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ORD. SANDERSON. EDITOR.
A. SAIIDERSON. Ammolate.
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OUR FLAG
Now our Bag le flung to the wild winds free,
Let it float o'er our father land,
And the guard of its spotless fame shall be
Columbia's chosen band.
"CLING TO THE CONSTITUTION, AS
THE SHIPWRECKED MARINER CLINGS
TO THE LAST PLANK, WHEN NIGHT
AND THE TEMPEST CLOSE AROUND
HIM."=DANizt, WEBSTER.
DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET.
FOR GOVERNOR:
GEORGE W. WOODWARD,
OF LUZERNE COUNTY
FOR JUDGE OF THE SUPREME COURT
WALTER H. LOWRIE,
OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY.
STATE EDITORIAL CONVENTION
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Convention, held in the Senate Chamber, at Harrisburg,
on the 18th inst., the Democratic Editors of Pennsylvania
are requested to meet in the City of Lancaster, on
THURSDAY, sus Ifivu OF JULY, 1863,
at 11. o'clock, A. M., for the purpose of consultation and
united action in the political campaign upon which we
have entered. A general attendance is earnestly desired,
as business of great importance to the profession will come
before the Convention.
GEO. SANDERSON, President.
LANCASTER, June 23, 1863.
Allir Editors throughout the State are requested to copy
The War News.
The last week was one of excite
ment, on account of a raid into the
border of this State by some of the
rebel cavalry. A complete panic was
created throughout the Cumberland
valley, and all sorts of exaggerated
rumors prevailed, so much so that it
was impossible for anybody to get at
the facts. The truth of the matter
is still in doubt, but we believe that
the rebel General Ewell drove the
Union troops out of Winchester and
the Shenandoah valley, and then
crossed the Potomac and took pos
session of Hagerstown, from whence
a small body of his force penetrated
as far as Greencastle and Chambers
burg in •this State. At the latter
place they remained but a day or
two, and then retired towards the
Potomac again.
The panic was also very great at
Harrisburg on Tuesday. The State
archives were removed from the
capital, the Post Office and most
places of business were closed, and
/ many persons removed their families
to Philadelphia and elsewhere. The
Governor and General Couch made
an earnest appeal for troops, and by
.Thursday several thousand militia
and volunteers from the adjoining
counties and Philadelphia and from
New York and New Jersey, were
Concentrated at Harrisburg to defend
it against the threatened invasion.
But the enemy did not come, and up
to this time, so far as we have any
reliable information, they have not
approached nearer the Capital than
the town of Chambersburg. A por
tion of them, however, have crossed
over the mountain to McConnels
burg, and have appropriated to their
own use a large number of cattle
and horses, but the great bulk of
them remain in the neighborhood of
the Potomac.
The line of the Susquehanna is
strongly guarded by Union troops
from Harrisburg down to Peach
Bottom:
The Latest.
The Harrisburg Patriot of yester
day has the following :
We do not pretend to state any
thing positively in regard either to
the position of the rebels or our own
forces. A pretty Paige force of
troops, probably upwards of ten
thousand, principally from New York
and New Jersey, have arrived in this
city within the last few days. W hat
disposition has been made of them
we are unable to say. Some of them
have been sent over the river, some,
we are sorry to learn, have returned
home dissatisfied, while by far the
larger portion are quartered in and
around Camp Curtin and the city.
Since the above was written, (Sun
day evening 9 o'clock,) we have
learned the following particulars,
gleaned from all the telegraphic dis
patches received at headquarters :
The rebels 40,000 strong are in
Hagerstown and vicinity, with eigh
teen pieces of artillery. Three hun
dred cavalry are said to be at Mer
cersburg, destroying property - and
carrying off horses, &c. An attack
upon the Northern Central railroad
is anticipated, and measures are
being taken to defend it. We have
nothing further than this from official
sources--but a late dispatch from
Frederick City, which appears under
our telegraphic head, is more cir
cumstantial.
Air New York and New Jersey, says the
Philadelphia Age, have nobly responded to the
call of the Governor of Pennsylvania for troops
to defend our State from threatened invasion,
They have determined to send all their aiail
ible men to protect our soil, and the gratitude
of every Pennsylvanian is Alue to Governors
SEntotra and PARKER for the promptness with
Which they have acted in the present emergen
cy. This energetic adieu will long be remora•
beraby our people, not only as the evidence
of their attachment to a sister State, but as
an enduring monument to their patriotism and
MOO Seal in the eervioe of their country.
Hon. George W. Woodward:
The nomination of this distin
guished and talented gentleman, as
the Democratic candidate for. Gov
ernor, will be hailed with, delight,
not only in Pennsylvania, but
throughout the entire North, as the
very best which could have been
made at this exciting and perilous
time in the history of our country.
Judge WOODWARD, in point of in
tellectual power, is the peer of any
statesman now in public life, and as
a sound and able jurist has no su
perior anywhere. Nor is there any
flaw in his political character. He
has always been a consistent Demo
crat, bold and unflinching in his ad
vocacy of the leading principles and
doctrines of the party, and his pri
vate character is without stain or
reproach. He is just such a candi
date as the people will delight to
honor, and his triumphant election
to the Gubernatorial office is a fore
gone conclusion.
When Governor WOODWARD takes
possession of the Executive chair,
the arbitrary and unconstitutional
acts of the present National Admin
istration will cease in Pennsylvania,
as they have already done in New
York and New Jersey, and the peo
ple Will once more be secure in their
persons and estates.
The Convention did well also in
re-nominating for Judge of the Su
preme Court, the distinguished Chief
Justice, WALTER H. LownlE. This
nomination will also be endorsed by
the people, and his triumphant elec
tion for another term is beyond all
doubt. He has borne himself well
in his high office, and his personal
character . will bear the test of the
closest scrutiny. With such standard
bearers as WoonwAan and LOWRIE
we can bid defiance to all the as
saults of an unscrupulous opposi
tion, and under their auspices the
State will be redeemed from Aboli
tion rule.
New York and New Jersey
These two Democratic States, says
the Harrisburg Patriot, deserve the
lasting gratitude of the people of
Pennsylvania for the prompt and
noble manner in which they respond
ed to our cry of danger. No doubt
that danger was greatly magnified
by those who should have been well
informed, but that fact should great
ly exalt the brave men of our sister
States who, under the call of their
respective Governors, marched hither
to our assistance. In behalf of the
people of Pennsylvania we tender to
Governors Seymour and Parker, and
to the volunteers who so promptly
and gallantly responded to their call,
the warmest thanks of our citizens.
They, in common with ourselves,
may feel mortified at the manner of
their reception and the want of in
formation and system which they
could not have failed to observe on
the part of our authorities, civil and
military, but we wish them to be
lieve that the people cordially thank
them, and under reversed circum
stances would reciprocate the service
they have shown themselves so will
ing to render.
A NEW CONVERT
Adjutant General THOMAS was for a long
time suspected of sympathy with the rebels
and was even accused of communicating to
them important information in regard to army
movements. A hue and cry was raised against
him by the Republicans, and a desperate effort
was made to effect his removal. 'But the talk
and the effort suddenly ceased, and no one
knew why. Recent events explain the reason.
Gen. Thomas has " got converted." From an
ultra pro-slavery man and rebel sympathizer
he has become an ultra abolitionist—has
" nigger on the brain " badly. Like all new
converts,'be is excessively zealous. Ile is out
West " organiiihg " the negro policy of the
Administration, and the following appears to
be a fair sample of Lis doings:
Capt. Barrett of the 90th Illinois regiment
writes to the Chicago Times, under date of
May 18th, to the effect that Adjutant General
Thomas bad visited his regiment, among
others, and after expatiating upon the utility
and propriety of raising and equipping nogro
regiments. called upon the men of the 90th to
give three cheers for the " negro policy," but
there was no response except from one voice.
The correspondent then goes on to say that ho
then ordered every man opposed to this
" policy to step to the front ; but as there
was no exception in the ranks, the men pre
served immobility for a moment, when out
stepped Sergeant Michael Meehan, of his com
pany, and another Sergeant, whose name is
not given. The General immediately repri
manded them severely. Sergeant Meehan.
gracefully saluting the great man, replied, " I
speak only for myself. I have never disobeyed
an order of my superior officers, and never
shall ; but I cannot cheer for principles which
I" " Take them to the guard house im
mediately ! Take them along 1 No more !"
exclaimed the doughty General. Subsequent
ly, adds the writer, " he gave our men one
week to reconsider and repent."
OPINION OF THE CHIEF JUSTICE
In a decision made in the U. S. Circuit
Court, at Baltimore, last week, in which he
declared the regulations of the Secretary of
the Treasury, with regard to the internal
commerce of Maryland, to be "illegal and
void," Chief Justice TANEY closed hie opin
ions as follows :
A civil war, or any other war, does not
enlarge the powers of the Federal Government
over the States or the people, beyond what
the compact has given to it in time of war.—
A state of war does not annul the 10th ar
ticle of the amendments to the Constitution,
which declares that "the powers not delegated
to the United States by the Constitution, nor
prohibited by it, to the States, are reserved to
the States respectively, or to the people."—
Nor does a civil war, or any other war, ab
solve the judicial department from the duty
of maintaining, with an even and firm hand,
the rights and powers of the Federal Govern
ment and of the States and of the citizen as
they are written in Constitution, which every
judge is sworn to support. Upon the whole,
the Court is of opinion that the regulations in
question are illegal and void, and that the
seizure of the goods of Carpenter, because he
refused to comply with them, cannot be sus
tained. The judgment of the District Court
must, therefore, be reversed, and the goods
delivered to the claimant, his agent or proctor.
Itir We refer our readers to the advertise
ment of the U. S. Hotel, Harrisburg, in
another column. It will be seen that this old
and favorite stopping place has passed into
the hands of Messrs. Coverly & Hutchison.
Col. Coverly is known the State over as one
who knows, in every sense of the term, how
to " keep a hotel.".. His partner was for
several years clerk at the Jones' House and
the old Coverly Hotel. Mr. Samuel Robinson,
'formerly Clerk of the City Hotel, this city,
acts in the same capacity at the United States.
LOYAL LEAGIMB.-Our exchanges report
large falling off from this organization in
different parts of the country. The last that
has attracted our notice is a card in the
Johnstovin Democrat, of the 10th inst., sign.
ed by nineteen members, declaring that they
have been deceived and would have nothing
more to with the Jacobin club. >
DEMOCRATIC -STATE CONVENTION.
The Democratic State Convention met in
the Hall of the House of Representatives, at
Harrisburg, on Wednesday, the 17th of
June, 1863, at 10 o'clock—every county in
the State being folly represented, and an im
mense number of Democrats from every part
of the Commonwealth being in attendance.
Dr. GEOROE W. Isheiwant, of Philadelphia,
was elected temporary Chairman, and - a Com
mittee was appointed In select permanent
officers, when an adjoViment took place until
2 o'clock, P. M.
On the re-assembling of the Convention,
the Committee on permanent organization
reported Hon. FINLEY PATTERSON, of Wash
ington county, as President, and the usual
number of Vice Presidents, and Secretaries.
[The Lancaster county delegation had the
following positions in the Convention, viz :
Messrs. Rem: and Kims on the Committee
on permanent officers, Messrs. McGazwx and
WADE (the latter temporarily substituted in
place of Mr. Itrow) Vice Presidents, and
Messrs. HIESTER and CARPENTER on the COM
mittee on Resolutions.]
The Convention proceeded to settle certain
contested seats, and then adjourned to give
the Committee on Resolutions time to prepare
their report.
At 7-1 o'clock in the evening the Conven
tion again assembled, when the Chairman of
the Committee, Hon. Francis W. Hughes,
submitted the following series, which were
unanimously adopted :
Resolved, That we approve the reeblutlone upon
the state of the country, passed by the lionso of
Representatives of this Commonwealth on the 13th
day of April last, and in addition thereto, and as a
further expression of our views upon publio affairs,
do
Resolve as follows : That we again renew our vows
of fidelity to the Constitution of the United States,
the great charter for which our fathers struggled and
fought, and which was established, as they them
selves expressed it, to form a more perfect Union,
establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide
for the common defence, promote the general wel
fare, and secure the blessingsof liberty to ourselves
and posterity."
That, inasmuch as the Constitution embodies the
only guarantees we have for public liberty and pri
vate right, as without it we can have no hope of
protection from bloodshed, spoliation and anarchy,
the man who sneers at the " Constitution as it is "
proves himself to be deficient in the first elements
of patriotism; and any officer of the State or Federal
Government who swears to support the Constitution,
and afterwards, with that oath on his conscience,
wilfully violates it, is wholly unworthy of public
confidence.
That among the rights which the Constitution pro
vides to every citizen, is that of being secure in his
life, liberty and property, so that he cannot be de
prived of either without due process of law--a fair
trial by a competent judge and jury of his neigh
bors, with witnesses to confront him and counsel to
defend him. This is so just in itself, so necessary to
the happiness of the people for whom all govern
ments is made and so plainly written down in the
Federal Constitution, and in all the State Constitu
tions, that any person who can misunderstand it has
not, in our opinion the mental capacity which fits
him for a public station.
Resolved, That we have heard with intense alarm
and deep indignation that some of our political op
ponents claim for the President of the United States
a power hitherto wholly unknown in America, and
never exercised in Europe or Asia, except by the
most despotic monarchs, namely—the power to ar
rest free citizens for the expression of their honest
opinions on public affairs—and that the President
has not only presumed to exercise this power him
self, with the moderation and mercy which his own
nature might prompt, but has delegated it to many
subordinates, and they again to others in every part
of the country, until its hideous presence is seen and
felt all over the land.
Resolved, That among the numerous officers to
whom the President has given this terrible power
above the laws and above the people, there must, in
the nature of things, be a large proportion who are
totally incapable of wielding it either honestly or
wisely—low politicians filled with partisan rancor,
knaves who do not care for justioe, and ruffians who
delight in trampling it under foot ; and therefore we
aro not surprised to learn that the worthiest men have
been torn from their families, judges knocked down
on the bench, ministers of the Gospel imprisoned
in loathsome dungeons, and respectable women
treated with a brutality which it would be indecent
even to name—and all this, in many cases, without
a pretense that the victims were guilty even of a
political offence, much less of any crime against the
laws.
Resolved, That free government cannot exist
without a free press, and the Constitution of thin
State, as well as that of the United States, has de
clared that it shall be free. Those persons therefore
in office or out of office, who attempt to suppress
books and newspapers by violence, are the enemies
of thin government and ought to bo thamnalves sup
pressed.
Resolved, That we heartily thank the lion-heart
ed Democracy of Ohio for the manly vindication
they have given to the Constitution against the
great crime committed upon it in the arrest and de
portation of Clement L. Vallandigham; and we as
sure them of our cordial sympathy in the great
struggle they are making for their undoubted rights.
Resolved, That the plain duty of the Chief Mag
istrate of this Commonwealth requires him to use
whatever power the law has plaoed in his hands to
protect the State and the people from lawless out
rages, come from what quarter they may, and no
man is fit to be Governor of this State who will con
sent to hold his own liberties and let the people hold
theirs at the mere will of the Federal Executive.
Resolved, That the Democracy of Pennsylvania
has been ever true to the cause of the Union. It
was in the name, and for the sake of the Union,
that our party was made ; that we denounce the
least intimation that the Democratic party enter
tains now, or ever has entertained, or ever can en-
tertain, the slightest sympathy with the present
gigantic rebellion, or with traitors in arms against
the government, or would ever consent to peace
upon any terms involving a dismemberment of the
Union, as utterly unjust; and in proof of this, we
point with exultation to the lavish contributions to
the war in blood and treasure heretofore and now
being made by the hundreds of thousands of Demo
cratic citizens, who were among the first to fly to
the rescue of the Union and peril their lives in its
defence.
Resolved, That as the true friends of the Union,
and fucliug o pxofutultlaualat, fur Its tutu, wa claim,
and will exercise, the right to consider, discuss, as
certain and urge in becoming terms upon the peo
ple and the constituted authorities, whatever
measures will, in our judgment, be most likely to
please and keep the whole nation and Union to
gether under ono federal government.
Resolved, That when this war began we had the
solemn pledge of the federal administration and of
the party which placed it in power, as expressed in
the resolution passed by Congress on July 22d,
1861, that it "is not waged on their part in any
spirit of oppression or for any purpose of conquest
or subjugation or purpose of overthrowing orinter
fering with the rights or established institutions of
those States ; but to defend and maintain the su
premacy of the Constitution and to preserve the
Union, with all the dignity, equality and rights of
the several States unimpaired; and that as soon as
these objects are accomplished the war ought to
cease." But the_federal administration, acting
under the influence of a small faction of ultra Abo
litionists, always opposed to the Union and without
the consent of the great mass of the people, has
totally changed its ground, avowing and proclaim
ihg its purpose to be wholly different, and thus it
has greatly allayed our just hope of peace.
The resolutions were unanimously adopted by the
Convention amid frantic shouts of. applause.
The Convention then proceeded to ballot for
Governor.
The first ballot stood .
William 13. Witte,
Hiester Clymer,
William B. Franklin,
George W. Woodward,
Jeremiah S. Black,
William Bigler,
John Cessna,
George !Sanderson,
George W. Cass,
The eighth ballot stood as follows :
Hiester Clymer, - . -
William H. Witte, - - -
George W. Woodward, - - is
William B. Franklin, - - 7
Hon. F. W. Hughes arose, after this result had
been announced, and said that he was authorized to
withdraw the name of William H. Witte in favor
of George W. Woodward.
Tho ninth ballot stood as follows:
Hiester Clymer, - - - 53
George W. Woodward, - - - 75
Nimrod Strickland, - - 5
Hon. George W. Woodward having received the
largest number of votes, was declared the nominee
of the Convention, (tremendous cheering) and he
was afterwards declared the unanimous nominee of
the Democratic party of the State for Governor of
Pennsylvania.
Victor E. Piolett moved that Water H. Lowrie be
made the nominee for Judge of the Snpreme Court
by acclamation, which was agreed to amidst the
wildest applause.
A JUDGE'S OPINION OF A JUDGE.—Judge
COMSTOCK, of New York, wrote an excellent
letter to the Ohio Democratic State Conven
tion, wherein occurs the following note
worthy paragraph
" I take the liberty, on this occasion, of
mentioning in an especial manner the most
humiliating of all the circumstances connected
with the outrage inflicted on constitutional
rights in the person of your fellow-citizen, Mr.
Yallandigham. I refer to the base and servile
decision of a federal judge, in refusing to turn
the great writ of liberty to redress that
monstrous wrong. I have never read a judi
cial performance so abject and weak. If its
author escapes the impeachment which, in my
judgment, he deserves, he cannot escape that
indignant - condemnation which is certain to
overtake him an - d
all judges, who, in times
when liberty is in peril, shall prove false to
constitutional duty and their official oath."
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THE NEW CAMPAIGN IN VIRGINIA
The news from Virginia is startling.—
Fredericksburg abandoned, Lee's army at
Culpepper, thirty thousand Confederat -
passing through Thoroughfare Gap, Winch 41-
ter surrounded, Martinsburg occupied, the
Potomac crossed ; Pooleeville, Hagerstown
and Chambershurg, Pa., in possession of Lee's
advance; such in brief is the
.record of the
last few days. What a week may bring forth
no one can foretell, but to all appearances it is
big with great events and of battles which
will decide the fate of armies and of cities
heretofore unvisited by war.
No American citizen can contemplate the
present position of military affairs in Virginia
without a sense of profound humiliation, if
not of despondency. Twenty-eight months
ago, when the rebellion burst into hideous
life, the present Administration found itself
in possession of a regular Government, an
army, navy, full command of the seas, untold
wealth, the workshops of the nation, and all
the men it needed. Oa 'the other hand, the
insurrectionary Government had none of these
advantages; it lacked everything to put an
efficient army in the field ;!while doubt, hesita
tion, and even open opposition were to bo
feared by the Rebel chiefs from the bulk of
the Southern people, But after two years of
war, what do we find ? A united South,
well-trained armies, and leaders of undoubted
genius and skill ; while, through the weak
ness and n ee of the Federal Administra
tion, the North, If not divided, Is disoon
tented ; its main army in Virginia, dispirited
by its thrice repented disasters tinder the
generalship of inoompetents, to-day com
manded by a general who has tint tile con
lblenee either of his soldiers or his country.
Then look at the result of the two years'
fighting. The weak and despised South still
threatening the capital of the wealthy and
populous North!
It is idle to epeaulate, as yet, what the de
signs of General Lee aro in the movements
ho has just undertaken., All wo really know
is, that his army is in motion in a north
westerly direction, and that it is moving with
wonderful celerity. Ono thing, however, is
certain: There can be no invasion either_ of
Pennsylvania or Western Virginia and Ohi.,
unless he first cripples Hooker's army.—
There may be cavalry raids, with infantry
supports, across the Potomac and many miles
to the north, but an actual invasion by a
heavy column of Confederate troops will not
be possible with a groat unconquered Union
army on the south side of the Potomac. We
shall doubtless hear of the Confederate army
in force at many different points during the
coming week, but unless all probabilities are
violated General Leal real object will be to
got General Hooker's army in such a position
that he can attack it with advantage, before
ho ventures upon moving any considerable
part of his main force either across the Poto
mac or Ohio.
If the Washington reports are to be credit
ed, Ewell's and Longstreet's corps are now in
the Shenandoah valley, while Lee, with his
centre and right wing, are near Culpeper,
moving to the northwest. It is also reported
that General looker was on Saturday last at
Beverly Ford, and that his intention was to
march directly upon Lee's base of supplies at
Culpeper, with a view to force a fight with
the remnant of the Confederate army at that
point and cut off Lee's communication with
Richmond. This would be a hazardous
movement with the enemy in force upon his
right flank and within reach of his rear, but
it may be attempted. The recent cavalry
fight may have been a reconnoieance .pre
paratory to this movement, but prudence
would seem to dictate a retreat of the army
to Alexandria and Washington, with a view
to covering Maryland from invasion and
threatening the flank of the invading force.
A battle between the Union and Confeder
ate armies in Virginia should be avoided if
possible, unless the former has every advan-
tage of numbers and position. The Confed
erates are confident and ably led, while the
Federal army is not in good heart and has no
confidence in its commander. The battle
would be half won for Lee while this state of
feeling exists. We do not wish to under
value General Hooker. He has proved him
self a dashing leader when his command did
not exceed 30,000 men, but a large army, all
the parts of which he cannot keep under his
own eye. is beyond his grasp; it confuses
him, and lie loses the vigor and celerity which
distinguished his movements when under the
command of a superior general.—New Fork
Trorld.
The fanatical anti-democratic and anti
common sense theories of the abolition party
are about played out. They played " log
cabin" and " hard cider" in Harrison's time
—a very nice play and as harmless as it was
nice, because the sensible men of their party
were then for the Constitution. At a later
date they played Maine law," but their law
never became the main law of the land and in
main was abandoned. Following this they
hit upon the Know Nothing question, and
knowing nothing in State matters they accom
plished nothing to benefit the people and noth.
ing was the final result. Next came " bleed
ing Kansas," and Kansas bled in quantities
to suit the market and the financial condition
of the aid fund in Massachusetts. After
bleeding and bleeding, it finally bled out, and
died from the total loss of bad blood. Next
came the Wide Awakes, who, unlike their
former professions, now professed to be sharp.
They widened the breach in the Union and
waked up all the jealousies of the nation, and
having thus played " wide " and " wake "
their lamps went out and their new party
went to sleep so sound that tiabriel's trump
will never wake them up again in that form.
Next came the " no party.;" after, having ex
hausted all the names that, could be thought
of, they concluded to try it awhile without a
name, and thus nameless and soulless, this
" no-party " with no law but many prophets
had their day. The opiates administered at
the ballot box last fall put them to sleep again
and they now wake up not exactly in league
with the Constitution, which Garrison says is
a " league with death and a covenant with
hell," but in the abolition league, which
seems to be a league with the everlasting, ir
repressible, wocly headed negro. This league
performance is doubtless the end of the show
—hltended to be like the winding up jackass
performance of a circus, and so it is ; a fit
thing to laugh at, but not a desirable perform
ance to be mixed up in. These abolition feats
of ground and lofty tumbling are about play
ed out.—. Allentown Democrat.
RESISTING THE CONSCRIPTION IN
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One of the enrolling officers of this city was
yesterday rolleifin the mud by a score of in
furiated matrons. Another was beaten by a
broomstick. Another was chased by a pack
of famished dogs, let loose upon him by an en
raged dowager. Still another was treated to
a douche of filthy slops thrown from a second
story window. And ascending still farther in
the gamut of the enrolling officer's tribulation,
we find last of all, that Joel Lull, who does
the earollment business in the seventh ward,
is the sickest victim of the lot. He has tried
a week, and has learned, to his profound sat
isfaction, that the business is not precisely
what he had anticipated. Perhaps it is be
cause his weak nerve, do not enable him to
face the fury of woman's wrath. At any rate
be does not seem disposed to endure such tor•
turo, nor is he inclined to throw up his newly
adopted means of livelihood. A few days ago
Joel Lull visited a house at the corner of
Polk and Halstead streets, in his sub-district,
and was driven:therefrom, as he states, by
Mrs. Ellen McCaffrey, who came towards
him with a boot-jack, or a cudgel, or some
thing of that sort, which he is unable exactly
to describe. The woman was arrested and
held for trial in the sum of $l,OOO.
A special Memphis despatch, of the Bth inst.,
says: The steamer Luminary, from Young's Point,
with dates to Friday evening, June sth, 8 o'clock,
brings the following :
General Kimball, with 3000 men, was sent up the
Yazoo river to Salurla, 30 miles below Yazoo City.
lie arrived there on the 4th, and learning that a
rebel force under Gen. Wirt Adams was not far off,
marched Immediately to meet him. At 10 o'clock,
on Thursday morning, he came up with the pickets
of the enemy, and a brisk fight, ensued, lasting 30
minutes. The enemy gave way, and a total rout
ensued. Our loss' wee one killed and seventeen
wounded. We captured _ one hundred prisoners.—
Their loss in killed and wounded was considerable.
The rebels were 2000 strong.
There is no perceptible change in affairs before
the enemy's works at Vicksburg. Gen. Johnston is
still reported on the Big Black, endeavoring to cross
below the bridge with an army of 20,000. General
Osterhaus was watching his movements, with a suf
ficient force to checkmate any demonstration he
might make.
A rumor was in circulation that Pemberton had
requested General Grant to permit the women and
children to pass the lines.' Over 300 head of cattle
and mules have been turned loose on amount of the
aoarolty of forage.
ABOUT PLAYED OUT
From the Chicago Times, Jane 14
The War in Mississippi
CHICAGO, June 11
LOCAL DEPARTMENT.
THE EXCITEMENT OF THE LAST WEEK.—The
reported Invasion of the State and occupation of the town
of Chambersburg by a portion of the Confederate Cavalry
canoed a good deal of excitement. In this city in the early
part of last week. A meeting convened in the Court
House on Monday eveniog, which vox presided over by
the Mayor, and addresses were dellveted by Col. Franklin,
CoL Dickey and others On Tuesday the following orders
were issued by CoL Franklin, commanding Defences of
Lancaster County:
MIADQUART.I24 DLYLVCIS or LLACANIM ouremr,
Lartostrus, June 16, 1863.'
GENERAL ORDERS, No. 1.
The citimms of the townaldps of Fulton. Little Britain,
Colerain, Bart, Sadsbury, Eden, Paradise, Salisbury, Dru.
more, Providence, Strasburg. Lescock. Earl. Earl East and
Bari West shall rendezvous at Peach Bottom Ferry.
The CI(IUDS of the townships of Hartle, Peqnea, East
and West Lampeter shall - rendezvous at McCall's Ferry.
The citizens of Conestoga and Lancaster townships shall
rendezvous at Shenk'aFerry.
The citizens of Manor and Millersville shall rendezvous
at Safe Harbor.
'The citizens of Columbia B , rough, East and West Hemp
field, Manhelm, Manbeim Borough,. Mount Joy Township
and Borough, Warwick, Elizabeth and Bapho shall ren
dezvous at Columbia.
The citizens of Marietta, East and West Donegal and
Conoy shall rendezvous at Marietta.
The cilfzene.oteteruarvon, Brecknock. East Cocotte%
Weed Cocalice,' Clay, Ephrata and Lancaster city Dhoti ren
dezvous In Lancaster city.
Each citizen ■ball provide his own arms and ammnni•
lion, until a sufficient supply of arms reaches this depart
ment also his own rations for three days to be carried
with him. Alsoentrenchlng tools—either an axe, shovel
or pick.
(Biers will be assigned to the command of the several
point., and will give the necessary direction..
The line of the river from the Chester county line to
York Furnace Bridge is placed under the command of Ma-
Jar Thaddeus Steven., Jr., 12'2d P. V.
The lino of the river from York Furnace Bridge to the
line of Columbia Borough is placed under the command of
Haler it. W. Shenk, 135th P. V. Headquarters at Safe
Harbor.
Oolotnble Borough and the line of river to Marietta le
placed under the command 'of Major Haldeman. Head
quertere at Columbia.
The line of the river from Marietta to the Dauphin
county line le placed tinder the command of Lieut.
Co 11, IllGlh P.
Citizens equipped and ordered as above are designed for
the &tenon of the county, and may arrive at the places of
rendezvous singly, in squads or companies, and report to
the commanding officer of the line, who will report the
same direct to tho officer commanding defences.
As the honor and safety of Lancaster county depend
upon a prompt obedience to this order, the Commanding
officer earnestly trusts that It may be forthwith respected.
By command of
FAILEN FRANKLIN,
Col. commanding Defences of Lancaster county
In obedience to the above orderly a number of companies
left the city for the different potato designated, and are
now on duty there.
—Last accounts represented everything as "quiet along
be Susquehanna."
MEETING OF THE DEMOCRATIC CENTRAL CLUB
—ENDORSEMENT OF WOODWARD AND LOWRIE.—The meeting
of the Democratic Central °lab, on Thuisday evening bat.,
notwithstanding the intense heat of the weather, was
quite large and enthusiastic. The chair was occupied by
Mr. William McComsey. Short and effective addresses.
heartily endorsing the nominations of Woodward and
Lowrie, and urging the Democracy to rally to their sup
port in their might, were made by Dr. Welchens, Capt.
Wise and Mayor Sanderson. The following resolutions,
offered by Mr. Alfred Sanderson, were enthusiastically and
unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That the Democratic Central Club of the City
and County of Lancaster cordially endorse the nomina
tions, by the Democratic State Convention, of those emi
nent jurists and statesmen, Hon. George W. Woodward
and Hon. Walter IL Lowrie, for Governor and Supreme
Judge; and that the Democracy of •the City of Lancaster
will roll up an old fashioned majority for the nominees in
October nest.
Resolved, That the Executive Committee of this Club be
directed to take stops towards calling a meeting of the De
mocracy, at as early a day as possible, to ratify the nomi
nations of the State Convention.
DEATH OF DRUM MAJOR SEIINDLE.—JOHN P.
SHINDLE. lute Drum Major of the 79th and 122 d Regiments,
P. V., died at his residence, N 0.153 East King street, this
city, on Wednesday last, of hemorrhage of the longs. He
bad been ill since the 122 d left Harrisburg. Mr. BRINDLE
was the principal tenor drummer of the Fenslbles' Band,
and as such had few equals. Lie was a genial, whole.
souled, companionable fellow, the life of every circle in
which ho moved, and his death will be long regretted by
rt legion of friends. His funeral took place on Saturday
afternoon lost, and was attended by the Fanolblee Band,
the Drum Corps of the 122 d. a detachment of the 122 d, the
Fencibles, Jackson Rifles and a large number of citizens.
Peace to the ashes ofas gallant a soldier as ever lived. -
THE SOLDIER'S FRIEND.—Our readers are
familiar with the names of Mrs. and Mr. Graham, of Louis.
villa, Ky., whose deeds of kindness to the sick and wounded
soldiers at Louisville are known to every ono who had a
friend or relative in the army of the west. Mr. Graham
and his family arrived in this city a few days ago, and are
stopping at Michael's Hotel. Mrs. Graham Is a native of
this county, and was some time ago .the recipient of a
handsome testimonial from the Patriot Daughters of this
city, m an acknowledgment of her kindness to sick anti
wounded soldiers from Lancaster. Owing to the unsettled
condition of that section. and the heavy cares which have
been pressing upon him for the past year, Mr. Graham hes
closed up his bnsiness interests in Kentucky, and will
probably make Lancaster his home. He will find himself
and family among friends whether as guests or citizens.
—The ahovo is clipped from the Express of Friday eve
ning. We are requested by a gentleman, whole thoroughly
conversant with the whole matter, to state that it was not
the Patriot Daughters who presented Mrs. Graham with
the handsome testimonial referred to, but It was the gift
of the wives of the officers of Col. Trambright's Regiment,
and a few old personal friends. The Express should not
parade the disinterested generosity and patriotism of its
particular friruck before the public at the expense of truth
and justice. "Honor to whom honor is due."
FIRE ItJ TUE WobDs.—On Wednesday fore
nnou fact, a Pro broke out in the woods on the ricer hill
In Mcrtic township, near McCall's Ferry, which did very
considerable damage. It originated from a coal pit on
land belonging to John Armstrong. The collier was ab
sent from his pit at the time, and when he returned the
fire bad acquired such headway owing to the long contin•
1101 i drought. that It wag impoeuibte to clop It, and it
burnt and rstended until a late hour in the night, over
running several hundred acres of woodland belonging to
Mr. Armstrong, Wm. McCue, Frank Groff mad others, kill
ing the standing timber and sprouts, besides eonentning
200 cords of wood in rank and some 20 cords of wood be.
longing to Mr. McCue. The tire was at length checked by
starting fresh fires and burning towards the approaching
flames.—Fridays Express .
READING AND COLUMBIA RAILROAD.—A DOW
schedule will go into operation on this road on Monday
next, 20th inst. Two trains will he run daily each way,
between Columbia and Ephrata. The first. will leave at
820 a. m., and arrive at Ephrata at 10.50 a.m. Returning
will leave Ephrata at 3.40 p. m , and arrive at Columbia at
6.20 p. m. The second train will leave Columbia at 1.20
p. rri., and arrive at Ephrata at 320 p. m. Returning, will
leave Ephrata at 6 00 a m , and arrive at Columbia at 7.45.
This arrangement will accommodate the large travel to
Ephrata Mountain Springs daring the summer. Besides,
the train leasing Columbia at 1.20 p. m will connect at
Landisville with the Fast Mail East, on the P. It. It., thus
accommodating passengers who wish to reach the
city before night, and the York passengers and others
from the ne•ghborhood who are now compelled to lay over
at Columbia several hours. This will prove a great con-
Venienco to the public, who will doubtless duly appreciate
it. The travel over the Reading and Columbia Railroad is
likely to be an impOrtant item.
LIEUT. LYMAN MISHLER.—The remains of
this gallant officer reached thin city on Thursday evening
last. Lieut. M. was attached to the sth U. S. Infantry, and
it will be recollected was killed at the battle of Valverde,
in New Mexico, on the 21st of February, 1862. His remains
wore interred on Sunday evening, at 6 o'clock, at Wood
ward Hill. The funeral was attended by a detachment of
the 109,1 Regiment, P. T., Lieut. Springer commanding,
accompanied by no Fencibles' Band, Lodge NO. ♦a, A. y.
IL, and an immensmoncouree of citizens. The exercises
at the grave wero deeply impressive and solemn. Lieut.
MipilLEu graduated at West Point in 1860, and had gained
a MO reputation for gallantry, efficiency and courage.
PETERSON'S MAGAZINE for July has been
received—a capital number. It contains thirty articles,
and seventytlve embellishments. Peterson is bard to beat.
Gen.'s LADY'S Booi. for July has been received, and Is
brimfull of interesting matter. The colored fashion plates,
six. in number, are exceedingly beautiful. The pattern
plates are numerous and varied. There also two eagrav
loge, which are executed in the finest style.
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA
—RIOUTS OF MARRIED WOMEN—SUSAN BRENEMAN Vs. DANIEL
LIFER—This was an action, under the interpleader law, to
determine the ownership of certain personal property
levied upon by an execution creditor of Benjamin Brene.
man; husband of Susan Brenemen. One portion of the
property was claimed by Mrs. Breneman, under a purchase
at Sheriff's sale of her husband's property, who was then,
and is now insolvent. The money was furnished by her
father and some friends of the family, and the property
bought by them at said sale for the use of Mrs. Breneman
and hor family, and put into her possession. The other
portion, consisting of grain in the ground, she was entitled
to under the will of her father, which gave her, for her
sole and separate use, the rents, incomes and profits of the
farm devised to her during life. These were the facts.
The Court below charged that if the property wee bought
at Sheriff's sale for the use of Mrs. Breneman, with money
furnished by her father and some friends of the family,
although prior to the act of 'lB4B, it was not liable to levy
on au execution issued by - her husband's creditors; and,
as under the will of her father, she was to enjoy the in
come of the farm devised to her for life, the grain which
grew on the same was also protected.
The Court also allowed the declarations made at the
time of buying the personal property, by the persons pur
chasing the same, to be given in evidence.
The defendant charged fraud, and this fact was fairly
submitted to the Jury. Two successive verdicts negatived
this charge, and the Supreme Court affirmed the judgment
of the Court below.
A. Herr. Smith, Esq., Attorney for Mrs. Broneman;
Benjamin Herr, Esq., Attorney for Daniel Hess.
PASSENGER AND MAIL SCHEDULE.—The dif
ferent Passenger Trains on the Pennsylvania Railroad
leave this city as follows:
LEAVE EASTWARD.
Through Express 330 a. m.
Mount Joy Accommodation
Lancaster Accommodation
Fast dais
Mount Icy Accommodation, No. 2,
Harrisburg Accommodation...... ...
EMEMATE!
Through Express
Mount Joy Accommodation
Fast Line
Harrisburg Accommodation
Lancaster -Accommodation_
Mount Joy Accommodation, No. 2 7.50 "
The mails arrive and close at the City Post Office as fol
lows:
Aanivats.
•
Through Mall from the East-1.21 a. m. and 223 p. m.
Through Mail from the West-3.30 a. m. and 2.25 p. m.
Way Mall from the East-10.55 a. m.
Way Mall from the West-9 a. m. and 225 p. m.
(southern Mall from Baltimore and Waehington, 2.25 p. m
ROUES FOS CLOSING MAILS.
Eastern Through Mail, for Philadelphia, L3O p. m. and 8
p. m.
Way Mall East, for Philadelphia and intermediate offices,
at 8 a. m.
New York and Northern and Eastern 'States, 1.30 p. m.
For Harrisburg, and Cumberland, Franklin and Perry
'counties, at 10 a. m. and. 8 p m.
Northern Central, Juniata and Western Now York, at 10
Way Mall West—For Landisville. Salmagn, Mount Joy,
Elizabethtown, Middletown, Illghspire,
' Montville, Wrightsville, Maytown, Bainbridge and Fal
mouth at 10 a. m.
For Columbia, York, &c., at 10 a. m.
For Baltimore and Washington, D. C., at 110 p. m. and 8
p. m.
Pittsburg Through Mail at 180 p. m. and 8 p. m.
Po Columbia, York, Marietta and Harrisburg at 10 a. m
sod 5. p. m.
ler President Lincoln has written a letter,
in which he says that he regrets the necessity
of Mr. Vallandigham's . arrest and banish-
Meat, and will be glad to discharge him, pro
irided the public safety will not suffer by it.
At the same time he intimates that if be had
exercised his own discretion he would not
have ordered the arrest of Mr. Vallandigham
at all.
From the Harrisburg Patriot
STATE EDITORIAL CONVENTION.
Agreeably to a call published generally in
the Democratic newspapers of the State, a Con
vention of the Democratic editors of Pennsyl
vania met in the Senate chamber of the Capi•
tol at Harrisburg, at Bi,,o'clock, A. M., on
Wednesday, the 17th inst.
On motion, the Contention was organized
.by the appointment of Hon. George Sander-
son, of Lancaster, President ; Colonel Levi L.
Tate. of Columbia county, and General James
P. Barr, of Allegheny county, Vice Presi
dents, and Thomas J. Ham, of Wayne county,
Secretary.
Mr. Sanderson, on taking the chair, briefly
spoke as follows :
Gentlemen of the Convention: I thank you
heartily for the honor you have just confer
red upon me, in selecting me to preside over
the deliberations of this meeting, and it gives
me pleasure to say that the Democratic editors
of Pennsylvania constitute a body of men with
whom I am proud to be associated.
Gentlemen, the power of the press, at all
times great, is one which, at Able time, is
fraught with vast importance to the people of
our Commonwealth. It is emphatically the
fourth power in the State. The Legislative,
the Executive and the Judiciary constitute
the three powers; but the press, and especially
the Democratic press, is more potent than
either, or all combined, inasmuch as it can
make and unmake Legislators, Governors and
Judges, and is the " power behind the throne
greater than the throne itself." Free speech
and a free press—the right to speak, write
and publish to the world our honest opinions
—are cardinal principles in the creed of every
free American citizen, whetheakaturalized or
to the manor born—a right "ttE r estimable to
them and formidable to tyrants only"—which,
come weal or come woe, can never be sur
rendered to the dictum of tyrants and dicta
tors whether in power or out of power. These
are my honest sentiments,fearlessly expressed,
and I feel sure that, at the same time, I am
giving utterance to the sentiments of all my
brethren of the Democratic press, when I say
that, come what may, come adversity or
prosperity, we shall claim this liberty at the
risk of our lives.
We are in the midst of exciting and tern•
ble events; but we must not falter in the bold
and faithful 'discharge of our duty as con
servators of the Republic. It is true the
second reign of terror is upon us, yet more
fearful and tyrannical than the first reign of
terror during the administration of the elder
Adams ; but we must not quail before the
minions of despotism. The Queen of England
could not retain her throne for twenty-four
hours, if she attempted to suspend the writ of
habeas corpus, prevent the right of the press
to criticise the acts of her government, or
suppress the freedom of speech. And shall
we, in this free State of Pennsylvania, have
less liberty than they? Shall we basely bow
the knee to the iron heel of despotism, and
confess ourselves to be unworthy of the glori•
ous heritage of freedbm bequeathed to us,
under the blessing of Ileaven, from our
patriot forefathers ? No, never—never is the
response in every true-hearted American
bosom. The Democracy, as one man, give an
indignant negative to the interrogation, and
the conservative portion of our Republican
friends take up the fearless response and say
never—no, never!
Gentlemen of the Democratic press, we
have an important duty to perform in this
alarming crisis of our public affairs. The
Convention to-day will place candidates in the
field, who must be elected, or all will be lost.
If we discharge our duty faithfully they will
be triumphantly elected, and our noble old
Commonwealth will stand forth to the admir
ing gaze of the world, " redeemed, regener
ated and disenthralled" from the tyranny that
surrounds us. Some of us, in the past two
years, have been threatened with personal
violence; others have been ruthlessly dragged
from their homes and imprisoned, and others
have had their printing presses and type
destroyed by a cowardly Abolition mob. But
these things are of the past, and they will not
dare to repeat them when we elect a Demo
cratic Gwernor, who will not only protect the
rights of the State against federal aggression,
but the constitutional rights of every citizen in
the broad limits of the Commonwealth. Let us
be firm, therefore, in the discharge of the
duties devolving upon us, and a brighter day
will dawn upon our beloved country on the
second Tuesday of October next.
Again thanking you, gentlemen, for the I
honor you have conferred upon me, I shall'
desist from any further remarks, so that the
Convention may proceed with the business
which called it together.
At the conclusion of his remarks, which
were repeatedly greeted with applause, the
Secretary was directed to record the names of
such Democratic editors as were present, to
gether with the several journals represented
by them. The following names were handed
:
J. B Sansom, Indiana Democrat.
Levi L. Tate, Columbia Democrat.
Benjamin Whitman, Erie Observer.
A. E. Lewis, Philadelphia Evening Journal.
E. S. M. Hill, Lackawana Register.
James F. Campbell, Johnstown Democrat.
J. Hodgson, West Chester Jeffersonian.
W. Rosenthal, Reading Adler.
0. S. Long. Western Star.
Amos G. Bonsall, Juniata Register.
M. Hannutn, Luzerne Union.
Thomas Chalfant, Danville Intelligencer.
Josiah Cole, Correspondent and Democrat.
William H. Hatter, Easton Argue.
George Sanderson, Lancaster Intelligencer.
D. H. Neiman, , Easton Sentinel.
A. L. Rabe, Allentown Democrat.
Nelson Weiser, Independent Republican.
J. Irvin Steel, Blairsville Record.
William W. Keenan, Greensburg Democrat.
0. A. Traugh, Hollidaysburg Standard.
J. S. Sanders, Berwick Gazette.
James P. Barr, Pittsburg Daily Post.
A. J. Glossbrenner, Philadelphia Age.
Albert Owen, Huntingdon Monitor.
Meeser, Johnson Sc Co., Philadelphia Sun
day Mercury.
Valentine Hay, Somerset Democrat.
Henry Ward, Patriot and Union.
Dr. J. D. Mendenhall, Doylestown Demo
crat.
J. Gunday Winegarden, Lewisburg Argus.
R. W. Jones, Waynesburg Messenger.
Harvey Sickler, North Branch Democrat.
P. Gray Meek, Bellefonte Watchman.
Wm. M'Knight, Mercer Register.
E. G. Roddy, Genius of Liberty.
G. Smith, Fulton Democrat.
Thomas J. Ham, Wayne County Herald.
On motion, a committee of five—consisting
of the following named persons: J. B. San
-80E1; James P. Barr, Colonel Levi L. Tate, 0.
Barrett and A. J. Glosebrenner—wag appoint
ed by the chair for the purpose of preparing
business for the Convention.
On motion of Nelson Weiser, Esq., a vote
of thanks was tendered to Capt, Wm. P.
Brady,\Librarian of the Senate, for his kind
ness in 'opening the hall of the Senate, and
also-for his courteous deportment during the
session of the Convention.
On motion, the Convention adjourned to
meet again at the same place on Thursday,
the 18th inst., at 9 o'clock, A. M.
SECOND DAY
THURSDAY, June 18., 1863.
The Convention met agreeably to adjourn
ment, at 9 o'clook, A. M., and was called to
order by Col. L. L. Tate, in the absence of
Mr. Sanderson, the President of the Conven
tion. The other officers were in their places.
On motion, the Secretary was instructed to
record the names of such additional delegates
to the Convention as might be present. The
following names were presented :
J. George Ripper, Pittsburg Democrat.
J. S. Todd, Democrat and Sentinel, Ebens
burg.
Truman 11. Purdy, Northumberland county
Democrat.
D. W. Moore, Clearfield Republican.
David Fistor, Geist der Zeit, Kutztown.
Franklin Weirick, Selinsgrove Times.
J. B. Sansom, chairman of the committee
on preparing business for the Convention, sub•
mitted a verbal report.
On motion of Nelson Weiser, amended by
Henry Ward, an Executive Committee of
seven was appointed for the purpose of con
ferring with the State Central Committee,
with a view to perfecting an arrangement by
which a more perfect concert of action be
tween the local presses of the State will be
secured, and greater efficiency in the conduct
of political campaigns attained, and to trans
act such other business as may be deemed
necessary to further the interests of the associ
ation.
The following gentlemen were appointed
said committee: Nelson Weiser, George San
derson, Henry Ward, R. W. Jones, Thomas
Chalfant, Truman H. Purdy and James P.
Barr.
Following the appointment of the above
committee a general diecneeion ensued upon
the speeifio duties of the same, as well as
upon other matters relating to the interests of
the party Which came before the meebng,lfter
which, on motion of H. G. Smith, it was
Resolved, That the Hon. George Sanderson,
President of the Convention of Democratic
editors of the State of Pennsylvania, be re
quested to appoint an early day for the
assembling of the Democratic editors of the
State at Lancaster, and We hereby urge upon
our brethren the importance of their general
response to the call.
On motion of Mr. J. S. Sanders, it was
Resolved, That .the Democratic editors of
the State of Pennsylvania cordially endorse
and ratify the proceedings of the Democratic
State Convention in the nomination of the
Hon. George W. Woodward for Governor, and
the Hon. Walter H. Lowrie for Judge of the
Supreme Court of the State of Pennsylvania.
After which the Convention adjourned to
meet at the call of the President of the Con
vention.
(Signed,) THOMAS J. HAM, Seo'y.
MEETING Or THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.—
At a meeting of the Executive Committee,
held immediately on the adjournment of the
Convention, Hon. James P. Barr was chosen
President, and Henry Ward Secretary.
After the transaction of business, the com
mittee adjourned, to meet at the call of the
Chairman.
WAR NEWS.
The Excitement Subsiding at Harris.
burg.
BARRIBB1:1114, June 17.
The aspect of affairs, so far as we can judge by
the reports from the border, seems to be this:
The corps of General Ewell (Stonewall Jackson's
successor), is massed at Williamsport, Md., while the
rest of the rebel force occupy Hagerstown and lush
other points as leave them free to operate either
against Harrisburg or Baltimore.
Apprehensions are entertained by the people of
Altona, and other points of the line of the Penn
sylvania Railroad, that the rebels will strike for the
West, and then go bask td their own soil by way of
Pittsburg and Wheeling.
The fortifications constructed on the hills opposite
Harrisburg are considered;a sufficient protection for
the city, and an offensive movement on our part is
not unlikely.
The panic Is now over here, and the people are
disposed to underrate the danger of the line of the
Susquehanna becoming the seat of war, though there
is high authority for stating that such an attempt
may be made by Lee.
The Rebel Force at Harper's Ferry.'
WASHINGTON', Juno 17.
An official telegram from General Tyler, at
Earner's Ferry, says the enemy has an infantry and
artillery force of 7,000 or 8,000 at Williamsport,
while tbo cavalry are running into Pennsylvania.
Gen. Kelly telegraphs from New Crook that the
rebel Gen. Imboden is before Cumberland,
with two regiments of cavalry and a battery.
Retreat of the Rebels from Chambers
burg.
HARRISBURG, June 17
No doubt whatever exists as to the presence of tho
enemy at Chambersburg up to about three o'clock
this afternoon, when they retreated, it is supposed
toward Hagerstown.
The telegraph operator is now at Chambersbarg,
and communitaion has been reestablished.
HARRISBURG, June 18-1 U o'clock, A. M
The rebels, under Jenkins, evacuated Chambers
burg at one o'clock yesterday, taking the road
towards Hagerstown. The authorities here are now
in telegraphic communication with Chambersburg.
During the stay of the, rebels there all private
property was respected, except so far as horses and
cattle and the necessaries of life were concerned.
Jackson's old division, under Ewell, is reported to be
at Hagerstown.
Information was received by the authorities late
to-night, that Imboden was at Cumberland with two
regiments of infantry and one of cavalry, with ar
tillery. Wheeling may be their destination.
Troops for the defence of the State are arriving
rapidly.
Dlovements of Lee and [looker.
WASIIINGTON, June 15.
There has been considerable stir in the city to
day, in connection with the various reports, both of
fact and fiction, In regard,to war movements, but in
view of all the surroundings, the exoitement is not
of that character which denotes either local trepida
tion or general alarm. The large numbers of sick
and wounded brought up from the Army of the Po
tomac, which is a measure rendered more necessary
by the transfer of the operations more westwardly
in following up the confederate fortes, kept the
ambulances through all yesterday up to this morning
busy in conveying them to the different hospitals
about the city. The hospitals at Acquia Creek and
about Falmouth will, of course, be abandoned for
the present.
The Retreat from Falmonth—The Losses
of Milroy's Artery.
NEW YORK, Juno 16.
It is stated, In letters received to-day from Wash
ington, that Gen. Hooker retreated from Falmouth
to Warrenton Station for the purpose of intercept
ing Gen. Lee, who was advancing on Washington.
Lee, ahead of Hooker, passed down through
Thoroughfare Gap, flanked Hooker, cutting off an
entire corps (name not given.) which is supposed to
have been captured. Gen. Lee is driving Hooker,
the latter retreating to Alexandria. Hooker burned
a large portion of his tents, wagons, provisions, &0.,
&0., at Falmouth.
A large part of Gen. Milroy's Division was
captured. The whole of the regiments at Perryville,
with an entire battery. Milroy lost all of his can
non-wagons, tents, ha., ,bo. The remnant of his
forces aro safe at Harper's Ferry.
The Rebels at IlleConnellsburg, Penns
sylvanla.
MCCONNELLSBURG, Pa., June 19
A detachment of Gen. Jenkins' forces of mounted
infantry, under the command of Col. Ferguson, en
tered this place at 4 o'clock this morning.
The rebels opened all the stores, helping them
selves to boots, shoes, hats, and everything else they
could possibly carry.
The town was completely taken by surprise that
the citizens were unable to hurry their horses to a
place of security, and large numbers of them fell
into the hands of the rebels. They also drove away
about $12,000 worth of cattle. One of their num
ber, in attempting to capture a horse was shot
through the neck by some unknown person. This
so exasperated his companions that they threatened
to burn the town, but they finally desisted.
They completely gutted the telegraph office, carry
ing away with them the instrument and all the
messages. The operator succeeded in making his
escape.
The rebels retreated in the direction of Hancock.
Interesting from Baltimore—Operations
of the Rebels at Hagerstown.
BALTIMOBB, Jane 19.
A gentleman who left' . Hagerstown on Thursday
afternoon reports having , passed through the rebel
pickets on the road as far east as Boonsboro and
vicinity, and says that Hagerstowri itself seems to
be permanently occupied by some 3,500 troops,
mainly from North Carolina, under General Rhodes.
A Major Osborne is acting as Provost Marshal, from
whom papers have to be obtained to leave town.
The Washington Hotel and others are erowded
with their offieers, who are paying 54 per day in
rebel money.
The force that have gone into Pennsylvania are
under General Jenkins, and are said to be return
ing, bringing with them a large number of. negroes,
who they allege had been run away from their mas
ters in Virginia and Washington county, Maryland.
Those belonging about Hagerstown were being re
turned to their rebel owners, and those said to be
from Virginia were sent back under a guard.
It was said that a considerable infantry forms was
posted on the Maryland aide near Williamsport,
some seven miles from Hagerstown ; but of this our
informant could not positively speak.
It was reported that another infantry force was
located near Antietam or Shepherdstown, and about
to cross.
The position of General Ewell, or the main body
of his corps, seems to be unknown.
From Frederick, Md.
FREDERICK, MD., Juno 19.
Considerable excitement prevails here.
Nearly all the prominent Union citizens have
left, and the invalid soldiers in the hospitals re
moved.
Everything is quiet above. The enemy was in
possession of Hagerstown last night, their pickets
extending in the direction of Fanketown.
The report that the rebels have appeared at South
Mountain is incorrect.
Sharpabnrg and Boonsboro are undisturbed,
though the enemy visited Middletown.
The stores have been emptied of moat of their
oontents and preparations made for an early ap
pearance of the rebels.
General Lee's Advance,
Wesicustnoti, June 19.—Midnight.
Advice from below state that Gen. A. P. Hill's
advance guard, consisting of Hampton's Legion,
was advancing towards Dumfries, and that one regi
ment has made his appearance at Stafford Court
House.
Combining these facts, intelligent officers, draw
the conclusion that Lee is advancing upon the Army
of the Potomac in three columns; his right under
Hill, by way of Ocooquan and Wolfo Run Shoal ;
his centre under Ewell, by way 11f Thoroughfare
bur
Gap and his left under Longatreet by way of Lees-
In this connection it is only tesessary to say that
such disposition has been made of our army by Cien.
Hooker, that no surprise can possibly take place.
The families of many officers who were visiting
the field are returning hither to-day, and there are
other indications of an approaching confliet. A few
hours will probably develop further movements and
intentions on the part of Lee's forces, whioh are
now said to be upward of 90,000 strong. Scattering
reports of guns were heard in the direction of Aldie
yesterday, and were renewed at intervals this morn
ing. Nothing has as yet been heard of the result.
From Vicksburg—The Progress of the
Sr. Lours, June 19.
The Democrat has received a dispatch from Vicks
'burg', as follows:
At 2 o'clock on last Sa Zn
ing our tlWlC'ap
proaches from Gen. Shermi _ rps were pushed to
the rebel rifle pits, and to within . .twenty yards of
one of their bastions.
The rebels threw lighted shells over the parapets
on our approach, and received twenty-three hand
grenades, twenty of which exploded, driving the
rebels out.
On Friday, the rebels cut away the timber in the
rear of the lines, and opened on us with an 11-inch
shell and two or three siege guns.
Gen. Logan silenced their mortar with his SO- ,
pounder Parrott's and 92• pounders.
Thirteen of our gunboats patrol the river between
Helena and Young's Point. •
The gunboat htarmora destroyed the town of
Eunice on Saturday.
From the Army of the Potomac;
HELDQtriIITIREI Am OF THE POTOMAC,
June 19.
A conflict transpired yesterday, betwaen a detach
ment of our cavalry and Colonel Pita Hugh Lee's
brigade, laatiag t eight: Our ibrael robed thin