M mm in r H V. MOORE, W. MOORE, ) B. GOODLANDER, J Edlt" and VOL. XXXIV. WIIOLU NO. HIE SOMJ Ol' TIII3 HAVEN. A rnven nat on a blood ntninptl stone And pecked ttmty nt' acshlotij bono, Hinging hia Song in a raven tone-, Ihul echood wild as a spirit's tnonn Wur! War! War I Then ho flnppod hit wings and hupped nway Orcr tlio ground of the dmiullul liny, In (uarcli of a mora nutritious prey, . fc'boutlng aloud hit oailnnui lity War I War! War! . Still fliipyiiiR n'" wltig, ho hopped around To a noble iorut Etrotctiod on tbo gmunJ, A human frnmo on an ancient tnoutid, ' fitill shouting aloud tbo doleful found Hurl War! Wur! Thon lighting thro on tho hcro'n breast, H'boro a form of bounty ouco found rent , V'horo n fond affection oft was blct, llo ci'ud, m be plumed bin raron crept War! War! War! Fnon tho raouMerinj fh-Ot was torn apart '' Villi a ravon's tk ill and a raven's art. Till the evil bird had reached tlio heart, Crvinir, again willi nn arifrxy start, Y tt'ur ! Wur ! Wur ! Tho heart that once io proudly beat In tbo quiet homo or tlio busy utmut, With its hopes of life u ruren'i meat ; llUed was the fong with tho tunnel ewm-t War! War! War! ) '' B'hi'n tho rol moon lighted up the East, Too bird ot lute prolonged bis fen.-t .: With his idle time from St.t:m leuod, Aud bourn-ly croaked, like a mvagu least V.ur ! War! War! V Ai.J Uh fumlLU piiJo ho sank h'u Volt, ;' Tearing tho fl.-h from tbo manly check, fnalloning till oi'ch quivering Beak, ' WliiW the eehoet cuugbt bin an -try shriek, War! War! Wm ! ' Then lifts bis head of tho blackest dye, Tho blood stained beak strikes tit J UnuV eye, And in echoes rem-liinjj to tlio s!;y t-lirl hoarser coinfs tbo raven's i iy, War! War! War! That cuaek, that cvp, that'.so kindly smiled, With a loving trust so pure and mild, ' T i bless, perhnpi a wito or child, V'us food for the bird with song so wild War! War! Wur! Tntf Keuuab Bi.iV and Flowers. The following story, tho original of which we cannot trace, beautifully illustrates tbe power of kindness : '(.io away from her.?, you eld beggar toy ! You've no t ight to bo looking u) our Hewers, " shouted it little fellow from the garden where ho w&s sliuiiling. " The poor hoy, who was pule, duty nnd rayged, rwu leaning rgainst tho fence, ad miring tlio pplendid bliow of rosea and tu lips within. His faco re Idenetl with an ger at tho rule language, and ho was a to'.H to answer deiiantly, when a little girl sprang out from nn arhur near, and looking at both, said to her brother, "How could you .speak so, lletbert! I'm sure Iiis looking at tho llovvers don't hurl us" Ar.d to sinonii the wounded fe!:ugs cf tlio stranger, bhendded; "l.Htlo toy, I'll pick you aouio flower if you will wuit luotncnt," ttiid kho Immediately g.tthe: eJibi.no!, au I Uan l.,l it through -the fence. v Jlif, fr'.oUigl.tencJ with surpii.-e and Vi'-aure ar.d he earnestly thanked her. I fivelvo years after thti occurence the Bill had grown to be a woman. Doe bri 'htaferiioon as bhe was walking wit h her husband in the garden she observed a joung man in workman's dress leaning over the fenco, looking attentively nt her nd the llowcrs. -it ' Turning to her husband she ?md, "It doen mo good to seo people admiring the garden," and approaching hiui she eatd, "Aro you fond of lb'ver sir? it will give tee great pleasure to gather you some," The young workman looked a moment in her face, nnd then said in ft Voice trcnVJ luusiviUi foo'ir.g: "Twelve years ago I stood here o. raf gcd beggar boy, und you hoa;ri me a great kindness. The bright Sowers and your pleasant words made a new boy of me, nye, and thoy made a man if me too. Your race, madam, has been li;tit to me, in many dark Iioum of life, ;rnd now, thank (iod, though that boy is Uill an humble, hard-working man he is : 0 honest and a grateful one." Tears ttood in the eves of the lady, as turning ''Jher husband ho said : "Ood put it in 'a my young heart to do that little act ol .indnrs.i, nnd see whrit ft great reward it ss brought." InrAM0t! During tho progress of the TitUburg Sanitary Fair, to which citim" of rII partie aro conlributors. tho most funaticall parti.an tipirit was exhibited on the part of tho managers. In one room finely executed picturoof Oederal Mc C'lelhm was mush adtnired, which cavo of fence to the AbolitiobistH, and consequent ly It was stolen during the absence of tho ladies in charge. Another wat procured, when Mr. Brunot, tho chief mnnager, 1T8 tho ungenerous and unmanly onler t.ii it a removal 1 H Hal say our iiomo vet- ernn who foui! it under "Utile Slao 10, . .. f .1- r . ..ii j - X'.is "black-balling" of their Livorito com- At iho commencement of my dispatch mderf Abolitionists only want tho , I announced the capture of the railroad. jwer to prosecute every man whether ho A party advancing against it at 7 o'clock 1 a soldier or citizen, who supports Mc-j this morning, discovered it had been a llan. Nothing is too contcnipliblo for bandoned by tho enemy. Reinforcements t party to descend to, in church, in were immediately rent them, and tho te, in social life, in business, every- road is now in our possession. W'hilomo r.ero their motto is lo nroscribo nml ving dawn reinforcements on tho line nf ik oil . u thoir infuroal dog. I. IfoWMsburr) iSAi m wnt. "SfTwn men mil a bov are going to l from New York this week for England, , by th rowing shells into tliecily. Helms iotving particulars are given : little boat biig rigged, only lifleen j found this a very cffe;tivo wsy to forco Pursuanl to my order of the 2 Ith, a di ll long and one and three-quarters tons ibem to cease firing. version was made on each flank of thicn 'kler. This is tho smallest vossel that A mulatto irho has just oome ir.sido our emy, especially down theStandtown road, if esiSTetl to crois the Atlantic, and it lines rtnnrls Pettrthury to be tilled with people, about 8 a m. M'Phorson attacked at tho Mpotd the tovim will Uko ' J '' ' Proprietors. 181 o. THE WAR NEWS. FEOM GEN. GRANTS ARMY. I'rou. the Correspondent of tho N. V. World ouno ziz i". ii. me eiuon arm 1'etorsliuii? Kn rnnd itn. dn;-, . . . corps, without any opposition to spvuk of being ollered by the enemy, yesterday a party tent out to destroy tho road were set on by Anderson's division, of A. P. Ilill'i" corps uud driven oil" disastrously. This morning we take nnd hold it unmo lested. What can be the enemy's reaion for thus deierting this important point has been tho caue of much speculation. Jtehire proceeding to give tho particu lars or yesterday's light it, will bo necessa ry to give nn idea of iho Surmation of our line at this point. The Sixth corps held the left, of our liostion : the division lin ing tlei-lowed ns follows: Cionoruk U'li.-lil and Kicketts were on tho prolongation of ...c ii.a. n iit.e on iuo leu nank, while lion. V.'hea'.on was swung around at right an gles with theo divisions, and facing tho railroad, for the purpose of protecting the Hanks troin (Jen. U'heaton's front. The attack was made, he having reason to be lieve that the enemy was not before his position in miuh force, llo sonla party of eighty shn: pshooters, tinder Captain Jieattie, of tho fourth Vermont volun teers, to see vhat was there, nnd if possi ble (o advance-to nnd dainugo the lailroad. uite n largo number of pioneers were al so attached to Captain Ileal lie's party. Cautiously leaving our works, they crept stealthily toward the point where it had born decided they should strike. So cun nii'glv Wire tl.eir xovementi executed. . 1. -,l t..l I t l . m-iiii ..!. ii u ! .nuiiy no ;ts ere a , 1 Ol U Ol I j 1. U ence, our men were act ually among them. When they discover ed the dangerous proximity of this dating I ill! a force, it is safe to assort they were not long about turrendei ing all claim to tho Wel.lon rr.ibea I, and bidding ii spee dy adieu i t iho vicinity. l'.r the next -ccne wo witness, is men busily moving lo nnd fro rl.ng the road, hammering, tearing, and burning as they went. Al ready had they destroyed neirly a (punter of a mile of tics, and rails and culverts, when tho enemy in force was seen ndvnn- cing on them. Tha enemy's line, h hich ! was formed to fnco tho ntilroad, 'moved! quickly toward them, cxiieeitric to drive! them off without trouble ; but iu this some ono appears to have been mistaken, for instead of fleeing precipitately, tho sharp shooters quit their works on tho road and opened fire on the advancing rebels. The volley did not check them, however, and grudually our men fell back to i hill, on the crest of which they made another stand. Another lino nf iho enomv was nn-.T to bo seen advancing to tho support of their first line. Strange ns it may ap pear, they had no skirmishers deployed, but advanced on tho hill in two simple lines of battlo. Support was immediate ly sent to our little band, n-nomr whom wero tho Fourth and Eleventh Vermont volun'.cors. The .Hir.pot Is '.verc deployed a skirmish ers, and thus disposed, awaited the ene my. 0:i ho came, near and still nearer, when suddenly our line nf skirmishers o pened on him with deadly effect. The well-directed iiro staggered him. He en deavored lo recover, but failing, he Ml back on his second line, apparently satis lied. The enemy withdrew a short dis- taneo ; then, facing by tho II ink, moved toward tho left of our line. Tho troons nmcunicuui ii is morn in c uv iiioKxtii,cl ""uii on tho bill crest were, with the exception ; leys of musketty. Froi". uh break until of the Fourth and a b.i! tall ion of tho F.I- j l'ast " o'clock a. m., tho cannonade was evonth Vermont, now or.lercd to fallback ; k1't up ; tha ,:.:ir.g wasslaw but constant, to the main lino of skirmisher', which or- nt regular it Urvals of a lew minutes each, der they had hardly fulfilled when the. , The r,i-..,t digressing cr.sualty that eccur rebels thro.v a forco behind tho dctacho 1 1 - is Iho wounding of two slave children Ironns on tbo hill, au d be fori sunn ..t i They were in bed at their mother's ihvel- i, i ,i . - ... i . couia reacu tucrn, caii''iroa uicyuiiro party. Stimulated fc, uh parlial success ihnv nob iin-.,nA.. .l.-t. ni m ,;n linn ' out' tho strong line of skirmishers cover-' ing it oa-il v, held them at biy for several , t.T,- ,!,' iiiov .,i,i.n i.'..i;,e,l will,, out having seen our works. To find iheni and learn the exact point on which our left rested was undoubted ly the object of iho enemy, who, although attacking in two strong linos, wui effectu ally thwarted by our skirmisher (done, for the skillful manouveiing of which, too much praise cannot hi bestowed on Colo nel Pingrer, of the Third Vermont, who commanded them. The attacking parly proved to bo Anderson's division, of A . P. Hill's coip', at d sonio cthe s. They had made a grand detour around Petersburg for tho purpose of deceiving our generals, by leading them lo believe an attack was to bo niado elsewhere. The fact of the ir arriving at tho railroad just as our ruen got well, to work, was sim- pie chunco. Our los in killed, wounded und prisoners was moderate ; the nhief loss being the regiment before mentioned, The enemy's loss is known to have been vastly greater, engaged as they wereu- gainst our heavy skirinishing line. Spec- iul mention will bo mad.' of Colonel Pin- grer und Captain P.catlie for the ellicien- ey and tuavei y displayed bv them on tins - - " occasion . tlio railroad die enemy opened will. i,r- tillery on them. General llirnev. com-, made by our forces en tho enemy's posi nianiiini! the Second corps, soon silenced' tioti. K lii. h romilieil in a loss to us of be- , tho battery in a very particular manner. all (he inhahilants within a rndbit of ten miles kxvht fed to thte'Mto thtH-r an fnvtsni. PRINCIPLES, CLEARFIELD, l'A., WEDNESDAY, JULY G, 1801. I ho hitter are furnished by (he Commis kuv Department, who issue to them, us well us to the troops, half rations daily. Some of tho batteries on our right a mused themselves yesterday by throvvin" shell into tho new hntioi-v i " nunurcu side o tin Aimomnltn tiv. I nM ... ; I 1. . 1 1 . edict 1 1 hi? nn v iii,Iv. Mv !;. patch, speaking of this morning's doings in that direction, proves that the "John nie" nre not foigetful of these little in tentions on our part, nnd return them ul their convenience. My report nf the dis aster which tel'el a portion ortho Second corps, on the nd appears to Invo been rather modest. Instead of simply meet ing with a roverso on that unfortunate day, one ailtrc l.r'.ja.lc, O'meral Pomes end parlojan.lit-t, uw"y.Ulc,l" oulrhhl. It appears that some men had gone to the front of theso troops, who were throning up temporary breastworks, and built a fire, 'llits, running through lhu parched s.irubbery rir.il undergrowth, soon sped through the entire pint of tiniher, eius ingadense emoko. Tho rebels, it-lying on the smoke to concdil them until lliey could approach our busy troops, dashed noiselessly ttt (hem through the llei y bur ner. Wholly otf iH.;r pU.ir,i n(,ai,)Bt any such a despctato f,.!lt nn the part of the rebels, our men .Prf, thornuchly surpris ed and captured rro t)10y CDtild mako the slightest resistance. Tho weather mid dust are almost inlnl- erilble. Ik wontd lm llllurk- iiin.as-llit.i for nnvone who bo, nni.'v,,!nli somethlnir of the kind to form anv i.lea of , soniei ruiii: in iiic kiiki to i. irni anv iiea oi ......... . the intensity ol the heat, or thesul 'oeating ' r,. - , , , density of tho constantly pertu.be.l .lust ," , m tlola.lpl report l our oper- At tnL i,, k.....i r..:'i, ,i,i r,;i all" " lo forwarded immedi-.,tely . lo detect ; , ,1 rl ,1,,. . . . . ' . twenty tcel. i)i;st-trgr,iiiril mn a: e seen llitting around like specters, reminding on forcibly ol the celebrated "mirage," sometimes with a lig!it ndvantngo in fa vor of the Italian illusion, 1 should say. witnjjscd in the hike of Como. Water is very scarce, and both men and horses suf fer badly at limes from this causo. June 2". Willi the exception of a hca- I vy fusllading helcve?n the pickets, and nn J occasional cannon shot, quietude once , moro reigns along tho lines. CONFEDERATE REPORTS. Kr.im tha Iticlimuinl Kinjuiror, Jim? 20. T.tc battles nr.cotu: i-muisui no. The tlieati ft of war is now before 1'ctcrs nur; . i ne enemy has removed his entire force to tho south side, ami with the ox - e.'iition of a comparatively small army in Chesiei field, tho lomae is united iu an endeavor to carry t ho '' Coikade," nud thus finish, if possi ble, the destiny of iliohmond. Tempora r J " er'iiiil ni-oit' rl l ut I'.i. ry sucees-.es had placed the enemy arming prox i-nii v to tho confines j of I e-; tersburj;, and shells were sent kjsr-inj p.n'l bursring into hfr streets ; but I it t lo dam age, however, bus been dono lo the city. TIiq tide has co.v turned against the inva ders; they are repulsed ol every point, with heavy losses iu killed, wounded, ard prisoners, and tbo doubts which atone time Lung over the rul'ciy of Petersburg aro dispelled. '-'rain tlio Petersburg Hc;;istcr sa:;i.i.iMi Tin: cirv. On Thursday night up to tbo hour wo went to pre.-s, tli j news from the front was satisfactory. The artillery coolest contin ueJ ail night, and tnard innri.iiijj per sons living on the eastern outskiit" .. the city could distmgursii at tiuew- u10 Vol- !i:.,.. !M..r.....l ling near I'.lanfcrd, when a shell exploded over the bed. A girl aged four years h id tier lot t arm broken, lnnori.l artery cut ll'e CP of lho right knee and fingers of the Id; band injured. A boy Mge.lMX .years, stiflercd nmio severely. 1 1 is left leghiiJ to be atnimt'itcd halfway between tho knee and the ankle, and his right foot lost tho toes and a portion of tho instep The necessary epi lations for the relief t-i the sull'ereis weie performed. fUTinu. pr.pi'ATCitrs nton HA-etNfiTov. Wasiiivuto.v, Jim:, '2-f. To 'f.y. Gm. dispatch from Gen. Grant, dated yesterday, June 'SilU, nt .'! p. ni., at head I'.iarters, reports that Ihero was no operations in front, exc.qil from our own guns. Tho dispatch gives tho follow ing from rebel papers I A 1'eieisburg paper of tho Corn states that Hunter U striking for Jackson river depot, about forty miles north ol'S.ilem, atid'says that if ho reaches Covington, which they suppo-e ho will, with rno-lol his I'orejs, but '.villi bvss tf material, he will bo safe. The same paper accuses Hunter cf des- troying a greai amount of private pmper- tv and stealing a largo number of wagons, horses and catilo. iio same paper also states linn mon doilrojed a train ol cars laden witti couoti ami lurrnuiie, burned the depot buildings, ka , at Hurks ville, and destroyed some of the track and rv:i9 still pushing south. All trie railroads leading into Richmond are row elcstteyed and some of theui badly. A dispatch from Gen. Sherman, rece-iv- ed this morning, reports iti.-u yeneruay, Juno 2T(h. an unsuccessful attack was Iwri-n inn,l ii,r, thnnsnml Tho l',,I- southwest end of JCeno?a-v anil Thomas nt a point about uaito further south At; not MEN. too same ii.no the skirmisher ,! ,-mU. i. ry along the whole line keot un Vsham .ire. either at.ick sSdodP HmuX IllOUfiil ',.",uu'"s roaclied the enomy'H works, , , . oirorig. M't'lierson re- jmiiis ma ius io UOtlbolllfiv i nom ly wounded. Cols. Uarnhall, 40th Illinois, and u gustme, of tha 5j(h Illinois, are killed MTherson took a hundred pi Uon'ers nnd 1 liotuas ul out us many, but I do not, suppose wo inflicted a heavy lo,s cn tho ! enemy as ho kept coo behind Ii is para pets. FIiWIN M.STANTON. Secretary of War NE7S FROM Gf N. HUNTER. VAsiuxtroN. .Tone 2-i 1 p- ni. .1iV-! 7. n,TU:.r : Tho following illspateh ims just been received from (hui. Hunter : "I have the honor to report that cur ex pedition has been extremely successful, inlHeting great injury upon ' the enemy,' nnu victorious it, every engagement . liunning short of. r.mimiriitionnnd find ing it impossible to collect supplies wl):l0 in the presence 0f nn enemy belicvid (ol mperinr to our orco n numbers and eo n- statH.y receiving re:nl;ircenients from inu.iiiiouii, nnu otner points, l iiecnied it ,w"'ur1"1 ll;iv Miececded in " " l l' ," u"u" iosn, !o u,is point. '.-i,,, , . , ,. ' . : W Here U O ImVO aim llil-inl on ,M.1 ..l' r 1 I ha nnmr,n..l ... In .. ...11 , health, for s-c l'- ii Her a few davs real vice in any direction Nothing biter linn my telegrams of this morning Ins been received from Gen, Gant or General Sheridan. KM) i ,M. Stwto.v, Secretary of War. ARMY OF THE POTOMAC. ' HE.iiiiiU.AHTr.rts Armvok tiik IV;oMAe, June 5 n. ni. All remains quirt at the front, Our left wing swung around and took possession of iho Weidon rail road, about four miles from the city, with - oiu opposition. It is believed that the enemy's linrs have been somewl at contracted wince last Friday, und the npinii'ti prevails thai a r i i . - . , . . . . c.n n,,..'0n mine nun oeen sent to meet and dnve iiarii l Almost iiijhtly Unmn inri r,f n,'o an attack picket lino is made on in bout f iil. , . ... vnu iMiii ii cor is, out urn ill g our men lt- leri nna rea ly reire.it. v litem, 'ne rebels C)Uict - As an instance of the diorn pr.ieiiiM. I 'ween iho pickfts. a man yesterday, tie- I sirini' toflroieli l.imlf ..,o io S..HXI up, p'u ins lee-tout past tho edges of the works, when he was instantly struck vy ii ii.i.i in tiie nnkie. ju.-iny aro wound- ed daily lien going from their pit, for wa - ei, iiiim nn uiner iiianos which cannot bo posiponed. I he .:,oii(rirv LomtTiMGii nro dni'c buev issuing ll'osh VCL'0.iliiPl to Ihn I run. ,s which aro very grer.U'ully received and will prove of great- bandit to them. 12 in. Quite a severe engagement took I'tpoe oil Sattird ly between our erualry and a lorco of the enemy, consisiing of e.iv.alrv and liiounted i'.'f'.miry, at the Chickalioni iny river. They had followed Sl.eriJan from tho While llouso in the ovpeetation of being able to cut o.T part of his wagon train, which was very largo, mid it was hero they made the attack. Torbetl's division was detailed to pro tect the train, while Gregg' w.ih placed iu po.-ition to rc.-i-l an attack from tbo ene my on tho road which they wctj known to occupy. At an early hour ihirmi-hing commen ced, and wnskcit up until near noon, when tho inl'.in try, nhic !i Lad be en dis mounted, iiiAi'e a desperate charge on the line, mid although our mei fought them gallantly for a time, they finally o-iipeil-ed tl.'ota. o retire, sud'jiiti'; c nsi l-.-r, b y. It was at fiist thought, our lots tvouM bo over five hundred, but your correspon dent has been informed t hat it niil not reach or.c-fourth that number. The divi-i m fell back to th.-ir "tippcirt near thebri-ie, a. id liio coui-.riaiul, wirh tho cntiro le.inis, got over niihout fur ther loss. No effort was ma le by the reb els to folJo-.y, and it is thought they must have suffered heavily, or they would have done so. The whole command !m anived r.l Iho J.anes river, and will be acioss to-nijlit. Eetonatin TorpeJoes. The accounts which have been received ol'tho di-e v fnl R If P.-.'.V. IV c 11 e l hy tho aeci'ten'.al evpl mon ol lour torpedoes at Newborn, do not give n clear idea of tho construction of those tcriible engines of war. There tire two' kindef tcrpidi.es those which are exploded Ly pi-icii"iori, and those which iuo touched o.l by cleeui city. The former are provided with iron ; arms nr luveri.or claws, or sometrnng which i iro'rudes obovo thesunken torpedo in ly to trie sui t, ico ot the water, ami ' xi lodes it l y contract wilh vessels of ordinary draught. This kind of torpedo was ex tensively used by thn rebels ot (lie cut'et of tho war. Approaches lo Southern har bors werestreiMi with thorn, leaving chan nels known only by the rebels for their yessols to pass through. This conlrivanc-i 5i proved a failure, 'i'hero aro four or of t hem in this city, fished out of iho gissippi river ami .-smiuiorn mil loi s o:i th Atlantic coast. Theie is no aulhen- t io account of one of the detonating toi po , , . . , , . , decs ever bavin? e.vt loded inn nr uniii.v' and . . . - hurt anybody. It is probable that portion of the percussion arrango - i which comes in contact with tha thai nients waicr is rusicii,( anu inerepy prevented from working- The No.vbcrn torpedoes, . ..i ... . according to a statement received. mut II lilinill'Oil nn,l ' I . 1 .1.1 t t l as s arjout t.vo tlmiia,,i ti. i , .:. I . l Ai"""o ny tnerelv u inL some . slim m. .i, .. ,7 paticularly in general and field officers 71 . J'"""" ,.A "S"1 l'ow, evenagen- fell into an ahilu rade mid 1 ,.i n.. i. General Uurker, also Colonel i)7n j'- ' "ie ?101 1! '.hoi - M men; then retreated ami mx. Cook, commanding a brigade, and Colonel riska- a ' i i' ZLxX K'test laincd with better fortune., a regular at- TBRH3: NKW somoimng or this rort, siii 1 tIlT fl1!'" since imiatlH- Tonm.lnna nflhi. A ' --i 1-uroiTipuon are I, v.. Kit on nuiu, nna harmless onlv uuder tbo nr ii... . . " J 1 1 1 n -"wn.i iiuti; linnml 1 1, I it,. ureumtii auair ul Aewbern will indueo Hie (jovommont to abandon their further uso. Klectricify Is (he only snfo nnd certain agent to discharge torpedoes. The rebels havo proven its Mipctiorifv by some re cent most disaslronsly ellcctivo pinctice on I mon vessels- h i M0, becau-o no amount of handling or thumping will ex plode it. It iseeiti,i,,( because it can bo touched oil at the. very second a vessel is pns- ing over it, by the operator waichin on the nearer shore. If such torpedoes lire water-tight, and the wiro rnnneeling I hem with the land Joes not get broken, there can be no failure iu their operation. Lie electricity ignites H10 ,nvder by n er.no of a small, t,iio. t ivtro ofphitimt which is attached lo tho opper or iron connecting Wjr0( (m,i is hjried iu the povv uer. '1 his plat ina forms a part of the ol reiric circuit, and, as it is one or the poc..--Ctt known conductors, it retains the cur rent lore enoiiL'h lo I II pnnin red '.ml r.rwl :F0 penorms tin, work. Never was 'here . more ingenious nM.lieatcti of sciei.eo . me nr ol nuinun slaufhicr, The only , nird inn li.-i.l . 'lowing npfil,pS lind hoth banksol therivers tneso devices hit saoors is to scour or creeks in w hi. 'n they ore plated and cnldi the operators. 'I ho torpedoes Mieu n in the channels approaching Charleston, ar.d those in Hie James liver below Il chmond'. ore un doubtedly wmked from the newest forts; nnd unlil the forts aie taken, the passage ! of gunboats up to Chai lesion or Richmond .is renjoed iinprae:ic.ib!e. Lxc'fvc. BUT IF EICH&OND SHOULD BE i AJii.JN- WHAT THEN s rruin tic LunJun Tiuios, J:nu Stli General Grant is not actually nei.rer to Kichuiond th. in McClclhin has been, lie ' is, in all probaliil'ty, not so m ar at. tl mip.iiie, nltet losing hull' an nrmv, as but ler is ; but though he las accomplished only thirty miles cut of the fifty,, he has done this in spite of the utmost icsisl-mce which the l est army and ti e best Gi ner- u 1 of the Confederates could oppose to his Mivj.nce. Ileli.isiiot Lenten thatniniy, but bo irfusis lo consider that army as :ivm; neatcn Him. llo lias su lined re- , pulses and losses enough to discourago a ! less tlstiiiale commander, but ho per sists in dicTceardiii'' them, and in nnrsn- ng bis course at any cost. J ho other day. if tho account cf his flank movement be true, he have thought that if he could appears to :el to Uich- mond he would ho content , wholo Confederato army to leave the in Lis rear, j thoii'.'ii the result mu-t 1 iavo placed him ; l,plni.c,n two fires, with a strong city in front, and an army as strong us his own behind him. lie says in id tin words, but ' without gaseinade, that lo Richmond he .will go, lie has spent 50,(t(l(i of his men i in getting l.all-way, but he does not hag gle about cost. II is adversary retires dc h'lcr ..;' 'i'v-,-. lim, making preconcert ed hairs itr ci.o.pi, jiositions, i epulsing ev ery ris.-auli, and then retiring afresh. At this i.ito Leo will ultimately find himself within the lines of Richmond, and Grant before I hem. Then what is to Jiappcn. In-tcad of speculating further on a (picstion involvipg s-o many iHicerlain lies, let us .;'!; info; ination from riliolhei narrative which has lieen excluded from the noi'c-"! it meiits by the eupeiior iuter-p-t atUched to tho eampaign in 'ir);inia. 1 Vii ginia b s not yet been occupied by the I- 'l.-i but there is a State in tho Con federacy where an occupation of thischar actcr lias been established lied matured under eircuM-stancM more favoi ul-iu lo 1 1 io ii.va lets than would occur anywhere eke l.ouis'uu'.a has been iikpio or nts in I the grap of the Not th for some lime. New Oilcans fell eail in the war. The Miv-issipi i and its tributai ics, i.ntorsect ing ll.e Slate, have enabled the North to ! take advantage to ihe utmost of its naval a'cclideiiey. A hrlo cimpaij.'ri was ele vo'.e I 1 y Grant himself to the eapturo of ' icksburg and the o enlng of that mi;:hly river, mill! at las!. Ihe 1'cdel.il gunboats com traded ll.o -, hole stream. Louisiana, in I hr-i t. v as i -egat d"d as "con.'iuered." (i.mernl li.io-rswas appo.ntn l to govern the State, and ii in held to havo roeov- cte I even its lul l lo tun x .it Ii 1:11 entary r ..in,.i,; ... Tii.- e.t-iiiii-o of iri,a e. Tho r.tpluro e.f Uichincn 1 couM i! ,5 no more i-id ;-el, would not do I half so much for the cmU"--t of Virginia ns'cvciil.i had cotiiblned to do for the con rpjcf.t of Louiaiana. N'.'cll, in (his "eon iuercd" Stata, jii-t tn'o months ago, thj Governor set out on an px cd'lion to wanls a ci riain town within his oirn do minion. It founds ill lor tho tranquility of his Government to say that he took with him on his journey an army of 50, (Hid mon and a fining force of gunboat. It sounds worse lo s:iy that even the?o for ces have not saved him Irorn a complete defeat in the field and an ignominious re treat. Yet all tliU ii literally true. Hanks, within the limits of tho Slain un- r his own command, lias been beaten in battle, mid forced to retteat how he ... , n . . . . In a of h province there , vore rival authorities rojecling his juris- , diction, and owing allegiance to Ihe Con- , federac-... It was ilfirublo to upset this rival Governmojt, and, besides it was be- lii.ved tirat (ho expe l'tion migid bring! mil ,.,l!i;, nf llm Mtlilll S11tlPOS-i ..u. .... m'miiii i.,v T.. ...w ii i i . ' . ,i - Tl.... ...I en to no storea in ihwsu -nt j-'.loit, if it cotil'l ho pchieed, would .urn , ,l0 balance of trade in favored the United !.:. ami this, nea'n. would diminish .1 -'.-" . . . . " thn export oTgoht from cr 1 ork, anei )B0 relievo Mr. Chaso from n portion of his ' embnrrisnients. With the-C object, w .ivjii'ihh (lilll I I1MHI1 U linien Ia n-. l. 1 1 . "v tiuu jiiiir . ii, hi - $i CO Per Annum, if paid in advance. SKRIES - V0l;ivN0;5 theielore, Gen. Hanks, bavin- ii iciiuHzvoiis at Alexandria, on the lit-d Kiver, nboutthe end ol Mmch, advanced .' v' ' I"" "om "'at town upou h-uiviti-uii, niiii mm inn i-wt.! : , . . . i... t . ' ' out in tho cm ieii, -,,.., a Iocs of lOIlt) or 5.0UU men, twenty guns, and tho whole of his train. Then his ve ry trausporls wero ntlacked. nnd his gun bonls could hardly protect them. Final ly, tho whole fqiia.Jrori was placed in a po.,iiion of the utmost p-il, jR., which, as ne learn tiy liio lalost ttle-i uni-i they are only just now hoping To escape. Iiai.k-; ...inself is reported to have nt lcat sticceeJid in reaching Nciv OilctiK. It was lor a long time by no means certain tnit h.-, the "Governor of Lot;i.-,:i!)a" and tlio commander of .m army iitiii.be: ir.g al most as many chVoliyes in G.a'UV.' nt Spottsylvani.i, had not been taken pinnn- in his own province bv a Confcierato lorco which was liMuiy knowu lo exist Now, if this is the s o of t!:incs in T.nn- l-iana, what state of ihitigs is to lv rxpec led in Virginia, even if Leo t'lould ( vui e- ate liicliiiituij.und have the city toGruulf Mow die even "cmmuei-ed" ..mn,,. I. 1.1.1 .1 ' , in- nno ll l no f iKivmnni.' hoe liiso a frreiLlo Burks? Certainly, ul'er suc.l uiui iiineiv 1 iisti.i e n v.t. ti ize t he t ruth of l , ,i,l,.n t D,u i,' H, v i-, that, though Kichtuoud lui'nt bo tiuieii,' the war could bo continued f,.r years in the Stale of Viig'miu (done. Kentucky Democratic lion. ?tnte Convcu- J.orisv:i.i.E. Juno 2S.-T,rt Sra'e Demo cratic Convention ,,,. ihi i,vP,, II on. C. A. iVickhlTo was appointed per manent president ; nine vice presidenN .ind three secretaries were rl.-o appointed. Iho following icavlutions. wero adopt ed : Pu-sohvd, That the peopb nro tho su prenio sovereigns, und tho Comlimtiom which they have ordainod nro '.he ! premo government ; and that, all ms.vb ants are enemies, either of the. people oi of their government, aro traitors," uliko whether their ttea.,on bo manifested by suppressing h en elections, by chaining tho presS by establishing politienl ba.lilo-s, and by rediculing or repudiating tho ob servance oi oain and Cjr.Mt'.ntioa. 2. That iu the interpretation of tho Constitution we are guided by the decla rations of its authors, by tha delibera tions of tho Federal Convention, by tho resolution j of 17',1,-j and lT'.iy, prepared anil expounded by Jell'orsoti and Madis on, and by decisions of such courts, guid ed by these lights, we declare that tho co ercion ami subjugation of eleven or moro soveieirn states was never contemplated as possible or authorized by the Constitu tion, but was pronounced hy its make's an act of suicidal lolly, nnd if tho pejplo of the Foiled Siutes ifouhl have restored liicir shittc-red Constitution and avert from themselves and their posterity the slavery ol a military despotism and pub lic debt, tho interest upon which can nev er be mot, they tmisl biiu-; this war to .1 -peei'.y close. That the revocation of a'l unconsti tutional edicts and pietei.ded laws, an immcdirlo iirmislico and a National Con vention f.:r the .'uljtisticoiit of cur dillioul ties, are tho only means of saving our ca tion from unlimited calamity and ruin. I. 'ih.-il the Administration now in power has attempted to tlrike down Stato sovereignly: it has inteifeied with tho right of suilVapi reserved to iho power and control of State legishituics ; it has deprived citizens of their live", liberty anil properly, without due process of law ; it has placed military abovo civil power, -gainst the spirit cf fre o Government, nnd the President has tinblushingly proclaim ed the Constitution he has sworn lo sup pott to bo no lonLe- c f ny Lrce cr effect whenever ho may determine it should be disresarded ; the party in power havo de luded the people into Iho granting of men and money to their in. restricted con trol, for the pretended jmrpoo of pres erving the Government, which they havo u ed and are still using for tho In.sfi oud of overthrow ing State i nsl it ut inns, d vann ing mere party intei -.t and estal.iishir.jt them on p.eimancnt and despotic pow er. . Thai n free pre", fteo speech, fron ballot, freedom of religion, mid tho writ )f .;' ii c. );:',.!, to prelect tho Pcrsonil I , I I .1 .... .. . 7 1 ' V' ' vl''-' citizen, are the essentials of a free government, and a free eople niu u.ivo ami maiurain llictu at all huz-ru-li. 0. Tint wo nro uncompromisingly op posed to the elevation of the African raeo to cilizeii'hip, nnd their formation into standing armies lo control tho whits free men of our country. 7. That Iho overl hro-v of Iho arrogant and corrupt party in power hhould to a piimnry obji'et with ovc-y freeman, r, l we, a port i in cf the citizens of Kentucky, in lemori-,itic Sia o Convention assem bled, do declare it to be our duty, as well as that of all iioo I citizens, to defeat tho election of A. Lincoln and Andre.v Jolin- 'son to tlio rlhcesol presidency and vico ; presidency of the L'nited Slate ; und tho I '. . P . , . . . , delegaiec irotn iuh coiiTonuori to inn J Democratic j Chicago, llli lo support th convention, lo bo he'd inois, are tierchy mstr-ieti'd the nominees et said cooven- lion, ' - lc.ti.T1.. P.,.,n.l . u xnt; v.lll.li I it I . . - --' cra nro lioni- iLi riimrma ! ' j '1 .,SJ3 "v ftllQ 1H(,.tsrr' t0" MM Wm'l tl Virirmin lady. Hello ribed hy tho Kins- i i I. .. ... i . tol in her Kkirt belt, am) ilocl lr two Kcdcrnl spies n-'.iose biiai4- it Fconn to he to v?Uf'i her. X.
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