Cht Pmatota ItteUtgencer ONO. SANDERSON, EDITOR. A.SAND • ERSON, Assoclate:, • LANtIOUII; - PA., JULY-7,1863. Ze• 8. M. Punnets= & Clet's*Jusemtvumut &Mater, it hat Bow, New York 17, and /01We attest, 8. IL Prenermu. t Qa, ors &puts for wits sewec , e.w - Met:neer, read the Most tolineutial and hugest einnelse.. INAS htthe - United States- and the - Clareadmie— , They are anthOrlfed to contract fon us at ourfotoest rates 418Tidamost & Assoc, No. 885 Broadway, Newpa are authorized to receive advertisements for Ths Denser, at our lowest rates. Eir- Jou= Wiaarsz'a ADVBMIEN4 AGREOT Is located at N 0.50 North sth street, Philadelphia. He is authorized to recelye advertisement and subscriptions for The Laneaster intellirerer. - LL. 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EDITORIAL CONVENTION In accordance with a resolution passed at the Editorial Convention, held to the Senate Chamber, at Harrisburg, on the 18th inst., the Democratic Editors of Pennsylvania arcirequested to meet In the City of Lancaster, on THURSDAY, ssz 16TH or JULY, 1863, at 11 o'clock, A. 111., for the purpose of consultation and 'united action In the political campaign upon which we have entered. A. general attendance Is earnestly desired, at badness of great Importance to the profession will come before tho Convention. GEO. SANDERSON, President. Larrossags, June 23, 1863. Alp Editors throughout the State are requests d to copy A TERRIBLE BATTLE. The Rebel Army Defeated and Driven Back. The three days' battle at Gettys burg, last week, was the most hotly contested and sanguinary of the war, and resulted in the repulse of the rebels, with immense loss in killed, wounded and prisoners. In these terrible encounters General MEADE has shown himself to be a full match for the rebel General LEE, and the Army of the Potomac has covered itself all over with glory. The rebel army made the attack on our lines each day. On Wednesday they succeeded in driving our men back over a mile ; but the ground was recovered on Thursday, and on Friday General MEADE repulsed them at all points, and under cover of night and a heavy rain storm they retreated some eight miles to the base of the South Mountain, in the direction of Cashtown and Fairfield. Whether they will attempt to make another stand there we do not know, but may we not hope that the inva sion- of Pennsylvania is at an end, and that, for all time to come, no hostile foot will again pollute the soil of our noble old Common wealth. Very few reliable accounts of the fearful struggle have yet come to hand, and we must wait a few days for the official report of General MEADE. In the mean time we give such unofficial accounts as will tend to convey some idea of the terrible fighting, and to show the tenacity with which our brave troops held the rebels at bay. The aggregate loss of both armies—in kii7led, wounded and prisoners—is supposed • to be not less than 50,000 men ! The following are all the official accounts we have yet seen : WASHINGTON, July 5-4 p. m. The latest official despatches received here up to this hour from General Meade are dated Headquarters Army of the Potomac, 7 a. in., July 4—which merely state that the enemy had withdrawn from the position occupied for the attack on Friday. The information in the possession of General Meade at that time did not develope the character of the enemy's movement—whether it was a retreat or a manoeuvre for other purposes. Reliable .infromation received here today asserts that General Lee's headquarters were at Cashtown yesterday afternoon, and that the rebels were fortifying at Newman's Cut, South Mountain, apparently to cover a retreat. Later official despatches are expected. STILL LATER. WASHINGTON, July 5-8 p. m. The two following despatches have been received : • HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, Noon, July 4. To Major General Halleck : The position of iiffairs is not materially changed since my last despatch, dated 7 a. m. We now hold Gettysburg. The enemy has abandoned large numbers of his killed and wounded on the field. I shall probably be able to give you a return of our captures and losses before night, and a return of the ene my's killed and wounded in our hands. [Signed,] GEORGE G. MEADE, Major General. HEADQUARTERS ARMY or THE POTOMAC, 1 10 p. m., July 4. To Major-General Hailed:: No change of affairs since my despatch of twelve o'clock, noon. [Signed,] GEORGE G. MEADE, Major General. HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, 1 8:30 a. m., July 5. To Major-General Halleck : The enemyretired, under cover of the night and heavy rain, in the direction of Fairfield and Ceehtown. - My cavalry are in pursuit. I cannot give you the details of our cap tures in prisoners, colors and arms. Upwards of twenty battle flags will be turned in from . one corps. . ' My wounded and those of the enemy are in our hands. [Signed,] G. G. MEADE, Maj. Gen. THE SITUATION ON SUNDAY. NEW YORK, July 5-6 a. m.—The Tribune has the following special i BALTIMORE, July 5. ' - i News from Meade's army to 12 o'clock to teglay, says that the victory gets brighter and 34 410 pr. The enemy . "were in full retreat • ' '..- Chambersburg and !Greencastle. p i iiiA, {vi . lefieught Lee •will strain every nerve to 17_,„, 'agerstown ; and it is thought to be -- . 0 reach Williamsport, and thence %luteasti - Virginia; ,- 'Ted deepatehee gin, infogoustion that Beauregard is in Richmond and perhaps on the way to Culpepper. Meade is harrassmg Lee with cavalry and following close in pursuit. OEN. LEE'S PONTOONS DESTEOTEDI WASHINGTON, July 5. The folloWing despatch has been received : FIENDZHICIc, Md., JUIV 4-8 p. m. To : Gen. Halleck, Gerierca-in-Chief : An expedition sent out by me has just re turned, having-entirely destroyed the enemy's pontoon bridge over the Potomac at Williams. port, capturing the guard, consisting of a Lieutenant and thirteen men. W. H. FRENCH, Major Gen THE LATEST. Special despatch to The Press.] " GETTYSBURG, Pa., Sunday, P. M.—Early on Friday night the enemy withdrew his en tire line, and hastily evacuated Gettysburg, and fell back two miles in a northwesterly direction: They are now entrenching. They left behind a large number of paroled prisoners, all our wounded, and many of their own. They failed to parole General Barlow, who is now m our lines seriously wounded. Lee sent a flag of trace, threatening to shell the town if we advanced. General Meade, thereupon, immediately. Ordered the removal of the wounded. A rebel Colonel declared that they fought in a slaughter-pen on Saturday morning. Pleasanton has captured a rebel baggage train. Odr dead have all been buried, but the rebel dead are strewn over the field by thous ands. _ Up to noon to-day there had been no fight. hog, except,skirmishing. Our lines have advanced, and the rebel army is believed to be in full retreat, though still presenting a bold front. D. NZ— The battle near Gettysburg, says the Philadelphia Age, is decid edly the most sanguinary as well as the most decisive fought since the commencement of the war; and if our successes in the West and South west are anyways commensurate with those in the East, it will only depend on the wisdom and modera tion of the Administration to put a stop to further bloodshed, and to re store the Union on its old constitu tional basis. We believe that the people of the South would heartily respond to any peace-offering found ed on reason aitid justice, and that since the beginning of the rebellion there was no better opportufiity of breaking down the prestige and power of its leaders. When the sound of artillery is hushed, reason is bound to reassume her sway. .THADDEUS STEVENS , POLICY In a speech delivered before the Republican County Convention, which met at Fulton Hall, in this city, on the 3d of September last, Mr. STEVENS said : " Abolition yes : abolish everything on the face of the earth but this Union ; free every slave—SLAY EVERY TRAITOR-BURN EVERY REBEL MANSION, if these things he neces sary to preserve this temple of freedom to the world and to our posterity. Unless we do this we cannot conquer them. Curses, like chickens, come home to roost— so says the old proverb, and Mr. STETENs,has had it verified in his own experience since the rebel invasion of Pennsylvania, in the entire destruction of his Iron Works in Adams ' county, involving a loss, it is said, of from $50,000 to $100,000! This vandal policy may do well enough to talk about when in vading the enemy's country, two or three hundred miles off, but it is quite a different thing when we, in turn, become the invaded party, and have our property—the hard earned accumulation of many years—become a prey to the enemy. DEFENCES OF RICHMOND A correspondent of the N. Y. Herald, wri. ting from Washington, after estimatine; Lee's army of invasion, which it places at 126,000 men of all arms, thus speaks of the forces left for the defence of the rebel Capital: "Richmond is defended by the corps of General P. H. Hill, 21,000 strong, on the south side; by General French on the north with 17,000 men ; General Wise on the York river railroad with a heavy brigade ; and General. Corse occupies Hanover Junction with two brigades, assisted by 3500 mounted Texans, taken prisoners at Arkansas Post and exchanged. This force, in the aggregate amounting to about 50,000 men, in case our army should advance, is to be drawn close around and concentrated near the Capital.", A .NOBLE RESPONSE Lancaster county has nobly responded to the call of the Governor for troops to defend the State. She has raised, perhaps, not less than twenty companies, and a number more are in process of formation. Had every other county in the State and the City of Philadel phia shown the same patriotic response to the urgent request, the enemy would ere this have been driven from our borders, and no hostile foot would hereafter dare to tread the soil of our beloved Commonwealth. NEGRO CONVENTION AT P'OtIGH- KEEPSIE It is proposed to hold a great National Con vention of " American citizens of African descent" on the 15th of July inst., at Pough keepsie, where measures are to be taken to raise the 10,000 colored troops required to set up Gen. Fremont. To the romance of his character and story, Gen. Fremont will now add his achievements as a negro General. To have everything in keeping, he ought to ride the " woolly horse " which helped to spread his fame, and wear his hair curled instead of parted in the middle. His portrait en grand costume, with the darkies glistening in the back-ground, will make an excellent frontis piece for a new edition of Greeley's biography of the " Pathfinder" in 1864. iteir The Philadelphia Inquirer and Lancas ter Express—two of the vilest and most un scrupulous Abolition sheets in the State—are at present engaged in villifying and slander ing the Democratic (Copperheads as they term them) citizens of York. It is not necessary for us to defend the Democrats against such low blackguardism at this time, as the leading Republicans themselves here, are quite indig. nant at such inflammatory libels upon their fellow citizens. Newspapers that would be guilty of publishing such infamous falsehoods to incite the passions of a people in a crisis like that through which we are now passing, merely because they differ with them in their political opinions, should be branded as ene mies to the good order of society. All the news published in these papers from our town, since we were invaded by the rebels, is a tis sue of falsehoods from beginning to the end. A large number of Democrats have heretofore patronized both these papers, under the im pression that they were neutral in politics, but they Can now see how deep they are dyed in the wool of Niggerisrn York Press of Friday. RESISTANCE TO THE DRAFT.—The Cinoinnat Enquirer says : We desire to say to our Democratic ex— changes in the East that nearly all the stories about resistance to the Conscription Law in the West are either gross and enormous exag gerations or are falsehoods made out of the whole cloth. They recollect the " Bleeding Kansas" excitement of former years. These stories are a repetition of the same tactics, and are gotten up for political effect. THE Quicras's DIAMONDS.—The Empress of France has diamonds by the peck. Such nonsense as jewelry and fine furbelows, con stitute the bone and-marrow of all such aris tocracy. But, when yon are suflering from a cold, cough, sore throat, &a., you will find a real blessing in a box of Bryan's Pulmonic Wafers, 25 cents a box ; at Kaufman & Co's., No. I,,East Orange street, Lancaster, Pa.. Ber The State of Rhode Island offers one hundred dollars bounty for six month's vol unteers, and three hundred dollars bounty for three yoga' men. GEORGE W. WOODWARD. "CONSTITUTIONAL ONION AND LIBERTY ACCORD- . ING TO AILERICAN LAW." The Convention which nominated the Hon. Geo. W. Woodward- as the Democratic candi date for Governor will be gratefully remem bered for years to come. His life, character; great abilities, statesmanship and public ser= vices are such as to command the respect of all parties. The qualifies of his head are only equaled, - if not eclipsed, by those of his heart. Although a man of self-reliance and iron will (essential ingredients in the composition of a leading mind) his pretensions never exceeded his real merits. He has never sought security from censure by prudent silence or time serv ing neutrality. We haVe placed his name at the head of our paper, together with a senti ment uttered by him in a speech delivered on the 13th of December, 1860, in Independence Square, Philadelphia, when our political trou bles were about to begin. Although a Judge of the Supreme Court he went before the peo ple to plead for the preservation of the Union, which had been consummated by the blood of heroes and the wisdom of sages. Had men of his principles been in office, or had his advice been taken we would not now be sur rounded by our present unfortunate difficul ties. George W. Woodward is about 55 years of age and is a native of Wayne, one of the counties of the old Tenth Legion. His pa rents, though highly respectable, had not the means of giving him anything more than a good education. When he became of age and was about to be admitted to the bar, he removed to Lucerne county. Being honest and industrious, sagacious and patient, he soon rose to eminence at a bar where such men as Garrick Mallery, Judge Conyngham and lawyers of that stamp resided. He soon acquired an extensive practice in the counties of - Luzerne, Wayne, Pike and Susquehanna. In 1836 be was elected as the Democratic Senatorial Delegate from the counties of Lu zerne, Monroe and Pike to the Constitutional Convention which made our present State Constitution, and although one of the young est men in the Convention so great was his ability that he at once took rank with such men as John Sergeant, Walter Forward, J. C: Biddle, James M. Porter and Charles J. Ingersoll. As he aided in making the Con stitution no one knows better how to adminis ter it. Indeed, there is no better Constitu tional Lawyer in the United States than Judge Woodward. In 1841 Gov. Porter appointed him to the Common Pleas bench, in the district composed., of the counties of Huntingdon, Centre, Clear field and one or two others. hi 1845 the friends of the then patriotic Governor Shunk nominated him as the Dem ocratic candidate for United States Senator, to supply the place made vacant by the resignation of James Buchanan, who had jest been appointed Secretary of State by Presi dent Polk, but his election twas defeated by Gen. Cameron seducing four or five pretended Democrats, who united with the entire body of the opposition and elected Cameron. In 1846 President James K. Polk nominated him a Judge of the Supreme Court of the United States, to fill the place made vacant by the death of Judge Baldwin, but Cameron being in the Senate procured his rejection, in opposition to the votes of the great body of the Democrats in that body. In 1852 Gov. Bigler appointed him to the Supreme bench of Pennsylvania, to fill a va cancy made by the death of Judge Coulter, and in the same or the next year he was nominated and elected by the Democratic party of the State to the same place for the Constitutional term of fifteen years, so that he has about four years to serve, and in De cember next would have been the Chief Justice of the State. When first called upon and urged to accept a nomination for Governor he declined, on the ground that he preferred to be the Chief Jus tice of the State for four years which was in the line of his profession, but after much solicitation he consented for the reason that in the present abnormal condition of public affairs the people had a right to demand the services of any person they thought could best serve them. His nomination was the result and his election is certain, if he lives, by at least from 30 to 50,000 majority. The nomination of a man like Woodward seem 3 like going back to the purer and better days of the republic. He was the intimate associate and friend of great men and patriots like James K. Polk and Francis R. Shunk. The one thought him fit to be a United States Senator, and the o r thought him fit to be a Judge of the Su .' e Court of the United States, seventeen yea ago. This country 'and government have three enemies—buncombe, one-ideaism and corrup tion. They have nearly if not quite disrupt - ed the Federal Government and the last named if not arrested will yet destroy the State goy. ernments, for no free government can stand corruption. We all know the progress it has made,during the last few years. If not ar rested now, it never can be, for it will become the rule instead of the exception. The fear lessness of Judge Woodward in the discharge of duty eminently qualify him to arrest this great evil. No person would think of ap proaching a man of his noble appearance, dignified bearing and positive character with an unclean proposition. He is too honest to be purchased, too firm to be bullied and too watchful to be surprised. With him at the head of the government at Harrisburg, the lobby-gang will be broken up and cleaned out. The peculiar manner of his nomination will enable him to act independently and for the public good, and furnishes a well ground ed hope that public Constitutional liberty may yet be preserved in this country. He has not had a large number of partizans about him for a number of years, urging and working for his nomination, to whom he would feel under personal obligations. Such a large number of men cannot all have offices, and three-fourths go away feeling the sting of ingratitude, and forthwith begin to pull down an Administration without regard to its merits, and one man acting from feelings of revenge is more effective than a dozen acting from motives of gratitude. It may be said that we will lose his services upon the Supreme Bench. That is true, but he can appoint his own successor, and we will have him in a much more important and re sponsible position, where be may yet be called upon to save the civil liberties and property of the people of this great State.— Thank God, the machinery of government, (the primary object of which is to give pro tection to persons and property,) is perfect within the States. We have in Pennsylvania a Legislature, a Governor, a Judiciary and a Militia system, with a population of near 3,- 000,000. Our State borders on the Northern lakes, upon the Western waters,°navigable to the gulf, and has access to the ocean by the Delaware through the Port of Philadelphia •, and we have a monopoly of the iron and coal trade, which will enable us to command trade upon proper terms with all our sister States, provided we have a statesman like Judge Woodward at the head of affairs, who will administer the Government not upon the'ab street dogmas of fanaticism, nor yet upon little offices, but upon great, wise and benefi cent principles. It is very easy to involve a nation in war. It takes wise men and states to get it well out. It may be said that he ought to resign and " stump the State." We do not think so.— We have always thought that it lessened the dignity of the office and self-respect of the candidate, because it looks like personally so liciting votes. No one will doubt Judge Woodward's ability to do it. It is not neces• sary, because he has an established repute tion for ability, sound- principles and states manship, and is professionally known to more people in this State than any other man in it. People look to the Press for correct informa tion respecting men and measures. As a general thing partizans alone attend political meetings, and but few men have physical ability to speak in the open air in every part of this great State, and if the candidate does hold out, and ie elected, hie health and strength would be so much impaired as to pre vent him from entering upon a calm and vigorous discharge of the duties of the office. The stern logic of events will bring all Demo crats to the polls this fall much better than the logic of stump speakers, however perfect. There is a large class of quiet, conservative, business men, who do not always vote on the same side, who seldom attend political meet ings, who will turn out this fall and vote for Woodward. They have had enough of Abo lition rule, and so has everybody.:_We venture to predict that by the first of Ootoberphe electiori of Judge Wood ward will be agreed to by pretty much all conservative and cor rect thinking men of all parties. The fanatics, contractors and office-holders will alone hold out against Argus. LOCAL DEPARTMENT. A HERO Goys !—Penneylvania, says the Age, toadied upon to mourn the lon clone other truest and bravest eons Major General Jour; F. ILIMNOLDS was killed in the battle at Gettysburg. an Wednesday last, while gallantly fighting at the head of his command. General . RZYSeLD3 was a brave and accomplished abler. He - was born in Lancaster in 1820. He midi : Mt - Al at West Point in 1841. and, entering the Third. Artillery, aeon took a high position in the army. In the . 31exleatt !NM ha shut considerable distinction on account of his briyery. and passed through the bloody battletie Monterey and BOOM Vista. Ever since the breaking out of the present <Mil war he has been in active servicw, and in 'every position In which he was placed be dlatingtdshed himself by his cool new, his courage, and his ability. As an officer he was greatly beloved-.and the many friends who now weep at his low, will bear willing testimony to his many excellent qualities of head and heart. Pennsylvania will do honor to his memory. His name will.be fondly cherished as one of her noblest sone. Yielding up his life in the cause of the country he loved so well, be has proven himself to be a true hero; and the lotions historian will inscribe upon the records of the times no brighter name than that of Major General Jona F. lirrxmAs. BIOCaRAPRICAL BEITOIL Major General John Fulton Reynolds, slain at Gettys burg, on . July Ist, was born in the' city of Lancaster in 1820. He entered the West Point Military Academy as a cadet in 1837, having been appointed from his native State to that position. He graduated on the 30th of Jtme.lB4l, standing number twenty-six in his class. consisting of fifty-two members, among whom were Major Generals H.. G. Wright, Schuyler Hamilton, D. C. Buell, I. 11. Richard eon, Brigadier Generals Rodman (killed), N. Lyon (killed), J. B. Plummer (died in.camp), J. M. Brannan, 3. Totten, A. Sully, W. T. EL Brooks; the rebel Generals Bethnal Jones, R. S. Garnett (killed), and several other officers in both services. On the let of July.lB4l. he was promoted to a brevet second lieutenancy in the 3d United States Ar tillery, and on October 24, 1841, be received his full cola. mission. On the 16th of July, 1846, he was promoted to a first lieutenancy, and served in Mexico. He was bre vetted captain for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battle of Monterey, with rank dating from September 23, 1846; and further brevetted major, with rank dating from February 23, 1847, for similar gallant conductat the battle of Buena Vista. • Both these brevets were made by Presi dent Polk and awarded by Congress iti August, 1848. During February, 1852, he acted as aid to Gen. Wool, and on the 3d of March, 1855, he received his full commission as captain of artillery. He was particularly distinguished for brave conduct during the several conflicts with the Indians near the Rogue river, in Oregon, during the year 1856. In 1859 he commanded Company Cof the 3d Artil lery, and stood No. 37 on the lineal roll of United States Artillery officers. The regiment at this time was scattered in companies and sections throughout the West and South west. Deaths and resignations raised him three on the lineal roll during the next year, be standing then No. 34. At the commencement of 1861. ho held the appointment of Lieutenant Colonel and commandant of West Point cadets, which position ho held; at-the opening of the rebellion.— He was also Instructor of cavalry, artillery and Infantry tactics at the Military Academy. On the 14th of May, 1861, he was appointed Lieutenant Colonel of the 14th United States Infantry, one of the new regiments, and on the 20th of August, 1861, was commissioned a Brigadier General of Volunteers, and placed in command of one of the brigades of the Pennsylvania Reserves. Within the last year he was appointed major general of volunteers. In September, 1861, he commanded at Cheat Mountain, Virginia, when the rebels, under Gen. Robert E. Lee, attacked him in stking force, and tried: to drive him from his position.— They were repulsed handsomely several times, and finally retired. In 1862 General Reynolds was attached to the Army of the Potomac. He served with gallantry in all the battles of that army in that memorable year. In Sep tember, when Pennsylvania was threatened with invasion, he was placed in command of the forces organized fur the defence of the State, and to his skill and energy we were greatly indebted for the check given to the enemy. He commanded a division under Burnside, and when General Hooker was placed in command he was assigned the first army corps. TILE FUNERAL OF GEN. REYNOLDS. — "the remains of the lamented dead reached this city, in a special car, on Saturday last, at 11 o'clock, A. M., and the funeral proceeded immediately from the Depot to the Lancaster Cemetery. There was neither military nor civic display, although appropriate honors were intended to be paid by the City Authorities, which were declined by his relatives. The flags in the city were displayed at half mast, and whilst the funeral precession was movingall the bells were tolled. The services at the grave were conducted by Rev. bltasrs Pow= of the Presbyterian, WEDEKIND of tg. Jobn'a Lutheran, and Monona of St. James' Episcopal Church. Mr. POWELL delivered a brief, chaste and truly eloquent eulogy on the deceased. Thus all that was mot , to of the fallen hero was consigned to the tomb. THE FOURTH OF JULY.—The eighty-seventh annivaraary of American Independence passed off in this city without any public demonstration of any importance. This was owing to the invasion of our State by the rebels and the terrible scenes then enacting on the battle field near Gettysburg. The city was decorated with flags, the bells were rung during the day, the places of business closed, and the shooting of crackers was 'unceasing, but beyond that nothing transpired worthy of note. May we not hope that the next anniversary will again:find US a united and happy people, and that the bitter lessons of experience will cement these States more closely in an en during bond of fellowship and fraternity. DEMOCRATIC MA§S RATIFICATION MEETING. —The Executive Committee of the Democratic Central Club, as by a resolution of the Club, have fixed upon Sat. urday, July 25th, as the time for holding a Mass Ratifica tion Meeting by the Democracy of Lancaster City and County The Committee have been in correspondence with a mambor of speakers of our own and other States, and se,ral base already promised to be bore. The names of the speakers will be announced upon the handbills, which will' be issued in due season. BATTLE OF GETTYRBURG.—Among the killed reported at the battle of Gettysburg is the name of JOHN Ituvr.s.s., of Co. It, let Pennsylvania Reserves. He was a brave and gallant yourg soldier. At the time of the breaking out of the war, Mr. R. was a student.of.law in the ofice of Samuel 11. Reynolds, Esq., of this city. Hie parents reside in Salisbury township, this county. Among the wounded are Tuomes PRICE, In the hand, who was on guard at an ammunition train, and Sergeant THOMAS BLOCK, severely in the thigh. Both are members of Co. 11, and residents of this city. They wore also both wounded in former engagements—Mr. Percy in one of the battles before Richmond, and Sergeant BLACK at the battle of South Mountain. THE COLUMBIA BRIDGE.—This bridge, which was destroyed by our forces on Sunday night week, was one of the most extensive structures of the kind in this country. The first bridgo erected at Columbia was de. etroyed by a freshet in 1852 It coat upwards cf $200,000. The one lately burned was built by the Columbia Bank, in 1834, wh!cli fully itistained its credit then, as it has done ever since. It coat $159.000. en which there was an insurance of $50,000. The bridge answered a three.fi td purpose, as it bad a passenger I rack, a tailr,s , l track, and n towirg path outside, on which boats navig:tring. the Tido Water Canal were towed across the SuNualianua. The destruction of the bridge would seem to have born rash and unnecessary, as the tearing up of the plunks at the sonthern end would have been sufficient to prevent use crossing by the enemy. The government is responsible for whatever losses may ensue from the burning of the structu re. ""' PASSENGER AND MAIL SCEIEDULE.—The dif ferent Passenger Trains on the Pennsylvania Railroad leave this city as follows: Through Rauress Mount .16y Accommodation 1 Burnet, Accommodation.. Fast Line Fast Mail Mount Joy Accommodation, No. 2 Harrisburg Accommodation ... . Through Express Mount Joy Accommodstiou Fast Liuo Harrisburg Accommodation Landaster Accommodation Mount Joy Accommodation, No. 2 7.50 The mails arrive and close at the City Post Ofdee as fol lows: ARRITAL.R. Through Mail from the East-1.21 a. m. and 223 p, m. Through Mail from the West-3.30 u. m. and 2.25 p Way Mail from the Bost-10.55 a. m. Way Mail from the West-9 a. m. and 2.25 p. m. Southern Mall from Baltimore and Washington, 2.25 p. m Eastern Through Mail, for Plailadelphla,l.3o p. m. and 8 Way Nall East, for Philadelphia and Intermediate officer, at 8 a. m. New York and Northotn and Eastern States, 1.30 p m. For Harrisburg, and Cumberland, Franklin and Perry counties, at 10 a. w. and. 8 p m. Northern Central, Juniata and Western New York, at 10 Way Mall West—For Landisville, &thin ga, Mount Joy, Elizabethtown, Middletown, llighspire, Herupfield, Mountville, Wrightsville, Maytowu, Bainbridge and Fal mouth at 10 a. m. For Columbia, York, !to., at 10 a. m. For Baltimore and Washington, B. C., at 1.30 p. m. and p. m. Pittsburg Through Mail at 130 p. rn. and 8 p. m. Tor Columbia, York, Marietta and Harrisburg at 10 a. m and 6. p. m. From the Philadelphia Inquirer AN EXAMPLE TO BE FOLLOWED lion. Charles J. Biddle, it appears by the following letter from Judge Woodward, has resigned the appointment of Chairman of the Democratic State Central Committee, "in order to give, as a private soldier, or in any, sphere that may be open to him, his whole exertions for the defense of our invaded Com• monwealth." We take pleasure in giving prompt recognition to this patriotic course of Colonel Biddle, and we invite public attention to it as an example worthy to be followed. The services of as experienced and brave a. soldier as Colonel Biddle proved himself to be, both in this war and in that against Mexico, will be of great value to the State in this season of unprecedented peril. It is, perhaps, necessary for the informa tion of those who pay but little attention to party affairs in these momentous times, to ex plain that the reason why Judge Woodward is written to on the subject, is that he is the Democratic candidate for Governor, and, therefore, the person who will be Jnost affected by the resignation of the Chairman of the State Central Committee. HON. CHARLES J. BIDDLE—Dear Sir : I have received the communication of your wish " to resign the position of Chairman of the Demo cratic State Central Committee, in order to give as a private soldier, or in any sphere that maybe opened to you, your whole exertions for the defence of our invaded Common wealth." . As the Chairmanship was accepted by you with the express understanding that it was not to prevent your compliance with any call to military service which you might deem ob ligatory upon you, I cheerfully consent, so far as I have any interest in your movements, to yoiir resort to arms in defence of the State? Indeed, mush as I regret to lose your services at the head of the Committee, I nevertheless earnestly desire you to go, and, if possible, to take with you men enough to expel the inva ders from our borders. The Governor's proclamation of' the 26th instant is a epeilific demand for State defence. "You will be mustered into the service of the State," he says, " for the period of ninety days, but will be required to serve only so much of that period of the muster as the safety of our peoplo and the honor of our State may require. There ought to be such an instant uprising of young men in response to this call, as shall be sufficient to assure the public safety and to teach the world that no hostile foot can with impunity tread the soil of Pennsylvania. , I am, very truly, yours, • GEOROE W. WOODWARD. Philadtlphht, 29th June, 1863. ARBITRARY ARRESTS. The Louisvillei Ky., Journal, in commend ing a letter of Judge Parker, of Massachu setts, upon the Vallaudighata case, says: Judge Parker is right. " I earnestly-hope," adds this eminent jurist and patriot, that the national administration will be prompt to repudiate the act, and to forbid all arbitrary arrests hereafter in the Northern States. To fail to do so would go far to - discourage the efforts now being made to strengtherithe arm of governmpt in the suppression of the rebel lion." These are words of wisdom, and of patriotism. They are the words of one whose loyalty is fervent and unspotted. We entreat the President to heed them. And because they signalize a mighty truth, and are s.p. ported by the bulk of the President's own party, as well as by tho solid body of the conservative opposition, we cannot doubt that he will heed them. It is impossible that the President can deliberately set at defiance the voice of the whole people thus unequivocally and impressively uttered in behalf of what he himself must own to be right. There is not at present on the face of the globe a monarch who would even dream of defying such moni tions as President Lincoln is now receiving in this grave matter from the free and loyal peo ple whose chief magistrate he is. Let him at once respect these monitions, if he would serve and not freshly imperil his country, to say nothing of his own future renown. IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO Evacuation of the City of Mexico by the Mexicans. and its Occupation by the French Army. • Dates from the City of Mexico from the 30th of May to the 6th of June have been re ceived. The news is of the highest import ance. President Juarez and Cabinet had concluded to evacuate the City of Mexico, believing that the most effectual resistance to the French army could be made outside the walls. On the 31st of May the Government was moved to San Luis Potosi, taking all movable war material, also two millions of dollars from the Treasury. The force that garrisoned the pity is said to number twenty thousand men. This force was withdrawn to Carnevaca Plaza, forty miles south of Mexico, and intermediate points around the city, for the purpose of carrying on a guerilla warfare. On June Ist a meeting was held in the city, at which the principal leaders of the Church party were present. They'sent a committee to General Forey to offer their allegiance, and on June sth the French division, under Gen. Basin, occupied the main entrance to the city and offered the Church party protection against the excited populace. The whole French party was expected to occupy the cap ital on the Bth of Juno. Three newspapers had been established favoring the policy of the French. One stated that the occupation of the city settled with absolute certainty that it was necessary to extirpate by the root the Democratic party, and that no longer need there be even a dream of popular sovereignty. The paper also advises the confiscation of the property of all parties who have been or are in arms against the French. This news is derived from letters received here from high Mexican officials. LATE FROM EUROPE NEW YORK, July 1. The steamer China has arrived with Lon don advicee to the 21st ultimo. The warlike rumors, arising out of the Polish question, are again _prevalent in Paris. Several Russian papers fully anticipate war with France. Slidell, the Rebel agent, has had, it is re ported, a very long conference with the Em peror of France The Emperor, so the story goes, sent for him and had a private tete-a-tele with him at breakfast, and did not part until the Council of Ministers assembled. This re• ported interview has given strength to a rumor that renewed offers of mediation in American affairs by Napoleon are likely to be the result of the fall of Puebla. The steamer Southerner, which attracted suspicion, was searched at Liverpool on the belief that she was intended for a Southern cruiser, is loading at Liverpool for Nassau, but is vigilantly watched. The Times, in an editorial on the late pesos meeting at New York, says it sees in it some reason for supposing that the civil war may be tending its close, but at the same time ad mits that it is a very doubtful question. It thinks that Lincoln would not object to peace if he knew how to reach it, and this meeting may pave the way. LYNCH Law.—ln Nee burg, N. Y., on the 19th ult., a voting Irish girl, who bad been in the country but a few days, was decoyed into an, out of the way place by a nezro named :Skinner, where he knocked her down and committed violence upon her person, and robbed her of what little money she had.— She was bruised in a shocking manner in resisting the villain. The negro was arrested on Saturday and lodged in jail at Newburg. On Sunday evening an excited crowd.of men, well-organized, who had been informed that the girl was dead, collected around the jail, and in spite of the resistance of the officers and others, broke open the doors and fell upon the negro, with clubs, and beat and kicked ambstamped bim with their feet, and then took him out and hung him upon a tree near by. • 191111Mr11:1 Recent Decisions by the Supreme Court.— The following cases relating to Lancaster county have recently been decided by the Su preme Court of Pennsylvania : Wilson's appeal, Perry's estate. From Com mon Pleas of Lancaster county. Decree of firmed. Wright vs. The Chestnut Hill Iron Ore Com pany. From Common Pleas of Lancaster county. Judgment affirmed. Hansenls vs. Smith's Appeal. From Com mon Pleas of Lancaster county. Decree af firmed. Mellinger vs. Bausman. From Common Pleas of Lancaster county. Judgment affirm- Grabill vs. Moyer, et al. From Commukt Pleas of Lancaster county. Judgment affirm- II alderman vs. Bruolthart. From Common Pleas of Lancaster county. Judgment re versed, venire de 7102 , 0 awarded. Walker ve. Webster. From Common Pleas of Lancaster county. Judgment reversed, and venire de novo awarded. Schaeffer ;re. Hiester. From Common Pleas of Lancaster county. Judgment affirmed. The Examination of Applicants for Schools in Lancaster County, will be held in the follow ing Districts, at the times and places hereinafter specified : Columbia borough—July 6th, 9 a. m. Marietta borough—July 7th, 9 a. m. Mount Joy borough—July Bth, 9 a. in. Manhs im borough—July 9th, 9 a. m. Manor township—July 10th, 9 a. m., Central Manor School. Washington borough—July 11th, 9 a. in. Eden township—July 13th, 10 a. m., Quarryville. Paradise township—July 14th, 9 a. in., Black Horse. Salisbury township—July 15th, fl a. m., White Horse. Leacock and New Milltown—July 16th, 9 a. m Intercourse. Upper Leacock township—July 17th, 9 a. na Barcvillo. East Lampeter township—July 18th, 9 a. m. Enterprise. Drumore township—July 20th, 9 a. in., Cheat nut Level. Fulton township—Jul 21st, 9a. m. Little Britain township—July 22d, 9 a. in., Oak Hill Coleraiti township—July. 23d, 8 a. m., Kirk wood. Sadsbary township—July 24th, 9 a. m., Chris titan. Bart township—July 25th, 9 a. m. West Lampeter township—July 27th, 9 a m., Latupeter Square. Pequea township—July 28th, 9 a. m., Willow Street. Conestoga township and Safe Harbor—July 29th, 9 a. m., Conestoga Centre. Mantic township—July 30th, 9 a. Providence township—July 31st, 9 a. in., New Pro.vidence. Strasburg borough. and township—August Ist, 9 High School, Strasburg. The Directors are requested to provide a suffi ciency of , black-board surface, chalk and all other apparatus that may be needed. They are also re quested to give notice in their respective districts, of the time and place of Examination; and in those districts in which no place has been set, they will please determine on one and inform me of the same. _ . • The Examinations wilt commence precisely a the time appointed. The Directors and the public are respectfully invited to attend. ' DAVID EVANS, County ,Superintondent, SAN FRANCISCO, JUNE 30 THE LAST EUROPEAN NEWS. The last European news is fall of ominous forebodinge, and the manner in which it is commented Aiwa by, the leading New York papers is anything but satisfactory. In the first place, the New York . press tells us that Napoleon is contemplating a war with Russii and thaVas Prtuisia is now the fast ally of ..Russia, he will, attack - them both and secure the Rhine for a frontier. We feel quite certain that the Emperor of the French will not go to war -with Russia, or Prussia either,'nnd have said so on many former oc casions: The Polish question will receive a diplomatic solution, none other. Austria, as we have always said, will not join in a war against Russia and Prussia. Reasons of State and the financial condition of Austria. render it impossible: The relations between Russia and France, instead of growing less friendly, have never been more cordial than at the present mo ment. France, while pressing the Polish question, will do it in a manner to save the susceptibilities of the Emperor Alexander ; and the latter will be able to yield without seeming to be forced. The Emperor Napo leon having been successful in Mexico, has already slgnified to the Pope that he will take no step in Church matters in that country without his Holiness' consent. 'Chia opens the way for new negotiations with Pins IX, for the evacuation of Rome. ' But the news which most affects us is the most official reception Napoleon gave to Mr. Slidell, as the envoy of the Confederate States, and his prolonged interview with him, pre vious to a Council of Minietera. The City of London, too—representing the monied inter est of England—is about to petition Parlia ment to " promote the restoration of peace in America." We fear that whenever Eng land and France shall agree as to the manner of " promoting the restoration of peace in America," a new joint attempt at mediation will be made. The notice that " England and France are agreed on all sill jects relating to the East and West," forebodes no good to us. Though-England appears, in this mat ter, to be pushed by France, she will not be loth to join her, as soon as she can be assured that France will do nothing without her on the Continent of Europe.—Philadelphia Age. REBEL IRON-CLAD CAPTURED Commodore Dupont reports that having reason to believe that the rebel iron-clad Atlanta, at Savannah. was about to come out to attack the blockading vessels, be dispatched the Weehawken, Nahant and Cimerone to attend to her. On the 17th of June, the At lanta came down the river, accompanied by two steamboats filled, with spectators to "see the fun." She was engaged by the Weehaw ken at close quarters, and after a short conflict was captured. She fired but six shot, and the Weehawken but five, three of which pene trated the plating of the Atlanta, killing and wounding a number of her crew. The Wee hawken was not injured. The Atlanta was formerly the British steamer Fingal. and ran the blockade into Savannah in November, 1861, where she had been blockaded ever since ; and in the meantime had been con verted into the strongest iron-clad belonging to the rebels. She had a crew of 145 officers and men, all of whom were killed or cap tured. She has been taken to Port Royal for repairs. HORRIBLE TR&GEDY.-A dispatch from Ban gor, Me., June 23, Bays : Yesterday officer McKenney, of Belfast, was shot by two deserters named Grant and Knowles. whom he was endeavoring to arrest in Troy for horse stealing. To-day the citi zens turned-out to arrest them. The fellows were found, and while attempting to secure thorn another officer was killed. Finding escape impossible, and determined not to be taken alive, the desperadoes deliberately shot and killed themselves. A later despatch of the 25th shows that they didn't kill themselves. It says: They were discovered in the woods yester- day by three of the posse sent in search of them. The desperadoes resisted, and a se— vere and bloody affray took place. Jenkins of Detroit, one of the posse, was instantly killed by a revolver in the hands of Grant, and another man was wounded. Grant was finally killed by blows front a rifle, and Knowles wounded beyond recovery. Officer MeKenny remains in a critical condition. WHOIS A COPPERHEAD: The Union League have denounced Demo crats as Copperheads; and have repeatedly cited as specimens of the genus, Governors Seymour of New York and Parker of New Jersey. We accept their illustration ; and define a Copperhead Governor to be, the Chief Magistrate of a Stare, who -protects the rights of the citizens and the Commonwealth from unconstitutioal oppression by the Federal Gov ernment, and who so controls the policy and resources of his State that he is at once able to protect it from invasion, and succor a sister Commonwealth when an imbecile federal gov ernment, and a slavish Black Republican Gov ernor are not equal to the emergency. The citizen of a Copperhead State is one who marched to defend the birders of a sister State, when the so-called Union Leaguers, of that State aro excusing themselves from marching to support " the best government on earth." We commend these defenders to the Union Leaguers of Bucks county.—Doyles town Democrat. Stir One of our morning cotemporaries en Tuesday, says the Philadelphia Age, publish ed a communication from Washington, dated Juno 29th, containing the following impor tant announcement : " Judge KELLEY is here." We supposed that our valiant towns man was in Harrisburg, aiding in the defence of the State from invasion ; but it seems that, in the perils of the hour, he sought comfort and safety in the bosom of Father ABRAHAM. One thing must be said of the Jacobins, they do take most precious care of their persons and property. The New York World of yes terday thus illustrates the point: "No sooner were the Leaguers of Philadel phia startled over their Madeira with the news that Lee was upon them, than they all fell to discovering reasons for a sudden and indefinite absence from the city. A majority of them dispatched at once their household goods to the Copperhead sanctuaries of New Jersey and New York, and called, not indeed upon the mountains, but upon Governor Seymour to " hide them !" GEN. REYNOLD'S DEATH. Major General Reynolds was placing his men when he was fatally wounded, and urg. ing them on to the support of General Buford. He cried out in his enthusiasm, " For God's sake I forward, my brave boys—forward I" And forward they did go, that iron brigade of Colonel Meredith's which has never failed since the war began. Just then General Rey nolds received his fatal wound, and falling over upon Captain Wilcox, his aid who was riding beside him, he exclaimed, " Good God, Wilcox, I am killed I" THE GENEALOGY OF REPUBLICANISM.—Gar rison's Liberator begat the New York Trib une; and the New York Tribune begat the Irrepressible Conflict: and the Irrepressible Conflict begat the Helper Book ; and the Helper Book begat the raid of John Brown ; and the raid of John Brown begat the Chicago Platform ; and the Chicago Platform begat the .R:epublican party ; but to say what the Republican party begat " will not be tolerated in this Department," and therefore we don't say it.—Logan (0.) Gazette. ger Admiral Andrew H. Foote of the 11. S. Navy; who has so greatly distinguished himself by his services in the West, died in New York on the 25th ult., aged 57. The Siege of Vicksburg—Brilliant Con duct or the Troops Under General Logan --United States Officers Killed and 'Wounded. ST. 1.017,19, July 2. The Vicksburg correspondent of tie Democrat says the conduct of the troops during the operations on General Logan's front, on the 25th, was very brilliant. As noon as the mine exploded, the 45th Illinois, led by Colonel Maltbie, rushed into the breach, and planted its flag amid a terrific fire from the enemy. Lieutenant Colonel Smith was shot through the head, and cannot possibly recover. Maj. Fisk foil with a ball through his heart, being the third shot that he had received: A number of line officers of this regiment were wounded.- The - 231 and 50th Illinois and 17th Ohio participated in the assault. General Leggett, in immediate oom• mand of the assailing forte, was slightly wounded. Afterthe entrance into the fort was effected, the lighting was principally done with hand grenades, which had a terrible effect on the crowded and de mOralised 'rehab': Lieutenant - Colonel Rives, 'com manding the 3lst-Illinola and Major -Bradley, corn mandiag 21)tti Illinois, were itworts the wounded. WAR NEWS. Important from Cumberland Valley. lhantsnuna, July 2. Yesterday morning the last of the rebel infantry moved through Carlisle. Our forces under General W. F. Smith slowly but steadily advanced, driving in theiroutpciata. Skirmishing took place along the whole line, with detached portions of the rebel cavalry and artillery, `generally resulting In their being driven bick. The cannonading could be. distinctly heard in Harrisburg at intervals during the day, and the city was in a great state of excitement. Our forces, the cavalry being in advance, entered Carlisle at 9 A. M., the infantry at 3 P. AI., and continued to come in up to 8 P. M. Between six and seven a large column of dust an nounced the approach of the enemy on the road leading to ;York, in the rear of Carlisle. Soon after a flag of truce appeared, and a demand was sent in for an unconditional surrender by Gen. W. F. H. Lee. General Smith promptly refused to entertain it, and the enemy, having placed their guns (a battery of six pieces) in position to the left o f the barracks, commenced to shell the town. Gen. Smith replied from his guns, which were mounted in the main street, near the centre of the town. Daring the shelling a detachment of the enemy made a detour around the railroad and fired the barracks. The gus works were also get on fire, the sparks from which are said to have burned several lumber yards, one private dwelling and several barns. The shelling continued from seven until after ten in the evening. Some of the citizens aro known to be injured. The Court house was damaged and several shells fell upon the college building and grounds. Our loss isstated at ten wounded ; the enemy's is not known. After the bombardment ceased, Gen. Lee sent in another flog of truce, notifying the women and children to leave the town by ten o'clock this morning. A telegraph operator who left the town this morn ing at half-past seven, states that the excitement of the citizens during the bombardment was very great, and that, they were leaving on foot this morn ing in every direction. The enemy fell back on the York road, after send ing in the flag of truce, and their pickets were seen this morning in the rear of the town. Up to noon there has been no intelligence of the renewal of the attack upon the town, but every con fidence is had in General Smith's ability, not only to hold the place, but, unless the enemy rapidly re tires, his flanks and rear will be obstructed, and his force probably captured. The citizens in the vicinity give Lee's force at three thousand cavalry and ono battery of six guns, light twelve pounders. The city is shrouded in gloom at the reported death of Gen. Reynolds. Another Report HARRISBURG, July 2. The last of the rebel forces left Carlisle early yes terday morning and the town was occupied during the afternoon by a portion of our forces under (ion. Smith. About five o'clock the rebel cavalry ap peared in large force on this side of the town having come in on the York road. After the rebel officer had disposed of his forces, be sent in a flag of truce to General Smith demand ing a surrender of the town, which was refused. On receiving General Smith's reply, the enemy opened on the town with artillery, which was promptly re plied to. The firing continued with intervals until about 11) o'clock when the rebels fell bank lathe direction in which they came. Before leaving they burned the barracks, gas works and one dwelling. Many of the buildings suffered considerably from the rebel artillery. The Court house was struck several times. When the enemy opened the excite ment among the citizens was very great, the women and children either fleeing or hiding themselves in the cellars to•escape danger. Our loss was three killed and eleven wounded. The rebel loss is not known. Atter the enemy had retired, they sent in a flag of truce from another direction, notifying the citizens to leave, as they intended to renew the attack to-day. This morning the enemy's pickets were in eight. Up to noon no news has been received of a renewal of the attack. The inhabitants are leaving. The barrooks and gas works were located out of town, rajah accounts for their destruction, There is no news from any other quarter. The War in TonneNsee. CINCINNATI, July 2. General Stanley's cavalry dash into Shelbyville was 'ono of the most brilliant passages of the war.— Our fdrees advanced on the Shelbyville Pike, driving the rebels from Gay's Gap and riding down fifty of them. Col. Minty's Brigade then followed them up and drove them into the fortifications at Shelbyville.— Mitchell's whole division then charged through and pushed rapidly into the town. The rebels took a position in the public square, with artillery, and a charge was then made by the Ninth and Tenth Pennsylvania Cavalry into the teeth of the guns, which were captured. At the same lime the Fourth Regulars and Third Indiana galloped into their flank near the upper bridge of Duck River. Tho enemy. was totally routed and driven into the river, where 100 of them were drowned. The rebel General Wheeler escaped on foot. Sixty or seventy officers and 700 prisoners were taken. Our loss was 0 killed and 30 or 40 wounded. Lieutenant Rhodes, of the Seventieth Pennsylva, nia, was killed. A despatch dated Manchester. June 30th, says:— Col. Wilder's cavalry expedition to the rear of Bragg's army, at Tullahoma, has just returned.—. With mounted infantry he went to Hillsboro', thonce to Decherd, and swam the Elk river and crossed his howitzers on a raft, making fifty miles in the same day. 110 tore up the track and burned a depot full of stores and destroyed the trestlework. At daylight in the morning he started up to the Southern 'Uni versity where he divided his forces. One portion was sent to strike the railroad at Tawtalon, while Wilder went to strike at Anderson. Lie found Buckner's whole division on the train of ears going up from Knoxville to Tullahoma, and fell back, tearing up the railroad from Cowan to Tracy City. The rebels, meanwhile, having sent a powerful force to entrap him, he struck through the mountain and returned to Manchester. lie took and paroled a number of prisonars and captured a lot of m• '''' ..onr.o done to the --- railroad is very serious. o ition ihada 1.21/ miles in two days and a half. I:= It is estimated that the full force occupying the town and county of York on Monday week was not less than 10.000 men. General Early bad his head quarters in York, with 3 000 men and seven pieces of artillery. The demands made by the rebels upon the town authorities were as follows: $lOO,OOO in U. S. Treasury notes, 20 . 0 barrels of flour, 90.000 pounds of fresh beef, 30,000 bushels of corn, 1.0(10 pairs of shoes, 1,000 pairs of stockings, and 1,000 coats and caps, besides various other articles, the whole amounting in value to about $l5O 000. The delivery of the money and stores was required at noon on Monday, under penalty of force on the part of the rebels. On Monday, however, the rebels began to evacu ate the place in great haste. They did not stay long enough to get the whole of the levy they had made upon the citizens. Of the amount demanded they received, before leaving, $28.610 in money, and the followirig articles: 2 500 lbs sugar, 32,000 lbs. beef. 1,200 lbs salt, 2,000 pairs boots and shoes, 1,000 hats,-1.000 socks, 165 bbls. flour and 300 gal. molasses. To raise the requisite number of boots and shoes, the committee had to take even those which were at the shoemakers' for repair. The main body of Early's command left the town on Monday afternoon, taking the road to Carlisle, and the last of the troops left' at five o'clock on Tuesday morning, in Such haste that all their pickets were not recalled. 'The Battle near Gettysburg. Exurritortn, July 2.-11 P. M. The details of yesterday's battle near Gettysburg present a more cheering state of affairs. It is reported that a large number of prisoners were captured. Some have already arrived, and others are on the way. The number is stated at 6,000, but this may be on exaggeration. General Schenck has just announced nt the Eutaw louse that 2,400 prisoners have already arrived in this city HARRISDURCi, July 2.—Midnight Information received to-day shows that there is no enemy in Loudon or McConneloburg, nor in that section of country. They loft this morning in the direction of Chambersburg, taking with them a large amount of stolen property which they bad collected. The rebel force which was in the neigh borhood of Carlisle this morning has fallen back iu the direction of the main body of Lee's army. Heavy firing has been heard to-day in the direc tion of the point where Generals Meade'e and Lee's armies are supposed to be. As the rebels are be tween this point and Generpl Meade's army, we aro not in a position to learn what has occurred there. BALTIMORE, July 2. The body of General Reynolds, who was ki,led in the battle near Gettysburg, arrived here this morn ing, and was taken to the residence of his brother- In-law, Mr. Gildersleeve. We regret to learn from an officer who brought down the body of General Reynolds, that Brigadier General Paul was killed in the same fight, in South Gettysburg. Gen. Paul commanded the 3d brigade of the lst Army Corps. Colonels Stone and Wistar are both wounded and taken prisoners. Colonel Wistar com manded a Pennsylvania regiment (the,Bucktails,) and the 2d brigade of the let Army CorPsand was acting Brigadier of Gee 2d brigade. General New ton took command of the Ist Army Corps, at-Glenn of Major General Reynolds. We learn from officers of Reynolds' staff that our forum passed through Gettysburg at ten o'clock yesterday morning, and when a quarter of a mile west of the town encountered the command of Lang. street and Hill, and Reynolds' corps was in the ad vance. It stood the force of the attack until re lieved by the 3d corps, and a commanding position was secured. The rebels made strong attempts to flank our posi tion, but were repulsed; and, while repelling them, General Reynolds and General Paul fell under a volley from the rebel infantry. They were mounted, and at the head of their troops. In the course of the conflict our troops changed to a stronger position, and the fight ceased for the day at 4 o'clock. At the close of the evening the whole Army of the - Potomac had reached the field, and Gen. Meade and his corps strongly posted for the renewal of the bat tle this morning. The loss of the enemy was considered fully equal to OWE. Our loss in officers was severe. Cols. Wistar, Stone, and others were wounded,hut our army was regarded as better concentrated than the enemy's for the events of to-day. BALTIMORE, July 2, midnlht The,Antericanlearns from parties who left. Getty sburg at noon to-day, that everything was migm. sing favorably for the ultimate success of our:cause. Up to that time they assert that six thousand prise* era had been captured and sent to the .raikroa4 terminus at Union bridge, for transportation — to- Baltimore. The 7th New York rechriecit widtle Boston depot, to takii charge of. 830 prisoners, Bilk have just escorted them along Baltimore strect.. eluded in the number are General 'Aral:o;4'4S. seventy other *Moen. 5 s - Gen. Schenck announced from the ButesOioto that be then had In Baltimore and et • flie - Xellsy House 2,400 in his possession. - We learn that nearly' 1,000 of Lbw- primers were oapti4ed 9?.k
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