ghc -Bciifavd giupum. RESfWDPA., FRIDAY, SEPT. 2NU. 1884. FOR PKESfIMT. ABRAHAM LISCOL3*Of Illinois. FOR Virl> PRESIDENT, AX9HKW JOHVSOS, of Tennessee. 2 VMON COU.XTY TICKET. COKJRESS WILLIAM H. KOOKTZ, Or SOMERSET. PRESIDENT JIDGE, ALEXANDER KING. or BEDFORD. MSGTSLATTRE. D. B. ARMSTRONG, cor.vrv COMMISSIONER. ABRAHAM H. HULL POOR DIRECTOR. ASA STrCKEY. AUDITOR, EMANTKL J. DIEHL. OCR CANDIDATES. —In the pldoo.of Col. Fran cis Jordan the Bedford nominee for Congress, wr place the name of Win. H. Koontz of Somerset , who received last aronday the nomination of the congressional conferees of the district. Col. Jor dan was the choice of Bedford county, and if h< had been nominated, he would have inspired tin most enthusiastic support. Gen. Koontz is favorably known in this county Tic is an able lawyer in extensive practice, abmo thirty-five years of age, a ready, fluent and logic.i talker, evidently of studious habits and thorough ly informed on the issues of the day ; firm in hi devotion to the Union, enthusiastic, sanguim and resolute in character and of pleasing address, starting in the campaign under the most iavora bio auspi he will grow in strength and popu larity as the canvas proceeds. Hon. Alexander King was unanimously none :*ted by the Judicial Conferees on Tuesday tu President. Judge. His fitness for the position i ooneeeded all parties, and his election is almost certain. The Defeat of the Democracy, the Defeat F ( tUa Itebels. A deeply iot westing document is given on our first page, in the form of a letter from General Seymour, late a prisoner in the hands of the rob els. This paper gives a remarkable clear inright into the condition of things beyond the rebel lines. The important fact is made manifest, that the la-; hope of the rebel lies in the possible success ol the Democratic party of the North. That party is the staff upon which rests their only surviving faitli. With the failure of that party despai: would seize fast hold upon their hearts, and the war would soon close with their submission. The defeat of the Democracy is, therefore, the defeat of the rebellion. Says General Seymour, speak ing of the rebels' fears and expectations : • ; But a single chance remains, and that is the result of our neat ciectiunt tor President, il a Democrat succeeds to Mr. Lincoln, they profess to feel sure of negotiations, and sore of their con federacy. They believe a Democrat will be elect ed. In Mr. Lincoln's re-election they see only subjugation, annihilation, for the war must then continue. and continuance is their failure and ruin." Again, speaking of the hopes and desires of the Confederates, General Seymour arrives at a most sensible conclusion in the following remark : '"ln.military affairs it is an excellent rule sever to do what the enemy desires—it is not equally true-in politics? Certain it is, that the only re maining hops qf the South lies in Mr. Lincoln's This is a truth which must naaress itself with great force to the good sense of every patriotic man. 1' hy should loyal men do precisely what the rebels wont them to do ? This one fact is becoming every day more and more apparent, viz : that the concluding battle cf this war is likely to be fought at the polls, in the North, next fall—by ballots, and not by bul lets. The sword and the musket have nearly com pleted their work, and it remains only for the loy al men of the nation to add a great crc wning mor al victory to finish the achievement. How inspir ing should be the consciousness of the responsi bility and the power involved in the freeman's right! Every vote for the Union, anc. 1 against the bogus Democracy, will be a nail iu tie rebel lion's coffin. The Rebel Idea ol Peace The following from the Richmond Exami>ier, one of the organs of the rebel go vernment, th us delivers itself as to the rebel idea of peace. It 1 s in exact keeping with all that has gone before on the same subject, and ought to satisfy certain Northern journals of the wickedness of their course by printing week after week fierce diatribes against the Government of the United Strtes > for not erod ing the war by the conclusion of peace, which the rebels are anxious to do ; and in order to show some shadow of probability, they add intentionally garbled and untruthful extracts from rebel pajxrs. I he least the peace-loving, and if there are any, the truth loving journals in the North can do, is to copy the Examiner s paragraph GO the iubject, a~ :l for once let their readers know the rebel idea of peace. From the Richmond Examiner As Lincoln wants a peace on his own terms, BO we also want a peace on ours, aid the terms mu vualiy exclude and destroy each other. It is not, therefore, the same peace that we desire ; and the woru itself braudied about in thip way, loses all meaning, and sgnifies literally nothing at all. It has become a hateful word, and should lie left ex clusively to the use of buffalo raters. in a neighbor ing State, if any of that sort drivil and snivil. Let us get rid of the whole of the vile esuit,. anu say at once we are for war. rnd nothing but war. uatil. as Davis is said to have said, "the last of this gen eration talis in his tracks" and then that we meau to pass it to the next as an inheritance. It is for those who have unjustly and wantonly invaded our country to offer us peace; and when they do they will still offer it in vain until their armed men are withdrawn from the sod of these Confederate .States, and the felon flag of stripes is hauled down from every fort within our borders. After that it w ill be tiuie enough to prate about peace. Now the very word is nonsense. Thf, Chicago Convention have nominated Ge-n M'Cellan for President and Pendleton of Ohio for Vice-President. The one is a "War democrat" and the other is for a peace at any price. The platform is made up of "glittering generalities". It favors a sus pension of hostillities, a convention of states to "arrange a ' peace; suspension of the draft; ad ditional guarantees for the security of slavery.— The candidates and the platform will give entire satisfaction to the "Confederacy," and will receive the enthusiastic support of most of the allies north. W*L- Elections were recently held in Rhode Is land and Connecticut upon Constitutional amend ment* giving the soldiers from those States absent in the service, a right to vote. The Copperheads of those States voted against the soldiers just as they did in Pennsylvania a few weeks ago, but the amendments were carried by the Union men by a large majority in each State. RRAD the interview with J. Davis on the. ikst iMige. The President of the "Confederacy 2? de dares that peace can only be obtained by the with drawal of our armies. He says that slavery is no louger an issue in this war, and that the rebels are rust-lighting for it, but for Independence, and that they would have. Proposals ior Peace]will be re ceived by their Government from ours only upon the basis.of independence. As the American people will scarcely agree to negotiations upon the grounds. said, as we here have it from the great apostle of seces sion himself, that no other will l>e received, we may as well make up our minds-to the fact that a peace must be conquered, that this thing must be fought out, and the earlier the better. THK OERLA.NU MAIIV BSQ3&TH>. —The Indian troubles in the West have at, htagth compelled the Overland Mail Company to withdraw the coaches from their route, and until further notice no mails are to be despatched overland to L tah, Colorado, anp California, from the Now York Post Office.— Letters to the Pacific States will be sent by sea, via the isthmus. ARMY CORKKSPONI).tI\CE. [JFor the Bedford Inquirer.] HEADQUARTERS, CO. "I," !1T PEXS'A. CAYASRV, STII AHICT COUPS. August 20, ISO 4. It is now dark, after a series of marches ami coun termarches we are stationed in the woods three miles north of Reams Station, on the Weldon R. Road, between the enemy and that tkmous thoroughfare.. The men are working by reliefs, throwing up ad vance lines of breastworks. And now as Iha ve a little rest I will devote a few moments in informing the many readers of your excellent paper, how we came here and what we have accomplished. The Rebel papers have been boasting of the failure of Gen. Grant's Campaign, and of his purpose trs with draw his army, statiug that he had already shorten ed his lines at thg commencement of the retrograde movement. Acting upon these notions, the enemv charged most furiously upon the lines of the Ninth Corps, about 1 o'clock on the morning of the 18th but were repulsed with great sir.ughter. Our Corps, (the sth) had been relieved from those works on the 15th .inst., were pi-ace -i in reserve with orders to be ready to move at ta m oment's notice.-- The heavy cannonading on the morning of the 18th. roused us Trent our slumber, we stood in groups viewing the shells as they sped through the air sonne dropping arcund and in our camp; this ended our repose for the rcuiaind er of the night, and as we had orders to move at 4 o'clock A. M., the boys prepared their coffee p,nd were waiting for the com mand "march." Soon the red cross of the first Di vision made its appearance followed by the cc ri m under and staff. The column quietly advanced as we belong to that Divisou, we fell in our prop ei place. The column soon formed to the left and struck * .he Jerusalem plank road {but minus planks.) We marched r.long this road for several miles, then 1 tied right mvj turned our anxious faces toward the i rail road. We soon passed the advance cavalry picket, then under cover of a friendly ridge, and forme d in three lines of battle. We deployed skirmishers and advanced in the above order. Our skirmishers di ove in the enemy's pickets, and we advancing thro ugh swamps of mud and water knee deep, soon reat hed the railroad after capturing some twenty Rrbefck. The 21st Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry , w as the first to commence destroying the rood, and the Com pany to which your correspondent has me ho nor to be connected with, was the first to destroy .the wits. This regiment pitched into the destruction of the road with great avidity, exclaiming as they capsized the track "Remember Chambersburg!" After de stroying several miles of this road, means w ore used to hold the same; temporary breastwork s were ! speodiiy thrown up, skirmishers advanced arid pick ! ets thrown out to protect the left flank. Abo ut noou a heavy shower of rain came up, and as is e-isi-otna ry with the rebels, they took advantage of th e; itorm to charge upon our lines. They accordingly < harg ed, but after our men poured several vollii >s into them, we in return charged on them driving them and keeping the advanced position until the 1 tilled and wounded were disposed of, when our men would return to their former position ; thus the con flict continued back and forward uutil after dark. It is said that the loss is considerable on both sides ; the enemy, however, suffered more severely than we, leaving their dead and wounded iu our possesion.— The enemy is in earnest, trying to regain this road ; and from their furious and numerous charges we are led to believe that their very existence depends on the possession of this road. Friday the I'Jth, passed without much fightin p Toward evening under the cover of another rain storm, they again assailed our lines ; but we are so accustomed to this mode of attack, that we are nev er taken unawares, and always look for the John nies iuthe rainstorm remembering Cromwell's battle cry—"Trust in God and keep the powder dry."—Ac c. iriiingly they were repulsed : Again, and again, they rush on our lines, are in return driven back, finally they mass their forces again at our right, with a determination to flank us. They were met at the onset with usual bravery, but the livi.ig mass hurled against our right causing it to waver a:, d fall back. The successful aud exulting enemy surrounded some of our men and took about •iOO prisoners. Their successful rejoicing was how ever of shot t endurance, as our men were 6oon ral lied, and chai geu' oa them with renewed vigor de termined to recover their loss, Gen. Grifliin brought his batteries to bear on them, and mowed down heir ii ties, a great ma uy wisely fell, as dead upon ' he field, our brave soldiers charging upon them re fcapturing manr of those taken from us, and many more of the enemy taking with them on their re turn those who escaped destruction by falling to the earth. This last charg eof the enemy was the most desperate, indeed the effort appeared to be the very extremity of their power as they fought men who refused to charge. But they suffered severely In kil led. wounded and prisoners, and have made no ef fort since to drive us from our position. We have thus lengthened our liues, instead of contracting.— We have an unbroken front from the Appomatox, across the Welden R. R., have taken many prison - , ers, nine hundred and thirty -eight of which passed I l>y in one squad to-day. The prisoners say they havo been two days iq the j swamp before us without food, that it was by this road all their provisions were brought, and they can not surmount its loss. Our boys exhibited great ! feelings of pity for them, giving them both food and clothes. We do not hate but pity those poor delu ded men, one man said that ttroof his brothers were 1 shot on refusing to charge on us. Sunday, 4 o'clock, P. M. 1 cannot close without noticing another fearful effort pnt forth by the ene my this morning to recover the R. R., they charged in force in what they considered the weakest part of our lines, the center of this Dorps. Siimdune ous with this attack they also ac vanced oa the ex treme left, with a determination to flank us- In. the center we took five battle flags and all that remained alive of tao brigades among the prisoners, were ob served weariug stars on their On the left our cavalry dismounted, ac vanced, and drove back the flanking foe, we then advanced, our left built new breastworks to protect the flank. After this disaster to the enemy and the advance of our lines quiet has been established and further prepara tions arc in progress for the overthrow of the e&e rny. J. Speer, Ist Lieut, of Co. "F" of this Regi ment, was mortally wounded, he isa native of Johns town. an l was a brave officer, I have as yet uot as-, cert pitted the casualties of the rtegiment. 1 M, P. P. OHDtifi. HE ADQCAHTKHS, 76T8 RKU'T., I'KS.VA. VOLVSTSBS, KAB HHEHS VA., August I' lit, !SM.", Editor Bedjvrd inquirer.- Si*:—l have the honor to enclose here with a copy of congratulatory orders promulgated by the Maj,vf • General Commanding, to the 10th A r.ny Corps. a4 to request that you give it publication in your valua ble paper. There are three Pennsylvania Regi ments serving in the 10th Corps, aiuLi large number ol boys from Bedford county, whose lTiends >vi|l np tice with pleasure the acknowledgment of the offi cer's services from Fort Pulaski Ga., to Sumter, Wagner, and the battles of the present campaign, from Port Walthall Junction, to DrfVrv Bluff,- Cold Harbor, Petersbnrg, and the recent achievements on the Peninsula, near Deep Bottom and' New . Market, ' rO - s Roads, by so distinguished authority as Ma jor General Birney, iu the following General Orders. OKNKKAL OKUKUS. —SO. I'i. ÜBADQCARTK.IS, IOTB AHMY CORFU, i f THE FIELII, SEAR I'UA/.KT.L S MILLS, VA., AUJFUST 16tb, ISM. The Major General Commanding,, congratulate s the lUth Army Corps on its success. It hh£ op ear h occasion, when ordered, broken the enemy's strong lines, and has captured during this short campa ig n , foareiege gunt, protected by the most forai'Vole works, six stand of colors, and many prisoner s. It has proved itself worthy of its Old Wagner ar d I.hun ter renown. Much fatigue, patieuee and hwwm, may still be , d emanded of it, but the Major General Co niniand ing feels confident of the response. By Coimtard fif Maj. General, D. BIRXEY. (Signeti,) E. D. SMITH, A. A. General. The casualties i n the 7<Jth Regime nt, in the battle of New Market o.n the lbth : nst., are .11 men wound ed. 7 killed, and 9 missing, *ho are auppesed to be either killed or wounded. Com-pauy '"l'' had Ist Lieut, li. P. Pilkington waunde d, left fore arm ; shrapnel, severe : 2nd Lieut. Le vi Smith wounded, left side, painful; Henry.H. Mi i! jr shoulder, slight? Adam Hintes shoulder,, slight • privates, John T. Eckels and Benj. F. M*lin, M is,sing. It is reported here that Hat r.ja is now on the Wei- ! don R. R„ we have wjthdrnv.n from Deep Bottom, and.llaneoek is on. the quick step for Petersburg. Birney is under marching orders and in a lew hours we-will know where we art: ta> go. Heavy cannon ading is heard in the direction of the Weldon R. R., and 1 think this has given e.s decided advantage over Lea. The reltiels say we are inarching them to death, tciretce taking the invitation can move off cautiously and at ease, and pitch ir to them at some far off Point, and they have to fl;r almost to get up in time for. its defence, weather cool and the army in gener al movemejfrt. Yours Very Respectfully, J. H. RAWLINS, Serg't. Major. Rained or Sot t "Gold is 250, and the property of the. aoiujtry wili fo: destroyed," oaysMr. F;qn.theart. "Gold is going np, and I shall be broke," says Mr. AUeakknees. "I aai iui?ied ! fiy bank nalanec iji not worth fifty centsoirthe dollar," says Mr. Ncvertliink. Jjet, us stop a moment, gentlemen, aijd look in to, this matter. You are .-ufforiug under a delu sion that tlip amount of gold and silver coin in the country is ay, equivalent of its wealth. Now, do you know that the highest financial authorities have never intimate i this amount at over two hundred and fifty millions, and it is. probably much lass, cvsn in time ot pe*ace. Rjit suppote we admit thai it is three hundred millfoas ; and now do you know that, according to. thp United States Census of 1860, the wealth of the country— its real and personal property—was estimated (rather too low than too high) kt fifteen, thousand million& If you will pust take your pencil and tnpher out tfo* propot tiou that three hundred mil lions in specie liears to fifteen thoii.-asd mfllifms of property, you, will disc :ver that it k—what ? Sfty pereent. ? No! Twenty-five per cent.? No!' —bujt exactly hoo per cut.—that is, the whole amount of specie in tht"*coumry never was two percent, or a fiftieth pt.ti of the specie value of the property ; and if at < oiy one time, the whole property of'the- eountrj' Imd been forswd to sa!e * r the s|H-eie in the courtrv. it would not have bo ight two cents on the dolls r of its ;wt mil specie \alue. Sjie -ie, or the currency : let may stand for it. is only the convenient and re ;<-gnized indium for making an exchange of pre d rets. It represents property iu the market, pro, icrty in trsaisit, but nev<-r the fixed property of a nation. Money is the lubricater. It don't ma ke values; jjt situ ply lubricates the aiachinerj-. and !;e>n.s the wheel - of commerce ruinving smoothly. M hen too abun dant, the wheels run, too last; .'ind when, scarre. there is too mnoh friction. And now Mr. Faintheart, can von pick a flaw in our statement ? Is it not absolute trutk ? Bat what shall we ss*y to Mr. Wer.kknees, who is afraid of bankruptcy, and Mr. N cvertliink. who is only afraid of hisliank-balance. If Mr. Weak knees is in debt, it is now easy to get out. Fay up while money is plenty and b> happy. If a mortgage on your land will be due next yea or any year, provide for it now while yon qre get ting high prices for everything you sell. For ex ample, if jour mortgage is due three years from date, and you have the money, and your creditor w°n t take it—you have only to invest the amount in V. S. notes bearing Seven and three-tenth in terest per anum, and It is certs in to be ready for him. But Mr. Neverthink, you have—say, a bank balance of $20,000. You are afraid that gold is going up oi paper going down about out of sight, and you wish to invest this baiauee in .some productive property. Will you buy a bouse worth only $10,006 in specie, and pay for it $20,0W in currepoy? Suppose you wish to sell that house after the resumption of specie payments, ItwilJ bring you only SIO,OOO, and you will have lost ex actly SIO,OOO. M ill that be a shrewd ojuration ? We think we can "putyou up" to something bet ter —something bv which you can make your bank balance or currency not only worth its face in eld, but a premium besides. Invest in Government securities. After the war is over, they will be worth par in gold and something over—and they pay a liberal interest from the beginning. If they are not safe, thou no property is safe. The same spirit of anarchy that would repudiate your prop erty in the national debt would repudiate it in vonr bouse. If the law will not protect j'ou in one de scription of your property, it will not in another, and your greatest safety as well as profit is ip main taining and strengthening the Government that maintains and supports the law. —P'nila. Party Telegri iph. Treason in Indiana—Hqixurp of Arms and Ammunition—A Nest of Conspirators Un earthed—Arrest of Suspected Parties. "Who Cometh S, O. L. Ritual Ans. —Colonels Jones and Warper in the search for the arguments by which the O. S. L., convert men to the doctrines of pogce. On last Saturday afternoon Governor Morton received a letter from ap eastern city, which wa> as follows, except some names which we omit for prudential reasons. Governor O. P. Morton- Sir : The facts hereby stated have come to my knowledge in a manner and from a source such as to leave no doubt in my rniud, of their re liability. The Copperheads of Indiana have ordered and paid for 30.00U revolvers, with 42 boxes fixed am munition, to be distributed amongst the antago nists of our Government for the purpose of con trolling the Presidential election. August 5, the steamer Granite State landed in New York, 42 boxes of revolvers and ammuni tion ; August 6, the steamer City of Hartford landed 22 Doxes ammunition for Indianapolis.— Thirty-two boxes of the above have been forward ed to J. J. Parson*. Indianapolis, via Merchants' Dispatch, and marked j the balance is stor ed ut No. street, New York, awaiting the convenience of the Cupperhea>ls to pay for the sauie before shipping Immediately on the receipt of this letter, Gov wtior Morton plivopd the information it contained m the hands of .Policeman John 8. Russell, who was able in a short time to report progress to Co lonel Jamer G. Jones, Assistant Provost Marsha!, who, with Colonel Warner, o? H Veteran Kc -1 serve Corps with a proper iflfif-iGJcide a descent ?i it C H. Id. Dodd & Co., on, Saturday night, where they found thirty- two boxes such tut were describe u 0 . After the boxes wcrs opened,, their contents were found to consist of 4<jo large navy revolvers apd 135,0rt0 rounds of fixed am* munition for.,the, same arm. Among -thp.capites made at the same place, were ttie Great Seal of the Order of the "Sons of Liberty," tha official list ot the members of the order, at this place, ami several hundred printed copies of the Ritual, w.iichlias lie re to fore been published in the Jpur al Also a-Javge amount of cotrespogaettee of ar MiiDottaut character, which may lie given to the public at the projKir time. Tjie peoplg will begin to understand now, how much these unmitigated scoundrels, desire peace. Thirty thousand navy revolvers, .with ammunition enough tor. an army, 1 oupled, with the negotiations of Mr. Voorhqes for the purchase of 20,000 Garibaldi rifles, would indicate that there is a good deal ot the disposi tion of the tiger hid under their sheep . skin garb of peace. When,we look at the large sum of mpney which the amount of arms and amuuition, named in this letter, must cost, the question presents itself of the ways and means The pistols alone would, cost close on to one million of dollars at the madufac tufers' prices, and the 20,000 rifles without the import doties. would cost $280,000- Of course no such sums are providedhy the members of the or dpr in : this State, but there haye been sopie Peace Commissioners prowling alone the Canada border for several weeks, and John Q. Walker, anj other pea fe men of Indiana, have been visiting them. 3bme months since the Confederate Government borrowed $15,000,000 in, Europe, for which they issupd cotton bonds, and every blockade runper carries out cotton to repay tne luan. The oiject of the loan was, primarily, to purchase a navy iu European ports, including the celebrated rams. That speculation having failed by the refusal of the Government* of England and Prance to permit the rams to depart, and they having been sold to i other persons, the peace commissioners are in j funds, and they could not make an icyestment more to the advantage of their niasster thap to purchase arms and amunition for Nothern, traitors, andfo.pay Nothern demagogucsiiberaily for skriek ing for pe&ee, free speech, and liberty'. William M. Harrison, Secretary of the order of which H. 11. Dodd is "Grand Commander;" was arested, and is still in custody. Messrs. John J. Parsops and Charles P. Hutchison, partners ofDodd, were also arested, but were- discharged, on their affida vits that they were npt members of the order, and were not advised of the contends of th boxes' We have given a brief account of this, the most startling event in the attempted dfatqa. of civil war. The event naturally created au,intense ex citement in our city, agd it will be an admonition to the people of the State of the danger which surround them. Dodd is absent from the qity, probably making arrangements for the distribu : tion of the arms and catridges on hand and ex pected, but which, to his surprise, will be devo ted to other purposes than enforcing tlje peculiar peace notions of a gang of conspirators against the peace and safety of the State.— Lid. Journal. MILITARY BILL The following hill in reference to the organiza tion. of the militia has passed both houses, and. has been,signed by the Governor, viz: A SUPPLEMENT to the act for the organiztion, discipline ad regulation of the Militia of the Common wealth of Pennsylvania, approved May fourth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty four. SECTION 1. Re it enacted by the Senate and House ot Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania iu General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted bv the authority of the same. That the Governor and State Treasurer be ami they are hereby authorized and empowered to bor row, on the faith of tin* Commonwealth, at such time, iu such amounts and with such notice as they may deem most expedient for the interest of the State, ny su'p not exceeding three millionsof dol lars, ayd issue certificates of loan or coupon bonds of the Commonwealth for the same, hearing six jMirtscutuni.interest per annum, pay able semi-annu ally in the city of Philadelphia, which certificates of loan or bonds shall not be subject to stipe orlo cal tax.itiofli for any purpose w'naiever. and shall j Is- rcimbhreable at any time after the expiration of ton years from their date; and the sum bor rowed. or so much thereof as may Is: necessary. sli;Jl be and the same is hereby :i preprinted to defray <he expenses which may be incurred under flic provisions of this act; ProtidaL That no cer tifiicato of loan or bond shall be issued by- a iess sum than one hundred dollars: Provided further, f hat no certificate shall be negotiated for less than its par value; and there -hall L>c inscribed on the face of said certificates of loan or hoods that the debt thereby.secured was ooatractcd to repel in vu-ion and defend the State in war and rood in vasion and defend the State in war, and to be fr.uistci-abie ou the books of the commonwealth at tic farmer and Mechanics' Ifojik in the city of Philadelphia : Provided further, That the Gover nor and State Treasurer are hereby authorized to u-o for the | it! j.osi; of this a,-i. r vreorar.iy, at.y funds iu the State Treasur not immediately requi red, or. if rjeec- ary. to make a temporary loan, to le repaid from the proceeds of the permanaßt loan hereby authorizee. SEC. 4. That the bonds OG certificates of loan issued under- the provuit ns of' thin act, shall be signei by the Gdvemor and counter-signed by the State Treasurer and Auditor Genera!, and a c r r:ct and a.e ..ate registry oi the same shall, • e kept in a book, to fx- provided for that purpose in the office of the Auditor General, who shall make an iii al report thereof to the Legislature: and iho Governor is hereby authorised to draw warrant.- on the State Treasurer for such sums as may be necessary to pay the proper expenses incident to the negotiation of such loan; the preparation of the bonds or certificates of loan authorized to be issued by this act, and said warrants, shail bo paid out of any monies i n the treasury. SEC. 3. That the Governor be gnd lie is hare by authorized, by and with the consent of the Senate to appoint a competent person of military educa tion. experience and skill, to have command of all the militia lOrees of Pennsylvania to be va ised un der the provisions of this act. with the rank of major general who, while in actual service; shall le entitled to the p.ay and emplumonts of a major geperal in the Uoiled bfotcs; and 'ua shall also have authority, in manner gforesaki, to appoint two persons of like military education. experience and skill, to be brigadier generals, :*ho. while in actual service, shall le entitled to p a y and emolu ments of officers of the rank jn the army of the United States: Pvovfiled, hr.u:ercr, That such general officers shall not be appointed or assigned to, duty by the Counnaqder-iu-Chief, exeept when the force herein provided for shall have been call ed into actual service in suffix-rent strength tq re quire such officers. SEC. 4. That whenever the military force pro vided for in thjs qct - hall be called into service' by the Governor pf the Commonwealth, it xhafl be tl e duty of the Adjutant General to notify, in writing the r Generaland Compp -a.y General of the point or points where the men arc to rendezvous, with number, as near as may be. and said officer shall forthwith advertise for pro posals for supplying to the Commonwealth, such supplies, ordinance, ami ordinance stores as may be necssary for furnishing the troops aforesaid, as are provided by the laws of the regulatiqns of the United States, said proposals to be directed to the said Commissary General and Quartermaster Gen eral respectively, and to be opened after five davs' qptiee and the Contracts to be awarded to the low est bidder by the proper officef inviting said pro posals. and adequate security to be taken for the faithful performance of the contract Ufore the same is awarded, and said officers shall publish and keep on file in their several departments for public inspection, a list of all the proposal- offer ed, including those rejected as well a those award ed, and before the acceptance of any supplies, ord nance; ordnance stores, or other'military stores of any kind whatsoever, purchased upon contract as herein before provided. U shall be the duty of the Quartermaster (rtneral or Cotatnis.-on* Gener al. as tne ea.-e may be, in --onpei-tion with the Au ditor General and State Treasurer, to appoint from time to time as required, one .or more disinterest - . ed and competent inspectors familiar with the val ueand quality of the supplies, ordnance, ordnance stores, or other military stores so contracted for, whose duty it !*> to examine ami accept or reject the same, and if accepted to give a certifi cate thereof to the contractor or vendor ; and no bill rendered for such supplies, ordnance, ordnance stores, or other military stores shall be pa.'d until so certified and approved ; the inspectors so ap pointed shall each receive five dollars per daV< for every day necessarily employed in the discharge of their duties, and shall severally be sworn or af firmed to discharge their duties with fide litr : Provided, 'lliat the (Quartermaster General and Commissary General shall respectively have au thority, if practicable, to obtain the supplies, ordi nance, and ordnance stores, or other military stores, or any part thereof mentioned in this section from the Lnitod States Government paying them, if required, the cost prices thereof: Provid&i, fur ther, That the Commissary General shall have power to purchase direct, when actually necessa ry, and when there is not time to advertise for contracts, all commissary stores actually needed for the troops : Provided, also, That no more than, the actual cash price shall be paid for any article purchased. Skc .5. That the Governor of the Common wealth hereby authorized and empowered to organize a military corps, to be called the Penn syl/ania State Guard, to be composed of fifteen regiments, in due proportion of cavalry, infantry and artillery, or sqch portion thereof as may be deemed necessary. The said regiments sliall sevrally be composed of companies of like num ber, and to be armed and equipped, clothed, dis ciplined, governed and paid while in actual ser- similar troops in the service of the Uni ted States, and shall be existed in the service of the' State lor a, periqd not exceeding three years, unless sooner discharged, and shall be liable to be called in to the service of this State, at such times as the Governor of the Commonwealth may deem their seryiyes necessary, for the purpose of sup pressing insurrections, or repelling Invasions ; and the Governor, shall appyint a|l the regimental offi cers, and the companies shall have the right to elect the company officers, and said Major General and Brigadier Generals, and all regimental and company officers shall be citizens of this Oonmioir wealth : Provided, That such portions of the said corps as shall be called into actual service, shall be supplied and provided with ordnance stores, as provided for in this act, but when not called into actual service, ordnance and ordnance stores, shall by withheld until re quired. SB*?. 6. The Goy. of the Commonwealth is liereby authorized to provide the necessary hospi tal arrangements, camps of instruction, arms and accoutrements, garrison and camp equipage, transportation, and all things necessary for the arming and equipping and putting into service, subsistence when in service, quartermaster's, com missary and ordnance stopes qf the said Pennsyl vania .State Guard, and tp qiakc. and adopt "all needful rules and regulations, to take aud use horses for cavalry and artillery service, fpr which fuii compensation shall be made within sjg months after ttie taking of the same, and the ' person by whom the saute shall be taken shall exlijbit to the owner thereof his authority for such seizure, and shall at the time give to the owner a certifijate stating the nuinbqr of horses taken, and the time when and by whoop and the service fop,'which the same are and such supplies as in his judgement may lx> necessary, and,'tb seize such railroads and other means of transportation as the exigencies of the case may demand. Sic 7. Tlie Gov. of the Commonwealth is al so hereby authorized and empowered to cause to be made an, immediate enrollment aud classifica tion of the .Militia of the Commonwealth ; and it shail be Iris duty to call and keep in service as long as hp deeui necessary, from the of the said militia or from such portions of the Com monwealth as he may deem necessary, the said State Guard, by volunteering or draft: Provided , That any persqns who may be deemed by the board of examination able u> do military duty, may be received as' vohißtecjrs in the regiments provided to be raised by this act, without reference to age. Skc. 8. That if practicable, nntij the tipr,e fix- J r d by law for making the enrollment of the militia | of me Commonwealth, the Governor is authori zed an d empowered to organize the military force authorized by this act, on the. basis of the enroll ment made* in the several districts of the &tate by the enrcllin ,T officers of the General Government, hut if impracticable, the Governor, is hereby di rected to cause an immediate enrolment 91 tbe militia of the Commonwealth, to Lie made js pro vided for in the act to which this is a, supplement. That when the assessors refuse or neglect' to en ter upon the performance of the duties of enroll ing the citizens of their respective districts, for a period of live days after being notified of their duty, the Governor shall appoint a competent per son or petitpqs to make the enrollment! " It shall be the duty of the Governor {o appoint one competent in each county, who shall be a physician, who, in connection with the coun ty commissioners. or ciU' commissioners, shall con stitute a board, three of whom, the physician be ing one, shall make quorum, with power to deter- ! mine who are exempt from enrollment' under this act. and the act to which it is a supplement; and j it shall be the duty of the enrolling officer to give notice, by publication in a newspaper of the coun ty, of the times at which such application shall be heard, and to notify said board when they will he required to hear such applications. That all other duties in reftreuce to the enroll ment shall be performed as directed in the act to which this is a supplement, aqd that the physi cian so appointed to hear and decide on applica tion- lor exemption shall receive fov each and ev ery day sir employed the sum of five dollars, and the county coiumis-iouers or city commissioners the sum of three dollars per diem, to be paid out of the State Treasury. That the Governor shall have authority to make and enforce all orders which may in his judgement be necessary to carry out tbe provisions of this act, and to effegt a iqteody enrollment and organi zation of the ti;iliiia of this Commonwealth. SEC. 9. tbe Quartermaster General be nd he is hereby authorized to sell any unsuitable or unserviceable ordnance belonging to the State Treasury, ipid apply it, if deemed necessary by the Com 11 iapder-jn : Clpef i'p addition to the appro priation above named, {©wards the purchase of ordnance and orclqance stores. SEC. 10. That where the brigade fund of the eouuty is not Sufficient to pay the assessors, as provided by the third section of the act to which this act is a supplement, the said assessors shall be paid by the several cities and counties in which sucq assessments is made. "THE WAR FOjbTHE UNION. OFFICIAL, BULLETIN. WAR DEPARTMENT, \ August 27th—10.20 A. M. J To Mad. Gen. Dit, New York : On Thursday, the 25th General Hancock, was south oFJteain's Station, on the Weldon Railroad, was attacked several times during the day, b\it he repulsed the enemy in every assault. At half-past five P. M. on Thursday a combined attack was made upon his centre and left, which, after ope of the most desfierate battles of the war, resulted iq the enemy withdrawing from the field, leaving their dead and wounded on the ground.— The detqils are given in the following brief official reports of General Grant, and Gen eral Hancock: PECONP ARMY CORPS, August 25 —5.30. To (general Humphreys : The attack about 5.50 was probably intended to be simultaneous by Wilcox on my centre and Heth on my left. The enemy formed in the woods, and placed their artillery in position and opened a heavy cannonade, lasting about fifteen minutes, and th'-n assaulted Genora{ Miles' fotcp. He re sisted tenaciously, but tbq enemy brokp his line. Some of General Gibbons' troops wqre hurried over to repair the damage,"and the enemy cqily I gained a slight foothold- They soo.n attempted my extreme left, driving Gibbons' division from his line. His me.n had been much wearied rush ing over to the aid of Miles and back, du ring the repeated assaults'. General < ribbons succeeded, however, in form ing a strong line, and the eneuiy, who were pres sing on with great enthusiasm, were severely heeked by the dismounted atyalry under Gener al Gregg, which he trundled handsomely. General Miles was thus enabled to regain most 1 \ . ' miiii mi II iwi—in, of his entrenchments, distinguishing himself. A]] hp had to yrork with were such small parties u could lie formed by staff-officers. The fighting was eontinuohs till dark, the ene my being held' in check by artillery, dismounted cavalry, arid sk'tmishers. At dark we withdrew for teasons stated. The Chief of Artillery report* that he lost about 250 horses. The enemy made no advance up to a late hou r last night, as far as could be Men holding some of our, captured guns with their skirmsh Linen.-- They must have suffered heavily. My o#n loss, including cavalry, will perhaps not exceed twelve or fifteen hundred, though this is surmise. The command is not yet organized. Captain ownson ; of my staff, was wounded severely du ring the mght; Colonel Walker, A. A. C., is mis sing. Tin's is acknowledged to 3uive been one of the most u'esperate and determined fights of the war, resenibl.'ng ijpottsyivai.ia. uLjts character, though the numb er engaged gives it less importance. _ A few m ore good frodpt would have given ui a victory of cr> nsidcrable importance. I forward .'his afternoon prisoners from the field of Wilcox' and Hebb s cimiuands. Major Angel, of my Staff, saw and conversed with two prisoners of Mahone's division last night. Ido not find them .this morning. They say that Mahone's division with the exception of one brig ade was there. (Signed) W. L. HANCOCK. To Maj. Gen. Grant. The following is just received: SECOND CORPS, August 20—12.30 P. M A safe guard that was left on the battle-field, remained till after daylight this A. M. At that time the enemy had all disappeared, leaving their dead on the field unburied. This shows how severely they were punished, and doubtless hearing of the arrival of reinforcements, they fcared the results to-day if they remained. (Signed) GEOROF. G. MEADS, Major General. The following has just been received : SECOND ARMY CORPS, ) August 26—1 P. M. I To Lieut. Gen. Grant: Since sending my last dispatch I have convers ed with the aaf; guard referred to. He did not leavo.the field till after sunrise. At that time near ly all the enemy had left, moving towards Peters burg. He says they abandoned not only their dead, but their wounded also. He conversed with an officer who said their loss was greater than ever before during the war. The safe-guard says he was over the field, and it wa covered with the. enemy's dead and wounded. He has seen a great fields, but never saw such a sight—very few of our dead ; nearly all were of the enemy. All our wounded are brought off, but our dead are unbuiyied. I have instructed Gregg to make an effort to jgnd f, party to the field- and bury our dead, j Signed] G, G, Meade, Major General. U. S. Grant, Lieutenant General. Qur forces held'the WeTdon Railroad and in a dispatch dated three P*. >l. yesterday General ( Tjrant says that ' 'their loss of this road seems to be a blow to the enemy he cannot stand. 1 think Jdo not over-rate the lor* of the enemy in the last two icetksjit ten thousand killed and wounded. We have lost hdlvilv, but ours has been most iy captured when w> e u the enemy gained a tem porary ad vantage Ji "The number (MBebel prisoners taken on our side has not yet rßorted. General Grant BAes the following report of an unsuccessful attaßby the enemy on General But ler's picket line cßThursday: "Yesterday (TBir-day) morning the enemy drove in GencraTßitler' s picket line. The pick et guard soon rallßh however, aud drove the en emy back and re-Bablished their line. "The result waßone killed, sixteen wounded and fourteen misßg on our side. Fifty-nine en listed men were cßturtd from the enemy. What their casualties wß*e in killed and wouuded we do not know. ' 9 (iSignedj m Evwis M. STANTQK, B Secretary of \\ ar. [SECOND cJIriCIAL DISPATCH.] WM.'UN'OTCN, August 28, 1564. To Mo jr GentmlAHx : A dispatcli frommi'-neral Grant, just received, states that the Riennond japers of Saturday. 27th in,-taut, announces -that Fort Morgan is in our possession, It is net stated whether the fort was surrendered or whether it was blown up. Anoth er dispatch gives the following extract from th? Richmond Examkter of yesterday: "Fort Morgan is in the enemy's possession.— Whether blown up or aurrendered'is not known." General Sheridan, iu a disnatch dated yesterday (SatnnW) at half-past two P. M., reports; "The enemy left iny trout last night, tailing back to Smithfield or Middle way. W'e captu-ea one hundred and one prisoners yesterday, and iu liieted a los- of one hundred and fifty killed and wounded. There have been a lew feints to crr>- the river by crvalry at Willianisport, but therein' no strength shown. The indications to-day are that they will fall back out of the Valley. Oth er reports state that the enemy is leaving tht Shenandoah Valley." Nothing has been received, from Gen. Sherman for two days. EDWIN 31. STANTON. Secretary of War. FORTRESS MONROE, August 26, P. M. —Tar following information has been received here from City Point: '1 he enemy, in very strong force attadked the Second Army Corps on the extreme left yesterday. :yid having far supperior numbers were ainio-t UJTON the point of overpowering th< JJU when the Fifth Corps came up and the euemy were repulv cd and driven from the field. The loss on both sides was almost equal. We still maintain our lines as before, holding the Weldon Railroad in our grasp. The Weldon Road Still in oar Possession** Air (Juiet oh Saturday. WASHINGTON, August 28. —A letter from the Army of the Potomac, dated yesterday, says thi: the portion of the line of the Weldon Railroad recaptured by the Rebels on Thursday's engage ment, extends from Ream's Station about, threei miles northwardly. The road had, however, beenj previously entirely destroyed, and cannot be of any ijse to the enemy while we continue to hold) the portion on the north, and between that and Petersburg. The latter is securely in our posses] sicju, Everything was quiet the entire front at last accounts, with exception of occasional picket firing. Both parties were engaged buryin| their dead and caring f6]r their wounded. WAR DEPARTMENT, August 29, 1964. Xpjcr Gen. Dxx : The capture of Fort Mo.rgan ia fully confirmed b dispatches from Genbrals Grant and Sherman. denve their information from the Richmond and M bile papers. It appears from Gen. Grant's dispac to the President, just received, that Fort Morgan * surrendered. Crrr POINT, August 20th, 1864. To His Excellency A. Lincoln, President qf the Uuited States: Since my dispatch of this morning I have receipt the Richmond Sentinet of the 27th. It contaf the following dispatch from Mobile : Id The report of the surrender of Fort Morgan j most unexpected, and we await a explanation oi yny urtunate un occurence "The press of Mobile is hopeful and confides ' their ability to hold the city." (Signed) U. S. GRANT. Lieutenant Genera The latest intelligence from the Shenandoah 3 > ! represent that a large part of the rebel force ti i ha-- been withdran towards Richmond. The latest from General Sherman rr i sent that thus feu- his recent movement! to ! Rebel lines of snpply have been successful. (Signed) EDWIN M. STANTON. Secretary of 3Vi ENTITLED TO PENSIONS.— The Commissi f of Pensions has decided that hundred day v< > tecrs are entitled to pensions in all respects I same as three years men. He says : Th® ' under which all pensions based on service in t present war are allAw d, is unequivocal in if f guage, making no distinction between eng c* foa a longer aud shower period."
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