinoyoii.AugnstS.
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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 ;
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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 <of'
Tennessee,! made vacant by M'Pher
aon’s death. ■ . General Slocum is pnt
in command of the 10th Corps.
' Jt is Understood tbit! Gen Hooker
W 'H he. assigned to a how
to be ehropoeed of hpper Maryland
and /portions of Pennsylvania and
Virginia. The force’' he will have
*•(!(■ it - is believed,' be large, to opcr
ate in the valley of the Shenandoah
againstithe rebels and pos«ibiy invest
Richmond from that diction This
will be carrying oat General Grant’s
original intention. |,,
i -.There are those, however,who main
jtain that Gen.-Hooker will supersede
Meade as commander" of the Army of
the Potomac.
f:j H' ■ .
«SSK«4 ;
ni». l Andrew 6; CtSin‘6«l n “*
the Mid .Common wealth a p rnot °f
MAtiOK||Xhe kdvar.cn 2“';;.
m T< has] »gaip crossed ; the Pn* |Br,; 1
and this morning occupfod ' tr toDUc .
town. I call fox ffiy t?
Volunteer Militia, to be mustfe 04
to of thn- State Vo lt>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.'